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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1938

Page

10

Wild Beast Rampage Preoccupies Rock Enon Area Hunters

Residents of Hayfield Virginia report a roaming beast eluding pursuers for weeks. A large quarry described as an oriental pachydermoid was sighted on the south side of Great North after a Fox Club chase near Beach Rock. Locals fear a escaped exotic animal may roam until deep snow aids capture.

Hayfield Rock Enon Black Creek Valley Great North Beach Rock Long Range Mount Williams Miller

Service Tomorrow For Mrs Gibson

Services will be held tomorrow for Mrs Lelis Gibson wife of the Jefferson county W Va commissioner of revenue who died at her home near Charles Town from illness. She leaves husband one son Newton Martinsburg and two daughters Virginia and Mrs Floyd McGown with many friends in northern Virginia and Winchester where she was well known.

Lelis Gibson Jefferson County W. Va Charles Town Winchester Memorial Hospital Newton Martinsburg Virginia Floyd McGown Winchester

The Power of Gratitude and Self Improvement

A 1938 McNaught Syndicate essay invites constant reminder of our blessings to foster happiness even after hardship. It cites a Tucson woman with heart illness gaining gratitude for sight music and a healthy daughter, and urges daily study and self improvement to shape the next decades. Bernard Gimbel is noted as a prolific reader who values Bacon.

Tuscon Arizona Bernard Gimbel Gimbel Sir Francis Bacon McNaught Syndicate

Utilities Take Steps To Appeal Decision In Big TVA Power Case

Utilities attorneys plan to appeal to the U S Supreme Court after a circuit court ruling that the TVA act is constitutional and the injunction suit of 18 utilities is dismissed The article notes TVA expenditure of over 150 million dollars since 1933 plus dam construction and a vast transmission network serving 33 000 municipal and rural customers with projected annual incomes from contracts of about 4 3 million dollars

TVA Chatanooga Tenn Utiities United States Supreme Court Tennessee Valley Authority Circuit Court of Appeals Norris Tennessee River Knoxville Paducah Norris Dam Tennesee Memphis Clinch River Upper Tennessee Wilson Wheeler Alabama Pickwick Landing West Tennessee

TVA Dam Construction And Growth Along Clinch Powell Rivers

Workmen removed 2,000,000 tons of hard dolomite at the dam site and poured 1,150,000 cubic yards of concrete for a barrier 1,872 feet long and 265 feet high. The Clinch and Powell rivers formed a 72 mile lake over 37,400 acres with an 800 mile shoreline and water depths to 265 feet. Norris town was built nearby at about 3.3 million dollars, plus two recreational parks. TVA programs include reforestation erosion control farming and community development.

Great Barrier Clinch Powell Rivers Norris TVA

Better Draining Of Roads In Tidewater To Be Demanded

Delegate G. Alvin Massenburg of Hampton proposes a $25,000 highway survey to fix drainage on Tidewater Virginia roads. He says flooding after heavy rains and water pooling on state highways threaten health and welfare, with the Highway Department conducting the study and sharing data with local authorities. The bill would apply statewide but mainly target the Tidewater area due to drainage concerns.

Richmond G. Alvin Massenburg Hampton Tidewater Virginia Highway Department Massenburg

Farm Loan To Elect Officers For Frederick Clarke Association

Frederick Clarke Farm Loan Association directors will meet next Thursday at 10 30 in the morning to elect officers for the coming year. A recent meeting named the directors for the year and reports from Walker Bond president and W Erle Edwards secretary treasurer showed a favorable financial condition.

Frederick Clarke Farm Loan Association Star Walker Bond W. Erle Edwards

Parachute Jump Planned at Millwood Road Airport

Herman Hockman will make his first parachute jump at the old Millwood road airport if weather allows. Duke Douglas will pilot the jump with training from George De Grange. Runways are restricted as nearly all are ploughed. hangar construction at the new municipal field delays. Captain A C Perkinson of Richmond says hangar work won’t start until March.

Herman Hockman Millwood Road Duke” Douglas Hockman George DeGrange Municipal Field A. C. Perkinson Richmond

Card of Thanks for J. Harry Lamp

Family expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy after the death of J. Harry Lamp. Appreciation notes floral tributes and car use, sent by wife, children, and grandchildren.

J. Harry Lamp

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