Local Jaycee Team Edges Clarke Five In Charity Game
The Winchester Jaycees saved a 50 42 victory over Clarke County Junior Board at a benefit game for polio funds. Henry and Yeakle pushed the locals ahead late while Maddox added a decisive foul shot as Ellis Jackson led scoring with 17 points. Box score shows Berryville and Winchester players including Mathers Cooley Flickinger and Largent in a tight match. A legal notice about a Winchester partition suit appears in the second portion of the page.
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Mathers
Jackson
Winchester
Berryville Boys
Lambert Hess
Clarke Countians
Jaycees
Ellis
Buddy” Jackson
Donald Cooley
Kerchevals
Hunter Maddox
Handley
Sirbaugh
Largent
Henry
Maddox
Crowl
Flickinger
Yeakle
I¢ Lewis
Berryville
Renner Stotler and Penn Lead Dept Store League
In the second half Renner Stotler and Penn starred for Woolworths and led the department store league. Woolworths defeated Newberrys 3 to 0 with Oscar Nebel scoring twice and strong showings from Penn and Stotler. High scores included Penn 113 and Woolworths 458 in team games.
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Renner, Stotler
Penn High
Dept. Store
Oscar Nebel
McCrorys
Woolworths
Knitting Mill
Credit Bureau
Newberrys
Cred. Bu
Knit Mill
Penn
Stotler
Renner
McCrory
Tar Heels Clash With Virginia In Annual Boxing Meet
North Carolina and Virginia meet in Charlottesville for the 15th annual intercollegiate boxing duel. Key bouts include Dickerson vs Williams at 145 pounds and Sanders vs Somerville at 165 pounds, with football stars Rabbitt Kimball and Rathburn also appearing in support events.
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Charlottesville
Upper South
North Carolina
Virginia
Dixie
Tar Heels
Cavaliers
Billy Winstead
Ed Dickerson
Elden
Red) Sanders
Dick Williams
Truman Southall
Fenton Somerville
Dickerson
Williams
Sanders
Somerville
Mike Rabbitt
Gates Kimball
Ken Rathburn
Bobbitt
History of the Reserve Officers Training Corps
The Act creating the Reserve Officers Training Corps was passed June 3 1916. Some units began in fall 1916 with a high school unit authorized for Leavenworth Kansas High School in January 1917 and later withdrawn. Many units followed in colleges and universities in 1917 1918 and 1919 with additional high school units in 1919.
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W.S. A
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Leavenworth
Kansas
Stockmen Protest Interstate Commerce livestock rates in Virginia
Virginia stock producers met in Richmond with H E Ketner of the State Corporation Commission to plan protests to the Interstate Commerce Commission against rates and practices affecting livestock movement from the Southwest and West into Virginia and from the South into Virginia and beyond.
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Richmond
Virginia
H. E. Ketner
State Corporation Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commonwealth
Ketner
Trulh Bird Killed Walking Rail Line Near Clinchfield
Trulh Bird, 20, of Kingsport Tennessee, was struck and killed by a southbound Clinchfield Railway freight train near the station in Dante Virginia. She was en route to visit her sister Mrs Elston Wilson a patient at Clinchfield Hospital.
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Dante
Trulh Bird
Kingsport
Tenn
Clinchfield Railway
Elston Wilson
Clinchfield Hospital
Sports Round-Up From Eddie Brietz in New York
roundup of boxing and horse racing notes with mentions of Joe Louis opponents, Ace Parker coaching talk, Red Sox and Washington rosters, Lombardi salary clash, and local incidents from Miami to Louisville with light anecdotes about Lombardi Bettina and Tony Galento.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Jack Zeller
Detroit
Joe Louis
Finn Relief Fund
Peahead Walker
Wake Forest
Ace Parker
St. Louis
Reds
Lou Diamond
Mike Jacobs
Miami
Pedro Montanez
Armstrong
Ernie Lombardi
Dixie
Fred Apostoli
Melio Bettina
Louisville
Nye and Riley Toured U S Readings Together in 1885
In 1885 the humorist accompanied James Whitcomb Riley on a United States tour, each delivering readings of his own poems and compositions.
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Bill Nye
James Whitcomb Riley
United States
Natchez Garden Club Pilgrimage Filmed in Mississippi
The Natchez Garden Club Pilgrimage in Natchez, Mississippi has been filmed in part by James A. Fitzpat— details note a film project capturing the event and participants.
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Mississippi
T. R
James A. Fitzpat
Spotlight on Local Sports Sweeps A and B titles lead bowling page
In the League B sweepstakes AL Dulaney headlined Class A for Gulf with Donald Smith and John Scully near. Class B saw John Siler of National Fruit win, Jack Wilkins second and Shade of Nehi third. Woolworths Girls routed New Berry's. Edna Ponn’s 298 standout. Bob Legg rolled five strikes for 174 in League C. Rous Firefighters beat Sunsh ine Cleaner 3-1 in a tri pleheader. Dulaney’s 406 set featured 17 spares. Junior Women's Club upset Berryville youths 1395-1359. Lee Ressigue’s 368 duckpin set shows form. First-half winners dropping all three games in second half remains a trend. Ida Simmons’ 120.8 vs Loulli’s 119.29 leads Baltimore Major League.
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AL Dulaney
GULF
Donald Smith
Lee Baking
John Scully
National Fruit
John Siler
Jack Wilkins
Texaco
Shade
NEHI
Woolworth’s
Newberry
Edna Ponn
Bell Clothiers
Valley Service Five
Bob Legg
Rouss
Bob
Ben Cather
Sunshine Cleaner
Dulaney
Jack Hayley
Berryville
JWC
Russell
Helen Berry
Lee Ressigue
Lee
Friendsh Fire League
Health Club
Harry Hoile
Julian Everly
Troy Rhea
Marsden Licklider
Ida Simmons
Baltimore
Loulli
Handley Faces Hagerstown In Cumberland Valley Clash
Handley Judges travel to Hagerstown for a league game in their second CVL appearance this season. Past meetings with Charles Town show mixed results, with Handley losing big to the Panthers and Hagerstown splitting with them. Martinsburg recently beat Marylanders while Handley also lost to the Bulldogs.
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Handley
Hagerstown
Charles Town
Panthers
Hagerstown Laddies
Martinsburg
Marylanders
Bulldogs
Gulli Leads Wash District Women With 119.6 Average
In the Washington District League, Miss Gulli posts a 119.6 average for the women. Among men, Ray Northern of Hartford leads with 136 11, Astor Clarke is second at 132 31, and Tony Santini of Washington is third at 131 13 in the Ross Lyn Independent League standings.
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Miss Gulli
Ray Northern
Hartford
Astor Clarke
Tony Santini
Washington
Honoring J J Owens Virginia Tech Steward
Funeral services for J J Owens known as Pop will be held at 9 AM Saturday at St Marys Catholic Church in Blacksburg. Burial will be in Roanoke. Tech classes from 9 to 10 will be dismissed in tribute to the man who fed and advised students since fall 1917.
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Blacksburg
J. J. Owens
Virginia Tech
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Roanoke
Tech
Pop
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jaycee
Clarke Five
Polio Fund
Berryville Center
Corporation Court
City OF
Harry R. Kern
Admr. c. T. A
Katie Hodge
Oo Magruder
Als
Freemont Street
Mabel Blackburn
David Blackburn
Mabel Elizabeth White
Charles Hodge
Winchester Star
Kern and Kern, P. Q
Billy Cavanaugh
Homicide Henry Armstrong
New York City
Pedro
Montanez
Ann Eas
N. Loudoun St
Winchester Business College For
Bell
Bell’s Clothes Stores
Warren Wright
Ben Jones
Hialeah
Larry S. Wil
Arizona
Latonia
T. J. Megibbin
Cynthiana
Telegraph
Burke Davis
Charlotte
N. C
Dean
Tommy Gibbons
St. Paul
Tommy
Gene Tunney
Tony Galento
The
Boxing Commission
Tony
C. & P. Telephone Co
W. Boscawen
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Martinsburg — Opp
Dorothy Gray
Baker’s
Court House
Pabst
Pabst Sales Company
Chicago
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