Highway costs show gains and declines in tidy decade survey
Richmond notes a ten year study by the state highway department finds unit construction costs 97 percent above 1939 and maintenance costs 91.5 percent higher, with construction costs easing from 1948, and maintenance still rising though less steeply. The report excludes overall expenditures and traces pre war to postwar trends. Pedigree experts say purebreds cannot be identified by looks alone.
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Richmond
Te State Highway Department
Hunt of Toothpicks Tops Hobby Show
A toothpick hut miniature was the oldest curio at Douglas playground hobby show. Mrs. John Woodfolk of 579 N Kent St entered it, saying an employer gave it years ago. Katherine Green displayed the largest item, fur lined French wooden shoes. Tonya Cartwright showed the smallest, a glass slipper.
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Douglas Playground
John Woodfolk
N. Kent St
Katherine Green
Tonya Cartwright
Lemon Flake Sealtest July Flavor of the Month
Sealtest advertises Lemon Flake as the flavor of the month for July highlighting the brand’s best quality. The promotion invites customers to try the updated lemon flavor as part of the season’s新品 offerings.
Scrap book wins second prize and hobby class winners named
Scrap book takes second prize with judges Evelyn Lewis and Doris Catlett. Marlene Johnson earns second for a miniature bar and Tonya Cartwright for a drinking bird. Mrs. Woodfolk places third for a potato shaped rock. Randall Long wins first in Hobby Class for a clay bust. Robert Gai ther has the largest hobby collection. Roy Denny follows with the next largest bottle and money collection. James Bartlett’s Nature Scrap book is second prize. judges again Evelyn Lewis and Doris Catlett. An IQ note suggests at least 120 may be needed for college work.
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Marlene Johnson
Tonya Cartwright
Mrs. Woodfolk
Randall Long
Robert Gaither
Roy Denny
James Bartlett
Garber Ice Cream Aids Martinsburg Kiwanis Fourth
Garber Ice Cream Co. supplied 84 dozen popsicles to Martinsburg Kiwanis Club during a Fourth of July party after the organization exhausted its supply. The rescue followed an emergency call from Martinsburg.
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Garber Ice Cream Co
Martinsburg Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis rushes confection shipment to support holiday sales
Kiwanis officials arranged an emergency order after the local freezer stock ran out. Archie Garber expedited a shipment to Winchester airport and J. W. Buddy Lloyd Jr. flew it to Martinsburg, where Lloyd serves as manager. The Garber plant report cites strong holiday sales.
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Archie Garber
Winchester
Martinsburg
J. W
Buddy” Lloyd Jr
Garber
Rotary Club installs Robert J. Benchoff as president
Guests of the Woodrow Rotary Club luncheon, including J Kenneth Robinson and Bob Waite of Winchester, attended yesterday as Robert J. Benchoff was installed as club president. The Monroe Doctrine reference appears in a 1823 presidential message to Congress by James Monroe.
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J. Kenneth Robinson
Bob Waite
Winchester
Woodstock Rotary Club
Robert J. Benchoff
James Monroe
Congress
White and Alberti At Rotary Meeting
President Ridgely White and Secretary Treasurer Homer Alberti of Winchester plan to attend a district assembly at Natural Bridge. Alberti, administrator of Winchester hospital, is slated to address the assembly on Youth in This Changing World.
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Ridgely White
Homer Alberti
Winchester
Natural Bridge
Alberti
Winchester Hospital
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