Paul Hunter Named Winchester Scout for National Jamboree
Paul Hunter of Troop 21 Winchester will attend the National Jamboree in Washington DC August 21 to 30 as a second class scout with 125 hours of service. Sponsored by Winchester VFW Post 2123 and selected by committee led by A Lee Cobbe, he plans aviation ventures and dreams of a pilot license. Readers note his family, church, and local supporters praise his preparation and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Winchester
Veterans of Foreign Wars
A. Lee Cobbe
VFW
Laurens Jones
Paul Hunter
Albert Z. Hunter
N. Braddock Street
White Rock
Potomac
Red Cross
Washington
Mount Vernon
Paul
Abstainers Outshine Drinkers in Child Health Tests
The article cites Dr Traavetti Laitinen claiming 19 519 children from 5 763 families show lower infant death rates among abstainers 13 percent versus 23 percent for moderate drinkers and 32 percent for heavy drinkers. Dr Rudolf Demme compared ten temperate families to ten intemperate ones, finding 82 percent of temperate children normal versus 17.5 percent in the intemperate group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traavetti Laitinen
Finland
Helsingfors
Rudolf Demme
University of Berne
American Mastodons and Their Global Reach
Scientists debate whether mastodons inhabited regions outside America and whether early humans in the continent overlapped with their presence. Evidence for non‑American populations remains unproven.
Apple Prices Higher in British Market This Week
Apple prices rose on British markets with moderate supplies and expectations of lighter availability next week. American apple quotations began the season with Virginia Yellow Transparents at about 2.24 dollars per basket in London, while Australian and New Zealand varieties fetched higher prices. overall UK arrivals for the week totaled around 145000 bushels, down from last week and well above last year.
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Foreign Agricultural Service
London
Virginia
New Zealand
U. S
United Kingdom
Early garters in Twelfth century and 1382 reference
The text notes that women used garters in the Twelfth century and cites Wrellff mentioning 1382. Before elastic, a strip of woolen material served as a garter.
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Wrellff
Wiley Post Plans New Trans Pacific Flight Pairing With Wife
Wiley Post aims for another long oceanic flight launching July 22 in a new monoplane with his wife. He recently completed a solo global circumnavigation in seven days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes, covering 15 400 miles across continents and oceans ending in New York.
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Los Angeles
Wiley Post
New York
Alaska
Siberia
Moscow
Sunday Evening Musical Program at Market Street M E Church
The Market Street M E Church will present a musical program Sunday evening July 21 at 8 o'clock. The program includes a Prelude Hymn No 2 Scripture Psalm 103 Prayer announcements and offering an organ recital by Louis C Clay Brook Jr soloist Eugene Russell Hymn No 106 and benediction.
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Market Street M. E. Church
Louis C. Clay Brook, Jr
Eugene Russell
County Notes: Visitors, Vacations, and an Accident
Mr and Mrs Stephen Marco and family visited relatives in Grimes and returned to Jersey City after two weeks with Mrs Nancy Cleva nger in Rose Hill. Charles Hensell has been confined at home for a week. Dick Affieck from Winchester vacationing with grandparents Daniel Leight. Jonah Good continues his regular ice route. J H Good hosted guests including Charles McVay and William Good Kernstown. Cecil McVay of Camp Bellvoir cut his foot badly with an ax and spent two weeks in hospital.
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John Kiser
Inwoodfi W. Va
Grimes
J. H. Good
Charles McVay
William Good
Kernstown
Cecil McVay
Camp Belvoir
Mount Williams News Roundup Reflects Local Visits and Health
Mount Williams Virginia notes a successful yard party for the baseball team at the schoolhouse. Mrs Charles Pennington of Winchester suffered heat exhaustion. Several residents and visitors from Irwin Pa Turtle Creek Pa Strasburg Winchester and Berryville are listed among recent calls and visits. Donnie and Tommie Fauver of Baltimore are recovering from whooping cough. Master Philip Pomeroy visits Mountain View and Mrs Virginia Bear visits relatives in Winchester.
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Mount Williams
Charles Pennington
Winchester
Ruth Ambrose
Ralph Hammer
Strasburg
Hollis Crowser
Charles Taylor
Paul Campbell
William Grim
Bruce McKinley
Abner Farver
Edna Farmer
Guy Farmer
Charles Williams
Virginia Bear
W. K. Brill
Winfred
Maurice Ambrose
Joseph Wallace
Leslie Ambrose
Irwin, Pa
Charles Ambrose
Turtle Creek
Elmer Ambrose
Donnie
Tommie Fauver
Baltimore
George Hummer
Dorothy Ambrose
Pomeroy
Philip Pomeroy
Wrenn Triplett
Mountain View
Pearl
Boyce
Ernest Ashwood
Berryville
Mary Ashwood
Reynolds Store area hosts regional visitors and locals
Numerous guests visit Reynolds area homes from Buckland Ohio Baltimore Maryland Hagerstown Maryland Winchester and Washington D C. Social rounds include family gatherings at Gardner Shade and Lewis households with relatives and friends from Omps West Virginia Big Poole Maryland and Berkeley Springs West Virginia frequenting Sunday dinners and weekend stays. A pocket book was stolen at a Saturday picnic.
Mountain Falls Notes Interesting Regional Visits
Mountain Falls Virginia notes a stream of visitors and family gatherings. J H Tevault and others from Mountain Falls arrived for a short visit to Henry and Stanley Tevault. Numerous locals hosted dinners and welcomed relatives from Lebanon Church Winchester Mount Airy and Forest Glen while children stayed with grandparents at Star Tannery.
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Mountain Falls
J. H. Tevault
Henry
Stanley Tevault
Naplon Triplett
Lebanon Church
Lawson Triplett
B. C. Hulver
John Richards
Mary Line
Mount Airy
Dewey Hulver
Cedar Grove Notes
Cedar Grove Virginia residents and visitors are listed in a community notebook. Eva Shoemaker and daughter from Akron Ohio arrived to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Dean Clark. Other local households hosted relatives and friends including Sandusky Ohio visitors Charles Smith, Grimes guest Harvey Yeakley, Ernest Leake family, and Winchester visitors C F Dick. Charlie Lupton from Clear Brook will stay with A G Clark.
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Cedar Grove
Eva Shoemaker
Akron
Ohio
Shoemaker
Dean Clark
Charles Smith
Sandusky
Elmer Meister
Harvey Yeakley
Grimes
Ernest Leake
H. K. Dick
Ella Emmett
C. F. Dick
Winchester
Mr. Dick
Charlie Lupton
Clearbrook
A. G Clark
Middletown Notes Home Guests Visit Shenandoah City
Sunday guests at the home of Mrs. D. H. Glenn included her daughter Mrs. Evans and family from Wilkinsburg Pennsylvania and Mrs Arlige and daughter from Braddock Pennsylvania who plan to visit Harrisonburg Virginia. Mr L K Sibert of Frederick Maryland visited his mother Mrs Mary Sibert over the weekend. Virginia Kline visiting Civil Service Preparatory School in Washington spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Earl Kline. Mrs Claude Carper and family accompanied by Mr Gordon Ridings were guests of Mr Joe Propes and family in Shenandoah City. Alice Carper is visiting relatives in Shenandoah City.
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Middletown
D. H. Glenn
Evans
Wilkinsburg
Arlige
Braddock Pa
Harrisonburg
L. K. Sibert
Frederick
Washington
Earl Kline
Claude Carper
Gordon Ridings
Joe Propes
Shenandoah City
Alice Carper
Hogue Creek Locals Visit and Guests Listed
Hogue Creek Virginia July 20. Mr and Mrs Luther Larrick and daughter have left for New port News to visit Mr and Mrs Harry Larrick. Mrs Laura Orndorff, now in Winchester, spent Sunday at her former home. Mrs Marjorie Gochenour was the recent guest of Mrs Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogue Creek
Luther Larrick
Newport News
Harry Larrick
Laura Orndorff
Winchester
Marjorie Gochenour
Scott
Local Visitors Reported in Community Notes
White and Mildred McCormick visited Ri chard and Betty Orndorff. John Goucenour hosted relatives from Pennsylvania. Dye of Falls Church Va visited Scott White. Frank Orndorff visited Nannie Orndorff. Vernon Baker and son vacationed on a Pennsylvania farm. Anna Hedrick of Washington spent the weekend at Burcroft. Rev. B F Spitzer was guest of Mrs. Walter Miller.
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Washington
Trone Brevities from Trone Virginia Local
Mrs Alvin Whitacre visited her sister Mrs J F Oates Wednesday Sun guests included Frank Eaton Capon Bridge and Charles Whitacre near Berryville. Gladys Barrette visits grandmother Mrs Lineburg. Alvin Whitacre weekend with A V Whitacre Paw Paw W Va. Cleatis Whitlock at Mountain View Service. Marvin Cannon Green Spring visited family in Bunner home.
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Trone
Alvin Whitacre
J. F. Oates
H. D. Whitacre
Frank Eaton
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Charles Whitacre
Berryville
Dorothy
Ida
Marie
Opal Whitacre
Gladys Barrette
Ernest Barrette
Lineburg
A. V. Whitacre
Paw Paw
Harry la Follette
Cleatis Whitlock
Mountain View Service Stoon
Olive Barrette
Front Royal
Marvin Cannon
Greenspring
Lester Bunner
Men Caught Opening a Safe Are Fingerprinter
Two men identified as James Donavan aged 28 from Jacksonville Florida and James Henderson aged 24 from Hickman Kentucky were caught attempting to open a bakery safe in Waynesboro Virginia. Police report they were nabbed in a trap after a tip of a planned robbery and wore gloves with burglary tools. Fingerprint results from Washington were pending.
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Waynesboro
R. L. Switzer
Department of Justice
Washington
James Donavan
Jacksonville
Fla
James Henderson
Hickman
Switzer
Middletown Bank Reelects Officers At Annual Meet
Middletown State Bank held its annual stockholders meeting on July 9 reporting a profitable year with increased deposits and business. All officers were reelected: M. H. Rhodes president E. M. Punk vice president E. R. Campbell cashier and W. A. Everly assistant cashier. Directors reelected include E. L. Humston Byron O. Brumback J. Julian Pickeral E. R. Sperry E. M. Funk E. R. McDonald M. H. Rhodes and Herbert S. Larrick.
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Middletown
Middletown State Bank
M. H. Rhodes
E. M. Punk
E. R. Campbell
W. A. Everly
E. L. Humston
Byron O. Brumback
J. Julian Pickeral
E. R. Sperry
E. M. Funk
E. R. McDonald
Herbert S. Larrick
Curve On Route 50 Figures In Pair Accidents
Two crashes on Route 50 near the Blue Ridge curve within 24 hours, blamed on brakes and curve conditions. Turner Hummer of Millwood sustained minor injuries after his light truck was sideswiped by Herbert Gray Welch of Abingdon. both drivers faced reckless driving charges with a July 25 hearing at Berryville. A second incident at about 7 am involved I D Myers of Harrisonburg and Michael Donahue of Washington, with the Auth Company truck, no charges listed. The curve lies about 200 yards west of the spring on the mountain’s west side.
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Blue Ridge
Stow
Turner Hummer
Millwood
Herbert Gray Welch
Abingdon
Berryville
Hummer
I. D. Myers
Harrisonburg
Michael Donahue
Washington
Auth Company
Myers
Auth
Speed Boats Set to Break Records at Havre de Grace Regatta
Speed boat pilots with three world records aimed to add more laurels at the sixth annual Havre de Grace regatta in Mada. July 20. The program featured the Maryland State Championship finals for 135 cubic inch displacement boats and a packed closing day of events. The Baltimore to Havre de Grace handicap cruiser race finished and the outboards were ready to start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre DE Grace
Mada
Maryland
Baltimore
Judge rules Bankhead cotton act unconstitutional in Texas order
Federal Judge Randolph Bryant in Sherman Texas declared the Bankhead cotton control act unconstitutional and signed an injunction against its enforcement. The ruling highlights ongoing legal challenges to wartime commodity controls.
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Sherman
Tex
Randolph Bryant
Trustee's Sale of Desirable Stephens City Property
A deed of trust dated September 8 1931 secures the debt on J P Carbaugh and wife. The sale of the Stephens City residence at 12 o'clock August 3 1935 in Winchester will be public at the courthouse steps. One half acre lot includes a large home with terms: one third cash, balance in two annual installments with interest and a policy of insurance. M M Lynch, Trustee. C I Brumback, Auctioneer.
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J. P. Carbaugh
Frederick County
Virginia
Winchester
Main Street
Stephens City
Roy Adams
Mulberry Street
John C. Lemley
M. M. Lynch
C. I. Brumback
Infantile paralysis fears and garbage risks aired by reader
A reader warns that disease spread comes from more than carnivals, citing decayed garbage left near an alley gate and urging sanitation. She notes police and health officers have no leads and advertises a reward rise to $5 for information, stressing paralysis is a terrible risk to children.
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the Star
Protection sought over rotten food dumped in yard
Nina Glynn Anderson of 218 North Main Street Winchester Virginia seeks legal protection regarding stale and rotten food left uncovered by a careless person. She asks the law to intervene to stop the intrusion on her property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Glynn Anderson
N. Main Street
Winchester
Early Apple Market Shows Lifeless Trade For Yellow Transparent
Lifeless market for Yellow Transparent apples with prices in small packs at 50 to 75 cents in Pittsburgh and Baltimore. A Martinsburg carload of Early Ripe 2 1/4 inch stock sold at 65 cents per bushel fob, implying delivered about $1.10. Buyers urge leaving small fruit on the orchard or selling to by products plants to cut costs.
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Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Martinsburg
Car Lot Priced Low Enough to Double Your Value
Every vehicle in the lot is priced far below its worth with figures implying buyers can get nearly double the market value. Shoppers are urged to compare prices as savings appear substantial across models and makes.
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Albert Hunter
America
Edward Crowser
F. J. Gardner
Harry Largent
Eagar Largent
Eddie Largent
Ira Bageant
Baltimore, Md
H. B. Dick
Susan B. Lewis
I. D. Shade
Joseph Catlett
Ed Stotler
N. L. McIntyre
Earl Farmer
C. T. Adams
Gainesboro
Robert Luttrell
E. L. Luttrell
Oscar Light
Dewey Batt
Hagerstown
C. L. Batt
Ernest Batt
Elson Oats
Lenora
Berkeley Springs
Paul Hovermale
Alvernea Patterson
George Mauzy
James Bagent
Angers Store
W. Lee Crossen
Henry Bagent
Annie Racey
E. D. Shenk
Julius Beeler
Wheatfield
Virginia Clowser
Forest Glen, Md
Carl Clowser
Cedar Grove Notes
Middletown Bank
Republic
Martinsburg Pike
Boscawen
Valley Ave
Braddock
Republic Oil CO
East Piccadilly
Westinghouse Automatic
Northern Virginia Power CO
Big Sister
Uke Dee Ei
Tsann
Byles Forgrave
du Pont
John W. Rosenberger & CO. Quality Building Material
Winchester, VA
NET
Cision
Cammertireco
Braddock & Boscawen Sts
Winchester VA
Chevrolet
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
Baker’s Service
Sta
Bicker’s
Bickers Motor Co
Ford Dealers
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