Virginia peach outlook urges top quality packing for good prices
Virginia Extension notes 1938 peach production in the south rises, with North Carolina Georgia and South Carolina showing large gains. Carolina crop timing could clash with Virginia harvest. buyers favor well packed superior fruit to sustain prices amid regional competition.
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Virginia Extension Division
U. 8
S. Res
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Arkansas
Virginia
Carolina
Illinois
Crozet
Berryville Social Events and Fishing Party Highlights
Berryville social columns note gatherings including Mrs Grayson Parkins and Mrs Harry Warden at a Sunday event with Miss Roberta Whitehead Catharine Langhage and Miss Kate Powers. A Berryville Boyce group enjoyed a fishing trip near Deltaville Virginia with several local men and visitors attending Mrs John Hart's funeral in Hagerstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson Parkins
Harry Warden
Thomas E. Gold Sunday
Roberta Whitehead
Catharine Langhage
Kate Powers
Virginia Page
Berryville
Boyce
Deltaville
Co. P. Newcomb
Ralph M. Ware
George Grove
Clarence Grubbs
Henry Jenkens
Glenn Burch
Clay B. Carr, Jr
John Hart
Fred Miller
Bobby Miller
Hagerstown
Wynkoop Visit With Training Daughter In Ington
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wynkoop visit their daughter Miss Wash Dorothy Oop who is in training in Ington for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wynkoop
Miss Wash Dorothy ‘Oop
Ington
Americans Take Heavily Manned British Brigade
British airfield defenses are reviewed after Americans disguised as locals and aided by a golf enthusiast and a staged drunken performer capture the brigade HQ in fog and rain. Gen Wade Hampton Hayes leads paratroopers seizing maps and documents amid tear gas and a machine gun detachment.
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London
Bas Ogeg
England
Wade Hampton Hayes
Mae
Hayes
Elderly Keedysville Farmer Slain in 1940 Case Probed
Cumberland dispatch reports state prosecutors in Maryland outline the 1940 killing of Raleigh Poffenberger, 76, at his secluded farm. Earl Loveless, 22, and James Miller, 29, are charged. Miller awaits separate trial. The opening statements claim Loveless lured the man by promising gasoline, and a raid on the house followed. Florida Poch, daughter, testified the scene showed ransacking and missing items.
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Cumberland
Earl Loveless
Raleigh Poffenberger
Keedysville
Washington County
Charles F. Wagaman
James Lee Miller
Loveless
Poffen
E. Austin James
David W. Sloan
Florida Pch
Coach Headley Seriously Ill After Tavern Shooting Near Dorsey
Coleman Headley acting University of Maryland track coach was shot in a tavern altercation near Dorsey. Bullet near his spine punctured his stomach. surgery performed. transfusion given. Suspect Guy Constancne, 50, held on assault with intent to kill. watchman Benjamin Ruth released on bail. Philippines independence planned for 1946.
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Baltimore
Coleman Headley
University of Maryland
Dorsey
University Hospital Toay
Headley
Guy Constancne
Howard County
Ellicott City
J. Lewis Thompson
Thompson
Benjamin Ruth
Aliens From Bat’a Shoe Firm Slated for Deportation
Immigration authorities move to deport Czech workers tied to the Baltimore Belcamp based Bat’a Shoe Company. Archibald says warrants were issued ten months ago and 35 to 40 warrants have been handed to him. Justice Department notes many workers had been ordered to leave earlier and some obtained one year permits in 1939 which have since expired or led to transfers to Bat’a units abroad.
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Baltimore
Bat’t Shoe Company
Belcamp
Justice Department
Archibald
Bat
Bat’a
Canada
Central
South America
In Memoriam for Mrs H A Hinton Died 1922
In memory of our dear mother Mrs H A Hinton who died nineteen years ago July 22 1922 We miss you in the morning and throughout the day We miss dear mother in a thousand other ways We miss you most that loved you best Sleep on dear mother and take thy rest BY HER CHILDREN
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H. A. Hinton
Mrs Darr Honored By Postal Group
Bristol Virginia July 22 P Pope of Drewry Yard was elected president of the Virginia Rural Letter Carriers Association at the thirty eighth annual convention in Richmond J L Brumer of Bristol was named former president J S Hudson of Rocky Mount was elected vice president and Odell Howerton of Concord Depot was re elected secretary treasurer Howerton and Pope were named delegates at large to the national convention to be held in Columbus Ohio next month Spahr of Abingdon W L Bersley of Randolph Pred J Croft of Virginia Beach and Reed of Floyd were named state delegates to the marginal convention The ladies auxiliary to Virginia Letter Carriers elected Mrs R C Miller of Winchester as president Mrs L A of unknown there secretary treasurer Mrs Miller was named as Delegate at large to the national convention and Mrs Carr and Mrs Costello were selected as state delegates Mrs Elmo Henderson of River was elected to the auxiliary executive board</|>
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Bristol
P. Pope
Drewry
Virginia Rural Letter Carriers Association
Richmond
Letter Carriers Organization
Pope
J. L. Brumer
J. S. Hudson
Rocky Mount
Odell Howerton
Concord Depot
Howerton
Columbus
Ohio
Spahr
Abingdon
W. L. Bersley
Randolph
J.croft
Virginia Beach
Reed
Floyd
Carr
Ginia
Conv
R. C. Miller
L. A
Winchester
W. A. Costello
Miller
Costello
Elmo Henderson
Sys River
Auxiliary
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Anne Ferguson
Boston
Charles River
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Richard Perrine
Jack Shaw
Urower
Carolinas
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
Drew Middleton
Penn
Firestone
Firestone Auto Supply & Service Stores
C. P
Philippines
Shoe Company
Bat’n
U. S
Mrs.Darr
Postal Group
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Door
Ford
Northern Virginia Power Co
North Loudoun St
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