Frederick County 4-H Members Do Well at Blacksburg Rally
Frederick County 4-H members at the State Short Course in Blacksburg earned several top honors. Nancy Harbaugh of Mountain View won a perfect score in Correct Dress with her School Dress entry. Linda Dailey of Whitacre placed second in Work Dress, Hilda Whitacre also took second in Church Dress, and Mary Gay Marker of Round Hill was second in Sports Dress. Kenwyn Triplett of Gore won the county scholarship in the Chilean Nitrate of Soda essay contest, receiving $10.
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Frederick County
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Madeline Blair
Nancy Harbaugh
Mountain View Club
Blacksburg
Linda Dailey
Whitacre
Virginia
Frederick
White Rok
Japan Ends Treaty With U S Sparking Shanghai Excitement
News of the denunciation of the Japanese United States treaty created wide spread excitement in Shanghai and Tientsin as foreigners viewed it as a major move since the Chinese-Japanese conflict began. American and British business leaders voiced approval while Britons praised policy shifts in the Far East.
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China
Japan
Britain
Washington
Shanghai
Tientsin
Answers to Today's Quiz and Tea Hostess Details
Answers to today s quiz printed on page 4 are listed. If unable to attend, call dates should be mailed to reach the hostess on the day of the tea. References to the refuge of mutineers of the Bounty and Greenwich Observatory appear in the fragment.
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Lynesians
Greenwich Observatory
SeiArizona
Orbit
Apoldville
Star Office Team Splits Two Tilts
The Star Office Juniors split a doubleheader with Winchester Cold Storage on the fairgrounds diamond yesterday morning. They lost 9-6 in the opener and won the second game 16-4. Lineup included Ebert Dunn Shanholtz Swanson Bayliss DeHaven Daugherty Pentz Fansler Scragges Ramadotte Pentz Tinsman Stewart Miller Renner Tinsman Cave Womeldorph Massey.
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Star Office
Winchester
Fairgrounds
Pos
Star Icebergs
C. Ebert
R. Dunn
E. Shanholtz
W. Swanson
N. Bayliss
J. DeHaven
Daugherty Pentz
ss—Fansler
Scraggess—Ramadotte
A. Pentz
E. Tinsman Stewart
Dr Watson Chosen Speaker at District G Teachers Meet
Dr. Watson of Columbia University will be principal speaker at the morning session of the District G Teachers annual meeting in Waynesboro Virginia on October 14. Miss Ethel Spilman Harrisonburg president announces a forum for discussion and lists the panelists from Winchester Harrisonburg Elkton Bridgewater and Waynesboro. The address topic is Guidance a new name for an ancient art.
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Goodwin Watson
Columbia University
Waynesboro
Ethel Spilman
Harrisonburg
Andrew Bell
Winchester
E. P. Browning Winchester
Celia Punkhouser
D. J. Howard
Annie Myers
Bridgewater
Abigail Ritchie
Elkton
B. L. Stanley
Annie P. Starling
Margie Trumbo
Cootes Store
Anne Gardner
Dr. Watson
Beekeeper Loses Honey as Bees Return to Hives
Beekeeper A. F. Shields of Busy Bees Mt Sterling Kentucky planned to move 75 pounds of honey from his garage after swarming bees left. Returning later, he found the crates empty as the bees had carried every drop back to the hives.
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Mt. Sterling
A. F. Shields
Tribute Letter Honors Mr Carter at Western State Hospital
Dr P B DeJarnette writes from Winchester praising Shirley Carter for his decades of service to the mentally ill community. Carter helped shape state policy, defended institutions, and remained a lifelong ally to the insane with strong convictions and steadfast friendship.
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Western State Hospital
Staunton
P. 8S. DeJarnette
Winchester
Shirley Carter
Carter
General State Hospital Board
DeJarnette
Virginia
DeJarnette State Sanitorium
Mr. Carter
Death Removes Mrs. Seekford in Virginia Family Farewell
Mrs. Sarah Francis Seekford widow of Noah Seekford of Marksville Page county died last night at 516 South Cameron Street after a brief illness in her eighty ninth year. She outlived a long life filled with family devotion and remembered Civil War days. Survived by four sons and four daughters with many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her husband served in the Confederate Army and the couple lived on a Page county farm before moving to the city.
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Sarah Francis Seekford
Noah Seekford
Marksville
Page County
George W. Ritter
Cameron Street
Virginia
Seckford
Michael K
George W. Seekford
Near Springsfield
Ohio
Homer Seekford
Falling Waters
W. Va
Grover Seekford
Luray
Lydia J. Depoy
Harrisonburg
C. William Ritter
Harvey E. Ritter
Ronald S Wilson to Speak at Indian Hollow Dedication
The Helping Hand Mission in Indian Hollow prepares for a 3 p.m. Sunday dedication of four memorial windows. Rev. Ronald S. Wilson of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church will preach the dedicatory sermon with Rev. Cephas Fahnestock and Rev. L. G. Bridgers assisting. The windows honor Staunton residents Dr. J. T. Wayman James W. Dabney E F M Staples and Laura A. Cottrell.
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Helping Hand
Indian Hollow
Henry W. McVicar
Ronald S. Wilson
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Cephas Fahnestock
Albin
L. G. Bridgers
Winchester United Brethren Church
Wildwood
Staunton
McVicar
J. T. Wayman
James W. Dabney
F. M. Staples
Laura A. Cottrell
Middletown Youth Under Knife Frequent In Four Years
Wilmer Renner of Middletown has undergone 18 operations over four years. The 17-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Harry Renner near Middletown has endured multiple skull arm and leg bone infections beginning in 1935. After numerous hospital stays he has progressed to seventh grade despite long absences.
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Middletown
Wilmer Renner
Harry Renner
Funeral Rites for Local Resident Saturday
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Ritter, conducted by Reverends Dudley and Flickinger. The body will go to the Alma Lutheran Church in Page county for 3 p.m. services by Elder J. B. Jenkins. Interment follows at the church cemetery. Six grandsons serve as pallbearers, including James Ritter, Geo H Ritter, Roy Ritter, Russell Seekford, Granville Depoy, and Theodore Seekford.
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Page County
George Ritter
W. L. Dudley
8S. L. Flickinger
Lutheran Church
Alma
J. B. Jenkins
The
Primitive Baptist Church
James
Geo. H. Ritter
Roy Ritter
Baltimore
Russell Seekford
Ohio
Granville Depoy
Harrisonburg
Theodore Seekford
Luray
Japanese Resolve to Retaliate After Treaty End
The statement declares ending the treaty unthinkable and questions America’s real intent. Officials note surprise at the swift State Department move, with the U.S. embassy and Japanese foreign office awaiting an official explanation.
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America
United States
State Department
Ofce
Foreign Office
Officials To Greet Farmers Arriving From Franklin County
Franklin county agent J H Kanode and Chamber of Commerce secretary J G Eppinger arrived in Winchester to arrange a welcome for about 400 Franklin county farmers in 150 plus cars. They will stop in Winchester at 8 am before continuing to Charlottesville via Skyline Drive, with a Virginia line escort led by Mayor C R Anderson and COC leaders.
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J. H. Kanode
Franklin County
Chambersburg
J. G. Eppinger
Chamber of Commerce
Chambersburg Motor Club
Winchester
Williamsburg
Charlottesville
Has Signatures Of All Governors
The arrival of a large autographed photograph from Governor Clifford Townsend of Indiana completed Marshall Farmer’s effort to obtain autographs of all U S governors. Farmer, who planned to attend the New Jersey state hobby show in progress, listened to a broadcast about the event yesterday and planned to listen again today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Townsend
Indiana
Marshall Farmer
United States
Farmer
New Jersey
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Kenwyn Triplett
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Merves W. Adams
E. Piccadilly St
Herr Wohltat
Herr Wohlrat
General Goering
London
Germany
Briggs
Andrew G
North Price Assurance Society
Richmond
Bhenandash Valley Natl
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Mr.Carter
Dr. DeJarnette
Mrs. Seekford
Ronald Wilson
Anderson
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Han
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Martinsburg
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Hudson River
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Parlett Funeral Home
Gainesboro Road
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