Special Awards At Stephens City High School Commencement
At Kens City High School graduation last night the largest class in the school history received diplomas from Principal R. E. Aylor. Avery Warren, Robert Russell, Gladys Fawcett, Opal Tusing, and Ralph Snapp were among the 21 seniors honored with special awards for outstanding work. Awards included the American Legion Medal to Warren, Reader's Digest subscription to Russell, and the Winchester Junior Board of Trade prize to Fawcett for the essay on the Value of Frederick County Health Unit. Other top prizes went to Tusing and Snapp, with Russell earning the R. A. Wall prize for best supervised agricultural programs and Snapp for Highest Agricultural Grade. The program featured processional, salutatory, class history, poems, songs, and diplomas presented by Aylor, with Benediction by Rev. Homer Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kens City High School
Avery Warren
Robert Russell
Gladys Fawcett
Opal Tusing
Ralph Snapp
R. E. Aylor
Mr. Aylor
American Legion
Warren
Reader's Digest
Russell
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Frederick
R. A. Wall
Frank Roof
Jack McAboy
Agnes Grubbs
Mary Frances
Glee Club
Mary Boyd
Florence Messick
Charles Bauserman
Riev
Homer ‘Welch
Stephens City F F A elects Cecil Teets to presidency
At Stephens City FFA meeting for 1939 40 Cecil Teets was elected president with Ralph Snapp as first vice president James Yeakley second vice president Thomas Russell secretary Harold Bolen treasurer Robert Richards reporter and R A Wall advisor Ferman Perry and Harold Faucett on the executive committee Teets already has an outstanding three year record and aims for a State Farmer Degree at Blacksburg Yeakley also serves as chapter reporter and hopes for a State Farmer Degree next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City F. F. A
Cecil Teets
Ralph Snapp
James Yeakley
Thomas Russell
Harold Bolen
Robert Richards
R. A. Wall
Ferman Perry
Home Hack
Harold Faucett
F. F. A. Fair
Northern Triangle Federation
Blacksburg
Cecil
James
Queen Elizabeth Watches Soco Gap Dancers At White House
At a White House state dinner and musical honor to Queen Elizabeth II and King George VI, the Queen wore a diamond and ruby coronet and a white tulle gown while watching Soco Gap dancers from North Carolina perform the Water Wheel. The event drew 80 royal guests in tails and 200 additional attendees in the East Room for a program featuring Lawrence Tibbett and Marian Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Elizabeth
Soco Gap Square
Washington
England
Soco Gap
North Carolina
Britain
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Coon Creek
Kentucky
White House
Lawrence Tibbett
Marian An
George
Frederick Road Far From Finished
The state roads commission aims to finish the 20 mile Frederick Hagerstown relocation begun nearly three years ago. A remaining right of way negotiation and about 18 lacks of concrete surfacing delay progress. The project needs $750000 to complete, with legal issues around Antietam Creek to Hagerstown unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Frederick- Hagerstown
Frederick
Hagerstown
Nathan L. Smith
Antietam Creek
Dynamite Bomb Kills In Labor Dispute
Milton Lee 28, son of Northwest Bakery Company operator, was killed when a dynamite bomb in a bakery truck exploded. Police believe the device was planted as part of a labor dispute tied to Northwest Bakery. Lee’s father received a threatening call a week earlier demanding immediate union negotiations.
Princess Elizabeth Recovers. Joins Ride With Margaret Rose
King George and Queen Elizabeth visit Windsor and New York as Princess Elizabeth fully recovers from a cold and rides horseback with Princess Margaret Rose. The engagement marks a smooth royal welcome with the duo enjoying a public outing and the sisters sharing a ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Eng
King George
Queen Elizabeth
New York
Princess Elizabeth
Princess Margaret Rose
New Klan Head Chosen in Atlanta
James Arnold Colescott 42 year old former centinarian succeeds Dr. Hiram W. Evans as imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan Colescott is partly bald native of Terre Haute Indiana and previously served two years as Evans chief of staff
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
James Arnold Colescott
Hiram W. Evans
Ku Klux Klan
Terre Haute
Ind
Colescott
Evans
Why German Aircraft Switched to Beam Cross Mark
The Maltese cross on German aircraft was changed to the Beam type around 1916 because from a great distance the Maltese cross was hard to distinguish from Allied insignia, risking misidentification in battle.
Perfect attendance noted for Stephens City students
Stephens City High School principal R. E. Aylor announced 67 students, including Avery Warren who earned the American Legion award, as never tardy or absent during 1938 39. The list covers both High School and Elementary departments with named students praised for perfect attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Ayler
Farm Girl Held As Baby Thief
Police in San Francisco seek a possible male accomplice after Margaret Polly Weil 18 abducted five year old Krehe Osborn and held him for 1600 dollars. Weil, captured in San Jose with the child, gave aliases and faced kidnapping for ransom potential life imprisonment. Her mother in Nassau New Jersey vowed to help Margaret while distressed at mortgage pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
New York
Krehe Osborn
Margaret Polly Weil
Miss Weil
Osborn
San Jose
Graham Weil
Nassau
N. J
Margaret
Answers to Today’s Quiz
The page lists quiz answers including Thames and Golf and 73 off the coast of North Corona. It notes New York named for the Duke of York, a value of 100, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It also mentions the Ohio River, Alexander Hamilton, and a note about the hyphenation of Institute versus in-stitute. Florida is included as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames
Golf
North Corona
New York
Duke of York
Federal Bureau of Investigton
Ohio River
Alexander Hamilton
Florida
Gainesboro Students Tour R P Anderson Farm
Agricultural students from Gainesboro High School visited the R P Anderson farm near Ebenezer with Prof. Cowles. They learned about five clover varieties, hybrid corn, lime and phosphate soil amendments, soil testing, and turkey production with 550 poults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesboro High School
Prof. Cowles
R. P. Anderson
Ebenezer
Anderson
Anderson Place
Hockman Installed Regent Of Local Royal Arcanum Lodge
Peachy Hockman was installed as regent of McFadden council No. 1932 Royal Arcanum at a dinner meeting in the Golden Glow Peachy Hockman heads the list of officers with Fred Bamne as past regent and John Kern as orator The grand council officer Dr Raymond Kerlin conducted ceremonies with Taylor Barr aiding They plan to attend the Grand Council sessions in June 1920 at Richmond with named attendees including Kerlin Barr Bamne Gray and Hockman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Arcanum
McFadden Council
Golden Glow
Peachy Hockman
Regnet
Fred Bamne
John Kern
Edmund Spates
Garland Canter
Taylor Barr
Charles O'Conner
Harry Hottle
John Quick
Maynard Wisecarver
J. Foster Gray
Millwood social notes highlight visitors and gatherings
Mrs. Graham Dougherty hosted Pauline Bowie of Philadelphia and entertained guests at Woodley and Mt Airy. Several social entries record dinners, cocktails, boat races attendance in St Paul, and weekend visits by Winchester and Hamilton residents including Miss Jack English and Miss Anne Meade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood
Graham Dougherty
Pauline Bowie
Philadelphia
Jack English
Winchester
Anne, Meade
Louis B. Meade, Jr
Joseph Clagett
Hamilton, Va
William Bell Watkins, Jr
Millwood Avenue
St. Paul’s School
Concord
Watkins
George Burwell
Mt. Airy
Margaret Meade to be bridesmaid in Alexandria nuptials
Miss Margaret Della Meade will be a bridesmaid for Miss Mary Brown Sermon at the June 14 wedding to Mr. Stephen Walke at the Theological Seminary in Alexandria Virginia. The Woodstock Garden Club plans a Clarke gardens tour visiting Scabby Gardens Experimental Farm and the Play Gardens with roses in bloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Della Meade
E. K. Meade
Mary Brown
Stephen Walke
the Theological Seminary
Alexandria
Woodstock Garden Club
Clarke
Playground At Park To Open Under Miss Kern In Charge
The Winchester Park Playground opens Monday with Miss Rebecca Kern in charge. She will run free 9 am tennis lessons and 10 am swimming classes, with daily hours 9 am to 9 pm except Sundays 1 pm to 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Park
Rebecca Kern
Miss Kern
University of Wisconsin
The
Park Association
Kern
Mary Jane Marston Dies at Woodstock Home at 70
Mrs Mary Jane Marston 70 widow of W F Marston and mother of Frank Marston of Winchester died yesterday afternoon after a long illness. She was born June 11 1869 near Exith in Shenandoah County and married in 1889. Survived by seven children four brothers and one sister. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 p m at her Woodstock home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
Mary Jane Marston
W. F. Marston
Frank Marston
Winchester
Marston
Exith
Fort Valley
Shenandoah County
Isaiah
Isabelle Shuff Clem
Methodist Church
Womans Missionary Society
Ethel Lee Marston
Rumsey E. Marston
Huntington
W. Va
J. Howard Riddle
Zellinger
Ford Marston
Pittsburgh
Clark
Charles
Clear Spring
Louis Marston
Mayberry Clem
Louis Clem
Newark
Ohio
Guy E. Clem
Columbus
Walter Clem
Belle Haven
Ella Clem
Staunton
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Stephens City High School
Miss Warren
Legion
Goodrich
Silvertown Stores
E. Boscawen St
Stephens City F.F.A
Mrs. June Bride
Winchester Steam Laundry
Derson
New York City
Little Princess
Briggs
Andrew G
North America Assurance Society
Richmond
Shenandoah Valley
Stephens City
Miss Avery
Turessa Kitchen
Gertrude Clark
Helen Evans
Mae Good
Helen Pappas
Jane Hope Polhamus
Maynard Boyce
Gerald DeHaven
Ralph Kline
Charles Robert Lemley
Iva Yates
Winston Teets
Robert Richard
Betty Jane Clark
Edwin Evans
Homer Hack
William Mowery
Bernice Carper
Beatrice Anderson
Charlotte Wyant
Helen Clark
Neva Yates
Louise Sager
Zoe
Keller Nichols
Nancy Inskip
Joyce Wolfe
Jean Painter
Emma Trenary
Helen Welsh
Glenn Bailey
Richard Reid
Harry Clark
Robert Ridgeway
Laurslee Fritts
Betty Haines
Lola Madagan
Edna Marie Racey
Evelyn Marie White
Mildred Virginia Welch
Freda Jean White
Vance Clary Orndoff
Lloyd White
Jerry Welch
Henry Cook
Palmolive Ee
SILCO
N. Loudoun
Gainesboro
Hockman
Arcanum Lodge
Millwood Social — Notes
Jane Brooks
Henry Post Mitchell
A. A. Baldwin
Bridge Club
Saratoga
Ewart Johnston
B. O'F. Randolph
Townsend Burwell
Mary Lewis
Richard E. Dole
St. Paul
Richard
Roland G. Mitchell
the Glen
Hugh Powell
Mr. Powell
E. K. Meade, Jr
Edgewood
Washington, D. C
Julian Petherick
Jane Cary Randolph
the Moorings
Rosalind Huidekoper
Long Branch
Groton School
Mass
Tms
Stanton Whiting, Jr
Kenneth N. Gilpin, Jr
Gilman School
Eny
Rosalind Hucikoper
Mary Dougherty
Graham Dougherty, Jr
William Clagett
Ned Lewis
Benjamin Randolph, Jr
Edward Jenkins
Red Gate
Hugh M. Nelson
Bunch
Prescott Huidekoper
Tom Byrd
United States
Washington and Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
C. C Page
Baltimore and Ohio
General Electric Company
Patience Worth
John H. Curran
St. Louis
Casper S. Yost
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Henry Holt & Company
Hal Kemp
Braddock
Boscawen Sts
Tomorrow
Felty
Lynchburg
Virginia Life Underwriters Association
Association of Life Underwriters
C. R. White
E. Piccadilly St
Rosenberger’s
John W. Rosenberger and CO
Braddock St
Wrva Presents
Rafty
WRVA
Virginia
Virginia Conservation Commission
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