Clarke County Virginia Land Conveyances Recorded
Clarke County Virginia records show multiple deeds filed in the Circuit Court Clerk's Office. Transfers include Ernest F. Meade to Jessee Ben ford Williams in White Post for $10 and other consideration, and several Moore deeds on Rosemont Circle Berryville Lot 7 and Lot 6 areas with survivorship rights. Additional transfers involve Clifton Price to John Ai Miller Shepherd Farm 297 acres. Shackleford and Shackleford survivorship parcels on Rosemont Circle Lots 17 and 18. Moore et al to Carl M. Lewis and Gertrude Lewis Lot 29. Alice S. Ankers et al to Marvin and Margaret Ankers Gilkey in Battletown near Blue Ridge. Clarke County Farmers Association to Clarke County Supply on Boyce parcels. Edward Williams as special commissioner to J P Kercheval for a Berryville East Main Street parcel once owned by J F Royston.
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Circuit Court
Clarke County
Virginia
Ernest F. Meade
Jessee Benford Williams
White Post
Boyce-White Post Road
E. Blackburn Moore
Oscar M. Kaye
Mary G. Kaye
Rosemount Circle
Berryville
Moore & Dorsey
Walter D. Loper
Clifton Price
John Ai Miller
Chapel Magistrial District
Shepherd Farm
Als
Guy W. Shackleford
Jessie F. Shackleford
Clarke County Supply, Inc
Boyce
Edward McC. Williams
Gerald Weakley Royston
J. P. Kercheval
East Main Street
J. F. Royston
Letters Awarded At Handley High
Handley High School awarded letters for major sports at year end. Football letters were given earlier. Coach Otis Sargent presented school letters to basketball players Bruce Lovett and others. The basketball team went 2-12 in 1944-45. Track earned letters for Clarence Hoover, Alton Powell, Howard Hart, Alson Smith, Tom Pollard, Adrian Larue, Jimmy Taylor, Donald Cochran, Frank Taylor, Godfrey Lake, and Lee Winkfield as manager. Two intra-mural sports letters were given for boxing and wrestling with champions listed by weight class.
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Handley High School
Otis “Snag” Sargent
Bruce Lovett
George Garber
Beverly Lamb
Frank Taylor
Jack Lewis
Howard Hart
Adrian LaRue
Richard Owens
Bryan Minnegerode
Handley
Clarence Hoover
Alton Powell
Alson Smith
Tom Pollard
Jimmy Taylor
Donald Cochran
Godfrey Lake
Lee Winkfield
Charles Braithwaite
Arthur Stilwell
Whitacre
Dick Huff
Charles Brathwaite
Danny Babb
Melvin la Vecchia
Lucky Sempeles
Market Quotations From Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Outputs
Baltimore and Chicago market notes report firm produce prices and steady livestock bids. Cattle, hogs, and sheep show modest gains or stability with top prices and weight classes noted, including specific bids for vealers, sows, and spring lambs across markets in Baltimore and Chicago.
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Baltimore
Bu Bas
W. Va
Baltimore Livestock
WFA
A. m
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Conditions Vary In Wet Hospitals
The report notes varied conditions across 14 hospitals with mistreatment charges and 15 enlisted colored troops court martialed for abusing patients. Six hospitals show unsatisfactory care while red tape and inadequate facilities hinder nine sites. The American Legion urges reorganizing the Veterans Administration medical division to fit current caseload beyond five million veterans.
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VFW
Legion Report
Veterans' Administration Medical Division
Stock Market Report Gains in aviation aid postwar optimism
New York traders in a mixed session saw aviation stocks gain with selective improvements led by air craft division optimism. Small advances appeared across many issues while most top bonds stayed narrow and commodities moved in mixed directions.
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New York
Grain futures open weak as bearish crop outlook weighs
Chicago traders report light, unsettled early trading as wheat and corn show mixed moves. July wheat slips to 1.667 and nearby contracts fall on selling, with futures buoyed by government crop estimates and commission house activity.
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Chicago
Commission Houses
Commission House
Corn
Oats—Jly
Rye—Jly
Clemson Pig Crossbreeding Demonstrates Hybrid Advantage
Clemson College researchers L V Starkey E G Godbey and E D Kyzer bred Berkshire and Poland China sows to both their own breeds and to Duroc boars. Hybrids consistently outpaced purebreds in birth weight weaning rate and final market weight, reaching 200 pounds sooner while consuming less feed.
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Clemson, LS. C
Clemson College
L. V. Starkey
E. G. Godbey
E. D. Kyzer
Berkshire
Poland
China
Clemson
Chinas
96th Division Seizes Yaeju Plateau in Surprising Cliff Assault
The 96th Division’s 38 1st Regiment climbed a 100 foot cliff to capture a plateau on the Orouku peninsula in a dawn surprise attack behind the Division’s 17th and 32nd Regiments. American forces surrounded the Japanese naval landing force on three sides with Naha harbor to the east. One regiment reportedly killed 400 to 500 Japanese on the peninsula.
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Yaeju
Orouku Peninsula
Shepherd, Jr
Lemuel C. Vision
Naha Airfield
Leathernecks
Naha Harbor
News of Our Men in Uniform on Okinawa and Beyond
Readers learn details of service members in World War II. Pfc John M Mason of the 77th Division survives an ammo dump explosion on Okinawa and earns Asiatic-Pacific Theater ribbon with three battle stars. Master Sgt Harold E Adams and Staff Sgt Harold Baughman receive multiple decorations after European and Italian theater service. Ensign James D Lindsay stationed on Mindanao. Duane W Hockman on 60 day furlough after 19 months overseas including a German prison camp. Brumback family notes on England service and return. Frank M Funk completes 20 months overseas duty with an anti aircraft unit in New Guinea.
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Okinawa
77TH
John M. Mason
Isaac
Mason
Highland Avenue
Winchester
Guam
Leyte
Harold E. Adams
Martin Adams
Clearbrook
North Carolina
Army Air Forces
Adams
Harold Baughman
Virgil Baughman
Sunnyside
RAF
Italy
Pvt
Davis Baushman
Germany
15Th Army
Hockman
Duane W. Hockman
Elizabeth Hockman
Pfc
William M. Hockman
New Guinea
14TH
William F. Marquat
Frank M. Funk
May
Funk
Middletown
Fort Bliss
Texas
Middletown High Schon
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Auto Drivers No Longer Need Gasoline Ration Stickers
The OPA Roanoke district office announced that gasoline ration stickers are not required for auto drivers. Beginning June 11, B card holders with essential driving needs may receive increases up to a 650 mile monthly ceiling. Applications require mileage records and must be mailed to the Rationing Board.
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OPA
Roanoke
Veterans hospitals face staff and funding strains across facilities
Digest of conditions from VFW and American Legion highlights shortages of doctors and nurses, red tape, staff morale issues, overcrowding, and inadequate recreation and transportation at multiple veterans hospitals. Reports from Huntington West Virginia to Roanoke Virginia note mix of good to excellent care in places with complaints over pay, canteens, and new construction.
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VFW
The
American Legion
Huntington
W. Va
Tulacaloosa
Ala
Perry Point Md
Ft. Howard
Kecoughtan
Roanoke
Two Virginians Enter Navy Boot Camp
Arthur A. Fox of Mt. Williams and Glenn Allen Kerns of Winchester enlisted in the Navy and report for basic training after sworn in April 12 and reporting May 31. Fox, born April 8 1927, attended Mt. Air School. Kerns studied at Hayfield and belonged to Virginia State Guard.
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Arthur A. Fox
A. Fox
Mt. Williams
Glenn Allen Kerns
Rt. 3
Winchester
Navy
Fox
Mt. Air
Vernon
Pacific
Arthur
St. Johns Catholic
Opequon
Kerns
Hayfield
Carl
Homer
Richmond
Glenn
Virginia State Guard
Alvie H Kerns
Women’s Society meeting held in Woodstock
Brucetown Virginia June 12. Mrs S J Swimley and Mrs Martin Adams attended the annual district meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Winchester District Methodist Church held in Woodstock on June 7. Mrs Leslie Hensell has returned from a business trip to New York City.
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Ruby
Selma Hensell
Charles Hersell
Grimes
Robert Boden
Winchester
Raymond Poden
F. H. Swimley, Jr
Alexandria
If We'll Buy The Bonds They'll Drop The Bombs
A provocative slogan from a wartime era shows antiwar sentiment linking defense funding to potential aerial attacks. The phrase captures public anxiety about fiscal choices and military escalation during a period of conflict.
Food Authority Shifts To Focus On Agriculture and Rations
President Truman plans a new one man food boss by appointing Rep. Clinton P. Anderson to head Agriculture and War Food Administration. Anderson will coordinate production distribution rationing and pricing as Europe’s postwar demand grows and military needs ease.
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Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
Anderson
Europe
Black Mart
War Food Administration
Agriculture Department
Truman
O P A Ruling Affects Sellers of Used Vehicles
O P A ruling requires used vehicle sellers to obtain district authorization to charge warranted prices after August 1 1945. Bernard C Goodwin Roanoke district director said forms are available from local war price and rationing boards with a deadline to file. Authorization must be displayed at the business and prior authorizations expire August 1.
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OPA
Bernard C. Goodwin
Roanoke
Goodwin
Government unit shift aims at peacetime agricultural needs
The passage argues that a stronger governmental body would better guide agricultural production back to peacetime levels than would dividend agencies. It reflects wartime to peacetime policy transition considerations.
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Clarke Deeds
Blue Sunoco
R. L. Morris Gerrard and Main Streets
Quinlan
T. G. Adams Esso Station
Hail Farm Bureau Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Columbus
Ohio
G. L. Craig
N. Main St
Dial
Handley High
Stock Market Report
Howard W. Blakesleap
Star
Mindanao
Ensign James D. Lindsay, Snr
Winston S. Lindsay
P. I
Ensign Lindsay
Rice Institute
Brumback
Eldon H. Brumback
J. H. Brumback
Belle Grove
Frederick County
States
England
8Th Army Air Force
Set
Brumbacks
Joyce Nelson
Robert Nelson
Norwich
Eng
Kathleen
Army
Arthur Fox
Glenn Kern
Brucetown
Miller's Drug Store
By Ovid A. Martin
Vern
Tavern Home Products
Socony-Vacuum
Furni
Ture
Han
Boeu
E. Water Street
W. LL. Snyder
Mere
Londonderry
Vista
Lupton Orchard Service Co
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