Timber Ridge Home Coming Draws Large Crowd
Timber Ridge Christian Church prepares for Memorial Day Home Coming on Sunday with Rev. R. A. Whitten speaking in the morning and Judge G. K. Kump of Romney and Rev. C. R. Line in the afternoon. A basket lunch and varied musical talents from nearby ministers and invited guests are planned to mark the event.
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Timber Ridge
G. K. Kump
Timber Ridge Christian Church
R. A. Whitten
Romney
W. Va
C. R. Line
Horticulture Confab Seeks Boost for Virginia Tech Dept
Waynesboro June 15 W S Campfield secretary of the Virginia Horticultural Society said a committee of VT board of visitors will confer with society representatives over the horticultural department at Blacksburg. The society committee reviews VT’s underperformance versus peer programs and cites only about 10 percent of farm funds going to horticulture despite fruits and vegetables accounting for 26 percent of Virginia farm income.
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Horticultural Society
C. Purcell McCue
Greenwood
F. D. Nininger
Roanoke
E. B. Bonham
Chilhowie
B. J. Wood
Flint Hill
Virginia
W. W. Sproul
Middlebrook
Harry F. Byrd
H. L. Price
A. W. Drinkard
A. H. Teske
Warren Co. Bridges Battle Over Riverton Project
Richmond June 15. State Highway Commissioner Henry G. Shirley replies to Warren county supervisors' demand for two permanent Shenandoah River bridges at Riverton. He notes the $1,200,000 cost exceeds the district’s $1,300,000 primary road budget and cites $100,000 allocated for temporary two lane spans. He defends county aid and urges action by the Virginia road study committee led by Senator Aubrey Weaver.
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Richmond
Henry G. Shirley
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Shenandoah River
Riverton
Shirley
Warren County
Rockbridge
Route 3
Front Royal
Winchester
Shenandoah National Park
House
Senate
Virginia
Aubrey Weaver
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Strothers Leave To Attend Meets In Richmond And Washington
Mr. and Mrs. B F Strother depart for Richmond where a state grange session begins at 2 p m at the Murphy Hotel. Mrs Strother will visit daughter Mrs Louise Smellie and family and then they proceed to Washington for the Methodist conference with Mr Strother acting as lay delegate for six Buncker Hill Charge churches.
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B. F. Strother
Richmond
Murphy Hotel
Bass Season Opens In East
Bass fishermen in Eastern Virginia may set out today for favored streams. The eastern season runs from June 15 to March 15, longer than the western period from July 1 to December 31. Daily limits are 10 bass and 15 rock bass, with 10 inch minimum size and 6 inch minimum for rock bass.
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Richmond
Virginia
Blue Ridge
Timberville Fruit Crops To Be Good
Timberville area orchards are expected to yield larger peach and apple crops this year than last, according to veteran grower George H. Crist. Peaches may reach 265 to 275 carloads, with hill orchards outperforming low ground. Apple output also looks heavy, Staymans and Delicious likely higher, while Winchester faces a lighter crop. Normal conditions assumed through harvest.
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Timberville
George H. Crist
Mr. Crist
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Winchester
Woman Plunges To Her Death In Richmond
Richmond June 15 Mrs Lester Inglis Bowman 35 wife of a FBI special agent was killed in a self inflicted plunge from a seventh floor window of the Richmond Trust Building at Seventh and Grace Streets Coroner J H Scherer ruled. William E Austin an office mate on the same floor witnessed her walk to the window sit on the sill twist her feet over and leap to the alley below.
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Richmond
Lester Inglis Bowman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. H. Scherer
Richmond Trust
Seventh
Grace Streets
William E. Austin
Virginia jail system revamp moves toward final recommendations
A Virginia subcommittee of the governor's advisory council advanced near final recommendations for overhauling the state jail system. They discussed allowing felons to waive indictment with consent to speed trials and reduce jail time, planning another meeting for July 19 to finish policy determinations and draft bills.
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Richmond
Governor’s Advisory Legislative Council
Virginia
John B. Spires
Radford
Charles E. Pollard
Thomas B. Gay
A. C. Buchanan
G. M. Gilkeson
Walker C. Cottrell
Cottrell
Winder R. Harris
S.S.S. Tonic Promises Restore Blood Strength After Fatigue
The text explains tiredness lowers red-blood cells due to worry overwork colds and sickness and claims S.S.S. Tonic can restore blood strength without organic trouble. It asserts appetite improves and foods taste better as juices are stimulated and digestion improves with two bottle sizes at drug stores.
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S.S.S
Waynesboro To Set Up A New Democratic Club
Staunton June 15 Waynesboro members vote to withdraw from the Staunton and Augusta county Young Democratic Club and form a separate club The move follows a committee recommendation and aims to boost attendance and broaden reach for young Democrats in both communities.
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Waynesboro
Staunton
Augusta County
Young Democratic Club
County clubs seek Staunton Waynesboro meeting sanction
C Franklin Williamson on the executive committee notes the county seat meetings would aid club membership amid Staunton and Waynesboro rivalry. He says the Waynesboro group may split from the parent organization but has sought approval from both the club and the executive committee.
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Staunton
Waynesboro
C. Franklin Williamson
May Fall Into Dad's Footsteps
In Brockton Massachusetts on June 15 a three year old named Richard Mor eau tumbled 20 feet from a window to a brick sidewalk but escaped serious injury hospital attendants said. The boy's father Romeo Mor eau previously parachute jumper now works painting flagpoles.
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Brockton
Mass
Richard Moreau
Richard
Romeo
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