Timber Ridge Homecoming Draws 300 Despite Rain
Large turnout from Virginia and West Virginia attended the Timber Ridge Congregational Church homecoming and memorial service led by Rev. C. R. Line. The luncheon moved indoors after rain prevented the grove picnic. organizers and several ministers from nearby towns participated with music and solos.
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Timber Ridge
Timber Ridge Congregational Christian Church
Virginia
West Virginia
C. R Line
Longfellow
Gray
A. C. Oates
R. A
Policeman Donald Swope Plays Nightly Role on Vacation
In Lancaster Pennsylvania Policeman Donald Swope donned a uniform each night and acted as a policeman in a drama during his vacation. His sole line was Okay chief.
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Lancaster
Donald Swope
Funeral services for George David Reed 67
Funeral services for George David Reed 67 who died Sunday at Winchester Memorial Hospital will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. from the home of his nephew J Leslie Reed on the Welltown pike. He was a lifelong Frederick county farmer and unmarried with two brothers, a sister and many nieces and nephews surviving. Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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George David Reed
Winchester Memorial Hospital
J. Leslie Reed
Welltown Pike
Reed
Memorial Hospital
Frederick County
Henry Jackson
Hardy County
W. Va
Emma Barton Jackson
Edinburg
John W. Reed
Charles E. Reed
Red Bud
Rachel Crissman
Baltimore
Maynard Reed
Woodrow Reed
John Crissman
Annie Lanahan
Lona Shaffer
Thelma Bender
W. O. Talbert
Winchester
Harry McCann
A. K. Sirbaugh
George Yeakley
William Teets
A. G. Baker
Kurtz
Gifts to Handley Library Highlight Pious Family Values
A historical note details gifts and a letter stressing the spiritual welfare of children. The letter urges preserving sermons with reverence in a trunk and recalls two sweet little brothers as inseparable companions, reflecting 19th century moral upbringing and family sentiment.
Old Dominion Boys State organized at Virginia Tech
Registration and medical exams for 221 Virginia youths began at Virginia Tech as the Old Dominion Boys State, under the American Legion, prepared to open a week of political and civic activities in Blacksburg. Religious services, leadership talks, and party caucus meetings outlined the program.
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Blacksburg
Old Dominion Boys
American Legion
Virginia Tech
R. L. Kinniard
Christiansburg Presbyterian Church
Montgomery Post
Old Dominion
J. D. Jones
B. O. Miller
Glenn Elliott
Richmond
Paul N. Derring
Fred C. Parks
Abingdon
Clyde Smoot
A. B. Hurt
Nathan’s Creek
N. C
C. B. Snodgrass
Sidney Weil
Alexandria
C. H. Phippins
E. H. Ruehl
Commonwealth
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Tyler
Wilson
Board of Supervisors
Nationalists Party
Federalist Party
Knote
Answers to Today’s Quiz
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 list Ottawa as the capital. Question two notes responses occur every two weeks. Question three defines a person under age of legal capacity for acts. Henry Picard is named for question four. Khyber Pass is the answer to question five. Question six confirms yes for 14 years. They have no rank and sixty six appear for question seven. Question ten is once.
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Ottawa
Henry Picard
Khyber Pass
Poem Beginnings of Inglewood? Seven Times In
The verse line asks who wrote the poem beginning There's no dew left on the daisies and clover There's no rain left in heaven The answer given is F J A The poem Seven Times Ine is by Jean Ingelow
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Jean Ingelow
Leaming Corn’s 1878 Prize Ear Seeps Into Prose of Brisk Harvest
Berryville Virginia writer Mrs. Edgar M. Kackley recounts Jacob Leaming of Ohio who, with seven sons, molded a famed corn variety. He won Paris World’s Fair Grand Prize in 1878 for 100 ears prized for feeding value, though he simply selected seed from early ripening, long tapering ears and weeded constantly to keep fields pure.
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Edgar M. Kackley
Berryville
Leaming
Jacob Leaming
Ohio
Boeing
Paris
Jake Leaming
Massachusetts
Southern States Cooperative to Return Dividend Over 250000
Local patrons of the Southern States Cooperative will receive more than 250000 in July and August as a 2 12 percent dividend on purchases. The board approved after a vote by about 1600 local patrons. Southern States is farmer owned with operations across Virginia West Virginia Maryland Delaware and North Carolina. It runs three feed mills three seed and farm supply warehouses and three fertilizer plants plus many service stores.
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Southern States
Richmond
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
North Carolina
Notice of Bankruptcy for Lena Vanona Singhass
In the Western District of Virginia Lena Vanona Singhass of Winchester was adjudged a bankrupt on June 9 1939. The first meeting of creditors will be held June 27 1939 at 12 00 Noon at the Corporation Courthouse Winchester Virginia to prove claims appoint a trustee and conduct business. Dated June 14 1939 Harrisonburg Virginia.
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Lena Vanona Singhass
Winchester
Frederick County
Virginia
Corporation
Harrisonburg
Wheat Crop of County Looks Good This Year
Frederick county farmers report a pretty good 1939 wheat crop with high quality and quantity. Some fields show fair output. overall crop judged as strong for recent years. Farmers hope for favorable wheat prices to cover costs. Harvest has begun in many areas, with threshing not yet underway. Barley harvest prior to wheat is praised for quality and yield.
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Frederick County
Lightning Strike at Koop Farm Kills Fourteen
A bolt of lightning struck Jake Koop's farm in Falkner Iowa starting a fire that melted radio wiring, knocked a four year old boy to the ground, stunned 14 year old Gladys Koop at the milkhouse, and sparked a blaze Anna Koop 16 quickly helped by dousing the flames with milk.
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Falkner
Jake Koop
Gladys Koop
Anna Koop
Memel Port Size Under Hitler Control
Memel, the Baltic port seized by German forces, covers 1099 square miles and houses about 150 000 residents.
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Memel
Baltic
Hitler
Vacation Bible School Opens at Braddock Street Methodist
Braddock Street Methodist Church launches its annual Vacation Church School with about 100 students enrolled. Three classes run daily for two weeks from 9 to 11 30, ending with a Sunday night graduation and exhibit. Rev Harry Balthis leads intermediates. Mrs Lyndwood Hammond directs juniors. primaries taught by Mrs W Edward Brill. Principal Mrs J W Crider oversees the program.
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Braddock Street
Helen McClure
W. Edward Brill
Margaret McIntyre
T. M. Swann
Mr Staples Named Buchanan High School Principal
Kenneth Staples of Stephens City is appointed principal of Buchanan High School in Botetourt county Virginia succeeding M L Carper who will move to a district education post. Staples has taught in Martinsville for years and is married to Reba Riley of Berryville Virginia.
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Kenneth Staples
Charles E. Staples
Stephens City
Buchanan
Botetourt County
M. L. Carper
Frederick County
Virginia
Staples
Martinsville
Reba Riley
Berryville
Baker's Service Station bankruptcy creditors meeting
Goodwin Gibson Baker trading as Bakers Service Station Winchester Virginia files for bankruptcy. First meeting of creditors set for June 27 1939 at 12 15 pm in Winchester Corporation Court House to prove claims appoint trustee committee and examine the bankrupt. Referee in Bankruptcy Edward C Martz seals the notice dated June 14 1939.
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United States District Court For
Western District of
Virginia
Goodwin Gibson Baker
Baker
Winchester
Frederick County
Corporation
Harrisonburg
Edward C. Martz
Daily bill engraving figure at Bureau of Engraving and Printing
The average number of bills engraved daily in Washington DC is 3,464,736, according to standard figures from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington, D. C
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Mary Tapscott
Nancy Newton Collins
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George
Sullivan
Handley Library
Va. Tech
Va. Power Co
Fanny
Newton
New Jersey
Main Street
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Joling Bob
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Methodist Vacation Bible School
Mr Staples
F. E
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Bondex
John W
Rosenberger
Maytag
Front Royal
C I. Brumback
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