Potomac Edison Ad Wins National Public Utility Awards
Potomac Edison announces two National Awards and two Honorable Mention Awards from the Public Utilities Advertising Association for 1944 advertising. The firm’s newspaper ads showcase low electric costs and household work, with calendar bill enclosures also winning. Honorable mentions cover a rural customer booklet and Blue Ridge Lines advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Edison System
Public Utilities Advertising Association
PUAA
Power Company
Potomac Edison
Chicago
Blue Ridge Lines
Blue Ridge
Public Utility Advertising Association
C. D. Lyon
Hagerstown
City and County Realty Transfers in Winchester area
A compilation of property transfers including Thomas G. Gatewood to Turner F. Sirbaugh and Viola Spillman to Sirbaugh for Shawnee Ave properties, along with multiple parcels around Winchester, Stephens City, and Cedar Creek Grade. Notable items include a $9,000 transfer for 830 Amherst Street and a $900 transfer involving a bank interest in Stephens City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Lang
Montague Ave
Ollie C. Cooper
Dee
N. W. Oates
Mary B
Amherst Street
Frederick County Shenandoah Valley National Bank
R. T. Clowser
Stephens City
Gertrude Chamberlin
Abram J. Novick
Winchester
Mattie V. Mason
Mary M. Koons
Cedar Creek
Carl C. Alabaugh
Matilda N. Place
Lee St
John A. Myers
Clyde Wilson
Berryville Turnpike
Clara E. Morris
C. F. W. Haines
S P Henshaw
Timber Ridge
R. L. Pangle
Wm. L. Brannon
Richard W. Butler
Vance E. Whittaker
Glaizesie
R. W. Catlett
Als
James Wesley Miller
Public sale of Grove Orchard property in Virginia
Special Commissioner advertises a public auction of 52 acres with a 6 room dwelling on the Middle Road, 5 miles southwest of Winchester Virginia, as part of a decree in the case Grove et al versus William A Grove et al. The sale is set for July 11, 1945 at 12 noon in front of the Frederick County Circuit Court. Terms require one third cash and balance in two annual installments secured by a deed of trust and insurance. The tract includes 32 acres of standard apple varieties and is described in a 1900 deed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud M. Grove
Lovell H. Grove
William A. Grove
Circuit Court
Frederick County
County Court
Winchester
Second Drunken Driving Charge for Frank Alger in Winchester
Frank Wilson Alger of Route 1 Winchester was found guilty of driving under the influence and without an operator's license in Court of Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards. It was his second offense. a $110 fine and costs were imposed and a 60 day jail sentence was suspended. Additional cases heard: Philip Kernan fined $5 and costs for public rank. Howard Uncer fined for speeding. John Minar disorderly conduct. Calvin Adams disorderly conduct. William Ralph Pifer speeding with $15 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wilson Alger
Rt. 1
Winchester
W. Erle Edwards
Alger
Calvin Adams
Woodstock Lane
William Ralph Pifer
Fairfax Lane
Drunk and disorderly cases disposed in Police Court
Judge John Rice presided over cases including Lloyd Boyce Shawnee Avenue disorderly conduct ten cents and costs Louise Davenport 617 N Cameron Street disorderly conduct five dollars and costs Andrew William Haley 566 N Loudoun Street drunk and disorderly ten dollars and costs Linden Blair March 5048 Loudoun Street drunk five dollars and costs Ralph Beaver R FDR No 1 Winchester reckless driving ten dollars and costs Perry J. Kerns Bunker Hill reckless driving ten dollars and costs Frank Shull 115 S Kent Street drunk and disorderly ten dollars and costs plus ten days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rice
Lloyd Boyce
Shawnee Avenue
Louise Davenport
Cameron Street
Andrew William Haley
Loudoun Street
Linden Blair March
Ralph Beaver
R. Fdr
Winchester
Perry J. Kerns
Bunker Hill
Frank Shull
S. Kent Street
Public Auction of Grove Farm in Frederick County Va
The executor of Edward H Grove deceased offers for sale at public auction in Winchester Virginia on July 11 1945 at 11 o'clock AM a tract in Frederick County containing 47 acres 1 rood and 2 poles with an 8 room dwelling barn outbuildings two wells and a large storage tank planted in standard commercial apries The property conveyed to Grove by deed dated April 12 1900 and sold with two contingent payments to be evidenced by bonds of the purchaser payable in one and two years with semiannual interest secured by deed of trust and insurance on the buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert S. Larrick
Claud M. Grove & Lovel
H. Grove
Edward H. Grove
County Court House
Winchester
Frederick County
Middle Road
Grove
Edward H Grove
Saga of the U S Submarines Heroic Darter Rescue at Pearl Harbor
In a Pearl Harbor dispatch dated June 18, the submarine U S S Carter sinks a large Japanese cruiser and damages a second. Commander David H. McClintock of the Darter off the Philippines fires torpedoes at two cruisers, watching one erupt in flames. After a perilous reef ordeal the Darter’s crew abandons ship as it lies high and dry, and Commander McClintock and his men survive to fight another day with help from Comdr. B D Claggett of the Inn. The Darter is ultimately destroyed by American forces, but the crew escapes with their resolve intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Comdr
David H. McClintock
Marquette
Mich
McClintock
Comdr. B. D. Claggett
Rancho Santa Fe
Calif
More Widows Than Widowers Before World War II
The comparison states that widows far outnumber widowers in the United States. In 1940 there were 5,700,000 widows and 2,143,000 widowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Agnes Shaver Dies at Old Home in Rockingham County
Mrs. Agnes Shaver, 71, died at her Moores Store area home after a cerebrospinal hemorrhage. Daughter of Jacob B Miller and Rebecca Wine Miller she lived much of her life on the old Miller homestead before moving to Winchester with her daughter Mrs Merle Phelps. Funeral at Flat Rock Cemetery led by Rev Paul Dick of Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Shaver
Old Home
Rockingham Co
Moores Store
Jacob B. Miller
Rebecca Wine Miller
Miller Homestead
Winchester
Merle Phelps
Jacob D. Shaver
Walter M. Shaver
Mt. Jackson
W. Medford Shaver
J. Leonard Shaver
Timberville
Robert Riffey
Ruby
Oms Brook
Mirle Phelps
J. Carson Liller
The
Church of the Brothers
Flat Rock Cemetery
Paul Dick
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tate
Edith Snapp
I. H. Miller
Adm
Hayfield, Va
C.B. Smalts & Son
National Avenue
Farm Bureau Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Columbus
Ohio
G. L. Craig, Sr
N. Main St
Clarence Gruesbeck
City & County Realty
J. B. Triplett
Webb J. Oates
Oscar S. Bywaters
Maude Bywaters
Lee N. Whitacre
Clendenine
Chevrolet
International
Ford
Pine Motor CO
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Robert Tyler
Daniel Boone
Shelby Co
John Tyler
Nancy Tyler
Anderson
Nancy
Mary Holmes
Shawn
Missouri
Harriet Gregg
Solomon Young
Martha Truman
John Anderson Truman
Louisville Courier Journal
Bangkok
Edwards
Philip Kernan
Cork Street
Howard Uncer
Williamsport
John Minar
H. A. Stout
U.S
Darter
Philippine
Army
Navy
Air Force
America
Claggett
Cloverdale
Washington
Sonny Deotaedes
Cloverdale Spring Co
Newville, Pa
D. A. Gordon Company
Cloverdale Soft Deink
Abbott, Proctor & Paine
New York Stock Exchange
East Main Street
Richmond
Virginia
Charles M
Jefferson Hotel
Hmond
Virgi
Old South
Gerald Bush
Meio el
Olie
Socomy
Hones
AVERM
Resists
Dhe
Ture
Taver
VERS
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