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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1924
Page
8
Senator G Walter Mapp of Accomac the sole announced candidate for the Governorship has returned home after a Richmond visit. He said he is entirely satisfied with his political outlook and would fight a clean fair race whether West Byrd or other allies join or not.
Governor E. Lee Trinkle designates Friday April 11 as Arbor and Bird Day in Virginia. The proclamation urges observance by planting trees and shrubs, along highways and in parks, and asks schools to hold programs and actual planting ceremonies to foster forest and bird conservation.
Richmond dispatch says officials state a death will not alter plans as details unfold. The brief report notes March 11 dispatch in Virginia.
Jefferson M Levy owner of Magicello since 1862 died in New York City but the Thomas Jefferson Metal Foundation plans to purchase the historic Charlottesville residence are unaffected. Col Eugene Massie, Massie Massie Virginia foundation chair, and W B Cridlin, Virginia director, report the Monticello transfer deed was signed June 30, 1923. Campaign fundraising in Virginia is moving forward rapidly.
Due to a heavy snowstorm the dance at the South End Hose Company hall scheduled for tonight is postponed to Tuesday night of next week.
The earliest known painting of a rose was discovered on frescoed plaster in ancient ruins at Knossos on Crete. The fragment dates from an early era identified as TOU B C, suggesting Archaic Greek artistic work preserved on site.
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