Eight Princesses Named to Shenandoah Queen Court
Sixty workers seek funds for the 18th Shenandoah Festival campaign aiming to complete by March 31. Eight princesses were named to the Queen Shenandoah XVIII court, led by Pegsy Murray Brinton of Spangler Pennsylvania, who will represent Southern Seminary Junior College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benic
Princene
Enandoah XVIII
Enandoah
Pegsyurray Brinton
Spangler
Southern Semry _ Junior College
Buenata
Retchen Aileen Maiden
Meadowtiew
Emory and Henry College
Evelyn Powell Delp
Comers Rock
Cole
Radford
Jonedith Mongue Henry
Winchester
Hand High School
Ella Camerianckenson
Lebanon
College William and Mary
Pegey Utray Brinton
Uthern Seminary
Jeannette In
Richards
Richwood
W. Va
Eenbrier College
Mary Alice
Houston
Texas
Warrens Try School
Mathidwin Thomas
New Orleans
Large Brick Winchester House For Sale By Executor
Under authority of the will of Lillie L Crum the executor offers for sale at public auction in front of the Court House Winchester at 12 noon on Saturday April 5 1941 a brick dwelling at the NE corner of Broken and Washington Streets with 90 foot front on Am Urst Street and 55 foot depth. First floor has 4 rooms second floor has 4 rooms and a full attic. Heating by automatic stoker steam. Terms: one third cash day of sale balance two bonds payable one and two years after date with six percent interest semi annually secured by trust deed and fire insurance. Enandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester executor. 43-7-14-21-28-41
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie L. Crum
Coun Court House
Winchester
N.E
Brokien and
Washington Streets
Amerst Street
Washington Street
Bike safety message from Chief Hollis urges obeying traffic rules
Chief Hollis of the police department emphasizes that children riding bicycles in the street have equal responsibility to motorists. He warns that ignoring traffic lights and rules can lead to serious injury or death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis
Police Department
Dad
Riddleberger Returns Home From Berlin Visit
James W. Riddleberger son of Mr and Mrs Frank Riddleberger attache at the American embassy in Berlin for years arrived in Woodstock for a brief visit. He graduated from Rand Macon College later attended Georgetown University and has served at major posts in Europe. He plans to visit Ipswich Mass with Mrs Riddleberger to see his children before returning to Woodmere for a longer stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Riddleberger
Frank Riddleberger
Berlin
Woodstock
Riddleberger
Rand— Macon College
Georgetown University
State Department
Ipswich Mass
Woodmoe
Guest Choir To Sing Here At Grace Church
A 38 girl guest choir from Va led by Miss Anna Marie Gustafson will sing at Grace Lutheran Church in Winchester on March 19 at 8 pm. Nine states are represented. prior performances were in Roanoke and Staunton. Admission is free and host families will provide lodging. Dr. R F Cline chairs the entertainment committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Cline
Rural Sunday School Makes Good Record
TRONE Virginia March 14 Despite snow Sunday School held at the usual hour with thirty seven members and one visitor. The Sunday School has 57 on the roll and last Sunday's attendance was the lowest since November 1939 when 17 were present due to deep snow. The organization began April 1938 and has never missed a Sunday. One member, Alvan Whitlock, started the second Sunday of the same month and will receive a three year attendance bar next month. Mrs. Arthur Pugh received her three year bar early January after earning a pin previously as a Ebenezer member. Edward and John Bunner recently got wreaths for two years attendance and several members are working on wreaths. One year pins were awarded to Will and Ethel Muse Mr. and Mrs. Russell Lupton Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bunner Mrs. Harry LaFollette and many young LaFollettes Wingfields and other named members. The oldest with perfect attendance is superintendent Will Muse and the youngest is four year old Robert Wingfield. his brother Philip has never missed a Sunday since May 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trone
Alvan Whitlock
Arthur Pugh
Ebenezer Sunday School
Edward
John Bunner
Will Muse
Russell Lupton
Lester Bunner
Harry LaFollette
Ruby LaFollette
Corrine Wingfield
Mary Meade
Virginia Nixon
Ferris Lupton, Jr
Granville
Douglas
Beverley LaFollette
Harold
Robert Winfield
Winifred
Melvin Kump
Ray LaFollette
Raymond Arnold
Robert Wingfield
Philip
Roy Wingfield
Guardsmen May Stay In Over a Year
State selective service officials said no extension beyond one year for draft selectees is planned though National Guard troops recently drafted may serve longer. The 29th Division, drawn from Maryland Virginia Pennsylvania and DC, trains at Fort Meade and would finish its year next February, prompting talk of keeping guardsmen in training to cover the period. Local boards may grant individual deferments for Class A medical students, while blanket medical student deferments are opposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
National Guard
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Fort George G. Meade
Amos R. Koontz
Selective Service Headquarters
Koontz
Cherubs Choir Rehearsal Time Change at Market Street
Market Street Methodist Church announces the Cherub Choir directed by Miss Martha Babb will rehearse Saturday mornings at 10 o clock. The group includes twenty five children aged five to nine and welcomes any interested child regardless of church affiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street Methodist Church
Martha Babb
Miss Babb
Market Street
Gasoline Tax Revenue Up Indicates Higher Highway Outlay
Richmond reports the State Highway Department expects gasoline tax receipts for the year ending June 30 to rise about 13 percent, above the normal 5.6 percent, due to defense transportation driven traffic increases. The planning division cites heavier vehicle and load movement, signaling potential larger future highway construction and maintenance outlays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Highway Department
Division of Planning
Defense
State Division of Moto
Pittsburgh Post Gazette Suspends Publication Again
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette suspended for a second time in a week citing the mailers' union failing to work under contract and a joint council agreement. The first suspension followed three unions not crossing a picket line by 40 striking circulation men protesting an alleged non union distributor of a charity edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette Today
Newspaper Unions Council
A. F. L. Pittsburgh Newspaper Alliance
Rites for Asa Hiett Set in Augusta Church
Final rites for Asa Hiett, about 80, will be held tomorrow at 11 in Augusta Christian Church with Rev. S. J. Goode officiating. Interment follows in the nearby cemetery. He was a respected local figure with friends in Winchester and Frederick County and is survived by several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Hiett
Augusta
W. Va
S. J. Goode
Hiett
Winchester
Frederick County
What should Winchester's Trial Justice earn
Readers offer opinions on a fair salary for Winchester's Trial Justice. George Taylor suggests about 1800 dollars yearly. Others propose 150 dollars a month, 200 dollars a month, or 1200 dollars yearly, based on duties and community standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Minimum Seed Rates for Soil Building Practice Listed
The 1941 Agricultural Conservation program sets per acre minimum seed rates for legumes and grasses to qualify for credit. Legumes include Alfalfa 15 lb Crimson Clover 15 lb Red Clover 6 lb Alsike Clover 5 lb White Clover 3 lb Sweet Clover hulled 15 lb Sweet Clover unhulled 20 lb Vetch 15 lb Austrian Winter Peas 40 lb Annual Lespedera 10 lb Sericea scarified 15 lb Sericea unhulled 30 lb Cro Aria 15 lb Grasses Timothy 5 lb Red top 3 lb Kentucky Blue Grass 10 lb Orchard Grass 14 lb Annual Rye Grass 15 lb Perennial Rye Grass 15 lb Tall Meadow Oat 15 lb. For mixtures, consult the County Agent. Seed quality must meet Virginia Seed Law standards. These are minimum quantities, not recommended rates, for credit under the 1941 program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Afternoon News Is Late News
Renee is press time on The Star at 9 P. M. London 10 P. M. Berlin Rome 11 P. M. Alexandria Bucharest scheduling across multiple cities in different time zones.
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Renee
the Star
London
Berlin
Rome
Alexandria
Bucharest
Seek Aid For Fire Bereaved in Brockton Relief Effort
Taylor Barr chief of the Brockton Fire Department received a telegram from the city seeking local relief funds for 12 widows and 26 children of firemen who died in the Brockton fire last Monday. Mayor Fred D. Rowe signs the appeal urging a canvass of fire stations and communities. The incident followed a theatre room collapse under heavy snow and the blaze was ruled incendiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Barr
Fire Department
Brockton
Mass
C. W. Hollis
Barr
Hollis
Mr. Barr
Fred D. Rowe
Firemen’s Relief Committee
Queen of Korea Assassination in Seoul Palace
On October 8, 1895, the Queen of Korea was killed in the royal palace at Seoul. Her clothing was soaked in oil and the body burned, marking a brutal royal crime in Korean history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Seoul
Charter Night Draws 225 Lions Club Members in Berryville
About 225 sons crowded the Community Building for Clarke County Lions Club Charter Night. C. Coouser received the charter from District Governor Donald W. Shriver. Delegations from clubs within 75 miles attended as Dr. D. B. Allen presided and Herman Barr of Winchester spoke. Mayor L. H. Bell welcomed guests. Berryville High School Junior Symphony Orchestra performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarkeounty Lions Club
C. Coouser
Donald W. Shriver
Shriver
D. B. Allen
Herman Barr
Winchester Club
Clarke Lions
Barr
L. H. Bell
Charles Town
Winchester
Mercy
Telephone Man Speaks On Bell In Clarke County Meeting
W W Wheeler assistant to the vice president of C P Telephone Co addressed the Woman's Club of Clarke County on The Telephone Quo Vadis noting Bell's role as dreamer more than inventor. The group discussed financing uniforms for a newly formed Protective Force and announced a year book tribute to founder Mrs John D Richardson. April program will feature Brig Gen James A Anderson on Virginia's National Defense Program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
W. W. Wheeler
C. & P. Telephone Co
Woman's Club
Clarke County
Alexander Graham Bell
Wheeler
Rose MacDonald
Bell
Robert
F. L. Ayler
R. M. Ware
Kenneth Levi
Wardney Dove Sent To Panama Enlistments This Week
Wardney E. Dove and several local men were enlisted for the Infantry and sent to Panama and Newfoundland destinations. The recruiting note cites vacancies across the Regular Army in the United States Puerto Rico Philippines and Panama with a special call for high school graduates for Air Corps Signal Corps Finance and Ordnance duties under Sgt. Frank Likar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wardney E. Dove
Infantry
Panames
David Theantry
C. Williams
Jack D. Henry
Lonnie P. McLendon
Front Yal
Newfoundland
Regular Army
United States
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Panama
Air Corps
Signal Corps
Finance Department
Ordnance Department
Frank Likar
States
I O O F To Meet Monday In Encampment Branch
The Sub ordinate Lodge Encampment Branch meeting is set for Monday March 17 at 8 pm hosted by Madison Lodge No 6. Speakers include Mentzer Grand Patriarch of Pennsylvania and David Hattie Grand Patriarch of Virginia with officers from nearby lodges noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Lodge
Pennsylvania
Mentzer
Waynesboro
C. L. Jackson
West Virginia
Martinsburg
Alexandria
Washington
D. C
David Hattie
Winchester
Virginia
Earl Bailey
Middletown
H. C. Sanderson
Helsey Green
Orville Willey
Julian C. Kline
C. L. Wright
W. Earle Edwards
Inchester
Life-Saver tires bought on easy terms at local store
Jane agrees to buy a new set of Life-Saver Silver town tires for the car. The purchase is arranged on long, easy terms at the Goodrich Silvertown Store in Braddock & Boscawen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Goodrich Silvertown
Cot
Braddock & Boscawen
Answers to Today's Quiz on Page Four
Answers to today’s quiz are listed on page four. Items include Yellowstone, Oklahoma, Samoa, Wagner, President Woodrow Wilson, Equatorial, actress Sarah Bernhardt, King Saul of Israel, Public Roads Administration, and the Netherlands.
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Yellowstone
Oklahoma
Cme
Samoa
Wagner
Woodrow Wilson
Equatorial
Sarah Bernhardt
King Saul of
Israel
Public Roads Administration
The
Netherlands
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Shenandoah
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Pero Asco Corfer
Wincrest Coffee
ACME
Marion College
Grace Lutheran
W. J. Muse
Cherubs
Fiom
House
Sam Rayburn
Clifton A. Woodrum
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
George Taylor
Fred S. Hunt
Valley Service
Ogeegal
Orville Hoover
F. Amos Shayock
Winchester Furniture CO
Lions Club
New
Wardney Dove
I.O.O. F
Pearl Buck
Q. What Is
Tal
Santa Fe
Newico
Sounes
Toperativ
Geomane
Southern States Cooperative Service Agent
Onal
C. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
Rees
ARR
MAZDA
Northern Virginia Power Company
Smith Bros
Smith ‘Es
Trac
Mark
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