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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1924

Page

5

Three Clubs Battle For Local Honors In Gym Night Games

Tomorrow night at 8 the Girls' Athletic Association Kiwanis Club and Rotary Club clash in the High School gym for local honors. Kiwanis lineup features T Russell Cather J C Oakes Philip Williams and M B Clowe. Rotary lineup includes H S Duffey Vic Arthur George B Chapman and George Fansler. The Girls team splits into Blacks and Reds with full lineups listed.

Girls’ Athletic Association Kiwanis Club Rotary Club T. Russell Cather J. C. Oakes Philip Williams M. B. Clowe H. S. Duffey Vic Arthur George B. Chapman George Fansler Mrs. Casselman Cornelia Gray Mildred Mileson Nan Keating K. Y Allabach Magdalene Fansler Opal Robinson Dorothy McCann Gertrude Schneider Elizabeth Hollis Reds Lucy Sprint Beulah Hartge Lillian Doing Margaret Kelchner Helen Keating Ida Fisher Rebecca Eddy Leona Lauck Faunce Johnston Salome Crisman

Spring Planting Delayed by Snow in Virginia

Snow and rain over two weeks ending Saturday hindered plowing and spring planting across Virginia and slowed general farm work. Wheat is in poor condition and needs favorable weather to recover. fall sown oats have not wintered well. Clover seeding progressed, but little grass sown with oats due to bad weather. Grain and pastures are late.

Richmond Virginia Henry M. Taylor

Agriculture Report Shows Shifts in 1923 Crop Harvest

A small fraction of the 1923 tobacco crop remains on farms while most of the peanut crop has been sold at relatively high prices. Analysts forecast a large rise in cotton acreage and note livestock conditions are generally good.

Apple growers urged action to curb freight rate bias

W A Ryan argues Shenandoah Valley apple growers must press the Interstate Commerce Commission to cut transcontinental rates. He warns western producers seek to ship apples east at preferential rates, threatening eastern markets unless local growers intervene with Washington representatives.

W. A. Ryan Shenandoah Valley Yakima Hood River Pacific Atlantic Seaboard Interstate Commerce Commission Washington Interstate Commerce Commission Pacific Coast

Danville World War Hero Dies in Poverty

William L. Petty, a Danville veteran of two wars, died of tuberculosis in a local sanatorium after a wartime wound and exposure. Danville American Legion members condemned the Veterans Bureau handling, saying Petty received no financial aid or life insurance benefits for his widow and two children. Petty served on the border with the Virginia National Guard and in Europe, where he was wounded near Mulhouse Belfort and later discharged.

Danville William L. Petty Danville Post American Legion Petty United States Veterans’ Bureau Bureau Virginia National Guard Anniston One Hundred and Eeenats Infantry Forts Hill Alsace Mulhausen Belfort Veterans' Bureau Legion Mureau

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