Shenandoah Area Scouts To Send Another Troop To The World's Fair
Shenandoah Area Council will again send a Boy Scout troop to the New York World's Fair for one week. Thirty seven Scouts and three leaders will participate from August 5 to 14, living at the Boy Scout Service Camp and performing service for officials and visitors.
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Shenandoah Area Scouts
Shenandoah Alea Council
Urens Jones
Winchester
Fred E. Winchester
Herbert Ky
Berkeley Springs
Kinsburg
Charlestyn
Boyce
Ephens City
Strasburg
Edina
Luray
Shenandoah
News City
New York
Winchester safety driving demonstrations set for tomorrow
Pat Dann and Mrs. George Snarr will drive a safety car at Winchester city hall at 10 30 tomorrow to show stopping times at various speeds. A teacher and student will drive near Handley High School at 3 10, followed by a safety lecture at 2 40 by Henry Pontious. George Jones invites teachers and rural school students and service clubs to attend.
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Winchester Junior Board of Tract
Pat Dann
Charley Rouss Fire Company
George Snarr
City Hall
Cameron Street
Handley High School
Henry Pontious
George Jones
Junior Board of Trade Safety Committee
Winchester Service Clubs
Handley
Montgomery as Capitol and Old South Heritage
Prof Lee Stickles speaks to Turner Ashby Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy on Montgomery Alabama history from Native legends to the Capitol's role in the Confederacy. The talk recalls Thorn Hill hospitality, Thorn Hill mansion, and the Capitol where Davis and Stephens took office with the Bible used by governors since 1851.
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Turner Ashby
United Daughters of the Confedracy
Thorn Hill
Tennat
Old South
Luckey’s Bottom
Free Hope Church
Big Branch
Persimmon Bottom
Betty
Alk
Capitol
Montgomery
Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Alexander H. Stephens
Georgia
Davis
Alabama
Sophia Bible Chapter
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
White House of the
Confederacy
Huge Floral Display At World’s Fair Opens May Eleventh
World’s Fair grounds in New York will present a six month bloom display starting May 11. Landscape chiefs E. J. Carillo and Walter C. Knapp oversee plantings including 400000 giant pansies and thousands of pink and white daisies. Planting begins April 15 with dogwood and crab apple trees in bloom by opening day along Constitution Mall.
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New York
E. J. Carillo
Walter C. Knapp
Constitution Mall
Songs and history stir in Montgomery’s southern heritage
A nostalgic look at Montgomery Alabama contrasts the city’s Confederate past with its present growth. The piece notes Dixies enduring fame, the first Confederate flag made in Court Street Church, Fort Sumter’s firing, Herman Arnold’s Dixie score, and the city’s later rapid agricultural, industrial progress and its reputation as a city of homes with tree lined streets and Southern Colonial houses.
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Daughters of the Confederacy
Montgomery
Alabama
Deep South
State Line
Georgia
Tara
Scarlet
Atlanta
Peach Tree Street
America
Alabama River
Monttgomery
Horse Shoe Bend
South
Court Street Methodist Church
Capitol Dome
Southland
Dixie
Montgomery Theatre
Herman Arnold
Dan Emmitt
Fort Sumter
Southern Telegraph Office
Holy Week Services Planned at Sacred Heart Church
The Church of the Sacred Heart announces Holy Week observances. Wednesday low mass at 7 30 a m confessions 5 6 and 7 8. Holy Thursday high mass 7 30 a m with procession to side altar then Rosary at 7 30 p m. Good Friday mass 7 30 a m stations 3 p m and 7 30 p m. Holy Saturday rites at 7 a m blessing of fire and paschal candle mass about 8 a m confessions 4 6 and 7 8.
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Church of the Sacred Heart
Answers to Today's Quiz From Page Four
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 include Nebraska Sur-kit Lincoln Museum em D C Golf The Duke of York Haggis Puck Fairmount Park Philadelphia Penna.
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Lincoln Museum
D. C
Duke of York
Haggis
Puck
Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
Penna
Montgomery Dreaming Under Monolight in Modern South
The passage notes Montgomery's blend of modern optimism and old fashioned hospitality. It describes social changes in the South with rising standards and progress, while nights recall an illustrious past under the glow of monolight. The town is portrayed as welcoming to travelers and strangers alike.
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South
Montgomery
Budget Bill Caps Local School Spending Across Virginia
Richmond march 19 a 1940 42 budget provision bars localities from cutting local funds for schools below minima set by prior year unless a substantial loss in enrollment or attendance justifies it the rule ties local spending to state teacher salary funds and freezes minima at current levels preventing shifting costs to the state the provision allows exceptions for exceptional local conditions and requires state board approval in such cases
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Richmond
Sidney B. Hall
State Board of Education
City Fire Hose Orders Provide 2000 Ft Each Company
Fire Committee chair Fred W. Forney announced orders for 2300 feet of first class fire hose. Four local companies will receive 2000 feet each. 46 lengths of 50 feet are to be shared by Friend ship, South End, and Sarah Zane, with Charley Rouss needing none. Purchases include 1100 ft from Quaker City in Philadelphia at 88 cents/ft and 1200 ft from Goodyear in Akron at $1/ft. Taylor Barr authorized the purchase. committee members include R. Frank Barr and C. Lawrence Hollis.
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Fred W. Forney
Friendship
South End
Sarah Zane
Charley Rouss
Quaker City Company
Philadelphia
Goodyear Company
Akron
Ohio
Taylor Barr
Forney
R. Frank Barr
C. Lawrence Hollis
Budget boosts teacher pay per state unit
The budget, urged by Governor Price, raises the minimum state appropriation per teacher unit from 500 to 550 dollars in year one and to 610 dollars in year two, providing funds for the school system.
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Price
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