Girders To Replace Superstructure On Warren Co Bridges
Frontier report from Front Royal Virginia states Senator Aubrey Weaver was told by State Highway Commissioner Shirley that two Shenandoah river bridges at Riverton Route 3 will have their superstructures removed and replaced with girders. Roadway widened to 24 feet and traffic will operate during replacement. Work to start within thirty days with salvaged materials reused elsewhere in the state.
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Front Royal
Aubrey G. Weaver
Bhirley
Shenandoah River
Virginia
Shirley
Weaver
Riverton
Route 3
Pupils Stage Raspberry Red Comedy at Berryville High
Berryville Virginia March 22 pupils from seventh and eighth grades and the high school presented Raspberry Red a two act comedy at the monthly PTA meeting. The program included a violin solo by Miss Pugh and a High School Glee Club performance. Proceeds from a game banquet raised 180.19 with half to aid a crippled pupil for an artificial leg and half to the treasury.
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Berryville
P.T. A
Jared Simms
Elwood Heironomous
Mother Sims
Dorothy Kackley
Father Sims
Kenneth Shenk
Iane Sims
Helen Sims
Betty, Sims
Anita Lewis
Jack Adams
Joe Harris
Bobbie Adams
Herman Parker
Carol Clarke
Betty Lou Kerns
Clarke
Louise Bell
Rev. Dunn
Herbert Duke
Dunn
Rebecca Carter
Hulda
Joyce Davis
Phillip Briggs
Raymond Kackley
Lucille Hardesty
Miss Pugh
Dorothy Luttrell
Glee Club
Virginia Harris
Richard Funk
H. C. Barthel
Ralph M. Ware
Charles Enders
Roy Locke
Game Association
Loring Rackley
Shenandoah
Cooperative Education Association
Winchester
Christ Episcopal Church
St. Patrick's Day
Erin
Funk
Junior Woman's Club
Clarke County
Berryville High School
Funeral Services Held for Mrs Noel Garner
Funeral services were conducted in Alexandria Virginia for Mrs Noel Garner who died after an operation at Georgetown University Hospital. Interment followed at Alexandria Cemetery with pallbearers Hugh Julian Paul Anderson Noel Roty H W Murphy and Joseph Tr. She was formerlyMiss daughter of the land vicinity and survived by brothers Marshall Roberts Gass Halk Roberts Kenny Roberts and W Iva Mrs Sadie Anderson Mrs H W Murphy and near White Hall Chapman of Cedar Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Noel Garner
Georgetown University Hospital
Alexandria Cemetery
Hugh Julian
Paul Anderson
Noel Roty
H.W. _Murphy
Joseph Tr
Gatier
L and Vicinity
Marshall Roberts
Nain
Gass- Halk Roberts
Near Whitell
Kenny Roberts
Ridgeway
W. Va
Sadie Anderson
Gainesboro
H. W. Murphy
White Hall
Neared Chapman
Cedarrove
Grange to Hear About the Future Farmers of America
Middletown Grange meets Friday at 8 pm with the Future Farmers of America program demonstrated by FFA classes from Stephens City and Middletown high schools. R A Wall, agricultural instructor at both schools, will conduct the program open to the public.
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Middletown Grange
Winchester Post V F W To Name Officers April 3
Members of Winchester Post 2 123 Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet on April 3 to nominate and elect new officers. Commander Harry E. Anderson reported the Virginia Department activities and noted the mortgage on the Virginia cottage at the national home for children in Eaton Rapids Michigan was burned. The post's 1938 membership paid up reached 54 percent.
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Winchester
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Harry E. Anderson
Virginia Department
Virginia
National Home For Children
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Frank Farisler
W. W. Glass
The
Post
D. M. Sprinkle
Child Cured By New Drug In Influenza Meningitis Case
A 2 year old girl Phyllis Baxter of Waverly Kansas was treated at University of Kansas Hospital with sulfapyridine for influenza meningitis. After failing standard care, her temperature fell from 105 to 101 by March 8 and she recovered enough to go home March 13. Her father Earl Baxter and Dr H M Benning reported her condition improving with normal appetite and brighter mood.
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Kansas City
Kas
University of Kansas Hospital
Phyllis Baxter
Earl Baxter
Waverly
Phyllis
H. M. Benning
Cut Rate Fare To Be Cancelled
The State Corporation Commission authorized Southern Railway to cancel virtually the last cut rate fare for commuters. Areas around Washington Alexandria and Richmond will be affected with numerous small stations involved as demand for commutation tickets has waned.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
The
Southern Railway
Washington
Alexandria
Ritter Rites In Hagerstown
Funeral services were held at A. K. Coffman funeral home in Hagerstown Md for William Henry Ritter 79 who died Sunday March 19 at his daughter Mrs Clarence L Morrison’s home 515 Potomac St Hagerstown He was born in Frederick county Va and belonged to the First Christian Church Surviving are his children Mrs C L Morrison Mrs Bessie Weller Stanley C Ritter Ernest R Ritter Charles E Ritter and Miss Lena Ritter Twelve grandchildren and wife Mary Gertrude Ritter died June 27 Interment Rose Hill Cemetery Hagerstown
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A. K. Coffman
Hagerstown
William Henry Ritter
Clarence L. Morrison
Potomac Street
Mr. Ritter
Frederick County
John and
Mary Bromley Ritter
First Christian Church
C. L. Morrison
Bessie Weller
Maryland
Stanley C. Ritter
Denver
Col
Ernest R Ritter
Baltimore
Charles E. Ritter
Lena Ritter
Mary Gertrude Ritter
Rose Hill Cemetery
Convict to Face Forgery Charge in Shenandoah County
Harry F. Lonas of near Mt Jackson, already serving a Page county arson sentence, was indicted last Monday by a Shenandoah county grand jury for forgery. Judge Phillip Williams ordered his appearance Friday for arraignment, with officials planning to transport him from the State penitentiary to Richmond for trial.
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Woodstock
Harry F. Lonas
Mt. Jackson
Shenandoah County
State
Circuit Court
Page County
Phillip Williams
Lonas
Rice M. Youell
State Penitentiary
Carl Gochenour
Richmond
Uncertain Commutation Rates Lead to Schedule Cuts
The article notes that cut rate prices could not continue, with many daily locals removed from schedules at small stations. At peak, 20 to 30 different commutation fares existed, and the average commuter charge was 85 cents per mile versus 1.5 cents per mile for regular fare.
Saunders patent aims to ease cheese making from highly acidic milk
Virginia Tech dairy specialist receives patent for a process turning highly acidic milk into cheddar style cheese. It uses a 5 percent starter, heats to 85 degrees, adds rennet, and dilutes whey acidity to below 17 percent while cooking. The method yields faster ripening and a uniform texture with a premium flavor.
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Ginia Tech
South
Saunders
Local folks update from Green Spring Virginia
Green Spring residents note the leasing of store and mill property by Zeilor and Grim from A. L. Anderson and their move into the vacated house of Walter Anderson. Social visits include Mrs. Roy Bageant with the Zeilor and Grim households and guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Runkle from Martinsburg and Winchester. Virginia Milburn is ill with influenza.
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Green Spring
Mr. Zeilor
Mr. Grim
A. L. Anderson
Walter Anderson
Roy Bageant
Zeilor
Grim
Frank Runkle
Hunt
Sencil
Janey Runkle
Martinsburg
W. Va
Virginia Milburn
Robert Nagley
E. Nagley
Roland Gano
James Dix
Luther Pangle
Aubrey Gillian
Little Daughters
Winchester
William Dix
May Get Rooms At Low Rate For World’s Fair Visitors
Postal Telegraph announces an arrangement with Registered Rooms Incorporated to provide inexpensive accommodations for out of town visitors to the New York World’s Fair. Prices range from 1.50 to 2.50 dollars per day, per room for two people. A descriptive folder with a zoned map will be available in Postal offices. Telegraphic confirmation will be sent and visitors upon arrival will be escorted to their reserved quarters.
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Postal Telegraph
Registered Rooms, Incorporated
Postal Telegraph Office
United States
Telegraph
Registered Rooms, Inc
New York
Sacred Music Recital Featured Ruppel Wood Sartelle
Music lovers enjoyed a Sunday recital at the Episcopal Church with Prof. Albert Jackson Ruppel organist, William Wright Wood tenor, and violinist Mary Louise Sartelle. The program opened with O Gott Du Frommer Gott and closed with Cesar Franck, with Verne Scherzo highlighted and strong lyrical passages by Ruppel.
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Albert Jackson Ruppel
William Wright Wood
Market Street Methodist Church
Episcopal Church
Mary Louise Sartelle
Ruppel
S. Krag-Elert
Cesar Franck
Prof. Ruppel
Louis Verne
Wood
Last Rites For Mrs. Barringer At Berryville
Grace Greenwood Barringer widow of John W. Barringer of Berryville Virginia dies late Monday. Funeral at 2 tomorrow from Grace Episcopal Church Berryville with Rev. Robert B. Nelson officiating. Interment in Green Hill Cemetery beside her husband. Pallbearers include Dr. George N Hardesty Preston Kercheval S F Baughman W S Dix Ellis Jackson and William Moore. She was a Winchester native, daughter of the late Robert N Breckenridge and Sarah Anne Breckenridge and aunt of Mrs Fansler.
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Grace Greenwood Barringer
John W. Barringer
Berryville
Ralph S. Fansler
South Stewart Street
Grace Episcopal Church
Robert B. Nelson
Christ Church
Green Hill Cemetery
George N. Hardesty
Preston Kercheval
S. F. Baughman
W. S. Dix
Ellis Jackson
William Moore
Barringer
Winchester
Robert N
Sarah Anne Breckenridge
Fansler
D. William Breckenridge
Norfolk and Western Railway
Diary of William Byrd Found by Huntington Library
Huntington Library researchers in San Marino announce discovery of an 18th century William Byrd diary in archaic shorthand. The three year record, covering 1709 to 1712 on Virginia plantations, promises insights for American colonial history and ongoing publication by historians. The library also showcases new acquisitions including a Turner canvas and bookplates from Katharine French Burnham and Mrs. George Madison Millard.
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Pasadena
Calif
William Byrd
Huntington Library
San Marino
England
Samuel Pepys
Virginia
Diark
Frank
Louis B. Wright
Byrd
Turner
Katharine French Burnham
George Madison Millard
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Pope
Pius XII
Vatican City
Winchester Post
Ritter
U. S
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Europe
North America Assurance Socie
Andrew G. Briggs
Anet T
Shenandosh Valley National Bank
Box
John W. Rosenberger
S. Braddock
Mary Smith
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Studebaker
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Americ American Automobile Association
America
C.I.T
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