Five Year Scout Program Outlined By Shenandoah Council
Frank R. Horton, Shenandoah Area Council Scout executive, unveils a five year troop plan that guides each Scout to earn all merit badges by year five and graduate as a Five Year Veteran. The outline covers yearly topics from knots and first aid to agriculture, zoology, and woodworking, with over a hundred badges possible in years three through five.
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Frank R. Horton
Shenandoah Area
Boy Scouts of America
Horton
Deeds Put On Record Include Boyd Estate Settlements
Recent deeds recorded include settlements of the John C. Boyd estate who died intestate on November 27. Transfers cover Emma C. Boyd and others, with parcels on Kent Street Germain to Pall Mall, plus related transfers of lots on South Kent Street and West Germain. Other deeds list A G Mason to Virginia Funk, W E Cooper executor to Hickory Club, and Larrick transfers on Valley Turnpike and Highland Avenue with various sums.
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John C. Boyd
Ala C. Grim
Emma C. Boyd
Kent and
Germain Streets
Ola C. Grim
South Kent Street
Robert 8. Boyd
Morningside Drive
W. E. Cooper
Thomas J. Cooper
Hickory Club
Winchester
Loudoun Street
Herbert S. Larrick
F. I. Pritchard
Valley Turnpike
Herbert
Aren't We All at Little Theatre in Winchester
Winchester audiences will see the English drawing room play Aren’t We All at the Capitol on Friday April fifth. Lord Grenham figures amid a cast including Harry Kern Jr Susie Steck Miller and Mrs Helen Shelmire Ziegler with John J Williams directing for a witty evening of romance class and mistaken intentions.
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Winchester
The
Capitol
Lord Grenham
Cyril Maud
E. C. Stuart
Harry Kern
Harry Kern, Jr
Susie Steck Miller
Mr. Kern
Joe Thomas
John J. Williams
Lay Leaders Plan Circuit Church Services Sunday
The Winchester Circuit will hold Sunday services at Pleasant Valley Pleasant Valley Pleas ant Valley with men of the church preaching and leading prayers at 11 a.m under Jesse B. Lewis. Women of Red Bud lead a 3 30 p m service under Mrs Harry Miller. Mount Pleasant W Va women lead a 7 45 p m service under Mrs Aldus Cooper.
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Winchester
Franklin G. Senger
Pleasant Valley
Jesse B. Lewis
Red Bud
Harry Miller
Mount Pleasant
W. Va
Aldus Cooper
To Enlist More For C. C. C. Camps
Washington March 28 Robert Fechner director of the Civilian Conservation Corps directed tentative selection of 110000 replacements for probable enlistment next week Army corps area commanders were told not to issue papers pending passage of the 4880000000 work bill which would extend the CCC two years
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Washington
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Army Corps
Too Tired To Lift His Feet
Roscoe Penn, a Black man, was booked at police headquarters in Atlanta on a charge of attempted larceny of an automobile. He said he became fatigued walking, sat in a car to rest, and could not lift his foot to stop the starter.
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Atlanta
Roscoe Penn
Roscoe
Rain Holds Hope for Dust-Stricken Springfield Colorado
Springfield Colorado mayor writes that only rainfall can curb severe dust storms threatening farmers and ranchers in Baca and surrounding counties. He urges federal soil erosion controls and relief petitions while stressing moisture is needed to restore productive soil and support prairie grass. The piece notes veterans from Oklahoma and Texas are resilient and calls for a fair share of spring rain to determine the region’s fate.
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Springfield
Colo
Harvey McKinnis
Sprinfield
Associated Press
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
Baca
Information For Magistrates Is Prepared
State auditor L McCarthy Downs works on a pamphlet to aid trial justices in keeping records and accounting for fees. The pamphlet answers forty questions posed by the justices. Additional pamphlets from the attorney general and the department of public welfare will cover laws and juvenile and domestic relations functions.
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L. McCarthy Downs
Attorney-General’s Office
Department of Public Welfare
Flashes of Life and Peculiar Local Notices
Judge Porter in Evanston jailed James Sayers after calling him a menace to motorists. A hit and run claim surfaced as Sayers was found twice within a week under a bicycle. In Iowa, Fred Lainson wore a straw hat while conducting business downtown. A Kansas broom factory reports a spike in orders from dust-prone states.
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Chicago
Porter
Evanston
James Sayers
Sayers
Council Bluffs, Ir
Fred Lainson
Council Bluffs Florist
Lainson
Gibson
Kas
Kansas
Mountain States
Population reductio from 2 billion by faiths
The Columbia University press estimates that if the world’s 2,000,000,000 population were reduced proportionally according to religious faiths to 100 people, there would be 38 Christians, 19 Confucianists and Taoists, 12 Hindus, 11 Muslims, 10 animists, 8 Buddhists, 1 Shintoist, and 1 Jew.
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New York
Columbia University Press
Mexico Me There’s a crowd of threes in the life of Miss Erma
A fragmented local item notes unusual happenings around Miss Erma in Mexico as three distinct groups intersect in daily life. The brief hints at social or community events involving Erma in the town.
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Mexico
Erma
Luray Firemen Invited to Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
The Page News and Courier reports the Luray Chamber of Commerce received an invitation from the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester. Local groups including the Luray fire department are asked to enter floats and displays in the parades. If the firemen attend, Luray is expected to be a leading unit.
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Page News and Courier
Luray
Luray Chamber of Commerce
Shenandoah
Winchester
Pigeon feeder Minnie Thomas laid to rest in New Orleans park
In New Orleans, Mrs. Minnie Thomas, 75, who fed pigeons in Lafayette Square for 11 years, died late Monday at Charity Hospital. For years she visited daily, and the birds grew tame enough to take peanuts from her lips.
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New Orleans
LaFayette Square
Minnie Thomas
Philadelphia man charged in stamp collecting burglary plot
Philadelphia police say Benham, 37, of Kimberton hired three burglars to collect stamps for him. County Detective Francis Grubb and State Policeman George Sauer testified. Benham admitted the charge after stamps stolen from noted collectors were found in his collection.
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Philadelphia
Benham
Kimberton
Francis Grubb
George Sauer
Bnham
Grubb
Working Center Plan Aims At Helping Needy Virginia Communities
The Virginia Emergency Relief Administration and Rural Rehabilitation Division announce plans to create community work centers in counties across the state. Centers will house canneries grist mills wood shops broom factories and tanneries operated for local benefit financed by the VERA with local land and funds plus eventual cooperative ownership from profits. Centers will also offer services goods recreation and vocational training with small libraries. land leased by rehabilitants a Virginia Rural Rehabilitation Corporation retains title and control until costs are recovered.
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Community Work Center Plan
Rural Rehabilitation Division
Virginia Emergency Relief Administration
Richmond
State
VERA
Virginia Rural Rehabilitation Corporation
Gigantea Art Shades Phlox In Drummond Line
Central Press Garden Expert Dean Halliday notes the new Drummond phlox Gigantea Art Shades. An annual half hardy variety growing about twelve inches tall with large blossoms and light colored eyes. Plant early in spring, seed slate for early start, blooms July to October, good for bedding and cut flowers. Other Drummond phlox like Star phlox and Isabellina offer varied colors.
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Dean Halliday
Central Press Garden
Drummond
Life Insurance in Virginia Up 15 Percent in 1934
Virginia life insurance in force rose to 1.260 billion dollars in 1934 from 1.245 billion in 1933, a net increase of 14.99 million. Domestic Virginia firms added 13.42 million, while out-of-state companies contributed 1.57 million, with industrial policies driving most of the gain.
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Virginia
George A. Bowles
Milldale News Roundup From Milldale Virginia
Milldale Virginia reports Mrs George Stickley visiting with her mother Mrs W B Brown Tuesday. Alice Stickley ill for weeks. Eva Butler recovering from mumps. Macedonia play at Rockland Hall raised funds for Milldale Church. Rev H W Shannon visited Mrs W Brown. Mrs Virgie Brown and sons dined with Mrs George Kirby in Berryville. Mrs Claude Brown ill but improving.
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H. W. Shannon
W. Brown
Virgie Brown and Sons
Lee Oliver
George Kirby
Berryville
Claude Brown
Skid ding at Handley High School promises family comedy
Handley High School seniors present the three act farce Skid ding on Friday night March 29 at 8 pm. The plot follows the modern American family with Marion choosing between marriage and a political science career as siblings rebel against traditional roles. The cast includes Dora Grim Aunt ny Andy George Reseguie and others, with the Handley orchestra providing music and admission set at 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
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Handley High School
Marion
Hardy
Wayne Trenton
Milly
Mother Hardy
Judge Hardy
Stubbins
Andy Hardy
Aunt Ny Andy
George Reseguie
Tie Headley
Mrs. Dy
Judge James
Tunstall
Grandpa Hardy
Arthur Field
Eleanor Scully
Estelle Hardy Campbell
Myra Hardy Wilcox
Virginia White
June Bean
Marion Hardy
Carter Baker
Mr. Stubbins
Tom Rodman
Community recreation drive urged by Dr Williams
Dr James B Williams urged Winchester and Frederick county to build a broad recreational program including drama music handicraft and social activities. The effort is led by the Public Welfare Board with volunteer workers and aims to engage both adults and children through neighborhood organizing and local leaders.
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Winchester
Frederick County
James B. Williams
National Recreation Association
Williams
Public Welfare Board
Sean Eee
Thas Ghocertiede
Virginia
Great
National Association
South
Richmond
Roanoke
Alexandria
Raleigh
Charlottesville
Lynchburg
Norfolk
Funeral Services For Thomas Blue Hotel Manager
Funeral services for Thomas Lawson Blue 67 proprietor of the Springfield Hotel were held Wednesday at the Presbyterian Church with interment in Springfield cemetery. The Rev Julian T Owen officiated assisted by the Rev W H Gray. He was born in 1868 at Blues on the South Branch and died recently leaving widow Ida Blue and two daughters Sue Brookey Cumberland Md and Maude Chase Springfield.
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Thomas Lawson Blue
Springfield
Hampshire
Presbyterian Church
Springfield Cemetery
Julian T. Owen
W. H. Gray
M. E. Church
South
Mr. Blue
James P
Mary Eliza Amstot Blue
Blue’s
South Branch
Hampshire County
South Branch Valley
America
Holland
Ida Blue
Sue G. Brookey
Cumberland
Maude Chase
Panhandle
Housing Parley Called April 10 For Whole State
Richmond announces a three day housing conference in that city starting April 10 as part of the Virginia Conference of Social Work. Mrs. Janet Stuart Durham chairs arrangements. The federal slum clearance plan under the Public Works Administration will be discussed at sessions at the John Marshall Hotel with invited speakers from the two administrations. Names of speakers are not yet announced. State social work leaders are expected to attend.
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Richmond
Virginia Conference of Social Work
Janet Stuart Durham
Public Works Administration
John Marshall Hotel
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President Roosevelt
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Kermit Roosevelt
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Handley Play
Thomas Blue
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