Ridge Homes dealer tops 1963 sales with D M Builders award
Ed Molden of D M Builders Winchester receives a special award from Ridge Homes president Hillard Madway for leading the 1963 sales among Ridge Homes dealers in one state. The honor was presented at the Cherry Hill New Jersey annual sales meeting marking the second consecutive award for D M Builders in manufactured homes. Harold G Brown of Shenandoah Valley National Bank elected chair of Financial General Corporation advisory council at Nassau Bahamas meeting with 27 U S banks represented.
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Ed Molden
D & M Builders
Winchester
Hillard Madway
Ridge Homes
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
The
Financial General Corporation
Th Banking Group
Nassau
Bahamas
U.S
Mr. Brown
T. E. Sebrell, II
Clarendon Trust Co
Arlington
Local Dealers View New Turbine Car Demonstration
Four local dealers attended a Chrys ler Turbine Car showing. Representatives from Chapman Motor Co and Clarke County Motor Co viewed the model on display at Wheaton Plaza near Washington DC through March 31. The turbine engine weighs 410 pounds and outputs 130 hp with 80 percent fewer moving parts than a piston engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chapman
William Armel
Chapman Motor Co
Winchester
Clarke County Motor Co
Berryville
Richard
Calvin Chapman
Wheaton Plaza
Washington, D. C
Chryser
Three for the White Way and West End in London
An AP report describes Frederick Brisson planning two shows for Broadway and two for London's West End. Brisson's agenda includes a murder mystery titled The Deadly and other works including The Male Hormone and Charles, The Only.
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White Way
West End
New York
Ederick Brisson
London
Broadway
Brisson
Charles
140 County Farmers enroll in FeedGrain program
140 Frederick County farms enrolled in the seven week signup for the 1964 FeedGrain program. Farmers will divert 1,622 acres from corn barley and grain sorghum with remaining land put into soil conserving use. Total Virginia payments may exceed 7 million dollars.
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Frederick County
Virginia McClure
ASCS
Virginia
Robert K. Stickley
Stickley
Officers Link Same Man to 2 Vehicle Thefts
Winchester police connected a single suspect to two vehicle thefts, a 1963 convertible with Pennsylvania plates reported stolen near Martinsburg and a 1955 brown GMC truck stolen from N Loudoun Street. A slender man about 5'10" and 20 years old is sought after he tried to refuel the convertible on a charge account before the truck vanished from in front of Novick's.
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Winchester
Martinsburg Pike
Pennsylvania
Miller Motors
Mechanicsburg
Lesin H. Owens
Inwood
W. Va
N. Cameron St
N. Loudoun St
West Virginia
Novick’s
Leonard Hall Junior Academy to Represent Maryland at New York World’s Fair
Leonard Hall Junior Academy of Leonardtown Maryland with 200 students from grades five through eight will participate in the opening day ceremonies of the New York World’s Fair on April 22. The school has a drum and bugle corps and marching units and has won multiple parades and contests including two first places in the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival and the George Washington Birthday Parade in Alexandria. Leonard Hall has marched in two Presidential Inaugurals and the Governor’s inaugural parade in Annapolis and will also take part in future Apple Blossom Grand Feature parade and Memorial Day events.
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Leonard Hall Junior Navall Academy
Leonardtown
Maryland
Hall
Alexandria
Leonard Hall
Annapolis
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Leonard Hall School
Richmond
Rockville
Evans Home Advisory Board names R. Robinson Evans as chairman
R. Robinson Evans Jr. elected chairman of the Evans Home Advisory Board succeeding Clarke T. Cooper Jr. who resigned after relocating to Washington. Evans, a native of Ley, attended VPI, is a deacon of the Presbyterian Church and holds multiple directorships and roles including Farmers & Merchants Bank, G Chemical Co, Apple Corp, Memorial Hospital executive committee, and owner-developer of Apple Valley Industrial area. He and his wife Elizabeth Denny of Clarke have one son, R Robinson III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Robinson, Jr
Evans, Home Advisory Board
Clarke T. Cooper, Jr
Washington
Home
Mr. Robinson
Ley School
VPI
Presbyterian Church
Farmers & Merchants N Bank
G Chemical Co
Apple Corp
Memorial Hospital
R & T Orchard Co
Winchester Golf Club
Low Chamber of Commerce
Apple Valley Industrial
Elizabeth Denny
Clarkety
R Robinson
Cancer Crusade Residential Leaders Named in Winchester
Leaders for the residential campaign of the coming Cancer Crusade were announced by Thomas E. Hassen. Mrs. Robert Lebe heads the city drive with district chairmen and captains listed, noting initial staffing gaps in Stonewall and Gainesboro. Winchester and Frederick County set a $7,500 quota. April is Cancer Crusade Month with Cancer Sunday on April 5, plus a kick off April 5–8.
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Thomas E. Hassen
Robert Lebe
Montague Ave
Robert Yerby
N. Braddock Sr
Harry Ridgeway
Richard Duval
Stonewall
Gainesboro
American Cancer Society
W. Woodhull Baker, Jr
Winchester
Frederick County
Hassen
Seymour J. Barr
Jack F. Davis
Harry L. Lovett
Lebo
Braddock Street Methodist Church
J. A. Hott
Senseng Rd
Russell Feeley
Mt. Falls
The Theater of the World Atlas Emerges in 1570
An Antwerp businessman frustrated by diverse map shapes commissioned a draftsman to create uniform maps, giving birth to The Theater of the World in 1570, regarded as the first modern atlas.
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Antwerp
Loudoun Street Hat Cleaner to Close After 50 Years
Achille Lazzazzera a longtime Loudoun Street merchant will close his downtown hat cleaning and shoeshine shop after more than 50 years in business He came from Cambosso Italy in 1913 and later operated from 159 126 and 130 Loudoun Street He will continue hat cleaning and blocking at his home on East North Avenue with his wife and five children listed as residents at 6 East North Avenue.
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Achille Lazzazzera
Loudoun St
Mr. Lazzazzera
United States
Cambosso
Italy
G. Marks
Mary Massalle
North Ave
Ikey
Trading Stamps Swapped For School Bus
In Dallas Texas parents and pupils at Dallas Christian grade school converted 1 305 000 trading stamps into a single bus. A two year effort led by Mrs. John A Witmer and Principal David C Higgins culminated in trading the stamps for a new school bus, the third in the private school's fleet.
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Dallas, Tex
Dallas Christian Grade School
John A. Witmer
Limestone haystack hills dot Puerto Rico countryside near Arecibo
The countryside south of Arecibo in Puerto Rico features hundreds of limestone haystack shaped hillocks up to 300 feet tall.
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Arecibo
Puerto Rico
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Banking Council
Piccadilly
Braddock Streets
James Hershberger
Eugene Leake
Frank Carpenter
Elks Club
Corsier
South Loudoun
Curtis
Loudoun Street
Curtis Dellinger
Wardensville
Molden
Acro8s
Army
Ree
R. Robinson Evans
Neve Tires
Cancer Drive
E.C. Fernandes
Charles Pirie, Jr
Paul Hotinger
Dale Fowler
Robert Cooper
Richard Kern
Joseph McKee
National Ave
Edwin K. Barksdale
Irl
Hamilton
James Cook
John Eisner
Nelvin Hall
Parkway
T.H. ‘Sutler
Archie Williams
Back Creek
John F. MacLellan
Orchard Hill
Shawnee
Emmett Scothren
Stephens City
Roger Koontz
Middletown
Opequon
Loudoun St. Merchant
Cal
Winchester Council
Maiya
This
Maple House
Swimley’s
Young-Hinkle Corp
Lexington
North Carolina
Eve
East Piccadilly Street
George Washington Hotel
Monthru Thurstil
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