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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1928

Page

5

Official Roster of Princesses at Blossom Festival

A long list names young women from Virginia Maryland and West Virginia as participants in the Blossom Festival. The roster shows each entrant with her home district and a chaperone or host at Washington Inn Gray Gables Inn or George Hotel, detailing street addresses and district numbers. Many entries come from Shenandoah Rockingham Page and other counties with sponsor pairs listed.

Adair Childress Oflumbia W. A. Baker Washington Street Elizabeth Nelson Roanoke Margaret Talbott Stevens Baltimore George Hotel Mary Rhodes Virginia Douglas Reedsville Northumberland ‘County J. O. Marsh Amherst Street Anne Oppenheimer Richmond John M. Steck Fairmont Avenue Edna Wylie McAdams Margaret Snyder City of Winchester North Avenue Meda Dick Frederick County Stiles South Cameron Street Winchester A‘ry Bruce Eagle Berkeley County W. Va Misses Jones Washington Inn South Steward Street Mary E. Zimmerman Hamp Washington Nn Frances Fitzpatrick Arlington Jean Graves Page County Kathleen Green Orange County Catherine Byrer City of Mar Tingburg Constance Wash- Mies Marie Johnson Tabscott Mildred Brubaker Pagety Mites Alefa Cook Washington County Katherine Langhorne Smithfield Dorothy Trevilian Gloucest We Va Wee Tortion Buckingham Florine Smith Russell County Nell Hudson Bland County Jean Bunker Reynolds Keyser Mineral County Lucy Haile Overby Lawrenceville C. A. Hoshour South Stewart Street Jeanette Gilmer Big Stone Gap A. D. Henning Annie Lee Hicks Evington Mildred Phillips Portsmouth Musa Hargrave Dinwiddie Gray Gables Inn South Washington Street Gwendoline J. Estes Bedford Myrtle Richmond Gate City Winifred Skinnell Rocky Briasley Halifax Charrie Daniel Harper Lynchburg Mises Virginia Wilson Cape Charles Bessie W.conrad West Boscawen Street Mary Fray Madison County Bessie B. McCann Peyton Street Mary Margaret Dalton Elkins Randolph County Melvin Green Stwoth Virginia Hodges Franklin Pendleton County Melvin Een North Loudoun Street Rosa Lee Bell Abingdon Katherine Glass Greene Fannie Marion Martin Frank H. Wissler Mount Jackson Shenandoah County J. Victor Arthur Fairfax Lane

Orchard Mouse Injury Threatens Apple Growers

The Star urges fruit growers to inspect orchards for mouse damage especially below the surface. Pine mice burrow and injure roots, causing extensive girdling and potential losses in the hundreds of thousands, possibly over a million dollars, unless immediate control and grafting are undertaken.

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Preventive mouse control and bridge grafting for trees

Mouse damage to fruit trees is described with prevention strategies and poison bait formulas for sweet potato and grain baits. Bridging girdled trunks via scion grafting is demonstrated, with step by step technique and wax sealing details shared by A H Teske of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Winchester Field Laboratory U.S. D A U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Bureau of Publication U. S. Dept A. H. Teske Va. Polytechnic Institute

A A A To Furnish Service Patrol For Blossom Festival

The Winchester division of the American Automobile Association with the District Nurse Association will provide during the Fifth Annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival an emergency service patrol. The patrol can act as ambulance first aid police patrol fire unit repair car or tow vehicle and will be stationed at the George Washington Hotel or patrolling Winchester streets. Citizens may call either organization for service in emergencies.

Winchester American Automobile Association George Washington Hotel H. S. Evans District Nurse Association George Washington A. A.A

Locusts Swarm Jericho but Spare Philippines

Report notes locusts swarm Jericho while avoiding the Philippines where they are dried salted and sold by the sack like peanuts. The commentary contrasts regional impacts with a wry humor typical of the era. United States readers are reminded of agricultural pest concerns.

Jericho Philippines Houston Post-Dispatch

Music Class Open At Margaretta Whiting School

Margaretta C. Whiting, graduate of Peabody Conservatory and St Hilda's Hall faculty, invites applications for piano harmony history of music and supplementary subjects at her music class in Charles Town W Va. Address or phone information provided.

Margaretta C. Whiting Sic St. Hilda’s Hall Char

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Messinger Southern Chemical CO G. W. Morris Alexander Doan Wampole Bromo Seltzer Grove National Sales Co N. Loudoun St L. Giuliani Fashion Park Hart Schaffner & Marx Frank Gearing E. Piccadilly Mr. Teske Peabody Conservatory Baltimore, Md Les Town Neeses Ae Enn Aces North Main ST Lloyd Loom Frigidaire Northern Virginia Power Co North Main Street
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