John W. Smith Dies In Hospital Inwood West Virginia
John Wes Smith 76 of Inwood West Virginia died this morning at Martinsburg Hospital after being ill. He was a retired farmer and Methodist Church member. Survived by wife Ada Bohrer three sons Harry Earl and Raymond two daughters Mrs Roy Swarts and Mrs Raymond Keys, fourteen grandchildren, one brother Brook and one sister Mrs Halbeck. Body at Brown Funeral Home Martinsburg moved to Inwood home tomorrow. Services at 2:30 p m Friday at Millwood home with Rev W F Orndorff officiating. Burial Mt Hebron Cemetery Winchester.
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Inwood
W. Va
John Wes- Smith
Martinsburg
Berkeley County
W. Iva
John
Betty O’roke Smith
Mr. Smith
White Hall
Ada Bohrer
Harry Smith
Leesburg
Earl and
Raymond Smith
Bunkerffl
Roy Swarts
Raymond Keys
Culpeper
Brook Smith
Win
Wal- Halbeck
Hagerstown
Brown
Esliwood
Millwood
W. EF. Orndorff S
Peat hummingbird speed record and flight abilities
Authorities note difficulty in obtaining precise bird speeds. The peats hummingbird can reach about 50 miles per hour with powerful wings. It can fly backward better than any other flying creature and hover by making around 55 wing strokes per second.
Residents Issued Building Permits
Q. Chris and Selma Olsen of Middletown receive a permit to erect a four room four bath brick and block motel 1% miles north of Middletown at an estimated cost of 8000 dollars. Marvin E and Frances T Gore of Stephens City receive a permit for a five room brick veneer bungalow in the east end of that community at 3500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Q. Chris
Selma Olsen
Middletown
Marvin E
Frances T. Gore
Stephens City
William Named New County High School Coach
William will assume duties around Aug. 10 as the new county high school coach. The 1950-51 calendar starts Sept. 1 and ends June 1 with holidays including Labor Day Thanksgiving Christmas Good Friday and Apple Blossom. The county buys two new buses to reach 25 total and will consolidate five high schools into James Wood High School with routes from Stephens City Middletown Gore Gainboro.
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Page
James Wood High School
Stephens City
Middletown
Gore
Gainboro
Shade Equipment Co
Georgia
English Co
Aylor
Cather Reappointed to Shawnee School Board Four-Year Term
T Newton Cather was re appointed as a Shawnee district school board member at a Frederick County School Trustee Electoral Board meeting. The four year term begins now with Clarence Lemley as chairman and other trustees including J O Chamberlin and R Lee Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Newton Cather
Shawnee
Frederick County
Clarence Lemley
J. O. Chamberlin
R. Lee Smith
Cather
Charles ©. Bass
Opequon
G. Harry Richard
Back Creek
Clayton E. Pingley
Stonewall
Fred A. Whitacre
Gainesboro
Battaile Addresses Virginia Delegation at Chamber Dinner
The Virginia State Chamber’s National Affairs Committee members spoke at a dinner for Virginia’s congressional delegation. Battaile urged unity and a real plan to balance the budget and curb deficit spending. Attending from Winchester were Harold Brown, W. Nelson Page, J. A. Hottinger, and Eugene Sakers along with over 100 members.
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Washington
State Chamber
Committee On
National Affairs
Virginia
Henry W. Anderson, Jr
Alexandria
National Affairs Committee
Battaile
Winchester
Harold Brown
W. Nelson Page
J. A. Hottinger
Eugene Sakers
May 4 10 a.m Sales at Greenspring and Winchester
A series of town wide sales listed with dates and locations. George Hellsley Greenspring Va sale all day May 4. Carl Alabaugh near Place Bros. garage May 6. Ed Seale Sunnyside May 6. Estate of Ella Kern 201 East Boscawen Winchester May 6. Mrs Phil Gold 327 North Braddock Winchester antiques May 11. Mrs Clay Manuel 1607 Valley Ave Winchester antiques and personal property May 13. Shen Valley Polled Shorthorn Breeders Assn. Farmers Livestock Exchange Winchester cattle May 13. Northern Va Livestock Producers Assn. Farmers Livestock Exchange Winchester cattle May 20. Lockhart Estate 6268 Loudoun Winchester antique and modern furniture May 12.
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Ella Ritter Kern
East Boscawen St
Winchester
Lnt
ABC
George Helsley
Greenspring
Carl Alabaugh
Place Bros
Ed Seal
Sunnyside
Ella R. Kern
E. Boscawen St
Clay Manuel
Valley Ave
Shen Valley
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Northern
Farmers’ Livestock Exchange
Lockhart Estate
Loudoun St
Annual Shenandoah Apple Fete Has Withstood Time
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester celebrates its 23rd year since resumption after World War II. Queens from 1924 to recent years, crowned by notable figures including Byrd and Barkley, reflect a history of pageantry and festival growth in the Apple Capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Arthur
Elizabeth Steck
Winchester
Anne Carleton Hadley
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Gretchen Thomson
New Orleans
Shenandoah
Shenandoah-Potomac
E. W. Barr
Anne Carleton Hacley
St. Louis
van Johnson
J. Victor Arthur
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Hadley
Barkley
Mena
United States
Harry F. Byrd
Miss Boxley
Miss Bridges
Richard E. Byrd
Norton
Miss Moffett
Thors
Queens
Eleanor Chiles
Kernstown
Priscilla Bridges
Hancock
Kenneth Ann Gilpin
Boyce
Mary Wise Boxley
Roanoke
Mary Jo Mathews
Mannington
W. Va
Suzanne Pollard
Richmond
Patricia Morton
England
Helen Ames Washington
Philadelphia
Belgium
Francoise May
John Hay Whitney
Upperville
Mme
Nela Veverka
Czechoslovakia
Sheep Shearing School Scheduled Near Front Royal
A sheep shearing school for farmers 4-H and FFA members will run Friday and Saturday at the Beef Cattle Research Center near Front Royal. George W Litton VPI will lead the two day program starting at 9 30 each morning. County agent I Fred Stine and John Wolfe will escort locals Friday. Contact Stine's office if transportation is needed. Active volcanoes once existed in nine sections of New Mexico. US Highways 66 and 280 cross large lava flows in this state.
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FFA
Front Royal
George W. Litton
New Mexico
U. S. Highways
Highway Commission to Approve Virginia Allocations
The State Highway Commission will approve final allocations for primary highway work in Virginia for the year beginning July 1 after public patent to be conducted next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Highway Commission
Virginia
Robeson wins First District seat in hard fought special election
Robeson, a North Carolina native, captured the First District congressional seat in a tight race with Wright and Newton in Virginia. Immediate aims include securing support for the supercarrier project at Newport News Shipyard and building a broad, representative term.
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Congress
Robeson
George Wallerow
Yorktown
Straughan
Wright
Newton
State Board of Elections
North Carolina
Lower Peninsula
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Newport News
United States
Defense
Johnson
Georgia
Yard
Virginia
Answers to the How's Your SQ quiz questions
Below are the printed quiz answers for page 4. Names include Captain William D. Brown and Joe Yule. organizations Hudson's Bay Company. places Gdynia and California. subjects Great Britain and New Zealand. the answer New Zealand. item Brass. the quote I did not dream of Frank's doing anything like that.
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William D. Brown
Hudson’s Bay Company
Novelist
Great Britain
Frank
Joe Yule
Gdynia
Brass
New Zealand
California
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John W. Smith
William
Dora Brill
Beatrice Carper
Roy Duvall
Harry Murphy & Bro
T. W. Wood
Indiana
Harry Murphy & Bro. W. Amherst
R. R
SAS Nan
Myers
Tang
C. J. Brumback and Sons
N. Cameron St
Cornelia Larus
Adelaide Moffett
New York
Genevieve Garner
Nicauragua
Lillian Somoza
Mollié Folukes Lee
Ney Anderson
Albuquerque
N.M
Jean Cartwright Lane
Grétchen van Zand, Merrill
Boston
Iceland
Margaret Thors
FOX
LEROS
Martinsburg Pike
Brandon & Hindle
Glaize & Bro
North
Cameron Street
SLU Musee
J. R. Alexander, Jr
San
Chapman
Buick
Hapman Motor Co
W. Boscawen St
J D Huff
the Food Center
N. Loudoun St
B. F. Goodri
Loudoun
ICH
Omps Funeral Home
Call Rees
A. F. Rees, Inc
Berryville
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
S. Braddock St
Charles W. Seal
Purcell Drive
Motorola
Coleman Dunn
Jones Funeral Home
Sunetral ST
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