No Solicitation in Frederick County Schools Banned
Frederick County School Board adopts a resolution forbidding solicitors to sell books or merchandise in county schools without written board permission. The board also plans a portrait unveiling for Mrs. Sidney Gore at Gore Consolidated School and discusses nine month term changes and teacher pay shifts to a twelve month basis.
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Frederick County
Esterday
Sidney Gore
Gore Consolidated School
Town Boasts of Its Old People
Denton Maryland May 4 five residents are octogenarians among Dentons 1600 inhabitants. Notables include Laura Melvin a primary school teacher William A Stewart a retired merchant Henry R Lewis dean of Caroline County Bar Association G Lacey Stevens H Clay Mobbs president of the People s party William Phillips and Beth E Pippin among others.
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Denton
Laura Melvin
William A. Stewart
Henry R. Lewis
Caroline County Bar Association
G. Lacey Stevens
H. Clay Mobbs
The
People’s
Wiliam Phillips
Beth E. Pippin
Louis Braille Inventor of System Born Blind
Louis Braille became blind at age three and, after growing up in Paris, was sent to the institution for the blind at ten. He later began teaching the blind at nineteen, developing the system that bears his name.
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T. S
A. Louis Braille
Institution For the
Paris
Ministeral-Lay Banquet Set for May 11 in Stephens City
Ministers from Frederick County will gather May 11 at Stephens City M E Church for the annual ministerial lay banquet. Rev. Frank Roof chairs the planning committee with Rev. Julian T. Owen Rev. Homer Welch and Miss Mary Tewalt guiding the program. Guest speaker will be Rev. J A Keisler Lutheran pastor of Toms Brook, introduced by toastmaster Owen. Bryan Stotler will speak for the laity. About 100 attendees from most charges are expected.
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Prederick County
Stephens City
M. E
Prank Roof
Mr. Roof
Julian T. Owen
Homer Welch
Mary Tewalt
J. A. Keisler
Toms Brook
Owen
Bryan Stotler
Marines Open Enlistment For Men 18 To 30 At D.C. Station
United States Marines Corps invites young men 18 to 30 to enlist. First enlistments require 5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 2 inches in height. The life blends soldier and sailor, with overseas postings, Navy ships, and numerous U.S. zones. Benefits include steady work, free education, travel, and adventure. Apply at Marine Corps Recruiting Station room 6 Winder Building 17th and F Streets Northwest Washington.
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United States Marines Corps
United States
M Corps
Marine Corps
Winder Building
17Th and
F Sts
N. W
Washington
Nurses Report on May District Meeting and Apple Blossom Aid
The District Nurse Association met with president Mrs. H. D. Fuller presiding. Extra nurses aided at the Apple Blossom Festival first aid stations, detailing staff and patient counts, hospital admissions, X-rays, and 301 total April visits across prenatal, postnatal, pediatric, school, adult, and tubercular cases.
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District Nurse Association
H. D. Fuller
Kathryn Anderson
Margaret Capper
Mary Lindsay
Frances Watson
Fuller
Mary Pearson
Evelyn Dean
Loudoun Street
University Virginia Hospital
Blue Ridge Sanatorium
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Public Welfare Department
Purebred Hog Breeders Set Sale in Winchester August 4
Virginia Purebred Swine Breeders Association met in Fred Stine's office with directors from New Hope Berryville Winchester Mt Jackson Winston and Blacksburg. They plan an August 4 sale in Winchester and aim to educate breeders and raise herd standards by promoting efficient weight gain and economical pork production across Berkshire Duroc Jersey Chester White Poland China and Spotted Poland China lines.
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Winchester
Virginia Purebred Swine Breeders Association
Fred Stine
S. Patterson
New Hope
B. B. Jones
Berryville
Ed Carpenter
W. L. Vehrencamp
Jackson
Walker
Mt. Jackson
J. H. Wheeler
Howardsville
H. N. Hutcherson
Winston
George C. Herring
Blacksburg
Berkshire
Buroc-Jersey
Chester White
Poland
China
Stine
Virginia
Youth Fatally Hurt By Auto In Cumberland
A youth believed to be James Forgach of New York City was fatally injured by an automobile in Cumberland Maryland. State police said the car was driven by J Carter Shryock Frostburg district engineer of the state roads commission. Coroner H V Deming said the accident was unavoidable and no charges were placed.
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Cumberland
James Forgach
New York City
J. Carter Shryock
Frostburg
State Roads Commission
H. V. Deming
Shryock
Treasury Status May 2 Receipts and Debts Report
Treasury on May 2 shows receipts of 2,060,982.97 and expenditures of 70,625,427.04, with gross debt totaling 40,115,487,969.82. The May 4 release provides the itemized fiscal figures for the period ending May 2 in Washington.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Baltimore Labor Federation Reelects McCurdy to Seventh Term
The Baltimore Federation of Labor re elected Joseph P. McCurdy to his seventh term as president last night and discussed plans for the State Federation of Labor convention at Hagerstown May 16.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Federation of Labor
Joseph P. McCurdy
State Federation of Labor
Hagerstown
Berryville Proclaims Library Week and Plan to Boost Hawthorne
Berryville Mayor H. B. Harris designates next week Library Week inviting residents of Berryville and Clarke County to visit Hawthorne Library 3 to 5 p m daily. A May 12 fundraising bazaar, chaired by Mrs. J. D. Griffing, features fancy goods foods and games for children and adults with prizes and a mahogany footstool donation noted. Clarke County author Mrs. William Chapin Huntingdon contributes Tales of a Chinese Grandmother autographed.
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Clarke County
Hawthorne
Berryville
H. B. Harris
Hawthorne Library
Archibald Cummins
Oscar Ramsburg
E. P. Berlin
H. H. Ritter
William Chapin Huntingdon
Washington
Virginia
Blue Ridge
Last Chance For Farmers Sign Up In Frederick County
Farmers in Frederick County are urged to sign up for the 1939 A A A program with a final opportunity at meetings Saturday May 6 and Monday May 8 in county agent Stines office. Committeemen will explain how the farm program applies to individual problems and allotments will be arranged. About 45 percent of cooperating farmers from last year have already signed up for 1939. John W Larrick Landon B Whitacre and William B Hayette will be in Stines office Saturday to answer questions and on Monday Mr Whitacre will return.
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Frederick County
Stine
John W. Larrick
Landon B. Whitacre
William 8. Hayette
E. M
Mr. Whitacre
Getting Ready For Christmas
SHREWSBURY N J May 4 Borough Council believes in doing it Christmas shopping.
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Shrewsbury
N. J
Borough
Borough Approves 26-Foot Fir for Community Christmas Tree
Councilmen approved purchasing a 26 foot fir to stand at the boroughs busiest intersection as a community Christmas tree to be lit 236 days from now.
Masonic Rites Held For Rev Robert E Aylor In Chatham Va
Funeral services were held in the Baptist Church in Chatham Virginia Tuesday for Rev Robert Edward Lee Aylor retired Baptist minister who died suddenly of a heart attack Monday morning in the county courthouse where he had gone to pray at the Board of Supervisors meeting. Interment followed in Chatham Burial Park with Masonic honors. He was born December 11 1860 in Rappahannock County and educated at VPI and the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville. He served pastorates in Front Royal Chatham Norton Halifax Middlesex and Albemarle counties. He retired in 1935 and lived in Chatham. He married Ella K Vaden in May 1902 and survived by children Robert E Aylor principal of Stephens City High School Manly H Aylor Hot Springs Raymond C Aylor Washington Miss Carrie Tate Louise Aylor Gretna and Giles H J Garnett Ayler Gretna. He also leaves a brother A W Ayler Santa Anita California and a sister Mrs Walter Ayler of Los Angeles.
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Chatham
Robert Edward Lee Aylor
Court House
Board of Supervisors
Chatham Burial Park
Danville
Riceville
Gretna
Carters
Ayler
Rappahannock
Southern Baptist Seminary
Louisville
Rye
Front
Royal
Norton
Halifax
Middlesex
Albemarle
Ella K. Vaden
Robert
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U. S
Andre Kostelanetz
New York
Laborites
Mr. Aylor
Westinghouse Refrierrator
Baker & Anderson
Bell Marches
Gabardines
Ibell’s
Steuart Lane
Front Royal
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