Virginia U B Missionary Association elects officers at Roanoke
The Virginia Branch Women’s Missionary Association of the United Brethren Church held its annual convention in Roanoke with 150 attendees. Mrs. L. G. Bridgers of Winchester was elected president, with J Paul Grover Roanoke as first vice president and J W Wright Harrisonburg as second vice president.
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Virginia
Women's Missionary Association of the United Brethren Church
United Brethren Church
Roanoke
Millard J
J. R. Rhodes
Dayton
L. G. Bridgers
Winchester Va
J. Paul Grover
J. W. Wright
Harrisonburg
R. F. Hicks
Winchester
War produces blitzkrieg news from Europe on May 10
United States and European capitals report a widening war as Germany presses western blitzkrieg. Air raids strike seven French fields while Belgium Netherlands frontiers brace for invasion. Churchill and Chamberlain face cabinet shifts amid crisis.
Britain to broadcast national address on war crisis
May 10 reports from London Berlin The Hague Washington Brussels describe Prime Minister Chamberlains planned 9 pm broadcast after talks with King George VI German forces advancing into Dutch Belgian borders and surrounding The Hague Belgium vows to defend itself amid German note to Berlin envoy Spaak states Belgium cannot be vanquished
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London
Netherlands
Belgian
Britain
War Cabinet
Chamberlain
Buckingham Palace
George
Winston Churchill
King George
Churchill
George VI
The
Hague
Berlin
Ap Perens
Brussels
Belgium
Germany
von Bulow-Schwante
Paul Henri Spaak
Answers to Today's Quiz From Page Four
The page lists correct responses for ten questions including Brazil Francis Scott Key Ohm Baseball and Manhattan Brooklyn and The Bronx with Reynaud Spanish author North English and Yes.
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Francis Scott Key
Ohm
Manhattan
Brooklyn
The
Bronx
Reynaud
North
Bloom Notes and Local Notices From Davis West Virginia
Bloom notes guests from Davis are listed with Mr and Mrs T S Cooper and family. The sudden death of Mr J B Snapp shocks the community and is followed by condolences. Mrs E A Richard remains ill and is confined to bed at her daughter’s home in Winchester. Mr and Mrs Raymond Hollar and daughter visit the Hulvers with Mr and Mrs N B Williams last Sunday.
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J. C. Cooper
Virginia Cooper
Conley Cooper
Cooper
Smith
Davis W. Va
T.S. Cooper
J. B. Snapp
Mr. Snapp
E. A. Richard
Patrick Bart
Winchester
Raymond Hollar
Mary Elizabeth
N. B. Williams
G. A. Hulver
Snapp Will Put On Record Admitted in County Clerk Office
The will of the late J. B. Snapp is recorded in the county clerk’s office. It leaves the entire estate to his wife Edith Snapp who is named executrix. The bond penalty is set at 3000 dollars, and appraisers J. H. Miller C. H. Allamong Guy Frye C. M. Rosenberger and Hurl Himelright are named.
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J. B. Snapp
Julian Baker
Edith Snapp
J. H. Miller
C. H. Allamong
Guy Frye
C. M. Rosenberger
Hurl Himelright
Books Inspection Proves Profitable in Two Cities
City officials and auditors including City Manager Grant and C P McVicar inspected bookkeeping systems in Front Royal and Harrisonburg and found the effort profitable. A formal statement will appear in the Star tomorrow after a luncheon by the Chamber of Commerce at Front Royal and later visits in Harrisonburg.
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C. P. McVicar
F. Churchill Jones
W. B. Barney
J. A. Leach
Front Royal
Harrisonburg
the Star
Chamber of Commerce
Ambitious Civic Program Planned By Clarke Club
Berryville May 10 the Junior Woman's Club of the County with Mrs Shenk as president outlined plans to improve the area. projects include a municipal tennis court in the courthouse yard a colored nurse training class led by Mrs Langbein a clean up campaign and a playground supervised by a NYA girl. they will sell snacks at the Blue Ridge Hunt Horse Show dance appoint Helen Berry chairwoman and issue a club year book. a barn dance and a bake sale for Mother's Day fundraisers were announced plus a June 13 club picnic and May 23 visit by Nancy Byrd Turner. Reverend Ernest Williams showed color photos of local mountains.
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Virginia State Federation
Maud Nichols
Newport News
Y Shenk
Hathorne
Ahs Ave
SS Aera
Garnet Levi
Langbein
Clarke County Nurse Association
Legion Community
Blue Ridge Hunt
Helen Berry
Harry Heskett
Front Royal
Samuel Chew Williams
Nancy Byrd Turner
Washington
Clarke County
Polly Winslow
Anna LeVelle
Helen Lane
Ernest Williams
Grace Episcopal Church
Idaho Mission and Extreme Winter Recalled in Talk
The article recalls a native of Idaho describing his first mission among Indians, showing a cabin in ten feet of snow with the thermometer at 56 degrees below zero. He notes only three seasons July August and winter. Katharine Childs reports on the recent convention of the State Woman's Club at Old Point Comfort.
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Idaho
Katharine Childs
Btate Woman's Club
Old Point Com
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