Miss Kern Speaks To Winchester AAUW On Gardening Humor
Miss Elizabeth Kern spoke on The Humorous Side of Gardening at the May Winchester AAUW meeting at Fir Hill. The program included introductions, a business session, Get Out the Vote plans, and notes on education funding and teacher salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Kern
American Association of Universe Women
Fir Hill
L. A. Patten
Garland Quartes
Mary Catherine Manuel
Channing
John Carl Morgan
Morgan
Delmer Robinson, Jr
Albert Robinson
Mary Katherine
Fatalities Up Production Down In Virginia Coal Mines
Virginia coal industry faces higher fatalities and lower output in 1953. Production fell from 20 833 626 tons in 1952 to 18 762 503 tons in 1953, a drop of 2 071 123 tons, while employment declined by 3 227 to 13 779 workers. Fatalities rose to 31 in 1953 from 21 in 1952, with a rate of 1.65 fatalities per million tons. Competition from oil and natural gas and reduced foreign demand cited as main causes. Buchanan County led output among seven bituminous counties with 5 754 172 tons, followed by Wise County 5 250 685 tons. Montgomery County produced 82 777 tons of semi-anthracite coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
State Department of Labor and Industry
Buchanan County
Buchanan
Wise County
Montgomery County
How's Your I Q Answers Revealed for Page Four Quiz
The page lists twenty questions with concise answers: 1 Unrelated 2 Parasite 3 United Mine Workers 4 World War I 5 Eastern 6 Buffalo N Y 7 Equal facility in the use of both hands 8 Former President Truman 9 Hawaii 10 Thomas Jefferson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Buffalo
N. Y
President Truman
Hawaii
Thomas Jefferson
May 13 to June 5 Winchester area sales directory
A dense list of sale notices and auction schedules across Frederick County and Winchester area venues. Items include cattle drives from Angus associations at Fairgrounds Frederick Maryland and at Charles Town Race Track, farm machinery and real estate sales at multiple court house front locations, and livestock markets in Leesburg and Shenandoah Valley with various auctioneers and sale times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Agnes Fawcett
Corporation Court
Winchester
Virginia
County Court House
Cameron Street
South Cameron Street
Joseph A Massie, Jr
Frederick County Court House
U. S. Rt
Byron Brumback
Herbert S. Larrick
Gainesboro
G. G. Baker
Whitlock Ave
E. T. Snider
Farmers Livestock Exchange
E. Piccadilly St
E.S.T
W. Va
Charles Town Race Track
Charles Town
Leesburg
William C. Crane
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
S. Cameron St
N. Loudoun St
Jos
A. Massie, Jr
G. N. Singhass
Rt. 50
West
W. D. Orndorff
Falkland Farm
Swan Pond
Shepherdstown
Martinsburg
W Strong Lewis
Braden King
Jefferson Park Farm
Shadwell
Charlottesville
Deen Angus
Dabney W. Watts
North Braddock St
Boyd G. Headley, Jr
Laura A. Fawcett
Fron
The
Fairgrounds
Frederick
Maryland
Aberdeen-Angus Assn
Washington Ave
Towson, Md
Frederick County
Back Creek
Gore
Stanley Heads Presbyterian Ushers Guild
Guy W. Stanley was elected president of the newly formed Ushers Guild of the Presbyterian Church at a Sunday evening meeting. G. Benton Stickley is vice president and W. A. Havermale secretary with I. Fred Stine and C. Irvine Cather as advisors. The group will organize into monthlong service units with regular and general meetings planned. Additional names listed include Donald Stewart Harry S. Newell Samuel McCarty William H. Thompson Marvin Gore Frank Perry Dwane Knight George F. Nixon Michael G. Deck Henry L. Bush Foster G. Gain Ernest Fernandes Dr Herman I. Pifer J. Curtis Fray David E. Grant Breese T. Dickinson James B. Parke William H. Lawrence III Warren Eddy Paul S. Vance and others expected to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy W. Stanley
Ushers Guild of the Presbyterian Church
Donald Stewart
Harry S. Newell
Samuel McCarty
William H.thompson
Marvin Gore
Frank Perry
Dwane Knight
George F. Nixon
Michael G. Deck
Henry L. Bush
Foster G. Gain
Ernest Fernandes
Herman I. Pifer
J. Curtis Fray
David E. Grant
Breese T. Dickinson
James B. Parke
William H. Lawrence, III
Warren Eddy
Paul S. Vance
C. E. Hofer
Russell Potts
D. Paul Pierce
William G. Binder, Jr
John F. Anderson
Johns. Scully
Ryland Conner
William A. Rooker
Richard Eddy
Quinton D. Overman
W. K. Milhellen
L. V. Watson
Alson S. Hott
F. L. Larrent, Jr
George T. Barnsley
C. F. Lockhart
Herman B. Stine
Beverly N. Rice
Kenneth C. Thomas
Woolworth Opens First 5c Store in Utica 1879
On February 22, 1879 J O A Frank W Woolworth opened the first Great 5c Store on a Utica side street. A customer bought a 5 cent shovel and started the famous chain. The blue umpire uniform is standard in major and minor leagues and semi pro play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Frank W. Woolworth
Utica
N. Y
Mrs Hitt Dies In Washington
Mrs Mary Pauline Hitt age 58 widow of William B Hitt died suddenly at her Washington home after years of ill health. Born Lincoln April 19 1896 she was a daughter of Effie Barrett Stine and the late Edgar C Stine. She lived in Hampshire County West Virginia and has resided in Washington for 32 years where she worked in the Quartermaster General’s office. She was a Calvary Baptist Church member and is survived by two sons Robert L Azbell of Baltimore and William B Hitt Jr of Washington, her mother Effie A Sine, a brother Edgar Co Sine, three sisters Pearl E Good Gladys Borden Lillian Smith and one granddaughter Sharon Lee Arbell Minneapolis. Funeral Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Pauline Hitt
William B. Hitt
35Th St
N. W
Washington, D. C
Lincoln
Edgar C. Stine
Effie Barrett Stine
Calvary Baptist Church
Washington
Effie A. Sine
Edgar Co. Sine
Wash
Pearl E. Good
Gladys Borden
Lillian Smith
Sharon Lee Arbell
Minneapolis
Minn
Funeral services planned with church rites and burial
Friends and relatives will gather at Omps Funeral Home at 2 00 PM and proceed to First Baptist Brethren Church on Berryville Avenue for 2 30 PM services. The Rev Paul Dick and the Rev S J Goode will officiate. Interment follows at Mt Hebron Cemetery. Body remains at the Omps Funeral Home until services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omps
First Baptist Brethers
Berryville Avenue
Paul Dick
S. J. Goode
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Radio stations broadcasting standard time signals
The stations are NSS WWV and WWVH. NSS is the U S Naval Observatory station near Annapolis Maryland. WWV is operated by the National Bureau of Standards near Washington D C and WWVH is in Maui Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. A. Nss
WWV
U. S. Naval Observatory
Annapolis
National Bureau of Standards
Washington, D. C
Maui
Hawaii
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kern
Lillie B. Huff
Snellings Florist
I. Q
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Eash
Cute Costa
P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp
Kent St
Villa
Jose Villa
Pancho Villa
Mexico City
Maximilian
Baker-Knight St
Berryville Ave
BE. T. Snider
D&.t
N. Cameron St
Be.t. Snider
Ralph F. Beaver
Front Royal Road
Chas. R. Duvall
Ow Meyer
Make Hay the Meyer Way
Meyer
Barr’s, Inc
Stanley Heads Presbyterian Ushers Guild
G. Benton Stickley
W. A. Havermale
I. Fred Stine
C. Irvine Cather
Cr. Irvine Cather
Board of Deacons
McFaden
William F. Tompkins
U. Ss
Maplewood
New Jersey
Justice Department
White House
Tompkins
International
J.O
Aberdeen - Angus Association
McCormick
Deering
Dorsey
Massie-Harris
McCormick-Deering
Oliver
Barrow
New Holland
McCdeering Thresher
International Green
H.p
S.a.e
New Idea
Chas. R. Duvall, Auctioneer
Jersey
Bess
Bright Price
Bright Prince
Martinas
Blond Aim
Falklands Farms
Schellsburg
Timonium
Penna
Bangs
T. B
Fairview Farm Women’s Club
Folkland Farm
Daniel H. Folk & Son
Martinsburg, W. Va
W. Strong
Lewis & Braden King
WM. Hensell
Baker-Knight Street
Coca-Cola
Civil and Police Justice Court
Garland M. Canter
Republic Oil Refining Company
Linden Ramey
Omps Funeral Home
Pittsburgh
Glaize & Bro
Jesse J. Pugh
Smith J. Pugh
Annie E. Pugh
Anderson On
Cove Bridge
Clerk’s Office
Circuit Court
Charles M. Lockhart
William Triplett
John R. Triplett
Shuler
Cordelia C. Pugh
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Ote
South Loudoun St
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