Virginia Fruit Prospects Improve Across State
The Virginia Cooperative Crop Service reports buds delayed by winter cold, but a warm April boosted bloom. Elberta peaches averaged bloom around April 15, with southern and northern differences, and state apple bloom about April 22. Peaches look strong. apple bloom shows light spotting but minimal frost damage. Nationally, peach production in the 10 southern states is forecast at 22,031,000 bushels, the largest since 1931, while 1940 output was 13,856,000 and the 10-year average 14,293,000. Some frost-hit areas in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri dampened regional crops.
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Virginia Cooperative Crop Service
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Singer Lawrence Tibbett Shakes Hands With Kansas Crowd
A feminine music fan projects admiration as Lawrence Tibbett steps from a train at Union Station. He meets a witty moment with a crowd, noting the British Ambassador Lord Halifax arrives on the same train. A woman tells him Doey cannot sing as well, and Tibbett replies with a warm handshake.
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Kansas City
Lawrence Tibbett
Union Station
Lord Halifax
Tibbett
Middletown School News Staff List
The Middletown School News staff includes Editor Miss Audra Hunt and Assistant Editor Miss Helen Mottel. Reporters are Jean Campbell Frances Cooley Ruth Sperry Rhyn A Williams Arthur Shipe Ann L Grim and Russell McCauly.
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Audra Hunt
Helen Mottel
Jean Campbell
Frances Cooley
Ruth Sperry
Rhyn A. Williams
Arthur Shipe
Ann L. Grim
Russell McCauly
Spring Musings on Love and Youth
A collage of witty lines on love and life. The speaker muses that spring stirs romance and folly, comparing love to a mushroom, quicksilver, and the mumps, while humorous asides reference students and teachers.
Johnsonian Verse on Lamps and Men
A poem juxtaposes a book once new and valued with a lamp shade glow, then on the floor. It mocks men as candles that burn briefly and fail when needed, while noting women have many faults and men have only two.
New Electric Range Delights Miss Watsons Kitchen
A Virginia cottage visit reveals a new electric range praised for better flavor and aroma. Miss Flickinger demonstrates vegetable cooking. Northern Virginia Power Company supported the gift. FFA and SCA activities include lunches at Winchester and a May 21 degree team contest at Handley High. Playground upgrades progress with new tools for swings. Livestock judging at Winchester April 25 featured Malcolm Brumback Gertie Grim and James Garrette.
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Miss Watson
Handley High School
Winchester
Malcolm Brumback
Gertie Grim
James Garrette
Frederick County
F. A. Dob
Juniors and Seniors Banquet at Way Side Inn
The Juniors and Seniors plan a memorable banquet on the twentieth at the Way Side Inn. The dining room will glow with soft candlelight and yellow and white rose bud centerpieces will adorn each table as guests await their meals.
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Way Side Inn
Year End Exams Spotlight and Class Daydreams
With exams nearing and a month of school left students ponder the last freshman days. Robyn Williams and peers tease themes of crushes and classroom moments as Roland Dalton learns about scores and mood shifts.
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Robyn Ann Williams
Sarah Jane Judy
Charlotte Shiley
Irma Clem
John Mudd
Orndorff
Roland Dalton
Irving Grim
Play Cast and School Improvements Highlight Middletown News
The report credits seniors for a successful school play with Jean Campbell Helen Hottel Anna Grim and others plus coach Mr Kurlinski. Students note science class planet study playground upgrades drainage ditches and a donated Stonewall Jackson picture for the library.
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Stonewall Jackson
Burr P. Harrison
Middletown School
Harrison
New Projector Replaces Memorial Film in Virginia Tuberculosis Drive
Dr Frank S Johns president of the Virginia Tuberculosis Association says a new motion picture projector replaces the worn 1937 Miss Frances Branch Scott memorial device. The gift reached more than 200000 Virginians and the library now includes Goodbye Mr Germ and They Do Come Back. Films are available through the Atlantic Life building Richmond VA.
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Frances Branch Scott
Frank S. Johns
Virginia Tubercne Association
Miss Scott
Virginia Tuberculosis Association
John
Virginia
Johns
Richmond Tuberculosis Association
Pine Camp
Richmond
Mr. Germ
Atlantic Life Building
Lingered Too Long Club Shuts After Sheriff Action
Ottumwa Iowa reports the Linger Longer Club closed by the Sheriff and its liquor license revoked by township officials for alleged closing violations.
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Ottumwa
Pupils Prepare for Winchester Music Festival Practice
Some pupils plan to travel to Winchester on Saturday to rehearse for the Music Festival scheduled for May 31. The effort follows ongoing lessons and community events.
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Winchester
Birds of Our Community Second Grade News
Second grade notes they studied local birds and learned their calls nests eggs and foods. They describe birds as friends and emphasize protecting them.
Surprise house warming for Mrs. Ruth Baker in Capon Bridge
Capon Bridge residents reported a May 6 house warming for Mrs. Ruth O. Baker who recently moved into a new home. Attendees included many Capon Bridge and Winchester residents and gifts were noted as generous. Several local visits and church events followed, with updates on two services and a high school play.
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Capon Bridge
Ruth O. Baker
John Wotring
Webster
Shoemaker
Linda Sirk
Rosie Schaffenaker
Hiesel Harper
Willard Oates
Highview
Velvie Sharleton
Gore
Less Pangle
Marie Kendig
Mary Hollar
Ed. Roberts
Roger Shaffenaker
Winchester
Baker
James Webster
Ann
Cumberland
Georgia Sirbaugh
Memorial Hospital
N. W. Oates
Washington
A. C. Lovett
Forrest Jones
Montgomery
W. Va
Howard Severe
Kenzel Sirbaugh
Charles Cross
Springfield
Trostle
Presbyterian Church
C. K. Poole
Romney
Berkeley Springs
J. A. MacMurray
Joseph Williamson
Social notes from Stephens City and surrounding areas
Annie Williams and friends visited Warren Carper in White Post. Dake family from Winchester spent the weekend with J. W. Venable. Privates Campbell and Richard Venable visited family from Fort Monroe and Camp Lee. John Ward and Capon Bridge residents visited Mrs. Mattie Lemley. George Tobin and Lola Madagan stayed with Hayden Whorlly in Laytonsville. T. A. Grim and Edna Grim spent time with Georgie Boyer near Middletown. Nancy Parker is ill. Frank Atkins of Martinsburg visited sister Lillie Madigan. Rena Hulse and son Raymond Hulse from Baltimore visited Paul Samsell. Ethel Ambrose of High View visited the Campbells.
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Mattie Lemley
George Tobin
Lola Madagan
Hayden Whorlly
Laytonsville
T. A. Grim
Edna Grim
Georgie Boyer
Middletown
Nancy Parker
Frank Atkins
Martinsburg
Lillie Madigan
Rena Hulse
Raymond Hulse
Baltimore
Paul Samsell
Ethel Ambrose
Highview
Campbell
Sunday Visitors At Mr. Strother Lineberg Home
North Mountain May 14 report lists guests from Falls Church Va including Mr. and Mrs. Ley and four children, Mr. and Mrs. Dodson and son, Mrs. Arthur Cockerell and son, plus others visiting Mrs. Edith Snapp and Mr. Russell Freeley. Local residents and relatives also noted visiting and improving health updates.
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North Mountain
Strother Lineberg
Ley
Grant Dodson
Arthur Cockerell
Falls Church
H. A. Snapp
Ima Lucas
Hayfield
Marilyn Freeley
Ivan Miller
Loring Clowser
Clowser
N. C. Williams
Lewis Allen
Russell Freeley
Edith Snapp
Lester Nesselrodt
Ernest Nesselrodt
Winchester
J. C. Nesselrodt
Harl Himelright
Local Notes From Middleway West Virginia
May news item roundup reports dry planting season with little rain, church Ladies Aid gathering at Mrs C M Kearns home, visits among locals including Mrs W W White and Mrs Katie Bolinger, groups at Charles Town church anniversary, and a child named Bobby Dick catching a 13 inch trout while fishing with earthworms.
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Middleway
W. Va
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
C. M. Kearns
Kearns
W. W. White
Forest Chamberlin
Leetown
Katie Bolinger
Engle
C. B. Ringer
Murphy
Travers Shaull
May Grantham
Washington
J. M. Shaull
Jasmor Ringer
Jasmor
Willie Goodell
South
Rose Kearns
W. C. Nicely
Clemye Baker
Charles Town
Bobby Dick
Nelson Dick
Bobby
Funeral held for Warner Luttrell at Mount Hebron
The funeral for Warner Wilson Luttrell, 32, who died Sunday morning at Memorial Hospital, was held yesterday afternoon at 3 from his parents home 834 Amherst Street. The Rev W O Luttrell and the Rev L G Bridges officiated. Interment followed at Mount Hebron with pallbearers W Alan Peery Clarence A Robinson Jr George T Sanders Henry H Covington Jr Garland Spillman and J P Arthur named.
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Warner Wilson Luttrell
Memorial Hospital
W. Ford Luttrell
Amherst Street
W. O. Luttrell
Manassas
L. G. Bridges
United Brethren Church
Mount Hebron
W. Alan Peery
Clarence A. Robinson, Jr
George T. Sanders
Henry H. Covington, Jr
Garland Spillman
J. P. Arthur
Conduct Rites For G. C. Ritter
Funeral services for George Clayton Ritter 58 stock dealer were held at Jones Funeral Home. Dr E T Clark officiated and his remains were cremated in Washington with ashes to be interred privately in Mount Hebron. He died Sunday afternoon at 413 North Loudoun Street after several weeks illness.
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George Clayton Ritter
Jones Funeral
E. T. Clark
D. D
The
Baptist Church
Mr. Ritter
Washington
Mount Hebron
North
Loudoun Street
Source of Whittier line About the flag and worn head
The line comes from John Greenleaf Whittier's poem Entered Frietchie Chief. It expresses devotion to the flag amid danger and is often cited in Civil War era patriotic contexts.
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Frietchie
John Greenleaf Whittier
Local residents share weekend visit at Whitacre home
Isaac Creeki and others listed as guests of Mr. and Mrs. J Whitacre spent a weekend with the Whitacres. Stanley Riley called on his mother Dorothy Riley Sunday evening, with several relatives and friends visiting Ridgley area.
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Isaac Crese
M .C. Baker
Kiam Mousher
Washing C
Alice Whitacre
J W. Riley
Oatsaan
J. Whitacre
Milton Marpole
A. J. Marpole
Clarence
Ridgley
W. Va
Samuel Kerns
Stanley Riley
Dorothy Riley
Cecil Whitacre
D. S. Whitacre
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Kurlinski
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Dorothy Tevalt
Dobbins
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Goodyear Service Store
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Amapola
Sammy Kaye
My Sister and
Bea Wain
Leo Reisman
Barry Wood
Jan Savitt
Tommy Dorsey
Artie Shaw
Victor
Popular Records
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Stephens City
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