Lions Honor Festival Float Riders At Club Luncheon
Lions Club luncheon at Sarah Zane Hall honored the ladies who rode the festival float winning first prize in the Artistic Division. Miss Dixie Fugitt Roberta Rinker Phoebe Franklin Sue Snider and Betsy Snider received gifts from Lion Bob Lewis. Lt Lawrence Fries and Roy Cather guests. parade cadences noted for smooth movement. Officers and directors for next year were nominated and approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Fugitt
Roberta Rinker
Phoebe Franklin
Sue Snider
Charles Snider
Betsy Snider
James Snider
Lions Club
Sarah Zane Hall
Lions
Lion Bob Lewis
Lawrence Fries
USMC
Roy Cather
Fries
Ralph G. Hengeveld
Quantico Marine Group
Cather
Hengeveld
Wominting
Billery
Ben Gather
Ralph G. Henveld
James Nder
Rt Lewis
Mason
Treat
W. M. Battaile
Lion Taer
Sam Johnston
Sam Johnston, Tail Twister
Tom Halterman
Harold Sheetz
Paul Anderson
Roy Harper
W. 8. Wheatley
Harry Gregory
Ray Garrabrandt
Walter Knee
Eagles to Install Newly Elected Officers
Winchester Aerie 824 of the Praternal Order of Eagles will install newly elected officers June 7 at the Eagles Club. James Jones, former state president, will preside. Officers include John Anderson as worthy president and Richard Dodson as worthy vice president with other posts filled by Frank Butler, W Russell Herrell, C F Dovell, Herbert Stickley, Tom Anderson, and W A Miller. Two trustees remain in their three year terms and Dr. R A Shaffer is named honorary physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Aerie
Praternal Order of Eagles
Eagle’s Club
James Jones
Eagles
Alexandria
John Anderson
Puller Gorham
Eagle Custom Fey
Richard An
Dodson
Frank Butler
W. Russell Herrell
C. F. Dovell
Herbert Stickley
Tom Anderson
W. A. Miller
C. F. Hottle
Paul Stotler
R. A. Shaffer
Farm Loan Association disburses 1.5 million to farmers
The National Farm Loan Association plan, led by H. D. Vaughan of the Federal Land Bank of Baltimore, will disburse over 1.5 million to 7,328 Virginia farmers. It restructures affiliations in Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania to meet stockholders’ obligations and pays borrowers who have not received full par value for their stock. About 723,400 will go to Virginia participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Vaughan
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
National Farm Loan Associations
Virginia
West Virginia
Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Vaughan
Induction Ends as New Law Takes Effect in Virginia
State briefs report an 18 year old Portsmouth draftee as the last through the induction center before a ban on such inductions. A Charlottesville family suffers severe facial burns while escaping a house fire. Virginia liquor purchases exceed 700 million dollars since 12 years of state stores and rising per capita consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
John Milton Simmons
Portsmouth
Armed Forces Induction Center
Virginia
F.W. Gwaltney
State Hospital Board
Immigrants admitted under 1945 entry rules
Immigrants are permitted to enter if they can qualify. A total of 76 035 immigrants and nonimmigrants were admitted between September and December 1945.
Coal Operators Reject Levy Plan Amid Wage Negotiations
Operators reject a social welfare levy and demand a public inquiry before any fund for hardship cases. They insist the plan is double taxation and not a wage issue. President Truman seeks a quick report as miners resume work under a two week wage pause, with tensions high at the White House talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
The
Red Cross
Truman
O'Neill
White House
Hope
Sacred Heart Boys Club Plans Softball And Hardball Start
At a Sacred Heart Boys Club meeting interest grew in forming softball and hardball teams for summer. Practice begins tomorrow and Friday May 16 17 at 6 pm behind the ball diamond with game scrimmages planned May 19 at 1 pm on the Senseny road ball park. Captains from last season Eddy Manuel Scout Troop 3 Alton Cooper The Blue Streaks and Robert Lake The Tigers received trophies and the club accepted a plaque presented by Alton Cooper. Charles Lillis shows strong weight lifting interest with Virginia meet entries anticipated in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Boys Club
Eddy Manuel
Scout Troop 3
Alton Cooper
Blue Streaks
Robert Lake
Tigers
Charles Lillis
Virginia
Senseny Road
Governor and state officials to visit Martinsburg
Governor Clarence W. Meadows and 26 state department heads visit Martinsburg for a one day session serving as temporary capital. Officials hold meetings in a local bank, law office, hospital and clubroom with public access for information and help. The event includes a tour, banquet, and coordinated by the Martinsburg Chamber and Eastern Panhandle Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
Martinsberge
Smen
West Virginia
Clarence W. Meadows
Jini
Allegheny Mountain
Charleston
Maryland
Virginia
Annapolis
Harrisburg
Dover
Del
Richmond
Trenton
N. J
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Martinsburg Chamber of Commerce
Eastern Panhandle Association
Answers to the Daily Quiz Highlights Early 20th Century Trivia
The item lists quiz answers across topics from War Department to France and includes a note on the first crooner. It cites American Notes and Queries crediting Waugh De Leith with introducing crooning and mentions the era's microphone influence on singing style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Massachusetts
Dardanelles
Ottoman Empire
Turkey
Schweiz-Suisse-Svizzera
Virginia
John Steele
Pennsylvania
France
Waugh de Leith
Local Markets and Grain Prices Updated Daily
Local markets list corrected figures for grain offerings including patent brand 10 lb and 25 lb bags per cwt and 48 lb boxes per barrel with wheat as the key commodity. Buyer notices and price references accompany the daily market update from The Star.
Miscellaneous Feed Prices and Weights Listing
A historical price list shows various bag weights and per cwt or per bbl rates for patent bran corn meal and feeds. Entries include 10 lb bags at 5.10 and 6.10 per cwt, 25 lb at 5.32, 48 lb bag at 10.48 per bbl, 100 lb bag per cwt 5.25, and multiple corn meal sizes with yellow and white varieties. It also lists feeds such as Chicken Starter 4.40, Turkey Starter 4.70, Turkey Grower 4.30, Egg Mash 18% none, Egg Mash 20% 4.41, Scratch 3.88, Middlings none, and mixed feed with various missing values.
POW serial numbers: assigned by U S Army
The serial numbers awarded to German prisoners of war in the United States were assigned by the U S Army and carry no inherent meaning beyond identifying the individual. The letters typically indicate the theater of operation where the prisoner was captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
U. S
Ant odor of gasoline cause mer captans
The odor from gasoline is due to sulfur compounds called mercaptans. These compounds produce the strong, unpleasant smell similar to that of a skunk.
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National Farm Loan Association
L. T. Larrick
White Post
Julian A. Everly
Winchester Group
John M. Pishpaw
S. R. Dorsey
Walker McC. Bond
Frances Brengle
Charlottesville
Margaret McCauley
Ivy
University of Virginia Hospital
Johns-Manville Rock
John W. Rosenberger & Couality Building Materials
Braddock St
Tesials
Elwood Smith
Berryville Pike
Winchester
Berryville Pake
Greenwood Road
W. L. McDonald
Dr. Yost
Mollie Wood
William Lockhart
John B. Carver
L. Elwood Smith
Berryville Ave
James A. Conrad Realty CO
Harrisonburg, Va
Star
Cts
Soncweesers
Csecsees
Cammer Tire CO
Heinz Baby Food
the Food Center
N. Loudoun St
J. G. Holsinger & Son
Court Square
Chapman Motor Coo
George Washington
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
Rons
C. I. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
American Growers Supply CO
Winchester Cold Storage
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