Only 21 Survive 2 500 Kinds Of Automobiles Made In America
A digest of Oddity Almanac notes lists 2 500 car types built in the United States since 1900, with only 21 remaining today. It recalls historic names such as Studebaker, Mercer, Rickenbacker, Oldfield, Maxwell, Velie, Stutz Bearcat and Dagmar 1922 27 as examples of vanished brands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New York
Dagmar
Studebaker
Dad
Granddad
Mercer
Rickenbacker
Oldfield
Maxwell, Velie
Stutz Bearcat
Rancher admits fatal beating of his step son
Earl Curly Mathews 29 told Kerrville District Attorney he struck Clinton Lee Clark 3 in Tarpley Texas after the boy yelled in his face The autopsy cited a ruptured liver Mathews said he did not intend to murder the boy and claimed the incident followed a confrontation in the bathroom
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Hondo
Tex
Earl
Curly” Mathews
Clinton Lee Clark
Tarpley
Mathews
Jim Weatherby
Kerrville
County Church Schedules A North Valley Faith Map Brucetown Group
County churches list service times and pastors for Brucetown Carpers Valley Burnt Factory Ebenezer Capon Bridge Rock Enon and more. It covers schedules for Methodist Evangelical United Brethren Presbyterian and New Testament congregations with Sunday School times and worship hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brucetown
Emory
Ellmore
Carpers Valley
Burnt Factory
Christian Church Group
J. Goode
Ebenezer
Capon Bridge
Rock Enon
Bible School
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Winchester
John FE. Oliver
Mt. Pleasant
Pleasant Valley
Apple Bark Borer Control Found Viable at Staunton Station
Tests at the Staunton Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station show the apple bark borer or pear borer can be controlled by spraying with DDT or parathion. Woodside notes scraping trunks and heavy branches also works, removing loose bark and insect burrows.
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Staunton
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
A. M. Woodside
Woodside
VPI Agricultural Experiment Station
Eastern Panhandle to begin Daylight Saving Time next Sunday
Shepherdstown officials voted to align with West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle by moving to Daylight Saving Time belatedly next Sunday. Most nearby areas switched April 27. towns here waited until schools closed to minimize disruption. Clocks will revert to standard time September 1.
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Shepherdstown
W. Va
West Virginia
Panhandle
Sunday Services and Choirs at Local Churches
The notice lists multiple churches and ministers with service times. Mt Carmel Paris Providence Salem Boyce Church of the Brethren Salem Jubilee Front Royal Rd The Helping Hand Mission Indian Hollow and Ridings Chapel details plus a Bible class taught by Dr A T Baker. Also a bus to Free bus service from the bus station at 2 pm. Wright Brothers question mentions three instruments in the original airplane versus about 30 in a modern fighter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
Salem
J. F. Wine
WL. Riggleman
C. R. Wolfe
Stephens City
Front Royal Rd
Thelma Haldeman
Helping Hand Mission
Indian Hollow
A. T. Baker
United States
Moose to Honor Sen Byrd in Harrisonburg July 13
A testimonial class of more than 2000 Moose members will be initiated in Harrisonburg on Sunday July 13 to honor Senator Harry Flood Byrd. A 6000-strong barbecue and radio program will follow motorcades from Moose lodges within 125 miles. Attendees include Byrd allies in Congress, Moose leadership, Governor Battle, and neighboring governors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Flood Byrd
Loyal Order of Moose
Harrisonburg
Frank Ray
Moose
Byrd
Congress
The
Moose Fraternity
Battle
Virginia
Ray
Brother Byrd
Harrisourg
Mgd Lodge
Tech Freshman Gilligan Named All American Rifleman
Virginia Tech freshman Thomas J. Gilligan of Arlington has been chosen for the 10 member All American rifle squad by the National Rifle Association. Gilligan carried Tech to an 18th place national finish with a strong season average and is projected to have a good chance for the Olympic team within three years.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
Thomas J. Gilligan
Arlington
National Rifle Association
Gilligan
Tech
Maj. E. T. Ratherman
Bridgewater Announces 72nd Commencement Events
Bridgewater College will award 61 undergraduate degrees at the 72nd commencement on June 2 at 10 30. Eleven more degrees will be awarded in August. Dr Clarence W Carnford of Washington DC will give the commencement address. Dr Warren D Bowman will preach the Baccalaureate sermon June 1 at 11. The college concert and mass choir direction are noted with events on June 1 and May 31 features.
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Bridgewater
Bridgewater College
Clarence W. Carnford
Cavalry Baptist Church
Washington, D. C
Warren D. Bowman
The
Brethren College
College Street
Cole Hall
Nelson T. Huffman
Church of the Brethren
Richmond
R. Paul Smith
Hagerstown
Glee Club
Forgotten Rabbit Tears Prince Charles in Palace Tale
London reports Prince Charles wept after forgetting his prize rabbit. Buckingham Palace dispatched officials to Clarence House to retrieve the green hutch and white rabbit, carried from Clarence House to Clarence Palace in a swift royal response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Charles
London
Buckingham Palace
Clarence House
Palace
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Hal Boyle
Fred A. Wirt
U. S
Columbia Gazetteer
Stalin
Sergei Kirov
Holland
Turkey
Europe
Australia
Boyle
Gainesboro
Grover Jenkins
Wesley Chapel
Old Bethel
Pine Grove
Greenwood Methodist Chapel
L. L. Schreck
Middletown Methodist Charge
J. L. Peebles
Grace
Epworth
North Frederick
C. E. Burkert
Esther Ridgeway
Little Mountain
L. H. Ashton
White Hall
F. Strother
M. Howard's Chapel
Chestnut Grove
Shockeysville
Opequon
Presbyterian Churches
Robert C. Bradford, Jr
Burnt Church
Round Hill
Stine’s Chapel
G. Raymond Womeldorf
Dan Leatherman
New Testament Church
Herbert Davis
Charles Jenkins, Jr
Charles A. York
Refuge
Kernstown
White Post
B. E. Bud
Shergag
the Gas Company
Consumer Utilities CO
N. Braddock ST
Eastern Panhandle
Mt. Carmel
Paris
Providence Chapel
Boyce
Reliance Charge
L. P. Tederick
Greenway
Reliance
Christian Endeavor
Ridings Chapel
Joe's
Ocean Cove Winchester’s Seafood
Out Front Royal Road
S. S. Pierce
Funsten
Newburg
Louisiana
Your
Pierce Co
Sen. Byrd
VPI
Heatwole Motor CO
Goodsyear
Isis
Buncutter Tire CO
South Braddock St
Eady AiLiss
Ecoration
HILL
Spalding
Jardinieres
ANSCO
Organi
Godfrey
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