Stephens City FFA Chapter names officers and rally teams
Robert Russell named president of the Stephens City Future Farmers of America chapter for a year. Jack McAboy as vice president Cecil Teets secretary James Yeakley reporter and Ralph Snapp treasurer. Teams selected to represent Stephens City and Middletown at the state rally in Blacksburg Va on June 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Russell
Stephens City
Jack Mf McAboy
Cecil Teets
James Yeakley
Ralph Snapp
Robert
Middletown
Blacksburg
R A. Wall
Jack McAboy
Ceciles
Ferman Perry
Ralphop
Winston Huffman
Kenneth Boyer
Arthur Shipe
Harry Mathews
Morris Boyer
Wall
Mitchell Valley Bindweed Eradication District Readsied for Accounts
Mitchell Nebraska with the Nebraska Extension Service assigning an auditor to guide the district in establishing its financial accounts before starting its weed battle. Auditor identified as W. W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Neb
Nebraska Extension Service
Mitchell Valley
W. W
Teachers seek leave for study toward PhD in Yoga education
R A Wall, vocational agriculture instructor at Middletown and Stephens City Virginia, applies for a summer leave of absence. If granted, he will study at Colorado State Agricultural College Fort Collins Colorado to pursue work toward a PhD in yoga education. He has served eight years at his post and earned an outstanding record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Wall
Wall
Middletown
Stephens City
Colorado State Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Col
Sanara
TVA Hearing Reflects Charges Against Arthur Morgan
The testimony portrays a clash within TVA leadership since 1933 with H A Morgan denying charges of personal dishonesty while accusing Arthur Morgan of obstructing actions and fostering conspiracy. The committee was told Morgan hinted at denials and cited public shock over alleged corruption in administering the public trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVA
A. FE. Morgan
Arthur Morgan
H. A. Morgan
Congress
Representative Maverick
D.-Tex
Tennessee Valley Authority
Lilienthal
Czechoslovakia Urges Defense as Frontline Tensions Rise
Krofta notes 14 German frontier violations but reports a friendly stance. Czechoslovakia maintains defense mobilization along the frontier while eyeing possible disruptions to the President’s birthday parade. Civil air defense urges households to test blackout gear. gas mask payments for public workers announced on installment plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krofta
Eisenlohr
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Civil Air Defense
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Three Aims Adopted By Frederick County Farm Group
At a Frederick County Agriculture Advisory Board meeting three objectives were chosen for the next quarter: promote the co operatives lamb marketing program, organize a lamb grinding cooperative, and encourage use of recommended fertilizers for grass pasture and legumes. A committee of ten was named to study a lime grinding cooperative with a June 4 meeting set to discuss plans including a possible trip to Luray to visit a $10,000 plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Walker Bond
Winchester
C. E. Staples
Stephens City
J. H. Fisher
Middletown
J. L. Hershman
Star Tannery
C. L. Brumback
Mt. Airy
W. J. Muse
Gore
C. D. Dye
White Hall
M. J. Pease
Gainesboro
W. R. Legge
I. Fred Stine
Luray
Page County
James D. Gibson
Front Royal
Julian Everley
B. L Hummell
Blacksburg
E. M. Funk
Class Poet Dorothy Lemley Praises 1938 Graduates
Dorothy Lemley delivers the class poem for the 1938 Stephens City commencement. The piece reflects on four years of study, perseverance, and striving toward future goals while urging effort, resilience, and community support as graduates climb toward tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Lemley
Stephens City
Phyllis Meem Takes Lead in East Lynne at Little Theatre
Phyllis Meem from Mount Airy near Mt. Jackson will star as Isabelle Carlyle in the Little Theatre’s East Lynne, a straight play next Thursday June 2. She is an amateur actress long active in local productions and trained in costume design, with tears noted at rehearsal during the dramatic death scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Meem
Little Theatre
East Lynne
Meem
Mount Airy
Mt. Jackson
Shenandoah Valley
Isabelle Carlyle
Miss Meem
The
Georgia Conrad
Isabelle
Legion Award Honors Class Night Graduates
The Legion Award was continued with 63 Gold and 101 Red standards. To earn gold status students needed doctor and dentist certificates and vaccination proofs. Diploma recipients include Margaret Grim Emma Swimley Dorothy Lemley Jean Smallwood Irene Fogle Marguerite White Lucille Carter Catherine Cooper Frances Luttrell Ann Thomas Stickley Margaret Duvall Alice Craig Ada Lea Ritenour Susie Shryock Audrey Cook Ruth Mee Ruth Bauserman Maxie Galliday James Kitchen James Sandy Kenneth Herbauh Ray Bailey Hunter Bolen Betty Wohlford Alice K Lemley. Class Night participants included Emma Swimley Dorothy Lemley Alice K Lemley Jean Smallwood Irene Fogle Catherine Cooper Ruth Bauserman Lucille Carter Marguerite White Frances Luttrell Jack McAboy Margaret Grim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayler
Margaret Grim
Emma Swimley
Dorothy Lemley
Jean Smallwood
Irene. .Fogle
Marguerite White
Lucille Carter Catherine Cooper
Frances Luttrell
Ann Thomas Stickley
Margaret Duvall
Alice Craig
Ada Lea Ritenour
Susie Shryock
Audrey Cook
Ruth Mee
Ruth Bauserman
Maxie Galliday
James Kitchen
James Sandy
Kenneth Herbaugh
Ray Bailey Hunter Bolen
Betty Wohlford
Alice K. Lemley
Irene Fogle
Catherine Cooper
Lucille Carter
Jack McAboy
Edwards Named To Grand Lodge Post
Edwards, Winchester attorney, elected Grand Guardian of the Grand Lodge at the Odd Fellows convention in Lynchburg. Miss Virginia Coffman of Edinburg elected Marshal of the Rebekahs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Stickley
W. E. E Adwards
John Bywaters
Robert T. Jones
David Hottle
Abe Leven
Odd Felows
Lynchburg
Winchester
Frederick County
W. E. Edwards
Grand Lodge
Virginia Coffman
Edinburg
Rebekahs
Ickes and Bride EnRoute To London
Harold N. Ickes United States Secretary of the Interior and his bride arrive at Fishguard and depart for London on the third day of their honeymoon. Dock workers and locals barely notice as they pass through customs and head to the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fishguard
Wales
Harold N. Ickes
United States
London
Ickes
Japanese establish new bases near Lunghai rail cities
Shanghai May 26 Japanese announced bases for frontal attacks against Lunghai railway cities Kweiteh and Kaifeng. They said Tanghsan near Kweiteh and Lanfeng near Kaifeng were fully occupied and mopped up, marking the new bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Kweiteh
Kaifeng
Tanghshan
Lanfeng
Japanese denial on cod fishing near Bristol Bay
Tokyo officials denied Japanese cod fishing in Bristol Bay off Alaska after American fishermen reported a Japanese incursion into the Bering Sea cod banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Bristol Bay
Alaska
Bering Sea
Handley Degree Team Bidding For State Honors
Handley High School leads district contenders in a two day program spanning Botetourt to Albemarle with competitors from Fishersville Louisa and Lincoln high schools. Track events start at 1 pm with winners advancing to the State meet in Blacksburg next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Botetourt
Roanoke
West Virginia
Fairfax
Orange
Albemarle
Handley High
Fishersville
Louisa
Lincoln
Robert Pope
Berryville
Billy Fast
Churchville
Bris
Morris Costello
Clarke
Warren
Shenandoah
Smith
O. Zirkle
Mt Jackson
Rowe
Smoke
Handley
Saycer
Flemings
Woodstock
Zehring
New Market
Bauserman
Mt. Jackson
Rosenberger
Snyder
Peer
Toms Brook
Austin Zirkle
Handley Racey
Stuarts
Orange Lincoln
Hoffman
Edinburg
Bowman
Bywaters Handley
Aiden Zirkle
Long
Zirkle
Racey
Woodstock Bauserman
Sigler Estep
Bly
Teams Brook
Blacksburg
Miners Warned Against Working During Strike
In London Kentucky on May 26, a federal agent testified in the Harlan labor conspiracy trial about a mine union organizer warning employees of Cornett-Lewis Coal to stay home during a November 1934 strike. The testimony cited notes from an interview with R. E Lawson, manager of the company, linking Lawson and the firm to the group of 64 defendants charged with conspiracy to deter miners from joining unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cornett-Lewis Coal Corporation
Harlan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. O. O'Leary
R. E Lawson
Lawson
Company
Mayor Bacon Seeks Fair Chance For Business
Wilmington May 26 Mayor Walter W Bacon warned that continued persecution of business could drive the honest business man to extinction. Speaking at the joint convention of transit equipment men of the middle Atlantic states and the American Transit Association Regional Bus Conference he urged a path to give business a fair chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Walter W. Bacon
Smithsonian Institution
Association of Transit Equipment Men of the
Middle Atlantic States
American Transit Association
Separate Coinage In TVA Area Topic At Hearing
Former TVA chairman A. E. Morgan proposed a separate coinage system for the Tennessee Valley. TVA director H A Morgan called this idea impracticable and visionary, testifying to a congressional committee. Arthur Morgan also urged land ownership changes to allow taking land from farmers who misused it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. E. Morgan
TVA
Tennessee Valley
Congressional Investigating
H. A. Morgan
Arthur Morgan
Laymen’s Service at Kernstown with W W Glass Speaker
Laymen of the City Charge M E Church Sout hold a Sunday 8 PM service at Kernstown led by W W Glass of Winchester. Program includes prelude hymn I Love Thy Kingdom Lord scripture reading Exodus 20 11 by Miss Beatrice Painter welcome by Johnnie Cammer pageant The Wan Heart Experience by Refuge Church youths and Glass address with announcements and benediction. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Glass
Winchester
Kernstown
Aoe City Charge
M. E. Church
Beatrice Painter
Johnnie Cammer
Wann Heart
Young People of Refuge Church
Mr. Glass
Death claims widow of ex senator Faulkner
Mrs. Virginia Whiting Faulkner widow of former United States Senator Charles James Faulkner died suddenly at 10 PM at her son Whiting Faulkner's Martinsburg home heart attack. Native of Hampton Virginia, she was tied to the Whiting family with long civic influence and was second wife to the late senator. Funeral from Boydville estate Saturday at 4 PM with burial in Old Norbourne Cemetery conducted by Rev Dr S R Diehl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Whiting Faulkner
United States
Charles James Faulkner
Martinsburg
W. Va
Whiting Faulkner
Winchester
Hampton
Whiting
Virginia
Senator Faulkner
Boydville
Faulkner
West Virginia
Richard E. Byrd
H. D. Fuller
Old Norbourne
8. R. Diehl
The
Presbyterian Church
Goodman Loses Kocsis Also Out In British Amateur
TROON Scotland May 26 Johnny Stevenson routed Charles Kocsis of Detroit 7 and 5 in a fifth-round match after Goodman of Omaha fell to Stevenson earlier. Charley Yates of Atlanta defeated Dr W M Robb 6 and 5 to be the last American eliminated entering the quarterfinals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troon
Scotland
Johnny Goodman
Omaha
Charles
Chuck) Kocsis
Detroit
Johnny Stevenson
Charley Yates
Atlanta
W. M. Robb
England
No Action On Race Track Case Narragansett Indictments
Providence May 26 United States District Attorney J Howard McGrath said the federal grand jury considered the Narragansett racetrack indictments from last fall and had taken no action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
United States District
J. Howard McGrath
Narragansett Racetrack
Native Harrisburg Bell Telephone worker dies in crash
Henry D. Gilbert 55 a native of Winchester died last Saturday night in a head on collision on the Gettysburg pikeFour other occupants were seriously injured He served 13 months overseas in World War II with the Signal Co and worked over 35 years for Bell Telephone Company He is survived by four brothers and two sisters Funeral services were held at Zion Lutheran Church Camp Hill Cemetery. interment private
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Henry D. Gilbert
Harrisburg
Gettysburg Pike
Bell Telephone Company
Gilbert
David M. Gilbert
Grace Lutheran Church
Zion Lutheran Church
The
Signal Co
Columbus Barracks
American Legion
Telephone Company
W. Kent Gilbert
Fred. M. Gilbert
Marion R. Gilbert
Philadelphia Inquirer
Jane Gilbert
Philadelphia
Robert M. Rutherford
Sixty Cent Wheat Seen For 1938
Berryville Virginia May 26 Dr J L Maxton assistant Extension economist of V P I Blacksburg Va spoke at the Clarke farmers meeting in Berryville High School auditorium. Maxton a leading agriculture and price outlook authority said wheat will be cheap this summer and fall due to the national income downturn and a 60 cent price level for 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
J. L. Maxton
Blacksburg
Clarke Farmers
Berryville High School
Maxton
Orchards Punished By Winds
C P Wright of Stephens City said a hailstorm Monday night damaged his early apple crop and wind uprooted or blew away at least 1000 trees on his and neighboring farms Rob inson and Tuttle orchards and Fred Ridings farm also suffered damage. Duchess and Yellow Transparent apples suffered multiple hits gouging to the core. Wright called it the worst hailstorm he had seen and noted rareties escaped major harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Wright
Stephens City
The
Star
Robinson and Tuttle
Fred Ridings
Mr. Wright
Prosector Amends Plea for Grand Jury Probe
Dauphin County Prosecutor Carl B. Shelley moved to amend his petition seeking a grand jury investigation into bribery and political coercion alleged in the primary campaign. The action follows guidelines set by the State Supreme Court as he proceeds with the case in Harrisburg Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Carl B. Shelley
State Supreme Court
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Future Farmer Chapter
Russell
Rosenberger’s
John W. Rosenberger and Co., Inc
S. Braddock St
TVA Hearing
Stine
Staunton
Miss Lemley
Handley High School
Maryland Institute of Arts
Baltimore
Legion
Edwards
Bride
Handley Degree
T.V. A
Charles J. Faulkner
Goodman
Kocsis
H. D. Gilbert
Winchester Motors Corp
Hanes Sports & Shirts
HANES
P. H. Hanes Knitting Co
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Gary
Frank Gearing
E. Piccadilly St
Evening Star
Hughes Motor CO
Winchester, VA
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