Farm training nets profits for 1598 boys in 25 counties
Dowell J. Howard reports 1,598 boys completed supervised farm tasks in 25 northern counties earning a net $119,788.95 from 5,153 enterprises. They managed 2,198 acres, 5,013 animals, and 137,000 fowls with gross income $212,075.94 from crops, livestock, poultry, and horticulture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowell J. Howard
Northern
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Shenandoah
Rappahannock
Rockingham
Augusta
Fauquier
Loudoun
Rockbridge
Botetourt
Pairfax
Albemarle Greene
Howard
Middletown Grads Award Honors Local Students
The Middletown program awarded Morris Boyer last night for the year’s achievements. Herbert Manuel won the Floyd Bradley Horticultural Achievement Medal for the best garden project. William H. Kline donated a trophy for the team’s MVP, with Donald Borden receiving it by player vote. Eugene Jenkins James Garret and Eldon Brumback received high honors from the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Boyer
Floyd Bradley
Herbert Manuel
William H. Kline
Donald Borden
Eugene Jenkins
James Garret
Eldon Brumback
Kline
Edna Brumback
Ellen Brumback
Rebecca Keeler
Marie Petty
Alice Manuel
Anna Virginia Campbell
Elaine Sperry
Margaret Jane Willey
Robert Brumback
Randolph Larrick
Harry Matthews
Julian Boyer
John Painter
John Weirich
Edda May Jenge
Connie Shull
Kenneth Fris
Elizabeth Jenens
Blanch Jenkens
Helen Beaty
Francis Fristoe
Ata Fristoe
Jean Shiley
Louisey
Joseph Jenkens
Irma Clemm
Sarah Jane Judy
Louise Tevalt
Marie Walter
Alicé Carper
Vera Lee Headley
Margaret Matthews
Ruth Willey
Kenneth Miller
Charles
Jack Sperry
Grace Huffman
Gretta Ogden
Winchester Junior Board of Trade Reaches Ninety Five Charter Members
The Winchester Junior Board of Trade announces 95 charter members including J R Alexander Jr and Charles Anderson among a list of prominent local businessmen. The newly formed organization launches with a diverse group representing industry and community leadership in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Charles Anderson
Robert L. Anderson
J P. Arthur
T. W. Baldridge
Geo T. Barnsley
Benjamin Belchie Stewart Bell, Jr
William Bell H. K. Benham
W. H. Bosserman Jr
W. E. Bridgeforth
R. T. Bryarly
J. Russell
Dan O Henry
L. E. Hill
C. A. Hobart
Peachy Hockman
John A Hodgson
William Hohannes
Jo Hohannes
J. William Hollis
O L. Hoover
James D. Hughes
Fred
Two-Headed Calf Mounted by Local Dermist
Warner Luttrell, a local taxi dermist, is mounting a two headed calf for Dr. F. J. McClure. The animal is mostly normal but has two heads with two spinal columns meeting at the back and necks splitting midway. Each head has a complete set of teeth and the calf possesses two hearts and two livers, two lungs and one stomach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Luttrell
F. J. McClure
Middletown High awards honor medals to top students and clubs
Randolph Larrick earned valedictorian honors and a Readers Digest subscription. Clark Kline received the honor medal for character and scholarship. The Middletown F F A chapter won a 3 game baseball series trophy. Gifts supported the library and float building for Apple Blossom parade. Diplomaists included Edna Brumback and others. several students were cited for perfect attendance or tardiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Larrick
Balfour Company
Clark Kline
R. A. Wall
Middletown
Stephens City
Police brutality charges rise after Detroit clash at factory
DETROIT May 27. Charges of police brutality were issued over yesterday's clash between police and CIO pickets at the American Brass Company plant. The UAW said 55 people were injured and hinted a 24 hour Detroit area general strike may be considered by its international board. Akron May 27. A joint AF of L and CIO committee threatened a transportation strike in Akron tonight unless police withdraw and free picketing is allowed at Goodyear, where a night of rioting injured at least 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
UAW International Board
Akron
A. F. of L
Goodyear
Extra Session Of Parliament Is Called Off
PRAHA May 27. A special session of the Czechoslovak Parliament set to consider a new minorities statute was canceled after cabinet discussions showed little headway with Sudeten German groups. The move followed protests over alleged German border violations and a British push to post observers in the German Czechoslovak border region to aid understanding of the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Praha
Czechoslovakia
Ernst Eisenlohr
Foreign Office
Berlin
British Foreign Office
William Strang
Britain
Strang
B. C. Newton
Kamil Krofta
Inter-City Rotary Meet Held Here at George Washington Hotel
N Mathews of Washington DC, guest speaker at a Rotary gathering of clubs from Front Royal Strasburg Woodstock Mt Jackson at the George Washington Hotel. He spoke on world peace arguing national expansion claims are fallacious and highlighted Rotary’s role in fostering peace across eighty countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Mathews
Washington
D. C
Rotary International
Front Royal
Strasburg
Woodstock
Mt. Jackson
George Washington Hotel
J. P. Arthur
Winchester Club
Harry Crim
Mathews
Italy
Germany
Japan
India
England
Separation suit over custody between Merrill and wife in New York
In a New York supreme court case Charles E. Merrill the wealthy Wall Street financier is sued by his wife for separation and seeks custody of their 12 year old son along with an injunction to stop a possible divorce. Merrill has filed a cross bill seeking a New York divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Charles E. Merrill
Sirs
Merrill
Reno
New York
Little Theatre to Stage East Lynne in Capitol Theatre
John Mason Brown lauds the Little Theatre for presenting East Lynne in its proper spirit. He notes the play’s timeless drama and urges respectful staging. The performance is set for Thursday night June 2 at 8 in the Capitol Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mason Brown
Little Theatre
East Lynne
New York
John J. Williams
Century Club
Mr. Brown
Capitol Theatre
Coppy Goodwin Day Highlight at Rouss Park
Coppy Goodwin Day will be observed at Rouss Park on Sunday as Martinsburg faces Hose Co. No. 4 in the third baseball game of the season. Goodwin, who hit .425 last season with the Front Royal All Stars, has two triples and two doubles in the first two games and is noted as a strong fielder at third base. The Martinsburg and Winchester lineups are listed with Ed Henry and Michaels as pitchers respectively and Goodwin slotted at shortstop for Martinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coppy
Goodwin
Hose Co. No. 4
Martinsburg
Front Royal All Stars
New York Yankees
Ed Henry
Ed Palmer
Schad
Armstead Rites Planned at Paynter Funeral Home
Funeral services for James H. Armstead will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Paynter funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Armstead
Paynter Funeral Home
Last Will and Testament of Stephens City Senior Class
The Stephens City High School Senior Class of Virginia writes a humorous last will and testament during commencement 1938. Read by Jean Smallwood, the document bequeaths whimsical items and traits to teachers and peers, from a silencer device to a fraction of fat and jokes about classes and ambassadorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Jean Smallwood
Stephens City High School
State of Virginia
Cause of Clash At Brass Plant Is Being Sought
Detroit May 27. Prosecutor's office seeks cause of a clash between police and CIO pickets at American Brass Company plant injuring 55 people including 14 officers. A policeman was near death, with 5 in serious condition after bricks stones and tear gas bombs flew as about 175 police and 600 unionists clashed across four city blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO
American Brass Company
Roosevelt Defends Tax Plan Amid Capital Gains Debate
President Roosevelt argues the revised undistributed profits tax can curb tax avoidance and concentrated investment power while criticizing the flat capital gains levy as abandoning a long-accepted tax principle. He asserts benefits in state local and federal taxes and emphasizes practical social gains from taxation though warning against using large closely held firms to dodge taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
America
Supreme Court
Missionary Rev Campbell Ordained to Priesthood in Mathews
The Rev Robert B Campbell formerly of Winchester has been advanced to the priesthood of the Protestant Episcopal Church by Bishop Frederick D Goodwin. The ordination took place at Christ Church of Mathews with sermons readings and the laying on of hands by multiple clergy. Campbell previously served in the Presbyterian ministry and is a Union Theological Seminary graduate. He and his wife have many friends in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Campbell
Kingston Parish
Mathews County
Protestant Episcopal Church
Frederick D. Goodwin
Diocese of Virginia
Christ Church of Mathews
Virginia Churchman
Churchill J. Gibson
George C. Shaw
Herbert S. Osburn
Clarence E. Buxton
Henry G. Lane
G. M. Brydon
Messrs. Guerry
Campbell
Virginia
Washington and Lee University
Union Theological Seminary of
Richmond
Highland Avenue Church
Winchester
Virginia Theological Seminary
Alexandria
Virginia Seminary
Chicago Woman Brutally Slain
Mrs. Florence Johnson, 34, wife of a city fireman, was assaulted and killed early today in her south side apartment after a window entry. A suspect, Thomas Crosby, 18, was seized nearby. authorities link him to other slayings, and indicate the death was from a skull fracture after a criminal assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Florence Johnson
South Side
Margaret Witten
Thomas Crosby
Harold Fogarty
Crosby
F. K. James
Johnson
Kenneth
Florence
Sergt. Fogarty
Florence Castle Thompson
Anne Kuchta
Thompson
Raoen
James
Mrs Schenck Injured in Fall at Stephens City
Mrs Mary N Schenck 85 of Stephens City fractured her hip after a Wednesday afternoon fall in front of her home. Widow of Confederate veteran H C Schenck she was mother of the late Charles Schenck who worked with the State Highway Department. Nephew Walter P Schenck of Uniontown PA visits while she rests at Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary N. Schenck
Stephens City
Schenck
H. C Schenck
Charles Schenck
State Highway Department
Walter P. Schenck
Uniontown
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Schenck
Stnge of Commerce
Unionn
District Home Guild Holds Large Annual Meeting in Gaithersburg
The annual meeting of the District Home Guild gathered a large delegation at the Methodist Home in Gaithersburg Maryland despite rain. Thirteen churches from the district were represented with 98 attendees and a program featured solos poems readings and selections by the Home Chorus concluding with an inspiring verdict that the meeting was highly successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Home Guild
Gaithersburg
Everge
W. W. McIntyre
Winchester
J. H. Balthis
Guia
Féhhie Brown
Brazil
Mamie Chil
Braddock 8 Methodist
Church
South
Home Chorus
Leulla
Billheimer
Emma Portmiss
Alice Hiden
Portugese
Fannie Brown
Annie Adams
Maud Crabill
Emma Kiracore
Aged Middletown Resident Dies After Illness
Ella Ann Edwards of Middletown Virginia dies after long illness. Former resident of Fawcetts Gap she belonged to Paxton's Chapel Methodist Church. Survived by one nephew Forest Edwards Lexington Virginia and cousins. Funeral at 4 PM tomorrow at St Church with Rev George Ly Waters officiating. Daughter of William and Harriet Bowen Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Ella Ann
Fawcetts Gap
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Paxton
Cnapel
Forest Edwards
Lexington
George Ly Waters
Paxton’s Chapel
M. E
William and
Harriet Bowen Edwards
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Middletown Grads
Rosenberger’s
John W. Rosenberger and Co., Inc
S. Braddock St
Hunt, Jr
A. H. Jackson, Jr
Forrest Jones
Laurens Jones
Lynn Keller
Raymond Kerlin
H. D. Koontz
Sloan Kuykendall
Thomas Kremer
Oa A. Lewis
Donald Martin
Meanes Jr
Charles Or McCormack
Dc. M. McMullan
R. J. McNaily
J. Lee Miller
John G. Miller
Russell Newcome
Herbert Perlin
Alan Peery
Thurman
Wake
E. R. McDonald
Fred J. Larrick
Garland Snapp
Mr. Wake
J. T. Brown
Wilson
Brown
Lice and Cio
United
Automobile Workers
Tire and Rubber Company
Mr. Williams
Coppy Goodwin
Rouss Park
Hovermale
Stickley
Mrs. Hottinger
Alice K. Lemley
Agnes Grubbs
Alice Craig
Mary Boyd
Frances Luttrell
Retha White
Dorothy Lemley
Maxie Golliday
Paton
Helen Pappas
Eltha Edwards
Margaret Grimm
Ruth Bauserman
Irene Fogle
Jim Sandy
Kenneth Herbaugh
Tom Brumback
Susie Shyrock
Carol Brannon
Jim Kitchen
Alma Graves
Emma Swimley
Edward Dovell
Betty Wolford
Ada Lea Ritenour
Anne Thomas Stickley
Severine Gardner
Ivan Berndt
Methodist Home Guild
W. W. MclIntyre
ASCO
C. I. Brumback
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