Timberville Seeks Ore Mapping Under Zinc Co Lease
Geologists from Bertha mine of New Jersey Zinc Co will map and photograph Timberville property under lease to Timberville Koning Co. The 260 acre area spans 17 dolomite ledges and ore testing begins July 1 to define zinciferous ore limits. Geologist Brown estimates ore depth around 700 feet.
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Bertha
New Jersey Zinc Co
Timberville Koning Co
Bureau of Mines
Marshall
Brown
Maryland Aberdeen Fair Grounds Sales Directory May 28
Listings show estate and real estate auctions across Maryland and Virginia with times in late May and early June. Items include livestock grain and 250 acres of real estate in Front Royal and Frederick County properties. Estates featured include Hermanitz Lena Hawkins J Donald Richards trustees Warren County notices.
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Maryland Aberdeenne Fair Grounds
Fred
Hermanitz
Berryon Rt
Prank Estate
Frederickto Court House
Lena C. Hawkins
Frederick Co
Warren County Court House
Front Royal
Timberville Zinc Ore Prospect Seen as Large Potential
The Bertha mine near Timberville is Virginia’s largest zinc site with operations dating back decades. Owners W. C. Bridegworth, Walter Amos, and Benjamin H. Braunlich of Winchester hire Charles E. Bass as engineer as geologists debate zinc origin while mapping a Beekmantown formation that could yield a major ore body.
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Virginia
Timberville
Winchester
Timberville Mining Co
W. CL. Bridegforth
Walter Amos
Benjamin H. Braunlich
Charles E. Bass
Stephens City
Tom Wise
New Market
Shenandoah Valley
Beekmantown
Timberville Mine
Mr. Bass
Mosheim
Grove Lime Co
Bac
Rivertoh
Front Royal
Shenandoah County
Timberville Hill
Timberville Zinc Ore Veiled by Ancient Erosion Shield
A columnar bank of volcanic rock lies northwest of Harrisonburg with no volcanic activity nearby Timberville. The zinc ore hillside near Timberville sits amid resistant chert limestone, suggesting erosion preserved the hill while surrounding ridges wore away over ages.
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Harrisonburg
Timberville
Kline Elected Grand High Priest of IOOF Virginia
Everett D. Kline of 320 Virginia Ave. was elected grand high priest of the Grand Encampment for Virginia. Winchester attendees included R. L. Jones Abe Levin Holmes Newcome. Mrs. Meredith Himelright represented the Rebekah lodge, with several ladies present.
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Everett D. Kline
Virginia Ave
Roanoke
Virginia Department of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Winchester
R. L. Jones
Abe Levin
Board of Trustees
Holmes Newcome
Grand Lodge
Meredith Himelright
Rebekah Lodge
Erle Edwards
Samuel Miller
Newcome
Ohio Schoolboy Wins National Spelling Bee
Kim Calvin a 12 year old from Canton Ohio won the 22nd annual national spelling bee. Runner up was James Shea 13 from Brooklyn. 49 city and regional champions competed across the nation. Several youngsters misspelled early words and several more dropped out in rounds two and three.
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Washington
Kim Calvin
Canton
James Shea
Brooklyn
Joan O'Bryan
Denver
Oracle
Ouida Newsom
Walnut
Miss
Marie Hutchinson
Salt Lake City
Mary Morris Gibbs
Staunton
Irwin Hyatt, Jr
Atlanta
Emilie Gray
Indianapolis
Janet Sue Rebstein
Covington
Elizabeth UN
Public sale of real estate in Clarke County Virginia
Public auction set for June 11 1949 at eleven o clock in Berryville Clarke County Virginia of a half acre lot with a modern frame stucco dwelling and two car garage. Sold under a court decree in a chancery case H M Lee Administrator by Consolidated d b n c t a versus Thomas B Byrd Trustee with terms requiring one third cash and balance by vendor bonds payable in one and two years secured by deed of trust and fire policy. Auctioneer Coleman Dunn.
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Circuit Court
Clarke County
Virginia
H. M. Lee
Admr
D.b.n.c T.a
Mary Byrd
Court House
Berryville
Millwood
Berryville and
J. Townsend Burwell
Gerard B. Lambert
T. S. Hummer
Mary Byrd Consolvo
J. T. Burwell
Spelling Test Ado Grips Students Across Nation
West Virginia officials notice a spelling mishap as a student group reports on difficulties with words like surfeit. Shirley Hudson, 13, of Gonzalez Florida, struggled with media. Lawrence Friedman, 12, Brooklyn, bungled trochaic. Nancy Gale, 12, Prescott Arizona, stumbles on deign.
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W. Va
Shirley Hudson
Gonzalez, Fla
Lawrence Friedman
Brooklyn
Nancy Gale
Prescott, Ariz
Coal contract talks halted by John L. Lewis
BLUEFIELD West Virginia May 27 Southern soft coal contract talks stalled as John L. Lewis defies and leads United Mine Workers negotiators out of the conference. The strike term gives the Southern Coal Producers Assn until next Thursday to prove bargaining authority, dimming hopes for a new contract before June 30.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Southern Soft Coal
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Esterday
Southern Coal Producers Assn
UMW
SCPA
Red Chevrolet Hit and Run Reported on Boscawen Street
Normen Gardner of 222 East St. alerted city police to a red Chevrolet hit-and-run driver. Gardner said his wife’s eastbound car on Boscawen St. was struck at a Stewart St. stop sign intersection Wednesday night, with damage estimated at $10 and the other vehicle fleeing.
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Normen Gardner
East St
Gardner
Boscawen St
Stewart St
Apple Crop Needs Growers Seek More Migrant Help
Local growers expect 50 migrant workers needed by H W Butler with other orchards likely to hire from imported labor as the harvest nears. Last year about 250 workers were used and total help may rise with the fruit yield. Scab remains the main apple threat while cedar rust leaf roller and moths are under control. A Delici ous orchard used burned tires to raise temperature during the Easter freeze to protect a 50 acre block.
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VSES
H. W. Butler
I. Fred Stine
Scab
Groves
Richard
Cedar Creek
Old tire burning discussed at agricultural meeting
Mercury danger noted as an old tire burns for an hour to burn waste rubber. Mr Richard urged stockpiling tires near orchards only when needed to avoid moisture and fire hazards while noting labor is the main cost. Garages welcome tire disposal and continued fruit harvest success was reported as preventable freezeouts.
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Richard
Carroll Miller
Brannon
U. S. Treasury
Miller
Watson
Horticultural Society
Virginia Apple Commission
Walker McC. Bond
Roy Bageant
Shanghai Surrenders as Red Rule Envelops City
Red forces complete occupation of Shanghai after Nationalist holdouts quit. Troops peacefully assume control of the metropolis home to six million people. Nationalist garrison at Woosung folds, evacuation fleet withdraws down the Yangtze as foreigners inside Shanghai buildings are persuaded to surrender.
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Shanghai
Sian Comercial
Woosung
Yangtze
East China Sea
Whangpoo River
Soochow Creek
Auction of Shoe Stock in Winchester Virginia
An execution from the Civil and Police Justice Court of Winchester Virginia orders the sale by Franks Shoe Store of over 1200 pairs of shoes slippers hose and related stock at 9 East Piccadilly Street on Friday 1949 at 12 noon. The sale will include all fixtures chairs and operating lights with cash payment to the highest bidder.
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County Court House
Winchester
Virginia
Kent Street
McNealy
Butler
Civil and Police Justice Court
T. J. Maistrosky
Frank Zydelis
Frank
Piccadilly Street
Prince and Rita talk marriage plans after diamond gift
Rita receives a 32 carat engagement ring but wears none. At the chateau she mentions a Moslem religious ceremony in Paris. The prince hints at a London visit to watch the Derby on June 4 with Aga Khan horses aiming for a fourth derby win.
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Rita
Chateau
Paris
London
Answers to Daily Quiz shown on Page 4
Answers list correct responses to quiz items including Gene Tunney in 1928, violin, false spoilage organisms destroyed by heat before sealing, Kenneth C. Royall, June 15, rifle, Latin motto I came I saw I conquered, and Montgomery Ward & Co.
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Gene Tunney
Kenneth C. Royall
Montgomery Ward & Co
Surface Salinity Higher in Atlantic Ocean Than Others
The Atlantic Ocean displays a greater surface salinity compared to the other major oceans, indicating unique regional evaporation and circulation patterns that concentrate salt at the surface.
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Atlantic Ocean
Great Oceans
The brain fever bird a Indian cuckoo name origin
The brain fever bird is a species of Indian cuckoo. Its name comes from the suggested effect of its call.
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Berryville Lumber Co., Inc
Ogg B
Barr’s Alley
Art
Nhew
Geert and Baker
James P. Reardon
Coleman Dunn
Eshkman
Winchester Seed CO
N. Cameron St
Kline
IOOF
Ohio Schoolboy
Thomas B. Byrd
BO Iee
Ia Amen
Cee
Ana Judea
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Braddock Sr
Town of
Warren County, Va
Warren County
Belle Meade Packing Corporation
State of
New York
J. Donald Richards
Sue H. Carter
York
Warrenton
Sergeant’s Sale
G. G. Baker
Sgt
City of
C. I. Brumback & Sons
S. Loudoun St
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Hillside
Alexandria
Lincolnia Asphalt CO
F. J. Gayle Contractor
Lincolnia
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown Tires
N St. Pho
Northern Virginia Power CO
Hill's
Loudoun St
Seibert
Ity
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