Virginia High Schools Hold Baccalaureate Exercises Sunday
High schools in Frederick and Clarke counties plan baccalaureate services Sunday with sermons in Gainesboro Stephens City Middletown Boyce and Berryville. Capon Bridge graduates received diplomas. Capon Bridge class includes 27 members with Ella DeHaven valedictorian and Ends Dellinger salutatorian.
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Capon Bridge
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Hardy
Hampshire
W. Av
Virginia
Gainesboro
C. B. Ck
E. T. Clark
D. D
Winchester
Stephens City
Itephens City
Trinity Lutheran Church
Carl Honeycutt
George W. Stover
F. L. Roof
Middletown
F. H. Strieby
Woodstock
Boyce
Ella DeHaven
Dellinger
Berryville
Presbyterian Church
E. D. Vaughan
Capon Bridge Lastens
A. Fenton Loy
Romney
A' Hott
Estella Sirbaugh
Jean Combs
Betty Sirk
Marieene
O'Nile Eaton
Elizabeth Shanholtzer
Richard Nelson
Duluth Sowers
Catherine Martin
Glendora Grapes
Dorothy Lockhart
Dorothy Hiett
Harry Watson
George Conrad
Evelyn Pugh
Ruby Roomsburg
Zenith
Jamary
Ralph W Haines
Romne
Boyce Alumni Banquet Set At Parish Hall
Boyce High School alumni re elected Clay B Carr as president and voted to hold the annual alumni supper Friday night June 13 at 7 30 in the Boyce Parish Hall with Frances Everly as banquet chairperson. A senior medal will be presented during the event.
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Boyce
Boyce High School
Clay B. Carr
Lawrence Carver
Frances Everly
Donald Levi
Frances
Everly
Maure Rose Grabs Lead In First 100 Miles
In a lengthy Indianapolis race update the field thinned as 33 cars started. Sam Hanks was missing after a late practice crash. Fire injuries mounted among crew and officials while 160000 spectators braved threatening skies. Rex Mays led early, Thorne and Andres uninjured after a Turn Southeast collision.
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Jim Pherice
Nay Petillo
James Lynch
Chicago
Lloyd Barnes
Indianapolis
Ed. Steinbach
J. B. Gardner
Portsmouth
Malcolm Mackenzie
Philadelphia
Steinbach
Sam Hanks
Alhambra Calif
Alhambra
Calif
Hanks
Em Emil Andres
Joel Thorne
Burbank
Mays
Rex Mays
Glendale
Thorne
Ted Horn
Andres
President Roosevelt vows not to send U S troops to European wars
The July 10, 1940 message to Congress quotes President Roosevelt saying we will not send our men to take part in European wars. The remark signals neutrality and noninvolvement as World War II looms.
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Roosevelt
O Ae Een
Sabir
Sewing Room Opens in Stephens City for Red Cross Work
A Red Cross sewing room will open in Stephens City for making surgical dressings. Mrs. L A Adams provides the room and calls for volunteers to join local workers. The room will operate each Wednesday afternoon with Stephens City residents already contributing in Winchester since last August.
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Red Cross
Stephens City
L.A. Adams
Winchester
Evelyn Cadwallader
Louise Ridgeway
Sylvia Lemley
Nellie Galliday
Laura Steele
Chloe Carbaugh
Grove White
Homer Welch
Ruth Lemley
Bessie Lemley
Heath Stickley
Hunter Lineburg
Lomax Parker
Special election set for June 10 in Frederick County
The Frederick County Electoral Board announces a special election on Tuesday June 10 to elect three supervisors for the Lord Fairfax Conservation District administration. Sheriff John By waters posted notices on order of secretary Gene Chiles. Nominees include Roy L. Bageant C. K. Wright A F Lillard Landon B. Whitacre and J L Heishman for three year terms.
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Lord Fairfax Conservation District
Frederick County
John Bywaters
Gene Chiles
Miss Carpenter To Head Clarke Teachers
Clarke County Teachers Association elected Miss Jessie Carpenter to lead the Clarke County Teachers for the coming session. She succeeds Miss Lillian Lambert with Miss Janie Gardiner named vice president and Henry Davis secretary. George Grove was chosen treasurer and plans for a dental clinic next session were discussed.
Promotion for Lieut Pingley at Fort Meade
Lieut Pingley receives commission as First Lieutenant George G Meade after officer school at Fort Benning Ga and will become a second lieutenant in June. He rose from sergeant through ranks, led Headquarters Company since 1933, and succeeded Lieut Lawrence Hollis as commander of Headquarter Detachment in fall 1940.
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Soement
Winchester
George G. Meade
Fort Benming
Pingley
Handley
Fort Meade
Virginia, Woolen Co
Lawrence Hollis
Joint Memorial Service Sunday At Mt. Hebron
Winchester judges join Woodmen of the World and Odd Fellows for a memorial service at Mt. Hebron Cemetery Sunday after noon at 3 o'clock. Rev. Carl Honeycutt will speak and the McIwee Municipal Band will play. Members meet at Odd Fellows Hall at 2:30 and march to the cemetery.
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Winchester
Woodmen of the World
Odd Fellows
Mt. Hebron
Carl Honeycutt
MclIiwee Municipal Band
Odd Fellows Hall
Wilmer Shryock
The
Thirteen More Ships Taken By Government
The Federal Maritime Commission seized thirteen passenger liners and freighters totaling nearly 200000 gross tons for military use. Ships listed include President Jackson Adams Taft Pierce Expor ter Executor Mormacpenn Mormacwren Hawaiian Packer Shipper Quirigua Oriente among others from American President Lines American Export Line Moore McCormack Matson United Fruit Atlantic Gulf and West Indies Lines.
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New York
Federal Maritime Commission
American President Lines
Commission
President Jackson
Adams
Taft
President Pierce
Moore-McCormack Company
Mormacpenn
Mormacwren
Matson Line
Finns Face Severe Food Shortages as Rations Slashed
In Helsinki on May 30, Finland the government cut meat allowances to about five cents weekly per person. Beer and malt drinks are limited to 24 glasses per person for June, with drinks charged against bread cards reduced a quarter for the coming month.
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Helsinki
Finland
Who Are the Okies
The term Okies is short for Oklahomans. It refers to former Oklahoma residents who migrate to California to harvest crops.
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Oklahoma
California
Edwards Slated For Grand Master Elevation Of IOOF
Winchester attorney Edward Edwards is slated for elevation to Grand Master of Virginia IOOF following his election as Grand Warden at a Lynchburg convention. Madison Lodge members noted the move, with plans to invite the Grand Lodge to hold the 1943 annual convention in Winchester.
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Edwards
IOOF
Grand Lodge of Virginia
Odd Fellows
Lynchburg
Winchester
Virginia I. C. O. F
Madison Lodge
Mr. Edwards
Grand Lodge
Roanoke
Crete Falls and Axis Claims Mark New War Turn
Axis forces claim Retimo in Crete and report sinking the Italian liner Conte Rosso near Syracuse with most troops saved. Hereward destroyed by Italian bombs. 229 crew rescued. British near Baghdad as Emir Abdullah contemplates a new Iraqi government amid mounting losses. Schmeling reportedly killed in Crete, hospitalized with tropical illness.
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Mussolini
High Command
Syracuse
Sicily
Hereward
Retimo
Crete
Candia
Canea
Sky
Middle East
Iraq
Hitler
Baghdad
Abdullah
Alexandria
Egypt
President Roosevelt drafts notes for four more volumes of papers
At Hyde Park on May 30 the president worked on explanatory notes for four volumes of public papers covering his second term with Judge Samuel S. Rosenman. The plan is to publish twelve volumes total for the three terms, with four volumes releasing in October and others later.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
White House
Washington
Samuel S. Rosenman
New York State Supreme Court
Rosenman
Riverside Cops Top Honors In Clarke Event
Riverside School won top honors at the Clarke County field day and spring pageant held at Pine Grove in Berryville Virginia. Gaylord Marvin Chapel and Pine Grove joined to present pageant scenes from Clarke County history including Revolutionary War Civil War World War I and Red Cross activities along with athletic events such as potato race sack race and 25 yard dash.
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Berryville
Riverside
Battletown
Longmarsh
Pine Grove
Blue Ridge Mountain
Gaylord
Marvin Chapel
Clarke County
George Washington
Robert E. Lee
Gaylord School
Riverside School
Red Cross
Long Siege of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Tyre beginning in 572 B C and maintained the effort for 13 years. The protracted campaign stands as one of history’s longest sieges.
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Tyre
Nebuchadnezzar
B. C
Crochet Filet Chair Set Pattern 6919
Crochet filet chair set in fine cotton with crisp delicate design. Includes charts and step by step instructions for creating decorative chairs. Pattern 6919 guides readers through motifs, stitches, and finishing touches for a refined leisure project.
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Glaize’s & Plate
Murray
Transport Union
Michael Quill
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Philip Murray
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Mary Barney
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Eula Punkhouser
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John Hawse, Jr
Paul Keckley
Leonard Miller
Daniel Orndorff
Ig Orndorff
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Odd Fellows Plan
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Orienge
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Winchester Furniture
Petapsco State Forest
Elk Ridge
Ernest Wildman
Tri-County Association
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United States
Belgium
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Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
Riverside Cops
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Cape Henry
Henrik Ibsen
John W. Rosenberger and CO
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Good Housekeeping Bureau
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