Fruit Growers Review Packing and Marketing Plans
E Merrifield and E M Way, noted fruitmen, spoke to Charlottesville Kiwanis on packing improvements for mar le apples. They discussed steady income despite lower yield, with last year’s crop valued at 1.4 million and this year at 1.3 million, plus consolidation and economy packing to cut costs. Virginia fruit quality cited as improved over recent seasons.
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E. Merrifield
E. M. Way
Kiwanis Club
Charlottesville
Merrifield
Wayland
State grading and branding law raises fruit quality standard
The speaker noted a law that insured a high standard of fruit quality. He stated thirty packing plants operated in Albemarle County in the past season.
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Albemarle
Parachute Jump Planned At Bowles Field
Roy Richards announced a parachute jump at Bowles field Sunday afternoon weather permitting. Experienced jumper Mrs Evelyn W Shryock will exit a plane at about 2000 feet and aim to land on the field. She has frequently landed on the field this season with rare wind carryoffs. After the jump Richards will perform plane stunts. Herbert Schute, recently injured March 19, is again flying and has trained for weeks.
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Roy Richards
Bowles Field
Evelyn W. Shryock
Player Returns to Field After Spring Injury
A player lands with an improvised spring due to a stiff right leg from last spring's accident. He will be on the field and flying Sunday, resuming active play after rehabilitation.
General Summerall Views Authentic War Film Set
General Charles P Summerall toured Tee Art Studios in Hollywood and saw the large French village built for She Goes To War The set impressed him as near perfect and helped inspire War Department approval for using real battle equipment Fort Leonard Wood Maryland served as a filming site The cast includes Eleanor Boardman John Holland Edmund Burns Al St John and Margaret Seddon Victor and Edward Halperin are linked with Inspiration in production
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Charles P. Summerall
Hollywood
France
Motion Picture Studios
Tee-Art
John Boyce
Inspiration Etures
Authen
Boyce-Smith
Genral Summralil
War Department
Washington
East
Henry King
Boyce- Smith
Fort Leonard Wood
Maryland
Ion
Capitol Theatre
Eleanor Boardman
John Holland
Edmund Burns
Margaret Seddon
Victor
Edward Halperin
Apple Market Report from Martinsburg District
Apple markets in Martinsburg West Virginia district report a rainy day with slow demand and dull trading. Prices shown for U S No 2% inches up Black Twig Carload and U S No 1 Yorks bulk with mixed Yorks and Stayman rome prices ranging around 1 15 to 1 65 per bushel or per container depending on size and grade.
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Apple
U. & Market News Service
Martinsburg
W. Va
Cumberland
Shenandoah
Potomac District
U.S
U. S
Yorks
Ben Davis
Romes
Rail shipments by state total 1093 carloads in report
Some consigned and present shipments come from prior sales. Total U S carloads reached 1093 with Washington at 365, Idaho 145, Virginia 106, West Virginia 95, Pennsylvania 18, Maryland 32, and New York 69 cars.
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U. S
Washington
Idaho
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New York Estate
S. V. A. To Meet Augusta Academy Here Saturday
The Shenandoah Valley Academy football team hosts Augusta Military Academy at 2:30 p.m. Saturday on the S. V. A. field. Augusta arrives with a string of victories and a single defeat, while S. V. A. fields a light scrappy squad aiming to challenge the AMA lineup.
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Shenandoah
Valley Academy
Augusta Military Academy
Augusta
S. V.A
Local Fans Set To See Remaining 8. V. A. Games Here
Enthusiasts will watch the rest of the 8. V. A. football schedule played at this venue, with all remaining games staged locally.
Card of Thanks for Ida Russell
We thank friends and neighbors for sympathy and kindness during the illness and at the death of our mother Mrs. Ida Russell. Thank you for the flowers and use of a car for the funeral. Mrs. Fred Fugitt and Brothers.
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Ida Russell
Fred Fugitt
Anniversary Refusals Highlight Changing Social Norms
A fragment notes fewer wedding anniversary invitations as people avoid celebrating divorces. The text then shifts to a classified business ad for a general store with freed meats and weekly sales of 450, quoting L. M. N. via Star. The ad promises low overhead and a quick sale with stock and fixtures included.
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c/o Star
For Sale Classified Listings Roundup
Multiple small ads list for sale items and real estate including a wood stove on Pey ton Street a barred rock cock erela a white chrysanthemum plant and a seven room house on North Market Street at 3400 offering terms and a Spanish style home on Valley Pike near Haend ley School with contact details for G Clarence Miller and C W Mooris.
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North Market Street
Bath
Ori i
Clarence Miller
Valley Pike
Haendley School
C. W. Mooris
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