Local Divorces Award Custody and Alimony Awards
A series of decrees granted in the court include custody to a mother with $250 monthly alimony for Janet B. Pifer and provision for increased support if she vacates the home at 314 W. Leicester. Charles W. Avery received a full divorce from Edna Monroe Avery for adultery. Nellie Collins Kearney’s bed and board divorce with Charles Kearney merged into a full decree. John C. Festus obtained an absolute divorce from Sarah C. Festus for desertion. Dwight M. Sager’s bed and board divorce from Esther M. Sager cites desertion since 1938. Lorenzo J. Williams was granted a full divorce from Ethel M. Williams for desertion dating to February 1944. John Stanley Cooley received an absolute divorce from Louise Ashton Cooley for desertion since January 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lian B. Pifer
Herman I. Pifer
Farmville
Pifer
Leicester St
Charles W. Avery
Edna
Monroe) Avery
Nellie Collins Kearney
Charles Kearney
John C. Festus
Sarah C. Festus
Dwight M. Sager
Esther M. Sager
Lorenzo J. Williams
Ethel M. Williams
John Stanley Cooley
Louise Ashton Cooley
Denton
Worth the Fashion Arbiter of Paris Style
Charles Frederick Worth (1825-1895) was an English born Parisian dressmaker who founded a Paris house in 1858. He gained Empress Eugenie as patron and through her influence became the leading arbiter of French fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth
Charles Frederick Worth
Paris
Eugenie
Virginia Picked To Wallop VPI In Curious Preview
A football pick column lists 52 correct selections in 67 chances. It highlights Notre Dame over Pitt and Virginia to defeat VPI, with broad regional and multiple college games forecast across Friday and Saturday schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
VPI
Notre Dame
Pitt
N. C
Georgia
Michigan
Oregon
Northwestern
Purdue
Stanford
Washington State
Columbia
Harvard
Southern Cal
Ohio State
Georgia Tech
Tulane
Arkansas
Texas Christian
Kentucky
Mississippi
Penn
Dartmouth
Duke
Tennessee
Boston College
Georgetown
Detroit
Marquette
Miami
Fla
Rollins
Missouri
St. Louis
South Carolina
Furman
Chattanooga
Tennessee Tech
Citadel
Presbyterian
Army
LaFayette
Holy Cross
Syracuse
Maryland
Delaware
Navy
Cornell
Penn State
Bucknell
Princeton
Brown
Rutgers
Colgate
Villanova
Dusquesne
West Virginia
Temple
Yale
Connecticut
Oklahoma
Denver
Auburn
Louisiana Tech
Florida
Tulsa
Mississippi State
Baylor
North Carolina
Clemson
Virginia Tech
William & Mary
Wake Forest
Ohio
Washington & Lee
Catawba
High Point
Virginia Military
George Washington
Rice
Louisiana State
Southern Methodist
Texas Tech
Texas
New Mexico
States' Rights Party Forms in Fourth District
In Blackstone Virginia on October 1 the States rights party organized with about 125 attendees from seven counties. Frank P Burton Jr state chairman and State Senator Frank S Richeson of Richmond addressed the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackstone
States’ Rights Party
Frank P. Burton, Jr
Frank S. Richeson
Richmond
New York State Leads in Women’s Fashion Manufacturing
Seventy percent of the nation’s dresses coats blouses and furs for women are manufactured every year in New York state highlighting the state’s dominant role in fashion production and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Stephenson Social News Roundup in October
In Stephenson Virginia and nearby towns residents hosted and visited relatives and friends. Kilmer and Campbell families from Martinsburg joined local hosts Dick Golightly. Enlistees Louis and Smith Dorsey left for Army camp. The Stonewall district Sunday school convention met at Stephenson Methodist church. Various local visits connected Winchester Falls Church Vienna Front Royal Brucetown Glaize Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall
Stephenson Methodist Church
Irma Peele
Winchester Hospital
Bertha Ashwood
Kitty Prince
Albin Dove
Grace S. Dove
Russell
Martinsburg
R. G. Bedger
Regina
Front Royal
Jimmy Pope
Grimes
Jean Dove
Florence Mauzy
Mary Hildebrandt
Brucetown
Anna Dellinger
Glaize Ave
Winchester
Remount program purchases detailed for beef cattle project
Remount the Army bought for 2000 dollars Pry tform bought from Thomas McCreey for 600 dollars War Peril sired by Man O War and bought from R S Peach Upperville Virginia for 2000 dollars All of these will go to other depots Only mares weanlings two year olds yearling fillies and geldings will be sold The new project to be started next spring at Front Royal is part of a national program sponsored by the Department of Agriculture to improve beef cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Prytform
Thomas McCreey
Man O'War
R. S. Peach
Upperville
Front Royal
Department of Agriculture
National beef cattle efficiency program expands to states
A two year old federal grants in aid program operates at 28 state agricultural experiment stations. Officials anticipate economical beef cattle methods that lower costs for farmers and ranchers and allow consumers to buy better grade beef at lower prices. About 140 shorthorn cattle will move from Beltsville, Maryland to Front Royal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Beltsville
Front Royal
Mystery Soviet Plane Flies Low Over U S Border
Soviet authorities say a mystery airplane crossed near the U S Soviet border around Bad Cooden allendorf at low altitude then returned to Soviet territory. Border police farther south logged a similar flight weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorities
U S
Bad Coodenallendorf
Local Garden Club Displays and Junior Arrangements
The record lists numerous garden club entries from Old Fredericktown Winchester Clarke and Potomac Garden Club. Entrants include Mrs Lacy Turner Mrs Philip Glaize and Mrs Herbert Solenberger among others. Junior divisions name multiple youths with ad lib arrangements and wild flower collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner
Philip Glaize
Herbert Solenberger
Robert Green
Charles Coffman
Old Fredericktown
Winchester-Clarke
Potomac Garden Club
Susan Stine
Lynn Cooper
Helen Metz Solenberger
Beaver Patrol
Bluebird Patrol
Elizabeth Lacy
Nancy Sjostrom
Susan Kuykendall
Peggy McMuhen
Local Society Notes Highlight Community Members
An assortment of social mentions lists attendees including Ann Adams Jules Bernd and multiple Mrs entries across classes and gatherings. The fragment references rose arrangements and assorted office or club roles with several households named in partial form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tha Robinson
Ann Adams
Jules Bernd
Alvin Pennypacker
H. Clay deGrange
Paul Rhodes
Frank Armstrong
Frey
E. P. Browning
Rose
Haldeman
E. W. ‘Brute
Withie Hunt
Henry
Floral arrangements and garden club entries listed
Brown entries show various ladies arranging colors Brown Purples Pinks Shades Yellow and multiple honors. Honorable mention and dried material arrangements credit Mrs E W Lacy, Jack Pennypacker, Herbert Solenberger and others. Open to non members includes Mrs R E Buncutter Victor Constant John Snirley Tom Baldridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Myer
Herbert Solenberger
E. H. Keyser
E. W. Lacy
Jack Pennypacker
J .H. Cunningham
Garden Club
R. E. Buncutter
Victor Constant
John Snirley
Tom Baldridge
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Lil
Eovecus Svenev
Benjamin Franklin
U. S. Constitution
Washington
Lincoln
Alleghenies
Declaration OF the United Nations
United States
The
Advertising Council
J.C. Penney CO
States’ Rights Club
Loudoun St
Sarah Sipe
Sears
Sarah Zane
Kenmore Auto Electric Roaster
S. Loudoun St
Russell Anderson
Marilyn
Hagerstown
Jean Baker
Louis and Smith Dorsey
L. F. Dorsey
A. J. Prince
Arlington
Falls Church
Vienna
Soviet
Mrs. Lacy
Paul Haldeman
Eddie Lacy
John Adams
Mary Bruce Rhodes
Jimmy Robertson
Tom Scully
John Pennypacker
Dickie White
Jane Sjostrom
Gretchen Armstrong
Jane Berry
Diana Hunt
Elizabeth Browning
Schult
Travela
Howard and Zimmer
Trailer Headquarters
E .Ope
Solane
Paardaine Tat Trailer Co., Inc
Virginia Sales
New Market, Va
Wilkie Hunt
H. F. Minter
Edward Barr
H. B. Meoe- Cormac
E. W. Jacy
Henry Bryarly
Patton
Breyer
Veodorants
Aora Expo
Mountain
TWE Cumberland Brew
Wountain
Me CO
Cumberland, Mda
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