Uniform Opening Date Sought For Virginia Federation
Virginia Future Farmers will again send four full teams to the national convention in Kansas City October 18 to 25 to compete in judging contests. D J Howard notes northern Virginia youths included, with leaders and coaches named from Elk Creek to Remington and Rural Retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Federation
Kansas City
Virginia
D. J. Howard
Vocationel Agriculture
Northern Virginia
Tommy Simmons
Strasburg
Jack W Ho
Erick County
Winchester
Raymond Hale
Elk Creek
Mack Sterrett
Brownsburs
Jessee
Lebanon
James Harris
Spanish Language Class Planned at Courthouse
Twenty two prospective students attended a meeting in the courthouse to organize a Spanish class led by Professor Reid of the University of Virginia. Classes start Monday and Thursday at 7:30 pm and run 30 weeks with 60 lessons. The course costs 15 dollars plus up to four dollars for books. The first session is Monday October 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reid
Ursity of Virginia
Ictor
Leslie D. Kline
Frederick County
Annual Future Farmer Fair Ends with Visitor Interest
The Future Farmer Fair at Stephens City closed after strong attendance. Tomorrow the first place exhibits will be moved to Shenandoah Valley Bank in Winchester for display and Thaxton Orndorff, Sophomore, won the big turkey prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Future Farmer Fair
Shenandoah Valley Bank
Winchester
Thaxton Orndorff
Funeral held for B C Cline 57 of Gore Virginia
Benjamin Cline 57 died today at Memorial hospital after a year long illness. He lived near Gore and is survived by his widow Mrs Bessie Beckley two daughters Eleanor and Helen Mildred and Elsie Louise, a sister Mrs C T Dunlap, and three banks. Funeral Monday at 2 from the Timber Ridge Church with Rev R A Whitten officiating and interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery. The body rests at Omps Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin C. Cline
Memorial Hospital
Gore
Cline
Bessie Beckley
Philadelphia
Yellow Springs
W. Va
Evan Cline
Margaret Johnson Cline
Eleanor Cline
New York City
Helen Mildred Cline
Washington, D. C
Elsie Louise Cline
C. T. Dunlap
Russians Storm Across River Amid Global War News
The article reports heavy combat on the Kharkov front in the Donets basin, Allied air raids on Brest and St Nazaire, and a prisoner exchange at New Haven with 1,500 German wounded going to Britain and 1,500 Britons to Dieppe. It mentions Kronstadt naval bottling by German mines, synagogue bombings in Paris, executions in the Netherlands, and Tokyo objecting to oil and rubber shipments from the Netherlands Indies to Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kharkov
Donet
Britain
Scotland
Brest
France
St. Nazaire
New Haven
Red Cross
Dieppe
Germany
Berlin
Russia
Kronstadt Bay
Leningrad
Paris
Vichy
Netherlands
Netherlands East Indies
Koh Ishii
Tokyo
Judge Snow Pushes Shorter Virginia Hunting Season
Judge Williams G. Snow of Alexandria urged a reduced hunting season at the State Game and Inland Fisheries Commission meeting in Richmond next week. He backs keeping last year opening dates but opposes a December 1 eastern opening, citing Thanksgiving weekend access for farm workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Winchester
W. S. Sargent
Richard Jolliffe
Jack Brandon
Association
W.W. Wharton
Harrisonburg
State Advisory Council On Game and Fish Conservation
Wharton
Commission
Richmond Va
Washington
Williamsg. Snow
Alexandria
State Game and Inland Fisheries Commission
Virginia
Richmond
Snow
Douglas High School News Halloween Play and Club Reports
The Elementary department schedules a Wood Fairy's Halloween Play on Oct 30 1941. Attendance in September for grade T is 94.4 percent amid illness noted in classrooms. Student activities include the Good Citizenship Club presidents and officers, Home Economics Club officers, and a new English Club led by Vivienne Jackson and Charles Cartwright. A Halloween Frolic is planned for Oct 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe'en
Hallowe’en
Lowell Paul
Salisbury
Good Citizenship Club
Elsie Ford
Gladys Coleman
Meta Turner
Joyce Gaskins
Rosa Gaithers
Margaret Donley
Sarah Lewis
Ann Ford
Vivienne Jackson
Charles Cartwright
Mary Williams
Earl Pinkett
Weaver Banks
Lucille Finley
Mary Green
Eether Armstead
Local Teachers Open 1941-42 Program year
Mary Glenn Lupton presided at the Winchester Education Association’s first meeting as president. Delegates reported on the National Education Association convention in Boston with 12,000 delegates. Plans include a country party, weekly recreation nights, and a Christmas play, with Lola Moore and Ruby Shiley chosen to attend the Virginia Education Association in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Glenn Lupton
Winchester Education Association
Winchester
Teachers Association
James B. Yates
National Education Association
Boston
Yates
United States
American Legion
Education Association del Charsoneevae
Ena
Winchester Organm
W. R. Legge
Handley Building
Handley Gymnasium
Robert Dechert
Lola Moore
Ruby Shiley
Virginia Education Association
Richmond
World Communion Sunday Observed at Pleasant Valley Church
The Winchester United Brethren and Pleasant Valley Church invite members and friends to World Communion Sunday at Pleasant Valley United Brethren Church near Cedar Grove at 2 30 p m. The service will honor Christ with bread and cup and include a united appeal for humanitarian aid to war-torn areas. Rev Leslie Shirley announces the observance and Rev L G Bridgers will deliver the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
U. B
Pleasant Valley United Brethren Church
Cedar Grove
Leslie Shirley
Christendom
L. G. Bridgers
Winchester United Brethren Church
Funeral Tomorrow for Mrs O Leary
Funeral services for Mollie Rose O Leary 76 will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Rev Father R E Hannon officiating. Interment will follow in the Catholic cemetery. Pallbearers are Garland Rodgers S R Willey O L Jamison Bernard Sullivan John L Shine and Harry Callum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Mollie Rose O'Leary
Robert
East Cork Street
R. E. Hannon
Garland Rodgers
S. R. Willey
O. L. Jamison
Bernard Sullivan
John L. Shine
Harry Callum
What does U. S. P. mean on OVUGS 7 Penayies
The initials stand for United States Pharmacopoeia, a reference work with approved drugs, purity standards, and preparation directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Rural Churches Meet Tonight At Stephens City
Rural and town church representatives of Frederick County gather at Stephen City Methodist Church at 8 o'clock to observe Christian Education week. The Frederick County Council president will speak on Christian Education and a stronger Christian example. A social period with refreshments follows. all Christian friends are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Stephen City
Frederick Fair Opens October 7 With Features Across Four Days
The Great Frederick Fair runs October 7 to 10 featuring 4-H foals and teams show, a large registered Percheron event, a state horse pulling contest with ten prizes, trotting races Tuesday to Thursday, and nightly shows. George A. Hamid attractions headline daily amusements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Frederick Fair
United States
Frederick County
Maryland
George A. Hamid
Iowa football yards tale 1939 1940 shows scoring edge
Iowa City reports that over 1939 and 1940 seasons Iowa teams gained 86 fewer yards than opponents yet scored 65 points more than foes. The two year record stood at 10 wins, 5 losses, and a tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
Conference May Continues Debate Over Neutrality Policy
Senators Clark and George weighed arming merchant ships versus keeping the neutrality act, with Clark warning such moves could provoke war. The group, including Taft and Fish, met with Robert E. Wood as Pettengill reported strong resistance to lifting combat zones despite possible support for arming ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Congress
Foreign Relations
Clark
D-Mo
Taft
Fish
R-Ny
Shannon
DMO
Samuel B. Pettengill
Indiana
Robert E. Wood
America First Committee
Senator Wheeler
Dmont
Pettengill
Seven Students Win Scholarships in CPTP Course
Seven flight scholarships were awarded at Winchester Municipal Airport to students from the second Civilian Pilots Training class based on ground course grades. Winners include Paul Everley Middletown William Symons Front Royal Leonard Marshall Anderson Russell W Cook H Courtney Jones Winchester William F Dalke Jr Woodstock and William R Shaffer Maurertown. Flight training starts next week with Lieut George Schecter and Earl Shipe as instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Paul Everley
Middeltown
William Symons
Front Royal
Leonard Marshall Anderson
Russell W. Cook
H. Courtney Jones
William F. Dalke, Jr
Woodstock
William R. Shaffer
Maurertown
Brooks Ettinger
Irvin Clem
Arthur Gilkey
Samuel McCarty
G . Moore
James L. Marchi
George Schecter
Valley Airways, Inc
Melvin Snyder
Shepherd College
Lieut. Schecter
Earl Shipe
Soldier Discovers New Disease Germ In Toad Stomachs
Smithsonian scientists credit Camp Lee Private First Class Stanley Stewart with a major finding after he sent microscopic bugs found in dead toads to Washington. The organisms, from the coccidia family, inhabit frog stomach linings and may cause peritonitis and toad die offs. they were sent to Johns Hopkins for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Camp Lee
Smithsonian Institute
Stanley Stewart
Quitman
Army
Stewart
United States
John Hopkins University
Answers to the Daily Quiz for Test One
Page four lists the quiz answers including Sydney Chaplin for question two and Carrie Jacobs Bond for question ten. It covers topics from road hog to Seals and the Soviet Union. The final item names the lengths of standard two by four boards as question nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rle
Sydney Chaplin
Road Hog
Touch
Seals
England
Halter
Soviet Union
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jones Funeral Home
Glaize & Bro
Thomas Credit Jewelers
Loudoun
B.C. Cline
Shenandoah
Rockingham
John Bywaters
Shenandoah County
Pingley
Clarke
George Washington National Forest
Douglas High School News
Mrs. O’leary
Mpan Parma
ATS Ssr
Eeses I
John M. Steck
Co. L. Nicodemus
Robinson
Directo
Mary G. Hershberger
Aberdeen
Angus Auction
Warrenton, VA
Aberdeen-Angus Ass
N. J. B. Gordon
Sale Mer. Cobham, VA
Methodist Church
Stokos
Mervel W. Adams
Piccadilly St
Duchess of Windsor
Memphis
John Rosenberger and CO
Chase
Winchester Furniture Co
South Main Street
Valley Pride
United Food Stores
G&f
Heatrola
America
Miller Plumbing
E. Boscawen St
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