Highway Rebuilding From White Hall To Greenspring
Two crews work on Frederick county road project linking White Hall to Greenspring. Grading heavy in places with fences moved. Stone planned for bed this fall. hard surfacing slated for next year. route extends eight miles to Shockeysville and toward West Virginia line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Hall
Greenspring
Frederick County
Shockeysvile
West Virginia
Welltown
Winchester
Schedule of Home Agent Week of October 10 15
Miss Madeline Blair home agent of Frederick county lists weekly tasks and club meetings from Monday to Saturday. Activities include 4 H clubs at various schoolhouses and homes with discussions on agency relations and achievement day plans. A Friday bingo fundraiser supports achievement day, and a separate note from New York reports Brooklyn Library's conscience fund receipt from a long ago thief who has repented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline Blair
Frederick County
Bryarly
Staunton
Blacksburg
Gainesboro
North Frederick
Lee Whitacre
Mt. View
Round Hill
County Court House
White Hall
4-H Club
New York
Conscience Fund
Brooklyn Library
Mystery of Buried $90,000 Leaves Bank Unresolved
Baltimore reports an October 10, 1941 Federal Reserve Bank inquiry into the buried cash mystery. A man with time-aged bills asked the Treasury to reclaim the money, and bank officials say the finder may have buried the funds. Process may end with a settlement to the man who brought the money if Treasury approves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Federal Reserve Bank Cial
Bank
Treasury
Edith Miller Sustains Hip Fracture Saving Church
Edith Miller, longtime secretary of the Winchester district and a leader in the Woman's Missionary Society, fell last Friday while saving the Methodist Church in Harrisonburg. She sustained a hip fracture and planned an operation at Rockingham Hospital to insert a device to connect the broken bone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rrisonburg
Rockingham Hospital
Harrisonburg
Miss Miller
Winchester
Baltimore
Edith Miller
Edinurg
Administrator Appointed for Virginia Baker Wreden-High Estate
The Shenandoah Valley National Bank is named administrator of the estate of Virginia Baker Wreden-High, who died on August 3 in the state. Appraisers named are W Copenhaver, S C Brooks, K Grove, R Frank Barr, and Solenberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley
Natonal Bank
Setate
Virginia Baker Wreden- High
W. Copenhaver
S. C. Brooks
K. Grove
R. Frank Barr
Solenberger
Drive To Stamp Out Terrorists In Palestine Crisis
In Jerusalem on Oct 10 British armed forces launched a major drive against terrorism in Palestine. Reinforcements bring total British troops and police to about 21 000 as General Haining directs anti terror operations to free police for city order and pursue bands in outer districts. The campaign aims to quell Arab Jewish violence that has escalated since 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Palestine
Holy Land
R.H. Haining
Copp Fined For Operating For Hire Without License
Fred Copp was tried before Trial Justice A. W. Tavesner and fined $14.25 in fines and costs for operating a motor vehicle for hire without a chauffeur's license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Br. Copp
A. Vw Tavesner
Noise Disturbance Reported Hours of Disturbance
Description notes hours of disturbance and a suspected cause for the noise. No further details provided in the OCR fragment.
Friends to Honor Lynch At Winchester Dinner
A committee plans a dinner at the George Washington Hotel tomorrow night to honor Maurice M. Lynch, Winchester’s longtime citizen. Senator Harry F. Byrd R. Gray Wilkens and Merle Thorpe will speak or preside, with Thorpe delivering a principal address on national matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Maurice M. Lynch
George Washington Hotel
Mr. Lynch
Harry F. Byrd
R. Gray Wilkens
Merle Thorpe
Nation's Business
United States Chamber of Commerce
Thorpe
Hagerstown
Farmer Is Feared Kidnap Victim
Baltimore October 10 Police searched for Carvin R. T. Grove a 42 year old farmer from Stewartstown Pa missing since Friday night. His empty truck was found near Towson with signs of a struggle and he was believed robbed and kidnapped after carrying more than 550 dollars from produce sales. He is married and the father of three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Carvin R. T. Grove
Stewartstown
Grove
Towson
Truck Damaged In Collision Near Boyce
A truck owned by W. B. Stuart of White Post and driven by a colored man collided with a trailer van belonging to the J. L. Carr line of Leesburg near Boyce. The stone-loaded Stuart truck could not stop in time at the railroad crossing. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Stuart
White Post
Boyce
J. L. Carr Line
Leesburg
Stuart
Oranda Notes Highlight Local Visits and News
Oranda notes from Virginia dated October 10 share fall weather with cool mornings. Mrs M M Orndorff returns home after two weeks in Winchester with her son in law and daughter. Rev F B Sapp and Mrs Sapp visit relatives in West Virginia. Vergie Mowrey stays a week with sister in Martinsburg. Lester Himelright and wife welcome a baby born last Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oranda
M. M. Orndorff
Winchester
A. H. Jackson
F. B. Sapp
West Virginia
Vergie Mowrey
Willr Thurston
Martinsburg
W. Va
Lester Himelright
Ernest Clevenger Champions Chester White Hogs
Ernest Clevenger near Grimes on Welltown turnpike shows Chester Whites as his top hog breed. He notes rapid gains of two pounds daily in older hogs, high litter counts, and efficient feed use with a milk and tankage ration. Clevenger imports stock from Gorman and Son Pennsylvania and reports strong farm yields across corn hay and wheat this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Clevenger
Chester
Mr. Clevenger
Grimes
Welltown Turnpike
Guernsey
Gorman and Son
Pennsylvania
Lindbergh Attacked by Soviet Press in Moscow
Pravda called Charles Lindbergh a stupid liar and a flatterer of German fascists amid claims he urged Chamberlain to concede Czechoslovakia. The piece praised Soviet aviation records and alleged Lindbergh sought to undermine Soviet air strength during a Moscow visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vasily Molokoff
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Pravda
Lindbergh
Chamberlain
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Munich
United States
Lindberghs
Air Academy
Wisecarver Rites Set for Mrs. Mary C Wisecarver
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary C Wisecarver 86 of Hayfield will be held tomorrow at 2 pm. The service will start at her granddaughter Mrs Dora Fletcher’s home and proceed to Mount Olive Church near Hayfield with Rev C H Anderson and Rev Luther McFarland officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Pallbearers include N H Rosenberger Mr Carper Allis Clowser Hale Moore Martin Carper and Ashley Hamman. She survived by a son J E Wisecarver three daughters Mrs Light Mrs Harry Windle and Mrs Holmes McFarland two brothers Joseph Snapp and William Snapp a sister Mrs Cary Price and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary C. Wisecarver
Hayfield
Dora Fletcher
Berryville Avenue
Mount Olive Church
C. H. Anderson
Luther McFarland
Willgie
King
N. H. Rosenberger
Mr. Carper
Allis Clowser
Hale Moore
Martin Carper
Ashley Hamman
Wisecarver
Edison
Rebecca Clowser Snapp
Frederick County
J. E. Wisecarver
Pulton
N. Ys
Light
Harry Windle
Winchester
Holmes McFarland
Berryville
Joseph Snapp
Baltimore
William Snapp
Nain
Banks Close For Columbus Day 1938
Notice lists bank closings on Wednesday October 12 1938 due to the holiday with paper maturities extended to Thursday October 13 1938. Signatories include John H Sloat Geo B Bushnell J H Yost Harold G Brown and bank names Shenandoah Valley National Bank Partners and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co Union Bank of Winchester Commercial and Savings Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John IL. Sloat
Commercial and Savings Bank
Geo B Bushnell
Union Bank of Winchester
J H Yost
Cashier Partners and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
Harold G Brown
Shenandoah Valley Nat'l Bank
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Wally Wesselthier
Louisiana State University
New Orleans
Niky
Pilgrim
Mervel W. Adams
E. Piccadilly St
Virginia
Frederick Fair
Frederick, MD
The
Percheron Association of
Friends
Lynch
Byrd
Williams
Testimony
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Store
N. Main St
Casino
Everlie
Olympia
London
Ance of
Germany
Lilienthan Society For Aviation Research
Berlin
LE Bourget
France
Charles A. Lindbergh
Illice Island
Lindergh
Brittany
Illicc Island
Paris
Lilienthal Society For Aviation Research
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
S. Brad, St
Small Loan & Finance CO. Inc
E. Boscawen St
Ridgeway
Schenck’s
Schenck Nut CO
C. I. Brumback
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