Middletown County News Briefs From Virginia Town
Local notes from Middletown Virginia dated October 11 report Ed Ludwig visiting relatives and Miss Amye Clark from Warrenton spending the weekend with her parents. Several residents and guests are named with updates on illness visits and gatherings at the Larrick and Ogden homes. The Womans Missionary Society hosts a zone meeting October 20 at Grace Church.
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Middletown
Ed Ludwig
Amye Clark
Warrenton
George Clark
S. G. Larrick
Clifton Forge
Beckley
W. Va
Donald Rudolph
Bedford City
Bush Rudolph
Hugh Kline
Vaucluse
Hame
Bessie McNeer
Sydney Larrick, Jr
Howard Larrick
Cletus Campbell
Lebanon Church
Womans Missionary Society
Grace Church
Florence Wilkinson
Richmond
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Strasburg
Stonewall Jackson
John Frederick Larrick
V. M. Tu
Lexington
E. V. Ogden
Herman Hanes
Grafton Ogden
Arlington
John Hanes
Melvin Ogden
Washington
Harry Rinker
Winchester
Refuge Church alters service time for winter
Refuge Va October reports preaching moved to three oclock in the afternoon for the winter season. Local social notes list visits among residents and guests including Miss Julia Grim, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Whitely, the Huffman family, and relatives in Winchester and nearby towns.
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Refuge
Refuge Church
Julia Grim
Oliver
Amiss Lillard
Thomas “Whitely
Little
Washington, D. C
Frank Huffman
Stephens City
Katherine Cornwell
Winchester
Minnie Rouzee
L. L. Bowman
Herbert Orndorff
Olivia Ann Ofburg
W. Va
James Orndorff
Howard Walters
Near Waterlock
Roy Carter
Rainfall Totals and Averages for Periods and Months
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hours ending 8 am as none. October to date totals 1.92 inches and year to date 39.39 inches. Averages by month from 1913 to 1938 list January 2.53, February 1.98, April 3.64, June 3.68, September 0.13, November 2.32, December 2.40 inches. The average annual rainfall over 26 years is 35.09 inches.
Wickliffe Items
Wickliffe Virginia residents share visits and arrivals as October notes list Thomas L Shull Henry Ebersole James Pennington Dorothy Myers and other locals visiting kin and returning travelers from Berryville Winchester and Front Royal with guests at various houses and family gatherings across the region.
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Wickliffe
Thomas L. Shull
Henry Ebersole
James Pennington
Winchester
Dorothy Myers
White Post
Harry Lee Boxwell
Berryville
Robert Dackey
Little
Charles Town
Marvin Armel
Calvin Armell
Frederick
Robert Rusk
James Perks
William Humphrey
Washington
Nellie Spates
Grover Carter
Ella
Bessie Johnston
Clarence Grim
Harvey Bailey
Arizona
Vesta Smith
Virgil Rexrode
C. Eb, Myers
Mary Carpenter
Laura Franklin
William Franklin
Round Hill
Marvin Martin
Donald
Front Royal
Martin
Guido Thompson
Brucetown Notes A Round of Local Visits and Moves
Brucetown Virginia reports a busy weekend with visits from E G Rennie near Stephens on to Whitacre and Snapp families. William Swimley attended the World’s Fair in New York. George Wilson and Opal Gardner joined J R Smith and Henshells for a Saturday gathering. Mrs Wright returns home improved from Winchester Memorial Hospital. Windle and Snapp families in Lebanon Church and Hagerstown shared Sunday visits. Raleigh Fields and family plan a move to Pennsylvania.
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Brucetown
E. G. Rennie
Near Stephenson
Andy Whitacre
William T. Swimley
New York
George Wilson
Keyser
W. Va
Opal Gardner
White Post
J. R. Smith
John Snapp
Charles Snapp
Hagerstown
Leslie Henshell
George Wright
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Olie C. Windle
Jimmy
Lebanon Church
J. B. Snapp
Ward Purcell
Patricia
Rhodelle
Middleway
Raleigh Fields
Pennsylvania
Handy Letter Writer Promises Better Writing Skills
Readers are urged to study the Handy Letter Writer to improve letter writing and make a good impression. A coupon offers a copy for ten cents, with the Information Bureau of the Winchester Evening Star handling the order.
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Handy Letter
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Handy Letter Writer
City or Rural Route Mail to Washington D C
A brief notice clarifies mail routing for residents and businesses to Washington D C. It specifies street or rural route designations and directs readers to use the proper mailing address. The item reflects standard post office guidance for routing mail through city or rural routes.
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Washington, D. Co
Prayer Service to Be Held at Lutheran Church Tonight
The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour hosts a mid week prayer service at 8 o'clock with the subject The Highway Meeting Place led by the pastor. The public is invited to attend.
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Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
New Deal Called Utter Failure At Virginia Republican Rally
In Richmond on October 11 Virginia Republicans denounced the New Deal as an utter failure. Miss Eileen O Daniel from national headquarters claimed the country is turning to Republicans. Speakers included Mrs Murray Buockock I R Dover Margery Rice Ethyl Costello and William H Mondell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Eileen O’daniel
William H. Mondell
Washington
Young Republican National Federation
Murray Boocock
Keswick
I. R. Dover
State Central Committee
Margery Rice
Ethyl B. Costello
Negro Jailed In Clarke Case
Spence Pendelton, a Longmarsh section Black man near Crum's Church, was found guilty in Trial Court of assault. Judge Kackley sentenced him to 30 days in jail and $4 costs. Pendelton was detained after an weekend altercation with his father. Claude Lingley, arrested in Winchester, faces charges of stealing Dr. C. H. Iden's car and is to be heard this afternoon in Frederick.
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Berryville
Spence Pendelton
Longmarsh
Crum’s Church
Kackley
Pendelton
Claude Lingley
Winchester
C. H. Iden
Frederick
Justice Dealt Out By Phone
The Times-Dispatch reports Judge W. Terrell Sheehan of Staunton conducted a Waynesboro trial justice court session by telephone from Staunton. Fifteen cases were disposed of by phone with defendants pleading guilty in criminal actions and defaults in eight civil cases.
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Richmond
The
Times-Dispatch
W. Terrell Sheehan
Staunton
Trial Justice Court
Waynesboro
Federal Apple Estimate Cut Forecast for 1939 Apple Crop
The crop reporting board lowered its October 1 forecast to 100,958,000 bushels, 2 percent below September, 5 percent above the 10 year average, and 13 percent below 1937. Dry hot weather, some warm damage, and poor sizes in sections contributed to the cut.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Ban on Grapes of Wrath prompts Kern County action
Handley Library notes urge all organizations in the San Joaquin Valley to back a ban on The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck as Kern County supervisors seek a state wide suppression in schools and libraries. The piece also lists authors and works discussed or preserved, including Pearl Buck and Nora Waln, and shares a gallery of current popular titles at Handley Library.
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Kern County
Calif
San Joaquin Valley
John Steinbeck
Kern County Board of Supervisors
California
Kern
Pearl Buck
Millburn
N. J
China
United States
Herr Hitler
Nora Waln
Germany
Peking
Star
House of Exile
Handley Library
Asia
John Gunther
B Partridge
Poland
Europe
R. L. Buell
Belgium
Hugh Gibson
Vincent Sheean
J. Allan Bryan
Oie
Men G
Nora
Retail Trade Rises In Fifth District September Figures
Richmond reports September retail sales in the Fifth District up 7.0 percent from a year earlier with nine month gains at 4.0 percent. City leaders include Charleston South Carolina showing the largest increases, followed by Norfolk and Richmond with notable gains across multiple states and cities.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bat x
United States
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
West Virginia
Charleston
S. C
Norfolk
Baltimore
W. Va
Huntington
Lynchburg
Washington, D. C
Winston-Salem
N. C
Sailor William Rowan Dies After Calmed Return Home
William Rowan of Birkenhead, aboard the British freighter Newton Pine, survived U boat attacks and witnessed two submarines and a British tanker sunk. He died hours after setting foot on land in an automobile accident outside Houston on October 11.
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Houston
Tex
William Rowan
Birkenhead
New
Newton Pine
Rowan
Deer Hunter Ed Hamlin Sees Buck Near Canyonville
In Canyonville Oregon hunter Ed Hamlin stepped from his house and sighted a buck a few hundred yards away. He shot the deer and returned home within about twenty minutes.
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Canyonville
Ore
Ed Hamlin
Domestic discord traced to money troubles say minister
Dr. Clinton C. Cox, a Presbyterian minister, analyzed confidential reports from hundreds of couples and finds money problems the principal cause of domestic discord. He also notes mother-in-law tensions as a common contributing factor.
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Chicago
Clinton C. Cox
Tobacco Sale Prices Pleasing On Virginia Old Belt Markets
First sales of the 1939 flue cured tobacco crop on Virginia Old Belt markets brought an estimated average of about 14 or 15 cents a pound as farmers milled about warehouses to witness the opening of the season. Farmers expressed general satisfaction with the selling prices. In Danville traders credited the Commodities Credit Corporation for financing purchases for Imperial Tobacco Company, helping hold prices against a potential collapse. About 1,250,000 pounds were sold there at an average slightly above 15 cents.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Old Belt
Danville
Commodities Credit Corporation
Imperial Tobacco Company
U S reporters depart for front with British troops
Eleven American newspapermen in khaki uniforms head to the western front as the first U S reporters assigned to British troops in France. The Associated Press man Drew Middleton leads the group, a 25 year old New Yorker and Syracuse graduate who came to London in 1939.
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London
Western Front
France
Associated Press
Drew Middleton
Great Britain
New York City
Syracuse University
Apple A Day Sparks Ohio Driver Mishap in Indiana
Mrs. Murray T. Morgan of Cleveland ate an apple then threw the core from a car window in Kendalville Indiana. The vehicle lost control and overturned into a ditch. A physician treated Mrs Morgan for slight injuries.
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Kendalville
Ind
Murray T. Morgan
Cleveland
Shenandoah Leads National Parks in Attendance
Richmond October 11 The State Conservation Commission announced Shenandoah National Park led all national parks in attendance for the travel year ending September 30 with 911 612 visitors. The figure surpassed Great Smoky Mountains National Park by about 150 000 despite a 4 54 percent decline from the prior year. Superintendent J R Lassiter said out of state visitors remained strong.
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Richmond
State Conservation Commission
Shenandoah National Park
J. R. Lassiter
Shenandoah Park
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
North Carolina
Tennessee
Shenandoah
Lassiter
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