Whitacre 4-H Club Wins Blue at Farm and Home Fair
The Whitacre 4-H Club captured the blue ribbon for the best exhibit of farm crops at the Frederick Farm and Home Fair. The entry featured over 130 items arranged in a large cornucopia. Kenwyn Triplett led hobbies with a first place collection of arrow heads and sketches. Dorothy Harbaugh earned blue for notebook work. red ribbons went to Betty Lou Barton, Dorothy Harbaugh, and Mike Collins for stamps and maps. Third place awarded to Helen Williams and Robert Lamp for notebooks and stamp albums.
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Whitacre 4-H Club
Frederick Farm
Episcopal House
Round Hill
Whitacre
Kenwyn Triplett
Dorothy Harbaugh
Mt. View
Nancy Harbaugh
Helen Williams
Mike Collins
Robert Lamp
Renwyn Triplett
Betty Lou Barton
Denver Hershman
Comeback Is Seen For Bicycle Use as Transport
Atlantic City, Oct 21 The national safety congress recognizes bicycles as a growing cheap transport with about 8 million bikes on streets and 1 million new ones annually. A 17 member committee urges licensing, inspection, and downtown riding in slow traffic areas and on residential sidewalks. Bicycle deaths have not declined since 1932 while auto deaths dropped 18 percent last year.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National Safety Congress
Congress
Richard O. Bennett
Lincoln
Nebr
Stretse
Mrs. F. E. Swimley Sells Her Farm
James W. Milton, a well known farmer from the southern Charles Town district, purchased the 76 acre Swimley farm west of Charles Town from Mrs Floyd E Swimley for 8500 dollars. The farm includes a brick dwelling and a nearly new barn. Milton plans to move there to make it his home.
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James W. Milton
Charles Town
Swimley
Floyd E. Swimley
Would Sell Eye To Help Her Kiddies
A Tennessee mother of five offers to sell one cornea for 5,000 dollars to fund a farm for her family. Grace Davis, 39, says she is on relief and would sacrifice sight for her children, detailing the eye’s health and her family needs. The note was shared with Howard W. Blakeslee of the Associated Press at a Philadelphia surgeons meeting.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Grace Davis
Band To Play At Dedication
The McKiwee Municipal Band will leave at 1 PM to perform at 2:30 PM in Aldie Loudoun county for the dedication of a marker to Sergeant John Champ, a Revolutionary War hero. Daughters of the American Revolution sponsor the exercises with public invitation. R Walton Moore and other Virginians are to speak.
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Mckiiwee
Aldie
Loudoun County
John Cham Pe
Daughters of the American Revolution
R. Walton Moore
State Department
Cropper Lads Beat Harvard in Tough Work Test
Harvard researchers report Benoit Mississippi delta croppers, white and Black, showed equal or superior endurance to Harvard students in fatigue studies. Young workers walked two hours at 3.5 mph on a 9 percent incline at 82 to 90 degrees, with all returning for a second afternoon session.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Mississippi Delta
Benoit
Miss
David Bruce Dill
Dill
Music Class To Meet On Monday
A meeting of extension music class will be held Monday at 4 30 in a room at Handley High School. Miss Gwendolyn Haynes will host the session and several teachers are enrolled with expectations of more from the county. Anne Starling rural schools supervisor announced this today.
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Gwendolyn Haynes
Handley High School
Anne Starling
Social Guests Highlight Weekend in Cross Junction
Cross Junction Virginia residents report guests visiting from Winchester and Washington DC. Mr. and Mrs. C G Baker hosted and were joined by Mrs. C V Edwards and the Braithwaite family. Donnie Braithwaite stayed with his grandparents 8S H Braithwaite. Raymond Edwards and his in laws joined relatives for weekend visits.
Miss Early Demonstrates Light Conditioning at Power Co Dinner
Miss Evelyn Early of the Northern Virginia Power Co Home Service Dept led demonstrations on light conditioning at a George Washington Hotel dinner meeting for employees and managers of three local five and ten stores. The event drew 47 attendees including Henry Covington assistant manager of the Power Co.
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Evelyn Early
Home Service Department
Northern Virginia Power Co
George Washington Hotel
Henry Covington
The
Power Co
Negro Group Picture Wins at Carnegie International Paintings
Pittsburgh date, October edition reports the Carnegie International Exhibition awarding top prizes to Brooklyn born Alexander Brook for Georgia Jungle. Second honors went to Yasuo Kuniyoshi born in Woodstock New York, while Raphel Soyer of New York and Ernest Fiene of New York also received awards. Aaron Bohrod of Chicago and Mariano Andreu earned honorable mentions.
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Pittsburgh
Georgia
Brooklyn
Alexander Brook
United States
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Woodstock
N. Y
Japan
Raphel Soyer
New York
Russia
Ernest Fiene
Germany
Aaron Bohrod
Chicago
Brook
Kuniyoshi
Marc Chagall
Paris
Mariano Andreu
Revival invites W D Mitchell to assist near Franklin West Virginia
Reliance Virginia October 21 Rev W D Mitchell has accepted an invitation to help in a revival service up near Franklin West Virginia Our W M A day was well attended Sunday night Mrs C C Bowen missionary president led the service with Rev William Cooley of Strasburg Virginia as main speaker who has just finished college and expects a Richmond conference appointment this week Other local news covered visits, moves and family events across Reliance and surrounding communities.
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Reliance
W.D. Mitchell
Franklin
W. Va
C. C. Bowen
William Cooley
Strasburg
Richmond
Herbert Cummins
Riverside
Helen Bowen
H. E. Richardson
Elwood Werrick
A. H. Lakey
Jimmy
F. A. Foster
Fisher Eastman
Berferd
Philip
Chick Eastman
Gilbert Brumback
R. R. Stickley
Bryarly
Martinsburg
Wilson Bordens
Miss Hyde
Miss Isner
Alexander
L. L. Old Sale
Lee Hunt
E. E. Baker
Winchester
Russell Stickley
G. E. Dovell
Pools
Waynesboro
F. D. Willey
Middletown
Brother and sister visit Washington couple Sunday
A brother and sister drove to Washington D C Sunday to visit Mr and Mrs Murchel Lamp. Mrs Clarence Sibert is much improved after being indisposed for several days.
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Washington, D. C
Murchel Lamp
Clarence Sibert
War-Business Status To Unfold In 30 To 60 Days At Babson Park
At Babson Park Massachusetts the 26th Annual National Business Conference closed with traders predicting a clearer war impact on American business within 30 to 60 days. Speakers debated whether the demand surge stems from wartime orders or a lasting boom.
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Babson Park
Mass
Roger W. Babson
United States
Elderly Man Returns Home After 13 Years Missing
James E. Shannon, 65, who left home for work in 1926 and wandered coast to coast, rejoined his four daughters Lillian Marie Martha and Clara in Pittsburgh after a national search. A social worker traced the family. a bus ticket and reunion followed as memories resurfaced.
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Pittsburgh
James E. Shannon
Oakland
Calif
Lillian
Marie
Martha
Clara
Shannons
Shan
Lillian Ran
Shannon
Blackout Saves Mach Electricity in Britain
London reports the blackout saved sufficient electricity to ease rationing. consumers may use as much electricity and gas as a year ago. Food rationing approaches, with books to be distributed next week and expected to start about ten days later.
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London
Roosevelt May Seek Third Term Nomination
Babson Washington corre spondent says Washing ton believes Mr Roosevelt can win the Democratic nomination for a third term if he desires it. Babson ends with investor guidance to focus on fundamentals, avoid low yielding bonds, pick inflation-protected stocks with solid raw materials, and diversify broadly.
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Creighton Hill
Babson
Washington
Roosevelt
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