Washington Farm Heir Hunter Greenlaw Wins 1938 Star Farmer
Fredericksburg Virginia October 18 1938 Hunter Roy Greenlaw a 21 year old farmer on land once owned by George Washington earns the Star Farmer of America for 1938. He runs 425 acres in rotation grows corn beans small grain and cover crops while also selling milk and seed corn under contract. He supported himself after his father died by maintaining the farm with his uncle N S Greenlaw backing the operation. He began prize farming as a boy and later attended Future Farmers coaching in Kansas while maintaining scholastic excellence as salutatorian at Fal mouth High School.
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Fredericksburg
George Washington
Rappahannock
Roy Greenlaw
Star
America
Greenlaw
Washington
King’s Highway
Hunter
the Royal
Kansas
Earl
Virginia
Virginia Seed Service
Richmond
Dad
Stafford
R. H. Greenlaw
N. S. Greenlaw
Falmouth High School
Falmouth High
State Grants Accept Public Works Aid for Virginia Buildings
The State Highway Commission and the Virginia State Library Commission voted to accept PWA grants totaling 1,134,181 dollars. The highway grant of 316,000 funds a 702,000 Broad Street building to reduce rental costs, with 55 percent funded from highway funds. The library grant of 818,181 finances a 1.5 million library on the Ford lot with bedrock found at 94 feet. excavation to start soon.
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Richmond
State Highway Commission
Virginia State Library Commission
Public Works Administration
Highway Commission
Broad Street
Memorial Hospital
Highway Department
Library Commission
PWA
Ford Lot
Potatoes Blighted Hit Maryland Growers Hard
Western Maryland potato growers lost about half their crop to late blight this year. Dr. Thomas B. Symons acting dean of the University of Maryland School of Agriculture says tests with hardier plant specimens are under way to prevent future losses, with about 200 seedlings selected and four of the hardiest replanted.
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Frostburg
Maryland
Thomas B. Symons
University of Maryland School of Agriculture
Farm Youth Hunter Builds Up Family Farm After Graduation
Hunter, a Falmouth High School graduate, manages a Maryland Virginia farm while supporting his mother and sister. He pays for soil improvement, fertilizer, and machines, including a tractor and a combine, with plans to expand high quality poultry income and committee leadership in junior agricultural groups. He aims to stabilize the farm, keep his family intact, and eventually move his mother to Washington for relief from farm duties.
Timber Ridge Church meets in forenoon only
In Brush Creek Va on Oct 26 Elder A J Garland will speak only in the forenoon at 10 30 then depart for Pennsylvania with no afternoon service. All are invited.
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Brush Creek
Timber Ridge Baptist Church
A. J. Garland
Pennsylvania
Myrle Dailey
Fervin QO
Heironimus
Ruth M. Kerns
James C. Price
Shepherdstown
Price
Emma Lamp
Daniel L. Price
Gerrardstown
W. Va
Laura Dailey
Ruth Anna Whitacre
Martinsburg
Lemuel Whitacre
Laura C. Dailey
Page H. Heironimus
Washington, D. C
Alva
Prospect Peak
Potomac Panorama
Ruth Kerns
Albert Stine
Bobbie
Harry O. Kerns
Opequon Lake
J. R. Whitacre
Ruth Maury
R. M. Kerns
H. QO. Kerns
A. L. DeHaven
Brown Mason
Albin Brevities from Alb in V a
Mr Glad stone Crim returns home to Albin after several days in New York City. Miss Alice Smith a teacher near Roanoke visited with Rev and Mrs Edwin Smith. Mrs T W Eppard spent weeks with relatives in Elkton. Mrs Laura Lineburgs sister from Pittsburgh visited. Local motorists joined Skyline Drive trip with many residents and visitors from Winchester and Washington D C.
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Albin
Gladstone
Crim
New York City
Alice Smith
Roanoke
Edwin Smith
T. W. Eppard
Elkton
Laura Lineburg
Pittsburgh
John Clayton
Herbert Harmer
A. J. Tavenner
Lewis Hudson
Hilda
Alma Orndorff
Mildred Duncan
Barbara Triplett
Winchester
Lawrence Hamilton
Wiliam Krouse
William Boswell
Washington, D. C
A Good Brain Tonic Haskin Quiz Book
Excellent little publication with 750 questions and answers on History Biographies Sports Politics Geography Abbreviations Government and more to sharpen the mind. Order your copy for ten cents and enjoy a fun brain workout from the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Haskin
Richmond Man Reports Diaper Case Theft
Wesley L. Underhill of Petersburg reports a theft from his automobile in Richmond. Sixteen diapers and three baby dresses were taken as police search for a suspect in the three cornered parts puzzle described as the diaper case.
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Richmond
Wesley L. Underhill
Petersburg
Wide Variation In Tomato Yields And Prices In Virginia 1937
Virginia Tech study shows wide variance in 1937 tomato prices per basket across Lancaster Westmoreland Richmond Middlesex Shenandoah and Page with costs and profits per acre ranging from losses to gains and returns per hour varying drastically. The report cites production totals 662 400 tons and per acre yields from 253.6 to 326.8 baskets with profits per acre from a loss of 57.76 to a gain of 71.48 and labor returns from negative to 1 482 per hour.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Farm Economics
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Virginia Tech
Virginia
Lancaster
Westmoreland
Sussex
Richmond
Middlesex
King and Queen
King William
Bedford
Shenandoah
Page
Essex
Virginal Tech
W. J. Nuckolls, Jr
L. B. Dietrich
L. C. Beamer
A. G. Smith
Lodge Protest In Liner Incident
The State Department said Clarence E. Gauss the American Consul General at Shanghai strongly protested to the Commissioner of Customs in Shanghai the suspension of the clearance papers of the Dollar Liner President Coolidge. The clearance was suspended until the ship had unloaded its cargo of 3 500 000 dollars worth of gold and silver bullion.
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Washington
State Department
Clarence E. Gauss
Shanghai
President Coolidge
Breen Climbs 98 Steps in Auto Incident
In Los Angeles E M Breen said he meant to brake but pressed the accelerator, sending his car up a downtown street and up 98 steps before the emergency brake could be set. The incident raised questions about the car’s hill-climbing ability and Breen’s control.
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Los Angeles
E. M. Breen
Breen
Turkey Growers Plan Field Day in Centerville
Turkey growers from the Shore will meet at the Theatre in Centerville for a Turkey Producers Association program with University of Maryland involvement. A similar gathering for Western Shore growers will occur in Cockeysville tomorrow with speakers including Morley A. Jull and others from the Maryland Turkey Producers Association and University of Maryland.
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Centerville
Turkey Growers of
Shore
Oaryland Key Producers’ Association
Wi Shore
Cockeysville
University of Maryland Poultry Department
Morley A. Jull
J.simonson
Mystic
Conn
J.P. Corcoran
Maryland Turkey Producers’ Association
Frank Spoon
American Stores Company
Dorsey Hines
Maryland Turkey Producers Association
Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Maryland
Workers May Vote As They Desire
Washington October 26 WPA administrator Harry L Hopkins announced an official order advising WPA workers they may vote as they please at all times and will not lose their WPA status or lose pay for voting or for not contributing to campaign funds. State directors were told to adjust working hours so employees can vote on election day.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
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Omps Funeral Home
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