Will of Dr A H Rouss Divides Estate Among Heirs
The will of Dr A H 8 Rouss who died Monday and filed in Charles Town divides the estate into trust for his daughter Mary Lynon of Washington after dower and expenses are settled. Mildred Carter a loyal servant receives 500 cash and a washing machine. The executor is urged not to sell Reuss Brothers holdings for three years to seek better prices. Witnesses D S Nichols and Jerry White identified the signature.
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A. H. 8. Rouss
Jefferson County
Charles Town
Mary Lynon
Washington
D. 8
Nichols
Jerry White
Reuss Brothers
Tomato Festival in Berkeley Springs Aims for Grand Weekend
Berkeley Springs officials announced a full program for the Tomato Festival weekend September 3 to 5. Queen Morgan II will be crowned in a Park ceremony, with a pageant, band concerts, a grand parade, boxing shows, a baby show and mountain music contest shaping a lively, multi-day celebration drawing thousands.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Tomato Festival Organization
Housing Committee
Homer Holt
Jennings Randolph
Harry L. Brown
Betty Gray
Morgan II
Park View Inn
Miss Gray
Berkeley Springs Park
Queen Morgan
Pendle Hill
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Queen Morgan II
Harrisonburg
Morgan County
Sara B. Huff
New York City
Cherry Run
Hose Company No. 4
Martinsburg
W.va
Coronation Pavilion
Weighing And Measuring School Set For September
The fourth Virginia weights and measures school sponsored by the Virginia Weights and Measures Association, the League of Virginia Municipalities, the State Division of Trade and Industrial Education and the State Division of Markets, will be held September 14 15 at The Homestead Hot Springs. Ralph W. Smith of the National Bureau of Standards will direct. Certificates awarded on completion. Focus topics include large capacity scales calibration of barge and truck tanks federal food and drug act and vehicle and computing scales.
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Virginia Weights and, Measures
Virginia Weights and Measures’ Association
League of Virginia Municipalities
State Division of Trade and Industrial Education
State Division of Markets
Homestead
Hot Springs
Ralph W. Smith
National Bureau of Standards
Washington, D.C
Four Graves Discovered Near Martinsburg Airport Runway
WPA workers uncover four graves near the Martinsburg Shepherd municipal airport edge. The flat marble markers indicate a Showalter family, dated 1819 to 1850, likely from the Shepherd property. The Works Progress Administration weighs moving the remains or another preservation option, with no action yet taken.
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Martinsburg-Shepherd
Shepherd Place
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Tomato Festival Showcases Best Toma toes In County Event
The second annual Tomato Festival features growers displaying premier tomatoes. Highlights include a 2:00 p.m. grand parade with floats bands and marching units, 4:00 p.m. drum corps drill, 4:30 p.m. bathing beauty contest with contestants from Berkeley Springs area, a 7:30 p.m. pageant repeat at Hillside Berkeley, and a 9:30 p.m. Queen’s Ball at Park View Inn with Baron Elliott and his Pittsburgh orchestra.
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Usic
Baron Elliott
Pittsburgh
Park View Inn
Morgan County
Winchester Road
Gill Park
Washington Street
Waynesboro
Berkeley Springs Park
Berkeley Spring Park
Morgan II
Homer A. Holt
George Parker
Great Cacapon
D.A.R
Coronation Pavillion
Queen Morgan
Morgan County Woman’s Club
Cumberland
Hagerstown
H.C. C. Willey
Drum Corp
South
Berkeley Springs
Coronation Pavilion
Hillside
Pittsburgh Orchestra
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ASCO
Northern
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Hotpoint
Yeraby
Mervel W. Adams
E. Piccadilly St
Queen of
Betty Grey
D. C
Walter Winchell
New York
West Virginia College
Martinsburg, W. VA
Ular
Coursa Errengen
0. G. Martin
Pres
Ait West King &J
Richmond
Winchester
Luray
Charlottesville
Culpeper
Gray's Fur Shop
E. Washington St
Hagerstown, Md
America
Alka-Seltzer Absorbine, Jr. Admiracion Oil Shampoo
Baume Bengue Bayer
Brit-tex
Durham Duplex Blades
Eno Feen-A-Mint
Fitch
Fletcher
Castoria Fordan
Glover
Horlick
Johnson
Kolynos
Kotex
Luxor
Mennen
Packer
Parker
Ouink
Pertussin
Phillin
Pluto Water
St. Joseph
Smith Brothers
N. R
Try Baker's Drug
Sto Baker’s Drug Store
N. Loundoun St
C. A. Davis
Court House
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