Admiral Byrd Joins Antarctic Sky Study Effort
Admiral Byrd assists Thomas C. Poulter's meteor and auroral observations at Little America Antarctica. The team records meteors and aurora from a dome observatory during twenty five minutes of darkness with temperatures 60 to 75 degrees below zero. Special radio schedules exchanged data as Byrd notes auroral heights while photographs aim to fix display heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little America
Antarctica
Thor Rescue
Thomas C. Poulter
Admiral Byrd
Poulter
Meteor Observatory
Micanesane
Byrd
Birds Eyes and Owl Gaze Explained in Simple Terms
Birds have eyes on the sides of their heads allowing broad side vision. Owls possess forward facing eyes similar to humans enabling better depth perception.
Cross Junction News Guests Visit Local Families
County notes reveal a string of visits and social calls around Cross Junction. Families including DeHaver Braithwaite Edwards Scrivener Sibert and Hobday welcomed relatives and friends from Winchester Martinsburg Cumberland Bloomery Gainesboro and Edinburg during the past week.
Mount Williams Notes from Mount Williams Virginia
Mrs. William Himelright recovers from a broken arm. A theft at Mrs. An niedorff’s chicken roast prompts police attention. Numerous visiting relatives and neighbors gather for Sunday and weekend events, including Fauver Clowser families and others from Opequon Paw Paw and Winchester.
Community Notes From Weverton and Vicinity
Grimes Gleanings records visits from Charles Grimes of Weverton to Orchard Glenn Farm with the Kerns. Birth announced for a baby girl at the Leight home near Woodbine. McVay family on a two week motor trip to Indiana and Chicago. Randall and Feltner family visits near Burnt Factory. Hensell relatives hosted in Brucetown. Jeweler Evard visiting Rich Hill with nephew Robert Clevenger. Shirkey family funeral for infant at White Hall Cemetery. Mrs. Shirkey formerly Miss Octavia Hensell. Sincere sympathy extended to the Shirkey family. Jacob Randall visited Wes Webber near Jordan Springs. Howard Orndorff and his Washington D C visitor called on his brother here. A S Orndorff visited Millbrook W Va and Evelyn Pugh returned home after month with the Orndorffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Weverton
Isaac Kerns
Orchard Glenn Farm
John Leight
Harvey Feltner
Burnt Factory
Charles Hensell
Brucetown
Charles Evard
Washington
Robert Clevenger
Rich Hill
Paul Shirkey
White Hall Cemetery
Orndorff
Millbrook
W. Va
Evelyn Pugh
Refuge Notes of Local Social Visits
REFUGE Virginia September 7 Mr and Mrs Julian Keller and two children of Lebanon Church visited last Wednesday with Mr and Mrs Phil Bowman. Sunday guests at Mr and Mrs Charles Tobin Nineveh included Mr and Mrs Madigan and three children and Rev Hudson. Frank Huffman spent Sunday evening with Amos Lillard family. Connie Huffman is visiting Lillard for a week. Elizabeth Ritenour visits two weeks with daughter James Orndorff. Laura Heartly also visiting a week with the same. Missionary Society met at Mrs C R Green’s home Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Refuge
Julian Keller
Lebanon Church
Phil Bowman
Charles Tobin
Nineveh
Madigan
Hudson
Frank Huffman
Amos Lillard
Connie Huffman
Lil
Bowman couple visits grandparents on Tuesday evening
Messrs. Jimmy and Beverly Bowman spent Tuesday evening with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Orndorff.
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Messrs
Jimmy and
Beverly Bowman
James Orndorff
Church of Christ Ebenezer gains electric lighting
Whitacre Virginia Sept 7 The Church of Christ Ebenezer has new electric lighting installed by O H Philips. Evangelistic services led by Rev Coffey and pastor Rev J S Goode. Community mourns death of William Largent son of Mr and Mrs Harry Largent. Social visits include Whitacre Oats families from Keyser and Martinsburg visitors.
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Whitacre
Church of Christ of
Walter Oats
Lester Oats
Daugits
Eloise
Emma Lee Tohmas
Keyser
W. Va
Lee N. Whitacre
Moorefield
Ira Bageant
Baltimore
Bob Oats
Henry Bageant
Eddie Largent
Roy Fletcher
Roy Parrill
Charles Parrill
Icie Brown
Hazel
Della Brown
Max and
Elmer Brown
Springfield
Ohio
F. J. Gardner
Ada Pugh
Paxton Ritter
Martinsburg
Ivan Pugh
Ira Eaton
Edgar Kerns
Beatrice Oats
Rumsey Slonaker
Gilbert Whitacre
Little Son
Charles Pugh
O. H. Braithwaite
Winchester
Thelma Carpenter
Mary Kathryn Omps
Clarence Omps
Good
Hogue Creek Locals Share Weekend Visits
Hogue Creek Virginia residents report social visits on a Sunday evening. Edison Fawcett and children from Fawcetts Gap spent time with Laura and Mr. Joe White and sons hosted by Winchester visitors. Robertson of Strasburg and Mrs. A O Coofer with daughter visited Mr and Mrs S T Lar.
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Hogue Creek
Edison Fawcett
Fawcetts Gap
Laura Orndorff
Joe White
Sons
Winchester
Scott- White
Robertson
Strasburg
A. O. Coofer
S. T. Lar
Foster Family Returns Home After Sister's Death
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Foster return to Ohio following the death of Lewis's sister. The article notes several local visits including Mrs Eugene Mongeles visiting Miss Frances Larrick and Mrs Carter Hoover visiting Mrs West Heflin. A funeral for the late Mrs Eugene Ejilham drew a large crowd on Sunday.
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Luther Mongeles
Frances Larrick
Eugene EK Ejilham
Luther Larrick
Nanie Orndorff
David Foster
Laura Orndorff
Opal Cooper
Carter Hoover
West Heflin
Cedar Grove Notes from Cedar Grove Virginia
Mrs. Mattie Combs and daughter Betty Ann of Richmond visit her parents Mr and Mrs O C Lewis. Large crowd at Pleasant Valley Church Sunday night as Rev F G Senger ends two week meeting. Numerous visitors drop by Dory Miller home including Abraham Wingter May Adams Lee Shoup and family and Melvin Miller of Winchester. Ladies Aid meets at Mrs Frank Barrett’s home. Elmer Melester and family spend weekend in Hagerstown. Joe Hancher returns from the World’s Fair in Chicago. The Barretts visit relatives here for several weeks. Missionary Society schedule September 16 with Mrs Laura Fries leading. Wayman Fincham and three children of Washington stay with A G Clark and O C Dix relatives. Nora Brugh and two children Ruth and William Jr and Wallace Brugh of Massillon Ohio visited Jessie Lewis last week. Freemont Dick of Winchester and H K Dick hosts to supper at their parents’ home. Loring Smith Robert Carson and family spend Sunday with David Smith.
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Cedar Grove
Mattie Combs
Betty Ann
Richmond
O. C. Lewis
Pleasant Valley
F. G. Senger
Dory Miller
Abraham Wingter
May Adams
Lee Shoup
Billy
Oroville
Ohio
O. C. Miler
Melvin Miller
Winchester
Ladies’ Aid Society
Pleasant Valley U. B
Frank Barrett
Elmer Melester
Hagerstown
Joe Hancher
Chicago
C. M. Barrett
The
Missionary Society
Laura Fries
Wayman Fincham
Washington
A. G. Clark
O. C. Dix
Nora Brugh
Ruth
William
Mrs. Loring Smith
Robert Carson and
David Smith
Houston Whittler in Senate Chamber
The article notes General Sam Houston as a Texas senator who passed time by whittling cedar sticks in the senate chamber.
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Houston
Sam Houston
Texas
Senate
Save Healthy Leaves For Mulching This Fall
Dean Halliday urges gardeners to curb leaf burning and mulch with healthy leaves. Cart leaves to shrub beds among rhododendrons and azaleas, spread for even ground cover, and use bracken and decayed leaves to mulch trees, shrubs, and slopes to suppress weeds and enrich soil.
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Explorer
Louis W. Parsons
Roosevelt
New York
Daniel
Ug Buncutter Tire Co
County News
R. G. Braithwaite
Thelma Edwards
Robert Edwards
C. V. Edwards
Russell Scrivener
J. S. Braithwaite
O. G. DeHaven
Carter Luttrell
White Hall
C. G. Baker
Gilbert DeHaven
Z. G. Baker
Walter Baker
Bloomery
W. E. Edwards
J. L. Shanholtz
R. G. Braithway
Conrad Stotler
Floyd Luttrell
Gerald Braithwaite
Gainesboro
R. H. Braithwaite
E. W. Braithwaite
Paul Braithwaite
Max
Fred Braithwaite
Colonial Beach
C. E. Sibert
Edinburg
Mount Williams
MT. Williams
William Himelright
Anniedorff
Tommy
Douinie
June Orndorff
Ruben Hulver
Mountain Falls
A. B. Fauver
Sonny Boy” Campbell
William Hollis Clowser
Alta Lee Fauver
Ernest Ashwood
Berryville
Ronnie
Mary Ashwood
Beulah Williams
Alfred
Mary Clowser
Burson Chapman Sper
Lavielda Fauver
Stepherson
Cere
Grimes
Whitacre Mention
Lewis Foster
Eugene
Olli Clowser
Anna Hedrick
Burcroft
Warrenton
Commander Evangeline Booth
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
Congress Hall
London
England
William Booth
City Shoe Repair
E. Boscawen St
Virginia
Carolina
V-C Fertilizers CHEMICAL / CORP
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corporation
Route 50
Penna. R. R
Winchester Wholesale Grocery Company
Spence and Seldon
Baltimore, Md
Noble C. Pierce
Winchester, Va
Winchester Warehouse
Utor
Goodall & Walter Staunton
Valley Fruit & Candy Co
Dean Halliday
Central Pross Garden
John S. Miller & Company
G.e.radios
R.C. A
Wenderi
Geo. W. Kurtz
Cameron Street
Iday Phone
Noan Numskur
WR Nose
Noak
Clarkson
Wwe
Noah
Duffyy
Lowell, Mase
Victor
Vidra
East Gerrard Street
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