Virginia Leads South in Forest Protection
Virginia continued to top Southern states in forest protection despite more fires in 1950. It reported 2,110 fires burning 20,740 acres, with 14,634,000 acres under organized protection and 797 fires from careless smokers, 584 from debris burners, and 251 from incendiaries as cited by the Keep Virginia Green campaign.
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Washington
Virginia
South
Old Dominion
American Forest Products Industries
Keep Green
Keep Virginia Green
Red Cross Water Safety Program Here Is Success
The 1951 Red Cross Water Safety effort for Winchester and Frederick County ended with 386 children enrolled in June to August classes. The program, led by Miss Ja Barry with instructors including Mrs. Helen Whiting and Miss Pat sy Ritter, reported 10 junior and 5 senior life savers, 30 hours of instruction per class, and no casualties or polio cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Red Cross
Ja Barry
Helen Whiting
Patsy Ritter
Liz. Halvosa
Jane Barry
James Hall
George Miller
Dick Kremer
Stewart Bell
Cappy Saxe
Margaret Davis
Mike Luby
Mike Doran
John Hollis
Janine Pratt
James Gordon
Ann Earnhardt
Betsy Snider
Margaret Crisman
Mary Kaknis
Sonny Brown
Patricia Sanders
Terry Marshall
Eugene Adams
Loma Good
Irving Cather
Ann Barnhart
Joy Breckenridge
Robert Bumgardner
Howard Shockey
Edward Shifflette
James Surption
James Cather
Linda Shifflette
Freeda Breeden
Billy Pope
David Smallwood
Charles Anderon
Edward
Sandra Carper
Ginger Kay
Zelda Breeden
Linda Lintz
Ann Grove
Betty Johonson
Jo Ann Robertson
Barbara Shields
Marilyn Feeley
Janice Brumback
Elizabeth Grosslin
Mavis Johnson
Patricia Newlin
Thomas Soper
Lewis Soper
Robert Button
Steven Starliper
Samuel Markley
Thomas Shockey
Patricia Shull
Katherine Bates
Phyllis Breegen
Corn Crop Estimate Trimmed 76 Million Bushels
Washington reports the Agriculture Department cut its September corn crop forecast by 76 million bushels after an 88 million bushel cut in August. The 1952 harvest faces tighter supplies as reserves shrink, risking meat, milk, and poultry output unless next year’s corn production rises.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Divorce Granted in Clarke County Court
An absolute divorce was granted by Judge Elliott Marshall in Clarke County Circuit Court on September 10 to Robert C. Ashley against Geraldine Messick Ashley for desertion. Neither party may remarry within four months from the final decree.
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Elliott Marshall
Circuit Court
Clarke County
Robert C. Ashley
Geraldine Messick Ashley
Winchester City Council Notes and Proposals
The council considered street by pass plans urged by the Little Garden Club and discussed a welfare budget draft through 1954 for Virginia General Assembly actions. A Standard Oil request to raise underground storage at several stations was sent to the Fire Committee. Rabies control ordinances advanced after first and second readings. A sewer line restriction ordinance received initial approval. The Anderson Avenue citizens group request was on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Fire Committee
Little Garden Club
Winchester
Virginia General Assembly
Anderson Avenue
City sewer hookup postponed. council honors Amon Strosnider
The Water and Sewer Committee postpones action to hook into the city sewerage system. The Council votes to redraw resolutions honoring the late Amon Strosnider, who died Monday night at Winchester Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water and Sewer Committee
Amon Strosnider
Winchester Memorial Hospital
City to Vote on Parking Lot and Market Plans
City officials discuss turning the Bailey store area into a county public produce market after cleaning and painting. A special committee will study parking lot use while Standard Oil proposes a city right of way as part of a service station rebuild at N Cameron and N Loudoun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
Old Bailey Brothers
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Grant
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
J. Lee Miller
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Xae
Harold Reeves Yarroll
Cums Presbyterian Church
H. R. Yarroll
Magnolia Ave
Frederick, Md
Market St. Methodist Church
Rk Posse
Childrem
Union
Health Committee
Plymouth
Martinsburg
W. Va
Hagerstown
Chambersburg
Carlisle
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Wheeling, W. Va
N. Braddock ST
U.S
Blue Ridge
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Chatsler Corporation
Botfort
Michigan
LMU
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