Parcel Post Experiment Expands In Washington Area
Winchester joins a parcel post trial announced by Postmaster General Gronouski. The experiment will test 16 000 square miles from Washington to Annapolis, with 654 post offices, aiming for next day delivery and more stable service. If successful, the program may expand nationally. Attendees included Gov Tawes and multiple postal and political leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
John A. Gronouski
Annapolis
Washington-Baltimore
Wilbur R. Johnson
Baltimore
Washington
Mr. Johnston
Parcel Post
Gronovskie
Chamber of Commerce
Chesapeake’ Bay
Gov
J. Millard Tawes
U.S
Daniel B. Brewster
J. Glenn Beall
Joseph Griscom
Jerome J. Keating
National Association For Letter Carriers
David R. Trevithich
National Association of Postmasters of the
United States
New Circle Tour Maps To Be Dedicated Here
A system of ten permanent outdoor cast aluminum maps along the Shenandoah Valley route of Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign will be dedicated Saturday. The Shenandoah Valley Circle Tour markers show battles, commanders, and troop movements with red Confederate and blue Federal forces. The venture, supported by the Virginia Civil War Commission and the highway department, features a reenactment at 3 p.m. by Civil War units from Virginia and surrounding states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley Circle
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia Civil War Commission
State Highway Department
Stonewall Jackson
Highway Department
State Commission
John O. Marsh
D-Va
Winchester
Mr. Watts
Virginia
Num
Ber
5Th
Virginia Regs
5Th Virginia Regiment
Stonewall Brigade
James J. Geary
State Civil War Commission
Commission
Geary
First Winchester
Third Winchester
Kernstown
Cedar Creek
Fishers Hill
New Market
Cross Keys
Port Republic
Fort Royal
Massanutte Mountain
U. S. 11
Marsh Urges Bicentennial Focus On Nation’s Heritage
Rep. John Marsh Jr. urged national attention to the formative years of American freedom at a Region Four Virginia Jaycees meeting. He called for a federal commission to mark the Revolution bicentennial and argued the era’s ideas shaped representative government, urging observances of events like the Virginia Resolves and Stamp Act Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
John ©. Marsh, Jr
Virginia Gentleman
Virginia Jaycees
Concord Bridge
Marsh
Patrick Henry
New York
Postmaster General
Congress
Tristate Co. Expands with Rhodes Electric Acquisition
Tristate Electrical Supply Co. has purchased a stock interest in Rhodes Electric Supply Co. of Annapolis and Glen Burnie expanding to 12 locations. John M. Waltersdorf will chair the Rhodes affiliated firm with Robert Blair Jr. remaining president. The company, 37 years old, serves contractors, industrial firms, utilities, government agencies, and dealers across Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tristate Electrical Supply Co., Inc
Rhodes Electric Supply Co., Inc
Annapolis
Glen Burnie
Tristate
West Hart Street
Rhodes
Anniapolis
John M. Waltersdorf
Anne Arundel
Robert Blair, Jr
Herbert O. McCalley
Tristate-Rhodes
Maryland
Martinsburg to Host Public Meeting on Waste Control
Inter state Commission on the Potomac River Basin holds a two day education session September 24 25 at the Hotel Shenandoah Martinsburg WV. Mayor James B Hutzler and Senator Robert C Byrd will attend along with water officials to discuss rural waste control and pesticide residues in Panhandle streams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Panhandle
Interstate Commission On the
Interstate Commission On
Potomac River Basin
Martinsburg
Williamsport
Potomac Basin
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Lacey
Harrisonburg
Manchester
Skyline Drive
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporario
Dabney Watts
Tristate Co
Potomac
Charles Town
Rawson
Berkeley Springs
Shepherdstown
Harpers Ferry
Bolivar
Sleepy Creek
Winchester Savings and Loan
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