Native of County Retiring After 60 Years’ Work
Herbert H. Hoffman, 72, a Martinsburg West Virginia woolen mill veteran, retires after a career beginning at age 12 in Frederick county Maryland. He worked at Red Bud mill, Winchester, Crawford mill, and Dunn Woolen Company Number 2 on Boyd Avenue Martinsburg. A Spanish-American War veteran, he served in the band and draws a pension.
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Herbert H. Hoffman
Enaise
Dunn Company
Martinsburg
WV. Va
Red
Crochet Chair Set Pattern 6801 for Filet Crochet
A vintage note advertises a filet crochet chair set in finer cotton to beautify a room. Pattern 6801 includes instructions charts and an illustration with stitches and materials. Send ten cents to Winchester Dept. 259 W 14th St New York NY with name and address and pattern number.
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Winchester Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Speedy prefabricated house traps worker in basement
In Belleville Illinois on September 30 John O Hara became trapped when a pre fabricated house sped up construction left him boxed in the basement. Other workers raised a floor section to free him.
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Belleville, Ill
Speed
John O'Hara
O’hara
Rainfall totals and monthly averages from Winchester Lab
The report shows 24 hour rainfall none and September to date 4.88 inches with year to date 24.55 inches. It lists average monthly rainfall for 1913 to 1939 totaling 35.53 inches annually and provides monthly figures including January through December. The data are presented courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Loyalty Days Observed Mobilize Spiritual Forces Nationwide
Loyalty Days will be observed annually in churches and synagogues in coordination with religious and educational groups. Golden Rule Foundation president Charles V. Vickrey urged citizens to attend services and mobilize moral and spiritual forces alongside the nation’s military mobilization and defense efforts. The slogan emphasizes every member present or accounted for.
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Golden Rule Foundation
Charles V. Vickrey
Foundation
East Forty-second Street
New York
Vickrey
Asia
Europe
National Guard
Aeronautics talk at Virginia Tech Science Club meeting
Capt. J. H. Wright will discuss Aeronautics as Affected by the European Conflict at the V P I Science Club first fall meeting in Blacksburg. About 190 Tech students are in civil pilot training under the Civil Aeronautics Authority led by Wright. A $273 000 VP I airport development project, approved by the War Department as a national defense project, will start soon. The Science Club consists of Tech faculty in science and engineering, meeting semi monthly with officers Furtsch Pratt Cothern Flora Murray Harrar.
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Blacksburg
J. H. Wright
Virginia Tech
V. P. I. Science Club
Tech
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Wright
War Department
Science Club
E. F. Furtsch
A. D. Pratt
L. I Cothern
C. C. Flora
W. A. Murray
J. G. Harrar
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