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Fall Begins
On Sunday Fall will begin on Sunday, September 23, at 11:17 a.m. when the center of the sun crosses directly over the earth’s surface. From that moment until the beginning of spring, the sun will be south of the equator, providing less heat 1 in the northern hemisphere. Only twice each year, on “ the first day of autumn and the first day of spring (usually March 21), does the sun rise due east and set due west. On these two days the * periods of daylight and : darkness are nearly equal to 12 hours throughout the I world.
| Affiliation
Explored Officials of Fanners and Merchants National Corporation have entered intc ' preliminary conversations tc explore the possibilities ol i affiliation with Massanutter | Bank and Trust Company i Harrisonburg. F & M National, with , branch banking offices in 1 Flint Hill, has total assets of | $184 million and Massanutten Bank and Trust has assets of $12 million.
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