George Washington

Named 1,885 times. These are the 400 blocks the name was read from (the first 400 kept), in the order the paper printed them.

Nov 24, 1949 , ■ • .. ; Newt Among Our Colored ...Colored Readers Mr. and Mrs. Paul Davis and , . daughter, Joyce, of Washington, • (D. C., visited Mrs.* Ruth Smith and Mrs. Sadie Jones over the •week end. Mr. and Mks. Ernest Childs will sponsor a chicken and waffle...
Dec 8, 1949 GIFT Suggestions ...Few Items From Our Stock Field crest Thermostatic Blanket, for controlled warmth > George Washington Bed Spread, by Bates Percale Sheets and Pillow Cases, by Bates Towels, • by Cannon and Fieldcrest ' Table Linens, by McBratney FOR THAT PERS0NA1,...
Dec 15, 1949 'Medicine* May Have 'Medicine* May Have Killed Washington George Washington died 150 years ago yesterday — a sudden victim of acute laryngitis and carelessness about bis o^n health. His death at 67 probably -was hastened by rigorous medical treatment. It included four blood...
Dec 15, 1949 Mrs. Catherine Williams and Mrs. Paul Minner were Sunday ...Brown at Marshall on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Rollins and children, of ‘Washington, D. C., and John Slaughter of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., spent Sunday with Mrs. Rollins’ father, Willie Jett, at Huntly. .. , Mr. and Mrs. Willis Ferguson,...
Dec 22, 1949 The Lewis Quartet of Culpeper will present a musical ...December 30, by the program committee of Rappahannock for the benefit of the George Washington. Carver High School, from 7 to 12 o’clock. A tree service will be held at Shiloh Baptist church of Woodville on Christmas at 7:30 proceeding...
Dec 29, 1949 On January 1, 1776, the first Union Flag of ...January 1, 1776, the first Union Flag of 13 stripes was unfurled by George Washington.
Jan 19, 1950 WSCS Met Thursday ...the birth of a daughter, Grace Anne, born’ Wednesday, January .11, at the George Washington University Hospital, Washington, D. C. \ * ¥ * Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Brent of Richmond, tiave announced the birth of a son, Andrew...
Feb 2, 1950 h. R. Henry taught school at San Jacinto for ...Willis Browning, the latter being a great-granddaughter of B e t t y Washington and a niece of Prince ( narles Louis Napoleon Aciiille Murat, nephew of the first Napoleon. Prince Achille Murat came to Florida front France where he...
Feb 16, 1950 J. Rodes Brown Elected ...WFTR (1450KC) at 8:00 p.m. today (Thursday). Important events in the liver of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln will be dramatized by the students of the school, who will also sing several appropriate songs under the direction of Mrs. Kathryn...
Feb 16, 1950 in our minds at this moment we ...Now the march is on to Monmouth C. H. and we remember how Washington made every effort to clear the women out of the army and to keep them from foJlowing from place to jdace- To do this he gave...
Feb 16, 1950 George Washington George Washington George Washington, born in 1732, took the oath of office as the first president of the United States in 1789, ha\ing been unanimously chosen, under the new Constitution, to fill that office. He was re-elected and served until...
Feb 16, 1950 I . " -'ll,'. t !■ f mirth, hft h, ...and Mary Beckwith. Th<‘ hoy- of he fourth, fifth, and sixth Trader of Washington school, organised a model airplane cluli which meets Friday evening. Officers are. president, Charles Hunter; vice-president, Robert Bailey; secretary, Melvin Jordon; assistant secretary, Charles Brooks; treasurer,...
Feb 23, 1950 Flint Hill Students Give ...last Thursday at which time they dramatized important events in the lives of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, the two historic characters whose birthdays are celebrated in the month of February. Lelia Gentry . recited script pertaining to events leading...
Feb 23, 1950 : "/i r C«|K A4«<iwi fee. I*M "L** •* "/i r C«|K A4«<iwi fee. I*M "L** •* 1° »• it c*m^’—»»id George Washington ‘of a cold he had contracted . . . and rode forth into a blixxard. Three days later, the Father 'of his country died' of ■...
Mar 2, 1950 News Among Our,. ...church, officiating:. Interment was in Sperryville cemetery. Pallbearers were Joe Andes, Cornelius Roy, George Aylor, Gaylord Butler, Howard Butler, and Charles Butler. Mrs. Dishman is survived by a son, Philip J.onqs, of Middleburg, with whom she made her home; and...
Mar 9, 1950 Newton D. Baker veterans hospital ...of Flint Hill spent Sunday at Middleburg. John Higgenbatham and Fred Jonas of Washington, D.C., were dinnler guests of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Brown on Sunday. ^ Mrs. O. V. DeVane left Monday for Washington, D.C., to attend funeral services...
Mar 23, 1950 ( arter and daughter, Yvonne, Mrs. Margaret Hunter, Willis ...parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hunter. Rev. and Mrs. Robert Davis of Washington, D. 0.. were Sunday euests bf Mr. and Mrs. McKinley Dennis. Henry Jovnos of Warrenton and James Shiples of Amissville attended sei-vices at the Washington Baptist...
Mar 23, 1950 daughters of Washington, D. C., visited friends in Scrabble daughters of Washington, D. C., visited friends in Scrabble on Sunday. They were accompanied back home by Miss Ollie Dennis, who is visiting them for several weeks. Miss Carolyn Carter of Philadelphia, Pa., spent the week end with her husband,...
Mar 30, 1950 Rappahannock Red Cross ...congratulations on the birth of a son on Friday, March 25, at the George Washington University hospital. The baby has been named Wayne Lee. T. Jackson Dennis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Dennis of Castleton.
Mar 30, 1950 Soil Saver Notes ...the use of lime and fertilizer in soil and water conservation, at the George Washington Carver Regional High School Tuesday night, March 28. The talk was presented for the G.I. farm training class in charge of A. C. Washington. Technicians...
Mar 30, 1950 Sunday School Union ...Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights from 8 to 10 p.m., at the George Washington Carver High School, Culpeper, April 4-7, in elusive. Instructions will be given by competent instructors from the Virginia Union University and the State Baptist Association....
Mar 30, 1950 Hamilton Jeffries, at Pine Knot ...at Pine Knot Inn. The contest for raising funds for the cafeteria of George Washington Cart er High School in Culpit 3 was concluded Friday, Mar. 24, with a total of $105.35 raised for Rappahannock county. Henry Flicken of Amissville...
Apr 20, 1950 Sperryville School ...and educator. He was bom in Jefferson county. He graduated from Columbian College, Washington, D. C., and then attended University of Virginia. He served in the Confederate Army. He was a professor of Latin at George Washington University, 1865 to...
Apr 20, 1950 Trout Season Opened ...Some 22,000 went into the Jefferson National Forest and another 20,000 into the George Washington. Officials are strongly appealing to all trout fishermen of the State to be extra careful about their conduct on Virginia streams this year. More and...
Apr 27, 1950 County News Notes County News Notes Capt. H. C. Warwick spent Tuesday in Washington, D. C., on business. Mrs. S. G. Bruce, Mrs. Haywood Griffith and her daughter Linda, of Front Royal, were dinner guests on Friday of Mrs. C. Ennis Brown. Mr....
May 11, 1950 Washington school won me queen by * large margin. Washington school won me queen by * large margin. The amount they presented along with their queen was .$110. Amissville was second with $89. • The queen was crowned on the front lawn of the school. A platform, decorated in...
May 18, 1950 News Among Our ...Childs at Scrabble, Saturday, May £0, at 8 o’clock for the benefit of George Washington Carver cafeteria club. All are invited to attend. The Sperryville ball team will play a double-header with Luray and Hume at Pine Knot Inn, Saturday...
Jun 8, 1950 It takes more nerve than here ...that flashed to mind when first news came of the coming election in Washington. Methinks ’tis Euripides. Meleager, Fragment 625. Why these bits of childhood reading flash to mind has always been a puzzle. It could be due to a...
Jun 8, 1950 News Among Our News Among Our Colored Readers Students from the county who graduated from George Washington Carver High School on Wednesday, May 31, were Yyvonne Carter, Priscilla Fletcher, and Enola Timbers of Washington; Mary E. Jordan of Flint Hill; Rebecca Wallace of...
Jul 6, 1950 Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Washing* ton and Jim Patterson ...and Jim Patterson of Cedar* ville, and Mr. and Mrs. William Butler and George Chun of New Jersey were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Herman 'Patterson. ’ . * " Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Wallace and children of...
Jul 20, 1950 Letter To Editor ...with your request, I have given serious attention to the situation at the George Washington Carver High School On July 12th, I visited this Bchool and had a conference with the Superintendent and the Principal. In addition, I discussed the...
Jul 20, 1950 Report on the Situation at the 5£eorge Washington Carver Report on the Situation at the 5£eorge Washington Carver High School in Culpeper, July 14, 1950 The following accusations were brought against school officials of the George Washington Carver Regional High School in Culpeper County. 1 have discussed each accusation...
Jul 27, 1950 Friday** Evening Star earned Friday** Evening Star earned a letter from some character who claimed Washington, Georgia, as the first Washington. Some one is going to write to that gentleman. He's more than likely going to be 4eld that, no doubt, Washington, Georgia, was...
Aug 31, 1950 Tupman-Dalton ...in .marriage Monday, August 28, at 12 o'clock noon at Trinity Episcopal Church, Washington, with Jlev. W, G. Pendleton, officiating, t The bride, daughter of AJrs. Inez Dalton of< Arlington, was given 10 marriage by Edwin S. Henry* The maid...
Sep 21, 1950 Football Schedule For ...0-67 Nov. 4 N. C. State*__6-20 11 Virginia Tech ____12-28 18 Davidson*_28-7 23 Washington A Lee*_14-35 Dec'. > 2 William A Mary_0-34 V. P. L Sept. f 30 Quantico *_...14-33 Oct. : ? 7 Virginia__j 0-26 13 George Washington »i_14-24...
Sep 21, 1950 Nov. ’ 4 , Davidson ..._.........|7> 6 11 Georgia ........... Y 18 The Citadel*..14-19 23 Virginia Tech_....28-28 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Sept. 23 George Washington* ..27-13 30 Pennsylvania---26-14 Oct. 7 Virginia Tech —..—26- 0 14 Washington & Lee .—27- 7 21 V. M. L* ——.32-13 28 West Virginia_19-14 Nov. 4...
Sep 28, 1950 Gen. George Washington Gen. George Washington Baptized by Primitive Baptist Chaplain (TIm following article was contributed by Mr. Lostor Yates.) Elder Charles W. Vaughn, pastor of Hopewell Old School Baptist church, recently read to his , congregation an interesting bit of history concerning...
Sep 28, 1950 News Among Our News Among Our Colored Readers Tho George Washington Carver High School P.-T.A. meeting will be held Sunday, October 8, at 2, p.m. at the school in Culpeper county. * A Social will be given at Flint Hill school Friday, September...
Oct 5, 1950 NEWSPAPER HISTORY ...notices in his> newspaper free of charge, refusing to accept payment until finally George Washington thanked him for his generosity to the fledgling government and insisted that he _ accept-pay_ The< first newspaper in the American colonies told its readers,...
Oct 5, 1950 Mrs. Jessie Early left for her home in Arlington ...Wednesday after spending sometime with Miss Eda Finks. Mrs. D. K. Hackley of Washington D. C. is spending this week with Misses Lillie and Nellie Johnson. Miss Gladys Reid of Madison College, Harrisonburg was the week end guest of her...