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.

Oct 5, 1950 Washington Monarchs will play a baseball game Sunday at Washington Monarchs will play a baseball game Sunday at Pine Knot Inn. Rev. and Mrs. Robert C. Davis were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Roy on Sunday. Miss Joan Barber of Washington, D. C„ was the guests over...
Oct 19, 1950 Mr*. Blair C. Whitehead ...27, died Thursday, October 5, after an illness of two years at the George Washington University Hospital, Washington, D.C. Mrs. Whitehead is survived by her husband Blair C. Whitehead, of Arlington. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery Monday, October 9....
Oct 26, 1950 “September Eve” ...pray these clean-up measures Which we all expect to see Started in Little Washington Beach Washington, D. C. That town sure needs a cleaning, From the Pentagon to Congress’ floor, And a mandate to most of the inmates To go...
Nov 9, 1950 Virginia Forests In Good Virginia Forests In Good Condition 'For Game Virginia’s two National 'Forests, the George Washington and the Thomas Jefferson report a bumper crop of mast throughout their areas this fall. •* The heavy yield of high Quality nuts on the bearing...
Nov 9, 1950 ago the great blight, starting irom « New York ...the leather industry is quite high._*An experimental plot is being maintained in the George Washington National Forest near Roanoke. There on a sunlit hillside, the new chestnut is planted among a wide variety of other chestnuts —and easily has out-stripped...
Nov 23, 1950 FOR THE HOME ...Coverlet by Bates, all white fringed, named Centennial. Kvrj,::V' '>'■ *■;' , . George Washington's choice is still a favorite. Minuet by Morgan Jones is a lovely gift, each nicely boxed. ^ » An all-wool Blanket by Cannon or Fieldcrest...
Jan 11, 1951 Dan and Jack(ie) Price were excused from school to ...held in the Sarah Zane Hall. The dance that evening was at the George Washington hotel. Some of the gentlemen attending, arrived, home at a very late hour. Believe it or not but Jack Miller Has put his car in...
Feb 15, 1951 Basketball Tournament ...*.? Rappahannock Views with pride the new marker at the county seat, headed "Washington — The First of Them AH’*. On Friday, February 9, 1951 the 'Virginia Conservation Commission crewplaced a metal historical marker,; bearing this inscription: "Washington, Virginia —...
Feb 15, 1951 Virginia Receives ‘ IV ...village in the Shenandoah valley, he says, is dependent on watersheds within the George Washington National Forest. Reservoirs from which Woodstock, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Clifton Forge, and Lynchburg get their supplies are located in the same forest. Plans are underway for...
Feb 15, 1951 Mr*. Norma Hirt, organist. r, ...be at home in Clifton.' February 22 Is Holiday • Next Thursday, being George Washington’s birthday,, is. a nation-wide holiday. Banks and post offices will not be open on that day. ^ ~ Birth Announcement* -. Mr. and Mrs^ Emory...
Mar 15, 1951 Gene Fletcher Horn Washington D.G., spent the *eek end Gene Fletcher Horn Washington D.G., spent the *eek end at his home. Mrs. Jean Robinson is visiting her mother Mrs. Burt Green. Miss Maude Green spent the Carroll Williams has been selected by Mrs. D. D. Miller, chairman of the...
Apr 5, 1951 Rev. Robert C. Davis, choir and congregation are invited ...The Gold Star Mothers club is having a dinner at the school at Washington, April 8, Sunday, beginning at 18 noon. Dinners are 75 cents and out. 4Miss Dolores Fitxhugh, who has been visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry...
Apr 19, 1951 Washington, D. C., with Mr. and Washington, D. C., with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Rollins. Mrs. 0. V. Devane, Mrs. Annie M. Turner and son, Lewis, attended a program recently at the Elks auditorium in Front Royal by “The Sunset Harmonizei's” of Washington, D. C. Guests...
May 3, 1951 and 11 females. ...hour after the business meeting Miss Janet Sollenberger was presented a reproduction of George Washington’s favorite bedspread. Mrs. Ellis Bywaters, assisted by Mrs. D. Murphy from Jeffersonton and Mrs. J. C. Cropp from Amissville, brought a mission study class on...
May 10, 1951 ®rinttg Epiarnpal (fUjiirrlj ®rinttg Epiarnpal (fUjiirrlj _, _ _WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA , By W. G. Pendleton » In Virginia, following the custom of the colonial Church of England, Parishes follow geographical lines, rather than communities or cities. Thus Bromfield Parish comprises the counties of...
May 17, 1951 Pvt. Thomas H. Jackson of Ft. ...the week-end guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Summers. Mrs. George Hughes was in Harrisonburg for the week end. James Grigsby visited his aunt, Mrs. Havanna Jefferies, recently. Mrs. J. Robinson and Miss Maude Green entertained in...
Jun 14, 1951 (Continued from Pegs t) ...Edley Marvin Clark, Charles Hamilton Cloud, Wade Middleton Settle, Edward Taylor Hudson, Andrew Washington Sisk, Benjamin Burruss Mitchell, Jr., George Richards, (c), Frederick Johnson, Henry Goodloe Kuhn, Clyde Pendleton \c), John Gilpin Clatterbuck, James Luther Dodson (died in France), Charlie...
Jun 28, 1951 'Sweet land of Liberty ...as did Thomas Jefferson, who penned the lines quoted above; j’ust as did George Washington, a wealthy planter who could have sat at home in comfort, but preferred to spend a winter in Valley Forge defending man’s liberty; just as...
Jun 28, 1951 from George Washington Carver High School at Culpeper, attended from George Washington Carver High School at Culpeper, attended the Virginia State College convenion and received high awards of the chapter award and the State award of the N.F.A.
Jul 5, 1951 Mr. Walker states that it was ...columns in the center of the mill was found the stamped name of George Galvert, a contemporary of George Washington. This name seems to have been burned in with a hot stamp, similar to a branding iron. It is presumed...
Jul 12, 1951 Miss C/harlotbe Barbour was a guest several days last ...4th, Pete W. Jackson, Thomas Wiggins, Frank Walker and Lily Wiggins, all of Washington, D.C., Johnnie Jackson and family of Fairfax, and Mr. and Mrs. N|ed Jackson of Burke. Mrs. Hattie Jackson recently visited her sister-in-law, Mrs. John Haney, -a...
Aug 9, 1951 Picnic Supper Held ...Miller, Mrs. Peggy Shelton, and Heary L. Miller. 1 —.. Mrs. Lea Entertains Washington Bridge Club Mrs. T. C. Lea entertained the Washington bridge club at her home on Mt. Salem arenue Wednesday erening, August 1, haring as her guests...
Aug 23, 1951 News Among Our ...at Sampson Air Base, Geneva, N.Y. Both bride and bridegroom are graduates of George Washington Carver Regional High School. Back Home Hour of Hopewell Baptist church, Sperryville, Rev. L. M. Carroll, pastor; on Sunday, August 26, at 8 p.m. Sponsored...
Sep 6, 1951 News Among t)ur News Among t)ur Colored Readers CARVER NEWS August 29, 1951. The faculty of George Washington Carver Regional High School, under the leadership of Divisional Superintendent, Mr. Paul H. Hounshell, and Principal Mr. Harvey A. Flesh mon, got off to an...
Oct 4, 1951 ' ■. v ' ■ ,f „ ;v„ : ;v„ : Those ‘from Sperryville attending the University—George Washington University football game * in Charlottesville Saturday were Dr. and Mrs. John ,P. Snead and daughter, Miss Betty Snead; Mr. and Mrs. G. M, Black, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Weaver, Mr....
Oct 11, 1951 There will be a Chitterling and ...guests of JfeirvCh8 UrST McKinley Whe$theirs 'were Mr. and Mrs. Waaft Johnson of Washington D.C. ,J J J'Those who attended serviced in Madison Sunday were Rev. Smith Timbers Rev. Aaron Fletcher, Rev. Bailey, Mrs. Ella Dennis, and Rev. Andrew flurry....
Oct 18, 1951 Those from Rappahannock attending: the Union Meeting: Sunday at ...church in Greencastle, Pa., were Elder and Mrs. A. T. Flurry, Wilbur Williams, George Weathers, and Mrs. Ella Dennis. STOP! LOOT! LISTEN! Blackburn, the magician, will give a show at Washington School on October 85, Thursday, at 7:30 p.m. Admission...
Nov 8, 1951 The Country Newspaper ...county .weekly—takes tes place in the American pictuivyis firmly as framed pictures of George Washington and school children memorizing the preamble to the Constitution. The county weekly is a part of our way. of life. There’s nothing so “stupendous, gigantic,...
Nov 22, 1951 late the first Preeident of Ihe ...this deed at least—we will bo honored to have you attend our annual George Washington birthday banquet that evening to hear anything further you have to say on that or any other subject.' The Fredericksburg daily newspaper (Free Lance-Star) added...
Nov 22, 1951 Mayoress Offers To Bake ...Truman to try his southpaw slants on the river across which, tradition say3, George Washington once tossed a silver dollar. Cowan said he’d wager the President a cherry pie he couldn’t get s dime across to the other bank. Should...
Dec 20, 1951 TO BEAUTIFY THE HOME TO BEAUTIFY THE HOME George Washington Heirloom and Centennial Spreads by Bates Bates Percale Sheets and Pillow Cases A Beautiful All-Wool Blanket Bath Towels, light and dark shades Linen Gbest Towels, white and pastels Linen Damask Cloths, and napkins ,...
Jan 24, 1952 The name of Leonardo da Vincii ...added to the historic: - folklore of Virginia's Yorktown-| Williamsburg area along with George Washington and Lord; Cornwallis. Engineers of U. S.j Steel's American Bridge Division,< using the pivot bridge principle developed in the fifteenth century! by the famed Italian...
Jan 31, 1952 Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Brady ...years ago, would have carried an item something like this: “Mr. and Mrs. •George Washington Pullen have announced the marriage of their daughter, Ida Bessie, to William Strother Brady. The marriage took place January 29, 1902, at the home of...
Jan 31, 1952 ’ More than two hundred years More than two hundred years ago,” says the writer, “George Washington surveyed the town of Washington, Virginia. Lately, a woman mayor and her alliwoman city council have been surveying the town a bit themselves. As a re* suit, grass no...
Feb 7, 1952 The meeting of the Washington The meeting of the Washington P.T.A. Will be held Friday, February 7 at 8 p.m. All patrons and friends are^urged to be present. Business of vital importance. Come! dee! and 'Hear the second choir of the Mount Olive Baptist Church...
Feb 21, 1952 Tomorrow’s another legal holiday. Post offices will be closed; ...when a closed bank was a reality and it was not just for George Washington’s birthday. o o o WANTED—Information: If you know of anyone, now living in Rappahannock, who celebrates a birthday anniversary on February 29, please let the...
Feb 21, 1952 17— Suez canal opens, .1867. 18— Byrd reaches Little ...Iwo Jima, 1945. 20— Supreme Court created, 1809. 21— Kiwanis founded, 1915. @ -George Washington born, 1732. 25—Seige of the Alamo begins, 1836. (
Feb 21, 1952 Also, there is the social side to ...neighbors at home gave her a party in the Jane Thornton house, ■where 'George Washington really slept, not once, but several times. It was a “surprise’' party, but how can you have an unannounced social function for a celebrity in...
Feb 28, 1952 ATTENDS CELEBRATION / ATTENDS CELEBRATION / Mr. and Mrs. George H. Davis ■were in Fredericksburg on Friday for the George Washington Birthday celebration. While there, they were the guests of Mayor and Mrs. . MacCow. Mrs. Davis carried a cherry pie baked by...
Mar 6, 1952 Miss Ann HuAter gave a birthday party in the ...Miss Rosie Barber, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hunter, Thomas Hunter, Margaret Hunter, and George Wallace. Among those who' attended the funeral of R. M. Timbers at Promise Land Baptist Church on (Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hunter, Mrs....