Slate Mills

Named 3,937 times. These are the 400 blocks the place was read from (the first 400 kept), in the order the paper printed them.

Nov 3, 1949 The Board of Supervisor*, hi session Wednesday morning, appropriated ...the murder of Mrs. Terry Sisk on the night of October 12 at Slate Mills. The motion was made * following a .request of Sheriff J. Lillard. \ ,'v Attorney James W. Fletcher gave a talk before the board expUing...
Nov 3, 1949 H. D, Schedule ...2 p.m. "“Accessories for tfh* Living Room” will be the subject of study;-"’ Slate Mills H. D. club will meet with Mrs. J. 'B. Burke, November 8, at 2 p.m. Amissville H,D. club meets with Mrs. Katherine Riley, November 9,...
Nov 3, 1949 Mr. and Mr*. J* H. Dudley of Alexandria visited ..., family were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Butler at Boston. Miller Price and Dave Miller of V.P.I., Blacksburg, spent the week end at 'their homes here. Mrs. Charles Burke and infant eon returned home Friday from Front...
Nov 10, 1949 Birth Announcement ...Hoe murder of Mrs. Terry Sisk on the. night .of October 12, at Slate Mills. $100 reward for,hi}» *** - ‘ffAepISifpahai^^.’lS 5 of Supervisors x ;4f k ‘ i . *A i-i .4 f* . „* • *?; •’5v /...
Nov 10, 1949 Mrs. Della Parlow returned home Monday after* spending the ...Royal. ~ Mrs. H. D. Fisher who spent the summer with Mrs. Jennie Miller at Slate Mills, left last week for West Virginia and Kentucky to spend the winter with her children. v\ .: General S. Gardner Waller f Richmond...
Nov 17, 1949 Slate Mills H. D. Meets Slate Mills H. D. Meets With Mrs. Carter White The Slate Mills Home Demonstration club had their monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Carter White. Business was taken up first, and then a demonstration on **Accessories for the Living...
Nov 24, 1949 Mrs. Bessye R. Compton Mrs. Bessye R. Compton Mrs. Bessye R. Compton, retired postmistress of Slate Mills, died at her residence .Tuesday, November IB, following several . years pf, declining health. Funeral services were held Friday af« . ternoon from Slate Mills Baptist ;...
Dec 15, 1949 H. D. Schedule * , ? ...club - meets with Mrs. Luther Jenkins, Jr.,December 20 at 2 p.m. »' Slate Mills H.D. club will meet with Mrs, Virginia Miller, December 21, at 2 p.m. ' Woodville Country H.D. meets frith Mrs. Mary Clark, December £2, at...
Dec 15, 1949 EDITORIAL ...any calls within the bounty boundary line. t • The Amissvillc, Castleton, and Slate Mills communities will still bh on the Culpeper exchange (or Whatever they call it), but if they dial the operator* and “This is a county call,”...
Dec 15, 1949 •on, on the Quaintance farm. Mr. and Mrs. Madison ...county on Sunday. They were accompanied on the trip by Frank Jenkins of Slate Mills. Mr.' and Mrs. j. H. Aylor, Mrs. Daisy M. Yates, and Mrs. Virginia M. Lewis spent last Tuesday hsopping in Washington, D. C. Mr. andMrs....
Jan 5, 1950 Mrs. Ertha Hawkins, Miss ...Mrs. Joseph Shober and children, visited Mrs. Hawkins’ aunt, Miss Janie Hawkins at Slate Mills. , Mr. and Mrs. 0. E. Giles had had as dinner guests Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Milton M. Hawkins, Jr., and son, Ronnie, and Melvin...
Jan 12, 1950 Schedule far next week: I" Iint 11:!1 -1-11 Club ...ary 17. at 2 p.m. The demonstratio'ti will be on "Rug Making.” The Slate Mills H. I). Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Virginia Miller, January 18, at 2 p.m. The demonstration will be on "Stenciling Trays." The...
Jan 26, 1950 was given by the agent, and, then ...The meeting then _ adjourned to meet at the home' of Mrs. Pearl Mills next month, on the subject of tying springs. The Flint Hill Home Demonstration club met at the home of • • Mrs. M. R. Bradford, Jr.,...
Jan 26, 1950 Miss Ollie Dennis spent the week end with her ...wa.- t be Week-end IT e-t of M.-- 1. anile u ant at Slate Mills. Mr. ar*l M i -. .Finn, Will ana of M a h nu • on, 11. (sat ? ne • ■ d. end Snei ryvble....
Jan 26, 1950 Found ...of anitjtals that may he grazed on the land. Lieut. Sam A. Hill, Slate Mills, and W elch Brothers, owners of Mt. View farm, Flint Hill, havo developed complete farm plans for soil and water conservation. Both farms are being...
Feb 2, 1950 SOIL SAVER NOTES ...le h Brothers, 279 acres, Flint Hill; Lt. Sam A. Hill, 92 acres, Slate Mills; and T. Upton Cleary, 87 acres, Amissville. All of the complete plans incorporate correct land use, utilizing each acre for the purpose for which it...
Feb 2, 1950 Carroll Jenkins Arrested ...i ; apt lii <’il l a:.1 >il Jonk I'.' • a i Slat-- M .71- about 11 ..’clock Tue-d i> night. Jeiikii af Mac 1! -How near •-Slate Mills, was wanted hi. a chaine of stealing iin a itomolnle...
Feb 9, 1950 Schedule of Meetings ...50c per person, by reservation. Call Mrs. E. M. Jones, Mrs. D. D. Miller-, •Mrs Maury Brown, or Mrs. W. H. Lyne and make reservation by 8 p.m. Friday, February 10. Set-back games will be arranged upon request. Sperryville Senior...
Feb 9, 1950 The new clubs that were started ...Country; 11. F. T. Valley No. 2; 12. Castleton; 13. Estes; and 14. Slate Mills. Some of the demonstrations given in the county in 1349 were as follows: Etching glass, Braided Rugs, Stenciling Cloth, Color Schemes for the Li\ing Room,...
Feb 9, 1950 Upon a recent visit to C. M. Ramey, of Upon a recent visit to C. M. Ramey, of Slate Mills, he was found doing a bit of fencing. Mr. Ramey is an Extension TVA farm unit demonstrator in Hawthorn district, a director of the Culpeper Farm Bureau, and a...
Feb 9, 1950 We want to have a good group. ...I know you will receive much valuable information from him about youc machine. Slate Mills "H. D. Club will meet at the home of Mrs. L. R. Hudson, February 15, at 2 p.m. The demonstration will be on "Rug Making....
Feb 16, 1950 The body of George Robert ...called Sheriff Lillard to the spot on the mountain on the Robert W. Miller farm near Hawlin. Fincham, wanted for the murder of his mother-un-law, Mrs. Terry Sisk, on the night of October 12, 1949, at Slate Mills, ' had...
Feb 23, 1950 Rapp’k Fire Wardens ...Atkins, Amissville, call N. Preston Anderson, Grayson 2648; Ambrose Bailey, Washington, D. Lyle Miller, Sperryville 2649; John A. Burke, Sperryville, J. D. Keyser, Washington 2562; Ray T. Cannon, Castleton, Grayson 2122; C. O. Coates, Slate Mills, Sperryville 3341; John Elkins,...
Feb 23, 1950 Dr. James Gideon Brown ...He practiced in the county for 50 years. He was raised at Peola Mills, the son of Lee Brown and Eliza Thornhill. His early education was acquired at a private school near the J. Hill O’Bannon place, which- is now...
Feb 23, 1950 Red Cross District ...of the following chairmen for the various districts of the county: Hawthorne—Miss Lizzie Miller, Slate Mills; Stonewall—Mrs. C. B. Johnson, Woodville; Piedmont—Mrs. J. L. Kilby, Sperryville; Hampton—Mrs. D. D. Miller, Washington; Wakefield — ReV. Norman J, Flythe, Flint Hill; Jackson—to...
Feb 23, 1950 Delinquent Land Sales ...Lizzie; adj. W. G. Wood, 10.55 ____ 7.86 Beckwith, Lizzie; adj. B. R. Miller, 5.36 ____ .59 Beckwith, Edward L.; adj. W. G. Wood, 4 ___ 4.82 Banks, Victor H.; Washington, .25 ..46 Bedford. Geo. S. & Lucy Johnson’s Heirs;...
Feb 23, 1950 ^con oi camp Honiburg, Md. Miss Jo Ellen Worth ...Mrs. Eda Finks, Mrs. Mary Dulaney, and Mrs. George Revercomb visite^ Mrs. Jenny Miller, who has been ill at her home in Slate Mills, but is recuperating now. Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. . Raymond .Johnson on Sunday, were...
Mar 9, 1950 windows ana see wnac me »-n ers have done. ...demonstration will be given by Mrs. W. H. Lyne and Miff. George Taylor. Slate Mills H.D. Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Stonewall Kilby, at 2 p.m., March H>. The demonstration will be on “What to Know in...
Mar 9, 1950 Red Cross Goal Set ...Miss Mary Bruce. Viewtown: Mrs. Margaret Barron and Clifford Cook. Hawtnorne district—Miss Elizabeth Miller, Slate Mills. Goal $75. No list of workers reported. Piedmont district—Mrs. L. J. Kilby, chairman. Goal $100. Workers; Mrs. B. M. Varner, Mrs. W. II. Lyne,...
Mar 9, 1950 County News Notes County News Notes J. Hill O’Bannon and Mrs. Lily Barber visited Mrs. Jennie Miller at Slate Mills on Wednesday, Mrs Miller is recovering ve^y satisfactory from her recent illness. Mrs. Joseph H. Aylor, who has been ill for the past...
Mar 23, 1950 Red Cross Chapter ...of Piedmont district, is sefcond with 50of a goal of $100. Miss Lizzie Miller, Slate Mills, chairman of Hawthorne district, reports 33'/, of a $75 goal. Rev. Norman Flythe, Flint Hill, chairman of Wakefield district, has 2Sr/, of a $100...
Mar 23, 1950 Mrs. Frank Armentrout and * sons William and Robert ...Monday, Dinner guests Sunday at the home of Miss Eda Finks at Peola Mills, were Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Hudson and Miss Lizzie Miller of Slate Mills, and Mrs. Hulda Smith
Mar 23, 1950 of Culpeper. ...at Flint Hill. Mrs. Hulda Smith of Culpeper, is staying with Miss Lizzie Miller at Slate Mills, while Mrs. Jenny Miller is a patient in the University hospital in Charlottesville. Mrs. Bessie Lassiter and Mis Farris Pulley of Arlington, were...
Apr 6, 1950 Sells Trout Stream Sells Trout Stream L. R. Hudson of Slate Mills sold a trout stream recently to Capt. Fred Kochly (U. S. Army, ret.) of Washington, D. C. The stream, known as Broken Back Creek, goes around the Old Rag mountain near...
Apr 6, 1950 Schedule for next week: ...Gap; Mrs. Stonewall Kilby, Mrs. Carter White and Mrs. L. R. Hudson of Slate Mills. Belle Meade 4-H Club will meet at the school, April 12, at 10:45 a.m.
Apr 6, 1950 Amiss\ille 4-H Club will meet at the school, April ...of Washington, Mrs. W. H. Lyne of Sperryville, Mrs. Gilbert Weakley of Peola Mills, Mrs. Lilly Barber and Miss Mary Starke of WoodviMe. Mrs. Thomas Williams and Mrs. Doris Coughlin of^Ca-tletbn and Mrs. Strmnvaltdviitry and Mrs". Cartel' White of Slate...
Apr 13, 1950 Schedule for next week: Huntiy H. I), ('lull will ...Smith, April is, at. 7.of) p.m. The demonstration will be on “Window Tig-atinent.’’ Slate Mills H. D. Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Stonewall Kilby, April lb, at 2 p.m. The demonstration will be on “Window Ti eatment.”...
Apr 13, 1950 Mrs. H. H. Aylor spent Sunday ...and Mrs. John D. Wood of Danville, visited Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Miller over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Wood of Sperryville were Sunday guests at the home of Miss Eda Finks at Peola Mills. In...
May 4, 1950 Engineer and Board ...618 about 1 mile from W'oodville; Routes 618 and 649 from near Laurel Mills to near Estes; Route 611 about 1 mile, and Route 643 near Amissville; Route 630 west of 522 near Hittie’s Run, and part of Route 637...
May 11, 1950 • patient for the pact week at Winchester Memorial ...Keyser of Williamsburg1 was the week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Miller. Mrs. Henry Huff and Mr. and Mrs. £. W. Leonard spent Satur- ' day in Charlottesville. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lindsay and daughter, Emily Anne,...