Evening star., 1943-10-17
Fauquier Honor Roll
Will Be Dedicated
On Armistice Day

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cation OF the Fauquier County Honor
Roll Board. having approximately
1900 names, will take place Armis-
tice Day the American Legion Com
mittee in charge has announced.
The Honor Roll Board was donated
by the Warrenton Rotary Club.
Representative Smith of Alex
andria will be the principal speaker.
The Rev. Paul D. Bowden, rector of
st. James Episcopal Church, War
renton. Will be master of ceremonies,
with Robert Green, commander of
the local American Legion Post. and
Charles Pratt, Rotary president, as
sisting.
Capt. L. r. Bartenstein of the
Warrenton Rifles will have charge
of the parade.
Sergt. Ash Missing.
Sergt. George w. Ash, Warrenton,
bombardier in the Army Air Forces,
has been missing in action since
September 16. his wife, Mrs. Hazel
G. Ash, has been informed by the
War Department.
Sergt. Ash, youngest son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest B. Ash, was in the
North African invasion and served
through that and the Sicilian cam
paignS
He formerly was a motorman in
Washington and enlisted in the
spring of 1912. He trained at
Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss, and
Columbia Air Base, Columbia, S. c.,
before going overseas. He has two
brothers in the Army, Frank and
Albert Ash. His wife and daughter,
Betty Ann; his parents and two other
brothers. AlWyn and Carlin Ash,
live in Warrenton.
Stock Sale Held.
Virginia Aberdeen Angus breeders
at their association show and sale
on Monday at Col. Albert E. Peirce's
RavensWood Farm, near Warrenton,
realized the largest average ever
made by any State association sale,
the As head bringing $4,000, for an
average of $1.113.
Ravenswood made a clean sweep
OF the championship awards in the
show preceding the sale, taking bull,
junior and senior female and su-
preme champion of the show.
Ravenswood Pride Eric Goth, cham
pion bull, sold for $3.50 to S. w.
Duckett, Annapolis.
Ravenswood Primrose 9Th, su-
preme champion of the show. win
ner Of the West Galway Cup and
junior champion, topped the females
and was sold for $4,000 to Ankony
Farm, Rhinebeck, N. Y.
Eboreva Rose of Bates, owned by
Ravenswood. senior champion fe-
male, sold for s2,5o0 to E. P. Wer-
ner, Dayton. Ohio.
Quality Prince of Broadview, con-
signed by lie Baron Farm, Warren
ton, was third in the show but Sec
ond in price and sold for 81 500 to
Jack Covington of Lone Fountain,
Va.
lie Baron Farm consigned six
cows which sold for s7,525. Geneva
Pride of LIE Baron was purchased by
H. B. Moore, Lewisburg, w. Va, for
$500. She won first place in the
class for senior yearling heifers.
Stock Production Up.
This year was the best in live
stock production in the history of
Fauquier County. Commissioner of
the Revenue B. Mason McCarty's
records reveal. A total of 54 4,729 head
OF livestock, including 5,644 horses,
1910 cattle. 6,001 sheep and 9.974
hogs were raised in the county dur
ing the year with a total valuation
of s2,364,182.
This is an increase of more than
10000 head over 1912. Greatest gain
was made in cattle which increased
5000 head. Hogs more than doubled.
increasing 4,439 over 1912.
Conference Planned.
Plans for a postwar farm program
will be made when group of local
farm leaders hold a county agricuI-
tural conference at the Methodist
Church, Warrenton, at 7:30 pm.
Wednesday.
ABC Profits Listed.
Fauquler County will receive
s3S,o66 as its share of the net profits
from ABC receipts for the fiscal
year ending June 30, l943, State
Auditor L. Mccarthy Downs report
to Gov. Darden shows.
War Ration Book 4 will be issued
in Fauquier County at Warrenton
High School october % to 80, the
County Ration Board announced
this week.