Evening star., 1943-08-15
Committee PLANNING
All Fair Sept. 1S al
PurceIIvilIe Grounds
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SpeFIdl DlSpdJCfl 10 1HS StdT.
LEESBURG, Va, Aug. 14.-The
All Club Fair Committee has made
plans for the annual fair Septem-
Der 18 on the Purcellville Fair
Grounds. Those working on ar
rangements include Mrs. L. H. Tay-
lor, Mrs. A. w. Hopes, Mrs. r. R.
Lawrence, Mrs. Westley White and
Mrs. A. T. Elgin, All leaders, and
Lucille Simpson, Marion Alessi,
Buddy Presgraves and Jimmie Tyler,
All county officers; also Charles
Beard, vocational agriculture teach
er; Charles Bugg, Warrenton Credit
Production Association representa-
tive, and ). r. Lintner, w. H. Cock
Grille and Miss Anne F. Dick, ex-
tension workers.
Farmers Study Feed Situation.
A group of farmers, feed dealers
and feed mixers met at the court
house in Leesburg Wednesday to
study the feed situation. 1t was
brought out at the meeting that ex-
treme drought and heat have re-
duced the corn prospect to less than
so per cent of normal and the en-
silage yield to approximately 60 per
cent of normal A concentrated
search for needed hay was inaugu-
rated. The War Food Administra-
ton has already been asked to des-
ignate the nearby Maryland and
Virginia area as critical drought
area" with priority rights for OBJ
tanning hay and feed grains.
Union Preacher Announced.
The Rev. H. P. Clark, Methodist
minister of Alexandria, will be the
speaker at the union open-air serv-
ices on the courthouse lawn at 8 pm.
tomorrow.
Red Cross Field Director Here.
Mrs. Margaret N. Werner, field
director of the mobile unit, Wash
ington Red Cross Blood Donor
Service, will attend a luncheon
meeting here Tuesday sponsored by
the Loudoun County Chapter
American Red Cross. Those present
will include members of the local
Blood Donor Committee, the Board
of Directors, staff assistants, nurses
aides, ministers and doctors. The
luncheon will be served by the Can
teen Corps. Mrs. Werner will dis
cuss the coming visits of the mobile
unit to Leesburg September II and
to Middleburg November l6.
Dairy Herd Report.
The Loudoun County Dairy Herd
Improvement Association reported
for July that the herd of c. r.
Hope & Son again led group No.
with an average of 739 pounds of
milk and 349 pounds of butterfat.
The high herd for the month in
group No. 2 is owned by Myers Bros,
whose average production was 755
pounds of milk and 34.7 pounds of
fat. Group No. 3 was led by the
herd of A. 2. Moore, with an aver
age of $50 pounds of milk and 1923
pounds of butterfat. The high herd
honors in group No 4 go to w. M,
Rose, jr., whose herd averaged 1893
pounds of milk and 46y9 pounds Of
fat.
Woman Injured Canning.
Mrs. George Bozell, Leesburg, was
badly injured while canning corn
at her home. She had just removed
three jars from the pressure cooker
when they exploded, burning her
arms and legs and cutting her face
with the glass. She was taken to
Loudoun County Hospital for treat
ment.
Victory Pig Club Honored.
The Loudoun County Victory Pig
Club received official recognition
this week as being one of the fore
most organizations of its kind in
the Nation. II was selected to be
included in a series of pictures fea-
turing Victory pigs that will appear
| shortly in Look Magazine. Photo
graphers will be in Leesburg Sep
| tember 7 and 8 to take pictures.
The purpose of the campaign is to
promote the sales Of War bonds
and stamps and to increase food
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