Jos. Shenk
One of the twelve farmers named in April 1922 to the Advisory Council for Clarke County's agricultural agent.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of April 13, 1922 reports that twelve farmers were named to act as an Advisory Council for County Agricultural Agent Robert B. Crawford, and lists Jos. Shenk among them.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of April 13, 1922 reports that twelve farmers were named to act as an Advisory Council for County Agricultural Agent Robert B. Crawford, and lists Jos. Shenk among them.
What the source supports
That Jos. Shenk was named to the Advisory Council for the Clarke County agricultural agent in April 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item prints his first name abbreviated and does not say where he farmed.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The April 13, 1922 list of the Advisory Council.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 13, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-04-13 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, report naming the farmers' Advisory Council
Relevant passageFARMER’S ADVISORY COUNCIL IS NAMED ... Twelve farmers’ who will act as an Advisory Council for County Agricultural Agent Robert B. Crawford, have been named ... The members of the Advisory Councinl [Council] are as follows: Dr. L. M. Allen, E. A. Lindsey, 1 homas [Thomas] E. Jones, S. S. Thomas. Ralph Grigsby- Joseph Funk l’ouser [Funkhouser], George 11. [H.] Burwell. Jr., John M. Fishpaw, Jos. Shenk, Dabney C. Harrison, J. S. Carver and Hugh Pierce.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
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