Scrapbook labeled 1947-1950, containing newspaper articles and obituaries from the Roanoke and New River Valleys. Articles include: Dr. Julian Ashby Burruss former VPI head dies, Shawsville banker found dead in garage at home, Jake Altizer is drowned in lake at Sowers Mill, Aged Blacksburger turned song writer, Place wife, stepson in jail for death of Riner farmer, and many others.