Rockingham Harrisonburg see surge in home building in first half
County Commissioner of Revenue Lowell A. Miller and City Engineer Charles C. Kestner report the six month building total at 1 791 587 with residential work at 1 437 438. Rockingham issued 158 new home permits for 110 houses valued at 740 438 while Harrisonburg had 48 permits valued at 497 000. Overall 1 971 000 is the projected total with 1 051 362 in Rockingham and 740 025 in the city.
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Harrisonburg
Rockingham
Lowell A. Miller
Charles C. Kestner
Polio Decline Hint for Boston Now Peak Past
Boston health officials report polio cases easing with only 2 of 26 latest Haynes Memorial Hospital admissions from Boston residents. City tally reaches 32 with 12 fresh cases and two recent deaths, an 8 month old girl and a 39 year old wife.
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Boston
Edward J. Dailey
Haynes Memorial Hospital
Haynes
Wayland
Boyce Weekend Guests Highlight Local Social Roundup
Mr and Mrs John O Donnell and son from New York visited Mr and Mrs Jerome Garver over the weekend. John O Donnell Jr stayed to visit his grandmother Mrs Minnie Sipe. Parents of other guests included Mrs Elizabeth Heath and sons from Aiken South Carolina and Miss Jane White in Falls Church.
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C. Robert Creamer, Jr
Winchester
Raymond White
Richard
Richmond
Elizabeth Heath
Richard and
Harry
Aiken
S.C
Florence Gibson Boyce Church Bible School Closes
Florence Gibson reports the Boyce Methodist Church Bible School closed Friday with a picnic on the church lawn marking end of term activities and community gathering.
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Florence Gibson
Boyce Methodist Church Bible School
Virginia Banks Dominate 1954 Farm Lending in Virginia
Virginia farmers mostly relied on local banks for credit in 1954, with First National Bank of Berryville leader R M Ware noting Virginia banks held 74.84 million in loans to farmers as of January 1 1955. Insurance companies ranked second with 18.745 million, and CCC loans totaled 6.189 million.
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Virginia
R. M. Ware
First National Bank of
Berryville
Virginia Bankers Association
Clarke County
Agricultural Commission of the
American Bankers’ Association
Ware
Insurance Companies
C.C.C
Farmers Home Administration
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Winchester’s
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
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Allen Druggist
Orning Scaven
Tion To
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George
Moyer, Phal L, — H. Hebron
Daugs
Blue Ribbon
Is Energy Padic Co
Lal Company
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OAH Brick & Tile
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Ctric CO
Split Rock
Winchester Concrete Products
Welltown Pike
South End Motors, Inc
Valley Ave
Bryan Stotler
Clinton L. Ritter
Cameron Street
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