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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1937
Page
8
Social calendar notes a Friday 7 30 p m meeting of Young People at Braddock Street Methodist Church followed by a day trip to the summer home of Mr and Mrs J H Rosenberger. Saturday 10 p m features a regular dance at the Winchester venue.
Mr. Truman Wakeman son of Mr and Mrs P H Wakeman has moved to River Montgomery County to take a vocational agriculture instructor position. He previously worked in Marshall and Upperville Virginia and will pursue graduate studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He helped found and led the Raritan club in Marshall and was active in local projects.
Step hens City resident Mr. Leslie Golliday will narrate the Poet's Corner hour at 10 a m Sunday August 15 broadcasting from Frederick Maryland Poems by modern writers will be paired with music from a transcribed concert orchestra.
A concise etiquette exchange discusses when to give a wedding gift based on closeness to the couple, the role within the family, and affection for the bride. It recommends monograms on writing paper and notes that leaving a card at afternoon tea is optional for strangers, not required for regular guests.
Summer with his parents in Fairmont West Virginia. Mr Sibert is a member of the Handley faculty. Mrs Robert M Ward has been confined to her home but is very much improved. Miss Margaret Byrd and Miss Hebe Waters of Waterford Virginia are spending several days at Virginia Beach. Mr Charles Massey of Richmond Virginia is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Carl Massey at their Merryman's Lane home.
Virginia state banks ended 1936 with deposits totaling 216,575,451.57 and assets of 255,193,065.39, the highest year-end figures since 1930. Bristow reported a 15.5 percent deposits rise and a 12.6 percent assets increase, noting 195 banks at year start and 191 at year end, with four bank closures or mergers reducing the count. The report cites 1937 midyear trends and notes one bank failure protected by FDIC plus a name change and move for Buckingham County Bank from Arvonia Ore Bank to Dillwyn.
Birmingham born Hugo L. Black rose from Alabama cotton country to become a city lawyer after a fire destroyed his Ashland office. A medical detour, then law school, military service in World War I, and a career as Jefferson County solicitor led to his 1926 U.S. Senate win and 1932 reelection.
Front Royal and Warren County News reports visits and travel plans among residents. Joseph Burke and daughter Margaretta prepare for a Vir visit. Lyle McFall arrives from Staunton with guests Jimmy Bear Joe White and Hugh Stephens for the weekend. others return from North Carolina and Annapolis. Hospital trips include Jim Ramey to Winchester Memorial Hospital and Linda Ritenour for an operation. Several residents move or plan moves, and officials visit general and summer homes.
State Senator Morton G. Goode of Dinwiddie was elected chairman of the General State Hospital Board at Winchester amid funeral services for Shirley Carter former chairman. Dr R Findley Gayle Jr of Richmond serves as temporary secretary. On August 31 the board will hear dismissal charges against Samuel A Durham steward manager of Southwestern State Hospital who was suspended over key access until an audit. The audit concluded the books were in good order.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Taliaferro of Washington are due to arrive tomorrow and will stay with Mrs Ernest S Ely and Mr and Mrs B F Arthur Jr on South Stewart street. Mr Taliaferro will spend the weekend while Mrs Taliaferro stays about two weeks.
Harrisonburg reporters reveal Reddish Knob Drive in the George Washington National Forest southwest of Harrisonburg is rapidly becoming a top Shenandoah Valley tourist draw. inquiries flood the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce for maps and information about this attraction, boosted by coverage in American Motorist and Garrard News Service. Interest spans Ohio and Indiana as well as local counties, with the chamber forecasting the autumn peak in visitors and a new two color travel folder to boost promotion.
Brooks' Pharmacy offers 16c jumbo ice cream sodas 10c milk shakes and double dip ice cream cones. Old Fashion Plate Ice Cream 10c and raspberry lime sherbet feature in this ad. Phone 764 for locations and service.
Several residents and relatives travel through Appomattox and Washington to visit kin. H M Kerns stays a week with relatives in Washington while Mrs Free Walker of Washington joins Mr Kerns in her absence. Mr and Mrs Shirley Collis of Washington spend several days with Roy and Mrs Collis. Viola Anderson visits Mrs Frank Stout. Mrs Gardner Waller of Richmond stays with Miss Mary Waller as General Waller is at Virginia Beach with the Virginia National Guard.
Front Royal Aug. 13. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 3 p m for Alvin Coppage a well known Rappahannock county farmer who died at his Flint Hill home yesterday Services will be at the Methodist Church with Rev Yowell officiating He was 50 years old and survived by his wife Emma Eastham and three sons William Braxton and Eugene all at home He was a son of Ollie Coppage قرب
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