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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1926

Page

6

Call to IC C to compel N and W to operate Chesapeake Western

Harrisonburg and Rockingham County business interests plan an appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission to force Norfolk and Western to take over the Chesapeake Western Railway. They seek to preserve express and mail service disrupted by CW’s plan to curtail steam passenger, mail, and express trains.

Stan Harrisonburg Interstate Commerce Commission Norfolk and Western Railroad Chesapeake-Western Railroad Harrisonburg Rockingham County Stokesville Mossy Creek Mt. Solon Dayton Bridgewater Keezletown Penn Laird McGaheysville Elkton C-W State Corporation Commission George B. Keezell S. F. Suter Harrisonburg Chamber of Commerce G. A. Laker Potomac Yards H. H. Weaver Philadelphia New York Alexandria Southern Railway Norfolk & Western Hagerstown Gateway H. W. Bertram Chesapeake & Western Keezell Suter Penn Laird P. F. B. Good McGaheysville Island Ford J. T. Heard Mr. Heard Heard Howard Charlottesville Virginia Dairy Products Association Rockingham Ong Slater Lynchburg H. Rickard Loker G. A. Loker Chesapeake Western Railroad Mr. Laker Les Laker Fisher Postoffice Department Norfolk and Western Norfolk and Wastern Hias I.oker Stokes, Jr

Whitacre Notes Highlight Area Visits and Local Happenings

August social and community updates from Whitacre Virginia list visits by H E Ward of Chillicothe Ohio and others to local residents. notes include family comings and goings, bank staff changes, a telephone installation, hospital visit, and a weekend drizzle with no stream rise.

Whitacre H. E. Ward Chillicothe Ohio B. C. Carpenter Virginia W. C. Whitacre G. S. Whitacre Winchester Elmer H. Whitacre Helen Winona R. E. L. Whitacre Lucy A. Baker Robert Shade Washington C. W. Loy George Kimble Altha Fletcher Comercial and Saving Bank Ada Baughman Philadelphia Charles Denny TY. A. Scrivner Dale Baker Winfred Whitacre Shepherd College Keister Adams

Lee-Jackson road raised concerns over safety and route

The article argues the shorter Lee-Jackson highway route is unsafe in rain and on wet clay sections near Paris and over Blue Ridge mountain passes. It cites a local reply from Wilton B. Stuart who defends the road’s safety based on weekly travel in all weather, claiming no danger even before closures.

A. A. A. Club Washington Star Lee-Jackson Paris State Highway Commission Clarke Construction Company Millswood Millwood Lee-Jackson Highway Washington Winchester The Blue Ridge Blue Ridge Mountains Winchester Star Wilton B. Stuart White Post Clarke County Virginia Mr. Stuart

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