Handley Library Marks Its 43rd Anniversary in Winchester
The Handley Library in Winchester celebrates its 43rd anniversary marking its opening on August 22, 1913. Vernon Eday, longtime librarian since 1918, recalls the inaugural ceremony and the first library cards issued to Seddon Lacy and Kate McVicar while detailing the building’s open shelf system and key Civil War collections.
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Handley Library
Vernon Eday
Seddon Lacy
Horace Lacy
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Kate McVicar
Winchester
Common Council
City of
Handley Fund
Handley Board of Trustees
Major Holmes Conrad
John W. Rice
A. M. Baker
Co. M. Gibbons
George W. Kurtz
T. J. Cooper
M. M. Lynch
W. P. McGuire
R. Gray Williams
Board of
Eddy
Philadelphia
Mr. Eddy
John Thompson
Free Library of Philadelphia
Thompson
Russell O. LaFollette
Winchester Star
C. Vernon Eddy
Local Auctions and Library News From Winchester Area
A string of auctions near Berryville and Charles Town lists dates Aug 25 through Sept 20 for households, furniture, farm equipment, and livestock with multiple auctioneers. The Winchester library notes 43 years of service, 21 417 cards issued, and a push from story time to boost child registrations and book purchases.
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James M. Mason
Charles Town
W. Va
Gregory
Wm. B. Herbert
Mt. Haven
Middletown
U. S
B. O. Brumback
Miller, Lewis and Cavalier
G. E. Vickers
Roger H. Kelley
W. D. Orndorff
F. L. Barrett
Nain
Adam Snively
Frederick County Court House
Braddock St
Winchester
The
Stickley Institute
Stickley
Strasburg
U. S. 11
Cedar Creek
Thurs
Edwin C. Yost
E. JT. Snider
Four Women Taken From Hatchery Pond To Court
At a New Mexico hatchery pond an official from the State Game and Fish Department questioned four women about luck at fishing. One woman doubted there were any fish, prompting the officer to take them to court amid amused chagrin.
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Santa FE
N. M
State Game and Fish Department
No. 2 No. 3 Yes Dixie Yes I feel as if I need a rest
The list includes items pairing numbers with words or phrases such as No 2 No 3 Yes Dixie Yes and a quotation expressing fatigue I feel as if I need a rest. The fragmentary text appears as a puzzle list or index with varied entries including musical and animal terms.
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Frederick Clarke
Perad
Funeral Home Funeral Service Ambulance Service
For All
N. Braddock St
Tree Run & Soft
H. W. Butler
And
Bro., Inc
Wyck St
N. Braddock
Winchester Handley Library
Frederick County
State of Virginia
State of
Virginia
Handley
Braddock and
Piccadilly Sts
John Mesmer
Laura Lodge
Godfrey Miller
J. Stuart Barney
New York City
George Hardy
Conrad
James Clarkeson
Florence Alberta Eddy
Shenandoah Valley Academy
James Lovett
J. Frank Eddy
Enterprize Printing Company
Eddy Press
E. Water St
Star
Times Printing House
Col
Bryan Conrad
Stonewall Jackson
Rouzahn
Juliet McCaw
Stuart
Hotchkiss
Jedediah Hotchkiss
Library of Congress
R. E. Christian
Deerfield
Christian
William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
Southern Historical Society
E. Summers Orndorff
Kernstown
E. T. Snider
Cc. M. Feltner
Academy St. Berryville
K. K. Cavaler
Thomas B. Carper
Berryville
Nelson Farm
D. Orndorff
Clay Machinery Sales
Mt. Airy
Women’s Civic League
American Association of University Women
Stuart's Horse Artillery
Robert Preston Chew
B. M. Roszel
Philip Williams
John M. Steck
Neill Woods
Richard Griffith
Mary Mason Gibson
George H. Sullivan
England
Sullivan
Henry B. Gilpin
Christ Church
Balmain
Elsie Oldham Merritt
Mount Haven Nursing Home
Haven Acres Pony Farm
Byron O Brumback
Pele
Lin
Weds
Chipman
Malathion
Butler's Packing House
H. C. Lewin
Fairfax Lane
Pifer Printing Co
N. Cameron
Route 11 South
Valley Pike
Mrs. E. Summers Orndorff
Snider
I. Q
Jesse
Dixie
Francis Bacon
Pittsburgh
Magstro Coors
Pittsburgh Paints
Jeep
Willys
Sears
Heatwole Motor CO
Frederick Motor Co
California
Silvertone
Motorola
Hassock
McCormick-Deering
Plymouth
Frank L. Barrett
Chas. R. Duvall
Aldridge
Dark Lane
Jefferson County
E.S.T
Guernsey
Montgomery Ward
Unico
George W. Ambrose Miller
Lewis and Cavalier
J. E. Vickers
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!