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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1926

Page

7

Virginia Masonic Girls Glee Club Featured In Program

The Girls Glee Club directed by Mrs W H Lucy will perform a varied program including Columbian Gall Happy Days in May and a medley of popular airs. Soloists Margaret Spencer Helen Barbour and Frances Matheney lead with pieces Elsie Waltzes and A Garden of Dreams among selections.

Margaret Spencer Helen Barbour Elsie Waltzes Frances Matheney Anna Jones Alma Sawyer Minnie Morris Adele Jones

The Banker’s Burden and the Community Promise

The banker's duty extends beyond deposits to safeguarding resources and guiding borrowers. He must balance liquidity with prudent investments, understanding banking and business deeply. A banker is likened to a mix of economist, lawyer, and accountant, ensuring the community's progress through careful, accountable stewardship.

Let Me Call You Sweetheart and Boys Band Concert Program

A historical program lists performers for a vocal and mandolin ensemble led by Helen Barbour and Margaret Spencer. It includes a Boys Band concert with marches, overtures, solos, and a cornet quartet with young players, plus various band sections and instruments.

Helen Barbour Margaret Spencer Glee Club Helen Young Nettie Humphries Lynn Horton Ruth Buchanan Dorothy Schmitt Laura Humphries Mabel Minnich Barbara Giles Myrtle Whitaker Adelle Jones Minnie Morriss Old Virginny W. Presson Cornet E. Minnich B. Dozier H. Morse G. Jones Dixie Star Spangled Banner Emory Minnic Hartwell Giles Richard Brown Lucien Skidmore William Copley Dan Barbour Clyde Moschler J. C. Matheny Robert Fugarré

City Council Approves Street Widening and Utility Upgrades

The council backs 18 inch sidewalk setbacks on East Boscawen Street to widen the roadway with concrete sidewalks funded by property owners. curb, gutter and water keys by the city, and pole replanting by the Northern Virginia Power Company. A bronze tablet will mark the new reservoir construction. Applicants for police and other offices must file by the first Tuesday in September. The Henry estate seeks $450 reimbursement for curb gutter and sidewalk work done along Whitlock Avenue under a long standing contract.

Bowers Hotel Wisden Henry East Boscawen Street Loudoun Cameron Streets Northern Virginia Power Company Page Rousse Spring Cooper Eureka Fabric New York Mr. Henry Virginia Woolen Company Abram’s Creek Robert M. Henry McVicar R. M. Henry Whitlock Avenue

Strasburg Firemen Hurt En Route To Covington Meet

Harrisonburg Virginia August 25 two Strasburg firemen were injured while en route to Covington for the 40th annual Virginia State Firemen's Convention opening there today. Several volunteers from Northern Virginia were traveling to the event when the mishap occurred.

Strasburg Covington Harrisonburg Virgina Virginia State Firemen’s Convention

Firemen head to Covington for convention amid illness

Assistant Chief Brent Bowman Captain Ed Lamb and six Hose Company No 4 members drove to Covington to camp during the convention. Ralph Borden escaped injury when his car overturned on Vatley Pike while passing a truck. Chief Al Braithwaite's illness deepens. the Cayington convention marks his sixth absence since the 40 year old association began. W Glen Bixler of Arlington county joins as Jefferson District Fire Company head. Bixler, a Washington printer and Singers Glen native, formerly worked for the Daily News.

Vatley Pike Harrisonburs Ralph Borden Covington Brent Bowman Capt Ed. Lamb Hose Company No. 4 al” Braithwaite Cayington Braithwaite W. Glen Bixler Jefferson District Fire Company Arlington County Bixler Washington Singers Glen The Daily News

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