Winchester City Ordinances on Fire Funds Bonds and Street Lines
The document outlines multiple Winchester city ordinances from 1936 including appropriation of up to 4000 for fire hose, the incinerator project with staged payments not to exceed 15600, and a 500000 bond issue for water system expansion with voter approval. It also covers building line restrictions on Boscawen Street, sidewalk widening, curb radius at Kent Street, and sale transfer of 1.6 acres of land with payment to the city for correction of ownership error.
Parkersburg Girl to Queen Mountain State Forest Festival
Miss Mary Jane Bell of Parkersburg will reign as Silvia VII at the seventh Mountain State Forest Festival in Elkins on October 1 to 3. Bell, a Marietta College student, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas William Bell and was announced by festival director general A Spates Brady. The festival lineage lists Silvias from 1930 to 1935 with names from Ripley Wheeling Charleston Berryville Huntington and Bluefield, marking a long Western Virginia heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Elkins
Silvia VII
Mary Jane Bell
Marietta College
Marietta
Ohio
Thomas William Bell
A. Spates Brady
Miss Bell
W. Va
Margaret Straley
Ripley
West Virginia University
Kathryn Montgomery
Wheeling
Emily Frances Maxwell
Charleston
Westwood Beverley Byrd
Berryville
Garnette Northcott
Huntington
Sarah Kathryn Thompson
Bluefield
Old Photo Found of Rouss Fire Company Group
A photograph showing members of the Rouss Fire Company and the Union Cornet Band, likely from Confederate Memorial Day June 6, dating back up to 37 years, was found at the R engine house on Saturday. Many pictured veterans have since died, and C. Fred Barr prepared an enlarged copy from the damaged edges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouss Fire Company
Old Union Cornet Band
R Engine House
Ottie. Peniver
He Cepa
C. Fred Barr
Company frames historic edge trim for hall display
A long standing effort yields a framed edge trim exhibit intended for the company hall. The piece preserves a bygone practice and marks the site with early industrial craft and corporate heritage.
Sheriff McCann Named Virginia Delegate to Prison Association
Sheriff Harry L. McCann of Frederick County has received official notice of his appointment by Governor George C. Peery as delegate from Virginia to the sixty sixth annual Congress of the American Prison Association, meeting September 13 18 in Chicago Illinois. He was also recently elected president of the Virginia State Sheriffs Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. McCann
Frederick County
George C. Peery
Virginia
American Prison Association
Chicago
Ill
McCann
Virginia State Sheriffs’ Association
City to Sell City Quarry Lot to Stuart Perry for 900
The city of Winchester will deed the eastern portion of the City Quarry Property to Stuart Perry upon payment of 900.00 dollars. The deed transfers the land described by a survey on file in the City Manager’s office. Mayor C R Anderson authorized the deed with the common council’s approval on August 4, 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ity
Ipon
Toro
Reve
Common Council
F. H. Krebs
C. R. Anderson
K. H. Krebs
City OF
Winchester
Messrs
I. N. Good
T. R. Cather
Shawnee Realty Company
Stuart
Messrs. Good and
Cather
Stuart Perry
City
George W. Haddox, Shawnee Realty Company
George Eagle
Eagle
Virginia
Arthur M. Field
Last Rites For F L Fletcher Held In Tuscon
Frederick Fletcher native of Frederick county died last week in Tuscon Arizona after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 5 PM Saturday at Rielly funeral parlors and interment followed in Evergreen Cemetery. Sister Mrs Gertrude Emmonds and son Clayton Emmonds of Los Angeles attended the services.
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Frederick Fetcher
Frederick County
Tuscon
Ariz
Rielly
Evergreen Cemetery
Gertrude Emmonds
Clayton Emmonds
Los Angeles
Calif
Beautiful Woolen Novelty Blanket in Many Shades
A wide range of novelty blankets blends wool content with decorative patterns. The assortment offers diverse colors and designs suitable for home use and gifts.
Blanket Values for Fall Savings
A 72 by 84 inch wool blanket offered in assorted patterns and shades. Describes fine quality and ideal use for cool autumn evenings, with a call to buy now and save.
Public Sale of Leeds Manor Orchard Tracts
Public sale at Warrenton Virginia on September 10 1936 at 11 a m of twelve tracts in Fauquier County near Markham. Tracts include multiple Leeds Manor orchard lands totaling five to 56 acres each, conveyed to O W Borden and William M Smith from various grantors in 1926. Terms require one third cash, rest in one and two years with 6 percent interest, secured by deed of trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redace
O. W. Borden
William M. Smith
Circuit Court
Fauquier County
Warrenton
Virginia
Markham
Leeds Manor
Wm. M. Smith
Elizabeth Hirsius
Co. W. Bor
L. W. Diehl
A. G. Newcomb
Charles E. J. Lang
J. A. Melcher
Mathilde A. Diehl
Kate M. K. Judd
Beeree
William Evans Bruner
Carrie L. Hoffman
George D. Upson
Katharine Miller
Bernard Miller
Public Sale of City Real Estate in Winchester
The trustee will sell at public auction in front of the County Court House in Winchester at 12 noon on September 12, 1936, a one half undivided interest in a lot fronting 24 feet on the west side of 8 Braddock Street, improved by a brick and frame house at No. 209. Terms: one third cash, balance in two equal payments with 6 percent interest, secured by a deed of trust and fire insurance on the building. Warren Rice, Trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court of
Winchester
County Court House
Braddock St
Warren Rice
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Corporation Court
Common Council of
Marshall
Anderson
Messrs. Barr
Barnett
Coble
Delloe
Forney
Hable
Miller
Rosenberger
E. J. Snapp
Dr. Snapping
Henry
Co. R. Anderson
Boscawen Street
Cameron and
Kent Streets
Kent Street
Boscawen
THE
Nsoli
ASCO
Poy
Esso
Standard Oil Company OF
New Jersi
Essolene
Happy
F. L. Fletcher
St.marys BI
ST. Marys
Esmond
Dept
H. S
Teeee
Candlewick
Cretonnes
West Virginia
Rees
A. F. Rees, Inc
Berryville, Va. VA
Beanch
Fissd, Inc
Leeds
Myrna Loy
Warner Baxter
the Capitol Ora
Buncutter Tire Co
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