Cumberland Valley Rail Rebuilds Winchester Crossings
Cumberland Valley railroad workers began rebuilding crossings in Winchester. The Pairmont avenue crossing is first, to be fully rebuilt to erase rough conditions and match the Baltimore and Ohio crossing at Piccadilly street. Loudoun Street also to be rebuilt, Amherst Street and the Fairmont to Robinson Cutoff awaiting approval. City officials have pressed for improvements after a motorcycle accident over a year ago.
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Cumberland Valley Railroad
Winchester
Pairmont Avenue
Baltimore and Ohio
Piccadilly Street
Cumberland Valley
Loudoun Street
M. Field
Amherst Street
Fairmont Avenue
Robinson Cold Storage
Roll Call Ends
A long list of volunteers and helpers across groups is acknowledged. Executive Secretary Mrs Wright is praised for guiding the drive, with E T Claiborne noting the drive's success and his absence due to circumstances beyond his control.
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Sarah S. Lupton
Oscar Brown
Norman Cooper
W. W. McIntyre
Edith Dorsey
Eugene Cooper
Lawrence Jones
Ruth Jones
E. G. Rusk
McIntyre
Jake Wheeler
Albert Hunter
Jesse Oakes
William Richards
Calvert
Nobel Pierce
Katharyn Pierce
Ellen Albin
Martin
Charles Fries
William G. Hardy
Dowdell
Mabel Jackson
Elizabeth Potts
Lilia Rosenberger
Underwood
Bob Green
Allen Hawthorne
W. R. Legre
Howard Cather
Kerfoot
McCallum
Shumate
James Yates
Claude Grim
Snokes
Seal
Sam Miller
Mary Virginia Steck
James Miller
Virginia Boyd
Annbrook Kern
Victor Arthur
Clay de Grange
Wright
Funeral Rites Held For Gavin D High
Funeral services were held at Kurtz chapel for Gavin Dhu High a New York newspaper man who died at his home last Sunday Rev E T Clark officiated He was a member of First Baptist Church and the body was brought to Winchester by his widow formerly Miss Lillian Riely Interment was in Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers included Robert Barr Godfrey and William C Miller Harry Bryant and William R Miller Floral tributes were placed on the grave by friends
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Kurtz Chapel
Gavin Dhu Hish
New York
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
High
Winchester
Lillian Riely
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Robert Barr
Godfrey
William C. Miller
Harry Bryant
William R. Miller
Plan for Deep Relief Cuts Shrinks WPA Roll Volume
Washington December 3 The WPA advances a plan for deep relief cuts aiming to balance the budget. A pro relief group led by Mayor La Guardia may protest. January 1 relief rolls to drop to about 2,583,000 from 3,000,000. by Sept 1 1936 target 2,511,000 with 425,000 fewer cases including 250,000 drought relief cuts. Administrative staff reductions total about 5,000 by year start.
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Washington
WPA
la Guardia
New York
United States Conference of Mayors
Resettlement Administration
Nelson Page Speaks To Rotary Club
Postmaster W Nelson Page spoke at the weekly Rotary Club luncheon at the George Washington Hotel. He discussed the Social Security Act and thanked Winchester citizens for supporting post office workers handling this federal program. Page noted 500 employer and 5400 employee registration cards issued with satisfactory returns, and explained old age pensions will range from 10 to 85 dollars monthly for those 65 or older not currently employed.
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W. Nelson Page
Rotary Club
George Washington
Winchester
Post Office
J. P. Arthur
Frank Armstrong, Jr
Arthur
C. Vernon Eddy
Europe
Eddy
E. E. Keister
Strasburg, Va
Christmas Seals Campaign Against Tuberculosis
Christmas Seals fight for homes and children by funding efforts to save people from tuberculosis. Every seal is a vote against a disease that kills more people aged 15 to 45 than any other. Buy and use as many seals as possible to cast a ballot against tuberculosis.
Christmas Seals Aid Tuberculosis Fight At $1 Sheet
A dollar for prevention buys Christmas Seals that combat tuberculosis with each sheet priced at one dollar. The message promotes the program as a cost effective public health effort.
Manila Typhoon Strikes South of City Amid Heavy Rains
Manila reports torrential rain and high winds as the typhoon center passed south of the city and moved toward the China Sea after crossing Tayabas province, cutting communication with provincial areas. No casualties announced. 24 hours needed for full reports from provinces about 100 miles away.
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Manila
China Sea
Tayabas
Aid Group Meeting at Mace donia Methodist Church
The Ladies Aid Society of Mace donia Methodist Church hosts its regular monthly meeting at 7 45 pm tomorrow at the parsonage on Whitlock Avenue. Mrs William R Thompson of White Post will lead the evening's program.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of Macedonia Methodist Church
Whitlock Avenue
William R. Thompson
White Post
Mason Held For The Grand Jury On Arson Charge
In Police Court Fred Mason of South Braddock street was ordered sent to the grand jury of Corporation Court on arson charges. Free on $2500 bond, he was previously taken after an inquiry into downtown fires including a blaze behind the Capitol Theatre on November 7, 1936 at 12 30 a m.
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Fred Mason
South Braddock Street
Grand Jury
Corporation Court
Mason
Capitol Theatre
Administrator Appointed for Estate of George Daniel Long
On motion of Lena Long widow of George Daniel Long who died intestate May 3 Herbert S Larrick is appointed administrator of the estate appraisers named Alice Cameron Taylor Barr Corinne Barnett C P McVicar and W A Baker
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Lena
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John Scully
Banks
Richard Griffith
Dave Hawthorne
Ben Arthur
Jim Robinson
Robert Underwood
Martha Tucker
Mary Buckner
George’ Washington
C. & P. Telephone Co
Mary Faulkner
C.O' Watson
Swimley
Daisy Orndorff
Fred Larrick
P. E. Lineburg
P. Cc. Petrie
Carrie Lee Brumback
Snapp
Allen Bond
Fred Whitacre
Edith Jolliff
Robert Ayler
O’rear
Mr. Finley
Emma Parks Robinson
F. Harris
Lola Moore
Linda Wood
J. C. Oakes
Garland Quarles
Jack T. Engle
H. H. Jennings
Walter Shade
John Rodgers
W .P. Harty
Hunter
Hunter Gaunt
Fred Stine
Thornton Bryarly
Tom Kremer
Lillian Oakes
John’ .Rosenberger
Herbert Schutte
E. C. Yost
Daily Slonaker
Wendell Goode
J. A. Stretchberry
McClintock
Bradenburg
Henry
Jessie Markwood
Anderson
R. F. Cline
Fanny Crenshaw
Russe Joyce
John Glover
Charles Miller
Thomas Kremer
Kiersard
Ray Robinson
Jim Robertson
Mary Shockey
William di Zerega
Gibson Baker
B. B. Dutton
Thomas Gibson
Carbaugh
A. H. Morgan
Peyton Marshall
Delmer Robinson
Clark Cooper
Mary Miller
Joseph Massie
Nelson Pave
Arthur Field
W. M. Krise
L. M. Allen
John Woolfolk
Conklin
Hugh Duffey
Woodhull Baker
Clifford Grim
Virginia Henkel
Leslie Polhern
Clark Smith
Will Barr
Maerlander
P. MccVicar
Gavin D. High
Ruth Smith
Young’un
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Nelson Page
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