Front Royal residents plan Christmas travels and local notices
Mrs Henry Downing and Mrs Henry Graves visit Washington while Dr Orville Van Dusen trips to Lexington with his son and Neville Majors home for holidays. Students from Ranulph Macon College return for Christmas. Mrs Barbara Higgins arrives from Hollins College for holidays. Parental Teachers Association to hold Christmas meeting at 7 30 in high school auditorium with a Christmas play.
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Front Royal
Henry Downing
This Place
Henry Graves
Luray
Ashington
Orville van Dusen
Lexington
Messrs
Thomas Johnson
Lyle McFall
Ranulph-Macon College
Barbara Higgins
Hollins College
Mrs
James Higgins
Parent-Teachers Association
Kings Daughters To Spread Cheer In Virginia
The What-So-Ever Circle of the Kings Daughters met at Mrs. Claude Stokes in Bront Royal. The session focused on Christmas charity with each member bringing a doll for distribution.
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S. Bront Royal
The
Kings Daughters
Claude Stokes
Christmas charity to distribute 35 toy baskets on Christmas Eve
The Kings Daughters sponsor a toy matinee at Muny Penile with baskets to be sent to homes. A community Christmas tree program will be held Christmas Eve at 7 30 on the Court House lawn. Hosts include Mrs Stokes and aides Mrs William Wilker Mrs Gus King Mrs Irvin Bierer and Mrs Ott Borden. The table featured red roses and red candles.
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Kings Daughters
Court House
Stokes
William Wilker
Gus King
Irvin Bierer
Ott Borden
Funeral services for Emmett N. Johnson in Limeton
Emmett N. Johnson 49, well known Limeton farmer, died yesterday morning after a five day illness from pneumonia. He is survived by his wife Mary Blanche Rourle and three daughters Virginia, Laura, and Juanita, plus a half brother Joseph Johnson and two half sisters. Services at his late home at 2 o'clock led by Rev. S. C. Stickley, with burial in the family ground.
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Front Royal
Emmett N. Johnson
Limeton
James Johnson
Mary Blanche Rourle
Rappahannock County
Virginia Johnson
Warrenton
Laura Johnson
Wellsburg
W. Va
Juanita Johnson
Joseph Johnson
Buffalo
N. Y
Leroy Roush
Toronto
Canada
Kyle Griffith
8. C. Stickley
Methodist Church
Phone Executives Visit Front Royal on System Changes
Verne Clark of Charlottesville commercial superintendent and James P. Borden plant manager of Charlottesville group visited Front Royal to discuss proposed changes in the Virginia Telephone and Telegraph Company system.
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Front Royal
Burruss Memorial Planned Revealed at Scout Meeting
FRONT ROYAL December 16 Scout Master announced plans for a memorial honoring Rev. C. C. Burruss at a recent scout meeting. The event will involve the local scouting community and church members.
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Front Royal
Miami Grand Slam Squeeze Leads to Top Score
In a duplicate game James Hunter of Miami risks a high 7 Hearts contract. A precise sequence of squeezes and discards collapses West’s guard and yields a perfect finish as declarer ruffs and draws to a winning thirteenth trick.
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Miami
James Hunter
North
South
Declarer
East
West
Dummy
ARAX Herbal Remedy Promoted for Gas and Indigestion
An advertisement touts ARAX as a herbal remedy to stop gas on the stomach and ease heartburn indigestion and constipation. It claims to improve digestion and liver bile flow and to cleanse poisons from the intestines. The product is sold by a Lancaster Street dealer in Winchester Virginia.
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Re Adiller
North
Loudoun Street
Winchester
Virginia
Donation Creates Troop Memorial Drum and Bugle Corps
Mrs. Mary Burruss has made a cash gift to Troop 4 for a memorial to her son Rev. C. C. Burruss who died recently. Ralph C. Gemmill reports the gift will serve as the nucleus for a fund to organize a troop Drum and Bugle Corps, recalling his boyhood as a Front Royal Scout.
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Ralph C. Gemmill
Mary Burruss
Rev. C. C. Buruss
Funeral Rites Held For William Updyke Attended by Distant Relatives
The funeral yesterday afternoon for William Updyke drew attendees from afar including his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Walter Wilkinson and Walter Wilkinson Jr of Norfolk Mrs Charlie Thompson of Philadelphia Mr and Mrs Frank Updyke of another town and Mr Ralph Hansucker of Fredericksburg along with Mr and Mrs Paul Maddox of Washington.
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Front Royal
William Updyke
Walter Wilkinson
Norfolk
Paul Maddox
Washington
Charlie Thompson
Philadelphia
Frank Updyke
Ralph Hansucker
Fredericksburg
Budget row continues as council weighs tax rate
Debate over the city budget lingers with Ralph Snapp and Herman Hable opposing higher taxes. Budget revisions raise real estate income to 127000 and water rentals to 47000, totaling 293700 for a 1.20 rate, while a Rosenberger proposal shifts to 1.30 with 297700 in expenditures and income.
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Ralph Snapp
Rosenberger
Herman Hable
Hable
Finance Committee
Chesnut Street
John Rosenberger
Budget Debate Ends With Adoption Defeat And Revisions
City council members clash over tax and rate changes with Dr. Anderson and Mr. Forney warning of hardship for low brackets. The initial budget fails 71 to 6, prompting a revised plan cutting various taxes and trimming several department appropriations including water, sewer, streets, and maintenance.
Winchester Budget Discussion Reveals Tax Figures
During a Finance committee meeting members reviewed a budget with a lower rate. Figures printed in the Evening Star yesterday showed the nominal tax in Winchester.
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Evening Star
Winchester
Virginia City Tax Figures Spark Debate on Assessment Rates
Mr Hable criticizes local figures claiming Winchenl's assessment ratio is now higher than 1931 when it stood at 48.09 percent. The higher ratio skews the true tax rate cited for the city at .59. Dr William Stouffer, State Tax official, provided the statistics.
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Virginia
Hable
Winchenl
William Stouffer
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