City Wins State Funds for Street Use in Virginia
Virginia joins 25 states allowing city street funding from gasoline and vehicle taxes. Winchester receives 1. per mile for 7.15 miles of state highways, with four yearly payments of 1,500 per mile for urban streets. The study, by Herbert A. Nelson, notes wide state-by-state variation and growing city roles in highway finance.
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National Association of Real Estate Boards
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Boyce Citizen Ends Own Life With Wild Revolver
The article reports the death by suicide of Mr. Pyle, longtime farm manager for Gilpin farms in Clarke county. He was born and raised there and suffered recent dispositions. Survived by wife Lelia Dick of Frederick county, daughter Lelia Dick of Winchester, son Roy Pyle, five sisters, and one brother. Funeral arrangements had been completed early this afternoon.
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Gilpity-farms
Pyle
Mr. Pyle
Clarke County
Gilpin
William Pyle
Lelia Dick
Frederick County
Winchester
Roy Pyle
William Ritter
Hagerstown
Charles Weathers
Baltimore
George Miller
Red Bud
John Ritter
Mollie Pyle
Charles Pyle
Waynesboro
Noted Educator Dr A D Watkins Dies Suddenly
Dr Asa Dupuy Watkins longtime Hampden Sydney College English head died suddenly at his Via Sacre home in Winchester at age 59. A Presbyterian minister and educator, he taught Bible at Kings College and Wofford College and led choirs, with paintings in private collections. He is survived by his widow Dorothea Day Watkins and two children Asa Dupuy Watkins Jr and Judith Day Watkins. Funeral was held at the college church.
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Asa Dupuy Watkins
Hampden-Sidney College
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Watkins
Hampden-Sydney
Kings College
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Hoge Academy
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Cass
W. Va
Bristol
Spartanburg
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Hampden- Sydney
Harvard
Union Theological Seminary
Hampden-Sydney College
Pi Kappa Alpha
Sigma Upsilon
Worsham School
Patrons League
Red and White Are Most Popular Yuletide Colors
This year wrappings rival gifts in variety with red and white remain the core Yuletide colors. From white tissue with red ribbons to black, purple or pink papers, options include transparent cello, Santa and reindeer prints, silver bells, gold reindeer, and clever cards. Shoppers in Newport News offer vivid choices for every style from languid blue to vibrant green.
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Newport News
Shooting Match at Clifton Pitcock’s Cedar Grove
A. A. Bakers hosts a shooting event on December 26 at 1 p.m. at Clifton Pitcock’s Cedar Grove. The match features roosters and turkeys with seer Pidgeons and Still Target noted.
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Clifton Pitcock’s
Cedar Grove
Seer Pidgeons
Tuberculosis Christmas seal tale roots in Denmark and Winchester
The story traces the origin of tuberculosis Christmas seals from a Danish post office worker who funded a hospital by selling extra stamps, to Emily Bissell’s 1907 American seals. Winchester now raises about $3,000 annually, with total yearly seal sales amounting to $1,024.79.
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Winchester
Denmark
Jacob Reis
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Emily Bissell
Blind writer finds beauty in misfortune in Greenwich Village
Dean Van Clute, once a hopeful baseball player who became paralyzed and then blind, endures seven years in Welfare Island hospital, builds a Greenwich Village bookshop, and pens an autobiography. He argues pain spurs progress and beauty, and welcomes literary visitors rather than pity.
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Associated Press
New York
Dean van Clute
Greenwich Village
Lucratire
Welfare Island
van Clute
H. L. Mencken
Unclear Ad Fragments Offer Poetry and Mail Service
Fragmentary ad notes a verse offer and mailing option with a 142 cent price. It suggests confidential phrasing and prompt service but lacks complete details or context.
House Divides Over Beer Bill in Votes Debate
The House splits into pro and anti beer factions as debates proceed on legalizing a 3.2 percent beer tax. Mississippi's Collier predicts passage while Illinois Democrat Rainey leads the pro-beer camp against a strong opposition. Oregon Republican Hawley chairs the Ways and Means panel vote.
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Representative Collier
Mississippi
Representative Rainey
Illinois
Hawley
Oregon
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Letters Rally House on 3.2 Percent Beer Bill
Members of the House receive hundreds of letters and telegrams from wet and dry groups urging votes on the 3.2 per cent beer bill. The International Reform Federation circular urged a No vote, calling 3.2 beer intoxicating.
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Washington
International Reform Federation
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