Handley Library Addresses Economic Strain and Growth
Handley Library faces financial stress without city annual support yet expands its book collection. In 1933 to 1949 the open shelf total reached 23 635 with 1 004 new acquisitions. 613 purchases 301 gifts 90 bound magazines and newspapers. Donations included 301 books and tributes from many named residents and organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roturnda
Florence Allen
Quebec
Canada
L. S. Bates
O. Bland Shirley Bly
H. W. Bowley
Billy Boyd
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Mary D. Carter
E. H. Cartwright
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
Robert H. Chapman
Michael Collins
Robert Young Conrad
C. H. Cook
Alison Cooper
A. L. Evans
C. A. Cooper
C. Vernon Eddy
W. A. Fairburn Sherman Farmer
Names in a Historical Roll of Organizations and People
A long list of individuals and organizations appears, including Colonel Powell Fauntleroy Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. Mrs. 5mya Duvall and many others, with institutions such as Library University of Virginia, Rockefeller Foundation, Virginia Geological Survey, War Department, and the Virginia State Chamber Commerce. The fragment suggests a compiled roster or acknowledgments from a historical document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell C. Fauntleroy
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
5Mya Duvall
Monica Grey
Richard E. Griffith
Alison Hartman
Ethel Hartman
John Hawse
Joseph Hodgson
H. Hoke
A. W. Hostetler Paul Hunter
S. R. Hurst
Henry. Jennings
Paul Jennings
Rachel Jennings
Emily Whittle Jones
Lucy B. Jones
K. K. Kawakami
Alfred Kerfoot
T. M. Kappen
Frances L. Koening
George W. Kurtz
Herbert
Larrick
University of Virginia
the Lions Club
J. EB. Lupton
Oan
Mary Lynch
Marshall McCauley MacFadden
Hunter McKay
Vause W. Marshall
Maryland Historical Society
G. O. Miller
George FF. Norton
A. J. Novick
Algernon
Sullivan Kenton H. Taylor
Pauline ‘Taylor
E. L. Tessier
F. M. Thompson
Mary Foote Triplett
Alfred B. Tucker
Lyon G. Tyler
Sewing Pattern for Little Girl Dress with Bloomers
Instructional notice describes a Marian Martin pattern for a little girl dress with bloomers. It highlights fabric choices such as Percale broadcloth Swiss pique and notes sizes 2 4 6 8 10 with yardage for size 6. Includes ordering details and prices for pattern book and pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Martin
Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department
18Th St
New York
N. Y
Winchester Library honors and year report on arts
The Winchester library notes donations and a new oil painting commemorating the George Washington Bicentennial gifted by the Winchester Historical Society. The work by S Burtis Baker is unveiled October 11 with City officials present, and a wall finish funded to frame the piece. Attendance and circulation figures for 1933 are detailed, along with programs, meetings, and a thriving branch. A separate note reports a 12 year old Syracuse girl gave birth to a daughter Ellen Marie Walsh weighing seven pounds nine ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Library
Washington
Winchester
Irving
George Washington
Felix Darley
S. Burtis Baker
Washington, D. C
The
Historical Society
Society
John M. Steck
Handley Board of Trustees
R. Gray Williams
Baker
Philip Williams
County Estates Appraised In Recent Valuations
Four county estates were appraised recently. Miss Sarah A. Pickeral of Middletown valued at 1572 with real estate cash and personal property. J. J. Pickeral as administrator. John C. Cole near Stephenson appraised at 6172 with two farms and equipment. Mrs. Mary E. Cole executrix. Nannie E. Peery estate valued 1593 with administratrix Miss Virginia Peery. Laura V. Butler property valued 3254.70 with executor M. M. Lynch. Appraisers named: Chiles Warren Derflinger. Roy P. Duvall Brown Strother H. Boyd. E R Peery Everly Rhodes. Hunter M. Stine Clevenger Michael.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cirk
Sarah A. Pickeral
Middletown
J. J. Pickeral
Eugene E. Chiles
Harry D. Warren
Wilson Derflinger
John C. Cole
Stephenson
Mary E. Cole
Roy P., Duvall
Gilbert T. Brown
Strother H. Boyd
Nannie £. Peery
Virginia Peery
E. R. Peery
Arthur Everly
M. H. Rhodes
Laura V. Butler
Winchester
M. M. Lynch
Hunter M. Stine
D. D. Clevenger
E. R. Michael
Also Mentioned on This Page
LEE Baking Company
Inchester
Virginia
Marian Martin Lew
Opation
Jan C. MacCallum
Garland R. Quarles
Jack T. Engle
Clark Cooper
Leonard Sirbaugh
Allan Perry
Lillian Sheetz
A. Bernadine Knee
D. W. Lupton
Elizabeth Barr
Harriet A. Pearson
Coroed
Colored School
North Kent Street
Syracuse
Ellen Marie Walsh
Theodore Walsh
National Sales CO
Etta Kett
Iri
Pru
ETA
By Paul Robinson
Moling & Cather
J. L. Massey
N. Main St
T. F. Timberlake
Hamburger’s
North Main Street
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