Controversial Measures Loom in Virginia Legislature
Old age pension advocates pressed for action as Senator Heller drafted a five cent cigarette tax to fund schools and teachers salaries. Senator Parker planned a Sunday beer and wine ban to finance pensions, while Governor Peery warned against earmarking liquor revenues. The session opened with brief adjournments and a memorial for Delegate Pitts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Heller
Bedford
Robert R. Parker
Wise
Heller
State Board of Education
Parker
Virginia
General Assembly News At a Glance
Adjournment in eight minutes honors the late David M. Pitts of Goochland and Fluvanna as delegates attend his funeral in Fluvanna. Dr. Douglas S. Freeman accepts an invitation to address the joint assembly on January 20 regarding General Robert E. Lee. Several bills are introduced across Senate and House focusing on bonds, state bar regulation, education, criminal penalties, and health and public safety.
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Gov. Peery
Board of Education
Senator Heller
Heth Tyler
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Parker
Major Tyler
Walter Y. Hozier
Old-Age Pension League
Peery
General Fund of the Treasury
Control Board
Treasury
Senate
House
Robert E. Lee
Douglas
Freeman
Lee
David M. Pitts
Goochland
Fluvanna
Columbia
John 8. Battle
Charlottesville
Charles T. Moses
Appomattox
L. Gordon White
E. 0. McCue
John Boatwright
Buckingham
Robert B. Massie
Louisa
Dovell
Pitts
Senate Finance Committee
Benjamin Muse
Muse
Petersburg
Fuller-Ambler-Coleman- Hillard
Virginia
Goochlang
General Assembly
Douglas S. Freeman
Joint Assembly
Cather
Cary
Messrs Norris, Tuck and Ambler
Virginia State Bar
Courts of Justice
Coleman
Mr. Coleman
Edwards
Quesenberry
Boschen
Spiers
Bride Ties Knot Amid Torn Letters Ladder Omen
An English bride wed kneeling on a pillow of torn love letters while bridesmaids wore black. A second couple, Kath leen Vaughan Jones and her bridegroom, married under a ladder as a church restoration left a slanted ladder over the chancel.
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London
Kathleen Vaughan-Jones
Rural Education and Tax Policy Debate Across Senate
Senator Garrett opposes tax increases and backs tax reform. Senator Heller contemplates a reduced cigarette tax as a potential compromise. He argues rural schools need better salaries to raise college enrollment and urges a special tax to fund free textbooks and occupational training in rural high schools.
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ABC
Garrett
William A. Garrett
Senate
Heller
Mrs. J H Fishel Dies in County Pneumonia
Mrs. J H Fishel died at Marlboro home from pneumonia in her sixty ninth year. She was born in Mountain Falls and was the widow of Mr. Fishel a Marlboro farmer. Survived by two daughters Mrs. Mary Ashby and Mrs. Gertie Armel two sons Edgar C Fishel and Herbert H Fishel two brothers Joseph Tevalt and C A Tevalt and one sister Mrs Sallie Busher. Funeral arrangements await arrival of her son Herbert from Florida with services expected Thursday at Stephens City Methodist and burial at Green Hill Cemetery.
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Fishel
Marlbor
Marlboro
Joseph Tevalt
Mountain Falls
Mary Ashby
Gertie Armel
Treasure Cove
Edgar C. Fishel
Martinsburg
W. Va
Herbert H. Fishel
Brucetown
This County
C. A. Tevalt
Middletown
Sallie Busher
Redland Church
Shenandoah County
Herbert H. Fisher
Florida
Floyd M. Lucas
Methodist Church of
Stephens City
Green Hill Cemetery
Virginia Bruce Attends John Gilbert Funeral Rites
Virginia Bruce, fourth wife of John Gilbert, appears at funeral services for the 38 year old screen star who died of a heart attack. Bruce and Gilbert were divorced two years ago and she has one child by him.
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Virginia Bruce
John Gilbert
Hollywood
Gilbert
Miss Bruce
Bank Closing Notices After Holiday
Bank closings for a legal holiday on Monday January 20 1936 affect all maturing papers. Payments due January 20 will be honored Tuesday January 21 by J H Yost at Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co, John S Sloat at Commercial and Savings Bank, Geo B Bushnell at Union Bank of Winchester, and Harold G Brown at Shenandoah Valley National Bank.
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Lee
J. H. Yost Cashier
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
Geo. B. Bushnell
Union Bank of Winchester
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J.H. Fishel
Yds
All America
Ag Ri
Ward
Axminster
Wardoleum
South
Loudoun St
Montgomery Ward
John S. Sloat
Cashier Commercial and Savings Bank
Harold G. Brown
Cashier
Shenandoah Valley
Nat’l Bank
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