Shenandoah Bank Directors Hear 61st Anniversary Report
Harold G. Brown president presented the bank’s annual report noting sound liquidity and profitability. He highlighted a decade of growth, new drive-in teller windows for eight-car lines, paved parking from razed Hotel Jack, and conservative asset valuations including a downtown Winchester block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Brown
Winchester
Hotel Jack
Brown
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Fire Destroys Tenant House and Two Barns in West Virginia
Wind driven blaze three miles east of Martinsburg near Kearneyeville Aust destroyed a small tenant house and two barns on the I. D. Van Meter farm. An estimated 20 to 30 cattle were lost. the main house survived due to shifting winds. Fire damage about 100000 with three units at the scene including Martinsburg Shepherdstown Baker VA Hospital and Charles Town fire crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
Here
Kearneyeville
Aust
Merle Fellers
Fellers
Shepherdstown
Baker VA Hospital
Charles Town
I. D. van Meter
J. D. VanMeter Jr
Bank president reports dividend totals and tight money conditions
The President notes the regular 6 percent dividend plus two special dividends totaling 12 percent for 1956, with $40 312 50 in total dividends paid. He mourns director John H Rosenberger's death and lauds officers, while explaining that money will stay tight due to high demand for funds and the Fed's restraint policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
John H. Rosenberger
J. Curtis Fray
John L. Glaize
Leonard B. Sirbaugh
Allen Bond
W. E. Bridgeforth
Federal Reserve Board
Blood Donor Clinic Sets 129 Pints in First 1957 Session
The first Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic of 1957 collected 129 pints of blood toward a 175-pint quota at the First Presbyterian Church. Sixty-six donors were local, with 11 first-time donors bringing total donors to 2,601 and blood collected to 7,085 units. Names and counts listed include Gallon Club members and multi-donor milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
First Presbyterian Church
Slayings Link Grimes Girls to Earlier Chicago Case
Victims found along German Church Road near Willow Springs as police note similarities to a 1955 Chicago area murder. Barbara Grimes bears chest wounds and authorities await pathologist results while a suspect, Krantz, denies involvement after police tip about Santa Fe Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lohman
German Church Road
Willow Springs
Barbara
Lohman
Grimes
Eiyls
Robert Peterson
John Schuessler
Anton
Robinson Woods
Chicago
Krantz
Santa Fe Park
Food Poisoning Keeps Cruise Ship In Quarantine
An outbreak of food poisoning kept the cruise ship Leilani in quarantine for three hours in Balboa Canal Zone. The 622 foot liner carried 577 passengers and one crewman with five women and 11 men hospitalized. All patients recovered quickly and would reboard for the New York to California voyage, as agents checked the ship’s food supply and explored whether the illness was contracted ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balboa
C. Z
Leilani
California
Canal Zone
Hawaiian Steamship Co
Line
Princess Grace Gives Birth to Baby Girl in Monaco
Reports from Monte Carlo confirm Princess Grace and Prince Rainier welcomed a daughter after a pregnancy announced August. Father John B. Keil comments on the news in Philadelphia as the Monaco palace notes French names Gregoire Georges Pierre Richard were considered for a son, while Grace’s Irish line is not reflected in the selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Emile Hervet
Monacan
Charlies Bernasconi
John B. Keil
Grace
Philadelphia
Kelly
Margaret
Margaret Kelly
Monte Carlo
Prince
French Riviera
Rainier
United States
Gregoire
Gregory
Georges Pierre Richard
Monaco
Grimaldi
Caroline
Louise de Marillac
Order of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul
V F W Auxiliary Plans Card Party and Meetings
The Ladies Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2123 planned a February 4 card party at the Post Home chaired by Mrs Holmes Grimm. A new member Mrs Roy Sirbaugh joined, drapes were approved, and members were urged to donate extra dishes. A Youth Activity Party was set, donations of 5 to CARE and 5 to March of Dimes given, hospital visit scheduled for January 23, and the 7th District meet set for February 17 at Stuarts Draft. Volunteers invited for Sky Watch. refreshments served and January 28 clean up planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Auxiliary
Post Home
Roy Sirbaugh
Roy White
Post
Stuarts Draft
Ground Observer Corps
Sky Watch
Dayton Easter
Raymond Baker
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shenandoah
H. Robert Edwards
Harold G. Brown
E. R. Rhine
N. Braddock St
Automobile
Local Claim Office
Hansbrough & Carter
N. Loudoun St
E. Piccadilly St
Benefit Child Welfare Fund
Henry T. Goode & Son
Earl L. Mason
Insurar
Wilkins
Shoecenter
St. Loudoun St
Quota Club
Our
Navy
Member
N. Cameron St
J. V. Arthur
Roscawen St
OLD Star Building
This City
Frederick County
West Virginia
Clarke, Loudoun
Shenanadah Counties
National Fruit
Zuckerman’s
Northern Virginia Power Company
Harold C. Bly
Daniel FE. Blye
Nellie W. Boyd
Frances H. Cooper
Norman E. Cooper, Jr
Frederick Hockman
James M. Kerns
Arthur MelIntire
William A. Pangle
Edward C. Shokes
Fred A. Youngblood
Alma Louise Coffelt
Lester A. Elliott
W. Carlisle Fisher
Charles K. Giffin
Eva Grace Grove
John J. Hawse
Harry L. Lake
Garland P. Peck
Velma B. Porter
K. Sirbaugh
Marshall A. Stine
Roy B. Wickes
Carl C. Campbell
Ellis C. Ford
Sam H. Ritenour
Charles 8. Toan
Shirley M. White
Aaron Zuckerman
Charles Zuckerman
Princess Grace
V.F.W. Auxiliary Plans
Holmes Grimm
March of Dimes
Albert McCormick
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Lea Rey Vy
John Deere Pro
LuptonService
Shriner
Young Men’s Sport Shop
Loudoun St
Fyers
20Th Century-Fox
Ingrid Bergman
Yul Brynner
Helen Hayes
Ivy League
Stetson
Gray & Eddy
Wre
Dean
Jerry Martin
Ss. ' Or
Hal Wallis
Remo
Maxie Rosenbloom
Frank Tashlin Osten
Erma Latarus
Alfred Hitchcock
Gary Cooper
Ruth Roman
Warner Bros
Dallas
Steve Cochran
Raymond Massey
Carroll Baker
Elia Kazan
Tennessee Williams
Baby Doll
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