Council Sets $1.45 Tax Rate This Year
City council adopts a 1.45 tax rate, claiming the lowest in the state. Re-elected school board members face routine council business and ongoing agenda items during a busy session.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1928
Page
1
Council Meeting At a Glance 1928 Tax Rate Adopted
The council adopted a 1.45 tax rate for 1928 and approved a resolution to purchase the First Baptist Church building. Fred Lb. Glaize was elected to the Council to replace resigning J. George Baetjer. Warren Rice, Wm. M. Lupton, and J. Fred Goss were re-elected to the City School Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
Fred Lb. Glaize
J. George Baetjer
Wm. M. Lupton
Warren Rice
J. Fred Goss
Winchester Adopts 1.45 Tax Rate for 1928 Despite Amendment Loss
The Common Council approved a 1.45 tax rate for 1928 by eight votes to two, after defeating an amendment to set 1.40. The finance chair Patton cited a total 224,144.40 revenue and a 1.45 rate yielding 225,331.68 to cover budgets and leave 1,187.25 for a contingency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Hable
Patton
Finance Committee
Messrs
J. H. Henry
H. H. Hable
Winchester
First Baptist
East Cork Street
John Kerr School
John Kerr
John M. Steck
Stewart Bell
the Baptist Church
Sees Image Of His Sweetheart At Sea Test
A Cunard liner Berengaria transmitted a televisor test from London to the ship mid Atlantic. Dora Selvey, fiancée of operator Stanley Brown, appeared on the screen and was recognized by her hair and profile. Captain O G Hutchinson oversaw the receiving setup aboard the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Apacians
Cunard
mid-Atlantic
Atlantic
London
Berengaria
O. G. Hutchinson
Baird Television Development Company of
Baird Company
Sweetheart
Hartsdale
N. Y
Dora Selvey
Stanley Brown
Brown
Miss Selvey
Virginia apples fight for rate fairness and wider society growth
The Virginia State Horticultural Society reports 984 paid members and active campaigns, including a hearing request to lower basket freight rates and equalize interstate apple shipping with New York. Rate specialist W. S. Campfield will discuss the issue at a Winchester fruit growers meeting on March 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia State Horticultural Society
State _Corporation Commission
Virginia
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
America
Middle West
Pacific Northwest
W. S. Campfield
Winchester
Navy Names Successor To Lost Lexington Officer
The Navy appoints Comdr Newton H. White Jr. as executive officer of the aircraft carrier Lexington to replace the lost Comdr T. G. Ellyson. Ellyson and two aides departed Hampton Roads for Annapolis early February 27 and have not been heard from. A section of the aircraft’s right wing spar wash ashore near Cape Charles, Virginia, with further wreckage reported offshore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
T. G. Ellyson
Eal Mithpearea
Navy Department Today
Newton H. White, Jr
Lexington
Ellyson
Hugo Schmidt
Rogers Ransehausen
Annapolis
Hampton Roads
Cape Charles
Virginia
Cape Charles City
Navy Department
Dispatch
Return of Pastor Has Been Requested By Official Board
The Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church board of stewards passed a resolution at the fourth quarterly conference requesting the return of Rev. J. Luther Neff for another year. The bishop, Baltimore Annual Conference, will have final appointment in March in Baltimore. Dr. E. T. Mowbray was commended for district work and reappointment. George H. Eagle was elected lay conference delegate with Wilbur Johnston and Clem Babb as alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Luther Neff
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
E. T. Mowbray
Hagerstown
Frederick
Baltimore
Mr. Neff
Mowbray
George H. Eagle
Wilbur Johnston
Clem Babb
Senate committee orders ad verse report on Nicaragua pullout plan
The Senate foreign relations committee ordered an ad verse report today on the Heflin resolution calling for the withdrawal of U S marines from Nicaragua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Heflin
United States
Nicaragua
Smallpox Epidemic Raging At Aden
A small pox epidemic is raging near Aden Yemen one of its two main seaports. In the last week 231 people died in the district and the rabbinate in Aden proclaimed two days of fast and prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jewish Telegraph Agency
Jerusalem
Aden
Yemen
Rabbinate
Father Martin To Preach Tonight In Hagerstown Church
The Rev. Father Thomas B. Martin leaves for Hagerstown Maryland to preach this evening at St Marys Catholic Church as part of Lenten services. He will return around noon Thursday. Pastor Rev. Father Rein hart spoke at Lenten services in the Church of the Sacred Heart, and his assistant Rev. Father Kerr spoke here last evening on keeping the Sabbath holy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Martin
M Hagerstown
Lenton
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Thomas B. Reinhart
St. Mary’s Church
Church of the Sacred Heart
Father Kerr
Handley Player In Bad Accident At Memorial Hospital
James Thrift a Handley High School student and baseball catcher broke both bones of his left ankle when a fellow player trying to score home fell on him. He was taken to Memorial Hospital where doctors set and encased the injuries in plaster of Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thrift
Handley High School
Memorial Hospital
Young Thrift
Thrift
Strasburg Shamrocks Fall to Lions Club 32 29
The basketball game at Handley High School last night ended 32 29 in favor of the local Lions Club. Strasburg Shamrocks played a strong game with a near even score until the final stretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Lions Club
Shamrocks of
Strasburg
Lions
Shamrocks
Mrs Coolidge Back At Capital After Family Illness
Mrs. Coolidge returned to the White House today after a week at the bedside of her ill mother Mrs. Lemira Goodhue in Northampton Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Coolidge
Capital
Associated Press
Washington
Republicans Name Delegates In Winchester Frederick County Meeting
Republicans of Winchester and Frederick County chose delegates and alternates to the Roanoke state convention. Samuel Brown was elected county chairman after Wilbur Cather resigned. The group plans a local headquarters and an aggressive campaign with district and state party support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Brown
Wilbur Cather
Winchester
Frederick County
D. W. Lupton
Rouss Avenue
Roanoke
Joseph T. Brown
H. Russell Potts
Roland C. Ryan
Potts
H. B. McCormac
Walter R. Talbot
J. T. Brown
C. E. Babb
James R. DuShane
Samuel Zeigier
Russell Potts
J. R. DuShane
C. M. Smith
Red. A. Robinson
H. B. Garber
C. Babb
Samuel Zeigler
T. Jackmier
Sam Brown
Wilbur E. Cather
Cather
J. T. Reely
Middletown
Daniel W. Lupton
Haldeman
D. A. Robinson
J. L. Gardner
Claude B. Stickley
A. L. Anderson
J. D. Snapp
John Lodge
Roy P. Duvall
Tech ¢Ity
Lenten Services At Christ Church This Week
Lenten services will be held in Christ Episcopal Church this afternoon at five o clock and Friday at the same hour. The lecture on the life of St Paul will be given in the church tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Episcopal Church
St. Paul
Old Favorite returns with all new show at Colonial Theatre
Jimmy Hodges brings Pretty Baby to Winchester for threeday run at the Colonial Theatre with a cast of 30 including Mary Farrell. The show, presented at regular admission plus the standard picture program, will feature a daily change in both stage and screen offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Hodges
Winchester
Colonial Theatre
Jimmy
Mary Farrell
Miss
Patton Child Recovered At Home After Hospital Stay
Master Charles Patton son of Mr and Mrs Howard Patton has been moved from Memorial Hospital to his parents home on North Loudoun street where he is greatly improved after a major operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Patton
Howard Patton
Memorial Hospital
Loudoun Street
Master Patton
Health officers report on Winchester mortality and dairy inspections
At a City Council meeting, Dr. E B Miller meat and milk inspector and Dr. H L Pifer health board secretary summarized 1927 figures. Winchester had 199 city deaths, 253 births, with many deaths from surrounding counties and various causes. typhoid cases traced to carriers, water deemed pure. Miller detailed livestock slaughter totals, 23 dairies inspected monthly, 267 dairy visits in 1927, and 252 butcher shop inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. W. Miller
H. L. Pifer
Winchester Board of Health
Rockingham
Age
Rappahannock
Madison
Warren
Clarke
Frederick
Virginia
Jefferson
Berkeley
Hampshire
Hardy
Morgan
West Virginia
Winchester
Pifer
Miller
E. W. Miller
State Line
Strasburg
Clarke County
Renting Jimmy at Church of Christ March Event
Admission likely 25 cents for a play titled Renting Jimmy at the Church of Christ on March 9. Also a classified notice offers a 32 volt Delco plant sweeper and iron in perfect condition by E R Marker of Opequon Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
Delco
E. R. Marker
Opequon
Great Spring Piano Sale Opens at Baldwins Store
Brawner's Music Store advertises a spring sale with low prices and easy terms. The Baldwin line is on display including three used grand pianos, five used upright pianos, grafanolas, and other instruments. Sale begins tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Brawner’s Music Store
Celebrities Likely Invited to Shenandoah Apple Blossom
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival officials say invitations will go to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh Comdr. Richard Byrd and Gene Tunney for the fifth annual celebration in spring If accepted they would attend both days Lindbergh's spring engagements and Byrd's polar expedition plans may affect attendance Tunney’s availability depends on boxing schedule and a personal representative in New York City may receive his invitation Byrd could be invited to crown the festival queen
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
America
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
New York City
Gene
Lindbergh
Virginia
Augusta County
Byrd
South Polar
Conmimander Byrd
Ferris of Michigan Quits Run for Reelection
Senator Woodbridge N Ferris of Michigan says in a letter to Democratic national committeeman William M Comstock that he will not seek another term. He also declines to back Alfred E Smith for the Democratic nomination and backs Thomas Walsh of Montana. This marks a break in Michigan Democratic support for Smith ahead of the Houston convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
William M. Comstock
United States
Woodbridge N. Ferris
Ferris
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Thomas Walsh
Montana
Comstock
Michigan
Democratic Party
Smith
Detroit Democrats
Houston
Curtain Falls On William H. Crane
William H. Crane veteran actor of the stage died in Hollywood California after a period of illness. The world famous comedian passed away peacefully with his wife by his side as the end approached after a long life on the stage and twenty five years of marriage to his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Six Miners Die in German Mine Explosion
A mine disaster at Ludwigsdorf in Silesia kills six miners and entombs eight others. Rescue efforts are underway as the fate of the trapped workers remains unknown. Separately in St. Petersburg Florida the Anti Saloon League endorses congressional funding to obtain evidence in prohibition law violations by undercover agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Gerlin
Ludwigsdorf
Silesia
ST. Petersburg
Fla
David Hepburn
Virginia Anti-Saloon League
Senate Sets Speed Record With En Bloc Legislation
In Richmond on March 7 the Virginia House revived a rural school bill and the Senate passed 74 measures in one session. The package included an absentee voting reform, $60,000 for motor vehicle inspectors, and a study commission on compulsory car insurance. The school bill would place rural school finances under county control while preserving local governance and building standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
House of Delegates
W. Orlin
Luenberg County
Ashton Dovell
Williamsburg
House
Senate
Virginia
Sol
Point ‘of Rocks
Board of Supervisors of
Loudoun County
State Roads Commission of Maryland
Potomac
Brunswick
Columbia
Nathieia Eek
Maryland
Potomac River
Dovell
Board of Supervisors
Boards of Supervisors
Adams County fruit trees priced 25 percent lower
Car fruit trees from Adams County Pennsylvania first class stock inspected by us. Prices 25 percent lower than most others. Stock guaranteed. Place order at once. Siebert Fruit Corporation. Winchester Steam Laundry advertises wash-day help and phone contact. A hedge fence costs little with Privet Barberry Viburnum Roses and various shrubs and trees offered by J Frank Baylis at 8 Amherst Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Siebert Fruit Corporation
J. Frank Baylis
Amherst St
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council
Old Baptist Church
Baetjer
Mr. Glaize
Father Martin
Handley Player
Virginia Party
Kansas City
John Paul
Christ Church
FETE
Byrd and
Tunney
William H. Crane
Germany
General Assembly
Winchester Steam Laundry
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