Virginia towns plan postwar public improvements in survey
Virginia Cities and the Virginia State Planning Board collaborate on a survey of postwar public improvements. Reports from public works executives and thirty towns show plans for water, sewer, streets, and new facilities. March 15 deadline urged to complete and follow up on unfinished plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia State Planning Board
Public Works
cWane
Virgin State Planning Board
Folwup
Social Round of Visitors and Family News in Middletown
Visitors from Winchester Stephens City Salem and Baltimore gathered at local homes for weekends and Sunday calls. Noted illnesses include Annie Jenkins near Danburg and Ver t ie Borden critically ill. A St Patrick Day party is planned at the parsonage March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Conner
Stephens City
George Conner
Salem
I. N. Conner
Annie Jenkins
Danburg
Mae Ginn
R V. Whitehurst
Winchester
Raymond Carper
Lois Bell
Baltimore
Shelby Keith
Charles Rhodes
Mr. Rhodes
Vertie Borden
Town
Notice of Probate and Suit in Winchester Virginia 1944
In the Clerk's Office City of Winchester on February 28 1944 Solie Messick plaintiff vs Isaac Loker et al defendants the suit aims to contest or sell the real estate of Sallie K Messick decd to settle the decedent estate convert assets and distribute residue after debts. Unknown heirs may exist and must appear within ten days after publication to protect their interests. A copy of this order will be mailed to defendants at the post office address on file by March 6 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Vireginia
Winchester
Solie Messick
Isaac Loker
Als
Sallie K. Messick
Government Paper Waste Sparks Economic Debate
Economists criticize wartime and peacetime government publications as wasteful. They note 1941 federal expenditures include billions on publications while only a small share funds mandated items. A congressman recalls finding unwrapped government pamphlets, illustrating consumer calls to curb surplus mailings and the right to discontinue notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Administration
Congress
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Coolidge
Pat
Herbert Hoover
al Smith
Federal Farm Board
Executive Branch
Congressional Record
Notable Books and Authors Featured in Library Notes
Handley Library notes praise Tione Ralf for self taught English and lists works and authors such as Dashiell Hammett Lillian Hellman Chandler Herbert Xavier Herbert and Shelia Kaye Smith. It reviews themes in war era novels and the memoirs of Hallett Abend highlighting China and wartime figures with critique and praise.
Notice of Shareholders Meeting at Farmers & Merchants Bank Winchester
Notice to shareholders of Farmers & Merchants National Bank Winchester Virginia that a meeting will be held April 4 1944 at 10 A M at the bank’s Winchester house. The agenda includes increasing capital stock revising articles of association and any other business. Signed M Allen president J H Yost cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Winchester
Virginia
M. Allen
J. H. Yost
Cousins Enlist In Navy Together From Winchester
Walter Leroy Peacemaker of Sterling Virginia and Carroll Grey Smith of Winchester enlisted in the Navy last week. They were sworn in March 1 in Washington and transferred March 2 to Bainbridge Naval Station. Both are grandchildren of Mrs. A L Martin of Bartonsville. Peacemaker born March 31, 1926 in Ambridge Pennsylvania moved to Virginia as a child. Smith born June 11, 1926 in Winchester has lived with his grandmother since childhood. Peacemaker's father is a Navy Carpenters Mate third class stationed at Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Leroy Peacemaker
Sterling
Rt. J
Carroll Grey Smith
Winchester
Navy
A. L. Martin
Bartonsville
Peacemaker
Walter F. Peacemaker
Ambridge
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Aldie
Walter PF
Arocoke
North Carolina
Carrol Smith
Virginia Grey Swartz
Box 77
Matin
Mead
Smith
Washington, D. C
U. S. Naval Ey 4
Bainbridge
Luther Boyce Enlists in Navy
Luther William Boyce age 17 son of Lloyd A Boyce of 541 S Highland Ave Winchester enlisted in the Navy last week through the Winchester recruiting station. He attended Virginia Avenue School and lived in Frederick County all his life with four sisters and two brothers. Born February 2 1927 in Winchester he worked at Zeropack Co North Cameron Street at enlistment. He was sworn in in Washington DC and sent to the Naval Training Station at Bainbridge Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther William Boyce
Lloyd A. Boyce
Highland Ave
Winchester
Navy
Boyce
Virginia Avenue
Frederick County
Zeropack Co
Cameron Street
Winch
Washington, D
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State Commerce Chamber
Sereremedy
Nic
Middletown
Florida
Doz
Frank I. Weller
Haldeman
Vagine
Handley Library Notes
Tione Ralf Sues
Shaw, Wilde
Dickens
Poe
Dashiell Hammett
Lillian Hellman
New York Film Critics
William Saroyan
Noel Coward
South Africa
New York
Dwight Eisenhower
C. H. Chesney
Napoleon
Stonewall Jackson
I. A. Richards
Katharine Roberts
Chandler
Capricornia
Xavier Herbert
Northern
Australia
Germany
Shelia Kaye-Smith
Hallett Abend
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Japan
New York Times
Museum of Modern Art
Paul Mallon
Luther Boyce
Paris
Chapman Motor Co
W. Boscawen St
Stephano Bros
Phila, PA
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
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