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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1951
Page
9
Fairfax County supervisors cut 169 500 from the general county budget and 247 000 from the school budget. The tax rate drops 58 cents from 3 23 to 2 65 per 100 assessed valuation. Tax bills rise about 75 percent due to a new assessment. The new budget takes effect July 1.
The Page County school board and the board of supervisors failed to convene for a joint budget session. The school board complained the supervisors moved the meeting without notice while the supervisors invited members to a courthouse gathering next Monday. The dispute centers on a $2.30 property tax raise and whether it funds the school budget.
Roanoke psychologist Dr. Gilbert J. Rich says adult thumb sucking may extend childhood habit into smoking. He noted the behavior while speaking at an institute on social work at Hotel Roanoke.
Funeral services are held for Dr. Thomas Rosser Reeves 74 retired Methodist clergyman and former Blackstone College president who died Sunday after a brief illness. A Front Royal native he taught at Randolph Macon academy and led churches in Clarksville Franklin Danville Petersburg Salisbury Md Portsmouth Richmond Martinsville and the Lynchburg district.
Fourth Circuit affirms ruling denying $15,000 to Mrs. Virginia Montgomery in a Virginia crash case. The court says a passenger who sees danger must object to protect the driver and that failing to protest can bar recovery if driver is equally aware and acts carelessly.
Harrisonburg Virginia and Louisville Kentucky celebrate their 171st birthday. Mayors exchange gifts and greetings with artifacts from each city including flags a city license tag honoring founding year 1780 and a Harrisonburg dressed turkey.
At the Virginia Chamber of Commerce annual dinner 300 Virginians met nine Virginia representatives and Senator A Willis Robertson. Roanoke High School senior Jeanne Mann Dickinson Jefferson High School won the American Legion scholarship oratorical contest delivering on constitutional rights and liberties.
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company considers legal action against Newport News City Council's 3 percent gross receipts tax. Spokesmen criticized the levy as a squeeze after a 3-2 vote, aimed to raise about $21 000 annually. Company Attorney Blake Newton decried the measure. council had rejected compromises of 2 1/2 and 1 1/2 percent.
A city council moving to replace the 50 year franchise that ended December 31 proposes a new twenty year agreement. The plan outlines scope terms oversight and eligibility criteria for the updated service. Authority remains with the city council and applicable regulatory bodies.
The CIO Textile Workers Union shifts to radio and telephone outreach as picket lines thin at Dan River Mills. Emanuel Boggs says employed workers undermine the union’s 13 cent an hour demand. observers note more cars at the mill gates and no violence reported after last week’s dynamite incidents.
Williamsburg William and Mary College has admitted for graduate study its first Negro student Hulon L Willis an in reader noting the historic milestone at the nation’s oldest college.
A Norfolk public school instructor and 1949 Virginia State College graduate from Petersburg, born in Pittsburgh, reflects on a career in education and regional roots.
Jean Bly daughter of Otis and Mrs Bly of Fishers 1 captured first place in the Miss Strasburg contest at Strasburg High School auditorium. Jean Sallender placed second and June Hockman placed third in a keen competition.
Mrs Bertha Odell Miller 611 South Kent Street died this morning at 8 30 in her home after years of declining health and a two week serious illness Born December 4 1874 in Winchester she was the daughter of Strother and Missouri Shull widow of Charles W Miller She leaves two sons Elliott B Miller Baltimore and Harry C Miller Winchester a sister and two brothers along with five grandchildren and four great grandchildren Funeral services Thursday at 11 am at Omps Funeral Home with Dr William Archer Wright Burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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