Winchester Honored for Traffic Safety in 1938
The City of Winchester received an honorable mention from the National Safety Council for 1938. C R Anderson presented the award to Chief of Police Clayton Hollis, noting Winchester had zero traffic fatalities last year and praising enforcement, education, and engineering improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Na- Pog Safety Council
George Jones
C. R. Anderson
Clayton Hollis
Mr Jones
Virginia
Hollis
No More Bumps For Tall Folks On Main Street
Winchester city council passed a third reading requiring sidewalk awnings to be at least seven feet high. The change drops the old ten foot standard as impractical for modern canvas shades. Council used Councilman O L Jamison as a height reference and set seven feet as clearance for downtown pedestrians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
O. L. Jamison
Winchester
Funeral Services For Mrs Ricketts
Funeral services were held last Tuesday for Mrs Mary Alice Ricketts at the home of her son Clifton Price in Gainesboro Virginia. She was twice married first to Samuel A Price and later to Andrew Rickets leaving six children from the first marriage and Earl Rickets from the second. Survivors include sons Calvin Clifton and Samuel and daughter Edith Flowers and Bertha Heflin with brothers Hunter Asa Edward John David and Isaac. The family notes her cheerful disposition throughout a two year illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesboro
Mary Alice Ricketts
Clifton Price
Rickets
Samuel A. Price
Edith Flowers
Calvin Price
Dehaven
Samuel Price
Philadelphia
Ernest Price
Bertha Heflin
Mr. Price
Andrew Rickets
Earl Ricketts
Inwood
W. Va
Hunter
Grimes
Asa
Edward
Martinsburg
John
Cincinnati
Ohio
David
Cedarville
Isaac
Treasury Status May 1 Receipts Expenditures Brief
The Treasury reports for May 1 receipts of 36,509,195.4 dollars and expenditures of 30,707,900.04 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Treasury
Bid Sought for Winchester Ball Park Concession
Bids will be received for the concession at the Winchester Ball Park. Bids must be in the hands of A. Ryland Con ner by Monday May 8 with one third deposit of the bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Ball Park
A. Ryland Conner
Private hospital room and standard charges offered
Advertisement notes private room X rays and typical hospital fees for care. Andrew G Briggs district manager can be reached at telephone 1660 in Winchester Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew G. Briggs
Dist
Winchester
Clarke County Marriage Licenses Rise in April
Clarke County Court records show 37 couples applied for marriage licenses in April, up from March and bringing the yearly total to 84. Six licenses were issued to resident brides, including Frances Louise Riley, Aud rey Louise Hall, Esther Pauline Lewis, Mary Frances Lee, Maude Mae Royston, and Julia Elizabeth Schertzer, with their respective partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County Court
Frances Louise Riley
Grayson Feldman Sponseller
Audrey Louise Hall
Gladstone Ellsworth Parker
Esther Pauline Lewis
Thomas Delmas Harris
Mary Frances Lee
Richard Ray Jackson
Maude Mae Royston
George Crampton Renner
Julia Elizabeth Schertzer
Francis Folson Bott
Local Bankers To Visit Romney For Clearing House Meeting
C M Grim assistant cashier and Kenzel Whitacre teller of Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co Winchester will visit Romney West Virginia Friday evening to attend a clearing house association meeting recently organized in West Virginia by Hampshire Harry and other counties in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Grim
Kenzel Whitacre
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
Winchester
Romney
W. Va
Clearing House Association
West Virginia
Hampshire
Hary
Secon
Local Dancers Featured in Woodstock Rotary Show
A group of Shenandoah county dancers joins the Rotary Club of Woodstock Va for Rotary Scan dals a musical comedy to be staged at the Community theatre May nine and ten Miss Mary Green Peggy Crowell and Colleen Cather will perform a tap routine with other local cast members from Shenandoah County expected to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club of
Woodstock
Mary Green
Peggy Crowell
Colleen Cather
Shenandoah County
Lions Club Honors 54 Members for Perfect Attendance
Fifty four Lions Club members were awarded six months of perfect attendance at yesterday's lunch meeting. Dr. Allen T. Hawthorne presented 100 percent lapel buttons as reports from Earl Mason, parade director Leonard Sirbaugh, and parade chairman Hoye Riley were shared. Guests Roy Cather and William A. D'Espard attended, with new members listed as Campbell Gaines Kerr Over Wheatley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions
Lions International
Allen T. Hawthorne
Earl Mason
Sarah Zane
Parade
Leonard Sirbaugh
Hoye Riley
Marvin Weaver
Roy Cather
William A. D’espard
Henry Goode
James Alexander
Ednes Merman Barr
Ford Barry
Jack Blackburn
Bott
C. C. Brannon
W. E. Bridgeforth
A. T. Baker
Howard Cahill
John Cammer
Lloyd Carper
Ben Cather
Russell Cather
Dick Clevenger
Earl Clowser
Clayton Cochran
Warren Daugherty
Walter Dent
Lohn Dunlap
Warren Eddy
John Glaize
John Hardesty
Ralph Hengeveld
Grover Henshall
Harold Hildum
C. A. Hobart
P. G. Ireland
L. Jackson
Robert Jasper
Walter Knee
D. O. Louderback
James Madden
Herbert Miller
Lee Miller
Melvin Miller
Joe Newlin
Wayne Omos
Sam Preston
Kenneth Rush
Fred Ritter
C. F. Schenck
D. H. Sencindiver
Charles Shewbridge
L. B. Sirbaugh
James Snider
Byron Stotler
Ward Thresh
Richard Veitel
Campbell
More Entrants In Clarke Beauty Show On May 11
Clarke county women increase to forty in the Clarke county beauty contest sponsored by the high school Commercial Club. The event will be held in the school auditorium on Thursday evening May 11 at 8 o clock with out of town judges. New entrants include Joy ce Lewis Gloria Longerbeam Margaret Simpson Frances Wolfe Anne N Barnett Ellen McKay Baughmans Store Betty Meade Sherman Maser s Store Edna Lickliter Stickles Shoe Shop Louise Fuller Levis Store Gladys Elsen Buckleys Hauling Service Marie Wisecarver Laura Drury L N Russell Camille Wisecarver A & P Tea Company Janice Smallwood Wisecarver s Gent Shop Rose Ellen Rams burg F N Morris Store. Margaret Buckner chairs the contest committee and Mary Pugh is advisor of the Commercial Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County
High School Commercial Club
Joyce Lewis
Conner's
Gloria Longerbeam
Margaret Simpson
Ern Cafe
Ellen McKay Baughman
Betty Meade Stuart
Sherman Masemer
Edna Lickliter
Stickles Shoe
Louise Fuller
Levi's
Gladys Elsen
Buckley’s
Marie Wisecarver
Laura Drury
L. N. Russéll
Camille Wisecarver
A. & P. Tea Company
Janice Smallwood
Wisecarver
Rose Ellen Ramsburg
Garden Club Speaker To Address Middletown Grange
Mrs C A Seaton of Staunton will address the Middletown Grange on May 12 for Flora s Night with guests from northern Virginia Granges. The program includes music poems recitations talks and an essay on flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
C. A. Seaton
Staunton
Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs
Middletown Grange
Grange
R. H. Baker
Virginia
D. N. Grover
Kathryn Foltz
World News
B. O. Brumback
Winston
Dunbar Baker
Grange Degrees Conferred as Nearby Granges Attend
Degrees will be conferred upon the large class of new candidates by the grange's second and fourth degree teams. Nearby Granges have been invited to witness these ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Harold G Brown Among Speakers at Bankers Convention
Harold G Brown cashier and vice president of Shenandoah Valley National Bank is listed as a speaker for the 46th annual Virginia Bankers Association convention Clyde W Beerbower secretary of the organization announced. The event sails aboard the S S Queen of Bermuda from Norfolk on May 14 returning four days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Bankers Association
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Clyde W. Beerbower
Norfolk
Eagles Elect G. C. Ritter President of Aerie 824
G. C. Ritter Jr. was elected Worthy President of Winchester Eagles Aerie No. 824 for the coming year. Installation and a buffet supper follow the June 6 meeting at the North Loudoun street Aerie room with officers including Robert B. Dale R. K. Willey E. P. Spates Vincent Hollis J. S. Ritter John Birmingham W. B. Barr Allen Kipps and C. F P. Hottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Ritter, Jr
Aerie No
Winchester Eagles
Eagle
Mr. Ritter
Aerie Room
North
Loudoun Street
Robert B. Dale
R. K. Willey
E. P. Spates
Vincent Hollis
J. S. Ritter
John Birmingham
W. B. Barr
Allen Kipps
C. F P. Hottle
RIS Kidney Health Trial Advertisement
An old drug advert promotes a thirty day RIS test to keep kidneys active and improve well being. It claims a trial treatment priced 25 to 50 cents or one dollar and notes Miller's Drug Store in Winchester Virginia as the source with a warning to avoid substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller’s Drug Store
Winchester
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Ridgeway Roller Rink
John W. Rosenberger & CO
South Braddock St
E. Piccadilly St
Buncutter Tire Company
Ricketts
Edmund L. Daley
Boston
Military Department
Caribbean
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
U. S
New York
Lions Club
Clarke
Ralph Guldahl
Studebaker
Guldahl
C.L.T
Dellinger Brothers
E. Piccadilly
Canada
Daniel C. Roper
Roosevelt
United States
Ottawa
Harold Brown
Eagles
G. C. Ritter
Goodrich Safety
Silvertown
Goodrich
Braddock & Boscawen
Small Loan
East Water St
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C. L. Robinson Ice & Cold Storage
C. I. Brumback
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