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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1937

Page

3

City Council Deliberates Delinquent Tax Lists and Budgets

City officials discuss increasing tax rates for needed improvements and outline a five year plan to retire debt with about 3000 dollars combined from pool and city funds. A committee is named to draft the final ordinance. Delinquent tax lists and publication methods are debated with auditors prompting a rescinding of a prior resolution. Building line measures are also approved for Millwood Avenue.

Page Council J. Baker J. A. Leach Leach, Rindfleisch and Scott Certified Public Accountants Herman Hable Finance Committee Leach Hable Peyton Marshall Field Baker Marshall Millwood Avenue

Apple Society Meeting Dates Announced

Apple Society notes list event times and locations for Friday May 21 at Woodstock Winchester City Hall and Markham, Friday evening 7 30, Saturday May 22 2 pm Leesburg Cott House. The item also reports N W Ayer and Son of Philadelphia chosen as advertising agency.

Woodstock Winchester City Hall Markham Leesburg Cott House Ayer N. W. Ayer and Son, Advertising Agency Philadelphia

Appalachian Apples Ad Campaign Set For Season

The Appalachian Apples organization selects a leading agency to manage newspaper and radio advertising for the coming season. The plan emphasizes grocer service, education on apple varieties, and increased in-store displays across 20 major cities in the central east and south. A parade float titled The King of Fruits will be prepared for the Apple Blossom Festival, with H. Clay deGrange coordinating efforts.

The Appalachian Apples H. Clay deGrange Apple Advertising Organization Virginia

Festival Parade Preparations Stir Civic Pride

Busy days for the festival office and parade routes as leaflets are prepared to inform the public of parade units and their order. A large number of Scouts will support the effort to distribute thousands of leaflets along the streets, ensuring orderly procession and public awareness.

Scouts Help At Four Churches And Parade Details

Uniformed Scouts from Troops 21 9 2 and Campbell brothers assist at four churches with Red Cross First Aid stations. Handley School hosts a First Aid tent while two Scouts carry the Handley banner in the parade. Communities listed include Winchester Front Royal Strasburg Woodstock Luray Martinsburg Charles Town Keyser Harrisburg. Harrisburg troop camps at Rouss Park Saturday. City notes a farmer 55 Lynn Fast fainted on a tractor then overtook it after it ran away.

Red Cross Handley School Handley Handley Band Bobby Womeldorf George Ritter Rotary Joe Léo Campbell Winchester Front Royal Strasburg Woodstock Luray Martinsburg Charles Town Keyser Harrisburg

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City Council Royal Master S. Loudoun ST Apple Society Winchester Milling Corp Melvin L. Selden Ruby Carpenter Bruce Bromley Rouss Park Celerity Lamar Martinsburg Granite Works Boscawen Street Mt. Hebron E. H. Rhinelander Rep Charlemagne Europe Budweiser King OF Bottled Beer Euser Louis Queen's Westinghouse U. S. Public Works Administration Baker & Anderson Winchester Frederick CO N. Braddock St Berryville Clarke County Shenandoah Valley National Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Dodge Howard J. Whitlock Westinghouse Automatic Northern Virginia Power Co du Pont John W. Rosenberger & Co S. Braddock Street
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