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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1928
Page
2
State banks showed 1927 gains with total assets rising to 291 million and deposits up about 9.68 million while the number of banks fell to 329. Chief bank examiner M H Bristow released the annual report noting all banks held total resources over 291 million, up from 277 million the prior year.
The twenty national banks in the state held combined resources of 478,789,000 dollars, totaling 710,618,000 for all Virginia banks. State bank deposits reached 186,642,000 in 1927, up from 177,012,000 at end of 1926.
The Hampshire Review presents a memorial to Hampshire county WW I service members unveiled before about 5,000 at the Court House. Governor Cornwell presented the statue gift from The Hampshire Review, Miss Margaret Keller, and Louis Dinkle. The ceremony featured speeches, music, and a bronze tablet bearing names.
A soldier with a gun and helmet stands at the courthouse entrance on a five foot base. A bronze tablet on the base measures eighteen by twenty eight inches and lists thirty one names of men who were killed or died in service.
Hoboes riding a Norfolk and Western freight near Stanley attempted to jump off by applying air brakes, breaking the train in two and risking a serious wreck. Fifteen cars were raided with two cheeses stolen. other cars carried steel. Automatic train control and signals reportedly prevented disaster. The crew did not know a block of cars was missing.
Anna Henson Thatcher, 61, wife of Harlan C. Thatcher, died at the Thatcher homestead on Tuscarora west of Martinsburg after a series of paralytic attacks. Born January 6 1878 in Bunker Hill she was a former county teacher and longtime church and community leader. Survived by husband and two sons Edward Newton and Harland.
Sins ane at ns the age following sisters and broth s. Yeroy Brock from New Mexico Mrs. enue £ Inwood Mrs. William Dean and Miss Sue Henson from Bunker Hill and Robert G. Henson from Shenandoah Junction attend funeral services at the late home. Rev. J. L. Rogers leads with Rev. Dr. J. B. Bittinger assisting. Burial follows in Green Hill Cemetery.
Gray Silver was re-elected at the fifth annual meeting amid routine reports and member attendance. The proceedings noted ongoing committee work and upcoming program plans.
Gray Silver of Martinsburg was elected vice president of Federated Fruit and Vegetable Growers, Inc., at a recent meeting held in New York City.
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