Evening Star 1927 May 21 Local News and Rates
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1927
Page
4
Status of the Park funds and plans for Shenandoah Park
The Virginia Conservation Commission reports that of 975 822 dollars in cash pledges for Shenandoah Park, 688 312 dollars have been collected and placed in the state treasury. Survey work, appraisal committees, and land mapping are underway to determine eventual costs, with safeguards to refund unpaid pledges if the project cannot proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Park Fund
Commission On Conservation and Development
W. E. Carson
Riverton
Park Fund
North Carolina
Tennessee
Smoky Mountain Prk
Virginia
Commisson
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Commission
Costs of Lazy College Life
The Atlantic Monthly May issue features I M Rue as author of Revolt of a Middle Aged Father, arguing college costs and parental sacrifice merit scrutiny. He questions youth behavior and college atmosphere, urging a sober look at work versus leisure among students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchange
Atlantic Monthly
Cee
Who
S Who America
Statison
I. M. Rue
Critique of College Leisure and Vocational Education
The author denounces excessive college leisure and the lazy American male ideal. He argues youth should work first, study part time later for general culture, and save college for vocational aims, noting few would take night classes without genuine purpose. He calls for reform despite low expected uptake.
Value of Tourist Trade for Charleston Boosts Virginia View
A Roanoke Times report notes 41 000 visitors to Charleston over January 1 to April 15 who spent over 1 000 000 with local merchants. The Montgomery Advertiser urges recognizing tourist trade as new money and benefits to Virginia as highways and shrine sites expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
8. C
Roanoke Times
Montgomery Advertiser
Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia
Sacco
District of Columbia
Carolina Line
Lifetime Obligation In Case Of Maj Rice
Maj Marcus H Rice of Watertown New York suffers lifelong throat injury after an army surgeon used a ten percent formaldehyde solution instead of five percent while treating a throat infection from a 1917 airplane crash. A specialist says vocal chords are permanently damaged leaving him to speak only in a whisper. While civilian malpractice liability would apply, military doctors lack such recourse, placing an ongoing duty on the Veterans Bureau to care for him for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus H. Rice
Watertown
N. Y
Maj. Rice
Veterans’ Bureau
Major Rice
Fairfax Herald Voice for Prison Road Labor Plan
Governor Byrd proposes using idle county prisoners for road work to offset costs and improve labor. A survey near Richmond finds inmates serving over six months with little to do. If approved, jails could empty by mid summer as prison crews grade roads for better highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
Richmond
Rockland School Proudly Reports Every Child a Five Pointer
Success Virginia May 21. Rockland School near Success Warren County boasts that every child at the school has earned a five pointer record. The note to the State Board of Health highlights the school’s self-improvement achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Success
State Board of Health
Rockland School
Warren County
Schedule Set for Cumberland Valley League 1927-28 Basketball
Five schools form the Cumberland Valley Athletic League for the 1927-28 season. The schedule runs January 6 to February 24 with games on Fridays and Saturdays. Teams: Winchester Frederick Martinsburg Waynesboro and Hagerstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Valley Athletic League
Winchester
Frederick
Martinsburg
Waynesboro
Hagerstown
Isaac Creek Notes segment from Virginia local page
Isaak Creek notes record weekend visits and family events in Gainesboro Winchester and Howards Chapel. Entries mention Robert McIlwee Clinton Tinsman George Luttrell anniversary Walter Dailey Mrs Emory Dailey Ernest Dailey and other local residents with illnesses and social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Creek
Robert McIlwee
Little Son
Gainesboro
Clinton Tinsman
Winches
George Clark
George Reynolds
Walter Dailey
George Luttrell
Howards Chapel
Catherine
Jane Fout
Robert McKnee
John Kerns
Lee Kerns
Winchester
Howard Whitacre
Emory Dailey
Ernest Dailey
Harry Clark
Burke
Harry Sargeant
William
Harry Gard
Local Household and Mill Moves Reported in Kernstown Area
Neighbors quiet dinners at the home of Mr and Mrs George Clark on Wednesday and news of sawmills moving sites. Ed Brown shifted his mill to Clyde Grove’s farm and plans a new house soon. Harry Gardner and brother moved their mill to George Clark’s farm and are sawing. Mrs Lettie Burner mourns a recent death last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ner
Pauline
George Clark
Ed Brown
Clyde Grove
Grove
Harry Gardner
Fuse Sus Cewn Cere Feet
Kernstown
Burner
Lettie Burner
Revival ends at Greenspring with 30 converts
Greenspring Va May 21 The revival meeting closed May 13 with about 30 converts. The Rev Luttrell and wife returned to Peterstown W Va Attendance at a sale near Shepherdstown Tuesday noted. Prayer services at Greenspring church every Thursday night at 8. Miss Viola Hardy visited Lottie and Louella Strobridge last week. Spring farm work delayed by wet weather. Mrs W A Swimley left for Hagerstown Md to visit her son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenspring
Luttrell
Peterstown
H. C. Lamp
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Greenspring Church
Lottie Agid
Louella Strobridge
Train Schedule From Hagerstown and Nearby Stops
The notice outlines daily times for Hagerstown and intermediate stations with connections at Shenandoah Junction to Washington and Baltimore, plus later runs to Philadelphia and New York. It lists parlor car service to Hagerstown, a Pullman sleeper Hagerstown to Philadelphia, and sleeper options to New York, with contacts A. Burks Inc, GL Bladon, and agents in Berryville and Roanoake for fares and reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Shenandoah Junction
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Pullman
New York
A. A. Burks
Jnc
Bladon
Pass. Agt
Berryville, Va
Roanoae
Three Captives Lodged Here by Bethlehem Detectives
Detectives Charles Deichman and Harry McGelligan of Bethlehem Pennsylvania lodged three prisoners at police headquarters last night and resumed their journey by automobile to Bethlehem. The men were captured in Roanoke Virginia for stealing automobiles. Their names were John Gaves, Paul Mrosker and Henry Volasky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Deichman
Harry McGelligan
Bethlehem, Pa
Police
Bethle
Bethlehem
Roanoke
John Gaves
Paul Mrosker
Henry Volasky
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