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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1928

Page

3

Winchester Socials Note Banquet and Park Openings

Winchester residents attended an anniversary banquet in Martinsburg honoring M Cohen founder of B Nai Brith Lodge with a gold pin presented by his son. Others traveled to Lovettsville for a memorial service for Rev Thomas Cromer as Opequon Lake Park prepared to open with the Anthony Wayne Hotel Orchestra performing.

Winchester Een M. Cohen Martinsburg W. Va M.cohen Hebrew Synagogue B’nai Brith Lodge Cohen Hebrew Ladies’ Auxiliary Joseph Herbach Philadelphia B’nai Brith Herbach United States Denver Hot Springs Ark Erie Harbach Louis Cohen Lodge Lovettsville Loudoun County Virginia Classis Reformed Church Thomas K. Cromer Centenary Church City S. L. Flickinger Robert L. Gray Cornelia Louise Gray Mary J. Gray Joseph Hodgson C. S. Hartman

Miss Phoebe Armistead Helmer Weds in New York

The wedding of Miss Phoebe Armistead Helmer daughter of Dr and Mrs Fielding Lewis Taylor of New York to Seymour Wadsworth son of Mrs Clar ence S Wadsworth of Middletown Conn will be at St Bartholomews Episcopal Church New York on Tuesday June 5 Bishop Acheson to officiate assisted by Rev Dr Clifton Macon A reception at Sherrys Dance at Jordan Springs Friday Evening May 25 with Pat Dunn and his nine Virginians orchestra.

Lucy Burwell Upperville Loudoun County Phoebe Armistead Helmer Fielding Lewis Taylor New York Seymour Wadsworth Clarence S. Wadsworth Middletown Conn St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church Bishop Acheson Connecticut Jordan Springs Jordan White Sulphur Springs Pat Dunn Virginians G. Edgar Soutter

Brown Sr. injured in accident shows improvement at hospital

Winchester letter carrier John I. Brown Sr. remains hospitalized after a recent crossing accident. Doctors report his condition as very satisfactory though recovery will take time before he can return home on South Kent Street.

John I. Brown Winchester Memorial Hospital Brown South Kent Street

Telegraphic order service for commercial photographs expands nationwide

May 22 Cleveland reports the Photographers' Association of America announces a new telegraphic order service. A directory links manufacturers with city photographers for rapid photographs of factories machines and showrooms across the country. Early users include a St Louis printer and a Seattle photographer.

Cleveland United States St. Louis Seattle Photographers’ Association of America

Chest Clinic To Be Held In Winchester Friday May 25

Dr E C Harper of the Virginia State Board of Health will conduct a tuberculosis clinic for the District Nurse Association in the Chamber of Commerce building near the Court House in Winchester on Friday May 25 from 9 am to 12 pm and 2 to 4 pm.

E. C. Harper Virginia State Board Ofealth Winchester District Nurse Association Chamber of Commerce Court House

Mrs Davis Acquires The McVicar Property

Mrs E Douglas Davis buys the McVicar residence on West Clifford street from Mr and Mrs Charles P McVicar for $12,500.

Mrs. Davis McVicar Charles P. McVicar West Clifford Street E. Douglas Davis

Widow Is Devised Mr Steele Estate

The will of John S. Steele of this city, who died suddenly in Kernstown, was probated in Corporation Court. He left his entire estate to widow Susan Elizabeth Steele for life then to their children. she named executrix and posted a $3,500 bond.

John S. Steele Kernstown Susan Elizabeth Steele

Williams explains Virginia constitutional amendments proposed

R Gray Williams argues that a new constitution or amendments protect private property and liberty from majority rule. He defends a 1902 framework while detailing Proposal No 1 on liberalizing the legislature, restricting bond issuance to voter referendums, and enhancing state road and school provisions.

Rockingham County Virginia Commonwealth Keezell John Paul North Carolina Valley Pike Valley Turnpike Williams Tidewater

Virginia Constitution Amendments on Education and Segregation Tax

The speaker discusses proposed constitutional changes in Virginia to allow the Governor to nominate state education board members with separate Assembly votes and to let local boards select superintendents from a qualified state list. He argues for removing position restrictions and cites efficiency, business analogy, and statewide accountability. He also explains a segregation tax amendment aimed at limiting state property taxes and clarifying who pays taxes, arguing it would make funding more transparent to residents.

General Assembly Virginia Mapp Mr. Byrd Byrd Richmond Jos. H. Chitwood Roanoke Henry C. Stuart Mr. Williams Veal Commission Virginia General Assembly Byrd-Mapp Williams Gov. Byrd State Board of Education Alvision State Superintendent of Public Instruction Institution of Higher Education State Board ‘of Education United States Steel Corporation State Board Court House Rockingham County

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