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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1938

Page

12

Five Are Named To Take Charge of Delinquent Taxes

Richmond May 27. Col Leroy Hodges heads Holy State's new delinquent tax service as the agency to begin July 1 absorbing work from the existing commission system. Four agents and a stenographer will form the new unit with salaries ranging from 1 080 to 3600 dollars.

Leroy Hodges State Siepacons Ce Holy State Te.st Comptroller State Tax Commissioner Hugh Reid Arlington Vergil J. Coberly Petersburg L. B. Myrick Norfolk Marvin E. Nuckols, Jr Richmond Allene Zachary Myrick Tghteen

Washingtons Speech and the Hidden Powder Morale Trick

A 1938 McNaught Syndicate piece recalls General Washington boosting troops morale by showing top barrels with powder over sand, convincing soldiers they could win. It contrasts weary Revolutionary War troops facing 8000 British soldiers in Boston with the power of belief and discipline.

Washington Revolutionary Army Boston River Charles Cambridge Army Els Congress Halifax

Modern Interior Decorating Booklet Ad

A Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau promotion offering a 32 page booklet Modern Interior Decorating. Learn to brighten corners and hang draperies with practical, low cost tips. Enclose ten cents with name address and mail to Washington DC for a copy.

Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Frederic J. Haskin Washington, D. C

Will Rogers Scotch Wedding Porch Joke

A Will Rogers humorous piece riffs on a Scottish wedding to be held on a back porch at a country house. The groom insists on the porch ceremony so many guests can gather in the back yard and not waste the rice, amid Rogers’ light take on cultural quirks.

Scotland Bac Orch American News Features, Inc

State Delegates To National 4-H Camp Selected

Four Virginia youths were chosen as delegates to the National 4-H Camp in Washington June 16 to 22. Guy Poole New Canton Andrew Yancey near Harrisonburg Doris Steele Fairfax Station Virginia Smith Virgina selected for leadership in club work with projects in foods home improvement canning poultry recreation and more. Beverly Carper Botetourt county will represent Virginia at the Rhode Island state short course June 25 to July 2.

Blacksburg Guy Poole New Canton Andrew Yancey Harrisonburg Doris Steele Fairfax Station Virginia Smith Virgilina Virginia Washington Beverly Carper Botetourt County Rhode Island Virginia Tech Andrew Yankey William L. Yancey Rockingham County Rockingham Guy

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