Winchester City Reports Four Million in Assets and Water Waste
City Manager P P Pilcher delivered September figures showing 7 602 000 gallons more water used than a year earlier amid drought despite conservation appeals. New water extensions and 31 leaks repaired saved water. quarries supplied stone for roads. total city assets near 3 966 313 76 with debt of 773 000.
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P. P. Pilcher
Winchester
Pilcher
Handley High School
John Kerr School
Colored School
Handley Library
Handley Schools
Lupton Memorial Fund
Sheep Thieves Arrested After Stolen Flock Found
Hampshire county West Virginia authorities traced John and Henry Slater to Winchester where they were arrested and returned to face trial for stealing sheep. The pair had previously been fined for cruelty to animals after selling three sheep for 3.50 each to a local dealer.
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Hampshire County
W. Va
Winchester
John
Henry Slater
Ardensville
Slaters
West Virginia
Hollis
Recent Transfers Of City Realty
City records list real estate transfers including Cora Brown et al to George T Thornberry a one third undivided interest on East Piccadilly Street and nominal consideration. Joseph B Newlin to G M Preffitt parcels on North Kent Street with nominal consideration. F L Glaize et ux and Shirley Carter et ux to Frank F Beck et ux on Lee Street with nominal consideration. Frank F Beck to Elizabeth R Beck Lot on Lee Street with nominal consideration. F W Bailey et al to Clarence A Carper land on South Kent Street and a Knight's Subdivision lot with nominal consideration. Paul A Beck et al to George M Warren land and a frame
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Corporation Clerk
Cora Brown
George T. Thornberry
East Piccadilly Street
Joseph B. Newlin
G. M. Preffitt
North Kent Street
F. L. Glaize
Shirley Carter
Frank F. Beck
Lee Street
Elizabeth R. Beck
F. W. Bailey
Clarence A. Carper
South Kent Street
Property transfer on North Avenue and Mice Avenue
F B R Anderson transfers a parcel of land on North Avenue to C C Holliday for nominal consideration. The deed mentions a second parcel on Mice Avenue with nominal consideration, details not fully provided.
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North Avenue
F. B. R. Anderson
C. C. Holliday
Mice Avenue
Berryville Postmaster Fractures Arm Cranking Car
Newton 8 Ritter, Berryville postmaster, fractured his wrist while cranking an automobile this morning. He was treated at Memorial Hospital, Winchester, where a surgeon set the bone. Ritter has resigned as postmaster effective next month to join the Commerce Department in Washington after three years in Berryville.
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The
Star
Berryville
Newton
Ritter
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Department of Commerce
Washington
Ceremonies Planned For Heywood Shepherd Memorial Boulder
Turner Ashby Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy invite members to Harpers Ferry West Virginia for a Saturday unveiling at two o clock. The boulder honors Heywood Shepherd a Harpers Ferry guard killed during John Brown raid after refusing to join the raiders. The United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Veterans sponsor the memorial.
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Turner Ashby
Daughters of the Confederacy
Heywood Shepherd
Harpers Ferry
West Va
Shepherd
John Brown
United Daughters of the Confederacy
The
Sons of Veterans
Mount Pleasant United Brethren Church Welcomes Pastor Racey
The Mount Pleasant United Brethren Church reports the Virginia Conference has returned Rev. C. J. Racey of Winchester for another year. Gerradstown W Va October 7 1931. Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh arrived from Shanghai and depart by train to Yokohama for a voyage back to the United States.
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Mount Pleasant
W. Va
United Brethren Church
Virginia
C. J. Racey
Winchester
C. E. Lewis
Gerradstown
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Shanghai
Yokohama
United States
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Wichester
Loudoun St
COATS
City Realty
Editor
Lindberghs
Associated Press
Nagasaki
Japan
Far East
McCallum
Betty Shoppe
Carter
Moling & Cather
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