State Workers Seek Increases To Meet Costs
Three hundred state employees voted at a Richmond meeting to back a move for pay increases as a cushion against rising living costs. A campaign plan was paused as a committee of five from different departments studies proper steps and adds members soon. The group was formed at the initiative of Frank Kruck with William Stephenson elected chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Frank Kruck
State Department of Labor and Industry
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
William Stephenson
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Louise Burruss
UCC
C. W. Beal
Highway Department
W.L. Points
George L. Newton
State Farm
R. H. Barker
Department of Labor and Industry
Stephenson
General Assembly
Budget bill plan eyed for 1920 session growth
Dr. Barker urged a 10 to 15 percent increase as a possible path in the budget bill adopted during the regular session in 1920. He noted that other plans should be studied by the committee before a decision is reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barker
Social Roundup at Wickliffe and Nearby Towns
Residents from Wickliffe Virginia and surrounding areas are noted visiting relatives and hosting guests. Mr and Mrs Robert Galloway of Washington spent the weekend with C N Galloway and the Writt sisters in Charles Town. Others include the Cattertons, Miss Ann Smith, the Myers family, Frank Alexander visiting Harrisonburg, and Mrs Guido Thompson returning from Winchester Memorial Hospital after a two week stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickliffe
Robert Galloway
Washington
C. N. Galloway
Lucy
Katherine Writt
Charles Town
C. W. Johnston
C. E. Reininger
Helen
Eldridge Catterton
Jimmy
Marlboro
Olive Lloyd
Berryville
John Wilson
Frank Alexander
Harrisonburg
Neill Galloway
Bessie Galloway
Joe Galloway
Arlington
Guido Thompson
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Charles Elbert
Sambo
Howard Owings
Larry Owings
Pennington
Lebanon Church
Christine Wright
Dayton
Virginia
Co. L. Wright
Carolyn Lee Landis
Ohio
Gordon Spargue, Jr
Hillsboro
Spargue
Frank Weirich
Martha Weirich
Martha Hottle
Melvin Odgen
Washington, D. C
Odgen
E. V. Ogden
William Rhodes
Warrenton, Va
John
Mr. Simpson
Winchester
Atlin
W. Va
Kathryn Wright Steele
EH Wright
Martha Reeley
George Clarke
Woodrow Cornwell
Robert Miller
Baltimore, Md
Gordon Keith
Reynolds Store Social News Had Incomplete Names
Reynolds Store Va October 15 residents and visitors shared Sunday visits with relatives and friends in Gainesboro Bloomery Winchester Omps and nearby areas. The listing notes multiple families and individuals visiting homes including the Hovermale Fletcher Fearnow Dick Whitacre and Hov ermale families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Whitacre
E. D. Shenk
J. E. Helsley
Berkeley Springs
Tressie Dick
Winchester
H. B. Dick
N. L. McIntire
R. C. Hovermale
Earl Place
R. E. Place
Theodore Hovermale
Omps
W. Va
Russell Fletcher
Car Demolished in Kansas City Viaduct Crash
P E A Vandruff parked on Eighth Street and went into a cafe for coffee. He returned to find his car wrecked against a viaduct support and received a $3 traffic ticket from an unsympathetic officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Social News From Stephens City Area Highlights Local Visitors
Stephens City Virginia notes visitors and guests from Lebanon Pennsylvania Alexandria Fort Monmouth Hagerstown Mansfield Martinsburg Washington and Winchester. The column lists multiple families hosting relatives and friends, church circle meetings, a turkey festival attended, and a party at John Marshall in honor of Peggy Carbaugh with many attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Montgomery
Falls Church
Harry Carbaugh
Peggy Carbaugh
R. N
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Carbaugh
John Swadley
Hagerstown
J. J. Teets
George Shryock
Webster Shryock
Mansfield
Ohio
Garland Strickler
Robert Campbell
Camp Pendleton
Edward Campbell
Aylor
Red Hill
Dowell
Laura Steele
Lloyd Argenbright
Harrisonburg
Hilda Doggett
Martinsburg High School
A. W. Doggett
Bog
Martha Funk
Sue Pullins
Mary Broaddus
Mary Crisman
Catherine van Meter
Alice Kay Lemley
Margaret Bauserman
Peggy
Nettie Carbaugh
Messrs
Victor
Phil Carbaugh
Howard Massie
Roy Wisecarver
Buster Lovett
W. E. Hopkins
Paul Cadwallader
Bob Stickley
Bob Montgomery
Julian Gregory
Howard March
Afternoon News Is Late News
The STAR notes the delayed edition timing as 9 P M in London 10 P M in Berlin Rome 11 P M in the Balkans reflecting late press cycles and regional publication differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Rome
Balkans
Old Girl Has Lasted Says Skipper of HMS Furious
Captain Arthur George Talbot praises the HMS Furious as a "grand old lady" of the British fleet after bringing the carrier to port for rest. Since 1939 the 24,000-ton ship with 33 aircraft has logged 130,000 miles from the equator to near the North Pole and survived heavy action in World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur George Talbot
Yesteryear
Furious
Tonden
Glorious
Courageous
Equator
North Pole
Suez
Philadelphia
Obot
Talbot
Protec
E Glorious
Norway
Halifax
America
Grimes Community Notes Busy Week of Events
Grimes reports preaching at Galilee next Sunday. Residents visit relatives in West Virginia and Cumberland. Evelyn Pugh works in Winchester, and a birthday surprise for Evelyn Pugh and James Taylor. Charles Knight funeral in Winchester. Galilee gains new electric lights. Local men inducted into the army. Temperatures near ninety five with recent rain. Apple harvest in full swing and fall wheat being fed amid labor shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Newlin
Cumberland
Timothy Good
John Leight and Son
West Virginia
Evelyn Pugh
James Taylor
Charles Hensell
Harry Leight
Winchester
Charles Knight
Leight
Galilee Church
Edward Clevenger
D. Russell, Jr
Mercury
Community Notes From Middletown Ohio and Nearby Areas
Local social roundup lists visits by John Hawes and family in Winchester and Moorefield, plus travel of Jane O Leary from Alexandria. Church events include Grace Church birthday party by the Woman's Society of Christian Service. Major house reconstruction on Main Street and contractors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
John Hawes
Winchester
Maude
Mattie Wright
George Brill
Moorefield
Franklin
W. Va
Howard Owings
Larry Owings
Jennie Pennington
James Willey
Harrisonburg
Jane O'Leary
Alexandria
Carl O'Leary
Church Street
T. Brown
C. G. Wilkins
Lynchburg
William Hallford
Fred Kline
Avondale
R. D. Marshall
West Virginia
George Brijl
C. D. Crismore
Walter Little
Main Street
Charles Rhodes
Richard Farr
Bardy
Billy
Marshall
Warren Farr
Grace Church
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
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New York
Teating
Newtor
Domenner-Soate
24Th Coast Artillery Regiment
Tilden
Perid
Reynolds Store
Stephens City
Raymond Sandy
Lebanon, Pa
M. K. Sandy
Howard Evans
Betty Jean
Edwin
Willie Yeakie
Helen Evans
Firestone
Safti
Skipper
Wick Temple Elphia
Philad
England
Ethel Lineburg
E. L. Stickey
Eddie Miller
Myersdale
Anna Shultz
Sidney
Beckley
Sidney Larrick
Larrick
Will Willey
Shenandoah College
C. L. Wright
Maude and
Rose House
Grimes
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
Loudoun St
Sam
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporattor
Ann Sheridan
Warner Bros
Navy
Chesterfield
Raat
Salisp
Laccare & Mreas
Tosacco
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