Evening star., 1921-05-29

| The resources of the First National
Bank of Harrisonburg at the close of
| business. April %. 1921. We're $2,63a.-
executive officer; George f.. Sipe,
chairman of the board w. l.. Dech-
/ ert. president; ]. q. Yanccy. cashier
and vice president. and l.. T. Flick
and {. l.. Dunmore. assistant cashiers.
! The directors are J. f. Beard. j. w.
Bolen. G. +. Coffman. W. l.. Dechert.
]. n CARRIER. John T. Harris, J. T.
, Houck. John II. Hoover. J. r. I.upton,
| l.. G. Myers, NJ. l.. Mauzy. C. II. Rol-
ston. j. NJ. Smell. George +. Sipe. f.
l.. Sublett and Thomas i. Wager.
The resources of the Rockingham
| National Bank of Harrisonburg are
! S1.545.a24 -. The officers are G. q.
| Harnsberg"r. president: T. y. Haas.
; vice president: 5. ID. Myers. cashier.
/ and G. II. Mauzy and c. a. Mason, as
G. q. Harnsherger. George g. irat-
tan. jr; L. l.. Conrad. f. NJ. Slime
spring. G. r. Long. W. NJ. Joseph. T.
~ Haas. a: Fl. Long. j. $. Sellers;
| Joseph q. Myers. NJ II. Myers and
John /. Harnsbergcr.
| The resources of tho National Bank
of Harrisonburg. formerly the reo,
pies Bank, were. on its last published
statement. $1.o71, 1850. The officers
are; James L. Rrherd. president; ". H.
' Uiup Hal vice ~ ~ "
Stickley. vice president: Thomas +.
Reery, vice president and cashier. and
6. d. Beard and S. j. prichard. as
sistant cashiers. The directors are
W H. Cunningham. Samuel Earman
w. Il. Dutrow, ]. L. Liskey. Hersh-
ey II, Weaver. Elias Brunk. J. L. Re-
herd. w. J. kaylor. J. O. Stickley, T.
, ]. Martin. D. l.. Huffman, J. r.
! Meyerhoeffer. s. l.. Hoover, +. X. Mil
Ter and Thomas +. Beery.
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with asphalt blocks. sidewalks of ce-
ment with granite curbs. moving
lines of automobiles. jostlinR crowds
of shoppers, gay show windows. uni
formed police. fire plugs. street letter
boxes and girls with high -heeled
avenue. Chestnut street Charies
street. F. street and Connecticut ave-
nue, and everywhere else-and alter
this glance The Star man went to his
hotel, in this case the kavanaugh, be
cause "Ritch" Is clerking there. You
may not instantly recall Riich. but
he is an old Washington boy. not yet
old His full name is J. r. Ritch-
creek, and before going into the no
tel business he lived here on Calvert
street and worked for a long time
with Bcrberich Sons and for loneer
time with y. J. kaufman. When The
Star man told Ritch that he ate lunch
every day in Stoves place with Tally.
Waldbcrg and Cross Of the Kaufman
firm. with Mike Levy. Wallace Luchs.
Burdette. Frank DeprO and the whole
gang. he offered him the freedom Of
tho house Joe Yokeley. the head
waiter in his tuxedo suit. showed
him to the head of the table and Eu-
rope johnson, in white duck. the old
est waiter and tip collector in the
valley. brought him everything on
the bill of. fare-and then some.
THE next encounter was with the
L chief of police, Frank L. Dovel.
holding up and starting the lines of
| wheel traffic and letting lines of pc
| dcstrians cross the main street. There
are three other policemen-John r.
Logan, William c. Early and Robert
G. Morrison. tall strong fellows who
| would be a credit to the Broadway
| Philly. Or the Washington police de-
| partment Then was held up by the
| city sergeant, w. r. Bowman. who
! explained that he was in plain clothes
| for purpose" and he showed me his
| badge, wbnreupon let hin pnnn. Then
! to tie mayors office. The r:syor Is
! John w. Morrison. pfacticing lawyer
| and graduate of Georgetown in the
class Of II. This is his first term
| and he served two terms as president
of the Harrisonbure Chamber of Com
| mcrcc. which organization by it's push
and zeal has made Harrisonburg IA
] great industrial city. tn. other city
I officers are: Treasurer. H. A Sprin-
! KEEL: city attorney. JOHN Paul; city
| health officer DR.. Howard Armstrong;
| city clerk. Ward Swank: city engin-
eer w. q. Myers; superintendent of
public works. John r. Noll; assessor,
r. Lee Woodson; sergeant. w. r.
! Bowman; councilmen. r: Lee Allen.
| w. NJ. Joseph. p; Reilly. r; V. Slater.
II. s Whitmore and L. A. Zigler. The
| committees Of the council are the
committees on light. finance. police
| and safety, water, streets and aims
house.
All public utilities are owned by
! the city. There is a municipal electric
| light and power plant on the Shenan-
| doah river. twelve miles east of the
! city, where current is generated and
| sold for domestic and industrial pur-
| poses at the lowest rate in the United
| States. The water supply comes by
! gravity from mountain springs west
! of the city. There is a well laid out
| sewer system and a recently erected
sewage disposal plant Of the most
! approved pattern. The main thor
| oughfares are paved.
The Harrisonburg Chamber of Com
| merce has issued a folder from which
the following extracts are made:
! Harrisonburg Located in the heart Of tho
| great Shenandoah valley famous in peace and
| war. the most beautiful. the most healthful and
| the most productive section of the state. 1t is
| the county seat of Rockingham county tho cen
| ter Of II diversified and fertile section. and the
| home of j thrifty, industrious. intelligent and
| aw-abiding population.
Has n population Of 5000. very large
minority white. and owning their own homes
all thrifty, intelligent and prosperous: no mil
| lionairrs and few paupers. 1t is Virginia s
| youngest city, yet the states most progressive
| End thriving municipality. IT has the lowest
| tax rate of any municipality in Virginia 81
cents on 500, yet its bonded Indebtedness Is
! Has . school system pronounced by ed,ra-
tfonal experts to he the standard for Virginia.
1t is the shopping center Of four counties