Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-08-28
Pithy Paragraphs

Have you noticed that the Court
House and jail roofs have been fresh
ly painted? Lots of you, of course,
who look down and never up, didn't
know it. The painting has certainly
added TO the general appearance of
the public buildings. Then there is
the new paint, or coats, of paint on
the Fire House. Helps, of course,
but just little more wouldn't hurt. |
The generosity of contributing mer-
chants and artisans made it posi-
BILE. Listen-if You were as anxious
to contribute to the upkeep of the
Fire Department as you are Jealous
TO get to fire, it wouldn't be ling
before we would have that chemical
engine. Lots of you listened to $40
worth of music Monday night, and
then didn't eat 10 cents worth of ice
cream at the Firemen's festival.
bitumen and spawls with which the
Valley Turnpike is being made YER
liable nightmare for motorists, auto
mobiles stream into town. This, not
withstanding the purported order of
Chairman Shirley of the Highway
Y Commission that only half of the
I roadway should be coated with tar
via at the time Remember the fell
low who said he would take just half
cup of coffee, and added, 1.-The top
half? Indications are that the
Shirley order meant ''the top half"
Be that as it may, the molasses is
being distributed in a way so that
every car catches goodly coating of
the mess and mass. Motorists of a
religious bent of mind will have to
be reeonverted when they reach home
for most of them have certainly shat
tered the cussing prescription of the
decalogue.
; The three-room, one-story annex
, to the High School building, now be-
ing constructed may not be thing
| of beauty" and we trust it may not
be a ..joy forever" 1t is intended as
ia temporary structure to meet an
emergency, just as it will be re-
minder to the citizens of Woodstock
that there is necessity for perma-
nent relief from the congested condi-
| tions existing in Woodstock's High
) and Graded School. OF course some
) thing has been accomplished by the
concerted efforts of the Civic League
: and other organizations. But, why
) let the movement lag? Keep driving
: ahead until the town has a school
t building commensurate with its needs
and at least half as good as some in
, smaller towns.
So acute has become the water sit
uation in Winchester that the city
i manager is contemplating rationing
the supply. AS it is, the use of water
! has been cut to minimum Aside
, from the great inconvenience suffered
by the populace there is the fire pos
lsibility to be reckoned with, and to
! add to probable woe it may be necs-
sary to close the big industrial plants
of the city until the supply is replen-
lished. This would entail a financial
!, loss mounting into the thousands.
r While there is still small remnant
[ of Woodstock citizenship which de-
plore the outcome of bond issue for
r a plentiful supply of water, there is a
lesson in the Winchester situation
which should choke off all criticism
, of those who worked for the Stoney
/ Greek project. New Market, with
! half the population of Woodstock is
preparing to spend $4,000 for wa
: ter. All along the line, towns are
preempting available water sup
plies. Fortunate indeed is Woodstock
! to have begun operations to secure
more water, and plenty of it.