Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-07-17
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golden days." when men were men
and idle chatter lacked the ophidian
animus, is being remodelled to a
certain extent by the purchaser, Mr..
5. G. Clark. Just to what extent this
change will be is prob
but one thing certain, it
will be one of Main Streets attrac-
tions. Such changes mean evolution,
Col. William j.
The bungalow" (as people in this
section designate architecture of like
character, and, incidentally, it is a
misnomer,) now being built for
James G. Graveley by the Valley
Builders Supply Co., is on high
road to completion, and the owner
expects to occupy it on or about Sep
TENDER 1. 1t will add materially to
the attractiveness of North Main
Street, and say, have you noticed
that there are mighty few residen-
tial sites on the west side of North
Main? Looks as if Woodstock will
be compelled to switch southwark in
building operations.
Local philosophers and chronic
conversationalists while wearing out
the seats of their trousers are also
making threadbare their vocabularies
in discussions of the Scopes evolu
ton case. Most of them are as well
acquainted with the Darwinian the
DRY as they are with the family wood
pile, which is saying little, and all
of them are willing to stop work, if
by. accident they ever started, to tell
you all about the big. case in the lit
tile Tennessee town. If the wasted
arguments in Woodstock could be
harnessed to produce industrial pow
err, the Chamber of Commerce could
offer the cheapest manufacturing
conditions between Cape Town and
Columbia Furnace. Just like all
towns, though The village philoso-
pher is a necessity. 1t takes both
ennui and energy to keep a munich
pality moving.
Tearing out the interior of the
Shenandoah National Bank building.
Oh. no; not tearing up any money
or other evidences of debt, nor are
they tearing up the enviable stand
Shenandoah banks. Getting ready to
make it one of the most attractive
banks in the Valley. Large spaces
for it's busy force of employees. More
room and conveniences for its grow
ing list of customers. A case of mod
ernizing plus expansion, and an eff
fort to have the interior of the bank
building measure up to its influence
and reputation as Roll of Honor
Bank" w. G. Murdoch is in charge
of the work and there will be almost
a complete change in the floor plans.
New furniture will be installed. Ex-
cept for its business policy. officers
and employees, everything will be
new. Woodstock progresses.
A leading educator from the. Mid
die West was a Woodstock visitor
last week. He said that he felt that
he was in IAN atmosphere of his
tory" Something else, too, was said
by the learned gentleman. You
people do not appreciate what God
has done for you, but let the Valley
be the one spot, almost as it is,
where smoke does not hide scenery. -
Just one thing more, he went to the
clerks Office and looked at the 1872
records, signed by Thomas Marshall,
father of the first Chief Justice of
the United States Supreme Court
Probably the best chirography in Vir-
ginia. You folks of Shenandoah
County and Woodstock have never
seen it. Mark this 1t was written
on unruled paper, with a quill pen
and eternal ink Sometime, drop in
the clerks Office. We assure you
that Clerk Pence or his deputy will
4 be glad to show you a sample of real
writing dated over a century and a
half ago.
Lightning shattered our dreams of
a delightful story concerning colored
circles, when last week Preston Scott
in all of the glory of an Egyptian
ruler, headed a procession of his
brother and sister Elks in a parade
through the streets of Woodstock,
which was creditable for its size and
commendable for the nattiness of the
uniforms, the neatness of the march
ers and the quality of music. Yes,
there was big brass band. after
wards band concert on the streets.
Baseball in the afternoon and the in
eyitable dance at night. They had
big time, the colored Elks from
Harrisonburg, Front Royal, Winches-
ter and other towns. They had chick
en-, too. Killed over 60, Pres says.
Pres, by the way, is Exalted Ruler
of Shenandoah Valley Lodge at
Strasburg.
A Rembrandt is painted on drab-
looking canvas. Scratch off the pig
ments which make the picture beau
tiful and priceless. and you wouldn't
trade set of discarded false teeth
for ten yards of it. And so with