Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-04
Pithy Paragraphs

The concrete areaway plus the
pavement on the Court Street side
of the National Bank of Woodstock
building is the beginning of a ribbon
of pavement which will extend to-
Church Street 1t is also the forerun--
ner of the closing of the unsightly
and malodorous ditch on the east
side of Court Street which for gener-
atoms has been a stencil in the nos
trils of the citizenry, citizenesses and
visitors. Unles something goes awry
this ditch will ere long become mat
ter of scented history And won't it
be godsend when it does?
Somewhere on the statute books
of the town of Woodstock there is
an ordinance prohibiting the parking
of cars at fire plugs. 1t is practice
freighted with danger, for getting to
a fire in its incipiency means the saw
ing of property For a fire company
to be compelled to coax a Lizzie out
of the way in order to hook up to
a plug. is interfering with the eff
cheney of the company. Often auto
mobiles are hitched Immediately in
front of the fire house. In the event
that the battered auto would buck, it
is to be presumed that the fire appar-
atus would be lifted over the top
of the machine. In the meantime the
baby fire may have reached the size
fof an adult confiagration. Back your
buzz wagon against the curb and
near a fire plug in Winchester or
Harrisonburg and see what happens.
So much and costs, the mayor says.
For safety's sake why not keep autos
away from fire plugs
Just wonder how many folks have
deleted Holy Writ so that the injunc-
ton, Let him without sin cast the
first stone" is not to be found in the
Book of Books. Stand around most
anywhere for just a short period and
listen to the yapping of the pack as
characters are shredded and reputa-
lions blasted. Usually the emana-
lions come from brains which, should
they be made of sleigh bells would
not start tinkle. Mentality measures
the disposition to engage in gossip,
and the man or woman who carries
around the miasma of the sewers
rather than the odor of flowers is
usually person without personality,
and the sort who find more pleasure
in study of the slums than in an OBJ
servation of the stars. Listen, broth
er. sister, sometime when you are
shaving or powdering your nose, take
a good look at yourself If there is
a halo on your head, go to it and
talk about your fellows. If not, bet
ter take good look inward. Plenty
to see there
Just little discussion few days
ago. In point of continuous service,
who is the oldest merchant in Wood
stock? Different citizens had differ
ent ideas. In seniority as a mer-
chant, Frank S. Bowman's name, like
Abou Ben Adhem's, leads all the rest.
1t has been SO years since the store
which has developed into the big
Bowman department store, was es-
tablished in the building now occu-I
pied by Walton & Smoot, Court
Square druggists. Subsequently, the
school building at the corner of Court
and Muhlenburg streets was pur-
chased and remodelled. As business
grew, additions were added until now
the Bowman store ranks with the |
best in the Valley. The oldest estab-
lished business is the Schmitt Drug
Store, over century old, while the /
name Bargelt as identified with Jew
elry, except for an interim of several
years has been in the towns business
directory since 1917. There isn't
in town, except w. ID. Sa-
ger, the groceryman. doing business
in the same room in which the bust
ness began.