The Shadow
90 YEARS AGO…
September, 1931
September 4, 1931: Hot Springs
Mrs. W.J. Matthews will leave next week for New York to visit her mother, Mrs. Lahm.
Miss Louise Northern will leave Tuesday for Frederick, Md., where she will be in school this session.
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bonner, who have been living in Mitchelltown, will be interested to hear that they have moved to Hot Springs, occupying one of the attractive cottages here. Mrs. Bonner is employed in the front office at the Homestead Hotel.
Mrs. Yerda Ulrich, who has been at Dobbitt Cottage for the past month, will leave Tuesday for her home in Richmond.
Miss Costage, of New York, is spending the week at Bobbitt Cottage.
Miss Audrey Lamb, who is leaving Tuesday for her home, in Richmond, will be accompanied by her mother, Mrs. W.J. Lamb.
Mrs. Charles Johnston returned Tuesday from Cape May, NJ, after a visit with her sister.
Mrs. C.E. Tador, of Baltimore, is visiting her brother, Mr. W.F. Steinbach.
Miss Clarice Liptrap and Mrs. H.O. Ayers have returned from a visit to Norfolk, Atlantic City and other points of interest. The trip was made by automobile.
Mr. and Mrs. Fay Ingalls are now in Europe, where they will spend several weeks. While away, they will visit Lady Robertson, in England, she being a sister of Mr. Ingalls.
Mrs. Annabel Loving delightfully entertained at bridge at her home Wednesday afternoon. Four tables were at play. The home was lovely in decorations of many garden flowers.
75 YEARS AGO…
September, 1946
September 4, 1946: Hoyt Transferred To South Hill, Va.
M.D. Hoyt, assistant resident engineer in Alleghany County since Nov. 1944, left Covington today to assume his new duties as assistant resident engineer at South Hill, Va.
Mr. Hoyt says he understands the territory there will include a three-county area.
A Veteran of 26 years service in the State Department of Highways, Mr. Hoyt has been a resident engineer with the Virginia Highway Department for the last 22 years. The majority of his positions have been in the eastern part of the state.
Mr. Hoyt came to Covington from Russell County in 1944. A native of Boston, Mass., he adopted Virginia as his home state in 1918 when he helped build Fort Eustis during World War I, serving as an engineer with the federal government.
After a two-year residence in the county Mr. Hoyt said he has made friends here and expressed reluctance in leaving to assume his duties in another part of the state.
50 YEARS AGO…
September, 1971
September 4, 1971: City Council Meets Tuesday
City Council will hold a call meeting which will serve as its annual organized meeting Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall. It will be the first meeting for the newest member of Council, H.E. “Ed” Matics, who was elected to Council in May.
Councilman William A. Taylor Jr. was re-elected in the same election, while Councilman L. Marshall Wolfe was defeated.
The meeting has been moved up one week from the original Sept. 14 date so council members can attend an out of town meeting on the latter date.
At the annual organizational meeting each September, Council elects a mayor and vice-mayor and appoints the clerk of council and city attorney. Usually, the man who received the highest number of votes in the election is chosen mayor in the years when a councilmanic election has been held. Taylor led the voting in May.
There are no public hearings on the agenda, but communications, petitions, and requests include:
Easement agreement between the city and Robert W. McAllister and wife for a 24″ storm draft crossing the south corner of their lot.
Request of J.A. Laughlin, city school superintendent, to address Council in the interets of the school board concerning a federal aid program.
