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*[[1936]] had the exact same calendar as the years [[2020]], [[1992]], [[1964]] and [[1908]]. | |||
==Events== | ==Events== | ||
*[[February 24]] – The [[Daily Progress]] began produced a series of installments called “Charlottesville's Personalities” by featuring [[John L. Newcomb|Dr. Lloyd John Newcomb]], president of the [[University of Virginia]].<ref>{{Cite-progress|url=https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2749152|title=Charlottesville's Personalities|author=Staff|publishdate=Feb. 24, 1936|accessdate=June 12, 2022}}</ref> | |||
*[[June 9]] – The Democratic party’s nominations for three positions on the city commission were victorious in the municipal [[1936 election]].<ref>{{Cite-progress|url=https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/journals/items/uva-lib:2748121|title=Democratic Nominees Triumph In THE City Commission Election|author=Staff|publishdate=June 10, 1936|accessdate=December 30, 2020}}</ref> | *[[June 9]] – The Democratic party’s nominations for three positions on the city commission were victorious in the municipal [[1936 election]].<ref>{{Cite-progress|url=https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/journals/items/uva-lib:2748121|title=Democratic Nominees Triumph In THE City Commission Election|author=Staff|publishdate=June 10, 1936|accessdate=December 30, 2020}}</ref> | ||
*[[September 1]] – At the first meeting of the new council, City Manager [[Seth Burnley]] was returned to his office. He also served as the city collector, purchasing agent, and the city’s representative of the joint health board. [[E. V. Walker]] was re-elected city attorney. The entire local police department was re-elected upon the recommendation of Police Chief [[Maurice F. Greavers]]. The officers of the municipal fire department, elected by the volunteer company [[August 4]], | *[[July 3]] – [[Shenandoah National Park]] was dedicated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. <ref>{{cite-progress-lindsay|title=Great Crowd at Park Dedication|url=https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2748348|author=|pageno=1|printdate=July 3, 1936|publishdate=July 3, 1936|accessdate=July 2, 2021 from University of Virginia Library}}</ref> | ||
*[[August 19]] – Albemarle Supervisors adopt a resolution allowing themselves to be paid for their service on the Board. Everyone except the Chair would receive $300 a year while the Chair would receive $500 a year. Earlier in the summer, Supervisors had asked Judge [[Lemuel F. Smith]] for an opinion on whether they could vote to pay themselves. They had also asked Smith to set their salary, but he explained he had no authority under state law to do so. <ref>{{Minutes-boardofsupervisors|url=https://lfweb.albemarle.org/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=4888&dbid=0&repo=CountyofAlbemarle&cr=1|when=August 19, 1936|documentid=4888|accessdate=February 11, 2023}}</ref> | |||
*[[September 1]] – At the first meeting of the new council, City Manager [[Seth Burnley]] was returned to his office. He also served as the city collector, purchasing agent, and the city’s representative of the joint health board. [[E. V. Walker]] was re-elected city attorney. The entire local police department was re-elected upon the recommendation of Police Chief [[Maurice F. Greavers]]. The officers of the municipal fire department, elected by the volunteer company [[August 4]], 1936, were unanimously appointed by the council upon the recommendation of the Fire Chief [[Charles H. Page]]. The annual appropriation of $520,489.70 for the estimated expenditure anticipated in the 1936-1937 city budget was unanimously approved by the council.<ref>{{Cite-progress|url=https://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2746065/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2746066/3099.5/3205.5/3/1/0|title=Council Selects Local Personnel|author=Staff|publishdate=Sept. 1, 1936|accessdate=Feb. 2, 2021}}</ref> | |||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
*[[April 16]] – Death claimed Dr. Arthur J. Weed, noted physicist and instrument maker. Dr. Weed, who was 75 years old, was a member of the faculty of the [[University of Virginia]], having resigned from the United States Weather Bureau in [[1920]] to come to the university. An authority on earthquakes, Dr. Weed was the inventor of the ''Weed Strong Motion Seismograph'', until the 1960's generally used in the study of earthquakes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1936-04-17/ed-1/seq-6/|title=Inventor of ’Quake Detector Dead In Virginia|last=Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.|first=|publishdate=17 April 1936|publisher=The Washington Times. (Washington D.C.)|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=October 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://smallnotes.library.virginia.edu/2014/01/09/a-j-weed/|title=Patron’s Choice: The Life and Times of A. J. Weed|last=Schwartzburg|first=Molly|publishdate=Posted on January 9, 2014|publisher=2022 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=October 31, 2022}}</ref> | |||
*[[July 24]] – [[Alice Carter]] dies in [[Charlottesville]] and is buried in [[Oakwood Cemetery]]. A laundress and resident of [[Gospel Hill]], Carter had her portrait photograph prominently included within the [[Holsinger Studio Collection]]. | |||
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Events
- February 24 – The Daily Progress began produced a series of installments called “Charlottesville's Personalities” by featuring Dr. Lloyd John Newcomb, president of the University of Virginia.[1]
- June 9 – The Democratic party’s nominations for three positions on the city commission were victorious in the municipal 1936 election.[2]
- July 3 – Shenandoah National Park was dedicated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. [3]
- August 19 – Albemarle Supervisors adopt a resolution allowing themselves to be paid for their service on the Board. Everyone except the Chair would receive $300 a year while the Chair would receive $500 a year. Earlier in the summer, Supervisors had asked Judge Lemuel F. Smith for an opinion on whether they could vote to pay themselves. They had also asked Smith to set their salary, but he explained he had no authority under state law to do so. [4]
- September 1 – At the first meeting of the new council, City Manager Seth Burnley was returned to his office. He also served as the city collector, purchasing agent, and the city’s representative of the joint health board. E. V. Walker was re-elected city attorney. The entire local police department was re-elected upon the recommendation of Police Chief Maurice F. Greavers. The officers of the municipal fire department, elected by the volunteer company August 4, 1936, were unanimously appointed by the council upon the recommendation of the Fire Chief Charles H. Page. The annual appropriation of $520,489.70 for the estimated expenditure anticipated in the 1936-1937 city budget was unanimously approved by the council.[5]
Deaths
- April 16 – Death claimed Dr. Arthur J. Weed, noted physicist and instrument maker. Dr. Weed, who was 75 years old, was a member of the faculty of the University of Virginia, having resigned from the United States Weather Bureau in 1920 to come to the university. An authority on earthquakes, Dr. Weed was the inventor of the Weed Strong Motion Seismograph, until the 1960's generally used in the study of earthquakes.[6][7]
- July 24 – Alice Carter dies in Charlottesville and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery. A laundress and resident of Gospel Hill, Carter had her portrait photograph prominently included within the Holsinger Studio Collection.
Images
References
- ↑ Web. Charlottesville's Personalities, Staff, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, Feb. 24, 1936, retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ↑ Web. Democratic Nominees Triumph In THE City Commission Election, Staff, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, June 10, 1936, retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ↑ Web. Great Crowd at Park Dedication, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, July 3, 1936, retrieved July 2, 2021 from University of Virginia Library. Print. July 3, 1936 page 1.
- ↑ Web. County of Albemarle, Albemarle County Board of Supervisors Minutes, Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, Albemarle County, August 19, 1936, retrieved February 11, 2023.
- ↑ Web. Council Selects Local Personnel, Staff, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, Sept. 1, 1936, retrieved Feb. 2, 2021.
- ↑ Web. Inventor of ’Quake Detector Dead In Virginia, The Washington Times. (Washington D.C.), 17 April 1936, retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ↑ Web. Patron’s Choice: The Life and Times of A. J. Weed, 2022 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, Posted on January 9, 2014, retrieved October 31, 2022.