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==Events== | |||
== | *[[October 21]] – [[Albemarle County Board of Supervisors]] discuss whether to support an effort to repeal a state law requiring a referendum to implement a zoning ordinance. <ref>{{cite-progress-lindsay|title=Board Slates Further Talks on County Zoning Proposal|url=https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2616090|author=|pageno=1|printdate=October 21, 1933|publishdate=October 21, 1933|accessdate=October 21, 2022}}</ref> | ||
*[[ | *[[November 3]] – Election Day in Virginia with a contested legislative race but no contested races in Charlottesville. For the House of Delegates seat that covered Charlottesville, incumbent Democrat [[Henry B. Gordon]] faced Republican [[Thomas Wylie]]. <ref>{{cite-progress-lindsay|title=Forenoon Balloting Indicates 3,500 Vote Total for City|url=https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2616310|author=|pageno=1|printdate=November 3, 1953|publishdate=November 3, 1953|accessdate=November 3, 2022}}</ref> | ||
| | *[[November 10]] – The very first Mason-Dixon Intercollegiate Pipe-Smoking Championship is held at Madison Hall sponsored by the [[Cavalier Daily]]. The winner was second-year medical student James T. Gillespie who lasted one hour, 39 minutes, and 52 seconds. This beat the time of Walter Bossert, a student at Columbia University. Bossert blamed the southern air for his loss. <ref>{{cite-progress-lindsay|title=|url=https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2616437|author=University Student Captures Pipe-Smoking Championship|pageno=3|printdate=November 11, 1953|publishdate=November 11, 1953|accessdate=November 11, 2022}}</ref> | ||
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==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
*[[August 31]] – [[Maurice F. Greaver | Maurice Franklin Greaver]] (age 67), Chief of Police for the City of Charlottesville for twenty-seven years. <ref>http://weblink.charlottesville.org/Public/0/doc/307384/Page1.aspx</ref> | *[[August 31]] – [[Maurice F. Greaver | Maurice Franklin Greaver]] (age 67), Chief of Police for the City of Charlottesville for twenty-seven years. <ref>http://weblink.charlottesville.org/Public/0/doc/307384/Page1.aspx</ref> | ||
*[[December 11]] – Following an ailment being caused by an internal rupture, [[Seal (dog)|Seal]] (the second unofficial canine mascot of the [[UVA]] football team) is put down by a local veterinarian named Dr. W.B. White. | |||
==Images== | ==Images== | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:17, 12 November 2023
Events
- October 21 – Albemarle County Board of Supervisors discuss whether to support an effort to repeal a state law requiring a referendum to implement a zoning ordinance. [1]
- November 3 – Election Day in Virginia with a contested legislative race but no contested races in Charlottesville. For the House of Delegates seat that covered Charlottesville, incumbent Democrat Henry B. Gordon faced Republican Thomas Wylie. [2]
- November 10 – The very first Mason-Dixon Intercollegiate Pipe-Smoking Championship is held at Madison Hall sponsored by the Cavalier Daily. The winner was second-year medical student James T. Gillespie who lasted one hour, 39 minutes, and 52 seconds. This beat the time of Walter Bossert, a student at Columbia University. Bossert blamed the southern air for his loss. [3]
Deaths
- August 31 – Maurice Franklin Greaver (age 67), Chief of Police for the City of Charlottesville for twenty-seven years. [4]
- December 11 – Following an ailment being caused by an internal rupture, Seal (the second unofficial canine mascot of the UVA football team) is put down by a local veterinarian named Dr. W.B. White.
Images
References
- ↑ Web. Board Slates Further Talks on County Zoning Proposal, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, October 21, 1933, retrieved October 21, 2022. Print. October 21, 1933 page 1.
- ↑ Web. Forenoon Balloting Indicates 3,500 Vote Total for City, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, November 3, 1953, retrieved November 3, 2022. Print. November 3, 1953 page 1.
- ↑ Web. [1], University Student Captures Pipe-Smoking Championship, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, November 11, 1953, retrieved November 11, 2022. Print. November 11, 1953 page 3.
- ↑ http://weblink.charlottesville.org/Public/0/doc/307384/Page1.aspx