I recently stumbled upon Vol.1 No.5 of the East End Press, dated June 15, 1928. Published by A.H.Friar of 515 North 24th Street, this free 4-page monthly is chock full of fascinating detail such as info about the upcoming Garden and Porch Contest sponsored by the Church Hill Garden Club, the latest on John Deeming of 2219 M Street, and a full listing of all of the businesses in the East End Business Directory (including 3 places to get fresh meats and “fancy groceries”).
I can’t find anything online about the East End Press. Given the tenuous nature of free papers and the looming Great Depression, it couldn’t have lasted much longer. Does anyone know anything about this paper?
I’ll be posting pieces of the paper over the course of the week, kicking off today with the very interesting Personal and Social column. This runs down the right side of the front page and is continued on page 4:
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That’s frickin’ cool!
Where / What is “Madison”? (in the address near the top right corner of the front page)
“Madison 6438” isn’t a place, it was the phone number of the publisher.
It would be neat if any surviving Noldes had photos of said motor trip 🙂
Does the Tuxedo Park neighborhood still exist? How about the Glenwood Golf course?
Inquiring minds want to know :-p
Great that people published both addresses and vacation dates.
Glenwood Golf Club
http://www.glenwoodgolfclub.com/
From their site:
Katzenjaammer, I don’t know if the Tuxedo Park neighborhood still exists as such, but there’s a Tuxedo Boulevard off Nine Mile Road across from Creighton Court. It’s pretty close to the Henrico County line.
wow…. hope you find out more about the paper. Would love to see more
This is pretty fantastic. Perhaps we should start posting our personal business on CHPN? Hmmmm- not sure about the announcement of vacations (with address provided) though! 😉
A. H. Friar was probably Andrew Hill Friar who was born in 1876 in Wise County. By 1918 he moved to Richmond, where he worked as a printer. He also published the East End News and the Library of Virginia has a couple issues of that newspaper from 1925. You could probably track him down in Richmond city directories, which are also at the Library of Virginia.
Some papers in more rural areas still do these. My parents live out in Louisa, and there’s a section of their paper that talks about visits, trips, small events, etc. It is a very different style of community.
reminds me of Facebook!!