Harry Reyner

Harry Reyner (1889–1978) was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia, from 1930 to 1932.

Harry Reyner
Harry Reyner
Mayor of Newport News, Virginia
In office
1930–1932
Personal details
Born1889 (1889)
Died1978 (aged 88–89)

Harry Reyner (1889–1978) was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia, from 1930 to 1932.

Biography

Before serving as mayor, he was a businessman, starting as a boy, selling pies to workers at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company. As an adult, he started a business as a ship chandler with his father.[1] He left to fight in World War I, and returned at the war's conclusion to run Associated Charities, which provided assistance to families suffering from the local depression that occurred when the shipyard lost its wartime shipbuilding contracts.[2]

He was first elected to serve on Newport News City Council in 1922. He served one term as mayor, and as mayor he established a pension fund for city employees. He also served four terms as vice-mayor.

Biography

  1. ^ Samet, Gertrude. "Harry Reyner: Individualism and Community in Newport News, Virginia" (PDF). Southern Jewish History. 1 (1998): 113. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  2. ^ "Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities - Newport News/Hampton, Virginia". Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved October 19, 2022.


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