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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1930
Page
3
Social and personal items are gathered by Mrs. Isabelle F. Miller. Reporters may submit items between 3 and 4 p m for the next day. The department provides guidance on matted or telephoto news delivery and notes the telephone line for submissions.
A Century Club talk touches a book now out of print and the Nile origins mystery from antiquity to Baker and Lady Baker. Rediscovered explorations and dangers reveal a path to Lake Albert Nyanza and the Blue Nile. Richmond readers anticipate Winchester Apple Blossom Festival with President Hoover possibly visiting.
Marriage licenses granted to Landon Kackley widower and Katherine Z Waddy both residents of Clarke and Rockingham counties respectively. The groom son of the late Martin Kackley and a farmer from Hardy and Clarke counties. Bride formerly Kath erine Zirkle of Rockingham. Also Maynard C Wymer and Ernestine Neff two Middletown residents, son of Milton Wymer and Robert Neff of Meadow Mills. They wed Saturday at Kernstown by Rev Guy M Mortons.
Tonight the annual Inter-collegiate Brawl will draw a large crowd at the Apollo Dancing Academy Martinsburg West Virginia. The event features Jack Schill's West Virginians as the musical orchestra recently praised on Broadway with summer New York plans. The group has played engagements in Hagerstown Waynes Carlisle and Charlottesville.
A marriage license was issued Saturday afternoon to Robert E Tyson of New York City and Bertha Sue Combs of Winchester Idaville Pa. He is a bond salesman and the groom is a son of William Tyson of Idaville. She is a native of Moorefield and daughter of Jasper Combs of Winchester. The couple will reside in New York after a celebration dinner with friends.
Relatives who traveled for the funeral of the late Mr. Murnan stayed several days. Capt. and Mrs. John Bowers and their daughter Miss Bowers of Harrisonburg Virginia were among those who visited, with Mr. and Mrs. William Sheetz of Martinsburg West Virginia and Mrs. Carroll Bernard of Cumberland Maryland.
Announcement from Mr and Mrs Henry W Boyd of Highland Park Illinois declares the engagement of their daughter Miss Florence Boyd to Gordon Taylor Beahan Jr son of Mr and Mrs Gordon T Beahan of Kansas City Missouri Florence is a granddaughter of the late Dr and Mrs P W Boyd Sr of Winchester and a graduate of Miss Masters School Dobbs Ferry New York Beahan is professionally engaged in aviation and a Princeton University graduate
Mrs Oscar S Brown hosted the regular Thursday Bridge Club at her North Loudoun Street home. Two tables played with Mrs S M Davis taking first prize and Mrs Jack Ambrose second. Refreshments were served by the hostess in the evening.
Mrs Wisecarver returns from a weekend in Washington where she admired the tidal basin cherry trees in full bloom. The trees were a Taft era gift from Japan. The item lists numerous local visits, travels, and church group plans around this scene.
Contractors and international guests arrive with Mr John FE Marshall among those staying. Paris residents M Druet and E Gentil join visitors as Mr W M Dorsey from Washington and others spend the weekend in the city.
A gas well near Oklahoma City was estimated to produce 75 million cubic feet daily and blew in within 24 hours of the Mary Sudik gusher being controlled. Tools were discarded as flammable gas spouted high into the air and no immediate effort was made to stop the flow. Supply houses lie in the district.
New York stocks show frequent shifts in sentiment with a strong uptick in the afternoon after the call money rate falls from 4 to 3 percent. Bear traders push near utilities steels and specialties but fail as new leaders spark renewed bullishness. Heavy trading volumes run above a million shares per hour.
A fugitive warrant was issued for S. K. Johnson, Kansas City real estate broker, on murder charges tied to the death of William Robert Pearman of Columbia Missouri. The indictment, filed last week, also implicates Dr A J Bass in the alleged insurance conspiracy. The $200000 life policy on Pearman was assigned to Bass as collateral in a land sale dispute.
Senator Simmons of North Carolina formally repudiates Chairman Raskob for funding the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. He says Democrats in his state oppose aiding a group backing wet Republicans over dry Democrats. Simmons also declines to back Alfred E. Smith for president in 1928.
Field agents of the Children's Home Society announce the campaign will continue through the week due to slow returns. Winchester ministers are urged to form a five-member church team to meet Monday at 7 30 in the Baptist church basement. The Society has cared for 4520 children in Virginia since 1899 and now supports 1324 under various arrangements.
Former Navy speed flier Alfred J. Williams is summoned to testify as the first witness before a Senate Naval Affairs subcommittee investigating aircraft equipment. The probe, led by Senator Tydings of Maryland, seeks reasons the U S Navy lags in fast pursuit and bombing planes.
The Northern Virginia Dental Study Club met at Dr. E. C. Yost’s hotel office with Dr. E. M. Steele presiding. Dr. Thomas Phu reported the Handley School clinic will finish by Saturday in April, praising Winchester dentists and the cooperation of parents and officials.
Wrestling fans will see world middleweight champion Foxy Joe Turner meet Gorilla George Romanoff at the Colonial Theatre tonight with a 445 pound card of bouts. The program also features Bull Martin of New Jersey vs A Backus of Iowa and Romanoff’s prior opponent Olsen in a reduced 50 cent general admission price plan aimed at a full house.
Board of Health notes a meeting where Dr. Yost presented an oral pathology paper praised for preparation and insight. Discussion followed by Drs. Snapp and Joe. A Dutch treat was served. Attendees included Drs. Steele Stephens City Maphis Cecil Grove and others from Front Royal Harlee and more. May meeting planned at Pugh Lumber offices.
Judge Philly Williams of the Winchestey Corporation Court and Erick County Circuit Court has been designated by Governor Pollard to sit as judge of the Law and Court of Richmond during the current term. The assignment fills the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Beverley Crump, and Williams is expected to complete about two weeks of the term.
George F. Whora of Winchester urges local officials to require owners of unused lots to clear and burn trash before the Apple Festival. He argues a tidy area would improve the city’s impression on thousands of visitors during blossom time.
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