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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1930
Page
6
Publicity director for the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce highlights apple blossom season in Travel Tour Magazine for April, promoting tourism and seasonal events across Virginia.
The piece extols Virginia’s spring beauty and the annual Garden Week Festival in Winchester and across the state. It highlights open historic homes from Gunston Hall to Monticello, Castles Hill, and York Hall, with tours by Garden Club of Virginia and regional parks. It notes Winchester apple festival crowd, Shenandoah forests, and Richmond Adventure Days, urging advance reservations to enjoy Virginia’s heritage and flora.
Bernard B. Jones of Washington and Oklahoma will send Audley stables eastern division to Pimlico and Havre de Grace preparations for July racing. Henderson’s horses at Audley return from Maryland in top shape as Jones plans Belmont Park entries in the Metropolitan division with homebred athletes thriving under trainer Robert A. Smith.
A public auction will be held in Berryville Va at 11 o clock A M on April 19 1930 for a 130 acre lime stone farm four miles southwest of Berryville adjoining Fenton Levi Butler and Fries the property conveyed to W E Cather on December 5 1917. Sale requires cash payment on day of sale. Special commissioners and trustee named in the decree will conduct the sale as part of chancery actions Commercial and Savings Bank vs W E Cather et al and E W J Hearty vs W E Cather et al in Shenandoah and Clarke counties.
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors will meet April 19 at 10 AM in Winchester Court House to hear citizens on a proposed local tax levy rise of 10 cents per hundred for Opequon District school purposes for new schools, while all other county and district levies remain unchanged. The notice is signed by Clerk J W Baker and Chairman C I Brumback.
Public sale of city residence in Winchester Virginia under court order on a Friday in April 1930. The property known as Shawnee Heights sits on Shenandoe Avenue with forty by one hundred fifty feet, deeded to Clara M. Daugherty and husband in 1925. Terms require one third down and two equal annual installments with bonds, deed of trust, and insurance. appointed officers certify the bond and date.
A deed of trust dated June 14 1929 enables sale by public auction on April 12 1930 at 11 am in front of Winchester Court House Va. The parcel lies east of North Frederick Turnpike at Nain near Marshall Roberts and John Bageant, three acres with dwelling and outbuildings. Terms: one third cash, balance in two annual installments with 6 percent interest, secured by deed of trust and fire insurance. Auctioneers Duvall Dunn Lynch Steck.
In the Frederick County Virginia circuit court the Mary A Armel vs George W Parker case appoints Special Commissioner M M Lynch to sell at public auction on April 26, 1930 at Winchester Court House. Properties include a Main Street Middletown residence with 11 rooms and outbuildings, a 9 acre farm east of Middletown, and vacant lots 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 in New Middletown Block 57 with Mineral Street frontages. Terms: one third cash, balance in two annual installments with bonds and deed of trust.
Trustee advertises a public auction of a 1.5 acre parcel near the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station in Middletown Frederick County Virginia. The land hosts a cooperative shop and storage shed and is suitable for a barrel factory or apple packing house. Sale at Middletown State Bank on April 23 1930 at 2 pm with one third cash and remaining balance secured by deed of trust and insurance policy.
Readers muse about sending a rocket to the newly studied planet as space enthusiasts discuss practicalities and timing for an actual spaceflight. The letter highlights curiosity about space exploration and public interest in interplanetary travel.
The article argues naval armament is largely about matching the pace set by John Paul Jones era exemplars. It suggests modern fleets imitate historical standards to maintain parity and deterrence against rivals.
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