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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1930
Page
6
A Monday night Baptist service drew a large crowd. Rev. E. T. Clark preached on The Birth from John 3 3 and 1 42 with a theme of Personal Evangelism. Special choir anthem accompanied the pre Easter services inviting public attendance.
The Armel School schedules a regular meeting at 7:30 tomorrow with a debate on Anatomobile. Following business a play by the Coal Mine Theatrical Troupe is set for Friday at 8 pm with admission 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children.
Prohibition enforcement debate set for Friday at Hayfield school at 7 30. Howard Luttrell Oliver Goode Ford Luttrell face A D Davis H F Clemmons and the Rev C H Anderson. Shenandoah Four Orchestra to perform. Ladies Aid Society to serve refreshments. Everyone invited.
A dense listing of local market items with varied numbers on feed, dairy products, poultry, and grain prices. Includes references to butter fat, creamery butter, middlings, mixed feed, and retail costs. Also notes wholesale bids and stock-like entries with several garbled phrases. Ends with quotes about gold and liquor law attributed to Henry Ford and E. Borah.
A writer named Jack, famed for underworld tales, proposes to Arabella in writing. Arabella returns a heartfelt reply, but Jack misreads delay as rejection until he discovers her letter read by a crooked contact. He realizes her words move him and the pair soon discuss wedding details.
A quirky note states bread toast color options include pink green orchid and yellow while fliers mention a perilous sandwich. The text humorously contrasts toast color choices with the broader bread varieties seen in ads or notices.
Funeral services for Harry H. Burks 52 son of the late Dr and Mrs John Charles Burks of Natural Bridge were held at his Berryville home at 2 pm. The Rev Dr Louis Tucker officiated. He leaves a widow Elizabeth Butler and two sons Hunter Jr and Charles Craighill Burks. He served on Berryville Town Council and as Norfolk and Western Railroad agent for 18 years. Active pallbearers included F L Ayler Grover Carter and others. honorary pallbearers listed local doctors and area residents.
Maryland Senator Goldsborough urges a 6 cent per fish tariff or 66 2-3 percent ad valorem on Japanese goldfish imports as the United States goldfish industry expands with a Frederick county farm of 1500 acres. The sector employs about 500 workers and ships tanks daily to Baltimore.
Frederick County Virginia Board of Supervisors to meet April 19 1930 at 10 AM at Court House Winchester to hear citizens on a proposed 10 cent per hundred increase for school levy in Opequon District for erection of schools all other levies unchanged. J W Baker clerk and I Brumback chairman sign.
American setfish failed to gain protection while Japanese live parlor ornaments enter the United States without restrictions, reflecting a policy discrepancy in the fish import rules.
Ohio April 8 Judge Turnbaugh said he would rule on whether to stop voting on 51 038 shares of Youngstown Sheet and Tube stock in a merger bid with Bethlehem Steel. Otis and Company stake of Cyrus Eaton holdings faces protest over post deadline purchases and voting rights.
Eighteen members of the House Public Lands Committee with spouses and guests toured Jamestown as part of studying Rep Louis Cramton's bill to create a Colonial National Monument at Jamestown Williamsburg and Yorktown. Chairman Don B Colton voiced strong support for preserving birthplace scenes.
Special Commissioner offers for sale at public auction in Winchester Virginia on April 26 1930 three parcels from B B Parker estate a large Main Street Middletown lot with a residence nine acre farm east of Middletown vacant lots in New Middletown block 57 and more. Terms one third cash and balance in two annual installments secured by a deed of trust and insurance.
A list of eastern turfmen is announced for the Deep Run Hunt Club meet at Curles Neck Farm near Richmond Virginia on April 12. Officials include stewards Craven Harper and Gilpin. judges Worchester Smith Maddux Tayloe. paddock judge Osborne. flag handler Carter with John Carroll as assistant. clerk of the course Ran dolph Harrison and clerk of scales Emmett D. Cottrell. Five races feature a flat, brush, and timber events, headlined by a 3 1/2 mile steeplechase over post and rail fences. The meet, sanctioned by the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association, attracts top eastern thoroughbreds from prominent stables and notable names across Virginia Maryland and New York. Greensward work has been completed and parking arrangements are set for spectators. The first race starts at 2 o clock with finishes between the judging stand and grand stand.
Notice of stockholders meeting for Union Bank of Winchester to elect directors and transact other business on Thursday April 24 1930 from 11 am to noon. Cashier Chas J Summers signs.
The Trustee will sell at public auction on April 23 1930 at 2 PM in Middletown Virginia a 1 1/4 acre parcel near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The tract includes a cooper shop storage shed and is suited for a barrel factory or apple packing house. Payment in cash day of sale with balance in two equal annual installments secured by a deed of trust and insurance policy.
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