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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1930
Page
3
Social reporter Mrs Teabelle Teague invites updates via telephone between 4 pm and the following day. Readers are asked to provide items for the department, including events, engagements, and notable social occasions.
Announcement from Mr and Mrs David F Yost West Piccadilly Street states their daughter Miss Mary Alice Yost married Mr C F Thomas last Saturday at 4 pm in Baltimore. Clergyman Rev Way officiated and newlyweds plan a brief Wildwood New Jersey stay before settling in Penns Grove where Thomas works as a Du Pont chemist.
Mr and Mrs Frank Butsler and their children Louise Virginia and Frank spent two weeks in Grottoes Virginia then paused here over the weekend returning to Hyndman Pennsylvania Miss Alice North joined them as a guest for a week Also Mr L V Keyser of Skill Kraft Sign Company left for Buffalo New York for a week of study at Flexhime Sign Company salesmanship and installation schools Skill Kraft recently became the local agency for Flexlume Company
The Ladies Aid Society and the Women's Missionary Society of Timber Ridge Christian Church plan a 2:30 PM picnic Thursday at Mr. E T Arnold's Capon River home. Winchester friends are expected to attend for the outing. The Mary Martha Class of Centenary Reformed Church will meet at 8 PM Thursday at Mrs. Fred Stryker's West Corketr residence for a business meeting followed by a social hour.
Mrs. C. M. Allamong and family spent a week at a Holly Point cottage on the Severn River near Baltimore. They were joined by Mrs. R. C. Seibert and others, returning Sunday night. Margaret McDonald of Baltimore accompanied Mrs. Morrison for the stay. Nearby social notes follow with visits from various locals and travelers staying at the George Washington Hotel.
Miss Beulah Hawkins of Dayton arrives for a two week vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Nat Hawkins at their home on South Cameron street. Mr and Mrs Leslie Grimm and their son Bobbie and Mr Lyle Grimm from Harrisburg Pa spent the weekend in town with relatives and friends.
Mr Alexander Elam Woolworth manager from South Hill Va visits North Braddock Street with Dorothy Smith of Enierville Tenn. Numerous residents and visitors spend time at hotels and with local families in Virginia West Virginia and Ohio. Several ill remain in Memorial Hospital. others travel to Atlantic City and Virginia Beach for leisure.
Motz presses U S apple growers to improve markets amid rising competition from Russia Ukraine fruit packs and South African shipments to England. He notes perfect packing, refrigeration, humidity and ventilation as keys, warning U S apples risk losing ground abroad if shipments aren’t better handled. He cites English capital backing South Africa and vast weekly plum and pear exports to England.
Mr Motz outlined how American and international buyers judge apples by size color and origin. He urged Shenandoah Cumberland Valley growers to meet U S grade standards, study each market from England to Norway, and use pressure testers and shredded paper packing to avoid damaged shipments.
Secretary Hyde reports Virginia's relief plan includes using 75 million bushels of Farm Board wheat for livestock feed and stable prices, shipping hay and cotton seed meal at wholesale, offering credit to prevent forced cattle sales, low interest supplies with crop or livestock liens, and temporary farm loan relief. Rains spark optimism as Hoover plans a national drought relief organization this week.
President Hoover weighed emergency rail rate actions with Western lines expected to follow. The plan includes 50 percent cuts on live stock and feeds. A Virginia committee met farm board officials while John Barton Payne of the American Red Cross warned that only a few needy inquiries have come in and relief could require about 5 million dollars.
Van Lear Black, 53, chairman of A. S. Abel Company and publisher of the Sun and Evening Sun, disappeared after a yacht voyage to New York on July 31 while en route to his island home in Chesapeake Bay. He had entertained Governor Roosevelt and Rear Admiral Byrd in New York and had just returned from a round the world flight. Born in Cumberland, Maryland in 1875, he married Jessie A. Gary and leaves five children and a brother, Harry C. Black.
Congratulations come for Lieut Alfred J. Bolton and Mrs. Bolton on the birth of twins a son and daughter Sunday at Newport Hospital Newport R I. Bolton is aboard the U S S Salt Lake with the scouting fleet at Newport. Mrs Bolton was Ida Perry Black daughter of Van Lear Black. Mr Black traveled to Newport by airplane from Baltimore yesterday.
The New York market saw a broad advance with many stocks rising two to four points as bulls tried to regain control after July. Call money renewed at 25 percent amid renewed activity by professional operators rallying around the pull standard and a fully sold market.
Gary Ind Aug 19 Another Gary bank was closed today the fourth within a week and the third within a day The Gary Labor Bank organized in 1925 announced it would remain closed today to protect its resources A small run on the institution late yesterday blamed upon uneasiness due to the closing of the Mid City State Bank and its branch the Fifth Avenue Bank led the directors to take this action The Gary Labor Bank has total resources of 670000
Millwood Virginia reports extensive drought damage to prized shrubs and gardens. Water systems at Carter Hall and nearby estates directed to roots, with hose irrigation across hedges and flower beds. Some gardens, including Saratoga and Ryton, maintain limited plantings, while several rare conifers and Albertiana are lost.
Mr and Mrs Albert Unger of this city were brought to the hospital here by the Parrett ambulance after an auto accident on the Northwestern pike three miles east of Capon Bridge West Virginia They were bruised and shocked but not seriously hurt and were taken to their home for care.
Three people died in Pleasantville New Jersey when a man described by police as a crazed gardener opened fire at a home. The shooter, John Legore a gardener and handyman for the victim Mrs Parr, then attempted to shoot himself but survived with a head wound. Mae Walters a neighbor saw the wounded man emerge from the Parr kitchen.
John C. Edwards of West Monmouth street showed at The Star office a copy of the Ulster County Gazette dated January 4 1800. The issue contains a full account of Washingtons funeral obsequies and other notable news of that day.
Correction clarifies Roy A. Cather is the local representative of American Fruit Growers, Inc. and not connected with the Kimball Fruit Company as misreported in The Star.
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