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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1930
Page
3
Social and Personal column notes Teabelle P Miller will visit between 3 and 4 pm. The item appears in a local society section and mentions mailing details for reporters.
Family gathering August 19 near Middletown Va included seven Watson relatives led by Rev G A Waterson and Rev J T Watson with others from Virginia and California. They toured historic sites, visited Zane’s iron works and the Boehm graveyard then joined a Presbyterian church service at Marlboro and closed at Strasburg graves.
A long list of residents and guests fills the scene as relatives, friends, and travelers visit Winchester for late summer days. Names include Headleys, Ewing, Bailey, Sargent, Gibson, Snook, Korn, Ward, Dudley, and many others visiting from Buckhannon, Belville, Middletown, and beyond.
Officers from Frederick County led by Sheriff Pannett and Deputy Wigginton with state agent A B Dyke seized two barrels of mash and moonshine paraphernalia yesterday afternoon. The still had been moved just before arrival. no arrests were made.
A piece discusses how stories depict a hero reaching for a pistol and questions why ordinary citizens imitate such behavior, exploring the normalization of violence in media.
Mrs. Alice Kiger Hayslett of Brucetown Clarke County died last night at her Berryville home after a heart ailment. She was about 73, had moved to Berryville two weeks earlier, and was a long time Brucetown resident. Survived by her husband John Hayslett and two daughters Mrs Harry Baile and Mrs Robert Baile of Philadelphia. Funeral Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Berryville, Rev C J Clark officiating, interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
The Winchester Postal Employees Association organized for social contact and entertainment plans monthly meetings and a series of social events this fall and winter. Officers include Tom Warren president and Robert Grim secretary treasurer with bowling team and league activity across Cumberland Valley towns. The bowling season runs Sept 4 to Apr 19 1931 with first home game vs Martinsburg.
Clarke County horse show action continues with judges Scott Grant Harry K Russell in heavy draft classes and Wilburn Osborne Conway Jackson and H M Luttrell in hunters. Racing judge William Metzger also presided as Clarke county hosts box parties for guests at the show grounds and grandstand.
Mrs. Mary Ann Vanmeter widow of Joseph B. Vanmeter of Shepherdstown, a Confederate veteran, died at her daughter’s home in Shepherdstown aged 87. Survived by daughter Mrs. John L. Meyers and son Garrett B. Vanmeter of Berkeley County. Interment in Shepherdstown slated.
About 85 New York Fresh Air children ended two weeks in Winchester and Frederick county and returned home by train. They traveled on a Baltimore and Ohio special to Washington then to New York, amid tears and fond memories of their hosts and a farewell party at Mount Hebron Cemetery superintendent John C Brumbaugh.
Secretary Hyde discusses reduced freight rates for fertilizer, profiteering probes, and farm loans via Intermediate Credit Banks. He urges humane mortgage handling, Red Cross aid beyond flour, and emergency road building funded by $10 million in Virginia to absorb unemployed labor and assist distressed farmers.
Secretary Hyde led a drought relief tour driving through the Shenandoah Valley and nearby Virgin ia areas to assess effects near the capital. He suggested highway commission involvement for road work and indicated no immediate extension of the trip into further drought zones.
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