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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1929
Page
8
A reader from Winchester Va argues Sunday baseball offends the Sabbath and condemns players and fans who attend games. He cites biblical law, warns of cosmic paths, and urges choosing God over sport, saying Winchester should not follow New York, Baltimore, or Washington’s example.
A letter from Mrs. E. Virginia Smith of Virginia Beach argues that Sunday recreation such as baseball can be wholesome and not sinful. She says public ordinances should not force private conscience and that faith and recreation can coexist, urging individual choice on the Sabbath. Dated August 27, 1929.
For sale or rent ad noting modern improvements with contact T. B. Sencindiver and phone 798 J. Also a grape sale ad by W. E. Moulden offering Concord grapes for table or juice with Berryville 101 F-14. Both items dated August 28 and 29, 1931.
Local items note Mrs. Conrad returns to Winchester from visit with son in law Russell Cooper. Arthur Pugh of Springfield Pa. spends weekend here before returning to his paper mill job. Miss Elsie Makeley of Richmond visits Gore after B Y P U class. Over 98 dollars raised at Junior Order of American Mechanics yard party. Dr. R E S Taylor and family of Paw Paw W Va. guests of W E Smith. Woman's Missionary Society to meet September 4 at 8 pm with program by Mrs Norman DeBusk from Royal Service. Mrs. W R Berryhill and daughter Virginia visit Winchester. C W Parish attends Berryville horse show. Mrs. Mary Wright of Evergreen Ala. spends weekend here and Capon Bridge and plans to live in Gore with bungalow near Northwestern grade.
The passage recounts Andre Michan Crozet becoming the first civil engineering professor at West Point, influencing the creation of Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, serving on the board of visitors, and guiding the school to reflect Ecole Polytechnique. In 1842 he moved to Virginia as state engineer and built a Staunton to Ohio Valley road, a lasting monument to his work, while a remark cites Connecticut’s consternation over 1493 laws treated as law.
The article honors Capt Claude Crozet, famed engineer and road builder, as the memory behind a Virginia Allegheny route later designated state highway No 39. It notes his work on the Blue Ridge tunnel in Albemarle, the Northwestern grade to Parkersburg, and his role as captain of artillery during Napoleon's era.
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