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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1931
Page
8
Precipitation in the last 24 hours ended at 8 a m measured 0.10 inch. August to date totals 2.81 inches. Comparison with 18 year averages for January to July shows 20.90 inches this period versus 25.64 inches in 1931. Year to date rainfall for LY shows January 1.55 inches February 0.48 inches March 2.22 inches April 1.79 inches May 1.19 inches June 3.06 inches July 0.84 inches August 0.54 inches.
Peyton Marshall wins the championship for a second consecutive year in an extended match against Ed Stone. Marshall’s precise shots and a key extra-hole finish secured the title, making him the only man to hold the honor in two successive years. Don Weems had matched the feat earlier, with a 1927 final against his brother Bee Weems affecting the record.
The last night session saw retiring members Hable Dellinger and Henry. Miss Madeline Peyton won Miss Winchester at the local fair. Augusta County reduced tax rate by ten percent to aid drought areas. City owns a long-used property by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Many stores close for Labor Day. Friendship Fire Company to hold a picnic at Fisher's Hill.
George F. Norton was elected third vice-president of the Virginia State Elks in convention here. The report notes a hospital and local clubs gearing up for events as public services discuss new rates and law enforcement responds to a disturbance at Rudolph Valentino’s bier in New York.
Stockholders petitioned to halt the fair but a court order led to a receivership. The receivers will conduct the fair, collect all revenues, and pay expenses from the available funds as long as revenue lasts.
Fifteen years ago on August 29 1916 President Wilson and Congress cooperated to settle the threatened railroad employee strike. Winchester Public Schools planned to open September 1 with health certificates required for all children. A musical comedy titled Matt and Jeffs Wedding played to a large house last night at the Em-
Exhibition spaces for the forthcoming Winchester Fair are about gone. Amelia Earhart is quoted noting women who might excel as mechanics are directed toward cooking. The Palm Beach Post comments on crime and public sentiment, from nuts to soup.
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