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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1929
Page
3
Serial and personal notes for the department may be mailed or called in any time. The social reporter, Mrs Isabelle F Miller, will accept news by telephone between 3 and 4 p m for the following day. Phostie No 33.
Winchester today heard Miss Britha Brunn recount how her Danish uncle Postmaster Einar Holboell originated the Christmas seal concept to fund tuberculosis work in Denmark. The idea spread worldwide, leading to hospitals and remission in the disease, with Holboell later visiting the American Anti-Tuberculosis Society and touring tuberculosis hospitals. Also covered are Mr and Mrs William Palmer hosting a reception for their son Silas Palmer and his bride Mary Elizabeth Foster, with serenading and upcoming housekeeping plans.
The girls basketball team from Middletown High meets Winchester at Handley High School Monday night while other local groups gather for church activities. A Martinsburg Epworth League cabinet meeting discusses league progress followed by social time. The Strawbridge Class plans a 8 o clock meeting at Mrs G W Sears home with social hour and refreshments. Families of Georgia Anderson from New Castle and Louisville travel due to her illness at Southwerk street home.
The Front Royal Rotary Club hosts its annual Rotary Ann night at the Afton Inn with a banquet. Hugh Duffey, superintendent of Handley Schools in Winchester, will speak, H. H. Bowman to give welcome, and Mrs. Q. D. Gasque to deliver the response.
Paxton and Round Hill churches present a continued evangelistic revival with object talks for boys and girls each evening. Paxton hosts Sunday school at 10, sermons at 11, 2 and 3. Round Hill holds Sunday school at 10, Epworth League at 7 15, sermons at 8. Macedonia offers 10 Sunday school and 6 45 Epworth League with evening sermons. All invited.
The column lists daily market figures for wheat, corn meal, dairy feed, cotton seed meal, butter fat, and various livestock prices. It includes local wholesale and retail flour and feed values, with note of typographical issues and broad price ranges for cattle, calves, sheep, pigs, and poultry across multiple markets.
The fire at Shepherd Michigan killed Mary five and Phyliss two, children of Mr and Mrs Fred Reiter. Ruth remained hospitalized with serious burns after an oil stove explosion disrupted breakfast.
An old advertisement urges using Kellogg’s ALL-BRAN in reducing diets to prevent constipation and cleanse the intestines. It claims the cereal adds no fat, aids weight control, and has a mild flavor for soups salads juices and cereals with meals. It warns against pills and drugs and promotes two tablespoonfuls daily.
The speaker observes a woman who used to retire at nine may have a daughter who believes she is succeeding only if she returns home by daylight. The remark hints at generational change in nightly routines and standards of propriety.
Stephens City M E South Charge led by Reverend D D Lambert with Sunday school at 9 45 a m Epworth League services at 7 p m preaching at 7 30 p m Kernstown Sunday school at 10 a m preaching 11 a m Refuge Sunday school at 2 p m preaching 3 p m Fairview Sunday school at 2 p m
Report on Virginia apple industry notes leaders seeking expanded opportunities. A speaker argues New England orchards flood markets with low quality fruit, advising Virginians to avoid selling subpar produce there.
A discussion in New England horticulture covers apple varieties, shifting popular demand, and distribution costs. Speakers Van Meter and Hough note Baldwins yielding to McIntosh, Wealthies remaining common, and profits tied to winter storage and sale practices.
Excessive drenching of trees increases calyx injury. Spray volume matters more than pressure, with pressures above 300 to 826 pounds inadvisable. A mix of five to six pounds hydrated lime, 100 gallons lime sulfur lead arsenate reduces calyx injury, though rainy or cloudy weather lessens effectiveness. A 12 1-2 pounds calcium sulfide and 3 pounds lead arsenate with 100 gallons water in 1929 yielded best spray-injury reduction. Will prepare bill for next state legislature session.
Discussion notes mention Virginia Society members voting to exclude apple growers from jury duty from September 1 to November 1. The debate reveals that wheat, grain and other crops may also affect harvest periods and juror eligibility during the harvest time.
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