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Fragmentary notes outline personal items and social notices with missing names and dates. Readable text hints at Stephens Hone Fae and a following day mention but key details are unreadable.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1930
Page
3
Fragmentary notes outline personal items and social notices with missing names and dates. Readable text hints at Stephens Hone Fae and a following day mention but key details are unreadable.
Plans detail the January 3 ceremony at the Old Dominion mansion for Miss Pollard and Mr. Boatwright. Rev. Dr. W. A. F. Good will perform the wedding with notable Virginia families in attendance. The article notes Pollard as the youngest mistress of the mansion and her role hosting prominent figures. It also describes the garden project at the mansion and shrub donations from historic Virginia homes, plus other local events and social news.
Turner Ashby Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy plans a silver tea from 3 30 to 5 30 at the McCormac home on Handley boulevard to fund winter relief work and other projects. The event invites members and friends.
Miss Vivian Hollis resigns from the George Washington Hotel main office to take a stenographic job with the Small Loan and Fineness Company on East Boscawen street. The position opened after Miss Thelma Kellican left for Washington to make her home.
Miss Helen Buckley ill with grand trouble at her mother's home. abscess lanced by her physician and condition now somewhat improved. Several local residents noted with visits and hotel guests listed among town visitors and visitors to the George Washington Hotel.
Profit-taking and a weak stock market pushed grain prices lower on the Chicago floor with small advances in morning trading. Closing quotes show wheat at March 795, May 81 1 4, July 733. corn 72, 7534, 77. oats 36, May 37. rye March 48, May 49. A bootlegger in North Carolina sought a year in Atlanta rather than eight months locally.
A nationwide drive aims to raise over a million dollars for unemployed relief through an Army-Navy charity football game on December 13. 80,000 seats priced five to fifty dollars will generate revenue, with radio broadcasts by National and CBS networks led by Graham McNamee Ted Husing and Bill Munday. Philco sponsors the broadcast and distributes one dollar “broadcast tickets.” Proceeds go to the Salvation Army Radio Fund, with 1500 radio sets donated and auctioned in each community.
Mary Lee Hicks remains missing after vanishing the night of November 21. Police in adjacent states report no clues to her whereabouts despite checks with lodging houses in Charles Town Virginia. Relatives are urged to stay alert as investigators persist in tracing her movements with the tan overcoat and gray hat seen with a companion.
The Liverpool weekly fruit sale shows a strong demand for Virginia apples with Steamer Scythia cargo prices listed for Yorks Davis Winesaps Stayman Black Twig and Ganos. Week ending December 6 shipments to British ports totaled 41 631 barrels 31 230 boxes and 8 133 baskets across Liverpool London Southampton Manchester Glasgow and Bristol.
Admiral Pratt chief of naval operations told the House naval committee that the United States Navy would not reach the London treaty maximum by 1936. He said the cost would be too high but hoped a prize for treaty-compliant construction could be secured by that time.
Washington reports show dry leaders grilling former prohibition prosecutor Mabel Willebrandt at the National Temperance Council while the Methodist Board of Temperance votes to oppose a national prohibition referendum. Deets Pickett criticizes Farm Board loans to grape growers converting surplus into wine concentrate, calling it a divided government policy.
The speaker recalls the moment they learned football is more than a kick and credits Knute Rockne as the great player who shaped their view.
A discussion argues that bank guards aiming at bandits reflect an emphasis on preparedness. Proponents see deterrence and security as essential, while critics warn it may promote militarized attitudes in society.
Saturday will be observed in Winchester as Tuberculosis Tag Day with many girls under Mrs. C. B. Organ steering the coat lapel tagging. Those tagged are asked to contribute to the Tuberculosis Association and its Christmas seal drive, and all city residents are invited to be tagged on the streets.
A quote attributes economic critique to Henry, arguing that what is named overproduction actually reflects insufficient output by workers and producers. The remark highlights a tension between labels and real output levels.
Three robbers, one armed with a sawed off shotgun, held up the Peoples Bank in Stanton Tennessee and escaped in a car with more than $8,000, according to Dan Phillips assistant cashier.
The Senate banking and currency committee approved the reappointment of Floyd R. Harrison of Virginia as a member of the Federal Farm Loan Board, announced in Washington on December 10.
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