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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1930
Page
3
Social and personal items are to be mailed or telephoned to the social reporter Mr Teabelle Patler to receive Roche between $3 and $4 for the following day.
Miss Anne Madison Washington will supervise reproducing Mount Vernon interiors for a replica at the International Colonial Exposition in Paris next year. The project features furniture design with Grand Rapids makers, a site by the Seine, and rooms from the Washington mansion, tied to historic lineage.
Mrs. du Pont, Virginia born and Delaware financier wife of a noted industrialist, traces kinship to Colonel William Ball and George Washington. She supports Virginia youth education and colonial church restoration. Virginia Presidents busts will surround Washington at the Capitol, forming a Hall of Fame once all niches are filled.
Mrs. Henry W. McVicar reports a winter move from Indian Hollow to Rockport Texas by motor bus. A routing error in Knoxville delayed her 24 hours and added over 400 miles, but she praises the bus line and drivers for comfort and courtesy. The article also lists church society notes and local social events in Winchester.
The Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club will hold its monthly meeting at the George Washington Hotel tomorrow after noon at 3 o clock. A Gustin of Washington DC will present a Trees lecture with slides assisted by C Vernon. The highway planting report will be given and treasury funds may be voted for the project. Also noted is the birth of Betty Ann to Mr and Mrs Herbert S Anderson of Martinsburg WV.
Bickers Motor Company employees enjoyed a turkey dinner at Shawnee Inn last Thursday night with the local manager Mr. Bickers hosting. Speeches were delivered by representatives from Ford Motor Company Universal Credit Company and Shenandoah Valley National Bank, marking the annual company event.
The Loyal Temperance Legion meets at 7 30 Thursday evening with dues urged for members. Russell Grove 4 H Club held December 10 with Miss Farrar presiding as girls studied learning and boys poultry. The Century Club met at the Washington Inn on Stewart Street this afternoon.
Australian and Argentine crop failures plus a drop in U S wheat supply supported prices. Chicago trading showed gains in corn and oats as winter weather and export optimism influenced futures. Winnipeg and Canadian plans added to optimism while Chicago July wheat hit a temporary low. Cash price quotes appeared for Chicago and Baltimore markets with various wheat classifications and related commodities.
Wheat prices for car lots No. 2 red winter Va to 90 and No. 3 red winter Va to 88. Virginia bag lots to 90. Corn car lots No. 2 white to 93 No. 3 white to 91 No. 2 yellow to 90 No. 3 yellow to 88 No. 2 mixed to 88 Virginia No. 2 white to 89 bag lots to 89 corn on cob to 85. Oats car lots No. 2 white to 45 No. 3 white to 44 No. 2 mixed to 44 No. 1 mixed feed to 33 No. 2 red rustproof to 53 No. 2 Burt to 53.
Baltimore markets list fruit and vegetables with prices from Western Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia apples like staymans grimes and king varieties. potatoes sweet potatoes and yams by region and size. live poultry ducks eggs and related loads with specific weights and grades.
Washington prices list butter eggs live turkeys and dressed poultry with per pound and per item quotes. The report shows various weights and classifications including young and old turkeys chicks leghorns roosters ducks and chickens with specific price ranges.
The Philadelphia market lists livestock and dairy prices including hogs and calves, cattle grades and weights, eggs and poultry values, turkeys lean availability, and butter quotations with score ranges. Dressed poultry and live fowl prices are provided alongside cheese and butter grade notes.
Baltimore Lancaster Jersey City and Chicago stockyards report mixed cattle receipts from 600 to 35,000 with light demand in some zones. Steers peak at 11.00 in Baltimore, 9.40 to 11.50 for yearlings in Lancaster, and 14.00 for top yearling loads in Chicago. Veal tops reach 13.00 in Jersey City and 11.50 in Baltimore, with cows and bulls trading within the noted ranges.
Senator Heflin of Alabama introduced a resolution to prohibit margin trading on the stock exchange after a speech blaming economic conditions for manipulation on the New York market. The move follows concern over market practices and calls for tighter controls.
Unseasonably frigid conditions span from the Rockies to the Atlantic with temperatures from four below in Boston to 30 below in Owl's Head New York and 15 below in White River Junction Vermont. A Baltimore seaman suffered exposure risks and a Maryland blizzard hit coastal and mountain counties as northeastern states endured peak cold.
The Radio Commission granted permission to synchronize chain broadcasting. WBAL Baltimore will link with WJZ New York, and WTIG Hartford with WEAF New York, putting into operation within six months a full time service for Baltimore and Hartford previously on half time. A light touch of wit concludes the piece.
Grain futures fell overall on the Chicago Board of Trade as wheat held firm for some deliveries while corn oats and rye dropped. Factors cited include Liverpool prices Winnipeg weakness favorable corn movement weather and NYSE security list weakness.
Sanford Elmer Walters 40 farm laborer died in Winchester Memorial Hospital after months of tuberculosis illness. He was found exhausted at Frederick Plaza by District Nurses Association members Misses Josephine Arthur and Evelyn Dean. Survived by two brothers G F Walters and T W Walters. Funeral services planned for tomorrow.
Friends gather at 412 North Kent street at 2 30 for rites at Red Church conducted by Rev. W L Dudley of the Church of the Disciples. Burial follows at Red Bud Cemetery. A closing note defines a hick town as a place where a man is a hopeless bum if the bar bers refuse to charge it.
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