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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1930
Page
3
Social and personal notes from the community highlight local residents, gatherings, engagements, and small life events. The column mentions familiar names, surrounding places, and upcoming events with a concise update style.
A memory recital by Kathleen McCarney's students highlighted Friday afternoon in Handley High School music room. Notables included Mildred Swanson Ania Belle Snyder Basil Hayley Aloise Brill Jack Smith Marjorie Lowry Randolph Grimm Snapp Ma Lowry Jane le Martha Forney Sue Ellen Brown Marjorie Scrivener Mildred Jones Mabel Massie.
Prof W H McKIlwee received a Christmas gift during a band rehearsal at Rouss engine house. Mr Madison Spurr spoke in appreciation. Brucetown public school schedules its Christmas celebration for Tuesday December 23 at 8 pm with the play When the Chime Rang In arranged by Miss Grace Carpenter principal.
A rumor circulated yesterday that Thorn ton Bryarly of Company I was seriously ill in camp at Danville. A telegram from Col. H. L. Opie this afternoon said Bryarly is not only a-nor? and appears in excellent health and on duty. Miss Ruth Haines, teaching in Mount Airy North Carolina, arrived to spend Christmas with her mother Mrs. J. B. Haines at West Boscawen Street.
The WC T U will hold its regular semi monthly meeting at Handley Library Friday December 26 at 3 p m. A full attendance is requested. Several local residents and visitors are noted in the society’s circulars with names and hometowns.
A list of residents and guests from Stephens to Cumberland, Narrows, Staunton, and Crozet prepare for Christmas holidays. Notables include Mr. B A Rowland, Miss Margaret Amick, Mr. John W. Affleck ill at Peyton street, and J P Reardon at Staunton Military Academy visiting parents. Others plan to spend holidays with relatives in New York City, Greensboro, Clarendon, and Columbia University connections.
Senator Swanson reports President Hoover accepted an invitation to Yorktown Virginia on October 19 1931 to deliver an address at the centennial celebration marking the surrender of Cornwallis. The visit follows a conference with the president.
Four men robbery at Crawford County State Bank in English Indiana. Bank attacked within ten minutes of opening. Bank officials and patrons unharmed. Vigilantes pursued in a small car, robbers escaped.
President Hoover signed a 150 million dollar appropriation for the Farm Board. Congress enacted the appropriation Saturday. The move brings the total available from the 500 million dollar revolving fund to 400 million.
New York reports the coast guard seized three rum running vessels with crews of eight men and liquor valued at 130000. One vessel sank after 400 cases were transferred to a coast guard boat during the operation.
Two young men robbed the Farmers and Merchants Saving Bank at Highland Indiana locking seven inside the vault and escaping with 5000 in cash. The Associated Press reports the incident marking a shift from noisy raids to knife or gun aided ruses.
State bulletin by Mr. Handley urges a vigorous bird feeding drive for upland game this winter. Prizes will be awarded to those feeding the most birds and animals, with applications obtainable from game wardens or the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries in Richmond Virginia. Free wheat grain is available in Winchester and at the game warden’s home for responsible feeders. Dog licenses align with the calendar year and prosecutions begin February.
Fibre Board Products Corporation salesmen in San Francisco heard their vice president David H Patterson speak from Jefferson Hospital Philadelphia by long distance telephone due to illness. Patterson, once Winchester resident, attended two months ago and is recovering. Amplifiers were set in the convention hall for his ten minute talk, eliciting enthusiastic applause.
Lemmings swarm over Scandinavia causing crop and field damage. Historical note claims coffee, newly introduced to Europe, was touted as a remedy for colds hysteria and toothache.
Bill Thompson named as defendant in a Superior Court suit seeking 1,000,000 in damages. The 36 page brief accuses slander and details events during a prior appeal by Colonel Randolph representing the Association of Commerce against Mayor Thompson’s prosperity drive. Thompson announced candidacy for a fourth term.
Gretchen Pulley of Maquoketa Iowa is named queen of the water carnival hosted by Iowa University's honorary swimming fraternity. The caption notes the playful culture shift away from gifts and toward frugal novelty cards as a nod to changing times.
A masked robber looted $380 from a cigar shop in Ly business district. A second store of the same company lost $250 the same night. Clerk James A Hagan said the thief, armed with a pistol, took cash from the drawer and escaped as a customer entered. Manager John Leighthauser found the second store’s safe missing its contents in an alley.
Nanking dispatch reports after two days of heavy fighting 2000 Chinese Communists killed, Tankku headquarters of Chu Tenn falls to Nationalist forces. 500 captured, Soviets’ buildings destroyed.
The stock market drifted lower in quiet trading as short coverings faded and a secondary reaction to last week's rebound emerged. With Christmas holidays approaching, traders showed little incentive to push a broader recovery, while profit taking and tax related selling weighed on prices.
The Reuss Fire Company installed a Sterling Siren and Fire Alarm unit to warn motorists when a fire truck leaves the engine house. Tests showed the siren works, with an automatic cutoff after the truck departs. Driver Pat Dunn said the device protects the public due to frequent traffic near the station and missed bell warnings.
Wheat, corn, oats and rye lost ground on the Chicago Board of Trade as Liverpool quotes and Winnipeg weakness pressured prices. March through July futures fell to session lows, with all closing figures at their lowest of the day. Wheat 79 1 2 for March, 81 for May, 64 1 2 for July.
Mrs Carrie B White wife of builder Edward White died at her Bufflick road home after a brief illness of pneumonia. She was 54, formerly Miss Bailey of Baltimore. Survived by husband three sons Donald L Bailey E and Walton B White two brothers Frank E and W Albert Bailey and one sister Mrs S E Parlett. Funeral 2 PM Tuesday from Church of Christ West Cork Street with Elder C S Longacre Shenandoah County officiating. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers L A Whitmire W A Clowser Eugene McCauley C R Derflinger Luther White Thomas White.
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