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Social and personal news may be mailed or ed anytime. Social reporter Mrs Isabelle F Miller will receive news between 3 and 4 p m for the following day. Phone unknown.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1929
Page
3
Social and personal news may be mailed or ed anytime. Social reporter Mrs Isabelle F Miller will receive news between 3 and 4 p m for the following day. Phone unknown.
Washington and Lee University prepares for the twenty fourth annual fancy dress ball on January 31 with a Spanish background. Prof. Carl B. L. Gill directs the festival assisted by W. Van Gilbert. The event features a fourteen piece Jean Goldkette orchestra and a procession led by Gilbert and Miss Bebe Sanders.
Preparations are underway for a New Year's Eve ball at Jordan Springs Hotel starting at 10 o clock and continuing into 1930. Shenandoah Valley Serenaders will provide music for the dance. the ten piece group impressed guests at a recent Christmas event.
A crowded list of visitors and locals traveling for Christmas fills Winchester streets. Among those arriving or staying are Mr. A C Welch and Miss Lucy Ann Kinzel. Mr. Julian Rodgers from Bristol. Mr. EB Roberts and family. Mr. Chester Lillis from Washington. Mrs. Ada Hatcher and daughters. many others from Washington New York and Pennsylvania.
The White House executive offices are moved to the State War and Navy building after a Christmas Eve fire. Fire investigators blame a defective overheated flue in Walter Newton's office for the blaze. Hoover expected to occupy the new room through winter as workers address fire hazards.
New York stocks moved sharply higher as tax selling mixed with fresh demand for January dividends and interest payments. Prices rose 2 to 10 points on many active issues, with some specialties gaining up to 15 points amid brisk trading.
Associated Présa photo shows Al Spohrer, Boston Brave catcher, among several boxing opponents lined up for Arthur Shires the Great. Shires continues touring, with one fight stand arranged.
Buying orders spread across a broad list, broad coverage again aiding the day’s advance. Call money returns at 54 percent. Auto makers plan price changes: some will raise prices to curb demand, while Henry Ford intends to lower prices to spur sales. If both sides follow through, each prediction could prove correct.
Justice Weeme found Massie guilty of misconduct and fined him 14 dollars plus costs. The police committee and the mayor issued a reprimand and decided he would not be suspended since he was not on duty during the incident.
About 600 markers exist with plans to place a similar number in the next two years. The program, run by the Conservation Commission, installs markers along state highways noting nearby historic events and figures. Routes including Richmond-Washington and Richmond-Petersburg will highlight battlefields and colonial sites such as Williamsburg Jamestown and Yorktown.
The article notes Virginia evaluating its marker program after reading about Massachusetts New Jersey and other states. It discusses a potential series of markers to honor the 300th anniversary of the founding of Back Bay and mentions collaboration with agents to study the Virginia system.
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