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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1930
Page
3
Social items indicate P Miller will handle the laundry telephone between 3 and 6 PM for the day. Evening chatter mentions routine errands and greetings among local residents.
The annual Elks Charity Ball in Winchester features a undersea temple set design with a tower entrance, sunken ship props, and a sea floor vista. Dances include the color ball, moon light waltz, balloon hop, and snow serpentine shag. Miss Maribell Pennock to sing Carolina Moon before the moonlight waltz.
Mrs Dorsey Ritter entertained at their Mount Pleasant home Tuesday for daughter Margaret Ritter's eleventh birthday. Guests included many neighbors and family, with string music by Mrs Pitcock and son Calvin Pitcock. Little Margaret, ill since Christmas, is slowly improving.
Mr and Mrs Edward H Patterson and their son of Cleveland Ohio visit East Germain street with J S Patterson and Steel Construction Company plans. In the near future Patterson will be sent to Russia where the company builds a city for 30000 people.
Last evening the annual father and son banquet drew 96 guests in the Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church social rooms. Thomas Mathews presided as toastmaster while Garland R. Quarles and Paul R. Diehl delivered principal speeches. Christ ie Bell spoke for the boys as others offered brief remarks and music by an orchestra directed by J M Super.
Mr Hugh S Duffey city schools superintendent under the Handley Foundation departed for Atlantic City to attend the annual meeting of the National Education Association department of superintendence. The Atlantic City Memorial Auditorium will host the gathering with 45000 seat capacity and a 219 piece symphony broadcast nationwide.
Mrs James Lee Shelton recently returned from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania where she visited Mr and Mrs David Parker Guest. She departs next Wednesday for Washington to spend time with friends and will be a guest at Chanticleer in Winn.
Attorney Donald L. Weems travels to Chevy Chase Maryland to visit his father Eugene V. Weems Sr who has suffered a stroke and is described as doing as well as possible for his age. The item lists numerous locals and visitors over the weekend including bankers, hotel staff, and family members.
In Washington officials selected John Wayland to test whether an alleged buyer of a gallon of whiskey can be prosecuted under the Volstead act. The test case aims to clarify enforcement of prohibition laws.
National open champion Jones will start his 1930 campaign at the Savannah Georgia 72 hole open tournament. He is identified by the Associated Press as the 1930 drive photo bot.
Speed ace Lee Schoenhair of Akron Ohio set a new world record of 185.452 miles per hour in a passenger plane at Jacksonville Beach Florida.
Evans, a Black man from Williams, stole a Buick owned by Dr. E. C. Stuart early Friday. He used the car then returned to take two hams. Police arrested him within hours. he pled guilty and received six months on the state road, with both car and hams recovered.
Announcement notes the first official portrait of Princess Taka No Miya Kazuko, daughter of Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako, with her birth dated September 30. The rest mentions letters to public men, contrasting praise with cranky complaints.
Ruth Alice Dickinson daughter of Representative Lester J. Dickinson of Iowa is engaged to Rollin A. Hunter of Iowa. The note adds a social reflection from The Country Home about infant prospects in a reasonable intelligent family.
Dr. Francis Hagner said Taft was a little better and had a very comfortable night. The report marks the first signs of improvement for the former chief justice in several days.
H E Shirley of Winchester Shockeysville notes seven corrections to a county road conditions letter in Star. He says 75 acres of orchard cannot be worked or sprayed due to roads, not 75 orchards, and that 40 000 feet of deer await transport, not 4 000. Children start fires with matches and Cupid also causes trouble. The body is self building and self repairing.
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