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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1930
Page
5
The Orange girls basketball team captured Handley High School’s championship by beating Shamrock. Margaret Henry sparked the lead late as Orange won two straight after taking the first game. Betty Hieth starred for Shamrocks with strong defense and scoring.
Babe Ruth again refused Col. Jacob Ruppert’s two year offer and rejected a three year proposal at 35 000 per year. Ruppert said the club would not sign Ruth to a three year deal under any terms. Ruth asked for 15000 more annually on a three year contract.
A clipped quotation suggests Mr. Edison’s success could blunt bay fever anxieties as even goldenrod tires are deemed little threat. The remark hints at relief or progress, juxtaposing scientific achievement with public health concerns.
The Mt. Williams column notes reopening of the local school on January 6 after Christmas holidays. It records illnesses, doctor visits, and family visits including Mrs. Sall ice, Mrs. Frye, Mrs. Brewer, and Miss Zelda Wallace, with community members visiting Mr. Wallace and relatives in the area.
In the clerk's office of the Circuit Court of Frederick County on January 8 1930 Henry Kline and Martin R Kline as executors of C N Kline deceased sue Lucy Katherine Kline Newton Clark Kline Elsie Genevieve Hook Bernice Louise Burdette Robert Carter Kline and others to construe the will to sell real estate and administer the estate under court supervision Defendants not residents of Virginia must appear within ten days Publish notice in Evening Star Winchester VA and post at the courthouse front door by January 20 1930 and mail copies to defendants per affidavit
In Winchester Mrs. C. J. Keckley hosts a new Mrs. Keckley. Miss Ethel Brewer visits her aunt Mrs. P. J. Wolverton. Mrs. Dorothy Sager calls on Mr. Robert McDaniels. Misses Doris and Ann Kibler were Sunday guests of the Misses McDaniels.
A state commission recommends establishing a Liberal Arts College for Women with location moved from the University of Virginia. Potential sites include Roanoke Lynchburg Harrisonburg or Fredericksburg. Charlottesville proposed by Miss Adele Clark. The panel urges continued authority to negotiate with private schools and report in 1932.
Announcement of a new corporation to handle Chevrolet automobile sales and service in Waynesboro. Routt-Linensaver, Inc. is organized with capital stock between $10,000 and $50,000. Stockholders and directors include R. N. Lineweaver and others listed.
F. W. Lineweaver becomes vice president and W. K. Routt Jr. named manager as Routt Lineweaver Co succeeds the 1921 Lineweaver Auto Co. The new firm in Staunton and Waynesboro will handle Chevrolet cars with Routt bringing four years of prior management and a proven record.
Jul ine Rosenwald head of Sears Roebuck and Company and 67 year old philanthropist married Mrs Adel Goodkind widow of Benjamin Goodkind at the home of his son Lessing J. Rosenwald in Ogontz Montgomery county. Ceremony performed by Judge Horace Bern.
A sharp domestic dispute draws bystanders who suspect a staged radio drama. The incident reads like a curious copy from the Arkaneee Gazette as crowds listen to the heated exchange unfold in public.
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