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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1930
Page
10
Troop Three wins 8 to 12 at Handley in a season opener led by coach Jack Widmeyer. Troop Six fought hard but trailed most of the game as J Darlington and M Hollis starred for Troop Three.
The Cumberland Valley Athletic League season begins Friday with six boys teams. Martinsburg hosts Hagerstown, Winchester plays in Charles Town, and Berkeley Springs visits Waynesboro. Doubleheaders include Martinsburg vs Hagerstown and Waynesboro vs Berkeley Springs.
Winchester based Handley High does not sponsor a girls team leaving the girls league at five teams while the boys league has six clubs.
Agreements in Florida set for a fifteen round heavyweight feature with Jack Scott to meet British contender. Madison Square Garden Corp holds option on the winner for 1930, aiming a final title chapter and a Schmeling challenge in summer. Also notes college basketball openers at Hampden-Sidney and St. John’s, and a boxing license in Boston for Shires versus Spohrer.
In the first contests of the newly organized bowling association the Rotarians beat the Kiwanis two games to one while the Elks swept the Jones Woolen Company team three straight. The Girls' Athletic Association plans a show titled That's That. Shenandoah Valley National Bank declares a four percent quarterly dividend. Congress adds 35000 dollars for a survey.
A note from the Shenandoah National Park region recalls a five year old Rotary Club event. Speakers from Pag gton and Chester Rotary clubs addressed federal taxes with humor and wit. The piece references stock market moves, travel authorities, church groups, and local social happenings alongside Kentucky racing totals and Winchester’s quieter 1924 compared with 1923.
Ice floods the river at Harper's Ferry as thawing swells streams. J B Beverley is appointed clerk of the Corporation Court by Judge T W Harrison. Rev W O Talbert announces a church revival. Nemo criticizes false charities aiding tramps. Villa receives 3 100 000 from New York. Fred Seal knocked down by a wagon in a hit and run era.
Visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Joseph Conner of Stephens City included Mr and Mrs Hampton Ritenour and grandsons Lucious and Robert Conner of Refuge. Mrs Conner is recovering from a broken arm. Mrs Willis Buggles and son Arthur returned from Washington after a week with Ralph Hess. Miss Julia Grim spent Sunday with Mrs James Orndorff. Mrs Tom Perry, ill for some time, shows slow improvement. Mrs Phil Bowman and her little son Jimmie visited her parents Sunday.
Rosenberger Virginia reports include Miss Fietta Rosenberger a Detroit nurse visiting her parents Mr and Mrs C M Rosenberger. Mr and Mrs Paul Smoke and children and Miss Mamie Smoke visited Mr and Mrs L B Frye. Clara Margaret Frye returned to Shepherd College after holidays. Guy Frye and daughter Clara Margaret visited James N Frye in Capon Bridge West Virginia last Wednesday.
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