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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1931
Page
5
The ordinance sets specific taxes for scales ten dollars, street vendors 150 per day, and shoe shops 10 to 15 dollars. It imposes varied licenses on rail and retail trades including taxicabs 10 or 15 dollars, soda fountains 35 to 60 dollars, and transient merchants 400 dollars per month.
The text lists special license taxes for different trades in Winchester including motor trucks by capacity for transfer licenses and fees for undertakers veterinarians and wagon drivers. It covers collection by the Commissioner of the Revenue and certificate transfer process, with notes on license issuance and fees.
Nineveh Notes reports guests at Wheatland Farm as Sidney Williamson and I with Miss Miller’s family. Harvey Prestler injuries while coasting. Henry Welsh moves to Riverton. Johns family return from Hagerstown. Robert Miller improves after illness. Russell Neville recovers. Bennie Massie visits property. Omar Dix moves from Dunbar to Armell.
A 1930 item recalls a factory fire causing an estimated 250000 loss after over three hours of firefighting. It notes the death of Mrs. Bessie M. Anderson from a paralytic stroke and mentions Rev Dr George Richards’s farewell service at the local Presbyterian Church. It also records Postal Telegraph offices opening with manager C M Wilgus, a college sports win over Shenandoahans, and local freshmen on the State Teachers College honor roll.
Governor E. Lee Trinkle urged raising the gasoline tax to 5 cents in his final address to the General Assembly. A special train would run from here to Richmond if 125 people volunteer to attend Harry Byrd’s inauguration. A mass meeting to plan the Apple Blossom Festival was called for January 28. The American Legions basketball team won their first game.
A Delaware jurist addressed the Virginia Horticultural Society meeting in Charlottesville. The event drew local residents including Herbert S. Larrick who responded to the city's welcome. The cinema listing notes "The Rosary" at Empire Theatre with seven reels for 10 and 20 cent admissions.
Twenty two members of the P. O. S. of A. of Whitacre visited the home of Charles Moore Thursday to gather a good supply of wood for the ill lodge member. The Ladies Aid Society of the Church of Christ will meet this evening at Mrs.
A sequence of visits unfolds as residents from Oregon to Winchester call on relatives and friends. George Mr. Mr. eel iannie and Will Brannon hosts are noted, with several other couples and individuals visiting and returning home after weekends.
Dor othy Lee co stars with Bert Wheeler in a new and funny Wheeler and Woolsey film. Jobyna Howland provides strong comic support as the duo deliver a straight comedy that caps five consecutive smash hits.
Walter Critchlow of Wheaton Til patents a Damp Air Gas Saver claiming 66 miles per gallon. He cites Ford tests near 64 mpg and promises cash prizes up to 10000 plus commissions from state county and sales networks. He offers to mail one unit on request.
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