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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1930
Page
3
Social and Personal News items indicate Mrs Teabelle Miller will attend an event, with details about timing and contact by phone. The fragment shows mailing or arrival instructions and a scheduled window between 3 and 4 pm for the following day.
Former Miss Grace Cover, now Mrs Frances Fife Symington, is vice president of the Junior League and recently traveled to Chicago for its annual meeting. She is noted for a soprano voice and piano skill studied at Peabody Conservatory. The piece also mentions society circles and a Style League initiative with a Fashion of the Month Club.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Jenkins of Berryville were surprised on their fortieth wedding anniversary by a large gathering of friends and relatives. Grandchildren Mildred Carper and Philip Jenkins dressed as bridal couple presented gifts. refreshments followed. Numerous guests from Berryville White Post Winchester and surrounding families attended.
The University of Virginia schedules mid winter dances for January 20 21 22 with Wiede meyer's orchestra. P E Society sponsors Thursday dance and German Club Friday event. Saturday night is informal with joint supervision. Guy Lombardo slated for Easter dances April 23 to 26. Beaux Arts Ball orchestra not yet announced.
A card party is set for tomorrow evening in the Hawthorne building Berryville to benefit the Straford Fund for Stratford Hall restoration. Stonewall Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy sponsors, with expected additional reservations. profits aid the Lee birthplace in Westmoreland County.
Invitations issued for a dance at Apole Hall Martinsburg West Virginia on Thursday evening January 16 by the Sparagus Club members. Music provided by the West Virginians of Martinsburg under Mr Jack Schill. A number of Winchester residents plan to attend.
Announcement of Miss Mary Virginia Boyd daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Boyd marrying Oliver Keckley son of Mr and Mrs J W Keckley formerly of Wardensville now Winchester The marriage occurred in Hagerstown Maryland on Saturday January 4 The bride wore a dark blue traveling suit with matching hat They will reside in Winchester.
Mr and Mrs Hutchinson of 912 South Braddock Street welcomed a son Friday January 10. Hutchinson is a local salesman and the couple receive congratulations from neighbors.
Mr Henry H Little of Norfolk recovering from an operation and improving enough to visit his law office. Mr M O Simpson of Front Royal was in town on business, Mr Lee Orndorff of Clear Brook spent time here on business, Harting of the Majestic Aed Company of Baltimore was here yesterday on business.
Company I of the 116th Infantry Virginia National Guard leaves by Packard autos for Richmond to participate in the inauguration ceremonies for Governor John Garland Pollard. About 45 men and 3 officers travel with sleeping quarters arranged in a Richmond barracks. They are assigned a prominent position in the inaugural parade and expect to return Thursday afternoon.
Teddy Underwood and his Night Club Revue wrecked near Springfield Ohio on Sunday night delaying the Colonial Theatre engagement. A large REO truck carrying stage properties and performers overturned near Springfield with damage to props and uncertain injuries. The Colonial Theatre will close tonight and Thursday with other shows listed for the week including The Vagabond King Parting of the Trails Speedy and Harold Lloyd screenings.
The line attributed to poet laureate Mable Walker Willebrandt asserts that self-consciousness is the greatest handicap of women in business, reflecting early 20th century views on gender and professional progress.
Senate lobby committee chair Caraway described Washington lobbyists as grafters in a report on the sugar interests tied to the pending tariff bill. He urged business leaders to stop paying tribute to lobbyists who have nothing to sell, calling the matter graft that harms public trust in government.
New York stock market shows further recovery with higher volume. Strong group gains occur in steels utilities amusement and electrical manufacturing while copper and motors lag and rails trading eases. Call money rises to 4 percent.
The second Baltimore death believed to be from psittacosis was reported. Mrs. William Burns died at St. Joseph's Hospital and the health department seized a sick parrot suspected to have caused her illness.
Wreckage of a Fairchild cabin monoplane believed to carry test pilots Banal Marra and William Kirkpatrick was found near Lake Amston after a Friday morning takeoff from Farmingdale New York. One body was found pinned beneath the plane and another nearby as the craft had caught fire.
Herbert Spences Martin a 47 year old vice president of S W Crtaus and Company investment bankers fell or jumped to death from a ninth floor Park Avenue apartment window. The body was found in the rear courtyard by a house employee and a passerby who heard the impact. Martin also served as vice president of the Ambassador Hotel Corporation.
Handley Board of Trustees held its monthly meeting and annual officer elections. Librarian Vernon Eddy reported marked improvement over the past year as Gray Williams was named president, with M. M Lynch as vice president and a slate including Vernon Eddy secretary A. M. Baker treasurer C. Vernon Eddy librarian Judith C. Gibson assistant librarian and George W. Hardy custodian of grounds and buildings.
Chicago's city council remains split over the 1930 budget as 25,000 city workers await pay and fears of school closures loom. Conferees from administration and opposition discuss but fail to reach agreement, with legal opinion supporting limited amendments and talks centering on reallocating police and fire funds.
Mrs Bessie M. Anderson wife of Walter J. Anderson of near Stephensons died at Memorial Hospital after a stroke. Last rites were conducted at Centenary Reformed Church with Rev S L Flickinger officiating. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers C F Hartman C L Spillman Homer Garber Clyde Clem Clarke Hardesty and William Grady.
Ivan Krenkel, chief Russian radio operator in Franz Josef Land, claims he spoke by radio for over an hour with Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd at the South Pole on a 41 meter wavelength. The link covered nearly 15000 miles and connected the northern radio outpost to Byrd’s polar location. Byrd inquired about the missing American flyer Eilson and discussed Antarctic weather conditions.
Mrs Gladys Moon Jones publicity worker for the United States Sugar association defies questioning as she testifies before the senate lobby investigating committee regarding activities and influence in sugar trade policy.
Local market notes show wide variety of grains and feeds with mixed prices. Wheat and flour ranges listed alongside dairy and cotton seed meal. live poultry and lambs appear with modest figures. creamery butter prices are noted for both wholesale and retail.
Richmond Virginia January 13. Members of the House of Delegates from the Valley counties fared well in committee assignments announced by Speaker Brown. The Valley members were named to committees includingriculture and mining Roads.
Fragmentary list outlines officers at the Capitol including roles in trenchment and economy, private and local legislature, welfare, militia and police, agriculture and mining, laws and justice, labor and the poor. Names include Bader of Rockingham and Moffett of Augusta.
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