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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1931
Page
3
Social and personal notes indicate arrangements by Mrs Teabelle P Miller for mailing or telephoning between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. for the following day.
Mrs Rutherford hosted a birthday party for her husband last Saturday. Guests included numerous Rutherford family members and friends from Martinsburg and Winchester, with games and refreshments shaping an enjoyable evening.
Pyorrhea specialist Dr. Ralph B. Snapp accepted an invitation to present at the Chicago Dental Society convention on February 13 at the Stevens Hotel in Chicago. He will likely depart Monday for several days. The Chicago Dental Society is the nation's largest city dental group, and such an invitation is a high honor for a Virginia dentist.
Mr John B Parsons and Miss Madge Abshire visit at Star Tannery the Pifer home. Miss Mary Pearson travels to Philadelphia to nurse her ill cousin Jessie Pearson. Harry R Mathis of Hagerstown Md returns after business and registers at Hotel Jack. Louis Wender and Miss McDonald of Wender's Apparel Shop plan a spring stock trip. J Bonham of Summit Point W Va visits on business. Mrs William M ill remains in unchanged condition at West Boscawen street. Mrs Louise Henry Heiman of New York arrives Sunday for sister Mrs McKenzie illness. Max Kahn of New York spends time here and is registered at Hotel Jack.
Judge Eugene O Dunne fined Max Miller, a delicatessen dealer on West University Parkway, the maximum on nine counts of Sunday blue law violations. Miller, absent for Sabbath, was ordered to pay $360 plus costs. judge noted offenses were misdemeanors and not requiring his presence.
Public auction will be held at the Winchester County Court House on February 7, 1931 at noon for 13 acres of limestone land with a new brick dwelling and outbuildings. The property lies west of the Martinsburg Pike between Stephensons and Clearbrook in Stonewall District, adjoining Hopewell Road, Irwin Zinn lands, and the Cumberland Valley Railroad. Terms require one fourth down with balance in three annual payments secured by bonds and a deed of trust with insurance.
Six Harrisburg firemen and one patrolman are charged with setting 13 fires in the city. They confessed to starting blazes for thrills and then responding as firefighters. The incidents caused losses totaling over 1 million dollars. All suspects, ages 18 to 32, were volunteers.
Wilmington Delaware January 31 Chancellor J O Wocott grants Cities Service Company the right to intervene as a party defendant in the receivership action brought by A Hicks Lawrence stockholder against Richfield Oil Company of California. The court sets next Wednesday for the hearing. Lawrence owns 300 shares of Richfield common stock and alleges insolvency. Cities Service is among the largest Richfield stockholders. receiverships have been appointed in California New York Arizona Washington and Oregon.
Prices on the Chicago Board of Trade fell as corn hit new low for the year and the lowest since 1922 amid weak demand and speculative selling. Wheat and rye moved lower on weather and tonnage expectations while oats held firm with mixed bids. Closing: Wheat March 179 frail May 8258 July 6554. Corn March 624 May 64 July 645. Oats March none May 323 July 315 Rye March 371 May 39 July 395.
The will of Charles M. Ebert allocates 14 000 to the Methodist Episcopal Church for the Anna R. Ebert Chimes, with daily ringing at set times. The remainder goes to Winchester Memorial Hospital with half for a Charles M. Ebert Memorial addition and the rest for care of the poor. Executor M M Lynch to serve. alternate Harry H Lynch. Witnesses Robert S. Smith B M Sullivan R S Loy.
Miss Margel Knabenshue of Grafton has ended a Capon Bridge revival after 20 services at the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Over 8 000 attended and more than 1 000 sought Christ at the altar as crowds from 50 miles away filled the church nightly. Her five year evangelistic run since age 17 is described as phenomenal with dramatic preaching and traditional gospel messages drawing thousands to the cross.
New York stocks closed the first month of the year with a lackluster tone. The market showed losses in many big issues and greater declines in volatile shares, with a late short-covering lift. The averages finished roughly a point above January 2 levels after about 800000 shares traded in two hours.
Judge Philip Williams signed a petition filed in the Corporation Court by Paul Anthony seeking a divorce from Pearl Anthony on the grounds of desertion. The couple married December 2, 1923, and Pearl deserted Paul on March 10, 1927. The decree is absolute with a six month restraint on remarriage. Attorney Raymond E Perrine represented Paul Anthony.
The Minnie Wood Chapel notes report a January meeting with nine women reelected for another term and plans for the February gathering at Pikeside Inn. The column also lists numerous visits and illnesses among local residents including Emma McAfee’s improving health at Winchester Memorial Hospital and several families from Winchester and Martinsburg, W Va.
Alfred Arthur Rouse traveling salesman was sentenced to death for the murder of an unidentified man whose charred body was found in Rouse s burned automobile on a road near Northampton last autumn. He claimed the fire was accidental while the prosecution said he wanted the body to identify him to vanish. The case tied to an illegal love affair amid his denials. A Paris blouse note follows.
A guide promotes affordable nutrition with a one day menu. It lists meals including breakfast hot cereal and biscuits, dinner with Hopping John and scalloped potatoes, supper of cheese with pasta, and notes on whole grain wheat preparation. Recipes cover wheat cereal, Hopping John with tomato sauce, macaroni cheese, baked salmon and rice, and serving suggestions.
The Winchester Debate Society in Bunker Hill West Virginia debated the resolution that the world is growing better. The affirmative won by a majority vote not a unanimous judge verdict. Participants included Arthur Luttrell and J D Luttrell for the affirmative and Howard W F Luttrell Oliver Good for the negative. Judges were C B Dawson L C Hoffman Harley Dailey William Hefley J H Myers. Warner Luttrell serves as president of the society.
Central Nations presents A With Women at the Capitol for today only. Mc Laglen delivers a humane yet bold captain role in a banana republic setting. Nona Maris debuts as the alluring heroine while Humphrey plays a young American tourist in light hearted rivalry and comic escapades.
German planners consider draining the North Sea to expand territory and obtain coal and other mineral deposits. In other news, a three-foot diameter tungsten filament bulb weighing three pounds is built for a moving picture studio.
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