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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1929
Page
2
The Cincinnati Enquirer hints Mr. Hoover may be seen as a presidential candidate or merely a social referee, reflecting ambiguity in his public role.
The University of Virginia will run its fifth Institute for Doctors Helpers in Washington Hall from August 5 to 9. A second program for colored women at Petersburg’s Virginia Normal and Industrial School runs August 12 to 16. Lecturers from the State Department of Health will lead courses teaching basic nursing to assist bedside care in absence of trained nurses, aiming to reduce reliance on untrained midwives in rural areas.
The sixth Massanetta Spring and Summer Bible Conference encampment opened four miles east of Harrisonburg by the Presbyterian Synod of Virginia with 350 boys and girls registered. DC Girl Scout camp at Ed's Park near Raleigh Springs opened with 156 campers, two weeks in, led by Miss Dorothy Greene and Miss Louise Sullivan. Camp Shenandoah on the Shenandoah River, 12 miles east of Harrisonburg, also opened.
The Harrisonburg Rotary Club sponsors a camp hosting fifty boys from four states. The program runs for the rest of the summer, offering activities and outdoor instruction.
Virginia American Legion posts are unusually active this year with increased membership as of July 2 in Richmond. The report from Associated Press notes stronger recruitment and engagement across multiple posts in the state.
W. Glenn Elliott reports after a three week trip to state sections that Virginia department membership exceeds 6 500 for the first time since 1922. The department also added about 20 percent more posts, boosting to 19 organizations, with 1 700 new members having never joined before.
A drug store advertisement touts Led's Laxative Compound as a lasting remedy for sluggish bowels and indigestion. It promises relief from headaches biliousness and fatigue and offers a ten day sale price of $1.00 at Baker's Drug Store in Winchester Virginia.
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