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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1930
Page
6
The missive notes Arthur G. Jones released on bail as a preliminary hearing on embezzlement charges approaches. It also mentions Sandy Baker and Nellie Page contending for tennis honors on local courts and Mildred Lee Rowland marrying Edgar Loving.
The 1925 report notes about half the English fruit crop damaged on July 11 1925. This situation encourages local growers to export more of their fruit as Clark Griffith president of the local association urges action.
The Washington baseball club states his Senators will win the American League pennant this year. The local Rotary Club has gone on record as opposed to the proposed new rates of the telephone company.
Beaver Dam site selected for the annual local Boy Scouts camp. Also reports note Belgians in better shape thanks to aid from the United States. Captain Robert Bruce Muse, Confederate veteran and former Frederick County official, dies at his county home. Lambs sold locally bring 7.30 per hundred.
Historic Millwood building in Clarke county is being razed to make way for a modern filling station and refreshment stand. T W Willingham plans the project to improve traffic safety at a dangerous corner on Millwood hill and create an attractive village site. The house, dating to about 1810 on the Carter Hall estate, long served as home to Miss Betsy Royster and later passed to the Page family with heirlooms tied to Westover and Wayside.
Peachy Hockman son of Mr and Mrs L L Hockman sustained a shoulder fracture in a Wednesday night auto crash near Strasburg that injured four Winchester youths. John Taylor Jr remains at Memorial Hospital after a good night, while Charles R Anderson Jr and John Lamb Jr report bruises and are up and around. The driver of the green Ford coupe reportedly has not been apprehended.
A decree from the Corporation Court grants George Martin a divorce from Bertha Martin on grounds of desertion. They wed on August 8, 1921. she allegedly deserted him on December 26, 1929. The husband must pay all costs of the suit.
Tony Titherington faces trouble as Mary Lou accepts Brynmor’s proposal and a wedding looms. After a messy dress delivery and clashes with Gwendolyn Carruthers, Tony contemplates life in town while Jay warns him off and Mary Lou plans her wedding for soon.
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