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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1930
Page
3
Social and personal notices may be mailed or brought in at any time. The social reporter Mrs Teabtle P Miller will receive items between 3 and 4 p m for the following day.
The paper reports multiple weddings and social events. Thelma Love O Rear marries John Emmert Dettra in a Sunday ceremony. Audra Baker weds Milburn at a United Brethren Church parsonage. Floyd Milburn and Audra Baker are noted as Berkeley and Martinsburg residents. Golden wedding anniversary celebrated by Adram Hardesty and spouse with about 150 guests. Mrs. Welch and children to spend summer in Annapolis. a Boston terrier donation to District Nurse Association postponed. Mrs. Seitz to visit from Arizona. local society activities and engagements detailed.
The advertisement urges readers to visit a chiropodist before selecting Wilbur Coon Shoes with wide widths for bunions and to prevent corn reoccurrence. It highlights specially measured backs and roomy fronts designed to fit the arch, instep, and heel, offering extra sizes as needed.
Miss Lucy Ann Kinzel and her mother Mrs. A C Welch depart for New York to sail Wednesday on the Cunard liner Berengaria to England. Kinzel will study at the Matthew piano forte school in London and travel in Germany for Wagner and Mozart festivals and the Passion Play before returning to Peace Institute Raleigh to resume music faculty duties in September.
Mr and Mrs Logan R Fay return to Hackwood their country home northeast of town after a three week stay in England where they were guests of Mrs Fay s sister Mrs W A Ingram at Pennan near Falmouth Mr Fay reports the English industrial situation as only mildly improved and says unemployment remains a serious problem a government dole helped avert revolution.
Mary Washington College announces Mary Quick of Williamsburg will join the physical education department as a faculty member in September after four years as a student and assistant. She earned a BS with majors in physical education and biology and held multiple leadership roles including captaincies of hockey and basketball teams.
Invitations to speak at Democratic rallies reach H. F. Byrd from Alabama Congressman John McDuffie about a June 6 Gadsden rally and a Missouri rally outlined by R. L. Ward. Jefferson clubs mobilize across counties as about sy supporters prepare to attend in southeastern Missouri.
The Winchester Research Laboratory of Virginia Experiment Station reports five month rainfall in Winchester and vicinity at 8.23 inches, about nine inches below the 58 year norm of 17.14 inches. Handley High School records as a government observing station corroborate the drop in precipitation.
Knights Templar members from Martinsburg Charles Town Woodstock and Winchester gathered at United Brethren Church in Winchester for Ascension commemoration services. Over 100 knights in full uniform attended reserved seating and active participation. Rev. George W. Stover led the service and preached the commemorative sermon with a choir anthem and pipe organ. Afterward the group returned to Winchester Commandery for light refreshments.
A fragment hints at romance intertwined with daily chores, implying a playful or metaphorical link between affection and routine tasks such as washing dishes. The line suggests whimsy about love enhancing ordinary moments.
At John C. Thompson Park Zoo in Watertown New York a 500 pound female black bear killed feeder Emerson E. Joyce 45 after cubs were taken. Park superintendent Grover H. Brenon rushed to the cage as the bear dragged Joyce into an artificial cave where only his feet showed. Police recovered a crushed body with a broken neck.
John W. Bageant of Frederick county died at his Nain home after weeks of illness. A lifelong farmer born July 27, 1860, he was age seventy. Survived by spouse Veronia Strother and children Maggie Anthony, George W. Bageant, and Charles Bageant. Funeral Tuesday at Relands Methodist Episcopal Church Whitacre with burial in the Whitacre cemetery.
Senate campaign funds committee records show $357000 spent by the Davis Brown ticket in Pennsylvania primary. Mellon family contributed $15000. Penn state organization spent $129000. Philadelphia advisory committee $62000. Pittsburgh activities $88000. western Pennsylvania $77000 across seventeen counties. Treasurer R B Mellon and W B Mellon listed $5000 lots. Davis denied involvement. funds handled by Francis Shunk Brown. Grundy spent $291000 to oppose Davis. Brown $10500.
Kenneth William Fries aged five of 121 East Germain street died early yesterday from diphtheria and heart weakness. He was the son of Mr and Mrs H R Fries and is survived by his parents.
An ad claims soaking feet nightly for 3 or 4 nights with Radox Footbath loosens corns with roots and callouses lifting them out, leaving feet strong for walking and dancing. It promotes Baker's Drug Store as a supplier for the treatment.
Funeral services were held for a boy from the Fries family at 3 pm at the home of his parents. Rev Dr LL A as, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, officiated and interment was in Mount Hebran. The rites were private with no pallbearers.
Readers note publishers reduced book prices substantially, seen as a bold move. The action prompts talk of market strategy and consumer impact across the industry.
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