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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1930
Page
3
Fragmentary notes from a late 19th century department page provide scattered social items. The text hints at society gatherings, personal notices, and local names but lacks clear events or dates to identify individuals or households.
New York critics laud Miss Elizabeth Craig dramatic soprano for a WOR radio concert praising her limpid tone and precise phrasing. The artist recently studied in Italy and prior broadcasts boosted her profile ahead of a Metropolitan audition planned for early fall.
Miss Florence Virginia Steere daughter of Major T I Steere led the female role in There Was a Prince presented by College Thomas Starr King Junior High School Hollywood California June 14 and 15. She is elected to the National Honor Society and plans to enter a senior high in Hollywood next year.
Mrs. Y J Orndorff receives word from her nephew Charles Lee Aikin chief radio officer of the U S S Bainbridge that Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd and party were in New York Monday en route to Albany. Aikin family ties noted in Newport News. Frank Boucher Warner Brothers district manager visited Winchester and plans frequent trips to the area.
Baltimore society girl and newspaper reporter Miss Anne Seddon Kin solving becomes engaged to John Nicholas Brown heir to a vast fortune. The announcement notes Brown, Harvard graduate of 1922, reputedly possessed of 20 to 25 million from his grandfather John Carter Brown.
Members of the Young People's Missionary Society at Braddock Street Episcopal Church South will meet tonight at 7 30 at the parsonage 707 South W street with Rev and Mrs Frank Turner. The piece notes various local visits and society activities around Martinsburg and nearby towns.
Miss Henrietta E Deckman became the bride of Mr Harry Conner at Emmanuel Episcopal Church Bel Air Maryland on Tuesday June 24. The ceremony was performed by Rev Dr John S Yellett in the presence of the bride’s immediate family. The bride is a native of Maryland and former student of the Maryland Art Institute. Mr Conner is a United States post office inspector who has served in several states and is stationed in the Valley of Virginia. The couple will tour the valley and spend time in Winchester.
Mr and Mrs Frank A Jaques and Mr and Mrs John H Bowers of North Braddock Street and little Mrs Betty Starner of Hagerstown Md visiting them left today by motor for Raleigh Greensboro Asheville and Charlotte NC They will return early next week accompanied home by Mr Wynne and Miss Lowery who will spend some time with them here.
Miss Emma Howard Wight writes a radio monologue from Station WJSV Washington DC. The piece features Uncle Aaron’s views on marriage and courtship and will air late this week between 10 45 and 11 am with Shenandoah Valley locale. More material from her is expected soon.
Robert C. Green a Winchester insurance man who recently underwent an operation at Memorial Hospital is reported to be showing improvement and his general condition is described as very good today.
Marriage licenses issued in Hagerstown Maryland include Thomas D. Orndorff and Mary C. Taylor from Winchester, Hugh S. Hutzler and Mary V. Wilson from West Virginia, and Dewey Q. Kerns of Gore with Nellie H. Boyer of Romney. Returning Norfolk visitors head home today with Mrs. H E Masengill. Braddock Street Methodist Young Christians Class to meet Friday at 8 pm at Mrs. Williams home with church pickup at 7:30.
Mr and Mrs Ralph S Fansler and children Miss Susan Fansler Ralph Jr and Capt Jack Breckenridge returned from a motoring trip in southwest Virginia They stayed in Roanoke with Mr and Mrs J W Epling and enjoyed Mountain Lake about 45 miles away They report the resort as delightful Also noted is Raymond Borden of Strasburg recovering well at Memorial Hospital after an arm amputation from a vehicular collision.
Mr. J. B. Fleet of Greensboro is a guest at Jack and will attend a sandwich supper at Well town on July 2 in connection with a yard party. Mrs W W Blackmann and Messrs Wilbun and Edwin Blackmann of Atlanta are guests at the George Washington Hotel in the city today.
Maxie Rosenbloom the Harlem boxer defeated Jimmy Slattery of Buffalo by decision in 15 rounds to claim the world light heavyweight title. No knockdowns occurred as Slattery weighed 168 pounds and Rosenbloom about 168. Rosenbloom had led early and surged late as Slattery tired, extending a New York state title since February after beating Lou Sozza.
Brenda Ueland’s remark about women speaking is cited, noting gendered social duties and expectations shaping conversation. The line prompts reflection on communication norms and authorship while invoking feminist discourse.
The page lists values for grains and feeds including wheat at 1.30 per cwt, midlings around 2.10, and corn meal 2.80. It notes butter fat and creamery butter prices, and provides figures for local flour, scratch feed, mixed feed, screenings, and cracked corn. Livestock and poultry prices include broilers, hens, ducks, sheep, calves, and lambs with noted ranges.
Newark, June 26. In a letter to prohibition friends, Rev. James K. Shields, head of the state Anti-Saloon League, warned that a man like W. Morrow in the U S Senate could be more dangerous than a typical wet senator. He praised Morrows quiet churchman demeanor as a pivotal force against the eighteenth amendment.
A license was issued to Rev. E. D. Witherspoon of the Presbyterian Church by the Corporation Court to perform marriages in the city. Rev. Witherspoon recently accepted the pastorate at Highland Avenue Presbyterian Mission and the Presbyterian Church at Nineveh in Warren County.
Records in the local corporation court show marriage licenses rising this year compared with 1929. By date, more licenses have been issued than in the same period last year, with applicants from states including West Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland the District of Columbia and Virginia.
Baltimore June 25 The Rev Dr James Turner longtime president of Maryland College for Women at Lutherville died at his daughter's home in Ruxton after years of ill health He was born in 1841 in Franklin County Virginia and served as lieutenant in the Tenth Virginia Cavalry during the Civil War He married Josephine Glossbrenner in 1867 and she died in 1917 Turner led Maryland College 1880 to 1908 for 28 years
Roanoke posted a 98 degree high to lead Virginia heat records yesterday, matched by Lynchburg. Bristol reported 97 with heat prostration, Harrisonburg 94, Richmond 92, Norfolk 91, and Newport News 88.6 as statewide temperatures eased slightly from 103 in Roanoke on Tuesday.
Mrs. L. B. Berrick and Mrs. J. E. Murphy of Columbia South Carolina visit as guests of Mr. Merton W. Kremer the framer's father at his North Braddock street home during a stay in the area.
Stephens City Troop 1 and 14 scouts occupy Camp Hospitality on the Cacapon, five miles south of Capon Bridge near Yellow Springs W Va. They run meals, policing, and duties with J A McKinney Jr as scout master and present a strict, self managed schedule focused on discipline and leadership.
New York June 26. The stock market extended gains as bears found the market heavily covered and prices moved higher. Broad activity fit the strong short covering mood with money to borrow remaining cheap, trading near 112 percent for the first time in 13 years after a brief rally.
The West Virginia Road Commission awarded a contract for grading and shale surfacing 8.9 miles of the Slanesville turnpike in Hampshire County to Pocahontas Construction Company. Their bid was 128,711 dollars.
The record of transatlantic attempts, from Alcock and Brown in 1919 to Amelia Earhart in 1928, highlights major feats and named pilots. It notes numerous eastward and westward trips, with several fatal losses including Berteaud Hill Payne and Omdal, while praising Lindbergh and others for landmark crossings.
Harry C. Stutz renowned car designer and manufacturer dies at 53 in Indianapolis following complications after an appendicitis operation. News notes his prominence in the automotive industry and his impact on early car design.
In Luebeck Germany June 26 the death toll of infants at a baby hospital inoculated months ago with an anti tuberculosis preparation rose to 44 with eighty two more ill. The magistrate opened legal examination of two professors a physician and a laboratory nurse charged with negligently causing the deaths.
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