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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1931
Page
10
Report from Punch cites rough spell for film world with many stars out of work. In divorce news, Mrs. Joseph Lattino of Lawrence Massachusetts testifies that on their wedding night she slept on the floor while her husband used the bed.
Dietrich state garden specialist from the extension service will tour county groups July 9 and 10. He will conduct demonstrations at Cross Junction Winchester and other locations with meetings at North Frederick Stephens City Branson School Middletown and more. Public invited to attend for garden advice and tips.
Poem memorializing Gladys Miller, praising her beauty, soul, and lifelong service. The poem envisions her sleep as eternal, reflects on death, and speaks of her ascent to a divine realm beyond the flesh. A brief editorial note about a Valley Forge reference closes the excerpt.
Precipitation in the past 24 hours ended at 8 a m shows none. June to date totals 1.57 inches. Comparison with 18 year average and 1932 rainfall for January through May indicates varying figures across months with totals 13.60 inches for 18 year average and 16.78 inches for 1931. first six months rainfall listed by month.
The H J Heinz Company will offer special prizes for the best apple pies at the Winchester Fair. The Hunter brothers in the City of Chicago airplane have logged 449 hours aloft and still fly on. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co reports progress on a new fire alarm reporting system. J Victor Arthur and Lester D Arnold returned from Chicago after Rotary International meeting. Miss Catherine Clement Chris more wed Capt Paul R Hartman yesterday morning.
Experts studied Byrd records and declare he achieved the North Pole by air. Sandy Baker joins Winchester Rotary Club baseball squad. Mrs Carl P Massey returns from a trip to many points of interest in Europe. Lloyd Dilwin Jackson and Miss Mary Elizabeth Corbett wed at Corbett Maryland.
The report notes German armies advancing toward the Meuse area while the United States maintains a policy of watchful waiting regarding Mexico. Also mentions Company I of the Second Virginia Regiment pledging to follow Capt. Robert Y. Conrad, and Maxwell automobiles reduced with touring car at $595. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offers 10 day excursion to Atlantic City at $6.50.
Bloom Virginia notices Harvest week shifts the Friendly Grove yard party to Saturday night July 11 to raise funds for a school fence. The event features games music and refreshments and invites all to help the cause. Local residents attend Round Hill services and celebrate a birthday with guests for John R Cooper.
A New Yorker excerpt recalls Steffens work and the old era of urban corruption in Philadelphia Chicago and New York. It contrasts fathers and banknotes as a noted line from George W. Wickersham and touches on preparation for war quoted by Rev. James Mace Leod.
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