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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1930
Page
3
Social and personal items from a bygone era list residents visitors and social events. Tables and columns reference engagements weddings and local happenings in a terse neighborhood tone. The readable fragments hint at community figures and routine gatherings.
The Ashlawn estate known as James Monroe’s home will open to the public on Monday April 28 birthday of the former president. J W Johns of Pittsburgh who bought the property will restore it and host prominent figures and 150 New York James Monroe High School students. Charlottesville groups may help. Oak Hill near Warrenton is the other surviving Monroe residence. Virginia Home Players Featured At Dance And Other Community Events Highlight local culture. Virginia Home Players Orchestra recently gained fame from WJSV radio broadcasts and performed at a Philomont Town Hall dance attracting large crowds.
An old-time spelling bee conducted in Ridgeway Town Hall under the Methodist Episcopal Church South auspices saw Miss Bertha Carter of Clear Brook win the prize, over about 35 contestants, with Esther Ridgeway as runner up. Also note a planned water supply address by H B McCormac for Winchester in the Women's Civic League Friday afternoon.
Mr William Campfield formerly of this city and now based in Staunton Virginia as secretary of the Virginia State Horticultural Society visited the Apple Blossom Festival office in Stephens City while on a Washington and Martinsburg trip. Also announced are an O F A spelling bee March 8 in Stephens City and a 7:30 pm Girls Athletic Association meeting at the Elks Club rooms.
Upcoming events include a Cedar Cliff church chicken and oyster supper from 4 to 10 p.m. Friday at Mrs. W. F. Massie home near Stephens City and a Kernstown Community League debate at 8 p.m. on the motion that automobiles benefit the community. Also tonight Braddock Street Methodist Young Peoples Missionary Society meets at Miss outline Smaltz home.
Mrs. Thomas W. Harrison hosted a refined luncheon for 14 at South Washington Street with guests including Mrs. Lucian Carr of Princeton New Jersey and Mrs. Marcia Hunter Campbell of Athens Georgia. The event featured green and white decor and cala lilies and white snap dragons as the table centerpiece. Other attendees and follow-on club gathering at Gray Gables Inn are noted amid local social updates.
Washington March 6 the Senate voted 41 to 34 to refuse raising the tariff on casein from 52 8 cents to 244 cents a pound. The House had kept the rate unchanged at 244 cents.
The chairman said the announcement could affect the market and would be held until the grain exchange closed to avoid disrupting trading.
Ebenhausen Bavaria March 6 Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz lord high admiral of the German navy during the world war and father of submarine warfare died at a sanitarium at 2 30 a m after a brief attack of bronchitis He would have been 81 years old March 19 He had been in good health until February when bronchitis struck again and his heart activities weakened He was brought from his Feldafing home to Ebenhausen where he had lived retired and often spoke in defense of the German republic.
Washington March 6 physicians noted no change in William Howard Taft's condition this morning. Mr Taft spent a comfortable night as attendants said this morning.
Special Commissioners announce a public auction in Winchester Virginia on March 22 1930 at 11 am. The two acre parcel includes a cement block house chicken houses and outbuildings on the Winchester Berryville Turnpike two miles east of Winchester. Terms: one third cash with balance in two annual installments or all cash. The land was conveyed to Henry P Busy by Mary L Jones. Auctioneers Duvall Dunn with commissioners Lynch and Cather.
Mrs Clara Clements McKay 35 died at her Washington home at 3202 Kingle Road from paralysis after a Sunday illness following an automobile ride. Survived by husband Clarence O McKay and siblings Theodore Louis James and three sisters. Funeral arrangements pending with turnout from Mrs A J Tavenner and Mrs De Janney Yeakley expected.
In New York on March 6 easing credit conditions spurred a broad stock rise with many issues advancing 1 to 7 points though cotton declined to new season lows. General Electric and Westinghouse led gains as call money stayed at 4 percent and time money hit two year lows.
Washington March 6 Representative James R Glynn of Connecticut died on a Chesapeake and Ohio train while returning from Huntington West Virginia where he had attended the funeral of Representative James A Hughes He was 63 years old and survived by his widow Glynn collapsed in the smoking car apparently from a heart attack and died in the arms of P H Crook assistant sergeant at arms of the House who was in charge of the special car
The United States Weather Bureau said heavy frost last night affected trucking areas in Florida with some sections suffering heavy damage. A 28 degree reading came from Hastings potato belt while Miami logged 44 degrees. The state marketing bureau collected crop damage data today.
The article reports Grundy denying he holds any position with the Tariff League amid questions from the lobby committee about the group's activities and his former presidency of the Sylvania Manufacturers' Association.
Senate defeats measure to punish the treasurer after a spirited discussion. Continued from prior page, routine work remains before final adjournment Saturday. Brewer bill defeated amid debate.
The Senate committee on moral and social welfare killed the Brewer local option bill this afternoon, with a 5 to 3 vote for indefinite postponement. Wets opposed, noting it would divert funds from the State Literary Fund while counties could still obtain prohibited-fee revenues. Delegate Brewer defended the measure as local option and pro prohibition.
In Baltimore a 125 member parade of Communist and Trade Unity League members moved orderly through the business district under police escort. A Memorial Plaza meeting followed with movement leaders addressing the crowd. A last minute parade permit was issued by the mayor’s office allowing the event to proceed without incident.
References at the capital express hope that the White House agreement between industry and labor for a wage truce and railroad leaders’ pledge to continue building will combine with forthcoming legislation to solve the problem.
J R Dushane named director of the annual festival parade in Richmond Virginia with Mr Richards leaving for important festival work in the same city. The festival committee promises innovations and high standards set by past performances and notes upcoming appointments to fill key roles.
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