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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1930
Page
3
Social column notes requests for submissions to Mrs Teabelle F P Miller and a phone contact 33 for late afternoon messages. The text references personal notices and calls for information on social updates in the department.
Mrs. B B. Dutton read on South Africa from the Great Trek to the 1909 Union. The talk covered British expansion, Boer resistance, diamond and gold discoveries, Rhodes and De Beers, and the 1902 Boer War endgame with a note on Rhodes scholarships. Mr. McCormac addressed water supply issues as the Women’s Civic League discussed milk funds Arbor Day and annual gifts.
Mr. H. Elmer Griffin, long ill at his National Avenue home, has suffered lead poisoning affecting his nerves and muscles. He is now much improved and able to take automobile rides and receive friends at home.
The American Legion Auxiliary hosts an eleventh birthday party for the Robert Y. Conrad Post on Monday March 10 at 8 PM at the George Washington Hotel. Legionnaires and auxiliary members are invited. Judge Philip Williams will speak and a short musical program is planned. Refreshments including a birthday cake with eleven pink candles will be served.
On Thursday evening Mr Earl Robertson hosted a birthday party at his South Cameron Street home. Guests included Goldie Dyke Nine Dyke Anna Amelia Seabright Elizabeth Elsie Locke Trenary and M Patton Then Hoover Che Hokie Rodger Front Royal Va Crisman Emma Locke Lillian Kite Eleanor Robertson Louise Dolly essis Raymond Sutler Spike arms Eva Martins and other friends. Mr Robertson received many useful presents in remembrance of the occasion.
A Pocahontas council in Alexandria Virginia hosted a sizable gathering with many chiefs and guests. Notable attendees included Great Sachem Harry A. Sager, Past Great Pocahontas Mrs. Rena Padgett, Past Great Instructress Miss Helen Abraham, two sisters from Washington DC, Miss Mae Starwell of the Orphans' Board, and Mr. Arthur J. Butcher from the Board of Appeals. Mrs. Padgett hosted Mrs. Whisson and Mrs. Simpson during their Alexandria visit.
The Virginia Home Players of Winchester who broadcast from Mount Vernon Hills performed at the Earl Theatre in Washington and drew a large audience. Return engagements are likely as their Mount Vernon Hills broadcasts continue under Winchester Chamber of Commerce auspices.
Babe Ruth agrees to a two year contract at 80000 dollars per year after weeks of dispute with the New York Yankees. He travels to St Petersburg to meet Col Ruppert and intends to sign promptly.
The Kansas City Star remarks that with kitchen skills like making sandwiches coffee and pie a woman could run a drug store and questions why some waste time on apron shops noting additional needed skills.
Mr Lawson E Smith of Flint Hill Va is a guest at Hotel Jack. Mrs John W North Jr leaves for Annapolis Md to spend the weekend with Mr North connected with Western Electric. Mr and Mrs E Cook of Washington are guests at Hotel Jack.
In Richmond on March 17 the conference committee recommended rejection of Senate amendments to the Halt chain state bill. The House passed the bill 76 to 12, with Wilbur C. Hall leading the effort. boards of equalization to be appointed by circuit courts will balance county tax values every four years.Governor Pollard endorsed the measure, while opponents warned it may be unconstitutional.
A concise quotation notes that choosing constant inactivity over action is a mistake because happiness lies in action according to Aristotle. The line emphasizes active engagement as essential to well being.
Senator Harrison of Mississippi calls on Senate Rules Chair Moses to force Senator Grundy of Pennsylvania to remove all persons tied to the American Tariff League from his office. Warren F Doane testified he worked on Grundy’s payroll and used his Senate office. Grundy denies the group using his office as headquarters.
Buffalo authorities say Lillian Jimmerson 30 sought to kill Clotilde Marchand 50 using Iroquois witchcraft aided by an aged Indian woman. Nancy Bowen 66 admitted to beating and choking the victim with a chloroformed rag as the key act in a case tied to a jealous love intrigue at the Cattaraugus reservation.
Geraldine Farrar's concert shown as a standout performance with praised vocal technique. She speaks French German and Italian fluently, conveys character through singing, and provides translated program notes for audience understanding. Admission ranges from $1 to $2 with advance mail orders available.
Personal and social items from Millwood Virginia recount hunting guests from Golden Bridge and Blue Ridge, arrival of masters, huntsmen, and field, plus expected visits by Edward Munro and John Hardy. The week includes services at Emanuel Church Millwood and Boyce chapel with Captain Walker’s training plan for young horses and a weekend visit by Robert Page of Ardmore.
A terse observation links rising crime to police being preoccupied with strict regulation and paperwork, leaving little time for active crime-fighting. The remark suggests systemic strain rather than changes in criminal behavior as the driver of crime.
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