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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1930
Page
8
Bru baker tops the series with a 131 for Northern Virginia. The Elks Club defeated Northern Virginia Power Company 2 to 1 in games while the Jones Woolen boys earned three forfeits due to the Virginia Woolen team not showing up.
V P I announces spring drills for about fifty candidates starting Tuesday afternoon. Henry Redd will lead, with Bob Warren and Bill Bailey plus Phil Hotchkiss assisting, continuing four weeks of full equipment practice under former coaches. The piece blends with related baseball notes on the American League race and minor league results including Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Indianapolis, and a Dodgers win over the Phillies with multiple homers.
The Cumberland Knights of Columbus floor team finishes its fourth season with 16 wins and 10 losses. Across 121 games in four years, they have 88 victories and 33 defeats. They opened the season with a 13 of 15 run in November.
The New York Yankees snapped a three game losing streak by defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 9 to 1. A six run rally in the seventh sealed the win after runs in the first, second and sixth. The Nationals lost to the Birmingham Barons 6 to 5 in Birmingham with Hayes replacing Myers due to a sore arm.
Governor John Garland Pollard may join a Virginia business delegation visiting England in June under the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce. The trip aims to foster British trade via Hampton Roads and may last at least a month.
The farm sale of Frank V. Tilford in Clarke county drew a large crowd and sales brought strong prices. The total receipts ranged from five to six thousand dollars.
Mrs Emma C Benson wins a partial divorce from Ross H Benson in the Corporation Court of Winchester on grounds of desertion. She receives exclusive custody of their daughter Mariella a high school student. Benson must pay 30 dollars per month for the daughter’s support and education until age 21 retroactive to a prior date.
The text records a Sperryville marriage on August 12 1913 and says Mrs Benson’s husband left November 27 1928 and said he did not expect to return. It also mentions an American Legion unit with plans for pine trees in Lowell Michigan and notes an 1854 orange tree planted at Bidwell Bar near Oroville California still bears fruit. It cites Geological Society of America estimating the earth’s surface layer beneath the Pacific at about 25 miles.
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