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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1932
Page
2
The article presents fragmented market items including local flour prices and shelled corn, with stray references to butter, screenings, and wholesale markets. It mentions lip reading as a utility and Hygeia Magazine as a reader resource, but the text remains garbled and lacks a cohesive event or outcome.
State Highway Commissioner Shirley says the new county road plan act, effective July 1, will not alter the law under which the highway commission adds to the state system each year road mileage totaling 244 percent of the original system. He notes the 2 percent clause will allow transferring about 100 miles annually from secondary to primary, with the plan directing establishment of a secondary system including public roads bridges causeways and wharves as of March 1 1932 not yet included in the primary system.
Greenwood Virginia May 17 report that J C Johnson improved his house with a new coat of paint. Walter Purtlebaugh and family moved from Good farm on Sulphur Spring road to Wisecarver farm on Senseney road.
Mr and Mrs C M Barrett long time Martinsburg residents are at home of Mr and Mrs Gladys Broméhal in Wood White Hall and Winchester then return to Clarksburg W Va. Mr and Mrs Peter Hamman and Mr John Johnson and family visited friends at Whitacre Sunday afternoon. Mr McCauley and family of Winchester moved to Fred Faggitt s house on Sulphur Spring road. Mr Harry Hicks and family visited Mr O C Miller last Sunday.
Romney West Virginia May 16 Henry Hiett 92 longtime Hampshire County resident and Imboden commanded veteran of the Civil War died at his Hanging Rock home after a short illness He was born in the area and survived by four children Harry of Capon Bridge West Virginia Mrs Charles Lupton Winchester Morris and Maud Hiett at home Also notes a California beekeeper found cutting windows in bee hive bottoms increased honey yield.
The Virginia division of motor vehicles announced permits for motorists will be available July 1. All drivers must possess the permits after July 1, 1933, with a one year free period. After that, issuance will cost 50 cents. Forms will be in banks courts and auto clubs offices. Permits will bear serial numbers.
Miss Lillie Porter housekeeper at Randolph Macon Academy Front Royal died instantly from a broken neck after slipping on a stone at Powells Fort ten miles from town. She was accompanied by Charles L. Melton academy principal Mr. Shelton and two other women as they had motored there to gather wild flowers.
Miss Porter, daughter of the late Rev. J. T. Porter, slipped from a ledge while picking flowers and broke her neck. She has two sisters, Miss Nannie Porter and Mrs. M. Marks, both of Washington, D. C.
Frank Fertitta a fruit merchant of Keyser has been adjudicated bankrupt in the United States Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. Referee in Bankruptcy W. H. Thomas, Martinsburg, now handles the case with attorney R. A. Welch of Keyser. Liabilities total 12846.72 with assets of 275 tied to 21 Armstrong Street Keyser. Secured debts include a 2500 deed of trust and 256.10 taxes in Mineral County and Keyser. Unsecured debts amount to 10090.62 owed chiefly to Baltimore firms, with creditors listed across Maryland and Pennsylvania from Hagerstown to Philadelphia. Exemption claims cover 75 for household goods and 100 for a Ford coach. Debts due the bankrupt tally 100.
The Washington Star quotes Hi Ho of Chinatown stating that when flagging a flag at half staff it is run to the top then lowered to half, and when taken down it is run to the peak before lowering. It cautions that a flag must never touch the ground.
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