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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1930
Page
3
Society notes indicate Mrs. Isabelle F Miller will handle reserve news for the next day. Call for appointments between 2 and 49 minutes to discuss items for publication. Phone number 33 listed for inquiries.
Mrs. Graham F. To Bene i announces her daughter Blandy will wed Major Bull United States retired in New York soon. The death of Blandy’s father prompts a quiet home wedding. Blandy may return from Paris in early June. Major Bull is a West Point graduate and Blandy is widow of Graham F. Blandy who owned The Tubyries estate near White Post Clarke County Virginia. Under Blandy will farming lands were left to the University of Virginia for experiments while Blandy mansion and surrounding acreage go to her for life.
Clayton J. Swank Jr. will graduate from Virginia Military Institute this June with a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering. The Handley High School alumnus, class of 1926, has excelled in pole vaulting and track, competing against the University of Virginia and Virginia Polytechnic Institute. After graduation he plans to join the U S Mississippi River Control Flood project to work on levee and flood control efforts along the Mississippi River.
Miss Amanda Stewart Bryan daughter of Mr and Mrs John Stewart Bryan will marry Richmond Keith Kane son of Mrs Daniel H Kane and the late Mr Kane at Emmanuel Church Brook Hill on Wednesday at 1 o clock. The ceremony will be private with immediate family and followed by a reception at Laburnum.
Mr. Norton returns from Baltimore after attending a Chevrolet training program for service managers. He will complete more training before resuming duties as service manager at Winchester Auto Sales in North Kent Street. Edward L. Stine Jr. celebrates his twenty first birthday with a county party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Stine.
A large circle of friends gathered at the home of Dr and Mrs Rogers to celebrate his seventy fourth birthday. Guests from the Hill section and neighboring parts of Virginia attended and contributed to a shared dinner and warm congratulations.
Former Frederick county clerk’s office employee Dean Colston, now with Panama Canal Zone government service, visits Winchester during a three month furlough with Mrs Colston and their son. He once worked in the Frederick county circuit court clerk’s office and has spent the last decade in Panama.
Edwin Diffenderfer of Winchester is reported seriously ill in a Baltimore hospital. He served in the U S Navy during World War I and is connected to the Diffenderfer family of this city. Nearby items note visits, births, and social calls among local residents.
Notable visitors and residents are listed visiting or staying at the George Washington Hotel in Winchester. Maurice Shanholtz shows improvement after a hospital stay. Guests include Ruth Bucher Lehring and families from Mount Pleasant and Binghamton, along with Wilson College students visiting Shenandoah Valley.
The first transcontinental railroad completed when the Union Pacific and Central Pacific rails met. A golden spike driven by Leland Stanford and a Union Pacific official signified the union. The spike was withdrawn and now rests in a Stanford University museum.
The text lists essential elements for plant growth including nitrogen phosphorus potassium calcium magnesium sulphur carbon hydrogen oxygen iron manganese boron iodine fluorine copper chromium and vanadium. It also contains a quote about babies as life’s essence and a remark on boosters versus knockers from period publications.
A common house fly and its descendants would total 1 006 181 249 820 720 000 000 000 000 by season's end, illustrating explosive population growth in the page’s example.
A homestead entry made on January 1, 1863 by Mah lon Gore at Vermilion 8. D. was never perfected and cancelled January 11, 1808. The note appears in American Magazine with a critical quote about a bridge being a test of mental exercises under dim lighting.
A Washington Star quote contrasts outward show with real authority. Uncle notes power comes from action not appearance, while Eben quips a drum major must move to stay free of being pushed.
Eastern stations list a dense radio timetable featuring WEAF WJZ WABC and many others. The piece outlines programs from morning through midnight across several markets, naming shows, hosts, and times with frequent cross‑listing.
Graf Zeppelin arrives in Seville at 4 50 p m on a 000 mile voyage that will cross the Atlantic twice and reach Brazil and the Caribbean before returning to Lakehurst New Jersey. Seville serves as a first port of call ahead of a long itinerary across the Atlantic and down the South American coast.
Noted novelist Jéan Lowell was hurt in a car crash on Washington Boulevard near the capital. She was brought to Union Memorial Hospital with slight injuries and declined to discuss the incident or meet visitors. In private life she is Mrs. Thompson Buchanan.
The Canton water clock, a 500 year old clepsydra, has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. It features three copper vessels on stepped platforms and a float in the bottom tank that rises as water fills, revealing the time on an indicator scale.
A French engineer unveils an electric dog device that leaps barks and bites when a burglar shines a torch on light sensitive cells. The mechanism starts a motor delivering animal like action as light triggers current. Cocoa versus chocolate explained in simple terms with fat differences and baking notes.
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