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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1930
Page
3
Social and personal notes for the day mention social events and telephoned messages. The text is garbled with names and specifics unclear.
A Halloween banquet hosted by local women featured playful skits led by Virginia Rehill and Mary Sullivan with Mrs Ella Brown Bauserman and others. Guests included Miss Elizabeth Kern and Miss Philomena Laren. Prizes, ghost stories, and a candlelit glow framed the festive evening with toastmistress Elsie Mathews.
Messrs Joseph Miller and James H Bott returned from a week in New York where they purchased merchandise for Bott s Boot Shop and the Miller and Massey Store.
A parade of visitors stays at Hotel Jack and the George Washington Hotel including Roy Ritter L J Grandstein and several Misses and Mrs. from York Boston Parkersburg Columbus Roanoke and Pittsburgh. Notables attend football games in Lexington Va and other local events.
Chicago reports Mayor William Hale Thompson, who had appendicitis surgery, is regarded as favorable. He rests easily, woke with sleep, and appeared in a jovial mood at seven in the morning. Attendants refused newspapers at his request.
Health officials report 16 year old Miss Bancroft Gherdi daughter of Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherdi has infantile paralysis and is paralyzed from the hips down. Artificial respiration is being used to keep her alive at a private Norwalk school.
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South was reported under treatment for an illness. Dr. R Lyman Sexton said the spread of the disease had been checked and the bishop's temperature and condition were more favorable.
Emma Willis Washington widow of Bushrod C Washington longtime Charles Town resident died in a hospital in Ephrata on October 16 at age eighty five. Funeral and interment were held in Almira Washington on October 18. She leaves three grandchildren two girls and a boy living in Ephrata.
In Washington on November 1, a ballistic expert was barred from testing bullets linked to Herbert M Campbell who was accused in the Mary Baker murder. Assistant U S Attorney Collins refused the expert’s request to perform a five gun ten bullet test to match pistols and slugs. Campbell was acquitted yesterday after the expert had not completed his studies.
President Hoover will headline an international radio program on November 8 marking the sixty first anniversary of the H J Heinz Company with remarks to Heinz employees. The broadcast will connect Washington Pittsburgh and London with Sir Henry Thornton Charles Nagel J W Warlow and Howard Heinz among participants.
In Sofia Bulgaria Nov 1 Queen Vivanna arrived with King Boris to cheers from all ages. Young people from toddlers to students filled streets and serenaded her while bands blared and flowers rained down, one bouquet briefly striking the queen in the face as she appeared on the palace balcony with the king.
In New York on November 1 the stock market regained balance after three uncertain days. Early trading saw declines of one to five points before a late rally lifted several key shares to slightly higher than the prior session. The close remained firm with about 1,100,000 shares traded.
Dr. Getulio Vargas met with political and military chiefs in Rio de Janeiro and it was understood he would assume the government as provisional president on Monday.
President Hoover presses a button at 11 45 this morning to inaugurate the new 25 million dollar Detroit Windsor International tunnel opening between Michigan and Ontario.
In New York on Melrose Avenue in the Bronx a family of five died from coal gas fumes. The victims are Gustave Peterson 55 his wife 48 and their three children aged 9 14 and 17. The tragedy prompted comments on modern childhood health.
Apple market reports from Martinsburg and Cumberland show good condition for Virginia Yorks Romes and Jonathans with brisk inquiries for barrels while boxes lag. Nova Scotian apples ship to France amid strong European demand and Russian imports drop from last year. prices vary by variety with Staymans and Ben Davis trading around 3.85 to 4.00 per barrel and 1.35 to 1.40 per bushel tub for select types.
Social notes list visitors and weekend guests from Washington Winchester Martinsburg Hoy Ohio and nearby towns. Recipients include the Kump LaFollette Muse Lupton and Hicks households with multiple extended visits noted. The Methodist circuit elder Hesser will preach at Bethel on November 9 at 7 30 pm with all invited.
Seventy years after his death in action against Pah Utes near Pyramid Lake Nevada a monument will be erected to honor Capt Edward F Storey a Georgia born Indian fighter of early western days.
Quiet trading in Chicago leaves grains essentially unchanged from yesterday. Wheat and corn futures show small shifts with December and March contracts near prior levels, oats and rye also trading within narrow ranges amid dull market activity.
Oranda Virginia November 1 report notes members from Strasburg and Walnut Springs Churches of Christ attending a Washington convention in the past ten days. Guests include Mrs. Carl Wisecarver and daughter Goldie Winchester and Mr and Mrs Lee Engles Rockville Maryland. A visitor Mrs Vergie Mowrey Martinsburg and Mrs C E Carrier Valley Pike Glendale Farm. Joe Hausenfluck Jr Washington visiting Ben Jenkins. James Saum business trip to Winchester. Mildred Miller spent Tuesday night with Miss Miller at Lebanon Church. Jesse Mowrey and Kenneth Miller making apple barrels at Stephens City.
Mayfield last Tuesday. She was accompanied by her daughter in law Mrs Gus Haines of Valley Avenue. Mrs Haines was formerly Lizzie Elosser, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs L H W Elosser. Parents came from Germany and settled near Hayfield. The family were regular church attendees and Mrs Haines had many friends. Mr and Mrs Vernon Baker of Hayfield visit western Pennsylvania relatives. Mrs Juliet Miller is ill near Hayfield, the oldest resident of this section.
Hayfield Virginia November 1. Mrs Lizzie Haines of Winchester was renewing old acquaintances at the rural community gathering and chatting with familiar neighbors during her visit.
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