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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1923
Page
4
The Frederick County plan outlines pay-as-you-go aid from a one cent gasoline tax. Estimates by State Auditor Lee Moore and Chairman Kley place county road support at increasing sums through 1930, totaling about 72.7 million dollars with maintenance estimates over 500 per mile.
The Star notes two AP dispatches on gas prices. Charleston W V may retail gasoline, and Henry Ford may sell gasoline at reasonable fees through Ford agencies. The piece discusses municipal power, oil company pricing, and potential nationwide impact if Ford intervenes.
The article condemns issuing fifty million dollars in bonds backed by a gasoline tax. It argues such bonds create an inevitable state mortgage and shift burden regardless of future legislatures. It warns full faith and credit must be pledged, while future bodies may alter funding methods beyond two years.
President James Rowland Angell tells Yale freshmen that intoxicating liquors cannot be brought into any university building and that violations will mean dismissal. He calls for universal law enforcement and urges other colleges to adopt the same stance, warning of the dangers of college dissipation and urging parents to seek clear answers from universities.
Walt Magpi warns that sending foolish letters can haunt the writer for years. A mock warning against uncivil words, the poem urges airing sentiments aloud or on a mountain top rather than on paper. Copyright.
H. 6B MecCorme of Virginia Woolen Company spoke on Association of Industries at the Virginia Manufacturer's Association annual convention in Richmond. Homer L Ferguson of Newport News Shipbuilding led a discussion on Labor Situation. The secretary Frank G. Louthan reports seventy seven members in the organization’s first year and notes active contacts with other state groups to track legislative changes affecting Virginia manufacturers.
A Virginia obituary for Shirley Miller of Wheatlands Frederick County details her gentle nature and selfless service to family led by her mother Mrs. Joseph A. Miller. It honors a young life ended September 17 1923 and pleads for comfort and faith amid grief.
Henry Edward Ogden 24 who had lived in Middletown and Strasburg died at his parents home in Strasburg after weeks of heart inflammation. He married Edith Fleet and leaves a wife, a six month old son, parents Samuel and Mrs Ogden, a brother Regester and four sisters. Funeral was at his parents home with Rev J D Hamaker officiating and burial in Middletown.
Patrolmen Divine and Sailes arrested Mary Catherine Richard and Lilian Stark, two girls who ran away from Strasburg Virginia and began a trip around the world. They are believed to be the same girls seen in Winchester earlier in the week and gave different names when questioned.
Clarke and Frederick counties hold a two day teachers institute on October 12 and 13. The first day gathers at Berryville Court House and the second at Winchester Court House with addresses round-table discussions and a focus on the new course of study led by Division Superintendent Leslie D. Kline.
Washington Oct 5 A navy airship ZR-1 plans a New England flight leaving Lakehurst early Saturday if weather permits. It will perform radio compass tests off the New Jersey coast en route northward traversing Long Island near Southampton crossing the Sound at New London and then over Providence Springfield Boston Worcester Hartford New Haven and Bridgeport. The trip may be the last from Lakehurst unless a Shenandoah Valley run is approved to take the ship its official name.
Harrisonburg Kiwanis plans a joint meeting with clubs from Winchester and Staunton at Endless Caverns to greet ex-Premier Lloyd George during his visit. Details depend on time and date of the Welsh visitor’s itinerary.
Mr and Mrs W J Hottle took their daughter Estelle to Winchester Memorial Hospital for an operation to remove holenoids and ton tel 3 e. The child is recovering nicely after the procedure.
A supplemental indenture dated May 1 1923 by Herbert F Barnard and the United State Mortgage and Trust Company as trustees covers Potomac Edison Company light and power activities in Allegany and Washington counties and Northern Virginia. The document secures bonds up to 500000 in principal and interest, with recordation costs listed as 71 53, indicating 71580 words at ten cents per hundred. The instrument is to be re recorded in Winchester.
Capon Bridge, Oct 5 report on local families. Mrs. Benjamin Lockhart has been ill for days. A. D. McKee family attended their son in law's sale near Wardensville. Mr Brown Lovett from Winchester visited relatives. John Haines picking apples in Shenandoah Valley. Mrs A L Rugh slowly improving. Rev M T Hurlbut of Washington to preach at the Disciples Church October 7 at 7 o'clock. he appears to serve the church for the coming period.
In Hagerstown Maryland a rising tide of wife desertions spurs a push for harsher statutes by the next grand jury. The epidemic has left many deserted wives, often with infants, reliant on charity as courts lament law gaps. Husbands, sometimes living with other women in state or out of state, evade support, prompting appeals from deserted wives for help locating absent spouses.
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