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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1930
Page
4
The Evening Star lists subscription prices for mail and carrier delivery with annual and short term options. Regional notices reference the New York to Des Moines to Chicago wire service and credit Associated Press content.
A brief exhortation citing 2 Tim 2:22 urges youth to pursue righteousness faith and charity and to seek peace with those who call on the Lord. A prayer asks that youthful days be filled with high thinking and clean living.
New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that national park visits up to August 6 exceeded 1929 totals by about 100000, with gains offsetting fall declines. Regions with better roads attract veterans and holidaymakers, while Hawaii shows a 23 percent drop due to travel limits and high costs.
A review discusses Alec Waugh's essay contrasting English and American women. It argues English working girls seek freedom via work and marry to drop employment, while American women work to finance independence and may keep working after marriage. The piece notes mutual discomfort to Englishmen and American suitors.
The Baltimore Sun notes how Thomas Jefferson’s memory remains a rallying point for Republicans. It cites Senator Borah and other party figures who invoke Jefferson during campaigns to frame current principles and policy debates.
Fragmentary venting accuses religious critics of hateful rhetoric and political betrayal. The speaker condemns pretended champions of liberty as “Jeffersonian rats,” framing it as impudent political hypocrisy amid town discussions.
Miss Madeline Peyton chosen Miss Williams Grove at a Granger picnic for the most beautiful lady. Charles Anderson is critically ill with pneumonia. The Shenandoah river swimming season nears end and many beaches close. Water sprinklers are prohibited due to a threatened water shortage.
Five years ago Mrs. Joseph F. Moore of Berryville won the Mayo Memorial Trophy at the Blue Ridge Country Club for golf prowess. Dad Ryan urges fundraising to buy land for Shenandoah National Park, adopting the slogan Buy acres till it aches. Benjamin F. Davis resigns from C. P. McVicar’s grocery staff to open his own store.
Fifteen years ago editors in Virginia praised Major Holmes Conrad as a high type of Virginia gentleman. Forty German airships attacked a German ammunition center while the Atlantic fleet prepared for weeks of war drills off the Virginia capes. A St Louis physician who returned from France predicts the European war could last fifteen years.
Marguerite Smithhey urges Winchester citizens to fund Handley Library to serve 11 000 patrons, noting current funds suffice for 5 000 and warning of reduced service or crowding. She frames the library as a shared business necessity and honors Judge Handley’s gift.
Weather outlook for the week starting Monday calls for general showers in the North and Middle Atlantic States midweek. Expect above normal temperatures until Thursday, then notably cooler conditions later in the week, with eastern New England and northern New York likely staying drier.
C R Anderson Jr dies after a lengthy illness. Funeral services held at his father's home conducted by Rev W L Diey of the Church of the Disciples in Christ. Interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Handley Quartette performed. active pallbearers and Boy Scouts from Winchester Troop No 1 served. services closed with Mount Hebron ritual.
In Los Angeles on September 6 Elsie Janis announced plans to retire from the stage after a 25 year career. She spoke of writing as her next pursuit and referenced the recent death of a companion who had joined her in a notable theatrical partnership.
Stricter rules for enlisted navy personnel take effect to reduce accidents and debt. Cars require passes and insignia issued only to those deemed financially able and possessing proper maintenance, character, reliability, and good sense. Rear Admiral notes civilian complaints of danger and damage from naval cars and cites debt from ill advised purchases.
Jason B. Whitney president of Kraft Phenix Cheese Company and four companions were robbed of jewelry valued at 13 98 early today. Four youths committed the robbery two wearing masks as the party rode home from a theatre in Evanston Illinois.
The Anti Saloon League of Illinois endorsed Lottie Holman O'Neill as an independent dry candidate for the United States Senate. The group urged dry voters to disregard the state prohibition referendum in the November election.
Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Wright Mrs. Arthur Brill of this city and Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Cooper of Davis W Va and Mrs Stad den Cooper of Bloom this county left this morning for Washington where they attended the funeral of their nephew the late Austen Cooper Jr which took place at two o clock this afternoon.
Mr. John M. Fishpaw, a farmer, reports losing a red covered bank book containing about eleven hundred dollars in cash and checks. He had just sold cattle in the city and stopped payment on the checks. The loss occurred near the county courthouse and a thorough search failed to locate the book. Duplicates will be procured to replace the checks and cash.
Ralph Driver Thomas Webster Eugene Goss and Ray McDonald paid six dollars and twenty five cents each in the county magistrate court for hunting on county lands without permission. W H Shiffiett paid eleven dollars thirty five cents for hunting without a license.
Notes indicate Mee gha P. Miller will act to receive telecast at 4 pm for the following day. Details describe social and personal vows to be presented or read aloud in a telecast setting. The item outlines scheduling and expected time frame for the event.
The Alumni Association of Boyce Agricultural High School staged the farce Apple Blossom Time in Parish Hall Boyce drawing a large audience. Cast included Lucy Anneeper Penny Dove Mary Loutts Jay Fritts Nettie Pusher Yowell Wie Rept Chart Fe nter and Houser Charles Maxwell Dearmont Leonard Largent. Proceeds go to school improvements. Leave for New York tomorrow to shop coats and dresses for Winchester and Martinsburg stores of Emmert organization.
Miss Evelyn Childs entertained at her No 812 South Braddock street home with a four table bridge party last evening. Miss Childs and Miss Phareentee won high scores. The event featured a green and white color scheme. Guests included Moody and her daughter Mrs Charles Zimmerman of Reading Pa and family, Rosalie Dunn of Martinsburg visiting A I Johnson at Loudoun Manor, and others from the area.
The American Legion department of New York, at its Saratoga Springs convention, passed a resolution favoring repeal of the eighteenth amendment and the return to rights. The vote count was 370 to 0.
A Cuban six aircraft relief convoy landed in the Dominican Republic with doctors and medical supplies for hurricane struck Saint Domingo. Marine planes had flown from Port au Prince the day before. Separate report from Guadeloupe notes Dominica hurricane destroyed all crops, sank ships, and caused two deaths, with earlier toll at 20.
Chicago price notes show Wheat futures at 97% for September. Corn futures listed at 94% for May and 92% for December with other months noted as 97 and 94 percent respectively.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church holds a special service at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening in the church aimed at boys and girls departing for schools and colleges. A musical program is planned and short addresses will be given by the Rev. Dr. F. T. McFaden and the Rev. E. D. Witherspoon. Everyone is invited.
A West Virginia and a Maryland baseball squad will each face the Winchester Park Association nine on the Rouss Springs diamond tomorrow afternoon in two post season contests. The first game begins at 1 30 p m with Martinsburg Athletic Club boys meeting the locals. The second game starts at 3 30 p m with Park Association boys against Maugnsville Md. nine. Local games drew several thousand fans as the season closes.
The Virginia National Guard arrives at Camp Perry Ohio to compete in the National Rifle and Pistol Matches after completing the Small Arms Firing School. Capt William E Allen of Roanoke leads as coach with Major Harry B Jordan of Bedford as captain and a roster including Coleman Fowler Fizer Fulton Hawkins Hopkins Jackson Martin Miller Moore Moore Pugh Slaughter and others from Bedford Charlottesville Lynchburg Norfolk Winchester Peters burg.
What Is Scouting addresses Scouting as a program that builds character leadership and citizenship through outdoor life and practical education. It emphasizes learning by doing and offers activities for boys in their leisure time. The note states any boy over twelve may be a Scout. It also mentions experimental Turkish tobacco in Ontario under a Greek expert’s supervision as nearly frost proof.
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