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Social and Personal items indicate Mrs Teabelle F P Miller will receive notices between 3 and 4 pm for the following day.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1930
Page
3
Social and Personal items indicate Mrs Teabelle F P Miller will receive notices between 3 and 4 pm for the following day.
Weekend guests at Rose Hill near Clearbrook included James Fleming and Owen J Graham of New York, Clarice Lafferty of Wilkinsburg, Pa, J C Main of Washington, D C, and others from Altoona Roaring Spring and Washington. Carl G Brown greeted customers at the Commercial and Savings Bank after eight months with Shenandoah Publishing House in Strasburg and plans to live there after marrying Elna Farr of Weyers Cave Va. Rev C J Racey to attend United Brethren Church conference in Staunton Va. Mrs Robert Barr returns from Blue Ridge Sanitarium. Frank H Chandler Jr and Hugh Funkhouser return from Adirondacks trip with families visiting Pine Lake Sche nectady Albany Lake George and NYC. Chicago-related names not present.
Mrs. C. B. Stickley and Mr. and Mrs. Estes Kline recently returned from a motoring trip visiting Williamsburg Jamestown Yorktown Virginia Beach Williams burg Md Annapolis Md. They have as guests Mrs. D. H. Kern and daughters Frances and Martha Kern of Roanoke Va.
Mr and Mrs William B Wagner left yesterday for Watson town Pennsylvania to attend the funeral of Mr D Frank Wagner their uncle who died Friday morning after three months illness He was eighty one years old and had visited here four years for the Apple Blossom Festival He attended last April but fell ill soon after the event
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Maloy and Mrs. Bennet of Altoona Pa arrived Saturday for a several day motoring trip. They were joined by Mr. S Ellis Maloy of Greenwood who spent last week in Altoona and by Mrs. Thomas J. Dale of this city visiting at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Maloy and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Shipley in that city.
Mr. Harry M Sartelle and family return from Redkey Indiana after attending the funeral of Mrs Preston Orr mother to Mrs Sartelle. Mrs Sartelle and other children will stay in Redkey for a time. Also the Becks and Miss Bowly return to Atlanta from visits with Mr and Mrs George Bowly. Miss Nancy Devereux Bowly will attend school in Atlanta. Miss Edna and Miss Alice Farnsworth depart on a vacation trip via Bristol Chattanooga and Memphis.
Mrs S C Hopkins of Mc Gaheysville announces the marriage of her daughter Miss Florence Hopkins Milles to Mr James Ed ward Wilt of Rippon West Virginia. The ceremony occurred September 1 in Staunton Virginia. Also noted are Mr He Russel Potts and Mr D W Cress registered at the Algonquin Hotel Cumberland Maryland while doing census work. Mr B A Rowland tended to Mr Russell Sonner who suffered a stroke and has returned to Stephens City.
A roundup of guests and locals staying at Hotel Jack and George Washington Hotel includes Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Stewart of Okron Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. E. Massie and Mr. T. Massie in Keyser, W Va, and Charles B. McDermott of Charles Town. Visits span Charlottesville, Staunton, Washington, and Philadelphia with departures for New York, Spartanburg, and Abingdon.
World War veterans from Tidewater Southeast Northern Neck and Southside gather for the twelfth Virginia American Legion convention in Harrisonburg. Advance registration reached 460 with a projected 2500 attendees. events include church services, a 40 and 8 meeting, a midnight show, a parade, and a department banquet at Spotswood Country Club. Notables include Gen William Michell and officers from Richmond Winchester Staunton and more.
In York on September 8 the stock market extended the July bull campaign as share prices rose, with many issues up one to three points and some surging beyond five. Call money climbed to 25 percent amid a broad rally on the recovery from June deflation.
Mrs. Josephine McKeever a member of an old Hardy county family West Virginia died about 1 am at the West Virginia State Hospital Weston after a long illness. She was about 90. Survived by son Falk McKeever of Charles Town. Body to arrive Winchester tomorrow night and go to Wardensville for 10 30 am funeral at Lutheran Church with Rev Stoudemyer officiating. Interment in Wardensville cemetery.
Mr Henry R Willis spent yesterday in Washington. Miss Grace Clevenger left recently for Lincoln Virginia where she will teach during the school term. Miss Alleine Jennings is returning Saturday from Mount Airy New York and Carroll county where she has been visiting relatives for the past month.
Representative J A Garber of Virginia protested to President Hoover the method for providing reduced railroad rates to farmers in drought areas. He said farmers lose the benefit due to time wasted by the complex system of permits and rate reductions, making the relief hard to use. He also met with Secretary Hyde to discuss the issue.
New York merchants in peaches lost an estimated 250000 to 500000 in six weeks after overbidding on Southern peaches in anticipation of frost. Contracts made last May and June pegged prices at 1.75 to 2.25 at shipping points but market prices collapsed to 1.75 to 2 by mid July. Freight costs about 70 cents to New York left merchants facing nearly a dollar loss per basket.
In Darien Georgia an armed mob breached the McIntosh county jail with machine guns mounted in the streets and lynched George Grant a 40 year old Negro accused of killing one officer and wounding three others during an early morning gun battle Col Roy Neal commander of the Savannah National Guard pleaded with the mob and stood outside with officers as the crowd towed to the cell and killed Grant. A second Black participant in the fighting was corralled in a nearby marsh by hundreds of men and was expected to be captured soon.
Washington Camp No 123 Patriotic Order Sons of America prepares for the Twin State Association gathering at Whitacre Virginia with officers to be elected and many Virginia and West Virginia Camps expected. A large Winchester contingent is anticipated for the event.
President Hipolito Yrigoyen resigns after a week of political agitation and transfers control of the government to Vice President Enrike V. Martinez. The Associated Press notes the peaceful transfer as the ship of state passes to the new leadership.
Quote attributed to Calvin Coolidge contrasts human appetite for stimulants with the pursuit of money and notes likely violations of the prohibition law as long as those drives exist.
The World Series will open October 1 at the park of the American League champion with games one and two at their home and games three to five at the National League park. If needed games six and seven shift to the American League winner’s park. Prices mirror 1929: boxes 6.60, grand stand 5.50, general 3, bleachers 1. Ticket applications start September 15.
Billy Souther of Oklahoma Baptist University captains a recruiting team from OBU and Tulsa University soliciting subscriptions for Holland's the Magazine of the South in Winchester and surrounding area. The Dallas based publication marks its twenty fifth anniversary and purveys southern promotional content. Teammates include Windell Allen Glenn Capp Charles Clark and Alfred Lewallen. Souther says the campaign will last four to five days. Senator Tom Connally voice quoted on Art Shires.
New Orleans Huey Long was struck on the nose by reporter William G. Weigand after a dispute over a profane slur. Guards restrained Weigand as the governor faced federal subpoena in a case tied to the disappearances of Samuel Irby and James Terrell.
To Head Reserve Eugene Meyer of New York is expected to be President Hoover's selection for governor of the federal reserve board. This tentative choice signals a major shift in monetary policy and oversight.
An increase of over 22 percent is noted in marriage licenses issued by the Corporation Court clerk's office in 1930. Through September 4, 1930, 108 couples received licenses versus 88 in the same period of 1929.
Grain prices in Chicago show Wheat at 89 3 4 for December and 93 for March. Corn at 97 1 4 for December and 91 5 8 for December. May and March figures vary. A new double microscope applies the range finder principle to measure minute depths accurately.
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