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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1930
Page
3
A social note reports Mrs. Teaballe B. Miller attended events by telephone between three and four on the day of the calling caller’s event. The brief item notes her involvement in local social reporting.
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Lindsey of Virginia celebrated her ninety first birthday at her Paris Virginia home. Her life included Civil War memories on the Shenandoah floods and a ferry owning husband. She remains active reading sewing gardening and memorizing poetry. Her seven children and many grandchildren fill her life with visitors and gatherings.
Mrs. Gray leads the Garden Club of Virginia in a Narcissus bulb culture project for the year with bulbs from three collections targeted at multiple clubs including Winchester and Clarke County. Directions from Mrs. Harris and Mr. Wister emphasize deep beds, rich mulch, bone meal fertilizer, correct labeling, and protective placement to ensure early bloom for a spring show.
The Valley of Alexandria Scottish Rite Masons hosted a banquet for local Blue Lodge Masons from Vaucluse to Woodstock at Strasburg Tuesday evening. Hon. B. Wright and Mr. F. C. Stover led the local committee, Sparmont Chapter OES served, and Rev. C. F. Steck acted as master of ceremonies with several 32nd degree Masons in attendance. Mrs Stephenson and daughter returned to Buffalo after attending Mr Stephenson’s funeral, with Mr D Arcy Roper and another attendee from Buffalo.
Andrea Chenier and Serenata pieces headline a rising Virginia singer Miss Craig who just completed four years in Italy earning praise from critical audiences. After radio broadcasts for Admiral Byrd’s Antarctic expedition and a radiogram tribute, she is set to headline a special audition before the Metropolitan Opera Company in October, becoming the first Virginia girl to reach this level.
Mrs. R T Barton Jr visits Richmond and Winchester friends as community groups announce golf tournaments free ladies hour, church presbytery representation, dances at Jordan Springs hotel, and social gatherings across Winchester day to day.
John Hay Whitney and his bride visit their estate after a Philadelphia wedding. They supervise improvements including painting, fencing, grading and driving a long driveway. A San Francisco figure urged removing a public park statue of a wine maker. Six hours after his wedding, James Morrison was arrested for giving his bride a bad check as a wedding gift.
A fire alarm near 3 pm sent firefighters to the Rats Maar Pleey clothing shop on the second floor. The blaze, origin undetermined, raged in a room used for apartments before hose teams with ladders brought it under control.
Ed Johns former state senator and bank liquidator killed his nephew John Comer IV at the family home in Chickasha Oklahoma after the youth failed to stay at a Mississippi military academy Johns then shot himself Both men had ties to Johns insurance office and the nephew had recently arrived home by car coach for his fare.
The Winchester football squad will hold a 8 p m meeting at the Sign Kraft Service Shop on East Boscawen street. All members should attend as important business will be transacted.
A fast moving Tebula and a nebula are racing away from the solar system at about 1250 miles per second. The report notes the astonishing speed of this celestial object and its direction relative to Earth.
Officials reported a night accident at the sand plant where three large sand wagons toppled and crushed the mill. The collapse damaged two power transformers, plunging Berkeley Springs and Great Cacapon into darkness and causing about $20,000 in losses for the glass company.
A terrified telephone cry led police to a Brooklyn millwright plant where Carl Schierland 29 was found missing. Blood stains and a torn phone line suggested a fierce struggle as investigators consider kidnapping and murder.
The New York market ends a fortnight of declines with bears in control. General selling spans the list while rails weaken. A late rally trimmed some losses but most shares closed lower and trading volume reached about 1,650,000 shares.
Dr G I A Sykes arrives at The Plains with four assistants to attempt rain making within 12 days. A $3000 prize for success or $1000 for failure backs wealthy backers including E L Redman and several Mrs. Penn Smith daughters. Apparatus resembles an aerial radio setup with wires and ground plates as clouds are supposedly influenced. Sykes previously drew attention in New York in a race track rain claim that failed to dampen the surface.
The Bank of Commerce in Havana suspended operations after an all night directors meeting. Demetrio Cordova and Comy Bank with $200,000 capital closed their doors. A heavy run spread to Banco Commercial and other Havana banks as funds moved to protect branches. Officials expected a reopening on Monday.
About half of the original virgin forest in the United States has been removed, leaving a drastic reduction in land area covered by forests. The statement notes that nearly half of the forested land has been denuded from the country.
The National Library for the Blind in London uses a 46 volume abridged Braille edition of Shakespeare to provide access to the plays for visually impaired readers.
Democratic Party leader John J. Raskob sits at his desk in a formal portrait. The image emphasizes his role as national Democratic chairman during the era.
A letter argues the law is being nullified by treachery and fanaticism of enforcing officers. It advocates that the home, school, and church should teach prohibition to bring transformation over generations.
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