1930
Events that took place in Fairfax County in 1930:
March
- March 1 – The only barber shop in the town of Fairfax is closed when the owner, J. Razzo, is arrested by Sheriff Eppa P. Kirby and Prohibition Inspector Virgil Williams, who find 32 pints of liquor in Razzo's shop.[1]
- March 1 – Howard Sims is shot and mortally wounded at the home of Ida Jones in the Cookstown area of Herndon by 25-year-old Boston Williams. Sims is taken to the house of local physician Dr. William Myers, but dies shortly thereafter.[1]
- March 16 – 17-year-old cousins Marvin and Floyd Shepherd make a grisly discovery while walking along the road from Accotink to Accotink Station when they discover a brown sack weighted with bricks and containing the body of a dead infant in the Mill Branch Creek.[2]
- March 27 – Boston Williams is sentenced to five years in prison by Judge Howard W. Smith for the murder of Howard Sims on March 1.[3]
April
- April 19 – Governor John Garland Pollard appoints Walter T. McCarthy as judge of the circuit court of the 16th Judicial District of Virginia, which includes Fairfax County, replacing Judge Howard W. Smith.[4]
May
- May 23 – 8-year-old Arline H. Shifflett is struck and killed by a car driven by Fairfax County Police officer Louis L. Finks as she crosses Leesburg Pike.[5][6]
June
- June 5 – Following its plan of school consolidation, the Fairfax County School Board votes to close eight one- and two-room schoolhouses at Colvin Run, Idylwood, Legato, Lincolnia, Navy,Oak Grove, Popes Head, and Springfield.[7]
September
- September 10 – The seventeenth annual Fairfax County Fair opens.[8]
- September 10 – A large fight at Jones' dance hall in Baileys Crossroads results in Raymond Davis fatally shooting 24-year-old Preston Marshall in the head and wounding John Douglas.[9][10]
November
- November 20 – Raymond Davis is convicted of voluntary manslaughter for shooting Preston Davis in the head at Jones' dance hall in Baileys Crossroads on September 10.[11]
- November 22 – 17-year-old Harold Kidwell unintentionally kills himself and his passenger, 15-year-old Wilbur MacDonald, when he crashes the borrowed motorcycle he is riding head-on into a car driven by George W. Johnson on Chain Bridge Road near Oakton.[12][13]
December
- December 8 – Sheriff Eppa P. Kirby returns from a day of hunting to discover two prisoners, James Colbert and Ray Taylor, have been busying themselves in an attempt to break out of the Fairfax County Jail.[14]
- December 21 – 65-year-old Spanish-American War veteran Henry C. Jones is struck and killed by an express train on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad in Lorton.[15]
Demographics
The population of Fairfax County in 1930 was 25,264.[16]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Fairfax Prisoner Confesses Killing." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 16. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Mar 03 1930. Web. 10 Mar. 2012.
- ↑ "Body of Baby found Weighted in Creek." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 16. Mar 17 1930. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Web. 4 Sep. 2012 .
- ↑ "Man is Sentenced in Fairfax Murder." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 20. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Mar 28 1930. Web. 10 Mar. 2012.
- ↑ "Walter T. McCarthy at 32 Appointed to Virginia Bench." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Apr 20 1930. ProQuest. Web. 5 Sep. 2014.
- ↑ "Police Automobile Kills Schoolgirl." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. May 24 1930. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1996). Web. 29 Nov. 2012.
- ↑ "Authorities Probe Fatal Car Accident." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 24. May 25 1930. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1996). Web. 29 Nov. 2012 .
- ↑ "FAIRFAX TO CLOSE SEVERAL SCHOOLS." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 18. Jun 06 1930. ProQuest. Web. 29 Aug. 2014.
- ↑ "FAIRFAX COUNTY'S FAIR OPENS TODAY." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 20. Sep 10 1930. ProQuest. Web. 3 Sep. 2014.
- ↑ "PRAISE GIVEN FAIR IN FAIRFAX COUNTY." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 20. Sep 11 1930. ProQuest.Web. 5 Sep. 2014.
- ↑ "EAST FALLS CHURCH GROUP NAMES HEADS." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 20. Nov 21 1930. ProQuest. Web. 5 Sep. 2014.
- ↑ "EAST FALLS CHURCH GROUP NAMES HEADS." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 20. Nov 21 1930. ProQuest. Web. 5 Sep. 2014.
- ↑ "HEAD-ON CRASH FATAL TO TWO FAIRFAX BOYS." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Nov 23 1930. ProQuest. Web. 26 July 2017.
- ↑ "4 Die In Traffic; Driver Is Arrested In Woman's Death."Evening Star, 23 Nov. 1930, Two Star, p. 1. NewsBank. Accessed 26 Jul. 2017.
- ↑ "Sheriff Foils Dash from Fairfax Jail." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 4. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Dec 09 1930. Web. 9 Mar. 2012.
- ↑ "Colored Veteran is Killed by Train." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 3. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1994). Dec 22 1930. Web. 16 Jan. 2012.
- ↑ "Historical Census Browser." University of Virginia Library. University of Virginia, n.d. Web. 30 Aug. 2014.
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