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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1963
Page
2
The annual meeting of the Parent Teacher Association will be held at Central High on April 19. A dinner will be served at 5 o'clock. Dr Mae from Madison College will lead a discussion on family life. Delegates will attend.
An opening trout season is forecast to draw over 100000 anglers as 440000 stocked trout wait in Virginia streams. Expected catch rates suggest modest harvest on day one, with daily limits at eight fish per person and family meals common.
Porterfield has only one survivor, a sister, Miss Emily Porterfield of Baltimore.
Miss Virginia Barr of Handley High School leads 74 students from 11 high schools in a Latin contest at Madison College on April 6. Schools competing include Broadway Handley John S Mosby Academy Front Royal Lexington Luray Millboro R. E. Lee Staunton Wilson Memorial Fisherville and Central. Winners may earn college scholarships statewide.
Bridgewater College schedules the annual Fine Arts Festival for April 17 to 20. The event features two foreign films, a wood print exhibit, a folk song concert, an organ recital, and a concert of era governed music during which Williams will highlight new jazz trends.
Rockefeller plans to address conservatives in Kansas at the Science Auditorium rally. An estimated 2,000 may attend to hear the liberal contender. Rogers said patrons should arrive 45 minutes early for seating, and a box supper of fried chicken will be served at 25 cents per box.
Victoria AP reports a 14 year old Plymouth farm youth Roger Lee Sacks was crushed to death when the tractor he drove overturned. He was trying to haul another tractor free at the time.
Atomic physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, once denied a security clearance, was selected for the AEC’s $50,000 Fermi Award. The decision opens talk of secret work and aims to dispel the 1954 security cloud, honoring his meritorious contributions to atomic energy. He led 4,500 workers at Los Alamos during the World War II bomb project and has since directed the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
A father in Palmetto watches his 7 year old son practice violin while the family dog groans in accompaniment. The father quips to his son to play something the dog doesn’t know, turning the scene into a lighthearted anecdote reported to the Kiwanis Club.
Rescue efforts for Lewis Gene Yancey halted by 40 mile per hour gusts as crews feared the river dam opening. Five boats, a helicopter and crane aided the search along the Shenandoah River from Waterlick to Riverton where the body remained missing after a boat capsized in the Winchester Filtration Plan Dam area. Charles Everett Yancey perished with him. Charles Lee Arthur survived.
The Justice Department told Congress its expenses to enforce court orders allowing James H. Meredith to attend the University of Mississippi will total about 559000 through June 30. No funding is planned beyond the fiscal year end for the Oxford, Mississippi contingent. The figure was discussed at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing.
The In-Town Festival committee reports progress toward an $18 000 goal ahead of the May 2 3 4 event. E R Huntsberry Jr director and assistants Scully Wolfe Stratton Eddy outlined totals by sections with Apple Farm Interests 2570 75 General Interests 6017 75 Sales and Service 2554 60 Travel Services 1527 25.
In Havana Prime Minister Fidel Castro ordered a suspension of American citizens seeking to leave Cuba delaying about 1000 Cuban Americans and families from flying to Miami. No official explanation was given. the Swiss Embassy noted only that Castro notified them, with a source suggesting the move aims to secure ransom installments for Bay of Pigs invaders on ships bound for the United States.
Rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 8 30 a m listed as none April total 12 1963 rainfall year to date 8 77 and past 50 years average 36 For the past 50 years January 2 40 February 2 18 March 3 08 April 16 May 3 83 September 2 67 October 3 19 November 3 90 August missing.
Multiple estate and real estate auctions announced for April in Winchester and surrounding areas plus farm livestock sales. Items include household goods real estate farm machinery livestock and more with designated auctioneers and locations in Hampshire and Frederick counties.
Pursuant to an order of the Circuit Court of Hampshire County West Virginia dated March 12 1963 in the case Massie Baylis et al the Special Commissioners will sell at public auction to the highest responsible bidder on a specified date and time.
An auction will be held on April 6 at 11 00 A M at the Romney courthouse for three Capon River front tracts in Capon District Hampshire County West Virginia The first tract near Yellow Springs offers recreation potential the second contains timber and hunting value and the third is a one acre unimproved lot fronting Capon River and State Highway 259 Terms require one third cash on sale day with balance on deed delivery and subject to Circuit Court confirmation.
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