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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1961
Page
4
Heritage Observance Opens Civil War Centennial and Apple Blossom
The observance inaugurated in Winchester marked the Civil War centennial and the 34th Apple Blossom Festival with guests General Ulysses S. Grant III and Katherine Creech. Grant urged gentlemanly conduct and reconciliation as guiding themes for the four-year program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Ulysses S. Grant, III
Katherine Creech
Stonewall Jackson
General Grant
Millard Bushong
Jubal Early
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
John Creech
Winston-Salem
N. C
Jackson
Katherine
ITI
Lee
Desalinization Effort Progress Hindered by Slow Pace
Two years after a predicted breakthrough, officials say progress on converting salt water to drinking water remains slow. President Kennedy stresses its potential, while a first demonstration plant nears operation in Freeport Texas and costs run about one dollar per 1,000 gallons versus 25 to 40 cents from conventional sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaton
Freeport
Tex
Gagarin Family Moves to Larger Soviet Apartment
Yuri Gagarin and family relocate from a two room to a four room apartment, with his wife two daughters and parents making up six members in total moving to the new home. The space voyage had been celebrated as a milestone but daily life events now occupy front page attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kremlin
Yuri Gagarin
Gagarin
The Social and Individual Gospel Compared
A discussion notes that the gospel encompasses both social and individual aims. It argues that both approaches reflect a single divine salvation and that Christian teaching applies to public life and personal spiritual growth. The piece emphasizes unity of purpose and practical application.
The Social Gospel and Individual Forgiveness
Earl L. Douglas argues that solving social, political, and international problems requires faith in God's willingness to forgive sins. He cites despotisms toppled and slaveries ended through Christian action, calling this the social gospel and contrasting it with the individual gospel of personal forgiveness. He states there is one God, one gospel, and one Saviour.
Defense chief to crown Queen Shenandoah XXIV at Handley High
Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall accepts invitation to crown Miss Gurietie at coronation ceremonies May 3 at Handley High School. House Appropriations Committee cuts 1952 budgets for 27 federal agencies by 10 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Defense
George C. Marshall
Shenandoah XXIV
Gurietie
Handley High School
House Appropriations Committee
Apple Blossom Festival selects maids of honor in 1936 court
The Apple Blossom Festival named Miss Beall Bentty Thomas and Miss Winifred Browne as maids of honor for Queen Shenandoah XIII. U S Senator William Gibbs McAdoo and his wife will attend as guests of R Gray Williams. Mr and Mrs Robert Berry of 12 East Clifford welcomed a newborn son. Mrs Berry is Frances Cross, granddaughter of Mrs George B Forney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beall Bentty Thomas
T. S. Thomas
Winifred Browne
Horace Browne
U.S
William Gibbs McAdoo
California
Thirtenth
R. Gray Williams
Robert Berry
East Clifford Street
Berry
Frances Cross
George B. Forney
Belmont Stallions Placed for Farmers at Front Royal
Fifty years ago in 1911 August Belmont of New York donated two prize stallions to the War Department. The horses were stationed at Front Royal for local farmers to breed and sell colts to the army. Good & Company sold the Stouffer farm, 160 acres on Middle road, to Rev. Joseph H. Cooley for 12 000 dollars. Republican Chairman C B Slemp urged Republicans to abstain from the Democratic senatorial primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Belmont
New York
War Department
Front Royal
Good & Company
Stouffer
Middleroad
Joseph H. Cooley
Here
Southern Methodist
Woodstock
Administration's Helter-Skelter Confuses the Public
Analysis of the Kennedy early months shows hustle without concrete economic gains. The piece argues voters are bewildered by task forces and tax-depreciation debates, urging a long-range, stable tax plan and congressional action for real modernization funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Mr. Kennedy
Treasury Department
Down on the Farm Snake-Salesman Becomes Cautious Teacher
A city man visiting a farm uses a smooth talker to coax the author into handling a five foot blacksnake. The encounter reveals snakes’ calm behavior, a lesson on the eight percent of dangerous species, and the farm’s benefit from nonvenomous snakes in rodent control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagi
Dou
Blue Ridge Mountains
Career Woman Jokes and Jibes Stir Office Humor
HAL BOYLE recalls a exchange with Miss Nell Grapple, a pioneering woman in business, as coworkers volley stereotypes about career women. The remarks touch marriage, money, compatibility, and workplace bias in a sharp, era reflecting dialogue style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jora
Nell Grapple
Miss Grapple
Abe Lincoln
Dear Doctor Notes on Health and Safety Questions
Readers ask about lemon juice for stomach acid and its effects. A pinch of salt in water can replace boric acid for babies, and eye surgery risks with contact lenses are discussed.
How's Your I Q Based On 100 Questions Daily Scoring
A readable fragment outlines an IQ style self-test with 100 questions over 10 days. It lists scoring bands from 9 10 correct answers as Memory Genius down to 4 Good and mentions turning to page 2 for answers. The text includes mis typed questions about emancipation Maoris Navy initials SP and other named items.
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Peru
New Zealand
S. P
Byzantium
Constantinople
Atm Daley Si
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