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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1968

Page

9

Winchester Jaycees Leader Seeks Virginia Region Post

Donald K. Jones, president of the Winchester Jaycees, seeks the Region 4 vice presidency as election in Front Royal occurs tomorrow. He faces George Wright of Manassas and has served as director state director and secretary in Winchester. He belongs to the Winchester Lions Club and Shawnee District Boy Scout Committee and runs Jones Funeral Home with his wife Stephanie Du Vall. they have two children.

Donald K. Jones Winchester Jones Mr. Jones Winchester Lions Club Shawnee District Boy Scout Committee Jones Funeral Home Stephanie DuVall

Front Royal Market Cattle and Hogs Prices Listed

Thursday sales at Front Royal feature hogs by weight class with topweights 190-240 lbs and prices from 13.00 to 19.30. Veal, lambs, slaughter cattle and stock feeder cattle show varied ranges for weights and grades across cows and steers with prime, choice, good, and standard categories.

Choice Prime Heavy Prime Light

Rural mile of concrete laid near Michigan State Fair Grounds

The 1909 construction marked the world’s first rural mile of concrete, built in a strip close to the Michigan State Fair Grounds.

Michigan State Fair Grounds

Local Students Leave Tuesday for DECA Event

Dennis Easter of James Wood High School and James Brown of Handley High School depart Tuesday for Houston to attend the 22d annual National Distributive Education Leadership Conference. James Wood DE Coordinator James Biddle will also attend. Virginia sends 32 delegates among 3,000 participants for scholarships, national offices, and leadership workshops.

James Brown Handley Dennis Easter James Wood James Wood High School Handley High School Houston James Biddle Virginia DECA Puerto Rico District of Columbia

Classic Crochet Catalog Ad for Needlecraft Patterns

Classic crochet advertisement offers pattern 7058 and dozens of needlecraft designs with charts and directions. Prices are 50 cents per pattern plus 15 cents extra for mailing. mail to Alice Brooks Winchester Evening Star New York address. Also promotes Jumbo Needlecraft Catalog 1968 with free patterns and numerous books including quilts and afghans.

Alice Brooks Winchester Evening Star Needlecraft Dept P.O Old Chelsea Station New York N.Y

Decimal age drifts into navy charts and fathom end

The Royal Navy plans to replace fathoms with meters in deep sea charts as Britain moves toward decimalization by 1971. The change accompanies other decimal shifts such as coinage and public measures, with the fathom tied to six feet and 1.8288 meters.

London Royal Navy Admiralty Britain Greece

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