Peach baskets and a town doctor sparked basketball popularity
A small town doctor reportedly nailed a peach basket to a tree to challenge youths to shoot a ball through it as a gymnastic drill. The Winchester Branch AAUW plans a picnic at 6 30 p m at the Kiwanis Shelter Recreation Park with calls to RSVP. The Relief Methodist Church Young Adult Class will offer a Barbecued Chicken Supper on August 11 at 5 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Association of American University Women
Kiwanis
Recreation Park
French Lee
Henry Eavis
Relief Methodist Church
Modern Etiquette Questions and Polite Practices
Roberta Lee answers etiquette queries on dates and abbreviations in letters, proper wedding cake cutting, and guest gift customs. Dates and state names should be written out, a bride and groom cut together with guidance, and gifts for christenings are customary though not mandatory.
Auto Tampering Conviction Nets Man Year Term
Beverley William Ellis 39 with no fixed address received a one year jail term after pleading guilty to tampering with an automobile in a hospital parking lot. In traffic cases Judge John Rice fined Lewis E. Dellinger Jr. 19 Mt Falls Rd 16.75 for stealing Isaac N. Martin 32 Winchester 31.25 for driving without a license Blanche C. Cawthorne 67 Rt 3 11.75 for failure to stop at a stop sign Rosie E. Corbin 20 727 Berryville Ave 11.75 for failure to grant right of way.
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Beverley William Ellis
John Rice
Ellis
Rice
Lewis E. Dellinger, Jr
Mt. Falls Rd
Isaac N. Martin
Winchester
Blanche C. Cawthorne
Rt. 3
Rosie E. Corbin
Berryville Ave
Synonyms for Kindness and Compassion
A list of alternative terms for kindness and related virtues. Includes goodness gentleness graciousness benignity and compassion. Useful for word choice and nuance in writing.
DAILY 50 Becomes puffier as yeast dough rises
A wordplay clue leads to a solution where the phrase daily 50 expands to indicate puffier dough as yeast ferments and rises. The second part hints at a common baking measure and its relation to liquid quantities.
Brumback to chair SS meeting in Winchester district
M T Brumback of Middletown will lead the local Southern States meeting August 15 at the Lee Jackson. Eugene S Lupton will give the invocation and Emmett Scothorn with Charles Lake report on local operations. Nominees for the Winchester area board and committees are named with several names from Winchester Berryville White Post and nearby towns.
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M. T. Brumback
Middletown
Lee Jackson
Eugene S. Lupton
Charles A. Lake
Lake
Emmett Scothorn
Charles Lake
Southern States
Winchester Coop
Southern States Winchester Petroleum Coop
Winston B. Baker
Southern States Board of Directors
Winchester
Garland Canter
J. Robert Russell
Vernon E. White
Olen E. Gove
Berryville
S. S. Winchester Petroleum Coop
G. P. Fiddler
Wilson Travers
Brryville
Ira Campbell
Clearbrook
Edward Lizer
Cross Junction
Farm Home Advisory Committee
Mesdames A. E. Belford
Paul Nethers
Charles J. Shipe
Boyce
W. F. Artrip
Gwyne H. Jones
White Post
Malcolm T. Brumback
Stewart Larrick
Elmer Venskoske
Gainesboro
Eugene Lupton
Col. S. B. Ritchie
Mesdames
Julian F. Garber
Lawrence Larrick
M. S. Buckley
Charles Shenk
Local Group Attends Easter Seal Camp Dedication
Winchester Rehabilitation Center board members and community members attend dedication ceremonies for the new recreation and activity building at Camp Easter Seal Summer Camp near Roanoke. Attendees include Dr and Mrs Bruce Gray and three children, Mr and Mrs M E Williams and daughter Cassandra, Mrs Horrer E Alberti and daughter Susie, Dr and Mrs M C Teague, Mr and Mrs Curtis Fray, Mrs A G Harden, Leon Steinburg, Berryville Junior Chamber president, and Miss Marietta Ames.
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Winchester Rehabilitation Center
Camp Easter Seal Summer Treaty Center
Roanoke
Bruce Gray
M. E. Williams
Cassandra
Horrer E. Alberti
Susie
M. C. Teague
Curtis Fray
A. G. Harden
Leon Steinburg
The
Berryville
Lessons in English by W. L. Gordon
Words often misused clarified with examples such as fled from his post to avoid redundancy. Word study promotes daily vocabulary growth by mastering one new term. Today’s focus is misdemeanor and its related forms misbehavior and evil conduct.
Jurors Back at Work Probing Surplus Property Scandal
A Spotsylvania grand jury investigating misuse of surplus property bought through the county civil defense program returns to work amid legal questions on indictments before preliminary hearings. The panel has heard 16 witnesses in three days and awaits testimonies from Andrew Seay and John Woodruff as hearings for three county officials have been delayed.
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Spotsylvania
Spotsylvania County
Special Circuit Court
S. Bernard Coleman
Spotsylvania Civil Defense Program
Buford Carr
County Board of Supervisors
Walter N. Wood
Charles C. Cousins
T. B. Sinclair
Coleman
Commonwealth
T. Stokeley Coleman
Carr, Wood
Cousins
Andrew W. Seay
Seay
John Woodruff
Chancellor Volunteer Fire Department
Chancellor
Richmond
Commonwalth
Potomac River Compact Wins House Approval
The Potomac River fisheries compact aims to end oyster wars between Maryland and Virginia by creating a Potomac River Fisheries Commission with three members from each state. The panel would license fisheries, inspect oysters, and fund enforcement with at least $50,000 annually per state.
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Washington
Maryland
Virginia
House
Senate
Potomac River Fisheries Commission
Potomac
District of Columbia
Chesapeake Bay
Quarrel Ends Bliss in Zoo Divorce
In Cincinnati at the zoo a gorilla couple named Penny and Big Boy split after a violent quarrel. Penny, about 100 pounds, was attacked by 300-pound Big Boy, suffering a back gash and a foot wound needing 35 stitches. The pair now live apart.
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Cincinnati
Penny
Big Boy
Cincinnati Zoo
Albany Faces Escalating Racial Demonstrations
In Albany Georgia protests by Black residents intensify with a Monday mass meeting drawing about 700. Cordell Reagan urges large coordinated marches while Dr Martin Luther King Jr expresses encouragement. Northern ministers head to Albany as integration leaders threaten legal action over jailed demonstrators.
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Albany
Cordell Reagan
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Martin Luther King Jr
W. G. Anderson
New York
White House
Anderson
Yankee pitcher Ralph Terry dines with Congressman Breeding
Ralph Terry of the New York Yankees did not pitch in the All Star game but had dinner the night before with Congressman Floyd Breeding of Kansas. The meeting occurred in Washington, D.C., highlighting a light moment amid the All Star festivities.
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Washington, D.C
Ralph Terry
Yankees
Floyd Breeding
D. Kan
City Streets Resurfaced This Summer Plan
The City reports hot plant mix asphalt resurfacing on numerous streets including Oates Ave Loudoun to Fairmont and Valley Ave Braddock to Gerrard. An extra project revived subdivisions Kinzel Dr Molden Dr and Leicester St under J R Brandon supervision. Contractor Stuart M Perry Inc completed the work start late June.
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Lee Grant
Oates Ave
Loudoun St
Fairmont Ave
Piccadilly St
Morgan St
Amherst St
Jefferson St
Valley Ave
Handley School
Braddock St
Gerrard St
Fairview Ave
Virginia Ave
Kern St
Wolfe St
Washington St
Stewart St
Clifford St
Cameron St
Pall Mall
Fairfax Lane
Marvin E. Gore, Jr
Kinzel Drive
Molden Drive
Allen Drive
Malden Drive
Parkway
Leicester St
J. R. Brandon
Stuart M. Perry
Woman Pedestrian Hit and Killed by Convertible in Detroit
In Detroit a top down convertible struck and killed Betty Sue Marshall, 39, mother of four. The driver Gary Paves, 21, was charged with leaving the scene of the accident after authorities say he continued driving for 20 minutes and later stated he could not recall the events.
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Detroit
Gary Paves
Betty Sue Marshall
Grenadine Syrup Adds Flair to Summer Fruit Drinks
Grenadine syrup enhances summer fruit beverages with a pomegranate flavor. Sold in bottles at well stocked food markets. A little goes a long way when adding this syrup.
In Memoriam Charles Samuel Turner
In memory of my dear husband father and son Charles Samuel Turner who passed away August 5 1961 acrid sleeping resting at last The world's weary troubles and trials are past In silence he suffered in patience he bore Till God called him home to suffer no more By his Wife and Family
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Charles Samuel Turner
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