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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1964
Page
9
An executive notes conservative inventory policy keeps growth steady while computers speed orders and logistics. Examples from flour and grocery chains show nightly data processing linking plants and outlets to cut stocks and lead times. In June, finished goods fell as the Commerce Department reports cautious stock policies persist.
Peter A. G. Brown named director of a new Department of Special Exhibits at Colonial Williamsburg. He will oversee exhibits at the Information Center Exhibition Buildings Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection and Williamsburg Conference Center. Edward D. Spencer Jr. named to succeed him as manager of the Information Center.
Registration will be held August 17, 1964, from 8 00 A.M. to 4 00 P.M. in Frederick County elementary schools including Gainesboro Gore Kline Middletown Robinson Stephens City Stonewall Bryarly Kernstown Miller and Round Hill for first grade pupils not registered in spring or moved into the area since June. A child must be six by October 1 to enter school, and a birth or hospital certificate must be shown at registration.
Virginia prison and road camp populations leveled off after a decade of rise. The fiscal year ended June 30 shows 6,734 inmates, down 23 from the previous year, largely due to the release of 430 inmates among 1,506 recidivist criminals ordered retried.
Eleven antique titles from the 15th to 17th centuries go to auction at Moot Hall Colchester on September 3. The lord of the manor title grants no peerage or real property but offers the courtesy “Esq” and grazing rights. Sold by C M Stanford and Son for J L Beaumont of Coggleshall Essex.
Old Timer the turtle is given a new contact number painted on his shell. The old number led to a missing pet two miles from home, while the updated ink points to the Richard Walker family in Ukiah, 75 miles away, where they lived five months ago.
Registration for students whose families moved to Winchester since spring and other new pupils will be held in all Winchester Public School Buildings on August 17 and 18 from 9 A.M. to 12 Noon and 1 P.M. to 3 P.M. Current students and new first graders registered in spring are not affected. Pupils must be accompanied by a parent, show an official birth certificate, and provide evidence of vaccination.
The Rev Dr Garber has donated much Methodist history material to Randolph Macon College. His papers notebooks and correspondence on the Virginia and Geneva Switzerland conferences join other leaders’ works in a notable collection. The Walter Hines Page Library sorts and classifies the items as part of the VIPRINES project.
Greenwich Connecticut native Fontaine Fox, creator of Toonerville Trolley cartoons, passed away Sunday at Greenwich Hospital at age 80. His drawings ran from 1920 to 1955 in about 200 newspapers, earning an estimated over 2 million dollars.
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