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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1962
Page
8
Mrs. Fred Stine has been named director of the First Presbyterian Weekday Kindergarten set to begin September 13 at Church House, 223 Amherst St. She will teach a five year olds class alongside Mrs. George D. Jackson.
Middletown Town Council will hold a regular meeting at 7 o'clock in the town office building on Rt. 11 a block south of the blinker light.
Birth notices list a girl for Harold Reid Barr of 311 Queens Street Strasburg. mother Aline Elizabeth Phalen. A boy Russell William for William Heny Mansell of Sky Meadows Farm Paris. mother Judith Ann Swain. August 11 a girl to Albert William Miller Route 2. mother Ruth Ann Waugh.
The Girls Athletic Association will hold an annual family picnic at the Kiwanis Shelter on August 16 at 6 30. Dorothy Tillotson is chairman assisted by Polly Manuel Joan DeHaven and Lavella Widmyer. Council members should sign up with Tillotson by Monday.
Lloyd Martin leads the Winchester Exchange Club regular meeting tomorrow at noon at the George Washington Hotel with a guest speaker from Ciba Drug Co. A combined Board of Control and Committee Chairman dinner for the National Symphony is set for August 21 at 6 30 p.m. at Lee Jackson Restaurant to discuss this year's concert plans.
Winchester Chapter No. 1367 hosted the annual Women of the Moose executive officers conference with Deputy Grand Regent Mrs. Emma Simpson presiding. Attendees included officers from Front Royal Harrisonburg and Woodbridge along with local members Mrs. Emma L. Simpson Mrs. Dorothy Lillis Mrs. Frances Lee Mrs. Frances Kniceley Mrs. Marjorie Anderson and Mrs. Frances Brengle.
The Stonewall Raritan Club yard party at the Stonewall School grounds Saturday night grossed about $1,000. Proceeds go to the Dental and Education Funds for children in the community. Prizes included a rototiller, $25 gift certificate, rod and reel, two yews, photo credit, motor oil, gasoline, and name stamps awarded to local residents. The club thanks all who helped make the event a success.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2123 will discuss a new insurance plan at its regular meeting tonight at 7 30 at the Sons Shelter in Senseny Park. Post Commander Howard C. Shull urged all members to attend.
The Shenandoah Valley Chanter will hold a rehearsal at Braddock Street Church at 7 30 p m Tonight They plan to sing at the Ves pers Service at Luray Singing Tower on Sunday August 19.
Hot desert zones in North Africa are identified as the world's warmest areas. Researchers note extreme temperatures across arid landscapes and note climate patterns driving the heat.
Community groups and clubs list a dense schedule with meetings and activities on August 13 and Tuesday evenings. Exhausters Auto Club Unit No 9 Capon Bridge Ladies Auxiliary McKinley Chapter Eastern Star Duplicate Bridge Clearbrook Fire Co Lions Exchange Board Henry William Evans Home Alcoholics Anonymous Loyal Order of Moose Rebekah Lodge Hiram Lodge Shawnee Kennel Club War Memorial Building Kiwanis Shelter Circles First Presbyterian Church Lions Shelter Kiwanis Committee Civic League Dance Young Adults Bruce Town Methodist Church Kiwanis Key Club Shelter Star Circle Congregational Church
Local residents share milestones including births in Winchester Memorial Hospital on August 8 for Roy Glenn Oates and Timothy Ersel Hott, and Mary Corinne Seibel born August 8. Obituaries mention Mrs. S H Fenton patient in Winchester Hospital. Clarence L Anstine joins Eli Lilly as salesman after Navy service. Martha Rose Whitten wedding shower noted. Cadwallader family returns from Norfolk with Ensign Cadwallader sailing to the Mediterranean.
A reader laments a mother substitute era and rules blamed for strain with a noncustodial parent. Abby advises tolerance, while another writes about church wedding invitations amid long family feuds and social expectations. A teen signs still in love in a schoolroom note.
A reader writes to Dear Abby sharing a cheeky exchange about romance and money. The correspondent Harry jokes a mule would suit him better than a wife, prompting playful rebuttal and a lighthearted reply about committing to a mate.
Mrs. Robert A. Geanious and her father C. M. Russell won multiple awards at two gladiola shows. Geanious earned a champion vase rosette and a vase trophy in Washington and a silver pitcher and coffee server in Baltimore. Russell claimed blue rosette for best three spikes and received 22 additional ribbons.
About 600 Africans rioted at an unauthorized Southern Rhodesian Trades Union Congress meeting in Salisbury. Police dispersed the crowd with tear gas and arrested general secretary T. Maluleke as he spoke, some vehicles were pelted with stones.
Frontier audiences saw ample Shakespeare as actors avoided suspicion of theatrical impropriety. Ten players used the Bard to gain air of respectability and credibility for their performances.
The FAA will establish an air traffic control zone around Dulles International Airport effective Oct. 1. The five mile radius zone protects IFR approaches and departures. Boundary reaches Ashburn to the north, Herndon to the east, Rt. 29 south, and Arcola west-northwest.
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