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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1959
Page
5
CBS owners The Lineup approve a new format with three new cast members and one actress as Warner Anderson plans to stay on the show. He says he will keep star billing and run the department, while Tom Tully departs after five years.
Dr Bundesen explains surgeon training from medical school through residency. He notes older surgeons rely on experience, while younger ones undergo four to six years of post graduate study after internship. Training covers diagnosis, operative skill, post operative care, and ongoing certification by the American Board of Surgery.
Winchester Frederick County reports 24793 dollars in E and H bonds sold in July bringing the year to 318451 or 42 percent of the 750000 quota. Clarke County totals reach 14150 dollars for July and 73659 year to date, 74 percent of a 100000 goal, highest among Virginia counties.
A compact English lesson by W. L. Gordon includes notes on words often misused mispronounced and misspelled as well as a vocabulary tip and a factual word study. It reports bond sales totals for 1959 totaling 46 574 221 dollars with 52 percent of the annual quota achieved.
In Madison County Virginia a 35 year old man Jack Taylor shot Gertrude Carter 22 and wounded Carrie Davis 45 then killed himself by poison weed killer after being cornered by state troopers. Davis hospitalized in Charlottesville in satisfactory condition. Carter died at the hospital from a head wound. Taylor used two .22 rifles and a 12 gauge shotgun in the spree starting about 5 p.m. Thursday.
Six new members joined the Shawnee Volunteer Fire Department at its August meeting. A. H. Long M. W. Himelright Winston Budrow Joy Roe Mervil Purtlebaugh and Charles Bachman were welcomed with Karl Elgerd as a guest. Fire Chief Elmo Buckman reported 13 July runs, 10 more than June. A new battery light and large First Aid Kit were purchased. An announced fire drill for Sunday at 2 p.m. and the siren move to the fire hall on Sept. 1 were noted.
A dozen and more local young people will attend the Pres Eton Senior High Fellowship Convention of the Synod of Virginia in Manassas today and tomorrow. The event, for ages 15 to 18, is hosted by the Divisional Committee of Christian Education with Dr. Louis H. Evans as featured speaker and staff members listed.
UN reports say the Big Four agreed to form a 10 nation disarmament panel split between Westerns and Communists, with Italy and Canada on the Western side and the Soviet bloc on the other. US officials deny final makeup, while many nations fear bloc parity bypasses the UN.
Berryville representatives from First National and Bank of Clarke County will study at the University of Virginia for a week starting August 24. Charles Roberson and Julian C. Glascock will attend with Roberson focusing on bank management and Glascock on commercial banking. Roberson serves on the Virginia Bankers Committee on bank management and research.
Officers for Davis-Williams Post 6044, Veterans of Foreign Wars, were elected and installed at a Recreation Center meeting. The post honors Edgar Davis and Charles Williams, deceased WWI and WWII veterans, with Elwood Stephenson named commander and 19 of 20 attendees pledging membership.
High View briefs list weekend activities and visits across Arlington and nearby towns. Names include Margaret Moore Ruth Kelley Norma Koenig Theresa Klieser Harold Stanley De Hylton Orville Hylton Mike White Glen White Lee White Elizabeth Hylton Earl Allanson Warren Mehring Elinor Larrick Linda Russell Charles Orndoff John Bauserman and families.
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