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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1957
Page
4
A fragment from the Winchester Evening Star dated August 1981 shows masthead details, circulation claims, editorial staff, and AP affiliation. The readable text includes editor Ho F Byrd Jr, contact lines, and subscription pricing while a clipped news line hints at an unrelated sports or story snippet.
A reader notes that large supermarkets risk losing personal service as stores grow. Clerks rarely assist shoppers with product location or brand choices, prompting manufacturers and retailers to consider suggestion boxes and reply cards to gauge customer needs. The piece argues the human factor remains crucial in selling merchandise.
Khrushchev warned that West German cities could be destroyed by hydrogen bomb rockets if rearmament continued ahead of the September 15 election. He urged West Germany to halt war preparations, withdraw U S troops, and align with East Germany under Moscow guidance.
The president doubts top executives will join government without strict conflict of interest rules. Laws bar officials from private business with entities they influence and prohibit stock ownership by certain regulators. These rules, though hindering recruitment, protect the public and maintain public trust despite recruitment hurdles.
The article notes Khrushchev's threats of hydrogen weapons and the danger they pose to France Britain the United States and other powers. Delegates at the London disarmament conference fear nuclear weapon risks and seek ways to prevent dictatorial use while addressing the German problem and world peace.
A digest compiles the most interesting editorials arriving from forty newspapers daily, highlighting pressing opinions and arguments shaping public discourse. The selection offers diverse viewpoints on politics economy culture and governance.
The excerpt argues the true gentleman rejects the idea of being self made. It asserts humility, perpetual trusteeship, and the obligation to transmit both culture and character as real wealth to children, friends, and the community.
Five years ago in 1952 Mrs B Brooke Smith and son Grant Smith returned home after visiting the Jennings family in Evans Wile W Va. VK R Sirbaugh and Bece Judy Belchie enjoyed a holiday in Ocean City Maryland. Ralph Krass and Geoffrey of Stamford CT stayed with Harry W Ebert Jr in the city. James Thomson and wife from New Orleans arrived at Summit Point WV to visit Mrs A P Thomson. Miriam Talbot married Freeman Irvan Morrell in San Diego and Suzanne Pingley was born to Louie Haymaker Pingley.
The Winchester Lions invited the public to a band concert with free sandwiches and refreshments as they formally presented a city shelter at Staseny Road park built by the club for about $4,000. J R Alexander led the Lions. Lightning struck the microphone at the Airport Speedway causing a spill of the announcer A Prank Neddeo.
Miss Kathleen Hack returns to Winchester from a Jamestown Exposition visit. Messrs Jo R. Deran Holmes Sherman and Ben K. Grim are making plans for a large hay ride to scenic nearby spots. Mrs H Habe and her daughter Rosa and son Heeman return home from Atlantic City after several weeks away.
Rochester Times-Union reports Billy Graham's New York City revival at Madison Square Garden drawing diverse crowds. The evangelist’s appeal sparks decisions for Christ as hymn laden meetings resemble classic revival services.
The piece likens temptation to a serpent, noting Eve’s temptation in Genesis and the deceptive angel of light. It warns that temptation lurks by the roadside, not in bold confrontation, and calls for moral discernment and divine protection to resist.
Winchester stores extend shopping hours on Saturdays closing at 8 p.m. Most shops remain open until eight o clock, inviting evening shoppers to browse late.
A vintage quiz feature explains scoring by daily accuracy, classing performances from Memory Genius to Good. It lists ten sample questions covering weather terms, Tudor queens, Biblical appointments, instruments, extinct birds, names, Native American leaders, Ethiopian Emperor, word relations, and Lincoln era sentiment.
Drands guide on high blood pressure notes 500000 Americans affected and advises doctor consultation. New drugs and composite therapies offer hope though patient responses vary. sleep, weight control, and cautious activity are recommended. a booklet from the American Heart Association may help.
Dr George W Crane explains growing medical caution on tonsil removal. Enlarged tonsils may protect against chest infections, so doctors now delay surgery unless frequent infections affect schooling or hearing. He notes polio season cautions and cites past observations from 1925 Seminole camp visits.
Receipts show very heavy cattle with strong demand across categories. Blue lambs lead at 26.00, feeder heifers 65 pounds at 18.65 cwt, and varied prices for steers, heifers, bulls, cows, calves, lambs, and sheep with overall steady markets and strong blue lamb demand.
Salable hogs 1 000 total with prices from 19.50 to 22.00 per cwt for various weight ranges. Barrows and gilts mostly 75 lower with sows 25 to 75 lower. heavier weights 100+ lower. Cattle at Salable 100 with prime to high prime fed steers steady to strong. bulls 50-75 higher. cows steady to 50 higher. vealers steady. stockers and feeders steady to strong. Prime to high prime loads 1160-1450 lb steers 28.95-29.50. other weights 24.00-29.00 for mixed grades. heifers 27.00 to 26.50 for high prime. standard cows 16.50-18.00. utility cows 12.75-16.50. canners 10.50-13.25. bulls 16.00-18.25.
A health expert urged closing Chicago avenues Sihavecce in Les York and Michigan on Sundays to create open spaces for roller skating bicycle riding and other exercise. Dr Shane McCarthy executive director of Eisenhower era youth fitness council called for main streets to host youth activities after business hours and urged parents to model activity shaping lifelong habits.
Berryville plans for the annual parade on August 30 were approved at the John H. Enders Fire Company meeting. Forty one fire companies, four marching units, three auxiliaries, six majorette groups, two drum and bugle corps and two bands are invited to participate. The Jolly Jacks 4-H Club will enter. Judges include Clarence Quick and John R. Mowatt of the Washington DC Fire Department.
The line is attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson in Virgini bus Puerisque, as stated by J. M. A.
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