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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1956
Page
2
Details of a plan to familiarize the world with U S life are available from Magazines for Friendship at Occidental College Los Angeles California. The project began in 1947 under Professor Albert Croissant.
Maryland Democrats search for a replacement to oppose Republican Senator Butler after Millard Tydings withdraws from his comeback bid due to ill health. Tydings, 66, suffers shingles and recently defeated George Mahoney in a tight May primary. Possible successors include Philip Perlman, William Walsh, and Michael Birmingham.
John Guthrie Hopkins, railroad and mining magnate and restorer of historic Virginia estates, died in Millersville Maryland age 101. A native of Scotland he emigrated at 13 and earned 14 million dollars from a $375 Arizona Copper stock investment before retiring at the turn of the century. He spent much of his fortune restoring mansions in Charlottesville and Leesburg including Hampstead Guthrie Hall Raspberry and Colton.
The listing confirms quiz answers 1 2 3 5 and 8 9 10 with 4 identifying Women’s Air Force Service Pilots Congregational Church John Keats and Uriah Heep. It states N C A Shredded Wheat originated by Henry D Henry who built a Niagara Falls bakery in 1900.
Beverly Hills report says actress Diana Dors her husband Dennis Hamilton and two guests were dunked in a pool at a gay housewarming. Photographer Stuart Sawyer was slugged after a fight. Dors and Hamilton sustained injuries. Sawyer suffered facial and rib injuries.
Gov. Stanley to appear before the Gray Commission in Richmond this week to outline a plan for avoiding compulsory public school desegregation. The proposal centers on amending the 1956 58 Appropriations Act to fund only segregated schools and to interpret the Virginia Constitution as requiring an efficient system of public free schools. Stanley seeks General Assembly backing ahead of the August special session and will press lawmakers through the convention in Chicago and beyond.
Southern States Winchester Cooperative schedules its annual membership meeting for September 19 at Winchester Armory. G. H. Jones and Charles F. Brown named as chairmen. Nominees selected for local board and Farm Home Advisory Committee include Huyett Light Clark Jolley Orie J. Royston M. B. Buckley and Mrs Grace Dye Mrs Arthur Shiley Mrs Louise Buckley and Mrs Lewis Lamp. Floor nominations possible. The group plans a color film Partners and a What’s the Answer contest.
Southern States Cooperative hosts its Stephens City meeting August 30 at 6 30 p m in the Lutheran Parish Hall. Prizes total 25000 and members elect local board and Farm Home Advisory Committee. Henry Brumback chairs. Rev C A York and Mrs Howard White offer invocations. Emmett Scothorn reports on local operations. annual year end June 30 results to be presented.
Auctions and sales across Virginia and Maryland presented by E. T. Snider and others. Items include household goods furniture antiques farm animals machinery dairy equipment and real estate with dates from August into September. Locations span Winchester Kernstown Berryville Mt Airy Charles Town Woodbridge Strasburg and nearby rural routes.
Washington reports that signals point to a possible Federal Reserve discount rate hike as inflation concerns persist. Wage gains in industry and steel price moves, plus a large highway program, fuel expectations of tighter credit and higher costs amid ongoing strong employment.
Contestants must be 18 by August 1, 1956 and be a Southern States member or family member. Attendees must participate in the local meeting. Two winners at the local meeting will receive electric skillets.
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