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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1960
Page
4
The Winchester Star issue dated August 20 1960 presents front matter including editor and staff listings and pricing. A Bible verse Proverbs 3 11 appears with a reflective message about discipline and transformation.
Ben Belchic led a City Council tour highlighting Winchester Frederick County Historical Society efforts to preserve landmarks and Civil War battlefields. Editors urge ongoing restoration, access improvements, and securing battlefield sites from private development.
The piece revisits common Bible phrases through the lens that sin means missing the mark. It reframes statements such as He shall save his people from missing the mark and We have all missed the mark to emphasize human imperfection. It also notes self deception when denying error and cites calls to mercy for those who have missed the mark.
An article cites the Journal of the American Institute of Architects on tornado statistics from 1916 to 1958. It notes 9,167 total tornadoes with 9,241 deaths and nearly a billion in damage, highlighting Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and a 1925 tri-state killer event. Alaska has reported no tornadoes.
The Rev Robert E Gallagher voices a New York message on parental duty. He says a father who boasts of dishonesty at work creates an immoral climate for his children at home.
Dr. Gordon S. Seagrave, famed American doctor who spent a lifetime helping Burmese sick, was held on suspicion of aiding Korean rebels, Burma’s government disclosed. President Truman returned from a restful week at Shangri La in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains. Miss Helen Cooper of Knoxville Cerebral Palsy Center visited her parents in Knoxville, Tennessee.
1935 report notes Haile Selassie weeping over looming conflict with Mussolini and fears of a world war if Italy invades Africa. In Blairtown New Jersey four bandits robbed the First National Bank of twenty thousand dollars. The U S fleet plans maneuvers near the Panama Canal in 1936.
Miss Valley Turks of Clarke County married Charles P. Sowers of Pitcairn Pa at Berryville Baptist parsonage by Rev Julian Broaddus. Berryville hosts new Norfolk and Western passenger station in use with Agent Mr Macomb.
By Ear L. Douglass reflects on sin as missing the mark and on Christ dying for sinners. The testimony of Scripture portrays the sinner as foolish, chasing worldly life while neglecting eternal life and the growth of the soul.
In October 1780 John Champe, a Lee's Light Horse sergeant, deserts to the British in New York to infiltrate Arnold's Loyalist legion. He cunningly gains access to Arnold, plans to kidnap him, but a Chesapeake voyage and timing thwart the mission. Champe later deserts the British and receives an honorary discharge after aiding the American cause.
Senator Harry F. Byrd defends right to work laws and freedom of belief against Kennedy Johnson platform calls to repeal such statutes. He argues compulsory union membership coerces workers, threatens state rights, and alters labor relations across 30 states including western and southern states.
A brief quotation reflects on friendship and money with the author Luther Markin noting a dog’s wagging tail as a sign of true friendship. The line contrasts human thoughts of money with a dog’s honest loyalty.
A reader quiz on 100 questions over 10 days estimates memory levels from Memory Genius to Excellent. It lists ten sample trivia prompts such as assassinations of U.S. presidents, Great Lakes sizes, Philadelphia Mummers, Biblical value, cat breeds, turtle teeth, Columbus trips, F D Roosevelt’s governor predecessor, title of a Maharajah’s wife, and Armada assembly purpose.
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