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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1957
Page
3
A 5-year-old Hanover County boy named Charles Henry Brown, a Negro resident of Doswell, died in a Richmond hospital after admission Monday afternoon. He had not received any Salk polio vaccine, making Virginia's polio death toll 10 for the year, and the year’s third polio fatality.
Readers are urged to provide constant fresh water for pets during heat waves to prevent dehydration and heat stress as temperatures rise. Ensure access to shade and cool surroundings for animals outdoors.
Andrew J. Bowen of Northern Virginia Power Company earned a certificate from the Georgia Institute of Technology after completing a four week training course. Initiated by Southwestern Electric Exchange and run by Georgia Tech with the School of Industrial Management the program covered 84 hours of classes in general management economics finance accounting marketing public relations and regulatory affairs.
The Senate Judiciary Committee gave tentative approval to Roby C. Thompson a 59 year old Republican lawyer for a Virginia federal district judgeship. Approval hinges on Virginia senators Byrd and Robertson and an FBI file review. Thompson defended his stance on civil rights issues and jury trials while deflecting criticism of Judge Hoffman.
Final rites for Beulah Slane of Pike side West Virginia were held at Fairview Lutheran Church. Mrs. Ina Fletcher visited seriously ill Granville Combs in Needmore. Stanley Biggert and wife returned from two week trip visiting Georgia Florida and Huntington. Leslie Fletcher hosted Cora Fletcher and B P Myers for Sunday dinner. Fletcher to stay a week.
F R A Torlogh O Carolan was an Irish bard born in County Meath in 1670. Blinded by smallpox at 18, he received special musical instruction and traveled with his harp, singing in the homes of the gentry in repayment for hospitality.
The Quota Club of Winchester approved sending donations to Fargo North Dakota and Lake Charles Louisiana at its August meeting. The club also allocated 175 to a nursing student scholarship for Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing this fall.
The composer O Carolan left about two hundred tunes. many were preserved in Irish manuscripts in the British Museum. Poet Thomas Moore (1779 1852) adapted ten of these tunes.
Middletown notices list visitors and social events. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Peyton of Warsaw with a return visit for a stay. Rev. Henley S. Roane and family. Rev. Josiah Andrew and family. Curtis Andrews and H. H. Johnson party. W. T. Wood visiting local friends. William Fisher of Leesburg Florida visiting Mrs. Walker’s family. Mrs. Boyd McDonald and son. a Friday service class at Mrs. Hollis Coffelt’s with 18 members and plans for an October ham and turkey supper at Harris Hall. co chairmen named and dinner menu outlined. next meeting Sept. 27. Ladies Auxiliary to Middletown Fire Company to meet Sept. 5. Newt McPherron and family, and William LaRue of New York visiting C. E. Sine. Charles Stotler family visiting Martha Hottle. Sam O’Neal returns home.
Mrs Ollie Headley has returned home after a stay as a patient at Winchester Memorial Hospital.
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