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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1971
Page
13
A reader shares how her husband fulfilled a promise to buy a floor candle holder for their anniversary. He repurposed two carved balusters, refinished them, and created a two foot tall green candle stand secured with a nail. The piece is described as a labor of love and cherished by the couple.
Winchester Jaycees started a plan naming non performers The Jaycee Outhouse. It first appeared at Maurice L McDonald s Cedarmeade home then moved to Dennis Molden s Branner Avenue after a new member was found.
Twenty two states and the District of Columbia will hold presidential primary elections in 1972. Newcomers include Arkansas Florida New Mexico North Carolina Rhode Island and Tennessee Maryland restores its primary law. Key early states are New Hampshire Florida and Wisconsin with Muskie McGovern Jackson Yorty Wallace among contenders.
The Citizens Drug Committee answers reader calls about glue sniffing. Inhalants cause dizziness shakiness and a drunken feeling lasting minutes to hours. Poisonous chemicals can trigger temporary blindness kidney and liver damage or death from oxygen deprivation.
An 11 year old boy, Serramone Manuel, sailed from Los Angeles to Houston by posing as the passenger’s son. He and a seamanlike ruse fooled a stewardess, but failed to board a later flight to New Orleans. Police took him into custody and returned him home.
A federal judge ruled Charlotte erred in firing Harold Murray, a disabled Korean War veteran and Klan grand dragon, for his Ku Klux Klan membership. The court held Klan ties do not disqualify him from public employment and ordered further talks on remedy.
In Richmond AP report Mrs. Virginia Kemp Rowe a fourth grade teacher at William Walton Elementary Prince George County was chosen 1972 State Teacher of the Year by state superintendent Dr Woodrow W Wilkerson and a screening committee from 13 nominees. Rowe has 29 years teaching experience and will continue in active status.
Postmistress Mrs. Sara Affleck urges early Christmas mailing with deadlines December 10 for distant states and December 15 for local areas. Thanksgiving visits are noted for several residents including Mr. and Mrs. Jack McAboy and Mrs. Yula Cather. The Stonewall Ruritan Club met on Ladies night at Carpers Valley Golf Club. University of Northern Colorado reports over 11 000 students enrolled.
Lucy Ware Webb Hayes earned the nickname Lemonade Lucy for serving lemonade and other soft drinks instead of liquor at White House receptions while her husband Rutherford Hayes was president.
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