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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1973
Page
4
A veteran editor recounts twelve years in Winchester Virginia noting town growth and civic campaigns. He reflects on key initiatives shaping the city including downtown development, merger votes, a cemetery restoration fund, and local environmental efforts. He also announces his departure from The Star and thanks colleagues and readers for support.
A fragment discusses a Babylonian brick stamp with a stray dog track, then shifts to a religious meditation on God making man in His image and the enduring, blemishing tracks of evil on human nature. The piece contrasts eternal creation with lifelong flaws and moral challenges.
Virginia grapples with fuel shortages as travel groups urge shorter trips and mass transit use. Virginia Beach plans four day workweeks and weekly trash pickups while Richmond schools consider later start times and February spring break.
Star Files notes 1963 events including Robert J. Pullen becoming president of the Winchester Kiwanis Club. Benjamin Belchie stayed home recovering from illness. Measles closed John Kerr School with about a dozen pupils absent. Zuckerman Company received a charter of incorporation.
Blue Ridge Players present Stop the World I Want to Get Off at Powhatan School Auditorium in Boyce with Jim Ackley as Littlechap and Joan Scorgie as Evie Anya and Ginnie. Curtain 8:30 p m Friday Saturday and 3 30 p m Sunday. Tickets from Shenval Winchester Sponseller's Berryville or Powhatan School.
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