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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1962
Page
13
Old Dominion farmers saw unchanged price levels for the period ending November 15 with mixed shifts across crops and livestock. Wheat and corn rose slightly while barley and hogs fell. wholesale milk rose and beef cattle slight declines. overall national price indices held steady versus October and were modestly higher than a year earlier.
Thanksgiving observations across White Hall and nearby towns note visits by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Milburn and family from Portsmouth to Ernest Milburn's family, plus trips by Mrs. Ernest Milburn and Pat Phillips to Pennsylvania and others visiting Martinsburg West Virginia. A Mount Pleasant quartet performed at Friendship Church and relatives from Mount Pleasant and nearby areas attended. Amarullah, driven by George D Widener, placed third in a 1956 Garden State race with a 1962 winner by six lengths.
The Mount Olive Sunday School schedules a program on Saturday December 22 at 7 p.m. A pageant and relation will be given by Boyd and Charles Boyd of Stephents City. Mrs M A Wiley plans a turkey dinner on November 25. Guests include Laurence Moulden of Wadesville and Richard Keck.
In Wallaceburg Ontario AP report three thousand school children watched as two Santas in the annual Santa Claus parade were pelted with objects after being mistaken for reindeer.
Grimes reports several local entries including Joseph Dorsey of Berryville visiting last Tuesday. John Stickles hospitalized at Winchester Memorial. Bobby Sowers joins Jefferson Construction Co. of Charles Town. Rev Melvin Bobbet preached at Galilee Church. Col Daniel Wright, longtime resident and Woodbine School attendee, has died.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, noted movie producer and director, intends to marry Mat Matthews of Great Britain in New York. Miss Matthews, 33, is the daughter of Hampstead’s former archdeacon and an eye specialist mother. Joan Adamu, an 11 month old Siamese twin from Nigeria, returns from London after five major operations and years of medical care. Edward E. Shelton of Austin, Texas, survived Pearl Harbor after swimming to Ford Island. a clerical error once listed him as lost in action.
Zero Mostel of the Broadway musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum received 130000 in damages from a jury for injuries after being struck by a Surface Transit bus on Broadway January 13 1960. The award was less than his 200000 demand.
Three truck drivers faced fines for overload and length violations: Harry D. Radford Orange City $96.95 Robert F. Hinkle Harrison $39.35 and Jack A. Roger Miami Fla $20.75. Motorists fined include Charles G. Anderson Paper Mill Road speeding $20.75 Noah W. Kreider Manheim Pa speeding $20.75 Gene F. Holstein Dunbar W Va speeding $55.75 Louise J. Bean Featherbed Lane operating without a license $15.75 Donald G. Pifer Rockville Md.
Carl W and Oats of W Monmouth St both paid 21.75 in penalties following a stated spectating incident. Details show two individuals cited and fined for the same offense.
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