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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1956
Page
4
Handley Auditorium hosted a one hour Christmas event with 500 children. Miss Gwendolyn Haynes directed the concert and led Handley’s A Cappella Choir and Glee Club, inspiring the Winchester community and highlighting future local leaders.
Air Force physician Colonel Marshall E. Groover Jr reports that emotional stress in top Pentagon planning combined with high fat blood content triggers coronary attacks. Six years of exams on 250 officials began under the Air Force surgeon general to curb heart disease among leaders. Groover’s findings aim to aid medical progress in controlling the nation’s leading killer.
The piece laments Army Chief of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor’s rules limiting Christmas greetings for 19,000 personnel in Washington. It notes the burdens of the season and how custom and community sentiment keep people participating, despite practical objections and the old King Canute reference.
The article notes that despite new fasteners and other innovations, button manufacturing remains robust with U.S. sales surpassing 100 million dollars last year. Plastic and pearl buttons dominate, aided by varied sizes and designs. Men and women alike continue to wear many buttons, reflecting economic expansion.
A Miami Beach column lists curious tidbits: heart can lift a battleship 14 feet, average heartbeats 3 billion in 70 years, centipedes with many legs, and spiraling atom counts in a drop of water. It notes fashion quirks, epidemics fumigation, and social tidbits about Jackie Gleason and Amelia Scott.
A list of ten trivia questions and scoring remarks asks if terms like gentle man and lady suit saan and woman, confirms Mt Whitney as North America’s highest peak, queries Hebrews references in non Hebrew writings, asks Cinderella’s slipper material, locates the Wyoming Valley Massacre, recalls which amendment repealed the Eighteenth, ages two score and ten and ten, identifies Godfrey of Bouillon’s Crusade, defines demi, and asks origin of the proverb in Bible or Shakespeare.
The text likens days to rooms drawers or journey stages, arguing life is a proving ground. Each day tests character, ends with sleep, then repeats. It urges readers to define the purpose of a day and understand what life is about.
Denver police stopped a truck after spotting its load and the driver a 15 year old boy admitted he and two friends stole the vehicle. The cargo totaled 176 cases of beer.
Le roy Johnson reported his cabin beside the Rabbit Creek Inn as a liquor storage site. Burglars broke in and stole three cases of gin three cases of whisky and an uncounted wine supply. Territorial police investigated the theft.
Alfred C. Puller, 71, founder of Fuller Brush, recalls using a 1909 newspaper classified want ad that launched the business. From $735 capital and a $15 machine, he built three factories, 23 distributing stations, 109 branches, 8,400 dealers, and last year’s gross of $91 million. The ad helped nation build a personal enterprise.
Four inches of fresh snow and sleet nearly paralyzed the area forcing all schools to close. The Red's exchanged prisoner of war lists with the United Nations reporting 11 008 PW listed including 3 000 Americans.
In Chisholm Texas, farmer Sam Baker argues country life strengthens both hogs and women. He says penned hogs fed on garbage become flabby, and corn fed women show more color and energy. The comparison links rural virtue to vitality.
A schoolmaster in a French origin tale lights a candle at both ends to get more light for his classroom. He quickly runs low on candles and seeks funds, illustrating the meaning of living a fast life and burning out.
Rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8 30 a.m. shows none. December total 1.46 inches. 1956 year-to-date 37.75 inches. Average annual rainfall over 43 years 36.96. Monthly averages from 1912 to 1959 list Jan 2.45 Feb 1.95 Mar 2.98 Apr 3.10 May 3.90 Jun 8.90 Jul 3.69 Aug 3.99 Sep 4.65 Oct 3.22 Nov 2.57 Dec 2.46.
Fifty years ago in 1906 forecasters predicted a White Christmas for the Valley. Mr and Mrs Robert P Spates were home on South Braddock street after their honeymoon. J William Miller a Winchester merchant toured the West and visited Goldfeld Nevada to view silver mines and other mining property.
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