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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1952
Page
3
Review describes Fulton Oursler's A Childs Life of Jesus with illustrated newspaper presentation by Neil O Keeffe. It retells parables including the Prodigal Son and the Lost Sheep, emphasizing forgiveness and divine Father's embrace.
The page fragment lists Q and A on Shakespeare and US presidents. It notes Adlai Stevenson and Henry’s lines with heights given as 5 ft 10 in and 180 lb. It asks how many signers of the Declaration later became president, answering two: Adams and Jefferson, per the crude prompt.
About 300 people including 30 fundamentalist ministers denounced the Revised Standard Version as a modern deception. Speakers attacked the National Council of Churches as modernistic and Communist-leaning, with one minister burning a page of the Bible version. Attendees hailed from Roanoke Salem Danville and North Carolina, representing Baptist Church of God and Church of Christ congregations.
The James Wood School held its annual Christmas Pageant The Birth of Christ in the auditorium led by George Turner with Miss Jean Davis directing singing and Miss Ruth McNeil costumes Elizabeth Krouse wrote the pageant Leroy Burtner narrated and James Gordon oversaw background The program began with carols by the band and student singers At its close Student Government President Bobby Layman presented a silver platter to Principal Paul Beable and a silver sugar and cream set to Miss Eleanor Brill on behalf of the student body Classes later held Christmas parties with exchanged gifts and refreshments
The Market Street Methodist Youth Fellowship will present the pantomime Why the Chimes Rang by Raymond MacDonald Alden tomorrow at 7 30 p m at Market Street Methodist Church. Cast includes Betty Peer Albert Argenbright Pedro David Smallwood Judy Argenbright and others with scenery by Sidney Shull costumes by Mrs E W Argenbright and Miriam Rowe. music by the Sanctuary Choir directed by Jean Pasquet. Open to the public.
A concise observation notes that gold is typically discovered in ores that also yield silver, highlighting the linked occurrence of these precious metals in mining contexts.
Robert Henry Best, a former Sumter, South Carolina newspaperman convicted of treason for Nazi propaganda broadcasts, died at the U S Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield Missouri after an illness. He had been serving a life term and was 56. His body was sent to Spartanburg South Carolina. his only next of kin is his wife. Best admitted delivering 300 broadcasts from Germany between 1942 and 1945.
A private plane carrying a man and woman, identified as Indiana residents, crashed near Clarksburg while attempting an emergency landing. Rescue crews reported the couple survived but injuries were not yet determined as they remained trapped until further emergency equipment arrived.
Over 1000 children attended the Christmas party sponsored by the General Teamsters Union Local 539 United Auto Workers CIO Local 149 Canners Workers Union Local 22948 and Textile AFL Local 71 at the Palace Theatre. The event featured short subjects comedies and a full length film with 1200 to 1500 gifts stacked for Santa.
FBI arrested two Pittsburgh girls aged 14 and 15 for attempting to extort 30000 dollars from H J Heinz and Arthur Rooney. They admitted writing ten extortion notes to Heinz and Rooney. Court actions began with federal charges and juvenile custody pending state proceedings.
Edward R. Clark, operator of Clark's filling station at 501 N Loudoun St, reported to Fire Chief Taylor Barr that he believes a fire on Wednesday at 9 22 p m was set deliberately. He noted unlocked rear storage with towels and spilled matches behind them. Barr said the case is under investigation.
Richard Keeper, 31, died after a chest of drawers toppled as he moved it at home in Atlantic City. A delivery man found Keeper wedged at the top of stairs with the chest trapping his neck. Keeper’s wife had just given birth to their third son.
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