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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1969

Page

8

Blosser Receives Gavel as Winchester Lodge Starts 202nd Year

Maurice O. Blosser, newly elected Master of Winchester Hirma Lodge No. 21 A F and A M, receives the gavel from outgoing Master Joseph A Hott Sr. The lodge, chartered in October 1763, begins its 202nd year with Blosser and other newly elected officers set for a busy 1970.

Maurice O. Blosser Winchester Hirma Lodge No. 21 A.F A.M Joseph A. Hott Blosser

Henry VIII Christmas Feast A History of Excess

The article recalls Henry VIII’s legendary 12 days of Christmas feasting from Christmas Eve to Epiphany. It describes a grand banquet with 400 palace servants, a boar’s head, wassail, and courses including seafood, roasts, birds, and plum pudding. Henry’s prodigious appetite and showman flair are noted.

Henry

Kentucky prison rated high on education and recreation

Prison ratings from Kentucky State Reformatory near LaGrange show high marks for education and recreation while counseling and inmate employment scored low. Warden James Howard expressed surprise at an above average security rating. Four inmates escaped last month and remain at large.

Frankfort Kentucky Reformatory LaGrange James Howard

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