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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1968
Page
7
Readers share a method to whiten aged clippings using a bleach and water solution, rinse thoroughly, and dry flat. Tips include testing a piece first, bleaching one clip at a time, and using clear films to preserve the restored scraps.
Fashion notice details the Printed Pattern 4786 in new half sizes including 12 1/2 through 22 1/2 with bust 37 for size 14 1/2. It lists 65 cents per pattern plus 15 cents mailing fee, and offers a free pattern with a coupon from Winter's Top Fashions Fall Winter Catalog.
Residents celebrate New Year despite 12 inches of snow and 10 degree cold. Local families visit relatives in Dayton Fairfax Fulton Winchester Miss Ohio and Missouri. Multiple gatherings include weddings birthdays receptions and Army station news with holiday travel and well wishes.
Robert Donelan of Baltimore stayed with Mrs. Hazel Funkhouser for several days. Christmas dinner guests included Mr. and Mrs. Julian Larrick of Albin and many friends from Roanoke Winchester and Washington. Hospital patients Gilbert De Haven and Walter E. Baker showed improvement. Numerous angles of family visits, dinners, and a snow delay on Rt. 522 are noted among Cross Junction residents and relatives.
A Chicago window washer, Jo Bacigalupo, 54, was stranded four stories above a street at 5 30 a m. He stayed with his grandmother and returned home after the rescue. The report notes various holiday family visits around Winchester and nearby towns, detailing cheerful gatherings and relatives from multiple states.
Local society page recounts Christmas visits and dinners at multiple households. Guests include Dwight Lee family, Fannie Lee, Libby Lee, Kim Hall, Polly Lee, and extended relatives. Also mentions Thadeus Lowe’s ice invention and visitors from Baltimore.
Denis W. Levasseuer received a traffic summons in Redwood City for interfering with a driver after a traffic officer said he kissed his wife Rosanne while she drove.
A man slipped from an icy window sill and could not reach the edge. He shouted for help, dropped a bucket and his keys, then waited about thirty minutes before five men arrived and pulled Bacigalupo to safety from an aerial ladder after a passerby called for aid.
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