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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1962
Page
4
The notice provides publication details for the Winchester Evening Star including typical days, contact lines, and staff roles with a rate card. It lists editor Harry F. Byrd Jr and other key staff, plus subscription and postal information and national reps in New York.
An editorial argues for higher teacher salaries, a regional trade and technical school, and expanded use of instructional innovations. It urges investments to ensure Winchester and Frederick County students receive the best education to support a strong, free America.
The Star Files recalls 1952 when President Harry S Truman submitted an $85 billion budget to Congress with the president remarking that heavy burden is the price of peace. Also noted are a 60 degree below zero temperature in Fairbanks Alaska and Clay B Carr owner of Carr Publishing Company a patient at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a fall at his office.
The Civil War featured a naval revolution with ironclads and the Hunley submarine. Horace L. Hunley’s crew sank the Housatonic in 1864, while blockade runners and raiders like the Alabama and Shenandoah extended the conflict to the Atlantic, Pacific, and Bering Sea.
In 1937 President Roosevelt was sworn in for a second term despite heavy rain. John Enders was elected captain of the John Enders Fire Company in Berryville. Fred and Arthur Hunt hosted a reception for Mr and Mrs James P Reardon Jr of Clarke County.
Fifty years ago in 1912 an overheated stove ignited a coal box at C. L. Robinson’s North Market Street home. The blaze was quickly checked by a fire extinguisher from Charley Rouss Fire Company before it gained momentum. Governor Foss of Massachusetts was escorted by police amid bomb threats. Eugene Chiles of Stephens City visited Winchester for the day with friends.
Earl L. Douglas reflects on the Bible’s portrayal of God as eternal. He defines eternal as infinite duration and notes time’s relativity, citing Einstein. The piece emphasizes God’s all sufficiency and protection, ending with the verse The eternal God is thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms.
A devotional note cites John 15 8 to link bearing fruit with discipleship. It asserts holy living neighborliness and sharing as expected fruits and points to spiritual justification through fruitfulness.
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