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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1962
Page
5
Anna Seloms offers Printed Pattern 4679 with two skirts and two jacket versions for four looks. Half sizes 12 to 24 vary by 2 yard fabric needs. order by sending fifty cents per pattern plus ten cents for first class mail.
Local society pages list visits and stays across towns including Harrisonburg Winchester and Alexandria. Notables attend horticultural society events at Hotel Roanoke and relatives visit kin in Arlington Falls Church and Purcellville while many family gatherings and hospital notes appear throughout the week.
Don Ramsey of Abingdon Virginia escaped serious harm when his single engine coupe ran out of fuel and crash landed on U S 268 in Happy Valley near Lenoir North Carolina. He was en route from Virginia to Tri-Cities Airport Bristol Virginia when a leaking gas line caused fuel loss. Ramsey radioed the FAA in Hickory before landing. A highway patrol unit found the wreckage and Ramsey, with only scratches reported though the plane was badly damaged.
An active volcano was reported on Kiska Island twice in a week near the Aleutians. Fliers described lava at Sirius Point erupting 300 feet high into the sea. A Northwest Airlines flight over the area reported nothing unusual in darkness. Pittsburgh led the National League with a .273 batting average last season but finished sixth, 18 games back.
Ray Roberts wins the Texas 4th district runoff to succeed the late Sam Rayburn in the U.S. House. The 48 year old Democrat led Robert C Slagle 16 047 to 13 302 as Slagle conceded. Roberts has a history with Lyndon Johnson and Rayburn and opposes federal aid to education and communist countries.
Anderson Missouri reports Mayor Bill Hall arrested for speeding after ordering a crackdown on speeders last week. He faces a $5 fine. Police say the arrest followed the mayor’s directive to enforce traffic limits in the city.
Round Hill residents report trips to Manassas to visit Mrs. Laura Morris and Mrs. Whitacre family. The Round Hill Home Demonstration Club met at Mt. Williams with ten members and a Meals from the Oven dinner. Roger Koontz spoke on Civil Defense at the Round Hill PTA. Community members visited kin in Front Royal and attended Rev. E. B. Smith funeral in Bluemont Grace Lutheran Church.
Dear Abby answers a worried mother about a 16 year old daughter whose teachers reported conduct with boys. The advisor urges open frank talk or professional guidance to teach sex and maturation, stressing a supportive relationship with the mother.
Charlie J. Windle entered the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda Maryland on Monday. Weekend guests in the home of Mrs Hannah Vann were Lennie Vann and children of Hagerstown Maryland and Lee Vann and children Bennie Cynthia Tommy and Mike and Gannor Vann. Ronald Stover visited Dempsey Cline and family. Isiah Godlove of Wardensville West Virginia spent the weekend with Ralph Hockman. Perry Sager and daughter of Strasburg Pat sy Orndorff and Melvin Clem Jr also of Strasburg visited Wallace Peacemaker last Sunday. Boyd Orndorff and Stephens City spent Sunday with Eugene McDonald and family. Dot Mowery of Front Royal spent Sunday with Statten Bowers.
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