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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1961
Page
5
A study by Eugene Gilbert surveys teens on date activities. It finds movies are the top choice for one third, with dancing second and bowling third. Drive-in movies rule for many, but girls and boys differ on drive-ins versus theater films.
Mrs De R Wood announces that Rep Dale Alford of Little Rock Ark will speak July 10 at John Mosby Academy auditorium to the public free of charge. Alford, an ENT specialist by training, left practice during the 1958 Little Rock integration crisis and won a landslide write in election against Books Hayes. Details of the program will follow and July 10 is the Warren County Defenders chapter meeting date.
A tree on a Dinsmore Florida dairy farm struck by lightning during a storm killed 12 cows sheltering from rain. A dairy worker found 11 of the cows along a nearby canal. The animals were valued at $3,000.
D W Winn assigned to Shoe Center Stores with R Wilkins as face president. Winn, ex Lynchburg employee, born in Boyd town, served in the German campaign. wife Rebecca Gregory also works there. They live in Fairway Teen Acres area. Columbus note on proper attire for license applicants requiring conservative dress.
Portuguese reached Angola in 1482 and treated the African land as a reservoir for profitable exports, driven by the search for resources and trade.
In Roanoke 17 Negroes request entry to white schools ahead of a July 1 deadline, totaling 56 applicants city and county wide. Desegregated sites include Melrose West End and Monroe Elementary, with cases pending in court for city and county additions. In Richmond 50 Negroes seek admission to desegregated and predomi nantly white schools, including Chandler Junior High and John Marshall High School.
Joseph H. Fisher Jr and Miss Ella Jackson Rudolph of this city are selected to take part in the Virginia State Summer Science Institute at Madison College Harrisonburg. The six week institute begins today with emphasis on graduate courses in Biology Chemistry Geology and Physics and includes latest lab procedures closed circuit television and advanced placement studies.
Mrs Preston Avery and Mrs S H Reaves won the regular duplicate match at the George Washington Hotel. Runners up were Mrs Irvan O Connell and John Griffith. Third place went to Mrs Grace Roberts and Mrs Herbert Schutte and to Mrs Robert Giffin and Mrs John Griffith tied for fourth with Mrs A W Kinney and Mrs Thomas Kinney. Next meeting is July 7 at 7 30 p m open to all, no partner needed.
Richard Ramo aged six fell from a tree and broke his right arm two inches above the wrist. Three days earlier his 42 year old brother Robert slipped in a supermarket and fractured the wrist as well.
The cemetery association honored Thomas Cover at a ceremony held at 5 30 p m. Rep Burr P Harrison and other attendees participated as part of the memorial event honoring the late Cover whose mother was mentioned in the report.
Lockport reports a quirky patrol day with a photo request delayed by a deputy arranging a studio session for a sheriff’s child. A highway complaint led to a wife promising to change. Pigs wandered into backyards before a deputy corralled them back, and a housewife offered a pie dough trimming tip.
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