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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1956
Page
10
Mrs. Andrew LaVelle was named president of the Clarke County Tuberculosis Association at its annual meeting held Tuesday. She succeeds Mrs. LaVelle’s predecessor in leading the local health organization.
W E Hart heads a 1956 annual meeting with officers Mary R Hardesty Walter Wisecarver Jr Joel Griffing and Rosalie Murphy elected. Directors serve three two and one year terms with multiple names listed. Financial report shows 63.18 balance on March 31 1956 and 1807.66 from the 1955 Christmas Seal Sale leaving 1878.84 at start of 1956 57. Seals returned 1025 of 1626 letters. 591 undeliverable. 1220 persons X rayed at clinics 1 sanatorium case and 13 supervised county cases. Hardesty notes weekly Winchester Health Department clinic and monthly regional chest clinic.
The State Highway Commission announced 36 road construction awards including a $1 602 338 project for 11 3 miles of two lane highway to divide U S 301 from Petersburg to Emporia. Four rejected bids and the Frederick County contract for 0 8 miles west of Winchester to James Wood School were listed. Meyer Construction Co Staunton bid $152 030.
Hazel Green Kentucky resident Ralph Lockard said he was lucky to be alive after a lightning strike at his filling station on Wednesday. He felt soreness and a slight shoulder burn while his watch stopped in the incident.
AP Newsfeatures marks Dorothy Kirsten born July 6 1819 in Montclair New Jersey. A Metropolitan Opera singer since 1945 she debuted as Mimi in La bohème and sang Louise. She studied with Gustave Charpentier in France for coaching and as a youth worked for New Jersey Bell Telephone Co to pay for one singing lesson a week.
Randolph Larrick was elected chairman of the Winchester- Frederick County Chapter American Red Cross at its annual meeting. He succeeds Charles S. Toan. Officers include Robert Heltzel, first vice chair. Robert Woltz, second vice chair. Mrs. J. E. Cain, secretary. W. Glenn Nichols, treasurer. Board members for three years: Larrick, Nichols, Charles Zuckerman, Mrs. Ralph Hardy, John Gordon, Lewis H. Hyde Jr., W. Carlisle Fisher, George Jones. Ben Belchie and Ferman Perry were re elected three-year terms. Robert Smith named honorary board member. Service chairmen reports listed many roles from disaster to blood donor program.
The South End Auxiliary to the Fire Company celebrated president Mrs. Harry Rainsberger Jr. at their July meeting with 22 members present and cake ice cream and drinks. A fried chicken outdoor dinner was planned for August with a committee of Mrs. Talmadge Morris Mrs. Cletus Triplett and Mrs. Frances Tewalt in charge and new member Mrs. James Massie introduced. The group voted to send letters of thanks to companies that aided the yard party last weekend.
In Bonn Chancellor Konrad Adenauer declares the East West cold war still on and in its toughest phase. He defends a bill forcing all West German men aged 18 to 45 to military service amid rowdy Bundestag debate with Socialist opposition protests. He warns against Russian encircling moves in the Middle East as a threat to Europe.
Walter Johnson a longtime Northern Neck political figure and two term commonwealths attorney of Northumberland County died of lung cancer in a Richmond hospital yesterday. He was 60 and had run for governor in 1949 losing to John Battle and failed campaigns for Congress in 1944 1946 and 1949 in Virginia's First District.
A total of 862 cities over 5,000 population closed 1955 without a single traffic fatality. Muskegon Michigan led the list with 38 429 residents. Hobart Oklahoma with 5380 people has never recorded a traffic death since incorporation in 1901.
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