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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1961
Page
5
Brig. Gen Neil Kimball and Hugh N Ritter approve a 40 by 100 foot cinderblock building. The ceremony was Saturday morning and the project is to be finished by the county fair in August. David F Childs chairs the grounds committee.
On the Oregon coast Becky Reever a 12 year old from Bellaire Texas survived a three day ordeal with little water after being found on a rocky Seaside beach. Fisherman Unio Rautio spotted her and alerted rescuers as an Army helicopter piloted by 1st Lt. Dennis M. Chase lifted her to safety through fog. Becky remains in a Seaside hospital with minor injuries and is expected to recover in about a week to ten days.
Virginia recorded 32,399 births January through April 1961, up from 29,094 in the same period 1960. The 11.4 percent rise far outpaced the national average of 3.1 percent, per the Bureau of Vital Statistics.
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Berryville Mrs. Made line B Myers county home agent releases the upcoming week schedule. Thursday 9 30 EST annual home demonstration planning meeting at Parish Hall with county leaders. Friday 9 30 a m DST Yeast Breads and Outdoor Cookery. Monday 4 H project work. Tuesday Office. Wednesday 10 a m Pine Grove Home Demonstration Club all day meeting with Frances McClaughry on Outdoor Cookery and Yeast Breads. 8 p m DST Community Home Demonstration Club meets with Esta Brown.
The third week of camp opens at Camp Rock Enon near Gore with 142 Scouts and 11 leaders in residence. Provisional troops include Troops 34 Berryville 45 Winchester 4 Front Royal 64 Washington and 51 New Market. Over 400 attended the opening ceremony staged by Troop 7 LaTray with Edwin Smith as scoutmaster. The Shaw anagi Chapter of the Order of the Arrow directed by Leighon Pareto will present the opening dances Friday evening. Medical re-checks were provided by Dr. L. O. Fears and Dr. Warren C. Gregory during the first period.
Middletown officials consider a weekly wet garbage collection starting July 20 if residents sign up. Harry C. Clark of Frederick County offered to perform the service for 35 cents per week per family, with payments handled privately. The program runs Thursdays and does not affect the regular dry garbage schedule.
Weather across the upper plains brought scattered rainfall with heavier showers in parts of North Dakota and Montana. Grand Forks recorded nearly a half inch as the Dakotas and adjacent regions received varied moisture while other areas saw light rain and thunderstorms.
In Harrisonburg and Rockingham County a party convention renominated H. Hoover and Charles W. Wampler Jr. for new terms in the Virginia House of Delegates. The endorsement plans to solidify their status for upcoming elections.
Capon Volunteer Fire Department announces its annual picnic scheduled for August. President Fred L. Whitlock Sr and Chet Frnther announce forthcoming menu and event details to be released publicly soon.
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