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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1959
Page
4
Winchester Evening Star reports circulation and format details for the July 15 1959 issue. It lists editors and staff including H F Byrd Jr and Rufus Josey, plus national press affiliations and subscription rates.
The piece argues against the Forand bill to provide hospital insurance through Social Security. It warns of welfare statism, high immediate costs, and dangers to private, nonprofit, and commercial groups. It cites Secretary Fleming on rising private coverage and fears a frozen government system.
The meditation explains sanctification from Latin roots and Greek church meaning. It urges Christians to set themselves apart through honest speech clean thoughts and reliable conduct including paying bills and exemplary courtship. It ends by challenging readers to self reflect on their own sincerity.
From The Star tiles 10 Years Ago-1949 Mrs. John Turner and daughter Linda had arrived from Portsmouth Ohio to visit Mrs. Turner's father Mr. Hugh Rinker at Opequon. Miss Mildred Pitcock and Miss Pearl Lake were spending their vacation at Virginia Beach.
In 1934 Max Baer notified Madison Square Garden he would not defend the heavyweight title this year. Baer, who won the crown from Primo Carnera in June, was reportedly earning too much from show business and film contracts to continue boxing. Mrs. Walter E. Barr hosted guests Mrs. W. B. Johnson and Virginia Ann Johnson of St. Louis. Emily Gray Hoffman of Bunker Hill studied at Duke University this summer and sponsored the West Virginia ball at the University.
Fifty thousand people expected to greet President Taft at the Confederate Veterans reunion at Fisher's Hill in 1909. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testified before Justice Mills seeking continued commitment of Harry Thaw to Matteawan asylum in New York. Mr and Mrs C P Kremer and children joined campers at Huck's Dam near Bartonville.
The Winchester area shows strong growth with three local banks increasing resources by 80 percent over ten years from 1949 to 1959 and five-year growth of 42 percent. School enrollment in Winchester Frederick County Clarke County Harrisonburg Rockingham Staunton Augusta rises show regional population gains.
HAL BOYLE notes doctors tire of hearing jokes and overheard lines in waiting rooms. The page includes a long humor column about medical quips and a 100-question quiz with scores and memory categories for daily practice.
In Napa California three 186 ton diesel locomotives plunged from a draw bridge into 35 feet of water while pulling a Caboose and a boat passed. The crew escaped unharmed and railroad officials say the cause remains unknown.
Ignacio Colo AP report says Kenneth B. Ross president of Ross Mfg Co Chicago died in a two engine airplane crash high in southern Colorado mountains. Betty Mink 40 of Washington Iowa, her son Daniel 17, and her two younger daughters were also killed.
Dr. Crane reproduces Evelyn B s letter arguing wives deserve romance and physical affection as much as husbands. He suggests wives budget household tasks and respond to husbands ardor, while noting fatigue and gender role expectations in a domestic context. He urges wives to balance duties and romance to avoid divorce courts.
Dr Herman N Bundensen explains chills and fever definitions and how to respond. He discusses how fevers vary with activity and cause, and detailing direct fever therapies including cold compresses and ice baths for high temperatures and heat stroke.
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