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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1959
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star issue features a devotional line from Job 13 8 inviting readers to ponder the infinite and the universe as part of the daily contemplation. It frames the periodical as a community paper with religious and philosophical notes for readers.
Garland R. Quarles documents Winchester street names in a bank booklet. The 1744 plan by Colonel Wood and Lord Fairfax shaped 80 half acre inlets and five acre outlets, with Commons outside the town. Names honor war leaders and London streets, linking local nomenclature to British roots.
The author argues that society mocks odd people yet they often reveal essential truths. From Wright brothers to Einstein and Pasteur, history shows how unconventional ideas scarred by ridicule led to breakthroughs. The piece urges restraint in judgment, noting some oddities deserve recognition rather than containment.
The 1949 Shenandoah Valley commercial sour cherry crop yielded about 430000 for growers and was hailed as the valley's best. Visitors included Miss Helen McLoughlin of Beaver Pennsylvania staying with Ruth and Mary Jane Miller, while Dr. and Mrs. B B Dutton and family and Dr. and Mrs. Monford Custer Jr. vacationed at Deltaville Virginia.
A 1934 timeline notes over a thousand Socialists arrested in Austria for an alleged plot against Dollfuss, the era’s largest political-prisoner sweep since February. In Kansas, four gunmen robbed an Oxford bank, took five hostages, and fled with 5000 dollars. Robert Clinton DeWitt Jr visited Noble Pierce Jr at a cabin on the Potomac near Fredericksburg.
50 Years Ago 1909 John Higgins a noted Washington plasterer and decorator works on a Spanish stucco front for Mrs. Kate Woodward's confectionery on South Main street. Mrs Edward Contee Johnson hosts a tea at Parker Place for the Misses Davis who sail for Europe. Mr and Mrs Jack Steele entertain Mrs Henry Schneider Jr of Chicago at National Avenue home.
President Eisenhower describes a dire Berlin dilemma at a White House dinner. He notes the United States would face immense challenges aiding 20 million West Berliners if the Soviet bloc tries to seal off the city, framing the Geneva talks and Cold War tensions. The piece recounts past crises including Stalin’s 1948 blockade and the Allied airlift.
Dr Bundesen explains why expectant mothers should consume daily servings of milk fruit vegetables meat fish eggs and whole grains. He details daily quotas for milk calcium vitamin C and protein and offers tips on milk types and liver egg intake and bread or cereals for energy.
President Eisenhower warns the West faces a stronger Soviet position than in 1949 with Khrushchev pressuring Berlin. He notes a new blockade would be harder to break and West Berlin’s supply lines could be jeopardized, while unity of Western allies remains crucial. A separate item recalls a snake aboard a plane from East Alton.
HAL BOYLE reflects on memories from past decades to define old age traits. The piece lists nostalgic signs such as Mary Pickford curls, elk teeth, quarter tips for hatcheck girls, Christy Mathewson fame, and a nation mourning Jumbo the elephant, ending with a humorous nod to a five cent cigar.
Han and car talk marks a remembered life as Lee Bledsoe 71 once served as a gardener to the Truman White House. He died Tuesday in the Memphis area leaving behind a legacy tied to his years of service and a hometown memory.
A quiz style article offers a 10 day plan with 100 questions and daily grades. It lists memory genius to good levels and directs readers to page 2 for answers. The item includes a sample question set about vehicles, minerals, painters, capitals, nocturnal animals, Canadian cities, explorers, gods, grammar, and naval craft.
Dr Crane reassures Opal and readers that removing the womb via hysterectomy does not diminish a wife’s allure or sexual function. The womb is not a primary sex organ. post operative women can remain just as capable of romance, with emphasis on tactile genital stimulation rather than the uterus.
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