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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1961
Page
4
A brief piece in the Winchester Evening Star reflects on religious instruction and moral guidance from Genesis 18 19, urging a father to model the Lord's path for his children and household, and to extend that justice to employees and others. The note frames daily life around righteous living and steady leadership.
Senate debate centers on Fulbright proposal to expand government sponsorship of American art overseas amid Cold War tensions. Proponents see cultural exchanges as a tool to win friends, while opponents warn of government branding and influence tainting artistic programs.
Assistant Secretary of State G. Mennen Williams weighs a tour to Africa seen as risky due to friction over past trips. South Africa balks at hosting him this summer while Angola awaits, drawing protests from Washington and NATO member nations. Williams may stick to gathering impressions rather than making policy waves.
Jacqueline Cochran predicts women will follow men into space as space exploration expands. She argues that women have long trended to lead before men and envisions a future where a woman may pioneer the moon voyage, with comforts and style aboard.
Ten years ago in Sharon two bandits robbed the Golden Dawn Food Market manager and escaped with seven thousand dollars. Louise Williams of Middletown and Robyn Williams of Richmond were auctioning at Virginia Beach. Pvt Delmas Sewell stationed at Aberdeen Md spent the weekend with his wife at her parents near White Hall.
A devotional note on God’s merciful nature and the demand for complete devotion. It argues that God rejects divided allegiance and requires the entire heart, warning that partial commitment undermines fellowship with Him.
Earl L. Douglas warns pride avarice jealousy and selfishness erode the soul even when not seen as gross sins. He urges believers to examine if God is truly Lord of all before praying and asks whether differences in life are truly significant.
It was learned that insurers covering the damaged Stephens City High School building and equipment allowed a total of 10,520 in damages. Mr. and Mrs. F K Paulett of Scottsville visited the Lichliter home on the Valley Pike. Miss Virginia Tayloe Boyd hosted a picnic for Mrs. Sherman Ketchuk of New York, guest of Miss Anne Brooke Kern.
Fifty years ago in 1911 Keller Drug Co advertised Butter milk Soap, ten cents a cake. Prof Henry T Wirgman named high school principal at Boyce with assistants Theodora Cox Lucy Holliday Katharine Carvin Lora Simon and Miss Wirgman. School opening Sept 15. Local market shows wheat 81 cents eggs 14 cents butter 16 cents hay 12 to 15 dollars.
Miriam and I bought two ducklings at a drugstore window and faced a year of misadventure. After a week of persistence the birds finally took to the water, though one vanished, then a wild duck mother arrived with twelve ducklings and both drake and mate moved on.
The AP reports President Kennedy warns Berlin will remain a volatile issue for years with no quick solution. The piece outlines the split German states, Allied rights, and the danger of a separate East German peace treaty and control of Berlin supply routes, worsening Western box.
Letter from J Henkle Henry of Winchester urges redistricting to give Frederick County and Clarke County proper delegates. He recalls historical shifts and votes, notes the 1962 study by Governor Almond appointee Lawrence Hoover, and cites upcoming public hearings in Roanoke and Richmond on August 8 and 9. The writer highlights Winchester’s large vote in the recent primary.
A reader argues against a proposed leash ordinance, saying many families cannot afford fences and pets should not be restricted. They contend current nuisance controls are sufficient and fear only wealthier children would keep dogs if enacted. The letter is from the Weekly Blab staff and circulated in the Miller St area.
Dr Burton H. Fern explains splinters from tiny to huge with a record 11 feet of wire in one arm. He covers removal by doctors, magnets, and body’s giant cells, plus self care for small splinters and tetanus checks.
A quiz guide tests daily scores from 19 to 8 correct answers with a 10 day plan. It includes questions on outdoor sports, titles in British peerage, geography, Revolutionary War hero, McKinley assassination, Land of Nod, Civil War allegiances, dairy content, polytheism, and oyster sex reversal with true false items.
The Flint Hill Volunteer Fire Department will sponsor a four night carnival from August 2 to 5 with a fireworks display opening the event. The grand firemen parade on August 3 leads by the Ug Air Force and Bugle Corps at 6 30 p m EST. The Auxiliary serves plate suppers after the parade. A 1961 automobile will be given as grand prize on August 3. Janet Berry will graduate from Jefferson School ending a 25 year Berry family enrollment tradition at the school.
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