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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1959
Page
1
Star Photographer Charlie Tait captures 1958 Handley graduate Miss June with homecoming picture at Longwood College Farmville. The scene shows a poised student in academic gown amid campus backdrop.
A Virginia Army National Guard unit re designated under the pentomic reorganization. Headquarters and Headquarters Company and I Company, 3rd Battalion merge into Headquarters, Second Battle Group, 116th Infantry. Winchester becomes HQ for the Second Battle Group commanded by Lt. Col. Mifflin B. Clowe with seven companies. Roanoke hosts the First Battle Group HQ as part of the division.
A penciled note from 1864 surfaced when a brick house beside Braddock Street Methodist Church was torn down. It recalls General Sigel marching with 10,000 troops, a Shenandoah River bridge burning, and 2,500 casualties, said by William March, Harold March’s grandfather, now astonishing locals with its legibility after 95 years.
Five of the 49 states passed the Memorial Day holiday period without a traffic death according to reports. California tallied at least 30 highway fatalities while Alaska Delaware New Hampshire Vermont reported no traffic deaths plus no drownings or misc accidents. Ohio logged 21 deaths and New York 19, ranking second and third in the nation.
Miss Margel Oates is now connected with the Curley Top Beauty Shop. Phone MO 2-3741. Willow Lawn Swimming Pool now open for season. get your season ticket early.
Galveston report says Governor Earl K. Long of Louisiana resists hospital authorities in psychiatric care at John Sealy Hospital. Dr. John B. Truslow notes ongoing attempts for cooperation and defines supportive treatment as keeping him quiet and comfortable. An Air National Guard plane brought Long to Galveston after violent outbursts, with reports of two male nurses guarding him.
In Geneva the United States Britain and France press the Soviet Union to end threats to West Berlin and seek a stopgap settlement. Herter Lloyd and Couve de Murville meet Gromyko as talks aim to avert a crisis and pave a summit.
More than 300 people died in traffic accidents over the Memorial weekend, a record for a two day holiday period. The National Safety Council called the toll tragic and urged steps to reduce crashes as highways carried an estimated 40 million travelers.
Washington police and Theodore Reed of the National Zoo pursue a roaming black bear seen repeatedly in city parkland. Reed suggests honey laced with Irish whisky to lure and sedate the animal while authorities aim to capture it alive for transport to the zoo.
Local police reported only two crashes during the Memorial Day weekend none of which occurred on highways in the area. Winchester and Frederick County authorities noted break ins at soft drink machines and a cafeteria entry at Stephens City. Chief J Thomas Boyd called the period quiet with few arrests while Cliff Boyd and Jim Barnett described crowded parks and busy recreational sites over the holiday.
Two Winchester policewomen Mrs. Lorraine Steward and Mrs. Eloise B. Clark resigned citing family duties. Steward’s resignation takes effect July 1 after serving at John Kerr School crossings and Clark’s on June 15 with Quarles School crossings at Valley Ave and Southwerk St. Chief Boyd will accept applications to fill the vacancies.
Belgium's King Baudouin returns home after a three week U S tour. He dined with President Eisenhower addressed Congress danced with Debbie Reynolds and saluted from the carrier Randolph before boarding a helicopter to Williamsburg. He said he was sorry to be a bachelor at 29.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev warned of total destruction for the West if war breaks out and predicted capitalism's defeat while touting Soviet industrial strength. A joint Soviet Albanian communique backed colonialism repeal, UN reform, and denuclearized Europe, plus talks on peace with Germany and West Berlin. The document noted improved world tensions prospects and hinted at Yugoslavia ties amid Tito's independence stance. A separate notice lists a help-wanted in the press department and a public sale event tonight plus local apartment ads and sales.
Forty five Winchester merchants paste money on their shop windows today. Each bill carries a shopper’s name and address and will be given free tomorrow to those who find their name, enter the store, and identify themselves. The event is Thrifty Tuesday, sponsored by the Winchester Retail Merchants Association to draw shoppers from a wide area.
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