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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1959
Page
3
Ralph L Duffield a 17 year old Army recruit was driven to an reception center where he would greet new arrivals from Chicago His father Otto Ray Duffield 37 enlisted again after a World War I hitch without telling his son
June features graduation exercises for James Wood Clarke County and Johnson Williams Douglas Handley and other ceremonies. Sidewalk Cafe at Christ Episcopal Church hosts a fashion show June 10. The Winchester Little Theatre presents Gaslight June 18 19 20 and 25 26 27. Plus concerts at Singing Tower Luray and national theatre openings in Washington and Olney Md. Sports fans have Carter Hall Horse Show June 6 and Upperville Colt and Horse Show June 12-14.
In Cincinnati the pacifist Rev. Maurice F. McCrackin returned to his former church life after a federal prison term. The Neighborhood House he helped run was turned into an independent corporation and later taken over by Episcopal Bishop Henry Wise Hobson. McCrackin spoke his first sermon since his release from a six month sentence for ignoring a summons about income taxes.
Douglas School students share profiles from Ann Elizabeth Ransom Nickname Pansy Medh Birthplace Winchester Chemistry and Spanish favorites. Sylvain Alethia Washington Nickname Kitty History and Spanish favorite song Ravel Colero reading books and more and ambition to succeed. Albert Delaney Long Nieneme Lone music subject Bolero and pastime working with aim to advance upward. Louis Jun or Newman Nickname Catfish Strasburg industrial arts Lover's Never Say Good-bye baseball and girls ambition brick mason. Marshall Herbert Nickens Nickname Marcos typing geometry industrial arts Enchanted and Sadie May dancing and girls aim to be an accountant or business administrator. Reporter Judith Ann Gaither.
Muskogee Oklahoma fire station 7550 reported to the telephone company that it needed a new telephone following a fire that burned the old unit.
Preliminary autopsy results in Clarksburg indicate no foul play in the deaths of Juanita Ferguson 53 and Virginia Conley 54 whose bodies were found in a submerged car in Elk Creek seven weeks after they vanished. Police cite car inspection supporting an accident theory with ignition on and doors locked. The women disappeared April 8 after leaving a garden club meeting 162 miles away.
A refugee village in Wuppertal named for Anne Frank was dedicated by Nobel laureate Father Dominique Pire. The project aims to house 20 families from eastern Europe living in German camps, honoring the diary's plea for basic human kindness.
The 2percent voice choir, composed mainly of Virginia college students, was chosen by Dr. Carl A. Fehr for The Common Glory outdoor drama. Jamestown Corporation announced the appointments. Performances run June 23 to September 6 at Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre on the William and Mary campus with Monday off.
Milford Center Ohio anecdote notes Paul Ryan keeping a 1929 fire truck on the farm. The vehicle’s 275 gallon tank is used to water livestock, a practice described as part of rural life reporting.
Archaeologists report finding bones tools and ashes in three rock shelters in southwestern Wisconsin showing human presence in the region as early as about 11 600 years ago.
Gadsden officials report a plan to curb pickup proved unnecessary after spending over $2,000 to test demand. The city bought 10,000 garbage cans in 1955 for resale at $2.47 each and recently sold the remaining 2,500 cans to a private appliance company for $1.50 each.
Madison New Jersey features a local character known as Platter Man who offers items including hit tunes and blue plate specials to customers like Jim Williams of Montclair. Fairleigh Dickinson University noted.
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