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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1960
Page
3
The article lists graduates Dorothy Boyd Frances Houser Martha McDonald Jo Ann Bell Joan Renner and Don Cos as a group set to receive diplomas at CCHS on Monday.
The Health Insurance Institute reports that high blood pressure affects twice as many women as men in the United States. The article also notes John Marshall was appointed Chief Justice in 1801 and that he authored a five volume biography of George Washington.
Weekend visitors and callers to Capon Bridge included Edwin Pumphery and Richard from Buffalo New York. Leo Carlin of New York City. Teddy Saville. Odell Haines of Slanesville. and Mrs William Shobe of Toledo Ohio. Visitors Ray Roomsburg and family visited relatives in Grant and Hardy Counties. Memorial services were held in Moorefield for Mrs. William Shobe and Charles Shobe attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Loring Brown celebrate the birth of a son at Winchester Memorial Hospital on May 28. Mr. and Mrs. Sam McDonald and daughters Leafy and Evelyn from Silver Spring Maryland visited H. H. McDonald and family over the weekend.
Stephen Foster, famed for Swanee River and My Old Kentucky Home, died in New York City at the age of 38. The songwriter left a lasting impact on American music with enduring classics and a prolific output.
The Associated Press reports aurora borealis and lightning visible across the Midwest and beyond. Observers in Grand Rapids Michigan Grantsburg Wisconsin and Madison Wisconsin describe the display as beautiful vivid or weird amid scattered showers and generally light rain.
Report notes that more than half of all automobiles and trucks in the United States are produced in Detroit. The statistic emphasizes Detroit as the central hub of vehicle manufacture and its impact on national auto output.
Leslie Williams named valedictorian at Johnson-Williams High School with a 93 average over four years and extensive leadership in NFA and school activities. Harriet Mosee is salutatorian with an 89 average, member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Sunday School teacher, and SHMA officer. Commencement exercises set for Monday at 8 p.m. at the school.
Harriett, Homecoming Queen for 1958 59, sings with the High School Chorus and has served as student secretary to the principal. She has enrolled in Hampton Institute at Hampton.
A thief obtained sixty dollars from a Portland restaurant on Thursday after discovering the money hidden in a walk in freezer. No other details on suspect or motive were disclosed.
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