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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1952
Page
8
Elizabeth Young Forney, age 93, recalls singing at the first Confederate Memorial Service at Stonewall Cemetery on June 6, 1866. Her daughter Miss Sadie Forney sent a letter with the reminiscence and the inaugural Confederate song honoring fallen soldiers.
William Townsend of Louisiana and William Bush of Georgia, both 106, met in Jackson Mississippi for a possible last Confederate veterans reunion. They arrived separately, wore Gray uniforms, and shared a brief greeting at the Sons of Confederate Veterans banquet.
About 3000 Methodists from 14 districts of the Virginia Conference will attend the Home for Children in Richmond on Sunday June 8 for the annual homecoming and Rally Day. Dr Karl Meister and Bishop Paul Garber will speak on church child care and the Home Alumni Association will address the 3400 alumni raised since 1902. Visitors tour 85 acres including a dairy serving 200 children. 1:30 pm program to follow with many first time visitors expected.
The seventh Annual FHA Convention will run June 9 to 12 at Madison College with 500 delegates from 273 Virginia chapters attending. Irene Stoneman will preside at the Tuesday session as the association focuses on strengthening home living through activities in music art and recreation and on child care budgeting and career opportunities. A Garden Party on Tuesday evening on the lawn of Madison College president G Tyler Miller caps the event.
State Homemaker degrees are conferred on members meeting requirements the highest honor. On Wednesday the Convention will elect officers for the coming year. Thursday morning will feature installation services as delegates enjoy an evening of square dancing and games with planning by Marian Kay Barnette Washington Henry High School Peggy Spradlin Stewartsville High School Virginia Belle Morris Warsaw High School Evelyn Jennings Woodlawn High School.
A grey fox killed on the Will Long farm near Marlboro by Robert Craig is reported rabid by the Luray research lab. The finding came to Dr. A. L. Lindall, Frederick Winchester Health Officer, via bacteriologist George R. Jones.
Dr. Lindall notes dogs remain the main carrier of rabies despite rabid foxes. The weekly health report records seven rabid dogs and two rabid foxes for the week ending May 24, including cases in Frederick and Warren counties.
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