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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1962
Page
4
A 36 hour warning strike by about 2,000 air traffic staff at area and airport flight control centers halted most traffic between West Germany and West Berlin. Authorities allowed limited movement while protests for higher pay continued.
Francis Anderson of Gore sustained severe facial burns when an acetylene torch exploded at Highview Hatcheries in Memorial Hospital. He is in good condition this morning after being rushed there by the Rescue crew.
The State Highway Department received a low bid of 577 416 from Stuart M. Perry Inc of Winchester for a four lane project on Rt. 50 west of here. The work covers 3.19 miles adding two parallel lanes to extend the divided roadway 10 percent mile west of here.
Five Democratic candidates for the Seventh District Congress seat will speak at a Lexington candidates meeting June 19 at the courthouse. Sponsored by the Rockbridge League of Women Voters, the event runs 8 p.m. with 10 minute talks followed by audience questions.
Fire crews responded to 370 E Piccadilly St yesterday evening finding a smoking wastepaper basket in a bathroom. No fire damage occurred as the basket was carried outside. Occupant Maxine B. Petrie and fire inspector W N Godenour indicated a cigarette likely caused the blaze. The Friendship and Sarah Zane Fire Companies assisted.
Directors and officers of the Shenandoah Valley National Bank are invited to a June 20 outdoor barbeque dinner at Capon Springs Hotel. Porter Austin, owner operator of the hotel, sent the invitation to local bankers. The event will be held on a hill with an excellent scenic view off Rt. 259 toward Wardensville.
Mrs. Betty W. Harden is appointed Assistant Director of the Winchester Rehabilitation Center serving Frederick Clarke Loudoun Shenandoah Warren Page Fauquier and Fairfax Counties. A Virginian native she trained at Converse College and the University of Virginia and is certified by the American Speech and Hearing Association. She has worked with Richmond Public Schools and Charlottesville Center, lives in Winchester with husband Dr. A Gardner Harden and their children Becky Joey and David. Since 1961 she has engaged in church choir hospital auxiliary and local theatre activities.
Warren labor leader Allen Jeter Woodford, 59, a retired employee of the American Viscose, died near Bedford Virginia. The report notes his service with local labor groups and his standing in the Warren community. Funeral arrangements were not specified in the readable text.
William P. Mitchell Jr. of near Boyce is urged by Harrison District and Republican leaders A R Dunning and Horace Henderson to run for the Congressional seat. Mitchell could not comment. He is son of General William Mitchell and educated at Hotchkiss School and University of Virginia. Clarke Republicans schedule a mass meeting for June 18 at 8 p.m. at Berryville Court House.
A corp and labor leader from Front Royal died today at his summer home near Huddleston from a heart attack. He was vice president of the Izaak Walton league of Warren County and of the state CIO, and headed the Textile Workers Union of America in Warren Frederick and Shenandoah Counties. Funeral services will be held Friday at Huddleston Methodist Church with burial in Menton Baptist Church Cemetery near Huddleston.
A twilight program for fruit growers is scheduled June 14 at the National Fruit Product Co. orchard on Timber Ridge. County Agent John T. Wolfe and George R. announce the event with demonstrations on pruning and spray practices by Henry Jenkins, plus talks on disease and insect situations by Dr. A. B. Groves and Dr. C. H. Hill from the research lab. Refreshments will follow.
A daily vocab note explains the word periphery meaning circumference edge outer limit and its correct pronunciation. It uses example sentences such as operating within the periphery of good taste.
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