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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1950
Page
4
The page quotes a fragment: All wisdom is within us. Sometimes the still small voice gives us messages. The mechanism of Wisdoms so delicate that it can be wrecked so that no wisdom at all comes through. No gold mine is so rich. Whence then cometh wisdom, and where is the place of understanding.
Chancellor Adenauer pledges German backing for European unification. He supports entry into the Council of Europe and a joint French German coal and steel merger as steps toward a broader European partnership.
Chancellor Adenauer and European leaders push a plan for a united Europe as a third power between Soviet Russia and the United States. The aim is to resist Soviet aggression, avoid neutrality, and achieve economic self sufficiency through Atlantic integration as urged at recent London talks.
Census Bureau statistics show that Americans are marrying earlier than at any time since 1867. In 1890 the median age for first marriage was 26.1 for men and 22 for women. by 1947 it fell to 23.7 and 20.5. Now about one in eight girls aged 15 to 19 is married.
Mrs. Edgar M. Whiting learned her son Lt Richard D Whiting was killed in a Williams Field Arizona plane crash. Harry W Aikens began a two story eight room addition to the Virginia Ave School. Mr and Mrs Herbert Funk welcomed a baby boy. she is former Alice Barb. Three cows on Hugh Kline’s farm at Vaucluse died after lightning struck near a wire fence. Major J G Griffing of Berryville and Virginia National Guard was promoted to Lt Colonel U S Infantry. The French began a retirement movement along the Somme line near Aumale Noyon.
Five Handley High School graduates in the Armed Services were Wilbur Dyke Ralph Frye Ray Hammer William LeVecchia and Harold E Wingert. Mrs Christine Fansler led Margaret Hodgson's bond sale with 5375 dollars for the war effort. Ira Combs sixth grade instructor at Handley Schools earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Shepherd College commencement.
Twenty five years ago A C Unger owner of Ungers Store suffered a 35000 loss when lightning struck the building causing a total destruction of the business property despite a soaking rain attempting to halt the blaze.
Fifty years ago Mrs E A Carroll sued Valley Female College for injuries from a fall off the front porch after 1898 commencement exercises. The county hitching yard also reported the theft of B A Lineburgs horse and buggy.
Reports from diplomats and business observers say U S sentiment in Asia has fallen to a low not seen since Commodore Perry opened Japan. They warn that missteps have aided Reds from Korea to Mandalay and urge decisive action to curb Soviet propaganda and anti American momentum.
Quiz prompts daily scoring for a memory game with ten days of questions. It asks about the AF of L executive council city last month and includes ten trivia items from currency to math Pi and historical neutrality. The piece reads as a period test aid or readers quiz.
The article notes churches modernize facilities and methods while keeping the timeless gospel message. It discusses updated buildings heating systems air conditioning and acoustics alongside enduring teachings about humanity's relationship to God. It also recalls Gene Sarazen winning the PGA in 1922 at age twenty as the youngest champion.
Rainfall data show 24 hour rainfall ending 7 a m today none. June rainfall to date .65 inches. 1950 rainfall to date 15.90 inches. Average rainfall for 37 years 36.56 inches. Monthly averages list January 2.50 February 1.92 March 2.86 April 3.09 May 3.77 June 3.78 July 3.81 August 3.93 September 2.58 October 3.34 November 2.47 December 2.42. Data courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
J F Woodward of Sacramento argues that Alsace Lorraine shows civilization gaps and warns that unrestricted immigration would lower American living standards. He compares Europe’s high birthrates to water levels in a spring to justify quota acts of 1921 to 1924.
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