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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1951
Page
11
The article encourages combining diet with muscle-building exercises to avoid thin spots and improve overall contours. It suggests targeted moves to fill in collarbones and reshape areas prone to boniness, advising gradual progression and consistent effort to reach desired body shape.
A wellness column describes wall push ups to strengthen arms and chin contact with a wall, plus daily counts aiming for gradual increases. It announces a dance step booklet from the Powers laboratory and offers a purchase method via the National Newspaper Service in Michigan City Indiana.
Grimes hosts a birthday and anniversary dinner at their home for Mr. and Mrs. John Amick and daughter of Winchester. Local residents Mr. and Mrs. John Hub of near Winchester visited, while Jonah Good and son Willie attended a farm sale in Chambersburg. Other visits include Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones of Winchester and Carl Ritter of Winchester on separate days. The Galilee Sunday School plans Children’s Day on June 17 and the old Benjamin Anderson home place at repens was recently purchased from heirs.
The Rev C G Russell, six years as pastor of the Jefferson Methodist Circuit, is transferred to Hancock Md by the Baltimore Conference session at Westminster Md. He will move with his wife and daughters Elizabeth Ann and Mary Jane Russell from Summit Point W Va to his new appointment Thursday. Their son Dick in the Air Corps at Keesler AFB Miss expects to begin atomic research schooling July 13. During his pastorate building and repair projects totaling 25000 were completed, noted as among the best in the Methodist church properties. Russell previously served Gainesboro Linden Wardensville and Capon Bridge charges before Jefferson County assignment.
Mr Vernon Hutton and family have moved into a new home in White Hall. Strawberries yield this season is reported very good and strawberry season will end soon. The Daily Vacation Bible School at Galilee Church began Monday and runs for one week. Proedi cal inspector Me R Msanick visited Thursday on business. Mrs Isaac Kerns and son Donald attended Ella Shade funeral in Greenwood West Virginia last Sunday. Mr Hunter Strowbridge and grandson of Welltown were here on business last Saturday. Some attended the Memorial Service at Brucetown Church last Sunday where Representative Burr P Harrison spoke.
Otis L. Lee, principal of Stafford County Training School, files a $35,000 defamation suit in circuit court against H. Poole of Fredericksburg. Lee says Poole's reports led to the school board not renewing his contract and to Superintendent Benton Gayle withholding a comparable post. He alleges Poole falsely accused him of poor duties and dirty premises.
A homicide charge against Mrs. Fodrie in the pistol slaying of Pvt. Frank Larsen of Fort Story at her apartment in Princess Anne County was dismissed after a hearing. Investigators reported the soldier was shot during a scuffle in a hall.
The first doctors to be drafted in Virginia will be called in July. They are to be summoned for induction next month. The article notes uncertainty about who will be called and from which areas.
State Senator Ted Dalton of Radford says a runoff primary bill will be introduced in the next General Assembly session and would be pursued if reelected. He argues a majority rule prevents a candidate with a small plurality from becoming governor, applying the measure to both parties.
The State Game and Inland Fisheries Commission weighs tagging turkeys like deer and bear. Director I T Quinn says tagging would reveal how many birds are killed and aid management, with a decision coming at the next meeting.
Virginia's unemployment compensation bill rose by over 5.5 million last year. An audit shows the state paid 14,565,168 in unemployment aid during 1949-50. The State Unemployment Compensation Commission began 1950-51 with a reserve of 78.
Rehearsals begin for the fifth season of The Common Glory at Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre. The production dramatizes early American independence and the era’s historical struggles.
Expanded use of motion picture film as summer replacements for live television is under way on the networks. NBC faces two switch cases where live shows replace films, namely the Foolo Theater and Tom Howard's It Pays to Be a Winner for the Groucho Marx quiz.
The 1950 census reports 12,322,000 individuals in the United States aged 65 years or older. This figure highlights the growing elderly population at mid‑century.
The final assembly for the school year recognized students across multiple clubs and activities. Awards covered Latin honors for four year students, Girl Monogram Club bars, band letters, Library Club merited awards, Booster Club contest winners, and the state Latin tournament first place in second year Latin.
According to Al Capp the creator of Li’l Abner the celebration falls on the second Saturday in autumn but many high schools hold Hawkins dances at any fall date that fits their schedule.
Vacation church school at Braddock Street Methodist Church opened Monday morning with about 90 children ages four to twelve in attendance.
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