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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1959
Page
4
The item highlights a religious reflection from Chronicles 4 14 about craftsmanship. It appears as a brief devotional inserted into the Winchester Evening Star on a Friday in 1959. The piece ties work ethic to biblical imagery, framing modern workers as kin to ancient craftspeople.
The article cites estimates from the National Education Association on full time college salaries and discusses proposals by Beardsley Rand and Mr Ruml to double salaries over two decades. It covers changes in student to teacher ratios, term structure, and university funding, plus reflections on 20th century history and a mouse cruelty case.
Daily Meditation reflects on the opening verse John 1 1 1 and the word as God’s creative power. It notes the word as divine force that created light and the world and became incarnate in Jesus Christ.
The Winchester Exchange club received a merit certificate at the Old Point Comfort convention for the best attendance record in the state. Ralph Fansler Jr. earned an engineering degree from the University of Virginia. Mrs. Bessie Williams of Braddock Street was a patient at Winchester Hospital.
Twenty five years ago in 1934 Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. McVicar entertained friends at their summer home Forest Glen. Ms May Griffin and Mrs Arthur Athey traveled to Detroit to visit Mr Walter Hurdle. Loyd Martin a VMI student stayed with his parents at White Post during vacation.
Fifty years ago in 1909 the City Council fixed sewer charges at five dollars per year for private residences and places of business unless otherwise specified. Midshipman Richard E Byrd Jr on duty at Rampton Roads obtained a 42 hour furlough to visit his parents on Amherst Street. Misses Frances Peyton Page and Willie McGuire returned from Washington after attending the wedding of Elizabeth L Worthington and Angus M Crawford.
Dr. Crane presents aAdvice column on the H E L P method to start engaging talks. Ted G a 20 year old engineering student learns to ask questions and move from hobbies to entertainment literature and politics to spark dialogue. Readers are urged to request a booklet from Northwestern University for fuller guidance.
In a hardline assessment a view of the NATO alliance shows Khrushchev’s campaign to erode alliance cohesion with missile bases and nuclear zones. He pressures Turkey Greece Norway and Denmark while France asserts control over its own nuclear stockpiles.
Norfolk School Superintendent J J Brewbaker announces resignation effective June 30 next year. He cites reaching retirement age and preference to retire early, amid years of criticism from segregationists over school closures and integration under Massive Resistance.
Fauquier County begins monthly appropriations amid segregation pressure. Board votes July only, with $72,000 for July operations including $50,000 for schools from a $1.59 million budget for 1959-60. County may extend periods later. no Negro admissions yet.
A learning primer outlines a 10 day IQ test with 100 questions and daily scores. It classifies 9–10 correct as Memory Genius 7–8 Very Superior 5–6 Excellent 4 Good and directs readers to Page 2 for answers. Sample questions cover U S city Loop Maine original states Duke tobacco family Andes Dickens femme forma tor Bedloe s Island and Show Me State.
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