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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1959
Page
4
A sermonette by Rev. Carroll C. Goodridge urges daily self examination and accountability to friends and God. It compares life to a school, cites passages from Psalms and Shakespeare, and discusses discipline, honesty, and the Final examination by God. It notes rising nonworking income and shifts in personal income sources.
A detailed portrait of Jean Francois Gravelet known as Blondin crossing Niagara gorge on a 1300 foot two inch rope, with stunts, public bets, and dramatic reactions from spectators on both sides. It chronicles multiple crossings, daring tricks, and Blondin's lasting fame despite imitators.
A meditation extols Christian faith as the foundation of good living and moral clarity. The piece argues that true faith lifts hearts, resists sin, and prevents drifting from moral truth, contrasting hypocritical views with the joyful discipline of genuine belief.
Pfc Louis G Dorsey spends a furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs L F Dorsey of Stephenson before reporting to Camp Kilmer New Jersey to depart for overseas duty Cpl Neill T Babb son of Mr and Mrs C F E Babb transferred to Camp Carson Colorado Mrs Charles Williams of Cumberland guest of her mother Mrs J M Lowery for several days
Admiral Richard E. Byrd at Bolling base enjoys six Virginia cured hams sent by his mother Mrs. R. E. Byrd of Winchester. The Handley High School class of 1934 names Horace Hott valedictorian and Margaret Sullivan salutatorian. Mr and Mrs F Allerton Read Jr of Athlone near Boyce travel to Rochester New York for the annual invitation tournament at the Rochester Country Club.
1909 reports contractor H B Grimm won the brick and stone work contract for a large Martinsburg school building. Traveling Moorefield to Wardensville men encountered a young black bear, captured it, and endured injuries from the cub. A moving picture show accompanied their journey. Hellers advertised a Great June Shirt Waist Sale with waists at 50 59 and 69 cents.
Denver boy Joel Montgomery, 12, won the National Spelling Bee after lessons from Ted Glim of Byers Junior High. Glim emphasizes pronunciation, roots, prefixes and suffixes, teaching word stories to seventh and eighth graders.
A reflective piece discusses widespread distress as health declines and hints at a potential life renewal method or approach to cope with aging and illness.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon at a Commonwealth Club banquet in San Francisco named Senator Jack Kennedy as a leading Democratic candidate and cited Stuart Symington and Adlai Stevenson as possible dark horses. He said he may run but noted it is too early to decide.
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