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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1955
Page
3
Radio lineup lists performances by F-Rhythm at 4 00 Betty Crocker at 4 25 Rural Rhythm at 4 30 plus News Weather at 5 00 Star Time at 5 15 Hit Parade at 5 30 and Serenad at 5 45.
A detailed Saturday timetable across WRC WMAL WTTG WRO and other DC outlets lists programs from 4:00 p.m. through midnight. Featured items include Cartoon Circus, Safety Circus, The Georg Gobel show, Ozark Jubilee, The Ed Sullivan era blocks, sports events, news, and classic films with multiple channels offering daytime to late-night mix.
A detailed weekly radio timetable lists programs across Saturday Sunday and Monday including Just Music News Bible Question Box Church Service Weather Reports Talk Shows and musical segments with times and host names such as Henry Jerome Lawrence Wilk George Sokolsky Walter Winchell Paul Harvey and Ted Malone.
A radio and TV schedule listing programs for Saturday evening including News Broadcast with John Flynn and Martin Block, Gang Busters, Gunsmoke, Grand Ole Opry, Chicago Theater, and Dance Orchestra segments across CBS ABC networks with various hosts and show titles.
Radio listings show a full day of programs from 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM including Catholic service Perc y Faith music Monitor Holland concert Dr Wyatt and news broadcasts. Notable entries include Billy Graham Old Fashion Revival Nick Carter Rin Tin Tin Gene Altery Rudy Vallee Sammy Kaye John Derr and revival time with Little Symphonies and Monitor.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration reports 1090 aircraft in use at end of 1949 and 1336 at end of 1954, a 23 percent rise in five years. No large increase expected due to shift to bigger faster planes.
Mrs. Raymond Baker was installed as president of VFW Auxiliary Post 2123 at the regular meeting. Miss Colleen Grimm conducted the session with Mrs. Boyd Grayson installing. Officers include Mrs. Raleigh Easter, Mrs. Robert Reardon, Mrs. Franklin Snapp, Mrs. S. L. Flickinger, Mrs. Garland Grimm, Miss Colleen Grimm, and Mrs. Fred Sprecher. The secretary and other officers will be installed next meeting. Delegates to the Department Encampment in Alexandria were named. Regular business and social hour followed with birthdays acknowledged.
Washington reporting Norman William Hager, 18, was freed after a habeas corpus hearing in Upper Marlboro Maryland. He had been held for two days during police questioning in connection with the killings of Nancy Marie Shomette 16 and Michael Ann Ryan 14. The two girls were shot in a wooded area near University of Maryland as they walked toward Northwestern High School to pick up a report card.
Advertisement for Pattern 4717 by Anne Adams offering misses sizes 10 12 14 16 18 with 214 yards for size 16 pants and 134 yards for the shirt. Describes skin tight summer pants and a matching shirt, complete illustrated instructions, 35 cents price plus 5 cents extra for first class mail. Send to Winchester Evening Star pattern dept. New York address provided.
Mrs Vernon B Stinchcomb of Orange will direct the Daily Vacation Bible School at First Assembly of God Church starting Monday evening It runs 6 30 to 8 30 June 20 July 1 for children ages 5 to 14 inclusive Bible lessons handwork music and scripture memorization featured daily The closing exercises are July 1 Pastor Rev Herman Fry invites all children 5 to 14 regardless of church affiliation
John Floyd Arnold son of Mr and Mrs Lester Arnold Sr has been awarded the Luther Seevers Birely Scholarship at Washington and Lee University for 1955 56 He is a junior next year a consistent Honor Roll student and a letterman in track and cross country He belongs to Pi Kappa Alpha and is a Handley High School graduate from Winchester Virginia
A list of guests visiting Mountain Falls residents on June 12 includes the Batters Lofton Peel Tal helm Peacemaker and others from Parkton Stephenson Kerns town Wheatfield Lebanon Church Winchester Round Hill and Trout Run W Va. The Friendly Grove Community Hall will host the annual chicken supper and yard party on July 4 starting at 5 p.m. Miss Nancy Hershman visits her grandmother Lena Hershman in Trout Run.
W G Rogers reviews Alfred Duggan's Julius Caesar from Knopf, praising the concise biography in the Great Lives in Brief series. The piece highlights Caesar as libertine general imperator and influential figure whose life reshaped world history, noting Duggan's vivid details and scholarly clarity.
Quotations courtesy of White, Weld & Company show prices for American Furniture Bank of Clarke County and several regional firms. Items include Dan River Mills Farmers & Merchants Natl Shenandoah Valley cider maker Potomac Edison Virginia Woolen and Winchester Storage among others with bid prices or par values.
A new illustrated feature titled Why We Say debuts next week in the Winchester Evening Star. Pete Hoffman and Bob Morgan present entertaining word origins with phrases like Upset The Applecart and Gone To The Dogs, blending education with light history for readers of all ages.
Taylor Barr will headline a special worship service at Montague Avenue Methodist Church tomorrow at 7 4 p.m. The event invites the community to join in prayers and reflection.
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