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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1961
Page
3
Red Cross offers a single summer session July 10 through 27 at Willow Lawn Pool. Classes include youth groups 7 to 9, 10 to 12, 13 and older, plus Junior and Senior Lifesaving and adult instruction on select days. Registration ends July 1 at the Red Cross office. Children under seven not accepted.
Howard Reynolds 85 former editor and publisher of the Quarryville Sun and last surviving charter member of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association died Wednesday. He helped shape local journalism in Lancaster County through decades of service and leadership.
Parents are invited to visit the classes and departments at the close of the service. The school this year had an average attendance each day of 155. Teachers and helpers in the school include Mrs. Sidney Mowery and many others across Kindergarten Primary Juniors and Sr. High. Mrs. Paul Dick leads music with Miss Brenda Butcher as secretary.
Richmond AP reports the State Highway Department promoted eight men to the new title of project engineer, replacing the old assistant resident engineer (construction) classification. All current assistant resident engineers (construction) will become project engineers with no salary change, effective July 1.
Eleven defendants received fines and costs totaling 422 dollars in Frederick County Court. Notable entries include Leroy Galladay for illegal passing 15.75, Lennie Burton Michael for drunken driving 105.75 with one month suspended jail, Ellwood Wymer for reckless driving 25.75, James Russell Sumner for operating an exterminating business without a license 19.25, Franklin Bryson for reckless driving 41.75, William Riley Glass for illegal passing 15.75, A B McCauley for bad check 30.30 with 35.75 total, Dennis Lee Sirbaugh for speeding 20.75, Earl Mandville Smedley for speeding 20.75, and Delbert L Sager for bad checks 8.25 with 14.10 and 30 days restitution.
The Air Force says the Mace B guided missile is virtually prepared for combat alert following a successful 1100 mile Atlantic flight. The test completed development and showed readiness for final performance flights. The first Mace B unit will deploy to Okinawa late this year with others sent to Western Europe as Matador and Mace A replacements.
Marlboro News Briefs notes visits to Newton D. Baker Hospital in West Virginia and among locals including Ralphard Shuman, Artie Shifflett, James Hamilton, Carroll Hawkins, Sam Carpenter, Erma Shade, Iva Stine, and Elizabeth Lee. Marlboro Presbyterian Church plans a yard party with ham and chicken suppers on July 1, inviting all.
Del. Melvin L. Shreves urges Virginia to create a five senator five delegate body to aid small localities hit by hurricanes floods and disasters. The panel would operate under the state civil defense coordinator and could authorize aid when confirmed damages meet local needs, bypassing federal aid thresholds.
Lindeny Almond of Virginia backs a projected consolidation of the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Baltimore and Ohio railroads into a single 11,000 mile system, stating his support in an Interstate Commerce Commission proceeding.
Report notes strong public demand in Virginia for a rail project and cites Governor William W. Barron of West Virginia advocating a railroad plan to boost employment and attract new industries across the two states.
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