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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1967
Page
6
About 200 people report a basketball size glow near the Mt Bethel Evangelical United Brethren Church in Waynesboro. Witnesses describe a shifting light at the base of a cemetery headstone visible from 50 yards between 10 pm and midnight. Explanations vary from natural reflections to burning gases and radiation legends.
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department will buy frozen turkeys for the school lunch program to bolster prices in the nation’s poultry markets. The move follows plans to purchase dried eggs to support prices, with the 1960s era crop described as large and prices weakened.
Gov. Godwin announced a pilot program to rehabilitate aggressive juvenile delinquents by converting Camp 19 in Scott County into a 30-boy medium security vocational center. The effort aims to remove habitual troublemakers from Beaumont School and improve results for remaining youths at the state facility. The 10-month project costs about 88000 dollars and will be run by state workers at a 66-acre state farm under the Division of Youth Services.
The Berkeley County Martins but Citizens Band Radio Club will host a Jamboree and Card Swap on Sunday starting at 1:14 p.m. at Isaak Walton Park in Leitown West Virginia. Mel Ott drew 1,708 career bases on balls, a record in National League history.
James R. Wilkins of Winchester was reelected to the Foundation for Independent Junior Colleges of Virginia board. Attending in Alexandria, with him were Dr. Rorresto Racey and other leaders. The Foundation, formed in 1966, backs privately supported junior colleges and aims to expand faculty support and academic programs.
The Handley High School class of 1932 holds its 35th reunion this Saturday with a 7 p.m. banquet at Duff's Rebel Restaurant. A 6 p.m. school tour meeting at the north entrance precedes the meal, followed by an open house at Mrs. Charles A. Anderson's Berryville home.
A Radford College spokesman says letters were sent dismissing 17 maids for refusing to wash windows. Ellis Moran, the college business manager, confirms nearly half the dormitory staff walked off Wednesday after protests over climbing ladders to clean upper panes. The outside windows are done by men, and the maids demanded duty modification before returning.
The Shockeysville Methodist Church hosts a Sunday homecoming with Dr Lovely Gruber as guest minister. Morning worship at 10 30. Picnic lunch on the grounds. Afternoon service at 2 30. Harry C Renner serves as pastor.
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