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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1972
Page
4
Dear readers share sewing tips from Heloise including placing a fabric swatch inside patterns to identify the pattern used. Readers praise the idea and offer related hacks for labeling and organizing patterns and materials.
About 12.7 million people traveled the Blue Ridge Parkway last year, down 80 000 from the prior year due to heavy summer rain. The decrease reflects weather impact on park traffic and outdoor travel plans.
Capon Road notes guests of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Stukley this week include Mr and Mrs Howard Lambert Capon Bridge Mrs Lynn Fahnestock of Winchester Mr and Mrs Dick Kump and daughters Mid dletown Craig Himelright and Craig Stickley have been out of Kindergarten due to illness Galen Stickley of Radford is spending the semester break at his home here He is a Radford College faculty member Mrs W K Bryant ill and remains about the same Miss Virginia Ramsey of Middletown visited her sister Mrs Gene Stickley and family Friday evening.
Spain grants the Dame of the Order Isabella the Catholic to pianist Alicia de Larrocha for artistry and cultural work abroad. The investiture occurred at the New York consul general’s residence during a private ceremony at Mme. de Larrocha’s request.
An advertisement from the Winchester Evening Star outlines pattern 7346 and a range of craft books and kits. It invites readers to mail orders with name address and pattern numbers, noting prices from 50 cents to 1 dollar and additional 25 cents for air mail handling.
Capon Bridge Christian Church hosts the Jubilators Quartet and the Zion Crusaders on Friday night March 24 at 7 30 with a chalk talk and fellowship. Refreshments served in the basement. Nearby notes mention Palm Sunday service at Laurel Hill Church and local visits, illnesses, and spring signs.
The Chippewa Falls lodge unanimously approved a resolution urging the national B'nai B'rith to drop the male only clause and to admit women immediately. Lodge president Morton Sipress noted uncertainty over the national reaction. Publisher John M. Lavine cited the group’s stance against discrimination and Wisconsin laws.
Historical note recalls Governor Hov. Berkeley of Virginia who said he hoped to avoid free schools and printing presses for a century to prevent learning from causing disobedience, heresy, and libels against governments, fearing their spread through printing.
Editor notes Roanoke College student Terry Wise 1946 1967 dies from motorcycle injuries his poems found in a safety deposit box published posthumously by his father. Then a meditation on aging and caregiving in a rest home recalls loss of youth and love with a call to unite to save beauty and faith. More than 3.7 million fans watched Big Ten football teams in 1971.
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