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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1963
Page
2
Funeral service for John Ed a of 319 N Kent St will be conducted by Joseph 8S Duckwall at 11 a.m. at the Jones Home. Arthur cere 98 Reveell Good and Maynard Larrick will attend. Burial will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Harshberger Royston 65 wife of Gilbert L Royston of Rowte Home died after a extended illness. Surviving with her husband are five children and nine grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 p m at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville with burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
More than nine business places contracted for location in a $750,000 Woodstock shopping center under construction by Pine Investment Corp of Winchester. The center will include a Safeway Store Leggett's Department Store Sears Roebuck and a small loan office. It aims to serve a valley population of about 25 000.
K Castro pledges a robust defense posture indicating the Soviet Union stands ready to smash any aggressor, signaling a dire warning amid Cold War tensions.
The festival continues with Cruise from Shenandoah College hosting acts including the Rouss Drum and Corp Shenandoah College Choir and Band nearly 40 Winchester ettes and a Blossom ballet 56 dancers and a Radford College group. The John S. Ac hemy group performs an apple themed dance plus acrobatic stunts with a fiery hoop. The Dixettes three time Ted Mack winners and the Four Saints headline a long salute. New Friday sights include the Cadette Corps Vandenburg Guard West Virginia University Pershing Aiffes and Gettysburg Super Sabres. Queen knighting precedes a 45 minute US Army Field Band concert with backstage coordinators and alert telephones listed.
Queen elect arrives for an open house at Jackson Headquarters and a busy Winchester schedule. She will meet festival workers, attend receptions, and dine with local families. She mentions love of shopping in Washington and cites interest in impressionist art, preferring Goya as favorite painter.
Cephas Hook and several ladies are named among organizers and hostesses for the gathering. The notice lists entrances exits coordinators and visiting units with multiple Mrs. names and roles including sound amplification and bandstand setup.
The Veterans Administration states that more than six million government backed home loans have been issued to veterans, highlighting widespread use of the GI loan program and continued support for eligible buyers.
INGTON AP Scrolls and tokens were presented at a Virginia dinner honoring Burr Harrison and three long serving aides. Calvin Wise and M. Tuck were cited for decades of service, with Lacy noted as Capitol Hill veteran and Menefee recognized for 30 years in Washington.
Civil Air Patrol units in Virginia Indiana Ohio and West Virginia will search today for a light Bonanza missing on a Marion Indiana to Franklin Virginia flight with three men aboard. Pilot Jimmy Carter of Franklin and Trego Stone Co officials were aboard. Ramp checks failed to locate the plane as authorities consider weather or landing diversions.
An 18-year-old Farmville student, Robert Carter, died in a Richmond hospital after a Friday night accident in which his head, outside a moving car’s rear window, struck a parked car. The driver, Roy Clifton Jenkins Jr., 19, of Burkeville, faced no charges.
The forecast calls for a clear night with a low around 38 and a cool day tomorrow. Expect fair weather Friday and warmer conditions over the weekend with a chance of scattered frost tonight and possible showers later in the weekend.
Rainfall data reported for the period ending 8:30 a.m. today includes May totals and year-to-date figures. The 50 year averages for monthly rainfall are listed, with notable values for January through December including May at 3.83 inches and August at 9.52 inches.
West Virginia crops slowed by the driest April since 1884. A report released yesterday says the state’s agricultural growth has been hampered by unusually dry conditions, with farmers facing stunted planting and reduced yields across regions.
Hyannis Nebraska fire trucks will receive communications equipment after earlier incidents where calls were not quickly located. The move aims to improve dispatch accuracy and speed in emergency responses for the volunteer department.
A list of upcoming auctions and sales in May across Virginia and nearby areas. Items include dairy cattle farm equipment livestock and real estate with auctioneers and locations such as Winchester Route 7 near Ryan Va Cooks Garage on Rt 620 and Frederick County Court House.
Cold unseasonable weather marks the debut of May from the Midwest to New York. Snow accumulations reach up to three inches in Michigan and Indiana with gusty winds up to 50 mph. Traffic deaths occur in Ohio on snow covered highways as freezing air spills into Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
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