Humility Praised Over Pride in Psalm Reflection
The tongue that speaketh proud things is warned against by Psalm 12 3 and the piece argues that true greatness lies in humility, contrasting weak vanity with the average humbleness of great men.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1956
Page
4
Iowa Farm Study Shows Decline in Net Cash Income
Iowa State College reports that 148 Iowa farms averaged 10 247 dollars net cash income in 1953 and 7 501 in 1955 while gross income per acre fell from 68 to 57 dollars. Returns on livestock against feed dropped from 141 to 109 per 100 dollars fed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Iowa
Merriam Webster 1956 Adds Novel Sense Of Words And Terms
The 1956 edition expands with new meanings such as zombie as fool and cocktail, aerosol bomb as a pressurized can, telegenic for screen ready looks, and terms like afterburner soup and aquabelle. Other entries include shopper trends, music slang bebop, 3-D, shish kebab, and drum majorette reflecting modern culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aquabelle
Baby-sitter Makes Dictionary Debut Claim
A playful note recalls the word baby-sitter as if it were long overdue in dictionaries since Noah Webster began compiling Webster's first edition in 1828. The remark treats the term as a timeless staple of English usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Webster
Still Wants A Home Of Her Own In Modern Living
Editorial notes a women’s demand for personal space in housing. The Women’s Congress on Housing in Washington favors rooms and parlors over multipurpose layouts, praising independence from design trends and urging ample space for freedom and personality. The piece champions center hall colonials with upstairs rooms to satisfy individual needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Congress On Housing
Washington
Federal
Aing
Ike and the Waiter at Editors’ Dinner
President Eisenhower spoke to the American Editors Association in the Statler Hotel Washington when a waiter dropped a tray behind his chair. Ike silently handed money to the stunned waiter as Secret Service reacted, then resumed eating while the crowd watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Hotel
Statler
Washington
Secret Service
Mr. Eisenhower
Ike
Winchester Host De Luxe for Apple Blossom Festival
Winchester marked 32 years of Apple Blossom Festival with massive crowds and lavish hospitality. The event featured two-page parade productions, grand balls, receptions, fireworks, and numerous parties hosted by civic leaders and residents. Highlights included Queen Mimi MacArthur, Betty Furness, and a rifle exhibition, with guests from Winchester England and dignitaries like Sen. Alben W Barkley. The festival showcased vintage cars, marching bands from Florida, and a golden coach ride, ending with fireworks after the Firemen’s Parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Shenandoah
Roanoke
Roger Edmunds
England
Virginia
Mimi MacArthur
Betty Furness
Winchester Arms Co
Fort Lauderdale
Hollywood
Florida
Lewis H. Hyde Jr.s
Year Ago News Highlights From 1955 Star Files
Highlights include Charles A Campbell elected president of the James Wood football club and a $14134 budget approved by Stephens City Town Council for the new fiscal year. Also noted are typhoon alerts in the Philippines, a major textile strike, Jordan-Israel clashes, a new public school superintendent, Norfolk Southern temporary layoffs, visits between Texas families, Admiral Byrd’s parade queen, a 40000 crowd at a school parade, and aviation fatalities near Van Reenan Natal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Campbell
James Wood Touchdown Club
Stephens City
E. L. Bennett
Albin
D. L. Edwards
Wooster
Onio
Martinsburg Man Nominated For Mayor In 1906
Mr. Peyton R. Harrison of Martinsburg, husband of Mrs. Holmes Boyd's daughter, was nominated for mayor. Mrs. Wisecarver and daughter visited Kernstown. U S Secret Service seized a printing outfit and half a million lottery tickets in New York, employing 50 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peyton R. Harrison
Martinsburg
E. Holmes Boyd
I W. Wisecarver
Miss Pearl
Rainfall Records Show Annual and Monthly Averages
Rainfall data covers past 24 hours ending 8 30 a m with none today. May rainfall to date is .16 inches and 1956 year to date is 11.68 inches. Average annual rainfall over 43 years is 36.95 inches with monthly averages listed for 1912 1955 including January 2.45 February 1.95 March 2.98 April 3.10 May 3.90 June 3.90 July 3.69 August 3.99 September 2.65 October 3.22 November 2.57 December 2.46.
Daily Crossword Across and Down Puzzles Amuse Readers
Crossword clues list with across and down entries, including solutions like kettle knock ready money cuckoos wide mouthed jar prickling sensation on skin reprove mildly esker marshy meadow patella hewing tool lair bristle like organ evil exclamation of disgust filmy covering on top of liquid fuel from down capital of the Balearic Islands Syria drunken loafer agents man s nickname yesterday s answer unit of prefix statistical disfigure note of the scale subsidizing length of walking step French river ornamental knob decays large worm upward curving of a ship s planking work paper requires fasteners foggy gun slang people of beasts Denmark devoured.
City blosoms miss this year despite next year plans
A brief item notes no bloom event occurred this season. organizers assure visitors not to worry as efforts will resume next year and the city bears no responsibility for the current absence.
How's Your I Q Memory Quiz and Historical Facts
A puzzle style page presents a 10 day 100 question score guide and discusses memory genius to very superior levels with daily results. It includes mixed questions across categories IL ODD ry Bible science nature and native terms asking about Captain Bligh portrait painter Joseph Hargreaves and sargassum form which tests knowledge and classification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Ry
Bligh
West Indies
East Indies
Jonathan Blackburn
Joseph
Mary
John Hargreaves
Fragmented Reflections on Language and Faith
A mosaic of questions and musings about words, geography, and moral responsibility. The text ponders whether the Black Forest lies in Russia or Germany and traces leek etymology to leac while naming related terms gar leac and enne leac. It closes with a devotional line about each person furnishing a tiny but vital piece to a larger divine picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Forest
Russia
Germany
The Mirror of Humanity in a Vast Picture
The text muses on humanity's tiny place in all time and reflects that life resembles a vast puzzle. It compares legendary figures past and future with our own small existence, suggesting God sees the entire picture while individuals see only fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
You and
God
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Channel 7
Channel 9
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Douglas MacArthur II
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Arthur MacArthur
Sen
Alben W Barkley
Monford D. Custer, Jr
Union
Jimmy Melton
London
Cuthbert Lowell Ackroyd
Tom Scully
R. J. Scott
U.S
Arichosider
Scott
the Star
Red Cross
Philippines
Dan River Mills
the Jordan
Sea of Galilee
Tuck
G. Tyler Miler
Norfolk Southern Railway Co
Office of Defense Transportation
Mrs
Marshal Golliday
Good Fellow Fish
San Angelo
Texas
Mrs. C. B. Golliday
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Patricia Morton
Shenandoah VIII
Margeret, Lewis Byrd
Thomas B. Byrd
Glen Kidston
T. A. Gladstone
Africa
van Reenan
Natal
Kettle
Down
Balearic Islands
T Nor
Wayside Tavern
Syria
Loafer
Denmark
I. Q
Earl L. Douglas
D. D
Shenandoah Gas CO
Royal Jewelers
Ano
Fenrys
John Reid
Loudoun ST
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