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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1955
Page
9
Channel 5 offers a daytime slate featuring Gene Autry, Tennessee Ernie Show, Feather Your Nest and Ted Mack Matinee. The lineup includes Hoppity Skippity News, Harness Racing and boxing segments with a mix of entertainment, theater, and family programs.
Channel guide lists farm segment This Day at 6 45 followed by Today with Garroway at 7 00 and News at 7 45. Morning includes Little Rascals Romper Room Ding Dong School and Channel 4 Learning blocks across 9 45.
The listing shows a full day of broadcasts from 4:00 PM to 1:15 AM including The Brighter Day The Secret Storm On Your Account Pick Temple Range Rider Spotlight Esso Reporter Soldiers of Fortune News Perry Como Burns and Allen Talent Scouts I Love Lucy December Bride Studio One News The Late Show with various daytime and game shows and soap operas featuring hosts and actors such as Robert Q. Lewis Garry Moore Arthur Godfrey and Bob Crosby.
Channel 5 provides a 1 30 cartoon concert followed by a 2 00 Hollywood matinee a 3 00 Ladies Home and a 3 15 theater presentation for viewers.
In Warrenton Virginia Uncle Pierre a 9 year old bay gelding owned by Cyrus Manierre of Middleburg won the Virginia Gold Cup steeplechase. Despite long odds he finished three lengths ahead of Drift Wood with Farmers Joy third. Gliding Slide led earlier but fell at the 22nd fence.
A dense list of WINC broadcast times outlines Monday and Tuesday schedules including News Weather Music and ABC programs. Notable entries include Quincy Howe Bill Stern Agronsky John McVane Paul Harvey and Morning Melodies plus regional segments Rural Roundup Companion and Morning Melodies.
A fragmented radio timetable lists CBS NBC and local programs from morning to late night including news broadcasts, variety shows, musical performances, and comedy routines featuring studios and hosts such as Abe News, MBS, and Mr Keen.
The automatic pilot was developed by William Green and first used on October 8, 1929, aboard a Gates-Day Standard J5 in Cleveland Ohio. The test flight was a Pennsylvania Central Airlines plane commanded by Captain Trow Sebree flying from Cleveland to Pittsburgh.
Dallas recalls Rip Collins, St. Louis Cardinals first baseman from the Gas House Gang era, noting fights with teammates and opponents as part of the team’s rough reputation in the early 1930s.
A fragment recalls a bygone crowd mindset, noting that what is now labeled dissonion was once seen as team spirit. The quote hints at shifting language around unity and competition.
The Clarke County and James Wood baseball teams set for 3 p.m. at Boyce. Eagles starter Walter Barr with Donnie Royston behind the plate,Col onels likely Johnny Foltz on the mound and Bill Robinson catching. Eagles at 1-2, Colonels 5-4. the result could nearly end their district title hopes.
By 1954 Asia’s population reached about 1.32 billion, more than half of the world’s roughly 2.55 billion people, indicating Asia housed the majority population.
A four year international correspondence chess match between Peoria and Germany concluded with Kronach, Bavaria winning 23 to 182. The German team began the event after a visitor to the Peoria YMCA club provided the name and address of Alfred Joanni in Kronach to Hank Cramer, then club president.
Richmond Virginia reports Hugh M Gordon, a former professional at Tedesco Country Club, Marblehead, Massachusetts, has introduced a folding feather light paper golf bag. He says the bag suits courses banning rolling carts, should sell near the price of a golf ball, and last for 10 to 15 rounds.
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