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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1972
Page
4
Elmer L. Smith covers onion and garlic uses from ancient wards off illness and weather prophecy to amulets against evil and vampires. He notes modern science confirms their nutritious value and germ fighting compounds, while ancient lore explains many health beliefs.
May 10 marks events across centuries including the 1871 Treaty of Frankfurt ending the Franco Prussian War and Alsace Lorraine ceded to Germany. Also noted are Vespucci’s New World voyage in 1497 and Fort Ticonderoga capture in 1775.
Brigadier General James Hamlet, a rare Black commander in Vietnam, leads the Third Brigade of the First Air Cavalry amid narcotics issues, mutiny rumors, and discipline challenges at Bien Hoa. He stresses hard work to keep troops focused while acknowledging a minority causing most problems.
Rhyme's Den notes pay tribute to Elizabeth Doyle Hauck of Winchester Virginia in a poetic memorial. The poem lauds her eight children twenty grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren her sewing, cooking, humor and courage. It frames death as release to a Kentucky home and ends with her name and city.
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