Clarke County High elects Student Cooperative Association officers
Clarke County High School elected Robert Hummer of Millwood president of the Student Cooperative Association. Electees for other posts include Robert Davis as auditor Carolyn Edmunds as secretary Sally Ere as treasurer Linda Wynkoop as reporter and Jean Iden as PTA representative.
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Berryville
Robert Hummer
Millwood
Clarke County High School
Robert Davis
Carolyn Edmunds
Sallyere
Treasurand
Linda Wynkoop
Jean Iden
Parent-Teacher Association
Boyce PTA Postpones Dinner
The Boyce Elementary School PTA postponed its Mother's Day Dinner to May 21. Served from 12 30 p m in the school cafeteria, ham dinners and homemade ice cream will be sold for 75 cents for children and one dollar for adults. Two officers were elected: Orie Royston as vice president and Mrs. Thomas Fritts as treasurer, for two year terms. Charles E Miley, Clarke County High School principal, spoke on the eighth grade program.
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Boyce
Boyce Elementary School
Parent - Teachers Association
Orie Royston
Thomas Fritts
Charles E. Miley
Clarke County High School
Hospital Auxiliary Presents Operating Table
The Winchester Memorial Hospital unveils a new 2700 dollar operating table donated by the Hospital Auxiliary to support growing medical activities. The group notes past gifts include height adjustable beds at 2500 dollars and a 5000 dollar icemaker. Pencil Day Sale Friday benefits the hospital building fund with proceeds directed to the pledge.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Pital
Carl Napps
Sented
Hospital Building Fund
Robert Manuel
In Cuba a new wave of unrest and exile
The report recalls Cuban exiles held captive in Guatemala by CIA agents after refusing to join invasion forces. It notes a surge of Communist activity in the region, a 35 member Cuban exile group arriving in Kingston to learn Castro’s methods, and Navy positions near Guantanamo.
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Ben
Guatemala
CIA
Fulgencio Batista
Washington Post
Central
South America
Kingston
Jamaica
Recife
Brazil
Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Pentagon
United States
U.S. Navy
Castro
U.S
Guantanamo
Guantanamo Harbor
Oriente
Batista
Local Leaders Speak Against Pending Farm Labor Bills
Area fruit growers and leaders in Washington oppose four farm labor bills seen as restricting labor, expanding government power, or targeting migrant workers. The Frederick County Fruit Growers Association and Virginia Horticultural Society officials testified on the bills, with hearings set for June in New York and elsewhere.
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Congress
Y Area
Washington
Joseph P. Dorsey
Frederick County Fruit Growers Association
Charles Toan
House Select
Toan
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Ben Lacy
The
Horticultural Society
John Neff
Legislative Committee
the Society
Purcell McCue
Herbert Zelenko
D-Ny
New York State
Fruit Grower Association
National Citizens’ Council On Migratory Labor
Secretary of Labor
Camp Improvements Promised for Growers and Migrant Labor
The article notes planned improvements with camp costs borne by growers at an average of one and one fourth cents per bushel. Migrant workers are described as Negroes from southern states. foreign workers from the Bahamas and Jamaica are excluded from this label. Institutions involved include Highland Presbyterian Church, Calvary Baptist, and various church organizations in Winchester. A speaker originally slated to address the meeting appeared before a House committee.
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Bahamas
Jamaica
Robinson
D. F. Hardesty
Highland Presbyterian Church
J S.ducknall
Highland Memorial Church
Myron S. Miller
Virginia Council of Churches
Emma Ridgeway
Winchester Council of Church Women
John Kinzie
Calvary Baptist Church
Duckwall
My. Toan
House of Representatives
Two Youths Reported Missing in Winchester
Winchester Police seek two teenaged boys reported missing since last night. Jackie Combs, five feet tall and 101 pounds, wore a green coat with a light blue jacket and green trousers and rode a yellow and white bicycle. Charles Anderson, five feet six inches, has light curly blond hair and blue eyes, wearing a brown leather jacket and brown trousers.
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Winchester
Jackie Combs
Acorn Heights
Charles Anderson
Factory idle total rises. April week length up
New figures show the idle factory total at 1.3 million. The average factory work week rose 6 minutes to 39.2 hours, with Wollbein calling the April rise significant as a typical decline is expected. After seasonal adjustment the work week has increased about a half hour so far.
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Wollbein
Unfavorable Sign in 1961 Labor Trends
Woilfbein notes long term unemployment rising with 266000 more jobless in April. Manufacturing employment stays at 15.5 million as typical April declines of 109000 do not occur. The upward trend extends from early last fall.
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Woilfbein
Eleanor Ad Promises Low Prices on Dresses
An advertisement urges Mary to come home so they can shop at Eleanor at 146 N Loudoun St. The pitch highlights lower prices and a dress for 2.99, inviting quick purchase.
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Eleanor
ELEA
Nor
Loudoun St
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