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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1961
Page
7
Pope John XXII will issue a major encyclical marking the 70th anniversary of Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum. The document will supplement the 1891 letter and address new social and economic issues threatening justice and labor.
By petition with the State Corporation Commission the Virginia Rail Carriers seek authority to raise intrastate freight rates aligned to interstate increases from Ex Parte No. 223. Case 15106 docketed with a hearing at the Blanton Building Richmond at 10:00 A.M. on June 6, 1961. Interested parties may testify as per the Commission order of April 7, 1961.
Balance sheet shows assets totaling 1,479,036.48 including cash government obligations and loans. Liabilities total 1,349,898.17 with deposits and checks. capital accounts total 129,138.31. Notary confirms sworn statement dated May 2, 1200.
J Rhodes Marston a Potomac State College student Keyser West Virginia was elected Governor of the West Virginia District of Circle K International He is a cultural major president elect of Potomac State Circle K secretary elect of the Agriculture Club and affiliated with the Potomac State Singers and Theta Sigma Chi fraternity.
Pope John XXIII described the planned encyclical to cover Leo and Pius popes social teaching since Rerum Novarum. It will address ongoing social problems, new urgent issues of the era, and reaffirm church teachings with the third section likely tackling communism and the agriculture industrial balance.
Dr. G Ross Henninger president of the Ohio College of Applied Science and the Ohio Mechanics Institute says the nation needed 114000 engineering technicians last June to balance 38000 graduate engineers but only 11000 technicians were graduated from accredited institutes.
Gainesboro notes list the annual Zone in a Louise Lillard Zone to be held at the Gainesboro Methodist Church on Wednesday. The article also records visiting relatives of Mrs Goldie McIlwee and a reorganized Woman's Society of Christian Service with newly elected officers and church activities.
A detailed concert review notes Carl Broman's organ recital at Mary College Staunton featuring 17th century chorale preludes and Bach works with antiphonal touches. It highlights Waland Introduction and Toccata in G major, Langlais Te Deum, Reger and Franck influences, and Franck Choral in A minor as a finale. Alice Creager references follow.
Mrs Ernest Grayson hosts visitors this week. Ethel Anderson remains home after hospital stay. Ernest Grayson and family visited J C Kelechner. Jimme Grayson injured at James Wood School. Rain keeps residents busy with yard work and gardens. Barbara Hawkins of Winchester visits this week. Ernest Grayson traveled to Martinsburg West Virginia Monday.
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