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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1969
Page
15
In Health Career Week Virginia, male nurses join a field long dominated by women. Kester School of Practical Nursing has already produced one male LPN with two more due this August. Clarke Frederic Warren Winchester School trains LPNs in a 12 month program. 69 have graduated since 1963 with 12 more to finish in August.
Construction of a new bridge and approaches on Route 600 at Back Creek north of Gainesboro Post Office will start soon and finish around September. The project cost is about $98,216. The contract was awarded by the State Highway Department to Sanford Brothers Co., Inc. of Roanoke.
The first of two annual Winchester 4-H Market Lamb Shows and Sales will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at the Farmers Livestock Exchange with a sale to begin at 7 p.m. Exhibitors include 4-H members from Frederick, Clarke, Rappahannock and Page Counties. Judge is Mr Eff Embree, Fauquier Extension Agent. Lambs on display and sale come from 4-H Sheep Projects fed at least 60 days and weighing 90 to 105 lbs, grading Blue O or better for sale eligibility Red Shoulder or better in the sale.
A person recalls enduring ridicule for pursuing nursing and describes starting as an orderly. They enrolled at the Winchester School of Practical Nursing after learning it accepted male students and plan to graduate in August, expressing happiness about the career change.
In British Columbia marijuana offenders are sent to wilderness camps rather than prison. Officials say the four month program ends with survival tests and aims to instill responsibility, with Boulder Bay camp near Haney hosting up to 44 youths and high turnover monthly. In separate U S notices three Virginians were listed as Vietnam casualties.
Law offices of Garland M. Layton and the firm of Vice Mayor Robert Cromwell plus Culverhouse and Whitehurst suffered about 50 000 in damages when an unknown assailant threw a Molotov cocktail Wednesday night. Layton suggested an irate client or angry citizen may be responsible as tensions rise. The incident occurred in Robbins Corner shopping area.
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