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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1961
Page
9
TV critics discuss how contrivances in plots would affect television if classic devices failed. The piece notes Hitchcock Presents at Shamley High School and NBC ABC scheduling changes, including The Americans ending, Steve Allen against Wagon Train, and Sing Along with Mitch moving to taped formats.
Senator Harry F Byrd received a tongue in cheek invitation from Virginia NAACP to attend a rally in Prince Edward County celebrating the 1954 school desegregation ruling. The rally aims to press for public education rights as Prince Edward County schools remain closed since 1989, with Roy Wilkins and Oliver W Weck slated as speakers.
Mills E. Godwin Jr. of Suffolk a state senator and former FBI agent will speak at the Stonewall Jackson Chapter American Institute of Banking annual banquet May 29 at Lee Jackson. Tevious Bailey says Zone C Group II Virginia Bankers Association attendees will join.
Dear Abby column addresses a mother admitting she ruined her daughter’s love letters. The advice urges letting go, noting the daughter may have found happiness. A widow asks about wearing a wedding ring. Abby says wear it as long as desired. A husband fears his wife’s dizziness is psychosomatic and suggests psychiatry.
Nelson County's Virginia Blue Ridge Railway remains the state's last fully steam powered line. Opened 1914 to haul chestnut timber, it faced blight and wartime losses but stayed afloat with founders' funds. The line from Tye River to Piney River remains in use today, supported by local mineral and lumber traffic.
The Virginia Blue Ridge Railway uses four army surplus 0-6-0 steam engines to haul freight between Piney River and Tye River, with diesel switchers seen as distant, despite higher costs and need for retraining. The line moved over 200000 tons in 1960 for about 365000 dollars in gross income, serving Piney River, Rose Mill and surrounding plants including an American Cyanamid titanium pigment operation.
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