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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1956
Page
6
Pattern 4758 offers women’s sizes 36 to 50 with a sundress and bolero ensemble. Includes fabric yardage for size 36 and complete illustrated instructions. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents for first class mailing to Anne Adams at Winchester Evening Star. Include name address zone size and style number.
Trains magazine notes steam locomotives decline from 39 000 in 1945 to fewer than 5 000 while diesel power rises with 338 units on order. Still, 275 engines have been mounted in parks museums and sites from Waterville Maine to San Diego California, preserving historic iron horses.
The 1956 Cancer Crusade in Winchester and Frederick County raised 5000 toward a 2700 goal. Crusade chair Charles B. Baker announced the local tally, noting it tops previous efforts. Ralph Beveridge praised volunteers and the door to door canvass, with the Women's Civic League raising 2000 and Beveridge visiting June 1 to present a citation.
President Truman on a 90 minute Rome tour with Henry Luce as host drew crowds along a motorcade route past the Colosseum the Forum and the Pantheon. Truman compared Rome’s beauty to Independence Missouri reflecting on home as he quipped about being a senator in ancient times.
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