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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1958
Page
7
Of Virginia Electric & Power Co. in April rose to $2,124,000, $225,000 over the same month a year ago, VEPCO reported yesterday. The firm said per share earnings on common stock were 13.3 cents, compared with 12.6 cents in April, 1957.
At a Cook County Chicago Democrats dinner Tr uman and Adlai Stevenson blasted the Eisenhower administration calling it a mess at home and abroad. They cited farm income, cost of living, unemployment, business failures, and a rising budget deficit as ad versities facing the nation.
Mrs. L. C. Foster hosted visitors last week. Portchester resident Mrs. William Lickens and Flemington native Mr. John Heflin visit with Mr. and Mrs. Hoover Settles. Meta Pifer and Mary Boyce dined with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Boyce. Ernest Pugh of Whitacre spent the day with the Bordens. Slonaker guests from Wellsburg join Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Slonaker. Mothers Day guests included Mr. and Mrs. George Clowser Jr. and daughter Bambi Lynn, Mrs. Frank Reed and Ada Reed of Gaithersburg, and Mr. and Mrs. C. Deatley of Arlington.
Boston City Hospital requested 2500 to acquire animal skulls for teaching anatomy to student nurses and staff. The hospital did not disclose the skulls' source.
Miss Sarah Combs of Millwood is coelected valedictorian with Miss Anna Paige of Berryville as salutorian at Johnson-Williams High School in Berryville. Commencement is June 9 at 8 p.m. in the school gymnasium. baccalaureate June 8 at 7 p.m. on campus with Rev. Charles Jones as speaker.
Charlottesville School Board plans a special session to consider 28 Negro children seeking entry to white schools. If admitted, state massive resistance laws may trigger swift school closures and funding cuts. if denied, federal courts could order admission. Public and legal pressure grows as NAACP lawyers push for integration.
The Rev. Robert O. Hickman was named chair man of the public relations committee at the Northwestern Guidance Center advisory board meeting. Officers installed include Edward Lizer president Dr Warren C Gregory vice president and Dr H P MacCubbin secretary treasurer. The center offers psychology based guidance and will publicize its services through a new program.
The text explains chi chi or chicha as fermented liquors from maize cane sugar and similar ingredients made by Patagonian natives. One autumn beverage from ripe apples becomes a potent cider produced by fermenting in lined pits with hides to prevent juice soaking away.
National League president Warren C. Giles warned Los Angeles voters that rejection of the Dodgers contract on June 3 could trigger relocation steps to another city. Dodgers president Walter OMalley said the club has many problems and cannot accept further risks, while Chavez Ravine supporters pressed ahead and critic John Holland denounced the threat as desperate.
Video Independent Theaters of Oklahoma City will discontinue telemovies in Bartlesville on June 6 after heavy losses. President Henry Griffing says the idea of piping first run movies into homes via closed circuit TV remains promising, but the venture was premature.
Miss Shirley Ann Gilliam of Winchester and Bridgeport Conn will receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from King College Bristol Tenn at graduation exercises on May 26 She is the first recipient of the Evening Star Leadership Award in the Frederick County School System She earned the award in 1954 after graduating from James Wood High School She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Aubrey J Gilliam formerly of Winchester now of Bridgeport Conn She majored in English at King College and this year served in the Student Government as a senior class representative A total of 37 seniors are in the graduating class The baccalaureate sermon will be on Sunday by Rev Charles Edward Gammon The commencement address will be delivered Monday by Dr C Everett Tilson.
Vitalii Goriaev and Ivan Semeonov, Moscow humor weekly Krokodil artists, visit New York en route to Indianapolis for the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists convention May 29-31. Welcomed by Dan Dowling, they admire skyscrapers and bridges and plan street sketches while noting fast traffic.
The remark notes how New York shop windows and people’s clothing convey a holiday impression, contrasting with quiet small town scenes and inviting readers to imagine fishing trips this season.
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