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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1954
Page
7
Army worm outbreaks feared again this year says Dr. J O Rowell entomologist at VPI earliest Virginia sighting Wythe County first week May. Farmers should monitor small grain and pastures and act quickly to control infestations once found 3 to 5 worms per square foot threshold.
The spiders have reportedly been found in every state except Vermont. Their bite can be deadly as black widow venom is about 15 times as potent as rattlesnake venom.
Miss Patricia Jane Kirk of Bamberg South Carolina has accepted a position as Director of Religious Education at Braddock Street Methodist Church starting September 1. She holds an AB in English from the University of South Carolina and will earn an MA in Religious Education from Scarritt College this summer. Her duties include children's and youth programs with weekday kindergarten for children and evening Methodist Youth Fellowship activities. She will also take a kindergarten course at George Peabody College in Nashville before starting.
New York reports the administration shifts defense planning toward the Pacific theater with Aviation Week noting foreign aid earmarked at 160 million dollars for aircraft this year up from 22 million last year. Deputy Defense Secretary W J McNeil travels to the Far East to study the situation through July before helping draft the 1956 budget alongside Gen James Van Fleet United States Army Retired who is surveying the Pacific.
The 44th annual Boy Scouts of America national council meeting will be held in Washington DC at the Statler and Mayflower hotels on Friday and Saturday. Attending are 12 Shenandoah Area Council delegates from Winchester plus other council leaders. Notables include Dr Lewis Webster Jones Ezra Taft Benson and John M Schiff with speeches and the opening color ceremony.
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