Evening Star Leadership Awards Winners Named
The Evening Star announces leadership award recipients selecting two boys and a girl from three area school systems as this year’s winners.
29 May 1965
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1965
Page
1
The Evening Star announces leadership award recipients selecting two boys and a girl from three area school systems as this year’s winners.
Jerry Wayne Turner 18 son of Edwin R and Mrs Turner of 205 West Street will attend the University of Richmond as a ministerial student. He ranked 10th in a 159 member senior class at Handley with a B plus average and was student body president. He participated in plays, glee club, Latin and Spanish choirs, and varsity track earning a varsity letter and a literary award. He belongs to the First Baptist Church and the Winchester Christian Youth group.
Judith Ann Ritter daughter of Mr and Mrs George B Ritter of Apple Pie Ridge plans to study history at Westhampton University of Richmond to become a teacher. She earned top marks four years in high school and held leadership roles in National Honor Society Mardi Gras Dance Junior Senior Prom Committee French Club Student Council and church youth groups. She also contributed to the Woodbine yearbook and received scholastic achievement awards.
Walter Lee Loope of Bluemont a Clarke County High School senior graduates in second place in a class of 72 and plans to study conservation at Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg He has held multiple offices in clubs and student organizations and earned varsity letters in football baseball and basketball He is an Eagle Scout and member of St Thomas Lutheran Church in Charles Town The Star Leadership Award committee announced the winners with each recipient receiving 500 to support education or career plans
Area veterans will be honored at multiple Memorial Day services tomorrow. Former Winchester mayor Claude B Smalts Jr speaks at 2 p.m. at Winchester National Cemetery with a wreath laying and firing squad salute. A 3 15 p.m. service follows at Shenandoah Memorial Park with V F W 2123 firing squad and Rev T R Tuttle delivering the address. In Berryville Clarke County High School band and honor guard participate. Memorial Day honors servicemen from Civil War to present conflicts and is a legal holiday in many states.
A reminder that clocks should not be moved forward tonight as DST begins at the first moment of Sunday June 6. The change occurs at that time, not earlier.
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation insures deposits at Winchester Savings & Loan. A 4 1/4 percent dividend applies, with earnings from the 1st to the 10th payment window. Corner locations at Boscawen and Washington highlighted for customers seeking insured savings.
Area commencement exercises open with the baccalaureate sermon to 265 seniors at James Wood High School. Dr. George R. Davis of National City Christian Church will be the speaker. The service begins at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium.
Astronaut Edward H. White II will use a spacegun to drift within about 20 feet of a spent rocket during the Gemini 4 mission. Officials announced the planned space rendezvous as part of the four day flight with James A. McDivitt. The mission, set to launch from Cape Kennedy Pad 19, aims to advance U S spaceflight and outpace Soviet efforts.
The Rev Alfred Graham Taylor of First Presbyterian Charlottesville will deliver the baccalaureate sermon for Handley High School on June 6 at 8 p.m. for 159 graduates. He will later preside over graduation exercises June 11.
U.S. warplanes bombed Hon Nieu Island 130 miles north of the 17th Parallel destroying an antiaircraft battery two buildings and a radar tower. Navy aircraft struck bridges and barges 160 miles south of Hanoi as Viet Cong attacks widen to Quang Tri and surrounding provinces with heavy fighting and casualties.
The Associated Press reports traffic deaths on Memorial Day weekend’s first day total 61 as motorists fill highways. Safety officials caution early pace. overall 78 hours could see 430 to 510 fatalities, with last year’s three day high at 431.
Caped Kennedy Florida AP reports the 130 pound Interplanetary Monitoring Platform Imp 3 launched atop a Delta rocket at 7 am. NASA announced Explorer 28 in orbit after a 23 000 mph ascent and outlined a four day mission to a 130 000 mile apogee with a low point near 120 miles. The satellite will study radiation and magnetic fields to aid the Apollo program while tracking sun flare activity for predictive data.
In person applications invited at Perry Engineering Co with House of Fashions Beauty Salon listing. Open monthly Saturday night by appointment. Call 667-2383 for details.
In Santo Domingo the Inter American Peace Force gains Brazilian commander Gen Hugo P Alvim Vallejo as chief of 21 000 U S troops and allied units. Lt Gen Bruce Palmer says U S will retain control over troop usage while coordinating with the OAS and Brazilian officials. President Johnson orders more withdrawals but some Americans remain to support the cease fire and peacekeeping effort.
A sudden trough over a cool air mass brought rain to Virginia. The system should drift away today, making way for dry northwesterly winds to enter the state.
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