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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1952
Page
4
A brief literary note reflects on the nativity story as central to the season's meaning, praising divine peace and goodwill. The fragment invokes Christmas imagery and traditional greeting amid the Winchester Evening Star's historic Christmas note.
The article honors Ed ward W. Hudgins, chief justice of Virginia, as the longest-serving member of the state Supreme Court since the turn of the century. At 70 he has 23 years on the bench, with a modernizing approach and a law career dating to 1908. His son Edward M. Hudgins serves in the House of Delegates.
Governor Battle defends Virginia legislative redistricting as a distasteful duty. He notes representation based on population, changes over time require reapportionment every ten years, and some assembly seats may be eliminated. Virginians should support lawmakers with patience to minimize hard feelings.
Editorial argues for honoring George Rogers Clark 200th anniversary of his birth. Credits Clark with northwest expansion and conquest, urges inclusion in Kentucky and national halls alongside Lincoln and Clay, and notes Kentucky statues and Capitol recognition.
In the Western Zone Germans mark a memorial day for the dead of two world wars. Chancellor Adenauer at Mannheim notes deaths resulted from violation of right justice and peace, urging reflection on the shared fate of German and Allied sufferers.
One year ago Mr and Mrs Claude Whetzel Grimes announced the birth of a daughter Mrs Whetzel was the former Miss Jessie Goulden Dr and Mrs Lewis Miller had been visiting Mr and Mrs Stewart Bell Jr on Cameron Street Dr Sam Birch was a patient in Memorial Hospital from a hunting accident operations off the coast of Africa Pfc Glenwood Dodson son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd S Dodson Berryville was in North Africa fighting Mrs Mary A Smith broke her arm from a fall at her National Avenue home Mr and Mrs E F Gordon announced the marriage of their daughter Emma Cornelia to Mr Carroll Anderson Unger son of Mr and Mrs Boyd Unger Mr and Mrs M tls Lee and Mr and Mrs Ray Kline entertained at a surprise party for their children Shannon Kay Bee and Earl Kline Mrs L L Hockman hosted guest Chrisman Hockman of Miami Florida
Local service member Second class aviation ordinanceman Carl Campbell is the first resident to return home after serving with the Second Front. He arrived to a welcoming crowd and was greeted by family and community members.
City Treasurer William T Barr and Police Chief M A Doran remain at home due to illness. Mrs A C Swimsley returns home after Memorial Hospital operation. Mr and Mrs E W Humston host Mr C B Hinton and Mr and Mrs Curtis Loy.
The Winchester Dramatic Club collected 136 from its latest performance and donated the amount to the hospital charity fund after removing a family of skunks from the reservoir shed.
Readers query U S H bomb tests and Russia May event. Discussion covers impact of Eniwetok demonstration on arms lead and cost of production. Analysts foresee slow but steady Ike administration legislative action and party dynamics.
A reader quiz prompts ten questions on literature politics history and science with scored answers. It lists topics from Wuthering Heights to Duma to Beecher and Ford and asks true false density and Civil War figures.
Report shows past 24 hours rainfall of none ending 7 a m. Today. November rainfall to date 5.92 inches, 1952 to date 41.02 inches. Average yearly rainfall 36.79 inches. Monthly averages listed for 1912-1951 period.
The piece explains how viruses differ in their attack on the body, noting some viruses confer lasting or partial immunity while others allow relapse. It discusses the electron microscope enabling virus view, immunity examples like measles and smallpox, and the importance of inoculations for travelers and children. It also answers a reader question about burning tongue, citing infection as a cause and possible treatments.
The earth’s spin is due to an initial impulse of rotation, continuing uniformly unless external force acts. Its orbit around the sun is governed by gravity, a universal force, with the sun at the focus of the Earth's elliptical path.
Rawls plans to slip past Fort Union by night on the Yellowstone with the Pride of Kansas crew. McQuestion orders the bold river detour while Astrid seeks Narcissus’s tea leaf reading for guidance as danger looms and loyalties shift aboard the Varina.
Astrid, Earnshaw, Taber, and the crew press on under Mark Whirter’s orders while Captain Rawls lies ill. The Varina struggles against the current as they near unseen hazards lurking under a murky riverbank. A mysterious man signals from shore as tension builds.
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