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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1962
Page
10
County council of Parent-Teacher Associations plans a School of Instruction at Kline Elementary School. The workshop on Wednesday will start with registration at 7 15 p.m. and program at 7 30 p.m. theme Putting Purpose in PTA Through Effective Committee Work.
New York AP reports My Fair Lady ends its Broadway run after 2717 performances over six and a half years. The show’s settings are stored for a possible revival. Community notices follow, including Junior Venture Club and Market Street Methodist Church circle meetings and Women's Civil League events.
Mrs Janet Rollings Thompson wed Dr A James Grinaker in a Coral Gables ceremony at the First Presbyterian Church. Officiant was Dr Clyde Myers. Bride's father Dr Harry Rollings Jr. of Wardensville WV and formerly of Richmond. Groom's parents Mr and Mrs Anne Grinaker of St Petersburg Fla. They plan to reside in St Petersburg where he practices privately.
Mr. and Mrs. William Whitley hosted guests last week including Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ackerman of Sayre Pennsylvania and Mr. and Mrs. Ackerman who planned a trip to Wheeling West Virginia for a Jamboree. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Leon Butts and Mrs. Anna Turner of Van Etten New York. Ray Mayhew of Gore has returned home after a stay in Winchester Memorial Hospital.
Community groups meet across Braddock Street to Commerce Street venues. Meetings include Job's Daughters at Fellowship Hall and many clubs such as Exhausters Auto Club Lions Club and Chamber of Commerce courses. Activities run from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. with occasional 12 15 p.m. sessions and Monday bike rides and scouts events.
A Pro duction of The Money Saucer features Bill Allison WINC announcer Susan Way Durbin Largent Brent Venable and Gary Williford among local participants. The show is at Shenandoah College Auditorium Friday at 8 p.m. sponsored by Beta Sigma Phi for the Rehabilitation Center.
Tickets for the National Symphony Orchestra concert in Handley Auditorium on November 1 at 8 30 p m went on sale announced by Jim Fleming chairman of the Exchange Club project sponsor annual General admission tickets available from any Exchange Club member or at the door Reserved seats from a member or Wonders Modernage Shenval Music stores
The National Council of Catholic Women held its fall meeting with President Mrs Preston Moffett in charge. An annual rummage sale is set for October 12 and 13 in the church basement with chairs Mrs James Barthelow and Mrs James Daniels. The Women of the Parish will have a Communion breakfast October 28 at Duff's Rebel Restaurant after the 8 o'clock Mass. A hat sale is planned October 15 at 8 p.m. in the church basement to support Sacred Heart Academy building fund.
Waynesboro Community Hospital hosts its first practical nursing class with 20th century aims. Miss Nettie Yowell calls Waynesboro the newest in the state but not the last as 26 classes statewide show rapid growth.
NASA reports a 50-50 chance Walter Schirra Jr. makes a six orbit Mercury flight Wednesday amid threats from Tropical Storm Daisy and a Gulf cold front. Launch is set for 7 to 9 a.m. at Cape Canaveral with weather updates sought at 4 p.m. Daisy could disrupt orbit three conditions over the Atlantic landing area.
The 1-year-old Sandra Doidge of Oreland Pennsylvania was crowned queen of the 1963 National Tobacco Festival at halftime of the Virginia Tech West Virginia game. She represented Pennsylvania after a field of 28 princesses. Virginia Governor Albertis S Harrisson crowned her.
The Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce sponsors the Action Course in Practical Politics with a 7:30 p.m. session at the War Memorial Building tomorrow. Nine sessions will be held Tuesday evenings through Nov 27. Enrollees listed include Allison, Bailey, Coffinberger, Cowley, Fleming, Fulboam, Emmart, Solenberger, Pasquali, Weiss, Wilson, and Zirkle. vacancies remain. open to all.
Phoenix residents celebrate by dancing in new streets after pavement projects are finished. City policy calls for a large street dance when construction ends, marking the completion of road work in the area.
The United Nations flag was raised in Hollandia West New Guinea as the Dutch era ends after 300 years. A UN administered transition will last seven months with a Pakistani security force to maintain order until Indonesia assumes control. Indonesia had threatened force and will oversee a self determination plebiscite before 1969 ends.
University of Virginia selects Dr. Robert Jennings Harris to become dean of the faculty of arts and sciences. Harris, 55, chairs Vanderbilt’s political science department and will assume duties July 1, serving as chief staff advisor to President Edgar F. Shannon Jr. on undergraduate and graduate arts and sciences.
The Rev Joseph Chandler Robbins a Baptist clergyman author and former president of the American Northern Baptist Convention from 1942 to 1944 died Sunday in West Haven Connecticut at age 88. Born in Rodan Nova Scotia he led prominent church groups and wrote on religious topics.
Roanoke physician Dr. Robert S. Hutcheson Jr. was named to the Virginia State Board of Health by Gov. Albertis S. Harrison Jr. He fills the unexpired term of Dr. George B. Lawson who resigned. The term runs through June 30, 1965.
Hollywood AP reports Meredith Willson composer of The Music Man recovering satisfactorily after an emergency appendectomy at St John s Hospital Santa Monica. He was hospitalized Sunday for surgery and is expected to make a full recovery.
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