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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1961
Page
14
Frank Dancer bought a giant electric light bulb in 1926 for his harness business. Thirty five years later the bulb remains in his store now devoted to leather goods. The bulb, stripped of markings, is estimated to still output about 300 watts.
A civilian pilot and seven ground witnesses saw a wingless object south of Salt Lake City on Monday. Waldo J. Harris said the craft hovered near Utah Lake as he approached within three to five miles before it vanished. The Air Force reported no related sightings.
Dr Bruce Gray of Boyce will be guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club luncheon tomorrow at 12 15 p m in the George Washington Hotel. He will discuss the Northwestern Child Guidance Center. Garland Canter leads the nominating committee with Alan Peery Robert Glaize Marvin Gore and George Good.
The Potomac Edison Company and its Northern Virginia Power Company published a four color Civil War highway map titled The Civil War in the Valley of History. Winchester's George Washington Hotel manager Eugene Branch ordered 500 copies now distributed nationwide.
Federal officials issued a call for reports on the condition of banks under its jurisdiction as of the close of business Sept. 27. The call affects 4,524 national banks and 7,321 insured state banks not members of the Federal Reserve System or located in the District of Columbia.
Junior Stand members sold soft drinks hot dogs potato chips candy and gum during the Sept 23 Handley game. The report lists a busy schedule with teams renamed Colts Rams Eagles Redskins and notes junior profits from the sales while outlining Oct game times at James Wood Handley and Oct 28 pairings.
Handlian editor Luciano Crusi and staff attend an all day Year book Service Workshop sponsored by Inter-Collegiate Press Inc in Kansas City Kansas and Winnipeg Canada at the George Washington Hotel. Representatives from 19 schools across Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia joined. the event featured a panel explaining 58 production steps and a gallery of yearbooks from U S and Canadian schools.
Fans are invited to watch Handley and James Wood play in two school bowls. The article previews future Little League football action and the enthusiasm of local supporters for the teams.
The exhibit titled The Human Figures in Child Art features paintings obtained through Miss Pannill from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Printed explanations describe the participating age groups and guide viewers to the life like child drawings.
Wednesday forecast lists reader David Bowers leader Steve Ritter pianist Joyc2 Anne Gano. Thursday Thespian Club meets during advisory. Friday Chapel features reader Norman Stotlemyer leader Willie Dembick and pianist Linda Gar.
Senior boys sing as Saturday events feature a Little League game at 12 30 p m. The Homecoming game against George Mason starts at 2 p m with reader Jef frey Slonaker and pianist Barbara Loy leading a chapel and booster club meeting at 3 20.
Special music for last Wednesday's Chapel service featured the Senior girls singing This is My Father's World.
Mrs. Fred Wealthy returns from University of boon Hospital in Charlottes ville. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Legge back from Germany where he served with the United States Army. Mrs. Carl O Leary home after visit with son and daughter in Warrenton. Mrs. James Steele recuperating at home after illness. Mrs. Chester Mong of Akron visiting her mother. Rev Josiah Andrew recovered from illness. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Andrews visited Mr. and Mrs. John Stanley at Staunton. Mr. and Mrs. G W Borden and Tommy Sperry visited T A Sperry, patient at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda.
Mary Bruce Sharon aged 84 who began painting after seventy earned recognition for evocative landscape scenes. Her works appeared in galleries nationwide and in France. She was born in Kansas City and was the widow of Frederic Christy Sharon, a Kansas City real estate figure.
Dr Clair L Ingalls 61 longtime executive assistant for the American College of Surgeons died of a heart attack. He had served with the college since 1951 and was a practicing physician in Rockingham, Missouri born at Pleasant Lake Indiana.
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