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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1968
Page
7
Abigail Van Buren offers plain English guidance on intimate truths and domestic tensions. The column includes letters about virginity, marital boredom after 25 years, parenting duties, pet contention, neighbor privacy, and requests for personal replies and Abby’s booklet.
Pvt. James A. Russell of Front Royal Road was drafted into the U.S. Marines on April 24 and is stationed at Camp Pendleton California. AF cadet Neil H. Fravel of Stephens City joins the Air Force Academy Class of 1972 after basic training. Re enlistee Douglas L. (AF 13523950) from Greenwood Road serves with the 27th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Loring Maine. Airman Robert A. White of Stephens City completes basic training at Lackland and awaits schooling at Chanute. Army Private Glendon Dyer of Wardensville, assigned at Fort Knox, begins further training for a military skill.
Airman Alan C. Greene completes basic training at Lackland Texas and heads to Sheppard AFB for aircraft maintenance schooling. Navy Boilerman Second Class Leonard C. Anderson Jr. serves aboard USS Robert H. McCard in the North Atlantic during NATO Exercise Silver Tower. Sergeant Cecil S. Andrick reports for duty at Duluth International Airport after radar operator training. All are connected to families in Stephens City and nearby towns.
The Frederick County Apple Show will be held Wednesday in the main lobby of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank on North Cameron Street. Apples will be received from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with judging soon after. National Apple Week runs October 9 through 19. Edward C. Shokes chairs the Quality Apple Contest with multiple classes offering cash prizes from five to twenty five dollars for first place and smaller awards for secondary placements.
A National Council of Churches report notes a drop from 80 Protestant missionaries in 1961 to 20 today, with no new arrivals since 1964. Despite eight hospitals, only two doctors remain to staff them in the Portuguese colony of Angola.
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