Lions Club to Build Shelter at Smith Field Ave Playground
The Winchester Lions Club sponsors a new picnic shelter under construction at Smith Field Ave Playground. The 30 by 60 foot structure, costing over $4,000, should be finished by late fall. From left to right in the photo discussing plans are Donald K. Jones Jim Letterman Clay Manuel and Jim Barnett.
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Smithfield Ave
Winchester Lions Club
Winchester Recreation Park
Lions
Donald K
Butch) Jones
Jim Letterman
Lions Club
Clay Manuel
Jim Barnett
Parks and Recreation Department
Subcommittee Backs Drafting 19 Year Olds Amid Lottery Plan
A House Armed Services subcommittee signals support for Nixon administration's lottery draft, echoing calls to call up 19 year olds first. Defense Secretary Laird and SSS chief Hershey testified the lottery would be the fairest method, with a September or October drawing to order 365 birthdates for 19 year olds.
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Subcommittee
Washington
House
Nixon
Special Armed Services Subcommittee
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Administration
Congress
New Anne Adams Pattern 4545 Debuts In Fall Catalog
The advertisement promotes Pattern 4545 in crepe flannel and wool jersey with front pleats and a flattering holiday look. It lists half sizes 10 to 20 with bust 37 for size 14 and fabric guidance, plus pricing for patterns and mailing options. It touts a large fall-winter catalog with 105 styles and related sewing books and coupons.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Hints From Heloise Corrugated Box Shoe Rack Idea
A reader suggests using a sturdy corrugated box, like soda cartons, as an inexpensive shoe rack. Boxsides turned sideways store six pairs neatly in a closet, with options to cover, paint, or stack for more space.
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Heloise
Obenshain Promises Aggressive VA Attorney General Run
Winchester speech outlines plan to broaden the office’s reach, to push law and order, raise police salaries, combat drug abuse with education, and draft a pornography statute. Obenshain criticizes Miller for not detailing penal system reforms and cites a two day penitentiary tour.
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Obenshain
Virginia
Mr. Obenshain
Andrew P. Miller
Home Brewing Co to shut Richmond brewery after 50 years
The Home Brewing Co Inc will end operations in Richmond as aging beer sells out in late November. President Frederick Sitterding III said the plant stopped brewing in September after five decades of Richbrau, amid continuous losses and national brand competition. The firm may be sold. a Tidewater Virginia survey notes August as the region’s favored vacation month.
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Richmond
Home Brewing Co. Inc
Frederick Sitterding III
Sitterding
Home Brewing
Virginia
Obenshain Campaign Stops in Winchester Area
Republican Attorney General hopeful Richard D. Obenshain campaigns in Winchester Frederick and Clarke Counties with Maurice Duffey and Wayne Whitham. He planned a 5 p.m. public picnic at Robert Burkholder’s Merriman Lane residence and spoke on penal reform and rehabilitation.
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Winchester
Richard D
Dick) Obenshain
Virginia
Obenshain
Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Maurice
Pat) Duffey
Richmond
Robert Burkholder
Merrimans Lane
Mary Helen Massie
Merriman’s Lane
Wayne A. Whitham
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Flne Ablow
Corrugated Box
Mrs. S. Parules
Joyce Scovill
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Effie Horton
Effie
Mamma
L. Dominy P.S
Robert Wombacher
P.O
National Symphony Orchestra of Washington
Handley School Auditorium
C& S Bank
Farmers & Merchants Nat'l, Bank
Winchester Exchange Club
Shenandoah Valley
Nat’l, Bank
State Penitentiaries
Penal
Tidewater
Miller
Abingdon
Young Republican Federation of Virginia
Alex Corporation
O'Sullivan Rubber
Berryville
Frederick County
WINC
Sounding Board
Boro Department
Bankamericar
HANDI
Hoover Electric
Berryville Ave
P.M
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