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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1962
Page
9
Teens can sew a shift dress with no waist seams for a comfy fit. Pattern 4540 offers cotton wool rayon options in sizes 10 through 16 with size 12 requiring 2 yards of fabric. Cost 35 cents plus 10 cents postage. mail to Anne Adams pattern dept. Winchester Evening Star.
In a heated California gubernatorial contest expected to be the dirtiest in state history Democratic and Republican leaders trade accusations over campaign material. Democrats blame faked photographs in a pamphlet attacking Gov. Edmund G. Brown and link it to Nixon aides, while Republicans deny the claims and defend the CDC booklet as misrepresented.
AP reports Mt Minamidake, among Japan's most active volcanoes, erupted late Friday night belching smoke and lava. The Central Meteorological Agency confirmed the eruption with no casualties. The peak lies on Sakurajima Island in the south of Japan.
Thirty six Winchester and Frederick County businesses join the Winchester Frederick Community Chest campaign by displaying Red Feather bumper strips on vehicles. Robert D. Novick praises the firms and notes over 600 strips in blue red and white were distributed. The supply is exhausted as orders come in and thanks are extended to all participants. The Chest aims for a 49950 goal to support eight member agencies.
Farm Credit officials attended a regional conference organized by the Virginia Commission of Farmer Cooperatives. The director-manager workshop aimed to improve farmer services and counter misinformation about cooperatives, with speakers from Farm Credit Co-ops, Rural Electric, DHIA, and various marketing and service co-ops.
Paul F. Rosenberger, president of John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc., announced the firm is now an authorized Johns-Manville dealer. The company, founded in 1907 by John H. Rosenberger, lists offices at 1336 Commerce St with officers Stephen Rosenberger vice president and Elsie Rosenberger secretary. Paul F. Rosenberger is a former Virginia Building and Materials Association president for 1961 and 1962.
Meredith W. Greene of Winchester and a Virginia Psychological Association executive member joined psychologists from across the state at the fall meeting. Discussion covered the psychologist role in space travel and astronaut training with guest Dr. Robert B. Voas from Houston Manned Spacecraft Center. The all day event took place at the Executive Motor Hotel in Richmond.
A batch of Dear Abby questions covers mistaken beliefs about automatic remarriage after living together, teen behavior and societal role, a 17 year old son with a police record for loitering, a teen girl’s dress and peer pressure, and a reader asking about cat kittens from a litter. The responses urge accurate views, guidance, and personal responsibility.
Abraham Lynch, a Jamaican apple picker, broke his leg when a tractor ran over his left leg at the C. L. Robinson farm three miles west of Winchester on Route 634. He was taken to Memorial Hospital by Winchester Rescue squadsmen Bob Hahn and Skeets Baptist and is resting comfortably in good condition.
Winners of last night's Duplicate Bridge at the George Washington Hotel were first place Mrs. A W Kinney and Mrs. Grace Roberts, second Mrs. Lester Elliott and Rolling Robertson, third Mrs. Claude Smalls and Mrs. C H Schutte, and fourth Mrs. Robert Giffin and Mrs. Charles Pietsch. Players may join weekly Fridays at 7 30 p m at the hotel.
A tip warns that stirring foods in skillets or pans with a wooden spoon may wear away the inside surface of the pan.
A dense telecast list for Sunday outlines numerous programs across networks including news weather sports films and entertainment. Notable titles feature The Defenders Joey Bishop Jackie Gleason The Real McCoys Bonanza G E True and various films such as Call Northside 777 River of No Return and Ten Gentlemen from West Point among others.
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