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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1950
Page
4
Display ads must be in the office 48 hours before publication. Transient rate at 70 cents per inch. Contract rates upon application. Classified rates listed in the classified column. Poetic snippets and moral reflections interspersed in the text.
The Christian Science Monitor riffs on the enduring hit Good Night Irene and its jukebox ubiquity. It notes NYT Magazine statistics claiming 1400 plays per minute in America and playfully contests Elizabethan origins while referencing Shakespearean twists on the Good Night motif and a copy boy’s juke box critique.
About 125 people attended a farewell dinner at Market St. Methodist Church as Rev. and Mrs. Lewis Havermale left for a new pastorate in Chatham Virginia. The event drew local clergy and families marking their interim service in the community.
The local draft board announced that number 158 was the first to be drawn in the national peace-time draft, and the name Sterling W. was identified with that number.
Charles E. Miller, speaker for the Democratic rally at Rock Enon, was thrown from Stuart L. Forney's buggy on the way home. At the Paris exhibition, apples from Frederick County farms owned by William Heitt, James Robinson and L. Lup ton took second prize. Missouri apples won first.
Washington reports a farmer driven revolt may threaten Democratic candidates as Olmsted and Wallacian concerns over Communism and Brannanism grow. Senator Bridges accuses the Iowa Farm Union of Moscow influence while Patton probes pro Moscow allies and Loveland fights for farm policy support.
Col. Lewis Burwell Puller, famed World War II and Korean War leader, is named for promotion to brigadier general by President Truman. The move elevates seven Marine colonels to temporary brigadier general upon vacancy. Puller commanded the First Marine Regiment in Korea and received the Silver Star from General MacArthur last month. Born in West Point Virginia, he regards Saluda Virginia as his home.
Psychiatrists note guilt in patients as a sign of progress toward repentance and a cure. A neurotic person paralyzed by guilt stalls personal growth. use guilt as a springboard to move toward a healthy life. Realization of guilt begins personality correction, with full repair through repentance and faith.
A fragmented quiz page lists daily IQ scoring categories from 9 to 10 correct answers as Memory Genius down to Good for 4 correct. It asks multiple trivia questions including Adlai E Stevenson governorship and David and Goliath weapon, with a prompt to turn to page 2 for answers.
A set of trivia questions asks about uses of blue point terms dog oyster or drawing. Coast Guard amphibious actions in World War II. last bearded Tees. and a chalet’s location relative to Canada’s forest regions covering 37 percent of the land area.
Justice of the Peace Edward A. Fabert married John P. Brown a 21 year old airman at Chanute Field and Shirley Colleen Simpkins 19 of Rose Hill Iowa. The ceremony occurred in a formal attire as Fabert prepared to leave for an engagement.
Rainfall data show none in the last 24 hours ending today at 7 a.m. October rainfall to date is 2.67 inches, 1950 total 35.04 inches, and average for 37 years 36.56 inches. Monthly averages from 1912 to 1949 list October at 3.34 inches, with other months ranging from 1.92 to 3.93 inches. Courtesy Winchester Laboratory.
A local note outlines two questions involving Frederick County and Clarke County with figures 165,000 and 165,000 and then 500,000 and 425,000. The entry ends with an unclear reference to a deer treatment project.
Hack Turner praises barn owls nesting in his silo saying they eat about 300 mice a month and debunking the belief they kill chickens. He argues against prejudice toward animals and even drinkers, noting owls are not threats and can be beneficial.
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