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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1961
Page
2
Mrs E McDonald survived by two daughters Mrs Bertah Mc Intyre and Mrs John Sherrard beside her husband and Mrs Nesmith. Body to be taken to Chapel Church in Frederick County tomorrow at noon to rest until service at 1 p m conducted by Rev C G Russell.
Word was received of the death yesterday in Tuxedo Maryland of Mrs. N. B. Orndorff former Miss Mable McCauley of Warren County The funeral service and burial will be Saturday at one in the family burying ground at Nineveh.
Pallbearers were Henry Kent, Mece Kent, Hubert King, Earl Ger, Everett Alger and Kenneth Longerbeam.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to Winchester Memorial Hospital staff and local minister for visits and prayers during illness. Beatrice Ponton notes the date 10-26-11 and thanks friends for actions, flowers, and cards amid recovery.
Virginia's non farm employment rose to 1,044,500 last month, an increase of 18,200 from September 1960 and 15,500 above August. Department commissioner Edmond M. attributed the gain to seasonal factors and the ongoing economic upturn. Unemployment stood at 3.6 percent of the labor force, down from 4.0 percent in August and 3.5 percent in September 1960, with the national rate at 5.7 percent.
Health officers unveil countermeasures for radiation contaminated foods including ion exchange to remove strontium-90 and cooking steps. A pilot plant is cited with private industry possible scaling, plus risk balancing against nutritional health.
Beirut dispatch reports arrests and asset seizures across Egypt and Syria tied to fears of opposition to Nasser. A possible power-sharing triad forms with Nasser alongside Abdel Latif Baghdady and Zakaria Mohieddin, amid censorship and military purges.
President May backs a plan to build roadside fallout shelters with new federal state highways. If feasible, the idea may appear in Kennedy’s congressional recommendations next year. Morton proposed shelters at high density interchanges and along open highways to provide rapid mass protection at low cost.
Georgia allocates 158,150 this year for a country doctors scholarship plan. Each loan of 1250 supports a student who must serve in a town of under 5000 for a year per 1000 received. The state currently has graduates repaying past loans in 21 small towns. This year adds 33 new scholarships and 94 renewals.
Wilbur Applewhite of Richmond was installed as grand priest of the Virginia Royal Arch Masons, succeeding Edward H. Everton of Portsmouth. Newly named officers include Guy Fuller of Bristol grand king, Benjamin Chapman of Salem grand scribe, Sterling Strange of Richmond grand treasurer, Carl Wood of Petersburg grand secretary, and others. The degree of anointed high priest was conferred on 45 persons.
White haired 84 year old poet Carl Sandburg visited Washington to discuss presidents Kennedy and Eisenhower and to review the Civil War centennial exhibition. He criticized Eisenhower as ungrammatical and voiced views on fallout and his own life and loves during multiple public engagements.
The United Nations General Assembly is expected to admit Mauritania and Mauritania as the 102nd and 103rd members after weeks of maneuvering. The Kennedy administration advised Chiang Kai-shek against a repeat veto that could allow Nationalist China’s replacement by the Chinese Communists.
A guide explains common misuses in everyday speech and offers clear alternatives. It highlights that phrases like I see her every once in awhile are awkward and suggests concise wording such as I see her occasionally.
The 60 stock average at noon rose .70 to 258.30 led by gains in ores drugs rails and airlines. Amerada climbed about 2 points and Texaco about 1. Dow Jones average gained .16 to 700.88 as prices held firmer on the American Exchange and bonds remained steady.
Chicago hog prices traded uneven as 7 000 head moved. Hogs 1 200 cattle 500 calves. Slaughter steers and heifers steady to strong with loads of mixed choice and prime cattle around 1 329 lb at 25.50 and 1 050-1 200 lb at 24.00-24.50. Sheep active with slaughter lambs steady to strong and native wooled lambs 90-110 lb at 17.00-17.50. Canner and utility cows mixed 12.00-15.25 and ewes 3.50-4.50.
Prices reported in Richmond show No 2 red winter wheat at 1.84 per bushel, No 2 yellow shelled corn 1.11, No 2 white shelled corn 1.21, No 2 eats 0.63, No 3 barley 0.80, and No 2 yellow soybeans 2.20 per bushel. All figures are per bushel.
Chicago AP reports a light decline across grain futures at the Board of Trade with wheat and corn largely steady and oats and soybeans showing small losses. December wheat at about $2.04 a bushel, December corn near $1.11, oats around $0.684, and November soybeans near $2.42.
The Air Force described its sampling program noting no rise in the number of planes patrolling the Aleutian area. U2 jets have sampled air up to 80 000 feet as part of broad operations across various regions.
Report notes recurring grasshopper plagues on the Great Plains damaging grain, vegetables, leaves, and weeds as the insects move in across fields and trees.
Rep Burr P Harrison of Winchester has been elected director of Shenandoah Gas Co. The firm serves Winchester and surrounding areas in Virginia and West Virginia with a franchise scope extending to Martinsburg. Albert W. Loring is the local manager at 121 S Loudoun St Winchester.
A long list of upcoming auctions and sales across Virginia and nearby areas notes livestock dairy cattle farm machinery household goods and real estate. Auctions include Joseph M. Selove in Martinsburg West Virginia Henry Whiting bankruptcy Winchester Airport Speedway Trust real estate near Swan Lakes Charlottesville Pantops Farms and Denny's Commission Auction among others with dates from Oct 27 to Nov 4 and various times.
Rainfall figures noted with a cooler forecast for tonight. High around 58 and low in the 40s with a trace of rainfall to date and historical averages. Moonrise and sunset times given, and a brief line “A 1. Horses, 10. White House.”
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