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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1977
Page
8
The column collects readers notes about frugality and gifts such as unsigned greeting cards and bounced checks. It recalls a Milwaukee Sentinel 1927 item showing era-shift in social norms and ends with Abby’s advice and a mailbox address for personal replies.
Powhatan School stages the Broadway musical Oliver! November 17 to 19 at 8 p.m. Production coordinator Mrs. Anne Wheeler notes there will be at least two matinees.
Rehearsals catch Don Niemann as Fagin and Gwen Stotler as Nancy for Powhatan School’s Oliver! benefiting the school. Nov 17 19 evening performances with sixth and seventh graders in child roles and adults by teachers and parents. Todd Damagel as Oliver and Alan Gildersleeve as Dodger lead cast. Admission 2 dollars adults 1 dollar students.
Los Angeles AP reports 56 year old Hugh Downs launches Over Easy on public TV through KQED San Francisco. With $4 million in federal grants the show debuts Nov 14 featuring Lillian Carter Redd Foxx Robert Young Jessica Mitford and Tennessee Ernie Ford. It aims to dispel myths about older citizens and blends entertainment information talk and variety. The series will run at least 26 weeks with half hour episodes taped weeks before air and may cover breaking news affecting seniors.
The New Music Ensemble of Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music presents Pitch City and other contemporary works at 8 p.m. in Armstrong Auditorium. Featured pieces include Duckworth’s Pitch City and Needre’s Suite for Solo Horn, with several premieres and a public, no charge performance.
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