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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1964
Page
12
Clarke County Women's Club hosted the Fine Arts Exhibit at the Clarke County Fair drawing thousands of viewers. Hosts asked which picture they'd like for their home and the three top picks were Arab a horse head by Barbara Jenks Seascape by Hegerich and a wood inlay of The Gleaners by Col E O Lee.
The report lists first prize and blue ribbon winners across wheat, oats, barley, rye, hay and seed exhibits at Farnley Farm and a state fair. Individuals cited include Montana Hall, Chuck Bailey, Larry Larrick, Timmy Weir, Mary Helen Ramsburg, Louise McKay, Jane Lupton, Betty Rhoden, Frances Madigan, Barbara Strickler, Carla Caré lisle, Mrs. Raymond McDonald, Mrs. Katie Sehlow, Mrs. F. Bell, Estelle Newlin, Minor Wilson, Mrs. Gladys Racer, Mrs. Sam Pidgeon, Mrs. Jean Spivey, Mrs. Graham Dougherty, Barbara Hobert, Richmond Polytechnic Institute entrant Barbara Strickler, and students Courtney White and Carolyn Emerick.
August transitions in Clarke County feature visitors returning from Tanganyika and Florida, family gatherings in Clarke households, and local events. Notices include entertaining guests at Mar Tu Con, Tide’s Inn vacations, the Winchester Country Club debut, and upcoming Blue Ridge Pony Club participation with the Prestages Horse Show. The Powhatan Shop reopens September 10 in Berryville with volunteer help requested.
At Clarke County Fair two Cather brothers nabbed a pig each in calf and pig scramble. Raymond Cather and Charles Pidgeon each wrestled greased hogs, while Montana Hill Farm’s calf scrambler Rommy Gathyer Wr will feed the calf until the 1965 fair. Other winners include Larry Royston with a 860 pound steer sold for 305 dollars. Jack Gray and Jerry Williams also noted among calf catchers.
In Boston Sen. Edward M. Kennedy recovering from a June plane crash at New England Baptist Hospital and expected to be out for months. Edward J. McCormack Jr. said he will help the senator in his re election campaign, noting their longtime friendship and shared Democratic ties.
A biographical sketch recounts Mammy Evelyn a nurse in the Briars household of Dr. Robert Page and John Esten Cooke, her sharp temper and belief in witches. It notes her night “calling” of absent soldiers, her fearsome authority, and a rivalry with Mammy Giddy, with details from Miss M P R Duval’s Richmond News Leader piece.
U S Navy pilot Charles F Klusmann shot down over Laos last June 6 escaped from a wire prison near Plaine des Jarres and reached an American air base in Udorn Thailand. He was flown to an undisclosed destination after medical care. The embassy in Bangkok said he is en route to the United States.
Sab GROTON Conn AP The privately owned Aluminaut a 50 foot research submarine built to dive three miles beneath the waves will be launched today. The aluminum submarine is owned by Reynolds International Inc. Builder of the 75 ton submarine was the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp. The vessel will have a range of about 80 miles a cruising speed of 3.8 knots a maximum time submerged of 72 hours and a crew of a pilot and two engineers.
A. T. Lassiter of the Virginia Farm Bureau Marketing Association says many elements shaped a recommended base price for processing apples. The group proposed 2.50 per hundredweight for 2 to 2 1/2 inch sauce varieties and 2.75 for Yorks, aiming to stimulate immediate volume and stabilize prices. processors and growers discuss unsettled market factors.
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