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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1968
Page
9
Instructor Stanley Major teaches students at the 1968 Winchester Fire School as 67 firemen enroll. Classes run Saturday and yesterday with more sessions planned September 14 and 15 at the Fire Training Grounds on Woodstock Lane.
A young resident died in a crash. Survived by parents and siblings Woodrow Paris Curtis White Post Charles Paris Hester McDonald Strasburg Judy Richard Front Royal Elizabeth Sechrist Nancy Sechrist Katherine Sechrist at home and grandmother Judy Sechrist of Paris He was a member of Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church Funeral service scheduled Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the He on Lutheran Church at Inter-
Alice Brooks promotes a 1969 Needlecraft catalog with Pattern 7442 for Misses sizes 10 to 16, including size 12 bust 34, priced fifty cents plus 15 cents mailing. The ad lists several books of quilt and afghan patterns, along with mail order instructions to Winchester Evening Star, New York. The page also includes local news about traffic injuries in Winchester, Martinsburg, and Berryville, with details on accidents, injuries, and damages.
Woodstock attendees estimate several hundred people including about 50 from Winchester and Frederick and Clarke Counties. Rep. John O. Marsh Jr. urged government focus on opportunity and security for all citizens and called for an ordered society with respect for law. He defended independent evaluation of proposals and stated the Executive should implement Congress drafted programs.
The Winchester Lions Club hosts an annual broom sale starting at 5 p.m. to fund eye conservation. Last year they funded 40 eye exams, repaired 11 glasses, and supported two operations and one rehabilitation. A $500 donation aided a blind student through a Bland scholarship. The sale kicks off September 17.
A historical note reports that the milky poison of a specific toad contains substances similar to LSD and other drugs that constrict blood vessels. It highlights potential dangers associated with exposure or ingestion.
UCLA graduate student Alvin Tokunow said films of the Kennedy assassination were stolen from his editing building locker. He noted two sets of prints existed and that police studied a fuzzy copy. He described a dark man resembling Sirhan Bishara Sirhan seen near the Ambassador Hotel.
Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal begins its 77th session with 325 students enrolled and 26 faculty. New cadets arrive tomorrow, returning cadets on the following day, as football and classes start. Dr. Robert P. Parker notes the independent boarding school upholds college and professional standards within a liberal educational tradition as a United Methodist related institution.
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