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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1962
Page
9
Visitors to the Memphis Museum Planetarium are urged to remain calm about a supposed new star. The article repeats caution that the bright object is not a new star and warns against over excitement or speculation.
Dear Abby answers cover a love obsessed with work over romance, divorce without lawyers, and a date rebuff due to misread signals. The columnist notes ambition can clash with affection and dismisses a woman who misjudges a polite suitor.
Advice for club members on increasing leadership chances. It covers showing initiative, performing tasks, proposing fundraising ideas, recruiting new members, and the value of multiple vice president roles as elections approach.
Jac quelyn Jeanne Mayer of Sandusky Ohio was crowned Miss America 1963 in Atlantic City. The Northwestern student weighed 115 pounds at 5 feet 5 inches and credited giving up lunches since age 16 for her figure. She plans to finish her education and aims to act, with a $10 000 scholarship plus about $75 000 in appearances. Runners up extant: Miss Wisconsin Joan Enghe $3 000 Miss Texas Penny Rudd $2 500 Miss South Carolina Evelyn Ellis $2 000 Miss Hawaii Patricia Anderson $1 500.
Plans to open a private all white school in Lynchburg were dropped temporarily due to lack of interest. The Lynchburg Education Foundation said it would assist later if enough interest appears and equipment already purchased will be kept for future use. The Blue Ridge Academy aimed to open for first graders this year then add grades yearly as desegregation progressed. Meanwhile first grade classes in Lynchburg public schools were desegregated without incident.
Miss Maxine Brown visited with her aunt and uncle in Winchester during Labor Day weekend. Kitty Lou Gore from Glen Burnie Md spent vacation with her parents. Frank Pitman and Amy Pitman of Roanoke visited Ida Keller last Thursday. Joe Brown and children of Silver Spring Md spent the weekend with Mrs. Brown and Mr. McDonald.
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