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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1964
Page
3
RELIANCE and ORANDA notes recount the Ross Family Reunion in Parkersburg West Virginia and multiple visits among families in Clarksburg Milford Strasburg and Woodstock. Other items mention church revival plans and local health updates amid a flurry of friendly gatherings.
The issue highlights Sewing Pattern 4698 for children's sizes with yardage and pricing details, followed by Brucetown church news. Sunday services at the Methodist Church are listed along with a Saturday chicken and ham supper. A long column of local visitors and residents sharing weekends and travel rounds out the page.
GUARD HILL Miss Sadie Rosenberry has been ill for over a week. Visitors include her daughter Mrs. David Norman of Woodville and Mrs. Ella Mae Funk. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rosenberry of Front Royal also called. Mrs. Walter Derflinger visited Labor Day with sister Miss Anna Mae Adams in Paris Virginia. The Moore family traveled to Washington last Sunday to visit friends there.
Irene Supinger returns home after visiting the McDonalds and others in Ashville and nearby areas. Leonard Anderson returns from five months overseas to stay with his parents in Deerfield. Local clubs and churches hold meetings and events including the Middle Road Home Demonstration Club on September 22 and Rest Church activities led by the Rev. Harless and the Rev. Eggen, who recently retired to Martinsburg W Va. Rural residents visit relatives in Winchester and Richmond while others host dinners and family gatherings over Labor Day weekend.
The weekly schedule lists meetings for 4-H clubs and HDC groups in Robinson Valley Mill Highview Stephens City Middletown and more with times ranging Monday through Friday All events focus on using plant materials for home decorating Lamp kits ordered by Homemakers and 4-Hers are available for pickup at the home agent's office.
Word from the area reports a third person died in a highway crash on U S Route 11 north of Woodstock. Susan M Lancaster 12 of Vienna died Friday after the Aug 26 crash that killed two Maryland women.
Democratic vice presidential candidate Hubert H. Humphrey spoke in Denver after flying from Rapid City. He urged ending racism and warned against vigilantism and bigotry, invoking Kennedy's frontier theme and criticizing Goldwater's policies as artificial prosperity and risky tax cuts.
Rep. William E. Miller faced boos and cheers during his Connecticut tour stop at the North Haven fair gathering about 4 000 spectators. He defended a health care plan at Hartford and planned a campaign swing to Stamford Hartford Waterbury and Seymour before heading to Texas.
Visitors call Ketchikan the rain capital of the world yet no rain fell this month. Last September in the first ten days 14.44 inches of rain fell, contrasting with the current dry spell.
President Johnson nearly remained in Brunswick after visiting Hurricane Dora relief areas when Air Force One at Glynco Naval Air Station had brake failure. The engines roared to full power but the jet did not move until a final lurch and a taxing takeoff.
Dear Abby outlines ten commandments stressing self restraint, family duties, and home order. The advice column features reader questions on husband’s friends nights out, accusations of being hen pecked, and a wife’s attraction to another man with guidance to avoid harmful behavior and seek personal boundaries.
Kent County's board of supervisors must be reapportioned on a population basis under the one person one vote principle. Judge Fred N. Sears left immediate redistricting to the 1965 Michigan Legislature but warned a remedy could be sought if action is not taken. The ruling aligns county governance with the Supreme Court standard applied to state legislatures and reflects broader districting changes in Michigan.
Rep. John O. Marsh Jr. urges Secretary Freeman to approve Gov. Harrison’s request for drought assistance in Virginia. Counties including Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Clarke, Frederick, Highland, Nelson, Page, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Warren cited urgent need for low cost livestock feed from government surplus stocks.
Dover Sandwich Romney Hastings and Hythe were the original Cinque Ports. The group formed to secure maritime defense and trade rights in medieval England.
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