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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1961
Page
7
Readers defend whistling to call children after vocal-cord surgery and share family histories. Details show multiple households using whistles at fairs beaches and camps, with anecdotes from mothers, a postman grandmother and a WWII memory of catching siblings behind lines.
The annual yard arty at Friend s Grove Community Hall drew a large crowd with dinners served all evening. Mrs. G. W. Culver returned home from Winchester Memorial Hospital with her infant son Gregory Allen. Paul Cooper of Philadelphia visited his father Rev. Edgar R. Cooper and brother Thomas S. Cooper at Willow Brook.
A reader recalls a family whistle of three notes that summoned children home. The cherished signal, started by parents, travels across years and places, reuniting a cousin in a busy city and rekindling strength for a mission. Abby’s wedding booklet offered for 50 cents.
Governor Almond backs consideration of a revised school fund distribution plan aimed at eliminating inequities. The proposal from a superintendent committee would merge funds into a single equalization pool and adjust pupil teacher ratios to 27 elementary and 20 high school, with a state underwrite for up to four years.
August marriage license activity in Winchester and Frederick County fell again from July totals, with a city count of 323 licenses and county 93, totaling 416. City licenses largely went to Pennsylvania couples, with counts from several other states and a few foreign pairs noted.
A speaker argues that many requests rest on essential public service phases that are unavoidable, indicating sustained and necessary support. The remark frames core operations as foundational, shaping policy expectations and resource needs through ongoing stages.
Travel leaders from four states convene for a two day session near Staunten. Blue Ridge Parkway Assn Shenandoah Valley Inc and Virginia State Chamber committees on travel promotion meet midday with subcommittees on advertising get Virginians to see Virginia first and historic churches.
Of the 93 licenses issued in Frederick County 47 went to couples from Pennsylvania. Other licenses went to residents of West Virginia 17 Ohio 14 Virginia 10 Maryland 2 and one each from Illinois Kentucky and North Carolina. The sole foreigner was from Czechoslovakia.
A new acrylic seal called Seal Glass offers a mirror like shine and strong resistance to slipping and scuffing. It is claimed not to yellow, easy to apply or remove, and suitable for linoleum vinyl asphalt or rubber tile at 112 N. Loudoun St.
Miss Poe of the Northern Virginia Daily spoke to Women of the Moose at their recent meeting in Front Royal. One new member joined the chapter. A piano bench was donated to replace a broken one, and a rummage sale is planned for Sept 23 at the Stokes Building on Main Street.
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