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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1969
Page
17
Mrs J York Welborn of Arlington will speak at the annual Cancer Society dinner at Winchester Golf Club next Wednesday beginning at 6 30 pm. She serves on the Virginia Division executive committee and will discuss Looking Ahead with the American Cancer Society Reservations for the Dutch Treat dinner are due by Tuesday to Mrs Julian Buncutter or Mrs Turner Locke.
The Frederick County Democratic Committee met to plan for the November 4 general election. Dr. Sam Whitacre was appointed chairman for Frederick County for the Battle Reynolds Miller ticket. A steering committee with precinct representation will be selected soon.
Two people were treated and released from Winchester Memorial Hospital after separate crashes last night. Boyd Miller was injured on Route 50 one mile east of Gore at 6 40 p.m. Otis Andrews of Gainesboro was treated at 9 25 p.m. for crash injuries. No details were available on either accident.
A bake sale will be held in front of McCrory's Store starting at 8 30 a m tomorrow. The event is sponsored by the Woman's Society of Christian Service of Round Hill United Methodist Church and features home baked goods and country ham sandwiches.
Curated ad copy offers 8 inch fern square crochet patterns from the 1970s Needlecraft catalog. It lists pricing 50 cents per pattern with 15 cents extra for first class mailing, and provides mailing to Alice Brooks at the Winchester Evening Star Needlecraft Dept New York box address along with catalog highlights and other craft titles.
The Winchester Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society invites members to a fall excursion on Saturday October 4 departing Ward Plaza at 8 am. The trip covers four states to Rock Hill Furnace with trolley rides on steam cars at Orbisona Pennsylvania a visit to a new Trolley Museum and tours of iron furnaces after which lunch is served by the local volunteer fire company auxiliary in the dining hall. Tickets must be bought before September 27 and are available by writing N A H S Box 282 Winchester or contacting a chapter member at 662-2888.
Henkel Lamp of Middletown submits an August 1928 photo to The Star showing four cars at a local auto dealer location on the east side of S Loudoun Street. Lamp, then with the firm operated by L J Hook, identifies the vehicles.
The Gainesboro Raritan Club will discuss the Winchester Frederick County merger at its Oct. 16 meeting at Gainesboro Fire Hall with public access from 8 15 p m The session will feature qualified speakers on the consolidation and invites attendance.
The 1969 Winchester Fire School ends with two training sessions at the Fire Training Grounds on Woodstock Lane. A 30 hour program graduates foremen at a banquet on Wednesday. Sunday sees a live company response drill and a session on flammable liquid fires with public viewing invited.
Representatives of the State Air Pollution Control Board Grove Lime Company and the Town Committee will meet to discuss lime dust problems It follows a letter from Daniel J Gaston to Benjamin Butler about ongoing investigations since last February The town cites air pollution from the plant and hazardous Rt 631 conditions The companys road watering program was criticized as slick and risky A scheduled meeting was called off after the letter arrived Also reported a Seventh Day Adventist church school near Danville was wrecked by a fire with possible arson and classes canceled awaiting re opening Monday.
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