Winchester Evening Star Header and Masthead 1961 Notice
The fragment shows the Winchester Evening Star masthead with edition details dated September 30, 1961. It lists editors H F Byrd Jr and H D Koontz, business manager Eugene Miller, staff notes, and Associated Press rights plus a Bible quote. No news content is present.
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Winchester Evening Star
News Room
H F Byrd JR
H. D. Koontz
Eugene Miller
Neeatin Ledsieaeackisnesa Benign Cell
National Eee Gallaugher-DeLisser, Inc
East 44Th Street
New York
N.Y
Feathers as a Military Secret and Channel Crossing Heroics
The piece notes a Pentagon secrecy over feathers and down described as a strategic defense item. It then highlights Antonio Albertando’s English Channel round trip and recalls historical feats by Gertrude Ederle, Lindbergh, Alcock and Brown, with reference to their ages and legacies. It closes with Latin American unity against communism promoted by Peru’s President Prado and a Tea Party reminiscence, followed by local Army and Air Force trainee notes from Lackland Air Force Base.
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Senator Williams
Delaware
Pentagon
Khrushchev
Berlin
Antonio Albertando
Gertrude Ederle
Miss Ederle
New York
Grover Whalen
Charles Augustus Lindbregh
St. Louis
Paris
Col. Lindbergh
John William Alcock
Arthur
Whitten Brown
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Ireland
Charleston
Say It Ain't So Joe Black Sox Scandal Recap
A retelling of the 1919 World Series fix involving eight Chicago White Sox players led by Shoeless Joe Jackson. The plot implicated Eddie Cicotte, Lefty Williams, Gandil, and others, with trial, grand jury testimony, and the 1921 ban by Commissioner Landis shaping baseball’s ethics policy.
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White Sox
Black Sox
Weaver
Felsch
Cicotte
McMullin
Jackson
Risberg
Garalil
Williams
Culver Pictures
Chicago White Sox
Eddie Collins
Ray Schalk
Joe Jackson
South Carolina
Eddie Cicotte
Claude
Oscar “Happy” Felsch
Chick Gandil
Charles “‘Swede” Risberg
George “Buck” Weaver
William “Kid” Gleason
Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Gleason
Charles A. Comiskey
Lefty Williams
Ers
Cook County
Arnold Rothstein
Abe Attell
William “Sleepy” Burns
Philadelphia
Maharg
Burns
Attell
Rothstein
Dickie Kerr
Kerr
Comiskey
Indians
Grand Jury
NEW York Times
Shoeless
Joe
Chicago Grand Jury
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Baseball
New York World
Landis
Joe” Jackson
Daily Meditation on Spiritual Church Union
The meditation argues for a church union grounded in spiritual unity rather than mere organization. It cites John 17 and Jesus' desire for unity among followers, emphasizing shared spirit over uniform governance or identical ideas. The text urges a union aligned with Christ's pattern, focusing on inner harmony.
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John
Christ
Father
Jesus
Unity of Spirit in Church Union Says Earl L Douglas
Earl L Douglas argues that church unity requires spiritual unity among individuals, not mere organizational merging. He dismisses union as futile without inward harmony and calls for contemplation of Christ's teachings on true cohesion.
Mrs Turner visiting Waynesboro and travel notes
25 Years Ago item reports Mrs Philip W Turner of Waynesboro spending a week with Mrs F L Buckley in the area. It notes Mrs H D Flood and daughter Eleanor returning from California after several months and planning to spend the winter in Washington.
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Philip W. Turner
Waynesboro
F. L. Buckley
H. D. Flood
Eleanor
California
Washington
Winchester Elks Move Into Old Post Office Building
Fifty years ago in 1911 the Winchester Elks Lodge bought the Market and Water streets post office building and finished moving furniture and lodge equipment into the new home. Miss Ethel Knight returned to Baltimore after visiting Mrs. Henry B. Gilpin and Mrs. Julian F. Ward. Julian Snapp and Cecil OConnell stayed in Winchester with Henry Moling.
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Winchester Elks Lodge
Market and
Water Streets
Ethel Knight
Baltimore
Henry B. Gilpin
Boyce
Julian F. Ward
Winchester
Julian Snapp
Cecil O'Connell
Brucetown
Henry Moling
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Defense Department
Lindbergh
Albertondo
Manuel Prado
Peru
Organization of American States
Prado
Hemisphere
OAS
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Castro
Americas
The
Lynchburg News
Boston
Boston Bay
London Company
Leslie Simon
Davidson and Newman Ltd
Star Files
John J. Pappas
James Pappas
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Stanley €. Dalton
W. L. Dalton
Stephens City
Henry Hawkins, Jr
Chanute Field
Henry E. Hawkins
Lewis Thompson
Charles Boswell
Chicago
Wee Dickie” Kerr
Eeereens
Aes
Cicotteed
Grand
American Heritage Magazine
Kfnesaw Mountain Landis
Earl L. Douglas
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