Clippings
(Last updated 20 Sep 2001)
"Amber insists I keep a file of these. I actually find it a little embarrassing, but she's my publicity agent, so I guess she knows best in this field."
July 10, 1942
America met a new sweetheart today, perky little powerhouse, Stella Winters. Stella wowed Bob Fullbright and his radio audience last night on the Colgate Smile Hour. This fifteen year old dynamo won both the National Spelling Bee and the World Junior Miss Tennis tournament this week. She astounded everyone when she grabbed a trumpet and joined the band in an bouncy version of "Chattanooga Choo-Choo." Watch out America you’re going to see a lot of this little lady.
December 4, 1943
Detroit (AP): Local lass, Stella Winters, won this years National Science Fair Competition. Her project, "Relative strengths of several experimental alloys," featured several new lightweight metals that she formulated herself. Major Spencer of the U.S. Air Force was on hand to present the Airforce award to the young scientist. "If these alloys are as exceptional as we think they are, they will revolutionize the aircraft construction industry" Major Spencer said. Miss Winters and her family have been invited to visit the White House later this month to receive congratulations from President Roosevelt.
June 23, 1946
Eighteen year old, Stella Winters became the youngest MIT graduate ever, when she graduated magna cum laude yesterday. The young Miss Winters matriculated with degrees in chemistry, foreign language, and anthropology. She also lettered in several sports. The mayor, Joseph Singer, will be presenting Miss Winters a commendation Tuesday evening at the town hall meeting. This stellar Stella will be attending Stanford University next fall, pursuing both medical and graduate degrees in Engineering and Economics.
September 5, 1947
The Flying Stars Circus preformed to a full tent last night at Trefoil Square. The show is one a series of twelve across the country to benefit starving children in Europe. Governor Singer opened the show by leading the parade from on top of an elephant. As usual center stage was mater of ceremonies, Stella Winters. The dazzling Miss Winters entertained the guests with rare acts of leger domain and astounding feats of acrobatics. The Flying Stars troupe lived up to their name by providing a stratospheric performance.
April 15, 1948
Chess darling Stella Winters won her match against grand master Fischer Price yesterday. Miss Winters downplayed her win by saying, "I was just lucky. Fischer usually beats me nine times out of ten."
July 30, 1948
An exhausted Stella Winters, pictured left, returns from overseeing the delivery of much needed medical supplies to the grateful people of Berlin.
May 9, 1949
Golfing girl, Stella Winters, won her first Women’s British Open title yesterday at the St. Veronica’s Women’s course. Winters beat out favorite Lucy Lawrence with a hole-in-one on the eighteenth hole.
November 16, 1949
Home town virtuoso Stella Winters performed last night with the New York Philharmonic at Carnagie Hall. The multi-talented twenty year old will be with the orchestra for one week only before returning to her graduate studies at Stanford. The play list included Wendle's Symphony No. 4 for Horns and Clavichord, the Mozart Forest Music, and Albert Cohn's new composition, entitled Blue. Vice-President Singer was among the important aficionados.
March 23, 1950
Richly's Variety Hour guest, Stella Winters, stole the show last night. The scintillating Stella and host Burt Harmon bantered like a well-oil comedy duo. The sketches were fresh and crisp. Miss Winters brought the house and the host to their knees with laughter as she exited the stage doing cartwheels and singing "Rag Mop".
June 23, 1950
Time Magazine features artist-turned-diplomat, Stella Winters on this week’s cover. She not only organized peace talks for the Korean crisis, but she designed and built the table, too! When Dr. Winters learned of the foreign border dispute, she focused all her young energies on getting the interested parties together in one place. No one will say just how the distaff diplomat managed it, but everyone agrees they are happy with the results.
August 2, 1951
Native novelist Stella Winters’, new book, Tree, hit the Times Best Seller List this week. Tree is a beautifully compelling look at a young woman’s coming of age in rural America. This is the first book of Winters’ published for the general public. Winters has also writing several works on the subjects of pediatric medicine, primitive cultures, and mathematical theory.
July 16, 1952
Mighty Stella Winters won the Boston Marathon yesterday with a time of 1 hours 47 minutes 47 seconds. She is the first female ever to finish before the first place male runner, and her time shattered race records for both genders. Dr. Winters said that she entered the race to increase the public awareness of the importance of physical fitness. She is donating her award money to the Child Health Protection Society, CHPS.
May 17, 1953
MGM sunny starlet Stella Winters lights up the screen in Juliet with Richard Burton. The public loves the pleasantly dimpled Miss Winters. Their only complaint is the they don’t get to see her often enough! This is her second film effort. Fans were first introduced to her last year as Meg in Howdy! We caught up with her at The Brown Derby with producer Michael Porter. "I am very pleased with the film. Michael and Richard were wonderful to work with."
July 29, 1954
Twenty-six year old Stella Winters captained the yacht Lady Liberty to outsail the British vessel Sceptre 4-1 at the America’s Cup. "We had a really great crew and fantastic support. The team put their whole heart into this win." the spunky captain -- and, not to mention, ship designer -- said. Among the crew was Winters’ mixed doubles partner, John Powers.
December 7, 1954
The Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology was awarded today to Doctor , S. B. Winters, J. F. Enders, T. H. Weiler, and F. Robbins, for their work on the polio virus vaccine. All four will be received by President Singer next week.
February 24, 1955
First-time-out designer Stella Winters makes a splash on the Paris runways with her colorful collection of casual apparel. The thoughtful collection of bright dresses and daring slacks were a big hit with the young ladies. The show stopper was short black dress worn with a calf-length A-line coat. The modest artist calls it merely "a little black dress." Stella’s close friend Amber Maxwell was among the models for the event.
April 15, 1955
Stella Winters’ show "Self Portrait and Other Colors" opened today to the public at the Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art. The exhibit includes a wide range of media and styles. The simple sketches deserve as much attention as the larger pieces. The focus of the display is a life-sized self-portrait in a Romantic style. A benefit was held last night for the Children’s Charity Group at the exhibit. Winters and several of her interesting friends were present.
October 27, 1955
Multi-talented Dr. Stella Winters shocked the world today with her discovery of early human fossils. The small female skeleton, dubbed "Lucy," is thought to be the missing link in the evolutionary chain. "We were very fortunate to find these remains and it will take large team effort to put them in their proper place historically." Dr. Winters commented. Dr. Winters’ team is still working at the Hadar site in Ethiopia where the fossil was found.