Mixed feelings at Mt Hood ship ceremony in Portsmouth
Lester H. Wallace of Alexandria, chief of IRS estate and gift tax, spoke at the Mt Hood ceremony at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. He survived the 1944 explosion that sank the supply ship in the South Pacific, which killed over 300 sailors. Wallace recalled the blast and its aftermath as debris covered the area.
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Portsmouth
Lester H. Wallace
Alexandria
Internal Revenue Service
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
South Pacific
Wallace
Norfolk
Mt. Hood
Mr Pleasant News Briefs Highlight Local Visits
Mt Pleasant residents share social calls with relatives in Winchester Fairfax and Front Royal. John Cammer and Pearl Cochran visit Daniel Cammer family while Hupp Spillman Holmes Spillman return from Florida and P W Perry of Pittsburgh visits Mabel Perry and Jo Zuckerman during Easter travel.
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Mabel Perry
MT. Pleasant
John Cammer
Winchester
Miss Pearl Cochran
Daniel Cammer
Fairfax, Va
Sadie Lamp
Sonuth
Cecil Renner
Joy Roe
Pearl Cochran
Lola Tough
Hupp
Win
P.W. Perry
Susan
Pittsburgh
Joe Zuckerman
Middle Road
Front Royal
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Lincoln
Tortaoul
Op Enchine
DeWine
HANKS / GOLF
Greenwood Volunteer Fire Company
Senseny Road
WHPL
Purina
Henkel-Harris Co
Miller & Anderson
Orthopedic Appl
Center
Ammer's Past Cleaners
Ppe
Supreme Tailoring Shop
Camimer Tire Co
Bartley Shoe Shop
National Fruit Products
Smith
Pine Motor Co
Buncutter Tire Co
Southern States
Ellis Shopping Center
Bauserman Oil Corp
Earl Haines, Inc
Ole McDonald Farm Market
West Side
Esso
Larry’s Market Supreme Concrete
Fred. Co. Farm Bureau
Snag’s Sport Shop
Harry Murphy Bros
Barry’s Drug Store
A&p Store
Wall & Funkhouser
G&m Music
Capman Motors Johnson’s
Sunoco -Glaize
E.W. Armstrong & Co
Green Chemical Co
Duncan Bros. the Co
Mike’s Service Center
Stinson Electronics
Schenk Foods
Thenk Foods
Wwe
Denny’s Furn
Kerre McGee Chemical Corp
Moore’s Super Stores
Buncutter Oil Corp
Rudy’s Garage
Shasta’s Beauty den
W.H. Emmart & Son
J.G. Place’s Lawn Ornament Co
Shen. Brick & Tile Corp
Garber’s Ice Cream
Clearbrook Woolen Shop
Oak Grove Sanitary Co
Joe’s
Ocean Cove
Asbury Morrison
Boyce
Boyce’s
Western Shop
Frederick Motor Co
Clearbrook Feed & Supply Co
Lee-Jackson Restaurant
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Estes Express Lines
Snelling’s Florist
Gulfpride
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Thayer
Scotts
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Arco
Prs
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Lee Western
Ladies
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Long
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Viola Slonaker
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Gray & Eddy Triangle Shoe Store
Ram Jewelers
Jnc
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Miller’s Hardware Valley Photo Centre
Valley Photo Centre
Mister Softee
W.B. Snider & Sons
Paul’s TV & Radio Center
Buckley - Lages
Omps
Argenbright’s Shoe Store
Carpers Valley Golf Club
Diana
James Thompson
Alma’s Grocery ‘Country Store
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Johnson’s
Phillips 66 Station Godfrey Volkswagen Bartley Shoe Shop
Charley Haines
Cooper’s Jewelers
Western Auto Store
Montgomery Ward
South End
Perfection Fabric Outlet
Boyd’s Drug Store ‘Wilkin’s
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The
Zenith Center
Johnston Jewelers
Jim McCoy
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Grove Furn. Stove
Jay’s Boys & Girls Shop
Oxford Shop
Poe
Oldsmobile, Inc. ‘Shickle’s Food Mart
J.C. Penney Co
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Wilson Trucking Co
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Leggett
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Royal Crown Bottling Co
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