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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1957

Page

2

Deaths and Funerals in Martinsburg and White Post

Mrs. Mary E Abrell 65 of Bunker Hill died Saturday at City Hospital Martinsburg. Funeral service today at 2 p.m. at Paynes Chapel Church near Ridgeway with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named. Maxwell W Dearmont 47 of White Post died at Memorial Hospital from a heart condition. Born October 5 1909 at Meaden White Post he was survived by family including Dorothy Dearmont and siblings. Body viewing at Cartwright Funeral Home 6 to 10 p.m. today. Interment Orrick Cemetery.

Mary E.abrell Edgar H. Abeell Bunker Hill Martinsburg Paynes Chapel Ridgeway Thomas Subeck Bernard Bromles George Shiley Fred Ridgeway Berlin Slonaker Grantham Gadner John Swarts Clyde Farrow Earl Smallwood A. D Yanney Ray Miller Garnett Miller Charlies Clowser Roy Sendmaver Maxwell W. Dearmont White Post Mémorial Hospital Meaden William A. Dearmont Dearmont Dorothy Dearmont Charles R. Dearmont Kenneth Ball Kenneth C.ball Wiliam D. Ball Niete Vickie Ann Dearmont Gilbert Gray Cartwright Orrick Guilford Conn Harry R. Durant Frank A. Munsey Paramount Co Munsey Durant Mable Norman Gloria Swanson Geraldine Farrar Ann Murdock Elsie Ferguson Lucille Lanighanke Mary Astor

Funeral Service for Nathan Carter

A funeral service for Nathan Carter, who died Sunday, will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 from Cartwright Funeral Home. Rev. R R Robing of John Mann Methodist Church will officiate. Carter was born in Winchester and was son of the late Mren and Mrs Noah Carter.

Nathan Carter Cartwright Funeral R. R. Robing John Mann Methodist Church Mr. Carter Winchester Mren Noah Carter

Mrs Elisabeth D Cornwell Service At Jones Funeral Home

Elisabeth D Cornwell is listed for a funeral service Wednesday at 3 00 p m at Jones Funeral Home. The notice provides the location and timing for the service.

Elisabeth D. Cornwell

Virginia Accident Claims 3rd Victim

A head on collision between two cars and a soft drink truck on State Rt. 3 near Nomini in Westmoreland County, Virginia, killed James P. Bryant 21 of Warsaw Isaac Miller 21 of Kinsale and Phillip A. Newman 20 of Tucker Hill. The crash raised Virginia highway deaths for the year to 214.

FRESS Westmoreland County Virginia Nomini James P. Bryant Warsaw Fredericksburg Isaac Miller Kinsale Phillip A. Newman Tucker Hill Richmond L. D. Isbell Miller

National Guard Name Origin Tied to Lafayette

In 1824 the U.S. National Guard traces its name to the Garde Nationale commanded by Lafayette in France during his visit while he observed a regiment of the New York State Militia.

U.S. National Guard Garde National Lafayette France New York State Militia

Magnetic tape pen pal pals and unlikely weddings

In Binghamton Mrs. Donald Williamson and friends swap taped conversations with a diverse group including a French family a Japanese doctor an English nurse a Swiss dentist and a Houston short story writer. In Scranton Moses Edwards 82 marries his housekeeper of last fall Leola Matthews 50 after conflict over the job. A Philadelphia note describes a woman asking to gift wrap a kitten at a pet adoption center.

Binghampton, N.Y Donald Williamson Binghampton N. Y Moses Edwards Leola Matthews Edwards Moses Phladelphia Pennsylvania Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals

Infant suffocates as folding crib collapses in Scarborough home

A six week old infant, Maureen Brown, died after a folding crib collapsed at the grandparents' suburban Detroit home. The child reportedly had her face pressed against the cold crib, with the incident occurring in Dearborn area surroundings.

Detroit Maureen Brown Donald Brown Scarborough Ont Derborn Harry R. Durant

Moonshine Still Seized at Richmond Police Academy

In Richmond Virginia federal agents seized a moonshine still on site at the Richmond Police Academy. Agents declined to let rookies handle illicit distillation and punctured the cooker vats at several locations to ensure no further production.

Richmond

Auction Listings for Farm Equipment Real Estate and Antiques

A sequence of sale notices across multiple dates in April and May listing auctions at Boyce Winchester Middletown and other locales. Items include dairy cattle tractors farm machinery household and office furnishings real estate and antiques with designated auctioneers and dates.

Racey's Boyce W. D. Orndorff Thomas L. Shiley Bunker Hill W. Va Lewis, Horner & Miller FL. Largent, Jr Berryville Ave Winchester F. L. Largent, Jr Shawnee Building & Loan Assn Piccadilly & Braddock Sts E. D. Shenk Reynolds Joshua G. Place J. Homer Fisher Fisher's Dairy Middletown Byron Brumback Jos B. Newlin Frankie B. Miller E. T. Snider U. S. Cook Stephens City Chas Duvall Oscar Duncan

Weather summary and quiz answers from 1957 paper

Rainfall figures for the past 24 hours and year to date are listed along with average annual and monthly rainfall. A quiz answer section provides solutions to 10 questions. The forecast calls for partly cloudy, warm and humid weather with temperatures in the 60s tonight and 80s tomorrow. Sunrise and sunset times are given for April 23. Moon phase notes and a brief note on famous sailing figures close the item.

Air Force missile program starts flight tests this year

The Air Force moves to flight testing of production configuration ballistic missiles starting with the Thor IRBM at Patrick AFB, followed by Atlas and Titan ICBMs. Part testing has progressed on engines gyros and guidance as crews train at Camp Cook California under SAC.

Washington Air Force Patrick Air Force Base Fla Camp Cook Calif Strategic Air Command

Woman freed after 105 days in underground den

A 28 year old woman says she was held in a dugout beneath a suburban home for 105 days by John Bridal 26. She was rescued by police after a neighbor found a note for help. Bridal claimed consent for his experiments but the woman says she was kidnapped Jan 7 from a lodging house.

London Marjorie Jordan John Bridal Jordan Bridal

Clarke County PTA elects officers for 1957 58 term

The Berryville Elementary and Clarke County High School PTA elected Arthur H. Edmonds president Jack L. Russell vice president Mrs Robert H Ledford secretary and Julian Glascock treasurer for 1957 58. The May meeting installs the officers and September begins their terms.

Berryville Clarke County High School Parent-Teacher’s Association Arthur H. Edmonds Jack L. Russell Robert H. Ledford Julian Glascock

Harper Kern Win Bridge Match At George Washington Hotel

Mrs Holmes Harper and Mrs Henry P Kern Jr won the weekly duplicate match of the Monday Contract Bridge Club at the George Washington Hotel. Runners up were Mrs Ruth Rhodes and Mrs Grace Roberts with Mr and Mrs S H Reaves third. Next meeting is April 29 at 8 p.m. open to all.

Holmes Harper Henry P. Kern, Jr George Washington Hotel Ruth Rhodes Grace Roberts S. H. Reaves

Archbishop Befits After Flu Episode in Canterbury

Dr. Geoffrey Fisher archbishop of Canterbury recuperates after mild influenza attack. He postponed his trip to the United States for Jamestown 350th anniversary events and may depart later in the week.

Canterbury England Geoffrey Fisher Fisher Church of England United States Jamestown

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