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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1952

Page

2

Beverly Baker Rites Tomorrow

Funeral services for Beverly Ann Baker 11 of Bunker Hill West Virginia are scheduled for tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Assembly of God Church with Rev T J Kerfoot officiating. Pallbearers include William Homer Denny Shackleford Ned Kerfoot and Beverly Gardner. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. The body lies at Jones Funeral Home until 1 p.m. tomorrow and will be taken to the church thereafter.

Beverly Ann Baker Bunker Hill W. Va T. J. Kerfoot Assembly of God Church William Homer Denny Shackleford Ned Kerfoot Beverly Gardner Fairview Cemetery Jones Funeral Home

Rites Yesterday For Mrs. Jenkins

Funeral services for Debbie Francis Jenkins, 83, of this city, were held yesterday at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home. The Rev. B. W. Coe officiated. pallbearers included G. D. Gray, Ritter Jenkins, Arthur Arme, Ollie Snyder, Manuel Bean, and Marty Brannon. Burial followed at Macedonia Cemetery.

Debbie Francis Jenkins Winchester Memorial Hospital Jones Funeral Home B. W. Coe G. D. Gray Ritter Jenkins Arthur Arme Ollie Snyder Manuel Bean Marty Brannon Macedonia Cemetery

How's Your I Q Answers

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Borneo

Sales Directory April 29 Auction Listings

Beef cattle sheep hogs farm machinery and household goods offered by W R Thompson at White Post. May 3 Jacob H Pepper Estate front of Hamp shire County Court House West Virginia real estate near Pleasant Dale May 10 Edith Fries north of Winchester Rt 522 household goods miscellaneous. May 9 Sporting Field Farm Capon Bridge registered polled Shorthorn cattle. May 10 Shen Valley Shorthorn Breeders Assn Farmers Livestock Exchange Winchester registered polled shorthorns.

W Rhompson White Post Duvalls Jacob H. Pepper Hampshire Co West Va Court House Pleasant Dale W. Va Edith Fries Winchester Sporting Field Farm Capon Bridge Valley Shorthorn Breeders Assn Farmers Livestock Exchange

Funeral Arrangements For Andrew Bird Babb At Church

Funeral plans announced for Andrew Bird Babb at the Assembly of God Church with details incomplete in the notice. Family and service information to be provided at a later date.

Assembly of God Church Andrew Bird Babb

Norfolk Man Hopes to Live In Europe on Taxpayers Money

Norfolk businessman T. W. Rakes of Rakes Inc threatens to move to Europe and live on U S taxpayers money after prior disputes with the IRS. He recounts a 1951 postage stamp issue, a $50.19 penalty, and seeks a refund plus his latest withholding check of $473.74. He plans a jury trial and a formal claim against the government.

Norfolk Man Europe Norfolk U. S T. W. Rakes Rakes, Inc Uncle Sam Rakes Internal Revenue Collector's Office Richmond Internal Revenue U. S. District Court

Lions Broom Sale Set for May 13

The Winchester Lions Club will hold its annual broom sale Tuesday May 13 starting at 6 p.m. after a 5 p.m. regular meeting. Volunteers will canvass neighborhoods selling brooms made at the Virginia Workshop for the Blind to fund sight conservation and blind aid. Displayed in the show window near McCrory's on N Loudoun Street.

Winchester Lions Club Charles A. Campbell The Lions Club Virginia Workshop Fund For Sight Conservation McCrory's Loudoun Street

Hope of Finding Stranger In Casket Dashed For Mother

In Huntington West Virginia Mrs Newton Mitchell prepared to bury her son Pfc. Delford Mitchell 20 after the Defense Department said he died in a jeep accident in Korea in February A former buddy claimed to have seen the body and doubted the official identification leading to a court order to open the sealed casket The mother confirmed the man in the coffin is her son and plans to bury him tomorrow

Huntington Wha Army Newton Mitchell Defense Department Mitchells Pfc Delford Mitchell Korea

Fires Fatal Two in State

Fires of undetermined origin destroyed homes miles apart causing two deaths in the state area yesterday. Dowdy, a local grocer, suffocated in his living room as neighbors summoned firemen. Hubbard Davis, 5, died in hospital from burns after escaping a burning home two miles east of Bowlimer's Store.

Lynchburg T. Dowdy Dow Dowdy Hubbard Davis Bowlimer Hubbard

Roller Rifles and AMA Band Lead Festival Parade

Announcement today states the 36 man Roller Rifles drill team from Augusta Military Academy Staunton will take part in the Grand Feature Parade of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival next Friday. The AMA band will accompany the group to the heart of the apple country to join the festivities.

Augusta Military Academy Staunton AMA Apple Country

Opponents Urge Shelving Church Overhaul at Conference

In San Francisco opponents of a Methodist Church restructuring pressed delegates to shelf most changes for at least four years. Proponents urged immediate adoption of all proposals as debate opened on a survey commission plan to halve agencies, cut periodicals, and reduce general boards by a fifth.

San Francisco

Narcotics Sleuth Accuses Red China of Drug Warfare

United Nations New York United States narcotics chief Harry J Anslinger accused Red China of drug warfare against the United Nations in the Far East He will present documented cases to the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs next week Anslinger said Oriental Communists purportedly fund activities and war materials by selling heroin and aim to undermine Allied troops He cited North Korean and Chinese Communist involvement and noted Japan as a principal target with Japanese Communists said to be in the ring The charge follows Britain s 1940s claim of opium peddling through Hong Kong and the UN Commission has requested information from Communist China which has not responded.

United Nations. N.Y America Red China Today U.N Far East Harry J. Anslinger U. 8 UN Commission Anslinger U. S Ansinger Japan Red China Hong Kong U. N U. N. Commission

Mission Growth Among Seventh-day Adventists Highlighted

Pastor R R Figuhr spoke at Winchester church noting 40 000 baptized Adventists in the Philippines since 1923 and strong growth in South America. He cited hundreds of schools and medical institutions transforming Indian communities in Bolivia and Peru, with a 18 year Orient tenure ending in 1941 before ten years leading South American missions.

Seventh-day Adventists Philippines R. R. Figuer General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Winchester Seventh-day Adventist Church South America Pastor Figuhr Bolivia Peru Pastor Figuhler Orient South American General Conference of Seventhday Adventists

Nine Year Old Boy Stows Away on Airliner

Robert Stoyle, nine, ran from San Pedro school after his teacher took him to the principal. He boarded an American Airlines plane at Los Angeles and rode toward Dallas before being detected by stewardesses. Officials arrange return flight home.

Los Angeles Robert Stoyle Texas Bob American Airlines Dallas San Pedro Here

Merchant Ship Breaks In Two

TOKYO The Navy said the merchant ship William Eaton which ran aground April 14 has broken in two and is a complete loss. The captain Fred A. Solomon of Walnut Creek California and chief engineer John B. Williamson of San Jose California are safe in the stern section and will be removed when sea conditions permit. The Eaton carried a full load of coal destined for Korea and was under charter to the military. Salvage work was hampered by choppy seas and high winds. The ship ran aground on Tushima island about 60 miles south of Tokyo during rough weather twelve days ago.

Tokyo Navy William Eaton Eaton Toshima Korea Fred A. Solomon Walnut Creek Calif John B. Williamson San Jose

Final Pre Festival TV Show Monday in Washington

Winchester talent appears on WTTG Channel 5 in a Monday 4 to 5 pm DST slot. The Apple Blossom Quartet Peggy Haymaker Barbara Wheeler Charlie Lillis and Marvin K Hutchinson sing Festival and When it Apple Blossom Time in Old Virginia with accompanist Lentz Carbaugh on Art Lambs program for the Festival Television committee.

Winchester WTTG Channel 5 Washington D. C Apple Blossom Quartet Peggy Haymaker Barbara Wheeler Charlie Lillis Marvin K. Hutchinson Old Virginia eNttie Carbaugh

Staunton Jaycees Name Two Outstanding Drivers

Staunton Jaycees locate two outstanding drivers after two weeks of searching. Sunny Boyd Samples, 17, delivery truck driver, and Trenton B. Casiday, local bus driver, are chosen for safe driving awards. Certificates will be presented May 14.

Staunton Stauntons Jaycees E Y. Nobtlin Sunny Boyd Samples Trenton B. Casiday B. A. Gill Jaycees

Young Marine Seeks Missing Father in Korea

Huntington West Virginia James P Clark 17 of Bridgeport begins trek to find his father Marine Jim Clark M C Clark of the First Marine Division is listed as Missing in Action in Korea Clark enlisted in the Marine Corps and requested Korean duty at once revealing a family torn by war conclusion unknown at press time

Huntington W. Va James P. Clark Bridgeport Jim Marine Corps M. Set Howard C Clark First Marine Division Acton Korea

Doctor Russell Landram Haden Dies in Cleveland

Dr. Russell Landram Haden of Crozet Virginia a noted authority on blood and rheumatic diseases died early today at Cleveland Clinic Hospital.

Cleveland Russell Landram Haden Crozet Cleveland Clinic Hospital

Man Found Dead Near Tracks in Stanley Va

A 42 year old local carpenter Daniel Cubbage was found dead this morning along the Norfolk and Western Railway tracks one mile east of Stanley Page County. Police say he was apparently killed by a passing train.

Stanley Daniel Cubbage Norfolk and Western Railway Page

Newspaper pickets halt Rockford work entry

Publica tion of Rockford s two daily papers was halted yesterday as massed pickets prevented workers from entering the Rockford Consolidated Newspapers Inc building.

Rockford, W Rockford Rockford Consolidated Newspapers, Inc Duildeing

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Beverly Baker Mrs. Jenkins I. Q Sudan Gulf Jones Yoo Heatvole Motor N. BraDdock Frederick Motors Martinsburg Pike Henry C. Link WINC John W Rosenberger and Co., Inc S. Braddock St Massanutten Military Academy Woodstock Herald Nina “Honey Bear” Warren Handley Bowl Ronald Arturi Uniondale N.Y George R. Irvin Edinburg Augustus N. Cahill Mr. Campbell Bradford Bennett Arthur Jackel William Schenck A. T. Hawthorne J. B. Newlin J. R. Alexander J. Ben Arthur Lester Elliott Triplett & Vehrencamp Mt. Jackson, Va Pfe Mitchell Roller Rifles Lars Preckson Beait Toro Chammonship Golf Course Farmer’s Hardware Cameron St Corliss Archer American Broadcasting System Virginia Festival Square Shorty Billmyer Twilight Lupton Orchard Service Auditorium Loudoun St Maynard Larrick Herbert Smoke Turner Bowen Art Lamb Staunton Jaycees New Marine DR. Haden Goodyear Goodyear Twes Buncutter Tire CO Braddock & Germain Createcy Tires Elizabethtown Glaize & Bro N. Cameron St John Stuart & CO Clearbrook Pol Wecter Swift C. J. Brumback & Sons M. J. Grove Lime Company Stephens City, VA Agrico Clarke County Hampshire Bucks Guernsey Deering John Deere Allis-Chalmers van Bernt FORD W. R. Thompson Roy P Chas, R. Duvall Burtner & Glasscock
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