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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1958

Page

2

Obituary for Charles F Swartz 86 Clarke County

Charles Franklin Swartz, 86, died yesterday at his daughter Lucy Feltner's home in Clarke County. Born February 1, 1872, he was a retired farmer, husband of the late Cora Virginia Chapman Swartz. Survived by two sons Herman and Wilbert Swartz, a brother Milton Swartz, sisters Mrs. Katie Grubbs and Mrs. Lora Gibney, seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 11 a.m. at John H. Enders Funeral Home Berry with burial in Mt. Hebron Cemetery. Body resting at Enders Funeral Home.

Charles Franklin Schwartz Lucy Feltner Clarke County Franklin Lucy Carper Swartz Cora Virginia Chapman Feltner Herman Swartz Rippon W. Va Wilbert Swartz Milton Swartz Katie Grubbs Lora Gibney Hagerstown John H. Enders Berry Mt. Hebron Enders

True facts and names list

Isaac Shako North Ireland Carotene Abraham Lincoln Ettu Brute Animals Fear of enclosed places

True Isaac Shako North Ireland Carotene Abraham Lincoln Ettu Brute Animals

Funeral Services for Eston P Bean Forthcoming

Funeral services for Eston P Bean announced for Monday at 1 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home Jones Funeral Home Inc will conduct the rites with local attendance expected.

Korean Student Beaten to Death in Philadelphia

A Korean graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania was beaten to death by street thieves in West Philadelphia after stepping out to mail a letter. In-Ho Oh, 26, died ten minutes after police found him unconscious. about a dozen youths were seen fleeing, with three charged with homicide and others questioned. Oh worked nights at a bank and studied political science, living with his uncle Ki Hang Oh, 37, at Dropsie College.

Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania In-Ho Oh West Philadelphia Penn Campus Penn Ki Hang Oh Dropsie College Za Young

First polio outbreak traced to St Helena in 1636

The earliest record of an epidemic comes from St Helena in the South Atlantic in 1636 with subsequent outbreaks in Norway 1868 France and Sweden 1880 northeastern U S after 1890 and the South around 1910. The disease drew physicians’ attention late in the 18th century and was called infantile paralysis due to belief it affected only young children.

St. Helena South Atlantic Norway France Sweden U. S South

Weather Today Virginia Forecast

Fair east and north with scattered frost in the northwest. Cloudy southwest with a chance of occasional rain in the extreme southwest tonight. Lows 35 to 40 northwest and in the 40s east and south, near 50 on the coast. Sunday sees increasing cloudiness and a cool showery southwest. High 61, Low 44 today.

Virginia

Rainfall figures for April and year totals

Rainfall in the past 24 hours ended 8:30 a m shows none. April rainfall to date 3.18 inches, year to date 13.47. Average annual rainfall over 45 years is 36.78 inches. Monthly averages from 1912 to 1957 include January 2.41, February 2.02, March 2.97, April 3.10, May 3.82, June 3.35, July 3.73, August 3.92, September 2.??, October 3.26, November 2.52, December 2.48 inches.

Report Urges Church Change On Divorce Attitude

In Charlotte, the 98th General Assembly debated a special committee report proposing reforms to Presbyterian Church U S divorce rules. The panel urges allowing remarriage for divorced individuals upon penitence and removing the ban except in adultery or desertion, aiming to apply redemptive forgiveness to marital failure.

District of Columbia General Assembly

Wealthy inmate tied victims in home invasion killing

In a staged home invasion, Early bound Mrs Knight and Kenneth, forced Mrs Knight to call to him, ransacked wallets, and shot Knight after claiming Knight lunged. Knight died. Early then planned to kill the others to silence witnesses as authorities pursued the case.

Kenneth Knight Early

Soviet Official Has Heart Attack In Bonn

Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Semyonov suffered a heart attack in Bonn after accompanying Deputy Premier A I Mikoyan to talks with West German officials. In his late fifties, he has been a leading expert on Germany and served as acting ambassador to East Germany in 1953.

Bonn Germany Vladimir Semyonov A. I. Mikoyan Russia Berlin Red East Germany Moscow

Lawyer Killed In Collision With Wife S Car

POUND RIDGE N Y Cars driven by a New York lawyer and his wife collided head on early today killing the husband and seriously injuring the wife Edward Perry 41 and Dorothy 37 were identified Perry had a law office in New York and they lived in Stamford Conn The collision occurred about 1 am on Route 137 Both cars were badly damaged and the wife was taken to Northern Westchester Hospital Mt Kisco with arm lacerations a kneecap fracture and possible concussion

Pound Ridge N. Y New York Edward Perry Dorothy Perry Stamford Conn Route 137 Northern Westchester Hospital Mt. Kisco

Cardinal Stritch Faces Possible Arm Amputation

Cardinal Stritch of Chicago was rushed to a Rome clinic with a circulatory ailment in his right arm. Reports said gangrene could begin and amputation might be necessary, with American doctors summoned and surgery possible once they arrive.

Cardinal Stritch Rome Samuel Cardinal Stritch Chicago Vatican Pietro Valdoni Europe Palmiro Togliatti Stritch Congregation For Propagation of the Faith Independence Naples

Baldridge praised for theatre work and civic service

Baldridge Ballaban and Katz figure in a profile detailing Baldridge’s career with Paramount Theatres Warner Bros M G M and local festival leadership. He helped run the Apple Blossom Festival since the 1930s directed festival departments and served on civic commissions including the Winchester Bicentennial and Jamestown anniversaries.

Ballaban and Katz Paramount Theatres Baldridge Macon Northwestern University Florida North Carolina Warner Bros. Theatres Hagerstown Winchester Keith M-G-M Charlotte Washington Phillip Fowle F. A. Read Read L. M. Allen Frederick County RCA D. C Ben Bernie Bob Riley Mr. Baldridge Washington, D.C Virginia Rome Marisa Allassio W P. McGuire Jamestown Virginia State Junior Chamber of Commerce Jaycee War Memorial Fund Virginia Icc Jaycee U.S JCC Middle Atlantic USO Camp Lee Virginia Beach Norfolk Baltimore Middle Atlantic States Richmond Kiwanis Club

Moon Apogee and Etymology Explain Lunar Terms

The text notes a sailor declining to detail ailment and describes lunar apogee. It explains apogee comes from Greek meaning from the earth while peri gee means near the earth, clarifying why the moon is farthest from Earth each month.

Zion Baptist Zion Church Plans Woman's Day May 11

Zion Baptist Church Berryville will hold its annual Woman's Day service on Sunday May 11 with Mrs Florence Gillison as chair woman. The Rev A W Gilmore is pastor of Zion Church.

Zion Baptist Church Berryville Florence Gillison A. W. Gilmore Zion Church

Wytheville youth released on bond in murder case

Tom Dunford, 14, of Wythe County was released on a $5,000 bond pending a May 6 hearing on a murder charge in the stabbing death of his 32 year old uncle John Thomas Austin of Austinville. Police said the stabbing occurred at Dunford's home after a scuffle in defense of his mother Mrs Brown Dunford of Bethany.

Wytheville Tom Dunford Wythe County John Thomas Austin Austinville Dunford Brown Dunford Bethany

Bean family matriarchs and local fraternal ties noted

The obituary lists BEAN family members including Mrs. H. K. MacDonald and Mrs. Frank Yeakle Jr in Winchester and Andrew P. Bean of Fairfax, with brothers and sisters named from Romney Moorefield and beyond. Six grandchildren are named and a funeral is set for Monday at 1 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home with Rev F B Oglesby officiating. Mt Hebron burial planned.

Kiwanis Club Clinton Lodge Romney 8. K. MacDonald Philadelphia Frank Yeakle, Jr June Bean Winchester Andrew P. Bean Fairfax Joseph MacDonald Ernest Bean Bursie Haines Ray Ours, Jr Joseph Evans Moorefield W. Va Herbert Bean Augusta Earl Knott Silver Spring James Kenneth Robinson, Jr David Michael Robinson Clifton Eston Bean Diane Lynn Yeakle Frank M. Yeakle, III Robert B. Yeakle Jones Funeral Home F. B. Oglesby Braddock Street Methodist Church Mt. Hebron

Farm and household goods auctions listed in sales directory

Sales directory entry for April 28 and May 3 schedules. Pat Barr address on N Kent Street near Virginia Livestock Market offers farm orchard and dairy equipment with Ralph Horst and Buddy Artrip as auctioneers. May 3 sale of Robert A Vorous includes household goods tools poultry hogs with W D Orndorff as auctioneer.

Kenmore Sparkon Singer Poland China Oldsmobile Robert A. Vorous Pat” Barr N. Kent St Ralph W. Horst Buddy Artrip Berryville Rt. 340 Franklintown Road W. D. Orndorff

Cemetery service with Masonic rites at graveside

Pallbearers are Elbert R. Thompson H Ray Butler John C Blackburn J H Yost Sr J Sloan Kuykendall and M M Bean Friends and relatives may call at the Jones Funeral Home where the body will rest until the service time

Elbert R. Thompson H. Ray Butler John C. Blackburn J. H. Yost, Sr Sloan Kuykendall M. M. Bean Jones Funeral Home

Also Mentioned on This Page

Charles F. Swartz Jones Funeral Home, Inc S. H Manfield Franklin Town Road Furr and Moreland Marvin Chapel Methodist Church Brumback & Sons Cameron St Vhone MO Singer Sewing Center N. Loudoun St E. Piccadilly St Kent St Virginia Livestock Market H. S Pat’”’ Barr Walter Anderson Robert Dailey Order of the Golden Rule Berryville Pike Westinghouse Electric Motor Farmers & Merchants National Bank Henry Krossman Frederick Vira Rob T. L. Dehaven Allis-Chalmers Allis‘chalmers and Stavice Winghester N. Cameron St R Stalin Denny's Commission Auction Denny’s Commission Auction Route 7 Rew American Legion Ee Tractors Homer Haines Kernstown Tractor Sales & Service Kernstown
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