Deaths and Funerals Forrest W. Cox
Forrest W. Cox 76 of Stephens City died yesterday evening at Lynn Hill Nursing Home Middletown after illness of seven weeks. Born June 10 1881 in Barron County Wisconsin he was the son of Lime David M Cox and Elizabeth Summer Cox husband of Annie B Whipple. He was a retired truck farmer and a member of Kings Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church. Surviving are daughters Mrs George Mastin Breckenridge Minnesota Mrs Gordon Amundson and Mrs Ward Thompson Kirkwood Missouri and Mrs Stanley J. Joys Stephens City. sister Mrs Mattie Hillyer Spar Wisconsin. brother Frank Cox Wilton Wisconsin. eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 30 p m at Ridings Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church with interment at Ridings Grave Cemetery. Friends may call at Jones Funeral Home until Thursday at 1 p m then proceed to the church.
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Forrest W. Cox
Stephens City
Lynn Hill
Middletown
Berron County
Wis
Lime David M
Elizabeth Ummer Cox
Annie B. Whipple
Lewistown
Montee Cox
Kings Chapel
Evangelical Unity Brethren Church
George Mastin
Breckenridge
Ridings
chapel Evangelical United Breth@n
Ridings Grave
Jones Funeral Home
Funeral Services for Forrest W. Cox Planned
Funeral services for Forrest W. Cox are scheduled for Thursday at 2 30 p m at Ridings Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church. Iones Funeral Home Inc. will handle arrangements.
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Forrest W. Cox
Ridings Chapel
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Iones Funeral Home, Inc
Funeral for Joseph Puffinberger at Salem Methodist
Joseph Puffinberger 77 died Sunday in a Staunton hospital. A funeral was held at 2 pm at Salem Methodist Church with Rev. Philip E. Weeks officiating. Burial followed in Salem Cemetery. Pallbearers were Charles Shambaugh, Thomas Brannon, Pugh Brannon, Mervil Dick, Elden Lutrell and Ray Kerns. Survivors include son James Puffinberger of Timber Ridge and Miss Elizabeth Puffinberger of Shockeysville.
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Joseph Puffinberger
Staunton
Salem Methodist Church
Timber Ridge
Philip E. Weeks
Salem Cemetery
Charles Shambaugh
Thomas Brannon
Pugh Brannon
Mervil Dick
Elden Luttrell
Ray Kerns
James Puffinberger
Elizabeth Puffinberger
Shockeysville
Navy studies solar flares as Vanguard failure ends stages
Officials said recovery of the second and third Vanguard II stages is impossible after the rocket wrecked in the Atlantic about 1,500 miles away. The mission aimed to test solar flare effects on short wave and charged particle data, with a lighter payload and a battery transmitter.
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Navy
Earth
Vanguard
Daily Quiz Answers Highlight Odd Pairings
Answers listed include bigamist sheep-tender newspaper and Francisco Franco of Spain along with No Kits Cheese National Maritime Union Wyoming and Union of South Africa as the quiz results.
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Francisco Franco
Spain
National Maritime Union
Wyoming
Union of South Africa
Auction Listings Include Furniture and Household Goods
Sales Directory listing on APR 30 at 7 pm details DEN NYS COMMISSION AUCTION 44 miles east of Winchester on Route 7 with Arthp and Cole as auctioneers. May 3 at 10 am features ROBERT A. VOROUS 4 miles north of Berryville off Rt 340 with W. D. Orndorff as auctioneer. May 17 at 10 am lists Mrs Rosa E Renner Glenn Burnie Parma Amherst St Extd Winchester VA with Charles R. Duvall as auctioneer.
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Denny’s Commission
Winchester
Arthp and Cole
Robert A. Vorous
Berryville
Rt. 340
Franklintown Road
W. D. Orndorff
Rosa E. Renner
Glenn Burnie Parm
Amherst St
Charles R. Duvall
H Bomb Tests May Be Last For Britain
London sources say Britain’s H-bomb tests in the central Pacific could end if the United States approves pooling nuclear secrets. A British Defense Ministry spokesman noted joint tests would follow only with Congress’s approval of Eisenhower’s information sharing plan.
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Central Pacific
United States
America
British Defense Ministry
Congress
Eisenhower
Festival events highlight Miss Fairbanks coronation week
Miss Fairbanks will be crowned Thursday at 2 30 p m at Handley Bowl with Sam Rayburn and Lewis Strauss officiating. Kitty Kallen will be grand marshal of the Firemen’s Parade and attend events through the day including a dress rehearsal, receptions, and the Apple Blossom Majorette trophy presentation.
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Miss Fairbanks
C. Evans Cline
Kitty Kallen
Herb Parsons
Parsons
C. L. Hood
Richmond
Winchester Arms
Winchester Armory
Handley High School
Miss Kallen
Washington, D. C
New York
Washington
Kallen
John Hawse
Howard Melton
Winchester
Woodstock
Dan Burner
C. Ridgely White
Merriman’s Lane
F. L. Largent
Oldest Resident Dies at 101 in Boonton
Charles Henry Mitchell aged 101 died at his Boonton home after a brief illness. Born September 20 1856 in Petersburg Virginia he served in the Confederate Army and later moved with family to Washington and Virginia. A stairbuilder and cabinet maker he retired in the 1930s and built a stairway in Woodrow Wilsons summer White House at West Long Branch. He leaves two daughters and four sons.
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Boonton
N. J
Charles Henry Mitchell
Mitchell
Petersburg
Washington, D. C
Virginia
Long Branch
Woodrow Wilson
White House
West Long Branch
Festival Funds Lagging and Largent Seeks Support
Largent Jr. president of the 1958 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival reports festival income is in arrears by 13055.26. The In-Town, Out-of-Town, and other sources shortfalls total 13055.26 plus 4105.50 and 2571.20 and 6378.56 respectively. Committee members urge public individuals firms and organizations to help cover the deficit.
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FL. Largent, Jr
Shenandoah
Fete
Largent
Apple
Removal of Teamsters Union Monitor Sought
A petition in U S District Court seeks the removal of Godfrey P Schmidt as a Teamsters monitor filed by John Cunningham of New York. Cunningham accuses Schmidt of serving his own interests and not consulting before seeking a 350000 fee for himself and two other attorneys. The matter relates to monitors appointed after a 1967 Hoffa related settlement and names Nathan Cayton and L N D Wells as other monitors.
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Godfrey P. Schmidt
Teamsters Union
U.S
John Cunningham
New York
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Cunningham
Schmidt
Hoffa
Nathan Cayton
Municipal Court of Appeals
The
L. N. D. Wells
Clarke County High Band Concert For Teachers
The Clarke County High School band will present a concert for county teachers at the annual banquet at Clarke County High School. About 67 guests are expected, including members of the county school board and Mrs Mildred Riley as banquet chair.
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Clarke County High School
Mildred Riley
Trapeze Star Pinito del Coro Injured in Stockholm Fall
STOCKHOLM A 3500 strong audience watched Pinito del Coro world famed trapeze artist fall during a performance. She suffered a skull fracture and serious injuries but doctors said she would live.
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Stockholm
Pinito del Coro
McDonald Leads Show With Champion and Reserve Champions
Kenneth McDonald led Jersey and Hereford classes with the grand champion Shorthorn weighing 1,186 pounds sold to Safeway Stores for 36 per hundredweight. Reserve champions included David Green from Stephens City with a Shorthorn and Tommy Wolfe from Berryville with a Hereford. The event featured multiple breeds and buyers including American Stores and Kennet Winger.
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Kenneth McDonald
Safeway
David Green
Stephens City
Hereford
Tommy Wolfe
Berryville
Angus
Douglas McelIntire
4-H Club
White Post
Kenneth Winger
Winchester
Bradley Pugh
F.F.A
Gore
American Stores Co
Top livestock buyers listed from four states
Safeway Stores led as the largest buyers purchasing five head each. Emry and Andy Crites of Moorefield West Virginia followed with four head, while C T Hardesty of Farmers' Livestock Exchange managed three. Other buyers hailed from Winchester Clarke County and nearby towns in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
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Safeway Stores
Emry
Andy Crites
Moorefield
W. Va
C. T. Hardesty
Farmers’ Livestock Exchange
I. E. Rissler
Ephrata
Paul Plumly
Bill Boyce
William S. English
Fleet & Co
C. L. Williams
Lee Jackson
Winchester
Clarke County Locker Plant
Berryville
Ivan Diller
Phares Horst
Mr. Eby
Hagerstown
Weather Today and Tonight for Winchester VA
The weather forecast calls for windy with showers and scattered thunderstorms this afternoon ending this evening for west and north areas and later tonight for the southeast. Thunderstorms may locally become severe in the southeast this afternoon. Turn cooler tonight with lows 42 to 50 west and north and 50 to 55 southeast. Wednesday will be cloudy and cooler with highs around 75 and lows near 56. Moon phases and times noted for the period.
Rainfall figures for past 24 hours and year to date
Rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8 30 a m none April rainfall to date 3 45 inches 1958 rainfall to date 14 38 inches Average annual rainfall for 4 years 36 78 inches Monthly averages from 1912 to 1957 show 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 70 October 3 26 November 2 52 December 2 48
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