Deaths and Funerals Reported in Winchester and Front Royal
Two obituaries note Howard L. Stotler of Route 1 dies at Winchester Memorial Hospital with service Sunday at 3 p.m. at Primitive Baptist Church Reynolds Store. Ada Bell Lang, 72, dies after extended illness near Front Royal. funeral Sunday at 2 p.m. Maddox Funeral Home Front Royal with burial in Bennetts Chapel Cemetery Warren County.
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Howard L. Stotler
Route 1
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Primitive Baptist Church
Reynolds Store
Carl Weiser
D.D
John C. Layingston
Jones Funeral Home
Alvin Keller
Ernest Stotler
Harley Adams
Elmer Braithwaite
Paul Stotler
Winfred Crum
Ada Bell Lang
East Side Highway
Front Royal
Kimball
Isaac
Rachel Bell
Lang
American Viscose Corporation
Wilbur H. Lang
Oscar
James
Paul
Percy Lang
Loring Lang
Luray
Beulah Weaver
Josef Kibler
Rileyville
Mamie Gayhart
Stuarts Craft
Rosie Presgraves
Maddox Funeral Home
Bennetts Chapel
Warren County
Death of day-old Tepault nephew in Washington DC
Mrs. Harry Wigginton of Route 2 mourns the death of her day-old nephew in Washington DC on July 26. He was the son of Carson Tevault and Mary Truman Tevault of Washington and survived by one brother and two sisters. Burial occurred Wednesday at Arlington Cemetery.
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Harry Wigginton
Route 2
Washington, D .C
Carson Trevault
Mary Truman Tevault
Washington
Stephen Tevault
Suzanna
Christine Tevault
William Tevault
Route 4
Winchester
Mary Truman
Maryland
Arlington Cemetery
Ashby Funeral Service Set for T H Ashby in Berryville
The funeral service for T. H. Ashby, who died yesterday at his home in Old Chapel, will be held tomorrow at 2 30 p m at the John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville conducted by Rev William Raney. Interment follows at Green Hill Cemetery Berryville with pallbearers Billy Feagans Rice Carper Leonard Pierce Harry Johnson Peter Reed and Elmer Kenny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Ashby
Old Chapel
John H. Enders
Berryville
William Raney
Green Hill Cemetery
Billy Feagans
Rice Carper
Leonard Pierce
Harry Johnson
Peter Reed
Elmer Kenny
Boy Clings to Hope After River Ordeal Says Ranger
A 15 year old boy, Owens, survived a harrowing canyon crossing by swimming and signaling for help after repeatedly praying. He faced rapid rapids, hunger, and fatigue, and built signals to attract rescuers. A park ranger called his escape a miracle and noted his transformation from boy to man.
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Owens
Padre
Conferees Boost Guard to 400000 Men Plan Yet Not Ordered
Senate proposal would raise National Guard to 400000 with 73 million for the increase and nearly 100 million to keep Marine and Army reserve levels above the President’s plan. Conferees declined to mandate the boosts, leaving administration to use funds at its option. Army total 9.376 billion, Navy Marine 11.007 billion, Air Force 17.473 billion, Defense Secretary office 1.373 billion with cited increases and cuts.
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Senate
National Guard
Army
Navy
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Death of Col. A. Ralph Steinberg Mourned in Dem ranks
Col. A. Ralph Steinberg 62 a Roosevelt era politician died Friday of a heart attack. The Greggstown New Jersey native was national coordinator of the Democratic party in 1936 and served as secretary of Tammany Hall.
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Los Angeles
A. Ralph Steinberg
Steinberg
Greggstown
N.J
Democratic Party
Tammany Hall
Warren Board Discusses Dogs and Bridge Needs
The Warren County Board of Supervisors met with Front Royal officials to address stray dogs and consider a used county pickup with a steel pen for detaining dogs. They unanimously urged state action to replace a 6 ton Rt 619 bridge and discussed road widening on Rt 649 Browntown Road. Health concerns at the city dump were raised with calls to bury trash rather than burn it.
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Front Royal
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Shenandoah River
Clarence Gregory
H. D. Hammer, Jr
Gregory
Mahmer
Charles Russell
William Lillard, Jr
State Highway Department
Rt. 619
Fork District
A. 8. Brown
Highway Department
Warren
F. A. Zirkle
The
Rt. 649
Browntown
Zirkle
Front Royal District
L. O. Fears
County Health Office
D. Fears
Hamner
Liz Whitney calls land condemnation price unfair near Upperville
Liz Whitney insists the government should pay more for 32.7 acres condemned for military use near Upperville. She would rather give the land to the government than accept $1,000, noting prior land values ranged from 150 to 500 dollars per acre. Her co respondent, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Whitney Lunn, says she did not know lawyers sought to force disclosure of land use and that she does not want to discuss the matter further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liz
Whitney
Upperville
Mary Elizabeth Whitney
Lunn
Miami
Alexandria
United States
A. Andrew Giangreco
Albert V. Bryan
Secretary of the Army
Henry H. Whiting
Former Maryland Jockey Club Official Daiger Dies at 87
Matthias L. Daiger, 87, longtime Maryland Jockey Club official, passed away Friday in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Matthias L. Daiger
The
Maryland Jockey Club
Fatality Toll Stands at 462 On Va. Roads
Virginia highway death toll rises to 462 with three new names added. Delthia C. Taylor 28 of Swords Creek died after a 1:30 a.m. crash on State Rt. 67 near Raven in Russell County. Harold W. Meredith 20 of rural Tazewell died in a collision west of Cliffield. truck driver Claude Atwall 27 of North Tazewell uninjured, Meredith's wife Lenora 17 injured. Homer Nelson Boykins 42 of Southampton County died when his farm tractor and trailer were struck by a tractor-trailer on US 460 west of Zuni. truck driver Russell Minnix of Norfolk listed.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Delthia C. Taylor
Swords Creek
Russell County
Raven
Harold W. Meredith
Tazewell
Cliffield
Claude Atwall
North Tazewell
Atwall
Meredith
Lenora
Homer Nelson Boykins
Southampton County
US 460
Zuni
Liste
Russell Minnix
Norfolk
Nixon Sees Khrushchev as Leader of Men in Moscow
Nixon praised Khrushchev as a born leader and warned the differences in aims between the United States and the Soviet Union. He spoke during a 5,000 mile tour and noted Soviet media arrangements for his remarks amid a restrained press climate.
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Nixon
Khrushchev
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
United States
Herbert Klein
Moscow
Izvestia
Communist Party
Pravda
Moscow News
Death of Sir Harold Campbell Noted Australian Journalist
Sir Harold Campbell age 65 editor of the Age and prominent Australian journalist died Friday from a coronary occlusion. Campbell was director of the Australian Associated Press and served as a member of the Australian delegation to the United Nations in 1945 and 1949.
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Melbourne
Australia
Harold Campbell
The
Age
Campbell
Associated Press
United Nations
Bishop Michael Keyes Dies at 83 in Savannah
The Most Rev. Michael J. Keyes S M D D 83 bishop of Savannah from 1922 to 1935 died Friday.
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Michael Keyes
Washington
Michael J. Keyes
S.M
Savannah
Richard Bowditch former Chamber of Commerce president dies
Richard L. Bowditch a 58 year old New England industrialist and former president of the U S Chamber of Commerce died Friday Bowditch led the Chamber in 1953 and 1954 in Boston AP report
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Boston
Richard L. Bowditch
New England
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Bowditch
Chamber of Commerce
Reconstruction in War Torn Poland Rises Over Rubble
After World War II, Polish cities rebuilt atop bombed structures with rubble thick as foundations. Some new entrances sit ten feet above street level, showcasing extensive vertical redevelopment and reconstruction efforts.
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Warsaw
Poland
Steel Negotiators Aecess for Weekend
Negotiations between the steel industry and the United Steelworkers recessed for the weekend with no progress toward ending the strike that began July 15. Mediation and joint talks were planned for Monday as extends in aluminum and copper disputes averting wider action.
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New York
Steel Industry
United Steelworkers
Joseph F. Finnegan
Pittsburgh
Beets Poison Claim Second Victim in Idaho Falls
In Idaho Falls a jar of home canned beets from Lederle Laboratories caused botulism across six people. Wanda Nelson died in an iron lung, Aaron Gruwell followed, while Kenneth Nelson lay in a coma in Kansas City. Medical teams awaited antitoxin shipments to save the survivors.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Wanda Nelson
Aaron Gruwell
Wanda
Kenneth
Kansas City
Nelson
Naomi
Lavicia Gruwell
Marth Nelson
Lederle Laboratories
Pearl River
N.Y
New York
Gromyko blamed for end of parley as talks stall
The U S delegation and Western ministers say negotiations are deadlocked and accuse the West of failing to move. Herter Selwyn Lloyd and Couve de Murville seek a long recess with plans to resume in fall. The Volga River length is noted at 2300 miles.
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Gromyko
Berlin
Herter
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
Auction Directory Announces August Listings Across Va and WVa
A sequence of auction notices outlines sales for August across multiple locations. Horst manages a farm machinery sale near Marion Pennsylvania on Aug 5. Denny's Commission Auction lists furniture and appliances near Winchester on Aug 5. Mrs Ethel Hunt holds a household sale in Reliance Virginia on Aug 8. Mathew Ebersole antiques sale in Winchester on Aug 5. estate sale of C E Campbell dairy cattle and equipment on Aug 7. W E Edwards trustee sale near Berryville on Aug 15. D S T M R Shiley sale at Willow Well Farm near Charles Town West Virginia on Aug 12.
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Horst
Marion
Farm Machinery
Denny's Commission
Winchester
Orndorff & Cole
Ethel Hunt
Reliance
B. O. Brumback
Mathew Ebersole
Cameron St
W. F. Artrip, Jr
C. E. Campbell
Middle Road
Stan Haworth Auction Co
Warrenton
W. E. Edwards
Calrke County Court House
Berryville
Clarke County Farm
Charles R. Duvall
M. R. Shiley
Willow Well Farm
Charles Town
W. Va
Lewis, Murrow & Miller
Weather Today in Virginia with Sun and Thunder Forecast
Mostly sunny and less humid in western and northern Virginia. Scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers southeast, then cool and fair tonight. Lows 50s in mountains to 60s elsewhere. Sunday mostly sunny and cooler with highs 78 to 84, cooler in the mountains. Rainfall totals and averages shown for the year and months.
Carpenter Buys Shorthorn Bull in Record Transfer
J. L. Carpenter of Winchester purchased Maidstone Louie 267,520, a junior yearling Milking Shorthorn bull. Sired by Maidstone Baron 108,657 RM and out of Maidstone Roan Caro line 193,805 RM. Transfer recorded by the American Milking Shorthorn Society at Springfield, Missouri.
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J. L. Carpenter
Winchester
Maidstone
Baron
Maidstone Roan
R. G
American Milkling Shorthorn Society
Springfield
Missouri
True or False Test Sparks Debate in New York
A local New York discussion centers on the Federal Power Commission and figures such as Calvin Coolidge and Roger Williams. The exchange touches on legal figures like Oliver Wendell Holmes and cultural notes about horses, dogs, and Vesuvius.
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New York
Federal Power Commission
Calvin Coolidge
True
Horses
Neither of the Boys
Roger Williams
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Collie
Vesuvius
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Stotler Service
W. H. Lang
Tevault Child
Ashby
MT. Hebron
Ipswich
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Commerce St
Col
Ralph Steinberg
Dor
Warren Board
Liz’ Whitney
Matthias Daiger
Stuart M. Perry, Inc
Sir Harold Campbell
Richard Bowditch
E. Piccadilly St
Aluminum Workers International Union
Reynolds Metals Co
Alabama
Kentucky
Steelworkers
Arizona
Utah
Steel Union
New York City
Phelps - Dodge Corp
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Denber
Colo
Robert G. Welch
American Steel Warehouse Assn
Chicago
USW
Philadelphia
Lukens Steel Co
Coatesville
Alan Wood Steel Co
Conshohocken
U. S
Volga River
Russia
Sale
Frederick County
DHIA
Ox Stan Haworth Auction CO
Warrenton, Va
Rosemary B. Campbell
H. J. Wilson
Catlett, Va
Carpenter
Shorthorn
Albany
Albuquerque
Anchorage
Atlanta
Bismarck
Buffalo
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fort Worth
Helena
I. Q. Answers
Glaize & Bro
N. Cameron St
State
S. Cameron St
Windsor
Currier & Ives
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric
Mrs. Mathew Ebersole
Clarke County
John Andresen
Sallie Frances Andresen
Circuit Court
Clarke County Court House
Winchester-Berryville
Thomas W. Russell
Anna Belle Russell
Anna Belle
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