Reynolds Store News Briefs Highlights Local Activities
Local residents attend visits and gatherings across Berkeley Springs Martinsburg and Charles Town with social calls from the Dick family Hutzlers and Whitacres Civil Air Patrol meetings in Staunton plus Emerson Reunion at War Memorial Park. Gardens prosper after rains and farm harvests pick up in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Reynolds
War Memorial Hospital
Berkeley Springs
Eumarner
Garland L. Dick
Washington
Bernie Bennett
Mervil Dick
Warren Harrison
Thelma Heatzell
Harrisonburg
Virginia Unger
Ziler Bageant
Dewey Hutzler
Chambersburg
Walter Moore
John Omps
Ernest Michael
Winchester
Tressa Dick
Sunnyside
Brucetown
War Memorial Park
Martinsburg
W. Va
Omer Webb
Kenny
Civil Air Patrol
Staunton
Andy Whitacre
Calvin Cain
Annandale
William Grove
Luther Welsh
Emerson
Russell McAboy
Eddie
McAboy
Edgar Smallwood
Charles Town
Mary Price Ieens
and Valley Cain
Annandales
Monks Question Brandy Kegs Worn by Rescue Dogs
Monks at St Bernard Switzer land doubt rescue dogs ever carried brandy kegs around their necks The monks suggest the image may be an artist’s invention rather than factual practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard
Switzerland
Battle for the Body of Gen Daniel Morgan in Cowpens
A 1951 dispute over where Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan should be buried sparked a regional feud between Cowpens South Carolina and Winchester Virginia. Lee, lawmakers, and local groups clashed for months, court fights ensued, and a monument was later erected in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Morgan
Time Magazine
Life
Cowpens
S. C
Daniel Morgan
Winchester
the Star
Lions Club
Lions
Gen. Morgan
Joseph Neville Strong Callahan
Redwood City
Calif
Virginia
Ss. Co
Harry
Benjamin, Belchie
Thomas Scully
Local Historical Society
Roy C. Cash
Frank Taylor
Pulaski
Cash
General Morgan
S. Moseley
American Legion
J. Manning Poliakoff
Poliakoff
Floyd
Washington
W. Nelson Page
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Harry F. Byrd
Mr. Page
Olin D. Johnston
Moseley
Joseph R. Bryson
James F. Byrnes
U. S
Supreme Court
Cowpen
Bernard B. Poliakoff
S. C. Marine Corps ‘League
Peyton J. Marshall
Corporation Court
Mosely
Mr. Poliakoff
Tuesoe
New Jersey
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Saratoga
Amherst St
Battle of Cowpens
Life Magazine
Callahan
Associated Press
Henry F. Hafner
St. Louis
Missouri
Reading
Mt. Hebron
Bryan Conrad
Mt. Hebron Cemetery Co
0Bu
Ody
Robert E. O’neal
Stephens City
Elliott Marshall
Burr P. Harrison
Historical Society
Fort Loudoun
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Winchester Lions Club
Belchie
The
John V. Ed
Ian Ellen Miller
Garland R. Quarles
Titan Missile Test Advances ICBM Readiness
The Titan missile completed a 5000 mile flight off Cape Canaveral signaling progress toward combat readiness. A 98 foot rocket traced its ocean crossing under strobe lights while tracking cameras record position data. Within weeks Air Force troops will launch a Titan from Vandenberg in operational conditions signaling deployment readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Moose Honors M. E. Royston at Winchester Lodge
Past Governor M. E. Royston Jr. was honored at the Winchester Moose Lodge, receiving the Governor's Merit Award from H. C. Christianson of the Pilgrim Degree of the Loyal Order of Moose. The award cited Royston's service as governor in 1960-1961 and required the Lodge to show a financial and membership increase to qualify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Royston, Jr
Winchester
Moose Lodge
H. C. Christianson
Loyal Order of Moose
Royston
Meeting site set for 1962 Lutheran convention
The American Lutheran Church has chosen Milwaukee as the site of its 1962 convention first in the history of the newly merged 2%-million member denomination. The announcement notes Milwaukee will host delegates, officers and guests for the event, underscoring the unification of former Lutheran bodies into a single national church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis, Minn
American Lutheran Church
Milwaukee
Bank Asset Totals Rise in Winchester and Nearby Banks
For the ninth straight year the area's banks post higher assets at June 30. Winchester three banks report combined assets of 42,773,519 while Frederick and Clarke County banks tally 7,820,184 in June. Individual banks also exceed their 1960 totals, with savings growth noted as a key factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke County
Farmers and Merchants
Shenandoah Valley
Middletown State Bank
Western Frederick Bank
Bank of Clarke
First National Bank of
Berryville
Grimes News Briefs Roundup Of Local Happenings
Grimes reports varied local moves and visits including Moulden and DeHaven patients, church and picnic notes at Martinsburg and Musselman events, house purchases and relocations, painters at White Hall Church, and several residents moving to farms or homes. Also notes Peale remarks on problem solving and a sequence of bank figures from 1957 to 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimes
Howard Moulden
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Elsworth DeHaven
Stickel
Woodbine
Galilee Church
Memorial Park
Martinsburg
W. Va
Ralph Anderson
Apple Pie Ridge
Carl Ellis
Birmingham
Ala
Weldon Nicholson
Musselman
John Smeltzer
Greenspring
William Hiett
Welltown
Bobby Sowers
White Hall Methodist Church
Robert Bell
Joseph Miller
Winchester
Bertha Butler
Keyser
Homer Leatherman
James Healis
Elizabeth City
N.C
Isaac L. Kerns
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Brucetown News
By Lorna Leones
Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Falls Church
Daily Crossword
Comply
Miss Tierney
Cutter
Tidy
Pigpen
Number
Anit
Northern Virginia Power CO
Titan
Moose
M. E. Royston
Evening Star
Advertising and
National Safety Council
By N. C. Hensell
Rochester
Norman Vincent Peale
Precofax
Shenandoah Bottled Gas CO
E. Piccadilly
Chevrolet
Schevys
Corvairs
Cadillac
Corvair
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