Weekend traffic crashes cause widespread damage and injuries
Dozens of area crashes over the weekend caused injuries to eight people at Double Toll Gate and three others on Old Charles Town Road. Several vehicles were totaled, with damage estimates near five thousand dollars, and multiple drivers treated and released or hospitalized.
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Stephenson
Double Toll Gate
Francis A. Adkins
William Adkins
Charles Town
Elsie Tharp
West Virginia Ave
Winchester
Hart
Click
William Henry Thompson
Fairview Ave
Sadie Virginia Mahoney
Peyton St
Detrick
Harold D
Boston
Mass
Mary F. McFeeters
Wake Forrest
N. C
Clarke County
Peter Paul Riley
Boyce
Edward B. Fowler
Bluemont
James A. Claycomb
Holbrook McKee
National Ave
N. Cameron St
Rouss Ave
James R. Bucher
Woodland Ave
Ford
Hudson
Millwood Ave
Gerrard St
Claycomb
Daniel Singer
Washington, D. C
John F. Hanczyk
Pittsburgh
Chevrolet
William Roy Breeden
S. Kent St
Breeden
Eight die in Virginia weekend highway crashes
Eight persons died in Virginia weekend crashes raising the 1955 road toll to 478, with multiple fatalities across Route 1 near Ladysmith and routes 340 205 and 57. Victims include Richard E. Pinard and George Morton in Virginia near Richmond, and Gordon Turner in Page County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Pinard
Littleton
N. H
George Morton
Winsted
Conn
U.S. 1
Ladysmith
Richmond
W. H. Ayars
Gordon Turner
Stanley
Newport
Page County
Virgil Good
Ethel G. Williams
Bassett
Irving W. Breeden
Rt. 3
Manassas
Washington
Georgetown Hospital
Charles Albert Davis
Monroe Hall
Westmoreland County
Colonial Beach
Isaac F. Hite
Clifton Forge
Hite
U. S
Alpha Smith Anderson
Jefferson City
Tenn
Gretna
U.S. 29
Peter Petteway
Waterbury
Ashland
Farm Auction Notices and Real Estate Listings
August sale schedule includes Ralph Orndorff and Ellen Wheel er at Longwood Farm 142 miles west of Boyce with dairy cattle hay and equipment. August 20 Capon Bridge WV estate of Bessie Ramsburg real estate livestock farm machinery furniture and household goods. August 27 W E Edwards trustee real estate near Vaucluse with Charles Duvall auctioneer. August 27 Henry R special commissioners front of Frederick County Court House house and lots on Paper Mill Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Orndorff
Ellen R. Wheeler
Longwood Farm
Boyce
W. D. Orndorff
Byron Brumback
E.S.T
Bessie C. Ramsburg
Capon Bridge
W. Va
H. F. Smith
W. E. Edwards
Vaucluse
Charles R. Duvall
Henry R
Frederick County Court House
Paper Mill Road
How's Your I Q Answers From Page Four Quiz
Answers to the Page 4 quiz are abstracted here with items listed as Carnivorous No 1246 True Sunflower State Australia No Washington Democrat Produced by radio and related notes. The circus safety nets discussion notes nylon rope as the chief material and that nets are mainly for flying trapeze acts with proper landing technique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnivorous
Sunflower
Australia
Washington
Democrat
Airmen Held Own Church Services After Release
Eleven airmen freed from captivity in Red China say they held weekly church services in prison begun December 1954. Maj. Baumer led Protestant services while Capt. Vandi and Sgt. Brown, Catholics, prayed rosaries. They joined for Christmas and Easter services and Brown received a rosary and prayer book from his girlfriend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Red China
Brown
Antoinette Palermo
Baumer
Reopen Tower Near Ike's Farm Shrouded In Silence
Gettysburg Pennsylvania observers report the observation tower near President Eisenhower's farm has been reopened to tourists after a closure prompted by Secret Service concerns. Officials offered no explanation for the reopening but indicated continued surveillance during Eisenhower's visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Battlefield
Eisenhower
Secret Service
Reynolds Metals reports record half year profits
Reynolds Metals Co. announced new record profits for the first half of 1955, with consolidated net earnings for the aluminum company and its wholly owned subsidiaries reaching $16,236,416. President R. S. Reynolds Jr. issued the figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Reynolds Metals Co
R. S. Reynolds, Jr
Aluminum
Snow on Zugspitze Reaches Four Inches in Germany
Four inches of snow covered Germany's highest peak, Zugspitze, today after a snowfall that affected the Alpine region near Garmisch Partenkirchen. The event marked notable winter conditions for local residents and travelers in Bavaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garmisch - Partenkirchen
Germany
Zugspitze
Berryville JCC Receives Charter Installs Officers
Berryville hosts charter night as Berryville Junior Chamber of Commerce receives National and International charters. Oscar Hamilton is installed as president by Jack Barnes with Wallace Heatwole and officers sworn in. Twenty eight members, directors named, pins awarded. ceremonial dinner at Legion Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Legion Hall
Jack Barnes
Portsmouth
Oscar Hamilton
Jaycee
Wallace Heatwole
Waynesboro
Mr. Hamilton
John Friant
Charles Renner
Triplett Hardesty, III
Hammer Price
Howard R Hart
Hamilton
William Hooker
Harry Jones
Hobson McGehee
Berryville Group
Berryville Jcc
al Newman
Tyree Dillard
Cecil Wolfe
Bill Gregory
Charles Enders
John Sours
William Nerren
Welter
Kerryville Jaycees Schedule Two Thursday Meetings
The Kerryville Jaycees outline a business meeting on the second Thursday and a dinner meeting on the fourth Thursday each month. Saturday's gathering was followed by a dance event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherford
Aaron Zuckerman
Charles Eisner
Kerryville Jaycees
Flying speeds of insects compared with birds
Insects stay slower than some birds due to small size and light weight. They still reach impressive speeds with the hot fly cited as one of the fastest insects, potentially attaining 40 to 50 mph.
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Douglas Eugene Clevenger
Lucille Singhass
Rt. 4
J. W. Detrick
Charles Edward Tharp
Danwood Reimer
Seguin
Texas
Kernstown
U. S. Rt. 11
L. P. Coverstone
Rufus Carlton Burgess
Syracuse
N. Y
J. H. Smith, Jr
Robert Conrad Cunningham
Studebaker
Earl Ernest Whetzel
Whetzel
Sunnyside
Smith
Frank Lewis Smith
Amissville
Isaac Russell Murray
Rt. 2
Cedar Grove
Coverstone
Lewis Glenn DeHaven
Chrysler
Floyd Oliver Ferrebee
U. S. Rt.50
Edward Lewis
Kaiser
P. F Click
Vernon Clark
Cork St
The
Associated Press
SWIFT
C. L. Brumback & Sons
Plymouth Cranbrook
Minor Motor CO
Snellings
N. Braddock St
Inc
Northern Virginia Power CO
Butler
Wyck St
I. Q
Maj
William H. Baumer
Lewisburg
Capt
Eugene J. Vandi
Clayton, N. Y
T. Set
Howard W. Brown
St. Paul, Minn
Irust
OmDas Telephone
Funeral Home
Loudoun $T
Virginia” Combudance Service
Eugene W. Landy
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
Landy
Deborah Landy
Bradley Beach
N. J
Communist Party
Herbert H. Lehman
D-N. Y
Navy Department
Naval Reserve Commission
International
Institute OF Life Insurance
W Va
Frye Inn
Capon River
Main Street
Ferguson
Dearborn
John Deere
McCormick
Oliver
Singer
H. E. Hiett
Ferman Perry
Winchester Jcc
ICC
N. Cameror
Frederick Co-op Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
LIONS
Farm Bureau Committee
Leonard
Csary
Leonard Showroom
N. Kent St
P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp
Kent St
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