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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1955

Page

2

Smallwood Rites Here Tomorrow

Funeral service for Thomas G. Smallwood of 218 East Street will be held Thursday at 2 p m at Jones Funeral Home. The Rev Carl W Hiser will officiate. Interment is Mount Hebron Cemetery. Remains rest at the funeral home until the service.

Thomas G. Smallwood East Street Winchester Memorial Hospital Jones Funeral Home Carl W. Hiser D. D First Evangelical United Brethren Church Donald G. Bush Bradford W. Michael Chauncey M. Snapp Westley R. Weakley Roger H. Clevenger M Durwood Bowers

Club Swimming Party Postponed At Winchester Golf Club

The teenage supper and swimming party at Winchester Golf Club, planned for this evening, is postponed to next Wednesday from 5 to 11 p m. The article also notes that about 60 cents of every transit revenue dollar is spent on wages and salaries as a general industry average.

Winchester Golf Club

Lad Comes Down With Polio Week After GG Shots

An eight year old Fairfax County boy who had a gamma globulin shot last week has polio, the 24th county case this year. His eight year old sister had Salk vaccine last year. In nearby Alexandria a nine year old is listed as the citys sixth polio case.

Fairfax Springfield Fairfax County Harold Kennedy Alexandria New York Korea William C. Stevenson Bandy James C. Gallagher Brooklyn Gallagher Stevenson Yalu Lloyd W. Pate Augusta Pate

Woman Seeks 20000 Damages Over Transparent Bathing Suit

Claudia A. Hamilton sues Glamor Shops Inc alleging a new bathing suit became transparent while she swam at a Charleston area beach. She claims mortification and nerve injury and says crowds saw her semi nude, forcing her to wrap in a towel and endure public leers.

Charleston S. C Claudia A. Hamilton Glamor Shops, Inc New York

Note to reach four physicians in an emergency

The message instructs dialing phone 3670 to reach four physicians during an emergency situation. It reads as a terse coordination note for rapid medical contact. The exact context or organization associated with the four physicians is not specified.

Local Auction Listings Aug 12-27 Include Farms and Real Estate

Multiple auction notices list sales at Longwood Farm near Boyce and Capon Bridge W Va with dairy cattle farm machinery and hay. Estates and real estate near Vaucluse and Front Royal Road Winchester also set for August 27 with trustees and special commissioners overseeing house and land sales.

Ralph Orndorff Ellen R. Wheeler Longwood Farm Boyce W. D. Orndorff Byron Brumback Bessie C. Ramsburg Capon Bridge W. Va H. F. Smith W. E. Edwards Vaucluse Charles R. Duvall Harry R Kern, Jr J. Randolph Larrick Frederick County Court House Paper Mill Road Harrison, Benham Thomas Larrick Winchester Front Royal Rd

Local Pastor's School Attendees Named

The list shows city residents attending the full session: J A Hott Jr Steven Hackman Allen Stine Eileen Cahill Harriet Goode Sarah Jane Slonaker Catherine Feathers Peggy Ann Varick Jerry Weather holtz Gene Fisher Ronald Price Frank Baum gardner Philip Yount and several additional women. A second group attends one or more one day sessions: J W McDaniel A E Weatherholtz Bessie Trenary Evangeline Ebersole Wesley Crisman E W Frye E H Jones Sr and Marshall Striker.

J. A. Hott J. A. Hott, Jr Steven Hackman Allen Stine Eileen Cahill Harriet Goode Sarah Jane Slonaker Catherine Feathers Peggy Ann Varick Jerry Weatherholtz Gene Fisher Ronald Price Frank Baumgardner Philip Yount A. H. Crawford E. H. Harlee Moody Slonaker

Federal by pass plan for Kernstown area discussed

A 1953 survey outlined an 8.7 mile by pass starting on U S Route 11 south of Kernstown and running north and cross country to Route 522 near Garber Ice Cream Plant then to Route 50 near Zuckerman. The plan anticipates 250 to 300 foot right of way under possible federal standards and a tentative cost of 6 3 million dollars.

U. S Smith Council Highway Department Lee Grant Harrisonburg Congress U.S. Rt. 11 Fedral

Winchester By Pass Plan Faces 1958 Start Window

City council hears highway officials outline a by pass to connect seven routes including U S 822 N, U S 11, U S 50, U S 340, State Rt 644, Paper Mill Road and U S 522 S. Negotiations hinge on federal interstate standards with allocations seen for Harrisonburg and Winchester projected for 1958. The plan awaits federal action as Congress adjourns.

U. S. Rt U. S Harrisonburg Winchester Smith Congress Laurens Jones Highway Department

Answers to the Page Four Quiz

The page lists ten Q A pairs with results including 25, Buccaneers, she looked back, a la carte, true, no, light, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Roger Williams, and true.

Light Oliver Wendell Holmes Roger Williams True

Funeral service for Norman Roe Lockhart in Baltimore

Norman Roe Lockhart died Monday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. A funeral will be held tomorrow at 11 at Omps Funeral Home with Rev. Floyd Wine officiating. Interment follows at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers: Jacob Yost Earl Clowser Maynard Wisecarver Charles Renner J G Holsinger Richard M Carpenter William Ritenour. Body remains at Omps until service time.

Norman Roe Lockhart Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Omps Floyd Wine Mt. Hebron Cemetery Jacob Yost Earl Clowser Maynard Wisecarver Charles Renner J. G. Holsinger Richard M. Carpenter William Ritenour

Mrs. Ferguson Dies in Suffolk at 86

Marion Sendall Ferguson, 86, died yesterday evening in a Suffolk nursing home after a long illness. Born in Cockeysville Maryland, she was widow of Alfred P. Ferguson and lived in Suffolk fifteen years. Survives a niece Mrs. G Richardson Joyner of Suffolk and a nephew Phillip Sendall Bowie of Chattanooga Tennessee. Funeral at Sacred Heart Church tomorrow at 10. Interment Sacred Heart Cemetery. Remains arrive Jones Funeral Home today at 6:30. Rosary at 8 this evening at the funeral home.

Marion Marion Sendall Ferguson Suffolk She Cockeysville, Md Richard and Susan Cockey Sendall Alfred P. Ferguson G. Richardson Joyner Phillip Sendall Bowie Chattanogia Tenn Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery Jones Funeral Home Funeral

Funeral service for Clifton H Grimm set Thursday

The funeral for Clifton H Grimm who died yesterday at 219 Millwood Ave will be held Thursday at 4 pm at Jones Funeral Home with Dr William E Eisenberg of Grace Lutheran Church officiating. Pallbearers include Maurice W Perry John F Hoover Arthur H Haymaker Edgar A Rush Jacob H Yost Sr and Gilbert M De Haven. Interment follows at Mount Hebron Cemetery.

Clifton H Grimm Millwood Ave Jones Funeral Home William E. Eisenberg Grace Lutheran Church Maurice W Perry John F. Hoover Arthur H. Haymaker Edgar A. Rush Jacob H. Yost, Sr Gilbert M. DeHaven Mount Hebron Cemetery

Soldier abuses during siege prompt hunger and cold exposure

Report states soldiers in the unit received little food and wore standard fatigue uniforms while the Reds allegedly supplied warmth and extras. They claim illness prevented opposition as Gal lagher allegedly forced John W. Jones of Detroit and Donald T. Baxter of Waukon into the cold.

Reds Gallagher John W. Jones Detroit Donald T. Baxter Waukon Iowa

Which Corn Is More Nutritious Yellow Or White

Yellow corn contains a considerable amount of vitamin A while white corn has only a trace. Aside from this the two kinds of corn have the same food value.

Centennial Wood Nickels Trick or Treat Value

During Mattoon Illinois centennial celebrations wooden nickels sized like half dollars circulated as five cent pieces paid by local banks.

Mattoon

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Mr. Clifton H. Grimm Mr. Thomas G. Smallwood Jones Funeral Home, Inc N. Cameron ST Minor Motor CO Lad Little Mountain Church Cedar Grove M.Y.F Cc. Brumback & Sons Esso Standard Oil Company Essotane A.O. Smith Permagias and Handley Brown Hart Ekco Essotane Store Winichester William Eisenberg Grace Lutheran Charles E. Tusing Lutheran Synod of Virginia Massanetta Springs Eisenberg Marshall F. Mauney Lynchburg Alen H. Fenner Muhlenburg Pws American Agricultural Chemical Company Butler Wyck St I. Q Lockhart Service Omps Funeral Home A. P. Ferguson Sacred Heart Catholic Church Clifton Grimm Onps Cammer Tire CO S. Braddock St Nees Freestone Elberta Commissioners’ Sale Circuit Court Frederick County Virginia Thelma May Smith Grover L. Smith Joseph B. Newlin Court Square Harry R. Kern, Jr Randolph Larrick S, T. Snider I, Lee N Whitacre Lee N. Whitacre Martinsburg Washington Philadelphia Pittsburgh B&o Wilmington Mckeesport Connellsville Cumberland Ohio
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