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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1955

Page

9

Deportation Bid for Emilio Funicello in New Rochelle

Emilio Funicello, 52, bids farewell to his wife Anna in New Rochelle as he is taken away to face deportation charges. A lifelong law-abiding man since 1943 after a life sentence for a 1932 holdup was commuted, he is labeled an undesirable. The commutation came after he enlisted four hoodlum pals who later abandoned his family.

Emilio Funicello Anna New Rochelle N. Y Funicello International

Bonn Told to Quit West If National Unity Is Desired

Berlin dispatch reports East German Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl rejects national elections to reunify Germany while the Bonn Republic remains in the Western alliance. He demands Adenauer quit the Western European Union and abandon rearmament for any unity talks. He outlined East German aims ahead of the Geneva talks starting Oct 27.

Bonn West Berlin Communist Fast Germany Otto Grotewohl Volkskammer Konrad Adenauer European Union Geneva

Librarian Dies of Polio in Washington Area

Robert Healy, 30, librarian of Congress for five years, died of bulbar polio at Haynes Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was admitted Tuesday and placed on a respirator. Healy, of Arlington Virginia, leaves a widow and siblings, with funeral plans pending in Alexandria Virginia and Arlington National Cemetery.

Boston Robert Healy Arlington Congress Haynes Memorial Hospital Healy Daniel A Healy Waltham Mass Ritter Maine Blessed Sacrament Church Alexandria Burne Arlington National Cemetery Mary White Healy

Airmen Arrive in California From Red China Prisons

About 11 airmen returned to California from 32 months in Red China and Hong Kong, landing at Travis AFB. Six rode in the Bataan C54, five in a sister ship, as a crowd of 1000 greeted the homebound servicemen. Only one relative, Dr Robert D Arnold of Sunnyvale, met Col John Knox Arnold.

Travis Air Force Base Calif Americaf Red China Hawaii Douglas MacArthur Bataan Hong Kong Trevis Air Force Robert D Arnold Sunnyvale John Knox Arnold

Weekend Guests and Local Social Notes

Weekend social and family visits listed include the Cochran and Booth families from Omaha and Forest Hill Md visiting the Cochran household at Waveley Farm. Other North and East Coast ties appear with Cochrans in Gettysburg Pa Savana Ga Riside Sun Md and Winschester Miss Ware visiting Shiley. Hospital and picnic attendance noted along with a Western states tour by Viola Grant and L O Dick.

Clearbrook Savana Willy Collard Riside Sun Mary Ware Winchester Jane Shiley Walker Bond Memorial Hospital D. M. Sprinkle E. O. Rudolph Colonial Beath Richard Duvall Burnt Factory Viola Grant L. O. Dick P. F. Legard Robert Duncan Douslas Grubb Ellen Magru

Registration Dates Announced For City School Pupils

Winchester Public Schools set August 25 and 26 for new pupil registrations from 9 am to noon or 1 to 3 pm. Requirements include birth certificate, official school record, and vaccination proof. Transfer students to Handley or Douglas High Schools must have transcripts mailed before August 25 by their previous principal. Colored pupils to Douglas School. white pupils to Handley and Virginia Avenue or John Kerr areas.

Winchester Public Schools Handley Or Douglas High Schools Handley Or Douglas Virginia Avenue Cork St John Kerr Gerrard St John Kerr School Quarles Handley School E. Cork St S. Loudoun St Valley Ave General Office Douglas School

Martinsburg Visit Noted For Miss Grubb

Miss Louwana Grubb spent last week with friends in Martinsburg West Virginia according to local social notes.

Der Bedington W. Va Louwana Grubb Martinsburg

Union Wins Wage Increase From GE

The CIO International Union of Electrical Workers won a five year contract with General Electric offering a 3 percent annual wage rise for years one to three with at least 4½ cents an hour, and a 5 cent floor in years four and five. A reopening clause for 1958 on employment security matters is included.

New York CIO International Union of Electrical Workers General Electric Co General Electric James Carey UIE

Dean of Law School Defends Chandler at William and Mary

Dr. D. W. Woodbridge dean of the Marshal Wythe School of Law spoke out in Williamsburg Virginia defending President Alvin Duke Chandler and his administration. He warned that silence could be seen as approval amid recent attacks.

Law School Chandler Williamsburg College of William and Mary Alvin Duke Chandler D. W. Woodbridge Marshal Wythe School of Law

Greenwood Church Service and Club Meeting Notice

Greenwood worship service will be held Sunday at 10 00 with Sunday School at 11 00 The Valley Mill Home Demonstration Club meets Tuesday at 130 pm at Mrs Lawrence Coles home Red Bud Recent visitors at the Dove home include Mr and Mrs Joe Luttrell and daughter JoAnne Mr and Mrs Ernest Dove and Mr and Mrs Louis

Greenwood Greenwood Chapel Valley Mill Home Demonstration Club Lawrence Cole Red Bud John Dove Joe Luttrell JoAnne Ernest Dove Louis

Family and social visitors fill Winchester area notes

The column lists numerous visitors and relatives visiting Winchester and nearby towns. Names include Ruble, Gilbert Dove, Jesse Gordon, Carl and George Smith and families, Susan Brown visiting relatives, Unger, Harold Pope, Carlisle, Mable Brown, Ruth Cochran, Nellie Sawyer, Nelson Haines, Kitty Patton, Martha and Susan Brown, Thomas Brown, Ida Pennington moving to convalesce, Louis Lamp Sr and Elmer Lamp, Welby Renner and visiting friends from Baltimore Gettysburg Spring Grove Capon Bridge Pittsburgh and more, plus wedding attendance and convalescence updates.

Ruble Gilbert Dove Jesse Gordon Carl Smith Carol Patsy George Dove George Joan Jean Winchester Charles Dove Chestertown Susan Brown Gilbert Brown Gwynh Unger Gettysburg Harold Pope Spring Grove J. W. Carlisle Mable Brown Martha Susan Margaret Brown Ruth Cochran Nellie Sawyer Nelson Haines Mrs. Brown Mrs. Pope Kitty Patton Martha and Thomas Brown Ida Pennington Winchester Memorial Hospital Clinton Ebersole Pennington Louis Lamp Elmer Lamp Welby Renner Jimmy Lowickis Baltimore Lilian McCarty Norman Smith Fred Gore Maynard Renner Virginia Renner John Dove Louis Lamp, Jr Bunney Sharon Cather Clearbrook Stephens City Sharon Pittsburgh Ralph Rogers Janie William Shonaker Shirley Capon Bridge W.va Janet Shanholiger Bill Nave Shirley Slonaker Bunney Lamp Martha Brown Mary Anne Smith Peggy Elliott J. C. Shanholtzer Edith Gordon Ethel Thomas Norfolk Val

Reynolds attends Pittsburgh wedding abroad

Efie Reynolds of San Francisco travels east to Pittsburgh for her son Nave and Miss Shanhditzer wedding. Blanche Carlisle and grandson Billy Ashworth return home after stay in Kingsport with Billy's father S. E. Ashworth. Charles Cole couple back from Pennsylvania visits with Cole and Crist families. Red Strosnider hospitalized at Winchester Memorial Hospital.

Efie Reynolds San Francisco Calif Dave Cole Harry Cole Charleroi Lizzie Crist Shady Grove Red@ Strosnider Winchester Memorial Hospital

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