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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1956

Page

2

GOP Convention Opens at Cow Palace in San Francisco

The Cow Palace hosts the Republican National Convention as Eisenhower seeks renomination. Organizers anticipate a record setup with 16 834 seats and a vast TV, radio, and telegraph circuit network to broadcast the event nationwide.

Cow Palace San Francisco Western Steel and Bronco Republicart Eisenhower GOP Leonard Hall Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co

Court to decide value of willed car in estate dispute

In Newark New Jersey William C Yarnall an insurance broker from Saddle River argues over an $18 700 Bentley chosen from a will by Miss Lucille Lorrimer executors oppose his selection. Superior Court Judge G Dixon Speakman ruled the bequest is valid though Yarnall must prove reasonableness in a court trial as the fortune of the Lorrimer heir exceeds a million dollars.

Newark N. J William C. Yarnall Saddle River Yarnall New York Lucille Lorrimer Superior G. Dixon Speakman Speakman Miss Lorrimer Fred D. Maphis First National Bank Strasburg Virginia C. S. Painter Circuit Court Shenandoah County

Sales Directory—Au g Aug 22 to Sept 6 in Winchester Berryville and Charles Town

Auction notices list sales from Patton's Warehouse Winchester to the Estate of Adam Snively. Items include furniture household goods antiques farm stock dairy equipment real estate and livestock with dates August 22 through September 6 and auctioneers E T Snider K Cavalier W D Orndorff and others.

Patton N. Cameron St Winchester E. T. Snider E. Summers Orndorff Kernstown Co. M. Feltner Academy St Berryville K. K. Cavalier Thomas B. Carper Nelson Farm W D. Orndorff G. E. Vickers Roger H. Kelley Charles Town Guernseys and Holstein W. D. Orndorff F. L. Barrett Nain Adam Snively Frederick County Court House Braddock St

Herman Womeldorf to Speak at First Presbyterian Church

The Rev. Herman James Womeldorf former assistant minister will preach at 9 and 11 oclock services at First Presbyterian Church Sunday. Topic Faith For Today based on Kings 19 1 18. Womeldorf brother of Rev G Raymond Womeldorf born in Lexington guided by degrees from Washington and Lee Union Theological Seminary. He has served multiple pastorates and now leads Routh Memorial Presbyterian Spartanburg S C while teaching Bible at Converse College.

Herman Womeldorf First Presbyterian Church Herman James Womeldorf Mr. Womeldorf Rev G. Raymond Womeldorf Lexington Womeldorf North Fork Field Fulton Presbyterian Church Richmond Holmes Presbyterian Church Bayview Frankfort Yanceyville Bethesda Presbyterian Church North Carolina Routh Memorial Presbyterian Church Spartansburg 8. C Converse College Spartanburg

Thomas Waller a Prodigy Pianist and Composer

Thomas Fats Waller, born 1904 and died 1943, was a musical prodigy and accomplished organist and pianist trained in classical and jazz. He rapidly produced flawless manuscripts and penned the hit Ain't Misbehavin in about forty five minutes.

A. Yes. Thomas Fats” Waller

Absentee Ballots Go Up In Smoke in Cheyenne

About 78 absentee ballots cast for the Wyoming state primary were burned when a janitor mistook an open can of ballots for scrap paper and dumped them into a trash pile. County clerk Lester Gopp rushed to the dump and found the ballots smoking ashes. voters will receive new ballots to mark.

Cheyenne Lester Gopp

Miner dies in house fire in Appalachia Virginia

A fire that destroyed a two story frame home in Appalachia Virginia yesterday killed Ballard Lawson a 29 year old miner. Authorities speculated the blaze began in a kitchen coal stove as Lawson slept in a second floor bedroom.

Appalachia Ballard Lawson Lawson

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