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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1959

Page

2

Funeral service for Florence Souders held in Mathias

The funeral for 89 year old Florence Virginia Souders of Home was conducted at 1 p.m. at Mathias Brethren Church Mathias W V with Rev Robert Phillips and Rev WC Mathias officiating. Burial followed at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Mathias with Pallbearers George Disphahet Fred Mathias Irvin Macy Arnold Garrett Mose Miller and Sam Mathias.

Florence Virginia Souders Mathias Brethren Church Mathias W. Va Robert Phillips WC. Mathias Cedar Hill Cemery George Dispahet Fred Mathias Irvin Macy Arnold Garrett Mose Miller Sam Mathias

Nat Diehl obituary local chef and WWII veteran

Nat Diehl aged 50 of Baltimore Maryland died in Baltimore yesterday. He was born in Nain the son of the late Ollie and Mae Shane Diehl. A former Baltimore chef he served in World War II. Survived by aunts and uncles Mrs Robert Dunham Mrs Nellie Haines of Winchester Mrs Joseph Davies of Gainesboro Fred Shane Berryville and William Shane Cold Stream W Va plus many nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements pending remains to arrive at Jones Funeral Home tomorrow.

Nat Diehl Baltimore Mr. Diehl Nain Ollie Mae Shane Diehl Robert Dunham Nellie Haines Winchester Joseph Davies Gainesboro Fred Shane Berryville William Shane Cold Stream W. Va Jones Funeral Home

Mr Nat Diehl Arrangements Incomplete

Funeral arrangements for Mr Nat Diehl at Jones Funeral Home Inc are incomplete with services pending and the family awaiting further details.

Market Slump Deepens Across Sectors In Early Trading

New York markets opened with a broad decline as turnover quickened and leading issues fell. Steels, motors, aircrafts, chemicals, rails, and tech shares retreated with notable losses in US Steel, Bethlehem, Republic Steel, Texas Instruments, Zenith, DuPont, American Cyanamid, and Union Carbide. The Associated Press average stood 1.70 lower at 227.20 at noon as rails and utilities weakened and government issues edged higher.

New York Steel Bethlehem Republic Steel Anaconda Kennecott Texas Instruments Zenith General Tire DuPont Allied Chemical Union Carbide Seaboard Southern Railway Southern Pacific Westinghouse Electric General Electric Texaco Liggett & Myers Johns Manville U.S. Gypsum Associated Press

Grain futures mixed as early Board of Trade opens

Chicago grain prices were mostly steady to firm in slow trading at the open. Wheat varied around unchanged to fractional gains with Sept at $1.89 frac, corn steady to higher, oats steady to lower, Sept soybeans near $2.09.

Chicago Board of Trade

Air Force Major Fined for Dumping Ammunition

Maj. James C. Fournie was reprimanded and fined $450 by an Air Force court martial at Westover AFB Massachusetts for dumping ammunition to avoid a poor mark in practice bombing.

Westover Air Force Base Mass Air Force James C. Fournie

Livestock Prices Steady Across Baltimore and Chicago Markets

Baltimore cattle and calves scarce with few sales. hogs and cattle offerings mixed but steady in price. Chicago saw large hog and cattle runs with varied grades, prices holding firm for most butchers and prime cattle, while sheep lambs trended modestly lower on bulk spring slaughter lambs.

Baltimore USDA Chicago

Poultry and Eggs Market Notes and Industry Ad Figures

Poultry data lists broilers and fryers with price ranges and grades from Harrisonburg market. Figures show 1958 sporting goods industry at about 1.8 billion dollars with 4.705 billion spent on daily newspapers, up 8.6 percent from the prior year.

Local Market Prices and Grain Feed Rates

Local market listings show corrected grain and feed prices with per bushel or bag amounts. Wheat and corn values vary by grade and location such as Rockingham and Augusta, with wholesale butter and retail flour figures also noted.

Eee Rockingham Augusta Aes

Madison River quake toll prompts flood fears and rescue

The Hebgen Dam area in Montana suffered damage as a sequence of quakes triggered landslides and rising waters. Rescuers used jeeps, boats and helicopters to reach marooned survivors, while officials debated death tolls and potential dam failure. Victims from the Rock Creek campground reported harrowing experiences and injuries. The event drew comparisons to 1935 Helena quakes and prompted theories linking distant Solomon Islands activity to the seismic swarm.

Madison River Hebgen Dam Montana Power Co Hebgen Rock Creek Madison Warren Steele Billings Mont Steele Verona Holmes Patricia Donald Air Force US Forest Service Montana Helena Solomon Islands South Pacific Montana State University Fred Honkala Charles Richter California Institute of Technology United States California Nevada

Interstate Route A Favored in Woodstock-Hearing

At a public hearing in Winchester, Delmer Robinson and other property owners warned that a 23.6 mile route would cut through Woodstock and disrupt water and sewer lines. Officials outlined Line A and Line B proposals, with Line A favored for lower overall cost and better traffic service. opponents argued for impacts on farms and local roads.

Delmer Robinson Winchester Woodstock D. B. LaPrade Bureau of Public Roads Rt. 42 Rt. 11 Mauertown Toms Brook Fishers Hill Strasburg B & O Railroad Cedar Creek Yeatts State Highway Commission Interstate Rt. 66 Rt. 66 Highway Department Willis A. Fisk Stephens City M. B. Nixon Middletown

Local Auctions Schedule August and September

Auctions listed from August 20 to September 12 across towns in West Virginia Maryland and Virginia. Items include cattle dairy equipment household goods tractors and farm machinery with multiple auctioneers and locations such as Charles Town Catlett Winchester and Frederick.

Thurs D.S.T Elmer R. Wageley Charles Town W. Va Paul E. Miller Northern Virginia Cattle CO Catlett Guernsey and Holstein Cattle Stan Haworth Auction Co Richard Boyce Loudoun St Winchester Denny’s Commission Route Orndorff & Cole H. Max der Swimley Station Old Charles Town Road W. D. Orndorff Frederick Horst & Wagner

Cigarette Stub Believed Cause Of Trailer Fire

A carelessly thrown cigarette allegedly started a fire causing 200 dollars in damage. Shawnee Volunteer Fire Department responded to a Rt 50 location east of town at 12:30 p m. James G Davis of Atlanta Georgia was moving a load of china in a U Haul trailer and said he discarded a lit cigarette from his car, believing it ignited the trailer's open top.

Shawnee Volunteer Rt. 50 James G Davis Atlanta

Ministers Seek Hemisphere Conference On Cuban Crisis

The foreign ministers discussed a hemispheric conference to spotlight the Cuban issue and push public opinion. They emphasized non intervention, human rights, and democracy while noting unrest partly stems from economic woes. Raul Castro’s arrival after the talks drew little attention.

Peace Committee Castro Cuba Santiago Raul

Often Mispronounced Deprecatory Phrase

A guide notes the pronunciation of the adjective often mispronounced as deprecatory with the principal emphasis on the first syllable and a secondary stress on the third. The entry clarifies the intended enunciation for readers.

Virginia Weather Forecast Highlights Five Day Outlook

Mostly fair today with a chance of widely scattered thundershowers in the southwest. Lows upper 60s to around 70, interior cooler in the 60s. Tomorrow becomes partly cloudy with little temperature change. Temperatures run 5 to 8 degrees above normal through the period with warm days and scattered showers Friday and Monday.

Virginia Winchester

Rainfall totals and averages for the season

Rainfall to 8 30 a m today shows 0 97 inches for the period and 1 80 inches for August. Year to date totals stand at 23 66 inches with 1959 year averages and monthly rainfall figures listed from January to August.

Ralph Richardson Hurt In Fall

Ralph Richardson, 80, of Fairfield, Gaylord, Clarke County, was reported resting comfortably at Memorial Hospital after injuries from a fall at his home this morning. He was taken to the hospital by the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad and sustained a severe cut on the forehead.

Ralph Richardson Fairfield Gaylord Clarke County Memorial Hospital Richardson Winchester

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