Service News From Stephens City And Nearby
Pfc Charles A. York Jr returns from six months on the Korean battlefront with the 19th Infantry of the 24th Division and plans to resume studies at Randolph Macon College. Pfc Garland E. Pugh heads to Fort Bliss Artillery School for seven weeks. Cpl Beverley Braithwaite hospital bound at Elgin Air Force Base Florida. Isaac C Thomas Jr, USN airman, visited Izmir Turkey during USS Oriskany’s five day call with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.
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Charles A. York, Jr
Charles A. York
Stephens City
19Th Infantry
York
Randolph Macon College
Ashland
Garland E. Pugh
Winchester
Fort Bliss
Texas
Pugh
Beverley Braithwaite
Elgin Air Force Base
Ospital
Florida
C. W. Braithwaite
Baddock Street
Isaac, C. Thomas, Jr
USN
Isaac C. Thomas
Izmir
Turkey
Oriskany
Asia Minor
United States
Smyrna
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Seaman Trenary Visits Athens Aboard USS Roberts
Cassius F. Trenary Jr. of Winchester visited Athens Greece as his destroyer USS Roberts made the centuries old capital a port of call late last month. The Roberts is touring the eastern Mediterranean as part of the U S Sixth Fleet.
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Cassius F. Trenary, Jr
USN
Mary Elizabeth Trenary
Winchester
Greece
Roberts
Athens
Mediterranean
U. S. Sixth Fleet
Check Handling Speeds Rise With Electronic Proof Machines
New York reports show nearly 14 million checks written and cashed daily in the United States, amounting to about 90 percent of money exchanges. Check proof machines by International Business Machines Corp. process endorsements and cancellations in one pass, averaging 1,461 checks per hour per operator. A New York bank handles over 302,000 checks daily.
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New York
United States
International Business Machines Corp
Walker Bond Returns From Southeastern District Meeting
Walker McC Bond president of the Lord Fairfax Soil Conservation District has returned from a Southeastern area District Supervisors meeting of the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts in Spartanburg South Carolina The two day workshop included leaders waters S Davis Jr of League City Texas and National president Davis who urged strong local conservation teamwork across more than 400 districts in nine states The meeting was one of seven held nationwide this summer with W F Hail Southeastern Area vice president and two national directors A Threlkeld Corinth Ky and A B Adams Clarksdale Miss in attendance.
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Walker McC. Bond
Lord Fairfax Soil Conservation District
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Spartanburg
S. C
Waters S. Davs, Jr
League City
Texas
America
Davis
W. F. Hail
Southeastern Area
National Group
A. Threlkeld
Corinth
A. B. Adams
Clarksdale
Miss
WACs Send First Recruiter Here
Pfc. Gay Troutman, 19, assigned to Martinsburg main recruiting station, becomes Winchester’s first WAC-WAF recruiter. Daughter of R and Mrs. Troutman of Eugene Oregon, she graduated Springfield High School in 1950 and joined the Women's Army Corps after guidance classes highlighted women’s service opportunities. She trained at Fort Lee Virginia and served in Washington DC with the Transportation Corps as a government chauffeur, expressing pride in the new field for young women and national service.
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Winchester
Pfc
Gay Troutman
Martinsburg
Troutman
R. Troutman
Eugene
Oregon
Springfield High School
Women’s Army Corps
WAC
Fort Lee
Washington, D. C
Transportation Corps
Pentagon
Secret minting machine polishes hotel coin change
In Spartanburg a hotel uses a coin polishing device that cleans about 350 dollars of change at a time. A rotating cylinder contains water cleaning powder buckshot and steel spikes to polish coins, making old coins look new and shiny.
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Spartanburg
8. C
Rare Blood Disorder Pushes Heart to Failure
Dr. Bundesen explains polycythemia causes excess red blood cells and thick blood raising risk of heart failure and clots. Treatments include blood letting and drugs, though effectiveness varies. Radioactive phosphorus shows relief for at least two months with mild side effects.
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King
B. H
Features Syndicate, Inc
Raid Nets Young Thrill Seekers in Rockaway Beach Rooming House
Police rounded up 15 youths aged 17 to 24 at a Rockaway Beach rooming house raid. Four girls and an alleged peddler were seized. George Condulis, 24, of Brooklyn, charged with narcotics sale. Six Brooklyn youths faced narcotics use charges. five others and four girls were released.
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New York
Rockaway Beach
Rockaway
George Condulis
Brooklyn
Beachets Drug Ring Targeted by Police
Police said Condulis sought money for his own drug use by finding young beach customers willing to pay him one dollar per morphine shot.
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Cotics
Condulis
Newman at Trade Show in Chicago Convention
Robert W. Newman of Culligan Soft Water Service attends the National Soft Water Service Convention and Trade Show at the Palmer House in Chicago this week.
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Newman
Robert W. Newman
Culligan Soft Water Service
Millwood Avenue
Soft Water Service
Eneee Hotel
Chicago
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Big Sister
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