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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1962
Page
2
A funeral service for Talmadge will be held Wednesday morning at Omps Funeral Home with burial in Shenandoah Memorial Park. Pallbearers include Charles ce Ray Boyce Richard pore Lewin Boyce and Lor d Light.
A funeral will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. for David E Shirley 25 of 1054 Woodland Ave hlne. Services at Pine Grove Cemetery conducted by Rev William With. Pallbearers include John D Shirley Bruce Edens Ralph J Shirley Mitchell O Heironimus Wesley B Shaffer and Graham Steets. Burial in Pine Grove Cemetery.
The Atomic Energy Commission reported Russia conducted a fifth nuclear test in the Arctic near Novaya Zemlya. The device was in the low megaton range, equivalent to one to several million tons of TNT.
Franklin A. Hayward 50 of 314 W Leicester St died after a long illness in Winchester Memorial Hospital. He was born Aug 24 1911 in Plymouth MA, son of Flora Macleod Hayward and the late Edwin F Hayward. He married Eleanor D deVos in Grenage CT. He held posts in Wickwire Spencer and Ashworth Brothers Inc, rising to Sales Manager before retiring in 1959. Survived by wife, mother, son Don Clayton Hayward, brother Boyd E Hayward, sister Evelyn Sherman. Funeral at Manomet Congregational Church. friends may visit Jones Funeral Home.
The article lauds a Virginia resident noting a century-old firm with stable government and strong labor-management relations. It praises citizens as industrious and community-minded. Harrison highlights the firm’s historical link to distributing mineral water to King George VI and now a modern soft drink sold in American supermarkets.
The West Africa ambassador Richard E Kella Caulker of Sierra Leone will address the Virginia Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church at Shenandoah College. The event caps a week of reports, services, and meetings as the conference nears its close.
Western allied protests to be routed through West Germany to Yakubovsky in East Berlin. The matter centers on Soviet and East German actions at the Berlin Wall including the shooting of 18 year old Peter Fechter. Riots in West Berlin over four nights reflect rising tensions since the wall’s erection.
The State Highway Commission approved a 16 mile by pass of Staunton along Line A after engineers found Line B would cost about 570000 dollars more. The route runs east of Staunton, crossing Route 11 near Greenville and ending at a connection with another Rt. 81 project near Verona north of Staunton. The commission also reviewed bids on 12 road and bridge projects totaling 7 715 298 dollars.
In Guayaquil Ecuador troops police and firemen broke into banks to dislodge sitdown strikers who had seized buildings and barricaded upper floors. Batter rams tear gas and ladders were used as strikers tried to assemble on the waterfront drive but were dispersed. The workers seek higher wages and better conditions.
President Kennedy challenged attacks linking the stockpile investigation to President Eisenhower. He accused critics of using the probe to target his party while defending M. A. Hanna Co. as the focus of inquiries. He dismissed claims linking him to endorsing opponents and urged a fair congressional job.
A crowd of several thousand lined the Berkeley County Youth Fair parade route as 50 parade units passed through Martinsburg to Cobourn Field at the high school. About 600 attended the opening ceremony where Veron Armbrester spoke and Miss Youth Fair 1962 will be crowned tonight amid a three day program by 4-H members Boy and Girl Scouts and county youth groups.
The Northern Virginia Central Labor Council backs the Old Virginia Packing Co. strike in its eleventh day. Local 504 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union AFL-CIO is on strike, with Joe Taylor of Front Royal announcing the council vote. The group covers Warren, Frederick, Clarke, Shenandoah and Page Counties, representing 3,000 union members.
Kennedy outlined plans to push a farm bill, stronger drug laws, a voting rights amendment, a trade bill, a UN loan, and urged campaigns in September and October. He urged appointing more Black ambassadors and urged swift Senate action on Thurgood Marshall's judgeship.
A terse fragmentary list presents words and phrases such as Near sighted Millard Fillmore's Cooler Reaper Perennials Sir Galahad Monaco Love Jurisdictional Mathematics likely from a crossword style compilation or puzzle snippet.
Robert E. Aylor announced after registration in Frederick County that seventh graders in specific areas including Colonial Heights Valley Mill Road Senseng Road Sul Springs Road Mill Pike Bufflic Road Aiken Heights and Belleview Ave Robert St arens will transfer to Kline School. Seventh graders living on Front Royal Road to Lucky Inn Paper Mill Road Pineville area and Cedarmeade area remain at Robinson School due to heavy enrollment south of Winchester.
A model airplane show at Winchester Park and Shop features power equipped planes racing at around 100 mph. The Spinner Skinners club hosts a Sunday event starting at noon with a 500 lap main race and eliminations. About 30 contestants from local area and cities like Washington and Richmond compete. spectators are urged to stay outside the toped off area.
Auction notices across Virginia towns list sales by C V Croushorn Nokesville Stephens City Haines Berryville and others. Items include Holstein cattle livestock household goods electrical appliances furniture and farm machinery with multiple auctioneers and locations.
Forecast calls for sunny skies today with a high near 82 to 88 degrees, cooler 78 to 82 in the mountains. Clear tonight with lows 62 to 66, then fair and warmer Friday and Saturday with warm conditions.
Rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 8 30 a m shows none. August total to date 0 53 inches. 1962 year to date 27 74 inches. 49 year average total 36 86 inches. Monthly averages list values for each month from January 2 42 to August 3 90 inches. Continuous records imply near normal yearly rainfall.
John C. Marsh Jr. the Democratic nominee for Congress from the Seventh District will speak at the Round Hill Community Fire Co carnival after serving as grand marshal of a 50 unit parade on old R. 50 west. Republican nominee J Kenneth Robinson will also speak after crowning Miss Round Hill 1962 at the fire hall. The carnival benefits a new fire truck and runs through Saturday with rides and games.
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