Hit and Run Case Solved Quickly Here
Local police quickly solved a hit and run from yesterday afternoon. Rev Francis Geer Bowler a 34 year old New York City minister was charged with hit and run and released after posting bond of 10625. He drove a 1953 Hudson two door that struck a 1949 Nash two door owned by Clark Loy of Winchester parked on N Kent St. The Nash was hit in the rear and the Hudson fled. Officers Shirley and Deputy Wilbur Dicks found the Hudson on WS Rt 7 about two and a half miles east of Winchester. Damages were estimated at 65 to the Hudson and 85 to the Nash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Francis Geer Bowler
Harry L. Shirley
Bowler
Clark Loy
Winchester
N. Kent
N. Kent St
E. Piccadilly St
Hudson
Shirley
Frederick County
Wilbur Dicks
Rt. 7
Watermelon Fete to go on Sept 4 despite flood damage
Berryville reports the annual Watermelon Festival will proceed September 4 at Watermelon Park despite $10 000 flood damage. The event originally planned three Sunday shows including a movie actor beauty contest and an amateur contest. Flood waters washed away 35 acres of melons corn beans and cantaloupes and even the road and telephone lines to the park were damaged. John A Miller expects to grade debris into a new beach while river conditions improve for Labor Day weekend activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Watermelon Park
Diane
John A. Miller
Miller
Army ends corporal sergeant ratings for technical men
From July 1, 1955, only sergeants and corporals who lead soldiers will keep these titles. Technicians become specialists with ranks from specialist third class to master specialist. Master specialist and master sergeant receive equal pay, and corporal and specialist third class pay match. Insignia change to sleeve patches with a spread eagle and rank stripes.
Norfolk Woman Is Old for Slaying Husband Two Sons
Norfolk County police arrest Jessie Eunice Simmons after a gunfire blast at a Doziers Corners home killed grocer Tullie Nathaniel Simmons 40 and his two sons Charles 15 and Tommie 19. She claims amnesia and says she must have done it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Tullie Nathaniel Simmons
Charles Tullie Simmons
Tommie Nathaniel Simmons
Doziers Corners
Norfolk County
Murphy
Berryville Co op Meeting and Court Notice in Winchester
Court order in the Estate of Christine W C Roszel directs non residents including Margaret P Chew and F M N B of Winchester to appear within ten days. Berryville Co op annual meeting set for Friday at Clarke County High School with farm talent contest and awards including an all expense trip to New York and a Ted Mack TV spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
Winchester
Virginia
Margaret P. Chew
Farmers and Merchant National Bank of
C.t.a
Christine W. C. Roszel
Robert Preston Chew
Peter T. Chew
Elizabeth Willard
Brantz Mayer Roszel
John Roszel
William Roszel
Fannie Albert Smith
Chester Smith
F. Ryland Washington
John Chew
Winchester Evening Star
Southern States
Berryville Cooperative
Clarke County
A R. Board of
Berryville
J. S. Peebles
Allen Cochran
John C. Davis
Berryville Farm Service
L. B Baldwin
Farm Home Advisory Committee
C. E Pearson
Charles Town
Olive Copenhaver
Mary Staples
Boyce
Keneath Pine
Irvine Price
FHA
C. E. Pearson
C. T. Hardesty
Richard Davis
Bluemont
Rennie Davis
Larry Larrick
White Post
Lyle Butler
Millwood
Bradley Grove
Georgeanna Milleson
Madelyn Ramsburg
Linda Camper
Anna
Jean McDonalg
Two Pedestrian Deaths Raise Virginia Toll in 1955
Two pedestrians died in separate incidents in Virginia. Felry Simms, 82, of Charlottesville, was struck by a truck, while Howard Ferguson, 40, of Danville, was killed when hit by a car. The state police report increases the year toll to 512, up from 450 a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Felry Simms
Charlottesville
Howard Ferguson
Danville
Frederick County Dinner Meeting Schedule Pending
Frederick County plans a dinner meeting with time and venue to be announced. The notice follows the September 1 opening date and mentions the first holiday of the new schedule.
Area Auction Listings for Frederick Clarke Jefferson Counties
A sequence of real estate and personal property auctions is scheduled across Frederick Clarke and Jefferson counties from Aug 26 to Sept 17. Listings include farms, houses, machinery, cattle, automobiles, and household goods with dates, times, locations, and auctioneers such as W D Orndorff E T Snider Horst & Wagner James Jenney and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hopkins
Winchester
Mt. Williams
James Jenney
W. E. Edwards
Vaucluse
Charles R. Duvall
Clay Machinery
Mt. Airy
Horst & Wagner
Donald W Zombro
Berryville
Clifton Price
W. D. Orndorff
Charles W. Herbert
ITI
Middleway
Brucetown Road
Clifton C. Poston
Charles Town
Jefferson County
W. Va
R. M. Bradfield
Pennsylvania Ave
E. T. Snider
Milton Harris
Joseph Newlin
Kernstown
Sarah Daugherty
S. Braddock St
School Calendar and Bus Routes for Coming Year
The document outlines a 180 day school year with Labor Day as the start and a detailed schedule of holidays and term dates from September through June 1956. It also lists term totals by month, teacher duties, and bus routes for Berryville Pike Paper Mill Road Kernstown and Route 11 areas, with schools assigned to Stonewall James Wood and Kernstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne High School
Manassas
School Board
Ayler
Berryville Pike
Stonewall School
James Wood
Paper Mill Road
Kernstown
Place Brothers
Weems Lane
Kernstown School Bus Routes and Fleet Update
Road changes near the Kernstown School outline routes via Paper Mill Road Route 652 and Route 1. Two 66 passenger buses replace two old small ones. Bus schedules will follow last year’s pattern with post start adjustments if needed after school begins. Also contains a short quiz answer list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paper Mill
Kernstown
Ayler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Minor Motor CO
American Agricultural Chemical Company
Butler
Wyck St
N. Cameron
E. Piccadiilly St
Kelvinator
Vaive
Deepwet
Ramovabie Porsetoin
Storeos
Mailler
Anderson
P. J. Marshall
Harrison, Benham ®& Thoma Attorneys At Law
E. Boscawen Street
Counsel
Co-op
U. S
Mailler's Hardware
N. Loudoun St. AU
The
Associated Press
Mt. Williamson Rt. 612
Nash Ambassador
David Bradley Garden
White Rock
Thor
Joseph T. Hopkins
James Janney
OMEGA
C. I. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Aives
England
Scotland
Wales
Commissioners’ Sale
Circuit Court
Thelma May Smith
Grover L. Smith
Joseph B. Newlin
Court Square
Harry R. Kern, Jr
J. Randolph Larrick
I. Lee N Whitacre
Lee N. Whitacre
Berryville, Va
Clarke County High
Ted Mack
E.S.T
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