Deaths and Funerals in Martinsburg and Inwood Areas
Miss Beulah Flane aged 67 dies at home near Martinsburg West Virginia. She is survived by two sisters and two brothers and nieces including Mrs Charlies Dick and Mrs Arthur Shambauch. Funeral service Sunday at 1 PM EST at Fairview Lutheran Church Frederick County. Interment in adjacent cemetery. Miller Howad Cain 18 dies at University of Virginia Hospital Charlottesville service tomorrow 2 PM at Omps Funeral Home officiated by Pastors Burleson and Cowdy. Interment Grace Bible Fellowship cemetery near Clearbrook. Pallbearers named Webber Busey Snotts Stickies Wilson Bennett. Remains at Omps Funeral Home until service.
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Beulah Flane
Martinsburg
W. Va
Daniel W
Mary Wolford Flane
Cold Stream
Flane
Charlies Dick
Arthur Shambauch
Sunnyside
Miller
Fairview Lutheran Church
Frederick County
Miler Howad Cain
Robert
Emily Painter Cain
Inwood
W Va
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Omps
Craig Burleson
John Cowdy
Grace Bible Fellowship
Clearbrook
Carroll Webber
Donald Busey
Donald Snotts
Richard Stickies
Richard Wilson
Ted Bennett
Drought Aid Sought as Virginia Sees Mixed Rainfall
Commissioner Parke C Brinkley reports from drought areas and a federal state disaster committee review as Virginia endures over two months without substantial rain. Heavy showers last week brought up to four inches in some areas but may not sway Washington's drought aid decision. A USDA field representative surveyed six Northern Virginia counties and described the drought as spotty.
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Sioner Parke C. Brinkley
Virginia
Brinkley
Washington
Federal Department of Agriculture
Stable Burned in Millwood and Woods Fire in Frederick County
A stable and a nearby hay shed were destroyed by a blaze at 1 15 p m yesterday on property owned by Miss Theodora Cox in Millwood. Fire crews from John H Enders Berryville Shawnee Clearbrook fought the 15 by 20 foot frame buildings. Other fires included a trash spark grass fire at Ray Carter place near Opequon bridge Route 7 and a woods fire on Route 522 near Midway Service Station with Frederick County forester Tom Rosenberger called in.
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Millwood
Frederick County
Henry Jenkins
Shawnee Volunteer Fire Department
Ray Carter
Opequon Bridge
Route 7
Carters
Round Hill
Gore
Midway
Tom Rosenberger
Wilkins
Whitacre
Heflin Inspects Drought Damage In Clarke County
Virginia USDA Committee chairman Ryland Heflin visited Berryville Clarke County to assess drought damage. He spoke with secretary Mrs. Affleck about rainfall, water shortage, feed, and silos as farmers erect trench and plastic silos to store silage from ruined corn crops. Clarke is among 23 counties Gov. Stanley asked federal aid for disaster consideration.
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Berryville
Ryland Heflin
Virginia Usda Committee
John Gerken
Heflin
Affleck
Hoffa Defends Memory As Teamsters Probe Continues
McClellan grills Hoffa about dealings with Dio and issues a new subpoena as the committee session ends. The chairman cites examples of alleged misdeeds and Hoffa’s evasive testimony. Hoffa remains a focal point of the inquiry into union activities.
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The
Teamsters
Midwest Teamsters
Dio
McClellan
Hoffa
H. C. Christianson
Richmond Dentist Robbery Shooting Leaves Clues Scarce
Police face a murky case in the Thursday night robbery shooting of Augusta County dentist Dr. Alfred R. Spitzer 43 of Ft. Defiance. He was treated for a jaw wound and remains able to speak only with effort. No attacker description or exact crime scene location has been determined despite extensive searches along US 250 near Gum Spring. Police plan further questioning as they chase any lead to identify where the shooting occurred and who carried out the attack.
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Richmond
Augusta County
Alfred R. Spitzer
Ft. Defiance
Medical College of Virginia
Savitzer
Key West
Fla
Spitzer
Gum Springs
Louisa County
Goochland County
Oper
A. F. Hillman
John W. Amos
Gum Spring
Dr. Spitzer
Broad Street
Pentagon Notes Faulty Stock Records At Harmon Base
McClellan, head of the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee, cites improper stock record accuracy co mixing of parts and untrained civilian staff at Harmon Base Newfoundland and other north bases. The 923rd Army Battalion under Air Force control held over a million dollars in spare parts for a need of only seventy five thousand. The committee recessed hearings yesterday.
Hoffa Faces Questioning On Leadership Bid For Teamsters
Under scrutiny, Hoffa admits error in associating with New York figures described as bums and criminals. He vows to act against racketeers alleged to have moved into Teamsters affairs in New York if elected president. The four days at the witness stand end with Hoffa talking back but offering limited new details.
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Dave Beck
Teamsters Organization
Hoffa
New York
Dio
Teamsters
Lutheran Hits Mixed Marriages at Lutheran Assembly
Norwegian official Bjarne Hareide told the Lutheran World Federation assembly that mixed Lutheran Catholic marriages threaten Christian education. He cited losses from mixed marriages and alleged Catholic pressure harming minority Lutheran churches in Catholic countries.
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Minneapolis
Bjarne Hareide
Norway
Lutheran World Federation
Third Assembly
Church
Education Commission
Hareide
Woman Has 17th Child in 18 Years
BLUE EARTH Minn A farm wife Mrs Francis Bleess has given birth to her 17th child in 18 years a boy The 39 year old mother of 11 boys and 6 girls says she raises children by experience with a flexible schedule The newborn is five days old and unnamed Bleess operates a 320 acre farm 22 miles northeast of Blue Earth Leo and Lawrence Bleess brothers also have large families with multiple children including a dead member
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Blue Earth, Minn
Francis Bleess
Blue Earth Farm
Bleess
Here
Leo
Lawrence
West Virginian's Death Now Listed As Traffic Fatality
Mrs. Maurice Ray mond Tabler 66 Martinsburg resident and longtime school teacher died from injuries after a Route 50 crash three miles east of Winchester The official report lists her death as a Virginia traffic fatality bringing Frederick County highway fatalities to 12 for the year Funeral services set for Monday at 2 30 p m at Brown Funeral Home Martinsburg
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Maurice Raymond Tabler
City Hospital
Marlinsburg
Virginia
Frederick County
A. W. Armentrout
Martinsburg
Brown Funeral Home
Fabler
Senate narrows voting rights focused compromise on injunctions
The compromise bill limits attorney general powers to seek federal injunctions to voting rights only. It retains jury guarantees for criminal contempt trials in voting rights cases and other federal injunction actions but keeps the jury trial right strictly limited to voting rights matters.
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Senate
Richmond Parents Urged to Sign Placement Forms
Richmond parents have been warned that without signed state pupil placement forms their children cannot be admitted to city public schools next month. Superintendent H S Willett said the forms are an entrance requisite like vaccines and physical exams and that a 15 day return period is not grace for refusals. If extenuating delays occur a child may attend but not be officially enrolled. The three member Pupil Placement Board assigns students, with the forms required for first time entrants, inter-district moves, or transfers.
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Richmond
H. S. Willett
Virginia
Willett
Revival to Begin at St Paul AME Tomorrow Evening
Revival services start tomorrow at St. Paul A M E Church and run through Friday at 7 45 pm nightly. Speaker is Rev Rodney L Young of Mt Hope Baptist Church Charles County Md with local ministers assisting each evening and choirs from several area churches.
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St. Paul Ame
St. Paul A. M. E Church
Rodney L. Young
Mt. Hope Baptist Church
Charles County
Young
Washington Baptist Seminary
American University
R R_ Robinson
Mt Carmel Baptist Church
Clark
St. Luke's Baptist Church
Berryvile
Zion Baptist Church
Berryville
Mr Talbert
Boyce
Gilmore
John
Arlington County Freedom Shrine Bill Approved
The Senate passed a bill authorizing a 24 million dollar freedom shrine in Arlington County Virginia across the Potomac from Washington. It requires no federal outlay beyond government owned land near the Iwo Jima Monument, with construction funded by private contributions.
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Washington
Arlington County
Potomac River
Senate
Iwo Jima
Freedom Shrine Foundation
Car Crashes Kill Two Men in Separate Virginia Incidents
Hilkiah H. Midgett 63 of Roanoke Rapids North Carolina died when the car he rode in crashed on State Route 46 ten miles south of Lawrenceville Brunswick County. William B. Evans also of Roanoke Rapids was the driver. In Pittsylvania County a Franklin County teenager Norman W. Rigney 17 died and his brother Phillip 2 was hospitalized after a westbound car swerved and struck a bridge abutment on State Route 40.
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Mundy
Mrs. Robinson
Hilkiah H. Midgett
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Lawrenceville
Brunswick County
Midgett
A&a
William B. Evans
Franklin County
Gretna
Pittsylvania
Norman W. Rigney
Phillip
Danville
Norman Rigney
Retiring General Reviews Guardsmen at Maryland Virginia Maneuver
Major General Henry C. Evans commands the 29th National Guard Division at mid-summer training in Indian Town Gap Pennsylvania. He retires next month after 40 years in the service. Governor Theodore R. McKeldin of Maryland will present awards. Brigadier General William C. Purnell will lead 7,500 troops past the review stand as Evans and a 14 member party inspect the force. Virginia Adjutant General Major General Sheppard Crump is among the officials attending.
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Indiantown Gap
Henry C. Evans
National Guard
Maryland
Virginia
Theodore R. McKeldin
William C. Purnell
Baltimore
Evans
Sheppard Crump
Tent Revival Continues Near Ridgeway West Virginia
The tent revival on Route 11 near Ridgeway West Virginia will continue until further notice. Evangels Rev James Robey and his wife conduct services tomorrow at 10:00 am 2:30 pm and 7:45 pm with regular nightly services at 7:45 pm featuring music and prayers for the sick.
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Ridgeway
W. Va
James Robey
Armed forces brace for deeper budget cuts across branches
The military aims to trim manpower and payments while preserving core capabilities. Reserve strength tops cuts at 2.9 million authorized, as Air Force slows new aircraft production and cancels costly projects. Navy mothballs 79 vessels and reduces shore sites, delaying orders.
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Congress
Pentagon
Air Force
Navy
Army
Auction Listings Across Winchester and Area Estates
Sales directory dated August 28 to September 14 lists multiple auctions in Virginia. Items include cattle household goods poultry restaurant equipment furniture and store equipment with auctioneers W D Orndorff E T Snider Dennis T Cole G G Baker and J Edward Thoma. Venues feature county courthouses Pattons Warehouse and Winchester Milling Corporation property in Winchester Berryville and Gainesboro area.
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Adams
Gainesboro
W. D. Orndorff
Joseph B. Newlin
County Court House
Winchester
E. T. Snider
Alice V. Payne
W. Main St
Berryville
R. G. Feely
Dennis T. Cole
Thurs
G. G. Baker
Patton's
N. Cameron St
J. Edward Thoma
Frederick County Court House
Winchester Milling Corporation
Virginia Weather Today and Weekend Forecast
Cloudy with warmer readings and rain in the southeast today. Showers in the west and north by morning with 60s temperatures. Sunday turns cooler with more rain southeast and possible scattered storms in the west. Sunrise 5 34 a m. Sunset around 6 32 p m. New Moon Sunday. Saturday, August 24. Winchester skies.
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Bop
Vos
Winchester
D. Mi
Rainfall Averages by Month for 44 Year Period
Rainfall data cover 1912 to 1956 with a 44 year average of 36.99 inches annually. Monthly averages include January 2.43, February 2.00, March 2.97, April 3.08, May 3.86, June 3.86, July 3.79, August 4.00, September 2.66, October 3.24, November 2.54, and December 2.47 inches.
Richmond Players Lead Roanoke Valley Tennis Tourney
In Roanoke Virginia Richmond players dominated the quarter finals as top seed Bobby Payne and No. 2 seed Bobby Bortner led four teammates into the round of eight. The doubles teams Payne Atwood and Figg Bortner advanced with ease to the semifinals.
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Roanoke
Richmond
Payne
Atwood
Figg
Bortner
Lawyers Grow Giant Potatoes in Bounty of Drought
Mrs James M Lawyer of the Northwestern Grade presented two Kennebeck potatoes weighing a total of 2 pounds. The larger potato measured 19 inches by 12 inches around, and the smaller 19 by 12 inches. The Lawleys planted one bushel of seed potatoes about April first and harvested 41 bushels, many as large as the giants. parts of her third garden shade spared corn from drought damage.
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James M. Lawyer
Northwestern
Star
Kennebeck
Sawyer
How’s Your LQ Answers List
A list of brief Q A style items. Includes items such as infantile paralysis Mont Yes George Washington 100 Thirty six U S Treasury Department Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Limited Mamie Will D Cobb naming entities and terms.
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George Washington
U. S. Treasury Department
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Mamie
Will D. Cobb
Fire safety note for Winchester area urges caution in dry weather
Alert warns residents to be extra careful with fire due to dry conditions around Winchester. In case of outside fire, contact emergency number MO 2-4500 for quick help.
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Winchester
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Loy
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