Community Notes Celebrate Longtime Anniversary and Visits
Cross Junction residents record numerous family visits and greetings as Mr. and Mrs. James Grove mark their 51st wedding anniversary. Relatives from Arlington Winchester Martinsburg and beyond drop by, with guests from Alliance Ohio Cleveland Ohio and other towns. Descriptions include travels to 4H Camp, clerk conventions, and tours to Philadelphia Gettysburg Canada and Thousand Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Taylor
San Francisco
Calif
Charles Lane
Beulah Calvert
Earl Pfetzing
Evelyn Eubank
Balltimore
Albert Tompson
Near Here
Lane
Taylor
Robert Taylor
Clearbrook
Belva Light
Eldon Luttrell
Grimes
Floyd Luttrell
Ohio
P. D. Fearnow
Charles Town
W. Va
Destin Fearnow
Berkeley Springs
Janie Whitacre
Powell’s Fort
Samuel Whitacre
van Voulkenburg
Lee N. Whitacre
Charles Lizer
Karen
Anne Berger
Williamsport, Md
Ed Lizer
Rosa Braithwaite
Buck Kibler
Wheatfield
R. G. Braithwaite
Raymond Edwards
Buddy
Albin
Paul Braithwaite
E. W. Braithwaite
Frank Whitacre
Janie
David
Philadelphia
Gettysburg
Canada
Thousand Islands
Bobby Johnson
North Carolina
Jeannette Eaton
Farmer Trapped Under Tractor for Two Days
A 63 year old farmer William Yingst spent two days trapped beneath his overturned tractor on a 120 acre farm near Huntsville Arkansas. A unidentified boy found him Friday and a rural mailman passed within 30 feet without hearing cries. Yingst lost his right arm above the elbow and said he feared he might not survive the second day. His dog Billy stayed by his side and refused to leave after Yingst tied a note to the collar. Several visitors and neighbors were named in the report, detailing a long list of local residents and their travels.
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Huntsville
Ark
William Yingst
Yingst
Billy
Copper 1943 penny worth thousands shocks San Francisco
Caro Martin, 35, points to a 1943 penny a coin dealer offered him 10 000 dollars for in San Francisco. Edward Baker explains copper shortage led to zinc coated steel pennies while this piece remains copper and highly valuable. Baker will hold it for higher offers.
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Caro Martin
San Francisco
Edward Baker
Baker
Botanic Garden History Highlighted in Cambridge
A report notes the oldest existing botanical garden in America was established in Cambridge Massachusetts in 1807. Hospital officials described Yingst as cheerful and hopeful about a possible home return in a week if cared for.
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Yingst
America
Cambridge, Mass
Former Staunton Mayor Herbert Smith Dies at 84
Herbert McKelden Smith former Staunton mayor councilman and House of Delegates member died at his home Thursday at 84 Graveside services were held at Thornrose Cemetery Funeral attendees included widow Emily Vance Pancake Smith son H McKelden Smith Jr and three grandchildren Also notes Surinam formerly Dutch Guiana is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and 55400 square miles on South America’s northeast coast.
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Eugene Braithwaite
Alexandria
R. G. Braithwaite
Braithwaite
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Harold Holiday
Berkeley Springs
J. S. Braithwaite
Harley Adams
Winchester
Elmer Braithwaite
Lee N. Whitacre
Old Point Comfort
Leonard Sawyer
Richard
Natick
Mass
Howard Braithwaite
Mary Kerlin
Bill Lewis
Mt. Ranier
Curtis Funkhouser
Fairfax
Mrs. Funkhouser
Funkhouser
Hazel Baker
C. G. Baker
Staunton (Ap
Herbert McKelden Smith
Staunton City
House of Delegates
Resi
Surinam
Dutch Guiana
Kingdom of the Netherlands
South America
Negro Minister Beaten by White Mob in Mississippi
Union Mississippi AP report details a 47 year old white college president Rev J H Germany who says about 20 white men beat him on school grounds slated for demolition. He accuses Citizens Council members of the assault and threats. He plans to open Bay Ridge Christian College for Negro ministry with whites to be admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Meridian Star
The
Star
Walter Slim Reeves
Bay Ridge Christian College
Here
Church of God
Anderson, Ind
Tractor Tale Ends With Safe Escape for 3 Year Old
In Craig Colorado a three year old climbed into a tractor and started it. He struck a parked sedan pushing it across the street and rammed a station wagon through a fence before police arrived. The child avoided charges despite the chaotic run.
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Craig, Colo
Craig
White protests over school location at Baptist grounds
Earlier this month hundreds of whites protested on the school grounds against locating the facility elsewhere or closing it. The whites gathered at a Baptist school in a white neighborhood. Last weekend, more than 1,000 church members voted unanimously to ask Germany to move the school. The minister replied that he had too much money invested to change its location.
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Germany
Soviet Seen Sending Man Into Space
Washington AP report says Rep. Overton Brooks predicts the Soviet Union will launch humans into space this fall. He voices disappointment with the U S manned space program and cites Soviet animal-return successes as proof the pace of manned flight quickens.
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Washington
House Space Committee
Soviet Union
Overton Brooks
D-La
U. S
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Cross Junction
Rowena Whitacre
Martinsburg
Merle Eaton
B. F. Dennis
Ridgeway
W.va
Milfred Ballenger
Boyce
Delbert Alder
Round Hill
Gordon Ballenger
Bluemont
Grace DeHaven
Bunker Hill
Nellie Coffelt
Mae. Painter
Stephens City
Carlton Collins
Jimmie Cox
Winifred Rogers
Gainesboro
Staunton
Cameron St
Soviet
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Old — Strong Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
New Frigidaire
Northern Virginia Power Company
Berryville
Strasburg
Front Royal
Luray
Frigidaire
General Motors
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