Old Bethel Picnic Honors Historic Baptist Site
Descendants of early Old Bethel Baptist gather at Millwood for the annual Memorial service and reunion. J Kenneth Robinson, a Frederick County orchardist and Republican candidate for Congress, praised self reliance and faith. The site known as Gods Acre on the Hill dates to the mid 1700s with a 1790 brick rebuild. The Berlin item reports an East German policeman fleeing to West Berlin during guard changes at the border.
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Millwood
Old Bethel
Istoric
Inisce
Old Bethel Baptist Memorial
J. Kenneth Robinson
Frederick County
God's Acre
Shenandoah
Paul Reiter
Winston McKay
Berlin
Red Wall
West Berlin
Rev. Edge Assigned to Toms Brook
The Rev. Fred Edge of the Winchester Charge is assigned to the Toms Brook Charge following the Virginia Conference at Shenandoah College. The session announced multiple postings including Arthur Grant to Winchester, Dan Frazier to Great Cacapon, Daniel Agnew to Lacy Spring, and student ministers overseeing West Frederick. The conference also accepted Shenandoah College’s invitation to host the 164th annual session in Winchester next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Edge
Winchester
Evangelical United Brthren
Toms Brook
Virginia
Shenandoah College
J. Gordon Howard
East Central
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Arthur Grant
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Dan Frazier
Sleepy Creek
Great Cacapon
West Virginia
Daniel Agnew
Lacy Spring
West Frederick
Virginia Conference
Forrest S. Racey
Southern States elects Cather and Russell to boards
Garland Cather and J. Robert Russell of Frederick County were elected to the Southern States Winchester Cooperative Board at the annual membership meeting held at the Lee-Jackson Restaurant. Over 275 stockholders and families attended. other officers and delegates were also named for the Petroleum and Farm Home advisory bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Cather
J. Robert Russell
Frederick County
Winchester Cooperative
Lee-Jackson
Wilson Travers
Route 1
Berryville
Ira Campbell
Clearbrook
Winchester Petroleum Cooperative
Eugene S. Lupton
Route 3
Charles J. Shipe
White Post
Gwynne H. Jones
Winchester Cooperative’s
Malcolm T. Brumback
Stewart Larrick
Petroleum Cooperative’s
Monroe S. Buckley
Farm Home Advisory Committee
Charles C. Taylor
Siler
Grant Wilkins
Southern State Cooperative
Richmond
Elmer Venskoske
Gainesboro
Martinsburg
W. Va
Three Timberville Men Charged in Columbia Furnace Burglary
Berlin B. Biller James C. Garber and Blair E. Smith all of Timberville were charged with breaking and entering a Columbia Furnace grocery store on July 24. They waived a preliminary hearing and face Shenandoah County grand jury action in the October term over alleged theft of about 28 dollars and ammunition.
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Woodstock
Columbia Furnace
Shenandoah
Berlin B. Biller
James C. Garber
Blair E. Smith
Timberville
Fun Festival Falls Short Of Hopes
Bob Boyd chairman of the Firemen's Fun Festival called the weeklong carnival fairly successful with about 2500 visitors. Proceeds will be known next week and are expected to cover only a third of needed radio monitoring gear. The event, sponsored with Winchester Retail Merchants Assn, will become annual and bicycles were donated with winning tickets drawn by Karen Pope, Dorren Pyne, and Tony Whitlock.
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Bob Boyd
Boyd
Winchester Retail Merchants Assn
Dorren C. Pyne
Millwood
Tony Whitlock
National Ave
Karen Pope
Philadelphia Team Wins Model Airplane Feature
A two man Philadelphia team won the 500 lap feature at Winchester Park races. Local duo Bob Weaklen and Wilson Boles took second, 50 laps back. A Washington area team finished third, 150 laps behind. About 200 spectators attended the event held by the Spinner Skinners club.
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Philadelphia
Winchester Park
Bob Weaklen
Stephenson
Wilson Boles
Boyce
Washington Area
Skinners
Weaklen
Winchester Area
Major Hospital Project Nears Completion With Federal Support
The project aims to finish in 14 to 16 months. The Joseph F. Hughes Co of Baltimore is the general contractor and low bidder at 2.7 million dollars. About 1.7 million comes from the Hill Burton Act, 120 thousand from the Ford Foundation, and 1.15 million raised through public subscription.
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Napps
Joseph F. Hughes, Co
Baltimore
Ford Foundation
Leftist guerrilla group advances with calls for expropriation
A 3,000-word statement by Algeria’s guerrilla faction attacks neo-colonialists and collaborators, demands land reform and socialization of industry, and justifies arrests and searches in Algiers as part of the anti-terrorism struggle. Only Wilaya 3 supports Wilaya 4’s stance. about 40,000 guerrillas remain in the other five wilayas.
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France
Algiers
European Secret Army Organization
NATO
Kabylie
Wilaya 4
Wilayas
Rainfall Forecast and Temperatures for Winchester
The forecast calls for a mostly cloudy night with a chance of scattered showers or thundershowers and a low around 66 to 72. Scattered showers are expected Tuesday with highs near 80s, followed by an outlook for Wednesday with fair conditions and near normal to slightly warmer temperatures. The five day outlook covers Tuesday through Saturday with showers Tuesday and Wednesday and temperatures averaging near normal early in the period.
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Winchester
Fire damages Stephenson area bungalow. occupants away
A five room bungalow about a mile east of Stephenson burned interiorly early today. Firemen from Clearbrook knocked it down with fog. cause unknown. The Earl Nicholson family had left on a trip and returned to find the house fully involved. Damages partly insured. no estimate available. A second grass fire near Rt 7 across from the horse show grounds was extinguished by John H Enders Co. of Berryville at 11:45 a.m. yesterday.
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Stephenson
Clearbrook
Earl Nicholson
John H. Enders Fire Co
Berryville
Rt. 7
Horse Show Grounds
Md Woman Injured in 2 Car Crash Near Shawneeland
An Oldtown Maryland woman Pearl O Parker forty one was injured when her car collided with another about six miles from town at the intersection of U S 50 and a Shawneeland entrance. Wayne Bailey of Hayfield drove one car and Earl Shorb of Gaithersburg drove the other. Mrs Parker suffered a broken knee and leg cuts and Bailey's 1952 sedan was a total loss.
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Oldtown
Pearl O. Parker
J. W. Detrick
U. S. 50
Shawneeland
Wayne Bailey
Hayfield
Detrick
Earl Shorb
Gaithersburg
Bailey
Mariner 2 off course slight roll during Atlas stage
NASA reports a brief abnormal rolling motion in the Atlas rocket during Mariner 2’s launch potentially affecting trajectory. Early tracking suggests the craft will pass Venus within 600000 miles in mid December, with midcourse corrections possible.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mariner 2
Venus
Jack James
Mariner
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Woomera
Australia
If Mariner 2
Winchester Councilmen Attend Bi Annual Institute
Five Winchester city council members William M. Battaile Stewart Bell Jr George H. Garber Ralph L. Hardy and E R Huntsberry Jr attend the Bi Annual Institute for Councilmen and Mayors in Charlottesville. The Virginia Municipal League and University of Virginia sponsor with the Local Government Officials Conference. The program aims to deepen understanding of common local government problems.
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Winchester
Institute For Councilmen
Charlottesville
Virginia Municipal League
University of Virginia
William M. Battaile
Stewart Bell, Jr
George H. Garber
Ralph L. Hardy
E. R. Huntsberry
Auction Listings for Clarke and Frederick County Properties
A series of local auction notices listing dates from August 29 to September 15. Items include furniture appliances livestock farm equipment and real estate with auctioneers Orndorff Cole Duvall and partners. Locations span Berryville Winchester and surrounding routes.
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Margaret & Jean Duvall
N. Loudoun
W. D. Orndorff
F. L. Largent, JR
Frederick County Court House
Frederick County Improvements Corp
Charles R. Duvall
Harry Lee Boxwell
Walnut St
Berryville
W. R. Thompson
Clarke County Court House
Clarke County Real Estate
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Haines
E. Cork St
Edge
Southern States
Cather, Russell
John W. Rosenberger & CO
Commerce St
Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun St
W'Nchester
Goliath
Lake Erie
Hudson River
Charles Dickens
Mercury
Warren G. Harding
God Save the King
Brumback’s Farm
N. Cameron St
THE
Associated Press
Albany
Bismarck
Boise
Buffalo
Cleve Veland
Denver
Des Moines
Fairbanks
Gehl
Fort Worth
St. Paul
New Orleans
Indianapolis
Oklahoma City
Juneau
Omaha
Kansas City
Phoenix
Memphis
Portland
Ore
BRO
Quality Winchester
Loudoun
Frigidaire
Hotpoint
Cash Margaret
Jean Duvall
New Eyes For
Short Hills
New Jersey
Loudoun Street
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