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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1956
Page
2
In Lemay, Missouri, a 13 year old boy named James Badger was sprayed by sulphuric acid leaking from a truck. A passing car splashed him as he rode a bicycle causing a crash and severe burns across his chest arms face and legs. About 4000 gallons of acid escaped after a valve jarred open while crossing railroad tracks.
The Irish National Museum houses a bell believed to have been used by Saint Patrick. The artifact is described as a significant religious relic with a long association to early Irish Christianity.
Clarke County prepares for the new term with 1 576 students enrolled last year and similar projections this year. 67 teachers and principals will staff the county, two more than in 1955 56, with bus routes largely unchanged. A Berryville Elementary School staff meeting outlined yearly plans, and area districts schedule full days for opening week. The oldest Circus was built in 329 B C.
Mrs. Alpha Webster Stevens 35 of 226 S Loudoun St died at 2 45 p m at Walter Reed General Hospital where she had been a patient since July 14 She had been ill since April Born May 17 1921 in Intermont West Virginia she was a nurse at Hillcrest Nursing Home before illness Survived by parents Randolph C and Retta Grapes Webster three sisters and two brothers Her husband Robert P Stevens was killed in France in 1945 Funeral Friday 2 p m Omps Funeral Home Montague Avenue Methodist Church Interment Mt Hebron Cemetery Remains at Omps until 4 30 p m tomorrow then at 226 S Loudoun St until 11 a m Friday
C M Rosenberger chairman of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors was honored at a Monday evening party for his 80th birthday at Shawneeland. Guests included his wife and four sons with spouses, board members and their wives, Clerk Lee N Whitacre and family, Commonwealth's Attorney Joseph A Massie Jr, and Lamborn family. The Board presented an English Sheffield double vegetable dish.
George H. Tinkham, a Boston blueblood and Republican who served Massachusetts 10th District from 1915 to 1943, died in his sleep at a sister’s home in Crumerton at age 86. Known for a full beard and outspoken anti prohibition stance, he traveled widely and never fell ill before death. His funeral note recalls Bell’s telephone silence in 1922.
Cairo reports rising claims of spying for Britain as tensions with Egypt flare over the Suez context. Egypt accuses two Cairo embassy secretaries Flux and Gove of aiding a spy ring led by James Swinburn. Britain denies the charges and withdraws diplomats amid a widening arrest wave including four Egyptians.
Weather pattern of warm humid days and cool nights continues with highs near 85 and lows around 60s. The forecast calls for mostly fair humid conditions tonight and tomorrow with scattered thundershowers later. Temperatures over the next five days May run 3 to 5 degrees above normal with cooler weekend and some showers bringing up to one inch totals.
The Declaration of Independence was first read to George Washington in New York in 1776 after being sent by courier from Philadelphia.
Funeral service for Wilbur E. Hewitt 58 of 403 W. Cecil St was held yesterday at 2 p.m. at Omps Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Carroll C. Goodridge and Rev. Robert C. Bradford. Interment followed at Mt Herbron cemetery with Hirman Lodge 21 A F and A M rites and Conrad Hoover Post 21 American Legion military honors. Pallbearers were Jack Jenkins John H. Fisher Benjamin A. Rhodes Clyde Logan M. D. Baumserman and Kinzel Grubbs Jr.
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