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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1956
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Frederick Clarke in a 1956 event with numbers 135 324 117 and a coded line suggesting an accident report. The readable fragments indicate a local incident requiring archival context and clarification.
Philip William Sheetz 87 of this city died Sunday at Hillcrest Nursing Home. Born May 8 1869 in Shenandoah County he was a cabinet maker retired from Copenhaver's. Survived by wife Minnie Chariton three sons James Percy Urban S Grayson G a daughter Ruth a sister Helen nine grandchildren thirteen great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 11 at Jones Funeral Home conducted by Rev Robert A Whitten Interment Calvary Church family cemetery near Woodstock. Body at funeral home until service.
Answers listed include Four Olive Lamech Cornhusker No Abbreviation of Alaska-Canadian It has no brain or nervous system Carnivorous Yes it has four other meanings Played Shakespeare.
In Moose Wyoming six members of the Oakley family perish when their car slides on icy Highway and plunges into the Snake River. State Patrolman Wood Wormald reports the bodies found noon yesterday by riverbank children near groceries from a Jackson shopping trip. Albert Oakley his wife Marguerite and their four children James 12 William 9 Judy 4 and Harry 11 months are identified as victims.
Sylvia Stephenson reports expressions of deep sympathy to the bereaved family of the late John E. Carter.
Howard C. Gilmer Jr. announced his candidacy for attorney general after a Richmond party leaders meeting. Almond and Lt. Gov. Stephens plan to seek re election. Del John Whitehead and State Sen Harry C. Stuart endorsed the ticket praising its strength and electability.
Twenty-two pupils earned honor roll status with grades of B or above. Senior members include Mary D. Ford Carrie Gant and Janice Williams. 11th grade Beverly Harris. 10th grade Ann Ransom and Mary Carter. 9th grade Tonya Cartwright Harriet Washington Barbara Williams Ruth A. Giles and Bushrod Harris. 8th grade James Brown. 7th grade Sandra Finley Christine Brooks and Charles Harris. 6th grade Faye Long and Maxine Blowe. 5th grade Charlena Washington. 4th grade Joseph Cooke Mary Harris Judy Humbert and Helen Walker. Report cards were mailed December 4.
Maria and Ladislav, penniless Hungarian refugees aged 21 and 25, married yesterday at a side altar in St. Peter's during a noon papal audience. They fled Budapest after fighting Russians, reached Italy via Austria, and exchanged Latin and Hungarian vows witnessed by Red Cross and Hungarian Academy officials.
Twenty four prizes were awarded to children in the audience at the Christmas party held Saturday morning at the Palace Theatre. Winners include Jimmy Farrel tricycle Ronnie Rice wagon Franklin Graves radio station Carol Davis doll stroller Jimmy Butler football Judy Ann Hoff man doll Larry Welch football Punky Purtlebaugh doll crib Gary Lee Glover football Sus an Smith doll Paul Taliaferro fire boat Susie Holden ironing board Tom Thompson crane Eva Crismore space satellite Jim my Yancey cork machine gun Marsha Newlin cake set Gene Hamilton gun set Betty Jean Owens refrigeration Marc Philips cork machine gun Judy Owens electric iron Ellis Bayliss cannon Annie Sneed dish set Robert Hamilton crow shoot Wally Ford modeling clay.
Government outlays for farm price support operations exceeded 100 million dollars each month for four months ending October 31. The Agriculture Department reported 426,245,685 dollars, versus a 1955 period net loss of 240,514,022 dollars. For the year ended June 30, the total loss reached 974,767,365 dollars.
A December sales directory lists multiple auctions in Frederick County and adjacent regions. Items include cattle dairy equipment farm machinery real estate and household goods. Auctioneers include Lewis and Horner W D Orndorff Charles R Duvall and Eddie Stickel with events scheduled from December 11 to December 29 at various local locations.
Funeral services for Mrs. Nan nie Henderson Newman of Bridgeton New Jersey will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at Cartwright Funeral Home with Rev R R Robinson officiating. Burial in Orrick Cemetery follows a viewing from 6 pm to 10 pm.
Three Winchester musicians will play in the Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra under Capt. Frank Foti of Massa nutten Military Academy. They perform at 8:30 p m tomorrow at the academy in Woodstock and at 8:30 p m Wednesday in the Front Royal elementary auditorium. Local members are Dr Leon Slavin violin Richard FE Rush and John W Knight French horns.
In a downtown showroom repurposed from a former department store, five floors display lathes, plows, chemicals, ball bearings, drill presses, and tires. The wall of monotony attracts 1,200 daily visitors and 4,000 to 5,000 on Sundays, including women and schoolchildren. The Factory Hand works 48 hours weekly with near free housing and hospitalization. no vacations, seven holidays off yearly. Wages run about 33 yuan.
The article describes monthly wages to 108 yuan for highly skilled men or women, among China's highest industrial salaries. It details living conditions in workers’ homes, with two to three children, minimal furnishings, and rent of 2 to 3 dollars monthly. Nightlife is limited to factory movies or dances, and most savings are modest.
A brief report notes that plant directors say the Chinese can run operations themselves. It observes Russians largely left and mentions a planned visit to Chang chun, portrayed as Red China’s Detroit.
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