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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1956
Page
12
Fifty children were among the passengers aboard four planes stopping at Harmon Field Nild on the route. The group had departed Munich only yesterday, continuing their journey.
Illinois star Abe Woodson carried his team with an 82 yard dash on a gambling screen pass late in the fourth quarter to upset Michigan State and highlight a season that saw Jim Brown of Syracuse net 43 points on Colgate in a record performance as AP post season balloting named Brown the top single game in 1956.
Washington reports 15 U S oil firms agreed to pool resources reroute tankers and swap markets to ease Western Europe petroleum shortages caused by Suez Canal disruption. The plan aims to add about 850000 barrels daily for Gulf ports and Venezuela with 500000 to Europe while antitrust concerns are temporarily suspended.
Mrs H A Snapp attended the funeral of her uncle Carl Stokes in Strasburg on Tuesday. Nearby residents Mr and Mrs Harl Himelright and others visited Mr Iven Miller recently. The Shook family and Ralph Frye with children also called at the Frye home.
Capon Bridge Capon Bridge Bobcats beat Mathias 73 to 35 extending their winning streak to three games. Dick Sirbaugh and Johnny McCauley each scored 23 points to lead the Capon Bridge offense, while JV topped Mathias 48 to 17.
Lt Col Johnston, chief of warehousing in the Army Ordnance Field Service, later served in China and joined the National Chamber in 1932. He was elected chairman in 1955 and 1956, heads Project Adequate Roads, and holds former posts with Rotary, American Warehousemen, and Boy Scouts.
Miller Jenkins 76 of 615 S Braddock St died at 11 10 p m yesterday in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He was born November 24 1880 in this city and married Ada Wingerter April 26 1905. He operated a grocery store and organized or conducted local music groups. Surviving are wife three sons three daughters a brother fifteen grandchildren and one niece. Funeral Friday at 3 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Carl W Hiser officiating.
A funeral service for Mrs Mary Louise Dolphin of Chambersville who died Monday morning in Winchester Memorial Hospital will be held Thursday at 1 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home. The Rev John H Gillis will officiate with pallbearers Lewis G Long Shirley Henry J William Tatum Ronald I Good Chris N Lemonis Frisley C Racey. Interment will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery. The body remains at Jones Funeral Home.
A funeral service for Philip William Sheetz of this city, who died Sunday morning in Hillcrest Nursing Home, was held yesterday at 11 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home. Robert A. Whitten, pastor, led the service. Pallbearers were Arthur Chaney, Samuel B. Grim, Haywood G. Butler, Landon G. Boyer, Boyd G. Headley, Sr., and Dale I. Baker. Interment followed at the family cemetery at Calvary Church near Woodstock.
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