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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1956
Page
2
A brief public safety notice warns against mixing alcohol with fuel and driving. It references injuries in 1955 and 1956 across multiple cities listed by numbers, urging caution to prevent further accidents and deaths.
Bernie G Brill aged 68 died at his Capon Springs home after 36 years as postmaster. Survived by wife Ciara and 9 children, plus 2 sisters and 21 grandchildren. One son killed four years ago and a brother died ten years ago. Funeral set for Sunday with 1 pm gathering and 2 pm rites at Hebron Church Intermont WV.
Police in Trenton search for a church arsonist after two more fires broke out within hours of an earlier arrest. Authorities posted plainclothes at churches, recovered partial license info from a fleeing suspect, and deemed the Saints Peter and Paul and Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church fires arson. Damages were estimated around $750 in the sacristy blaze.
U S Air Force aids Hungarian refugees in Austria as President Nixon tours camps. Officials say Western immigration limits and slow inflow have left about 70 000 of 150 000 Hungarians in limbo, raising unease over their future yet hopeful for policy changes. Camps show signs of semipermanent life affecting morale.
Eastbourne gravediggers exhumed the coffins of Mrs. Julia Bradnan 85 and Miss Clara Neil Miller 86 as part of the inquiry into Dr. John Bodkin Adams charged with murder of Mrs. Edith Morrell. Adams appeared in court to hear the charge with trial dated January 14.
Miss Frances Greenleaf Sparrow aged 24 sister of William E Sparrow of Bluemont died Wednesday at the Chesterfield Apartments in Richmond She is survived by her sister Miss Caroline Sparrow of Richmond Funeral arrangements are incomplete
The Weather Bureau signals a rainy Christmas with a five day outlook forecasting possible rain Sunday and again Tuesday in Virginia. A quirky aside notes pie etiquette prefers a fork for juice and a spoon only in rare cases.
Indian Prime Minister Nehru wraps up a six day American stay and plans a flight to Ottawa for weekend talks with Prime Minister Louis St Laurent. He criticizes military pacts and urges peaceful collective security while praising U S principled conduct influencing world opinion. He spoke at UN delegates and the American Association for the United Nations before heading north.
A four room frame house east of Stephens City was nearly gutted by fire. Mrs. Hugh Nesselrodt and her four children were away at the time. Firemen suspect a faulty flue. the family plans to rebuild. The Shawnee Auxiliary sent $25 and clothing donations are being sought. The family is staying with sister Mrs. Maria Mills.
A 14 year old girl Margaret Julie Mizzi fled her Queens home amid fears she caused her infant sister’s death while babysitting. She left a note claiming she washed dishes then found the baby with a pillow over the face and fled before authorities.
Mike Ellis Seal, 66, of Refuge Church, died at 6 30 p m after a two week illness in the Newton D. Baker Veteran's Hospital Martinsburg West Virginia He was born May 1 1890 in Madison the son of William and Fannie Breeden Seal He served in WW I with the 80th Cavalry Meuse Argonne Campaign earning the Victory Medal and two battle stars He worked 36 years for Southern Dairies prior to retiring to Refuge Church He is survived by one son John E Seal one daughter May Elenore Miller four brothers Henry Theodore Trent and Jim one sister Bessie Frazier and one grandson Charles Ellis Miller Funeral Monday at 10 a m at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Carroll C Goodridge Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery Washington D C graveside service Monday at 2 p m The remains are resting at Jones Funeral Home
Canter Lonas 91 died at 10 30 a m at his residence 328 E Piccadilly St after a long illness He was born Oct 28 1865 son of John and Sarah Kerns Lonas He was the widower of Martha E Brown Lonas a longtime concrete finisher with the Winchester Street Department for 45 years He was a member of the First Evangelical United Brethren Church and oldest member of the Friendship Fire Company Surviving are a son Vernon E Lonas two daughters Mrs Pearl Jackson and Mrs Sadie Creswell a number of stepchildren and many grandchildren great grandchildren great great grandchildren and nieces and nephews The funeral will be Monday at 130 p m at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Carl W Hiser and Harry Richards Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
The Douglas Primary Department presented the operetta Don't Tell Me It's Christmas. Christmas vacation runs until January 2, 1957. The next basketball game is January 10, 1957 at 7:30 p.m. versus Andrew Jackson of Luray.
Walter Tanquary Glaize prominent Strasburg merchant dies after a stroke in Winchester Memorial Hospital. He served with Farm Bureau and managed the St Bourg store before retirement. Survived by wife Susan Henshaw, four children including Maj Charles H. Glaize and three others, 12 grandchildren, one sister, and multiple in laws. Funeral at Strasburg Methodist Church with Rev. Bergdoll and Dr. Crim officiating. Burial Riverview Cemetery.
A sea of fog 1000 miles wide disrupted most air traffic across the central United States. The Weather Bureau in Chicago reported the pall stretched from western Iowa to Pittsburgh and began to ease as Christmas travel peaked.
The survey shows 26 percent red strain among apple trees with Delicious at 60,635 trees about 13 percent and 60 percent red strains. Stayman 53,749 trees 11 percent with 43 percent red. Golden Delicious 34,834 about seven percent. Jonathan 22,807 nearly five percent. Rome Beauty 19,378 four percent with most red. Peach decline mainly young trees not bearing. Bearing-age trees total 114,710 versus 124,454 in 1949.
W E Edwards trustee to sell real estate on Rt 522 twenty miles NW of Winchester in front of the Frederick County Court House on Sat Dec 29 at 11 am. Charles Duvall auctioneer. Also Jan 12 at 11 am sale of 5 acre farm near Reynolds Store in Winchester with Charles R Duvall as auctioneer.
The report shows 90 orchards with 137,118 peach trees across 1,594 acres, down 8 percent from 1948. Elberta leads with 58,019 trees (42 percent), Ambergem has 20,322 trees (nearly 15 percent), and J. H. Hale lists 10,226 trees among other varieties.
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