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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1957

Page

2

Funeral service held for Mrs Marion Hopkins DuPat

A funeral for Mrs Marion Hopkins DuPat of 207 Braddock died yesterday. The service was at 2 p.m. today at Jones Funeral Home with Rev George D Jackson of First Presbyterian Church officiating. The remains were sent to Washington D C for cremation after the service.

Marion Hopkins DuPat 207 & Braddock Winchester Memorial Moapita Jones Puneral George D. Jackson Fret Presbyterian Church Washington, D. C

Funeral services for Raymond L. Godlove Jr near Clearbrook

Raymond L. Godlove Jr died Wednesday at his home near Clearbrook. A funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Onip Panera Home with Rev. J. S. Peebles officiating. Interment follows at Shenandoah Memorial Park. Pallbearers: Howard L Patton Russell Morrison Hubert Panning Emmett Taylor Grover Teets D. K. Ruserl. Remains at the Ompes Funeral Home until the service.

Raymond L. Godlove, Jr Clearbrook Onip. Panera J. S. Peebles Brucetown Ompes

Funeral service held for Enoch Mile Hill in Rileyville

Enoch Mile Hill 77 of Clarke County died from injuries suffered in a Christmas Day accident. A funeral was held at 2 pm at the Rileyville Brethren Church with Rev. Mr. Whitacre of Luray officiating. Burial followed in Rileyville Cemetery. Pallbearers: Albert Bayliss Garland Baylis Lester Foster Arthur Shiley Herbert Manuel Gilbert Huff.

Enoch Mile Hill Clarke County Rileyville

Funeral service for Dewey Ashby Elliott

A funeral for Dewey Ashby Elliott will be Sunday afternoon. Friends and relatives meet at Jones Funeral Home at 1 30 p m for a short service before proceeding to Ebenezer Christian Church for services upon arrival. The Rev Joseph B Duckwall will officiate with pallbearers Ira Smith John Frye Stanley Triplett Walter Strother Elwood Willey and John Pierce. Interment will be in Ebenezer.

Dewey Ashby Elliott Jones Funeral Home Ebenezer Christian Church Joseph 8 Duckwall Highland Presbyterian Church Ira Smith John Frye Stanley Triplett Walter Strother Elwood Willey John Pierce Ebenezer

Church Cemetery

Friends and relatives may call at the Jones Funeral Home.

Jones Funeral Home

Funeral service for Mrs Betha Snapp announced

A funeral service for Mrs Betha Snapp, who died Wednesday morning, will be held Sunday at 2 PM at the Relief Mission Church. The Rev J Peebles and the Rev Josiah Andree will officiate. Pallbearers named Phil Prove, Percy Hershman, Alfred Snapp, Ralph Bauserman, and James Richard. Interment at St Pauls Lutheran Cemetery. remains to be moved from Jones Funeral Home to the church at noon.

Bethany Snapp Relief Methodisat Church J. &. Peebles Josiah Andree Phillip Prove Percy & Hershman Alfred L Snapp Ralph S Bauserman James E Richard St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery Jones

Mrs Nelson Cooper obituary from Yellow Springs West Virginia

Mrs NELSON COOPER Mra Julia Elizabeth Cooper 60 of Yellow Springs West Virginia died yesterday in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a month as a patient She was born May 1 1807 at Capon Springs Hampshire County daughter of John and Armenta Wilson Married December 29 1911 in Hagerstown to Nelson Bo Cooper who survives Surviving children include Mrs Beverley Crosby Mrs Winifred Larrick Gilbert W Cooper Mrs Kenneth Seldon and Mrs Marvin Wood Also surviving are two brothers and three sisters and ten grandchildren Funeral services will be Sunday at Hebron Lutheran Church Interment in the adjoining cemetery Body rests at Gif fin Funeral Home Capon Bridge until noon Sunday when taken to church.

Julia Elizabeth Cooper Yellow Springs W. Va Winchester Memorial Hospital Capon Springs Hampshire County John and Armenta LaPoilette Wilson Hagerstown Nelson Bo Cooper Beverley Crosby Washington, D. C Winifred Larrick Winchester Gilbert W Cooper Washington D.C Kenneth Seldon Yellow Spruce Marvin Wood Selma Kans Pitman Wilson Dayton Howard Wilson Aberdeen Deasie Secrist Interment Conley Cooper Katie Whitacre Gore Hebron Lutheran Church Gordon Zirkle L. Plickinger Giffin Capon Bridge

Willam Elmer Cain Dies While Visiting in Florida

William Elmer Cain 42 of Washington DC died on Christmas Day in Lakeland Florida while visiting friends. Born in Frederick County he was a son of the late James J Cain and Mary F Brill Cain. Survivors include a daughter Sandra Kay Cain two brothers Lynwood Cain Joshua Cain George Cain two half sisters Nellie Fauver Dora Brill and a half brother Roy Cain. Funeral service set for Monday at 2 p.m. at Omps Funeral Home with burial in National Cemetery.

Willam Elmer Cain Washington DC Sam Lakeland Fila Frederick County James J Cain Mary F Brill Cain Methodist Church Sandra Kay Cain Washington Lynwood Cain Pittsburgh Joshua Cain George Cain Nellie Fauver Dora Brill

Christmas Play Repeated at Elm Street Church Sunday

The Christmas play His Wonders to Perform will be repeated at Elm Street Full Gospel Church Sunday at 7 45 p m The Rev Irvin Stonesifer is pastor of the church.

Elm St Irvin Stonesifer

Daily Quiz Answers Key

Answers cover 10 items with names and facts including James Gibbons the Pope Germany bauxite Cheshire cat and a neurological disease. The quiz lists answers for questions on subjects such as religion geography chemistry biology and anatomy with numeric values like one seventh and 100 degrees.

James Gibbons the Pope Germany

Zula Smoot Enters 40th Year in Nursing at Winchester Memorial

Miss Zula Smoot marks 40 years in nursing at Winchester Memorial Hospital today. She began training in 1921 after earlier service in WWI era shifts, recalling 24 hour duty norms, hospital growth from 60 to 300 beds, and a 1927 fire.

Zula Smoot Winchester Memorial Hospital Smoot Saya Miss Smoot Woodstock Nan Dupuy Angelica P Didier Anne Carson Mre B B. Dutton Cherce Oveseas C A. Robinson Stewart St Mra Robinson Michael Reese Hospital Chicago Oarfield Hospital Washinton D.C University Hop Lewis Baker

Two cars collide on hill crest injuring drivers

The crash at 11 45 a m involved a 1957 Volkswagen northbound driven by Lawson, a 1958 Ford driven by Nelson Marriner of Grand Rapids, and a 1955 Buick driven by Francia Gerhart of Avon. Gerhart's car attempted a pass and struck the Volkswagen, pushing it into the Ford. Both drivers were hospitalized but expected to go home today. Ford damage listed at $150 and both the Volkswagen and Buick were total losses.

J. H Smith Jr Mr. Lawson Volkswagen Ford Nelson Marriner Grand Rapids Mick Buick Francia Gerhart Avon Obie

Egypt hosts Cairo conference as Asian African bloc calls aligned market

Delegates from 38 nations concluded no goodwill toward the West and urged a common market of Asian and African states. Egypt proposed a regional bloc to counter Europe’s market while talks highlighted nuclear tests, the Eisenhower Doctrine, and foreign bases. Sudan urged an immediate ban on racial laws and Japan pressed for a weapons test ban.

Egypt Economic Committee Russia Serag el Din Abbas Indonesia Mohammed Ahmed Mahgoub Sudan Cairo

Convicted Slayer Escapes Death In Gas Chamber

L. Ewing Scott, already convicted of murdering his wife Evelyn in Bel Air, is sentenced to life in prison instead of the death penalty. The jury, after 42 hours of deliberation, found him guilty last Saturday and recommended life imprisonment. The case marks the first use in Los Angeles County of California's new death penalty procedure. The defense plans a motion for a new trial.

Los Angeles L. Ewing Scott Evelyn Bel-Air Scott P Basil Lambros Lambros Clement D. Nye California Clarese Stern Canada Canadian Detroit Dep Dist. Atty J. Miller Leavy

B&O Furloughs 1 800 Employees Across 13 States

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces a new systemwide furlough affecting about 2 600 employees, about seven percent of total staff, effective January 1. This follows a prior furlough on November 1 affecting 2 500 workers as freight loadings lag 17 percent behind last year. No breakdown by classification or location yet.

B&o

Two Apprehended In Turkey Theft At Cold Storage

Two youths were apprehended in a turkey theft at Robinson Cold Storage in Turkey. Police said 10 to 12 turkeys owned by Brookmeade Farms were taken from the zero room on Christmas Eve. A 15-year-old juvenile and Lynn Kerns, 18, were detained. others remain at large. They face breaking and entering and grand larceny charges. Authorities said two more suspects were implicated under questioning.

Robinson Brookmeade Farms Upperville J. C. Ritter Basil Cooper Lynn Kerns E. Baker St

First Presbyterian To Observe College Student Day Sunday

The First Presbyterian Church will observe College Student Day at both services Sunday morning. Students from several colleges will participate, with lists for the 8:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. services naming participants and speakers from Hampden Sydney, Madison, RPI, Queens, MCV, West Virginia University, Syracuse University and others.

First Presbyterian Church Donald Fowler Hampden

History of US missile program funding through early 1950s

The record traces US missile program costs from postwar Germany captures to Korea era, noting totals from about 70 million through 1955, with year by year rises to 4.438 billion by 1957. It cites Pentagon remarks on unclear annual obligation vs requests and thick military spending.

Eisenhower Pentagon Congress

Retirement politics and spelling debate in 1952 previews

The article notes a retirement and last summer elected senator filling McCarthy's unexpired term. It highlights key 1952 Senate battlegrounds in California New Jersey Pennsylvania and challenges for Republicans in Arizona Maryland New York Michigan and West Virginia. It also discusses the American spelling of theater versus theatre with trade preference for theatre in professional use.

Joseph R. McCarthy R-Wis California New Jersey Pennsylvania Arizona Maryland New York Michigan West Virginia

College Singers Set for Annual Services

University of Virginia student Headley Barnsley will sing solo at each service. Performers include Kathryn Flory Agnes Scott Stephen Brown Yale Wood Rosenberger Randolph Macon and Philip Groves.

Kathryn Flory Agnes Scott Stephen Brown Yale Wood Rosenberger Randolph Macon Philip Groves University of Virginia Headley Barnsley Converse College

Weather forecast dour for Shenandoah Valley and mountains

Freezing rain warning issued for Shenandoah Valley and southwest Virginia mountains with cloudy skies. Rain and freezing rain likely late tonight into Saturday with lows around 25 to 32. Temperatures near normal to four degrees above in extended outlook with a mix of rain Saturday and Monday totaling about an inch.

Shenandoah Valley Southwest Southwest Mountains Virginia

Rainfall totals and monthly averages from 44 year period

Report of 24 hour rainfall ending 8 30 am today and December totals to date. Long term averages for 1912 56 show monthly figures from January to December with values: January 2.43, February 1.??, March 2.97, April 2.08, May 2.66, June 3.86, July 0.39, August 4.00, September 2.44, October 3.24, November 2.54, December 2.47.

Frederick County Auction Listings Add December and January

Sales Directory lists multiple auctions in Frederick County with dates from December 28 to January 22. Items include land tracts, real estate, personal property, and city assets at locations in Winchester and Stephens City Virginia. Auctioneers include E. T. Snider, Dan Colaw, Massie & Snarr, and others with front of courthouse and on premises sales noted.

Circuit Court Frederick County Winchester Virginia Katherine V. Pifer W. L .Arme Caleb E. Armel Snider Lee N. Whitacre George G. Snarr Jr Main Street Stephens City Hilda Doggett Methodist Church Larrick & Anderson Pfrederick County Court House Daniel A Colaw Stephena City Charess R Duvall Gerrard and Loudoun Stu Ment Wine Rose Fairmont Ave E. T. Snider Auc- Lioneer Lillian Irene Pugh Cordelia C. Pugh Frederick County Court House

Local Boy and Girl Win TV Dance Contest in Winchester

Mareery Nas and Jackie Karman won the Mil Grant show dance contest last night on Channel 5 in Winchester. They previously won first place during Mil Grant’s first appearance here on December 20 and will compete again Saturday against other winners. Second and third place finishers were Marshall Crieman and Riley Kuykendall with Bobby Kerns and Madeline Stroenicher. The Valleah Library was founded by Pope Nicholas V in 1447.

Mareery Nas Jackie Karman Mil Grant Channel 5 Nitc Milt Grants Winchester L*so Marshall Crieman Riley Kuykendall Bobby Kerns Madeline Stroenicher

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DuPuy Service Godlove Service Hill Service Elliott Service Uneral Services For Dewey A. Eilott Miss Ketha V. Snapp Relief Methodist Church Snellings, Florist N. Braddock St Tneral Order of the Golden Rule Snapp Service Nelson Cooper William Elmer Cain Desembelee Piferohn Warmee Joseph A. Massie, Jr George G. Snarr, Jr N Whitacke Soviet Snae Piccadilly St Westernport, Md Baltimore Baltimore and Ohio Turkey First Presbyterian Sergeant’s Sale West Boscawen Street Sportsflair George R Betty F Pitapatrick Jr Betty Costa Vargina G. G. Baker City of T. Snider Actioneer Minnie V. Dinges Main St Mulberry St Daniel A. Colaw Chas. R. Duvall, Auctioneer D. A. Colan Studebaker Tl Brumback N. Cameron St Valleah Nicholas V N. Cameron &T Lleclock, AM Rock Enon Laurel Run Corner Rock Enon First Tract Richard Triplett Black Oak Cove Ridge White Oak J. J. Pugh R. L. Pugh R. Gray Williams James P. Rear Back Creek Roy L. Pugh Minnie M. Householder J. Randolph Larrick John F. Anderson Lee NN Whitacre
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