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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1956

Page

2

Massie Service Tomorrow for Genevieve Massie

Funeral for Miss Genevieve Amelia Massie of Stephens City, who died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a months long illness, will be held tomorrow at 2 30 p m at Omps Funeral Home. Rev C A York will officiate. Interment in Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers are George Rinour Alfred Hicks Lomax Parker Alfred Rinker A R Marks and Julian Larrick. Remains at Omps Funeral Home until service time.

Genevieve Amelia Massie Stephens City Winchester Memoral Hospital Omps Funeral Home C. A. York

Fincham Service Sunday Afternoon

Funeral service for James Walter Fincham 55 of Clear brook will be held Sunday at 2 p m at Omps Funeral Home. The Rev J S Peebles will officiate with interment in Well town Church cemetery. Pallbearers include James Sawyer Leon Sawyer Branson Boyce Paul Boyce Charles Edwards and Robert Armel.

James Walter Fincham Clearbrook Omps Funeral Home J. S. Peebles Brucetown

Real estate auction notices in Winchester area

Sales directory lists two auctions by W. E. Edwards as trustee in front of Frederick County Court House. The first on Saturday December 29 at 11 a m features property on Route 522 twenty miles northwest of Winchester. The second on Saturday January 12 at 11 a m offers an 115 acre farm near Reynolds Store with Charles R. Duvall as auctioneer.

W. E. Edwards Frederick County Court House Winchester Charles Duvall Reynolds Store Charles R. Duvall

Baylis Dies in Winchester Hospital

Mrs. Dale Ogden Baylis 176, wife of J. Frank Baylis of 315 Amherst Street, died yesterday at 11 15 a m in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Born April 10 1880 at Yellow Springs West Virginia she was a lifelong Hebron Lutheran Church member. Survived by husband three daughters a son a brother five grandchildren and a host of relatives. Funeral at Hebron Church Intermont West Virginia with interment in church cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Flowers respectfully declined.

Dale Ogden Baylis J. Frank Baylis Amherst St Winchester Memorial Hospital Yellow Springs W. Va Leonidas Welsh Aikin Betty Cline Aikin Hebron Lutheran Church Intermont J. Prank Baylis Evelyn Gwinn Tom Halterman Winchester Pauline Baylis Baltimore Joseph F. Baylis, Jr City Charles L. Aikin Betty Jo Parker Richmond Dale Ellen Susana Andrew Gwinn Joseph Franklin Baylis, III Gordon Zirkle William Cline Clarence Cline Bernard F. Groves Jack Rudolph Gordon Aikin Melvin Dunlap Wilbur Brill Omps Funeral Home

Loy Infant Dies Aged Six Weeks

Dorinda Kay Loy six weeks old daughter of Mr and Mrs Clark E Loy of Opequon died suddenly yesterday at 2 30 p m at her maternal grandmother s home 215 E Boscawen St born November 14 1956 in the city She is survived by her parents one sister Mary Jo Loy maternal grandmother Lela Light and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles A Loy Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p m at the Jones Funeral Home with Rev Carl W Hiser interment in Green Spring Cemetery White Hall The remains are resting at the Jones Funeral Home

Dorinda Kay Loy Clark E. Loy Opequon E. Boscawen St Clarke E Mary Gereeta Loy Mary Jo Loy Lela Light Jones Funeral Home Carl W. Hiser First Evangelical United Brethren Church Greenspring White Hall

Funeral service for Henry K. Hibbard set Monday afternoon

Henry K. Hibbard 67 of 609 S. Kent St. died Sunday evening at the Martinsburg VA Hospital. A funeral will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Omps with the Rev. Nathan Williamson officiating. Burial is in Winchester National Cemetery with American Legion burial squad pallbearers and military rites at the graveside. Honorary pallbearers include Thomas Royston, Cecil Elliott, Russell Goode, Irving Garrison, Dave Fogle and John Anderson.

Henry K. Hibbard S. Kent St Newton D. Baker VA Martinsburg Omps Nathan Williamson Valley Avenue Church of Christ Winchester National Cemetery Conrad Hoover American Legion Thomas Royston Cecil Elliott Russell Goode Irving Garrison Dave Fogle John Anderson

Bishop Gregory and wife killed in Ohio crash

East Central area Evangelical United Brethren Bishop D T Gregory, 66, and his wife, 65, died in a head on collision with a truck on U S Route 40 near Cambridge Ohio. A third victim, Floyd Lovell 50 of Cincinnati, was identified by a Cambridge funeral home. The couple were en route to their Pittsburgh home from Dayton after visiting their daughter. Interment will be in Martinsburg. Funeral services planned in Dayton.

D. T. Gregory East Central Evangelical United Brethren Church Ohio Associated Press Gregory Virginia E. U. B. Church Shenandoah College & Conservatory of Music Dayton Winchester Shenandoah College Euclid Ave High Church Pittsburgh Cambridge Floyd Lovell Cincinnati Avis Trucking Co State Highway Patrol U.S. Rt. 40 Thelma Jackson Martinsburg W. Va United Brethren Church Pennsylvania

Coin Box Broken Open at Star Pressroom

The Star pressroom soft drink machine was tampered with last night. The coin box was broken and a linoleum knife was stolen, though little money remained. Capt. F. M. Funk is investigating.

Star The F. M. Funk

Laws That Were Said To Be Written In Blood

Draco the Athenian lawgiver was famed for harsh codes with death as the penalty for most offenses. His name is said to mean Gragon in Greek, and in myth Hercules killed Draco, the guardian of the golden apples of the Hesperides.

Draco Athens Hercules

Paternity Suit Lost by Actor

Actor Jess Barker, ex-husband of Susan Hayward, loses a paternity suit filed by Yvonne Doughty. The girl Morgana is named. Barker admits intimacies during marriage but disputes paternity and court orders $50 monthly support with a $750 attorney fee awarded to Doughty.

Los Angeles Jess Barker Susan Hayward Yvonne Doughty Miss Doughty Morgana Barker Miss Hayward Walter H. Odemar Odemar

Benson predicts 1957 farm price gains and flexible supports

Benson told the President that farm prices are about five percent higher than a year ago and that 1957 should show further general improvement. He said U S farm markets are expanding at home and abroad with farmers seeking more freedom from restriction. The flexible versus rigid price supports issue is dead forever, and farmers favor flexible supports.

Benson U. S

Answers to the "How's Your I.Q." Quiz

A list of quiz responses is provided including names such as William Booth and Washington Irving. The notes reference questions about presidents, Pharisees, inquest, cannibals, and a reply about lying down. The page 4 context suggests a student quiz key with opinions and corrections.

William Booth Washington Irving Roosevelt

Investors Loan Corp Holiday Cash Offer

Up to six hundred dollars available to meet holiday expenses. Investors Loan Corp advertises quick cash from 475 Loudoun Street, phone MO 2-3459.

Investors Loan Corp Loudoun

Delegates Leave For Presbyterian Youth Convention

Delegates from Winchester Presbytery left for Natural Bridge to attend a three day Presbyterian Youth Convention Synod of Virginia. About 45 youths travel by chartered bus with Miss Ada Glass Baker and Dr. Robert C. Bradford Jr. The theme is Young Christian Citizens with lectures by Dr. Homighausen Docherty Jones and Kuist and music by Ed Dowes. A drama pageant by Natural Bridge Inc. highlights the event.

Natural Bridge Synod of Virginia Winchester Presbytery Ada Glass Baker Robert C. Bradford George Jackson First Presbyterian Gordon Straw Cora Helen Fry Robert Button Susan Stine Judith Vance Opequon Memorial Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton N. J Christ’s Church Work George M. Docherty New York Avenue Presbyterian Church Washington, D. C James A. Jones Union Theological Sminary Richmond Howard T. Kuist Walter D. Eddowes First Presbyterian Church of Christ's Church David Burr Harold Dudley William H. Foster, Jr Edward H. Jones Lillian Pennell Carl R. Pritchett Alla H. Rodgers Dallas H. Smith Richard F. Taylor John R. Winter James A. Allison Philip A. Roberts Natural Bridge, Inc

Watch-Night Service at Stephens City Church

A Youth Division sponsored watch night will be held at Stephens City Methodist Church on Monday. The program begins at 9 p m with a social for youths parents teachers and counselors. At 11 15 p m the Youth will lead a candlelight service followed by the Sacraments of the Word's Supper before midnight. All members and friends are invited to attend the 11 15 service.

Stephens City Methodist Church Church

Association Forms for U S Route 11 Travel Promotion

U S 11 organizers announce two projects for the first year. Erect highway signs urging motorists to follow The Highway of History. Publish thousands of maps to aid tourists. Founding board includes Willis Fisk Eugene Branch and Mrs Roy Vinal with John Marsh Milton Nixon Howard Murray. The non stock nonprofit seeks business support to boost travel on Route 11.

Willis H. Fisk Stephens City Eugene R. Branch Winchester Roy Vinal John O. Marsh Strasburg Milton J. Nixon Middletown Howard Murray

Return of Columbia Desegregation Report Urges Separate Schools

A subcommittee report on District of Columbia public schools finds that integrating Division I and II damaged educational opportunities for both races. It recommends racially separate schools, transfer liberalization, special schools for slow learners and delinquents, possible removal of board members, and racespecific records. The document notes white flight and rising costs, with controversy over the hearings and leadership.

District of Columbia Virginia Maryland

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Frederick Clarke Frederick i Massie Fincham Jones Funeral Home, Inc For All A Snellings, Florist N. Braddock St E. Piccadilly St John H. Lillis Mars Bayliss Loy Hibbard Winchester Concrete Products Welltown Pike Chapman Motor CO W. Boscawen St Kennth E. Henry CO Winchester, Ya R. R. Goodson California Santa Monica P. W. Plumly Winchester Star Mary Charles Adams Romney Judy Johnson Berkeley Springs Susan Gore Charles Town Luise Cowherd Petersburg Holman Jennings Carolyn Miller Ike, Benson I.Q Omps Mohawk Presbyterian Youth Convention H. C. Christianson U.S. 11 Perry Engineering CO Eisenhower Washington National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People Board of Education Supreme Court Case Lots Co L. Brumback & Sons N. Cameron St Easy Leon SUN Lg Barr’s, Inc B& M Chevrolet Loudoun St Seiberling Cammer Tire CO S. Braddock St
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