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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1957

Page

2

Deaths and Funerals list Holliday and Anderson services

Martin A Holliday 68 died at his son's home after illness, with survivors including four sons two daughters and many relatives. Funeral from Old Primitive Baptist Church Reynolds Store at 2 30 p m Sunday with interment in adjoining cemetery. Cecelia Miller Anderson 58 died suddenly at home on Middle Road, Frederick County. She left a son and a daughter with two granddaughters. service at Jones Funeral Home Monday at 1 30 p m with burial Mount Hebron Cemetery.

Martin A. Holliday Watson Avenue Frederick County Page M Rebecca Shirley Holliday Bertha Miller Holliday Charles E. Holliday White Hall Melford Holliday John Holliday This City Franklin Holliday Stephenson Rebecca Luttrell Mildred Whitacre Grimes Elmer Holliday Bernard C. Holliday Cross Junction Melvin T. Holliday Cumberland, Md Owen C. Holliday Alvin T. Holliday Martinsburg W. Va Old Primitive Baptist Church Reynolds Store Irvin L. Stonesifer George C. Shade Willie Shade Purcell O. Dick Albert Whitacre Lawrence H. Shade Vermont Crosen Cecelia Miller Anderson Hinkel Boyd Middle Road Stephens City Gabriel R Ella Sherman Anderson Jones Funeral Home Carroll C. Goodridge Mount Hebron Cemetery

Lena Kerfoot Burch 89 Dies in Clarke County

Mrs Lena Kerfoot Burch widow of Julian W Burch aged 89 dies at her daughter's home in Millwood Clarke County born March 9 1867 she lived all her married life in Clarke County after his 1918 death she lived with her daughter Survived by one son J G Burch of Boyce six grandchildren and 14 friends and relatives will meet Enders Funeral Home Berryville Sunday to Green Hill Cemetery for graveside rites at 3 oclock weather permitting If inclement weather service will be at the funeral home The Rev J L B Williams and Rev Paul Reiter will officiate Family requests no flowers be sent

Lena Kerfoot Burch Julian W. Burch Clarke County B. B. McKay Millwood Judson and Fannie Sowers Kerfoot Burch McKay E J. G. Burch Boyce Enders Funeral Home Berryville Green Hill Cemetery J. L. B. Williams Cunningham Parish Paul Reiter Boyce Baptist Church

James W. Amick Dies at 72 in Martinsburg Hospital

James Wesley Amick 72 of Martinsburg West Virginia former resident of Winchester died yesterday at 2 p m in Kings Daughters Hospital Martinsburg He was born June 8 1884 in Whitacre son of the late Frank and Mary Amick His wife Minnie D Keller preceded him in death He had formerly lived in Winchester before moving to Martinsburg

James Wesley Amick Martinsburg W. Va Kings Daughters Hospital Whitacre Frank Mary Amick Minnie D. Keller Mr. Amick Winchester

Martinsburg man buried with service set at Brown Funeral Home

A Martinsburg resident formerly employed by National Fruit Products is survived by a daughter Eva Mae Campbell a step daughter Gertrude Elliott a stepson William Rudy and many grandchildren great grandchildren and step-grandchildren. A funeral service is planned for Monday at 10 30 a m at Brown Funeral Home with interment at Mt Hebron Cemetery in Martinsburg.

Martinsburg National Fruit Products Company Eva Mae Campbell Gertrude Elliott White Hall William ©. Rudy Washington, D. C Brown Funeral Home Mt. Hebron

Rouss to Honor Seven at Annual Memorial Service

Seven members of the Rouss Fire Company will be honored at the annual memorial service Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Congregational Christian Church Braddock and Clifford Streets. Rev Robert A Whitten will give the memorial address with the Rev F B Oglesby and Rev W Holt Louder assisting. The Youth Choir of Market Street Methodist will sing two anthems and Harland Hannum will be organist. Dr George D Jackson will read the scriptures. Offering supports the church educational building fund.

Rouss Fire Company Congregational Christian Church Braddock and Clifford Sts Robert A. Whitten Herbert W. Miller Lester Lightfoot John W. Rosenberger Louis Moser Hugh ®. Grim Wilbur E. Hewitt Lester H. Anderson F. B. Ogles Market Street Methodist Church Harland Hannum George D. Jackson First Presbyterian Church John J. Hawse W. E. Argenbright A. C. Long Owen Hoagland Dorsey Hottle Joseph c. Haines Carson C. Dettra C. Douglas Brown Bernard F. Groves, Jr Woodrow Keller Maynard Renner Marvin D Weaver

Disaster aid sought for Virginia flood regions

USAID coverage details widespread impact across Wise Smyth and neighboring counties. Floods destroyed 163 homes and left 794 uninhabitable with 59 bridges and 49 highways washed out. About 1,000 businesses out of operation as Grundy isolation persisted. SBA offers 3 percent rehabilitation loans to affected residents and firms.

Wise County Pound Pound River Clinch River Tazewell Dickenson County Red Cross Grundy Rt. 460 Power Company Small Business Administration Wise Smyth Russell Washington Scott Dickenson Bland Counties Col. C. W. Woodson Jr J. H. Wyse

Just Another Minute Teenagers Try to Free Trapped Airman

Langley Air Force Base was shaken by a crash as 1st Lt. Martin D. Bullard died in a F-94B Starfire. Teenagers including John Sharpe Jr and Eddie Wade sprinted to the wreck, forming a belt chain to reach Bullard before explosions ended the救. They tried to pry free the pinned airman as flames spread, but another minute proved fatal.

Langley Air Force Base John “Davey” Sharpe Jr Hampton High School Davey Martin D. Bullard Minetto N. Y New York Air National Guard Syracuse Pope Air Force Base N. C Edward J. Bacchi Grant Village Langley Eddie Wade Edward Goodwin Ronald White Guy Bullard John Sharpe Dave

Amputations After Air Collision Injures Boy at School Yard

Albert Ballou, 12, lost his left leg above the knee when a midair crash struck a schoolyard. Teacher John Verdanian acted quickly, applying pressure to the arterial wound and likely saving the boy's life at Sun Valley Hospital.

Albert Ballou Sun Valley Hospital Alice Ballou Albert John Verdanian Verdanian

Police School Schedule Highlights Local Training Sessions

The program outlines sessions led by Frederick County Commonwealth's Attorney Joseph A. Massie Jr on prosecution relations with police, Dabney W. Watts as Winchester Commonwealth's Attorney, and FBI topics with Melvin J. Yancey. Feb 13 covers FBI relations with other agencies, Feb 14 features Wesley G. Grapp, Feb 15 covers criminal code applications for misdemeanors, Feb 18 for felonies. Banquet details to be announced.

Dence Frederick County Commonwealth Joseph A. Massie, Jr Commonwealth Winchester Commonwealth Dabney W. Watts Melvin J. Yancey Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Wesley G. Grapp Richmond John F. Anderson Winchester Thomas V. Monahan

One Hurt Two Cars Demolished In City Crash

One person injured as two cars collide at W Amherst and W Boscawen Streets at 9 10 p m. Mrs Nita Pugh Lofton 32 Gore suffers lacerations and contusions treated at Memorial Hospital. Oldsmobile driven by Arthur W Edwards of Washington DC struck Ford driven by Lofton overturning on its top near the railroad tracks. Edwards convicted of reckless driving in Municipal Court and ordered to pay fines and costs.

W. Amherst W. Boscawen Sts Nita Pugh Lofton Gore Memorial Hospital Winchester Arthur W. Edwards Columbia Road N.W Washington, DC J. Thomas Boyd Ernest Stotler David Fahnestock Fred Hildebrand W. Boscawen St W. Amherst St Oldsmobile Ford

Farm auction schedule reported for Berryville Winchester area

Sales directory lists multiple upcoming auctions and sales in Virginia and West Virginia including Franklin Harman furniture sale in Winchester, Hereford cattle at Poca Dot Farms Charles Town, real estate auctions in Frederick and Winchester areas, and cattle and farm equipment lots across February with auctioneers Lewis Orndorff Duvall Morrow and others.

Thomas B. Carper Berryville W. D. Orndorff Pocadot Farms Charles Town W Va Farmers Livestock Exchange Winchester Frank Harman Braddock Charles R. Duvall F. L. Largent, JR Frederick County Court House Peyton St Peyton St. Fri. Feb. 15, 10 A. M---R. Light Homer Katherine Miller N. Loudoun St Staunton Pri Wilbur M. Gaunt George Eagle Apple Pie Ridge

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Cecelia M. Anderson Harry Fletcher DeSchon Ola Primitive Baptist Church Cecilia Miller Anderson Jones Funeral Home, Inc Testes N. Braddock St Co-Operative Production Credit Federal Land Bank Farm Credit Office Boscawen St Bright, Gay Miller's Hardware Murphy's Schumacher Ken’s Quaker’s Winchester & Vicinity Harry Murphy & Brother Rouss USAID P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp Kent St Florida St. Augustine George Eliot Solomon Rubinstein Cantons Asia Michael Angelo Liberia Health Ben Braunlich Mer E. Monmouth H. C. Christianson Barr's, Inc P.T.O Cene E. Piccadilly St Pittsburgh Marstro Glaize & Bro N. Cameron St Pitsburgh Pict Ineludt Firestone Stores
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