Round Hill Center Plans Annual Meeting
The Round Hill Community Center will hold its annual meeting January 13 at 8 p.m. to elect officers and directors. Nominating committee members John Hoover Harry Patterson and Jack Larrick will present the slate. Raymond Holler the president will conduct the meeting and asks all members and patrons to attend.
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Round Hill Center Group
Round Hill Community Center
John Hoover
Harry Patterson
Jack Larrick
Raymond Holler
Goldsmith Bennett Win Bridge Match at Winchester Club
Dr. Thomas B. Goldsmith and Paul Bennett of Martinsburg West Virginia won the monthly master point bridge match at the Winchester Contract Bridge Club held last night at the Golf Club. Runners up were Mrs Holmes Harper and Mrs Henry P Frern Jr. third place went to Mrs Boyd Hamman and Mrs Gus Cahill.
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Thomas B. Goldsmith
Paul Bennett
Martinsburg
W. Va
Winchester Contract Bridge Club
Golf Club
Holmes Harper
Henry P. Frern, Jr
Boyd Hamman
Gus Cahill
John Seabright
John Griffith
W W. Bassett
Aberdeen
S. 3
Lemuel Brown
George Washington Hotel
Radio Talks Preview Virginia Referendum On Gray Report
Four radio broadcasts on station WINC discuss the Gray report and the Virginia referendum. Dr Charles J Smith, U S Senator Harry F Byrd Sr, former Governor Colgate Darden, and former Governor John S Battle are scheduled with talks from 7 50 p m to 8 p m and 6 45 p m to follow on successive evenings.
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WINC
Virginia
Charles J. Smith
Roanoke Colleges
U. S
H. F. Byrd
Colgate W. Darden
John S. Battle
Heat element on plane found harmless in investigation
After 24 hours authorities identified a small object aboard a TWA plane as a soldering iron heat element used by mechanics. The object, a machined steel cylinder with magnesium and powder, is incendiary only mildly and would require force to set off.
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Pittsburgh
Army
TWA
Lewis Rinebold
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Thirago
Washington
Wheeling
W. Va
FBI
Rinebold
CAA
Eighth Virginia Highway Fatality Reported in 1956
The eighth highway death in Virginia for 1956 was reported by state police. Walter Everett, 22, of Ft Belvoir, was killed at 7 20 p.m. Wednesday when the car he rode in crashed on State Route 617 in Fairfax County.
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Virginia
Walter Everett
Ft. Belvoir
Fairfax County
Ham Fisher Leaves Bulk of 21 Million Estate to Daughter
Noted cartoonist Ham Fisher creator of Joe Palooka left two thirds of his estate to his 17 year old daughter Wendy with the remaining third reverting on the death of his second wife Marilyn. Fisher died by suicide in Manhattan on December 27 leaving notes about failing eyesight and diabetes.
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New York
Ham Fisher
Joe Palooka
Wendy
Fisher
Marilyn
Catherine Jones
Wilkes- Barre
Manhattan
Destroyer Basilone Blown Aground Off Cape Henry
The 3,000-ton destroyer Basilone dragged anchor and grounded in 10 feet of water near Chesapeake Bay off Cape Henry at 4:45 a.m. EST. The ship reported no hull leaks and remained in the Lynnhaven Roads area while awaiting further assessment.
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Chesapeake
Norfolk, Va
Basilone
Chesapeake Bay
Cape Henry
Lynnhaven
Wife Won’t Sign Complaint Against Songwriter
Merle Travis, 37, faced no charges after an all night drinking rampage ended with him pistol whipping his wife and barricading himself in their San Fernando Valley home. Police used rifles tear gas and tased the scene before Travis was found unarmed and jailed briefly. Bettie Travis, 31, refused to sign a domestic violence complaint citing love and concern for him despite the incident.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Merle ‘Travis
San Fernando Valley
van Nuys
Bettie
Greene Service Held Yesterday
A funeral service for Chambers Bedford Greene of Stephens City was held yesterday at 2 p.m. at Refuge Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. Carroll C. Goodridge. Pallbearers were Austin W. Conner Cornell E. Conner and Robert.
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Chambers Bedford Greene
Stephens City
Refuge Methodist Church
Carroll C. Goodridge
Austin W. Conner
Cornell E. Conner
Robert
Family Names Interred in Green Hill Cemetery Stephens City
W Grim, R Howard Leith, Jonny L Hammock and Marvin D Grim are listed among the deceased with interment at Green Hill Cemetery in Stephens City.
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W. Grim
R. Howard Leith
Jonny L. Hammock
Marvin D. Grim
Green Hill Cemetery
Stephens City
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Claude B. Smalys, JR
Lelia North
Huntley
Jewel Box
Abe Cooper
Mrs Funts
Investors Loan Corp
Loudoun St
Winchester
The
Associated Press
Kroe
SOUTH
Wena
Travis
Greene
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Old—Strong Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Leggett S
Dan River
Winchester’s Shopping Center
Leggett
W. Boscawen Street
Episcopal Church
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