Deaths and Funerals in Clarke County area
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Royston died at her daughter’s home near Charles Town W Va aged 77. She was born in Clarke County and survived by several children, stepchildren, sisters and brothers. Funeral is Thursday at 2 pm from John Enders Funeral Home Berryville with burial Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Albin H Dove 79 died at 929 Berryville Avenue after a seven day illness. He was a Clarke County farmer and Bethel Baptist Church member. Survived by wife, one son, three daughters, siblings and grandchildren. Funeral plans pending arrival of son from California. remains at Jones Funeral Home.
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Sarah Elizabeth Royston
Calvin Nicodemus
Charles Town
W. Va
Clarke County
George E
Anetta Anderson Sipe
Walter S. Royston
Royston
Mt. Carmel Methodist Church
Nicodemus
Clifton Poston
Kearneysville
George Reamer
Rippon
Albert Royston
This City
Walter E. Royston, Jr
Gilbert Royston
Berryvill
William K. Royston
Harrisburg
Henry Royston
Atlantic City
N. J
Robert Kerns
John Clark
Berryville
Thomas Pyne
Boyce
Boyce B. Silliman
High Point
N. C
Ervin Batman
Cambridge
Ohio
William Sipe
Joseph Sipe
White Post
John Enders
Mt. Carmel
Clarence Kerns
George Kerns
Nelson Sipe
James Sipe
Edward Pine
Enders
Albin H
Bub
Dove
Berryville Avenue
William
Virginia Russell Dove
Eliza Royston
Bethel Baptist Church
Warren A. Dove
California
Ella Underwood
Virginia Glass Dove
Goldie Singleton
Charles Dove
New Jersey
Edith Lee
Delia Trussell
Frederick County
Bertie Martin
Jones Funeral Home
Funeral service for John Pletcher Allen at Mount Pleasant
Funeral service for John Pletcher Allen was held today at 2 p m at Mount Pleasant Evangelical United Brethren Church near Gerrardstown led by Rev Phillip E Weeks and Rev John E Oliver. Interment followed in Mount Pleasant Cemetery adjoining the church. A surviving son, Boyd Allen, was later noted.
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John Pletcher Allen
Mount Pleasant
Archie E. Dunlap Dies at 60 in Winchester Hospital
Archie E. Dunlap 60 of Siler died yesterday in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Born September 22 1896 in Frederick County he was the son of Nancy Dunlap and the late John Dunlap. Survived by son Charles K. Dunlap daughter Mary Swartz brother Walter Dunlap sister Mary Barr and three grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 1 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Joseph S Duckwall. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Archie E. Dunlap
Siler
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Frederick County
Nancy Dunlap
Berryville
John Dunlap
Dunlap
Charles K. Dunlap
Nain
Mary Swartz
Kernet
Walter Dunlap
Baltimore
Mary Barr
Jones Funeral Home
Joseph S. Duckwall
Highland Presbyterian Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Farm auction notices list Winchester and Romney sales
Sales Directory lists multiple auctions: January 12 in Winchester Virginia for a 5 acre farm with W E Edwards trustee. January 19 near Winchester on Bufflick Road items including farming implements. January 24 at Hampshire County Court House Romney West Virginia for a 190 acre farm. Auctioneers Joshua Place C F Lawrence J S Zimmerman Ralph W Haines.
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J. S. Zimmerman
Ralph W. Haines
Hampshire County Court House
Romney
W. Va
Great Capon River
Cold Stream
Hampshire County
West Virginia
Winchester
Supervisor Probes Slick Tires in Patrol Car Death
In Richmond Chesterfield County a citizen accused a Manchester District supervisor that slick tires on a 1956 police cruiser contributed to a fatal crash on wet U S 1 in Colonial Heights. Lamont L. Edwards 26 Petersburg patrolman died in the collision. funeral services were held.
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Richmond
Chesterfield County
Raymond J. Britton
Manchester District
Petersburg Pike
Lamont L. Edwards
Petersburg
Colonial Heights
Explosion damages Raleigh newspaper lobby in prank incident
A homemade bombing device exploded in the News and Observer Building lobby in Raleigh, NC, caused minor damage. Detectives say the device was firecrackers in a glass jar near the elevator. a piece of glass hit the ceiling and door, and a wall was scorched. Frank Daniels suspects a prankster.
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Raleigh, NC
News and Observer-Raleigh Times
J. H. Bowers
J. B. Upchurch
Frank Daniels
News and Observer Publishing Co
Seven basketball players hurt in Albemarle bus crash
Sev en members of the Albemarle County High School basketball squad were in satisfactory condition at the University of Virginia Hospital after a school bus wreck. The group of 12 youths had been returning from practice when the bus overturned 10 miles west of Charlottesville as the driver Randolph Davis tried to navigate a sharp curve. The brakes allegedly failed and four people including the driver were treated for injuries. Another escaped unharmed.
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Charlottesville
Albemarle County High School
University of Virgina
Randolph Davis
Here
Negro Soldier Arrested on Bus in Memphis Event
A Negro soldier identified as Charles S. Nabors of Ft. Lawson Washington was arrested on a Birmingham bound bus after he sat beside a 12 year old white girl, slapped her, and put his arm around her. He faced charges of public drunkenness disturbing the peace and assault and battery as seven witnesses including another soldier and a sailor reported the incident to Deputy Sheriff H J Beach. The driver notified the sheriff after stopping the bus to call for help.
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Memphis
Tenn
H. J Beach
Charles S. Nabors
Ft. Lawson
Wash
Beach
Nabors
Sheriff's Office
Aviva Karcharov Speaks Out On Polio Vaccination
Aviva Karcharov, 13 months old from Tel Aviv, vocalizes her reaction to receiving a polio shot. The caption notes she realizes she yelled in vain as the needle jab ends. she is among 121,384 children slated for anti polio vaccination.
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Aviva Karcharov
Tel Aviv
Israel
Aviva
Texas Longhorns Origin in United States
The cattle are descended from stock introduced to the region by Coronado in Mexico in 1541, marking their origin in the United States.
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Texas
United States
L. B
Coronado
Mexico
Hetty Green wealth and buck fever explained
Hetty Green was regarded as the era's wealthiest woman and a top financier. Her father Edward Mott Robinson left about 67 million dollars in 1865, and her heirs split nearly 100 million in 1926. Buck fever is nervous tension not a disease, gripping hunters at game sight, likened to stage fright and mic fright. the term dates to around 1700.
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Hetty Green
W. A
Edward Mott Robinson
Texans Fear Nationwide Gas Price War
The Texas Service Stations Association warns a surplus and export pressures could trigger a nationwide gasoline price war by spring. Leaders urge shipping gasoline overseas with crude to reduce stocks, as stocks total about 185 million barrels with potential 50 million barrel cuts.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Associated
Trade Association
Eisenhower
Congress
Europe
Ben Ogden
Pampa
Association
Joseph J. Malec
Bank reports higher loan totals and active trust year
Commercial section notes December 31, 1956 loans and discounts at 2,741,218 with a 15,000 tax reserve. Trust department described as most active. Dividends of 10 percent paid. Building upgrades include interior repainting and basement remodeling to add space and efficiency.
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Edwards
Directors elect officers after stockholders meeting
Following the stockholders meeting the directors organized and elected officers including Paul M Halde man as chairman J H West as president J Thomas Kremer as vice president William H West Jr as vice president W M Feltner as cashier and J William.
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Paul M. Haldeman
J. H. West
J. Thomas Kremer
William H. West, Jr
W. M. Feltner
J. William
Bank Staff Roster Noted at Farmers and Merchants National
Hollis as vice-president and trust officer leads a list of bank executives including Robert J. McNally Jr and Harry Ridgeway. The staff roster continues with trust, cashier, department managers and a long list of tellers and assistants, ending with Anna Wood Rosenberger.
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Goldie L. Brown
Betty H. Carroll
Donald M. Cochran
Helen G. Coffin
Esther E. Davis
Leta Mae Gunn
M. Janice Hayes
Mary G. Hershberger
Peggy Lou Jobe
Jane D. Jolley
Mary Lou Jones
Nancy Caldwell Kackley
Margaret A
Answers to the Quiz on Page Two
A reader list presents the quiz answers: German. Yes. Jesus. Centaurs. Rhodesia. Kiel Canal. Vegetable. Body of a murdered person. Yes. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
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I. Q
Rhodesia
Kiel Canal
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Sarah Elizabeth
Albin H. Dove
Allen Services
M Jones
Mr. Albin H. Dove
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
N. Cameron St
Ralph Hawbaker
Mercersburg, Pennsylvania
Rev
Donald Scruggs
Stuart M. Perry
Allis-Chalmers
Fruit Growers
Ferguson
Barr’s, Inc
Cardox
Hardie
Cardox & Hardie
Susana Beatriz Corriz
Argentina
Virgilio Ernesta Corriz
Chevalier Jackson Clinic
Philadelphia
Corrientes
Buenos Aires
Turkey
Idiewild
New York
Jerry Hart
Royal Dutch Airlines
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Congregational Christian Churches
J. Kenneth Kohler
St. Louis
Churchmen’s Brotherhood
Walter A. Graham
Pembroke, Ky
Laymen’s Fellowship
Perry Engineering CO
B. Beverley Byrd
Charles Hill Jones
J. T. Kremer
Ray Robinson, Jr
J. Kenneth Robinson
D. K. Russell
C. Ridgely
J. H. Yost
J. Lee Mil
Italiaiaainus Shale
H. C. Christianson
Oasis
E. Et St
Etim Co
Winchester Seed CO
Glaize & Bro
Court House
J. S. Zimmerman and
S. Loudoun St
National Selected Morticians
Association of Funeral Directors
Seiberling
Cammer Tire CO
S. Braddock
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