1955 Winchester Local News Chronology Jan 3 26
Chronicle of events in Winchester Frederick County and surrounding areas from January 3 to 26 1955. Key items include church appointments fire company leadership changes post office opening a fatal crash and multiple civic achievements. Notable names include Walter Holt Louder Wilbur R Johnston Frederick County officials and community organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Episcopal Church
Walter Holt Louder
William H. Hanckel
Christ Church, St. Joseph, Mo
Sunnyside
Winchester
Wilbur R. Johnston
Kenneth Curl
Winton Pope
South End Fire Company
English Construction Co
Garland R. Quarles
Handley High joins Cumberland Valley League at Winchest er
April events in Winchester detail a range of local happenings from the Handley High School joining the Cumberland Valley Athletic League to the Apple Blossom Festival led by Queen Shenandoah XXVIII. Delegations, civic meetings, and school activities fill the Winchester calendar with civic pride and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee Fire Dept
Boyd Ramey
Stuart Symington
Handley
Jean Stephens
Clarke County notes and countywide events in May and June
A May fire damaged the American Viscose Corp plant in Front Royal. The Shenandoah Valley special tour group visited Skyline Drive and Luray Caverns. Local clubs elected presidents and hosted meetings. Multiple high school and community events, sports achievements, and public notices shape the Clarke and Frederick counties calendar with details on elections, awards, and local incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Viscose Corp
Front Royal
Friendship and
Rouss
Winchester
Winchester Daily Briefs February 1955 Local Notes and Events
February items list local duties and incidents. New director named for Shenandoah Apple Blossom events. Handley basketball sets scoring mark. Fire and crime stories include homeless families after Ft Loudoun fire and a manslaughter acquittal. Festivals, awards committees, police school completion, and a deadly bunkhouse fire are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Ryland Conner
Department of Firemen
Shenandoah
Bill Hickerson
Broadway
Marchioness
Winchester
England
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Loudoun
Allen Leroy Shirley
Stephenson
Marvin William Nichols
Charles William Huff
Nichols
S. Loudoun St
Four Cork Street families lose homes in Wharf Fire
A large Cork Street apartment fire forces four families from their homes while thousands of spectators hinder fire crews. The same date Berryville Town Council votes 3 to 2 to keep a 25 mile per hour speed limit. Broadway Knocks defeat Judges 52 to 45 in District 5 basketball tourney at Lexington. Women’s Civic League...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cork St
Berryville
Broadway
Lexington
Frederick County News Snippet June Events and Graduations
June 3 to 30 highlights include 117 James Wood graduates and class awards at Clarke County High School Handley High 1956 election of Thomas G. Scully to student body leadership Berryville town council vacancy filled by Frank M. Galloway. Zonewide weather damage hail storms injure orchards. Ground-breaking for Winchester Frederick County War Memorial Center at Senseny Park. Several local incidents: two elderly saved from smoke by Rouss Fire Co. members. County School Board authorized land purchases for new elementary schools. Camp Whip Perwill hosts 242 children. Va State Exchange Club convention opens at George Washington Hotel. Route 522 fatal crash marks county's 1955 highway fatalities. Boy Scouts depart for New Mexico. Shenandoah College relocation voted to Winchester. County Agent John Wolfe and five Frederick County 4-H participants active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Stephens City
Charles E. Layman, Jr
Ninevah
Douglas High Bulldogs
Harrisonburg
Gretchen Twestridge Armstrong
Martha Hall Robinson
Shenandoah
Winchester Co - Operative Milk Producers’ Assn
Virginia Milk Producers Federation
Burr P. Harrison
Frederick County Farm Bureau
U. S. State Department
Berryville Legion Quintains
Winchester Armory
Winchester
Frederick County Chamber of Commerce
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
Dayton
Robert B. Grove
C. Ridgely White
O'Sullivan Rubber Corp
Sylvia Stine
Friendship Fire Co
Barbara Ann Seal
Stephens City Fire Co
Marvin William Nichols
Charles William Huff
Brakeblok
American Brake Shoe Co
Devon
Mich
Eugene Lofton
Bloomery
Hawaiian
Nancy Larrick
Random House
Barbara Ballenger
Clarke County
Berryville
Farm Pond
James W. Miller
Reynolds Store
Robert Steele
Reliance
FBI
Strasburg
Lora Lee Ritenour
Cleveland
Rouss Fire Co
Boscawen St
Commonwealth's Attorney Post
Frederick County
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
John F. Anderson
Commonwealth Attorney Post
David H. Allen
George W. Costello
Clarke
Salvation Army
State Road
Sacred Heart Academy
Merriman's Lane
Winchester National Guardsmen
Indiantown Gap
Shenandoah Brick and Tile Co
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Jack Hotel
Ernest W. Adams, Jr
Gainesboro
Virginia
Shenandoah Gas Co
City
James Wood
Thomas G. Scully
Clarke County High School
Handley High
Frank M. Galloway
Ernest Locke
Douglas High
Johnson Williams
Lora Ritenour
State Exchange Club
George Washington Hotel
Conference of
E. U. B. Church
Shenanedah College and
Conservatory of Music
John Wolfe
Grimes
Douglas
Carver
Arthur Alexander Baldwin
White Post
Ralph Cain
Retail Merchants Association
Shenandoah Area Boy Scout Council
Philip Hunter
Lillie Mae McKee
F M. Funk
Warren County
W. W Baker
Arlie Ray Crites
Andrew Bell
Conway
S. C
Kernstown
Corinne Barnett Riley
Winchester Corporation Court
Donald Nixdorff
Winchester - Frederick
August Events Darken Town as Occurrences Roll On
A series of August incidents fill local pages with tragedy weather and crime. deaths include William Russell Whitlock after a 70 foot fall from a C L Robinson Ice and Cold Storage building. Kathryn Elder and her mother die in Capacon River flood. storms bring heavy rains, by passes planned, and a river flood tops records. crime includes a murder charge against Wardell Jackson and a shotgun fatality. Community projects see restoration gifts and organizational changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Russell Whitlock
C. L. Robinson
Ralph Cain
Conrad Hoover
American Legion
O'Sullivan
Kiwanis
Jasper W. Elder
Kathryn Elder
Cacapon River
Winchester Council
State Highway Department
Public Works Department
Connie
Robert Elmer Franklin
Berryville
Diane
Old Dominion Foundation
Winchester
October items highlight local events and deaths in Clarke County
Clarke County notes show post office closure after 70 years, arrests, elections, drownings, fires, hospitalizations, and civic milestones. Notable mentions include deaths of Arthur Baldwin and Lillie Mae McKee, ground breaking for Sacred Heart Academy, and community recognitions and awards.
Millwood Men Sentenced in Shotgun Slaying Case
Wardell Jackson receives five years for the shotgun killing of Frank McKinley Banks in Millwood. The incident involves two local Black residents and follows a November court proceeding. Admiral Richard E. Byrd is also mentioned in the entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wardell Jackson
Frank McKinley Banks
Richard E. Byrd
December events highlight community, crime, and growth
December notes cover Sacred Heart parochial school funding kickoff and gas mains work, Safe- Driving Day, hospital Ford grant, a mayoral race expansion plan, and state contests. Other items include awards for Charlie Symons, Barbara Lloyd as a pie maker, a convict incident, and a Christmas mail record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart
Shenandoah Gas Co
Jwhs Touchdown Club
Charlie Symons
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Sara Elizabeth Fritts
Boyce
Voice of Democracy
G. Kenneth Levi
Clarke County
States Rights Party
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Ford Grant
Barbara Jean Lloyd
Virginia
James Austin
White Post
Braddock St
Perez Defends Flyweight Crown in Buenos Aires Title Bout
Pascual Perez unbeaten in 25 fights defends his world flyweight title against Leo Espinosa of the Philippines at Luna Park Buenos Aires. A 25 000 crowd is expected for the 15 round bout scheduled around 9 p m EST. Perez, Olympic flyweight champion in 1948, climbed to 24-0-1 before a single draw. Espinosa holds a 40-4 record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Pascual Perez
Leo Espinosa
Philippines
Luna Park
Perez
London
Yoshio Shirai
Espinosa
Cavities Rising by 40 Million Annually Despite Dental Advances
Dentists report the number of cavities increasing at about 40 million each year despite advances in dental care and awareness. The exchange suggests changes in dental health over time with ongoing medical efforts to reduce decay.
Bayshore Golf Match Pays $1200 to Barron
Barron, a White Plains club pro, won the Bayshore pro-amateur event in Miami Beach posting 67 on the 6577 yard Bayshore course to take $1200. Sam Snead Ed Furgol and Pete Cooper claimed payouts of $750 600 and $900 respectively in the 18 hole event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Herman Barron
Bayshore
White Plains
N. Y
Barron
Sam Snead
Ed Furgol
New Yorker
Pete Cooper
Tampa
Cooper
Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Bob Watson
Ardsley on-Hudson
Furgol
St. Louis
Emperor Hirohito is barred from government by 1946 pact
The text explains that the Emperor cannot participate in government under a 1946 agreement. It notes Hirohito as the current Emperor, the 124th in the line dating from February 11 660 B C, when the first Emperor Jimmy Tenno supposedly descended from Heaven on Mt Kirishima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Hirohito
Jimmy Tenno
Mt. Kirishima
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
Walter Barr
Ricardo Arias
Panama
SVA
Carol Ann Huff
Glaize
Joseph Ritter
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Jaycees
Andrew J Bowen
Garland
R. Quarles
Cumberland Valley Athletic League
Virginia Department of Disabled American Veterans
Billy Phillips
Paris
Texas
Winchester Golf Club
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
A. E. S. Stephens
Winchester Assn
Percy Claude Spencer
Temple
Fairfax
Skyway Five
Minutemen
Jim Williams
Clarke County Eagles
Shenandoah Valley
Williamsport
Skyline Drive
Luray Caverns
Harpers Ferry
Cecil E. Adams
Lions Club
J. Thomas Boyd
Helen Rinard
Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Charles A. Campbell
James Wood Touchdown Club
Kamal Abd-El-Latif Atya
Egypt
David F. Childs
Clarke County Lions Club
Stephen Lineweaver
James Wood Ffa
Farmer’s Livestock Exchange
Highland Avenue Chapel
Highland Presbyterian Church
Peter L. Ireton
Richmond
Jordan Springs Seminary
Sacred Heart Church
CCHS
Buckskin Lodge
Chamber of Commerce
U. S
Harry Funnal
Byrd
Berry
V. P. I.ville
FTC
Appalachian Belt
Appalachian Apple Service
Greyhound
Gore
H. B. McCormac
Loudoun County
Gail Jevi
Springsbury Farm
Rockingham Poultry
William C. Sloggett
Kent St
Cchs Eagles
Donald Elmer DeHaven
Circuit Court
Oklahoma
J. H. Dunn
Roy Mece- Donald
Henry McVicar
First Baptist Church
Penney
Hable
Carol Hammack
James Franklin
Grace H. Brown
Eagles
Rosemont Orchard
L. R. Omps
C. E. Garber
Board of Supervisors
W. W Smallwood, Jr
William N. Gochenour
Bureau of Fire Prevention
Shepherd
Newport News
Harry Stansberry
Fairfax Lane
Frank Armstrong, Jr
James R. Wilkins
Martinsburg
Woods
Lewis Omps
Whitacre
E. E. Brengle, Jr
Frederick Ave
Coleman
Arvin
Railler’s Hardware
N. Loudoun St
Green
Bell
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