Deaths and Funerals
Ernest Morrison LeMaster 58 of 724 N Loudoun St died at National Fruit Product Co of natural causes. He married Bertha McDaniel LeMaster in 1920 and had three children. Funeral 3 p.m. Saturday at Omps Funeral Home with burial Mt Hebron Cemetery. Survivors include wife children siblings and two brothers. John David Smeltzer 86 of Gore died at home after long illness. Survived by wife Susie Deavers, five sons, two daughters, two sisters, thirty five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral plans incomplete. Guy N Snyder of Keyser WV died after a heart attack. Funeral held at Headsville Methodist Church. Survived by wife Emma, four daughters and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Morrison LeMaster
Loudoun St
National Fruit Product Company
W. Smoot Carter
Martinsburg
Edward LeMaster
Nannie Statesman
LeMaster
National Fruit
O'Sullivan Rubber Corp
Pirot
Bertha McDaniel LeMaster
Elsworth LeMaster
Sunnyside
William M. LeMaster
Stephenson
Virginia DeHaven
Portsmouth
Frank Harman
Lucy Camby
Fred B. Teets
This City
Bruce LeMaster
James LeMaster
Omps
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
L. G. Carpenter
J. D. Simms
A. T. Hawthorne
Linwood Spicer
Roland Tharpe
G. V. Talkington
The
John David Smeltzer
Gore
Page County
John and
Angeline Nichols Smeltzer
Susie Deavers
Lura
Smeltzer
Church of the Brethren
Guy N. Snyder
Keyser
W. Va
Headsville Methodist Church
Snyder
Emma McDowel Snyder
Ethel C. Kookus
Jesse D. Prather
Route 3
Prather
Warren Prather
William E. Cooper dies at Maplewood Nursing Home
William E. Cooper aged 60 died this morning at Maplewood Nursing Home. He was the father of Clarke T. Cooper of 123 Amherst Street. A funeral service will be held tomorrow at 4 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church with the Rev. W. Holt Louder officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Cooper
Maplewood Nursing Home
Clarke T. Cooper
Christ Episcopal Church
W. Holt Louder
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
U.S. Shaken by Adenauer Call for Bomb Ban
U.S. officials reacted with astonishment to West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's proposal to ban thermonuclear weapons. Washington offered no formal comment as German politics and the election looming next September shaped the reaction. The statement signals pressure on U.S. policy and underscores Adenauer's influential role in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Konrad Adenauer
White House
State Department
Adenauer
United States
Europe
Germany
West Germany
31 Highway Deaths in State
Virginia's traffic death toll for the new year reaches the 31 mark, more than doubling the 15 fatalities reported on this day in 1956. The 10th pedestrian death in the first 10 days was reported yesterday. Kenneth L Gunter of Alexandria was killed stepping from a school bus into the path of a private bus near his home. Also reported was the December death of Joshua David Stewart of Roanoke, killed December 14 at a Roanoke intersection, raising the unofficial 1956 toll to 826.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Kenneth L Gunter
Alexandria
Joshua David Stewart
Roanoke
Stewart
Frigid Blast Grips Northern India with Snow and Deaths
New Delhi reports at least ten deaths as a severe cold wave sweeps northern India for fifth day. The unusual blast dumps up to six feet of snow in Himalayan regions and brings icy winds and rain from Amritsar to Lucknow.
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New Delhi
India
Himalayan
Amritsar
Lucknow
Winchester march on polio caps mass clinic at school
The Winchester March on Polio captains Mrs Henry Kern chairman Mrs Holmes D Harper and Mrs John D Ford received their shots together. James Wood students may get free polio vaccine at a mass clinic at the school on Jan 28. Adults may obtain shots from their physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Star
Rosalind Kater
Northern Virginia Daily Reporter
Harvey E. Melton
Winchester
Henry Kern
Holmes D. Harper
John D. Ford
James Wood
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Robert E. Heltzel
Douglass O. Hill
Heltzel
Sam Whitacre
Robert E. White
George Troxell
Henry Lowry
E. C. Stuart, Jr
Warren Gregory
Ann
Pupil Assignment Plan Ruled Unconstitutional on Its Face
Virginia federal judge Hoff man ruled the pupil placement plan unconstitutional on its face delaying desegregation in Norfolk and Newport News. He noted state lawmakers have set procedures to defeat the Supreme Court ruling and suggested appeals will follow. Officials stated they would await the 4th Circuit outcome before comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffman
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Norfolk
Newelington
Port News
Cir Hoffman
Virginia Atty
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Virginia
4Th Circuit Court
Federal District Court
Charlottesville
Newport News
E. L. Lambert
R. O. Nelson
Democrats Shape New Mideast Plan As Suggested by Acheson
Democratic leaders proposed a nonbinding substitute to express Congress's concern for Middle East security. Rep Zablocki said several committee Democrats back the plan, which would not grant lawmaking power or require the President's signature. Acheson and other Democrats argued Eisenhower already has authority, with further economic proposals to come via separate bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dems
Mideast
Dean Acheson
Washington
Middle East
Eisenhower
Rep
Zablocki
Dwis
House Foreign Affairs
House
Senate
Acheson
Truman
Shepherd College Bars Negro Players in Norfolk Game
Shepherd College coach Jesse Riggleman says he may end basketball relations with Norfolk William and Mary after two Black players Bill Grant and Paul Williams were barred from last night’s 78 70 Norfolk win. Grant would have been a leading scorer and rebounder. Turner was injured.
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Shepherd Quint
Norfolk
W&m
Virginia
Shepherd College of
Shepherd
Norfolk William and Mary
Bill Grant
Paul Williams
Hunton
Riggleman
North
South
Ledger-Star
Grant
Bill Turner
Newport News
Virginia basketball coach contends on mixed teams policy
In his first year as Shep herd head coach Riggleman says he was surprised to learn Grant and Williams could not play due to segregation laws. He notes Virginia athletic teams have fielded mixed teams in the past and believed the rule applied only to high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherd
Riggleman
Grant
Williams
Virginia
Fight Polio March of Dimes Drive Boosts Polio Fight
Community fundraising appeal urges support for the March of Dimes with donations labeled Your Dimes Will Help. Local volunteers organize collection events to combat polio and improve child health.
Auctions Listed For January At Frederick County Area
Sat January 12 at 11 a m W E Edwards trustee in front of Frederick County Court House Winchester Virginia 115 acre farm near Reynolds Store Charles R Duvall auctioneer. Wed January 16 at 10 a m Clay Machinery Sales 11 miles east of Frederick Md on Rt 40 tractors farm equipment Horst Wagner auctioneers. Sat January 19 at 1030 a m C F Lawrence 22 miles from Winchester on the Bufflick Road farming implements personal property household goods Joshua Place auctioneer. Thu January 24 at 11 a m J S Zimmerman and Ralph W Haines Special Commissioners Hampshire County Court House Romney West Virginia 190 acre farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E Edwards
Frederick County Court House
Winchester
Reynolds
Charles R. Duvall
CLAY
Frederick
Horst & Wagner
Quiz answers from page four reveal name and state patterns
The list presents quiz-answer keys including Pennsylvania 1842 and Herbert Hoover. It confirms both names, the number six, and the Pacific New Georgia region. The final item notes the answer “Wise” by Gray, with a value-based assessment for item eight and a negative for item nine.
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Pennsylvania
Herbert Hoover
Pacific
New Georgia
Wise
Gray
Eliot 68 Honeymooning With Secretary in Europe
Nobel poet T S Eliot aged 68 is honeymooning in Europe with his 30 year old secretary Valerie Fletcher after secretly marrying at St Barnabas Church in London. The ceremony was conducted at 6 15 am by Rev Charles Wright with Eliot's lawyer and the bride's parents as guests.
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London
T.S. Eliot
Europe
Eliot
Valerie Fletcher
St. Barnabas Church
Charles Wright
G. F. Higginson
Vivienna Haigh
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Ernest Morrison Lemastero
David Smeltzer
John David Smeitser
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Stuart M. Perry
Coleman
Arvin
Miller's Hardware
N. Loudoun St
Dorit
Buncutter Tire CO
Nesatts
U.S
Ey Shale
H. C. Christianson
Wachhug
Tire Company
S. Braddock St
Tee. Zablocki
Allis-Chalmers
Barr’s Inc
Perry Engineering CO
Formica
E. Piccadilly St
P. W. Plumly
Kent St
Ema
Investors Loan Corp
Louodun Ph
T. S. Eliot
Seafoam Greer
Glaize He Bro
Cameron St
Lions Club
Acme Market
W. B. Snidersons
Great Capon River
Cold Stream
Hampshire County
West Virginia
Court House
Romney
J. S. Zimmerman and
Ralph W. Haines
Frederick County
Gordon C. Eyeetux
Circuit Court
James E. Ashlyn
Reynolds Store
Calvert Land
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