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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1958
Page
2
Caspar Newlin 85 died yesterday. A service will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at John H. Enders Funeral Home Berryville with Rev. William Raney officiating. Burial in Mt. Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers include Simon Newlin Harry Newlin Charles Newlin Wise Newlin Theodore Newlin and Simon Newlyn.
Ada Mae Locke died at 9 30 am today at her brother William C Locke's Sunnyside Station home after two months illness. Born June 7 1892 in Frederick County she was a daughter of John William and Rosellie Johnson Locke. Survived by brothers John Perry Locke Jake S Locke and Robert S Locke and sisters Mrs Mary Seabright Mrs Lela Smith and Mrs Lucy Willey. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with calling at Jones Funeral Home.
Mrs Estelle Painter Newel of Stephens City died Tuesday. Funeral at Dellinger Funeral Home Woodstock officiated by Rev W L McCrea and Rev A W Henton. Burial at Massanutten Cemetery Woodstock with pallbearers J L Clem James Swing Harry Funk Garland Snapp C Glen Wilkins and C W Sollenberger.
Roy Sievers of the Washington Senators led American League batters in total bases in 1957 with 331. He collected 172 hits, 70 of which were for extra bases.
Colonial Heights police reported Walter D. Stevens 46 underwent lie detector testing connected to the stabbing death of his 74 year old mother Virginia Maclin Stevens. Bond set at 10000. A preliminary hearing is slated for Tuesday. State Police may conduct further tests if Stevens agrees. Robbery suspected as motive.
The article notes Almond’s inauguration as the first under a new timetable placing the governor in office on the Saturday after the General Assembly opens. A public reception at the Capitol follows in the late afternoon. Legislative debate includes criticisms of the Stanley budget and calls for larger education funds and a doubled Literary Fund for school loans.
A white junior at Central High School says she was suspended after pushing a Negro student in a corridor. The district, under federal troop protection since integration began, has limited details and comments were not available. Minnie Jean Brown, previously suspended for cafeteria incidents, was reinstated.
A 16 year old Alleghany County youth Luther Helmintoller of Natural Bridge was killed when the car left State Rt. 600 near Covington, struck a tree and overturned. Another youth, Jerry Shenault 19, of Covington, was injured. Police could not confirm the driver. The year 1958 highway death toll lags behind 1957.
George W. Rogers, praised for staying at his radio post aboard the Morro Castle during the 1934 fire, died at 61 in State Prison where he served a life term for murder. He survived the shipwreck, later conspired to injure a police officer, was paroled, and then received a life sentence in 1955 for beating to death two neighbors in Bayonne.
Rescue party found 8 year old George Waldrop and 4 year old Robin Waldrop asleep on the ground after wandering about a mile through woods near their Henrico County home. They slept with their shepherd collie as a pillow while exhausted and lost for four hours.
Ruth Redmond, mother of Hugh Redmond, 38, long held by Chinese Reds since 1951 on espionage charges, met him for hours in Shanghai. She plans to travel to Canton January 18 to rejoin other U S mothers visiting sons imprisoned in Peiping and along the way shared details of their meetings and his daily routine.
In Chowchilla California the house of Sandra Marie Schindler who died after a 45 minute whipping by her parents was burned down by the owner Landlord Ray Flanagan while the Schindlers were in court on murder charges He said the act was to purge the place and return it to farm dirt Funeral services for Sandra were held yesterday with many attending An autopsy cited more than 200 blows and death by shock The district attorney noted the mother confessed to part in the beating under lie detector testing
Albert Joseph Kostal, a prison escapee sought since his November jailbreak from Jefferson County Jail in Golden Colorado, was captured near Times Square after pulling a gun on FBI Agent Frank H. Gerrity. A struggle left Kostal wounded in the leg and Gerrity uninjured. two other agents detained him following a tip.
Governor Almond declares a constitutional crisis over racial school integration urging the General Assembly to defend state sovereignty. He vows no compromise on segregation, argues integration destroys public education, and seeks equality of funding and improved humanities and sciences in schools.
Final plans for the Mile of Dimes project were made at a Winchester Life Underwriters Association meeting at Keller's Restaurant. Joe Farmer was named chairman and Robert Legg led the session. Curtis Barr was elected chairman of the L U T C. Members were urged to donate blood at the Blood Bank Tuesday.
The Sales Directory notes Mrs Martha Fink offers furniture and household goods at four miles from Winchester on the Front Royal Road with Dennis T Cole as auctioneer on Saturday January 18 at 1 30 PM. Another sale by O A Ryman at one and one half miles south of Middleway West Virginia on the road to Summit Point features cattle horses hogs farm machinery feed and household goods with W D Orndorff as auctioneer on Saturday January 18 at 10 30 AM.
The forecast calls for mostly clear skies and colder air across Virginia tonight with lows near 30 along the coast and in the 20s inland and 15 to 20 in the mountains. Sunday brings increasing cloudiness and cooler conditions with rain or snow likely west of the region by afternoon or night.
Rainfall data cover the past 24 hours ending 8 30 a m with January total for the year 0 4 inches and year to date 0 4 inches The 45 year average annual rainfall stands at 36 78 inches and monthly averages for 1912 57 include January 2 41 February 2 02 March 2 97 April 3 10 May 3 82 June 3 35 July 3 73 August 3 92 September 2 70 October 3 26 November 2 52 December 2 48
Police reported no new developments today in the five break ins investigated after Thursday night. A service station cited about 150 dollars stolen. Police later said a report of a 1955 Chevrolet theft outside the firms entered was erroneous.
The reader lists quiz answers including Hands as Q1, No for Q2, 1937 for Q3, Eire for Q4, Captain Harry C. Butcher U S N R for Q5, Damon for Q6, and confirms Yes Yes. a name for Japan. the play Merry Wives of Windsor for Q10. and Peru’s area at 532000 square miles.
A cryptic crossword style snippet shows numbered across and down clues including Fruit of buttercup Exists Jumbled ishment Live coals Uprisings Cake frosters and partial grid markers. Entries appear incomplete with several numeric coordinates like 26 DOWN a9 in a damaged grid.
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