Deaths and Funerals in Winchester and Leesburg Areas
Two obituaries report the deaths of Loraine E. Bowman 48 of Leesburg and William E Cooper 80 of Winchester. Bowman killed in a truck car collision near Charles Town WV. services set at Refuge Methodist Church Stephens City with interment at Green Hill. Cooper, longtime Winchester businessman and civic leader, funeral at Christ Episcopal Church followed by Mt Hebron Cemetery burial. noted roles in local lodges banks Rotary and festival boards.
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Loraine E. Bowman
Leesburg
Charles Town
1956 Record for Privately Financed Construction in Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg set a new record for privately financed construction with building permits totaling 1,796,185 dollars in the year 1955. The strong total reflects growth in local development and investor activity in Harrisonburg.
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Harrisonburg
Funeral service for John Da vid Smeltzer at Morning Star Lutheran
Funeral for John David Smeltzer will be held Sunday at 2 30 P M at Morning Star Lutheran Church near Luray with Rev Ralph H Ebert officiating. Pallbearers are Bryan Kerns Delbert Whitacre Oscar Fox N B Funk Guy Shoemaker and Pete Lineburg. Interment in Morning Star Lutheran Church Cemetery. Remains at Jones Funeral Home until 12 30 P M Sunday when friends travel to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John David Smeltzer
Morning Star Lutheran Church
Jones Funeral Home
Luray
Ralph H. Ebert
Bryan Kerns
Delbert Whitacre
Oscar Fox
N. B. Funk
Guy Shoemaker
Pete Lineburg
Lafayette Henry 72 Dies At Hayfield
Lafayette Henry 72 died at his Hayfield home after a June 28 1684 birth in Frederick County. Survived by widow Effie Dyke Henry three sons Raymond Holmes Winfred a sister Edmonia Pitcock and five grandchildren. Funeral tomorrow at 3 pm at St John s Lutheran Mt Williams with two ministers officiating burial in St John s Churchyard. Pallbearers named. Body at Kurtz Funeral Home until service.
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Lafayette Henry
Hayfield
Back Creek
Frederick County
Nelson
Annie Brill Henry
Effie Dyke Henry
Raymond Henry
Berryvile
Holmes Henry
Pairfax
Winfred Henry
Edmonia Pitcock
Henry
Marfield
Assembly of God Church
Funeral set for Julius T. Lehmann retired Brakeblok executive
Julius T. Lehmann 68 husband of Perle G. Lehmann of 216 Boyd Ave died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since December 9. A former Brakeblok Division executive of the American Brakeshoe Co retiring April 1 1955 after 25 years. He came to Winchester as Brakeblok Division superintendent in 1947 and later returned. A 32nd degree Mason and Past Master of Seneca Lodge No 45. Friends may call at Jones Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Saturday. Service at 1:30 p.m. Monday conducted by Rev. W Holt Louder of Christ Episcopal Church. Pallbearers listed. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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William E Cooper
Christ Episcopal Church
W Holt Louder
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Fred L. Glaize
B. Beverly Wright
H. Dekmer Robinson
Frank Armstrong
John Vernon Eddy
B. M Knight
C Vernon Eddy
B. B. Dutton
Harry R. Gordon
Handley Board
Mt Hebron
Mr. Cooper
This City
Cordelia Pickey
Thomas Jefferson Cooper
Cooper Brothers
T. J. Cooper and Son
W. E Cooper
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Cooper
Winchester Rotary Club
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Shenandoah
Amherst St
Handley Board of Trustees
Mt. Hebron
Evelyn Mann
Georgetown
Washington, D. C
Clarke Thomas Cooper
James Ferguson Tyler
Aldie
Julius T. Lehmann
Perle G. Lehmann
Boyd Ave
Mr. Lehmann
American Brakeshoe Company
Winchester
Jacob H. Yost, Sr
J. Robert Yerby
C. Wilford Maynard
Charles Curtis
Victor A. Cooper
James N. McCutchen
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Mrs Kelly Heads To Monaco For Grandchild Arrival
Philadelphia report that Mrs John B Kelly travels to Monaco to await the sixth grandchild and heir to Monaco. She will stay at the palace with Grace after arriving from New York Idlewild, noting her husband will not accompany her on the flight to Paris. All five Kelly grandchildren are girls.
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Philadelphia
John B. Kelly
Monaco
Grace
New York
Idlewild
Paris
Kelly
Sorority Tours Funeral Home Concluding Study Program
The Xi Beta chapter of Beta Sigma Phi toured Jones Funeral Home on Thursday night. The visit closed a study program on Life by the Chapter led by Dr. George D. Jackson with sponsoring officers including President Dorothy Allen and Vice President Lillian Grim.
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Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Jones Funeral
George D. Jackson
First Presbyterian Church
Dorothy Allenare
Lillian Grim
G. E Sirbaugh
Tess Polhamus
Regina Shine
Dolly Lyles
Answers to Suiz Quiz on Page Four
The page lists ten quiz answers with terse responses. Items include claims about intelligence tests and a mix of names such as Rodin and Aristotle, with answers like No, Yes, or False.
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Rodin
Aristotle
Red Diplomats Invited to Eisenhower Inauguration
Washington officials announced that top Cold War diplomats including Soviet ambassador Georgi Zarubin would receive invitations to President Eisenhower’s inauguration on January 21. Zarubin reportedly declined the inaugural ball invite while Hungarian minister Kos was not expected to attend the oath ceremony.
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Washington
Georgi Zarubin
Eisenhower
State Department
Zarubin
Peter Kos
Kos
Hungary
Legation
Taber Zader
Carl L. Shipley
Red Cross
Shipley
Crosswalk Blocked by Pedestrian Crossing Hood Incident
Kenneth Lannom a 41 year old clerk stopped for a red light says a pedestrian 6 ft 2 in 250 pounds stepped on his car hood crossed the hood then left. He reports $25 damage to a 1956 model and says the man claimed I wasn t about to walk around it. Police found the pedestrian missing upon arrival.
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Los Angeles
Kenneth L. Lannom
Lannom
Sid
Sid Lannom
County Land Brings $3600 at Public Auction
A 115 acre tract near Reynolds Store including a bungalow and outbuildings sold for 3600 dollars at the Frederick County Courthouse auction. Gordon C Eye was the high bidder. W E Edwards trustee conducted the sale, with notice by Charles R Duvall.
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Reynolds Store
Pblic
Frederick County
Gordon C Eye
Calbert
W. E. Edwards
Charles R. Duvall
Voting rights in Bermuda limit per parish
The text states you can vote in Bermuda as many as nine times, once in each of the nine Parishes where you own property valued at $180 or more, under the law. It describes multiple parish eligibility tied to property assessment.
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Bermuda
Auction notices for farms and equipment in Virginia and West Virginia
Schedule lists multiple auctions around Winchester and Romney. W. E. Edwards trustee offers a 115 acre farm at Reynolds Store in Virginia. Clay Machinery Sales advertises tractors and farm gear 11 miles east of Frederick. E C Wade offers real estate near Winchester Route 11. C P Lawrence sells farming implements and household goods near Winchester Buffack Road. S Zimmerman and Ralph W Haines appear as special commissioners for a Hampshire County 190 acre farm auction at Romney court house.
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W. E. Edwards
Frederick County Court House
Winchester
Reynolds
Charles R. Duvall
Clay Machinery
Frederick
Horst & Wagner
E. C. Wade
Clearbrook
P. Lawrence
Buffack Road
Joshua Place
S. Zimmerman
Ralph W Haines
Hampshire County Court House
Romney
W. Va
Tragic to Reject Ike's Resolution Draws Sen Smith Fire
Sen Alexander Smith warns it would be tragic for Congress to weaken President Eisenhower's Middle East resolution or show lack of confidence in the administration. House Democrats discuss a substitute proposal led by Rep Zablocki to curb Eisenhower's requested powers against Communist expansion.
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Washington
Alexander Smith
Congress
Middle East
Smith
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gordon
D-Tll
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Dean Acheson
Truman
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Rep. Zablocki
D-Wis
Foreign Affairs Group
Eisenhower
Death of Bronx Man Not Linked to Mad Bomber Case
Police said the death of 67 year old Andrew Kleenen in the Bronx was a natural death and not connected to the so called mad bomber. A routine Bronx park precinct probe followed a lab check found no similarity between Kleenen’s writings and the bomber’s letters.
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New York
Bronx
Lawrence J. McKearney
Andrew Kleenen
McKearney
Bronx Park
Consolidated Edison Co
Edison
Two Car Accident Injures Woman at Braddock and Peyton
A two car crash at Braddock and Peyton streets injured a woman and damaged three vehicles. Marylin Chaplin of 16 West North Avenue drove a 1954 Ford Tudor south on Braddock and was hit by a 1956 Ford driven by ae Stimler of Silver Springs. The collision pushed Chaplin into Ruth Lewis McDonald’s parked car. Damage totals were 500, 800, and 175 dollars. Officer John Hoover investigated. Chaplin was hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
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Braddock and
Peyton Sts
John Hoover
Marylin Chaplin
W. North Ave
Memorial Hospital
Hoover
Stimier
McDonald
Firemen Called To Loudoun Street Blaze
Firemen responded at 1 55 p m to 1000 block S Loudoun St where a gas tank was reported on fire. Fire units Friendship and South End arrived and found an old model car being junked. sparks ignited the tank. No damage was reported.
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Loudoun St
Friendship
South End
Officials Say
About 60 Negro leaders from nine Southern states announced last night that they had completed a conference on developments in the South. The report comes from South Atlanta where the gathering addressed race tensions and regional progress. The leaders pledged continued efforts to improve civil rights and community cooperation.
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Atlanta
Alabama and Florida buses resume amid integration tensions
Government officials and citizens respond to a racial integration push as Tallahassee restores bus service after an 11 day shutdown sparked by disorders. Negro riders begin integrated service on Christmas Eve ending a seven month boycott linked to front-seat protests. In Montgomery the bus network remains halted after arson and bombings targeting two ministers and four churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Nixon
Herbert Brownell
Tallahassee
Fla
Leroy Collins
Montgomery
Ala
Confederacy
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Beverley Elizabeth Bowman
Stephens City
Herbert Orndoff
Martinsburg
Holmes Orndoff
Bessie Coveny
Holeydale
Calif
Gladys Keckiey
Virgie White
Refuge Methodist Church
Earl C. Day
Green Hill Cemetery
Ralph Ritenour
Lucious Ritenour
Hunter Ritenour
Isaac Ritenour
Austin Conner
Crowell Conner
Omps Funeral
Cooper Service
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Perry Engineering CO
Smeltzer Service
Lions Club
Acme Market
Syldanwood Hatchery
Stuart M. Perry
Mrs. Kelly
Sorority Tours Funeral Home
I.Q
Department
Virginia
Great Capon River
Cold Stream
Hampshire County
West Virginia
Court House
J. S. Zimmerman and
Ralph W. Haines
Romney, West Virginia
E. Piccadilly St
Ike
Sen. Smith
Barr’s, Inc
Tate Bank NO
Middletown
United States
I. B. O. Brumback
B.O. Brumback
J. Frederick Larrick
Alfred L. Snapp
J.D. Huffman
State of Virginia
W. R. Campbell
Glaize
N. Cameron St
BRO
Winchester Concrete Products
Welltown Pike
Plymouth
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Kennth E. Henry CO
Winchester, Va
E. D. Rowe
Route 11
Jimmie Hill Bunker Hill, W. Va
Model
C. J. Brumback & Sons
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