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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1957
Page
12
At the Bank of Clarke annual meeting held January 10 at noon, all officers and directors were re elected. Harold G Potts was elected to a position.
Chairman PF L McWilliams and secretary Robert Lee Withers report 9120 shares present and 16 000 outstanding. Executed by F L McWilliams the year end results show all time high deposits assets and earnings with transfers to undivided profits. Directors re elected include Burch Clagett Coiner Glascock Iden McGehee Burn Moore Potts Thompson Williams. Board names Coiner Potts McGehee Edmonds Webb and staff listed with several assistants.
In Nicosia Cyprus British authorities cordon the Greek Quarter and search houses for five gunmen blamed for attacks on British civilians. More than 3,000 troops and police run a curfew and pens for male youths 14 to 20, aiming to curb violence.
The 3c polio postage stamp goes on sale in Virginia and nationwide tomorrow following its Washington release today. Richmond’s National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis urges Virginians with outstanding March of Dimes mailers to buy stamps and mail back contributions. Ongoing state polio care relies on March of Dimes support with almost 1.9 million patients benefiting. Prime Minister Holland jokes about eloquence after selling plows to farmers.
President Eisenhower urged both sides to restrain wage and price rises in his State of the Union message, but history suggests appeals rarely curb inflation. The current economy shows rising living costs, no wartime crisis, and a shift toward long term labor contracts that may stabilize wages and possibly prices.
Clarke T. Cooper was elected Senior Warden of Christ Episcopal Church at the vestry meeting. Dr. Monford D. Custer Jr was named Junior Warden, John G. Goodwin registrar, and J. Robert Yerby treasurer. New vestrymen include Eugene C. Babb Harold G. Brown Clarke T. Cooper C Robert Creamer Monford D Custer Jr and J Robert Yerby.
A 22 year old Seabee, Ollie Barrett Bartley of Slaughters KY, drowned when a weasel snow tractor with six men aboard sank through ice near Hut Point in McMurdo Sound. Bartley was recovered nine hours later by Navy frogmen. Five others escaped, though shocked, as currents near shore may have weakened the ice four feet thick.
Dr Elizabeth Gerhartz of West Berlin described Germanys refugee problem during Grace Lutheran Sunday School hour. She heads a reception center with 18 doctors and capacity for 2000, noting up to 3000 refugees arrived in a day and about 400 on average. She praised US aid as generous and born of good will.
Israeli forces pulled back from El Arish the Sinai administrative center. Yugoslav UN emergency force units moved in brief quiet. Egyptian spokesmen said Nasser troops would enter the base tomorrow. Israel still held roughly a quarter of the Sinai after last October’s rapid war gains.
Soviet Russia annexed Lithuania, then a republic with 2,879,070 people, in 1940 marking a major territorial and political shift in the Baltic region.
Whales, like other mammals, can drown if water enters their lungs during distress or mishap, a risk noted by researchers studying marine mammal respiration and aquatic life threats.
Paul Stark Jr a Missouri nurseryman told the Virginia State Horticultural Society that middle western and eastern apple production should hold steady or rise a little in the next ten years. He cited a current 120 million bushels bearing surface and forecast similar or higher totals, with demand driven by population growth and promotion. The shift to Red Delicious Golden Delicious Red Rome Beauty and Jonathan varieties should accompany new plantings though some local varieties may decline.
Radio Budapest reports China granted Hungary 200 million rubles for reconstruction in the rebellion torn country. Australia plans a billion dollar project to reverse Snowy and Eucumbene rivers to supply power and irrigation to an arid plain.
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