Small Flue Fire at Stephens City Damages Home Slightly
The Stephens City Fire Company was called at 2 p.m. to the home of Lory Wilkins where a coal heating stove flue ignited the living room. Firemen reported the blaze was burning severely on arrival but was brought under control quickly with a small hose. Only slight damage occurred. the house is owned by Mr Wisecarver.
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Stephens City Fire Company
Lory ‘Wilkins
Stephens City
Wisecarver
Mrs. Perry Dies In Charles Town age 88
Mrs Eleanor Craighill Perry died at General Hospital in Charles Town Saturday night at age 88. She was born in Georgetown D C and was the daughter of Gen William Price Craighill. Her husband died in 1898. Survivors include two sons Thornton Tayloe Perry and William P C Perry of Charles Town. Thornton is postmaster and William serves in the West Virginia House of Delegates.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Eleanor Craighill Perry
Army Engineers
General Hospital
Mrs. Perry
Georgetown
D. C
William Price Craighill
Thornton Tayloe Perry
William P. C. Perry
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Confederate Vet William Lundy Turns 107 On Broadcast Day
Crestview Florida veteran William Allen Lundy oldest surviving Confederate, celebrates his 107th birthday with a broadcast party reaching 18 radio stations in Florida Alabama and Georgia. He plans his birthday dinner of corn pone pork ham greens and tater pie and recalls Civil War memories including a large buck and a bridge guarding home guard duty. He expresses no lingering anger toward Yankees.
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Crestview
Fla
William Allen Lundy
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Lundy
Pensacola
Elba
Ala
Home Guard
13 County 4-H Girls Enter Area Contest Here
Frederick County will be well represented with 13 girls entered in the 4 H Area Contest at James Wood High School on January 29 starting 9 30 a m. Representatives from Warren Shenandoah Clarke and Loudoun Counties will participate also. The winners may advance to the District and State contests in June at VPI. eligibility requires third year club work age 14 and first in the County Contest.
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Frederick County
Cvames Wood High School
Warren
Shenandoah
Clarke
Loudoun
Patsy Wolfe
Ann Wolfe
Margaret Ramey
Mary Ann
Patricia Adams
Rhoda Whitacre
Georgiana Gum
Shirley Cooper
Harriet Goode
Sylvia Brant
Peggy Elliott
Arvilla Snyder
Betty Hammock
V. P.I
Sloane Wolfe
Landon Whitacre
John Whitacre
Richard Goode
Grover Cooper
Charles Hammock
Agnes Shirley
Eva Minix
Plan of Union debated as 1955 vote nears split
The article reports on church leaders debating the Plan of Union to end a century-long split. It notes Southern Presbyteries opposing, Northern support, and Dr. Boggs defending the merger against four so called quibbles. Voting continues into spring with implications for church governance and agencies.
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the Star
Boggs
Associated Press
General Assembly
Missouri
Oklahoma
U.S.A
United Churches
Nationalists Hammer Tachens With 155 Mm Guns In Island War
Nationalist forces bombarded Tachens and Yikiangshan from Toumen using 155 mm guns as about 20 000 Nationalist troops and guerrillas hold key offshore islands. Russian built warplanes dropped 200 bombs in 22 minutes in a major air strike, followed by heavy artillery. Communists reportedly used 23 LAls 29 TUs and 4 ILOs with MiG-15 cover in the civil war clash. Upper Tachens spans six square miles and Lower Tachens about 3 1 2.
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Yikiangshan
Toumen
Tachens
Chiang Kai-shek
Defense Ministry
Upper
Tachen
Lower
Mrs. Addie C. Orndorff Dies at 67 in Winchester Hospital
Mrs. Addie C. Orndorff 67 of 808 S Cameron St died yesterday in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Born December 25 1887 in Rappahannock County she was the widow of George L Orndorff. Surviving: son Andres H Orndorff. three stepchildren Thomas Nolan Daley. a stepdaughter Minnie Cramer. a brother Charles W Clark. four sisters Ida Smith Annie Hunter Smedley Viola Spiker. two grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at Jones Funeral Home by Rev Forrest B Oglesby. Interment Macadonía Cemetery. Remains rest at the funeral home prior to service.
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Addie C. Orndorff
S. Cameron St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Rappahannock County
George M
Julian Fletcher Clark
George L. Orndorff
This City
Thomas Orndorff
California
Nolan N. Orndorff
Philadelphia
Daley M. Orndorff
Stephenson
Minnie Cramer
Aldin
Charles W. Clark
Annie Hunter Smedley
Frederick County
Chester
Elizabeth
Ida Smith
Viola Spiker
Indiana
Jones Funeral
Forrest B. Oglesby
Braddock Street Methodist Church
George Miller
Arthur S Seabright
William C. Perry
B. A. Miller
J. Frank Loy
W. Leonard Perry
Macadonia
Jones Funeral Home
Five Day Virginia Weather Outlook Forecast
The extended forecast for Virginia from January 19 to 23 calls for temperatures 3 to 6 degrees below normal and generally cold conditions. Snow is possible on Wednesday with rain or snow later Friday or Saturday, totaling about three quarters of an inch of precipitation.
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Richmond
Virginia
Canal Draining Underway in Search for Celia Cienski
SUFFIELD Conn Police resumed draining a frozen canal for Celia Cienski 20 who vanished after a parking date with Joseph DeMaio 35 of Springfield Mass DeMaio is wanted in a 16 state alarm on a charge of assault with intent to rape Celia and her sister Ann 22 met DeMaio and Jerry Celetti 34 also of Springfield in a Thompsonville hotel on Sunday afternoon Police say Celia asked to be driven home and DeMaio and Celetti have prior records in Massachusetts for rape and assault respectively
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Suffield
Conn
Celia Cienski
Canal
Joseph DeMaio
Springfield
Mass
DeMaio
Sutula
Celia
Ann
Jerry Celetti
Thompsonville
Celetti
Massachusetts
Celletti
Titanium the wonder metal captures industry interest
The article notes titanium as the remarkable metal known for high strength and light weight. It explains its versatility and growing demand, with aircraft and defense needs consuming about 90 percent of titanium output.
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Greer Garson
Deborah Kerr
Jose Rerrer
Merle Oberon
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Dee Avedon
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Paul Stewart
Isobel Elsom
William Olvis
James Mitchell
Winesse Sons
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