Deaths and Funerals Mrs Slonaker of Capon Bridge
Mrs Florence K Slonaker wife of James A Slonaker of Parkes Valley near Capon Bridge died yesterday at her home Born in Hardy County on April 23 1876 she was a daughter of the late John Will and Anna Hawkins Orndorff She was a member of Timber Ridge Christian Church Surviving are her husband one daughter Mrs Hazel Brooks six sons and two siblings Funeral arrangements include a service Monday at Timber Ridge Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery Pallbearers are named and the body remains at Giffin Funeral Home Capon Bridge until noon Monday After a later note another service is planned for Strider Funeral Home Charles Town with interment in Mt Hebron Cemetery Friends may visit Strider Funeral Home until Monday
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Florence K. Slonaker
James A. Slonaker
Parkes Valley
Capon Bridge
Hardy County
W. Va
John Will
Anna Hawkins Orndorff
Timber Ridge Christian Church
Hazel Brooks
William
Paul
Washington, D. C
Kermit
Baltimore
Harry
Woodrow
Gainesboro
Raymond Slonaker
Winchester
Rease Orndorff
Wardensville
Edna Wilhelm
Martinsburg
Donald Wright
Augusta
John Haines
James Alexander
Ray Pugh
William Moreland
William Slonaker
Thomas Brill
Giffin
Charles Town
Carlisle McDonald
Charles Town Presbyterian Church
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Strider
Death of Mrs. Jack Tharpe in Charles Town Hospital
Mrs. Jennie Adams Tharpe widow of Jack Tharpe of Harewood Farm died January 16 at Charles Town General Hospital after seven weeks as a patient. Born November 21, 1876 in Gainesboro to Hiram O. Adams and Perline Triplett Adams, she was a longtime Gainesboro Methodist Church member. She had resided at Harewood Farm.
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Jennie Adams Tharpe
Jack Tharpe
Harewood Farm
Charles Town General Hospital
Tharpe
Hiram O. and
Perline Triplett Adams
Gainesboro
Final rites for Mrs Minnie R Collins at Zion Church
Mrs Minnie R Collins wife of B A Collins died Wednesday in West Virginia. Funeral conducted this morning at Zion Church near Augusta with burial in the church cemetery. Pallbearers Clayton Pingley Linden Pingley Robert Diggs Russell Lupton Julian Kline A B Kline. Survivors include two daughters Rosie Wolford Augusta and Alice Buckman of this city two sons Eston Collins Clear Brook and Thurston Collins of this city one sister Mrs Nora Loy Kirby W V a brother Truman Hott Missouri eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Minnie R. Collins
B. A. Collins
Zion Church
Augusta
W. Va
Clayton Pingley
Linden Pingley
Robert Diggs
Russell Lupton
Julian Kline
A. B. Kline
Collins
Rosie Wolford
Agusta
Alice Buckman
Eston Collins
Clearbrook
Thurston Collins
This City
Nora Loy
Kirby
Truman Hott
Missouri
Cold Snap Grips U S Regions As Frost Warns Florida
New Snow continues across the nation with Fraser Colorado at nine below zero and five above in Michigan. Snow flurries hit the Northern Rockies and upper Midwest while the Southeast stays clear. The National Congress of Parents and Teachers marks 61 years, promoting hot school lunches and traffic safety programs.
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Iie
Mich
Fraser
Colo
Rockies
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes Region
Pacific Northwest
Seaboard
U.S. Weather Bureau
Florida
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Neely long active WV senator famed for battles and rail against Eisenhower
The article recounts Senator Neely's life from a 1874 WV birth on a Groves farm to mayor of Fairmont in 1908, House clerk, and lengthy Congress tenure marked by clashes within the Democratic party and opposition to Eisenhower. It notes family details, religion, education, military service, and marital history with three children.
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John C. Neely
Arnold
Groves
W.va
Fairmont
West Virginia House of Delegates
Congress
Eisenhower
White House
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Holt
Baltimore Internal Revenue
Corinne Neely Pettit
Charleston
S.C
Soldier Rallies to Support Of Rescuer In Tourney Theft
In a California case, Melvin Russell Blair, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, faces trial for attempting to steal $40 000 in receipts at the Bing Crosby Golf Tourney. Paul Rogers, 35, a Minneapolis draftsman, will testify as a character witness. his father Edward Rogers, of Evans ton suburb, vows to cover Blair’s travel costs and aid Blair whom he credits with saving his life in Burma in 1944. Blair once earned two Distinguished Service Crosses and a Silver Star for rescuing Pvt. Paul Rogers under fire near the Ledo Road.
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Melvin Russell Blair
Bing Crosby
Rogers
Blair
Ledo Road
Paul Rogers
Minneapolis
Paul
Storm Battered Soviet Freighters Head to Midway for Refits
Two Soviet grain steamers Gen. Panfilov and Odessa bound for Vladivostok from Vancouver are to dock at Midway Island after a North Pacific storm damaged Panfilov. A British freighter and the Coast Guard cutter Bering Strait aided, while Wanderer lost its propeller northwest of Midway.
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Honolulu
Midway Island
Panfilov
Odessa
Vladivostok
Vancouver
Navy
Ovter
Ashtabula
Midway
Coast Guard
Bering Strait
Cuban Rebels Hit Veguitas After Manzanillo Raid
Cuban communists led by ex president Carlos Prio Socarras blamed for extremist violence in Manzanillo Oriente. Castro's forces attacked Veguitas, 20 miles away, with rebels retreating to mountains after clashes. Four rebels fatally harmed, government seizure of rebel arms cited. Veguitas residents report many rebels killed and 20 to 30 government troops hurt.
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Carlos Piio Socarras
Miami
Manzanillo
Oriente
Castro
Veguitas
Army
Sinking survivor under psychiatric care in San Jose
SAN JOSE California Captain Jesse L Kenworthy 66 year old retired Navy veteran is an inmate at State Hospital near San Jose under the care of his psychiatrist friend Dr Walter Rapaport after a crash of the dirigible Macon and the sinking of the battleship Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor The man was committed by Superior Judge Milton D Sapiro in San Francisco following a threat to fight commitment He describedRapaport as the only California psychiatrist he trusts and cited prior Navy treatment in World War II Police reports note Kenworthy had tipped a San Francisco taxi driver with a 5000 dollar check and that his Farmers Bank of Parkesburg Pa account was frozen
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San Jose
Calif
Jesse L. Kenworthy
Agnews State Hospital
Here
Walter Rapaport
Macon
Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
Kenworthy
Parkesburg
Milton D. Sapiro
Sapiro
Rapaport
California
House Farm Head Attacks Ike Bid to Cut Supports
Rep. Harold Cooley accused President Eisenhower of seeking to lower price supports, calling it a petition for bankruptcy for American farmers. He argued the plan would raise unemployment, condemned Benson as a failed administrator, and urged farmers to unite against the administration’s farm policy.
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House Farm
Ike
Danville
House Agriculture Committee
Eisenhower
Farmers of America
Harold Cooley
DNC
Old Belt
Cooley
Hoover
Benson
Auctions Schedule for Headley and Virginia Hog Breeders
Monday January 20 10 30 a m Headley’s Auctions 1315 Valley Ave Winchester Va valuable antiques Tuesday January 21 10 am Ralph W Horst sale manager one mile east of Marion Pa farm equipment Sanger Wagner Neidig auctioneers Florida January 31 1 pm Virginia Purebred Swine Breeders Association Farmers Livestock Exchange Inc Winchester Va registered hogs R M Godsey secretary
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Headley's
Valley Ave
Winchester
Headleys
Ralph W. Horst
Marion
Sanger, Wagner & Neidig
Fla
Virginia Purebred Swine Breeders Association
Farmers _ Livestock Exchange, Inc
R. M. Godsey
Chambersburg
Fords
Fergusons
John Deere
Massey-Harris
Allis Chalmers
Ford
Franklin
Nassau Strike Threat May End With Hotel Demands
Nassau bahamas federation of labor presented wage scale and 48 hour week proposals to hotel owners as a basis to settle a general strike that shut twelve major resorts. British troops monitored streets while taxi drivers led the initial walkout affecting tourism and arrivals. An ongoing labor action shut down hotel kitchens dining rooms and other services.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Bahamas Federation of Labor
Jamaica
Nassau International
Nassau Electric Power Plant
Pentagon mulls Arctic radar to spot missiles in minutes
House Armed Service Committee testimony outlines plans for three detection centers outside the United States using 3,000 mile range radar to detect Russian missiles within minutes of Eurasian launch. Cost bounds cited at 189 million with potential over 250 million including radar gear. Twining asserts U S strength against the Soviet Union and notes future focus, while North American Aviation explores a larger rocket engine for manned satellites and moon missions.
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NM Poatsitrd Anthiorp
House Armed Service Committee
United States
Air Force
James Douglas
Arctic
Eurasia
U.S
Twining
Senate
Soviet Union
Senate Group
J. H. Kindelberger
North American Aviation Inc
Weather Summary for Winchester and Surroundings
Fair tonight with snow flurries in the mountains. Lows about 15-25 northwest and north, 25-35 southeast. Sunday brings increasing clouds, then western snow at night and continued cold. Highs around 26, lows near 17. Sunrise 7:29, sunset and moonrise data noted.
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Conssencesac Oo 25 Corp Boo i Ivetcuesks
Winchester
Coos
Rainfall totals and averages for the period
Rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8:30 a m shows none. January 1958 rainfall to date 1.52 inches, 1958 year-to-date 1.82 inches. The 45 year average annual rainfall is 36.78 inches. Monthly averages from 1912 to 1957 are Jan 2.41, Feb 2.02, Mar 2.97, Apr 3.10, May 3.82, Jun 3.35, Jul 3.73, Aug 3.92, Sep 2.70, Oct 3.26, Nov 2.52, Dec 2.48 inches.
Council of Churches Official to Retire
RICHMOND The Rev Dr Minor C Miller of Bridgewater will retire Wednesday as executive secretary of the Virginia Council of Churches a post held since 1948 He will stay on as a field representative A successor will be named at the council s annual business session Also notes that the first US attempt at optical glass manufacture was in 1889 with quality and quantity perfected by 1915.
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Richmond
Minor C. Miller
Bridgewater
Virginia Council of Churches
Miller
United States
Navy transport plane crash at NAHA Okinawa leaves 35 survivors
A four engine Navy transport plane crashed and burned moments after takeoff at NAHA Okinawa. All 35 aboard survived, with two seriously burned passengers hospitalized at Ryukyus Army Hospital. Names were not released.
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Naha
Okinawa
Ryukyus Army Hospital
Answers to the Daily Quiz Puzzle
The list presents ten quiz items with terse answers including Hungary as item one, Israel as a commonwealth reference, grape species, the phrase Tomorrow we die, Abraham Lincoln as tallest, Kor, second cousins, Stephen C. Foster, they do, and embalm.
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Abraham Lincoln
Kor
Stephen C. Foster
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