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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1956

Page

2

Powerful Labor Racketeer Fay To Leave Sing Sing Next Month

Joseph S. Fay a former labor racketeer who ran a union from Sing Sing and met political leaders there will be released on parole next month under strict conditions that he engage in no union activity. The case ties into investigations of political figures and labor disputes linked to his incarceration.

Ora N. Y Joseph S. Pay Sing Sing International Rating Engineers Union Arthur H. Wilks Kingston State Senate Wicks Hiss Fay William F. Bleakley Yonkers Westchester County Gebree Meany Afl-Cio Thomas E. Dewey Sirfe Sing New York Clinton Fey Wicks Dewey Seygate

March Of Dimes Events Scheduled In Winchester

A slate of March of Dimes activities unfolds in Winchester for late March 1956. The Future Homemakers Club at James Wood High School will host a bake sale Friday at Gray and Eddy, with proceeds to the March of Dimes. Coffee Day features free coffee at local eateries. A March of Dimes Dance runs 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the George Washington Hotel Ballroom. Handley High School teens stage a peanuts for polio sale Saturday. Campaign director Daniel E Leatherman praises student involvement and urges community support.

Homemakers Club James Wood High School Gray and Eddy N. Loudoun St Washington Nixon Senate Winchester Keller's Millwood Ave Duff's Handley High School Daniel E Leatherman

Answers to the quiz on Page 14 reveal trivia list

Correct responses identify Rab as the nickname, Wisconsin as the state, Chinnereth as Nu 34 11, Rome as the capital, Louis XIV as the ruler, and North as the direction. Also included are Yes for item 1, Edgar Allan Poe as the author, marriage as the meaning in Shakespeare, and aspiration as the word meaning.

Rab Wisconsin Chinnereth Rome Louis XIV North Edgar Allen Poe Aspiration

Farm Auction and Livestock Sales Listings

Sales directory notes events at Prank Bame Farm near Charles Town and Farmers Livestock Exchange near Winchester. January 27 sale includes cattle hogs tractors and dairy equipment. January 30 features 45 Milking Shorthorn cows. February 3 offers 26 bred sows and 15 boars from six breeds. Auctioneers listed as W D Orndorff.

Lester Lentz Charles Town W. Va W. D Orndorff Farmers Livestock Exchange Winchester

Terrorists Reappear In Tunisia

In Tunisia isolated re bel bands and grenade hurling terrorists have begun to reappear after 18 months of faltering progress toward self gov ernment. Most outbreaks have been small but underline political and economic difficulties of the French North African protectorate.

Tunis Tunisia Pierre Mendes- France France Habib Bourguiba Neo-Destour Party Tahar Ben Amar Mendes-France Edgar Faure Bourguiba Neap-Destour Salah Ben Youssef Ben Youssef Pakistan Indonesia

Virginia budget gaps and school salary asks color 1956 58 debates

Virginia legislators heard estimates of nearly 18000 dollars cut from mental patient funding for 1956 58 while leaders from education groups urged higher pay for teachers and more capital funds. Sen. Spong and Sen. Breeden sought delay to craft amendments as debates over school desegregation and federal authority continued. The House Agriculture Committee advanced a plan to form a Virginia Advisory Legislative Council study amid farm bloc concerns.

J. Rupert Picott The Virginia Teachers Assn G. Tyler Miller Madison College Frank G. Lankford Jr Longwood College Longwood Harry Stuart William Spong Portsmouth Edward Breeden Jr Norfolk Virginia Supreme Court State Milk Commission House Agriculture Committee Virginia Advisory Legislative Council

Berryville Considers Subdivision Ordinance At Meeting

Berryville council discussed a subdivision ordinance in Dr. Snapp’s absence due to illness and set a public hearing for February 13 at 7 30 p m in the court house. The Planning Commission will hold hearings on zoning and the town master plan with completed recommendations back to the council.

Snapp Court House Planning Commission

Gen Stuarts kin dispute Bermuda resident as Stuart heir

Three of eight grandchildren of Confederate Gen J E B Stuart call Alexander Stuart Outerbridge an imposter claiming descent. They argue he cannot be a great great grandson and note none of the older generations acknowledge him. Outerbridge did not comment.

Stuart Outerbridge Norfolk J. E. B. Stuart Bermuda Alexander Stuart Outerbridge Marrow Stuart Smith Virginia Beach Royce Wallace Jonathan W. Old Jr Stuart James Viginia Beach Smith

Wolford Infant Dies in Hospital

Donald Craig Wolford ten week old son of Charles and Pauline Lindamood Wolford born November 16 1955 in this city died Tuesday in University of Virginia Hospital Charlottesville Survived by three brothers Wayne Gene and Terry Wolford at home Funeral service Saturday at 2 p m at Jones Funeral Home Rev Roy F Schmucker Interment Mount Zion Cemetery Mount Jackson Remains rest at Jones Funeral Home until service time

Donald Craig Wolford Charles Pauline Lindamood Wolford University of Virginia Charlottesville Wayne Wolford Gene Wolford Terry Wolford Jones Roy F. Schmucker Mount Zion Mount Jackson Jones Funeral Home

Bly Service Set for Saturday in Mountain Falls

Funeral for Mrs. Pearl Jeanette Bly of Mountain Falls Route will be held Saturday at 2 30 p m at St John s Lutheran Church. The Rev. E B Smith and the Rev. Charles H Van Gilder will officiate with pallbearers C C Gough John Link Ivan Miller Hurl Himelright Maynard Snapp and Miller Rosenberger. Interment follows in St John s Lutheran Cemetery. Jones Funeral Home will transfer remains Saturday at 1 30 p m to the church.

Pearl Jeanette Bly Mountain Falls Winchester Memorial Hospital St. John's Lutheran Church E. B Smith Charles H van Gilder C. C. Gough John Link Ivan Miller Hurl Himelright Maynard Snapp Miller Rosenberger St John's Lutheran

Weather Outlook Temperatures Fall Across County

Icy roads and cold conditions forecast with lows between 10 and 15 degrees in western sections and 18 to 25 along the coast. Clouds increase tomorrow with further cold and a slim chance of snow in the far southwest. Police logged a single accident at 4:50 p m yesterday at Fairmont Ave and Fairfax Ln in Winchester involving a 1955 Ford driven by Charles R Hodgson and a 1938 Oldsmobile owned by Russell W Eaton. Ford left to turn, skidded, and hit the Oldsmobile causing $50 and $75 damages respectively.

Fairmont Ave Fairfax Lane Winchester Charles R. Hodgson Oldsmobile Russell W. Eaton Clearbrook Fairmont Avenue Ford

Western Frederick Bank Re-elects Officers and Directors

At the Gore annual meeting on January 17, 1956, 930 in person and 1 446 by proxy of 4 000 shares were represented. B A Giffin chaired. J W Ward reported 1955 activity. officers elected were B A Giffin president C W Franks vice president and J W Ward cashier. Directors include C G Davis H E Hiett Herbert S Larrick Fred L Oates B A Giffin C W Franks George B Whitacre Robert M Muse J W Ward and S P Henshaw.

Gore Western Frederick Bank B. A. Giffin Giffin J. W. Ward John E LaFollette Harry A. Sirbaugh C. W. Franks

Cold Blooded Killer of Four To Die Tonight

Osining New York reports Joan Roche a 28 year old inmate faced electrocution at Sing Sing for four confirmed killings and possible sixth admission. He ate a last dinner of lamb chops and ice cream and spoke with a chaplain as execution neared.

Ossining N. Y Sing Sing Joan Francis Roche Thomas J. Donovan Roche Dorothy Westwater Rosa Chronik Marion Brown Alexander Jadenka Edward S. Bates

Brown-Page Win Bridge Match at Winchester Club

Mrs Harold G Brown and Mrs W Nelson Page won the weekly duplicate at the Winchester Contract Bridge Club held last night at the Golf Club. Runners-up were Mrs Boyd Hamman and Mrs Gus Cahill. A tie for third placed Grove White with Lemuel Brown and John Seabright with John Griffith. Next meeting February 1 at 8 pm at the Golf Club for the monthly master point match.

Harold G. Brown W. Nelson Page Winchester Contract Bridge Club Golf Club Boyd Hamman Gus Cahill Grove White Lemuel Brown John Seabright John Griffith

NIH funding totals and health issue notes omitted

The message lists large NIH funding figures for Ike disease and related areas including mental illness arthritis and metabolic diseases neurology blindness infectious and parasitic diseases dental disorders and general research programs. It also notes no reference to the author's heart attack on last September 24.

National Institutes of Health

MacArthur Turns 76 In Quiet Waldorf Celebration

Gen Douglas MacArthur former Far Eastern commander and new Sperry Rand board chairman is 76 today. He plans a calm birthday at his Waldorf Astoria Towers suite with wife Jean and son Arthur age 17.

New York Douglas MacArthur MacArthur Sperry-Rand Corp Waldorf-Astoria Towers Jean Arthur

Jaycees to Hear Dr Bernard Bain Saturday Evening

The Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce Founders Day Banquet and Dance will feature Dr Bernard Bain as principal speaker at the York Inn Saturday evening. He is a Hampden Sydney and Union Theological Seminary graduate who led Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church in Lynchburg for 12 years and recently published My 100 Children. He will discuss the Life of Woodrow Wilson in Wilson’s 100th birth anniversary year.

Bain Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce York Inn Hampden - Sydney College Union Theological Seminary Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church Lynchburg Winchester Jaycees Woodrow Wilson Mr. Wilson

Captain Albert F. Huebner Dies at 61 in City Home

Captain Albert F. Huebner 61 died at 5 05 am at his 328 Whitlock Avenue home. Born October 10 1894 in Redbird Missouri he served in World War I and rose to captain in the 52nd Infantry. He married Dorothy Crisman August 6 1930 and was active in Sacred Heart Church and veterans organizations. He leaves a wife two brothers and two sisters. The funeral is at Sacred Heart Monday at 10 am with pallbearers named.

Albert F. Huebner Whitlock Avenue Redbird Charles Hannah Warning Huebner Dorothy Crisman Huebner Sacred Heart Catholic Church Holy Named Society American Legion 52Nd Infantry Clarke County Veterans of Foreign Wars Towson National Organization of the Ray Morrison Charles E. Murphy Harry Murphy Jacob H. Yost, Sr Charles M. Crisman, Jr John F. Morrison National Cemetery Arlington Jones Funeral Home

Hard Lesson: Man Fined for Keeping Pace with Patrol Car

Joseph Browning received a $25 traffic court fine after riding alongside a Louisville patrol car traveling 35 mph in a 25 mph zone. Patrolman George Weber commented on the case with a brief remark.

Louisville Joseph Browning George Weber

Police Car Speed Myth Sparking Debate

Readers discuss the idea that many drivers feel they can match a police car’s speed, regardless of safety. The statement reflects public attitudes toward police pursuit speeds and driving behavior in high-risk situations.

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Donald C. Wolford Pearl J. Blye Jones Funeral Home, Inc TITAN G. I. Brumback & Sons Cameron St Farmall I. Q Goodyear Suncutter Tire CO S. Braddock St Weil Adams Berryville Wolford Ike Roller Business College State Board of Education E. B. Roller North Royal Avenue Front Royal, Virginia Bernard Bain Bernard E. Bain Capt. Huebner NEWAY AIR Pruners Barr’s, Inc Shy N. Cameron St Oor Arteta Tee RTE SB Armstrong Excelon E. Piccadilly St Head —News Livestock Exchange T. Beatty Brown Loudoun County Washington, D. C Chile Green Chemical CO
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