Obituary for Harry Fletcher DeSchon of Johnstown
Harry Fletcher DeSchon, 80, of Johnstown Pennsylvania died yesterday at Memorial Hospital. He was born July 18, 1876 in Baltimore and moved to Johnstown about 40 years ago. Surviving are a step son, two step daughters, seven grandchildren and several relatives. a graveside service is set for Saturday at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Deschon
Harry Fletcher DeSchon
Johnstown
Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
William M
Adelaide Gideon DeSchon
May Murray DeSchon
Stuart Cather Whetzell Dies at 73 in Frederick County
Stuart Cather Whetzell 73 a Frederick County farmer and businessman died at noon yesterday at his home near Clearbrook born July 9 1883 at Clearbrook son of the late James Griffith and Elizabeth Catherine Whetzell attended Shenandoah Valley Academy and Baltimore Business College Survivors include widow Mrs Gladys Hodgson Whetzell two sons John Whetzell and James Whetzell and one sister Edna Whetzell Funeral tomorrow at 11 a m Kurtz Funeral Home 218 Loudoun St burial Mt Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers Huyett Light John Anderson Loring Woore Albert Robinson Henry Cline
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Cather Whetzell
Frederick County
Clearbrook
James Griffith
Elizabeth Cather Whetzell
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Baltimore Business College
Baltimore
Gladys Hodgson Whetzell
John Whetzell
James Whetzell
Edna Whetzell
Kurtz
Loudoun St
J. 8
Duckwall
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Huyett
John Anderson
Loring Woore
Albert Robinson
Henry Cline
Funeral service set for Preston Jackson in Winchester
Preston Jackson who died yesterday will have a funeral Monday at 1 30 p m from Cartwright Funeral Home with Rev Melford W Walker of Mt Carmel Baptist Church officiating. He was born in Winchester, survived by his mother Lula T Jackson and siblings Isaiah Julian Josephine Roberta and other relatives. interment in the National Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Jackson
Cartwright Funeral
Melford W. Walker
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Mr. Jackson
Winchester
Lula T. Jackson
Alfred Jackson
Isaiah
Julian Jackson
John Preston
Harold Williams
Floyd Taper
Randolph Snyder
James Coleman
John Champ
National Cemetery
Funeral service for Mrs Laura C Jackson in Berryville
A funeral service for Mrs Laura C Jackson who died Tuesday at her Berryville home will be held Sunday at 1 p m at Mt Airy Baptist Church Lewisville. The Rev Davenport will officiate with interment at Milton Valley Cemetery Berryville. Pallbearers are Benny Page William Henry Page John Hale Albert Derr Richard Garner and Lawrence Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura C. Jackson
Berryville
Mt. Airy Baptist Church
Lewisville
Mr. Davenport
Milton Valley Cemetery
Benny Page
William Henry Page
John Hale
Albert Derr
Richard Garner
Lawrence Wilson
Seven Jailed For Bombings In Montgomery After Bus Desegregation
Montgomery police say seven to eight white men are jailed over bombings of four churches and three homes in the wake of bus desegregation. Henry Alexander, 27, allegedly admitted firing on a bus as investigators seek more evidence. One year since the first blast, a Negro woman was wounded by a sniper during attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Clyde Sellers
Sellers
Henry Alexander
February Farm Auction Listings Around Winchester
A dense schedule of livestock and real estate auctions runs through February in the Winchester Berryville area. Items include Berkshire and Poland China hogs and cattle, Hereford bulls, dairy cattle, machinery, household goods, furniture, and real estate with in-person front-of-court-house sales and auctions by W. D. Orndorff, Charles R. Duvall, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Winchester
Berkshires
Duvoes
Hampshires
Poland
Thomas B. Carper
Berryville
W. D. Orndorff
Poca Dot Farms
Charlies Town
W. Va
Pfrank Harman
Braddock &J
Charles R. Duvall
Thurs
W. E Edwards
Frederick County Court House
Homer
Katherine Miller
N. Loudoun St
Wilbur M. Gaunt
George Eagle
Apple Pie Ridge
Walter A. Scrivener
Clearbrook
Ives Promises Probers Will Expose Union Crookedness
Senator Ives announces the Senate committee on racketeering will expose crookedness wherever found as it begins hearings on Teamsters affairs. The bipartisan eight member panel, likely chaired by Sen. McClellan with Ives as vice chairman, will start soon with Teamsters scrutiny.
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Ives
Probers
Washington
Iveso
R-Ny
Senate
Teamsters Union
McClellan
D-Ark
Nixon
Teamsters
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Frank W. Brewster
Western Conference of Teamsters
Nugent LaPoma
Seattle
Brewster
Sen. Kennedy
D-Mass
Ervin
D-Nc
McNamara
Accident Victim Scheduled to Leave Hospital Today
Mrs. Belle Ferguson Stokes of 315 W Leicester St was treated at Memorial Hospital for a elbow laceration concussion and abrasions after a two car collision in Winchester Monday afternoon. Two others Miss Gertrude Bruce of 315 W Leicester St and William Thomas Miller of 230 Chestnut St sustained lesser injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Ferguson Stokes
W. Leicester St
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
Stokes
Gertrude Bruce
William Thomas Miller
Chestnut St
Reed to Retire from Supreme Court with 35000 Year Pension
The article notes Justice Reed will retire with a $35,000 annual pension. It marks the second retirement from the Supreme Court since the new term began last October 1, with Justice Sherman Minton having retired on October 15. Remaining justices include Black Frankfurter and Douglas, plus Clark Burton named by Truman. Reed intends to stay in Washington. he and Mrs. Reed live at the Mayflower Hotel.
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Reed
Supreme Court
Sherman Minton
Justice Black
Justice Frankfurter
Washington
Mayflower
Roosevelt
Black
Frankfurter
Douglas
Truman
Clark
Burton
Brennan
Eisenhower
Federal Farm Board
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corp
U. S
Argu
Committees Named For Local Chamber and New Director
Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce appoints committees and elects Forrest Jones as Director at Large to fill the vacancy from Ralph Slaughter’s resignation. Six new members join, including Shawnee Restaurant and Credit Bureau of Winchester.
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Jones
Winchester-Frederick County
Chamber
Harold Patton
Patton
Kenneth Patton
Marvin Gore, Jr
Forrest Jones
Legislative Committee
James R. Wilkins
A. J. Bowen
London Whitacre
Neil Chickle
Charles Pine
C. A. Dorton
H. W. Ebert, Jr
Shawnee Restaurant
Jack Jenkins
John H. Lillis & Soh
Jack Lillis
J. Randolph Larrick
Shirley Bly
W. B. Snider & Sons
James R. Snider
Army Doctors To Examine King Saud's Son
Prince Mashur of Saudi Arabia, three years old, will be examined at Walter Reed Army Hospital on President Eisenhower's orders to determine the cause of his partial paralysis from birth. He arrived with King Saud during a state visit as Eisenhower’s guest. The affliction affects his right hand and leg. Abdullah Balkhair said Saudi doctors have evaluated him and that the King brought the boy hoping American physicians could assist.
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Washington
Prince Mashur
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
King Saud
Abdullah Balkhair
Judge Reed Retires at 70 After a Difficult Case
After a prolonged high profile trial, Judge Reed collapsed before the high bench. His physician attributed the collapse to overwork. Reed rested for days and then returned. In recent years he was seen as the leader of the tribunal's conservative bloc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Soviet 1956 plan exceeded by eleven percent says report
The Central Statistics Department report on the first year of the five year plan says heavy industry output rose 11.4 percent and consumer goods 9.4 percent above quotas while grain harvest was the largest in Soviet history. National income up about 12 percent with wages up three percent. Shortcomings cited in coal ferrous metals and building materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Central Statistics Department
U. S
Statistics Department
United States
Soviet Union
Industrial output rises beyond 1955 levels
Output in oil, gas, aluminum, electric power, turbines and diesel engines boosted production. Oil reached 83 800 000 tons, 118 percent of 1954. Gas 17 919 600 000 cubic yards, 132 percent, electric 132 percent, electricity 192 billion kilowatt hours, 113 percent.
Winchester Retail Merchants Plan February Meeting
A special called meeting of the Winchester Retail Merchants Association is set for February 5 at 7 30 p m at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall. The group will discuss and approve a new dues schedule to raise funds for more advertising media to promote Winchester as a shopping center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Retail Merchants’ Association
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Winchester
Unclear Item List From Delaware Fragment
Fragmentary OCR shows a list including Delaware, Christopher Columbus, Nuernburg, Yes, and "Daisy" with no coherent context or complete narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Christopher Columbus
Nuernburg
Yes
Daisy
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Harry Fletcher
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Rhodes Drug CO
Perry Engineering CO
Jackson Service
Mrs. Jackson
Seiberling
Cammer Tire CO
Braddock St
Welltown Pike
Armstrong ‘Excelon
New Designers
THE
E. Piccadilly
Oak
P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp
N. Kent St
Saud
Investors Loan Corp
Loudoun
Singer Sewing Center
N. Loudoun
Ferguson
Yale
Cavalleria Rusticana
Jesus
N. Cameron &T
Nelson
Old Chapel
Clarke County
Philco
W. D. Orndorff, Auctioneer
NiCarb
Nicarbazin
MERCK
Isis
Broiler
Merck & Co., Inc
Chemical Division
Rahway
New Jersey
WSVA
Barr’s, Inc
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