Morgan Built Several Fine Old Houses Near Here
Daniel Morgan, famed Revolutionary general from Winchester, built the mansion Saratoga in 1781 and lived at Amber Hill on Amherst Street. He died July 6, 1802, and is memorialized in Mt Hebron Cemetery. Hessian prisoners later settled near Winchester. their history is linked to Morgan and local sites.
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Morgan
Daniel Morgan
New Jersey
Morgans
America
Allen and Turner
Union Furnace
West Jersey
Pennsylvania
Daniel
Warren County
Berryville
Saratoga
Abigail Bailey
Betys
James Heard
Nancy
Presley Nevill
Matilda Heard
Nancy Morgan Heard
Daniel Morgan Heard
Morgan Augustus Heard
Mt Hebron
Mt. Hebron
General Morgan
Winchester
Virginia
Washington
Braddock
Continental Army
Boston
George Washington
Hesse
Baron) Riedesel
Hesse-Darmstadt
France
Glaize
Bond
Wilson Brown
Four Mile
Amber Hill
Amherst St
Clarke County
Boyce
July 4 1 p m sales directory brief
Public auction notices list multiple July sales in Frederick County and Winchester areas. Items include antiques furniture household goods cattle farm equipment real estate and packing shed assets with auctioneers E T Snider Chas Duvall and others.
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George Roberts
Berryville
E T. Snider
H.D. Robinson
Fred F. Sturm Co
Winchester
E. T. Snider
Chas. Duvall
Frank M. Hardy
N. Kent St
E. M. Mangum
Douglas F. Seabright
Old Galliday Place
Front
B. M. Roszel
Frederick County Court House
Stonewall Ave
E. T. Snid
Warm Weather Holiday Closings Across Winchester Area
Shops and banks in Winchester will close Monday for the Fourth of July. Post Office services will pause city deliveries, with no window service. Hotels, motor courts, and travel services anticipate heavy holiday occupancy. Temperatures near 90s rise to 94 98 with scattered thunderstorms. Local parks host baseball and softball games as area residents plan picnics and getaways.
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Ness
Winchester Retail Merchants Association
Virginia State Employment Service
Wilbur Johnston
Associated Press
George Washington Hotel
Modernaire Motor Court
U. S. Rt.22
Winchester
Elms
U. S. Rt. 11
Grey
Hound
Frederick County
Royal Crown
Halltown
W. Va
Senseng Park
Winchester Baseball Club
Woodstock
Rouss Park
Clarke County
Loudoun County
Rotary
Kiwanis
Exchange Club
Elks
Moose
Sensenv
Virginia Weslen Company
P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp
Planing Mills
Shenandoah Valley
Apple Cider & Vinegar Corp
National Fruit Product Co
American Brakeblok
Paper Mill Road
Open House at Apple Capital Air Service Tomorrow
Open House returns to the local airport tomorrow after high winds canceled last Sunday's free airplane rides. Donald W. Patton, new operator, invites the public to inspect facilities from noon to dark with model plane flying and picnic lunches. Those with tickets may redeem rides or obtain new ones.
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Donald W. Patton
Patton
July Heat Expected Across Much Of Nation Says Weather Service
Forecasters predict July temperatures will run above normal from the Appalachians to the Rockies with especially high heat in the central plains and Ohio Valley. Cooler than normal weather likely west of the Continental Divide while the eastern seaboard should see near normal temperatures. precipitation will vary with above normal rains in the western half and central plains eastward to the middle Atlantic, with near normal elsewhere.
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Science Service
Washington
Appalachians
Rocky Mountains
Weather Bureau
Central Plains
Ohio Valley
Continental Divide
Seaboard
Plains
Texas
Middle Atlantic States
Six former warders condemned to death in Metz Massacre
A French military tribunal at Metz sentenced six former Nazi camp warders to death for the mass murder of about 3,000 inmates. Prison terms up to life were imposed on 84 additional defendants.
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Metz
France
Fourth of July Holiday Observed by The Star
James Green plant manager notes limited operations will continue during the period. Monday will be a holiday for The Star's employer. No paper will be printed that day in observance of the Fourth of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Green
the Star
Fled Red Terror Former Soviet officer recounts escape to West
Lt Col Grigori Burlitski, once a Soviet Secret Police officer, describes his time under the regime and his escape to the West. He gave an interview in Frankfurt Germany and testified to a U S Congressional Committee in Munich about years of planning.
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Secret Police
Grigori Stephanovich Burlitski
Frankfurt
Germany
Burlitski
U.S
Congressional
Munich
West
Do Swiss Guards Still Guard the Pope Today
The answer notes that Swiss Guards continue to protect the Pope. Recruits take an ancient oath to defend the Pope to the death if needed and are sworn in on May 6, the anniversary of the 1527 stand of Pope Clement VII’s defenders during the sack of Rome. The guards’ colorful uniform is said to have been designed by Michelangelo.
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N.P. A
Clement VII
Rome
Michelangelo
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Paul W. McClanahan
S. Leudoun St
Snellings Florist
Winchester Evening Star
West Va
Beyond Va
International Harvester Company
C. J. Brumback & Son
N. Cameron St
Andre Granet
Louis de Guiringued
San Francisco
Travis Air Force Base
California
Granet
Indo-China
International
Riverton
Effie Williams Steele
Stephens City
Byron Brumback
Sheriff's Sale
Clearbrook
Chetzell
Mary R. Sheers
Frederick
R. L. Dehaven
Winchester Specialty Shop Gifts
E. Piccadilly ST
Singer Sewing Center
Loudoun St
Court House
Inviting & Friends
P. W. Plumly
Robert Lynch
Millwood Pike
Rita Hayworth
Idaho
North
Three
Oliver Hazard Perry
The
Island of
St. Helena
Irving Berlin
Coitontail
Dead City
Galliday Place
Front Royal Pike
Monarch
E. W. Mangum
W. D. Orndorff
G. E. Vickers
County Court House
City of
State of
Stonewall Avenue
Lee Street
Christine C. Roszel
Mary Willis Baker
Corporation Court
J. William Hollis
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Margaret P. Chew and
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Admis.ec. T. A
Christine W. C. Roszel
Cora B. Hardy
Philco
Westinghouse
FE. T. Snider
Frank Hardy
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