Obituary of Ralph Douglas Tavenner
Ralph Douglas Tavenner died yesterday at Memorial Hospital Winchester. He was born in Loudoun County, son of the late Thornton M. and Lucy Murray Tavenner. Surviving are his wife Elizabeth. children James Grubbs, Norman Tavenner, Edward Tavenner, Ralph Tavenner, Harris Tavenner. two sisters Leslie Keys and Lena Lee. brother Ashton Tavenner. Funeral 1 PM Monday at John H. Enders Funeral Home with Rev. Daniel Dawson, burial in Green Hill Cemetery. Body at Enders Funeral Home.
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Ralph Douglas Tavenner
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Loudoun County
Thornton M
Lucy Murray Tavenner
Elizabeth Tavenner
James 8. Grubbs
Norman Tavenner
John Stuka
Edward Tavenner
Ralph Tavenner
Martinsburg
Harris Tavenner
Lessie Keys
Washington D.C
Lena Lee
Boyce
Ashton Tavenner
John H. Enders
Daniel Dawson
Boyce Methodist Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Enders Funeral Home
Miss Eleanor Fishpaw, Clarke County teacher, dies
Miss Eleanor Edith Fishpaw 53 of Clarke County died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. She taught in Clarke County public schools for years and was active in school affairs. Surviving are five siblings including Mrs. M. W. Jones of Berryville and Mrs. W. G. Austin of Mobile Alabama. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 PM at the John H. Enders Funeral Home in Berryville with Rev. Donald E. Brumbacker officiating.
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Eleanor Edith Fishpaw
Clarke County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Funeral service for Andrew He Gloane at St. Pauls Church
The funeral for Andrew He Gloane of Lone Oak Clarke County who died Tuesday will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at St. Pauls Methodist Church 448 N. Loudoun St conducted by Rev. J. E. Tyes. Burial follows at Orrick Cemetery.
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Andrew He Gloane
Lone Oak
Clarke County
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Loudoun St
J. E. Tyes
Orrick Cemetery
Enders Funeral Home
Montreal Streets Named for Saints Reveal City Heritage
In Montreal many streets bear saints names reflecting the city’s cultural heritage, while Canada’s rubber usage shows farmers accounting for about 20 percent of national rubber product consumption.
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Montreal
Woman Hurt In One of Two Route 7 Crashes
One woman sustained minor injuries and about $2,000 in damage after two Route 7 crashes. Elsie Whitley of 309 S. Kent St. treated for facial bruise and cut thumb after a three vehicle wreck near the Legion Home at 11 10 p m. The Mercury was a total loss. a second collision near dawn left no injuries.
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Elsie Whitley
S. Kent St
Memorial Hospital
Friendship
Legion Home
G. T. Griffith
Lyle T. Simpson
Telford T. Morgan
Baltimore
Morgan
Steelstrike expands as unions seek higher pay and benefits
USW leaders urge fact finding while Jones and Laughlin workers vote to bargain separately. Industry rebuffs wage gains, labor costs rise. U S Steel closes five coal mines idling about 2 000 miners. Picket lines stay orderly as 5 000 Chicago Gary East Chicago tradesmen refuse to cross.
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USW
David J. McDonald
Reuther
I. W. Abel
Hazelwood
Pittsburgh
Avery C. Adams
U. S. Steel
Chicago-Gary
Chicago
Farmers Use Ten Percent Of Nation's Chemicals
A brief note reports that farmers utilize about 10 percent of the nation's chemical supplies. It notes the distribution among crops and regions and hints at implications for farming practices and supply management.
Extra Police Sent to New York Negro Areas Riots Feared
Police reinforcements deployed in Bedfod Stuyvesant Brooklyn South Jamaica Queens and East Bronx Harlem West 123rd Street precinct as Kennedy warns a race riot could devastate the city. NAACP official faults police as spark and urges independent civilian oversight. City reports show Harlem crime and tensions linked to economic social housing and schools.
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New York
du Ny
Stephen P. Kennedy
Bedrod-Stuyvesant
Brooklyn
Jamaica
Queens
East Bronx
West 123Rd Street
Harlem
West Fifty-fourth
Youth Services
West
Kennedy
Shawnee VFD Seeks Supplies for Yard Party
The Shawnee Fire Company and its Auxiliary seek donations for their annual yard party on July 25. Needed foods include 25 pounds each of hamburger and hot dogs, several bushels of potatoes green beans cabbage and cucumbers three gallons of mayonnaise two bushels of sugar and tea coffee and cakes or pies. Donations can be picked up by calling listed numbers. a joint meeting is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. at the fire hall to finalize plans.
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Shawnee Fire Company
July 22 to Aug 15 Winchester area auction listings
Sales Directory lists multiple auctions across Virginia with July 22 to August 15 dates. Items include furniture appliances antiques real estate cattle farming equipment and household goods. Auctioneers include Orndorff Cole Lewis Prince McDonald Duvall Snider Artrip and others in Winchester Berryville and Clarke County areas.
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Denny’s Commission
Itore
Winchester
Furnete, Orndorff & Cole
B. O. Slonaker
Ridgeway
W. Va
W. Strong Lewis
W. R. Prince
Justa McDonald
Frederick County Court House
Carke County Court House
Berryville
Clarke County Farm
Charles R. Duvall
Maryland case links two deaths to Jac incident
The report notes Anderson would be liable for questioning in the Jac case. Jackson's car with keys in the ignition was found abandoned in Louisa County Virginia on January 11. Jackson and one daughter were found slain near Fredericksburg Virginia two months later, while his wife and another daughter were discovered in a shallow grave south of Baltimore in late March. The Swanner Anderson scene and the Maryland burial site lie in Anne Arundel County.
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Anderson
Jackson
Louisa County
Fredericksburg
Baltimore
Swanner-Anderson
Gambrills
Anne Arundel County
Western ministers weigh Berlin talks as Gromyko presses for direct German talks
Western ministers argued over how to resolve Berlin after noting Gromyko seeks direct German negotiations and favors an all German committee. They considered forms for negotiations with France skeptical of a new international mechanism and German proposals proposing a Big Four style body with German advisers.
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Gromyko
West Germany
Berlin
Lloyd
Germanys
Testimony Links Union Official With Alleged Plot
A demolitions expert testified he was contacted by a Textile Union official to blow up Harriet Henderson Cotton Mills property last May. He said he reported the plan to the mill president and the State Bureau of Investigation, fearing harm. He described undercover FBI work and named TWUA officials involved as the trial of eight union members continues.
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Henderson
N. C
Harriet- Henderson
Harold Aaron
State Bureau of Investigation
Aaron
Leaksville
Charles Auslander
TWUA
Spray
Henderson Mill
Harriet - Henderson
Raymond Mallard
Mallard
W. C. Wilson
Quarles Publishes Street History of Winchester
Dr. Garland R. Quarles issues The Streets of Winchester a booklet from Farmers and Merchants National Bank. It explains origin and significance of street names, outlines early town divisions, and lists all streets with brief histories.
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Garland R. Quarles
Winchester
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Bohlen Expected for Key Soviet Policy Role
President Eisenhower moved to counter reports of coolness toward Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen as a Soviet expert. Hagerty stated the President has great confidence in Bohlen and hinted at a high level policy job in Washington. Bohlen, veteran diplomat, is currently ambassador to the Philippines after serving as ambassador to Moscow. He may retire after 35 years unless assigned a more significant post.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Charles E
Chip) Bohlen
Soviet Union
James C. Hagerty
Bohlen
Philippines
Moscow
State Department
Missionaries To Speak At First Brethren Church
Missionaries to Africa will speak at 9:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. services at First Brethren Church on Berryville Ave. Rev. and Mrs. Roy Snyder will address church groups and Sunday School pupils. The 7:30 p.m. service includes colored slides. The couple returns to Africa in October for a third term after a furlough in the United States. Pastor Rev. Paul E. Dick said services are open to the public.
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Africa
First Brethren
Berryville Ave
Roy Snyder
French Equatorial Africa
Snyder
United States
Paul E. Dick
Castro Resigns as Cuban Premier in TV Showdown
Fidel Castro announces his resignation as Cuba’s premier during a nationwide TV moment, while Osvaldo Dorticos becomes acting premier. Castro vows to continue the revolutionary struggle whether in or out of government as the cabinet urges him to return. Dorticos, a new cabinet figure, appeals to Cubans to press for Castro’s return.
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Urrutia
Castro
Osvaldo Corticos
Dorticos
Cuba
Communist Party
Soviet Foreign Minister Signals Shift Towards Berlin Settlement
Soviet foreign minister agreed to drop a link and prioritize a Berlin settlement. Private talks yielded no more progress than Thursday's formal session. Diplomats said a counter proposal to Gromyko's all German committee plan would strengthen bargaining power if offered.
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Berlin
Gromyko
Rainfall Totals and Monthly Averages for Yearly Rain Data
Rainfall figures show cumulative totals to date 3.66 for July and 18.41 for the year 1959. Monthly averages we report include January 243 and February 2.04 inches with March through December ranging 3.01 to 3.94 inches.
Mt Carmel Church Prepares for Brackett Morrell Meetings
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church hosts the 62nd Brackett Morrell Sunday School and Young People's Convention and the 79th Brackett Morrell Association session. Deacon Garfield Prather is former Sunday School president. Rev M W Walker leads the Association. Improvements include sanctuary doors 146, Sunday School floor 800, kitchen floor 51, lecture chairs 157, Sunday School tables 266, plus additional work at the Braddock and Leicester Street church.
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Mount Carmel
Brackett-Morrell Baptist Sunday School
Young People’s Convention
Brackett-Morrell Association
Garfield Prather
M. W. Walker
Brackett-Morrell
Hollis Wins National Award in Lincoln Contest
R. L. Hollis of the P. T. Seibert Agency in Winchester won a nationwide sales contest by Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. He will receive a personal memento from Walter O. Menge, Lincoln's president.
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R. L. Hollis
Lincoln National Life Insurance Co
Winchester
P. T. Seibert
Hollis
Walter O. Menge
Lincoln
Church Improvement Drive Ends With Notable Fund Total
The church reports 160 active members and a grand fundraising total near 1590 dollars for projects including furniture for the pastor's study. Pastor invites public inspection of improvements.
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Walter
Walker
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