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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1958

Page

2

Clarke Agent Announces July Schedule For Demonstration Club

Miss Phyllis Hockman of Clark City Home Demonstration elot releases the Clarke Agent July 24 31 schedule. Thursday at 1 30 pm Dizzy Bursels 4 H Club meets at 05 N Church St Berryville 8 pm Fair Committee convenes at Ge unty courthouse Friday office and home visits Saturday and Monday office July 29 31 agent attends Institute of Rural Affairs Blacksburg with Clarke County women.

Phyllis Hockman Clark “City Elot Dursday Dizzy Bursels N. Church St Berryville Unty Courthouse Institute of Rural Affairs Blacksburg Clarke County

Iola Dean Shade Funeral Arrangements Incomplete

Memorial services and burial plans for Iola Dean Shade are not finalized. Jones Funeral Home, Inc. remains handling arrangements as details are pending.

Alton Omps Ernest Batt Reynolds A. H Lovermale Ridge W. Va W. Unger Albin E. Brown Gainesboro H. W. Shade Winchester Frank Lee Flowers Onile Stalnaker Miladelphia Jones Funeral Home Iola Dean Shade Jones Funeral Home, Inc

Enders Firemen Plan Supper and Auction in Berryville

In Berryville the John H Enders Fire Company suspers and auction are set for tomorrow evening. Edward Levi leads the event with 30 hams 175 fryers 140 cakes and 140 pies solicited. The meal begins at 5 p m at the Community Building and the auction follows at 8 p m on Dr Blanton Allens lot with items including a 1948 Dodge radio heater and a television set.

Berryville John H. Enders Fire Company Edward Levi

Jury Deliberating In Melvin Tyson Shooting Case

A Frederick County Circuit Court jury was deliberating in the case of Melvin Tyson charged with shooting and wounding his employer John W. Hockman on December 30. The sheriff said the incident happened in Hockman's barn on Paper Mill Road. Hockman, 55, was hit in the left hip by shotgun pellets.

Frederick County Melvin Tyson John W. Hockman Sheriff's Office Hockman Paper Mill Road Tyson

Raglaine penalty reduced in postwar fabric case

A 1941 penalty of 49 784 for late delivery of uniform fabric was reduced by 41 284 after appeals and a reopened review in 1957. Reports note inquiries by Adams and a congressman, with former appeals board member Rosewell M. Austin claiming the inquiry did not influence the board's decision.

Weeks New England Raglaine Company Pearl Harbor Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals Rosewell M. Austin Appeals Board Raglaine Adams Austin Raylain Austin Raylaine Congress Chester E. Merrow R-Nh Merrow

Fredericksburg Council to Probe Police Controversy

The Fredericksburg city council voted unanimously to investigate a police department controversy centered on Police Superintendent T. S. Bonanza. After a 90 minute closed session, the council approved a resolution to probe all charges and to summon witnesses under oath as allowed by state law.

Fredericksburg Council Fredericksburg T. S. Bonanza F. Freeman Funk Bonanza Baldwin Park Calif Funk Ethel Byrnes

Priests Return to U S From Red Prison in China

Two American Catholic priests, Father Joseph P. McCormack and Father Cyril Wagner, arrived in San Francisco from Shanghai after five years in a Red Chinese prison. McCormack spoke barely above a whisper about the five years of silence and confinement, while Wagner, suffering asthma, appeared too fatigued to talk. He called the espionage conviction and charge of being imperialistic tools ridiculous.

San Francisco Joseph P. McCormack Maryknoll Order Cyril Wagner Shanghai Red China Father McCormack New York City Father Wagner

Answers to daily quiz clues summarized

A compact quiz key listing ten true false and short answer items. Includes topics such as native origins of Ceylon, the cowcatcher, British, neurosurgery, Ohio, James E. Oglethorpe, and a Spanish ladies headdress in brief question answer form.

Ohio James E. Oglethrope

Winchester Area Sales Directory Auctions This Summer

July 23 7 p m DEN NY S COMMISSION AUCTION 6 miles east of Winchester Route 7 furniture electrical appliances Orndorff Cole auctioneers July 26 11 am ESTATE of ATHA M DYKE 8 miles northwest of Winchester Route 608 real estate furniture household goods Dennis T Cole auctioneer July 26 11 am JD RANDOLPH LARRICK Trustee in front of Frederick County Court House Winchester real estate Stephens City E T Snider auctioneer Aug 9 10 am W E Edwards Trustee in front Frederick County Court House Winchester Frederick County business real estate Charles R Duvall auctioneer Aug 2 11 am ESTATE of CHARLES SWARTZ 8 miles northeast of Winchester Route 7 real estate farm machinery household goods Aug 16 11 am ESTATE of HARVEY B SHILEY 2 1/2 miles northeast of Winchester Red Bud Road farm machinery household goods Charles R Duvall auctioneer

Denny's Commission Winchester Orndorff & Cole Atha M. Dyke Dennis T. Cole Randolph Larrick Frederick County Court House Stephens City E. T. Snider W. E. Edwards Frederick County Business Charles R. Duvall Charles Swartz Harvey Shiley Red Bud

Burton Holmes Dies Originator of the Movie Travelogue

Burton Holmes, Chicago born traveler and originator of the travelogue, died at his Hollywood home at 88 after months of illness. He pioneered using motion pictures to illustrate travel talks and introduced color tinting for lantern slides. He retired in 1950 and is survived by his widow Margaret.

Avillywood Hollywood Francis X. Bushman Holmes Chicago Europe Chicago Camera Club Japan Burton Holmes Homes Margaret

Fatal Accidents Factor in Higher Male Death Rate

New York report shows males have higher death rates across life with the gap widest during adolescence and early adulthood. Accidents drive much of the difference, accounting for about half of all deaths for ages 1-4 and over four-fifths for ages 15-24, with heart disease and cancer shaping later life gaps.

New York Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Rebel Annie Oakley Hits 16 U S Planes Over Tripoli

Rear Adm. George W. Anderson said 16 planes from Task Force 60 were hit in seven days by a sharpshooter from a rebel position south of Tripoli. The bullets caused only superficial damage as pilots fly higher to avoid sniping.

Saratoga Navy Lebanon Tripoli George W. Anderson Annie Coakley Anderson

Winchester Little Theatre to stage The Loud Red Patrick

The Winchester Little Theatre presents The Loud Red Patrick, a three act comedy directed by Mrs. Richard F. Lewis Jr. Performances run August 25 to 29 at the Bark Mill with tickets on sale August 11. Tickets available at Duddery or Shenval Music Company or at the door. rehearsals three nights weekly.

Winchester Little Theatre Red Patrick Bark Mill Richard F. Lewis, Jr Victor Albright Charman Duddery Shenval Music Company William Fore Bobbie Conrad John Lewis

Indictments Read In Regional Court On Various Thefts

A long list of defendants faces charges from assault and theft to breaking and entering and grand larceny. Names include Christian Shipe James W Miller Luther Miller Ernest Lee Hayes Robert Moxley Harry Calvin Barr and James Miller among others. Capiases and mentions of court appointments appear throughout with several cases tied to $50 or more in value.

Charles Roy Whitlock Oates Puffinberger William A. Johnston III John Anderson LaFollette Christian Shipe James W. Miller Luther Miller Ernest Lee Hayes Andrew Whales Johnson Hayes Milton Harris Shipe James Miller Southwestern State Hospital Marion Capias Robert Moxley E. E. Bayliss Freedom National Bank of Freedom Harry Calvin Barron Binco Barr Max Paul W. Braithwaite Braithwaite Brothers John R Alfred C. McDaniel Mac Shockey Hubert Shockey Thomas Martin Miller Ray Kenneth Cameron John H. Kerns Kern Cameron Hilip Yowell Lockhart Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts of America Lockart Clyde W. Showalter Virgil M. Sager Attorney Johnston Mitchell Horton Birkett

Lebanese forces push snipers away from airport area

Opposition notes that liaison with the Lebanese army reduced sniper activity around Marine positions. Lebanese forces have occupied high ground near the airport, forcing snipers back. No new attacks on American planes have been reported.

County Man Pleads Guilty To Hit and Run

Raymond Maxwell Allen 41 of Route 2 pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to a hit and run involving a city fire plug. He was fined $5 plus costs. Lt Warren Rudolph and State Trooper D A Sheetz arrested Allen on Welltown Pike. The fire plug at the southeast corner of Indian Alley and Cork Street was damaged after being struck about 11 p.m. Saturday.

Raymond Maxwell Allen Route 2 Warren Rudolph D. A. Sheetz Allen Welltown Pike Rudolph Indian Alley Cork St

DC-8 Jetliner Underwater Flight Test Reported

Douglas DC-8 jetliner recently flight tested and then submerged under water for endurance checks. A 50 foot fuselage section endured rigorous tests in a water atmosphere with skin diving engineers observing the process.

Santa Monica Calif

Weather and salary Q&A note for Virginia and city police

The column notes variable clouds and warm humidity with scattered afternoon and evening showers. It also lists tonight’s low 68 to 74 and Wednesday’s high 87 to 93. A reader asks for the average police salary, with an answer that salaries vary by city size and service length.

LA. A

Rainfall totals and climate figures from historic period

Rain data for the past 24 hours ending 8 30 a m today 08 July shows 6 32 inches to date 1958 and 26 inches year to date The average monthly rainfall over 45 years 1912 57 is listed by month with figures from January 2 41 February 2 02 March 2 97 April 3 10 May 3 82 June 3 3 July 3 73 August 3 92 September 2 70 October 3 26 November 2 52 December 2 48 Also included are police force salary benchmarks from 1957 noting starting and maximum salaries for patrolmen in cities of different sizes.

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