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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1957

Page

2

Obituaries and funeral notices for Jenkins Brown and Crampton

Funeral services are set for Mrs Mary Catherine Jenkins who died Sunday with services at Mil Creek Church near Stanley and burial in Thomas Cemetery. Miss Maude J Brown 65 of 522 N Loudoun Ave dies Sunday afternoon. service at Omps funeral Home with interment Mt Hebron Cemetery. Benjamin Crampton real estate dealer and Berryville Town Council member dies today. funeral Thursday at his Church Street home with no flowers requested.

Mary Catherine Jenkins Mil Creek Staniey Bluebecker Jessie Jenkins Fred Cave Floyd Thomas Mark Thomes Arthur Sours Cleve Thomas Ernest Thomas Thomas Cemetery Stanley Jones Funeral Home Maude J. Brown N. Loudoun Staunton Omps J. & Duckwall G. Womerdorf Carl W. Hiser Mt Hebron Cemetery Palsenrers George Ebersole Robert D. Glaize Dailey Highland Presbyterian Church Benjamin Crampton Church Berryville Frank E. Tappan Crampton David H. Allen Revenue Annie Beardsworth Agnes Tapscott Mary Crampton Staples Church Stree Tanners Ridge Methodist Church

Jury Undercuts Split Verdict Possibility in Clinton Case

Judge Taylor instructs a crowded courtroom on jury options in the Clinton case. Defendants may be acquitted or convicted in any combination, with Kasper tied to the others’ verdicts. Standees fill aisles as alternates are released and warnings are issued about talking and demonstrations.

Mitted Taylor Kasper Clinton Taylor

Two Grass Fires In County Monday

Frederick County firemen responded to two brush fires Monday around 2 p.m. at the Paul Chrisman home west of town and at the James Ruble place near Parlett's Run. Fire officials reported minimal damage and that both blazes burned in woods with one to one and a half acres affected. The cause in the first fire was trash burning. in the second, cause unknown. Bucket brigades and water from trucks fought the flames.

Frederick County Shawnee Paul Chrisman Martin Holliday Own Gore Round Hill James Ruble Place Bayliss’ Store Parlett’s Run

Welfare Boards urged consolidation and staffing reforms

The grand jury urged consolidation of the Welfare Boards with an Executive Committee, raised concerns about chronic case worker shortages and high turnover, and called for improved public relations, more hires, better supervision of foster homes, and stronger employer employee relations. Guy E. Smith led the grand jury with members Boyles Fout Greenwalt Sawyer and Rinker.

Welfare State Department of Public Welfare Grand Jury Welfare Department Guy E. Smith Harry Boyles, Jr N. B. Fout D. B. Greenwalt James M. Sawyer Ray Rinker

County Firemen Report Grass Fires At Meeting

Frederick County Volunteer Firemen's Association heard that of 13 alarms in the past month 11 were grass fires mainly from burning trash. Guest speaker R. E. White addressed fighting fires with tanked gas in buildings. Member representation listed for Middletown Round Hill Shawnee Clearbrook Gore Stephens City and Capon Bridge.

Frederick County Middletown Round Hill Shawnee Clearbrook Gore Stephens City Capon Bridge

Winchester Junior Legion clinches season with 6-5 win

Winchester Junior Legion beat Fredericksburg Junior Legion 6-5 at Rouss Park to finish with four wins, two losses. Dick Donica delivered a decisive three run triple in the last at bat as McCauley earned the victory on a five hitter with Shendon and Fred Donica adding two hits each.

Winchester Junior Legion Fredericksburg Junior Legion Rouss Park Dick Donica Winchester Triple Donica Front Royal J. M. Casey Boyce McCauley Shendon Fred Donica Higgs Rush

Winchester Days Special Offers From Local Merchants

Star merchants organization notes high interest as Winchester Days showcases dramatic random offers. Items include hats 1 dollar, sheets 1 50, dresses 5 dollars, mattresses 19 95, 10 cent belts, 59 cent jugs, 88 cent sets, 1995 price shoes, pianos 400 dollar cut, stoves and washers with deep discounts. Local stores listed include A&N, Baker & Anderson, Macy, Montgomery Ward, J C Penney, Sears Roebuck, and many others in the festival lineup.

Merchants Organization Winchester A&n Baker & Anderson Bayliss & Patterson Bell Clothes Bugzella’s Cain Furniture Caldwell Sites Co Clowe’s Colonial Art & Craft Diana Firestone G & M Music Center B. F. Goodrich Gray & Eddy J. W. Grove Furniture Co Hill's Toy & Novelty Margaret L. Hodgson Haren’s Credit Huntsberry's Shoe Jay's Boys & Girls the Jewel Box Joanny Shops Joe the Motorists Friend Kinney’s Lane Luggage Shop Leggett's Department Store Lovett's Shoe Macy Marianne’s Miller & Anderson Miller's Hardware Molden Electric Co Montgomery

Weather update for Virginia with showers and cooler trend

The forecast calls for showers and isolated thunder storms across Virginia with a cooler trend later today and tonight. Lows range from 64 to 70 in the west and north and around 70s in the southeast. Wednesday should bring gradual clearing and cooler conditions after Southeast activity.

Winchester

Rainfall Totals and Averages From 44 Year Record

Rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 8 30 am today July 2 1957. Year to date rainfall 28 1957 stands at 16 71 inches. Average annual rainfall over 44 years is 36 99 inches. Monthly Averages: January 2 43 February 2 00 March 2 97 April 3 06 May 3 86 June 3 86 July 3 79 August 4 00 September 2 66 October 3 24 November 3 54 December 2 47.

Courchesne Hit By Heat Spasm Between Rounds

Bobby Courchesne, 50-8-2, suffered a heat spasm between the eighth and ninth rounds of his scheduled 19 with Bobby Bell at St. Nicholas Arena. He did not answer the bell for the ninth, the bout ruled an eighth-round KO. His manager and the ringside physician said he is fine after oxygen and caution.

New York Bobby Courchesne Venezuela Courchesne Bobby Bell St. Nicholas Arena South America Pat Bartlett Caracas Bell New York State Athletic Commission Bartlett Sam

July 24 to Aug 17 Auction Directory in Frederick County

Listings for numerous public auctions across Maryland and Virginia including Denise Cole and Blakeford Farms with real estate and livestock, Den nis W Stine estates, Minnie V Dinges estate, Clyde Burner home in Viscoe City, and American Corriedale Assn show, with auctioneers E T Snider Chas R Duvall W PF Artrip Jr. and dates July 24 through August 17.

Ned Denney Winchester Dennis T. Cole Ee- Blakeford Farms Queenstown Maryland Merryman Co Benham, Larrick & Woltz Frederick County Court House Fairmont Ave E. T. Snider Dennis W. Stine Laura I. Stine City of Winchester Minnie V. Dinges P. E. Lineburg Stephens City Charles R. Duvall Clyde Burner Duncan Ave Viscose Front Royal W. PF. Artrip, Jr American Corriedale Assn Harrisburg Joseph B. Newlin Chas. R. Duvall G. G. Santymire Paw Paw S. C. Curl South Braddock

Automobile Wreck Victims Reported Improving at Hospital

Ten people injured in an Route 22 crash Sunday were updated today. All but three were in good condition at Memorial Hospital with injuries ranging from fractured ribs and wrists to head injuries.

Memorial Hospital Harry A Carpenter W. Piccadilly 8 Elsie E. Carpenter Judy Walsh Roxy Walsh Romulus Mich Rose Ann William Lee Butler Lee Butler Carpenters

Senate debated civil rights bill delay through late summer

Knowland warned the Senate faces weeks of discussion on civil rights with possible adjournment not before September 1. He noted President Eisenhower backs the bill's goals but wants clarified language and cited the Senate's removal of federal troop authority to enforce court orders. A historical note records a 1910 Mt Weather kite altitude record of 23.80 feet, set May 5.

Knowland Senate Mt. Weather, Va

Answers to How's Your LQ Quiz on Page Four

The page lists quiz solutions: Fortune telling with Gospel and Psalms England Wife nephew Venice aly One hundred millionth of an inch Casimir Pulaski One son and Edgar Allan Poe Use them They A maid on a light palfrey side saddle horse.

England Venice Aly Edgar Allan Poe

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Jenkins Service Brown Service Phyllis A. Alderman Smalts, Florist Order of the Golden Rule JURY H. C. Christianson Strickler & Wagner Stuart M. Perry, Inc Aece The National Allis Chalmers Cameron Fi Junior Legion Chevrolet Aes Virginia IEE Brumback & Sons N. Cameron St E. Piccadilly St Laathe Cae Kernstown Loy Loudoun St Casimir Pulaski Denny’s Commission Auction Route New American Legion Web Westinghouse P. S United States Auddocr Naugatuck Chemical Division Naugatuck Connecticut Spergen Paygon Aramus Synsio Aienem Durant J
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