Deaths and Funerals in Front Royal and Wiscasset
Deaths reported for Bernard New York City and Front Royal who died July 26 in Wiscasset. Funeral from Front Royal home to Prospect Hill Cemetery with pallbearers named. Also note a Frederick County born woman with four daughters and three sons, funeral at Omps Funeral Home and burial at Old Quaker Cemetery Apple Pie Ridge. Remains to rest at Omps until service.
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Bernard
New York City
Front Royal
Wiscasset
G. B. Samuels
C.S.A
Kathleen Boone Samuels
Ivors
Walter B. Samuels
New Ac Ue
Beverley Samuels
Joseph B. Greene
Kathleen Bobzien
Portia Lee Spencer
Carrie F. Spencer
Edward Macatee
W. Woodward Cook
S. Byrne Downing, Sr
John Earle
Manley Shipe
Herbert Fries
Virginia Ave
Frederick County
William and
Elizabeth Fries Bowen
Fairview Eub Church
Janney Davis
Homer Davis
Route 2
Fries
John Mink
Lebanon
Claskin Brown
David L. Brown
Leslie Brown
Omps
John E. Oliver
Apple Pie Ridge
Serice
Mrs Brown 93 Dies at Home Widow of David F Iip Brown
Mrs Roberta Jane Brown aged 93 of Route 2 died yesterday at 10 30 am. She was widow of David Frank Iip Brown and local residents recall her long community involvement. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Roberta Jane Brown
Route 2
David Frank Iip Brown
Funeral services for Louis C Schmitz and others
Funeral notices list services for Louis C Schmitz Rosary tonight at 8:00 p m at Jones Funeral Home Mass Wednesday at 10:00 a m Sacred Heart Church Also listed are Samuel Gilbert Price Thursday at 1:30 p m Clyde J Sibert Thursday at 3:30 p m Jones Funeral Home Inc
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Mr. Louis C. Schmitz
Jones
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Mr. Samuel Gilbert Price
Mr. Clyde J. Sibert
Racey Funeral Service Held for John B Racey
The funeral service for John B Racey who died Sunday at his Star Tannery home was held this afternoon at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Harold F Fuller and Rev E B Smith officiating. Pallbearers were Robert Racey Tommie Racey William Minor Miles Orndorff Jr John Minor and Robert Solenberger. Burial followed at Mt Hebron Cemetery.
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John B. Racey
Star Tannery
Jones Funeral Home
Harold F. Fuller
E. B. Smith
Robert Racey
Tommie Racey
William Minor
Miles Orndorff, Jr
John Minor
Robert Solenberger
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Funeral service for Louis C. Schmitz Hayfield
Louis C. Schmitz of Hayfield dies Sunday. Funeral at Sacred Heart Church Wednesday at 10 a.m. Rev. Robert O. Hickman officiates. Pallbearers named. Burial in Shenandoah Memorial Park. Rosary tonight at 8 at Jones Funeral Home. Friends may call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis C. Schmitz
Hayfield
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
Robert O. Hickman
Garland Canter
Clyde Hershman
Vincent O'Boyle
Murray Shapiro
Emerson Hill
Werner Burkhardt
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Jones Funeral Home
Father Hickman
Obituary Notes for Local Fire Company Member and Family
A company worker and member of the Old Friendship Fire Company band is mourned in a death notice. Besides his wife he is survived by many nieces and nephews and was the last of his immediate family. A son Wilbur died in 1954. Funeral services were conducted Thursday at 3 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home by Rev Morris Cather and Rev Robert A Whitten. The family requests no flowers.
Price Samuel Gilbert Price 58 dies after brief illness
Samuel Gilbert Price age 58 of Route 1 died Monday at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Frederick County son of the late Samuel Price and Mary Strawbridge Price. He married Retha Keckley in Frederick on May 27 1941. He belonged to Greenwood Methodist Church and Loyal Order of Moose Strasburg Lodge 403. He worked for the American Brake Shoe Company. He is survived by a half-brother Earl Ricketts Martinsburg. Funeral at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Rev. Kenneth B. Whetzell.
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Samuel Gilbert Price
Route 1
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mr. Price
Frederick County
Samuel
Mary Strawbridge Price
Retha Keckley
Frederick
Greenwood Methodist Church
Loyal Order of Moose
Strasburg
Burg
Mrs. B. F. Gochenour
Mrs. Ella Florence Gochenour 79 wife of Benjamin Franklin Gochenour of Lost River West Virginia died early today at Memorial Hospital. Born in Wardensville she was daughter of the late John A and Mary Katherine Dietz and married in 1906. She leaves six children, a large extended family, and graveside services set for Thursday at 2 PM at Lost River Methodist Church with two ministers. Burial will be Greenwood Cemetery. Body remains at Dellinger Funeral Home Woodstock until an hour before service.
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Ella Florence Gochenour
Benjamin Franklin Gochenour
Lost River
W. Va
Memorial Hospital
Wardensville
John A
Mary Katherine Sager Dietz
Gochenour
Ladies Aid
Lost River Methodist Church
Lawrence M. Helsley
B. F. Wright
Greenwood Cemetery
Dellinger Funeral Home
Woodstock
Clyde J Sibert Dies at 96 S Cameron Street
Clyde J Sibert aged 69 died at his home this morning. Born to Fred William and Ida Sibert, he married Viola Johnson in Hagerstown on Sept 11 1911. He was a retired weaver from the Virginia Woolen Company and a member of the Congregational Christian Church and Friendship Fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Jackson Sibert
S. Cameron St
Mr. Sibert
Frederick County
William and
Ida Mowery Sibert
Viola V. Johnson
Hagerstown
Kiwanis Club Picnic Tomorrow at Senseny Park
The Kiwanis Club hosts its annual family picnic tomorrow at 6 p.m. at the Kiwanis Shelter in Senseny Park with pony rides for children after 5 p.m. A Round Table at the George Washington Hotel is planned for those unable to attend, at 12:15 p.m.
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Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Senseny Park
George Washington Hotel
First Major Western Hemisphere Indian Art Exhibit Opens
Chicago Natural History Museum will host the first major exhibit of Indian art from across the Western Hemisphere starting August 1. The show gathers works from diverse regions and promises a panoramic view of indigenous creativity.
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Chicago
Chicago Natural History Museum
Miss Stephenson to Sing Tomorrow at Watergate
Miss Stephenson daughter of Mrs H N Stephenson and Purcellville native appears in Broadway Night at Watergate Washington tomor row evening broadcast from the Watergate barge on the Potomac. Gene Archer Annette May perform duets from Porgy and Bess while Kitty Stephenson sings Broadway hits Can Can Brigadoon and Kiss Me Kate.
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Cover Stephenson
Cathy
Kate
Washington
Harte and Associates
Nixon visits Leningrad and argues for dialogue with the Soviets
Nixon and Admiral Rickover pressed for access to inside reactor areas during a tour of the Lenin in Leningrad. Soviet officials allowed only a limited view, while Rickover demanded full access. The trip straddled tensions and the prospect of Khrushchev visiting the United States.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Nixon
Hyman Rickover
United States
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Rickover
America
Frol R. Kozlov
Red Navy
July 29 Auction Listings in Clarke County area
Sales Directory notes Denny's Commission Auction at 12 miles east of Winchester on Route 7 offering furniture and appliances. Aug 5 at 11 am Mrs Mathew Ebersole, 816 S Cameron St Winchester VA with antiques and personal property. Aug 15 in front of Clarke County Court House Berryville VA W E Edwards Trustee markets Clarke County farm.
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Denny’ S Commission
Winchester
Orndorff & Cole
Mathew Ebersole
S. Cameron St
W. F. Artrip, Jr
W. E. Edwards
Calrke County Court House
Berryville
Clarke County Farm
Charles R. Duvall
Marshall Wins Grand Prize at Winchester Days Event
John C. Marshall of 121 Oates Ave won the $500 grand prize from the Winchester Retail Merchants Association during Winchester Days. The award was a U S Savings Bond distributed at the Frederick County Courthouse after the three day sale event. Other prize winners include Edith Bland, Hariett Massee, Fred Bentzel, Richard K. Eddy, Catherine Swisher, Susan Rogers, Myrtle Massie, Rodney McCauley, and Stuart Pope. Additional bonds remain undelivered. inquiries should be directed to the Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce.
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John C. Marshall
Oates Ave
Winchester Retail Merchants Association
Winchester
U. S
Frederick County
Retail Merchants Association
Edith Bland
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Harriet Massee
White Post
Fred Bentzel
W. Belleview Ave
Richard K. Eddy
Catherine Swisher
Susan Rogers
Stephens City
Kirby
Anna Belle Funk
Myrtle Massie
Stephenson
Rodney McCauley
Route
Stuart Pope
E. R. Huntsberry, Jr
Man With Two Wives Jailed
John T. Wassner, 25, sent his wife Ann to Scotland and then remarried without divorce. Ann returned, announced a divorce, and Wassner was sentenced to a year in jail for outraging public decency in Buffalo New York.
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Buffalo
N.Y
John T. Wassner
Ann
Scotland
John
Nixon Khrushchev visit faces security and political opposition
Authoritative sources note Nixon knows Khrushchev’s visit would raise major security concerns and draw strong opposition from key congressional leaders. Eisenhower said the cons outweighed the pros after weighing the invitation. Tass and Izvestia attack Captive Nations Week as timed with Moscow exhibit openings.
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Nixon
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
United States
Tass
U.S
America
Izvestia
Four Adults and Baby Die in Brooklyn Fire
A blaze in two Brooklyn tenement houses killed four adults and a baby girl. Two women and two men died, four others jumped from the third floor and were hospitalized in serious condition. Three policemen were injured battling the flames. The fire began shortly after 3 a.m and was under control about two hours later, with police labeling the cause suspicious. The district is described as predominantly Negro and Puerto Rican families.
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New York
Brooklyn
Osth Joyce Win Bridge Match at George Washington Hotel
Joyce Osth of Berryville won first place in last night’s Duplicate Bridge at the George Washington Hotel. Mrs Holmes Harper and Richard Bowers took second, Mr and Mrs Lewis Hyde Jr third, and Mrs Herbert Schutte and Mrs John D Glover fourth.
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Robert Osth
Eddie Joyce
Berryville
George Washington Hotel
Holmes Harper
Richard Bowers
Lewis Hyde, Jr
Herbert Schutte
John D. Glover
NAACP Charter Challenge Spurs Open Court Inquiry
Virginia State Bar lawyers pursue revocation of the NAACP state charter. Testimony focused on Lawson and James L. Walker, PTA president at a county Negro elementary school. Walker acknowledged prior NAACP chapter leadership but denied current existence. Lawson testified about pay and fees, while an attorney promised to accept payment if clients cannot. The hearing marked the Boatwright Committee's first open session, with Sen. Fitzpatrick backing public access to testimony on NAACP school litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia State Bar
NAACP
Lawson
James L. Walker
PTA
Walker
Floyd County
Richmond
Boatwright Committee
Earl A. Fitzpatrick
Roanoke
Answers and facts from a fragmented quiz item
The fragment lists items like two feet square as twice the area of two square feet and mentions locations such as Philadelphia and Harvard with terms like Play it and Dry air. It also references Simon Legree and Gold and notes Columbia University owning most Rockefeller Center land in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Harvard
Simon Legree
Columbia University
New York
Rockefeller Center
Weather Today in Virginia With Scattered Thunder Showers
Mostly fair and warm with humid air and widely scattered storms this afternoon and tonight. Lows range 70 to 75 east, 65 to 70 west, 60 to 65 in mountains. no rainfall in past 24 hours. July rainfall so far 4.82 inches. 1959 year to date 19.55 inches.
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Virginia
Patrolman Discovers Drowning Victim Is His Son
Burlington Vermont AP reports Patrolman Donald Ray investigated a drowning at North Beach on Monday and found the victim to be his eight year old son Stephen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington, Vt
Donald Ray
North Beach
Stephen
Eisenhower Aid Limits Cut Back by Congress
Congress set ceilings on foreign aid to friendly nations resisting communism and rejected President Eisenhower's plan for a $500 million advance against next year’s loan funds. The panel also cut $390.295 million from previously authorized totals, reducing the current year's authorization.
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Congress
Eisenhower
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David F. Brown
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Racey Service
Samuel Price
B. F. Gochenour
Clyde J. Sibert
E. Piccadilly St
Wisecarver's Print Shop
Stuart M. Perry
John McKown Light
George Neff
Parkins Mill Road
Marshall
Osth
Joyce
Shawnee Fire CO
Passman
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Building & Loan Association
N. Loudoun
Hansbrough & Carter Building
Bilding
Local Trademarks, Inc
Plumly Lumber
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VA. Shane
Denny’s Commission Auction
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