Town Finds Few Yankees For Battle Re-Enactment
In Brice's Crossroads Mississippi volunteers enlist to play Yankees or Rebels for a Civil War re enactment marking the 90th anniversary. An enlistment booth in Baldwyn signs up soldiers while organizers expect about 200 fighters and 25 000 spectators. The event aims to lift morale though the historical battle had little impact on the war.
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Brice’s Crossroads
Miss
Brice
Crossroads
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Claude Gentry
Memphis
Tenn
Baldwyn
Gentry
Mississippi
Forrest
Vicksburg
Confederacy
Sherman
Georgia
Mrs. Tomblin Dies In Hospital Here
Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Tomblin of Clarke County died yesterday afternoon in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Survived by her husband W W L Tomblin and seven sons and five daughters, services set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Enders Funeral Home Berryville with burial in Green Hill Cemetery. Includes corrections from Memorial Day Services notice.
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Nancy Elizabeth Tomblin
Clarke County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Albert William
Laura Lloyd Thompson
Berryville
Nelson Carlisle
Marshall Thompson
Charles Town
H. H. Jacob
Webb Webster
Enders Funeral Home
A .R. Mays
Berryville Methodist Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Primary Elections Hold in Dakota Nevada and Alabama
South Dakota Democrats failed to reach their protest vote goal for farm program changes yet they counted roughly twice their 1952 votes. Nevada sees Vail Pittman likely victorious for governor. Charles Russell renominated. Walter Baring favored for Nevada’s lone seat. Alabama sees multiple Folsom endorsed candidates win runoff bids with George Huddleston Jr. likely to take Congress seat.
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South Dakota
Nevada
Alabama
Joe Foss
Ed C. Martin
Senate
Earl E. Mundt
R-Sd
Kenneth Holum
Mundt
Holum
Vail Pittman
Charles Russell
Walter Baring
Clifton Young
New
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Birmingham
George Huddleston Jr
Laurie C. Battle
Battle
John Sparkman
Ala
Hartman Returns Home After Florida Illness
Middletown Mayor C. S. Hartman and his wife traveled to Florida January 7 for a few months. Hartman fell ill March 13 and underwent a serious operation March 30 at Halifax Hospital Daytona Beach. He recovered and drove back to Middletown April 29, finding neighbors had planted and cared for their garden in their absence.
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Middletown
C. S. Hartman
Florida
Halifax
Daytona Beach
Hartman
Hartmans
New Smyrna Beach
Mrs. H. N. Coffee
Senate May After Social Security Bill Clears House
The House passed the social security bill by 355 to 8 and sent it to the Senate for potential tailoring. It would extend coverage to about 9.7 million more people, raise the wage base, boost benefits, and allow retirees under 75 to work more while preserving benefits. The measure also brings 3.6 million farm operators and 1.3 million farm workers under coverage, plus 3.5 million state and local employees, with options to stay out. policemen and firemen are excluded.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Sen
Millkin
R-Cole
Senate Finance Committee
American Medical Assny
Meteorite Falls Recorded Worldwide to 1451 Locations
Records show meteorite falls documented at 1 451 sites on Earth to a few years ago, with about 500 of those in the United States.
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Earth
United States
Lost Boy Delays Police at Braintree Station
A three year old lost boy was held at the Braintree police station for two hours. He dumped police files, pulled drawers, disrupted the teletype and telephone switchboards, and beaned Lt. Francis Naguire with a flashlight. Patrols were sent to find his parents.
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Braintree
Mass
Francis Naguire
Real Estate Transfers Round Winchester Area
A sequence of conveyances lists transfers by H L Patton Sr Ira Orndorff Gilbert A Brill and wife Ray G Brill Holmes E Yaekley and wife Stuart M Perry Inc Warren B Bowman Jr and wife Jessie James Poe and wife Susan J Tokes to Walter C Oliver and wife Albert T Rinker and wife John M Hepfer Beulah M Carpenter and wife Stuart M Perry Inc Harry L Buncutter and wife Sallie Shirley and husband Lena Anderson William R Cole and wife J B Parker G H Richard and others to Paul W Richard and wife city records show parcels with cons and locations in Shawnee Back Creek Stonewall Frederick counties near Winchester plus specific street addresses and acreages.
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H. L. Patton
Ira Orndorff
Winchester
Greenwood Road
Shawnee
Gilbert A. Brill
Ray G. Brill
Back Creek
Mt. Falls
Holmes E. Yaeakley
Stuart M. Perry, Inc
Warren B. Bowman, Jr
Jessie James Poe
D. J. Bowman
Susan J. Tokes
Walter C. Oliver
Route 620
Frederick County
Albert T. Rinker
John M. Hepfer
Stonewall
Beulah M. Carpenter
Stuart M. Perry
J. B. Parker
Newton Road
G. H. Richard
Paul W. Richard
City OF
Clarke County Voters Totals 1,834 with Berryville and Boyce in Reach
Clarke County records show 1,834 qualified voters with Berryville and Boyce eligible to vote in next November election. A list compiled by County Treasurer Ann H. Cooley and filed with County Clerk Loring C. Kackley breaks down 1,737 white and 107 colored voters across districts Greenway Chapel Battletown Longmarsh Berryville and Boyce. The count is three fewer than 1953 and reflects lower participation outside presidential years with upcoming county offices on the ballot.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Boyce
Ann H. Cooley
Loring C. Kackley
Greenway
Chapel
Battletown
Longmarsh
Commonwealth’s Attorney
Revenue
Joke Backfires In Domestic Dispute At Divorce Hearing
Robert G. Forbes testified in a Portland divorce case that he pretended to be drunk to fool his wife Mildred Forbes. He said she struck him in the eye with a whisky bottle, nearly causing injury, during their six weeks of marriage.
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Portland
Maine
Robert G. Forbes
Mildred Forbes
Forbes
Grover Whalen Birthday Remembrance
Grover Whalen born June 2 1886 in New York City was a perfume company executive and famed New York official greeter. He held public offices including police commissioner and chaired New York World Fair efforts and during World War II directed civil defense for New York City.
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Grover Whalen
New York City
An International Perfume Corporation
New York
Grover
Grover Cleveland
New York City Mayors Since 1665 Seventy-Six Leaders
The text traces the city’s unbroken mayoral succession from 1665 to the present, noting that Robert F. Wagner is the 02nd to hold the office. Mayors and city officers are sworn in on January 1 after their election, and each official must pay 6 cents to the city clerk.
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New York City
Robert F. Wagner
Oath of Office Fee Charged to City Employees Originates
An old law requires payment of a filing oath for all city employees from clerical staff to top officials. The oath must be filed and the fee paid as part of taking office duties.
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