Deaths and Funerals Notice
Rompe Funeral Home reports burial in Mt Hebron Cemetery for local resident who lived with his son G Miller Lynn Sr after moving to Hagerstown years ago. Survived by wife Sarah Miller who died December 13. Pallbearers listed include W F Arstrip Ora Fultz Guy Smith Jesse B Lewis Lewis Hudson and W Frederick County resident.
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Rompe Funeral
Floyd Wine
Mt. Hebron
W. F. Arstrip
Ora Fultz
Guy Smith
Jesse i B. Lewis
Lewis Hudson
Frederick County
Hagerstown
G. Miller Lynn
Sarah Miller
Mrs. Jennie E March Scott Dies at Fredericksburg Bereavement
Mrs Alfred Scott formerly Jennie E March died yesterday at the Baptist Home for the Aged in Culpeper She born Winchester daughter of the late Robert S E and Lizzie M March Survivors include son John E Scott of Fredericksburg and daughter in law Mrs William J Coffman of Front Royal One son Alfred R Scott predeceased her Funeral Friday at 1 p m in the Chapel of the First Baptist Church Fredericksburg Burial in Fredericksburg
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Alfred D. Scott
First Baptist Church
Fredericksburg
Fredericksiburg
Curb Market Opens Saturday Seasonal Start
Farmers Curb Market opens this Saturday at 6 a.m. in the County Parking Lot Kent and Roscoe Streets. Market Master Clarence Fletcher announces weekly Saturday openings through summer featuring produce such as onions lettuce radishes apples eggs cured meat dressed rabbits and baked goods.
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Clarence Fletcher
Kent and
Roscauéen Sts
Horse Show Sunday At Equitation Field
The Lewis Meee Horse Show is scheduled for Sunday at noon at the Winchester Equitation Field. Local riders from area stables are set to compete in morning and afternoon classes across multiple divisions.
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Equitation
Winchester
Danforth Foundation Honors Four at Clarke County High
Danforth Foundation awards were presented at Clarke County High School final assembly naming Clint McWhinney Linda Murphy Graham Morrison and Patricia Carpenter among recipients Miss Martha McDonald received a State Homemakers Degree trophy for top home economics contribution Mrs Joseph Cepelka presented it Agriculture instructor Joseph C Huffman announced six students Brad ley Grove Charles Mercer David Duvall Sammy Buckley Gene Ray Larrick Louis Foltz will receive State Farmers Degrees in Blacksburg this summer with national rating possible for the FFA chapter Lowell Crim named to the State FFA band
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Berryville
Danforth Foundation
Clint McWhinney
Linda Murphy
Graham Morrison
Patricia Carpenter
Clarke County High School
Martha McDonald
Joseph Cepelka
Joseph C. Huffman
Wool Shipment In Clarke Pool Rises Significantly
Clarke Pool wool intake nearly doubles last year with 58 740 pounds valued at 31 072 16 dollars. County Agent John Gerken cites strong prices and more buyers as reasons. Wool arrived from Clarke Frederick Jefferson Warren Page Shenandoah and Rockingham Counties.
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Berryville
John Gerken
Gerken
Mar
Clarke
Frederick
Jefferson
Warren
Page
Shenandoah
Rockingham
Highway Toll Stands at 286 in Virginia
Virginia's 1960 highway death toll reached 286, down from 312 a year earlier. Local fatalities include 80-year-old Margaret Pratt Alder of Ewing fatally struck on U S 58 near Ewing in Lee County and 57-year-old Marvin Edgar Elkins of Christiansburg killed when his truck veered off State Rt 99 and he fell from the cab.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Margaret Pratt Alder
Ewing
U.S. 58
Lee County
Marvin Edgar Elkins
Christiansburg
State Rt. 99
Polish Catholics Clash With Police In Warsaw Church Row
Roman Catholics and police clashed in Warsaw after authorities moved to take over a church building to use as a community center. The unrest grew from hundreds to thousands, with tear gas deployed and injuries and arrests reported.
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Warsaw
Poland
Iar
Poznan
Nowa Huta
Handley Library Board Names Committees
Handley Library Board formed names committees at its first regular meeting. Temporary chair H. K. Benham announced Mrs. E. M. Whiting and Mrs. Robert Green to plan an improved children's reading room. Mrs. J. A. Hotinger to secure local organizational help. Charles Dick to transfer insurance and finances and arrange a new treasurer.
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Handley Library Board
H. K. Benham
Benham
E. M. Whiting
Robert Green
J. A. Hotinger
Charles Dick
Handley Board of Trustees
Pupil Placement Board Resigns Over School Mixing Policy
Richmond AP report notes Virginia State Pupil Placement Board resignations after stating its policy was to fight any mixing in public schools. The three members said they cannot compel integration and describe the court ruling as a restraint on discrimination, citing placement statistics and a Norfolk case as examples.
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Richmond
Via
Bard
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Almond
Commonwealth
A. A. Farley
Danville
Hugh V. White
Nansemond
Beverley H. Randolph Jr
Virginia
U.S. Supreme Court
Grayson
Pulaski
Norfolk
Norfolk School Board
Federal District Court
Surgery Delayed Hours Awaiting Permission
In Redlands California a 16 year old boy identified as Donald England lay gravely wounded with a bullet in the head after an accidental rifle discharge in a canyon east of Redlands. Doctors waited two hours for written consent from his mother Joy England before operating and then performed the life saving surgery. The patient was reported out of danger later that day at a Redlands hospital.
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Redlands
Calif
Donald
England
Los Angeles
Joy England
UVa Community Colleges Appoint Vaughan as Chancellor
Dr Joseph L Vaughan named to lead University of Virginia community colleges Vaughn will oversee Clinch Valley College in Wise and George Mason College in Fairfax while continuing as English division chair in the engineering school He succeeds to supervising the two campuses under UVa president Dr Edgar F Shannon
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Joseph L. Vaughan
Edgar F. Shannon
Shannon
Vaughan
Clinch Valley College
Wise
George Mason College
Fairfax
Lynchburg
Tibetan Rebellion Flares as Chinese Face Tibetan Guerrillas
AP dispatch from PARC Bhutan dated May 27 reports heavy fighting in south central Tibet between Tibetan guerrillas and Chinese forces with truckloads of Chinese dead brought to Gyantse. Refugees flee into Sikkim and Bhutan as Panchen Lama’s fate and monastery monks amid clashes raise tensions along the Nepal and Sikkim borders.
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Parc
Bhutan
Tibet
Gyantse
Lhasa
Ladakh
Nepal
Sikkim
Shigatse
Dzong
Dalai Lama
Jigme Palden Dorji
Vegetables Grow on Citys Main Street
In Jeannette Pennsylvania vegetables and flowers sprout along a main business street as merchants protest delays in a widening and repaving project. The seven block stretch was to be finished by now but water line work and a gas company strike slowed progress.
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Jeannette, Pa
Pennsylvania
Weather outlook for Virginia today and Friday
Cloudy in Virginia with possible showers or thunderstorms tonight. Lows range from 60 to 65 degrees, cooler in the mountains at 55 to 60. Friday brings continued cloudiness and warmth with scattered showers and thunderstorms expected.
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Virginia
Rainfall totals and averages by month
Rainfall data show 1960 year totals with 16.59 inches to date and 36.85 inches as average annual rainfall over 47 years. Monthly averages are listed from January through December, noting higher values in mid year and lower in winter.
Blind Girl Wins Latin Contest in Virginia
A blind Norfolk girl Karen Louise Gerald, taught by L Pearl Tuck at Maury High, tied for first in the second year Latin category with Ann McMurray of St Agnes Alexandria. Other state winners include Eddie Lowry James Monroe Fredericksburg and Jean Luck Cauthorne St Catherine Richmond. About 358 certificates were given from 12 000 Latin students judged at Mary Washington College.
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Fredericksburg
Norfolk
Karen Louise Gerreald
Classical Association of Virginia
L. Pearl Tuck
Maury High School
Karen
Ann McMurray
St. Agnes’ School
Alexandri
Eddie Lowry
James Monroe High School
Jean Luck Cauthorne
St. Catherine’s School
Richmond
Stanley Ward
William Flemin
Roanoke
R. E. Sumner
Mary Washington College
Mary, Washington
Answers to I Q Q Questions
Jenny Lind Theodore Roosevelt The Articles of Confederation Yes John Barrymore No East By the day No he was acquitted Fifty two
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Jenny Lind
Theodore Roosevelt
John Barrymore
Local Auctions and Estate Sales in Virginia June Listings
June sales include IV Va Auction Co listing estate of H R Barley near Stephens City with furniture and goods. Mrs Mary Reed sale near Winchester with furniture. George Hoover estate at 928 Franklin St Winchester. Peter McKee real estate special commissioner sale in Frederick County Court House. Harold Cooper farm machinery near Star Tannery. Massie and Snarr real estate in Brucetown.
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Lawrence CO. Kenyon
Greenfield Farm
Gilbert’s Corner
Rt. 15
Haymarket
H. R. Barley
Stephens City
B. O. Brumback
Mary Reed
Hubert Williamson
Winchester
Senseng Road
W. F. Artrip,Jr
Esstate
George F. Hoover, Sr
Franklin St
Boyd G. Headley, Jr
Peter K. McKee
Frederick County
Court House
E. T. Snider
Sonnet
Harold H. Cooper
Star Tannery
Parm Machinery
Massie & Snarr
Frederick County Court House
Brucetown
Charles R. Duvall
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Zine Gore
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Soviet Union
Handley Library Board Names Committees
Uva Community Colleges
Henry S. Bradsher
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