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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1954
Page
3
William Boyd born June 5 1898 in Cambridge Ohio son of a laborer known as Hopalong Cassidy. He began as an extra in 1919, starred in romances by 1926, made Hopalong Cassidy in 1934, then owned the rights and his own company.
Wilkie V. Hunt, director of the Out-of-Town Membership department of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival, will host a breakfast with assistant directors on Monday at 8 a.m. at the George Washington Hotel Festival headquarters. The meeting will review files and plan to contact former members not yet subscribed in 1954, potentially adding about $1000 to festival income and easing financial worries.
Public auctions at the Frederick County Courthouse totaled 37300 dollars. The Professional Building at 126 N. Braddock St. sold for 29500 to Richard A. Biggs, agent, and the Fawcett place at 122 S. Cameron St. sold for 7800 to Kenneth Henry. Boyd G Headley Jr served as auctioneer for both sales. Sale of Braddock Street property conducted by Dabney Watts and the Cameron Street sale by Commercial and Savings Bank.
The annual memorial service at Redland Methodist Church Whiteacre will be held tomorrow at 2 30 p m. The Rev Emory Ellmore will speak and the service will be conducted by Pastor Rev Martin G Seitz.
A slate of four candidates appears on the ballot for Winchester’s First Ward in next Tuesday’s Common Council election. Incumbent H W Butler Jr leads the field alongside Mrs Dorothy L Allen F L Largent Jr and George E Pully two incumbents aren’t seeking re election are Dr W P McGuire and James R WilkinsPhotos and a list of the four second ward candidates will appear in Monday’s edition of The Star.
DeHaven of Valley Ave wins a seven-run teen-age road e o on Kerr St. under Winchester Jaycees. He earns a wrist watch and an all expense trip to Hopewell to compete for state honors. Second place goes to G Bradford Rinard and third to Hubert Stone. Helen Rinard is the lone girl entrant.
The Senate approved 70 to 1 a proposed constitutional amendment to empower governors to appoint interim House members after a national emergency or disaster that severely reduces membership. It moves to the House for approval before sending to the states for ratification.
The speaker noted that the proposed amendment would allow interim House members to serve only until a regular or special election, but exclude a temporary period since states might decide on that timeframe.
In a tense Central American scene Honduras aligns with the United States to combat communism. A month-old strike disrupts the banana region as the government cracks down and the army expands with U.S. arms. The foreign minister downplays war fears despite regional unease.
The Blue Ridge Parkway draws over 3 million visitors annually and connects with Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee and North Carolina and Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Also highly popular is Lake Mead National Recreation Area spanning Arizona and Nevada.
A 12 member federal jury in Abingdon awarded the Haislip Baking Co of Norton 462611.53 in damages against the United Construction Workers and the United Mine Workers union after a May 29 1950 strike. The five day trial ended with the company claiming forced shutdown and breach of contract. Lawyers for the union planned a motion to set aside the verdict within 90 days. The case followed arguments by both sides and ended with the company stating it was forced to discontinue business.
A dedication program at Calvary Church of the Brethren on Front Royal Road begins with an 11 a.m. service. Dr. Warren D. Bowman president of Bridgewater College will deliver the sermon A Radiant Church. After lunch and a Fellowship Hour the afternoon worship follows at 2 p.m. The Dedicatory Sermon The Church of Your Heart will be preached by Dr. Bowman and a financial statement read before the Service of Dedication.
The Queen Ester Sunday School Class of the Evangelical United Brethren Church will meet next week at 7:30 p m at the home of Mrs. Julian Larrick in Albin. Mrs. Grace Grove will lead devotions.
Two highway deaths last night and today raise Virginia 1954 toll to 292, down from 366 a year ago. Nora Frances Pickeral, 21, of Danville, dies en route to South Boston Hospital after a collision with a car driven by Rowlett Mack Palmer near South Boston on Route 304. Five year old William Lester Bowers of Stafford dies en route to Quantico Marine Hospital after a collision north of Stafford involving a station wagon driven by Jasper Lacy Bowers and a heavy tractor trailer operated by Calvin Eugene Fletcher.
Holifield says congressional testimony shows a serious rift in the Atomic Energy Commission over giving more power to the chairman. The House Senate Atomic Energy Committee seeks public testimony on naming the chairman the principal officer, with commissioners split on the proposal and Strauss noting difficulties without a qualifying phrase for the role.
Funeral services for Ralph Albert Messick 9 of Bartonsville were held Wednesday at Omps Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Bradford and Rev. Floyd Wine officiating. He died Monday from injuries after being thrown from a horse near his home. Interment followed at Green Hill Cemetery Stephens City. Pallbearers and flower bearers listed.
Thirty eight newly elected members of the Market Street Methodist Church Board of Stewards will be installed at 11 a.m. tomorrow. The group serving for the new conference year begins June 1 and includes Cecil Adams, Mrs Mervil Adams, E W Argenbright, J Scott Atkinson, Mrs J Scott Atkinson, and many others. The list also names Nelson Grim, Dr Douglass Hill, C O Hellar, Carl F Horner, Speener M Hose, M Beale Humphries, Wilbur R Johnston, Robert Kellas, John A Kern, Mrs John A Kern, Mrs Melvin Lewis, J Thomas Kremer, Harold C March, E W Pettit Jr, H Delmer Robinson Sr, Mrs Harold A Rowe, Eugene D Russell, Dr R R Sartelle, Carlton F Staples, J A Stretchberry, Howard T White and Harry H Willis.
Francis M. Brill, recent Grace Theological Seminary graduate, will be guest speaker at the First Brethren Church on Berryville Avenue Sunday at 9:45 a.m. with Sunday School at 10:45. Brill, a member of the Winchester church, plans to enter the pastorate. Rev. Paul E. Dick invites the public.
The 40th annual Back Creek District Sunday School Convention will meet at Bethel Methodist Church Gore on Thursday at 10 am. Theme Christ Calls for World Justice and Peace. The program features Rev Roy E Neff welcome by John LaFollette and Nelson Baker response. Major speakers include Minor C Miller and Rev G F Park with Ada Glass Baker. District schools Bethel St John Gravel Springs Lamps Memorial Mt Pleasant EUB Mountain View. Officers: M C Williams president M A Wiley vice president Anna Mae Wilkins secretary treasurer.
A Sikh prayer house in New Delhi collapsed killing five children and injuring 65 others. Rescue teams evacuated survivors and searched the debris for more victims.
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