Eight Churches Plan Summer Union Youth Services
Eight city churches unite for Sunday evening youth meetings this summer. Braddock Street Methodist, Presbyterian, First Baptist, Evangelical United Brethren, Congregational Christian, Montague Ave Methodist and Cork Street Christian join in a single Union Youth Fellowship from June 17 to August 26 at 6 30 p m with rotating host churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
First Baptist
Evangelical United Thren
Congregational Christ
Montague Ave. Methodist
Cork Street Christian
Braddock St. Methodist Church
Bulical United Brethren
Congregational Christian
Ontague Ave
Congregational Church
Major C. E. Koontz Awarded Bronze Star
Major Clyde E. Koontz brother of Hedrick D. Koontz Advertising Manager of The Star received the Bronze Star medal for meritorious service in Korea from Sept. 2 through Nov. 1950. A World War II veteran, he serves with the Corps of Engineers and is the son of Minor E. Koontz of Harrisonburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde E. Koontz
Hedrick D. Koontz
the Star
Korea
Major Koontz
Minor E. Koontz
Harrisonburg
Corps of Engineers
Bankers Convene at Hot Springs Virginia State Meet
Harold G. Brown of Shenandoah Valley National Bank and Frank Loy and Wilbur Feltner of Farmers and Merchants National Bank attend the Virginia Bankers Convention at Hot Springs. R. F. Burke Steele of Peters burg is nominated president of the Bankers Association and W. M. Early Jr of Orange and T. E. Anderson of Bristol are tabbed for first and second vice presidents. Steele heads the Petersburg Saving and American Trust Bank in Bristol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Frank Loy
Wilbur Feltner
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Hot Springs
R. F. Burke Steele
Petersburg
Banker, Association
W. M. Early, Jr
Orange
T E. Anderson
Bristol
Steele
Petersburg Saving
American Trust Bank
Lloyd Ritter Burial Thursday
Funeral services for Lloyd W. Port Meyer Burial will be at Arlington Cemetery. Ritter was a World War I veteran. Survivors include his mother, a daughter Mrs Eugene Patrick of Atlanta, Ga., and two sisters Mrs Iva Dalton of Lynchburg and Mrs Ruth Hottel of Arlington.
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Lloyd W. Port Meyer
Arlington Cemetery
Ritter
Eugene Patrick
Atlanta
Iva Dalton
Lynchburg
Ruth Hottel
Arlington
J A Hotinger Heads to Mansfield Ohio Insurance Meeting
J A Hotinger of the J A Hotinger Mutual Insurance Co Mansfield Ohio travels to Mansfield for a 1961 agents meeting of the Council. He plans to return home on Saturday after the session in Ohio.
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J. A. Hotinger
Ohio
J. A
Capital Gains Tax Rate To Rise To 28 Percent
The proposal continues page one discussion by raising the capital gains tax rate from 25 percent to 28 percent, aligning with the committee’s earlier increase of one eighth in the top rate for individual income taxes.
Firemen Respond to West Route 50 Truck Blaze
Clearbrook Fire Company raced to Route 50 west where a 1949 International tractor trailer owned by Old Virginia Packing Co. caught fire. The driver Glen Berk lite of Front Royal disconnected the tractor from an empty trailer and allowed the burning unit to roll down a small embankment. Firefighters extinguished the flames but the tractor was a total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearbrook Fire Company
Gore
Glen Berklite
Front Royal
Old Virginia Packing Co
Jets Search Abandoned in Europe After Three Day Hunt
In Frankfurt Germany the U S Air Force ended a three day search for two F 84 jet fighters feared lost in Communist Europe. Dozens of range planes and helicopters scoured Western Germany along the Iron Curtain without success. An Air Force spokesman said word would have reached officials if the jets had gone down in Western airspace. The disappearance was reported to Soviet air controllers in Berlin.
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Frankfurt
Germany
VU. 8S
U. S
Europe
Iron Curtain
Pri- An Air Force
Ber
Russian Regulation On Trade Shipments Blocks West Berlin
Western Allied officials said a new Russian regulation on trade shipments from West Berlin through Soviet occupied territory amounts to a blockade. British French and U S occupation authorities protested to the Russian Control Commission demanding cancellation. They urged West Berlin to ignore it. The regulation was adopted three weeks ago by the raw materials from the eastern occupation zone.
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Berlin
West Berlin
United States
Russian Control Commission
Australians Warned Of Possible Rationing Jubilee Pageantry Marks 50th Anniversary
Canberra reports mark the 50th anniversary of the Federal Government with Governor William McKell warning that peacetime rationing may come. The Jubilee event featured the Commonwealth Parliament and the most extensive pageantry in the capital’s history.
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Canberra
Australia
William McKell
June 16 School Board and Probate Listings in Frederick County
Sales Directory lists multiple June auctions including Mrs Maggie McKay at 14 E Gerrard St Winchester for furniture and household goods. R C McKee 6 miles southeast of Winchester off Rt 11 sells furniture. Jennie L Dwyer at 384 National Ave offers furniture. Frederick County School Board at courthouse advertises Mt Airy school building and lot. Eva Sargent near Clear Brook sells tools furniture household goods. James P Reardon trustee at courthouse auctions real estate near Clearbrook.
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Adams
White Hail
Maggie McKay
E. Gerrard
Winchester
R. C. McKee
Jennie L. Dwyer
National Ave
Frederick County School Board
Frederick County Court House
Mt. Airy
Eva Sargent
Clearbrook
Rt. 11
Rest Church
James P. Reardon
Iran Leaders Vow Oil Nationalization Won't Endanger Peace
In Tehran Prime Minister Mossadegh assures President Truman that Iran's move to nationalize its oil will not threaten the world oil supply or international harmony. The letter was sent to Washington via the U.S. Embassy as Anglo-Iranian Oil Company officials prepare talks ahead of negotiations on Iran's oil industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Tranan
Com- Mossadegh
Truman
Britain
Mass Roundup Of Longshormen In Hoboken Waterfront
Two hundred immigration agents and police conducted a surprise roundup of longshoremen on Hoboken New Jersey waterfront. About 1,000 workers were screened at four piers before 7:50 a.m. EST. sixty men were sent to Ellis Island for further questioning.
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Hoboken
N. J
Hudson River
U.S
Ellis Island
New York Bay
Cuban TV Stations Reported Interfering in City
Ira Sirbaugh of Television and Radio Service Co. says while repairing a TV set in Winchester yesterday, two distant stations from Oklahoma or Florida were received on channels 4 and 6 between 9 a.m. and noon. Roy Unger Neil Woods and others confirmed similar interference at their homes. Sirbaugh notes signals are often faint yet strong enough to disturb regular reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Ira Sirbaugh
Television and Radio Service Co
N.meron
Oklahoma
Florida
Roy Unger
Neil Woods
Real Concern
Lee Grant
al Nelson
Sirbaugh
British Parachute Troops Disembark at Cyprus Harbor
Warrier and Triumph arrived at Famagusta Harbor as 2981 British parachute troops began disembarking with full equipment. They will be moved to camps around the island to bolster Mediterranean garrisons amid regional tensions and the Iran oil crisis.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Warrior
Triumph
Famagusta Harbor
Britain
Mediterranean
Middle East
Iran
Walkouts Hit Virginia CWA Calls Over Contract Standoff
Phone departments halted work session at 1 PM for a two to three hour stoppage. Union says walkouts are a protest over stalled contract talks with C and P. Roanoke Norton and Fredericksburg saw workers leave one to two hours as management covered calls. Contract expired May 18 and was extended to May 30 with 6000 Virginia CWA workers still without a contract.
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DeShields
Roanoke
Norton
Fredericksburg
CWA
Virginia
Presbyterians Name Five Vice Moderators for First Time
Southern Presbyterians on Monday named five vice moderators as part of a church reorganization. Appointments were proposed by Moderator James R. McCain and approved by the 91st General Assembly. The cabinet includes Frank A Mathes Marion A Boggs R A Law C J Hollandsworth and Alton H Glasure. The move aims to share moderator duties and extend ministerial support during assemblies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Mathes
South Highlands Presbyterian Church
Birmingham
Ala
Marion A Boggs
Second Presbyterian Church
Little Rock
Ark
R. A. Law
University of Texas
C. J. Hollandsworth
Lafayette Presbyterian Church
Norfolk
Alton H. Glasure
First Church
St. Petersburg
Fla
McCain
International Christian University of Japan
Assembly
Tokyo
Committee On World Missions
Time continued debate on Korea China lobby and Korea policy
The article reports on senators and generals discussing U.S. policy in Asia. General Wedemeyer questions Korea’s strategic importance and calls for a broader probe into influence peddling including a China lobby and other foreign lobbies. It notes differing views on Formosa, Yugoslavia, and Yalta concessions affecting Chiang Kai-shek.
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Formosa
Marshall Tito
Yugoslavia
China
Yalta
Russia
Manchuria
Chaing Shek
Flanders
R-Vi
Wedemeyer
Korea
U.S
State FFA Set Four Day Meeting at Virginia Tech
More than 1,000 boys attend the Virginia FFA four day meeting at Virginia Tech from June 18 to 21. Activities include livestock dairy poultry and crop judging contests officer interviews and committee meetings with a public speaking contest awards and several degree recognitions. A baseball game and a movie are planned alongside sessions in the student Activities Building and stadium events.
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Charles Moyer
Seaboard Forestry
Chapter Safety
Virginia lodging places closed last year by health dept
The State Health Department closed 555 lodging places in Virginia for failing to meet sanitary rules. All but 267 reopened after renovation and cleaning. The agency also closed 1,122 eating establishments temporarily for low cleanliness standards.
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Richmond
State Health Department
Virginia
Quiz Answers Page Four Reveals Questions and Clues
Answers listed include Korea Tuskegee Institute Lord Nelson Great Britain The Big Bad Wolf Pierre John Tyler and Mason and Dixon's Line. The fragment hints at a mixed set of historical and literary references with no single cohesive event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Nelson
Great Britain
the Big Bad Wolf
Pierre
John Tyler
Mason and Dixon’s Line
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Charles Ashton
C. E. Koontz
Bronze
Lloyd Ritter
Braddock St
Mmasess
Chaembenr
Jones
Rt. 50
Ford Tractors
Old & Reliable Dealer
Bickers
Oak Grove
Presbyterians
Elie
Barr
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Ford-Ferguson
FORD
B. W. Alabaugh
Tuskegee
Glaize & Bro
N. Cameron St
Aervel W. Adams Plumbing
N. Cameron
Chapman Motor CO
Mercury
Frederick Motors
Martinsburg Pike
International Harvester
Brumback & Sons
Loudoun St
de Soto
Heatwolk Motor CO
Braddock
White Hall
Davis
J.E. Adams
Coleman Dunn
Anderson Bros
Clerks
Studebaker
Cather Motors, Inc
E. Piccadilly St
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