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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1956

Page

2

Infant dies at home in city

Tessa Lynn White seven weeks old daughter of Mr and Mrs William E White of 550 N Loudon St died early this morning at home She was born in the city on April 21 1956 Surviving are her parents one sister Susan Let White maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Ralph W Welsh paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs E R Todd Funeral service will be held Tuesday at 10 am at Jones Funeral Home with Dr Edward T Clark pastor First Baptist Church Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery The remains will rest at Zones Funeral Home until the time of the service

Tessa Lynn White William E. White N. Loudoun St Susan Let White Ralph W. Welsh E. R. Todd Jones Funeral Home Edward T. Clark First Baptist Church Mount Hebron Cemetery Zones

Quiz Page Answers Include Names and Items

The page lists numbered quiz answers such as two for question four and details like a cow and a calf, Sh for Fashism, Mortar, Averill Herriman, and Arabian, plus notes on shaving and dressing the head.

Averill Herriman

Funeral Service for Tersa L White at Jones Funeral Home

Funeral services for Tersa L White are set for Tuesday at 10 00 a m at Jones Funeral Home. The arrangements are being handled by Jones Funeral Home with visitation prior to the service as announced.

Tersa L. White

Jefferson-Jackson Club Adopts Nine Part Program

The Jefferson-Jackson Democratic Club of Northern Virginia adopted a nine part program outlining aims and purposes at a meeting in the Frederick County Courthouse. Landon B. Whitacre of Frederick County was named president and John Friant of Clarke County chaired the committee to draft the program. Members on Friant's committee included Mrs. Clifton Price, Frank Miller, Mrs. C. B. Harlee, Roger Koontz, and Mrs. Ormand Demorest. Col. Daniel Wright of Frederick City, a veteran sanitary engineer with service in many countries, spoke as guest.

Jefferson-Jackson Democratic Club Northern Virginia Frederick County Landon B. Whitacre John Friant Clarke County Friant Clifton Price Frank Miller C. B. Harlee Roger Koontz Ormand Demorest Col Daniel Wright Near East

Youth Talks of Jump as Lovers Argue at Ventura Lodge

A 17 year old boy Frank A Williams and his girlfriend Sandra Swinton were on a hotel roof five stories high. After a tense standoff lasting about 30 minutes Williams stepped back from the ledge and was taken by police for observation. Swinton was hospitalized for shock.

Ventura Calif Sandra Swinton Frank A. Williams Williams Santa Monica Miss Swinton

June 20-30 sales directory auctions in Winchester Virginia

A series of auction listings for June including Mrs Pearl Spicknell in Albemarle County, C V S Riley in Valley Avenue, L J Sargent on Cameron Street, Haden G Heironimus estate at Winchester Rt 3, Chanticleer Inn auctions, and real estate in front of Frederick County Court House. Auctioneers include Headley, W D Orndorff, Boyd G Headley Jr, FE Snider, and special commissioners.

Pearl Spicknell Albin Headley’s L. J. Sargent S. Cameron St Winchester W. D. Orndorff Haden G. Heironimus Home Place Bartonsville Boyd G. Headley, Jr Tues. & Wed Chanticleer Inn West Boscawen St FE. T. Snider John FP. Anderson J. Edward Thoma Frederick County Court House Brucetown E. T. Snider

U S Agents Confused in 1949 Pirogov Incident

U S Senate subcommittee says American agents mistook each other for Soviet spies in a Washington restaurant arrest attempt seven years ago. Pirogov, seeking to deter Barsov from returning to Russia, believed he narrowly escaped kidnapping. Barsov had defected pilot ties to the Soviet Embassy.

Washington Senate Internal Security Subcommittee U. S Peter Pirogov Pirogev Pirogov White House Anatole Barsov Barsov Russia Soviet Union

Southern States Segregation Status by Routh Divides Three Groups

Norman Oklahoma A Southern educator and Frederick B. Routh assistant director of the Southern Regional Council described states as desegregating waiting and hard core. He classified Oklahoma Kentucky Texas Arkansas as desegregating Tennessee North Carolina Virginia Florida as waiting Alabama Louisiana Georgia South Carolina Mississippi as hard core. The remarks were at the Southern Conference on Human Relations at the University of Oklahoma with about 115 educators attending.

Norman Okla Frederick B. Routh Southern Regional Council Atlanta Oklahoma Kentucky Texas Arkansas Tennessee North Carolina Virginia Florida Alabama Louisiana Georgia South Carolina Mississippi Routh Southern Conference On Human Relations University of Oklahoma The University Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith

Mrs. Barb Dies In Hospital Here

Margaret Louise Barb 31 wife of James K. Barb of Clearbrook former Shenandoah County resident died yesterday morning at Winchester Memorial Hospital after two months as a patient. She was born December 5, 1924 in York Pennsylvania daughter of Mr and Mrs Kirby Miller. She leaves two sons Marvin Lee and Billy G Barb, one brother Roy Miller and two half sisters. Funeral Sunday at 2 from Dellinger Chapel Woodstock with Rev B W Coe officiating, burial Cedarwood Edinburg. The body is at Dellinger Funeral Home Woodstock.

Margaret Louise Barb James K. Barb Clearbrook Shenandoah County Winchester Memorial Hospital Mrs. Barb Kirby Miller Winchester York Pennsylvania Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Marvin Lee Billy G. Barb Roy Franklin Miller Ben Sylvious Jackson Maize Frye New Freedom Penn Dellinger Woodstock B. W. Coe Cedarwood Cemetery Edinburg Elwood Luttell J. W. Luttrell O. A. Hott Charles Clowser Raymond Didawick Ray Henry Dellinger Funeral Home

Altizer Funeral Monday Afternoon

Funeral service for Mrs Pau line Marie Altizer 21 drowned in a Shenandoah boating accident will be held Monday at 2 pm in Maddox Funeral Home Front Royal. Rev C A York will officiate burial in Bennett Cemetery. Survived by husband Ed Altizer parents Eston Cook and Helen Burklite and several siblings.

Pauline Marie Altizer Shenandoah Maddox Funeral Home Front Royal C. A. York Stephens City Billy Bobby Howard Betty Shirley Nancy Charles Burklite

Zeilor Funeral Set After Shenandoah Boat Accident

A funeral service for Douglas Marshall Zeilor will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Front Royal. Rev. Paul L. Stagg will officiate. Burial follows at Greenway Cemetery in Berkeley Springs West Virginia. Zeilor, born May 1 1931 in Martinsburg, is survived by his parents Hammond and Mary Zeiler and two daughters Patricia and Sheila. He had lived in Jacksonville Florida the past four years and managed a jewelry store repair department. He was twice married and divorced. Grandmother Valle Shriver of Berkeley Springs also survives.

Douglas Marshall Zeilor Shenandoah First Baptist Church Front Royal Paul L. Stagg Greenway Cemetery Berkeley Springs W. Va Mr. Zeiler Martinsburg Hammond Zeiler Mary Shriver Zeiler Jacksonville Fla Patricia Sheila Valle Shriver

Explorers Leave Monday on 2000 Mile Cross Country Trip

Local Explorer Scouts from Shenandoah Area Council will meet a chartered bus in Winchester at 8 15 Monday morning for a 2000 mile trek to Philmont Scout Ranch Cimarron New Mexico. A briefing at Camp Rock Enon last weekend covered axemanship trail cooking dutch oven packing duffel tying a diamond hitch foot care and hiking methods.

Shenandoah Winchester Philmont

Royal Ball Climaxed Queen Elizabeth Visit in Sweden

In Stockholm the British Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret joined European royalty and Swedish nobility at a Town Hall ball on the waterfront. The royal event marked the climax of the royal visit to Sweden, with dancing into the early hours and attendance by prominent Windsor and Nordic figures.

Stockholm Sweden Britain Elizabeth II Princess Margaret Water Front Elizabeth Duke of Edinburgh

O Sullivan proposals and union meeting planned

O Sullivan set forth a wage package proposal and seven cent general raise along with six paid holidays. A special mass meeting of union members is scheduled for 3 p.m. Monday at the Armory to hear company response. Vincent Catarella noted producer health at the plant while the board delayed quarterly dividend payment of 25 cents per share due July 1.

Armory William Kuehner Pittsburgh Urclpwa Vincent Catarella O'Sullivan Rubber Corporation

Presbyterians Plan 25-Volume Bible Commentary

The Southern Presbyterian Church plans a 25 volume Bible commentary for lay readers to aid Sunday School teachers. Dr Balmer H. Kelly will edit the project, with initial funding of 65 000 dollars and a total cost expected above 500 000 dollars. The work will take about ten years and offer affordable paperback editions. The first four volumes are slated for 1959 if the timetable holds.

Richmond Southern Presbyterian Church Dwight Chalmers Presbyterian Southern Presbyterian Board of Christian Education Balmer H. Kelly Union Theological Seminary

Wedding Unites Two Prominent Green Bay Families

In Green Bay a Union Congregational Church ceremony joins Miss Charlotte Ann Fisk and William Astor of New York City. Both 20, they met at Northwestern University and will resume studies after the wedding. They plan a Caribbean honeymoon and will live in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.

Green Bay Wis Union Congregational Church Charlotte Ann Fisk William Astor New York City Northwestern University Evanston, Ill Caribbean Basking Ridge N. J Miss Fisk Earl Ellsworth Fisk Astor Raymond Guest King George, Va John Jacob Astor II Miami Beach Fla

Whitney Said Next Ambassador To Great Britain

Newsday reports John Hay Whitney, millionaire industrialist and philanthropist, as next U S ambassador to Great Britain after Winthrop Aldrich resigns. Whitney, 51, funds education projects and donated to Yale. his grandfathers held notable federal posts.

Whitney Great Britain Garden City N.Y Newsday John Hay Whitney U. S Long Island Winthrop Aldrich John Hay Whitney Foundation

Dutch Premier Denies Rumors of Queen Juliana Abdication

The Hague reports that Prime Minister Willem Drees dismissed rumors of Queen Juliana abdicating or separating from Prince Bernhard as unfounded. No official talks or plans have been confirmed.

the Hague Netherlands Juliana Prince Bernhard Willem Drees

Dems Reluctant To Back Foreign Aid Says Neuberger

Senator Neuberger of Oregon says many Democrats fear backing the foreign aid bill to avoid incurring Republican political attacks. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met unusually on Saturday to push a 4.50 billion dollar measure past the House level with military funding up by six hundred million. The panel cut twelve point four million from technical sections as debate centers on the aid package and party endorsements.

Washington Sen Neuberger D-Ore George D-Ga Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senate House Oregon

Gainesboro PTA Plans Yard Party and Supper

Gainesboro PTA met to organize a yard party and supper at the school on July 4 at 5 pm. The event offers country ham or fried chicken meals, both in the cafeteria and outside, with prizes and a food auction to raise funds for the cafeteria and school needs.

Gainesboro Parent-Teachers Association Joshus Place Gainesboro School

Florida delegates balk at Nixon endorsement at GOP meeting

In Jacksonville Florida delegates to the GOP National Convention refused to endorse Nixon for reelection or for president if Eisenhower does not run. They praised Nixon for service but kept no office endorsement while Eisenhower recovers at Walter Reed Hospital after emergency surgery.

Lcans Humphrey Eisenhower Jacksonville Fla Florida Nixon Walter Reed Army Hospital

Notice on roof upgrades for defective slate homes

Homeowners with slate roofs can apply J. M. asphalt shingle weather lock over existing roofs and save by insulating attics with J. M. Brown Spintex. Free surveys offered with years to pay. Write Better Homes Inc at 65 W Franklin St Hagerstown Maryland or H L Cooke at 237 Parkway Ave Winchester Virginia.

J. M J. M. Brown Better Homes, Inc W. Franklin St Hagerstown H. L. Cooke Parkway Ave Winchester

Commencement at Old Bethel Bible School Honors

The Old Bethel Bible School held its commencement Sunday at 6 PM after a week long session led by Mrs Joseph Pent. Seventy four pupils and 17 teachers enrolled. Subjects covered included Together in Our Church, Our Bible, Discovering the Lands of the Bible, and Book of the Ages. Teachers and workers listed, with Miss Nancy Davis serving as pianist. The offering project aimed at Sending Stories of Jesus to India.

Old Bethel Bible School Joseph Pent Mary Boyce Fitha Brown Virginia Shirley Hazel Ferguson Lillian Bradley Ruth Barley Gay Ann Miller Nancy Wehrheim Hilda Miller Elsie Fogle Cathryn Strowbridge Jean Unger Carl Paught Cornelia Unger Nancy Davis Jésus India

Minor fires prompt three area fire calls

Area fire departments responded to three minor incidents in the last 24 hours with little damage. Lightning sparked a power line and burned meter boxes at 5:45 p m on Chamblin Baker’s porch. Oil in a cabinet stove caused odor at 231 Kern Street and grease on an electric stove burned briefly at 322 Haddox Row.

Stephens City Fire Company William Godenour Friendship and Sarah Zane Fire Companies Haddox Row

Also Mentioned on This Page

Jones Funeral Home, Inc Wee Company S. Loudoun St Dearborn Minor Motor CO Loudoun St Christianson N. Cameron ST Chipman Green Chemical Co Wyck St DUFF Cammer Tire CO Seiberling Tires Beaddoeck St U.S Pirogrov Barb Altizer Zeilor O’sulivan PAPEC C. J. Brumback & Sons Presbyterians Plan Allie-Chalmers Allis-Chalmers Sales and Service P.T.O Barr’s, Inc PTA Harriman Old Bethel Sarah Zane Fire Kern St Walter Kerns E. 8. Fletcher P. m W. D. Orndorfyf, Auctioneer L. J. Largen Haden G Heironimus the Commercial & Savings Bank Winchester, Va Shawnee V. F Ladies’ Auxiliary Governor Winthrop Boston Currier and Ives Franklin Westinghouse Hobart A. Lee Coble F. T Snider
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