Five to Join Winchester Kiwanis Club Tomorrow
Five members are to join the Winchester Kiwanis Club at the regular luncheon tomorrow at 12 15 p m in the George Washington Hotel. They are Robert Pullen Dr Frederick Sprecher Robert Chaplin Melvin Singer and Louis Schmitz. The meeting will be a business session with committee chairmen reporting. The board of directors meets next month at 7 30 p m at the George Kingston Hotel.
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Winchester Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Robert Pullen
Frederick Sprecher
Robert Chaplin
Melvin Singer
Louis Schmitz
George
Kington Hotel
Martinez Grabs Second Victory Over Gavilan in Jersey City
Vince Martinez secured his second straight win over ex welterweight champ Kid Gavilan in New Jersey and eyed a September shoot with Carmen Basilio. Martinez weighed options for August in Newark against Peter Waterman or Ralph Dupas as Basilio contract talks with Sugar Ray Robinson stretched on.
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Jersey City
N. J
Vince Martinez
Kid Cavilan
Riler
Carmen Basilio
Newark
Peter Waterman
Ralph Dupas
New Orleans
Basilio
Ruppert Stadium
Billy Daly
Martinez
Gavilan
Waterman
Carmen
Sugar Ray Robinson
Robinson
IBC
Gaspar Ortega
Los Angeles
Leng DeMarco
Watt Receives Soil and Mechanics Awards From FFA
Wm James Watt son of Mr and Mrs John Watt of Gore receives Soil and Water Management and Farm Mechanics awards from the Future Farmers of America Foundation Virginia district. Watt farms with his father and brother in Timber Ridge Frederick County. awarded for pond construction contour planting 14 acres pasture renovation and machinery work at James Wood shop. He placed third in State Tractor Driving and State Farm Shop Judging at Blacksburg and will study Agricultural Engineering at VPI before returning to the farm.
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James Watt
John Watt
Gore
Virginia Association of Future Farmers Today
Future Farmers of America Foundation, Inc
Virginia
Young Watt
Timber Ridge
Frederick County
James
James Wood
Fan Blade Fatality in Junkyard Accident
Gerald Smith a 17 year old youth testing a car motor in a Chicago junkyard was struck by a radiator fan blade that snapped off and pierced his stomach causing death.
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Chicago
Gerald Smith
Public hearing on Tel Co building in Stonewall District
The Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on July 8 1957 at 10:00 A M regarding a petition by American Telephone and Telegraph Co of Virginia. The plan requests erecting a masonry one story building 12 by 14 feet about 147 east of Route 11 near the garage on J W Jolliffe's lot. Lee N Whitacre Clerk.
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Board of Supervisors
American Tel. & Tel. Co
Virginia
Planning Commission
Route 11
Stonewall
J. W. Jolliffe
Lee N. Whitacre
Church of the Brethren Opens 171st Conference in Richmond
The 171st annual Church of the Brethren conference opened in Richmond with a pastors retreat at Second Baptist Church. About 10,000 members are expected. the first session is at 7 30 p.m. The board approved higher min salaries to 3600 yearly and the construction of a new Elgin headquarters worth 1 million dollars. Observances mark the denomination’s 250th founding anniversary with events in Germantown Des Moines and Schwarzenail Germany.
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Church of the Brethren
Second Baptist Church
Seward Hiltner
University of Chicago
Henry Lee Robison Jr
Elgin
Mother Church
America
Germantown
Des Moines
Iowa
Brethren
Schwarzenail
Germany
Virginia Counts Three More Road Deaths in year
Virginia reported three more highway fatalities raising the yearly toll to 343. Mae M. Conaway of Dalton Georgia died in a Buckingham County crash on U S 60 near Sprouse s Corner when her car slid into a collision vehicle and rolled over. James T Pulliam 14 of Virgilina died in South Boston hospital from head injuries after being struck while removing a newspaper from a mailbox. Wallace C Hibbard 20 of Triangle Prince William County died four miles north of Stafford Court House on U S 1 when his sports car hit a tractor trailer.
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Virginia
Mae M. Conaway
Dalton
U.S. 60
Sprouse’s Corner
Conaway
Halifax County
James T. Pulliam
Virgilina
South Boston
Wallace C. Hibbard
Triangle
Prince William County
Stafford Courthouse
U.S. 1
Stafford County
Episcopal Magazine Stops Publication
The Episcopal Churchnews will cease publication with the August 18 issue. Directors cited small circulation and no path to self support for the national magazine founded in 1951, with a 20 000 circulation and ongoing deficits. Richmond offices were notified by Bishop Robert F. Gibson, with editor Rev. Dr. William S. Lea moving to Denver.
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Richmond
Southern Churchman
Robert F. Gibson
Diocese of Virginia
Episcopal Churchnews
William S. Lea
St John's Episcopal Cathedral
Denver
Colo
Potomac Edison Club Honors Six Power Co Employees
Six area Power Co workers were among 21 inducted into the Potomac Edison System Quarter Century Club at a June 13 dinner in Hagerstown. Gladys D. Wright of the city completed 40 years, with others at 29 years including Creamer H. Bailey, Charles E. Markel, Raymond K. Ryman, Joseph M. Ryman Jr., all of Winchester, and Robert S. Weaver of Berryville. Watches were awarded for 40-year milestones as R. Paul Smith, president, addressed more than 300 members and retirees.
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Potomac Edison System
Hagerstown
Gladys D. Wright
Creamer H. Bailey
Charles E. Markel
Raymond KR. Ryman
Joseph M. Ryman, Jr
Winchester
Robert S. Weaver
Berryville
R. Paul Smith
Burglars Steal $5,000 From Pick N Save Chicago
Burglars robbed the Pick N Save store in Chicago taking about $5,000 in cash and merchandise. Police have few leads as investigators review surveillance footage and canvass the area for witnesses.
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Chicago
Pick ‘N
Man’s cookie promise backfires in Longmont tale
A Longmont man promised his two daughters he would buy a box of cookies for every box they sold during the Girl Scouts annual sale. The daughters sold 66 boxes, but the man’s unnamed pledge led to an costly outcome as the promise backfired.
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Longmont
Colo
Girl Scouts
Father buys 66 boxes for 29.70 to keep promise
The father fulfilled his pledge by purchasing 66 boxes for 29.70 dollars. This act completes a promised gesture reflected in the family note accompanying the purchase.
Good Clean Used Cars Listing
1956 Pontiac four door and 1955 Pontiac two door Custom Star Chief advertised for sale by Smith Pontiac Sales Gerrard Street at Valley Avenue.
Local bandleader cancels gig over mumps
Atlantic City report says Ray Mathis phoned the Jefferson Dance Club chairman to cancel a engagement by his musicmakers. Mathis described it as double trouble noting two musicians came down with the mumps.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Ray Mathis
Jean Wertzberger
Jefferson Dance Club
Mathis
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