Frederick County 4-H boys to attend state short course
Seventeen Frederick County 4-H Club boys depart for Blacksburg for a week long State 4 H Short Course. Participants include livestock judging and poultry teams from Winchester and Gore with several members named. The trip offers a path to the National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
John T. Wolfe
Blacksburg
Lynn Wolfe
Rt. 2
Winchester
Sidney Rogers
Denny Cole
Stephenson
Boyd Ramey, Jr
Roger Ramey
William Swartz
Bradley Driver
Rt. 3
Julius Whitacre
Gore
Bek elected president of Northeastern Poultry Co op
Harold Bek of Jersey New Hampshire was chosen president of the Northeastern Poultry and Eggs Marketing Co operative at a business management conference held in Luray Virginia yesterday.
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Luray
Harold Bek
Jersey
N. H
Northeastern Poultry and Eggs Marketing Co-operative
United Youth to Begin Summer Work Sunday
The United Youth Council of Winchester begins its summer program with a 6:30 p.m. meeting at the Presbyterian Church. Supper precedes a recreation period and worship led by Wilbur Kersey, followed by a discussion led by John Catron. Miss Ada Glass Baker serves as adviser. All city youths are welcome.
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United Youth Council of
Winchester
Presbyterian Church
Wilbur Kersey
John Catron
Ada Glass Baker
Special Meeting At Shockeysville Church
An all day gathering at Shockeysville Church on June 29 features speaker Rev Lauerly Gruber of Baltimore former pastor. Music will be led by Rev CE Burkert of White Hall with soloists Mrs Floyd Luttrell and the Misses Kretzer. The event is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shockeysville Church
Lauerly Gruber
Baltimore
CE. Burkert
White Hall
Floyd Luttrell
Kretzer
Round Hill Scouts Plan Friday Yard Party
The Round Hill Boy Scout Committee completed plans for a yard party at the Round Hill Community Center this Friday at 8 30 p m Proceeds will fund the boys summer camp Albert Pingley leads the troop with committee members Earl Cather Linden Ping ley Harley DeHaven Courtney Lowe and Frank Anderson contributing to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Hill
Boy Scout Committee
Albert Pingley
Earl Cather
Linden Pingley
Harley DeHaven
Courtney Lowe
Frank Anderson
Panic in New York Blaze at Brooklyn Coal Dock
Rome newspaper reports a dramatic New York blaze sparking panic at a lower-river coal dock in Brooklyn. The fire lasted about two hours and drew quick responses from emergency crews.
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New York
Rome
Momento
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Confusing Soviet Army Quote Sparks Germany Debate
Harrison noted a fragmentary Soviet Army remark about moving to Germany or any country, with unclear wording and possible typographical errors, signaling a tense international exchange. The context remains murky due to damaged OCR text and missing surrounding details.
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Germany
Auction notices list for Frederick County estates
A sequence of public auction entries dated June July listing estates of Jacob L. Brown Cary Neville Anderson and others. Items include real estate on Germain Street East and Rt 277 near Stephens City as well as household goods electrical appliances and ponies. Auctioneers include W D Orndorff Chas Duvall Buddie Artrip and Eugene L Nuckols.
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Iture
Devall
Jacob L. Brown
W. Strong Lewis
Auconeer
Back
B. R. Knighting
Purcel Drive
Sunnyside
North
W. D. Orndorff
Cary Neville Anderson
Frederick County Court House
East Germain St
Winchester
Chas. Duvall
Ww. F. Artrip
Bufflick Rd
Buddie Artrip
Newton v. Borden
Eugene L. Nuckols
Rt. 277
Stephens City
Frederick County
White Post
Opequon
Kenneth J. Mills
Roy E. Carper
Stassen Rejects Eisenhower Conservative Label for GOP
Harold E. Stassen says he is disappointed in Eisenhower’s conservative views and believes Taft’s only path is a first ballot win, though he doubts any candidate will secure it at Chicago. He refuses to rule out a compromise, noting Warren and MacArthur could matter.
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Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Stassen
Taft
Chicago
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Minnesota
Gov
Earl Warren
California
Douglas MacArthur
Miss Nora B. Moore Rites Held in Berryville
Funeral services for Miss Nora B. Moore of Berryville were held at Grace Episcopal Church with Rev. Henry G. Lane officiating. Burial followed in Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Gilbert McKown Daniel D. Morrison Ralph Dorsey David H. Allen Jr Jim Mott and Catesby Field.
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Nora B. Moore
Berryville
Grace Episcopal Church
Henry G. Lane
Green Hill Cemetery
Gilbert McKown
Daniel D. Morrison
Ralph Dorsey
David H. Allen, Jr
Jim Mott
Catesby Field
Bible School Children To Present Program
Bible School children will present a Children's Day program tomorrow at 11 am. The program features music recitations memory verses and items learned in Bible School classes at the church.
Community health councils urged for coordinated care
Dr. Lindall argues for a Winchester Health Center on N Kent Street and a central agency to unite civic health committees. He promotes self help over welfare dependence and stresses dignity for those helped. The Virginia Council of Health and Medical Care formed in 1946 with 62 statewide groups and about 100 local councils active in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Health Center
N. Kent Street
Virginia Council of Health and Medical Care
Virginia
Abbitt Defends Byrd On Farm Law Voting
Representative Watkins Abbitt of Virginia's Fourth District reiterates Byrd's farm policy stance. He cites Del. Robert Whitehead's misreading of the 1937 farm bill and explains Byrd opposed a measure that never became law and drew farm leader opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appromattox
Watkins Abbitt
Virginia
Byrd
Abbitt
del. Robert Whitehead
Nelson County
Whitehead
Secretary of Agriculture
Sen. Byrd
Twenty New York Officers Suspended Over Bookie Ties
Twenty New York policemen including five captains were suspended for allegedly protecting Brooklyn bookie Gross. All 20 face department trials after being identified by Gross as having aided illicit operations.
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New York
Brooklyn
Bookie
Gross
da Gross
Livestock market notes Baltimore cattle and lamb prices
Slaughter steers ranged 30.50 to 34.50 with good and choice 30.50 33.75. cows 23.00 to 37.50. bulls 21.00 to 36.00. Stocker steers higher at 17.0 to 23.0. sows 15.50 to 17.50. Spring lambs 26.00 to 30.00, with good to prime 26.00 to 30.00 and shorn ewes 5.00 to 11.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Choice
Chicago grains mixed as wheat slips on light trading
Fractional losses showed in wheat on the Board of Trade today while corn oats rye and soybeans held near steady. Futures moved with quiet volume as nearby contracts posted small declines and deferred months steadied.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Jly
400 Convicts Free Island Prison in Brazil Mutiny
In Ubatuba police battled escaping convicts from Anchieta Island Prison. Sixteen of 400 captured after a dawn firefight. earlier raid killed 15 guards and workers. Troops and planes rushed to quell the breakaway as bodies and charred facilities were found at the prison compound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Ubatuba
Anchieta Island
Dangler Guimaraes
Guimaraes
Anchieta
Sao Vicente
Caraguatuba
James R. Smith Services Today
Funeral services for James Robert Smith, 74, of Brucetown, who died in Memorial Hospital on Thursday, were held at 3 p m at Brucetown Methodist Church by Rev. Emory E Ellmore. Burial followed in Mt Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers Arnold H Gordon Roy Campbell Waverly Hardesty George Wright James Largent and Ray Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Robert Smith
Brucetown
Memorial Hospital
Brucetown Methodist Church
Emory E. Ellmore
Mt. Hebron Comery
Arnold H. Gordon
Roy Campbell
Waverly Hardesty
George Wright
James Largent
Ray Russell
Services Monday For Mrs Mills
Funeral services for Wilsabeth Mills 78 who died at her daughter's home will be held Monday at 3 p m at Jones Funeral Home led by Rev J B Duckwall. Pallbearers include nephews Hunter Ritenour Elwood Ritenour Bland Ritenour Harry Ritenour Marcus Stottlemyer and Godfrey Stottlemeyer. Interment Mt Hebron cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilsabeth
Mills
Jones
Duckwall
Hunter Ritenour
Elwood Ritenour
Bland Ritenour
Harry Ritenour
Marcus Stottlemyer
Godfrey Stottlemyer
Mt. Hebron
Winchester Third Division Award Honors Van Fleet
The article notes Gen. James A. Van Fleet receiving the Distinguished Medal of Honor as part of Winchester Third Division artillery command. It profiles Col. Lindsey, a West Point graduate married to Judith McGuire, plans for their son Robert to enter West Point, and mentions daughter Anne still in school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army Ce
Associated
Lindsey
West Point
Forest
Judith McGuire
N. Braddock
Robert
Military Academy
Anne
Taft Faces Texas Delegation Seat Clash At RNC
Taft from the West seeks favorable action after Denver conferences as Eisenhower supporters label Texas moves as a Taft steal. Backers claim Eisenhower Texas followers are Democrats in disguise. The seating issue is scheduled for RNC resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Denver
Texas
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
Are brothers closer than father and son
Question and answer discuss kinship fidelity. The reply states that brothers are closer because they share both paternal and maternal ancestors and thus the same inheritance.
Elmer H Whitacre Dies at 62 in Charleston W Va
Elmer Harrison Whitacre 62 a former Whitacre resident died of a heart attack at his home in Charleston West Virginia He had been a theatre manager and lived in Charleston twenty years Born April 18 1890 he was the son of the late R E L Whitacre and Florence Pugh Whitacre Surviving are his widow the former Carrie McClung two children and several relatives The body will be moved to Omps Funeral Home and services will be held at Redland Methodist Church with interment in Woodlawn cemetery Whitacre
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Elmer Harrison Whitacre
Whitacre
Charleston
W. Va
R. E. L. Whitacre
Florence Pugh Whitacre
Redland Methodist Church
Carrie McClung
Charles Town
William Harmon
Plainfield
New Jersey
Donald L. Whitacre
Hottis Braithwaite
Ellis Haines
Capon Bridge
Norman E. Whitacre
McKeesport
Omps Funeral
Mrs Gordon Dies At Stephens City
Hattie Cooley Gordon aged 75 wife of Edward W. Gordon died at her home near Stephens City after ten years of invalidism. She was born June 27, 1876 daughter of Peter and Sarah Schmucker Cooley and a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. Survived by husband, one brother Charles Cooley of Lynchburg and children John F Gordon Brookville Md George W Gordon Paul W Gordon Miss Lena K Gordon Carl L Gordon and Mrs Louise V Scott of Arlington. Funeral at 11 a m from Stover Funeral Home Strasburg burial River View Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Cooley Gordon
Edward W. Gordon
Stephens City
Peter and
Sarah Schmucker Cooley
Trinity Lutheran Church
Charles Cooley
Lynchburg
John F. Goron
Brookville
George W. Gordon
Kiwanis Club Membership Figures and Milestones
The Kiwanis Club lists members including Peery Harbaugh Pifer Kerlin Warner and Masters with 79 active members one military and six privileged members. Longtime members with 15 years or more include Bean Brooks Brown Buncutter Cath er Clowe Cooper Ebert Goode Groves Hamburger Arthur Peery Harlee Jones Kerlin Miller Quarles Ritenour Robinson Robinson Rooker Schmidt Sheetz Shryock Snarr Strader Wender and Yost. Regular luncheons occur Wednesdays at 12:15 at the George Washington Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peery
Ellis E. Harbaugh
Herman L. Pifer
Raymond H. Kerlin
John J. Warner
Virgil R. Strader
Ralph P. Yount
B. F. Arthur, Jr
F. Amos Shryock
George B. Masters
Kiwanis
E. P. Bean
Samuel C. Brooks
Richard B. Brown
R. Edwin Buncutter
Roy A. Cather
Mifflin B. Clowe
Eugene B. Cooper
Harry W. Ebert
J R
Wendell Goode
A. B. Groves
Myer Hamburger
Ben F. Arthur
W. Alan Peery
C. Bruce Harlee
Laurens P. Jones
Leonard I. Miller
Garland R. Quarles
D. W. Ritenour
H. Delmer Robinson
A. Arthur Robinson
William H. Rooker
Harry A. Schmidt
H. C. Sheetz
J J
George G. Snarr
Louis Wender
Edwin C. Yost
Rites Held for Mrs Sallie V Forney at Kurtz Funeral Home
Final rites were held for Mrs Sallie V Forney of 424 Washington St on Thursday at 7 p m from Kurtz Funeral Home 218 Loudoun St with Rev William Fisenbere on cetire Burial was in the family lot Mt Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers were Charlies M Rosenberger Meredith Ashwood Chris Grubbs Roy Campbell McMillian and Robert ell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie V. Forney
Washington St
Kurtz
Loudoun St
William Fisenbere
Mt Hebron
Ceme
Charlies M Rosenberger
Meredith Ashwood
Chris Grubbs
Roy Campbell
McMillian
Robert Ell
New Hunting and Fishing Licenses Go on Sale
New hunting and fishing licenses are on sale at County and City Clerk offices and take effect on July 1. Local officials remind residents to purchase early for the new year and ensure compliance with updated regulations.
Timberlake Jies in Clarksburg
Obituary note for Mrs Timberlake of Clarksburg died at her home. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. Monday at Izurla Funeral Home 218 Loudoun Street with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackburn Timberlake
John Grantham Timber
Clivnsa
W. Va Dieg
Loudoun St
Buvial
Mount Hebron Cemetery
How’s Your I Q Answers Revealed
Below are the answers to the quiz questions printed on Page 4. 1. He was burned as a beret. 2. Siam. 3. Imitation. 4. Rooster. 5. Juan Ponce de Leon. True. 7. Turkey. 8. The theatre. 9. 1760. 10. Time and tide.
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Siam
Juan Ponce de Leon
Turkey
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Elizbeth
James
Carl
Crete
Supreme Court
Lucille Cardin Crain
WINC
John W. Rosenberger
United Youth
Round Hill Scouts
Harrison
Patsez
N. Cameron St
Ike
Harold Stassen
Dr. Lindall
Rep. Abbitt
N. Y
Virginia Green
MBACK
C.1. Brumback & Sons
Free Island Prison
James R. Smith
Third Division Artillery Command
Elmer H. Whitacre
Gordon
John Stuart & CO
Clearbrook, Va
Seedsmen
Mrs. Forney
Saue
Teredd Ae
Beyada
Armstrom
Armstrong
Armstrong’s Asphalt Cement
Armstrong’s
Ate
Clarksburg
I.Q
Frederick Motors
Martinsburg Pike
Heatwolk Motor
N. Braddeck
Shawnee Ave
Vestinghouse
William H. Courtney
Chas.e. Duvall
E. T. Snider
Kenneth J. Hills
Ruth F. Hills
Newton W. Borden
John S. Carper
Mollie C. Carper
County Court House
Eugene L. Nickoll
Strasburg, Virginia
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