J G Campbell Dies Suddenly At 61
James G Campbell aged 61 died suddenly at his home 320 National Ave He was born in Augusta county and worked for Butlers Packing Co He lived in Winchester twenty years survived by his widow three sons Theodore Campbell Martinsburg two daughters Lena Owens Marie Cleveland Mary Martin Drucie and Frances Campbell twenty other relatives and two sisters Services held 2 30 pm Sunday at Highland Ave Presbyterian church with Rev J S Duckwall Interment Mount Hebron cemetery body at Jones funeral home then moved to the late home before service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Cambell
National Ave
Augusta County
Butler's Packing. Co
Baptist Church
Fast
Lillie B. Campbell
Herbert Lee
John Campbell
Winchester
Theodore Campbell
Martinsburg
Lena Owens
Marie Cleveland
Mary Martin
Drucie
Frances Campbell
Highland Ave
Presbyterian Church
Rev
J. S. Duckwall
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home
Quiz answers from Page 4: True to Puerto Rico
List of ten quiz answers includes True for question 1, Predicate for question 2, True for 3, Strategic long-range bombers for 4, Cupbearer for 5, False stating it connects with the Red Sea for 6, Below the horizon for 7, The British Parliament for 8, James Fenimore Cooper for 9, and Puerto Rico for 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Sea
James Fenimore Cooper
Puerto Rico
Sales Directory June 26 and July listings
Auction notices list sales from June 26 at 1 p m DST for Mrs W O Talbert Extrx Corner of Chestnut and National Ave with household and kitchen furniture and antiques July 3 10 a m EST by E R Ryan one mile northwest of Cross Junction on Whitacre Road with household goods farm equipment and tools July 10 1 p m DST at 1018 gs Kent St Thomas D Cain household effects July 24 1 p m DST by Mrs B Green 22 E Cork St with household goods
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Talbert
Chestnut St
National Ave
E. R. Ryan
Cross Junction
Whitacre Road
Kent St
Thomas D. Cain
B. Green
E. Cork St
Benjamin Franklin Chapman Dies at 69 in Clarke County
Benjamin Franklin Chapman 69 died at his home near Bethel church Clarke county this morning. He was born in Warren county son of George and Minnie Riley Chapman. A 45 year farmer in Bethel church area. Survived by widow Bertha Athey Chapman four daughters Emory Rosenberry Hardesty Edgar Wines Front Royal Bev erley Robinson Front Royal and Claude Midkiff Clarke county three sons Edward and Gerald Chapman Clarke county Elwood Chapman U S Army in Germany foster-son Todie Chapman Clarke county three brothers John Chapman Pittsburgh Tom Chapman Warren county Tilden Chapman Clarke county a sister Minnie Brown Philadelphia and 16 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements not completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin Chapman
Shenandoah River
Bethel Church
Clarke County
Warren County
George and
Minnie Riley Chapman
Bertha Athey Chapman
Emory Rosenberry
Hardesty
Edgar Wines
Front Royal
Beverley Robinson
Claude Midkiff
Edward
Gerald Chapman
Elwood Chapman
U. S. Army
Germany
Todie Chapman
John Chapman
Pittsburgh
Tom Chapman
Tilden Chapman
Minnie Brown
Philadelphia
Beable Board Meeting Proceeds at Gore
Beable failed to name a successor at Gore as members scheduled a July 6 meeting. The gathering focused on completing school business for the fiscal year ending June 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beable
Gore
Emergency medical response after Clarke County explosion
Physicians nurses aides and Red Cross volunteers rushed to the Clarke County explosion scene and hospital. Doctors from Berryville joined the effort while staff reorganized to treat fractures, operate skelton shifts, and perform rapid X rays and treatments within half an hour of patient arrival. Nonmedical volunteers and county residents provided support at every level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Farmer
Eva Dean
Red Cross
Jane Grenshaw
Charlene Grim
Mary Louise Steele
Bobby Conrad
Frank Hack
Red Cross Grey Ladies
Charles W. Dunlap
Dunlap Nursing Home
EF. C. Lacey
RB. F. Kline
E. C. Stuart Sr
Ellsworth Johnson Hospital
George
Skelton
Alberti
Gertrude Over
Han
Fred Sturm
Awful Weather This Summer Predicted by Forecaster
Long range astro meteorologist George J. McCormack predicts an awful summer with a heat wave ending around July 11 12. He says vacation weather will peak third week of July and early August, while storms from the Mississippi Valley move toward the Atlantic for July 3 to 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Lawn
N. J
George J. McCormack
McCormack
Mississippi Valley
Continental Divide
Republicans Return Dewey Nomination After Ballot War
The 1948 Republican convention falls in line behind Dewey after a grueling ballot battle. Taft Stassen Vandenberg Balwin Balancing shifts from New Jersey Iowa Illinois and Virginia influenced Dewey’s win. Stassen accompanies Harold E. Stassen to rostrum amid unusual posturing by leading candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
al Smith
Chicago
New York
Roosevelt
Dewey
Taft
Virginia
New Jersey
Iowa
Illinois
Stassen
Vandenberg
Gov
Balcwin
Connecticut
Vandenbere
Warren
Republican Party
Harold E. Stassen
James Thomson
Clarke County
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Baltimore
Clark
Wilson
Missouri
Gas Explosion Probe Highlights Sewer Gas Doubt
Council weighs injunction against the gas company as Owings outlines findings from the blast at the building. Investigators report holes in a cut gas service line, air flow from a cracked wall, and possible gas migration from an old wooden water line. Officials cite no sewer gas evidence and plan a final report from the Bureau of Mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owings
Raylass
Delive
Bureau of Mines
Solenberger’s Hardware
Reuss St
Council Chamber
Owning
M. B. Clowe Jr
Anderson
Percy Miller
Fred Glaize
James Reardon
S. Lee Grant
J. Thomas Boyd
Ownings
National Guard Recruiting Stops
Army Secretary Royall ordered all State adjutants general to halt National Guard recruiting immediately. He warned congressional leaders will not approve extra appropriations to pay more Guardsmen than regulations allow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Royall
Tragedy At Winchester Store Raises Hope For Victims
Raylass vised of the tragedy conduct their business from the Raylass office. Eleven people remain hospitalized from Wednesday's blast at the Winchester store with some improve in condition. Chris Spanos, a Handley student, slept well after a day of consciousness and bandaging. He emerged from the wreckage under his own power and climbed to the first floor. Several employees and shoppers, including Mrs. Sarah McIlwee, Mrs. Bertha Swisher, Mrs. Ollie Kirby, and Mrs. Bertha Baumgardner, are listed in serious condition but showing progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raylass
Mabry
J. L. Thornton
Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital Toden
Chris Spanos
Handley
Spanos
Sarah MclIlwee
Bertha Swisher
Ollie Kirby
Egyptians Charged With Two Violations Of U N Truce
United Nations spokesman says Egyptian forces fired on a clearly marked white U N truce plane piloted by an American and refused a UN approved Jewish supply convoy passage to settlements in the Negev. Both incidents are deemed violations of the truce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Israel
United Nations
U. N
Negev
U. N. Commission
Laurel Hill Revival Speakers Announced
Laurel Hill church revival begins 8 p m EST Monday with guest speakers Rev Carl Hiser Winchester Rev Paul Slonaker Berkeley Springs and Rev D A Frazier Edinsburg scheduled to preach each evening through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hiser
Winchester
Paul Slonaker
Berkeley Springs
D. A. Frazier
Edinsburg
Laurel Hill
Exercises Tonight at First Brothern Church
Commencement exercises for the Daily Vacation Bible School progress at First Brothern Church will be held at 7 30 this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Brothern Church
Stassen Declines Motion to Press Name at Convention
East-West campaigning Minnesotan faces do or die pressure among younger Republicans. Stassen rejects moving his name before the convention and backs Warren in line with his earlier pledge to support Gov. Dewey and other GOP candidates. Hallanan of West Virginia emerges as a possible GOP National Committee chair choice. Dewey may appoint a successor to Carroll Reece, with Herbert Brownell Jr. also mentioned for the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
New York
Roosevelt
FDR
John Nance Garner
Texas
U. S
California
William G. McAdoo
Hallanan
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
Gov
Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Herbert Brownell Jr
Draft to Add Six Extra Years in Military Reserve
The plan requires six additional years in reserve service for draftees. Each draftee must complete at least three years in active reserves or five years in inactive reserves after a 21 month hitch. Most veterans would be exempt. The President would have power to defer married men.
Mrs Fenton Byers Rites Held in Catonsville Md
Funeral services were held in Catonsville Maryland for Mrs. Fenton Byers who died at her home Sunday. Born in Woodsboro she was the daughter of Ephraim and Annie Grimes and a former resident of Wischester. She married Fred Grimm and leaves her husband a son Fred Grimm and sister Mrs. William Shenk of Baltimore. She was sister-in-law to Louis H. Grimm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catonsville
Fenton Byers
Ephriam
Annie Grimes
Woodsboro
Wischester
Fred Grimm
Hunter B. Grimm
Baltimore
William Shenk
City
Louis H. Grimm
Military defense funding measures signed into law
The text notes deferments for essential workers and students with high school deferrals until graduation or age 20, college students until school year end, and mentions two measures that funded expansion of military defenses.
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J. G. Campbell
Ne. A
Public Commission
Farmall
McC-Deering
George Helsley
Grimes
Our Household Supplies Department
Waxes
Sarr’s Farmers
N. Cameron
Woodstock
WM. C. Slider Paw Paw
W. Va
New Hampshires
Maureetown
B. F. Chapman
Hara
Tommy D. Lockhart
Loudoun St
National Guard
Winchester Furniture CO
S&s. Main St
Omps Funeral Home
Kenney’s Grapefruit
Food Center
N. Loudon
F. Byers
Joseph Murray Berryville
Rt. 12
Pigeon Hill
H. L. Riley
L. W. Riley
Rileys
You
Rouss Ave
Dial
Artrip
Mrs. Artrip
L. T. McKee
Virginia & W. Va
West Va
Winchester Evening Star
Cou Qing Surely
Laize & Bro
Binder
C. I. Brumback & Sons
L&f Bargain Store
N. Cameron St
Buncutter Tire CO
S. Braddock & Germain
Sts
E. Boscawen St
Henry T. Goode
Northern Virginia Power Co
Hoover Cloomer
Baker
N. Braddock St
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