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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1958

Page

2

Obituary James Venon Rexrode 9 in Lynchburg

James Venon Rexrode age 9 died this morning at Lynchburg Trpipise School and Hospital where he had been a patient since Oct 28 1957. He was born in Lynchburg June 27 1948, son of Vernon S and Berg Rexrode of Stephenson. Survived by two brothers Robert Allen Rexrode and William Morgan Rexrode. Funeral Friday at 4 p.m. at Omps Funeral Home, Rev. Carl W Hi pastor of First EUB Church officiating. Body rests at Omps Funeral Home.

James Venon Rexrode Lynchburg Trpipise Vernon S Berg Rexrode Stephenson Robert Allen Resrode William Morgan Rexrode Esther Ire Ones Rexrode Ja Berg Petersburg W. Va Ida Pennington Cawood Frederick _unty Omps Carl W. Hi E. U. B.urch Mt. Hebron Fueral

Parrish Service for David Parrish Held at Local Funeral Home

Funeral services for David Cur Parrish nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Arthur R Parrish will be at 3 30 p m at the Jones Funeral Home. Rev Forrest B Oglesby of Braddock Street Methodist Church will officiate. Burial in Mt Hebron Cemetery. Friends may call at the Jones Funeral Home.

David Cur- Parrish Arthur R. Parrish Woodland Ave Forrest B. Oglesby Braddock Street Methodist Church Mt. Hebron Jones Funeral Home

Morristown High Band Thanks Festival Staff After Apple Blossom Visit

Kenneth W. Large, director of Morristown High School Band, praises Apple Blossom Festival staff in a letter. The 105-member group known as The Hurricane Band marched in Firemen and Grand Feature parades, won first in night parade, and occupied Modenaire motel for three days.

Kenneth W. Large Morristown, Tenn Large Morristown Tennessee Hurricane Band Modernaire War Memorial Building

UAW continues talks with Big Three after stalled contract

UAW members at Chrysler General Motors and Ford work without contracts since June 1 as national negotiations remain deadlocked. The union faces restraint orders from Reuther not to strike while talks resume with the Big Three today after bargaining sessions yielded no progress.

UAW Chrysler General Motors Ford Reuther

Registry Helps Locate Rare Chemical Octamethylpyrophosphoramide

Call the National Registry of Rare Chemicals at the Illinois Institute of Technology for access to a source of 36 000 hard to find chemicals. The note emphasizes a central registry as a key clue in locating rare compounds like octamethylpyrophosphoramide.

National Registry of Illinois Institute of Technology

Pleasure boat and motor use in 1957 America

In 1957 the United States saw more than seven million pleasure boats in use and over five million outboard motors active among boating enthusiasts.

United States

Local workers fill White Rock Girl Scout staff

A large number of area residents join the White Rock Camp staff in Capon Bridge West Virginia for the summer. Twelve women and two local boys will serve as counselors and aides under camp director Mrs Shirley O Bly with positions across nursing kitchen waterfront and program roles. The first session starts Sunday and is fully booked with vacancies remaining for later sessions July 13 to 26 and July 27 to August 9.

White Rock Capon Bridge W. Va Shirley O. Bly Latane Et Camp White Rock Kay Lou McClanahan Stephens City Susan Crisman Shirley Horner Sharon Glaize Anita Bame Rosemma Oates Ellen Cook This City Hale Army of Front Royal B. A. Rhodes Rebecca Simpson Philip Yount Jimmy Myers Winchester Frances M. Dinteman Bunker Hill Esther Dailey Hedgesville Patricia Whipp Washington, D. C Red Cross Dorothy Leatherman Moorefield Ruhamah Miller Inwood Dorothy Barr Kessel Dorothy Boltz Martinsburg Mary Gwendolyn Shepherdstown Cecelia

Board supports keeping Virginia public schools open

The Virginia League of Women Voters urged Virginians to support free public education and keep schools open amid integration fears. Four communities face desegregation orders and possible automatic closings with withheld funds, as the group calls for rational, emotion-free solutions to protect adequate education for children.

Alexandria Virginia League of Women Voters Virginia Albert Farwell League

Florida festival honors Honorary Fire Chief winner

Linda Dawn Hoover of Harrisonburg won a vacation trip for herself and her mother after capturing the title of Honorary Fire Chief of the Apple Blossom Festival in Sarasota Florida. She represented Harrisonburg Hose Co. No 4 and visited area attractions presenting frozen turkeys to Sarasota officials.

Linda Dawn Hoover Harrisonburg Err. Hoover Sarasota Jungle Gardens Sarasota Florida Miss Hoover The Broadway High School Harrisonburg Hose Co. No. 4 Frank Hoersting A. J. Petellat

Weather Today: Cloudy with Showers and Thunderstorms

Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly west and north tonight. Lows 65 to 72. Thursday strong thundershowers and wind, then clearing in the west and north in the afternoon. June rainfall totals to date 20.61 inches, seasonal averages listed.

Day Nursery Board Meeting Seeks Piano Stool Support

The Winchester Day Nursery board, with Mrs. William H. Lawrence Jr. presiding, seeks a donated piano stool. They are arranging fall volunteer help for the community chest drive, note 37 graduates and 72 children enrolled last year with 33 daily average attendance. The nursery is an agency member of the Community Chest.

Winchester Day Nursery William H. Lawrence, Jr Adams Community Chest

Embassy Preparations Reported During Soviet Demonstration

Russians section describes fire drills with hoses laid in down stairs corridors and cardboard coverings on windows. Eight Marines on duty on top floors moved to the ground floor, while furniture was moved from two lower floors. Russian employees were given the day off. About 150 Americans live in the embassy building and 56 more families in Moscow, plus 12 news correspondents and their families. No expectation of danger to embassy personnel.

U.S Moscow

Fire engulfs ships as tanker sinks after collision

Witness James Watson 41 described a massive blaze on the river after the Empress Bay tanker broke from a freighter and sank. Flames swept a half mile along the river while men cried for help, as the freighter’s prow damaged the tanker and the Nebraska reached port under its own power. The Empress Bay was owned by Petroleum Tanker Corp and the Nebraska by a Swedish line.

James Watson Empress Bay The Petroleum Tanker Corp Nebraska Swedish Transatlantic Line

Winchester Area Sales Directory Listings June July Auctions

A sequence of auction notices and estate sales across Winchester and nearby towns listing dates from June 25 to July 5. Items include furniture, antiques, household goods, real estate, farm machinery, cattle and livestock with auctioneers Dennis T. Cole E T Snider Kerr & Wagner and others. Locations span Winchester Crow, Reliance Marian and front of Frederick County Court House.

Denny's Auciton Winchester Dennis T. Cole Maude Ludwig Crowser Clark St E. T. Snider E. P. Bean Shenandoah National Bank C. H. Grover Reliance B. O. Brumback Ds.t G. M. White Middleway W. Va W. D. Orndorff B. Brooke Smith Sharp St John F. Anderson Wayne A. Whitman Frederick County Court House Ds.t. Ralph W. Horst Marian Kerr & Wagner Phil H. Gold C. Hazel Ashton Charles R. Duvall R. Anderson

Fire Training Course At Winchester Memorial Hospital

About 500 people completed fire safety and evacuation training at Winchester Memorial Hospital. The class covered extinguisher use hose handling and patient removal, with 450 staff and 50 student nurses trained under Fire Inspector William Godhenour. The program will place extinguishers in strategic positions as part of a broader disaster plan.

Winchester Memorial Hospital Winchester William Godhenour Carl Napps Napps

Mrs Bush Elected By Clerks Auxiliary

Mrs Charles Bush of 249 Millwood Ave was elected second vice president of the Women s Auxiliary, National Federation of Post Office Clerks, at the annual convention in Fredericksburg last week.

Charles Bush Millwood Ave Women National Federation of Post Office Clerks Fredericksburg

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James V. Rexrode Parrish Service David Curtis Parrish Florist Fete E. Piccagilly St Miller’s Flower Shop BE. Piccadilly St Bolens Winchester Orchard & Farm Supply Co., Inc N. Cameron St du Pont Life Magazine John W. Rosenberger & CO Commerce ST QU Pond Paints Day Nursery Board Winchester Day Nurserys Bill Ding Reliance, Va Reliance Church C.H. Gruver B. C. Brumback C. Christianson TOP Soil & Shale Benseny Road Associated Press Albany Albuquerque Atlanta Bismarck Boston Buffalo Chicago Cleveland Denver Des Moines Detroit Fort Worth Helena Indianapolis Kansas City Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee St. Paul New Orle New York Oklahoma City Omaha Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland Ore Rapid City Richmond St. Louis Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco Mrs. Bush Omps Funeral Home Order of the Golden Rule American Legion Pisa Mississippi Maryland Minn Sparkel Rudolph Hess Montreal Nova Scotia Canada First Assembly Ginenewe Clowser Clark Street A. B. Keller Mr. Bean Shenandoah Valley National Bank Burroughs Paymaster Farmers & Merchants National Bank C.t.a Winchester, Va FE. T. Snider Baler Twine Brumback & Sons
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