Deaths and Funerals
Col James Noonan USA ret dies in Fort MacArthur California survived by widow Rose Noonan and two brothers. Funeral service planned Saturday in Rolling Hills California with burial in National Cemetery. C Burton Harry 69 dies in Winchester Hospital survived by wife Mary E. Greene son Oscar B. Harry brother Frank P. Harry two half brothers William Boone Edward Boone sister Katherine Barnes three grandchildren four great grandchildren funeral Saturday 11 am Jones Funeral Home. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Fort MacArthur Hostal
California
Col
James Noonan
USA
John T. Noonan
Waltie Jackson Noonan
Rose Noonan
Malin B. Noonan
Vincent Noonan
Washipmon
Rolling Hills
Calif
National Cemetery
C. Burton Harry
E. Piccadilly St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Hyndman
Joseph N
Katherine Penrose Harry
Mary E. Greene
Carroll County
Harry
Market Street
Rouss Fire Company
Winchester Hiram Lodge
Virginia Woolen Company
Oscar B. Harry
This City
Frank P. Harry
William T. Boone
Baltimore
Edwin Boone
Westminister
Katherine Barnes
Lewisville
Thomas W Mathews 88 former fruit broker dies in Winchester
Thomas W Mathews 88 a retired fruit broker of 311 Amherst Street died yesterday evening at Winchester Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since Monday. Born in London July 23 1868 he lived here 35 years and was active in church work. He survived by two wives and several children grandchildren and great grandchildren in England and the United States. Funeral services will be tomorrow at 2 30 p m at Omps Funeral Home with two ministers officiating and interment in Mt Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Mathews
Amherst Street
Winchester Memorial Hospital
England
London
William Mathews
Congregational Christian Church
Market Street Methodist Church
Mathews
Clara Mathews
George Allan
Kent
Roy T. Mathews
Emily Smith Mathews
Robert J. McNally, Jr
Boyce
Elsie Mathews
Omps Funeral Home
Robert A. Whitten
Millard Rewis
Mt. Hebron
Funeral service for Mrs Frances Virginia Adams
Funeral service for Mrs Frances Virginia Adams widow of Ferry Adams will be held Friday at 4 50 pm at Jones Funeral Home. Dr L Flickinger pastor of Centenary Reformed Church will conduct. Interment follows at Gainesboro Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Virginia Adams
Ferry Adams
Jones Funeral Home
L. Flickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
Gainesboro
Edwards Trustee Real Estate Sale at Frederick County Court House
Sat July 6 11 30 a m in front of Frederick County Court House a real estate sale near Grimes. Charles R Duvall listed as auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W Edwards
Frederick County Court House
Grimes
Charles R. Duvall
Hoffa Jury Told Detroit Union Local Sold for Bribery Case
John Dye Cheasty testified that Detroit Teamsters Local 985 known as the Juke Box Local was bought with salaries for Hoffa associate wives. He described Hoffa’s spying work on the Senate Rackets Committee and disclosed various figures including Dioguardi and Buffalino in the alleged deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Detroit
Teamsters
Hoffa
Owen Bert Brennan
Cheasty
Senate
FBI
Senate Committee
Johnny ‘Dio! Dioguardi
New York
Charles Johnson
The
Carpenters Union
John Contin
Hoboken
Angeli Meli
William Buffalino
Eugene James
Buffalino
James
Pete and
Joe
Harper Heads Power Company Employees' Group
Holmes Harper, district engineer for the Northern Virginia Power Company, was elected chairman of the Winchester District Employees' Association. Leon Pope became vice chairman with Virginia Moler as secretary, Jane Shirley treasurer, and George Butler assistant treasurer. New officers took duties June 1, succeeding W. B. Ryan, Nancy Moreland, Hazel Johnson, and M Wood Winans. The group runs social events for local employees such as picnics dances and parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes Harper
Northern Virginia Power Company
Winchester District Employees’ Association
Leon Pope
Virginia Moler
Jane Shirley
George Butler
W. B. Ryan
Nancy Moreland
Hazel Johnson
M Wood Winans
Middletown Bible School Enrolls 48 Children
Vacation Bible School at Middletown Methodist Church reports forty eight participants with classes for beginners primary and juniors. Directors include Mrs Will Owings Mrs C B Hammack Miss Myrtle Rhodes and others under Rev Joseph Andrew who leads as general director. A church picnic follows at Elizabeth Furnace with a closing service and certificates for all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Methodist Church
Will Owings
C. B. Hammack
Myrtle Rhodes
Howard Owings
Curtis Anderws
Lash
Carol Campbell
Marvy Lou Owings
Joseph Andrew
Andrew
Elizabeth Furnace
Elizabeth Purnace
Gulf Coast Hurricane Halts Drilling and Mobilizes Guards
The storm forced many oil companies to suspend Gulf drilling and evacuate workers by helicopter. Land operations paused in affected areas while civil defense workers and National Guardsmen prepared for emergencies. The Navy redeployed 115 aircraft from Barin, Alabama to Barksdale, Louisiana to shelter from the hurricane.
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Christi
Tex
Buioxt
Gulf
Louisiana
Navy
Barin Naval Auxiliary Station
Foley
Ala
Barksdale Air Force Base
Shreveport
Gaunt Pleads Guilty in Embezzlement Case
Allene W. Gaunt pleaded guilty to count one of an indictment in Corporation Court on an embezzlement charge against Northern Virginia Power Company funds totaling 2907 dollars include January to May. The case was referred for pre sentence investigation and set for July 3 with bond 2500 preserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allene W. Gaunt
Northern Virginia Power Company
Commonwealth
Dabney Watts
Eliott D. Marshall
Gaunt
Iie
Harrison, Benham and Thoma
Rainfall Outlook With Scattered Showers Tonight and Friday
Partly cloudy and humid with scattered showers this afternoon and evening. Low temperatures range from the 60s in the west to the upper 60s to mid 70s in the east. June rainfall totals and monthly averages listed, including 2.58 inches year to date and 8.86 inches for June on record.
State workers to receive 10 percent increases July 1
About 4,500 state clerical and administrative employees will see pay hikes on July 1 as the State Personnel Division announces. The plan approved by Gov. Stanley creates new salary scales for 22 job series with average raises of 10 percent for those earning over 3500 dollars. The boost aims to retain staff and fill vacancies, costing about 1.17 million annually.
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Richmond
Gov. Stanley
Stanley
Harris Hart
Rescue Squad Formed To Aid Winchester Citizens
The group plans training in a few weeks and another meeting within four weeks. Initial needs total about 7,126 for equipment and 2,485 for first year operations. A letter outlining financial requirements will go to groups that received last night’s meeting notices.
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Hardy
White
Porto
Smalts
Winchester
Martinsburg
Washington
Baltimore
Richard Rhodes
David Carr
Jerome Votel
Kenneth Lake
Vincent Wilson
Charles Pietsch
Charles Emschler
William Sandy
Mr. White
Mr. Hardy
Victor Ridgeway
Robert Kipps
Charles Zuckerman
Aaron Zuckerman
Jack Sheetz
George Peabody
Donald Woolslager
Herbert Smith
Howard
Two Floyd County Men Die In Rt 11 Crash Near Christiansburg
Roosevelt Bishop and Esley Huff, both Floyd County residents, were killed when a car and pickup collided on Route 11 east of Christiansburg. Five others injured include Woodrow Saunders who was to be admitted to New Altamont Hospital. Driver Walter Nye and passenger Henry Keller sustained facial injuries. Edmond Huff, driver of the truck, was uninjured.
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Christiansburg
Floyd County
Rt. 11
Roosevelt Bishop
Willis
Esley Huff
Floyd
Woodrow Saunders
New Altamont Hospital
Horace Bolen
Bishop
Huff
Bolen
Walter Nye
Radford
Henry Keller
Burlington
N. C
Edmond Huff
Heavy Infestation Of Jap Beetles Reported in County
Frederick County reports a heavy Japanese beetle infestation described as the worst in years by County Agent John Wolfe. The beetles cover grounds near the sewage plant and have prompted calls from Mt Williams and Millwood Pike areas. Wolfe recommends 50 percent DDT spray with specific mixing guidance and cautions against spraying edible crops within a month of harvest. Clarke County reports no beetle calls.
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Frederick County
John Wolfe
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
S. L. Triplett
Woodland Ave
Wolfe
Mt. Williams
Millwood Pike
Clarke County
Local 511 URW to Meet Tomorrow at Track
John House URW field representative says Local 511 URW members and families will meet at 8 p m tomorrow evening at the motorcycle race track off U S Route 50 east of Winchester. Baltimore and Cumberland URW officials will attend with Patrick E Zembower Local 283 Baltimore officers and James Stine president Local 26 Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John House
United Rubber Workers Union
Local 511
URW
U.S. Route 50
Winchester
Baltimore
Cumberland
Patrick E Zembower
James Stine
Mr. House
Piccadilly and
Cameron Sts
State Counts 370 Traffic Victims
Virginia reported 370 traffic fatalities for the year, 11 fewer than the same date last year. A Chesterfield County teen, 17 year old William Neely, died when his motorcycle collided with a truck at State Routes 604 and 10, about a mile north of Chesterfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Virginia
William Neely
Chesterfield County
Chesterfield
Missionary Service At Mt Carmel Sunday Morning
The Mount Carmel Baptist Church missionary circles hold their quarterly emphasis day at 11 15 a m Sunday. The Junior Senior and Gospel Choirs lead singing and Rev Melford Walker will deliver a sermon titled Show Me Your Hands open to the public with Mrs Marcia Taper giving the welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
Melford Walker
Marcia Taper
Mother Continues Search For Son In Cascade Mountains
NORTH BEND Washington August 1957 A Tennessee mother Mrs O C Mayes of Clinton begins her ninth summer of searching the Cascade Mountains for U S Navy Ensign Gaston E Mayes 23 who vanished after a flight from Seattle with Lt Benjamin O Vreeland. Despite extensive searches by Avil and military aircraft the plane was never found and the family remains hopeful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bend
Wash
Tennessee
Cascade Mountains
O. C. Mayes
Clinton
Tenn
U.S. Navy
Ens
Gaston E. Mayes
Seattle
Benjamine O. Vreeland
Trenton
N. J
Avil
Mayes
Bertram
Oak Ridge
Bernice
Maxwell Gilbert
Grand Rapids
Mich
Answers to the How's Your LQ quiz printed on page four
The page lists quiz responses including 1 47 000 000 and statements about Archelaus succession to Herod the throne Quagmire meaning bog quahang meaning clam the month June a note on forwarding first class mail free to a new address Woodrow Wilson the fox a negative about slang and the year 1911
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Archelaus
Herod
Quagmire
Woodrow Wilson
the Fox
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frances VV. Adams
Mr. Co. Burton Harry
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Brumback & Sons
Cameron St
Investors Loan Corp
Loudoun Ph
J. L. Hockman
Mer
Smalts, Florist
Parts & Service
Mernstown Tractor Sales
Loy
pStulsa
Music Center
Adams Service
Italy
Loudoun St. Winchester
Front Royal
Hoffa Jury
Teamster Local
Harper Heads Power Company
Employes’ Group
Middletown Bible School
Order of the Golden Rule
Enoersrett
N. Kent St
Oak
Plumly Lumber Corp
Mt. Carmel
Stuart M. Perry
Glaize & Bro
N. Cameron St
Perry Engineering Co., Inc
IM Porter
Seach Hterte
Eek md
Meee
Winchester News
S. Loudoun
St Winchester Fri
Wade
Beautiful Me
Armstrong
Piccadilly St
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