Front Royal area notes and social events update
Front Royal residents gather for a Chamber dinner at the Afton Inn May 14 with speaker Canales of Virginia Planning preserving city plans. Randolph Macon track team members travel to Charlottesville for state meet and local Rotary hosts a dinner for Rép h Academy graduates.
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Front Royal of Commerce
Afton Inn
Oo Wallerstein
Canales
Virginia Planning & Cere Eae
Randolph- Macon Academy
Charlottesville
Jones, Stone
Melville
Bernard
el Ae
Cap
Holliday
Réph- Academy
Front Royal Antary Club
Aston Sinn
Warren County High School
Rotarians
Front Royal To Attend National Planning Board Meeting
Front Royal residents listed to attend the National Planning Board meeting include W. W. Sonner, Messrs. Ste M. Boyd Jr., George N. Buck, and L. B. Dutrow. E. K. Davis will go to Richmond and join the board on a trip to Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
National Planning Board
W. W. Sonner
Messrs
Ste M. Boyd, Jr
George N. Buck
L. B. Dutrow
E. EK. Davis
Planning Board
Richmond
Williams
Parade Awards Highlight 1960 Shenandoah Valley Float Winners
The parade recognized district groups with cups and cash prizes across divisions. Notable wins included the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps of Hanover Pa in grand prize and Virginia Apple Storage Inc in the top commercial float with a miniature ferris wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont Virginia Fruit Growers Association
Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce
Stephens City High School
Civic Apple Storage, Inc
Massanutten Military Academy of
Woodstock
Randolph Maceo Academy
Front Royal
American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Hanover
Duquesne
Hershey
Hundington, Pa
West Newton
Lynchburg
Charles Town
W. Va
V. F. W. Drum and
Harrisburg
V. F. W. Post
Cumberland
Tartenum
American Legion
Hollidaysburg
Drum and Bugle Corps
Frederick
Baltimore
Victory High Schol Band
Clarksburg
Washington Loew’s Fox Cadet Band
Washington, D. C
Virginia Apple Storage, Inc
Fincastle Band
Fincastle
Applic
Botetourt
Roa
Festival Parade Honors Diversity in Historic First
The description notes favorable comments from county members and highlights Joe the Motorists' Friend with an elaborate float. It mentions a historic first with colored people represented by a Baltimore band followed by a sequence of parade entries.
Colored Porter Dies After Fall From Hotel Balcony
Jack Long about 35 years old died at the hospital at 1 30 pm after injuries from a fall from a second floor balcony at the Hotel. He was found on the sidewalk near the hotel at 4 pm. A truck driver witnessed nothing. Long left a widow, a mother, and several children on North Kent street.
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Long
Jack
Eee
Bute
North Kent Street
Justice Court Finds Several Guilty In Festival Week
Wheeler Nicholson of near Gore convicted of operating a vehicle under intoxication and jailed for 30 days with a $100 fine and costs and a 3 year license revocation as a second offense. Robert Whetzel and Miller Pence fined $9.25 each for drunkenness. T D and W F Newlin each given 30 day suspended jail terms for unlawful fishing with suspensions conditioned on not violating state fishing laws for one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Tavenner
Wheeler Nicholson
Near Gore
Robert” Whetzel
Miller Pence
T. D
W.F. Newlin
Dr Flickinger To Give Lecture At Local Meeting
The Rev Dr Flickinger, pastor of the Alanaty Reformed Church, is to be guest speaker at a meeting of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. The event will be held Monday morning in the Proprietorian Church at Harrison.
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Flickinger
Alanaty
Injured Woman Admitted After Fall at Hotel
Mrs. Lillie Livingston of Washington D C was admitted to Memorial Hospital yesterday with a broken collar bone. She was brought from the George Washington Hotel where she reportedly fell, causing the fracture. Today she was reported as recovering satisfactorily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Livingston
Washington, D.C
Memorial Hospital
George Washington Hotel
Work On Streets To Start Monday
The annual street maintenance program will begin Monday with asphalt treatment on heavily used city roadways. The plan targets main thoroughfares to improve safety and drive quality citywide.
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M ‘Am
Freighter Minnesotan Grounds Off Monomoy Point
The freighter Minnesotan of the American Hawaiian line ran aground a half mile off Monomoy Point Massachusetts. A receding tide left the vessel stranded with its propeller out of water.
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Monomoy Point
Mass
Plot Nipped in Madrid Plot to murder Premier Azana foiled
Police announced the thwarting of a plot to assassinate Premier Manuel Azana in Madrid. Seven persons were arrested and are said to have been implicated in the scheme.
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Madrid
Manuel Azana
Charges Continued Against Richmond Doctor in Narcotic Case
Richmond physician Dr. Robert C. Hogue faces continued charges in U S District Court, tied to alleged Harrison Narcotic Act violations. The case follows the acquittal of Dr. Harry B. Sanford on similar charges yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Robert C. Hogue
United States District Court
Harry B. Sanford
Arraigned in Writer's Death Case in New York
John Fiorenza was formally arraigned in homicide court in New York as police allege a confession to the slaying of writer Nancy Evans Titterton. His attorney Henry Klauber is seen beside him as Fiorenza may plead insanity at his next court appearance.
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New York
John Fiorenza
Nancy
Evans Titterton
Henry Klauber
Fiorenza
City Flag Offered For Winchester Display And Sale
A three by five foot handsome wood flag for Winchester has been sent to city manager Arthur Field as a sample by a New York flag concern. It is on display at the Winchester Chamber of Commerce and may be purchased at a very reasonable price. Information available from Field or Chamber secretary Andrew Bell.
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Winchester
Arthur Field
New York
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Field
Andrew Bell
The
Chamber of Commerce
Karpis gang charges discussed in post raid case
Officials weigh a potential hanging charge against Alvin Karpis if he is convicted of the Garrettsville mail robbery. A $2,000 reward hinges on a Karpis conviction. John Zeter, who ferried suspects to Hot Springs and Tulsa, links Brock and others to the case, with film railway loot totaling $46,000. Grover Keady is also detained in Tulsa connection.
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Post Office
Karpis
Garrettsville
Cleveland
John Zeter
Port Clinton
Alvin Karpis
Hot Springs
Ark
Tulsa
Ofla
Zeter
John Brock
Fred Hunter
New Orleans
Grover
Burrhead) Keady
Oklahoma
Beardsworth Leads Greenbrier Band Home From Winchester
Captain W. H. Beardsworth and the Greenbrier Military School band returned to Lewisburg West Virginia after two days in Winchester for the Apple Blossom Festival. The group quartered at the Commercial Hotel and led the school children’s parade while also playing for official receptions and dances. The Beardsworth brothers are connected to Staunton and Greenbrier, with a long history at the festival and numerous awards in past competitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbrier Military School
Lewisburg
W. Va
Winchester
Commercial Hotel
Beardsworth
Thomas B. Beardsworth
Staunton Military Academy
Greenbrier
Greenbrier Orchestra
Walter Frederick Walter funeral rites held near Middletown
Funeral services for Jacob Frederick Walter 56 were held at his late home west of Middletown this afternoon. The Rev W P Saunders and Rev W A Clark conducted the rites. Interment was in Mount Carmel Cemetery Middletown. He left a widow Mamye Grove and daughter Wanda Walter. Survived by brothers Jerald and Henry Walter and sister Mrs W M Steele.
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Middletown
Jacob Frederick Walter
W.P. Saunders
Hedgesville
W. Va
W. A. Clark
Methodist Church
Mount Carmel
Walter
Jacob L
Elizabeth Dyke Walter
Frederick County
Mamye Grove
Wanda Walter
Jerald
Henry Walter
W. M. Steele
Veteran remounts wow parade crowds at Apple Blossom event
Ten handsome riding horses sent by Col. Warren W. Whitside to Dr. L. M. Allen for assistant marshals included four veterans. Notable mounts were Jeff owned by Gen. John J. Pershing and Kidron tied to Pershing, Baldy famed at Fort Myer, and Miss Shockley gifted by Mrs. Meriwether Walker. The animals impressed thousands and helped the parade run smoothly.
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Col. Whitside
Warren W. Whitside
United States Army
Front Royal
L. M. Allen
Jeff
Virginia
John J. Pershing
New York
Pershing
Kidron
Paris
Baldy
Thousan
Fort Myer
Miss Shockley
Meriwether Walker
General Walker
Panama Canal
Panama
Pennsylvania
Washington
Quekemyeer
Whitside
Mrs. Avey Dies in Winchester After Eight Years in Martinsburg
Mrs. Avey died in Winchester after living there for eight years following her move from Martinsburg where her husband served as manager of the Winchester Furniture Company. She made many friends during her residence here.
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Winchester
Martinsburg
Avey
Winchester Furniture Company
Cyclone cellar details and presidential terms teased
A mixed Q A segment explains cyclone cellar basics as an underground space with a roof to resist debris. It asks how many Republican presidents served two full terms and notes Grant as the only one, plus a fact about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle being a physician and knighted in 1902.
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Presio
Ulysses Grant
Lincoln
Johnson
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Harrison
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Sharlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
Fice
South America
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County Bureau Telephone Front Royal
Front Royal News
Pe de Vay
Sam
John
Mrs. Fenton Collins
Mrs. Collins
Mrs. Hillyard
Granville Melville
Sykesville, Md
Visi
Randolph-Macon Academy
Adjuant Gétier&l
Gardner Wailer
N. S. Waller
C. A Rd
Thomas Johnson
Randolph-Macon College
Duncan Gibb
Syne
Frank Gibb
Harry Reid
Lyons Village
Mr. Wegley Walton
Falls
Mis Alexandria
Gor
Ismore
Philadelphia
Huntley
Louise Borden
State Teachers’ College
Farmville
Jesse Boren
A. J. McKay
Mrs
8. B. Downing
Miss Maudie Hines
Wash
Mrs. W. P. Hines
James Meigs
Luray
Mrs. Meigs
Mrs. Lewis
R. H. Garity
Fort Knox, Ky
Garity
Clarke Reynolds
Bermuda
Col. Reynolds
Front Royal Remount
William I. Zirkle
Ellen House
Little Rock, Sas
Virginia Carson
Lawrence Boerner
Mrs. Boerner
Joseph Carson
Queenie Paxton
Coronda
Cal
Carson
Senator
Aubrey G. Weaver
William T. Kerfoot
Warren County
Hoffman’s Heights
Ferfoot
Richmond Blues
Richmond Light Infantry
Petersburg
Shenandoah
Friendship Fire Company
Stephens City
Clarke County
Justice Court
Zioncheck
Marion A. Zioncheck
Congress
Rubye Louise Nix
Texarkana
Tex
PWA
Central Press
Quiz Karpis
Greenbrier Boys
Walter Rites
America
Buncutter Tire Co
NSWER
Weather Bureau
K Street
Miller & Anderson
Virginia Oddities
T+ Beverly Campbell
Low
Good & Company
Rouss Avenue
Real Estate & General Insurance
Glacier Park
Yellowstone
Pike’s Peak
Cotta Tolghonys
Raymond-Whitcomb
Elgin
Clowe’s Jewelry Store
Diamond Store
N. Main St
Armour’s
Arax
Miller’s
Ana Cert
North Main Street
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