Firemen's Parade Spectacular Thanks Kitty Kallen
The Firemen's Parade went off on schedule with Kitty Kallen as marshal praising the spectacle. Don Larrick credited Stover Clark and Harry Cain for a gapless route as crowds filled Loudoun and Cameron streets watching the two hour procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitty Kallen
Don Larrick
Stover Clark
Harry Cain
Cameron St
Loudoun
Baker
Loudoun St
Daphne Fairbanks
Hardley Blvd
Washington St
Louancun St
Tliven Spoe
Elizabeth Lacy
South and Fire Company
Kathryn Williams
Round Hill
Citizens Volunteer Fire Company
Charlestown
W. Va
Bridgewater Vol. Fire Co
Bridgewater
Harrisonburg
Frederick
United Steam Fire Co
Clinton
Pravda Attacks Hammarskjold Over Arctic Inspection Support
Pravda accuses UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold of courting U S favor by backing Eisenhower Arctic inspection plans. The article claims he acted for the United Nations not Washington or New York and criticizes his stance amid Soviet tests suspensions and open sky proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Pravda
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Eisenhower
Communist Party
Hammarskjold
U.S. State Department
United Nations
Washington
New York
Security Council
United States
NATO
Terest
Arctic
United
U.S
Soviet Union
Shortage Found in Stephens City Accounts Audit Says
State auditors reported a cash shortage in Stephens City tied to clerk Susie Ambrose and treasurer F T Reid for the year ending June 30 1957. About $2 020 was later found in a filing cabinet in March 1958 and deposited to cover deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens
Susie
Ambrose
F. T. Reid
Ralph Wakeman
J. Gordon Bennett
Bennett
Reid
Council
Thieves Loot Millwood Store Night Break-In
Sheriff says about $387 in goods cash stolen from Millwood store. Canned goods worth $250 and cigarettes $135 taken after break through back window. Discovered by Philip Cunningham. investigation by sheriff and State Police ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood
W. W. Smallwood, Jr
Locke and Company
Smallwood
Philip Cunningham
Sheriff's Office
West Agrees To Continue Separate Talks
The Western Big Three Britain France and the United States agreed to continue separate ambassadorial talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to lay groundwork for a summit. Moscow had urged Poland and Czechoslovakia join, but the West resisted enlarging talks to avoid setting a precedent. In a French released note, the three said separate talks do not preclude future joint meetings. Nickie's Beauty Shop will be closed May 1 through May 7 for re decorating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
Britain
France
United States
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Nickie
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Ends Amid Farewells
The 31st Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester closed after a sunlit coronation of Daphne Fairbanks as Queen Shenandoah XXXII. Rain returned as blossoms wetted. dignitaries including Sam Rayburn and Adm. Lewis Strauss attended, while Ted Mack hosted the parade and praised the community effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Daphne Fairbanks
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Jonathan
Stayman
Warrenton
Sam Rayburn
House of Representatives
Congress
Handley Bowl
Adm
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Miss Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Victoria
Gray Beverley
Beverley Wright
America
Shenandoah Valley
James R. Wilkins
Mack
Washington, D. C
New York
F. L. Sargent, Jr
Ted Mack Grand Marshal Enjoyed Winchester Parade
Ted Mack the grand marshal of the Winchester Feature Parade enjoyed his stay and planned a return visit to Winchester. James R. Wilkins reported the TV star was amazed by the parade, attended a reception at the Battaile home, and showed interest in Shenandoah College projects. The crowd along the Pink Petals route numbered about 150000, with guests including Daphne Fairbanks and the Washington Senators' Eddie Yost. An ROTC drill team incident prompted disqualification after a six minute performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Mack
Washington, D. C
James R. Wilkins
Mr. Mack
Washington
Mack
William Battaile
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
Shenandoah College
Winchester
Battaile
Lions Club
Margaret Crisman
Winchester- Frederick County
J. Thomas Boyd
Shenandoah XXXI
Daphne Fairbanks
Roy Sievers
Chuck
Stebbs
Jim Lemon
Eddie Yost
Washington Senators
Switzerland
Henri de Torrente
University of Virginia Naval Rotc
Ike Invites 11 Nations to Meet on Antarctica for Peace
President Eisenhower invited 11 nations including the Soviet Union to a conference to ensure Antarctica is used for peaceful purposes. He urged continued scientific cooperation beyond IGY and proposed a treaty guaranteeing freedom of scientific investigation and a peaceful framework under UN charter. The invited countries are Argentina Australia Belgium Chile France Japan New Zealand Norway Union of South Africa Soviet Russia and the United Kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington F
Eisenhower
Antarctica
Soviet Russia
United States
South Pole
White House
U. S
United Nations
State Department
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Chile
France
Japan
New Zealand
Norway
Union of South Africa
United Kingdom
Hancock girl wins Miss Shenandoah Apple Blossom title
Hancock Maryland, Miss Nancy Ann Showman, winner of the Miss Shenandoah Apple Blossom contest, earns an all-expense Cuba trip for two. The prize includes a Havana visit via Cubana Airlines and stays at the Havana Hilton. Finalists included Miss Paula Clark and Miss Emily Goolsby, with judges and local dignitaries presiding at Quarles School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Ann Showman
Hancock
Cuba
Showman
Havana
Cubana Airlines
Havana-Hilton
Emory Showman
Ted Mack
Quarles School
Paula Clark
Charlottesville
Meredith H. Clark
Emily Goolsby
Front Royal
Warren H Goolsby
Lorraine Phyllis Bond
L. C. Bond
Winchester
Charlotte Rowland Ashby
Purcellville
Bond
Stephens City Lions Club
C. Leslie Galladay
Fred
Harrisonburg
Betty Louise Hoover
Monterey
Stephens City
Barbara Jenks
Clarke County
Emily Govalsby
Jo Anne Brown
Bath County
Lois Mose
Sharpsburg
Betsy Barry
Martinsburg
Linda Dolly
Augusta County
Herbert Hoover Leaves Hospital After Gallbladder Surgery
Former President Herbert Hoover, 83, was discharged from the Harkness Pavilion at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center two weeks after a gallbladder operation. He returned to his Waldorf Towers apartment as a Sunday dinner promotion note follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herbert Hoover
Harkness Pavilion
Columbia - Presbyterian Medical Center
Waldorf Towers
Festival Arrests Down as W Va Woman Missing
Festival crowds were orderly with 17 arrests, down from 30 last year. A Charles Town spectator, Naomi Ruth Costello, 22, is missing since 6:30 p.m. yesterday. She is described as 5 feet 4 inches, about 159 pounds, last seen in a blue fantail dress with a white pocketbook and gloves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Thomas Boyd
Charles Town
Naomi Ruth Costello
E. W. Day
Clarence Kern
Kent St
Loudoun
Cecil Sts
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Friendship
Winchester
Fredericksburg
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Shenandoah
Queen Miss. Daphne
Shen
West
Frederick County
N. Washington St
Parade
Ike
Hancock, Md
Sunnyside
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