Winchester Firemen Parade Honors Winners and Praise
Ted Malone says Winchester hosts a better parade than New York City and celebrates unity in organizing the Firemen's Parade with prize results for multiple fire companies bands and drum corps. Winners include Independent Hose No. 1 Frederick Maryland and Berkeley Springs Fire Dept among many across states, with detailed prize amounts and categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
New York City
Ted Malone
Don Larrick
Larrick
Independent Hose No
Frederick
Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Co
Luray Volunteer Fire Dept
Independent Hose Co No. 1
Independent Hose Co. No
Chidlum-Adelphi Volmerst
Berkeley Springs Fire Dept
Colonial Beach Volunteer Tre Dept
Citizens Volunteer Fire Co
Charles Town
W. Va
Greenbrier Military School
Lewisburg
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Massanutten Military Academy
Woodstock
Giles County High School
Pearisburg-Narrows
Gary High School
Gary
Windber Joint
Windber
Morris Frock “Freestaters
Hagerstown
Victory Post
Westernport
Luray Volunteer Fire Co
Harrisonburg Hose Co
American Legion
Richwood
McLean Volunteer Fire Co
Falls Church Volunteer Fire
Kingwood Volunteer Fire Dept
Kingwood
Mason Barr
Waynesboro
Parade Feature Praised by Cagney and Stephens
Jim Wilkins of the Grand Feature Parade says the Lions Club sponsored event improved in quality and was among the best. James Cagney called the parade professional in character and Lt Governor A E S Stephens praised the spectacle for its cooperation and noted Stephens’ daughter Jean was Queen Shenandoah XXVIII. Awards list includes multiple float and band winners from Winchester, Staunton, Hagerstown, Colonial Beach, and other communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Wilkins
Lions Club
Wilkins
James Cagney
A.E.S. Stephens
Sportsman's Paradise
Bath County
Jaycees & Business & Professional Women’s Club
Hot Springs
Colonial Ski Club
Colonial Beach
Cinderella
Wiliam F. Beard
Hagerstown
Sharpsburg Associated Young People of the Farm Bureau
Sharpsburg
the Exchange Club of
Winchester
Kiwanis Club
Elks Lodge
Chamber of Commerce
Strasburg
Jefferson County Jayceesettes
Charles
Federal School Aid Urgently Needed to Ease Class Shortage
Pennsylvania Congressman Kelley urged immediate federal aid for school construction saying 400 million dollars yearly for five years would fund grants to states and 750 million to buy local bonds. The plan faces House committee actions as Kefauver and Clark echoed calls for broader education support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Augustine Kelley
D-Pa
Pennsylvania
Sens
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Clark
Kelley
House Education Committee
Russia
United States
U.S
Gunman Still At Large After Costello Wounding
New York reports the gunman who wounded gambler Frank Costello remains at large after more than 30 hours. Police fear Costello’s friends or his underworld associates may act before detectives. Over 60 detectives and two assigned outside Costello’s apartment continue the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Costello
Costello
Winchester Police Arrest 30 During Apple Blossom Festival
Winchester police report 30 arrests across the Apple Blossom Festival two days. Seventeen drunk, three driving drunk, six disorderly, and four felonious assault and larceny related to a hat theft on Loudoun Street. Four suspects named Barker Brannon Youngblood Bly. bonds set at 250 each. A woman, Jessie Moran of Tampa, injured while stopping theft. Hearing date not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
J. Thomas Boyd
Boyd
Loudoun St
Richard Barker
E. Hart St
Wiliam Leo Brannon
Braddock S&st
Richard Youngblood
Liberty Ave
Aubrey Bly
Euclid Ave
Jessie Moran
Tampa
Fla
David Fahne
Queen Leaves City After Festival Grand Parade
Dignitaries and festival officials wrap up the 39th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival with cleanup and bills as Queen Shenandoah AX Miss Anne Denise Doughty-Tichorne, escorted by James Cagney as grand marshal, savors the last moments of the pageant. The royal procession drew thousands, while the queen and her party head to Midlburg, Warrenton, Washington, Oklahoma, and Dallas before returning to England May 24. The star and queen praised the festival in brief statements to The Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Shenandoah AX
Anne Denise Doughty-Tichorne
James Cagney
Mr. Cagney
Cagney
Miss Tichborne
Lady Tichborne
Middleburg
Winchester
Washington, D. C
Oklahoma
Dallas
Texas
England
Tichborne
Star
County records sixth traffic death during 48 hour fete
A 69-year-old man named Milton Taylor was killed after being struck on Route 11 near the festival area. Two other pedestrians were badly hurt and several more people sustained injuries in a series of three accidents during the 48 hour fete, contributing to a total of 15 reported traffic incidents and property damage over $3,800.
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Milton Taylor
S. Loudoun St
Taylor
Frederick County
Star
M. H. Moore
Dorothy Whitacre Nesselordt
Stephens City
Memorial Hospital
Rae Hall Bailey
Cameron St
Loudoun St
Winchester
F. L. Messall
Manassas
John Paul Kalisz
S. Braddock St
Marion Louise Vance
William A. Saville
Charles W. Heironimus
Route 1
Berryville
John Heironimus
Charles W. Heironimms
Brucetown
J. M. Jacobs
Alexandria
Morris Franklin Ramey
Rhodes
Clevenger
W. S. Hicklin
Broadway
Pennsylvania
Maurice Lake
James Craze
Portland Grand Jury Pushes Indictments in Vice Probe
Portland grand jury reported 69 indictments in nine weeks of work and criticized Dist. Atty. Langley Mayor Schrunk and police. It urged replacing the attorney general in vice investigations and targeted narcotics and prostitution as next priorities. The panel warned more wrongdoing likely exists as Elkins’ earlier accusations linger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Vice
William Langley
Terry Schrunk
Langley
Schrunk
Robert Y. Thornton
Oregon
Charles W. Redding
Oregon State Bar
Dist. Atty
Big Jim Elkins
Elkins
Portland Vice
Senate
Nicaragua Builds Air Umbrella to Foil Honduran Attacks
Gen. Anastasio Somoza Jr says Nicaragua has ringed the frontier with planes to deter further Honduran assaults after troops drove Hondurans from Mocoron village. President Luis Somoza seeks a five nation truce panel’s peaceful settlement, while Honduran generals promise ongoing combat and threaten to bomb Managua if border bombings resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza Jr
Nicarraguan
Luis Somoza
Central America
Honduras
Roque Rodriguez
Tegucigalpa
Mocoron
Cold snap damages apples in Clarke and Jefferson counties
Frost in Clarke County and nearby West Virginia damaged tender buds at Rosemont Orchards Berryville with lows around 25 degrees. Jefferson County WV reported 24 degrees while Frederick County saw no commercial damage. Weather forecasters warned of more frost and cool conditions before improving tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
West Virginia
Rosemont
Berryville
Jefferson County
W. Va
Frederick County
Wincaster
Excursion to Bring Over 500 Visitors From Philadelphia
The Apple Blossom Special sponsored by the Philadelphia chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will arrive in Winchester at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Pennsylvania station with more than 500 visitors. The welcome is a joint effort by the Chamber of Commerce and Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival with local officials and groups coordinating tours and literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
National Railway Historical Society
Winchester
Pennsylvania Station
Pennsylvania
Western Maryland
Chamber of Commerce
Shenandoah
Rouss Drum & Bugle Corps
Winchesterettes
Claude Smalls, Jr
Harold D. Patton
Thomas G. Scully
George Lucas
Tom Baldridge
Winchester-Frederick
Hospital Reports Wounded Man in Good Condition
Monte Tomblin Jr 18 of Bers eyville is listed in good condition at Memorial Hospital after a gunshot wound to the right foot. Eugene Cochran 30 of 24 Oates Ave is in good condition after a fall at Sarah Zane Fire Hall.
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Monte Tomblin, Jr
Berseyville
Memorial Hospital
Eugene Cochran
Oates Ave
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Attention Legionnaires
Bucky Gardner
South End Fire Company
Shirkey’s
Sunnyside
House of Good Food
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Duff's
Safeway, Inc
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Sanitary Dairy
Staunton- Augusta
Staunton
Randolph Macon Academy
Front Royal
Norview High School
Norfolk
John Marshall High School
Richmond
Windber Joint Jr
Penna
Wincester
City
Debrah Virginia Delo
Hose Company 4
Harrisonburg
Market Street Methodist Church
Patricia Ann Bemis
Patricia Marie Patriarca
Herndon
Richard G. Maslock
Ans
Carlos Garcia
Macoron
Clarke
Jefferson
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