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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1954

Page

5

New Internal Security Division Planned by Justice Dept

The New York Times reports Attorney General Brownell will create a Division of Internal Security within the Justice Department. It will handle espionage treason sabotage and security risk cases and will supplement the FBI work while prosecuting FBI produced cases. A forfeited baseball game scores nine to zero.

New York New York Times Brownell Department of Justice The Times United States FBI Internal Security

Notice of hearing on estate debts and heirs in Winchester

In the Corporation Court for Winchester Virginia the case of Farmers and Merchants National Bank vs Harry S Quantz et al directs a report on debts and priorities and on heirs and distributees of F O Quantz deceased. Master Commissioner J Randolph Larrick fixed May 21 1954 at 10 AM at 33 East Boscawen Street Winchester for attendance and presentation of evidence.

Winchester Virginia Farmers and Merchants National Bank F.O. Quantz Harry S. Quantz Als J. Randolph Larrick Winchester Evening Star Frederick County East Boscawen Street

Family of Jacob Baker and Sons and descendants

The obituary notes Jacob Baker of Merryman Lane born 1789 and his descendants. It details marriages to Annie Gaither and Susan Brown, business on Main Street, partnership in Jacob Baker and Sons until 1888, and numerous children including J Few Brown, Mary Virginia Krauth, Julia E. Boyd, Emma aged 13, Portia, Robert M. Baker rector, Christian S. Baker, George P. and Jacob E. Baker twins, and Henry S. Baker William B. Baker Camillus S. Baker who continued the family business. It praises Jacob Baker’s long life and the enduring, untarnished family name.

Annie E. Gaither Frederick Main Street Jacob Baker and Sons Susan C. Baker Oliver M. Brown J. Few Brown Shenandoah Valley National Bank M. Smith A. McK. Boyd Emma Baker Portia B. Baker Jacob Baker Robert M. Baker Georgetown D. C Louise F. Davidson Christian S. Baker Fannie Baylor Augustus Baker George P. Baker Lyte McCleasy Hattie Cook Jacob E. Baker Mary Ellen Miller Jacob Mary Wills Henry W. Baker Henry Baker Henry S. Baker William B. Baker Camillus S. Baker Catherine B. Streit Christian Streit America Catherine Price Aletta W. Hunt Winchester and Potomac Winchester Staunton Philadelphia and Reading Elizabeth Mantz Baker and Company Martinsburg Baker Brothers Winchester Gas Company

Henry Bakers Descendants Prominent in Local Business

The Baker family rooted in Winchester for 168 years from 1755 built a vast legacy. Henry Baker born in 1731, his descendants like Henry W. Baker, Jacob Baker and William B. Baker shaped commerce, rail, and banking. The Jacob Baker place on Merriman's Lane later became owned by C Ridgely White in 1948.

Jacob Baker Merriman’s Lane Baker C. Ridgeley White L. Adolph Richards Winchester C. Ridgely White Henry Baker W. D. Taylor Taylors Mr. White Germany Marie E. Fink Henry W. Baker Joseph Isaac John Abraham Jacob Elizabeth Henry W. Baker Frederick Catherine Miller John Miller

Paper Urges Queen Elizabeth II to Rest After Tour

Daily Sketch urges a rest for Queen Elizabeth II after her world tour. The tabloid shows a Malta photo of a slimmer monarch and calls her “Her Slender Majesty” as the tour ends next week.

London Daily Sketch

Ex Convict and Wife Sentenced in Post Office Theft

Ex-convict Walter Lee Hartman was sentenced to five years in a federal penitentiary for robbing the Rocky Mount post office of 793 dollars and 31 cents in cash and stamps. His wife Emma Louise Hartman received three years in the Alderson reformatory for aiding in the robbery. she was also placed on probation for prior state offenses.

Roanoke Walter Lee Hartman Rocky Mount John Paul Paul Hartman Emma Louise Hartman Alderson W. Va

Marley Aquatower cools with water recirculation

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Marley Company

Body of Boy Found in River Near Yacht Club

The body of 5 year old Paige Broyhill was recovered from the Anacostia River near the yacht club where he disappeared Sunday afternoon. Lt. Joseph Entrikin of Anacostia Naval Air Station said divers found the body about 30 yards from the station's docks. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Marvin T Broyhill Jr of Arlington Virginia and nephew of Representative Joel T Broyhill.

Washington Paige Broyhill Anacostia Yacht Club Marvin T. Broyhill Jr Arlington Joel T. Broyhill Corinthian Yacht Club

Randolph Macon Woman's College Sets June 7 Graduation Speakers

President William F. Quillian Jr. announced that Yale Divinity School's Dr Halford E Luccock and Ohio Wesleyan University's Dr Theodore C Durham will speak at the Randolph Macon Woman's College commencement on June 7.

Lynchburg Halford E. Luccock Yale University Divinity School Theodore C. Durham Ohio Wesleyan University Randolph Macon Woman's College William F. Quillian Jr

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