Deaths and Funerals Across Several Local Families
Funeral services are planned for Charles Alver 55 of 17 North Braddock Street at Omps Pancras Home with burial at Mt Hebron Cemetery. Lydia Armel widow of William L Armel dies Monday. service at Jones Funeral Home with burial at Macedonia Cemetery. Jane Millar Stephenson widow of Henry Lucien Stephenson to be buried at Mt Hebron Cemetery in Buffalo New York. Mrs Bell dies at Gore and a Sacred Heart Catholic Church service is set with burial in Baltimore New Cathedral Cemetery. Graveside rites, pallbearers, and rosary listed for each case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles &. Alver
N. Braddock St
Memorial Hospital
Omps Pancras
BE. T. Clark
D. D
First Baptist Church
Mt. Hebron
Ernest Pugh
Clayton Cochran, Sr
William Battaille
Meredith Royston Jr
Bernard Smith
Sherman Dick
Omps Funeral
Lydia Armel
William L. Armel
Hvid
Jones Funeral Home
Wiliam C. Eastridge
Montague Avenue Methodist Church
Macedonia Cemetery
Wilson Derfinger
J. W. Sumption
Howard W. Groves
Reynolds
Armel
William D. Spicer
John R Holley
Jane Millar Stephenson
Henry Lucien Stephenson
Buffalo
N.Y
William E. Eisenberg
Grace Lutheran Church
Ihearers
Lloyd C. Janen
Lynchburg
Robert 8. Bell
Robert S. Boyd
Philip Ki. Glaize
Fred L. Glaize
Stewart Bell, Jr
John P. Bell
Gore
Baltimore
Patrick
Mary Barry Madden
Katherine M. Bell
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Julius Cilinski
New Cathedral Cemetery
Giffin
Capon Bridge
Miss Mary Frances Madden Dies at 95
Mary Frances Madden 95 died after a long illness. Born in Chicago she lived in the city most of her life and was active in community service. She leaves a sister and several nieces and nephews. Burial was planned at Mount Hope Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Frances Madden
Leatherman Named Co Information Post by Rotary
Daniel E. Leatherman of this city, Governor of Rotary District 275, is in Lake Placid to attend the Rotary International Assembly. He has been appointed Rotary International Information Counselor for 1957 58 and chosen as one of three district governors to serve on the information council. Accompanied by Mrs. Leatherman, he traveled from Natural Bridge where the District Assembly was held April 26 27. After the Lake Placid assembly on May 8 the Leathermans sail May 9 for Europe to attend the Rotary International Convention in Lucerne May 19 23. They will tour Austria Germany and Italy and return June 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel E. Leatherman
Rotary
Lake Placid
N. Y
Rotary International Assembly
Ralph W. Mulver
Rotary Club
Rotary International
Information Council
Leatherman
Natural Bridge
Leathermans
New York
Europe
Lucerne
Switzerland
Austria
Germany
Italy
President Plans Appeal to People
President Eisenhower plans to go directly to the people to rally support for his stalled legislative program. The White House said no decision has been made on how or when the appeal will be made, with a likely decision after Thursday talks with congressional leaders on foreign aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington P
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Final Service Held For Sen McCarthy
The funeral of Sen Joseph R McCarthy was held in Appleton Wisconsin with Catholic rites. Father Adam Grill described the flag draped casket as the epitome of McCarthy life praising his devotion to God and country as crowds filed past to pay last respects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen. McCarthy
Uts
McCarthy
Graf
Israeli Liner Theodor Herzl Searched After Bomb Warning
London police searched the 8 250 ton Israeli liner Theodor Herzl in the port after an anonymous call claimed a bomb was aboard. A frogman checked the hull as the ship prepared to sail to Haifa on its maiden voyage. The vessel had stayed in London 10 days after arriving from Hamburg, built as part of West Germany's reparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Theodor Herz
Haifa
Hamburg
West Germany
May 11 Auction Listings in Bat. Area
A sequence of sale notices for May events across Stephens City Winchester and nearby towns. Estates and real estate items include household goods, livestock, tractors, antiques, and farm machinery with auctioneers Chas Duvall W F Artrip Jr Dennis Cole and others. Listings include times May 11 May 15 May 17 May 18 May 25 and June 1 with locations in Winchester Front Royal Cedar Grove and surrounding routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Stephens City
Chas. Duvall
Fred
Oscar Duncan
Hopewell Church
Clearbrook
Clay Machinery Sales
Mt. Airy
Frederick
Kathryn N. Skeirik
Patton
Cameron St
Winchester
W. F. Artrip, Jr
Thomas McIntire
Charles R. Duvall
W. E. Edwards
County Court House
Stonewall District
Shenandoah Valley
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Charles Town
W. Va
W. D. Orndorff
J. Randolph Larrick
Frederick County Court House
E. T. Snider
Virginia Weather Summary and Rainfall Reports
Rainfall in the past 24 hours shows none with no May total today. Year to date rainfall through May 7 is 11.04 inches, annual average 36.99 inches over 44 years. Virginia forecast calls for clear tonight then sunny warm Wednesday. Winchester skies note sunrise 5 06 a m sunset 7 11 p m.
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Virginia
Winchester
Dynamite Blast Kills Mother and Son in Paragould
In Paragould Arkansas a dynamite explosion killed Edna Sexton about 36 and her five year old son Charles Bittinger in their bed. Police seek Edna's estranged husband Charles Sexton 59 for questioning. Nancy Bittinger 13 was injured and six other residents escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paragould
Ark
W. L. Brothers
Edna Sexton
Charles Bittinger
Brothers
Charles Sexton
Sextons
Nancy Bittinger
Sexton
Norma Jean Sexton
State Child Welfare Department
Marcus Fietz
Jonesboro
Mrs. Sexton
Fietz
House Unit Votes To Hike Letter Mail to 4 Cents
Washington The House Post Office and Civil Service Committee backed a four cent rate for first class letter mail up from three. The panel approved a bill section for general rate increases and will examine second class mail next. Rep Muray stated the vote was about 2 to 1 in a closed session. The panel also endorsed a one cent rise for postcards to 3 cents and air mail letters to 7 cents per ounce and air mail cards to 5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Muray
D-Tenn
Spring Planting Hampered by Dry Soil in Virginia
The Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service reports dry soil hindering spring planting across most regions. Pastures remain unusually good, but rain is needed for continued growth. Wheat and other small grains show satisfactory growth with average or better yields anticipated. ground is hardening and corn, cotton, peanuts, and tobacco planting is strained. About half of Virginia's corn had been planted by week’s end. frost damaged some fruit areas while strawberries in Norfolk and the Eastern Shore require moisture to prevent size and quality losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Co-operative Crop Reporting Service
Virginia
Norfolk
Gas Fire in Car Near Middletown Quickly Put Out
Middletown fire department responded to Sea man and Johnson's service station on U S 11 to extinguish a gasoline engine fire in a 1956 Chevrolet station wagon. The vehicle owned by a Roanoke man was being primed when gasoline ignited. fire units stopped the blaze and towed the car to Hammack's for repairs. No damage estimate was available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Seaman and Johnson
U. S
Here
T. Ainsworth Sperry
Roanoke
Hammack
State Records 236th Road Death
A Prince William County woman Louise Lamb 27 of Hoadley died in a non collision smashup on State Rt 611 four miles south of Alexandria Fairfax County The driver Harold W Walton of Alexandria identified by state police Also reported Bedford County man H B Watson 77 died after an auto crash two miles west of Bedford on U S 460 the toll for the year rises to 236 compared with 260 a year ago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Prince William County
Virginia
Louise Lamb
Hoadley
Alexandria
Fairfax County
Harold W. Walton
Alxandria
Bedford County
H. B. Watson
Bedford
Bedford Hospital
U.S. 460
Two-Car Collision Causes $200 in City Damage
A two car crash on N Kent St at 12 20 pm resulted in 200 dollars in damage. Willie Shade of Rt 2 drove a 1953 Chevrolet south on Kent and Jasper Baker of Rt 1 Clearbrook drove a 1954 Chevrolet from a west side driveway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Kent St
W. L. Fogle
Willie Shade
Rt. 2
Kent St
Jasper Thurman Baker
Rt. 1
Clearbrook
How's Your 1.9.2 Quiz Answers Revealed
Answers to the quiz questions printed on page 4 are listed: 1) 1832 2) Cuba 3) Ten 4) South 5) General Motors Corporation 6) Doublecons 7) Theodore Roosevelt 8) Epilepsy 9) Confess 10) All four, but in the quotation applies to drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pate
Cuba
South
General Motors Corporation
Theodore Roosevelt
Loring Kackley Returns to Clarke County Clerk Office
Clarke County Clerk Loring C Kackley, after a Jan 4 heart attack, returned to his Berryville office Thursday under doctor approval to work a few hours daily. Deputy Clerk Lucy Allen and an assistant maintained duties during his illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Loring C. Kackley
Clarke County
Kackley
Lucy Allen
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Alger Service
Armel Service
Stephenson
Ernstown
Loy
Stuart M. Perry, Inc
P.O. Box
Scott
Vigoro
Mailler's Hardware
S. Loudoun St
V.F.W. Spring
W.elw
Singer
Singer Sewing Center
Loudoun
H. C. Christianson
C.L Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Shade
Baker
Engineering CO
Vita Amtsay
Order of the Golden Rule
Loring Kackley
the Armory
American Finance Corp
Finnance Corporation
BE. Main St
Studebaker
Studebaker-Packard Corporation Vii
Eile Og
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