Ground Breaking Set for Valley Pike Shopping Center
Ground breaking scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday for a 1 million plus Valley Pike shopping center at Mill Creek Road. Rosenfeld Realty and Frederick Construction announce the project with tenants including Food Fair and S Kresge Co. Free parking for over 1 000 cars. The first section aims for a multi million dollar center with parking on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Pike
Mill Creek Road
Rosenfeld Realty Co
Washington, D. C
Frederick Construction Co., Inc
Frederick, Md
Winchester considers dog control and budget changes
Winchester City Council on first reading proposed an ordinance to prohibit dogs from running at large and allow impounding and destruction. The Public Safety Committee chair H W Butler Jr presented it. The council approved transfers totaling 26 200 from various funds and authorized appropriations for the 1959 60 and 1960 61 budgets. A one way west Morgan Street trial plan was approved with parking on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Public Safety Committee
H. W. Butler, Jr
Corporation Court
Carrol H. Henkel
Morgan St
Amherst St
Police Department
Weather and local notes from The Gown Crier item
The Town Crier reports daylight time last observed in 1948 and notes cooling weather ahead. John Griffith borrowed tools to set up a clothesline for his wife. Expect cloudy tonight with lows 46 to 50 and a cool, fair day Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Griffith
Fred Sturm
Alfred Williams
Rt. 4
Council Adopts Civil Defense Survival Plan
Winchester adopts its Civil Defense Survival Plan by resolution with 16 annexes and a line of succession. Harold A. McQuistion notes plan compliance with state programs as Councilman Eugene C. Babb supports the measure. The order of succession lists Mayor Claude B. Smalts Jr and council/committee leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Civil Defense
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
J. M. Allen
A. Lee Coble
Rescue Squad Seeks City Help for Headquarters Site
The Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad asked the City Council for aid in locating a permanent headquarters site. A five member council committee was appointed to work with the squad, with criteria including cost range and central location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Winchester
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
B. Ahanes
Ure
Me Sone Battaile
Ee Meee C. E Carroll H. Henkel
L. M Allen
Charles M. “Zuckerman
Commission to Laos Rebel Capital Seeks Cease Fire Verification
Commissioners fly toward Xieng to verify a truce in Laos as Western powers demand a trustworthy cease-fire before Geneva talks. An observer group awaits arrival at Vientiane while fighting fronts report minor clashes but the cease-fire is broadly seen as holding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vientiane
Laos
Sen
Geneva
Xieng
Truce Commission
Commission
City Budget Presentation Set for May 24
Winchester will present its fiscal year budget at a special City Council meeting on May 24 at 7 30 p m announced by Mayor Claude B Smalls Jr Finance Committee chair Stewart Bell Jr noted requests exceed anticipated revenue by over 100 000 and that the committee has worked hard to compile the needs for the year ending June 30 1962 Seishin co and Sid Wax will be covered at the June 13 regular meeting on the budget
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Claude B. Smalls, Jr
Finance Committee
Stewart Bell, Jr
Bell
Sid Wax Bas
Seishin Co
Audit shows hospital building fund exceeds one million
An audit of Winchester hospital records reveals a building fund campaign totaling 1,034,364.17 dollars. The report notes contributions and questions whether the campaign could have succeeded, with further remarks from Haney praising competence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester’s Hospital
Custer, Jr
Haney
Baby Boy Born In Rescue Squad Truck
The Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad is congratulated on the birth of a six pound boy in its emergency truck last night as it arrived at Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Orie Mason is the mother, with the birth occurring near Buf flick Road and Route 522.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Orie Mason
Bufflick Road
Route 522
Memorial Hospital
NATO ministers vow to keep West Berlin free
NATO foreign ministers pledged to preserve West Berlin's freedom for 2.5 million residents and to deter Soviet aggression with united Atlantic strength. The communique rejected peaceful coexistence doctrine, reaffirmed allied rights to stationed troops, and urged full allied consultations on German reunification and routes to West Berlin. The note followed by a three day sales pitch for spring hats at Margaret Leo Hat & Dress Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oslo
Norway
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
West Berlin
Sean i
NATO
Khrushchev
Iron Curtain
Soviet Union
East Germany
Berlin
Americans Among 69 Die In Sahara Plane Crash
An Air France four engine Super Constellation with 69 aboard crashed in the Sahara near Erg Oriental during a Congo to Paris flight. At least five Americans were aboard including the family of U S charge d affaires Alan Lukens. The wreckage lay among lonely sand dunes about 75 miles from Padbad Terial. rescue teams found the disaster site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Sahara
Air France
Tera
Edjele
Alan Lukens
U.S
Bangui
Central
Afri
Can Republic
Lukens
Libya
France
Marseille
Washington
State Department
Mary Ann. Richardson
Elizabeth G. Edward
Alan W. Jr
Edward C. Lukens
W. Mount Ave
Philadelphia
William E. Richardson
Reading Blvd
Wyomissing
Central African Republic
Foreign Service
Harrison Emphasis on Education Marks Gubernatorial Bid
Arlington speech by Albertis S. Harrison Jr. outlines education as top goal if elected governor. He cites Soviet gains, urges better school use, expanded loans and scholarships, more vocational training, and greater use of television in teaching. Calls for lower mandatory retirement age for teachers and longer sick leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Albertis S. Harrison, Jr
Harrison
Soviet Union
Ee Ia
Kerpon Education Association
General Assembly
100 Years Ago Today Capt Lyon Secures Federal Control
A 1875 report notes Capt Nathaniel Lyon secured federal control of St. Louis after rioting. It also cites the Confederate War De pane authorizing Robert E. Lee to assume control of Confederate forces in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Lyon
St. Louis
Robert E. Lee
Virginia
Surprise Mother Sunday At Mulvey’s Antiques Auction
A noisy jumble of sale notes lists auctions and sales from Mulvey's Antiques on Long Green and Headley's Auction for Denny's Comm Auction, Worth's storage, and Gorham Chantilly discounts. It reads like a timetable of furniture, rugs, appliances, and garden plants with various times and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.S.T
Long Green
Eric-Abrac Headley
Denny’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rosenfeld
Deve
Pashan Josey Ymaaries
B. M. Per
General Fund
Chamber of Commerce
McQuistion
Mr. Coble
Aoa Aoter
Atv
Dity
Hus
Corhinwed
W. Berlin
Margaret Leo
Louise Sevier Gidings Currey
Lookout. Mountain
Tenn
New York
Their
Committee, Inc
Mr. Harrison
Arlington County
Woman’s Democratic Club
Mother
Lady Manhattan
Mulvey's
Worth’s
Loudoun St
Scient Oon
C. E. Babb Millwood
Gorham
Chantilly Hodgson & Brown
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!