Deaths and Funerals in Martinsburg area
George Albert Hildebrand of 17% E Piccadilly Sr. dies in Martinsburg. Funeral Monday 1:30 at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Joseph S. Duckyall. interment Mount Hebron Cemetery. Jessie Johnson of Winchester dies in Winchester Memorial Hospital. survivors listed including Elizabeth Johnson and foster children. Emma Knox, 82, widow of Rev Absalom Knox, dies in Atlanta. buried in Druid Ridge Cemetery Baltimore. service by Rev Charles York.
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Mount Hebron
Loyal Order of Moose
Jones Funeral Home
Jessie Johnso
Halidax Street
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Clarke County
Phillip Johnson
Winchester
Johnson
Zion Baptist Church
Jamestown
W. Va
Eligabeth Johnson
John Downing
Front Royal
William Mason
Vienna
Corinne Williams
Edith Taylor
Lewisville
Sealus Johnson
Philadelphia
Penna
St. Stephens Methodist Church
J. H. Robinson
Cartwright Funeral Home
Emma Knox
Absalom Knox
Stephens City Methodist Church
Atlanta
Druid Rich
Baltimore
Charles York
Stephens City
Knox
John Knox
Union Theological Seminary
N. Y
51 Room Miramar Villa Donated to Rhode Island Church
Newport Rhode Island news reports the Miramar estate donated by George D. Widener and Mrs Eleanor Dixon to the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island in memory of their mother. A $25 000 gift from each donor will be paid over three years. The 50 room white limestone villa designed by Horace Trumbauer has a storied Newport history and use plans are not yet decided.
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Newport
R. I
Miramar
George D. Widener
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Rhode Island
John Seville Higgins
Fleanor (Widener) Dixon
George D. Widener Sr
Bishop Higgins
Wideners
Alexander Hamilton Rice
Belmont Park Track
Horace Trambauer
Shale for Sale and Bulldozer Rental Offer
Advertisement lists 00 percent shale for sale and a bulldozer for rent with operator H. C. Christianson. Contact MO 2.6744 for details.
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Fxlas Cilititixa
H. C. Christianson
Possible Link Between Fires and Poisonings at Parkville Campus
Investigators sought connections between six fires at Park College in a week and arsenic poisoning of two students and a nurse who fell ill after lunch. A male student is held for observation at Neurological Hospital in Kansas City after a prior head injury and seizures. Prosecutor John Moore said a prelim inquiry would review any link between fires and poisoning.
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Parkville
Park College
Alumni
Neurological Hospital
Kansas City
Robert E. Long
Park
Long
John R. Moore
Platte County
Virginia Traffic Toll Reaches 249
Two deaths during the night raise Virginia's traffic toll for the year to 249, compared with 270 at the same time last year. Edward Lee Smith, 15, of Leesburg, died on arrival from injuries in a single vehicle crash on Route 625 near Leesburg. Robert Junior Reed, 25, of Salem, died instantly in a head on collision near Christiansburg involving a Dublin driver.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Edward Lee Smith
Leesburg
Rt. 625
Robert Junior Reed
Salem
Bennett Marshall
Dublin
Christiansburg
Three Children Die in Fire in Philadelphia Home
A north Philadelphia blaze killed eight year old Joseph Gary ton five year old Patrick and four year old Priscilla Gavton asphyxiating them in the family house. Father Joseph Gavton, thirty, tried to force entry as flames raged, while mother Elizabeth Gavton, twenty three, and four other children were rescued.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Garyton
Patrick
Priscilla
Joseph
Elizabeth Gavton
Estate of vast Atlantic coastland at Miramar described
The Palace of Versailles inspired Miramar estate built for a wealthy owner, with elaborate formal gardens, a 414 acre site enclosed by a tall iron fence. Replacement value is listed at $1,844,370 though annual assessments run around $250,000.
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Atlantic
Vice Mayor of Roanoke Dies at 70
Roanoke Virginia Vice Mayor Winfree B. Carter, 70, a longtime city council member and former Norfolk and Western railway employee, died after heart attacks following a Diamond Jubilee meeting. He led the Virginia Tuberculosis Association and the Virginia League of Municipalities and served on Roanoke City Council 1940 1948 and again since last June.
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Roanoke
Winfree B. Carter
Carter
Diamond Jubilee Organization
Virginia Tuberculosis Assn
Virginia League of Municipalities
Multiple Farm and Real Estate Auctions Throughout Virginia and Maryland
A regional listings page announces numerous upcoming auctions from May to June. Items include tractors, farm equipment, antiques, livestock, household goods, real estate, and adminstered trusts. Auctions are led by Chas. Duvall, Walter P. Chrysler’s North Wales Farm, Headley’s Auctioneers, and others across Winchester, Front Royal, Warrenton, and nearby towns.
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Fred
Oscar Duncan
Hopewell Church
Clearbrook
Chas. Duvall
Clay Machinery Sales
Mt. Airy
Frederick
Walter P. Chrysler
North Wales
Warrenton
Headley
Kathryn N. Skeirik
Patton
N. Cameron St
Winchester
W. F. Artrip, Jr
Thomas McIntire
Charles R. Duvall
Lewis & Clark
Cedar Grove
W. D. Orndorff
Dennis Cole
Snook Bros., Inc
Virginia Avenue
Hagerstown
Lewis M. Renner
Ralph Hounshell
Strasburg Road
Front Royal
Dennis T. Cole
J. Wilmer Carpenter
Senseny Road
Dora Orr
S. Cameron St
W. D. Orndroff
J. Randolph Larrick
Frederick County Court House
E. T. Snider
Dabney W. Watts
Turstee
Stephens City
Boyd G. Headley, Jr
Weather Today in Virginia Showers and Cool Sunday
Showers tonight with a low in the 60s and Sunday appears cooler with more showers in the eastern and northern areas. Highs near 71 and lows around 64 with mixed conditions across Winchester.
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Virginia
Winchester
Atomic clocks aid ocean missiles plot course
Air Force officials testified before a House subcommittee that two devices named atomicrons with one in one billion accuracy are being bought at 45000 dollars each to plot the trajectory of long range missiles. Maj. Gen. Bogart cited 104 million dollars set aside for the C132 transport plane project and 34 million dollars for related work.
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Air Force
Rep. Mahon
D-Tex
United States
R. P. Swofford
Washington
House
Harry R. Page
Dudley C. Sharp
Air
Frank A. Bogart
Bogart
Sheriff Probes Break-In at Ulmer Home in Timber Ridge
Frederick County Sheriff Office investigates a break-in at Alfred K. Ulmer’s Timber Ridge residence. Entry occurred between May 7 at 6 p.m. and May 10 at 11 p.m. Ulmer away at the time. Radio three rifles and a shotgun reported stolen.
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Frederick County
Quiz answers printed on page 4
The page 4 quiz answers clarify three items. Answer one notes a timing about fifteen years earlier. Answer two defines geisha as girl or girls and states it is unnecessary and improper to add girl or girls. Answer three identifies the term tentmaker.
I Only Regret That I Have But One Life to Lose
A compact fragment listing items titled Near East the Barrymores violinist Manx No Livy with a noted famous line and a collection of terse words. The items read as a sequence of proper nouns and a single quotation.
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Near East
the Barrymores
Violinist
Manx
Livy
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Jessie Johnson
Orrick
Mrs, Pmma Knox
George A. Hildebrand
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Mernstown
Loy
Stuart M. Perry, Inc
P.O. Box
Paine
du Pont
John W. Rosenberger
Braddock St
Gerwick
Trambauer
Palace of Versailles
Myity
Order of the Golden Rule
Norfolk and Western Railway
Frederick, Md
Ridgeville
Sharp
John Deeres
Massey-Harris
Lars
Page
BEE Supplies
C. J. Brumback & Sons
Cameron St
Patton's
North
Cameron Street
Clara J. Burner
Russell
Duncan Phyfe
Kathryn WN. Skeirik
John W. Lewis
Nain
R.C.A
Westinghouse
P. mm
Jesse B. Lewis
Arthur Clark
Josephine Fisher
Mildred Cole
Pleasant Valley
Little Mountain
Grange Hall
Winchster
John Deere
Ontario
Sheriff's Office
Rush Auction
Leroy Franklin
Herbert S. Larrick
Circuit Court
John F. Pfaff
Justic Auction
Herbert
Larrick
Opequon
Turissa W. Hale Olsen
John Carter Hale
Dee d
Charles R. Neff
Ninevah Road
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
Tion
Boyd G. Headley, Sr
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