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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1961

Page

2

Deaths and Funerals Curtis Griffin Robinson Ill

Infant Curtis Hattie Robinson born April 6 died shortly after admission. Survived by parents, paternal grandfather Curtis Robinson of Clarke County, maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Silvious of Brucetown, two uncles and other relatives. Graveside service tomorrow at 3 p.m. Hebron Cemetery. Omps Funeral Home.

Curtis Griffin Robinson Curtis Hattie Charles Silvious Brucetown Curtis Robinson Clarke County Hebron Omps Funeral

Widow Mrs Davis, 80, Dies in Winchester Hospital

Mrs Elizabeth Esteille Davis aged 80 widow of Robert R Davis died in Winchester Memorial Hospital yesterday. She was daughter of the late Charles Pugh and Lear Stump Pugh and a Stephenson Methodist Church member. Survived by two children and 15 great grandchildren. Funeral planned for Wednesday at 11 a.m. with arrangements pending. Body at Omps.

Elizabeth’ Esteille Davis Robert R. Davis Winchester Memorial Hospital Davis Charles and Lear Stump Pugh Stephenson Methodist Church Si Tier Ee Fisher Clearbrédei Nettie Shreck Winchester Lena Rhoddifer Ashley Pugh Omps Funeral Home

Wisecarver Service Set For Lovell A Wisecarver

Lovell A Wisecarver of Route 4 died Friday night. The funeral will be conducted by Reverend Ronald S Clark Thursday morning at 11 in Jones Funeral Home. Burial is in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers are Charles J Renner Alfred L Ely Thurman S Perry Vernon F Lee Percy C Shepherd and John D Massle.

Chester Carver Red Bud Lovell A. ‘Wisecarver Route 4 Ronald S. Clark Sday Yhorning Jones Funeral Home Mount Hebron Cemetery Charles J. Renner Alfred L.ely Thurman S. Perry Vernon F. Lee Percy C. Shepherd John D. Massle

Thompson Rites Set For Wednesday at Emmanuel Chapel

Frank Burwell Thompson 55 of Millwood died Saturday night at a Boyce Fire Hall dance from a heart attack. Survivors include a son, Donald Burwell Thompson, a sister trio, a brother, and a grandchild. Funeral Wednesday at 3 p.m. EST at Emmanuel Episcopal Chapel Boyce, Rev. Frank Q. Cayce officiating. Burial Green Hill Cemetery Berryville. Body at John H. Enders Funeral Home.

Frank Burwell Thompson Millwood Boyce Mr. Thompson Clarke County Thornton M Gertrude Cadwallader Thompson Donald Burwell Thompson Washington, D. C Minnie Sipe Cary Brown Alion S. Thompson William R. Thompson Lynne Ann Thompson Emmanuel Episcopal Chapel Frank Q. Cayce Green Hill Cemetery Berryville John H. Enders

Johnson Beating Shaivomsh Highlights Trip Plan

Johnson and his party of 32 prepare to leave Tuesday for Thailand while in Taipei Formosa he pledges U S support to Chiang Kai-shek and assures no move to recognize Red China. The only item listed on his program is Bene’s scenic harbor.

Bene Johnson Thailand Taipei Formosa Chiang Kai-shek U.S Kennedy Red China

Quiz Answers Revealed From I Q A Session

The list presents past quiz items with names such as Charles A Lindbergh and Red Grange and facts including Pompeii and Opal. It includes true false prompts and numerical values like 144 dozen and Ons 6.

Charles A. Lindbergh Red” Grange Pompeii

Ground breaking for Winchester Park and Shop Center

Philip H. Sagan president of Winchester Park and Shop Inc. presides at the groundbreaking for a shopping center on Valley Pike at Mill Creek Road Weems Lane. Albert H. Cohen of Frederick Construction Co. shakes his hand while Sam J. Rosenfeld of Rosenfeld Realty Co and B O Brumback Frederick County Board of Supervisors stand by Ed Molden who sold the property. Architect Anthony Nasolino of Washington D C. will supervise. Work to start immediately.

Philip H. Sagan Winchester Park and Shop Inc Valley Pike Mill Creek Road Weems Lane Albert H. Cohen Frederick Construction Co Frederick, Md Sam J. Rosenfeld Rosenfeld Realty Co Washington, D.C B. O. Brumback Frederick County Board of Supervisors Ed Molden Anthony Nasolino Washington D.C Jones

Goldfine’s Tax Troubles Deepen in Strathmore Case

Russian-born industrialist Goldfine faces $340 784 in taxes amid a string of congressional probes into his gifts to political figures. Beginning in 1958 his donations triggered scrutiny and helped force a White House aide to resign. Goldfine and his wife attended court with secretary Mildred Paperman, a co defendant.

Strathmore Woolen Corp Goldfine Washibhe Sherman New Hampshire Dwight D. Eisenhower Adams White House Charlotte Strathmore Mildred Paperman

Berryville Merchants to Merge with Chamber of Commerce

Berryville Retail Merchants Association will merge with the Chamber of Commerce to form the Chambers Retail Merchants Committee. About 75 members attended the meeting Friday night with an apparently unanimous vote. Directors of both groups supported the merger.

Berryville The Berryville Retail Merchants Association Chamber of Commerce Chamber’s Retail Merchants Committee Chamer Peper

State Bank No 414 Report Of Condition Winchester Va 1961

Report of condition for Commercial and Savings Bank of Winchester Virginia as of April 12 1961. Includes assets like cash government obligations and loans and liabilities including total deposits and other liabilities. Addresses bank premises and furniture assets. Indicates total deposits of 7.431 million and overall liabilities and equity figures as of the date.

Commercial and Savings Bank of Winchester Virginia United States

Market gains push AP index to 248.60 at noon

The stock market advanced broadly in active trading with the AP average up 1.10 to 248.60 and the Dow Jones industrial average rising 3.24 to 691.15. Industrials led gains while oils and tobacco showed irregular moves, with American Machine & Foundry up 5 percent and Hershey slipping about 0.65.

NEW York Associated Press Casacan Trek U.S. Steel Jones & Laughlin Chrysler American Machine & Foundry Zenith Texas Instruments Hershey Goodrich Anaconda Dow Jones

Senators Push For Kennedy Khrushchev Summit Talks

Democratic leaders Mansfield and Humphrey urged a Kennedy Khrushchev summit to discuss disarmament West Berlin and Southeast Asia with Nixon backing a meeting. Bridges, while cautious, saw no harm and expected limited gains from such talks.

Sen Mike Mansfield Montana Senate Mansfield Richard M. Nixon Nixon West Berlin Southeast Asia Humphrey Khrushchev Kennedy Free World Bridges

Great actor Cooper dies after lengthy illness

Gary Cooper died at 12 27 pm Saturday after a long battle with cancer in his Holmby Hills home. His wife Veronica and daughter Maria 24 were by his bedside along with priest Msgr Daniel Sullivan and his mother Alice Cooper. Pallbearers included Hemingway Ford Crosby Wayne Lancaster Lawford Brennan Kaye Goldwyn and Curtis. Cooper had converted to Catholicism in 1959.

Borba Gary Cooper Cooper Rex Kennamer Veronica Maria Holmby Hills Msgr Daniel Sullivan Alice Cooper Kennamer Ernest Hemingway Henry Ford II Bing Crosby John Wayne Burt Lancaster Peter Lawford Walter Brennan Dick Powell Kirk Douglas William Wyler Danny Kaye Samuel Goldwyn Ivy Wilder Tony Curtis Fred

Field Day Tomorrow At Boyce Elementary

Boyce Elementary School plans a field day tomorrow at 1 p.m. EST with dances by the first three grades and field events for the rest of the student body. Two softball games, girls and boys, start at 2:45 p.m. between Boyce and Stonewick.

BOYCE Boyce Elementary School Stone Wi

Kennedy-Khrushchev Talks Sparks Mixed U S Senate Voice

Reports say U S and Soviet leaders could discuss a Khrushchev Kennedy summit in Oslo and Geneva. Senate figures Humphrey supports a meeting while Fulbright and Bridges caution, citing past limited gains and urging cautious decisive approach.

Oslo Rusk Geneva Laos Andrei Gromyko Khrushchev Dwight D. Eisenhower Senate Mike Hubert H. Humphrey Minnesota Kennedy Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sen J. W. Fulbright Arkansas Styles Bridges New Hampshire Fulbright Bridges Free World

Chicago grain futures open steady as soybeans rise

Chicago Board of Trade opening shows grain futures steady to firm. Soybeans advance about 1% cents per bushel with May at 3.13214. Wheat and corn show mixed moves while oats are unchanged to modestly higher.

Chicago Board of Trade

May 17 to June 3 Farm Auction Listings Across Virginia West Virginia

A sequence of farm auctions and estate sales listed by date and location. Ralph W Horst manages a sale near Marion Pennsylvania. Denny's Commission Auction advertises near Winchester Route 7 with Orndorff Cole as auctioneers. J K Whitlock hosts at New River Livestock Market Beckley WV with 250 head of ponies. T G Scully offers a house and lot at Frederick County Court House. Estate sales include Gervis Haussenfluck Leonard Grim Mrs Paul Snapp J C Horn with listings in Berryville Gore and Winchester area. Auctioneers include E T Snider Charles Duvall Dennis T Cole and others.

Ralph W. Horst Marion Denny's Commission Winchester Orndorff & Cole W. Va T. G. Scully Frederick County Court House N. Kent St E. T. Snider Gervis Frank Hausenfluck Shawnee District E. T Snider Leonard W. Grim East Main St Berryville W. D. Orndorff Paul Snapp Gore Back Creek Dennis T. Cole J. C. Horn North Ave Charles Duvall

Weather forecast for Virginia with scattered thunderstorms

Partly cloudy tonight with fog in the east and mountains may see scattered thundershowers. The five day outlook from May 16 to 20 calls for temperatures 3 to 5 degrees above normal with warm conditions Tuesday and peaks later in the week. Rain expected Tuesday and again Thursday through Saturday.

Virginia

Algeria Agriculture Land Could Support Only Three Percent

Weather data shows rainfall totals for the past 48 hours and year to date with May 1961 totals of 2.16 and 18.02 respectively. Long term averages for 48 years list monthly rainfall figures from January to December and an annual average of 36.9 inches. The report notes that only three per cent of Algeria’s land is suitable for farming.

Eli Trace Algeria

Auxiliary Pencil Day Sale at Winchester Memorial

The Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital raised about 710 from its annual Pencil Day sale held Friday and Saturday. Teenagers led by Jackie Bell collected 110 dollars, with final totals pending from several sources. Proceeds support the Auxiliary pledge of 10,000 to the hospital Building Fund.

Winchester Memorial Hospital Jackie Bell Winchester Memorial Hospital Building Fund David Simpson

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Hunter H. Carver Wisecarver Service Mr. Lovell A. Wisecarver Mr. Hunter H. Carver D.S.T Jones Funeral Home, Inc Snel Braddock John W. Rosenberger & CO IMPRO Commerce Cousen Frank B. Thompson I. Q. Answers M. Wome Shoe Co Berryville Store Group C. of C Solomon Miss Paperman State Bank NO Harold R. Edwards LD R. Edwards J. R. Wilkins I. Brumback Harold D. Patton State of Frederick Janet Rhodes E. Piccadilly Winchester i CO Chicago Grain Winchester Creamery Kent St Stuart M. Perry Eas Berryville, Va Glaize BRO N. Cameron St F.H.A Perry Engineering Co., Inc Oae Loudoun Street Anne
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