Mrs. Mamie Polhamus Dies in Clarke County
Mamie Fenton Polhamus wife of Clinton Polhamus of Dale Farm Clarke County died early today at her home after years of illness. Born 14 1890 in Clarke County she was married August 10 1920. Survived by husband three daughters a son two stepchildren two sisters three brothers and many grandchildren. Body at Enders Home Berryville then Glendale Farm Rosary tonight at 8 funeral Wednesday 10 a.m. Sacred Heart Church Berryville burial Green Hill Cemetery.
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Mamie Fenton Polhamus
Clinton Polhamus
Dale Farm
Clarke County
Thomas J
Katherine Gain Fenton
Polhamus
Alice
Cary Link
Charles Town
W. Va
Katherins Rudolph
Lincoln
Enders
Berryville
Glendale Farm
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Robert O. Hickman
Green _ Hill Cemetery
Fair and Warm Weather to Turn Cooler Tomorrow
The weather stays fair and warm through tomorrow afternoon then cools. Today's high reached 74 degrees with a 49 degree low last night and a similar low tonight. Tomorrow morning should be clear then clouds bring cooler conditions in the afternoon and evening. This date last year hit 80 with a 47 low.
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Associated Press
Mrs Parker wins grand prize at Bayliss and Patterson store
Mrs. Arthur Parker of E Picadilly Street won the grand prize a gas range during the three day opening celebration of Bayliss and Patterson's new Picadilly Street store. Other Saturday prizes included an air conditioner gas rangette a clock radio and a post lamp plus brailmasters for five residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Parker
E. Picadilly St
Bayliss and Patterson
Picadilly St
H. W. Butler, Jr
George Brill
William .Clevenger
Donivan Wilson, Jr
Gaylord Pope
Ola McFarland
Carlton Snapp
Marie Wigginton
Raymond Carpenter
Frederick County seeks Shenandoah College site for plan committee
Armstrong appointed chair of a county committee including J. P. Arthur and Wilbur Feltner to pursue securing Shenandoah College for Frederick County. The first meeting lands Thursday at Rouss Fire Hall at 7:30 p.m. to hear a Site Committee report and map out next steps. Armstrong heads National Fruit Product Co. as context.
How's Your I. Q. Answers From Page Four
Quiz answers reveal locations and facts. Items include Washington and Hawaii, ages 60 to 69, weight, a plague of rats, biblical verse, sulfur and molasses, final game of a doubleheader, lies, and a drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hawaii
Autopsy Ordered In Death Of Boy In Foster Home
A six year old boy, Robert Szabo, died after a spanking by his foster mother Rosemary Jacques. Police say there is no immediate link between the discipline and the death. The boy had been placed in the Jacques home three years earlier by Probate Court. Jacques is a Detroit police officer aged 30. his wife, 31, faced no immediate charges. The autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of death.
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Detroit
Robert Szabo
Francis F. Jacques
Jacques
Rosemary
DuPont Declares Interim Dividend for Second Quarter
Wilmington Del E I du Pont de Nemours and Co today declared an interim dividend of 1.25 per share of common stock for the second quarter payable June 14 to stockholders of record May 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co
Local Sales Directory May 17 to June 4
Listings show auctions and sales in Frederick County and nearby towns with dates from May 17 to June 4. Items include real estate, estate possessions, farm equipment, household goods, and chattel sales led by auctioneers such as E T Snider, Chas R Duvall, and Paul E Miller Jr. Buyers are urged to attend at specified times and locations.
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G. G. Baker
Patton
N. Cameron St
Winchester
E. T. Snider
Rebecca Owens
Macedonia Church
Jim Smith Place
Buddy Artrip
W. E. Edwards
Frederick County Court House
Middletown
Chas
R. Duvall
Roy Russell
Brucetown
Ollie Sargent
Paul E., Miller, Jr
Duncan C. Gibb
Euclid Ave
Sergeant's Sale For A 30 06 Rifle In Winchester Va
On May 17 1955 at 10 00 A M at Pattons Warehouse 425 N Cameron St Winchester Va I will sell at public auction for cash one 30 06 Remington bolt action rifle to satisfy an execution from the Civil and Police Justice Court City of Winchester dated February 8 1955 in favor of Winchester Gun Shop against Elmer Kerns for 40 plus costs levied by the sergeant of Winchester Virginia
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Patton
N. Cameron Street
Winchester
Civil and Police Justice Court
Elmer Kerns
Virginia
Virginia Tech Junior Killed in Auto Crash East of Lynchburg
Basil Squires 25 dies in head on collision near Lynchburg Virginia. His wife Lois 22 and sister in law Jeanette Thomas 20 seriously injured. Infant Olive Ann Squires 10 months old survived. Driver Julian Jeffries 19 of Forrest hospitalized for observation. Trooper cites possible left front tire blowout as crash cause.
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Lynchburg
Virgina Tech
Here
Basil Squires
Lois
Jeanette Thomas
Squires
Olive Ann
Julian Jeffries
Forrest
G. H. Coleman
Jeffries
Polio cases rise among vaccine recipients nationwide
The Public Health Service reports 73 confirmed polio cases in people given Salk vaccines. Seven new cases appeared over the weekend with one duplicate removal from Wyoming. Cases by vaccine brand include 58 from Cutter Laboratories, 12 from Eli Lilly, and one from Wyeth Laboratories. Suspect cases are under investigation in California, Idaho, Kansas, and Nebraska. No new fatalities. five had been listed before. Sixty five cases were paralytic. State tallies show California leading with 24, Idaho 16, and multiple states with 1–3 cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Health Service Today
Wyoming
Idaho
Georgia
Texas
Ohio
Virginia
Delaware
Wyeth Laboratories
Marietta
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Eli Lilly Co
Indianapolis
California
Kansas
Nebraska
Oregon
Louisiana
Nevada
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Colorado
Illinois
Indiana
New York
Missouri
Connecticut
Mississippi
Hawaiii
Public auction notice of Valley Seafoods assets in Winchester
On May 17, 1955 at 10:00 A M at Patton's Warehouse 425 N Cameron Street Winchester Virginia a public cash auction will sell listed items including an oil store office desk chair work table metal file bench Coca Cola cooler screen doors band saw folding chair meat cutter's block and other items to satisfy judgments in favor of H F Nelson Steimers Seafood Company Randy's Steaks and Herman H Hable plus costs. Items levied by the Winchester Sergeant to satisfy several court judgments and a distress warrant for rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patton
N. Cameron Street
Winchester
Civil and Police Justice Court
H. F. Nelson
Valley Seafoods, Inc
Steimers Seafood Company
Lou Warner
Wayne Reeves
Randy
Herman H. Hable
Virginia
Husky Well Driller Admits Killing Man Over 90-Cent Debt
Chardon Ohio police say Leo Cavey 43 confessed to beating Alva J Williams 80 with electricians pliers over a 90 cent debt and hiding the body in a woods four miles south of town. Coroner says three stones placed on the body suggest rib fractures. Cavey later returned home and reported for work.
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Chardon
Ohio
Alva J. Williams
Leo Carey
John R. Bohl
Walter Booker
Here
Alton C. Behm
Thomas G. Rowley
Cavey
Frostburg
Williams
Chardon Rubber Co
Four Lord child struck by car in Shenandoah Valley crossing
Four Lord, Virginia, boy suffered a chin laceration after being hit at 7 38 p m Saturday at the S Cameron and Boscawen street intersection by a 1950 Nash sedan driven by Russell L Kerns of 703 Berryville Ave and owned by Naomi Racy Kerns of the same address. An earlier Friday two vehicle crash at the Boscawen and Stewart streets intersection caused unspecified damage.
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Lord
S. Cameron St
Boscawen St
Jack Shumaker
Nash
Russell L. Kerns
Berryville Ave
Naomi Racy Kerns
Boscawen
Stewart Sts
Red light crash involving two vintage trucks in Winchester
Officer Vic Farland investigated a collision at Stewart and Boscawen streets involving a 1950-51 International truck owned by A. C. Slonaker & Son and a 1951 Chevrolet pickup owned by Marvin Duncan Smith. The pickup ran a red light, struck the side of the Slonaker truck, and slid onto the sidewalk, damaging the Slonaker vehicle and damaging property at 302 West Boscawen Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vic Farland
A. C. Slonaker & Son
Winchester
Harry Randolph Brown
Clearbrook
Marvin Duncan Smith
Hanging Rock
W. Va
Stewart St
Boscawen St
Smith
Douglas Fisher
Fragmentary Report of Damaged Property Payouts
A fragment notes $200 to the Chevrolet $150 to the stone pillar and $50 to others. No named individuals appear in the readable text and it is unclear what event or incident this refers to.
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Chevrolet
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Simplicity Garden Tractors
America
C. J. Brumback & Sons
Snellings, Florist
N. Braddock St
mCi
Tee
Ouse Paint
Sherwin-Williams
Green Chemical Co., Inc
Wyck St
Mrs. Parker
New Gas Range
Armstrong
I. Q
Battle Ave
Alice S. Grifith
A. E. Griffith
Battle Avenue
John F. Anderson
Alice S. Griffith
Goodyear
Buncutter Tire CO
Braddock St
Eisenhower
John S. Doud
White House
Eisenhowers
Gettysburg
Boy
Sergeant’s Sale
City of Winchester, Va
Rabel
Peace & Progres
VPI Junior
I HP
Gravely
Eugene A. Byrd
Smithfield Ave
Secreant
City of
Husky
Pvorene
Burroughs
Dalton
N. Cameron
N. Camerot Street
Eliphara
Funeral Home
N.loudoun
ST. Winchester
Virgina
Nou
South
Uncle Sam
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