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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1962

Page

2

Obituary Notices for Pauline Gosnell and Others in Virginia

Deaths and funerals listing Pauline Gosnell Romney and multiple Sowers survivors. Service at Mt Zion Methodist Church Augusta Friday at 2 p.m. Burial at church cemetery. Additional obituaries note services at Shiloh Baptist Saturday at 2 p.m. and Loving Charity Cemetery burial. Survivors include 15 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Stana Call Johns Hopkins Jessie Lee Frances Pyles Pauline Gosnell Romney Josus Sowers Earl Sowers, Jr Baltimore Leroy Augusta Leonard Holland, Mich Mt. Zion Methodist Church F. P. Look McKee Funeral Home

Funeral for Mrs Net tie Mae Shreck Set on Friday

Funeral service for Mrs Net tie Mae Shreck of Senseng Road will be conducted by Rev. Jacob W. Mast on Friday at 10 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home. Burial follows at Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers Cecil W. Grapes Harvey M. Feltner Maurice Beall George W. Giles Charles Zeilor and Riley M. Loy.

Nettie Mae Shreck Senseng Road Jacob W. Mast Jones Funeral Home Mount Hebron Cemetery Cecil W. Grapes Harvey M. Feltner Maurice Beall George W. Giles Charles Zeilor Riley M. Loy

Mrs Mary Holmes of Millwood Dies in Winchester Hospital

Mrs Mary Carter Holmes of Millwood died at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Born in Millwood she was a daughter of the late Julia Carter and granddaughter of Nathaniel Carter. She lived in the area her entire life and belonged to Shi Jo Baptist Church for 50 years and to the Household of Ruth Lodge. Survivors include eight children namely Robert P Holmes Marshall Holmes Hampton N Carter and George C Holmes of Millwood.

Mary Carter Holmes Millwood Winchester Memorial Hospital

In Memoriam for Dorita Bullett and Family

Memorial tribute honors Dorita Bullett and expresses affection for Rev Bullett and family. The verse recalls joy, kindness, upright character, and lasting love shown across her days.

Khrushchev Says Soviet Yugoslavia Ties Restored

In Varna Khrushchev proclaims normal relations with Yugoslavia and growing commercial, scientific, and cultural ties while urging Turkey toward peace. He also confirms upcoming Soviet nuclear tests after American tests continue.

George Syvertsen Varna Bulgaria Khrushchev Soviet Union Yugoslavia Black Sea Turkey

De Gaulle Fills Cabinet Jobs After Resignations

Paris AP report says five cabinet ministers quit in protest of De Gaulle policy on European unity. The Catholic Popular Republican Party members walked out after his denouncement of supranational Europe. He fills vacancies with one new independent and promotes minor officials. Premier Pompidou assumes an additional post.

Paris Charles de Gaulle Popular Republican Party de Gaulle Europe Georges Pompidou

College Girls Embrace Pipe Smoking In Quiet Trend

New Brunswick New Jersey AP reports a shopkeeper says about 100 pipes have been sold to women in three years, mostly Douglass College coeds. A coed says she enjoys a pipe drag occasionally, with smoking kept discreet at home rather than in public.

New Brunswick N.J M Watkins Douglass College

May Weather Binge Spreads Across the Nation

The Associated Press reports a broad weather surge with heat in the east, heavy rain and hail in Texas and the Southwest, and snow in Reno Sparks. Tornado-like winds injure several in Lubbock area. Chicago Detroit Syracuse set May warmth records while New England cools.

Associated Press Nation Texas Southwest Ter Tex Lubbock Mobile Ala Alabama Georgia Reno Sparks New New Mexico California Midwest Chicago Detroit Syracuse N.Y New England THE Lew Pr Albany Albuquerque Atlanta B . Eure Boise Boston Buffalo Cleveland Denver Des Moines Fairbanks Fort Worth Helena Honolulu Indianapolis Juneau Kansas City Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee St. Paul New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Omaha Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland Ore Rapid City

Public Invited To Hear Talks At Retail Meeting

The Virginia Retail Merchants Association opens a three day convention in Winchester with free speeches by national speakers. Gov. Albertis S. Harrison will speak Monday night after a banquet, with a $7.50 dinner ticket. Event schedule includes Dan Blount and John R. Shields discussions, plus Shenandoah Conservatory musical entertainment.

Virginia Alsn Robert L. Pizzano Winchester Jim Wilkins Albertis S. Harrison Dan Blount International Shoe Co Bette Malone United van Lines John R. Shields Sears-Roebuck William N. May George Washington Hotel Shenandoah Conservatory of Music State Association

Mercury astronauts and NASA officials linked to ongoing project

Tracking personnel were aboard the C130 as NASA says it has no information on any agency members aboard. Seven Mercury astronauts could not be aboard. Carpenter, Schirra, Glenn, and Grissom are at Cape Canaveral for orbital flight duties. Shepard is at Point Arguello, Cooper at Guaymas, and Slayton at Muchea. All have been at their posts for the past week.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mercury Carpenter Walter M. Schirra Jr John H. Glenn Jr Virgil I. Grissom Cape Canaveral Alan B. Shepard Jr Point Arguello

Winchester and Frederick County Auction Listings May Sales

A long list of upcoming auctions across Winchester Frederick County and nearby areas. Items include feeder pigs tools furniture antiques farm equipment real estate and vehicles with dates from May 18 to June 2 and various auctioneers handling each sale.

Winchester Farmers Livestock Exchange Willis F. Anderson Gore J. R. Whitacre Scully & Woltz Trustees Frederick County Court House S. Washington St Charles R. Duvall B. L. Lewis Bufflick Road U.S New Market Horney Bros. Land Auction Co., Inc Alton P. Ashby Brucetown W. D. Orndorff D.S.T Clay Sales, Inc Frederick Horst & Wagner W. H Dehaven Loudoun St Buick Dabney W. Watts Stonewall Boyd G. Headley Harrison P. Whitacre Finley Sargent Slanesville W.va W. Va Vernon Whitacre Shawnee ENOS Mary E. Carnes Middletown

Ensign Kaplan Improving After Newport Wreck

Ensign Ronald K. Kaplan of Berryville injured two weeks ago near Newport Rhode Island in a crash is reported improving. He suffered two cuts near the left eye multiple facial cuts and a knocked out tooth from a vehicle crossing the median. He is training in Rhode Island and is to return to Patuxent Naval Air Base Maryland on June first.

Berryville Ronald K. Kaplan Newport R. L Russell Kaplan Church St The Star Ensign Kaplan Rhode Island Patuxent Naval Air Base

Vending Device Burglarized at Local College

A thief broke into a soft drink vending machine at Shenandoah College last night and took a small amount of change. Attempts on other machines failed. Sheriff Robert DeHaven said this incident is part of a series of coin machine breakings in the area in recent days.

Shenandoah College Robert DeHaven

Grace Lutheran Mother Daughter Banquet Planned

Grace Lutheran Church will host a Mother and Daughter banquet tomorrow at 6 30 in the Fellowship Hall. Reservations can be made by Mrs Rex Simpson contact MO 2 2948.

Grace Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall Rex Simpson

Virginia Weather Today Forecast

Mostly cloudy conditions prevail east and north tonight and Friday with a chance of scattered thundershowers in the southwest. Highs to 80 in the extreme east portion and cooler readings elsewhere.

Virginia

Rainfall Report Summary for 24 Hours and Year Totals

Rainfall for the past 24 hours ends at 8 30 a m shows .14 inches. May rainfall to date is 2 07 inches. In 1962 the rainfall to date reaches 15 22 inches. Average annual rainfall over 49 years is 36 86 inches. Monthly averages over 49 years include Jan 2 42 Feb 2 11 Mar 2 98 Apr 3 17 May 3 81 Jun 3 83 Jul 3 87 Aug 3 90 Sep 2 67 Oct 3 22 Nov 2 48 Dec 2 40.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mrs. Earl Sowers Washington Amanda Puller Mary C. Mason Sophia Sanford Janie McLaughlin Shiloh Baptist Wilbur Loving Charity Fae Haat Ae Ee Wright Shreck Service Mrs Mary Holmes L. L. Shreck Memoriam M. A. Bullett John Mann Methodist Church Homer H. Bullett Bullett Dorita Donna Deborah International C. J. Brumback Mexico City Egypt John Wilkes Booth Belgium Glaize & Brothers Walllpari S&h Glaize & Service N. Cameron St H. L. Mills ROUTE Ons Propes MR. Wells Bankers Mortgage Company 11Th St N.W Washington, D. C Airport
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