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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1955

Page

2

Water fund raises fuel. well hits oil in Kentucky town

NSA Kentucky two month campaign to fund a waterworks system raised nearly 2000 dollars, drillers reached 265 feet and struck oil, described as potentially western Stucky’s best producer. Separately, Gene Symonds’s body was flown from Manila to Dayton after riots in Singapore last week.

Nsa Stucky Hmtanila Gene / Symonds United Press Sinngapore Dayton Singapore

Funeral services for four individuals set in churches and homes

Funeral services are announced for Master Richard L. Baker on Thursday at 3 30 p m at Salem Church of the Brethren for Jonathan S Cooper on Friday at 2 00 p m at Jones Funeral Home for Laverne I Saunders on Friday at 2 30 p m at Trinity Lutheran Church and for Lola V Perry on Friday at 11 00 a m with arrangements by local churches and funeral homes.

Richard L. Baker Salem Church of the Brethren Jones Funeral Home Laverne I. Saunders Trinity Lutheran Church Lola V. Perry

Man Arranges Funeral Then Takes Own Life in Garage Jeep

Ernest Woolard a 54 year old interior decorator visited a funeral parlor to arrange a family funeral and selected a pine casket. He later wrote a note to Police Lt C Russell Haff and died by carbon monoxide in the jeep in his garage. His sadness stemmed from anxiety over his son John 18 in jail on a rape charge.

Oyster Bay Cove N. Y Ernest Woolard Washington, D. C C. Russell Haff Maryanne Joyce Glen Cove Young Woolard Woolard Nassau County Court Mineola

Sunpaper Bureau Chief Dies in Baltimore

Dewey L. Fleming former Washington Bureau Chief of the Sunpapers from 1941 to 1955 died at Johns Hopkins Hospital at 57 after illness began last September. A 1944 Pulitzer Prize winner he began as a reporter in Baltimore in 1923 and earlier worked in Elkins West Virginia. He is survived by his mother Mrs Hattie Alice Bowers Fleming of Martinsburg West Virginia and a brother in Gary Indiana.

Baltimore P— Dewey L. Fleming Washington The Sunpapers Johns Hopkins Hospital Fleming Whitmer Randolph County W. Va Old American the Sun Elkins Inter-Mountain Hattie Alice Bowers Fleming Martinsburg Gary Ind

Three Longwood seniors named for June 5 graduation

Longwood College will confer 105 degrees on June 5 with three local seniors among the graduates Miss Joyce Gail Quick Miss Betty Joan Davis and Miss Carolyn Faye Stanley. Quick pursues a B S in elementary education and is active as senior class vice president and Cotillion Club business manager. Davis seeks a B S in home economics education and serves as senior class president and Cotillion Club hostess. Stanley majors in art for a B S in secondary education and holds multiple leadership roles in student organizations.

Longwood College Joyce Gail Quick Betty Joan Davis Carolyn Faye Stanley Miss Quick Association of Childhood Education Zeta Tau Alpha Cotillion Club Handley High School Longwood Choir Future Teachers of America Y. W. C. A. Cabinet She Guy W. Stanley Tennyson Ave

Faure Considers Plan To Convert France To Fruit Juices

Paris cabinet weighs decrees to curb alcohol use. Proposals include free fruit juice distribution by factories in heat, bans on alcohol sales near worksites, tax breaks for soft drink bars, license cancellation for bankrupt bars, and cutting fruit brandy production by a third over three years. Blood tests for alcohol would apply to crimes, misdemeanors, and auto accidents.

Paris Pierre Mendes-France Edgar Faure France Mendes-France Faure

Bill to Repeal Farm Penalties Sent to President

A bill to repeal a soil conservation penalty for violators of acreage allotments in the 1954 farm law was sent to the White House after Senate approval by voice vote. The measure would remove payments denial but keep monetary penalties as enforcement. the Agriculture Dept backs the change.

Washington White House Senate House Agriculture Dept Department

Soviets May Withdraw From Austria Ahead Of Treaty

Soviet commanders in Austrian towns have notified police their headquarters will be closed within days amid talk of withdrawal before ratification. A U S Army spokesman said no orders to move American troops early have been received. The pact states 70,000 Russian and Western troops must leave within 90 days after final approval by all signers. The Austrian government has begun implementing initial steps in response.

Vienna Austria Russia U. S United States Britain France

Clyde Tombaugh Discovery Age and Pluto Gain

Clyde Tombaugh was 24 when he discovered Pluto in 1930. The astronomer, then a consultant at White Sands Proving Grounds in New Mexico, identified the ninth planet on February 18, 1930.

Clyde Tombaugh Pluto Dr. Tombaugh White Sands (Rocket) Proving Grounds New Mexico

May 20 Auctioneered Sales Directory Highlights Local Estates

May 20 10 a m Mrs Rebecca Owens sales at 1 mile west of Macedonia Church items include cattle sows farm machinery and household goods auctioneer Buddy Artrip May 21 11 am W E Edwards trustee real estate near Middletown Frederick County Court House auctioneer Chas R Duvall May 21 1 pm Roy Russell Brucetown Va household goods tools etc auctioneer Chas R Duvall May 28 1 pm Estate of Mrs Ollie Sargent 411 S Cameron St Winchester furniture and household goods auctioneer Chas R Duvall May 28 11 am Estate of C D Braithwaite in front of Frederick County Court House two homes on East Cork St Winchester May 28 10 am Estate Myrtle M Fetzer 417 S Samuel St Charles Town real estate antique and modern furniture capital stock auction Paul E Miller Jr May 28 11 am Estate White Hawkins in front of Frederick County Court House real estate Apple Ridge Avenue Linden Heights May 28 10 am Estate Benjamin B Snarr in front of Woodmen Hall Middletown Va clocks antiques furniture and cabinet makers tools auctioneer Byron Brumback June 4 10 am Duncan Cribb trustee in front of property Euclid Ave

Rebecca Owens Macedonia Church Jim Smith Place Buddy Artrip W. E. Edwards Frederick County Court House Middletown Chas R. Duvall Roy Russell Brucetown Myrtle M. Fetzer Samuel St Charles Town W. Va Paul E. Miller, Jr White Hawkins Apple Ridge Avenue Linden Heights Winchester Chas. R. Duvall Benjamin B. Snarr Woodmen Hall Byron Brumback

High Pressure Air Mass Brings Virginia Cold Snap

The weatherman blames a north air mass for Virginia’s sudden cold spell with state lows hitting 32 degrees in Gordonsville and 39 in Richmond. Front Royal recorded 34 and Urbanna 40 as the high pressure system was expected to linger for several days with no quick relief.

Virginia Mercury Gordonsville Blue Ridge Mountains Front Royal Shenandoah Valley Urbanna Richmond

Quiz Answers From Page Four Include Mints and States

Answers list includes United States mints in Philadelphia and Denver, Becky Sharp, the month abbreviations Tue, the term Argus, number One, state Minnesota, the term Plebe, number Ten, the months July and August, and the phrase Eleven sides.

United States Philadelphia Denver Colo Becky Sharp Argus One Minnesota Ten

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Jones Funeral Home, Inc Celie N. Braddock St Barr SAVE Davis Barr’s, Inc Pato Man Sunpaper Salvation Army Timberlake's Polly's Lovett Bros C. Brumback & Sons Kelvinator E. Posgawen St Buitt Bermut Anderson Appliances Roone Miss Joyce Quick Betty Davis Carolyn Stanley Yeedd Bor Carlier Mojerty Wee Agrico Agtico American Agricultural Chemical CO Green Chemical Co., Inc Wyck St Ward Julius Raab Raab Duncan Cribb Euclid Ave White Post Carper’s J. J. Replogle Strasburg Jim Smith Sucl Gravely Tractor Sales Eugene A. Byrd Smithfield Ave Associated Press N. Cameron St Robert Chaplin W. Cork St M. J. Purtlebaugh Clarence Swisher Miller St Farboil Rohm & Haas Miller Chemical Ccap Winchester, Va F. A. Shayock CO Wi Knees Rohm Haas Washington Square Philadelphia & PA Drrnane Karathane Rhothane U. S. Pas. Og Soregn Counties
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