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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1955

Page

2

Handley Senior Clock Stops Today Winners Named

Suganne Smith of 549 N Brad dock St and James Morgan of 1114 Berryville Ave win the two wrist watches from Hod son and Brown. For 30 years the jewelry firm has placed an eight day clock in its window with senior names. the hour and minute hands indicate the two winners when it stops. The clock stopped at 8 45 this morning and the watches will be given next week at the final assembly.

Suganne Smith N. Braddock St James Morgan Berryville Ave Handley Hodson Brown

Edward Fauver Dies In Hospital Here

Edward Griffy Fauver 63 of 7 West Piccadilly Street died at 9 40 p m yesterday in Winchester Memorial Hospital He was born March 28 1892 in Frederick County son of the late Mr and Mrs Emma Fauver and husband of the former Miss Sarah Carper Married in Frederick City October 16 1913 He was a paint contractor Surviving are Mrs Fauver three sons William E Lawrence T Fauver and James F Fauver all of this city two daughters Mildred Cameron of this city and Dorothy McDonald of Stephenson one brother Earl E Fauver Mount Williams and four grandchildren Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 4 00 p m at the Jones Funeral Home by the Rev Millard Lewis and Dr S L Flickinger Pallbearers are Joseph W Hershberger David W Mills Harry W Copenhaver Edgar G Triplett Charles L Clopper and Marshall Braithwaite Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery The remains will rest at the Jones Funeral Home until time of service.

Edward Griffy Fauver W. Piccadilly St Winchester Memorial Hospital Frederick County Fauver Emma Fauver Sarah Carper Millard Lewis 8S. L. Flickinger Joseph W. Hershberger David W. Mills Harry W. Copenhaver Edgar G. Triplett Charles L. Clopper Marshall Braithwaite Mount Hebron Cemetery Jones Funeral Home

One Hurt Yesterday In Clarke County Auto Accident

Mrs Cora Willey of Elkton Maryland was treated at Memorial Hospital for head injuries after a car truck crash at the intersection of Route 522 and Route 340 at Double Toll Gate around 1030 p m yesterday. Her child was also admitted but unharmed. The crash involved a 1949 Chevrolet driven by Oren E Morgan of Hinton West Virginia failing to stop at a stop sign and colliding with a 1952 White tractor trailer driven by James Alexander Webb of Richmond. State Trooper J H Smith Jr investigated assisted by Trooper J W Detrick.

Cora Willey Elkton Memorial Hospital Willey Double J.H. Smith, Jr Oren E. Morgan Hinton W. Va James Alexander Webb Richmond Morgan J. W. Detrick

Four New Members Join Enders VFC

Berryville four new members Chester Hobert Jr William Hamill Percy Click and Raymond Chapman were introduced at the Enders Fire Company May meeting at the fire hall. The group approved purchasing the Lewis Stone property on Buckmarsh Street for a proposed new fire hall.

Berryville Enders Fire Company Chester Hobert Jr William Hamill Percy Click Raymond Chapman Lewis Stone Buckmarsh St J. O. Cain Roy Locke Ammie Levi Ed Levi Front Royal Northern Virginia Volunteer Firemen’s Association

Winchester Jaycee-Ettes elect officers at May meeting

Frances Packard was elected corresponding secretary and Vir ginia Weimer was elected treasurer at the Winchester Jaycee-Ettes annual meeting held May 1.

Frances Packard Virginia Weimer Winchester Jaycee-Ettes

Rainfall and mild weather sweep across regions

Sections of the South Plains and Southwestern states saw heavy rain with 15 inch totals in parts of Mississippi and Missouri. Flood threats rose in Southwestern Louisiana with up to 13 inches of rainfall. Scattered showers touched the Middle Atlantic Coast and parts of Oregon Idaho and western Montana while much of the country enjoyed pleasant spring conditions.

Malden Chattanooga Tenn Jackson Greenwood Miss South Plains Louisiana Middle Atlantic Coast Oregon Idaho Montana

Licenses Lifted Under Repeater Speed Law

Virginia motorists face suspensions under the repeater speed law as enforcement rises. For second offenses a 60 day driving layoff applies, while a third conviction can yield four months and a fourth or higher offense can reach six months. DMV records show 622 suspensions in April, with 67 at four months and eight at six months. The March total was higher at 729.

Richmond Virgina C. H. Lamb Lamb DMV

Man Promises To Halt 25 Years Of Wife Beating

In Chicago John Benjamin 47 pledged in Superior Court to stop striking his wife Anna 41 after she testified to weekly abuse over 25 years. Judge Elmer N Holmgran ordered reconciliation. the couple kissed and left together. Earlier court hearings cited some 2500 beatings, with their son Ronald 18 noted.

Chicago John Benjamin Anna Superior Court Benjamin Elmer N. Holmgran

Barnes heads Virginia Jaycees at Roanoke convention

Jack Barnes, a Portsmouth insurance man, elected president of the Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce defeating Wally Heatwale of Waynesboro. The 30th annual state convention at Hotel Roanoke drew more than 630 Jaycees and wives for three days. Other officers named include Rhae Adams, Ernie Gatten, Dick Smith, David Brock, Roy Knopp, Eugene Sharpe, B. A. Davis III, Charles Burroughs, Dean Greiner, Bob Davis, Newman, with a secretary and treasurer to be elected.

Roanoke Jack Barnes Portsmouth Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce Wally Heatwale Waynesboro Virginia Hotel Roanoke Rhae Adams Ernie Gatten Franklin Dick Smith Richmond David Brock Culpeper Roy Knopp Staunton Eugene Sharpe Bedford B. A. Davis III Rocky Mount Charles Burroughs Galax Dean Greiner Bristol Bob Davis Hopewell Newman Danville

Calgary to re-enact Bleriot Channel flight this summer

A Calgary built replica of Louis Bleriot’s 1909 Channel crossing will fly this summer with pilot Jean de la Bruyère, a 27 year old Edmonton contractor of French extraction. He aims to attempt the flight on July 25, the 46th anniversary of the original crossing.

Calgary Alta Louis Bleriot English Channel Provincial Institute of Technology and Art Jean de la Bruyere Edmonton Bleriot

Bonn Builds Patrol Boats for Baltic Sea

West Germany has started building three fast patrol boats about 105 feet long with 38 knot speed. They will be manned by the marine frontier force of the newly sovereign nation to patrol near the Iron Curtain.

Bonn Germany West Germany Baltic Sea Iron Curtain

President Eisenhower Thanks Gettysburg Golf Club Members

Eisenhower leaves a thank you note to Richard Brown of Gettysburg Country Club for providing a locker room for him and his guests. He arrived from Washington to spend the weekend near his new farm home, joined by Gen Gruenther and William Robinson. He plans to return to Washington Sunday.

Gettysburg Gettysburg Country Club Eisenhower Washington Richard Brown Alfred M. Gruenther Europe William E. Robinson Coca Cola Co

Offshore radar craft launch halted by damaged runway

In Quincy Massachusetts the 6000 ton triangular radar craft struck a snag at the Fore River shipyard Bethlehem Steel Co. When a sliding way collapsed the unit stuck at the water edge. Bethlehem tugs to assist a night launch during high tide with thirty such crafts planned from Norfolk to Newfoundland forming a network.

Quincy Mass Fore River Bethlehem Steel Co Bethlehem Texas Towers Gulf of Mexico Norfolk Newfoundland

79 Polio Cases Confirmed Among Those Inoculated

The U S Public Health Service reports 79 polio cases confirmed among children vaccinated with Salk vaccine, up one from yesterday. Nine paralytic cases and five deaths are noted, with nearly six million people vaccinated since April 10 and a tentative total of 682 polio cases awaiting confirmation.

Washington U. S Public Health Service

Cordial Hearing Held for Foreman

A cordial hearing occurred at Mary Washington College over 61 year old William M. Houchin a car penter foreman who says his February firing was a reprisal for joining a workers protest at the college last year University of Virginia personnel director Paul J. Jenkins would report to University President Colgate W Darden Jr on the proceedings Fred C Abbott Houchins attorney described the hearing as conciliatory and cordial

Fredericksburg Mary Washington College William M. Houchin Paul J. Jenkins University of Virginia Colgate W. Darden Jr Fred C. Abbott Houchin

Canada to survey Queen Elizabeth Islands for oils minerals

Ottawa reports a 30 man geological party will survey the Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Canadian Arctic this summer for oil and mineral resources. The party departs June 10 and will study Somerset Devon Bathurst and Melville Islands by ground and air surveying.

Ottawa Canada Queen Elizabeth Islands Canadian Arctic Somerset Devon Bathurst Melville

Special Music At Market Street Church Centenary Services

Market Street Methodist marks its hundredth anniversary with a three choir and organ program led by Reverend Millard Lewis. Sanctuary Junior and Youth choirs perform Pasher Wesley Robertson pieces, with Dubois Coppela organ works and Kullak Nicole Dubois preludes and postludes. Buck’s anthem concludes the evening service followed by a reception hosted in the Assembly Room.

Market Street Methodist Church Ebert Memorial Millard Lewis Jean Pasquet Pasher Mr. Pasquet Me Lord Wesley Eugene Russell Robertson Dubois Hosannah Coppela Buck Garland E. Hopkins Wallace M. Brashears

British Conductor Misses His Train

Merstham England conductor Tom Payne raced by cab to catch his train after the short platform caused the usual two stop routine. He guided the first passengers off and signaled the engineer to proceed but the train did not stop. He chased to the next station with a taxi, incurring a bill of 2 shillings six pence.

Merstham England Tom Payne Payne

George Sloan Dies After Operation Former Opera Board Chairman

Industrialist George A. Sloan former chairman of the Met Opera board died after an operation at Roosevelt Hospital. He would have turned 62 on May 30. Sloan served as president of the Nutrition Foundation the International Chamber of Commerce and the Blue Ridge Mutual Fund and held director roles at U S Steel and Goodyear Tire.

George Sloan Opera Board New York George A. Sloan The Metropolitan Opera Assn Roosevelt Hospital Nutrition Foundation International Chamber of Commerce Blue Ridge Mutual Fund U. S. Steel Corp Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co

Italian Excavations Uncover Ancient Art Near Tivoli

In a cave near Tivoli Italy six stone age carvings are uncovered. two stones show geometric designs while four depict animals including a wolf cow heads and a small prehistoric horse. Bone and stone tools were found along with the carvings. Antonio Radmilli and government archaeologists lead the excavations and study the pieces.

Rome Italy Tivoli Wolfe Antonio Radmilli

Catholic Rites Promote Several to Exorcist and Acolyte

In rites today Brothers Gabriel Hannan of Bayonne New Jersey Maurice Haiss of Bronx New York Hugh Marshall of St Augustine Florida Colman Nolan of Glendale New York Edward Murphy of Freeport New York Antonio Hernandez of Coamo Puerto Rico Eric Williams of Richmond Virginia and Finian Murphy of Elmhurst New York were promoted to the Order of Exorcist and Acolyte. The Exorcist historically purified from sin and banished evil spirits while the Acolyte assists in Mass and church services. Subdeacon promotions were also conferred on the named brothers as part of the ceremony.

Order of Acolyte Gabriel Hannan Bayonne N. J Maurice Haiss Bronx N. Y Hugh Marshall St. Augustine Fla

How's Your I Q Answers

Answers to the Page 4 quiz list the solutions: 1 Electricity 2 Confetti 3 Six units 4 Jack fetching water for Jill 5 969 years 6 Draft horses 7 One ninth 8 Cain Abel Seth 9 The third Thursday in November 10 Deep red color

I .Q Jack Jill Cain Abel Seth

Estate Auction Listings for Winchester and Nearby Towns

May 28 auctions in Frederick and Clarke counties feature real estate on East Cork Street Apple Ridge Avenue and North Cameron Street plus furniture and antiques. Enumerates dates times locations and auctioneers for multiple estates including Fetzer Hawkins Snarr and Brumback with planned sales through June 11.

C. D. Braithwaite Frederick County Court House East Cork St Winchester Myrtle M. Fetzer Samuel St Charles Town W. Va Paul E. Miller, Jr White Hawkins Apple Ridge Avenue Linden Heights Chas. R. Duvall Benjamin B. Snarr Woodmen Hall Middletown Byron Brumback Duncan Cribb Euclid Ave Lloyd Boyce Sulphur Spring Road Joseph H Frederick County Massie, Jr Court House Cameron St E. T Snider W. E. Edwards Clarke County Court House Berryville Swimley E. T. Snider

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Edward Fauver Edward G. Fauver Daniel LaVecchia Jones Mervel W. Adams Plumbing N. Cameron ST Piccadilly St Clarke County Enders Vfc Sulpher Spring Road Motorola Charles R. Duvall Maggie Hay Barr’'S, Inc Virginia Jcc County Real Estate Wirite Hawkins Roberta Hawkins A. L. Pingley Circuit Court Noah Siford Market Street Con Bette Fields Agrico Amfrican Agricultural Chemical CO Greer Chemical Co., Inc Wyck St OxTea Flossey Rosenberger's John W Rosenberger Braddock St Battle Ave Alice S. Grifith A. E. Griffith Battle Avenue John F. Anderson Alice Griffith Sanders Shop Smith Hollis Coffelt Admr Ladies Auxiliary Middletown Fire Co South Samuel Street West Virginia Clarks Linmore Gorham Nortake Singer Westinghouse Victor Electrolux Charles Town Horse Show Association F. Dean Nichols Co. W. Moore and G. E. Vickers Camp Hill Methodist Church Paul E. Miller
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