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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1959
Page
2
Obituary notices report the deaths of several individuals with details on survivors and funeral arrangements. Mrs. Harold Burke and the Vaughan family are listed among mourners with funeral services led by Rev. Clinton. Burial is in Mt. Hebron Cemetery with arrangements at Jones Funeral Home.
The funeral service for Mrs Frances Fuller of Stephenson, who died Wednesday, will be held at an unspecified time and location according to the obituary notice. Page credits and exact details are not provided in the readable text.
Mr. John Lonas Hershman services Friday at 10 00 a m at Jones Funeral Home and Mt Fas Methodist Church at 11 30. Mrs Frances Fuller services Friday at 3 30 P M and Mrs Sadie Catherine Vance services Sunday at 1 15 P M at St James Lutheran Church on arrival.
Mrs Bessie May Furr Hummer 72 of Charles Town died yesterday at Charles Town General Hospital. Widow of William Thor ton Hummer she was born in Bluemont to Clinton Furr and Kate Ashby Furr. Survived by five children William Garvin Emmer Berryville Aline Stickles Florida Marshall C Hummer Alexandria Ethel Palumbo Charles Town and Chester Walters Charles Town. 14 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 1 p.m. Enders Funeral Home Berryville Rev William N Raney. Burial Green Hill Cemetery Berryville.body resting at Enders Funeral Home.
Funeral service for Ira Franklin Whitlock of Gore was conducted today at Central Methodist Church Loom W Va by Rev Morris Cather. Pallbearers included John Bunner Robert Bunner Floyd Whitlock and Paul Whitlock. Burial followed at Loom Cemetery.
The funeral for John Lonas Heishman of Mt Falls who died yesterday will be held tomorrow at 11 30 a m at Mt Falls Methodist Church with Rev F P Lock and Rev J Calvin Dugger presiding. Friends meet at Jones Funeral Home at 10 a m for a short service before the cortege to Mt Falls. Pallbearers named Ellsworth
Mr Hershman a prominent farmer and longtime Back Creek Triple A program founder and first stabilizer committee chairman in Frederick County from 1936 to 1946 led local agricultural efforts. He served on the Frederick County Agricultural Board and supported the Corn Club. Burial to be in Mt Falls.
Barbour, cashier at the Commercial & Savings Bank and a certified public accountant, told the James Wood High School Key Club last night that public accounting is the fastest growing profession in the United States. He noted the field has doubled in practitioners over the past decade and outlined the CPA role in business and public practice, stressing a CPA must enjoy working with people.
The Christian Harmonizers of Washington DC will sing at Shiloh Baptist Church Millwood on Sunday at 3 30 p m with a second service announced as open to the public by Rev Ferman Tolbert.
Testimony shows Berg chased by officers Geanious and Miller and captured. Bloodstains on Berg and on the woman’s clothes are presented. the injured woman has a broken jaw. Prosecution witness Tilden Shipe recounts the assault after a Ridgeway dance. Berg claims he babysat at his sister-in-law’s while his wife stayed elsewhere.
A compiled sales directory lists auctions in Winchester and vicinity from May 23 to June 6. Items include novelties hardware appliances furniture dishes farm machinery electrical goods and antiques with several auctioneers such as Ww D Orndorff George W Clowser Charles R Duvall Dennis T Cole and others.
Berg testifies about meeting a friend at Crystal Restaurant and visits to American Legion and V F W posts with Arthur Nicholson and John Pierce. He says two unknown men attacked him near the Legion after leaving around 1 a.m. a scuffle followed. Nicholson noticed blood on his hand which he wrapped. Berg notes his hand was injured earlier while working on a car muffler. Jury foreman Richard Lucas and members Louis Bell, Kenneth Patton, Herman A Sayles, James E Hockman, Ray Robinson, Gerald L Goodman, Forrest Sirbaugh, J. R. Bucher, Charles Patton, Harry Geiman and George Beck served.
W Lacy Jr was initial gifts chairman with Dr Warren Gregory special gifts and Claude Cammer canvass committee chairman. Team captains included Toan Sprenkle Robinson Largent Glaize Rich ter Johnson Sirbaugh Hunt Beaver Gore Solenberger. Canvassing participants included Alberti Barry Bell Davis Newcome Philips Schutte Whitham Laise Rhodes Louderback Hopfer Campbell Mellor McCann Way. Additional canvassers were Stewart, Ritter, Dickson Snarr Sydnor Bish Watson Russ Moling Kline Lake and Cris, plus Whitacre Burkholder Scully Thomas Snarr Larrick Mulvey McIntyre Straw Courtney Stickley Anderson Fray Huntsberry Stine.
Three Baltimore men who own Pimlico in Maryland acquire control of Charles Town Turf Club in West Virginia. Ben and Herman Cohen and Louis Pondfield now own all outstanding stock of Charles Town Properties, Inc. amid prior reports of Texas buyers and planned track improvements.
The four major powers consider secret negotiations with no East or West German invite. Herter, Lloyd, and Couve de Murville push for inclusion and plan private talks only if Germans join. McElroy and Merchant are asked to join the U S side with top diplomatic aides. Gromyko brings Valerian Zorin and Alexandre Soldatov as part of the Soviet delegation.
Hutcheson cites Hoffmans opinion but did not elaborate. A formal order naming the Placement Board defendant will be entered after plaintiffs submit a draft. Hearing date not set. The Richmond case queried merits and city dismissal. Six Negroes sought all white schools at Westhampton and Nathaniel Bacon. all denied. Nathaniel Bacon has become a Negro school. Eleven more sought Chandler Junior High transfers. requests denied. No litigation from the 11.
Twenty seven individuals face charges in a federal indictment linked to Joseph L. Barbara Sr. while several co defendants remain jailed for defying state crime probes. The list names prominent mob figures from New York New Jersey Ohio California and Arizona among others with perjury claims against three defendants.
Winds tore through Carrizo Springs injuring no one reported as city hall lost its roof and power lines were down for a period. About 30 power poles snapped while Cuero and surrounding areas 150 miles east faced outages.
The weather forecast calls for warm humid conditions with scattered showers and thundershowers this afternoon tonight and Friday. Low tonight in the 60s in the mountains and near 70 on the coast. Highs around 83. Widespread winds caused damage with twisting winds snapping power lines and trees. Port Bolivar saw winds up to 100 mph and three houses blown down on a slender peninsula near Galveston.
Rainfall data shows 2% hours ending 8:30 am May 3 with total 1.58 inches for the day to date 10.47 inches. Historical averages over 46 years list annual 36.85 inches and monthly means ranging from 2.04 inches in February to 3.94 inches in August.
Stamp collector answers list includes Leonardo da Vinci Gen George S Patton Jr New Mexico Cup four inches carat isosceles Cheyenne.
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