Miss Martha Kennerly Dies in Tucson Arizona
Obituary notes Miss Martha Kennerly of Greenway Court Clarke County dies Tuesday at niece Mrs S A Hooker’s home 3210 E Willard St Tucson She taught Clarke County schools earned masters and doctorate at Columbia taught at Hunter College and was Episcopalian Surviving nieces Mrs A Hooker and Mrs John Digges services and burial set in Tucson Friday conducted by Episcopal minister
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Martha Kennerly
Greenway Court
Clarke County
S. A. Hooker
E. Willard St
Tucson
Arizona
Miss Kennerly
Joseph m M. Kennerly
Josepha Beale Kennerly
Longwood College
Farmville
Columbia University
New York City
Hunter College
Episcopal Church
A. Hooker
White Post
Episcopal
State fund collections rise in first ten months of 1955
The general fund take for the first ten months of the 1955 fiscal year totaled 111,619,810 dollars, up eight million from the same period in the prior year. The report highlights stronger collections in the Richmond area and statewide total growth.
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Richmond
Hearing June 18 On Railroad Bids For Rate Boosts
The State Corporation Commission will hold a June 18 hearing on a petition by six Virginia railroads for a five percent intrastate passenger fare increase. Petitioners are Atlantic Coast Line Carolina and Northwestern Carolina Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Seaboard Air Line and Southern.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Virginia
Atlantic Coast Line
Carolina
Northwestern
Clinchfield
Ohio
Fredericksburg
Potomac
Seaboard Air Line
Southern
Kline Service Held Yesterday
A funeral for Martin Earl Kline 65 of Middletown was held yesterday at Sto ver Funeral Chapel in Strasburg with Rev. E B Cook and Rev J S Peebles officiating. Burial followed at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Middletown. Pallbearers named Julian Kline Herbert Jones Robert E O Neal Walter McCauley Robert Kelley and Walter Little.
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Martin Earl Kline
Middletown
Stover
Strasburg
E. B. Cook
J. S. Peebles
Mount Carmel Cemetery
Julian Kline
Herbert Jones
Robert E. O'Neal
Walter McCauley
Robert Kelley
Walter Little
Kefauver Stevenson clash tests blue state primaries
In the presidential contest Kefauver aims at Florida and California primaries as the race for the Democratic nomination tightens. California's June 5 vote determines all 68 California convention votes while Florida's 28 may split. Texas endorses Johnson for the national convention and favors moderation. Republicans in Texas back Eisenhower Nixon for re election while endorsing local desegregation stances.
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Florida
California
Kefauver
Texas
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Eisenhower
Allan Shivers
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Symington
GOP
Nixon
Reynolds Film Buys New Plant
Reynolds Metals Co. will use the idle Duplan Corp. plant at Grottos to produce plastic film material and will deliver its first titanium order to a jet engine maker. About 300 people will be employed. the plant was formerly a textile weaving site. Production to begin in fall after June 1 possession. The titanium project follows two years of research into commercial fabrication.
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Richmond
Reynolds Metals Co
Reynolds
Duplan Corp
Grottoes
R. S. Reynolds, Jr
Duplan
J. Louis Reynolds
Dredge Sinks in Lake Michigan Leaving Three Dead
A Milwaukee dredge battered by treacherous winds sank in Lake Michigan early today four miles east of Cudahy. Three crewmen died, five men remained missing, and ten were hospitalized. Rescue boats and an airplane searched for the five missing aboard the 18 aboard. The dredge had halted its 24 hour shift due to heavy seas while being towed into harbor.
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Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
T. C. Pennock
Milwaukee Coast Guard
Cudahy
Hampton Institute gets $600000 housing loan approval
The Housing and Home Finance Agency approved a 600000 loan for Hampton Institute to fund a 142 person women’s dormitory construction. The decision highlights federal support for campus housing expansion and student accommodation in Virginia.
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Washington
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Hampton (Va
Lawmakers Slash Military Aid Authorization By Bill Cut
Congressional committee reduced the next July 1 funding to about 3.8 billion dollars within Eisener’s request. An 18 to 11 vote trimmed a target by a full billion, with Rep. Fulton and Richards supporting the cut. Vorys warned the cut would hit arms aid to Korea Formosa Vietnam Pakistan and Turkey, reducing defense provisions.
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Richards
Eisener
Rep
Fulton
R-Pa
Vorys
Defense Department
Korea
Formosa
Viet Nam
Pakistan
Turkey
Wood Orndorff Dies at His Delray Home
Wood L. Orndorff 62 of Delray West Virginia died suddenly at home. Born July 30 1893 at Capon Bridge he was a son of Edward and Anna Spaid Orndorff. Survived by wife Louella three sons Roy Charles Harold and one grandchild. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Sedan Methodist Church Delray with burial Mt Zion Cemetery Augusta. Pallbearers listed. Funeral arrangements at Giffin Funeral Home Capon Bridge.
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Wood L. Orndorff
Delray
W. Va
Capon Bridge
Edward
Anna Spaid Orndorff
Louella Wilkins
Roy
Charles Orndorff
Harold Orndorff
Frank Orndorff
William C. Orndorff
Baltimore
Pred Orndorff
Walter Orndorff
Beulah Hook
Bessie Brown
Bernice Wolfe
Chicago
Nina Mantz
Capenridge
Donald Orndorff
Sedan Methodist Church
Roy Neff
Frank Ritz
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Augusta
Paul Wolfe
Lester Nealis
Paul Keister
Carl Lupton
Clyde Lupton
Adrian Smith
Giffin
Orndorff House
Lucy Show Signs One Year CBS Contract
Hollywood sponsors Procter and Gamble and General Foods sign on to the I Love Lucy program on CBS for a year. The current deal runs until June.
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Hollywood
Procter and Gamble
General Foods
Cornerstone Club Gifts Boost Shenandoah College Building Fund
Employers and employees may join a voluntary payroll deduction plan to support Shenandoah College in Winchester. A Cornerstone Club recognizes donations of 50 or more, with plaques and a membership certificate in the Memorial Lobby. Gifts may fund a unit or wing in the first buildings.
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Virginia
Cornerstone Club
Shenandoah College
Winchester
Board of Trustees
College
Farm Counts Show Shifts Since 1935
Population and land use data reveal 6 812 000 farms in 1935 versus 4 792 000 farms in the present day, illustrating a long term decline in farm numbers and scale across the United States.
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United States
Dismissed Teachers Plan No Action Pending VEA Stand
Two eighth grade Appomattox County teachers, Georgia Gurney and Gertrude Kerr, say they will take no further action to vindicate themselves unless the Virginia Education Association reviews the case. The board has not disclosed reasons for dismissal and indicated the decision is final.
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Appomattox
Appomattox County
Virginia Education Assn
VEA
Georgia Gurney
Gertrude Kerr
Virginia E. Lewis
Culpeper
Gurney
Miss Lewis
WEA
Funeral Service for Martinsburg Minister Tomorrow
Funeral services for the Rev. Ernest Taylor Harrison 65 a Methodist pastor for 35 years will be held in Martinsburg West Virginia tomorrow. He died Monday in Pittsburgh while visiting a relative. He planned to retire and move to Florida. Born in Berkeley County he was educated at Randolph Macon College Drew Seminary and ordained in the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He served pastorates in Hillsboro Remington Romney Marlowe Harpers Ferry Reistertown Poolesville and Monrovia. Survivors include his widow and a son Herbert S. at Westminster Md Seminary.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Ernest Taylor Harrison
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
Florida
Berkeley County
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
Drew Seminary
Madison
N. J
Old Baltimore
Methodist
Company to arrange transport for workers amid rock incidents
Bruce Swain said the company will arrange transportation for employees wanting to return to work as pickets remain at the gates. Reports describe rocks damaged property and vehicles at several homes and a station wagon. Union rep William Kuehner criticized false reports on meetings and contract extension discussions continue between the company and URCLPWA.
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Bruce Swain
O'Sullivan
Donald
Mr. Clark
Fink
William Kuehner
Pittsburch Feld
Urclpwa
Local Farm Sales Directory for Late May and Early June
Ohio Valley style sales listing covers multiple farms in Maryland West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Items include cattle Herefords Horned Herefords tractors farm machinery milk cows hogs household goods real estate and livestock trailers with auctioneers Frey Waener Neidig Duvall and others coordinating events from May 25 to June 9 at various farm locations near Poolesville Charles Town Winchester Summit Point and Chambersburg.
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Garvin E. Tankersley
al Marah Ranch
Poolesville
Montgomery County
Maryland
Lewis and Orndorff
Poca Dot Farms
Charles Town
W. Va
Charles W. White
Winchester
Valley Pike
Bertha Williams
Chas. R. Duvall
Woodside
Eshton Farm
Deleplane
Ralph W. Horst
Marion
Chambersburg
Frey, Waener & Neidig
Charles R. Hoover
Frederick County Court House
Herbert A. Clevenger
Summit Point
W. D. Orndorff
G. E. Vickers
W E. Edwards
Star Tannery
E. T. Snider
Joseph Frye Dies in Hospital at 77
Joseph Henry Frye 77, farmer of Mt. Williams, died today at Winchester Memorial Hospital after several days illness. Born August 24 1878 he was son of Joseph and Sarah Frye. Survived by wife Nora Good, two daughters Linwood Brannon and Edward Barr, son Claude Frye, seven grandchildren. Funeral Friday 2 p m Omps Funeral Home Rev E B Smith. Interment St Johns cemetery.
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Joseph Henry Frye
Mt. Williams
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Joseph
Sarah Brill Frye
St. Johns Lutheran Church
Nora Good
Linwood Brannon
Hayfield
Edward Barr
Claude Frye
Omps Funeral
E. B. Smith
St. Johns Cemetery
Omps Funeral Home
Company reports small but steady rise in workers returning
The president said this morning that a few more employees have reported to work. The company has seen a small but steady increase in production staff returning, and Mr. Terretta noted the firm is ready to meet for further discussions at any time.
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Paul Terretta
Terretta
DeMille Receives Thailand Award
Veteran producer Cecil B. DeMille was awarded Thailand's Exalted Order of the White Elephant by Thailand's ambassador Pete Sarasin on behalf of King Bhumipol. The decoration honors DeMille's contributions to the international film field and his worldwide influence through motion pictures.
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Hollywood
Cecil B. DeMille
Thailand
Far East
Pete Sarasin
Bhumipol
DeMille
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