James Ward 6 Dies at Home in Frederick County
James Edward Ward six year old son of Mr and Mrs Elwood J Ward of 8 Purcell Ave died yesterday morning at home from inflammation of the lungs He was born July 5 1947 in Frederick County and was a first grade student at Virginia Avenue School Surviving with his parents are four brothers and one sister His maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs James Funkhouser Hamburg and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs John Ward Edinburg Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 pm at the Jones Funeral Home by Rev J S Ducknall Interment will be Mount Hebron Cemetery The remains will rest at the Jones Funeral Home until the time of the services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edward Ward
Elwood J. Ward
Purcell Ave
Frederick County
Virginia Avenue School
Miller Brothers Meat Company
Dorothy W. Funkhouser
Robert W. Ward
Philip E. Ward
Donald Ward
Ronald Ward
Sharon Lee Ward
James Funkhouser
Hamburg
John Ward
Edinburg
Jones Funeral Home
J. S. Ducknall
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Arthur Fritz
David McGolerick
Edward Baylis
Benney Reed
James
Virginia Avenue
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Cancer Crusade Exceeds Goal in Winchester County Drive
Kenneth Robinson announces the Winchester and Frederick County unit of the American Cancer Society raised 3576.25 dollars against a 2700 goal. Rotary Club managed the campaign with active committee groups led by J Victor Arthur Dan Leatherman Hobson McGehee and others. Curtis Fray chaired Coin Collectors and the effort included education on early cancer symptoms led by L W Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Robinson
Winchester
Frederick County
American Cancer Society
Rotary Club
Rotary
J. Victor Arthur
Dan Leatherman
Hobson C. McGe
L. W. Brown
Robinson
Fire damages barn near Middletown
Middletown Fire Company rushed to C. W. Hughes farm three miles west Saturday about 9 20 p m to battle a barn fire. Ten firefighters contained the blaze with only minor damage reported as the cause remained undetermined and estimated losses unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Fire Company
C. W. Hughes
Doctors rule out further surgery for Godfrey hip
Boston specialists after reviewing Arthur Godfrey's year old operation on his right hip decide against further surgery for at least three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Arthur Godfrey
Three Hurt Slightly In Kernstown Car Truck Crash
Yesterday afternoon in Kernstown three people were injured slightly in a two vehicle collision at the U S Route 11 and State Route 719 intersection. Edward J. Seginack and his wife Beulah plus their son Charles Michael, all of Savannah Ga, sustained scalp and facial injuries. Seginack, the Pontiac driver, was not hospitalized. his wife and son were released. The other vehicle was a 1952 Brown tractor trailer owned by Associated Transport Company driven by Leo Mack Bivens Jr of Roanoke. The truck rear ended the Pontiac after swerving. damage totaled 600 for the car and 200 for the truck. Bivens was unhurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernstown
Edward J. Seginack
Beulah Seginack
Charles Michael Seginack
Savannah
Seginack
J. W. Witt
Associated Transport Company
Leo Mack Bivens, Jr
Roanoke
Bivens
Extradition Fight Stalls in 1946 Passau Ax-Arson Slayings
U S Chief Prosecutor Lancian says evidence against James M. Leech of Lima Ohio is insufficient to seek his extradition. Leech, a former Army captain, faces charges of murder three counts, arson and related counts in the Passau killings of Maj Everett Fran Con Fran Capt Adrian L. Wessler and 1st Lt Stanley M. Rosewater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Thomas Lanelan
James M. Leech
Lima
Ohio
Leech
Lancian
Passau
Ohioan
Maj
Everett
Confran
Washington, D. C
Adrian L. Wessler
New Rochelle
N. Y
Stanley M. Rosewater
Omaha
Neb
William Canfield
Hampden
Mass
U.S High Commission
How's Your I Q answers from a quiz page
The page lists ten question answers including Indo China horse racing the sixteenth Denmark vitamin C the Star Spangled Banner Earl of Sandwich unleavened bread and a set of jewelry and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick County Auction Listings May to June
May 26 noon Shenandoah Valley National Bank trustee front Frederick County Court House real estate on S Cameron St and N Loudoun St May 28 11 a m Jos A Massie Jr front of Frederick County Court House three parcels of real estate Byron Brumback auctioneer May 29 1 p m G N Singhas opposite Farmers Livestock Exchange Rt 50 west live stock hens household goods tools W D Orndorff auctioneer June 5 11 a m Dabney W Watts Special Commissioner front of Frederick County Court House real estate at 126 North Braddock St Winchester Boyd G Headley Jr auctioneer June 5 1130 a m Estate of Laura A Fawcett front Frederick County Court House real estate on S Cameron St Winchester Boyd G Headley Jr auctioneer June 12 1 p m Miss Mary 8S Jones 103 S Stewart St Furn iture household goods E T Snider auctioneer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Frederick County Court House
S. Cameron St
N. Loudoun St
Jos
A. Massie, Jr
Byron Brumback
G. N. Singhass
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Rt. 50
West
W. D. Orndorff
Dabney W. Watts
North Braddock St
Winchester
Boyd G. Headley, Jr
Laura A. Fawcett
Mary
Explosion in Virginia Kills 11 Year Old Boy
In Petersburg Virginia Vaughan Cook 11 died at Petersburg General Hospital after an explosion at a firework detonation site. His brother Jerry 8 and friend Jimmy Moneymaker 8 were severely burned and in critical condition. Police said detonators from a dissolved idle plant were involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Vaughan Cook
Elbert W. Cook
Petersburg General Hospital
Jerry
Jimmy Moneymaker
William F. Golden
Dinwiddie County
Dinwiddie
Rudge Butterworth
W. R. Martin
Jerry Cook
Moneymaker
Fawcett
Air Force C-46 Missing With Five Aboard En Route to San Antonio
An Air Force C-46 flying from El Paso to San Antonio disappeared last night with five aboard and is presumed to have crashed near Kerrville. Civil Air Patrol said 20 search planes combed the area. The pilot, unnamed, reported instrument flight in rain and low ceilings before contacting Kelly Air Force Base again, then disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Air Force
el Paso
San Antonio
Civil Air Patrol
George A. Brewer, Jr
Texas
CAP
Kerrville
Kelly Air Force Base
Kelly
Mail Carrier Reports Bull Snags Two Pound Bass
Rural mail carrier Mark Dunbar saw a bull in a Tennessee pond snag a two pound bass. He hesitated to tell others for three days before reporting that the animal waded in shallow water and pulled the fish onto dry land with a line tangled on its foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crossville
Tenn
Mark Dunbar
Dunbar
Watch Your Step Phrase Emerges in Early 20th Century
The expression dates to the early 1900s with its first known use by Theodore Shonts, president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Co. in New York City from 1907 to 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Shonts
Interborough Rapid Transit Co
New York City
Navy divers search for missing men in river boat accident
A river boating accident near a bridge left two men missing after the boat sank within about 30 seconds. Howard Wiseman and Raymond Line disappeared downstream as rescuers, game wardens, and volunteers including Johns Hopkins divers and Clarke County sheriff’s personnel conducted an extensive search aided by private boats. The boat was later recovered overturned in deep water about three miles north of the bridge.
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Shepherds
Shepherd
Mrs. Shepherd
Mr. Shepherd
Frederick County
Earl Cather
Warren County
James Simpson
Howard Gardiner
Line
Herbert Pitsenbarger
Wiseman
Gardiner
Pitsenbarger
Winchester
J. E. Johnson
South
Loudoun St
Clarke County
W. W. Smallwood
James Sipe
Sipe
Smallwood
BMC
Henning
Bruce B. Comer
LCDR
Eugene E. Bracken
Naval
Washington
Navy
Bracken
Naval Gun Factory
Bethesda
Chevy Chase
Sheriff's
Clarke
Frederick
Cather
Simpson
Red Cross
Col
Graham Dougherty
Martinsburg
Charles Town
W. Va
Front Royal
Mr. Sine
Gilbert Sine
Emma Locke
Con
Gardiner Driver Wiseman Led Long Career at Novick Co
Obituary notes Wiseman longtime driver for Novick Transfer Co for about 20 years. Survived by his wife and a sister of Mr Pitsenberger of Winchester. Further survivors not disclosed.
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Novick Transfer Co
Wiseman
Pitsenberger
Winchester
Viet Nam Update Warns of Rapid Political Decline
Viet Nam's political situation is described as deteriorating rapidly after Dien Bien Phu. French plans to bolster Indochina's defenses near completion, with talks on possible U S intervention to support Bao Dai's government. American diplomats fear the government could collapse before aid arrives.
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Saigon
Indochina
Viet Nam
Dien
Bien Phu
Washington
U. S
Bao Dai
Harry Cline Dies In Charlottesville
Harry Thomas Cline 54 of 547 Highland Ave died 10 45 am Saturday at University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville He was born July 6 1899 in this city son of Mrs Mary Alice Kidwell lifelong resident He belonged to Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church and Sarah ane Fire Company Surviving are his mother one aunt Lizzie Emmerson and one uncle Lonne Cline Services were held Tuesday 2 pm at Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church with interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers named from local names Funeral Home handled arrangements
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Harry Thomas Cline
Highland Ave
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Mary Alice Kidwell
Cline
Highland Avenue
Presbyterian Arch
Sarahane Fire Company
Lizzie Emmerson
Lonne Cline
Jones Funeral Home
J.S. Duckwall
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
William Vance
Paul Herring
Ira Smith
Fairbanks Brill
John Frye
Walter Sellers
Capt R V Taylor Dies in Deltaville
Word has been received of the death of Capt R V Taylor 65 at his home in Deltaville He was a fishing boat captain and died suddenly of a heart attack yesterday morning Funeral services will be held there tomorrow at 2 p m
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R. V.taylor
Deltaville
Kensinger Execution Case Stays by Virginia Governor
Richmond Gov. Stanley declined to commute the death sentence of William Clay Kensinger a 28 year old Pennsylvanian scheduled for execution Wednesday at the Virginia Penitentiary in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Stanley
William Clay Kensinger
Virginia
Harry Poston Dies In Arlington
Harry Golden Poston died Saturday in Arlington Hospital. He lived at 2665 North Glebe Road Arlington. Survived by wife Mildred Reed Poston Arlington mother Elizabeth Poston Bluemont sister Ada Chappell Bluemont and brothers Frank Gordon Poston Arlington Stanley Poston Round Hill. Funeral services Wednesday at 2:30 PM at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville with interment at Green Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Golden Poston
Arlington Hospital
North Glebe Road
Arlington
Mildred Reed Poston
Elizabeth Poston
Ada Chappell
Bluemont
Frank
Gordon Poston
Stanley Poston
Round Hill
John H. Enders
Berryville
Green Hill
NAACP Eyes Delay in Virginia School Integration Plan
Dr J M Tinsley state NAACP president says local officials will be asked to begin mixed classes when the term starts in September while Gov Stanley maintains public schools will remain segregated until Supreme Court rulings guide integration. NAACP leaders in Atlanta favor a reasonable adjustment period and plan to press Richmond authorities for prompt action and staff integration to protect Black teachers jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Tinsley
The
NAACP
Gov. Stanley
Virginia
Supreme Court
South
Tinsley
Eight killed in Tunisia violence reports
Eight persons have been killed and five wounded in new outbreaks of fighting between Tunisian nationalists and the French in Tunisia's protectorate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunis
Tunisia
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James Ward
Harry T. Cline
James E. Ward
Snellings Florist
Howard-Zink
Cammer Tire CO
S. Braddock St
Cancer Crusade
Middletown
Ford
Heatwolk Motor CO
N. Braddock St
America
C.J. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron
Donald C. Towlen, O.D
Personal
Persgmal
Shene
Newberry
North Loudoun
Mike Harman
YES
Essotane Gas
Essotane
Esso Standard Oil Company
RFD
Avn
Rie Ann Gardiner
Desoto
Chapman Motor CO
Ize Y
Harry Cline
Capt. Taylor
Frederick Motors
Martinsburg Pike
N. Cameron ST
Homer
Cape Cod
Corbin
Provincetown
John W. Rosenberger and Co., Inc
Harry Poston
Otto
Orkin Man
Ior
Funeral Home
Vintcinian
P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp
N. Kent St
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