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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1947

Page

2

William H. Frye Dies At Sunnyside Home

William H. Frye aged 62 dies at his Sunnyside residence after a three year illness. He was born to Joseph and Annie Tevalt in Frederick County and spent most of his life as a farmer and laborer. Survived by wife Lillie Mumaw, children Henry M. Frye Janes R Frye Emily Baker and others, step son Jacob Calvin, and siblings, with services planned at the Pentecostal Church of God on South Braddock Street. Burial at Grangers Cemetery. Pallbearers named.

Joseph Annie Tevalt Frederick County Sun National Fruit and Product Party Pentecostal Church of God Shenandoah Lillie Mumaw Shenandoah County Henry M. Frye Vienna Janes R. Frye Berkeley Springs Jacob Calvin Winchester Anna Brill Lola Baker Mary Stotler Emily Baker Chester Edward Lebenan Church Sallie Moore Hayfield Viola Cooley Pentecostal of God South Bradeck Street Irvin Ly Stonesifer Iment Grangers Cemetery Staton Clyde , Embrey J .H. Gibbs Carl Alabaugh Manges George Hels

Funeral Rites For Mrs Frye Held Today

Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. in Hedgesville West Virginia for Mrs D PeFrye widow of Dr Prye a prominent Hedgesville physician who died suddenly Saturday morning Her daughters Mrs James and E W Butslet and son Joe Dane survive The interment was in the Middleway West Virginia cemetery

Hedges W. Va D. PeFrye Prye Hedgesville Rs. Frye James Art Atack E. W. Butslet Shepherdstown Joe Dane Martinsburg Terment Middleway

Chicago Grain Quotations

Chicago May 27 grains firm on the board of trade with some buying tied to wide demand. Prices listed show May at 2.35 Sept 2.25 2.26 1-4 Dec 2.22 May 48 2.18 for corn with various quotes across months and futures.

Chicago Board of Trade Ts. Jly

Daily quiz correct answers printed on pear

Answers to the daily quiz are printed on pear in a fragmentary list. It mentions Buck 1,000,000th Hoover Dam Four TH will Bernard M Baruch Maj Gen Raymond Whit Bliss and a note about Howard Hughes in 1938 with a crew of four and a shortened route of 44,000 miles.

Hoover Dam Will Bernard M. Baruch Raymond Whit- Bliss Howard Hughes

Funeral Services For Mr. Largent To Be Tomorrow

Funeral services for James Robert Largent 69 of Fredrick county will be held tomorrow at 1 p m from his home 411 South Cameron street city Interment will follow in Redland Cemetery Whitacre at 2 30 p m Officiating ministers are the Rev Joseph Ducknall and the Rev S Goode Surviving are his widow Miss Ollie Pugh two sisters Mrs George Peacemaker Whitacre and Mrs Edna Miller 402 South Cameron Street city and a list of listed children plus honorary pallbearers and flower girls with names provided in the notice.

James Robert Largent Frederick County South Cameron Street City Joseph Ducknall S. Goode Redland Cemetery Whitacre George Peacemaker Edna Miller South Cameron Street Ollie Pugh Homer Elliot Fred Whitacre William Peacemaker A. C. Oates Clint McCarty Lawrence McCarty Lee N. Whitacre Raymond Omos Irving Hammock Walter Moore Clark Fletcher Ralph Shaffer Elsie Light May Brown Lillie Hammock Mary Place Frances Whitacre Bessie Omps Naomi Hashman Nora Parrill

Farmers to Tour Orange VA Experiment Station

County Agent I Fred Stine reports a large delegation from Frederick and Clarke counties will join a tour of the Orange Virginia experiment station tomorrow. Local motorcade will depart from the county courthouse at 9 p.m.

I. Fred Stine Frederick Clarke County Orange County Court House

Hoover proposes four point plan to revive Axis economies

In a New York address Charles Hoover outlines a plan to aid Germany Japan and Korea while opposing asset stripping. He urges abandoning industrial plant removal and levels of industry schemes and calls for a peace conference with Japan and a temporary centralized German government under Allied military direction. He warns Russia obstructs relief efforts and risks higher taxpayer burdens.

Germany Korea Japan War Department Engel Hoover New York Taber Soviet Union United States Russia

Stewart Bell Jr Added To Board At Roanoke Meet

Stewart Bell Jr of this city was added to the board of directors of the Virginia Conference of Social Worker at the annual meeting in Roanoke. Mary Alice Roberts Joe was elected president. The conference endorsed a study on creating a youth authority for offenders 16 to 25 and supported a state recreation service. It urged data collection to merge counties into social work areas and stronger financial aid for juvenile and domestic relations courts. A spot study of juvenile court treatment will be made with the National Probation Association. Officeholders also elected E. J. Keyes, Gordon Berg, Mrs. Eula Fullerton, and Charles P. Chew.

Stewart Bell, Jr Virginia Conference of Social Worker Roanoke Mary Alice Roberts Joe Virginia General Assembly Council of Juvenile Court Judges Committee On Juvenile Courts National Probation Association Virginia Child Labor Committee Virginia Recreation Society E. J. Keyes Richmond Gordon Berg Norfolk Eula Fullerton Abingdon Charles P. Chew

Peoples Insurance seeks settlement as strike widens over debit books

Castiello said the company demanded return of debit books before negotiations resume after a government meeting with AFL agents. About 160 of 868 agents across Delaware Maryland DC Virginia West Virginia Ohio struck May 19 over wages and a supervisor's union. The Industrial and Ordinary Agents Council, representing 263 agents, seeks bargaining elections in two Virginia districts. company wants statewide talks and has NLRB backing.

AFL National Labor Relations Board Castiello Industrial and Ordinary Agents Council District of Columbia Virginia Maryland Tappahannock Fredericksburg NLRB

Ford workers may join 130000 walkout amid stalled talks

The UAW CIO warns 130000 Ford production workers could strike after foremen walkout. Talks on wages hours and conditions stalled with FAA foremen in protest. FAA says disruptions threaten production though company reports near normal output.

Ford Motors Co CIO United Auto Workers Richard T. Leonard Uaw-Cio Ford Department UAW Ford Foreman’s Association of America FAA Ford Power Plants Robert H. Keys Leonard

Democrats push tax break plan amid House debate

Democrats argue nine community property states gain tax advantages while Millikin says adoption would cost 750 million dollars beyond the 4 billion dollar bill. House Ways and Means studies possible inclusion in a new tax bill next year. Republicans reject delay 48 to 44 with Morse and Wilson dissenting. Democrats warn tax cuts before spending levels are known.

Millikin House Ways and Means Committee Congress George D-Ga Morse Oregon Wilson Iowa

State Weather Five Day Report Shows Rising Temperatures

A five day weather report notes a rising trend with temperatures near two degrees above normal. Showers are expected Friday totaling about one half to one inch, followed by cooler conditions Saturday and Sunday.

Catholics And Methodists Win In Church League

The Catholic Church softball team remained undefeated in the senior division with a 12-2 win over Cork Street Christian Church. Hobert pitched for Catholic, Whitacre and Seabright for Cork Street. Braddock Street Methodists rallied to beat the Baptist 15-4 behind Covington and Barnett. Royston had four hits in five plate appearances for Baptist. Tonight the Baptists meet the Presbyterians in the senior division while United Brethren face Market Street Methodists in the junior loop.

Catholic Church Cork Street Christian Church Hobert Whitacre Seabright Braddock Street Methodists Covington Barnett Royston Baptists Presbyterians United Brethren and Market Street Methodists

Divide Games AVISCO Defeats Air Base 11-1 in Sunday Rout

The Front Royal Avisco nine split weekend games with a 11-1 win over Andrew Air Base Club on Sunday after a 4-2 loss to Harrisonburg on Saturday. Avisco hosts Clarke County All-Stars on Memorial Day and has scheduled a game at St. Thomas Pennsylvania for Sunday.

Front Royal Avisco Andrew Air Base Club Harisonburg Avisco Clarke County

Tragic Farmstead Slayings Leave Eight Children Dead

Coroner reports a group of eight Smith children were killed by a .22 rifle on the Terpenning farm. Teenager found near a granary while Barbara Smith showed disheveled clothing but no rape. Sheriff details describe a fatal ambush after a visit to Sugar Island where the two girls planned to gather flowers.

Lester Smith Smith Sugar Island

Two Martinsburg Men Fined In Police Court

In a police court session this morning two Martinsburg men were fined for a crash yesterday at S Kent and Cecil streets. Guy Morris Johnson paid 30 dollars plus costs for reckless driving and driving without a license, while William Blaine Leonard settled 20 dollars and costs for allowing an unlicensed driver and for drunkenness. The collision involved a truck veering into the path of a 1941 Chevrolet sedan driven by Jean Lanham of Berryville and owned by J. D. Shockey of 717 S Stewart street, causing about 200 dollars in damage.

Martinsburg S. Kent Cecil Guy Morris Johnson William Blaine Leonard Jean Lanham Berryville J. D. Shockey Stewart Street

Estate sale notices in Maryland and Virginia listings

Sales directory listing multiple estate and real estate auctions with dates May 31 and June 11 across locations in Frederick County near Yorktown Ridgeway Clarke County and Winchester including items such as real estate livestock farming equipment household goods farm machinery and cherry orchard details for each bidder and location.

H. R. DuPuy Frederick County Court House Plymouth Charles Grim Boyce A. C. Place York’s Welltown Pike Roland H. Tharp Ridgeway U. S Route Roland L. Tharp D. Adams Old Pierce Charles Town Pike Clarke County

Life-time business opportunity with GE germicidal equipment

Modest investment of about $950 offers a lifetime business in germicidal lamps. Become a General Electric distributor for germicidal equipment in the east with training and direct mail advertising. Write or wire Germicidal Equipment Co. 1424 Eighteenth Place, E. Washington 20, D. C.

General Electric

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Illiam H. Frye Sunnyside Ieee Beau Reardon John W. Rosenberger Braddock St Mr. Largent Icolgate’s Dorothy Gray Sutton Dorothy Gray Ileg Norris Chocolates Boscawween S. Kent St Roy A. Lee Roger Peoples Insurance Ford Motor Co CIO Auto Jayne Omps Funeral Home Loudoun St North Ave Natick, Mass York’s Inn Ebert Farm Guernsey Zenith Germicidal Equipment CO E. Washington D. C Southern Yellow Pine Pi Glaize & Bro Vigoro C. I. Brumback & Sons N. Cameron St Fairplay Market S. Loudoun St Valley Ave J. G. Holsinger & Son N. Loudoun St Chapman Motor CO Contractors & Dealers Bayliss & Patterson Cc. B. Smalts & Son National Avenue Winchester Furniture CO Westinghouse Baker Anderson N. Braddock
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