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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1955

Page

8

Ikenberry to Speak at James Wood Graduation Exercises

Dr. Ikenberry, accredited educational leader and author in Who's Who references, will give the commencement address at James Wood Senior High. Paul D. Beable will award diplomas. Rev. Carl W. Hiser gives invocation. Rev. James Eshelman delivers the baccalaureate sermon on "Sentenced to Live."

James Wood Paul D. Beable Ikenberry Carl W. Hiser First Evangelical United Brethren Church N. Braddock St James Eshelman College Street Eshelman Beable

Hiram Owens Dies at 54 Funeral Tomorrow

Hiram Frederick Owens 54 died Friday evening at Warren County Memorial Hospital from a heart attack after a month of illness. He worked 17 years as an electrician for American Viscose and was a native of Front Royal, leaving a wife Anna, three sons, three brothers, and two sisters. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 2 pm at Primitive Baptist Church Front Royal with interment in Prospect Cemetery. The body was moved from Maddox Funeral Home to the late home at 625 Warren Ave.

Hiram Frederick Owens Warren County Memorial Hospital Owens American Viscose Corporation Page County Thomas Edwards Owens Sarah Berry Owens Anna Butler Owens H. Thomas Owens Marvin R. Owens Front Royal Raymond F. Owens Wilson N. C Walter Owens Ruby Owens Noah Owens Winchester Leo Everhart Elkton John White Moundsville W. Va Primitive Baptist Church Prospect Cemetery Maddox Funeral Home Warren Ave

White Post Social Notes Include Trips And Visits

White Post residents and relatives are noted visiting family in Kensington Maryland and Winchester area. Mary Baldwin student Miss Page Lee returns home for summer with her parents. Several couples host and attend weekend gatherings at Locust Hill Farm Farmley and Berryville while others travel to Charlottesville for church events. A Q&A explains what a registered diamond means and how registries differ by organization.

Audrey F. Funkhouser White Post Miss Page Lee Mary Baldwin Staunton Edward B. Lee Meade Conley C. Chamblin Funkhouser Kensington Virginia W. Randolph Tayloe Berryville

Ten Found Guilty Of Federal Liquor Law Violations

Ten men charged with conspiring to violate federal liquor laws were found guilty in Federal District Court in Richmond. Sentencing was postponed by Judge Sterling Hutcheson for pre sentence probation reports. Convicted defendants include Vernon Crowder Alexander Douglas William E Fowlett Elam S Fitts Rommie C Fitts Fred M Glenn Percy V Glenn Waverly William Jimmie A Smith.

Richmond Sterling Hutcheson Vernon Crowder Alexander Douglas William E. Fowlett Elam S. Fitts Rommie C. Fitts Petersburg Fred M. Glenn Percy V. Glenn Waverly William Brunswick County William M. Hargrave Jr Hopewell Jimmie A. Smith North Carolina

Grimes Grimes Grimes Community Notes and Visits

Grimes Galilee Church plans annual children’s day exercises on June 5 in the evening. Locals recount attendance at the Hopewell meeting. Washington visitors Mrs. N. B. Orndorff and Mrs. George Wright with Margaret spent Sunday here with Ida Orndorff. Additional travel and farm activity notes include Mrs. Brooke Taylor’s Winchester trip, Lloyd Milburn remodeling a barn, and social calls by Howard Ashby and Fred Malone. Strawberries ripening, haying begun, corn plowing, and promising apple and peach crops. illness confines Jonah Good, William Tharp, and Alonzo Fleck remains in Winchester nursing home.

Grimes Galilee Church Hopewell N. B. Orndorff George Wright Margaret Washington, D. C Ida Orndorff Brooke Taylor Winchester Robert Sowers Lloyd Milburn Hugh Dailey George Speed Florida Harry Mason Howard Ashby Fred Malone Brucetown Jonah Good William Tharp Alonzo Fleck

Yount to Preside At Middle Atlantic Accounting Meeting

Ralph P. Yount, CPA from this city, will preside at the opening session of the Middle Atlantic States Accounting Conference. The three day meeting starts June 2 at the Homestead Hotel in Hot Springs with more than 300 CPAs and guests attending. Dr E Byers Miller of the University of Richmond will give the welcoming address. Yount is a partner in Yount Hyde and president of the Virginia Society of Public Accountants.

Ralph P. Yount Homestead Hotel Hot Springs Cpas E. Byers Miller School of Business Administration University of Richmond Yount Yount-Hyde Virginia Society of Public

Accountants to Attend City Conference

Local accountants will host the conference and several city attendees join from here including Lewis H. Hyde Jr Gordon Harman Gene Alford Cc G Vaught Warren Ellison Allen Dulaney Wendell Barney Charles A Campbell Jr and R H Leonard.

Lewis H. Hyde, Jr Gordon Harman Gene Alford Cc. G. Vaught Warren Ellison Allen Dulaney Wendell Barney Charles A. Campbell, Jr R. H. Leonard

Cornerstone Laying at U S Capitol by George Washington

The text states the cornerstone of the Capitol was laid by George Washington, President of the United States, who wore a Masonic apron embroidered by Madame Lafayette.

U. S. Capitol Capitol George Washington The United States Madame Lafayette

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