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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1959
Page
2
Raymond Womeldorf funeral details include burial at Island Hill in Virginia with pallbearers Floyd Ginn Landon Whitacre and John W. named among those listed, indicating a local obituary notice and service arrangements.
George W. Fahnestock died after a two week illness at Winchester Memorial Hospital. He was born in Pennsylvania, survived by wife Viola Racey, three daughters Mrs. Bessie Cooper Mrs. Hazel Frye and Mrs. Nina Fahnestock, plus a half sister and brothers including Russell Fahnestock and Leonard Fahnestock. Funeral services Saturday at 1 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home conducted by Rev Carl B Glover. Burial Riverview Cemetery Strasburg. Pallbearers named. remains to arrive Friday. visitation at Jones Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Walter Lee Hoover of Albin, who died early yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital, will be held Friday at 3 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home with Rev John C Livingston of Sunnyside Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial is in Mt Hebron Cemetery. Surviving half sisters are Eula Miller, Blanche Ford, Maude Law. half brothers Douglas Hoover, Fred Hoover, Clark Hoover. Pallbearers named. Friends may call.
The Quaker Cemetery on Cedar Creek Grade at Fawcett's will be cleaned this Saturday starting at 8 a.m. Relatives buried there have been asked to help with the cleaning effort.
Auction notices for May 30 to June 7 in Wardensville Romney Clearbrook Winchester and Charles Town detail real estate livestock furniture electrical appliances antiques and groceries. Agents include Ralph W Haines W D Orndorff Lewis Horner E T Snider Dennis T Cole and W D Orn.
Fourteen year old Evelyn Mason was brought home by her parents at 3 a.m. She had been missing since Tuesday evening after going to a movie with Donald Carter age 21. Mrs Coffman said Colleen Smith Carter's sister guessed where they had gone and a phone call confirmed it. The Coffmans and Smith drove to Sperryville yesterday and returned with Evelyn and Carter.
The committee reports major allocations totaling 38.848 billion dollars with Army at 9.207 billion, Navy at 11.251 billion, Air Force 17.229 billion and a defense office near 1.388 billion. Witness Dr. Shelley is hospitalized with pleurisy.
Washington and Lee University professor Dr. Henry Vogel Shelley died in his hospital bed yesterday afternoon while grading examination papers. He had taught at the university since 1927 and was 68 at his death in Lexington.
Severe thunderstorms sweep central regions with tornadic winds and hail reported. Tornadoes strike Gillette Wyoming injuring and killing livestock. later storms lash northern Missouri South Dakota Nebraska and Cadiz Ohio. warm humid air dominates eastern areas while cool air persists near the Great Lakes.
The meeting to ease Cold War tensions ends with Gromyko stating a pleasant and useful conversation with the President. Hagerty notes the leaders may not share a summit timetable while ministers signal a tripartite declaration. Newsmen report lingering questions about Khrushchev and Geneva.
Eight members of the Clarke County Jaycees travel to the state convention in Washington May 29 to 31. The Berryville group will be represented by Jackie Vincent Haskell Jenkins Howard Hart Bill Renner Ron Fra ser and H B Pierce Jr. The meeting will elect a state president and five national directors.
Butler fled into the woods after a backseat gunfight in a sheriff’s car near Pittsburgh. Lauer was killed during the struggle over a .38 revolver as Diehl and Merlin Diehl tried to move Butler to Western State Penitentiary. Police and volunteers searched the area for Butler, a former Girardville resident with a lengthy armed robbery record.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and Swiss representatives discussed hopes for a successful outcome as they prepared to return to their respective capitals, signaling cautious optimism and ongoing diplomacy.
The Winchester Aero Club Inc will meet tomorrow evening after the Civil Air Patrol session at 7 30 at the Air Force Reserve office.
Killian, a Kiev native, resigns from his White House circulated letter citing compelling personal reasons. Eisenhower accepts noting the vital importance of Killian's work to U S security and the education system.
Fair and mild tonight with 60s low. Friday remains warm and humid with scattered thundershowers in the mountains. Includes sun times and rainfall totals for May with historical averages and year-to-date figures.
Mary Baker Grant Payne of 1327 Valley Ave faces petty larceny with 60 day suspended sentence and $5.25 costs. Randolph Payne of White Post faces 30 days suspended with $1.75 costs.
Fragmentary text appears to reference Pegasus Missouri Fort Sumter beheading false gamblers crowd compressed fuel and Tomy Lee with no coherent story or verifiable details provided for reliable summarization.
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