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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1957
Page
8
Local social notes from Hayfield residents
Hayfield brief mentions visitors and moves. Baltimore pair Mr and Mrs Walter Dawson spent weekend with Walter Solomon family. Mr and Mrs Jack White called on the Wiley family. Mr and Mrs W Boyd Ramey visited daughter Miss Margaret Ramey at Madison College Harrisonburg. Russell Lineburg family moved to Arlington. John Cain confined home by illness. Scott White family and Phoebe and Junior White called on Mrs Alva Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayfield
Walter Dawson
Baltimore
Walter Solomon
Jack White
Wiley
W. Boyd Ramey
Miss Margaret Ramey
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Russell Lineburg
Ruel Anderson
Arlington
John Cain
Scott White
Phoebe White
Junior White
Alva Miller
Germans to Train in U S on Rocket Missiles
West German army personnel will arrive in the United States early next year for training on American built rockets at Ft. Sill Oklahoma. They will learn Honest John Matador and Nike missiles and serve as missile instructors with West German units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Ft. Sill
Okla
Wolf Dietrich von Schleinitz
Defense Ministry
Bonn
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Middletown Plans Covered Dish Supper and Fire Hall Upgrades
Final plans for a covered dish supper on October 10 at 6 p.m. at the fire hall were made by the Middletown Fire Company and its auxiliary. The event is for all members their families and friends. A public company party is planned for October 26 at 6 p.m. at the fire hall. The auxiliary approved a building committee report calling for redecorating the second floor painting the roof and refinishing the fire hall roof. Lions Club suppers for next month were also planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Middletown Fire Company
At & P.m
FCVFA
John B. Kelley
Grove Lime Co
Howard Shull
Lions Club
Author Michener Survives Plane Ditching Off Iwo Jima
Author James A Michener aboard a U S Air Force plane with 13 aboard including him ditched three miles north of Iwo Jima yesterday. All passengers were rescued unharmed and an investigation was started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U. 8
Air Force
James A. Michener
Iwo Jima
Japan
Michener
South Pacific
Voice of Asia
Sayonara
Toko Ri
Par East
Dog's Life Might Be Improvement
In Eureka California a 2 month old dog named Blackie with a hint of cocker in his lineage ran into trouble after a larger dog chased him into a storm sewer. Neighbors alerted authorities, jackhammers were used to reach him, and he later returned home with internal injuries but is expected to recover.
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Eureka
Calif
Blackie
Terry Grimm
Terry
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