Deaths and Funerals Notice Community Remains
The funeral for Alva Homer Kern, who died Sunday, will be held tomorrow at 11 am at Omps Funeral Home and interred at Mt Olive Cemetery Hayfield. Pallbearers are Douglas Kerns, Cletus Miller, Bergie Rick ard, Harry Kerns, Shirley Fore man and John Kenney. A memorial service for a Saturday death will be conducted by Rev Josiah A Andrew on Wednesday at 2 pm at Relief Methodist Church with viewing from 1 pm. Interment will be in Greenhill Friends. relatives may call Jones Funeral Home.
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Alva Homer Kern
Omps Funeral Home
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Hayfield
Douglas Kerns
Cletus Miller
Bergie Rickard
Harry Kerns
Shirley Foreman
John Kenney
Josiah A. Andrew
Relief Methodist Church
Greenhill
Jones Funeral Home
Death of John Welch in Arlington County Hospital
John William Welch age 58 of Arlington died Friday in Arlington County Hospital. He was born in Frederick County, son of William Silas Welch and the late Mrs. Welch. His first wife Leona Yates died. Survived by his wife Sally Farrow Welch and a brother Wilbur Welch of Darbrook. Funeral was Sunday with graveside rites at Salem Dale Cemetery near Stephens.
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John William Welch
Arlington
Arlington County Hospital
Frederick County
William Silas Welch
Hillcrest Nursing Home
Welch
Leona Yates
Sally Farrow
Wilbur Welch
Arbrook
Suny
Salem Sale Cemetery
Stephens
Funeral service for Preffitt and Bismark of Berryville
Funeral service for Bismark and Preffitt of Berryville was conducted by Rev. William E. Eisenberg. Bearers included Selby Preffitt and R. Preffitt. Burial took place at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Bismark & Preffitt
Berryville
William E. Eisenberg
Jones
Selby Preffitt
McIan R. Preffitt
Delmar P. Tiwee
Marco M. McIiwee
W. T. Orndorff
Lester Funkhous
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Frye Service Held for Philip Frye of Middle Road
Funeral service for Philip Frye of the Middle Road was held. The obituary notes Frye’s residence on Middle Road and his passing, with details typical of a local obituary summary.
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Philip
Frye
The
Middle Road
Funeral service for Mrs Laura V Orndorff Marple
Funeral services for Mrs Laura V Orndorff Marple of Hayfield die as Rev Daniel Agnew and Rev Charles H Van Giler conduct Wednesday at 2 pm at Jones Funeral Home. Pallbearers named Melvin Nail Milburn Wiley W Boyd Ramey Charles Clowser T Newton Cather C E Stotler. Burial in Mount Olive at Jones Funeral Home.
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Laura V. Orndorff Marple
Hayfield
Daniel Agnew
Charles H. van Giler
Jones Funeral Home
Melvin E. Nail
Milburn A. Wiley
W. Boyd Ramey
Charles L. Clowser
T. Newton Cather
C. E. Stotler
Mount Olive Cemetery
Russell Smith Not Guilty in Kent Street Maiming Case
A Winchester Corporation Court jury found Russell Smith alias Russell Harris 19 not guilty of maiming in a morning session yesterday. Smith had been charged with stabbing James William Burks during a June 18 fight on N Kent Street causing cuts to the head and left hand.
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Winchester Corporation
Russell Smith
Russell Harris
Smith
James William Burks
N. Kent St
Burks
Officers Returning Man Wanted Here
Capt Warren Rudolph and Officer R L Bowers of the Winchester Police Department left for Columbus Georgia to return Homer Jackson Nicholson on a charge of violation of the bad check law.
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Warren Rudolph
R. L. Bowers
Winchester Police Department
Columbus
Homer Jackson Nicholson
Defector saga continues as Golub wife fails to depart with group
At Amsterdam Airport Mrs. Golub appeared with Ambassador Ponomarenko and Russians to fly to Moscow but lacked a passport. A scuffle broke out as police resisted Soviet demand for the passport, leaving Veltman with a bloody hand and a bruised attache.
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West
Golub
Damages Reported in Wyck St Crash and Other Minor Collisions
A head on Wyck Street crash at 9 55 p m caused 275 in damages with no injuries listed. James W Jenkins 609 S Cameron St drove a 1951 Ford. Marie Velma Smith Woodstock drove a 1956 Ford. Smith charged with reckless driving. A rear end collision at Waterloo on Route 50 340 damaged a 1953 Buick driven by Charles R Armel 23 E Germain St and a 1959 White tractor. tractor damage 75.
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Wyck St
W. L. Fable
L. P. Bland
Ford
James W. Jenkins
S. Cameron St
Marie Velma Smith
Woodstock
Waterloo
R. L. Bruce
Ernie Fifield
Hastings
Mich
Bruce
Charles Robert Armel
E. Germain St
Seven States Plan Ceremonies for Ball's Bluff Battle Anniversary
Leesburg officials announce a October 21 program marking the 100th anniversary of the Civil War Battle of Ball's Bluff at Ball's Bluff National Cemetery. Attendees will include representatives from Virginia Mississippi Rhode Island Massachusetts New York California and Pennsylvania, all of which supplied troops in the October 13 1861 engagement. The Confederates won the battle.
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Leesburg
Ball’s Bluff
Ball’s Bluff National Cemetery
Virginia
Mississippi
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New York
California
Pennsylvania
P. S
Grain prices in Richmond area per bushel
Richmond area grain prices listed by grade: No. 2 red winter wheat 1.82. No. 2 yellow shelled corn 1.04. No. white shelled corn 1.14. No. oats 0.62. No. 3 barley 0.06. No. 2 soybeans 2.14. Prices are per bushel.
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Richmond (Ap
VDA
Richmond Area
Baltimore livestock market report weak prices for heifers
USDA information shows limited cattle supply with few sales to test prices. Slaughter heifers mostly good to low choice traded weak at 22.75 per cwt. calves 326 to 420 pounds mainly medium stock at 18.50. Hogs included one lot 195 pounds at 19.50, one 230 pound lot at 9.25, and one 255 pound lot at 18.75. Sheep were not offered.
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Baltimore
USDA
Grains Open Steady on Board of Trade Amid Mixed Prices
Chicago grains and soybeans opened steady with wheat, corn, oats and soybean futures showing small gains or unchanged. The report notes December wheat at about 2.02 dollars, December corn near 1.09, oats around 0.675, and November soybeans near 2.373 dollars, reflecting a calm session. A related item marks the Mt. Washington Carriage Road as a century-old toll road still in operation.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Mt. Washin
United States
U S Recognizes New State of Syria
The United States announced formal recognition of Syria as a new state. The Damascus consulate general will be raised to an embassy with Ridgway B Knight to serve as charge d affaires until an ambassador is appointed.
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Washington
United States
Syria
Kuzbari
U.S
Damascus
Ridgway B. Knight
Ridgwy B. Knight
Ordained ministers linked to wide burglary spree
Donald Thom Ford 33 and Burger Jr. 32 say they cannot explain their actions as police tie them to 16 burglaries spanning Cincinnati to Quantico. Ford, a former Boy Scout official and United Brethren minister, and Burger, ex-Chamber of Commerce employee, also served as auxiliary Charleston policemen after July floods. Loot included guns meat radios and a mounted deer's head with about 800 dollars in golfing gear taken from a Cincinnati driving range.
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Charleston
W. Va
Donald Thomas Ford
McPherson College
Oklahoma
Ford
St. Albans
Burger Jr
Cincinnati
Ohio
Quantico
Burger
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
United Brethren Church
West Virginia
Virginia
W. K. McMorrow
Man Killed In Hunting Accident
Fairfax AP report says Ralph Peck 19 of Goshen West Virginia was shot to death in a hunting accident about 742 miles south of here. He was squirrel hunting without a gun when hit in the chest by a shotgun fired by Walter Kidwell 26 of Fairfax. Kidwell and Edith 26 had been hunting since early morning. Peck was concealed by heavy brush next to the tree. Police called the shooting accidental. Peck had been living with cousin Edgar Helms of Fairfax.
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Fairfax (Ap
Ralph Peck
Goshen
W. Va
Here
Walter R. Kidwell
Fairfax
William Haines
Fairfax County Police
Kidwell
Edith
Haines
Peck
Edgar Helms
Employment dips offset by auto strikes amid September trends
An employment expert notes September shows higher factory earnings and a longer work week excluding Hurricane Carla and holidays. Auto plant strikes lowered hours, while unemployment held near 7 percent with fewer long-term jobless. Soybean output nears 600 million bushels, led by Illinois Iowa Indiana Missouri and Minnesota.
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General Motors
Goldberg
Wolfbein
United States
Mllinois
Iowa
Indiana
Missouri
Minnesota
Guardsmen Conduct Command Post Exercise Across Three Sites
Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 117th Infantry staged a command post exercise spanning Shade's Park Woodley Farm near Berryville and Senseny Park. The drills tested setup of a mobile command post with radio and telephone communications including wire laying and power provision.
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117Th Infantry
Shade’s Park
Woodley Farm
Graham Doughterty
Berryville
Senseny Park
Jaycees Sponsor Teenage Dance Contest Saturday
The Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a teen age dance contest Saturday from 7 30 to 11 p m at the War Memorial. Four major trophies and two runner up prizes will be awarded. Joe Pasquali will spin the cards for the event.
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Jaycees
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
War Memorial
Joe Pasquali
Venus and the Crimean War in New Mexico Eight Latinate Threads
The list presents a mix of topics including New Mexico, eight items, Venus, prison management, Latin, and the Crimean War. It asserts a book about the war and marks truth status, plus notes a novelist and a statement about Augsburg and a 2000 year old Roman city in the Bavarian Alps housing the Fuggerei, claimed as the oldest communal settlement.
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New Mexico
Venus
Augsburg
Bavarian Alps
Weather and food notes amid wartime rainfall figures
The forecast calls for clear tonight with a low around 50 and warmer weather continuing. An unusual menu note suggests Gruyere cheese with sliced red apple as a nutritious snack. Rainfall totals show year to date figures, with averages and adjustments for the upcoming months. A fresh pork tenderloin is described with weight guidance per serving.
Car Stolen Here Is Recovered
A 1955 Chevrolet reported stolen here at 1 20 a m was recovered abandoned around noon yesterday in Clarke County Winchester Police reported. The car owned by Harry C Enos 473 Virginia Ave was recovered by State Trooper D A Sheetz.
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Clarke County
Winchester
Harry C. Enos
Virginia Ave
D. A. Sheetz
Auction Listings Across Virginia and West Virginia
A dense sales directory lists multiple auctions in Virginia and West Virginia including estates in Boyce and Winchester, furniture and appliances, real estate in Frederick County and Leesburg, cattle sales in Charles Town, and various auctioneers such as Orndorff Cole Headley and Duvall. Listings specify dates in October with times and locations.
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Denny’s Commission
Winchester
Orndorff & Cole Auctioneers
Garvin J Walters
Cameron St
R. Duvall
Headley
Long Green
Headleys Auctions
Blue Ridge Livestock Sales, Inc
Charles Town
W. Va
Warner Snider
Leesburg
N. Va. Auction Co
Charles J. Carver
Frederick County Court House
Dennis T. Cole
Clifford Grim
Peyton Street
Grace Mowefry
Brucetown
Charles R. Duvall
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Wd. Clarette
Ee Thompson
Joseph Galloway
Ramah Cookley
William Franklin
Clarence Smith
Tucker Jones
Kern Service
John W. Welch
Preffitt Service
Frye Service
Philip E. Frye
Methodist
Mr. Thomas Cameron
Laura V. Marple
Frank Swartz
Smalts, Florista, Inc
Marple Service
Baltimore Livestock
Chicago Grain
ONES
B Funeral Home, Inc
S. Loudoun ST
Winchester, VA
State Department
McMorrow
Roane
Boane
Fayette
Greenbrier Counties
Clifton Forge
Troutville
DODGE
Chrysler
Imperial
Braddock St
I. Q. Answers
Associated Press
Gruyere
Albany
Albuquerque
Cleveland
Des Moines
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New Orleans
Ar City
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ortland
Portland
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Uniformed Guards & Patrol Service
Michael Green
Denny’s
Commission
New American Legion
Remington
Silvertone T.V
Philco
Maytag
Norge
Schick
Orndorff & Cole
S&h
Valley Redi-Mix Co
Paper Mill Road
Margaret K. Reed
Welltown Pixe
Westinghouse
W. E. Edwards
C.t.a
Berryville Pike
Stonewall District
Colleen E. Watkins
Prederick County Court House
Snower
Shenandoah Valley
BANK
John L. Glaize
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