DAV Auxiliary Plans Visit To VA Center
The DAV Auxiliary and Stonewall Jackson Chapter 9 met to plan a visit to Newton Baker Veterans Center on October 22. They discussed the get well sale and fundraising drives, announced the Lynchburg conference dates, and welcomed new members while setting up a membership committee.
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DAV
VA Center
Newton Baker Veterans Center
Stonewall Jackson
George Anderson
Amos McCarty
Newton Baker
Community Chest
Sister Kenney
Lynchburn
Garland Grim
Darton Easter
Cochairmen
Maurice Blosser
Deborah Allison
Catherine Wesson
Henry Sea
Spillman
Mrs Bennett Wins Gift Certificate at Anniversary Sale
Mrs Thomas Bennett of Rt 3 received a $25 gift certificate yesterday from Newberry’s as part of the store’s 46th Anniversary Sale now underway.
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Thomas Bennett
Rt. 3
Newberry’s
Should driftwood be varnished
Shellac is better than varnish for this purpose. After the wood is cleaned rinsed and sun dried apply a first coat of white shellac diluted with alcohol so it penetrates the wood. The second coat should be undiluted shellac.
Bushong Addresses UDC on Diplomacy In the Confederacy
Millard Bushong of the Handley faculty spoke at the Turner Ashby Chapter UDC meeting on Diplomacy in the Confederacy using incidents from James M. Mason’s career. The gathering at Mrs. Herbert Larrick’s home included reports on the Fredericksburg convention, a district banner win, and plans for the general UDC convention in Richmond. Delegates were named, appeals were authorized for beautification funds and the Winchester Rescue Squad, and the chapter set November tea plans at Mrs. Horace Brown’s home.
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Millard Bushong
Handley Faculty
Turner Ashby
United Daughter of the Confederacy
Bushong
Lucy F. Kurtz
Confederacy
James M. Mason
Mason
Winchester
Selma
W. Amherst St
Geroge Mason
Gunston Hall
England
Herbert Larrick
R T Shields
Emmett Henry
Fredericksburg
Drury Wood
Front Royal
Virginia
Minnie C. Eller
Bruce Slonaker
UDC
Richmond
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Lester D. Arnold
Noble C. Pierce
O Ullman
A Slonaker
Harrisonburg
Natural Bridge
Larrick
Annie Mann
Memorial
Miss Mann
Elizabeth Tanquary
Horace Brown
Clarke Booster Group Considers Paying Off Debt
Clarke County booster club discusses paying the remaining $1,000 owed on the football field fighting system. President Hobert notes the club bought five bleacher sections at a cost of $1,885. New seating was installed before the season opener.
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Berryville
Clarke County Eagles
Chester A. Hobert
Clarke County Highchools
Weather Summary for Winchester Skies
Fair and cool today with frosty tonight lows 26 in the mountains and 40 on the flats. Sunday remains mostly sunny and dry with calm winds. temperatures today 5 to 32 and year ago 61 to 30. Sunrise 6 20 am sunset 8 39 pm moon phase last quarter.
Rainfall totals and averages from local records
Rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 8:30 a m shows none. October rainfall to date is 256.1957 rainfall to date 2604. January 243 February 2.00 March 2.97 April 3.08 May 3.86 June 3.86 July 3.79 August 4.00 September 2.66 October 3.24 November 254 December 247. Average annual rainfall for 44 years is 33.99 inches. Average monthly rainfall for 44 year period 1912 46 inclusive listed.
Market Break After Ike Heart Attack Hits Stocks Hard
New York reports show a weeklong stock market decline tied to President Eisenhower s heart attack and Sputnik fear. The Dow based AP average fell to 159 40 and weekly volume topped 15.5 million shares as investors faced profit taking tax losses and anxieties over margin calls amid a shaky economy.
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New York
Eisenhower
New York Stock Exchange
Associated
Russia
Wall Street
United States Gains Canal Rights Under 1914 Bryan–Chamorro Treaty
The 1914 Bryan Chamorro Treaty gave the United States authority to build a canal through Nicaragua. The pact solidified U S influence in Central America and shaped regional strategy for decades.
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United States
Nicaragua
Knowland Says Talk With Ike Didn’t Include Politics
Senate Republican leader Knowland after a White House breakfast with President Eisenhower said the discussion covered the missile program and other domestic and foreign topics but not politics. He projected no rapid civil rights action and plans Republican speaking engagements in Boston Lansing Ann Arbor New York before returning to California.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
California
Senate
White House
U.S
Eisenhower
Congress
Little Rock
Ark
Boston
Michigan
Lansing
Ann Arbor
New York
Three Car Crash on Amherst Street Causes Minor Damage
Three vehicles intersected at Amherst Boscawen Street when a 1981 OMC truck driven by Omer Steed Jr failed to stop due to faulty brakes and struck a 1947 DeSoto, which then hit a 1953 Chevrolet sedan. Damage was $25 to the truck, $200 to the DeSoto, and $25 to the Chevrolet. no injuries reported.
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Amherst St
Jack Shumaker
Joseph E. Beard
Fairfax
Amherst - Boscawen St
DeSoto
Robert E Brumback
Middletown
OMC
Omer © Steed, Jr
Front Royal
Virginia Debates School Integration and Federal Role
Fragmented political speech argues against state backed integration in Virginia and warns of NAACP led lawsuits and federal court control. Cites Little Rock, District of Columbia integration patterns, and calls for strong state leadership under the Democratic Party. Ends with a trivia note on President Benjamin Harrison as Baby McKee's grandfather.
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Dalton
NAACP
Virginia
Brownell
District of Columbia
San
Washington
Little Rock
Arkansas
Democratic Party
America
Baby McKee
Benjamin Harrison
The
United States
Mary
James Robert McKee
Gunman Kills Deputy Then Is Fatally Shot in Temple City
In Temple City California a gunman killed Deputy H S Blevins and wounded Deputy Covington before being shot dead during a restaurant holdup. Officers used tear gas searching for a second gunman, who hid in a parked car after fleeing. Thomas Barrington of Los Angeles was killed by Covington who survived. A bartender Lawrence McDonald was wounded.
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Temple City
Calif
Los Angeles
In Memoriam Ned Carter Loving Husband
In loving memory of Ned Carter who left us two years ago on October 13 1955. The poem speaks of closed pages yet enduring love and hope of a reunion. The writer signs His loving wife.
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Ned Carter
Jackson Speaker For Presbyterian Women's Meeting
James W. Jackson assistant to the president of Mary Baldwin College Staunton will speak at 8 p.m. Monday during a two day Women of the Church meeting in Strasburg Presbyterian Church The program opens with a 5 45 p.m. fellowship supper Monday followed by remarks from Rev Keith Crim The closing sessions include talks by Dr George D Jackson and Mrs Paul B Thomas and a discussion on the place of women in the church
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James W. Jackson
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Women of the Church
Winchester
Strasburg Presbyterian Church
Jackson
Church
Davidson College
University of South Carolina
William and Mary
Wis-Tv
Columbia
Keith Crim
Taejon Christian College
Taejon
Korea
George D. Jackson
First Presbyterian Church
H. M. Crim
Paul B. Thomas
Baltimore
Synod of Virginia
Homer T. Cornich
Buckton
Presbytery
Sales Directory Oct 15 Auction Dates Virginia Listings
Auction notices across Virginia and nearby areas list dates from Oct 15 to Oct 30. Entries include Aberdeen Angus cattle farmland equipment Hereford cattle estate real estate and auctioneers with locations in Luray Chambersburg Berryville Winchester Culpeper and Whitacre.
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Cavalier Farms
Luray
Aberdeen- Angus
Hugh Ownby Auction Co
Wed
Ralph W. Horst
Chambersburg
Page Lee
Berryville
B. W. Alabaugh
Winchester Milling Corp
N. Cameron St
Winchester
Charles Duvall
Virginia Livestock
N. Kent St
Virginia
Aberdeen - Angus Association
Culpeper Agricultural Enterprises, Inc
Culpeper
P. T. Fitzhugh
Motorist James B. Gower Killed in Norfolk County Crash
James B. Gower 26 of Princess Anne died when the automobile he was riding in overturned on Route 640 near the Richmond Cedar Works in Norfolk County. The car was demolished.
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Portsmouth
James B. Gower
Princess Anne
Rt. 640
Richmond Cedar Works
Norfolk County
How's Your 1 Q Answers to Quiz Questions
Answers printed on page 4 list the quiz responses. Items include twenty eight days French Herod Starboard Eva Braun eighteen Billingsgate Its stomach Axes mermry George Cooper music 1877 H Wallace.
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Herod
Starboard
Eva Braun
Billingsgate
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Piccadilly St
Kernstown Tractor Sales & Service
Loy
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Clarke Booster Group
Communist Party
Argentina
Our
John W. Rosenberger & CO
Commerce St
Ube
Winchester Skies
Ike
Winchester Concrete Products
Welltown Pike
Amherst Street
Supreme Court
Mr. Dalton
Perry Engineering CO
Myers
C. J. Brumback & Sons
Cameron
Order of the Golden Rule
Presbyterian Women’s Meeting
Kenneth E. Henry
Presbyterian Church
J.C. C
Northern
Merm'ry
George Cooper
H. Wallace
Glaize & Bro
Luray, Va
Aberdeen-Angus
Virginia Aberdeen-Angus Association, Inc
Charlottesville
W. Hugh Ownby Auction Co
Dewey L. Speelman
Whitacre
Capon Bridge
Bloomery Road
Hampshire County
West Virginia
Ralph W. Haines
B.W. Alabaugh
Dewey L. Speelman Heirs
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