Deaths and Funerals at Local Addresses Include Two Families
Oscar H. Lewis Jr died suddenly at 116 Whitlock Avenue. He was born September 8, 1906, and leaves a wife Genevieve Spaid, a son William H. Lewis, a brother Eugene M. Lewis, a half brother Jack Lewis, and two grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 1:30 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with interment Mt. Hebron Cemetery. Cross Keys area notes include engineer Heatwole, details of marriages, children, and services at Lindsey Funeral Home with burial at St. Paul’s Churchyard near Weyers Cave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar H. Lewis, Jr
Whitlock Avenue
Oscar H Lewis
Bessie Barr Lewis
Genevieve Spaid
Mr. Lewis
Handley High School
Elks Club
Grace Lutheran Church
South End
Childdren
George F. Heatwole, Jr
W. D. Schoff
Michigan
R. D. Pugh
Hyattsville
David R. Ommert
Pennsylvania
Paul Smith
Williamsport
Lindsey Funeral Home
Harrisonbure
B. L. Lock
St. Paul's Churchyard
Weyers Cave
George Heatwole dies at 70 in Rockingham County
George Franklin Heatwole, 70, died unexpectedly yesterday in Rockingham County. A former resident of this city, he was born February 16, 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Franklin Heatwole
Rockingham County
Virginia to Winter Wrap 200 Road Projects
The State Highway Department will wrap 200 road projects in Virginia after November 1 costing about 4 million dollars. Most work will focus on clearing grading and minor drainage with concrete and asphalt restricted from November 1 to April 1. The Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel network will continue construction as weather allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Highway Department
Hampton Roads
Ex Senator Kenneth McKellar Dies at 88 in Tennessee
Former Sen. Kenneth D. McKellar, a Roosevelt and Truman era power and dean of the Senate, dies at 88 after a winter operation for a duodenal ulcer and frail health. His 36 Senate years included chairing the Appropriations Committee and a failed 1952 bid for a seventh term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen. McKellar
Memphis
Tenn
Kenneth Douglas McKellar
Roosevelt
Truman
McKellar
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Tennessee
Albert Gore
D-Tonn
Carthage
Gore
Bridge tunnel facility accelerates completion before winter
Engineers say the 60 million dollar bridge tunnel project will open November 1 with several related jobs rushed to beat winter weather. If favorable conditions continue, about 25 projects could be finished in the next two to three weeks, with final tasks in November.
Winchester area livestock and estate auction notices
A dense sale directory lists multiple auctions in Winchester Berryville and surrounding areas across late Oct to mid Nov. events include feeder calves cattle furniture household goods real estate antiques Hereford Angus cattle and farm machinery with dates times and auctioneers such as Duvall Orndorff Snider Fitzhugh and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.S.T
Winchester Milling Corp
N. Cameron St
Winchester
Charles Duvall
Virginia Livestock
N. Kent St
Charlotte Crane
N. Buckmarsh
Berryville
Virginia Aberdeen ( Angus Association
Culpeper Agricultural Enterprises, Inc
Culpeper
P T. Fitzhugh
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Virginia Aberdeen - Angus Association
P T. Pitehugh
J. Edward Thoma
Clarke County Court House
E. T. Snider
Moore Herd
Glennamong Farm
P. W
Stuart Whetzell
Clearbrook
W. D. Orndorff
Virginia Hereford Association
Neptune Lodge
Warrenton
Wb Simmerman, Jr
Walter Heflin
Millwood
Bessie M. Kline
A. B. Kline
Middletown
B.O. Brumback
Dd M Sprinkle
Charles R. Duvall
Spring Farm Dispersion
Green Hills
Pavillion
Verona
Angus Cattle Canning Land & Cattle Co
Spring Valley Hereford
Judge Letts 82 Keeps Working in DC Bench
The 82 year old Federal District Judge F Dickenson Letts says he enjoys his job and has no retirement plans. He has presided on key cases including ruling that Teamsters Union bosses conspired to rig Hoffa election and allowing the case to proceed to trial on the merits. Letts, oldest on active duty, has 39 years on the bench and a long career from Iowa state judge to U S district judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington P
F. Dickenson Letts
Letts
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
New York
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
U.S. District Court
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Ollie McGuire
Washington
Atom Power Plant Begins Operations
Pleasanton California reports the world’s first all privately financed atomic plant began operating commercially yesterday. The plant, a partnership with General Electric, supplied PG&E lines and could power a town of about 12,000. PG&E invested 572000 dollars and electricity costs run about 50 percent higher than conventional power, with potential savings if fuel life is extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasanton
Calif
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
California
General Electric Co
H.R. Sutherland
Pg&e
Hoffa faces suspension as Teamsters case shakes AFL CIO
The AFL CIO council suspends the Teamsters after a Miami Beach convention that allegedly rigged votes. Hoffa’s bid for president is blocked by a federal judge while Allen English and other union leaders resist the action. The move costs the federation about three million members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UTW
Anthony Valente
McClellan
Bakery
Confectionary Workers Group
James G. Cross
Cross
Teamsters
Afl-Cio Council
Miami Beach
Fla
Hoffa
Maurice Hutcheson
The
Carpenters Union
William Doherty
Letter Carriers
Herman Winters
Bakery Workers
Teamsters Mets
Afl-Cio
County Churches Aid Chest Drive With Pamphlets
County churches cooperate in the Winchester Frederick Community Chest drive by distributing Covenant of Prayer leaflets. Roy B. Wickes Jr chair s Church Cooperation Committee said leaflets reached multiple congregations in Stephens City Middletown and other towns. The leaflets promote aid to the needy guidance for youth and care of children supported by the community chest services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester- Frederick
Covenant of Prayer
Roy B. Wickes, Jr
Church Cooperation Committee
Opequon Memorial
Round Hill
Bethel Lutheran Church
Cedar Cliff
Cedar Creek
Winchester groups boost Chest drive with gifts
Four more Winchester organizations joined the current Winchester Frederick Community Chest fund drive with gifts from 4 to 100 dollars. J W Arthur Jr, chairman of the Organization division, reported the additions include Chapter No 9 Auxiliary to the Disabled American Veterans Exchange Club Turner Ashby Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy and Women Society of Christian Service of Braddock Street Methodist Church. Thirteen groups had already given, bringing the total to 17 to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Winchester-Frederick
Apple Week Festivities Sweep Apple Capital
National Apple Week celebrates with colorful displays in downtown shops banks and hardware stores. Kiwanis Key Club students arranged a front window display at Solenberger’s Hardware and Fred Butler provides apples for a Halloween morning theater promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apple Capital
Commercial & Savings, Shenandoah Valley
Farmers & Merchants
Cameron St
Jack Butler
National
Apple Week
Frederick County
Solenberger’s Hardware Co
Loudoun St
Key Club
James Wood High School
Capitol Theatre
H. Ray Butler
Weather Summary for Winchester October 25
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with lows in the 30s west and north and in the 40s southeast. Saturday mostly fair in the north with cloudiness in the south and temperatures staying cool. Virginia outlook through October 30 shows below normal temperatures, slight warmup by Tuesday and Wednesday, with 4 to 1 inch of rain possible late Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Rainfall Totals and Averages by Month for 44 Years
A report shows 24 hour rainfall ending 8 30 am none. October rainfall to date 4 35 inches for 1957 2 81. Average annual rainfall over 44 years 33 99 inches. Monthly averages 1912 46 include Jan 2 43 Feb 2 00 Mar 2 97 Apr 3 08 May 3 86 Jun 3 86 Jul 3 79 Aug 4 00 Sep 2 66 Oct 3 24 Nov 2 54 Dec 2 47.
Halloween Party Open to All Area Youth Tomorrow
James N. Barnett recreation director invites Winchester area youth to a Halloween costume party tomorrow night from 8 to 11 at the National Guard Armory. The Winchester Recreation Department supervises it with music by the Nite Rockers of Kennett Square Pennsylvania. A dance contest will award prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James N. Barnett
Winchester
National Guard Armory
Winchester Recreation Department
Kennett Square
Masked Men Continue Power Struggle Around Anastasia
Anastasia escapes a warned trap and remains at a $70,000 Spanish style mansion in Ft. Lee New Jersey after underworld threats ease. He has surfaced in New York recently. Dr Cestari reports the barber shop victim was shot at least three times in the head back and hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anastasia
Ft. Lee
New York
Cestari
Quiz Answers From Page Four Reveal Fat Storage Question
The page presents answers to a quiz, including the fat storage effect of certain substances, a Minnesota clue, a year 4003 BC, a red carnation, a noted English poet, Herbert Hoover's wife, Eastern Quebec, and statements about milk mixtures and the word fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Herbert Hoover
Quebec
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cross Keys
Adam Showalter Hieratole
Amanda Cram Heatwole
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Woodstock
Dayton
Heatwole
Della Wagner
Mary Butsler Pirkey
George F. Heatwole
DRIED_ FLOWERS SNELLINGS, Florist
N. Braddock St
George Washington Bridge
New York City
Metropolitan Mueum of Art
Rockefeller
C. 1
Brumback & Sons
Murphy's
Blue Ridge
McCormick's
Quaker
Biskit
Harry Murphy & Brother
Welltown Pike
Iowa
Hoover
Atom Power Plant
SMITH
Pontiac
Gerrard St
Valley Ave
Apple
Butler
Oras DC
Moonset Cove
Order of the Golden Rule
Orth
Sherman Backhoe Parts & Service
Kernstown
Sebneeb Soseebsa
W & W Coal CO
Westernport, Md
Arvin
Miller's
N. Loudoun St
Lttta
B. Piccadilly St
Perry Engineering CO
M‘ Phail
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