Clarke Corporation Buys 80 Acre Tract At Berryville
Clarke County Corporation purchases an 80 acre tract from Bank of Clarke County, mainly in Battletown District and partly in Berryville town limits, for about 45000 dollars. Deed dated October 22 in Berryville courthouse. officers Roy E. Potts and Floyd L. Williams sign. Corporate details include Delaware incorporation October 6 1955 and Virginia domestication October 10.
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Berryville
Clarke County Corporation
Bank of
Clarke County
Battletown
Roy E. Potts
Floyd L. McWilliams
Delaware
Commonwealth of Virginia
Wilmington
Del
Corporation Trust Company
W. Tenth St
Virginia
Central National Bank of
Bank
Clarke Corporation
West Virginia woman injured in Rt 340 crash near Berryville
Annie Grove, 63, of Charles Town, was hospitalized after her 1949 Chevrolet hit the rear of a 1946 Chevrolet truck driven by William Newman near Berryville on U S Rt 340. She suffered a head wound and lip laceration, in satisfactory condition. The truck, owned by H F Byrd Inc, sustained minor damage. The crash occurred at 5 55 p m with both vehicles northbound. the car was a total loss. A separate hit and run involving three cars occurred about a half mile south of Winchester on U S
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West Virginia
U. S. Rt
Berryville
Annie Grove
Charles Town
W. Va
William Newman
Summit Point
Winchester
U. S
Handley Council No 634 U C T Meeting Notice
Regular meeting of Handley Council No 634 UC T will be at Elks Home 8 00 p m Friday October 28 James R Brandon Secy Also pie sale at 329 N Cameron St F and M Lunch orders delivered 50 cents each
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Handley Council No
U.C.T
Elks Home
James R. Brandon
Secy
N. Cameron St
10 Soldiers Killed 20 Captured In Israeli Raid
An Israeli informant reported 10 Egyptian soldiers slain and 20 captured after an Israeli force stormed a frontier post inside Egyptian territory at Kuntila. Egypt protested to the U N Mixed Armistice Commission as tensions rose with Egypt and Israel over border incidents.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Cairo
Kuntila
Egypt
U. N. Mixed Armistice Commission
Man Kills Self After Hatchet Attack on Family
A Vinton man James L. Thomas 45 attacked his wife Violet and three children with a hatchet then fatally shot himself an early today. An eight year old daughter witnessed the incident. Violet and Wayne 17 were treated for head injuries. Sue 15 had minor injuries.
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Roanoke
Vinton
James L. Thomas
J. Roy Hensley
Thomas
Violet
Wayne
Sue
Hensley
Faure Wins Third Confidence Vote in France
Premier Edgar Faure secured a 271 to 259 confidence vote in the National Assembly marking his third such win this month. The measure merely notes Faure and Finance Minister Pflimlin's policy statements while the real issue was moving up general elections to December.
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Premier Faure
Paris
Edgar Faure
French National Assembly
Faure
Morocco
Algeria
Pierre Pflimlin
World's Richest Pickets Strike GM Corporation
Wealthy Cadillac salesmen strike General Motors amid job security dispute. Eighty four unionized salesmen, some earning up to forty thousand dollars, walk out affecting Manhattan Bronx Brooklyn and New Rochelle show rooms as negotiations with the Cadillac division begin.
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New York
Cadillac
General Motors Corp
AFL Brotherhood of Teamsters
General Motos
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
New Rochelle
N. Y
John Shruga Marks Four Years of Hospital Visits
Four year old John J Shruga from Detroit has spent most of the last four years in hospital with pneumonia injuries from a porch fall a double hernia operation injuries from being hit on the head with a milk bottle and dog bites twice the long stay paints a bleak picture of his life.
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Detroit
John J. Shruga
John
New Trial Ordered in Case of Kindhearted Bank Cashier
In Owensboro Kentucky a federal jury failed to reach a verdict on Bernard Ware Barrett charged with enabling a 535000 loss through over 2000 bad checks at the Bank of Whitesville. A new trial date was set for January 30 with counts of misapplying funds and concealed overdraft.
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Owensboro
Bernard Ware Barrett
Bank of Whitesville
Whitesville
Barrett
Winchester girl shot while babysitting in Frederick County
Mary Jean Brooks a 13 year old from Winchester was hospitalized last night after a bullet wound to the left shoulder while babysitting for relatives Mr and Mrs Harry Shirley of Sunnyside. Sheriff Robert L DeHaven is investigating and said she is in satisfactory condition. Further details were not available as the sheriff was out of town.
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Winchester
Mary Jean Brooks
Harry Shirley
Sunnyside
Memorial Hospital
Frederick County
Robert L. DeHaven
Valley to serve turkey Apple buffet at Farm Bureau meet
The Shenandoah Valley will host a turkey and apple buffet at the Farm Bureau Federation convention in Richmond November 28 30 at the John Marshall Hotel The dinner aims to showcase valley products and introduce new serving ideas with 300 to 400 attendees expected from across the state Val ley officials county representatives and horticultural society members helped plan the event with a committee chaired by W Sollenberger Woodstock Georgia not present.
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Shenandoah Valley
Eastern Shore
Farm Bureau Federation
Sea Side
Valley
Farm Bureau
John Marshall Hotel
Richmond
Woodstock
W. Sollenberger
Joe Butler
Landon Whitacre
Clarence Williams
Frederick County
Carl Richmond
Helen Hockman
Shenandoah County
Kenneth Shenk
Clarke County
Flora Joe Ruebush
Rockingham County
Frank Driver
Augusta County
Page County
Hugh Dailey
Grimes
John Watson
Virginia Horticultural Society
Chambers of Commerce
Burglary spree hits Berryville service stations
Police report two Berryville Avenue service stations entered last night. Deb Sibert and P. W. Wright losses included money. windows broken but no other items reported missing. Other recent break ins include Kern Motor Co and downtown firms with several failed safe and back door attempts.
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Berryville Avenue
Deb Sibert
P. W. Wright
Kern Motor Co
N. Cameron St
North Ave
Berryville
Crow St
Dan Pancoast
Veterans Cleaners
Lonnie Levi
ABC
Shooting Match at Lucky Inn Draws Prizes
A shooting match is set for Saturday October 29 at 1 30 p m at Lucky Inn on Front Royal Road with prizes including turkeys chickens and a country ham.
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Front Royal Road
Escapee Sought In Shenandoah County and D C Area
Theodore Matthews a 20 year old negro convict escaped from State Road Force Camp No. 7 at White Post during a road gang assignment. Authorities broadened the search to the Strasburg Maurertown Woodstock area and alerted Fairfax Arlington Alexandria and Washington D C area police. Matthews described as five seven and 173 pounds with a brown complexion was last seen amid gunfire near Maurertown. A stolen panel truck and an auto were linked to prior incidents but no connection to Matthews confirmed. Information requested from Shenandoah County Sheriff State Police and prison guards.
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Shenandoah County
Washington D. C
Theodore Matthews
State Road Force Camp No. 7
White Post
Singer Sewing Machine
Strasburg
Fairfax County
Shirley
Matthews
Strasburg-Maurertown
Woodstock
Sheriff's Office
Fairfax
Arlington
Alexandria
Washington, D. C
Maurertown
State Rt
Joe Fravel
Matthew
Sgt
R. R. Riley
State Road Force Camp
Virginia Nursing Homes association picks Freeman Fisk as president
Freeman Fisk of Charlottesyle was named president of the Virginia Association of Nursing Homes at the convention closing in George Washington Hotel. Samuel E. Patton of Roanoke could not attend due to illness. New officers include Gordon McFarland Fairfax first vice president Marian Smith Richmond second vice president Bertha Dickinson Palmyra third vice president Mabel H. Whitman Winchester secretary and C Arthur Fowler Fairfax treasurer. Directors Martha Smills Norfolk and Lillian Baskett joined with Dr. Harold W. Miller Woodstock and Dr. Henry Lowden Fairfax remaining. Lynchburg chosen for next year’s meeting to be held in late September 1956. Walter Regier executive director reported on the American Association of Nursing Homes convention. Fisk reported as state representative.
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Freeman Fisk
Charlottesyle
Virginia Association of Nursing Homes
George Washington Hotel
Samuel E. Patton
Roanoke
Gordon McFarland
Fairfax
Marian Smith
Richmond
Bertha Dickinson
Palmyra
Mabel H. Whitman
Winchester
C. Arthur Fowler
Martha Smlls
Norfolk
Lillian R. Baskett
Harold W. Miller
Woodstock
Henry Lowden
Fails Church
Lynchburg
Walter Regiver
Association of Nursing Homes
Regier
Fisk
State Association
American Association of Nursing Homes
Lowden
L-Sting
Willow Lawn Farm Market Fresh Meats Offered
Butchering today and fresh country saus age pudding pon hoss backbones and spareribs advertised. Willow Lawn Farm Market on Valley Pike South 1p-10-28-11.
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Willow Lawn Farm Market Valley Pike
South
U N Assembly Rejects Quick Disarmament Debate Move
The United Nations Assembly Political Committee rejected a Soviet demand for an early disarmament debate by a 49 to 5 vote to pursue other work. The debate will start Monday on atomic radiation hazards as Western delegates argued it could hinder Geneva talks. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. opposed rushing the issue, noting disarmament is important but not timely.
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United Nations
U. N. Assembly
Russia
V. V Kuznetsov
Geneva
Disarmament Commission
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
U. S
Kuznetsov
Eisenhower
Lodge
Bank Pays $57,000 Penalty For Providing Ransom Money
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City paid a $57,000 penalty to the Treasury for supplying $570,000 in notes from other districts to meet the Greenlease kidnapers demands. The crime led to the boy's murder. kidnappers Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady were executed.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Bank of
Kansas City
Treasury
Bobby Greenlease
Greenlease
Robert C. Greenlease
Federal Reserve Banks
Kansas City Commercial Bank
Kansas City Reserve Bank
Reserve Bank
Reserve Banking
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Winchester Frederick Community Chest hits 71 percent of goal
The Winchester-Frederick Community Chest has reached 71 percent of its $42 315 minimum goal, totaling $30 072.53. Solicitation chairs Toan and Hunt urge continued public support and more door to door calls as canvassing expands to Gainesboro and Back Creek today. First residential canvass reports are expected soon.
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Winchester-Frederick
Charles S. Toan
Wilkie W. Hunt
George D. Jackson
Gainesboro
Back Creek
Nelson of Handley Wins Jaycee Voice of Democracy Test
Thomas Nelson of Handley won the annual Voice of Democracy Contest held last night at Shenandoah Valley Bank under Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce auspices. Second place went to John Kater of Handley. third to Warnelta DeHaven of James Wood.
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Thomas Nelson
Handley
Shenandoah Valley Bank
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
John Kater
Warnelta DeHaven
James Wood
Douglas
Phil Potter
Erle Edwards
Frederick County
Ralph M. Ware
Berryville
Governor backs plan to raise Virginia teacher salaries
Gov. Stanley told the Virginia Education Association he will urge the 1956 General Assembly to fund his enhanced teacher salary program begun in 1954. He noted the need for a substantial state appropriation as almost half of the General Fund goes to public schools.
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Richmond
Stanley
Virginia Education Assn
General Assembly
WEA
Western powers push nine point treaty on German reunification
In Geneva talks the United States Britain and France offered a nine point treaty promising assurance on German reunification and NATO membership. Molotov countered with a fifteen point plan calling for a European security treaty and delaying unification. Western ministers rejected the Soviet proposal, citing Geneva July positions. The deal hinges on the fate of a united Germany and NATO after European security talks.
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Soviet
Geneva
Russia
United States
Britain
France
V. M. Molotov
Germany
East
West Germany
Molotov
NATO
China
Europe
United Kingdom
United States of America
Workman Killed In Flash Fire In Richmond
In South Richmond at the National Oil Corp storage unit a flash fire killed Philip Lewis 26 as a flame erupted at the bottom of a draining tank. Herman L. Robertson 45 was burned but walked to an ambulance. fire chief said fumes and gasoline ignited by a spark from a pumping engine. The blaze was quickly controlled and damage to the tank was minor.
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Richmond
Philip Lewis
National Oil Corp
Lewis
Herman L. Robertson
John Finnegan
Weather and forecast brief for Shenandoah Valley and region
The Virginia forecast calls for increasing cloudiness with warmer temperatures and a low in the 50s tonight. Showers in the southwest late tonight and in the west Saturday afternoon, with showers spreading east. Shenandoah Valley sees increasing clouds, with lows 58 to 64 and showers or thunderstorms Saturday night. Five day outlook: temperatures near or slightly below normal, warmer Tuesday and Wednesday, with showers or thunderstorms Saturday and Wednesday totaling about a half to three quarters inch.
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Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Cyak
Rhodes Drug Co
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