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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1959

Page

2

Obituary: Bradley Gill dies in Warren Hospital

Bradley Gill, 75, longtime Front Royal resident and Rivermont Baptist Church member, died at Warren Hospital after one day as a patient. Born November 7, 1895 in Philmont, he was married to Helen Irene Mansfield. survivors include daughter Mrs. Donald E. Albert of Front Royal, brothers Stanley Gill of Baltimore and Luther Gill of Herndon, sisters Jessie of Baltimore and Katie of Columbus, and granddaughter Donna Albert. Funeral Friday at 2:30 p.m. Rivermont Baptist Church with burial at Prospect Hill Cemetery. Body remains at Maddox Funeral Home until proceedings. Burial to follow in Mickleton N J Friends Meeting House.

Agant Warren Hospital Front Royal Rivermont Baptist Church Philmont Bradley Gill Helen Irene Mansfield Donald E. Albert Stanley Gill Baltimore Luther Gill Herndon Jessie Katie Columbus

Bond Widow Mrs Hanna L Bond Rites Near Clarksboro

Mrs Hanna L Bond widow of Edward L Bond died at her home in Clarksboro New Jersey. She leaves four sons John L Bond G Peaslee Bond Edward L Bond and Amos P Bond six grandchildren a sister Mrs James Engle and a brother Amos Peaslee of Clarksboro. Funeral service will be Friday.

Hanna L. Bond Edward L. Bond Clarksboro N. J Allen C. Bond Apple Pie Ridge John L. Bond G. Peaslee Bond Amos P. Bond James Engle Amos Peaslee

Graveside service for infant Tammy Diana Newcome

A graveside service for Tammy Diana Newcome infant daughter of Eddy N and Joan Wilkins Newcome will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. in Shenandoah Memorial Park. The Rev. Allen Peer will officiate. She is survived by her parents a sister Deborah paternal grandparents George and Mrs. Newcome and maternal grandparents Russell and Mrs. Wilkins.

Tammy Diana Eddy N Joan Wilkins Newcome Stephenson Memorial Hospital Shenandoah Memorial Park Allen Peer Deborah George Newcome Nain Russell Wilkins Millwood Pike

Warren group to vote on Legion home use and school fundraising

Giles Brook Post 53 American Legion members will vote tomorrow at 7 30 p m on using the Legion home. A campaign to raise 25000 for the foundation school starts at 8 p m tomorrow with 30 people from across the county meeting at the Virginia Gentleman Club. Superintendent Q D Gasque reported about 75 white students registered at public School 3 Clarke and Rappahannock counties.

Ter United Daughters of the Confederacy American Legion Home Moose Hall Virginia Gentleman Club Skyline Bakery Myers Giles Brook Post 53 American Legion Legion H. H. Marlow Warren County Q. D. Gasque Clarke Rappahannock

County Negro Schools Open With 85 Pupils Enrolled

Frederick County reports three Negro schools opened with 85 students, lifting total county enrollment to 4699, while white schools started with 4614. Attendance by school names Stephens City Cedar Hill Clearbrook Middleway shows 35 32 and 18 respectively. Superintendent Ayler noted enrollment may rise and buses were updated with three new units bringing fleet to 38.

Frederick County Stephens City Cedar Hill Clearbrook Middletown Robert E. Ayler Ayler

Dracula nickname leads to arrest in New York stabbing case

police nabbed Sal Agron 17 and two others after a 2 a.m. Bronx sighting linked to the slayings of two 16-year-olds amid a wave of juvenile violence. Agron denied the killings but claimed he cut someone. Hernandez 17 known as Umbrella Man. Four charged with homicide. five more accused of unlawful assembly. Governor Rockefeller calls a high level parley with church leaders and FBI Director Hoover to curb teen crime.

New York Dracula Sal Agron Brooklyn Bronx Agron Tony Luis Hernandez Manhattan Hernandez Murr Nelson A. Rockefeller FBI J. Edgar Hoover

Chest Information Committee Heads Meet Tomorrow

The Win chester Frederick Community Chest Public Information Section plans a noon conference tomorrow at the George Washington Hotel. G P Duane Jr chairs the session with vice chairmen Bill Chapman Joseph Lintz and Strother Shiley Jr presiding over seven committees each. Twenty one committees will discuss public information for the eight Chest services during the upcoming fund drive.

Winchester - Frederick

Market Quotations and Stock Summary

In Baltimore apples and other produce show mixed gains and declines across varieties while New York stocks recover some ground. Apples, peaches, and tomatoes reflect modest price shifts. metals, motors, and major industry shares push gains with small losses for a few firms. The AP reported a steady noon index of 229.00 for the 60-stock average with minor sector movements.

NEW York Steels and Motors American Motors Youngstown Sheet Reynolds Metals Republic Steel Jones & Laughlin Lukens Goodyear Goodrich Texas Instruments Thiokol Westinghouse Electric U.S. Gypsum Merck Associated Press

Baltimore market summary cattle hogs and sheep prices

Cattle 250 and calves 25 in small supply with weak demand. not enough sales to form a market. Hogs 200 with butchers steady to 25 cents higher. mixed lots of US No 1-2 and No 1-3 195-220 lb at 15.50-15.75, 60 head at the top price, 226 lb at 15.25, 253 lb at 15.00. Sheep 25, 85 lb utility spring lambs steady at 18.00.

Baltimore USDA

Chicago Livestock Prices Rally Across Hogs Cattle and Sheep

Chicago market data show hogs steady to 25 higher with varied lots 200 to 330 pounds trading between 13.25 and 15.00 per hundredweight. Cattle and calves total around 15 000 head with steers pushing to 30.00 and heifers up to 28.25. Sheep and lambs mostly steady with spring slaughter lambs at 19.50 to 21.50 and yearlings around 16.50 to 18.00.

Grain futures edge up as soybeans show pressure

Chicago grain futures opened with small gains on the Board of Trade. September soybeans faced moderate pressure while wheat ranged unchanged to a fraction higher. Corn and oats showed mixed moves with September contracts near current levels.

Chicago Board of Trade

Local Markets Corrections Note from The Star

Local markets section notes corrections are published regularly by The Star but the paper disclaims responsibility for typographical errors that may occur in listings.

Poultry Market Report From Harrisonburg

Poultry and eggs market notes show fair to good demand for broilers and fryers with movement slow. Heavy hens and small turkey fryers are mentioned with Grade A Large and Medium listings and grade variations. Prices and numbers appear partially garbled but indicate market activity at Harrisonburg.

DLO Eee Peng Se Senn Harrisonburg FGG

Suffolk policeman to stand trial for harboring still

Norfolk AP report says J Horace Williams a former Suffolk police sergeant will go on trial Sept 23 on a harboring a still charge. Williams 43 pleaded innocent waived grand jury hearing and arraignment and allowed an information to replace the indictment.

Norfolk Suffolk Walter E. Hoffman J. Horace Williams Williams U.S. Atty W. Farley Powers, Jr

Apple prices pressure processors on grade size

The board notes higher prices for larger apples while small and low grade fruit fall. It backs $2.65 for Yorks and $2.35 for other varieties as reasonable and realistic and favors reviving last year's 3D program. It warns against invoking grower contract rules for hard pressed members but says deferred deliveries can affect long term season outcomes.

Civil Rights Threat to Adjournment in Congress

Senate action on civil rights threatens adjournment next week as leaders signal progress on other issues. Dirksen predicts passage of a skeletal bill dodging a prolonged fight, while Johnson remains cautiously hopeful about possible motions to bring the issue forward. The bill would preserve voting records, fund federal schooling for children of service personnel, and make it a federal offense to cross state lines to avoid bombing prosecutions, a provision Southerners may oppose.

Washington Senate Congress Everett M. Dirksen Illinois Lyndon B. Johnson Texas Dirksen Civil Rights Commission

Eisenhower Arrives in Paris for Talks with De Gaulle

President Eisenhower lands at Le Bourget after a London flight and greets French leader Charles de Gaulle at the airport. They share a cordial, formal exchange and proceed to a noon luncheon with 29 guests including Christian Herter and Maurice Couve de Murville before resuming talks at the Foreign Ministry.

Port Eisenhower London de Gaulle Elysee Palace Christian A. Herter Maurice Couve de Murville Foreign Ministry le Bourget Charles de Gaulle France

Car Theft Suspect Apprehended After Chase Near New Market

A suspect was forced off the road and arrested by state Trooper Claude Seymour and Rockingham County Deputy Sheriff Wilcox south of New Market. He admitted to being released on bond in Pittsburgh yesterday after a prior arrest for interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle. Pennsylvania authorities label him an habitual offender.

New Market Claude Seymour Rockingham County Wilcox Shenandoah County Brown Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Weather forecast for Virginia and Winchester skies

Variable cloudiness this afternoon tonight and tomorrow. Low tonight around 70s to 107 with mountain areas 6 to 7 degrees cooler. Five day outlook Sept 3 to 7 calls for 4 to 6 degrees above normal with showers and thunderstorms possible Thursday and around Monday. Winchester: sunset 6 43 p m sunrise 5 42 a m new moon 5 55 p m.

Virginia Winchester

Rainfall Totals Reported for August and Year

Rainfall in the past four hours ending 8:30 a.m. today August totals show 2.96 inches to date. For 1959 year-to-date rainfall is 24.72 inches with monthly averages listed from March to December.

Front Royal Policeman Resigns from Local Force

Front Royal Police Chief Charles A. Menefee announced the resignation of Officer Nelson C. Mills effective Saturday. Mills, four years on the force, will join Valley Distributors Inc in Front Royal. several applications for his replacement are on file.

Front Royal Charles A. Menefee Nelson C. Mills Mills Valley Distributors, Inc Menefee

Stonewall Ruritans To Hear Preston

The Stonewall Ruritan Club holds a dinner meeting tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at Welltown Methodist Church. S. D. Preston of Winchester Recreation Department will discuss the city's recreation program.

Stonewall Ruritan Club Welltown Methodist Church S. D. Preston Winchester Recreation Department

Answers Linking Lincoln and Notable Figures

A compact list connects figures and terms: Wagner, Abraham Lincoln’s first term, hoist the anchor, St. Lawrence, Bird, Helena, Theodore Roosevelt, Al Jennings, and a dog with 42 teeth. The notes mix names, places, and a playful animal fact.

Wagner Abraham Lincoln St. Lawrence Helena Theodore Roosevelt Yes al Jennings Dog

SEPTEMBER AUCTION SCHEDULE FROM WARREN COUNTY GUIDE

A sales directory lists multiple auctions around Winchester Martinsburg Bedington Scottsville and Charlottesville. Denny's Commission Auction on Route 7 features furniture and appliances. various estates hold cattle dairy and farm equipment sales. estates include Water Fall Farm Bedington and Scottsville Guernsey dispersal with 102 grade cattle. Auctioneers include Orndorff Cole Mullendore Snider Hartley and Langhorne with dates Sept 2 to Sept 19.

Denny's Commission Winchester Orndorff & Cole Edward Ned) Morrow Stephen Ailes Water Fall Beddington W. Va Martinsburg Lowe, Horner Miller Mullendore Lewis Cooke Us Noll Orndorff Virginia Holstein Orange Hartley Grimes Clearbrook W. D. Orndorff J. Randolp Larrick Frederick County Court House Armel E. T. Snider Dabney W. Watts EH. T. Snider Scotlands Guernsey Harry F. Langhorne Scottsville Charlottesville Merryman Co Sparks, Md

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Carroll Oden Gill Friends Meeting House Mickelton N.J Edward Bond Tammy Diana Newcome Jones Funeral Home, Inc Snellings, Florist Braddock &T Consult Haines John Kerr School E. Cork St Carl Haines John Fisher Newcome Infant Warren Chest Information Committee Poin Qdon du Pont Decorating Center House & Garden Better Homes & Gardens John W. Rosenberger & CO Baltimore Livestock Hpr Elbertas Crawford Baltimore Produce Chicago Livestock Chicago Grain THE Rockingham Augusta Rockingham Bee Augusta Etree Miller’s Flower Shop E. Piccadilly St Ike Albany Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Bismarck Boston Buffalo Cleveland Denver Des Moines Detroit Fort Worth Indianapolis Kansas City Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee St. Paul New Orleans Oklahoma City Omaha Philadelphia Phoenix Portland Ore Rapid City Richmond St. Louis Front Stonewall Preston I. Q. Answers Glaize & Bro Cameron ST N. Cameron St C. J. Brumback
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