Local Man F. Orndorff Dies Suddenly at Home
F. Orndorff, about 7, died suddenly at his home four miles from Stephens City. He was found on the kitchen floor by his foster daughter and her husband, Arthur Lee Ewing and wife, who had returned from the farm. The death was attributed to natural causes. he had been ill but seemed well earlier. Survived by a sister Ella Orndorff of Winchester and foster daughter. Services 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Kurtz Funeral Slane with Rev. E. C. Day officiating. Interment Mt Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Orndorff
Stephens City
Arthur Lee Ewing
Ewings
Mr. Orndorff
Orndorff
Joseph and
Jemima Keller Orndorff
Fredericks County
Hayfield
Ella Orndorff
Winchester
Kurtz
E. C
Ste- City
Mt. Hébron
Everlasting talker label for Charles II tied to Pepys
A critic called Charles II an everlasting talker, noting Pepys was wearied by the king’s inveterate habit of storytelling. Burnet also described the king similarly, reflecting the period’s sharpSatirical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles II
Pepys
Burnet
Quiz Answers Revealed for Page Four
Answers listed include General Motors, a woman automobile driver, white heron, a Pyrrhic victory description, Bolivar Missouri, centigrade, Office of War Information, weapons ready but no bombs aboard, true, and a kneeling stool for prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
White Heron
Bolivar
Missouri
Office of War Information
True
Klan Plans Burning Cross Near Wallace Speech
In Knoxville the Ku Klux Klan announces a Saturday night initiation with 2000 Klansmen and a burning cross to be staged near lights. The event is not meant to coincide with Henry Wallace’s Wallace speech at Mount Olive Negro Baptist church at 8 p.m. The Klan asserts the aim is to educate against communism and civil rights programs and says members will avoid the Wallace gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
J. R. Huling
Cyclops
KKK
Huling
Coverstone Lands 18-Inch Smallmouth in Shenandoah River
State Trooper Larry Coverstone caught an 18 inch smallmouth bass this week in the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. The fish, not weighed, would likely have weighed about three pounds according to witnesses. Coverstone was accompanied by Ted Pangle. They were fishing above Strasburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Coverstone
Shenandoah River
Coverstone
Ted Pangle
Strasurg
First Negro Slaves Brought to Virginia Before Plymouth
A historical note states that enslaved Africans were transported to Virginia before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, marking an early chapter in colonial slave labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Plymouth
Shenandoah Ave Gets New House Permit
Orville L. Bloom of Pront Roy al Rd has a building permit for a dwelling on Shenandoah Ave to be sold upon completion. Estimated frame residence cost 7000 dollars. Herbert S. Larrick approved a 15x18 block addition to the pesadoel at 1538 Loudoun St for stock room use. H. R. Potts gains permit for a 20x24 two story frame dwelling addition at 17 Chestnut St with estimated cost 1500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville L. Bloom
Pront Royal Rd
Shenandoah Ave
Herbert S. Larrick
Loudoun St
Winchester News Co
H. R. Potts
Chestnut St
Trains at Ft Warren as Air Force trainee enters elf
Pfc Clifford Strawderman son of Philip Strawderman 1011 S Cameron St begins training at the US Air Force school at Ft Warren Wyoming. Thirty skills are taught there.
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Pfc
Clifford Strawderman
Philip Strawderman
S. Cameron St
US Air Force School
Ft. Warren
Wyoming
Bishop Jackson to be honored in Baltimore and Louisiana
Funeral services for Bishop Jackson will be held Tuesday in Memorial Church Baltimore conducted by Rt. Rev John Gravatt and Rev Girault Jones. Interment is Greenmount cemetery with Maryland clergymen assisting. Similar services will follow in New Orleans Christ Church Cathedral and Episcopal churches in the Louisiana diocese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Eleanor Crawford
C. Grattan Crawford
Kernstown
John Ely Burleson
Alexandria
Francis R. Crawford
Farmville
Louisa Crawford
Frank R. Crawford
Bishop Jackson
Memorial Church
Baltimore
Uoon
John Gravatt
Upper South Carolina
Girault M. Jones
Truman Defends Record as Dewey Stassen Attack Baits Campaign
President Truman challenged Republican charges on communists and national security at a news conference. He called GOP accusations “lie out of whole cloth” and defended wartime espionage views while promising to prove the red scare charge before election day. Governor Dewey and Harold Stassen pressed the line with labor remarks tying unrest to Moscow and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
St. Lawrence Seawa
Dewey
GOP
Harold E. Stassen
House
House un-American Activities Committee
White House
U. S
Russia
New York
Moscow
United States
Front Royal elects Dutrow again as town manager
L. B. Dutrow was reelected town manager at a special council meeting in Front Royal. Frank Stoutamyer was named vice mayor Floyd Board became treasurer Howard Duncan assistant treasurer and Johnnie Marchi was chosen clerk, starting his first term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Dutrow
Front Royal
Frank Stoutamyer
Floyd
Howard Duncan
Johnnie Marchi
Return to New York from Middletown visit
Mr and Mrs Wm H William son Jr and their two year old daughter Ann Rhodes have returned to their Great Neck Long Island home after visiting Mrs Williamson's parents Mr and Mrs M H Rhodes in Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Williamson Jr
Ann Rhodes
Great Neck
L. I
N. Y
Warrenton Horse Show Opens With 863 Entries and 6300 Prize Money
The 49th Warrenton horse show begins at 10 a.m. with a 67 class card across six divisions and 863 entries vying for more than 6300 in prizes. Breeding tests start the program, followed by working and green hunter events. Night sessions feature jumper and hunter classes, including the Keswick Warrenton $500 jumper, with a full weekend schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrenton
Justice O'Neal Home from Tenn
Police Justice Robert E. O'Neal of Middletown returned yesterday by motor from Lawrenceburg Tennessee where he visited his brother John E. O'Neal. He was accompanied by his eldest son Dennis his brother David and his sister Miss Clara O'Neal all of Washington.
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Robert E. O’neal
Middletown
Dennis
David O'Neal
Clara O’neal
Washington
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
John E. O'Neal
Sales Directory Listings for Loudoun and Nearby Virginia Farms
A sequence of sale notices in Loudoun and nearby areas listing dates September 4, 11, and 23. Items include dairy cattle and farm equipment from Smith and Janney Round Hill, farm and mill machinery and antiques for Walter C. Mooreland near Gore, real estate and household goods for Miss Annie Baker Boyce, household goods for L. J. Clevenger on Loudoun Street, real estate for T. Co. Keckley near Winchester, and antiques plus chinaware at Alfred DeMazzon York Inn north of Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith & Janney
Round Hill
Loudoun County
Walter C. Mooreland
Gore
Annie Baker
Boyce
L. J. Clevenger
Loudoun St
Household Goods
T. Co. Keckley
Winchester
Paper Mill Road
Alfred DeMazzon
York Inn
Mrs Bageant Whitacre Dies After Illness
Beulah Miller Bageant 48 wife of Brandell Bageant of Whitacre died at 12 30 am at home after years long illness. She is survived by her husband two children Edith and Thomas two sisters Grace Clark Capon Bridge and Mary Miller Baltimore. Funeral services Sunday meeting at 1 pm at home then to Ebenezer Disciples church 2 pm conducted by Rev B F Spitzer Great Cacapon WV Burial Fairview church Gore pallbearers Oakley Catlett Dwight Fred Landon Whitacre Floyd Spellman Jack Holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Miller Bageant
Brandell Bageant
Whitacre
Henson
Catherine Miller
Edith
Thomas Bageant
Grace Clark
Capon Bridge
Mary Miller
Baltimore
Ebenezer Disciples Church
B. F. Spitzer
Great Cacapon
W. Va
Fairview Church
Gore
Oakley Catlett
Dwight
Fred
Landon Whitacre
Floyd Spellman
Jack Holiday
Power Co to Seek Roanoke River Dam
Virginia Electric and Power Co will apply within days for a Federal license to build an 18 million dollar dam and hydroelectric plant on the Roanoke river. The facility near Roanoke Rapids would create a reservoir of nearly eight square miles and produce up to 65 000 kilowatts of power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Roanoke River
J .G. Holtzclaw
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
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N. Cameron St
N. Loudoun St
Roy P. Duvall, Auctioneer
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Chambersburg
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John Deere
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