Deaths and Funerals for Local Residents
Funeral services are planned for George Robert Giffin of Shawnee Drive who died after a long illness at Winchester Memorial Hospital. The service is Sunday at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with burial at Shenandoah Memorial Park. Other notices include services for a Baltimore-born woman, Mrs. Reed, and tributes for family members, with details on pallbearers and burial locations.
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George Robert Giffin
Shawnee Drive
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Joseph S.ducknall
Kenneth Nestock
Warren Fahnestock
Ioin Ritter
Stanley Cooper
Pe C. Nicholson
Alston Funk
Urial
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Funeral notices for Mr. George Giffin and Mrs. Frieda Reed
Mr. George Robert Giffin funeral Sunday at 2 00 p m at Jones Funeral Home. Mrs. Frieda Peltz Reed funeral Monday at 1 30 p m.
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Charles C. Haines
George Robert Giffin
Frieda Peltz Reed
Safety Contest Won by Marie Heironimus
Marie Heironimus of 721 Smithfield Ave won the safety slogan contest held during Safety Week sponsored by The Hoppers Auto Club with cooperation from the Fraternal Order of Police and Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad. Her line If all drivers would get wise death toll would stop its rise earned four auto seat belts as prizes. Second and third place went to Judy Ann Robertson and Mrs. Richard Albaugh. other winners received meals from a local restaurant and daily courteous driver awards. A car demonstration and a Park and Shop lot event marked the observance.
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Judy Ann Robertson
Richard Albaugh
National Ave
Charles W. Racey
Fox Drive
Daniel Russell
Stephen Butler
W. Cork St
Kenneth R. Morrison
Jackson Ave
Ike Allamong
N. Loudoun St
Larry Fiddler
N. Cameron
Chuck Salmon
Richards Ave
Jolly Jacks
Hoppers
Frank D. Martin
Watson Ave
June B. Bursey
Rt. 1
Bufflick Road
William M. Boyce, Jr
Rt. 4
Bill Thompson
Green Acres
K. E. Williams
Haddox Row
John H. Williams
S. Loudoun St
Winchester Park
Bowman becomes new Salvation Army head here
Maj. G. Edward Bowman arrives to command the local Salvation Army Corps succeeding Capt. Travis Isreal now in Atlanta. Bowman, born in Alabama and educated in Louisiana, has 21 years in Salvation Army service across Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Georgia. A welcoming service is set for 7 30 tomorrow at the Salvation Army chapel on S. Loudoun St with Bowman speaking.
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Maj
Edward Bowman
Salvation Army Corps
H. Armstead Lowry
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Maj. Bowman
Salvation Army Chapel
G. Edward Bowman
Travis Isreal
Atlanta
Albany
Alabama
Louisiana
Salvation Army Training School
Mississippi
Georgia
Doris
Don
Elizabeth Ann
Kiwanis Club
C. R. Clay
Tampa
Fila
Maj Bowman
Salvation Army
S. Loudoun St
Bowman
Front Royal Livestock Market Prices Report
HOGS top barrows and gilts ranged 19.65 to 20.45 with heavy butcher 18.00 to 20.00 and light butcher 18.50 to 19.50. VEAL grades from 27.00 to 33.25 with various good to prime levels. SHEEP AND LAMBS priced from 8.00 to 23.80 depending on grade. SLAUGHTER CATTLE including steers and heifers mainly in the mid 20s to low 20s, cows from 11.00 to 16.85, bulls 14.00 to 20.90. STOCK FEEDER CATTLE showing yearling and steer calves and heifer calves with ranges from 16.00 to 30.00.
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Cutter & Utility
Hoover Needs Additional Secretaries
Former President Herbert Hoover, 88, is hospitalized after an operation on August 28. His seven member staff works overtime as thousands of letters and telegrams arrive daily, prompting the hiring of extra secretaries to acknowledge messages. He is expected to remain in hospital for at least a week.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Columbia, Presbyterian Medical Center
Hoover
September farm auctions and sales directory entries
A listing of upcoming sales and auctions across Pennsylvania and Virginia. Items include farm machinery Holstein cattle dairy equipment antiques guns and real estate with dates September 13 to September 29 and locations in Chambersburg Hamilton Winchester Jeffersonton Herndon Chantilly Middletown and surrounding areas. Auctioneers include Paul Miller Jr Ralph Horst Henry Whiting Hugh Ownby C Jenkins and more.
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Washington St
Charles Town
W.va
Paul Miller, Jr
Ralph W. Horst
Chambersburg
Marion
Long Green
Headley’s
Northern
VA. Auction CO
Leonard C. Bowman
Hamilton
F. L. Largent
Frederick County Court House
Winchester
Parkins Mill Road
Charles R Duvall
L. S. Burton & Son
Jeffersonton
Hugh Ownby Auction Co
Henry H. Whiting
Middletown
C. S. Jenkins
Piney Branch Farm
Herndon
Margie Ann Dick
Ned Sutphin
Flatlick Farm
Chantilly
W. Hugh Ownby Auction Co
Buckhorn Lane
Shenandoah Night Classes Registration Set
Shenandoah College invites applications for night classes at the Gregory Building. Registration is next Wednesday from 7 to 8 30 p m and Sept 17 from 5 30 to 6 45 p m. Courses include Art 101 English 101 201 203 207 Economics 101 History 103 Mathematics 201 Science 127 Photography 101 and more.
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Shenandoah Col
Gregory
O Ar
U. S
Soviet Plane Designer Shown New British Jet
At Farnborough England AP Andrei Tupolev, a Soviet aircraft designer, was allowed a public viewing of Britain's VC10 jet after initial barriers. Though Russians were not officially invited, Tupolev’s recognition by Sir George Edwards led to access normally denied to foreign experts.
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Farnborough England
Andrei Tupolev
Britain
Farnborough
Tupolev
George Edwards
British Aircraft Corp
Weather Fragment Reflects Odd Global Snippets
A scrambled clipping mentions Moses, John W. McCormack, Joan of Arc and England with stray notes about Icelanders, fleas and the Argonauts. It notes 180,000 Icelanders descended from the equator and places Ascension Island 800 miles away, hinting at distant geography.
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Moses
John W. McCormack
Joan of Arc
England
The
Argonauts
Ascension Island
Weather Today Virginia Forecast
Fair tonight in Virginia with lows 45 to 55. Sunday brings increasing clouds and warmer, with a chance of showers by night. Monday looks partly to mostly cloudy with scattered showers and further warmth.
Gorsedd Wales rites traced to 18th century forger Iolo Morganwg
The Gorsedd, a Welsh society, is claimed to imitate ancient Druids but its rites and robes were created in the late 18th century by Iolo Morganwg, a noted forger of manuscripts. Applicants must pass tests in Welsh language, literature and music.
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Iolo Morganwg
Travel patterns in France shift by season
French travel officials report visitors to France occur year round while domestic tourists mostly travel abroad during the July to September vacation period.
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France
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FOX Industrial
the Order OF the Golden Rule Ambulance Service
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Marie Heironimus
DU Pont
Mest
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Commerce St
New Salvation Army
Front Royal Livestock Market
N. Cameron Street
Winschester
Virginia
Circuit Court
Frederick County
R. F. Cline
Ralph P. Yount
Robert K. Woltz
Henry Krossman
Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Employment Commission
G. G. Baker
Charles R. Duvall
Shenandoah
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Purcellville
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Ha Glaize & Service
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Dware Bro
Quality Winchester
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