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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1957

Page

2

Obituary of Ida May Coffelt 85 of Kent Street

Ida May Coffelt 85 of 16 Kent Street died last night in Winchester Memorial Hospital born August 25 1872 in Lantz Mills daughter of the late Mrs Sallie Grim and Mr Grim wife of David O Coffelt married September 6 1908 in Cumberland Md. Survived by sons Glenn Coffelt Lloyd Coffelt Floyd Coffelt daughters Madge Peer Riene Orndorff ten grandchildren seven great grandchildren funeral Sunday 2:30 pm at Union Forge Church with burial in Union Forge Church Cemetery near Edinboro.

Ida May Coffelt Kent St Winchester Memorial Hospital Lantz Mills Sallie Grim Glenn Coffelt Lloyd M. Coffelt Flord M Coffelt Hagerstown Madge Peer Riene Orndorff Philadelphia Union Force Jones Funeral Home Millard Lewis Holtzman Frazier Doyle L Peer Alan C. Peer Donald O Coffelt Ray F. Coffelt Jack W Coffelt Leo T. Timbrook Union Forge Church Edinburo

Funeral service set for James Robert Atkins

Funeral service planned for James Robert Atkins of 1440 N Street NW Washington DC. Atkins died Tuesday and the service is scheduled for Saturday at a local church with burial details to follow.

James Robert Atkins N. Street N.W Washington, D.C

Funeral service announced for local resident at Jones Funeral Home

A funeral service is set for 1 00 p m Saturday at the Jones Funeral Home with Rev Joseph S Ducknail of Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church officiating. Pallbearers listed include Charles Burke William Beeler Luther Baker Marvin Wagner Richard Braithwaite and Raymond Kendall Interment in Sperryville. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Jones Funeral Home Joseph S. Ducknail Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church Charles Burke William Beeler Luther Baker Marvin Wagner Richard Braithwaite Raymond Kendal Sperryville Jones Funreal

Funeral service for Raymond L. Clevenger Friday at 2 30 p.m

Raymond L. Clevenger died yesterday morning at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Funeral at 2 30 p.m. Friday at Jones Funeral Home conducted by Rev Forrest B. Oglesby of Brad dock Street Methodist Church. Pallbearers listed. Interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery.

Raymond Lee Clevenger North Braddock Street Winchester Memorial Hospital Jones Funeral Home Forrest B. Oglesby Braddock Street Methodist Church Leslie Carper George W. Ritter Carl B. Shutts George W. Clowser Joe F. Swanson Jack G Swanson Mount Hebron Cemetery

Handley Reunion Highlights Past Class Members and Guests

Hortense White now Mrs. R Bowen Moore appeared in the reunion prophesy as a notable figure while drifting in an inner tube from New York to London with classmates. The event at Winchester Golf Club featured toastmaster Wv. K. Rodney Sirbaugh and included sponsors John Norvel Gibson Finley and Virginia Hunter Boyd.

Hortense White R Bowen Moore Stuart's Draft Methodist Church New York London Winchester Golf Club Wv. K. Rodney Sirbaugh John Norvel Gibson Finley Alexandria Virginia Hunter Boyd E. W. Barr Garland Quarles E. P. Browning Melvin Eckley Catherine Mee John Warren Rice Josephine Cooper Dorothy Shatzer Kenneth Trenary Edward Koons James Shockey Barr Emily

Reunion Highlights and Attendees From Virginia Class

The article lists attendees and honorees at a class reunion. Recognized distances include Mrs. Booth for the farthest overall, Mary McQuay from Reading Pa for the farthest in the United States, and Pegey Ritter Roanoke for the farthest in Virginia. The piece names many married couples and individual alumni, plus the organizing committee.

Howard Holland Moore St. Mary's

Winchester area sale listings for Sept 12 14 auctions

A dense list of sales and auctions across Virginia and nearby areas. Items include cattle horses real estate furniture antiques and farm machinery with dates Sept 12 17 and locations in Winchester Front Royal Berryville Clarke County Frederick County and Prince Georges County Maryland. Auctioneers include E F Snider J Edward Thoma Byron Brumback Weschler & Sons and others.

G. G. Baker Patton's N. Cameron St Winchester EF. T. Snider Latham Flanagan Leetown W. Va Lewis & Horner Lewis E. Wallihan Front Royal Susie W. Kater E. Monmouth St Buddy” Artrip Nooon - B. Triplett Frederick County Court House E. T. Snider Winchester Milling Corp Charles R. Duvall J. Edward Thoma Winchester Milling Corporation Cameron St F. T. Snider Ralph W. Horst Chambersburg Moss Neck Manor Fredericksburg Canter Lonas Piccadilly St Wayne H. Wisecarver Gore Va Byron O. Brumback Howard Lee Rools Albert J. Jewell Peffer Berryville W. D Orndorff Oscar Ramsburg Ramsburg Berryvale W. D. Orndorff William Woodward, Jr Belair Farm Prince Georges County A. A. Weschler

Temporary Bridge Over Hogue Creek Opens to Traffic

A temporary steel beam bridge with a wooden floor on Rt. 614 opened to all traffic yesterday at 3 PM after the old trestle bridge was wrecked Saturday. The load limit is about half the previous 10 ton limit. C. M. Rosenberger, chair of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors, commends the highway department for swift action.

Hogue Creek C. M. Rosenberger Frederick County Board of Supervisors Rt, 600 Highway Department Rosenberger

Longshoremen promised flu aid to unload vessel

Longshoremen unloading the liner Vulcania to arrive from Trieste were promised special benefits for themselves and their families if they contract the Asian flu within two weeks. The pledge came from the New York Shipping Association and International Seamen's Assn welfare funds amid 50 suspected cases aboard the ship.

New York Vulcania New York Shipping Assn.International Seamen's Assn ILA Trieste

Fire at Amoco Yorktown refinery injures six workers

Two welders Jack A. Jones and D. C. Auman escaped serious harm after a sudden blaze in the pit. Jones and Auman suffered second degree burns, while Ralph Henry Ames was hospitalized for shock from a fall. Minor injuries were reported for Hogge and Mabe as Langley AFB spotted the flames. The fire tied up production but was controlled by 3 p.m. and fully out by 5 p.m. The plant’s dedication had touted Yorktown’s growth potential under Amoco.

Jack A. Jones Buckroe Beach Newport News William C. Hogge Yorktown J. C. Mabe Hampton Langley Air Force Base Virginia Amoco L. W. Moore Texas

Public Auction Notice in Winchester Virginia 1957

On September 12 1957 at 7:00 p m at Pattons Warehouse 42 N Cameron Street Winchester Virginia a public cash auction will sell the listed household items and more to satisfy a municipal court attachment James Stewart Shenandoah Gas Company won 105.90 dollars plus costs.

Winchester Milling Corporation Corporation Court City of Winchester Virginia Patton N. Cameron Street Shenandoah Gas Company James Stewart

Weather forecast for Virginia with showers expected

Partly cloudy and humid tonight and Friday with scattered showers. Low around 67 to 73 tonight. High 84 to 88 in the west and north and 88 to 93 in the southeast. Temperatures today 90 high 69 low. Winchester skies report sunrise 5 52 a m sunset 6 26 p m. Rainfall 0 31 inch in last 24 hours, year to date 19 97 inches for 1957.

Winchester Moone Esc Cscaesca

Carrie Expected To Bypass U S Forecasters Say

Miami Florida hurricane Carrie likely to miss the U S mainland and move far out to sea. The season's third tropical storm was about 940 miles east northeast of San Juan Puerto Rico and about 1 900 miles east of Miami with winds near 90 mph. Forecasters said intensity should not change much in the next 12 hours and remain cautious as it moves north up the Atlantic.

Miami Fla Carrie U. S Atlantic Tony San Juan P. R United States Gordon Dunn

Eisenhower Holds Morning Briefing Amid Farm Talks

President Eisenhower held a morning news conference after a 45 minute meeting with Secretary Benson. Benson supplied an encouraging report on farm conditions and discussed farm legislation to be sent to Congress next year. Hagerty denied a published report of a White House emissary in touch with Faubus. The President later went to the golf course.

Hagerty White House Faubus Secretary of Agriculture Benson Eisenhower Congress

Second verdict in drunken driving case handed down

A Superior Court jury yesterday convicted a man of drunken driving and returned a second verdict. Judge L. Richardson Prever plans to pass along the jurors' complaint about hard chairs to county authorities.

Winston-Salem, N. C Superior Court L. Richardson Prever

Civil War Round Table Guests Visit Local History Sites

A Cleveland Ohio Civil War Round Table group will tour local historic sites tomorrow. They plan a 7 pm dinner at the George Washington Hotel and may join the visitors by calling Ray Bowers at MO 2 7197 before noon tomorrow.

Cleveland, Ohio Civil War Round Table Ray Bowers Winchester Civil War Round Table

Almond III and brains rally quotes and Virginia race talk

Abbitt read a telegram from Almond urging Arlington and the commonwealth representation in Alexandria. Stephens warned Virginians that the southside faces unique conditions, cites Little Rock school integration as alarming, and notes U S Attorney General influence. Dalton defends GOP prospects amid Democratic legislature and cites Maine and West Virginia as counterpoints.

Abbitt Almond Alexandria Arlington Commonwealth of Virginia Stephens Virginia Southside 4Th Little Rock Ark United States Dalton Norfolk

Henderson Urges Virginia Youth To Save Public Schools

GOP candidate Horace E. Henderson told the Harrisonburg Junior Chamber of Commerce that Democrats seek a mental blackout to achieve political goals and urged young Virginians to defend the public school system for the sake of their children and the future.

GOP Horace E. Henderson Virginia Harrisonburg

Also Mentioned on This Page

David Coffelt Atkins Service Raymond L. Clevenger James R. Atkins Jones Union Forge Edinburg Clevenger Service Handley Shenandoah Valley National Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Monmouth Street Ruddy” Artrip North Cameron Street Westinghouse Union Richardson Rolls-Nordyke-Marmon Austin F. Johnson Charles R Divall Mohawk Virginia Ann Huntsberry V. K. R. Sirbaugh Margaret Butsler J. Thomas Kremer Mary Ruth de- Witt William Good Gladys Sergeant Robert Lewis Margaret Anderson Sherman Dick Evelyn Barrett Richard Bromley William Perrine Selene Calvert Forrest Sirbaugh Mattie Clark William O. Grove Horace Shackleford Winnie Crowser Melvin Eckely Feix DePrisco Hathaway Fant Eula Fletcher Shipe Dennis Reardon Helen Fugitt James Madden Sylvia Grim Vivian Hershberger Alvin Johnson Vivian Hollis Holmes Harper L. D. Brown Mae Fletcher J. Sloan Kuykendall Emily Light Leonard Riley Virginia Lupton C. M. T. Booth Tucker McGuire J. Haine Mary McQuey Warren Rice Catherine MecVicar Andrew Babb Lillian Oakes Virginia Russell Oscar Louderback Cornelia Sutphen R. Bowen Moore Hortense White Robert Kerlin Harry Hammond Albert Seal Richard Rosenberger Richard Crenshaw Jane Grey Stauffer Lewis H. Hyde, Jr Nacie Dorsey Edith Jones George Hawse Walter Order of the Holden Rule City U. Snider Ike Almond III Kernstown Tractor Sales & Service Loy Thames Jean Lafitte Comet Brussels Tilly Brumback & Sons Marion Art D.S.T Fords Farmalis John Deere Allie Chalmers W.D Massey Harris Case Ford Rosenthal New Idea New Holland New 66 Franklin Front Rural Front Reyal Geneva E. Piccadilly ST Der
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