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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1957

Page

2

Obituary for Badonia Willie Emmons in Charlottesville

Badonia Willie Emmons of this city died today at University Hospital Charlottesville. Born December 9 1943 to Biwood C Emmons and Georgie Richard Emmons she was a Highland Presbyterian Church member and Handler School student. Survived by two brothers Robert S Emmons Filme rs Emmons seven sisters Ethel Windle Margaret Carter Ta Dyche Ruth Ann Kathleen Christine and Mary Taylor. Funeral service Wednesday at 1 30 pm at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Joseph S Duckwater of Highland Presbyterian Church.

Badonia Willie Emmons Kern St University Hospital Charlottesville Biwood C Georgie Richardson Emmons Emmons Highland Presbyterian Church Oe Handler School Robert S. Emmons Filmers Emmons Ethel Windle Margaret Carter T@a Dyche Ruth Ann Emmons Kathleen Emmons Christine Emmons Mary Taylor Accokeak Ma LA Jones Funeral Home Joseph S Duckwater Highland Prearian Chureh

Interment Planned at Mount Hebron Cemetery

Interment will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Friends and relatives may call at the Jones Funeral Home.

Mount Hebron Cemetery Jones Funeral Home

Youth Injured In Four Vehicle Crash On Rt 600

Harold Eugene Gilreath 16 of Baltimore sustained a facial injury from a four vehicle crash on Rt 600 near Winchester on Saturday at 1 15 pm. The MG convertible he drove skidded on a wet curve, struck a Studebaker, then was hit by a station wagon and a rear truck. Total damage estimated at 1800. Gilreath treated and released from Memorial Hospital.

Harold Eugene Gilreath Baltimore Rt. 600 Winchester St. John's Lutheran Church D. A. Sheetz Studebaker Grace Braithwaite Baker FE Main St. Berryville Arthur Carlin Smith Capitol Heights Esten Othilia Rudolph Rt. 4 Sheetz Memorial Hospital

White House Urges Peace Yet Presses Strong Military Readiness

The president argues for enduring peace while stressing robust national defense. He says the atom can be safely used for good, but until then total readiness is the best deterrent against aggression and nuclear threat.

Weather Today in Virginia Showers and Thunderstorms

Showers and scattered thunder storms across Virginia with warmth and humidity. Tonight low around 70. Tuesday will be mostly cloudy, slightly cooler, with a chance of thunderstorms.

Rainfall Forecast for Virginia September 17 to 21

The extended forecast projects temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal with minimal daily change. Rain is expected to average about one inch, mainly as showers in the afternoons throughout the period. Recent rainfall totals and long term averages are provided, including past 48 hours and monthly figures.

Virginia Tnches

Adenauer victory seals West Germany election mandate

The 31,058,319 votes produced 270 seats for the Christian Democrats, with 80.18 percent support. Socialists took 169 seats, Free Democrats 41, German party 17, and refugee voters accounted for 4.59 percent. Adenauer’s re election solidifies West Germanys stance on armed forces European cooperation and US alliance while dismissing extremist parties. The Nazi Reich party failed to win any deputies and the Kremlin aligned Association of Germans polled 59,000 votes.

Christian Democrats Fre- Democrats Refugee Party Federal Election Office Free Democrats Communist East German Radio Adenauer Hitler West Germany Soviet Union United States Kremlin Germany Europe German Reich Party Association of Germans

Store Hours Vary By Location

The notice lists general closing times with many stores open until eight o'clock or later in the evening. It notes some locations extend hours to Pp m with variations by day.

New Hearings Set Next Week In Hoffa Probe

Senate Rackets Committee plans three to four days of hearings next week in the Hoffa investigation. Chairman McClellan said Hoffa may be invited but not required to attend, with possible subpoena if new evidence warrants testimony. The hearings precede the Teamsters convention in Miami Beach and cover loans from employers and ties to racketeer Johnny Dio.

Washington McClellan D-Ark Senate MeClellan Hoffa McClellan New York Johnny Dio Teamsters Convention

Answers to Guiz questions printed on page 4

Answers list includes Puerto Rico, Thomas Jefferson, Lamentations, United States of America, has not completed fifth grade, As You Like It, Bucharest. Note on cooking time: as long as water boils, cooking time remains the same.

Puerto Rico Thomas Jefferson United States of America Bucharest South J. Lillienthal

Humid Weather Persists Across Eastern U.S.

The Associated Press reports a late summer spell of hot humid weather continuing in the eastern third of the country while cooler air from Canada reaches mid-continent areas. Readings remain in the upper 60s to 70s as Gulf states endure heavy rain with over two inches in Birmingham and additional downpours in Monroe and Tuscaloosa Alabama, Burwood Louisiana, Tampa Florida, Fayetteville Arkansas and Tupelo Mississippi.

Associated Press Canada Rockies Texas mid-Mississippi Great Lakes Mississippi Valley Upper Gulf States Birmingham Ala Monroe Tuscaloosa Burwood Tampa Fla Fayetteville Ark Tupelo Miss

Local auction listings span Maryland Virginia and beyond

A dense sales directory lists multiple auctions across Chambersburg Winchester Berryville Gore Stephens City and Frederick with dates from September 17 through October 12. Items include farm machinery Angus cattle antiques household goods real estate and personal property with auctioneers E T Snider Byron Brumback Weschler and others.

Wayne H. Wisecarver Gore Byron O. Brumback Howard Lee Rools Albert J. Jewell Peffer Berryville W. D Orndorff Oscar Ramsburg Remsbore WD. Orndorff William Woodward Jr Belair Farm Prince Georges County A. A. Weschler & Sons EB Edwards Frederick County Court House Reaersate Star Tannery Snider E. B Kimmell Dennis T. Cole Clark McDonald Winchester Ste

A 1957 Atomic Test Named Newton Flashes at Yucca Flat

At 5 50 am a balloon released device detonated as the Newton shot at the Atomic Energy Commission site. The blast yielded an estimated 30 40 thousand tons of TNT with a 15 000 ft mushroom cloud. Newsmen saw the blue flash from 300 miles away as 25 aircraft collected data.

Nev Los Angeles Atomic Energy Commission AEC

Air Force tracks hurricane Carrie near Florida base

The Air Force said Carrie was 900 miles east-southeast of Cape Hatteras and would fly into the eye of the storm before heading toward the Florida base. Officials planned staggered flights and to keep one plane with the storm at all times. One B50, after losing an engine while tracking Carrie, was limping into West Palm Beach today.

Cape Hatteras N.C Florida Air Force Carrie West Palm Beach

Bermuda Storm Under Captain Nick Kanter Report

Under the command of Capt. Nick Kanter a former Detroit detective the Weather Bureau reported at 5 a.m. EST that the storm located 175 miles east of Bermuda had peak winds of 115 mph. Little change in size or intensity was expected over the next 12 hours.

Nick Kanter Detroit, Mich Weather Bureau Bermuda

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Sadonia Emmons Ladonia Willie Emmons Jones Funeral Home, Inc Tilly Brumback& Sons N. Cameron St Snellings Florist N. Braddock St Haines Memorials BE. Cork St John Kerr School Carl A. Haines John H. Fisher White House William Woodward J. F. Herring Prince George's County The Hanover Bank John W. Ludewig Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller N.Y. C M. Hampton Magruder Atty Ralph W. Powers Upper Marlboro Audts E. St N. W Washington, D. C Canter Lonas Piccadilly St Westinghouse Russell L. Brown Exec T. Snider Robert Richard Southern Til & Pp. m Teamsters Union Miami Beach Dave Beck Rackets Committee Robert T. Kennedy Guiz Tues Ralph W. Horst Chambersburg, Pa Moss Neck Manor Fredericksburg E. Piccadilly St E. T. Snider James Conrad Realty CO U. S. Rt Stephens City Choice U. S. No. 11 Old Mother Earth James A. Conrad Harrisonburg Yucca N. G. O’roark Plumbing & Heating Glaize & Bro Ralph Bosserman U. S. 11 Clem Garage & Implement Co Ferguson Allis-Chalmers McCullock Hiriam Tharp
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