Obituary highlights for Ruby B. Coates and Benjamin Mace Hedrick
Funeral services announced for Ruby B. Coates at Jones Funeral Home with burial at Shenandoah Memorial Park Leesburg. Benjamin Mace Hedrick of Leesburg dies at his Hay Market area farm from a heart attack. a Yale and West Point graduate lawyer and former Arlington judge, he served in WWI and WWII and held law practice and Arlington County posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby B. Coates
Jones Funeral Home
H. L. Wigfield
Douglas McFarland
Ralph Coates
Leslie Jenkins
Wayne Sours
Alson Jenkis
Elwood Jenkins
James Helsley
Calvin Lemke
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Leesburg
Nags Head
N. C
Janice Rice Hedrick
Benjamin Sherwood
Betty Mace
Laura Ann
Ben Harris
Janice Fancher
Anna F. Hedrick
Eleanor Beamer Maxwell
Taytorstown
Loudoun County
Fort Myer Chapel
Arlington National Cemetery
Omps Funeral Home
Benjamin Mace Hedrick
Hayfield
Mr. Hedrick
Glencarlyn
Arlington County
Henry B
Hannah F. M. Hedrick
Yale University
United States Military Academy
West Point
National Law School
Board of Supervisors
Arlington
United States Army Transport Command
U. S. Navy
Hedrick and Hedrick
Three Injured in Area Crashes
Three people were hurt in two area traffic crashes yesterday. Carolyn Horner 20 of Arlington suffered a forehead bump and knee abrasion in a Rt 50 two car crash east of Winchester at 8 p.m. Paul David Lovell drove west. Robert Leburn Anthony 61 of Winchester in a pickup was taken to Memorial Hospital with undetermined injuries. Gayle La Follette 518 Dodge Ave sustained forehead cuts and shock in a W Amherst St crash. Allen Kenneth Legge Fox Drive was charged with following too closely. The Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad transported the injured.
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Carolyn Horner
Ariington
Rt. 50
Winchester
Paul David Lovell
Arlington
Robert Leburn Anthony
Rt 1
Memorial Hospital
F. G. Green
Lovell
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Gayle
la Follette
Dodge Ave
W. Amherst St
Allen Kenneth Legge
Fox Drive
100th Anniversary Fishers Hill Battle Reenactment
The Strasburg event marks the 100th anniversary of the Fishers Hill battle with a single day program starting at 2 30 p m after plans to run two days were consolidated. Activities begin at 11 30 a m tomorrow as officials finalize the schedule. In Front Royal the Winchester District Lay Activities board outlines a Laymen's Rally at Randolph Macon Academy on Oct 4 from unspecified start to 9 p m with Bishop Gunn delivering a 5 p m message.
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Strasburg
Fishers Hill
Front Royal
Winchester
Drought Across States Dampens Crops and Haying Access
The report chronicles multi state crop losses with Indiana Iowa Minnesota and California noting drought effects. Figures show tens of millions in losses from wheat corn tobacco and grazing costs with widespread disaster declarations in Ohio Kentucky and Nevada. Fire risk and irrigation conditions impact damages across regions.
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Indiana
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ohio
Kentucky
Nevada
California
Arizona
Virginia unit parade route and judging details announced
The Virginia contingent will be banned after 4 30 p m today routing from Cork to Cameron and Fairfax Lane. Equipment and vehicles from other squads will be displayed for the convention with musical and marching units. Equipment judging starts at 10 a m at the National Guard Armory. Awards are presented tomorrow at 6 30 p m at Lee Jackson Restaurant with State Senator Harry F Byrd Jr as guest speaker.
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Cork
Cameron
Fairfax Lane
National Guard Armory
Lee-Jackson
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Baker
UAW GM Strike Chronology Highlights Longest Walkouts
The UAW staged 113 day GM walkouts in 1945 46 and 1958 plant actions supporting local grievances after a national contract. A 104 day Chrysler wage strike followed in 1951 for a funded pension. Sitdowns prior to 1937 disrupted GM for 44 days and Chrysler for 29.
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GM Uaw
UAW
United States
Chrysler
One Sons
Reuther
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Ford
American Motors Corp
Automotive
Applications Continue For Wheat Program Signups
Applications cut off in December require farmers to certify insufficient feed from normal suppliers to continue farming. Two carloads of surplus corn head to Winchester and Boyce in Clarke County. The ASCS office opens tomorrow 8 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. for signups. final date is next Friday with over 40 signed in Frederick County so far.
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Winchester
Boyce
Clarke County
ASC
ASCS
Shere
Frederick County
Parade Lineup Sets 42 Units for Monday Red Feather Event
Monday night Community Chest Red Feather Parade plans 42 units led by Winchester Police official car and VFW Color Guard. It lists divisions with floats, school bands, radios, and civic groups marching from Sarah Zane Fire Hall at 7 15 p m and moving to Piccadilly Street. The note cites 10 000 Peace Volunteers across 46 countries.
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Community Chest
Jim Butcher
Winchester Police
V.F.W
Miss Virginia
Carolyn Lee Eddy
Shenandoah Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Vernon G. LaBarre
Boy Scouts
James.Wood
Sarah Zane
Winc Radio
Blossomettes
Apply Valley Citizens Band
South End
Shenandoah
Antique Automobile Club of America
Douglas High School
Shawnee Girl Scout Council
WHPL
Northwestern Psychiatric Clinic
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Winchester Day Nursery
Handley High School
Fremont Street Nursery
Rouss Fire Co
Winchester Civil Air Patrol
USC
Eastern Panhandle Saddle Club
Salvation Army
Hoppers Auto Club
Shawnee Volunteer Fire Co
Virginia Lancers
Future Homemakers of America
Friendship
Children’s Home Society
Rouss ‘“Sparkies
Slo-Mo-Shun Auto Club
N. Loudoun St
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Loudoun St
Cork St
Cameron
Piccadilly St
Cheetah Cited as World’s Fastest Short-Distance Runner
The cheetah is described as the fastest animal in the world over short distances according to the Encyclopaedia.
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Enclopaedi. Ca
Market Holds Steady Amid GM Strike Turbulence
Wall Street opened with modest activity as General Motors strike began. Dow up .42 to 873.40 at noon as GM sank briefly then steadied. Du Pont declined about 2 points on GM share distribution. Other motors rose, steels mixed, rubbers up, AP 60 down unchanged at 325.9.
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du Pont
Associated Press
Noor
Dow Jones
Chrysler
Ford
American Motors
Studebaker
IBM
Union Carbide
Pure Off
Standard Oil
Indiana
Alaska
Polaroid
U.S
Lorillard
Jersey Standard
General Dynamics
Phelps Dodge
American Stock Exchange
Weather forecast and celestial data from a historic page
The page reports a clear cool night with lows in the 40s and upper 30s in high mountains. It predicts mostly sunny and warmer Saturday with 72 to 78 in western and northern areas. A five day forecast indicates temperatures near normal, warmer weekend, cooler Monday or Tuesday with chances of rain, and sun positions for Friday lighting the dates and lunar phase.
Rainfall data and court order in Virginia case
The document lists rainfall figures ending 8 30 a m with year to date values and averages, then cites a general knowledge fact about ghee from Britannica. It also records a Virginia circuit court order of publication in the Swartz partition suit, naming non resident defendants and unknown heirs, requiring appearance within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Swartz
Frederick County
Virginia
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Winchester Evening Star
Coates Service
B. M. Hedrick
Jones, Funeral Home, Inc
Loudoun Street
Laymen's Rally
Nochester, Va
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Tennessee
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Wall Street
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Aga
General Motors
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Place Bros. Tire Co., Inc
Brumback
Cameron St
Winchester Skies
India
Asia
U. S. House of Representatives
Sicily
Stephen Foster
Berry
False
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Westinghouse
France
Minnie S, Shreck, ET AL
Elmer N. Swartz
Stonewall Magisterial
Brucetown
State of
Minnie S. Shreck
Kearneysville
West Virginia
Carl Shores
Frederick
Maryland
Minnie Shores Hockman
Elsie Shores
Moreland
West Virginia Avenue
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Sherman Talbot
Indian Head
Braxton D
Reid
East 11Th Street
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Linda Swartz
Dunlap
Bunker Hill
Harvey Swartz
Sheperdstown
E. J. Swartz
Elm
Madison Avenue
Warminster, Pennsylvania
Alma Swartz Williams
Cumberland
Clara Swartz Flint
Mary Agnes Hillyard
Hagerstown
Virginia Goodman
Harrison & Johnston, P.g
East Boscawen Street
Carle D. Germelman, Jr
Glaize & Bro
N. Cameron ST
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