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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1957

Page

2

Obituary: Lynn Taft Dofflemyer 48 of Royce

Lynn Taft Dofflemyer 48 of Royce died at 12 30 am DST Wednesday at Newton D Baker VA Hospital Martinsburg. A World War II Air Force veteran trained at Salt Lake City served in the European Theater. Born Clarke County September 24 1908 he was a son of the late Ashby K and Mary E Ruffner Dofflemyer. Surviving are brothers and sisters in Clarke County Boyce Berryville and Page County. The body rests at John H Enders Funeral Home with service Friday at 2 pm EST Rev Jian Orrell officiating. Interment Green Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named.

Lynn Taft Dofflemyer Royce Newton D. Baker VA Martinsburg Air Force Dofflemyer Salt Lake City Air Base Mr. Doffiemyer Clarke County Ashby K and Mary E. Ruffner Doffiemyer Page County Lioyd Thomas C George J. Doffiemyer R. B. Pyre Boyce R. V. Foltz Sybil Baker Berryville Ruth Sowers John H. Enders Jian Orrell The Baptist Church Green Hill Cemetery Joseph Avis Garland Brown Philip Grim Jerome Garver Lawrence Graver Jake Shepherd John Anders Floyd Hummer Thomas I@en Alfred Hummer Richard Gibson Hugo Faden

Charleston nuclear test postponed by jet stream

The Atomic Energy Commission postponed the Charleston test at the Nevada site due to jet stream winds at high altitude. Winds could shift blast pressure toward Indian Springs Las Vegas and Boulder City with possible window damage. The device, stronger than 20 000 tons of TNT, will be suspended 1 500 feet above the desert and reset for 6 am Friday.

Nev Charleston Atomic Energy Commission Indian Springs Las Vegas Boulder City AEC Desert

Rubber Workers Meet Tomorrow in Teamsters Hall

Local 511 ARCLPWA will meet at 8 pm in the Teamsters Hall on North Cameron Street to plan a motion picture about the rubber workers strike. Filming starts Monday with the cast to be elected tomorrow evening.

Arclpwa Teamsters Hall N. Cameron St

Yearling Sale Nominations From Frederick and Clarke Counties

A historical list details Frederick County consignors and nomination counts for a yearling sale, noting totals and comparing to the previous year’s 1,307. Names include J. H. McDonald, A. F. Fel ford, Dr. R. W. Boyd, G. Eagle, H. W. Ebert, Ira Campbell, and Ruth Rhodes among others. Clarke County contributors feature C. T. Hardesty, P. B. Rogers, Oriel Royston, Frank Reeves, Limestone Farm, and others with varying nomination counts.

Frederick County J. H. McDonald A. F. Felford R. W. Boyd E. O O. Rudolph, Jr Boyd Ramey George Eagle FE. W. Adams, Jr Roland Snapp Clark Jolley M. M Adams A. 8. Pennypacker Cc. L. Brumback D. O'Neal J. David Headley L. H. Ruble J. B. Armstrong Ira Campbell H. W. Ebert Ruth Rhodes Clarke County C.T. Hardesty P. B. Rogers H. C

How's Your IQ Answers Revealed in Quiz Page

Answers to the page 4 quiz list several figures and terms including Horatius Socrates John the Baptist UNESCO the answer to 5 is No it is Spanish Cribbage and the word immediately Yes No avert Forebear ancestor is a noun and Diogenes Laertus marks.

Horatius Socrates John the Baptist United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Cribbage Immediately Diogenes Laertus

Guerin Seeks Third Garden State Classic Victory

Camden report notes jockey Eric Guerin has raced in just two Garden State Classics and earned money in both appearances. He won in 1954 aboard Summer Tan and placed second in 1955 with Career Boy, aiming for a third triumph.

Camden N. J Eric Guerin Garden State Summer Tan

Berkeley Springs Women Injured In Route 522 Crash

Two Berkeley Springs women were injured when their 1953 DeSoto left Route 522 six miles north of Cross Junction, rolled over into a bank, and struck two trees. Miss Maxine Wachter, 21, suffered a broken leg and acid burns. Mrs Janet Wachter, 64, had cuts and bruises. Both inmates were in Memorial Hospital in good condition. The driver attempted to pass a house trailer pulled by a small truck. Winchester Police probe a separate hit and run on Wyck Street involving Elias Washington Wines of Sunnyside Station.

Berkeley Springs Cross Junction Crosen Maxine R. Wachter Janet Wachter Memorial Hospital G. T. Griffith Miss Wachter Wachter Winchester

County Men Found Guilty In Circuit Court

Two Frederick County men were found guilty in separate Circuit Court cases. Robert F Cadwallader of Stephens City was convicted of driving under the influence and fined 190 dollars. Allen Bond Jr served as jury foreman. D L Sager of Route 50 west pled guilty to illegal storage and sale of fireworks, receiving 100 dollar fines and a suspended 30 day sentence.

Frederick County Robert F Cadwallader Stephens City Trial Justice Court Allen Bond, Jr Roy C. Richard M S. Barley Curtis Wilson Paul W. Braithwaite Cadwallader J. Pred Larrick D. L. Sager Route 50 West Little Star Tavern Randolph Larrick

Drapery Allowed at Flower Show October 2

Mrs. V. K. Sirbaugh announces drapery will be permitted in the flower show at the War Memorial Building on October 2. Drapery must not attach to the background. no conservation material may be used. Exhibitors should arrive early. doors open at 8 30 a m.

V. K. Sirbaugh War Memorial

Girard Denies Warning Shouts at Japanese Range

In Maebashi Japan William Girard, an Ottawa Illinois soldier, testifies under oath that he did not shout Get out or Get out of here during the January 30 incident on a U S firing range. Prosecution witnesses claimed he did. Judge Kawachi questioned the statements while Girard’s defense counters the purpose of the shouts.

Maebashi Japan William Girard U. S Naka Sakai Ottawa Ill Yuzo Kawachi Stanley Levin Its

Mrs Emerson Named Sports Editor at Oklahoma

Mrs. Tom Emerson, wife of a University of Oklahoma football tackle, will become sports editor for the university student newspaper next school term, covering the nation's top football team.

Norman Okla Tom Emerson University of Oklahoma

Nine Negroes Attend Integrated Arkansas School Under Guard

Nine Black students entered a formerly all white school in Little Rock guarded by U.S. troops and paratroopers. Authorities charged Wolff with disturbing the peace and carrying a weapon as mobs debated the federal role in school integration. Faubus condemned federal action while promising a public report.

Wolff Little Rock Faubus Arkansas United States

Paratroopers Quell Violence At Central High Amid Riot Shield

About 450 soldiers from the 101st Airborne backed by federalized Arkansas Guardsmen controlled outbreaks near Central High School as white volunteers clashed with police ordered crowds. C. E. Blake was clubbed, Paul Downs stabbed. both bled as troops cleared a radius around the campus.

Nearo 101St Airborne Division C. E. Blake Army Paul Downs Arkansas National Guardsmen W. A. Drake Eisenhower Ft. Campbell Little Rock Central High

Evening Sales Directory of Virginia Auctions Listings

A condensed schedule lists multiple auctions in Virginia and Maryland from Sept 27 to Oct 12. Items include furniture, antiques, household goods, real estate, cattle, and farm equipment, with auctioneers and locations in Winchester Berryville Culpeper Belair Farm and surrounding towns.

Headley’s Auctions Valley Ave C. J Murray S. Loudoun St Winchester Charles R. Duvall Knight Bixby N. Braddock St E. T. Snider Virginia Hereford Association Circle M Farms Elkton G. B. Simmerman, Jr E. B. Kimmell Berryville Dennis T. Cole W. E Edwards Pullman's Grocery Star Tannery Clark McDonald Ste

Weather Today and Civil Rights Tensions in Virginia

Partly cloudy with cool tonight. mountain lows 42 to 46, lower elevations 46 to 54, southeast in the 50s. Friday cloudy and cooler with highs in the 60s to low 70s. The report also notes historic rainfall figures and a 1957 context including federal action and local unrest surrounding integration, with Eisenhower planning discussions with Southern governors.

Arkansas Law Vote Echoes in Little Rock Crisis

Faubus' office reported numerous Arkansas legislators contacted the State Legislature as protests over integration spread. A spokesman said most favored withdrawing state financial aid from integrated schools.

Eral Little Rock Faubus Arkansas

Also Mentioned on This Page

Lynn A. Dofflemyer Jones Funeral Home Funeral Service Ambulance Service C.1. Brumback & Sons N. Cameron &T Smalts, Florist Order of the Gelden Rasy Terme Kernstown Tractor Sales & Service Loy Yearling Sale Winchester Concrete Products Welltown Pike Junior Armstrong Geneva Piccadilly St C. J. Murrary Winchester, Va Henry LaClair Washington, D. C Headley'’S Auctions Virginia Mooore L. C. Bates National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People Edwin A. Walker Arkansas National Guard Fed A&n Stores Ankiet CHINO Spruce Barrow AaAno N. Loudoun AGN
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