The Daily News Leader from Staunton, Virginia • 16

Colonial Beach Ducks Drinking, Gambling Issuel Staunton Movie Tails 18 Staunton, Va, News-Leader, Sun, July 28, 1957 Vaynesboro Man Dead After Shooting Of Wife COLONIAL BEACH. Vs. UPV- the letter was Councilman E. W. said Councilman W.

B. Touldman He said he feared there would be "retaliation and back biting" Town Council has politely declined to take a stand which Beckwith. Wonld'nt Say AT THE DIXIE ja vaudevillian and his perform-Rita Hay worth, Robert Mit- ing dog in which the animal be-chum and Jack Lemmon star in comes the main factor In his Columbia Pictures "Fire Down master becoming a Hollywood was not among the 30 spectators at last night's meeting, the Rev. George Waters, pastor of the Colonial Beach Methodist Church, was. Alter the session he said: might have forced it to bite the directed at some Council members councilman vogt, a WAYNESBORO, July 27 An all-night search by not present when the vote was taken.

Present for the vote but abstaining was Gordon Hopkins. The letter from the Baptist church was signed by the Rev. Lowell P. Burnette. In it he requested last night's meeting and protested a Chamber of Commerce hand which annualy Beckons Below," today at the Dixie Thea druggist, said he had business dealings with people on both sides of the question.

"I am not in. a position to say I am for or against tre, filmed in the West Indies, in CinemaScope with print by vvaynesDoro, btate, and Augusta County authorities prided early today when the body of Osborne Nicholas Brown was found on a lonely dirt road just north of here, the victim of an apparent suicide. Brown was "They, dropped a hot potato." James O. Heflin, a retired Hopewell Judge and former member movie star and then exhibits tus literally dog-like devotion when it seems his master has rejected him. .5.

And, boasting a five-star cast, "The Tattered Dress," which it' the second feature now at the Strand Theatre, produced in CinemaScope by Universal-Interna letter which, he said, purported to show that the majority of Colonial Beach residents were, in favor of thousands of tourists to this Potomac River resort. By a 2-1 vote with one member abstaining and the two others absent Council last night tabled a letter asking for "a recorded vote on who is for and who is against" the three drinking and gambling piers that just into the Potomac. Opinions Difference "There is a great difference of ceing sought on two warrants charging the felonious assault and attempted murder of his wife Friday nteht. -h HS Bounded by heat, hurricane mca Ctif1 and the Carib Sea. where banana-r Zf1 and hunted women ply their ever seen in my life to sidestep DoWn Below" should they express their opinion on the piers.

Gouldman, one of the two voting to table the letter, said that should a showdown come, however, he counted himself an opponent of the piers. A Sunday School teacher at the Baptist Church Gould-man said: 'If I must choose between the church and the piers, there can be but one answer. I cannot or will not turn my back on the church' Joining with Gouldman to table me piers. 'Dropped Hot Potato' The search for Brown began early Friday night them, he said. Vogt said he believed the only way to get an "honest answer" on how town residents feel about the piers was to hold a referendum which he said he would support.

Vogt was not present when the vote on tabling the letter was taken. The motion to table was second A Maryland legislative commis alter he reportedly shot his. wife, Mrs. Annie Brown. The the story of a beautiful woman, a mysterious exile who might run snooting occurred at 6:05 "There is a shameful situation tional.

The story is about a noted criminal lawyer and what happens to him when he comes to sion which is studying the licensing of gambling and drinking facilities on the Potomac was the recipient Friday in the Brown home at SOI here." Heflin said. nd thn wiOUt of countries but never out or opinion, and I am sorry to say Was War Veteran The investigation is 'being con Isle Ave. in. the Wayne Hills an even more shameful action 811(1 tw0 adventurers, a hostle Cailfonua desert town t0 oi tne Chamber letter. mere seems to be developing a bitter conflict in our community," subdivision.

Neighbors took Mrs. ed by Dr. H. E. Kerr, who was ducted by State Trooper E.

P. Although the Rev. Mr. Burnette tne councu to sidestep it." Brown to the hospital and called wno are ready war eacn okht defend rtch an ap "hane t0 young man charged with murder. Layman in cooperation with Way Piers in Maryland ponce as Brown Eed the scene In nesboro and Augusta County The controversy i 1 i el wr.il Th la nlavort around the piers stems from the "bout Mlss Hayworth, a woman his automobile.

Wife Hospitalised No Relief In Sight For iact Virginia does not oermlt from nowhere who is going no place without a passport, without money, without hope. She is slot machines or liquor by the drink, which both are legal in cnanoier ana his co-stars are Jeanne Crain, Jack Carson, Gall Russell and -Elaine Stewart- Also prominent in the cast are Georgt Tobias, Edward Andrews and Philip Reed. Mrs. Brown was taken to the 'Waynesboro Community Hospital suffering from a bullet wound in the hand And from another bullet which creased the top of her head. Brown used a .25 calibre weary with life and with the the Maryland county across the Drought-Stricken Area By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS countless but sterile Potomac from Colonial Beach.

authorities. Brown, 34 years old, was bom in June, 1923. He was a veteran of service in World War II with the U. S. Air Force.

He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Moose Lodge. He was employed by the duPont Company in Waynesboro. Survivors include his wife and three children. Mxr Brown -was born June 8, she has had with, men, until she eince me Maryland line ex joins Mitchum and Lemmon on tends to 'the low water mark on automatio the same gun with winch he was believed to have Scattering' thunderstorms were expected to pelt the nation's midsection again today, but for the drought- their small fishing boat, for clandestine transportation from the Virginia shore, the piers extend, legally, into Maryland Except for newspaper reviews marked () Items In this comma are prepared by the theatre. Ml shot himself.

one tropic island to another. Thus, by Just walking a few feet; She was reported in "very good' sjtricken Northeast there was no relief in sight. "Flre-Down was filmed condition at the hospital today. onto the piers, tourists may play slot machines or buy liquor by on the beautiful tropical islands When Mrs. Brown was ques GOOD BET TULSA, Okla.

WV-The Draft SHE LSe southern New England. But elsewhere in the parched if I 4 'if-r')' of Trinidad and Tobago. tioned by police in the hospital, tne drink. Everett and Ada Bell Samtfdge 11 area it will be sunny and warmer she told them her hlsband shot Several other pfers offering Brown, of Crimora. Board here issued a call for a prospect that should have no pitfalls in the Army.

her but gave no motive. Later slot machines and liquor are Mr. Brown was a veteran of The drought In the northeast police said they believed the spotted in other areas alone the already has caused millions of emergency measures. Some "heavy the first substantial rainfall to hit AT THE STRAND (Son. and Mon.) Johnson shares starring with Piper Laurie and World War having served the Air Force.

He was a member His name is-Never Fall Jr. shooting was aroused by domestic dollars in crop losses. Yesterday Potomac, and recently a float-' van troubles. inn casino was ODened nff Pree-i honors Gov. Foster Furcolo declared Mas of Moose Lodge 1309 and Veter Massachusetts since mid-April, The search for Brown began sachusetts in a state of emergen stone Point.

VISIT THE ans of Foreign Wars Post 2424, fell on southeast portions of the cy. Some 32 cities and towns in Gov. Stanley protested to Mary In addition to his parents and early Friday night with Waynes boro. State Police, and the Au state yesterday. Scattered areas that state are suffering from wife, Mr.

Brown is survived by of Rhode island also received 'HOBBY CORNER" Martha Hyer, and a beautiful and well-trained white German Shepherd dog in "Kelly and Me," the Unlversal-Intematlenal picture in Technicolor and CinemaScope which opens 8unday at the Strand gusta County Sheriffs Department drastic water shortage forcing one son, Andrew E. Brown, 10; some rain. land Gov. Theodore R. McKeldin the granting of liquor licenses to the boat.

Gov. McKeldin, In turn, protested to the Charles! Patricia A. Brown, and Sharon concentrating the search in ibe Waynesboro area. However, they alerted the area that Brown was Quick's flows Churchvillt E. Brown, 8, all at home; four It was a different story in New Mexico yesterday.

Floodwaters County, Md licensing board brothers, Dennis H. Brown, New believed to be armed and should Theatre. The new film is a tale about flashed through the desert country but the licenses were granted Hope: John D. Brown, Hampton; have been considered dangerous. Body Found Clyde L.

Brown, Crimora; and for liquor and slot machines. western New Mexico after series of cloudbursts. Thomas M. Brown, VS. Navy; Waynesboro Police Chief C.

H. Personal Mention one sister, Mrs. William J. About 1.80A ears were lined un Benson said today that Brown's body was found on a lonely stretch of Rt. 799 north of Way (Gladys Richards, Crimora; bumper to bumper for AW miles and a number of nieces and ne on Trans Continental Highway 66 phews.

at correo, about 29 west of nesboro by Howell Truslow as he happened along the road, about RITA HAY Robert Mitchum and Jack Lemmon In a scene from the new CinemaScope picture, "Fire Down Below" which will open today at the Stanley Warner Dixie Theatre tor four days. Albuquerque, after a traffic acci CHURCHVILLE. July 27-Mr. Body will remain at the Etter 8:30 this morning. and Mrs.

J. R. Lawson Jr. and Funeral Home. Funeral service ROLLER SKATING Frl." 7:80.

10:00 P.M. Rollerlcnd Under New Management Open for skating parties Mon. ft Tbnrs. mights Telephone 5-4344 CUSTARD dent blocked the road and the rampaging waters made a detour TONITE TUESDAY DONT MISS THIS family have returned home after Brown's body was in his parked Upon examination. Dr.

William visiting relatives in Hillsvllle for impossible. two weeks. Mrs. Lawson sister, will be conducted at 2 pm. Monday in the Chapel of the Etter Funeral Home by Ute Rev.

Harvey Powell. Interment will be In the Augusta Memorial Park Cem Today's wet belt win extend Miss Geneva Jennings, accom I from the western sloDes of the panied them back for a month's A. Macllwalne, acting medical examiner, said Brown died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Contract Backed visit. Rockies eastward to the Mississip etery. --H pi Kiver and tne Gulf and south Acti ve pallbearers will be Mrs.

Irene Baylor underwent Sundaes, Sandwich, 'Drinks, Coafectionarle THICK SHAKES, Me Atlantic Coast states. Rain also Howell Truslow, Otis Alford, Car major surgery at King's Dauph will rail through the central Ap ters' Hospital Wednesday. Her Ma Minvriiuiaurmnm palachians, the Weather Bureau roll Norman, James Rhodes, John Braden and N. M. Robertson.

DAN DITRYEA DIAflflE RHR son, Neville Baylor, Philadelphia, the chest probably around nine o'clock Friday night The death weapon was a .25 calibre automaticbelieved to be the same gun with which he shot his wife. Chiet Benson said Jhat irom aU Indications, Brown shot his wife and then traveled to the lonely stretch of road and shot himself. reported. has arrived to be with her; Honorary bearers will be Dr. Paul A.

Woods, Elzia Jones, War-1 mm ren Clay tor, Robert Alford, Rus PLUS THIS BIG ONE "THE BREAK IN THE CIRCLE" "Mrs. M. Jones has returned home from King's Daughters' Hospital. Turner Aahby, who has been a patient at King's Daughters' Hos No Af tempt On Des Moines City sell Snelson and Ward Alford. pital, shows slight improvement.

Manager's Life Miss Gertrude Tewatt was a FREE PARKING UES MOINES. July 27 (JB Seiirchers Find Body Of Airliner Victim guest in the home of Mrs. W. T. Sellers Wednesday afternoon.

STARTS WED. 2 BIG THRILLERS "THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN George Forster. Des Moines city Mrs. W. H.

Dudley, who has been visiting her parents in Iva, manager wno received an anonymous death threat, kept a loaded pistol near his bed last night but S. was a guest Friday of her "Always a friendly welcoma I Just Good Food!" The Village Restaurant Craigsviiie, Va. Rt. 42 opposite Daniel Motors 17, cams upon Saul F. Blnstock, 62, VTCTOR'VTLLE, Calif.

July glster-in-law, Mrs. R. H. Bear, en route to her home at Hightown. no attempt on his life occurred Police arranged "around-the- Messrs.

Douglas Van Lear, J. ALL NEW SHOCKER 1ST TIME IN COLOR PLUS THE UNKNOWN clock" protection for Forster aft B. Fleisher and Harry DeVore a retired jeweler from North Hollywood, as they followed a trial of airplane fragments in the Ord mountains about 50 miles northeast of here. KELLY, a performing dog, Is the unwitting matchmaker wht sparks a romance between Piper Laurie and Van Johnson in "Kelly and Me, Universal-International comedy- drama showing Sunday and Monday at the 8trand Theatre. er Mrs.

Forster received a tele are spending this week at FFA UV-The badly mangled body of a passenger hurled through the side of an alrllnar In a mysterious explosion has been found on a Jagged, lavastrewn hill in the Mojave desert. And offidals say they still phone call yesterday from an un camp at Smithfleld. Miss Pamela Bartenslager en identified man who said. "Your husband will be dead by 10 "There was nothing of the body tertained a few friends at a birth o'clock tonight Friday day party Tuesday afternoon. or in his clothes to indicate what caused the explosion," one official said.

An autopsy has been Despite the threat, Forster took don't know what caused the blast Friendship Circle of Loch Wll SDEIGCIS low Church met Thursday night Ground searchers yesterday his wife out to dinner in observance of his 52nd birthday. A detective accompanied them. They with Mrs. Charles Farthing. Mrs.

Frank Jordan, chairman, presid ordered. Plane Ripped Open Angnsta County Farm Bnrean Inc. Eg Prices ed. The Bible study was present returned home at 10:30 p.m. "My wife was more afraid of (Has Tht Cancer Scare Got U) The blast ripped open the side CralqiviiU Mrs.Colvin Grade A large .41 ed by Mrs.

Frank Davis. The group voted to have the meeting date put on the calendar, which of a Western Airlines twin-engine A that loaded pistol accidentally going off than she was of the tele JUDY MEREDITH, 20, film actress who broke her back fivs war Grade large 28 Grade A medium 26 the PTA is selling. ago In a skating accident and THEN Grade Si Convair early Thursday morning as It winged between Las Vegas, Nev, and Los Angeles at 10,000 feet Delicious refreshments were now is fully recovered, is shown- served? to-ihe following: Mes phone call," Forster said. Forster went about his normal routine at City Han today. He said he believes the call must have come from "a crackpot or some dames Frank Davis, Frank Jor- as she won approval in Los Angeles Superior Court of a Bmstock, who was in the plane wllarm A- Lear Lee Masincup, Robert Joker." washroom, disappeared VIRGINIA PRODCCE CO.

Bridgewater, Va. Phone 2411 Straight current receipt egga good weights 24c We also bay ander grade and tnrkty eggs. Adv. contract with a movie studio. She will receive from $200 to $1,150 a week.

(International) At Shower Camjfcell, Fred Bowers, Harold Armstrong, Norman Collins, Dut- The Convair made an emergen ey landing at an Air Force base. wood Young, W. Sellers, and The plane's other 12 passengers Miss Jans Young. CRAIGSVHXE. July 27 Mrs and crews of three were unin Mrs.

T. N. Wilson has had as SPCXG A D3BITJ P'DM (Pipe Smokers Do Not Inhale) The Valley's Largest Selection Of Pipes And Fine Pipe Mixtures Are Found At THUMB FISHING HOT 6PRINGS, Ark. CP) Here's Beck Looper's account of how he caught a 6-pound blind bass at Lake Catherine; He noticed the fish trapped in a deep hole near the shore, waded Charles Colvin was hostess at jured. Before leaving Los Angeles for her guests her sister, Mrs.

J. Hanna of Akron, Ohio, and her niece, Miss Nancy Stewart. pink And blue shower, Friday evening, July 28, honoring her sister-in-law. Mrs. Bobby Hayes, of Las Vegas Wednesday night Bin Joseph Wilson, who is claims stock purchased $125,000 worth of Staunton.

adjustor for Nationwide Insur round-trip flight insurance. 777TZ ...7.. ance Company, is being transfer- to the spot, stirred the water above the hole, then stuck his hanMnUHthe holeThe-bass bit Looper's thumb and Looper pull The affair took place at the home red from Lynchburg" to Richmond (Borne experts believe -tiie blast I. or Mrs. Colvin in craigsviiie.

Floral arrangements of cut sum NOW SHOWING Aug. 1. ed the fish out, sun cunging Mr. and Mrs. A.

C. Bear visit was touched orr by some explosive device, but they admit they have no proof as yet. mer flowers were used in the de ed his brothers, Messrs. John and James Bear, at Marllnton, W. JAMES STEWART -AUDI MURPHY corations.

Games appropriate to the occasion were played with the thumb. 1 On an average, a ship leaves or enters the Port of New York every last Sunday. Meanwhile, Investigators from prizes awarded the winners. Upon arrival the hostess presented the the Civil Aeronautics Board CAB 22 minutes of the day throughout Master Dennis Rohrer of Portsmouth is. visiting his cousin, Vaught.

and the Federal Bureau of In the year. vestigation examined the pieces of plane fuselage In hopes of DAN DIMA-DIANNE FOSTER -mi mm rum a mtm mmmrH. mm ONLY ON THE MOTION PICTTJBE THEATRE finding the cause of the blast. .1 rnnr-i SCREEN caa yon see the BRAND-NEW PICTURES PLUS 3 CARTOONS AT THE DRIVE-IN GKADt KEPORT Air-Conditioned" DAILT rr nAV And Remaining I WlM I Thru Wednesday! Wheat Jfo Red. Winter Rockingham 1.90 to 2.00; Augusta 1.80 to 1.90: Luray, ature rattles.

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Solon; Miss Lois Myrtle Crummett. of Staunton; and Miss Willie Mae Grogg. Mrs. Dailey Colvin. Mrs.

Julian Grady, Miss Carolyn Grady, Mrs. Bertie Hayes, Mrs. Clarence Farrar, Susan Colvin, Gary Farrar, hostess and the honoree. Gifts were sent by those unable to attend. 90.

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