Obituaries and funeral notices from the Evening Star
Obituary notes list Bryan R. Brownie McDonald Brown born 1900 in Ho wellsville with surviving widow and children and relatives, funeral home details. Anton Andersen of Boyce dies. funeral at John H Enders in Berryville with pallbearers named. burial in Norway. Anna Rebecca McQuay of West Lawn Pa dies age 90 born 1875 in Conicville. service at Dellinger Woodstock with listed pallbearers. burial at Conieville Christ Church Cemetery.
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Bryan R. “Brownie
Ben Oe
Mr. Brown
Ho‘wellsville
Charles E. McDonald Brown
Willia Dorney
Mary Lyn Brown
Willia Jane’ Brown
Charles Terry Brown
Stormer
Margaret’ Ruthrie
Albuquerque
N.M
Stuart Brown
Front Royal
Ruth Burke
Arlington
Jones Funeral Home
Anton Andersen
Boyce
John H. Enders
Berryville
Jesse E. Tate, Jr
Thomas Iden
Hugo Thaden
Russell Lloyd
Martin Anton Michelson
Helge M. Andersen, Jr
Charles Lanaham
Lynwood Lanham
Clay Carr
Norway
Anna Rebecca McQuay
West Lawn
Reading Hospital
Reading
Miss McQuay
Conicville
Andrew and
Delila Andrick ‘McQuay
Christ Reform Church
Dellinger Funeral Home
Woodstock
Alvin Masters
William, Lambert
Harry B. Polk
Joe Polk, Jr
Mark Polk
Marvin Polk
Charles W. Getz
Christ Church
Conieville
Edison’s 1872 Typewriter Precedes Ticker Tape Printer
In 1872 Thomas A. Edison developed a device called the typewriter, a printing wheel system that evolved into the ticker tape printer now familiar, Britannica records.
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Thomas A. Edison
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dinwiddie Indicts Durham in Slaying Cases
Durham faces a second indictment for the Hoovers murder while awaiting an appeal ruling on a prior verdict. A separate January 19 indictment by a Dinwiddie grand jury accuses him in the 1963 Crocker service station slaying. trial dates are pending.
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Commonwealth
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Durham
Waltiie Naomi Hoover
Snow
Dinwiddie County
John A. Crocker
Dinwiddie
Light Snow In Some Areas Across the East
The Weather Bureau reports cool air with light snow and flurries in the eastern half of the nation. A large low pressure system northeast of the Great Lakes drives cold air southward, with light snowfall from a trace to one inch and most melting during the day.
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Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Gulf
Midwest
Appalachians
Pacific Coast
Dickinson
N.D
Key West
Fla
Retired workers tax break signed by Gov Godwin
In Richmond AP reports Gov. Godwin signed a bill to grant retired civil service employees a $2000 income tax exemption. In Roanoke AP notes July 1 Medicare becomes effective and the Roanoke Academy of Medicine marks it as a memorial day for private medicine. Goochland AP adds a county budget vote to hire a new county executive secretary and fund two new positions. Richmond AP says the State Corporation Commission is reviewing Petersburg & Hopewell Gas Co. request to extend gas service into Charles City County.
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Richmond
Godwin
Roanoke
Roanoke Academy of Medicine
John W. Wilks
Academy
Jons
Goochland (Ap
Goochland
State Corporation Commission
Petersburg & Hopewel Gas Co
Charles City
Wall Street advances but rally stalls in fifth session
The market traded higher yet paused its five session rally as blue chips led by American Telephone rose 12 to 60 1/2 on 15 000 shares. Nepco Chemical jumped 15 1/2 to 45 on 190,700 shares while other gains were modest and most glamour stocks eased. The AP average climbed 2.2 to 348.5.
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New York
American Telephone
Kennecott
Anaconda
United Aircraft
Boeing
IBM
U.S. Smelting
Metro-Golde Wyne Mayer
Nepco Chemical
General Motors
du Pont
Xerox
Fairchild Camera
Identity of Plane Victims Sought in West Virginia Crash
Authorities try to identify two men killed when a Cessna Skyhawk crashed in a Princeton backyard and ignited. State police tentatively name the pilot as L. E. Weikle of Covington Virginia and the passenger as David S. Blount of Roanoke, based on logs found amid the wreckage.
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Princeton
W. Va
L. E. Weikle
Covington
David S. Blount
Roanoke
Eikle
Ilan Parker
Mercer County
Godwin to speak at Virginia press association ad conference
Gov Godwin will headline the Virginia Press Association 21st Old Dominion Advertising Conference in Danville. The April 16 banquet will award citations for creative advertising as more than 150 Virginia newspaper executives and their wives are expected.
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Danville
Godwin
Virginia Press Association
Old Dominion
Virginia
Safety conference outlines three topic groups for lawmakers
The Virginia Department of Health and University of Virginia Pediatric staff join local industry leaders to discuss Traffic Home and Industrial Safety. The assembly splits into three groups before lunch then reconvenes to hear reports. Attendees must notify the Chamber of Commerce with luncheon reservations available for $1.50.
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Virginia Department of Health
Roger J. Meyer
University of Virginia Hospital
William H. Baker
American Brakeshoe
Roland L. Nelson
National Fruit Product Company
General Assembly
Chamber of Commerce
Grimes Active in Conservation and Parade Roles
Grimes serves as a delegate to this year’s state convention and has long assisted the Apple Blossom Festival Grand Feature Parade. A Handley High School graduate and WWII veteran, he is a former commander of Con Rad Hoover Post 21 and holds the Chef de Gare award of Voiture 1078. He sits on the local Red Cross board and is affiliated with Mason Realty and Insurance. He is married to Audrey Oates of Winchester and lives at 515 W Bellview Ave.
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Grimes
Handley High School
Conrad Hoover
American Legion
Virginia Weather Forecast and Regional Rainfall Report
Fair tonight in Virginia with low around 28. Partly cloudy Thursday near 56 high. Friday fair and cool. Five day forecast notes temperatures about five degrees below normal through Monday with weekend warmth and possible precipitation Sunday. Rainfall data through April show a very dry March across Shenandoah Valley and Harrisonburg with record low figures.
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Virginia
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