Obituaries from Martinsburg and Berryville Area
Obituary notices honor James Roland Pitzer Sr 52 of Martinsburg died aged 52 after an extended illness. He was a meat cutter, World War I veteran, and involved with Otterbein United Methodist Church. Survived by his mother widow Thelma, three sons, three daughters, seven grandchildren, and siblings. Funeral arrangements at Brown Funeral Home Martinsburg with burial at Rosedale Cemetery.
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James Roland Pitzer
Pennsylvania Ave
Martinsburg
W.va
Kings Daughters Hospital
Mr. Pitzer
Berkeley County
Anna Mary Copenhaver Pitzer
Ernest Dayton Pitzer
Lord Brothers
Otterbein United Methodist Church
Thelma Mee- Daniel Pitzer
James R. Pitzer
East St
Winchester
Stephen E. Pitzer
Richard
Delores) Pownell
Rt. 2
Kenneth
Cynthia) Binning
Portia Pearl Pitzer
Ivan E. Pitzer
Steilecoon
Washington
Philip
Hilda) Sheridan
Hurlock
Brown Funeral Home
Fred A. Duckett
Rosedale
Berryville farmer James Murphy dies in Winchester Hospital
James Murphy of North Hill Farms Berryville died yesterday in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Survived by widow Anastasia Connie Murphy and two sons. A graveside service will be held Wednesday at noon at Green Hill Cemetery Berryville with Rev. Charles Gerloff officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Stokes
Rt. 1
Berryville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Miss Stokes
Shenandoah County
Houston William
Minnie Naomi Stokes
Clarke County High School
Mabel V. Lake
Pennsylvania
James William Stokes
Charles Town
W.va
Robert Lee Stokes
Boyce
Richard Allen Stokes
Woodstock
Alice Marie Fugitte
Cecil Monroe Stokes
Nain
Stella Louise Painter
Clarence Edward Stokes
Rustbury
Brenda Kay Stokes
Sharon Ann Stokes
Larry Junior Stokes
West Virginia
John H. Enders
M.C. Cook
Green Hill Cemetery
James Murphy
North Hill Farms
Anastasia
Connie) Murphy
Charles Gerloff
Gangland Slayings Mark Two-Week Crime Wave in NYC
Police discover the tarpaulin-wrapped body of Richard Grossman 36 in a Brooklyn car trunk after an anonymous tip. The seventh gangland style execution in two weeks stirs concerns while investigators search for links to the ongoing mob killings surrounding Joseph Crazy Joe Gallo.
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New York
Police
Brooklyn
Joe Gallo
Richard Grossman
Grossman
Brooklyn Homicide Headquarters
Joseph
Joe’ Gallo
Dist
Edward Rappaport
Gallo
Gennaro Ciprio
Frank Ferriano
New Jersey
Lower Manhattan
Frederick County Board to Act on Sanitation Authority Loan
At the Frederick County Board of Supervisors meeting officials plan action on a resolution authorizing a total of 500000 in three loans over 72 73 and 73 74 to the county Sanitation Authority for water and sewer projects in Red Bud Run and Abrams Creek districts A Sanitary District may be created to finance part of the loan but failure to create it will not affect loan authorization The agenda also covers building code ordinance readings a county wide utilities tax two Sanitation Authority appointments a building inspector hire and a public hearing postponement for review of the National Building Code plus road priorities a $15250 bill from former attorney E Eugene Gunter and zoning and landfill permit matters involving local residents and Back Creek District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
County Sanitation Authority
Red Bud Run
Abrams Creek
Raymond C. Sandy
Frederick County
Sandy
Roger Alderman
Commonwealth
E. Eugene Gunter
Gunter
W.D. Atchley
Clearbrook
Atchley
Back Creek District
Paul Rinehart
Winchester
Bureau of Solid Waste and Vector Control
Iranian quake toll nears five thousand in southern region
AP dispatch from Tehran reports Pars News Agency placing the death toll at about 5,000 after a quake that leveled 44 villages. It cites 963 dead in Qeer and 4,090 in other towns, with over 1,000 aftershocks recorded near Shiraz. relief teams operate as helicopters fly in supplies and doctors arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Pars
Qeer
Geophysics Institute
Shiraz University
Shiraz
Welders Could Free Inmates At Maryland Jail
Up to 100 inmates at Maryland House of Correction in Jessup may gain freedom within a year of a parole hearing or release after completing a 10 week welding course. The State Board of Parole approved the plan to use the program as a path to release.
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Jessup
Maryland House of Correction
State Board of Parole
Apollo 16 crew undergoes final major physicals
At Cape Kennedy Florida Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr and Thomas K. Mattingly receive four hour fitness exams to certify readiness for flight and establish baseline in flight post flight data as technicians fix a small gas leak in the spacecraft.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly
Space Center
Young
Duke
Moon
Mattingly
Funeral service for Robert Huff in Berryville
Funeral services for Robert Rinker Huff 36 of 105 Lincoln Ave Berryville will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville with Rev Thomas S Hogan officiating Pallbearers include W A Nauman Joe Hillyard Vance Norman Arthur Washington Pete Grimsley A L Sowers L B Crafford Honorary pallbearers listed. A viewing will be tonight from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Robert Rinker
Bobby) Huff
Lincoln Ave
Berryville
John H. Enders
Thomas S. Hogan
W.A. Nauman
Joe Hillyard
Vance Norman
Arthur Washington
Pete Grimsley
A.L. Sowers
L.B. Crafford
Dewey Jenkins
Thomas Iden
Robert Kendall
Boyd Householder
William Jackson
David Bowerman
Wayne Whetzel
Hunter Longerbeam, Jr
John Potter
Green Hill Cemetery
Hawaii Macadamia Nut Ranked Third Crop
The macadamia nut, a hard shelled nut resembling a filbert, is Hawaii's third largest crop, ranking behind sugar and pineapple.
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Hawaii
Valley Weather Forecast and Temperature Trends
Mostly cloudy through tonight with a low in the mid to upper 40s and a 10 percent rain chance. Wednesday brings showers and a 60 percent chance of rain with a high in the 60s. Extended outlook shows cooling into the weekend with highs in the 70s and 80s then upper 50s to 60s, and nightly lows in the 40s. No rainfall in the last 24 hours.
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Pacific Coast
Central
Mississippi Valley
Battle Buried in Hillside Cemetery near Monticello
Former Gov. John S. Battle is buried in a hillside cemetery near Monticello after a quiet service at the University of Virginia Chapel. About 300 attendees, including Gov. Linwood Holton, four ex-governors, and U.S. senators, attended the 20 minute funeral. Battle, 81, died after a long illness with strokes. he led Virginia as governor from 1950 to 1954 and was a key figure in Byrd-era politics and national affairs.
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Charlottesville
John S. Battle
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Linwood Holton
Virginia
U.S
University of Virginia
Anne Bestebreurtje
First Presbyterian Church
Commonwealth
Bestebreurtje
Paul
Battle
Harry F. Byrd Sr
William M. Tuck
Battle’s
Clarke County Weekend Break Ins Reported
Three saddles and gear valued at 900 dollars were taken from Francis Arnold's Wildcat Hollow residence after a front window was broken and a door unlatch. A second break in occurred Saturday at Hollis Wines' White Post home with two chain saws valued over 200 dollars taken through the front door.
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Francis Arnold
Wildcat Hollow
Clarke County
Albert Nicodemus
Nicodemus
Hollis Wines
White Post
Nixon marks Arbor Day with White House tree plantings
Pat Nixon celebrated Arbor Day's 100th anniversary by planting a 12 foot fern leaf beech on the White House lawn. The ceremony capped a row of four beeches including two planted 70 to 75 years ago and a tree installed by Mrs Lyndon B Johnson in 1960. Mrs Nixon introduced Des Moines native Mrs Fredric Lattner, granddaughter of Arbor Day founder J Sterling Morton.
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Washington
Pat Nixon
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
Fredric Lattner
Des Moines
Iowa
Arbor Day
J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska
Morton
Board of Agriculture
Grover Cleveland
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James R. Pitzer, Sr
Mrs
Hattie Irene White
Stephens City
Shawnee Springs
White
State Center
George and
Lydia Gordon Bassett
Ridings Chapel United
John S. White
Marvin O. White
Howard White
Norman White
Mansfield
Ohio
Ridings Chapel United Methodist Church
Charles Larew
Josiah Andrew
Ridings Chapel
Omps
Richardson Service
Harold Calvin
Cal) Richardson
Honeysuckle Lane
Shenandoah
E.G. Lewis
E.B. Hamilton
Kermit Weakley
George Jones
Letcher Lloyd
Jack McLean
Col
James Babbitt
George Hamilton
Gangland
Robert Daley
Daley
OMS Funeral Home
Amherst ST
DIAL
Hattie S. White
United Methodist Church
the Order
Dale
Florists, Inc
Bernard F. Groves
Boscawen St
Aaa
Sanitation Authority
Robert Dale
Shawnee
J. Fred Stine
Stonewall
Apollo
Huff Service
Associated Press
Albany
Albu
Detroit
Louisville
Marquette
M Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Moss-St.p
New Orleans
Okla City
Rain
Philadephia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ptland Ore
Pitland Me
Clay
Rapid
Perry
Equator
Irish Sea
Hillside Cemetery
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Harry F. Byrd Jr
William B. Spong Jr
Thomas N. Downing
W. C. Daniel
Atty
Andrew P. Miller
Francis Pickens Miller
Man Battle
Robert Y. Button
Harold F. Snead
E. Blackburn Moore
House of Delegates
Clarke
Nitro Turf Food
Iborden
Ed Res
Borden
Garden Center
National Ave
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