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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 13, 1972

Page

2

Obituary Mrs. Gertrude V. Burton 67 Gainesboro native dies

Mrs. Gertrude V. Burton 67 of Gainesboro dies in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Born May 1 1904 in Winchester she was a nurse and church member. Survived by husband E F Burton brother Wilbur Smallwood five nieces and one nephew. Funeral Saturday 3 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home burial Mount Hebron Cemetery. Family receives friends tonight and tomorrow 7 9. Kurt W. Marek Hamburg obituary notes author of Gods Graves and Scholars dies at 57.

Gertrude V. Burton Gainesboro Winchester Memorial Hospital Jones Funeral Home Cletus P. Palmer Curtis E. Palmer Mount Hebron

Death Notices for Carl E Morris of Port Republic

Carl E Morris 69 of Port Republic and former Winchester resident died Tuesday at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg. Survived by wife Della Shifflett Morris. daughters Arbutus Dugan and Geraldine Baker. sons Vernon Morris Carl Morris Jr and Shirley Morris. numerous grandchildren great grandchildren sisters and brothers. Funeral services conducted tomorrow at Lindsay Harrisonburg Funeral Home chapel at 1 PM with burial at Old Stone Church Cemetery near White Hall. Visiting hours 7 to 8 PM tonight at the Harrisonburg funeral home.

Carl Edward Morris Port Republic Winchester Rockingham Memorial Hospital Harrisonburg Mr. Morris J.W. and Mary Lamb Morris Rockingham County West Virginia Pentecostal Church Della Shifflett Morris Myrtle Shifflett Gilbert Morris James Morris Shirley Morris Fox Run Richard Morris New York Lindsay Harrisonburg Funeral Home Old Stone Church White Hall

Winchester Girl 7 Dies at Virginia Medical Center

Kimberly Lynn McDonald seven year old daughter of Ronald G. and Phyllis Breeden McDonald of 316 S Cameron St died yesterday at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond. She was born in Winchester on October 13 1964. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Her grandparents are listed. Funeral plans pending.

Kimberly Lynn McDonald Ronald G Phyllis Breeden McDonald S. Cameron St Medical College of Virginia Richmond Winchester Boyd McDonald Kester Breeden

County considers utility taxes and cable tax proposal

The board discussed a cable TV tax within the county and noted utility taxes in Winchester and Clarke County. Clarke is rural, Winchester urban, Frederick County mixed, posing taxation challenges. The board passed second reading of the ordinance by title only and instructed the executive secretary to seek revised figures from the power company. Three loans totaling 500000 were approved for the Sanitation Authority to fund water and sewer projects in Red Bud Run and Abrams Creek, with a 30 year term and eight percent interest.

Butler Fleming Sandy Winchester Clarke County Clarke Frederick County Power Company Sanitation Authority Red Bud Run Abrams Creek Patrick McTiernan Don E. Krueger State Water Control Board Mr. McTiernan A.A. Alt Frederick Heights Board of Supervisors

County Faces Sewer Plan With Sanitation District Aide

The proposal outlines loan terms if ownership changes occur and a possible sanitary district to fund 200000 of the total project. The Sanitation Authority engineer will serve county needs nonreimbursably, and a non voting liaison will join the Authority. Monthly minutes and project status reports are required.

Frederick County Sanitation Authority

Stocks Open Cautiously After Two Day Rise On Wall Street

Prices started cautious on the New York Stock Exchange with declines just ahead of advances. The Dow Jones average rose to 968.99, aided by mixed earnings and profit taking. Analysts expect a similar pattern today as Herbert Stein forecasts unemployment near 5 percent by year end 1972 and institutions stay active.

New York Herbert Stein President’s Council of Economic Advisers

Ancient ruler clues and wordplay quiz list

Names listed include Nebuchadnezzar Elijah Samson and Hamilton with clues about ink cloud squab Poland India Labrador and a right sided answer. The items resemble a mixed trivia tally or word association prompts from a puzzle page.

Nebuchadnezzar Elijah Samson Poland Indian Labrador Hamilton

Weather Brief for Northern Valley and Virginia Regions

Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers or thunderstorms tonight and Friday. Temperatures reach the low to mid 70s in Virginia with highs in the 70s to low 80s and a 50 percent rain chance. Extended forecast calls for more clouds and scattered showers Saturday with a mild weekend in the 60s and 70s. Sunrise sunset and rainfall totals for Winchester area noted with historical averages and monthly totals.

Pacific Northwest Texas Oklahoma New England

Jury Indicts Escapee for Kidnap Murder

Ronald Brewer Knox, 24, a Delaware prison escapee, faces federal kidnapping murder charges in the death of Bruce Allen Peterson, 20, a Maryland college student from Newton, Conn. Peterson's body was found near Emporia, Virginia, along I 95 earlier this year. Knox was arrested in Fayetteville North Carolina on August 16 while driving a pickup owned by Peterson. Authorities say Peterson was shot after giving Knox a ride. The indictment was returned in Norfolk and sent to the U S attorney's office here.

Richmond, Va Ronald Brewer Knox Delaware Bruce Allen Peterson Newton Fayetteville N.C Peterson Knox

Park land dispute and annexation bill cause board standoff

Tense board session ends abruptly after debate over Rt 672 mining footage and debris dumping near Brucetown Clearbrook-Stephenson. Citizens seek court action against Frey Co if limits are exceeded. Separately, board funds dispute with former Commonwealth's Attorney E Eugene Gunter over 1968 1971 annexation services to be decided. A chicken barbecue by Capon Valley Ladies Auxiliary closes the day.

Atchley Mr. Cole Raymond Sandy Cole Mr. Atchbey Brucetown Clearbrook - Stephenson Frey State Air Pollution Control Board Commonwealth E. Eugene Gunter Gunter Richard Madigan Annexation Court Madigan

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