Obituaries from Berryville and surrounding areas
Obituary notices report Florence Catherine Leighton 95 of Berryville died after a long illness at her daughter's home. Funeral planned at John H Enders Funeral Home with Berryville Baptist Church deacons assisting. Also noted are obituaries for John Lewis Swartz Ridgeway West Virginia and Russell Randolph Ford Front Royal with funeral details and survivors listed.
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Florence Catherine Leighton
Berryville
Lucy A. Allen
S. Church St
Leighton
Frederick County
Jacob Randolph
Frances Alice Lee Hillyard
Woman’s Missionary Society of the Church
Layton
William Allen
Lonnie G. Huff
Emma A. Watts
Charles Wesley Leighton
John H. Enders
Darryl E. Maxwell
John Lewis Swartz
Ridgeway
W. Va
Kings Daughters Hospital
Martinsburg
Jefferson County
Luther Lee
Nannie Dillon Swartz
First Baptist Church of
West Virginia Volunteer Firemen’s Assn
South Berkeley Fire Company
Esther Montgomery Galloway Swartz
Barbara French
Bunker Hill
Sara Everhart
Thomas Everhart, Jr
Guy William Swartz
Edna Siford
Katherine Peck
Brown Funeral Home
Allan Reading
Rest Cemetery
Martinsburg Lodge 120
Loyal Order of Moose
Russell Randolph Ford
Front Royal
Paramus
N.J
Markham
Lewis N. Ford
Hattie Robinson Ford
Alice Cutteno
Roosevelt
Long Island
N.Y
Russell R. Ford, Jr
Brooklyn
Corrine Ford
Englewood
Alice Lloyd
Mary Ann Jackson
Pittsburg
Rebecca Harrison
Martha’ Bryant
Leesburg
Viola McCrae
Bronx
Dorothy Hampton
Helen McLee
Lilly Ford
Washington, D.C
Morris and
Robert Ford
Pittsburgh
Man vows to raise Titanic on 61st anniversary
London AP reports Douglas Woolley, a 38 year old nylon stocker worker, pledges to refloat the Titanic later this year to claim jewels worth about 200 million dollars. He partners with Hungarian professors Balas and Szaszkoe to use a bathysphere and hydrogen lifting tanks. Plans include a pilot on the Queen Elizabeth in Hong Kong first, then Titanic salvage and return to Liverpool as a museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Douglas Wooley
Woolley
Newfoundland
Budapest
Ambros Balas
Laszlo Szaszkoe
Danube
Hong Kong
Liverpool
Marine College
Man Held for Grand Jury in Shotgun Case
A Frederick County man Calvin Mathew Cain aged 25 was ordered held for the action of a grand jury after being charged with firing a shotgun blast at an occupied state police car. He is free on a 3000 dollar bond with additional charges of brandishing a firearm and resisting arrest continued to June 4. State Trooper J D Howell testified that a shotgun blast hit his car near Stephens City on March 3. 33 pellet marks were found, no injuries reported.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Calvin Mathew Cain
J. D. Howell
Stephens City
Howell
Little Theatre Secures Land For New Building
Winchester Little Theater Inc received a one acre vacant lot on Hollingsworth Drive across Town Run from Shawnee Springs Nursing Home. The gift came Tuesday from Thomas G. Scully and his wife Bentley, with plans to rezone for theater use and begin site work. A $45,000 fundraising drive is planned to finance the project and future building and a tent may host a summer performance. The troupe previously performed at Bark Mill Theater, which closed in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Little Theater, Inc
Hollingsworth Drive
Shawnee Springs
Thomas G. Scully
Bentley
Morgan Mill Reopens Today At Carter Hall Site
MILLWOOD The Burwell Morgan Mill will reopen today and stay open Saturdays and Sundays for several months. Friday and Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 12 to 6. The Old Mill, built by Hessian prisoners under Gen. Daniel Morgan for Col. Nathaniel Burwell, was restored in 1964 and dedicated in 1971.
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Millwood
Burwell- Morgan
Daniel Morgan
Nathaniel Burwell
Virginia Governor Ends Trade Mission to Europe
Gov Linwood Holton concluded a two week reverse investment trade mission to France and England returning to Virginia optimistic about outcomes. The group met 115 to 120 business leaders, aiming to attract European plants and distribution centers to Virginia with a partnership investment model backed by foreign capital and US technical resources.
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Richmond
Linwood Holton
France
England
Virginia
Holton
J. Frank Alspaugh
State Division of Industrial Development
Norfolk
Gas burners opened by toothpick unclogs clogged flames
A simple method to fix clogged gas burners involves inserting a toothpick into the burner to clear the obstruction. Caution is advised to avoid damage or fire risk during the procedure.
Prince William Ponders 54.1 Million Budget
Prince William County supervisors review a 54.1 million dollar proposal for fiscal year 1973 74. The plan requires higher property taxes from 4 60 to 4 99 per 100 assessed value unless federal revenue sharing funds offset the increase. Public hearings begin later this month with May 1 as the adoption deadline.
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Mansassas
Prince William
J. J. Salovaara
N. C. Sharp
L. Ross Leith
Answers and dates from a December 7 1941 page
A compact list drawn from a 1941 newspaper page includes Pills Elvis Presley Thomas Edison Ranier China Tin Skiing Language and Philadelphia Pa with no clear narrative connecting items. The fragmentary items hint at miscellaneous notes or briefs rather than a developed story or feature.
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Elvis Presley
Thomas Edison
Ranier
China
Philadelphia
White Cane Days in Middletown Wraps Up
The Middletown Lions Club concludes White Cane Days with members door to door seeking donations of money and used eyeglasses to aid the visually impaired. Proceeds support blindness prevention, aid to the blind, and access to medical exams and corrective aids per a mayoral proclamation by Neil Stallings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Lions Club
Neil Stallings
Jaycees Plan Easter Picnic At Camp 7
The White Post Correctional Unit Jaycee Chapter plans an Easter fund-raising picnic April 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the prison ballpark. Richard Armstead says the event invites the community to learn about their unit and support programs. Admittance is $1 per person, under 12 free, with refreshments and activities including dance music a softball game and a dance contest.
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White Post
Double Tollgate
Richard Armstead
Jaycees
Brothers Indicted in Cattle Rustling Case
A federal grand jury indicted two brothers William H. Burnopp and Jacob H. Burnopp on interstate transportation of stolen cattle. William admitted taking three cows from Alderson Livestock Market to Radford Virginia and Jacob transported one from Dublin Virginia to Caldwell Greenbrier County. Bench warrants were issued for Hendrix Moses Coffee and Ronald Michael Dunford after they failed to appear at a hearing on last month’s rustling case.
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Bluefield
W.va
William H. Burnopp
Millersville
Jacob H. Burnopp
Princeton
William Burnopp
Alderson
Radford
Dublin
Caldwell
Greenbrier
Hendrix Moses Coffee
Ronald Michael Dunford
Max Meadow
Red Lanterns and Scrolls Brighten Chinese New Year Home
Crimson lanterns swing as red paper scrolls festoon the home of celebrants in a colorful display for the lunar new year bringing joy and good luck.
Weather forecast for Northern Valley and mountains
The forecast calls for clear and milder conditions tonight with lows in the 30s and near zero rain. Sunday will be partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid 60s and a light shower chance, mainly in the mountains then mostly sunny elsewhere. Extended outlook shows a mild start with near 70 daytime highs and 50s nights, then cooler midweek with 60s highs and 40s lows. A note adds that gold is highly ductile and can be drawn into a long wire.
Rainfall and Weather Totals Highlight Local Report
The bulletin lists 24 hour rainfall to 8 30 am today and totals for April 3 82 inches for the year 1973 and 10 13 inches. It also shows 60 year averages monthly and annual rainfall with 1972 at 53 02 inches and 1930 at 17 15 inches. A Mt Carmel Baptist Church event tomorrow at 6 pm sponsored by Willing Workers Club aids the church. Highs and lows forecast with isolated precipitation through Sunday morning.
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Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Willing Workers Club
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Charles W. Leighton
Mt. Morris Baptist Church
Hume
Memoriay Wareaa aviTanion Ne
Funeral Home
Amherst ST
DIAL
S. Braddock St
Congregational Christian Church
Winchester
Bernard F. Groves
Rosenberner &Co
Commerce St
Little Theatre
Boyd Headley
Headley
James Robinson Jr
Morgan Mill
Gov
Prince William Ponders
Datsun
On Motors, Inc
New & Used Car Dealer
Loudoun St
Olon
Mt. Carmel
Western Gulf
Bro
N. Cameron St
Brumback
C.L
Brumback & Sons
Win
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