This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1971
Page
2
Obituary notices report the deaths of James J. Coughlin of Fairmont and Edyth E. Brown of Clearbrook with service details. James J. Coughlin left a wife and children. Edyth Brown left siblings and cousins. Additional notices list Katharine Reid of Round Hill, and Richard R. Anderson of Winchester, with funeral arrangements and donation requests to cancer funds.
Mrs. Anna Margaret Kline 81 of Middletown died yesterday in hospital. Widow of Roger Ansley Kline she was born August 20 1889 in Middletown. She leaves two sisters Emory Matthews and George Carbaugh and a brother James Rogers. Funeral Sunday at 2 p.m. at Stover Funeral Chapel Strasburg conducted by Revs Jester and Andrew with burial in Mt. Carmel Cemetery Middletown.
Funeral for Mrs Gladys Hestell Hillyard 43 of Boyce will be held tomorrow at 1 30 pm at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Jesse E Tate Jr officiating Pallbearers are W S Yowell C P Hillyard B F Hillyard J W Hillyard E E Hillyard and L B McDonald Lewis E Hart 46 of Berryville dies at Winchester Memorial Hospital Hart born February 26 1925 Clarke County son of Esther Stolle Hart and J Frank Hart member of Berryville Presbyterian Church active in American Legion John H Enders Fire Co Veterans of Foreign Wars Clarke County Honor Guard served in US Air Corps 1942 employed by US Government Corps of Engineers survived by widow Dorothy Pope one sister Mrs John L Enders Berryville children Mrs Gary F Chapman Brenda Frizi Karen Hart J Frank Hart one granddaughter DeEtra Chapman and one niece Mrs Richard Wood of Salem burial in Green Hill Cemetery Berryville volunteer rescue squad is noted in text
C&P plans raise Gainesboro rates to align with Winchester and Stephens City proposals. Individual service would rise from 5.25 to 6.35 dollars, two party from 4.25 to 5.25, four party from 3.75 to 4.40, and rural from 4.00 to 4.70. Long distance would increase by a nickel on many calls, with a new one minute night rate. A $1 monthly charge for non listed numbers and other service changes are also proposed.
A forest fire of undetermined origin scorched about 25 acres at the top of Great North Mountain in Shenandoah County. Forty men fought the blaze for nearly six hours starting around 3 p.m. two miles north of the Atlantic Seaboard crossing, with flames running along both sides of the mountain. Volunteers from McLean aided in containment as winds spread timberland fires across 1800 acres in the state, with danger persisting until rainfall arrives. Richard Demorest will guest teach at Chestnut Grove United Methodist Church Sunday at 10 a.m.
Judges for the Raritan beauty contest tomorrow at 8 p.m. at James Wood High School are Miss Linda Grimsley Miss Linda Batchelor and Edgar Rohr. Grimsley is a Mosby Academy graduate and past Virginia Hairdressers Association winner who was in the National Hairdressers convention in Chicago last July and works as a court reporter. Batchelor, a Cedar Rapids native and Martinsburg graduate, moved to Winchester in 1970 and works for G and M Music Center. Rohr of Manassas is a former Antique Automobile Club of America president and serves as vice president of finance and budget.
In Suffolk, gambling charges against 10 of 11 men were dismissed by a local court. The remaining defendant faced unresolved counts as prosecutors considered next steps.
Facts cover environmental tips from dye harming fish to plastic fumes and long lasting pesticide toxicity. It notes a Glassphalt street in Fullerton last October and recycling centers in Winchester with Boy Scouts staffing Saturday receptions. A Nansemond County Court case dismisses 11 defendants and suspends N B Meyers game warden amid gambling allegations.
A worker bee stores only about one tenth of a pound of honey during its entire life, highlighting the modest productivity of individual pollinators in the hive.
The Potomac English Handbell ensemble directed by Mrs. Nancy Poore Tufts performs Sunday at 4 30 PM. The group of 12 to 15 rehearses September to June and offers folk songs carols hymns classics and original bell music.
The Winchester-Frederick County Chamber of Commerce announces SBA representatives will be in the Chamber offices Monday to interview small business owners and prospective entrepreneurs in the area. Executive Director Wade Ferguson notes over 95 percent of local businesses qualify for SBA assistance and invites appointments for interviews.
Wall Street moved lower in early trading as the Dow Jones industrial average fell 0.78 to 937.39 amid continued profit taking and a slow NYSE pace. The market showed narrow advances over declines and Fannie Mae faced a delayed opening after Thursday's close at 68 inch.
The Montague Avenue United Methodist Church Woman's Society of Christian Service will host a country ham or turkey supper tomorrow evening starting at 4 30 for the Building Fund.
The Virginia forecast calls for clear nights with upper 90s in the south and upper 40s to low 50s elsewhere, sunny Saturday with highs near 70 at the shore in the 50s. Extended outlook through Tuesday notes seasonably warm conditions with 60s to 70s highs and mid 40s to low 50s lows.
The survey on reconstructing Fairmont Ave defers to four lanes from Butler Drive area as public input questions the route. Six secondary projects are planned in five years including Rt. 11 and Rt. 81 corridor widenings, new bridges over Back Creek and Cedar Creek, and Rt. 761 improvements. Traffic projections for 1975 and 1990 are cited to justify congestion relief. Tomorrow discusses the role of a soil survey.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.