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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1972
Page
2
Obituaries note the deaths of Dudley Jackson Martin Sr. 69 of Manassas and Mrs Pearl Fiery 92 of Smithsburg with service details, survivors, and burial plans. Other notices include Mrs Viola Smith Winchester and Jack Shumaker 49 Smithsburg, plus Hoye Riley 76 Winchester, with funeral times and burial sites.
The trial centered on Miss Louise Haines as she testified about the morning of Oct. 20 when baby Tracy died after a seizure and a fall. Witnesses including Naomi Glaize and Mary Willis described attempts to summon medical help while defense argued no conclusive link to convulsions. The case featured debate over when death occurred and who bears responsibility.
Mrs. Minnie E. Clarke formerly of Clarke County dies at Meadow Brook Nursing Home Shawsville aged 93. Widow of Levi E. Clarke who died in 1967 born January 8 1879 in Page County daughter of William and Barbara Shenk She was a Boyce Baptist Church member. Survived by daughter Mrs. Mosby Mitchell Roanoke and three grandchildren Maurice L Mitchell William M Mitchell David C Mitchell Newport News. Service conducted Sunday 2 p.m. at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville burial Green Hill Cemetery Berryville family viewing 7 9 p.m. tomorrow night.
James Wood High School was evacuated for about an hour after a second bomb threat in as many days. Police and county officers assisted, no device found, students returned by 11 a.m. investigation continues. The day prior Handley High School also evacuated with no bomb located.
Irene McCabe walking from Detroit to Washington to protest forced school busing has reached near the Jefferson Berkeley county line in West Virginia within 15 miles of the eastern tip. She plans to pass Charles Town today rest Saturday and arrive in Washington by April 27.
A 200 foot long cinderblock wall under construction toppled in a gust of wind, killing Walter Woodson 52 of Petersburg and injuring four others Ernest Lucy Warfield Richard Hudson Matoaca Aubrey Gaines Colonial Heights Everett Jarratt Petersburg. The men employees of K and M Plumbing and Heating Co. were in a six foot ditch when the wall fell. Lucy treated for lacerations and listed in satisfactory condition. The others released after minor injuries.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Winchester Branch hosts an Open House tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the chapel on Apple Pie Ridge off Rt 522 north The Family Home Evening Program theme encourages all church families to attend for an evening of fun learning and sharing Branch president Jack M Grayson and councilors Clifton L Kerns and Maynard A Hausenfluck invite interested persons to attend
Cloudy conditions with rain chances tonight and Saturday. Tonight low mid 40s with 40 percent rain. Saturday high in the 50s to 60s with 60 percent rain in many areas. Also notes sunrise sunset and past rainfall totals for Winchester as of today.
William Warren Sager age 17, son of Dr and Mrs S M Sager of Winchester, won top honors at the 13th Shenandoah Valley Regional Science Fair held at Madison College Harrisonburg. His project A Photographic Study of Galactic Star Clusters named Best in Fair and earned a trip to the International Science Fair in New Orleans. He also won first in Senior Physical Science Boys. Handley students won multiple awards including Bob Green Kodak Award and first in Senior Boys Biological Division for Cryobiology Techniques for Preserving a Proteus through Freezing to 78 Degrees. Cathy Hook took first in Senior Girls Physical Science with Reynolds Experiment for Flow Demonstration. Handley also earned two second places and honorable mentions. The trip was funded by Handley Science Club with Miss Mary Carson and Jon Wilson sponsoring. The Rev Richard Smith to speak at Hebron Baptist Gore Sunday at 7 p.m. He previously served as pastor at Penn State College and is now with Thomas Road Baptist in Lynchburg.
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