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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1969
Page
2
Obituary notices list Nellie Cassort 77 of Baltimore and Mamie Rinker 75 of 346 Virginia Ave. services set at Haights and Jones funeral homes. Also John Kines 84 of Upperville and Vernie Carper 73 of 19 Peyton St. with church and cemetery services. Additional brief notes on war veterans and family connections.
Funeral services are announced for Mrs. Catherine V. Clatterbuck on Wednesday at 11 00 A M at Jones Funeral Home for Mrs Mamie Virginia Binker on Wednesday at 1 30 P M and for Mrs Vernie B Carper on Thursday at 11 00 A M.
Catherine W. Clatterbuck, 85, of Chester Pennsylvania died Saturday. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Henry S. Amidon officiating. Pallbearers are Carter Fisher, Ernest B. Jordan Jr., L. Marshall Boyd, Jack G. Swanson, George W. Clowser Jr., and Robert C. Cooper. Burial follows at Shenandoah Memorial Park. The family will receive friends this evening from 7 to 9 at Jones Funeral Home.
The Dow fell about 2.35 points to 915.16 at 10:30 a.m. amid news the administration backs repealing the 7 percent investment tax credit. Trading was active with many issues down while a few rose, and the AP average also dropped. A stray note mentions a routine George Washington document valued at roughly $200 but with a clipped signature worth about $50.
Supreme Court ends welfare residency limits, estimated to raise relief costs by 125 to 175 million dollars annually nationwide. 100,000 to 200,000 people may benefit, while states with higher payments could see outmigration and budget relief from federal sharing. Officials warn tighter budgets as migration patterns emerge and costs rise.
The Rev. Fred C. Wray a United Methodist missionary in India will speak at several Winchester area locations this week. He will address Clarke County Ministerial Association in Berryville at noon tomorrow meet Kernstown UMC Winchester at 4 pm and present a missions program at Crums UMC near Berryville 7 30 pm Also Thursday he will address Shenandoah College students and attend a noon lunch at Front Royal UMC followed by a program and speak at Luray UMC In Front Royal Friday he will meet Bible classes at Randolph Macon Academy and attend Ste phenson UMC at 4 pm and Welltown Church at 630 pm Wray has returned to the United States for a yearlong furlough living in Falls Church Va He has been with Leonard Theological College in Jabalpur India since 1957 teaching pastoral theology assisting in administration and library duties He is a Schuyler Va native and alum of Lynchburg College Wesley Theological Seminary and Boston University He and his wife Naomi have three children
Three boys aged 8, 11, and 12 were to appear in juvenile court in Norfolk accused of fatally burning Dabney Hawkins Sr., 57, who was found after being set alight while resting in a field near railroad tracks. Detective W W Cherry noted Hawkins was conscious and attempting to extinguish the flames when officers arrived. The youths gave no motive.
A downtown Charlottesville supermarket burned after a malfunctioning heating fan started the blaze. Owner J Elmer Estes estimated stock losses at 50 60 thousand dollars as flames caused major roof collapse before firefighters from four units contained the blaze. No injuries were reported.
Sirhan Sirhan, defending himself and appealing to the jury, argues against execution of sick defendants in California in a case tied to Robert Kennedy's assassination. Attorney Russell Parsons questions state practices as Cooper delivers final statements portraying Kennedy's killer as a mentally ill Palestinian Arab. Kennedy’s post assassination reflections on justice are cited.
A county information session will be held at 8 p.m. at the Woodstock Fire Hall to explain proposed constitutional changes. State Senator J Kenneth Robinson and delegates Don Funkhouser and Don Earman will discuss the recent General Assembly special session and take questions. Refreshments will follow.
Round Hill firemen report no major damage after two separate fires on Rt. 50 West near Winchester. At 6:30 p.m. a car wiring fire near Wonderland Gift Shop was extinguished, followed by a 7:55 p.m. pickup truck fire in the same area.
Var cloudiness with a chance of showers through Wednesday plus light snow in the mountains tonight. Lows tonight 35 to 45, Wednesday highs 55 to 60, some upper 40s in the highlands. Thursday to be fair and less cool. Noon high 54, low 46. yesterday's high 67, low 47. Sunset 6:57 p.m. and sunrise 5:25 a.m.
Recent rainfall for the 24 hours to 8 a.m. on April 26 shows 2.97 inches year to date 1969 totals 7.27 inches. Five year January to December rainfall values are listed from 1961 to 1969 with monthly totals and yearly sums. Average monthly rainfall across 56 years is given for each month and the annual average is 36.43 inches.
Police Chief F M Funk reminded that last June the City Council enacted a 1 to 5 a.m. downtown parking ban. The ordinance targets Loudoun Cameron Braddock Fairfax Amherst Piccadilly Wolfe Cork streets to aid snow removal and street cleaning in the downtown area.
New Market Town Council discussed a proposed annexation of about 1789 acres in Shenandoah County and requested the circuit court to add roughly 2 759 square miles to the town's 167 acres. Charles Perry urged the council to join his protest letter to the State Highway Department about an Interstate 81 rest stop near his property. The council voted to send Perry's letter with his.
Nancy and her husband Robert Milligan study law at the University of Nebraska. She recalls summer rides in Idaho and biking to fetch papers, plans to return to Washington for summer, meet locals in Winchester, and attend the Nixon inauguration during a fifth grade trip.
The School Board announced May 30 as a holiday for Winchester students to replace the unused snow day. The meeting also covered the National School Boards Association gathering in Miami attended earlier this month by Wilson Dickson.
A compact set of quiz style items including Gibralter La Cross Bashful Doc Dopey Grumpy Happy Sleepy and Sneezy with a quote You may fire when ready Gridley, a mountain climber location Oslo Norway and the Matterhorn. No item for number 9 and thirty for number 10.
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