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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1962

Page

2

Deaths and Funerals in Winchester and Cumberland

Two obituaries note deaths in Winchester Memorial Hospital and Cumberland Md The first obituary concerns an aged farmer born April 8 1881 son of Robert Emory and Laura Knight Allder widow Virginia Edwards Allder Interment at Green Hill Cemetery Berryville The second obituary reports Russell Lee Walker 71 of 261 St Cumberland Md died Sunday born May 16 1890 survived by three daughters and relatives Funeral services set for Hardy County near Rio W Va and burial at Zion Cemetery with pallbearers named and body resting at Giffin Funeral Home Capon Bridge

Russell Lee Walker Cumberland Winchester Memorial Hospital Hardy County W. Va Minerva Gochenour Walker Nellie Cline Sunnyside Station Bessie Townsend Salisbury Bertha Wingate Harrisburg Edward G. Walker Pearl Walker Linden

Kerfoot Affleck Dies in Vienna Husband of Helen Affleck

Kerfoot A Affleck died Saturday in Vienna. He was married to the late Helen W Affleck and father to Mrs. Robert L Moore of Vienna and John W Affleck of Front Royal. Survived by two sisters Adele Affleck and Mrs Hun ter Kern and a brother Charles J Affleck, all of Winchester, plus three grandchildren. Service set for 2 p.m. at Money King Funeral Home View. Burial at Fairfax Cemetery in Fairfax.

Kerfoot A. Affleck Vienna Helen W. Affleck Robert L. Moore John W. Affleck Front Royal Adele Affleck Hunter Kern Charles J. Affleck Winchester King Funeral Home

Obituary of John S Jackson of Stephenson City Route 1

John Stevenson Jackson age 89 retired businessman of Steph ens City Route 1 died this morning at Lynn Hill Nursing Home Middletown He was born in Lonaconing Md son of Thomas and Jeannette Stevenson Jackson and married to the late Chrys sia M Jackson Survived by daughter Elizabeth Rhoads Sacramento Calif and sister Margaret Lawson Fairmont W Va Funeral service by Rev W B Obaugh will be held tomorrow at 11 am at Jones Funeral Home with burial at Ridings Chapel Cemetery.

John Stevenson Jackson Stephens City Lynn Hill Middletown Mr. Jackson Lonaconing Thomas and Jeannette Stevenson Jackson Chryssia M. Jackson Jackson Elizabeth Rhoads Sacramento Calif Margaret Lawson Fairmont W. Va W. B. Obaugh Jones Funeral Home Ridings Chapel

Funeral service for Richard F Gray in Cumberland Md

A funeral for Richard Franklin Gray, who died Saturday, will be held tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Scarpelli Funeral Home in Cumberland by Rev. Russell Fink. Gray was found dead Saturday morning from an acute heart attack per preliminary autopsy by Dr. Douglass O. Hill. Burial follows at Hillcrest Burial Park in Cumberland.

Richard Franklin Gray Scarpelli Funeral Home Cumberland Russell Fink Gary Douglass O. Hill Hillcrest Burial Park

Funeral service for Walter Roy Willis

Funeral services are announced for Walter Roy Willis of 301 Kerr Street. Family and friends are invited to pay final respects at a local church, with burial following at a nearby cemetery.

Walter Roy Willis Kerr Street

Willis Pallbearers Named for Serene Burial

Willis pallbearers were John F. Milleson J Fred Jones Harry E Cain F Weaver Welch Bernard F Groves Jr and John J Hawse. Burial took place at Shenandoah Memorial Park Cemetery.

Gess, John W. 87, Dies in West Virginia Homecoming

John W. Gess of Pleasant Dale West Virginia died Saturday night at Winchester Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since March 7 He was born February 28 1875 in Hampshire County a son of the late Perry and Phoebe Whitacre Gess His wife Alma Miller Gess preceded him in death January 14 1919 Surviving are two daughters Mrs Alban Smith and Mrs Edgar Parker six sons Chauncey Julian Lyndon Frank Goode and Rev Paul Gess 16 grandchildren six great grandchildren and other relatives He was a member of Sandy Ridge Christian Church The funeral will be held tomorrow at 1 30 PM at Salem Methodist Church Slanesville conducted by Don ald Wright pallbearers are Harry G Sirbaugh Roy Frye Ray Emmart C A Whitacre Ray Pugh Maurice Hiett Honorary pallbearers Odel Roomsburg Burn Whitacre Earl Saville John Haines Maurice Croston and Harry E Hiett Burial will be at Salem Cemetery Funeral Home at Capon Bridge will bring the body to the church at noon tomorrow

John W. Gess Pleasant Dale W. Va Winchester Memorial Hospital Mr. Gess Hampshire County Perry Phoebe Whitacre Gess Alma Miller Gess Alban Smith Edgar Parker Middletown Chauncey Gess Julian Gess Lyndon Gess Martinsburg Frank Gess Bunker Hill Goode Gess Paul Gess Sunday Sandy Ridge Slanesville Donald Wright Martinsburg Church of Christ Harry G. Sirbaugh Roy Frye Ray Emmart C. A. Whitacre Ray Pugh Maurice Hiett Odel Roomsburg Burn Whitacre Earl Saville John Haines Maurice Croston Harry E. Hiett Salem Cemetery Giffin Capon Bridge Salem Church

Berryville Man Montie Tomblin Dies at 63

Montie Tomblin 63 of 9 Farmers Lane Berryville died Saturday night at home. Born July 29 1898 he was an orchardist and Duncan Memorial Methodist Church member. Survived by wife Nellie five children nine grandchildren one brother two sisters. services Sunday at 3 30 pm at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville. Burial in Green Hill Cemetery.

Montie Griffith Tomblin Farmers Lane Berryville Franklin S Sarah Virginia Fowler Tomblin Tomblin Duncan Memorial Methodist Church Nellie Tomblin Charles E. Tomblin Lorraine Dove Mary Lee Brown Purcellville Montie G. Tomblin, Jr Roland F. Tomblin William L. Tomblin Bluemont Ella Bell Edith Reed John H. Enders Early I. Lewis Green Hill Cemetery

Mrs Mildred Turner dies at 67 in Belle Vernon

Mrs Mildred L. Turner age 67 of 1041 Board Ave Belle Vernon Pa died Sunday in the city. She was born in Frederick County daughter of the late Edward L Grimm and Ellen Beatty Grimm and widow of J C Turner. She was a Special Wage Tax Collector for Rost rav er Township and School District and a member of Olive Branch Baptist Church in Rostraver Township.

Mildred L. Turner Board Ave Belle Vernon Turner Frederick County Edward L. Grimm Ellen Beatty Grimm J. C. Turner

Two Quarry Workers Injured In Separate Mishaps

Two quarry workers were injured within an hour at Ste phenson and Rt 50 west. Roy Hoffmaster of Martinsburg suffered wrist and back pain after a railroad car knocked him over during a car jacking on an elevated spur. C R Lupton of Rt 4 was also injured in a quarry incident with details not available at 1 p.m. Memorial Hospital x rays were planned for Hoffmaster and Rescue Squad crews responded to the Perry quarry.

Roy Hoffmaster Martinsburg C. R. Lupton Rt. 4 W. S. Frye Co Hoffmaster Stephenson Memorial Hospital Hoffmaser Stuart Perry Rt. 50 West Charles Ebert Perry Company

Singer Lewis Son Drowns in Pool in Memphis Home

Steve Allen Lewis age 38, son of rock star Jerry Lee Lewis, drowned in a suburban Memphis pool Sunday. He was the child of Lewis and his 17 year old wife Myra Gail Brown Lewis, who wed in 1958 amid uproar that halted an England tour. The boy wandered from the kitchen as Mrs. Lewis and a neighbor conducted a search.

Memphis Lewis

Ranger 4 aims for first active payload lunar landing

The Ranger 4 mission prepares for a 6 000 mile impact with the moon carrying a seismometer temperature gauge and radio transmitter to relay data for 30 days. It also tests a gamma ray spectrometer and radar reflector.

Earth Moon Russia United States

Obituary Notice of Multiple Survivors in Local Family

A family obituary notes two sisters Florence Hughs of Winchester and Katherine McEwen of Cape Coral Florida survive the deceased along with many nieces and nephews. The service led by Rev Jacob W. Mast was held at Jones Funeral Home on Wednesday at 1 30 p m with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery and the body arriving Wednesday morning.

Florence Hughs Winchester Katherine McEwen Cape Coral Florda Jacob W. Mast Jones Funeral

Weather Forecast for Virginia Appears Fair and Cool

Weather report from Virginia shows fair and cooler conditions tonight with lows around 53 along the coast and highs near 70 in the south, 60s in the north. Five day outlook calls for above normal temperatures with a cooler day midweek and chances of showers Thursday or Friday.

Virginia Om the Poe Winchester

Rainfall totals and averages from recent period

Rainfall in the past 48 hours ends 8 30 today stands at 0 03 inches. April rainfall to date is 2 73 inches while 1962 year to date totals 13 06 inches. The long term average for 49 years is 36 96 inches with monthly averages listed between January and December.

Pony Breeders Sale Posts $18 500 Gross

The Eastern Pony Breeders sale at the Farmers Live stock Market grossed 18500 for 70 head sold. A sorrel Shetland yearling consigned by Ernest Bell of New Jersey brought 600 to W S Braithwaite of Shepherdstown WV. A Welsh mare Heidi sold for 550 to Mrs. Jane Clark of Forest Hill MD. A 5 year old Hackney stallion sold for 550 by Nelson J Daniels Holiday Farm Plaistow NH.

Eastern Pony Breeders, Inc Farmers Livestock Market Ernest Bell New Jersey W. S. Braithwaite Shepherdstown W. Va Heidi Harold Driver New Market Jane Clark Forest Hill Nelson J. Daniels Holiday Farm Plaistow N. H

Two Hurt In Weekend Traffic Mishaps

Two people were injured in weekend traffic incidents. A five year old pedestrian on National Ave ran into a car driven by a Stephen son man. A 19 year old from Ft Belvoir was treated after a single vehicle crash on Rt 50 east on the Blue Ridge Mountain.

National Ave Winchester Georgia Page Rudy Douglas Anias Robinson Stephenson Gary Carlson Ft. Belvoir

Two Fires Ignite From Brush Piles

Area firemen were summoned to two fires this weekend, both from trash fires. Enders firemen reported a 3 p.m. blaze at the Crow's Nest starting from an old tree. No damage. Gainesboro crews with Round Hill and John Racey fought a brush fire on the Curitiss Nesselrodt property, burning over two acres.

Enders Berryville Crow’s Nest Gainesboro Round Hill John Racey Nesselrodt

Meteorologist to Address Kiwanis Club

William L. Stirm, advisory agricultural meteorologist for the Weather Bureau, will speak at the Kiwanis Club at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday at the George Washington Hotel and show weather slides. The Weather Bureau adviser is stationed at the university experimental farm in Kearneysville, West Virginia. The Kiwanis board meets Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Lee-Jackson.

William L. Stirm Kiwanis Club George Washington Hotel Mr. Stirm The Weather Bureau University Experimental Farm Kearneysville W. Va Lee-Jackson

Auctions listed for JIM REARDON estate and area sales

A series of auctions announced for late April and early May in Virginia and West Virginia. Items include a 1957 Dodge two door sedan, farm and orchard equipment, furniture, appliances, livestock, and dairy cattle with multiple auctioneers such as Orndorff Cole Weller and Henry Duvall.

Jim Reardon Dennys Commission Dodge Sedan Orndorff & Cole Lloyp Bros Stewart Farm Martinsburg Rt. 11 Tablers Station W.S. Lewis Denny’s Commission Winchester Orndorff & Cole Auctioneers R. F. Weller Hillsboro N. Va Hamn Paper Mill Road W. D. Orndorff A. F. Jenkins Nineveh Charles R. Duvall George G. Levi Julian Glascock Summit Point W. Va

Brill Attends National 4H Conference in Washington

Berryville Virginia youth Donald William Brill is among four Virginians at the 22nd National 4H Conference in Washington. The group attended an Easter sunrise service and took tours. More activities are scheduled through Thursday.

Berryville Donald William Brill Amon Wash

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