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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1968

Page

2

Obituaries for Kiger Miller Wilson in Martinsburg region

Funeral services are scheduled for Margaret Owens Kiger 43 of 811 S Braddock St at Jones Funeral Home with Dr E T Clark. Burial will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Also noted is the death of Reverend Edward D Miller 92 a Mennonite minister in Inwood West Virginia and a Martinsburg area obituary for John Edgar Wilson 77 of Berryville with service details pending at John H Enders Funeral Home.

Margaret Owens Kiger S. Braddock St Winchester Memorial Hospital Jones Funeral Home E. T. Clark Eddie G. Shanholtz George T. Butler James F. Fauver Vernon E. Lonas Ben Belchie Demo J. Semeples Mount Hebron Cemetery Elsie C. Wilson John Elmer Wilson William Earnest Wilson Mary W. Pyne Chlora Webster Lola Lucas Fanenie Dodge Robert Wilson Lena Webster Issac Wilson Jacob Wilson John H. Enders Berryville

Cramer to Keynote 7th District GOP Convention in Harrisonburg

Rep William Cramer of Florida will deliver the keynote at the 7th District Republican Convention in Harrisonburg tomorrow. Delegates from the district will gather at 10 a.m. at Belle Meade Restaurant to nominate a GOP candidate for Congress and elect district officials including a district chairman and delegates to the National Convention.

Rep Cramer William Cramer Florida Harrisonsburg Belle Meade 7Th District del. A. R Pete) Giesen, Jr Staunton Repulican House Public Works Committee Rep. Cramer Public Works

Cornwell Rites Set After Clarke County Farmer Dies

Daniel S Silas Cornwell 88 a retired farmer of Millwood died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. He was born November 13 1897 in Clarke County son of Abner Norman and Henrietta McDonald Cornwell. Survived by wife the late Ida Hummer Jones Cornwell seven grandchildren sixteen great grandchildren and several relatives. Funeral service set for tomorrow at 4 p.m. by Rev. Harry Hall at Green Hill Cemetery burial to follow.

Edward D. Miller Inwood W. Va Mr. Miller Somerset County Daniel J Lucretia Fuller Miller Mennonite Church Inwood Evangelical United Brethren Church Inwoods Bunker Hill Lions Club Musselman Co Anna F. Curr Miller Miller Fayette County Clark Miller Curtis Miller Bon Air Daniel Miller Berea Ohio Earl Lautenschlager Wooster Kyle Phillips Cuyahoga Falls W. W. Pettus Oakland Fred Lohr Lancaster Charles Shoemaker Scottdale Inwood Eub Church Millard Floyd Rest Cemetery Rest Daniel Silas Cornwell Millwood Winchester Memorial Hospital Ida Hummer Jones Cornwell Mr. Cornwell Clarke County Abner Norman Henrietta McDonald Cornwell Frances Vermillion Warrenton Rose Esteppe Front Royal John Cornwell Preston Cornwell Hugh Jones Vashti Carroll Fairfax Peter Cornwell Eunice Maxine Stephens Hair Lincoln Ave Berryville Hair, Jr Barbara Lynn Hair John H. Enders Dunn

Mims Named Top Boss at Harrisonburg Event

D Lathan Mims editor and general manager of the Harrisonburg Daily News Record and president of Page News and Courier received the Boss of the Year Award at the Harrisonburg Secretaries Night dinner. He was nominated by secretary Fay Ashenfelter.

D. Lathan Mims Harrisonburg Secretaries’ Association Mims Harrisonburg Daily News Record Weekly Page News and Courier Luray Fay Ashenfelter Joan Dellinger Harrisonburg National Secretaries Association Winston O. Weaver Rockingham Constructionr Co

Escapee Convicted of Kidnap Involving Bristol Man

Franklin Delano Horne, a Massachusetts prison escapee, was found guilty by a U S District Court jury of kidnapping Howard Avery Garrett of Bristol Tennessee and Linda Lou Hill of Abingdon Virginia. He allegedly forced them to drive him to West Virginia on May 29 last year before being arrested in a Virginia state garage. He was reportedly serving 7 to 10 years for robbery when he escaped on May 21.

Greenville, Tenn Massachusetts U.S Bristol, Tenn Franklin Delano Horne West Virginia Charles G. Neese Howard Avery Garrett Bristol Linda Lou Hill Abingdon Horne Garrett Massachusetts Correctional Institution

No Early Peace Seen In Strike

A federal court ruling and a weekend strike vote fail to clear the muddied waters of a Virginia telephone workers walkout. The CWA seeks dissolution of an injunction barring picketing at a Norfolk building as it pressures wage reopener talks with Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co by May 2.

Richmond Virginia Communications Workers of America Richmond U. S. District Court Robert R. Merhige Jr Norfolk D. Carleton Mays Dinwiddie Mer

Living Costs Rise in March Reach Eight-Month High

Washington says consumer prices climbed four tenths of a percent in March the largest monthly gain in eight months. About 43 million workers saw reduced purchasing power despite high wages as prices rose at a four percent annual pace over six months. Arnold Chase of the Bureau of Labor Statistics downplays immediate price controls given Vietnam peace prospects.

Washington Arnold Chase Bureau of Labor Statistics Vietnam Chase

Five Day Weather Forecast For Virginia

Partly cloudy and not as cold tonight with a low in the 40s. Saturday showers and a bit warmer. Temperatures for the five day period near normal with daytime highs 68 to 76 and nights in the 40s. Rain expected over one half inch during the first and middle of the week.

Johnson Youth Graduates From Gary Job Corps Center

James Johnson eighteen of Winchester graduated yesterday at the Gary Job Corps Center ceremony in the Gary Theatre San Marcos Texas. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Paul J Johnson of 314 Liberty Ave. Center director Wallace D Dockall praised his progress in vocational and academic work and noted his strong determination and promising future.

James Johnson Winchester Gary Job Corps Center Gary Theatre San Marcos Tex Paul J. Johnson Liberty Wallace D. Dockall Gary Center

Mount Pleasant Evangelical United Brethren Rummage Sale

A rummage sale runs today at the corner of Loudoun and Cork Streets and again tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sponsored by Mount Pleasant Evangelical United Brethren Church, the sale ends at 9 p.m. tonight.

Loudoun and Cork Sts Mount Pleasant

Wall Street gains hold in mixed early trading

The New York Stock Exchange opened with gains outnumbering losses about 120 issues while the average edged higher. GM and RCA posted small advances amid market chatter of a control struggle, with some blue chips lagging and several issues turning down on the day.

NEW York New York Stock Exchange M-Gm RCA U.S General Motors Chrysler Ford American Motors Crowell Collier Union Carbide International Paper du Pont Phelps Dodge Ixerox Penn Central

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