Obituaries and funeral notices from Clarke and Jefferson counties
Obituaries recall Bessie Bailey who died in 1962 leaving five sons Norman Rush J William Rush John Paul Rush and three Edinburg daughters Mary Thompson Lena Ritenour and Larue Silcott as well as many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral planned at Dellinger Funeral Home Woodstock with burial at Cedarwood Cemetery and services by Rev C H Martin Jr. Burial details and viewing times included. Other notices list Carpenter family members from Berryville and Green Hill Cemetery burial with services at Enders Funeral Home Berryville. Also John Isaac Grimes of Jefferson County dies with funeral at Enders Berryville and burial at Franklintown Cemetery. Beverly Gene Jones of Alexandria dies. remembered as World War II veteran and Bulah Baptist Church member with service at Omps Funeral Home and Mount Hebron Cemetery. Operations note viewing times and family survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Rush
Baltimore
J. William Rush
Winchester
John Paul Rush
Mary Thompson
Lena Ritenour
Larue Silcott
Edinburg
Dellinger Funeral Home
Woodstock
C.H. Martin, Jr
Cedarwood
Carpenter
Clarke County
Joshua and
Osborne Mary Wiggington
Frank S. Carpenter, Jr
William R. Carpenter
W Carpenter
Frances Carpenter
Mary Franklin
Isabel Galloway
Virginia Maloney
Elaine Robertson
Berryville
Minnie Ott
Rawson
W.va
Anna Travers
Arlington
Beverly Gene Jones
N. King St
Alexandria
Mr. Jones
Emma Mae Brannon Huber
Deerfield Beach
Fla
William Harrison Jones
Bulah Baptist Church
Franconia
G. Lawson Huber
Harrison R. Jones
Round Hill
Omps Funeral
David Lee
Mount Hebron
Relics Found As Round Pond Drained After 40 Years
Dredging Kensington Garden Park Round Pond unearthed relics from the 1920s including model boats, army tin hats from celebrations after the war, and a sceptre from a nearby Queen Victoria statue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kensington Garden Park
Round Pond
Queen Victoria
Five die five missing in New Jersey gang war
Police say a fifth victim is missing as a wave of unsolved slayings hits Hudson County and nearby towns. Names linked to New York mob families surface in investigations while prosecutors crack down on major figures like Gerardo Catena and Simone DeCavalcante. The latest victim, William Pischedda, 34, was found shot in the trunk of a Rutherford car on April 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N.J
Hudson County
New Jersey State Police
New York
Gerardo Catena
Vito Genovese
Cosa Nostra
State Investigation Commission
SIC
Simone Rizzo
Sam the
DeCavalcante
New Jersey
Joseph ‘Joe Bayonee
Zica
Pischedda
Rutherford
North Jersey
New York City
Obituaries for Lewis R Smith and Gordon W R Plaskett
Lewis R. Smith 81 of 503 National Ave died yesterday in Winchester. He was born January 9, 1890 in Frederick County and worked for Virginia Woolen Co before retiring in 1955. Survived by nieces nephews and sister Mrs. Charles Edmundson. Funeral Saturday at 3 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home officiated by Rev William A Lyons. Gordon W R Plaskett 96 of Rio West Virginia died Tuesday at Hampshire Memorial Hospital Romney. Born March 24, 1875 in Middletown Connecticut he lived with Mr and Mrs Cleland Smith of Rio. He leaves a nephew Gordon Stephens and a niece Mrs Helen George. Funeral Thursday at 4 p m in Arkansas Lutheran Church Rio with burial in Arkansas Cemetery Rio. Body at Loy Funeral Home Wardensville and will be taken to church one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis R
Lew) Smith
National Ave
Mr. Smith
Frederick County
James F
Mary Evans Smith
Ruth Wemeldorf
Winchester
Virginia Woolen Co
Charles Edmundson
Jones Funeral Home
William A. Lyons
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Gordon W.R. Plaskett
Rio
W.va
Hampshire Memorial Hospital
Romney
Mr. Plaskett
Middletown
Conn
George
Mary Smith Plaskett
London
England
Cleland Smith
Gordon Stephens
California
Helen George
Georgia
Arkansas Lutheran Church
Cecil Bradfield
Arkansas
Loy Funeral Home
Wardensville
Watts Named President of Winchester Lions Club
Dabney W. Watts, commonwealth's attorney for Winchester, will be installed as president of the Winchester Lions Club on July 1. New officers include Robert W. Smallwood, E. William Duncan, Donald K. Jones, James Keena, Wilbur R. Johnston, Charles Phares, and Marshall Carper with Mike Luby and Henry Godfrey as second year directors. Watts, a Richmond native and 1940 Washington and Lee AB graduate, served in the Navy Amphibious Force and earned an LLB in 1947. He has been the city's commonwealth's attorney since May 1949 and chairs several bar and Civil War Centennial committees. He and his wife Emmie Gravatt Watts reside at 314 Stonewall Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dabney W. Watts
Commonwealth
Winchester
Winchester Lions Club
Robert W. Smallwood
E. William Duncan
Donald K. Jones
James Keena
Wilbur R. Johnston
Charles Phares
Marshall Carper
Mike Luby
Henry Godfrey
George Garber
Carroll Omos
David Jenkins
David Sisler
Edwin Speakman
Thomas Marchi
MR. Watts
Richmond
Washington and Lee University
Virginia State Bar
United States Navy Amphibious Force
Princeton University
Australia
New Guinea
Philippines
Japan
Washington and Lee University Law School
James P. Reardon
Watts
Stonewall Ave
Kiwanis Praise Handley and James Wood Key Club Leaders
Winchester Kiwanis welcomed Handley Key Club president Kit Molden and James Wood Key Club president Don Packard. Packard was named outstanding Lieutenant Governor of Capital District and for best divisional report. Handley swept best scrapbook and Rescue Squad radio marathon honors. James Wood earned most spirited and best single project for aiding Highland Avenue fire victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
James Wood Key Clubs
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Capital District Key Club
Kit Molden
Handley Key Club
Don Packard
James Wood Key Club
Packard
Capital District
Handley’s Key Club
James Wood Key
Highland Ave
Kiwanis Club
Winchester
James Wood
Wall Street mixed as profits dip amid earnings optimism
Profit taking hit blue chips while most stocks rose on gains in earnings and March leading Economic Indicators. The Dow fell 1.41 to 949.41 at 10:30 AM as advances outpaced declines on the NYSE and investors eyed continuing earnings strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Donnelley
Admiral
Greyhound
Goodyear
Faberge
Occidental Petrleum
Frederick Winchester Residents Sponsor Mt Carmel Church Symposium
Frederick Winchester residents will sponsor a Sunday symposium at Mt Carmel Baptist Church at 7 p m Rev John D Jenkins of Luray headed the Education department of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and formerly pastor of Mt Carmel Church Rev Edward T Taylor is the present Mt Carmel minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Winchester
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
John D. Jenkins of
Luray
T of Education
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Mt. Carmel Church
Edward T. Taylor
Mt. Carmel
Weather snapshot and scattered historical notes
Clear tonight with lows in the 30s to 40s and a 60s day tomorrow in Virginia. The extended forecast shows a chance of rain Saturday, then fair on Sunday and Monday. Rainfall totals, dates, and mentions of Paul Revere and other items appear in a jumble of notes and figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
U.S. Seeks Detachment From Formosa Quarrel
The United States moves to detach from the long Formosa dispute between Peking and the Nationalist government while reaffirming defense commitments to Formosa. State Department spokesman Charles Bray says resolution should be negotiated between the two Chinese regimes and pursued by peaceful means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
United States
Peking
Formosa
State Department
Charles Bray
Bray
U.S
Taiwan
Washington-Peking
Joint Faculty Recital at Shenandoah College
A public joint faculty recital closes Alumni Day at Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music. Eight conservatory faculty perform works including Beethoven piano sonata Op.109, Bellini aria Qui la voce, Wieniawski Scherzo Tarantella, Solomon Etudes to Spring, Hindemith Horn and Piano, and Pagliacci duet. Features Jerry Ann Bond, Jacob Blatt, Elizabeth Temple, Theodore Lapina, Lloyd Robb, John Wunderlich, and Gerald Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah College and
Conservatory of Music
Conservatory
Henry Black
Beethoven
Jerry Ann Bond
Sunday sermon quote sparks controversy on evolution
In 1925 Billy Sunday denounced ministers who teach evolution as stinking skunks, hypocrites, and liars, reflecting the era’s fierce anti evolution rhetoric within Protestant circles. The remark highlights the clash between science and religion in the 1920s United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Sunday
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jacob P. Rush
Bessie Bailey
Frank S. Carpenter
John Isaac Grimes
Jefferson County
W. Va
John H. Enders
Fielding Davenport
John Hale
Grimes
Anna Coleman Grimes
Philadelphia
John Edward Grimes
Charles Curry
Joseph Berry
Stanley Underwood
Ralph Underwood
William Johnson
Russell Lewis
Franklintown
Beverly G. Jones
Mr. Lewis R
Lew’’ Smith
Mr. Orville J. Mercier
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Funeral Home
Amherst ST
DIAL
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Atmeste
Pizpra
Bernard
Groves
Hudson
William
Lewis R. Smith
Gordon Plaskett
PIFER
S. Loudoun St
Lions Club
Joseph P. Roby Siler
Mutual Omaha
Company
Life Insurance
United of Omaha Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company
Omaha, Nebraska
Wall Street
Paul Revere
Canton
Mass
Somerset Maugham
National Boxing Asso
National Basketball Asso
Green
the People of
The
Federal Trade Commission
Neil Armstrong
Thomas Edison
Pacific Coast
South
Florida
Associated Press
Albany
Albu
Amarillo
Asheville
Atlanta
Birmingham
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Clay
Duluth
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Green Bay
Helena
Honolulu
Houston
Indiapolis
Ville
Juneau
Kansas City
Piixies
Woki
Shenandoah
SCOUT
International
REO Army
Loudoun St
Wz. So
N. Cameron St
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!