Obituaries and Funeral Notices Featured in Winchester Area
Obituaries note C Chandlee Pidgeon 79 formerly of Silver Spring Md died in St Petersburg Fla and a Masonic service was held. James L Morgan Sr 59 of Winchester died at home with service planned. Catherine Shackelford 50 of Ridley Park Pa funeral at Jones Funeral Home. Macao Sin City profile ends with a prompt about tranquil city life.
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C. Chandlee Pidgeon
Silver Spring
St. Petersburg
Mr. Pidgeon
Sandy Spring
Charles M
Katie Duvall Pidgeon
Winchester
U.S. Patent Office
Washington
Ruthvea Pidgeon
Gordon W. Robertson
Bernard von Bernewitz
Rezin E. Pidgeon
Atlanta
Samuel L. Pidgeon
Rt. 1
Berryville
Pauline McCarthy
Chevy Chase
Catherine Shackelford
Ridley Park
Pennsylvania
Jones Funeral Home
Henry S. Amidon
James L. Morgan Sr
Festival Fever Brightens Apple Blossom Week Celebrations
Queen Shenandoah's coronation schedule unfolds with ceremonies on Handley High steps led by Senator Byrd. Celebrities Dizzy Dean Ed McMahon Nicole Jaffe and others arrive for parades breakfasts and receptions. Apple Blossom events include contests rides luncheons dances and fireworks at Ward Plaza.
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West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd
Handley High School
Louvin to perform at Firemen's Reception in Apple Capital
Louvin the Fireman's Marshal arrives in Winchester for a three day stay and multiple events. He will sing tonight at Rouss Fire Hall and at George Washington Hotel with his band and four to five instrumentals. Firemen greet him in a parade and celebrate his visit with the charity event.
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Sal
Stonewall Jackson
Rouss Fire Co
Charlie Louvin
Rouss Fire Hall
Apple Capital
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Bernard F. Groves
Earl Owens
Mr. Louvin
Charlie
Mr. Owens
Four
Func
Louvin
George Washington
Glaize Apple Packing House
Handley High School
Plaza Theatre
James Wood High School
Handley School
Bellevue Hospital Nurses Training School Opens in 1873
Bellevue Hospital in New York the largest city hospital founded the first training school for nurses in 1873 marking a milestone in medical education and nursing.
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Bellevue Hospital
New York
Beverly D Good Funeral Arrangements Incomplete
Funeral arrangements for Beverly D. Good are incomplete as reported. Details on date time and location were not fully available in the notice.
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Beverly D
Lanham Service for Charles F Lanham at Berryville
Funeral service for Charles F Lanham of Boyce will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville conducted by Rev M C Cook. Pallbearers are Eustace Jackson Edward Levi John Pfeffer Lawrence Buckner Harold Buckner and Marshall Feltner. Burial is in Green Hill Cemetery Berryville.
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Charles F. Lanham
Boyce
John H. Enders
Berryville
M.C. Cook
Eustace Jackson
Edward Levi
John Peffer
Lawrence Buckner
Harold Buckner
Marshall Feltner
Green Hill Cemetery
Louvin to headline Chester Apple Capital Firemen event
Country singer Mr Louvin and his band will perform at a public reception at Rouss Fire Hall honoring him. Queen Shenandoah XLII elect Miss Nancy Hardin and local artists join the lineup with parade and pageant events planned through Friday including a grand feature parade and fireworks viewing.
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Rouss Fire Hall
Louvin
Apple Capitol
Carolyn Sue Henry
Winchester Tri-County
Penny DeHaven
Blue Ridge Twirlers
Allen Beake
Shenandoah
Nancy Hardin
Winchester
Frederick County
DeHaven
Ward Plaza
Lee Jackson
Lewis Hyde
Jefferson St
Valley Ave
Apple Capital
Fire Damages Ground Floor Apartment at Brant Building
A ground floor rear efficiency in the Brant Building at 114 N. Cameron St suffered heavy fire and heat damage at 6 35 am. The blaze started near the living room sofa. no one was home. Smoke damaged the unit above and a shared hallway. the Murphy apartment furnishings were largely destroyed. Firefighters from Winchester held the fire to about an hour.
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Brant
N. Cameron St
S.R. Dyke
Richard Shiveley
Murphy
Winchester
Selective Service Office to Close for Two Days
The Selective Service Office Local Boards Nos. 44 and 45 at 20 S Cameron St will close Thursday and Friday May 1 and 2. Those required to register on those days may report the following Monday. In an emergency call Mrs Helen Sandy, secretary to the Board, at 662 7286.
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Selective Service Office
S. Cameron St
Helen Sandy
Pageant scene brings local students to feature Christmas showcases
The week before and night before the festival stage a pageant with Dixettes and James Wood High School snow figures joins Miss Mary Felicia as Miss Christmas. Handley students perform The Waltz on Ice with reindeers from Gay Hill Majorettes as part two. The finale features The Battle Hymn of the Republic with Robby Boyd as Washington and George Steele as Lincoln plus a wide array of local schools and groups. The production closes with a surprise, costumes praised by Mrs. George W. Clowser Jr. and Mrs. Paul Schneider directing. The pageant runs twice after the Coronation, at 3 p.m. tomorrow and 10:30 a.m. Friday.
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Dixettes
James Wood High School
Mary Felicia
Handley
Gay Hill
Cindy Hilbrink
Kim Whitacre
Paige Cather
Mary
Joseph
George Washington
Robby Boyd
Abraham Lincoln
George Steele
Loudoun Valley Physical Education Department
Boy Scouts
Strasburg High School
Musselman High School
James Wood and
Handley Chorus
Shenandoah College
Miss Liberty
Kenney Yost
Uncle Sam
Bryan Kidd
John Mosby Academy
Paul Schneider
Joseph McKee
Shenandoah
President calls for backbone to curb campus violence
Nixon urged faculties and trustees to stand up to student violence in schools and demanded a presidential statement. Separately Peru plans a long range project to clear 3.2 million acres of jungle and resettle 5 250 families for farming.
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Peru
Virginia Five Day Weather Outlook Delivers Mild Warmups
The Virginia forecast calls for clear and colder tonight with patchy frost and lows 35 to 40. Thursday to Monday shows near normal temps with highs 67 to 75 and lows 48 to 53, cooler in the mountains 42 to 46, rainfall about a half inch mainly late week and near the coast Sunday.
Rainfall and Temperature Report with Averages
The report shows 24 hour rainfall to 8 30 a m trace for today with April to date and five year rainfall totals. It lists January through December averages over 56 years and the overall annual average rainfall top line 36 43 inches. Temperature at noon today 58 high 58 low 45 year ago 64 and 37 yesterday’s high was 69. Sunset and sunrise times given with moonrise.
Vietnam peace talks stall as both sides dig in
Paris reports show North Vietnam and the Viet Cong pressing demands for U S troop withdrawals while the Nixon administration accuses them of hindering peace talks. In Saigon, officials say the Viet Cong spring offensive is at a stalemate with no major shelling overnight though more than 200 enemy were killed in several clashes.
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Paris
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Nixon
U.S
United States
Saigon
More Than 70 Cities in Los Angeles County
The article notes that over seventy cities lie within Los Angeles County California highlighting the region's complex municipal landscape and local governance.
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Los Angeles County
California
Harvard Students Face Trespass Charges After Hall Occupation
A District Court judge denied defense motions to drop trespass charges against 174 Harvard students and sympathizers who seized University Hall on April 9. The article notes the high speed record claim by Apollo 8 crew at 24,695 miles per hour.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard
University Hall
Wall Street Gains On Broad Market Advance
Wall Street opened with strong investor enthusiasm as the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbs to 940.20 at 10 30 am up 6.10. Conglomerates led advances with Gulf and Western and National General each up about 1 percent amid a continued Tuesday upside move.
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New York
Coronation procession leads Queen Shenandoah XLII to royal viewing
Coronation officials and Randolph-Macon Academy cadets form a sabre arch as Bobby Pifer carries the crown. The Queen-Elect is escorted by Senator Byrd with attendants Steven Barbour, Thomas Crim, and Bobby Fletcher. After the oath, Mr. Prather presents the Key to the City and a Golden Apple. The Queen and court watch the first performance of Happy Holidays.
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Randolph-Macon Academy
Bobby Pifer
Senator Byrd
Steven Barbour
Thomas Crim
Bobby Fletch
Mr. Prather
Shenandoah XLII
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C. Chandlee
Pidgeon
James Morgen, Sr
James L. Morgan
National Ave
Mr. Morgan
Franklin County
Silas S
Evelyn Lowe Morgan
Valerie Sisk
Hagerstown
Sears Roebuck Company
Frederick County Conservation Club
James L. Morgan, Jr
Stephens City
Ted N. Morgan
SS. Morgan, Jr
Chambersburg
Marie Crawford
Iola
Kansas
Lloyd Morgan
Los Angeles
Calif
Maude Burke
Seattle
Ina Orman
Charles H. Harless
Gilbert P. Smalley
Ralph E. Coates
William A. Carter
Wilmer A. Armstrong
Robert H. Madigan
William E. Fauver
Mount Hebron Cemetery
American Diabetes Association, Inc
East 48Th St
N.Y
Shackleford Service
John J. Zeigler
Carl K. Hamilton
Virgil R. Prince
George B. Boyd
William D. Chrismore
Merlin W. Bly
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Shackelford
Babe) Shackelford
Macao
Sin City
Orient
Belle Grove
Middle
Miss Hardin
Loudoun St
Piccadilly
Corkets
Jay
Dizzy) Dean
ED McMahon
Nicole Jaffe
Miss Jaffee
Leroy Keyes
Purdue
Mayors
Barbara Jo Rubin
Frank Quayle
University of Virginia
County Plaza
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
MDS Funeral Home
Loudoun Street
DIAL
Albert C. Hotle
Our
Ments
Boscawen St
Lanham Service
Firemen’s
Hong Kong
South Vietnam
H.L. Mills
H. L. Mills
S. Loudoun St
Pageant
George W. Clowser, Jr
Virginia
Trace
Yes
France
Germany
Romulus
Sacajawea
Amelia Earhart
Pacific
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Rockies
Plains
Associated Press
Mississippi River
Keithsburg
Weather Bureau
Burlington
Koekuk
Wall Street
Gulf& Western Industries
National General
Ecuador
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Ireland
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