Obituaries from Winchester area list multiple deaths
Obituaries note services for Grace R Massie Nina M Anderson Marjorie Hartley Edna Louise Brown and Reuben Cartwright Jr with services at Jones Funeral Home Omps Funeral Home and graveside rites. Survivors include Massie son John E Massie daughter Lucy Funk and brothers Herbert and Clarence Russell. Burial at Mount Hebron Greenhill Orrick and other local cemeteries.
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Grace R. Massie
Stephens City
Culpeper
Massie
Clarke County
James J
Alice L. Singhass Russell
John M. Massie
Winchester
First Baptist Church
John E. Massie
Staunton
Lucy Funk
Stephenson
Herbert Russell
Clarence Russell
Frederick County
Jones Funeral Home
E.T. Clark
Mount Hebron
Nina M. Anderson
E. Cork St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Luther Brill
Delbert Whitacre
Eddie Powell
Gilbert Whitacre
Kenneth Bromley
Bernard Nott
Douglas Anderson
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Reuben R. Cartwright Jr
New York City
Mr. Cartwright
Belcross
N.C
R.R. Cartwright
New Sawyers Creek
Mildred Cartwright
George Ralph Cartwright
Nora B. Riddick
Annie L. Honeyblue
Edna Louise Brown
Paper Mill Road
Brown
Shenandoah County
Julius and
Stella Bowers Keller
Cork Street Christian Church
Royal Neighbors of America
Otis William Brown
Ernest Lee Brown
Strasburg
Mildred Cameron
Rockville
Omps Funeral Home
Frederick County School Board Sets Attendance Area Policy
The Frederick County School Board approved a policy tying student attendance to the zone of residence with exceptions for homes under construction or renovation. Rules cover moving timelines, a single zone rule for sold homes, and special disposition applications. The meeting also touched on Senate Bill 410 sickle cell testing, three special education scholarship grants, a $750,000 Literary Fund loan for a new Apple Pie Ridge elementary, and a $75,000 Title I project approval.
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Frederick County
School Board
Melton Wright
Board of Supervisors
Literary Fund of Virginia
Apple Pie Ridge
Wright
State Department of Education
Parker Easy Winner in 29th District
Lewis W. Parker a South Hill businessman won the 29th District Virginia House of Delegates race in a special election to fill the seat of the late Del W C Cleaton. Parker led with 3278 votes compared with Dr John van Hoy 2120 and W Harrison Land 2040 and J W Bland 1246.
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South Hill
Lewis W. Parker
Virginia
House of Delegates
Parker
del. W. C. Cleaton
Mecklenburg
Brunswick
John van Hoy
Chase City
W. Harrison Land
St. Paul’s College
Lawrenceville
J. W. Bland
Brunswick County
Land
Southside
van Hoy
Bland
Cleaton
House
Byrd Organization
House Finance Committee
Warren County Board Advances Emergency Electrical Ordinance
The Warren County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to advertise an emergency electrical ordinance to make it permanent. A public hearing is set for 3 p.m. September 5. The panel postponed discussion on elderly real estate tax relief to August 15. They also appointed a committee to work with the Commonwealth's Attorney on quarry powers and zoning plans. The board released the Planning Commission’s five district zoning concept and approved $160.83 for flood-related expenses from Hurricane Agnes.
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Front Royal
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Commonwealth
John Ewell
James Whetzel
Elizabeth Malta
John Marlow
Warren County
Planning Commission
Warren County Planning Commission
Nixon's New Hydrofoil Due Tomorrow
Port officials in Baltimore report Nixon will receive the 28 foot Volga 70 hydrofoil aboard the Soviet freighter Bratsk. The gift from Leonid Brezhnev follows Nixon's U S R visit, with Nixon replying by presenting Brezhnev a Cadillac.
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Baltimore
Nixon
Soviet Union
Bratsk
Leonid I. Brezhnev
U.S.S.R
Brezhnev
Wall Street Higher as Kissinger Report Boosts Markets
Stocks rose in moderate trading as the Dow inched up to 935.81 and advances outpaced declines two to one on the NYSE. Analysts linked gains to expectations of Henry Kissinger's Hanoi report to President Nixon, with GM and AMC among active movers and strong second quarter results noted.
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New York
Dow Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Kissinger
John Smith
Fahnestock & Co
Smith
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
Nixon
Telex
American Motors
General Motors
Space Shuttle Lasers Announce Layoffs Amid Contract Loss
McDonnell Douglas plans to discharge 11 000 workers over 17 months amid shuttle contract loss. Immediate layoffs total 260 mainly in engineering with 6 000 by year end. California losing about 3 700 this year and 9 800 more in 1973. Grumman also announces 300 layoffs after shuttle bid loss.
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ST. Louis
McDonnell-Douglas Corp
Sanford N. McDonnell
California
North American
Rockwell Corp
McDonnell
Tulsa
Okla
First Festival Concert Tonight at Orkney Springs Pavilion
The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival opens tonight at 7 30 at the Pavilion in Orkney Springs. The program includes Haydn Symphony No 104 LondonArtist Life Waltzes Pomp and Circumstance Carmen Suite No 1 No No Nanette Suite and Superstar arranged by Mancini.
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Shenandoah Valley
Orkney Springs
Haydn
London
J. Strauss
Elgar
Bizet
Youmans-Bennett
Mancini
Fire damages playhouse blamed on children playing with matches
Fire at 521 Bellview Ave behind Dr. Tunstall Powers property damaged a shack used for children. Winchester firefighters responded with three companies and extinguished the blaze. Earlier, Henkel Harris Co. on Pleasant Valley Rd saw a small sawdust-bin fire put out at 11:40 a.m.
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Winchester
John Hawse
Dr. Tunstall Powers
Bellview Ave
Henkel Harris Company
Pleasant Valley Road
Environmental areas study advances in state plan
Clarke County Frederick County Page Shenandoah Warren counties and towns Front Royal Luray and Winchester are cited as delineation sites. R Edward Duncan says the Commission completed delineation work and sent it to the Division of State Planning. The 1972 act funds critical environmental areas and land use controls. A Clarke County police officer grant for law enforcement school is approved, and Frederick County’s sanitary landfill funds proposal seeks 106 437 from the Farmers Home Administration.
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Clarke
Frederick
Page
Shenandoah
Warren
Front Royal
Luray
Winchester
R. Edward Duncan
Commission
General Assembly
Clarke County
Duncan
Frederick County
Farmers Home Administration
Bremer mental state debated in Wallace shooting case
Bremer described as a mixed up person with schizoid, paranoid and psychopathic features but his capacity to understand the crime was not seen as substantially impaired. Dr. Fitzpatrick testified Bremer could realize criminality and conform to law. Earlier witnesses recalled injuries of three people at the rally.
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Rappeport
Bremer
Maryland
Baltimore
William N. Fitzpatrick
Wallace
Marshall
Alabama
E. C. Dothard
Dora Thompson
Secret Service
Nicholas Zarvos
New City Pupil Registration Begins Tomorrow and Friday
Winchester School officials announce registration for all city pupils who did not register in spring, with late registration set for Tuesday Aug 19. Grade 8-12 register at Handley High, grades 6-7 at Winchester Intermediate, elementary at local attendance school. Bring report cards or transcripts. first graders need a parent, birth certificates, and health records.
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Winchester
Handley High School
Winchester Intermediate
Stephens City Back Taxes Due by Aug 10
Stephens City council orders overdue taxes settled by August 10 or delinquent taxpayers will be listed and turned to town attorney Benjamin Buller. A ban on outdoor trash burning is enacted and the Short St playground will be open 8 a.m. to dark daily. The 1970 police car sold for $1400.
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Stephens City
Benjamin Buller
Short St
Weather forecast for Northern Valley and Winchester skies
Partly cloudy and humid through Thursday with a 30 percent chance of mainly afternoon or evening thundershowers. Lows in mid to upper 60s, highs in the upper 80s to near 90, with shore areas cooler. Extended Friday to Sunday: partly cloudy with a few mainly afternoon thundershowers, highs in the 80s and overnight lows in the 60s.
Mosby Barracks Auxiliary Meeting Set at War Memorial
Veterans of World War I and the Ladies Auxiliary Mosby Barracks No 1526 will meet Thursday at 2 p.m. in the War Memorial Building.
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Mosby Barracks No
War Memorial Building
SBA Loan Aid Arrives in Winchester Tomorrow
SBA representative Williams Sims will be in Winchester at Rouss City Hall Council Chamber from 10 am to 2 pm to collect loan applications for flood damage recovery. Most affected residents qualify with minimal red tape and can seek assistance there tomorrow. Afterward, applicants should contact the Prince William County Library in Manassas for SBA help.
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Small Business Administration
Winchester
SBA
Sims
Prince William County
Manassas
Brig. Gen. James C. Cairns Dies at 63 in California
James C. Cairns 63 a U S Army retiree and former Gallenkamp Shoes president died after a brief illness in Santa Barbara Calif He led Gallenkamp from 1950 to 1963 and served as vice president of Shoe Corp of America from 1963 to 1968.
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James C. Cairns
Santa Barbara
Calif
U.S. Army Ret
Gallenkamp Shoe Stores
Gallenkamp
Shoe Corp. of America
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