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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1961
Page
2
Obituary notices report the deaths of Gladstone Everett Grubbs 44 of Hagerstown Maryland and Mrs Gilespie of Winchester Virginia and list survivors, funeral arrangements, and burial plans. Grubbs died at Washington County Hospital after a year of illness with services set at A K Coffman Funeral Home and Mt Carmel Cemetery.
Funeral services are scheduled for Emily G Shull on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. DST at Jones Funeral Home. Alberta F McKee is set for a Saturday service at 2:00 p.m. DST at Hott's Chapel Methodist Church in Kirby West Virginia. Mollie E Gillespie has a Sunday service at 3:00 p.m. DST at Jones Funeral Home. Leah W Baker will be honored with a Monday service at 3:30 p.m. DST at Jones Funeral Home.
Fragmentary OCR lists individuals including William H. Brown Lewis Zerick Paul P. Dicks and H. Orndorff as named figures in a public notice.
The funeral for Mrs Al will be conducted by the Rev Joseph R Kidd on Saturday at 2 p.m. DST at Hott's Chapel Methodist Church Kirby West Virginia with the remains arriving at 1 p.m. Interment follows in Hott's Chapel Cemetery. Six grandsons serve as pallbearers. The body remains are at Jones Funeral Home until Saturday noon.
A funeral for Harry K. Benham, noted local attorney and businessman, was held today at 3 30 p m at Christ Episcopal Church with Rev. John Jordan officiating. Interment followed at Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers included J Frederick Larrick W A Johnston III Joseph W White A R Dunning Harry L Kern Jr and Howard A Holland Honorary pallbearers were Dr John B McKee Harry W Copenhaver Fred L Glaize Jr Judge Elliott Marshall and Shenandoah Valley National Bank directors and Winchester Bar Association members.
Mrs. Emily Gussie Shull 77 of 119 Whitlock Ave died Thursday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Born Marlboro Virginia, she was the widow of Frederick H. Shull, married in 1917 in Frederick County. Survived by daughter Kathryn Armstrong, sister Mrs. Horace Shull, and six grandchildren. Funeral details listed with minister Rev Josiah A. Andrew.
Lee E. Hileman of Ft. Belvoir is the new grand chef de gare, head of the Virginia 40 and 8. He succeeds William T. Coyner and leads during the state Legion convention, with officers named for key posts across Norfolk Roanoke Newport News and other cities.
Growers gathered for the final twilight fruit meeting as Williams, a VP associate of horticulture, spoke on the apple situation and Virginia’s crop outlook. Dr George Mattus discussed storage scald and Virginia apples promotion in the southeastern United States.
State Trooper H K Malbon reports Rupert Hase of Roanoke drove a 1957 Plymouth involved in a collision at the Rt 340 and Walnut St intersection. A 1957 Chevrolet dump truck driven by Paul Foster of Front Royal moved to avoid a steam shovel. a second flagman failed to warn of the approaching truck. Plymouth sustained 175 in damages.
Marshall Fire Company won first prize for the best appearing fire truck at the Round Hill parade sponsored by the Round Hill Community Fire Co. Shawnee Fire Co. and Middletown Friendship followed in second and third. Rouss Drum and Bugle Corps led its division, and The Black Angels were named best majorette group. The parade moved along old Rt. 50 West ending at the fire hall where a carnival is under way. A beauty queen was to be chosen tonight.
Chicago grain prices opened with mixed moves as oats and corn show small changes while soybeans slip modestly. September contracts price levels range around 1.98 for soybeans and around 1.11 for corn with oats near unchanged.
Miami police chased a reckless driver Isaac Reed who rear ended a car. His wife Ethel rode in the back seat as a stork joke surfaced over a possible baby, Charity. In The Bronx two patrolmen ticketed Victor Torres after a rooftop threat and a near crash on a five story building. Authorities warn of a bomb threat involving the Leaning Tower of Pisa as guards tighten perimeters after an anonymous letter.
Washington AP reports Congress backed a defense package requested by Kennedy including 3.5 billion for conventional forces, 225 million for the B70 bomber, extra funds to bolster National Guard and reserve strength, and an intensified civil defense shelter program.
A New York reader recalls a friend who receives a letter about an inheritance. The prospect sparks greed and suspicion as a lawyer investigates and the couple confronts the impact on their lives and character. The tale warns that wealth can corrupt as easily as it enriches.
A summer musical comedy festival in San Juan Puerto Rico features Nancy Dussault Helen Gallagher Scott Merrill Carol Taylor and Joe E Jarks. The lineup includes productions of Carousel Guys and Dolls Oklahoma and West Side Story with Lehman Engel conducting.
A series of auction notices list sales in New Market Virginia Morgan Acres Bunker Hill West Virginia Martinsburg and Frederick County with items including antiques machinery livestock dairy cattle and farm real estate. Auctioneers C N Wine Owen Thomas III Edward Ned Morrow and Charles R Duvall are named along with dates August 12 August 15 and August 26.
Forecast calls for cloudy and warm today tonight and Saturday with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Tonight's low 68 to 74. The five day period Saturday through Wednesday shows temperatures two to six degrees above normal and little day to day change with rain chances mainly in the afternoons and evenings.
The report lists rainfall totals for the current year to date and compares them with a 48 year average. It provides monthly figures from January to December and notes the overall year to date total at 27.32 inches. Historical annual average is 36.9 inches.
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