Obituaries From Reliance and Winchester Areas
Obituary notices describe the death of a Reliance area resident in 1897, with surviving relatives including six children and multiple siblings. Funeral services are planned at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Greenhill Cemetery. Also noted is the death of Joseph H. Farmer of Winchester, with service details, family survivors, church roles, and burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance
Frederick County
George L. Snapp
Alfred L. Snapp
Floyd F. Snapp
Briscoe
George L. Branner
Arlington
Nelle Gruver
Maggie Olinger
New Market
Lloyd Womeldorff
Leesburg
James Williams
Walter
Jones Funeral Home
Charles H. Harless
Alfred L. Snapp Jr
John Snapp
Thomas Snapp
Donald Snapp
Marshall Snapp
James Boyd
David Boyd
Greenhill Cemetery
Stephens City
Funeral services for Bertie Branner Snapp Tuesday
Funeral services are set for Bertie Lee Branner Snapp Tuesday at 3 30 PM at Jones Funeral Home. Joseph H Farmer will also have a service Tuesday at 11 00 AM at Jones Funeral Home Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertie Lee Branner
Snapp
Jones
Joseph H. Farmer
Jones Funeral Home
Memorial notices honor fallen sailors and long-time residents
Charles H. Kerns 26 a Merchant Marine seaman reported lost at sea after slipping from a returning voyage from San Juan Puerto Rico. Survived by widow Linda, son Charles Edward, sisters Gegertha Shrader and Margaret Simpson, and mother Evelyn P. Long. Memorial service set at Meade Memorial Episcopal Church White Post. George F. Sechrist 68 of Paris Va died in Winchester Hospital after a long saw mill career. Survived by widow Judy LaFollette Sechrist and four daughters, three sons, a sister, twenty seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral and burial details list Hebron Lutheran Church Intermont West Virginia, with pallbearers named and body at Giffin Funeral Home Capon Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Farmer
205
Ave
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mr. Farmer
Townsend, Tenn
Clara Mogridge Farmer
Mack H.farmer
Mildred McGee
Farmer
Winchester
Rouss Fire Co
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Wesley Fellowship
Roland L. Tharp
Fayettesville
N. C
Ronald B. Bageant
Vicki L. Faremer
Arthur G.parmer
Alcoa
Tenn
Albert E. Farmer
Maryville
Lenox Cox
Charles Henry Kerns
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Mr. Kerns
Evelyn P. Long
North Beach
Linda Carper Kerns
Charles Edward Kerns
Gegertha Shrader
Margaret Simpson
Front Royal
Wallie G. Kerns
Meade Memorial Episcopal Church
White Post
George F. Sechrist
Paris Va
Mr. Sechrist
Yellow Spring
W. Va
Luther
Alice Conard Sechrist
Paris Methodist Church
Judy LaFollette Sechrist
Wilma Huff
Sterling
Iona Hurst
Shirley Willis
Peggy Lichliter
Paris
Trumont
Calvin
Harold Sechrist
Beulah Pennington
Hebron Lutheran Church
Intermont
Jesse E. Tate, Jr
John Markley
John Himelright
Burchell Willey
William Erickson
Wilmer Carroll
Robert Sandy
Hebron Church
Giffin
Capon Bridge
Textbook Sale Set at JWHS
New and second hand textbooks for grades 9 through 12 will be sold at James Wood High School on August 24 and 25. The Book Store opens 9:30 to noon and 1:30 to 4:30 each day. Students are urged to buy textbooks then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wood High School
Mrs. Amanda C Ogden 97 Died in Adams Center New York
Mrs Amanda Catherine Ogden aged 97 of Kensington Maryland died Saturday at the home of her daughter Mrs Ralph Knapp in Adams Center New York She was born October 31 1868 in Harrisonburg daughter of John and Nancy Keller She survived by daughter Nellie Burgess three granddaughters and five great granddaughters Services conducted today at Piddock Funeral Home Adams Center and graveside at Mt Carmel Cemetery Middletown W E Pollard officiated
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Catherine Odgen
Kennsington
Ralph Knapp
Adams Center
N.Y
Ogden
Harrisonburg
John and
Nancy Hambleton Keller
Hugh Ogden
Virginia Museum chief earns Thomas Jefferson Public Service Citation
Leslie Cheek Jr director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is named recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Public Service Citation for Virginia service. The award by the Old Dominion Public Relations Society of America will be presented Sept 16 at Hotel John Marshall in Richmond. Cheek, a 1931 Harvard graduate, studied architecture at Yale and taught at the College of William and Mary before becoming museum director in 1948. Mrs Pembroke T Grove presides over the Blue Ridge Chapter of the Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Cheek, Jr
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
Old Dominion
Public Relations Society of America
John Marshall
Richmond
Harvard University
Window broken at Shenandoah Valley Apple warehouse
Police report a rock was thrown through a door window at the Shenandoah Valley Apple warehouse between 4 30 p m Friday and 1 p m Saturday. L W Brown 204 Rozel Rd said a small leather case with his registration was stolen from his car glove compartment Saturday night while his family was at the movies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley
L.W. Brown
Rozel Rd
Women of Moose to Hold Special Meeting Tonight
Women of the Moose Winchester Chapter No. 1367 will hold a special enrollment meeting tonight at 8 oclock at the Moose Home. Witnesses are requested. Used Jewelry Sale will be held following the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of the Moose
Winchester
Ocogha the Moose Home
Airlines Return to Normal Schedules After Strikes
Four major airlines Trans World United Eastern and National report near normal service as disruption eases. About 1 600 American tourists in Europe begin returning home by trans Atlantic flights. Northwest says over half its service restored with midweek full operations expected. Domestic travel mainly by car bus or train as air pax volumes recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Trans World
United
Eastern
National
Europe
Kennedy
Shannon
Ireland
United States
Northwest
Seattle
Honolulu
National Airlines
Florida
Weekend Mishaps injure six in local incidents
Police reported seven traffic accidents over the weekend with six people injured. Virginia Blue of Winchester was treated after a rear end collision near Berryville and Atwell Avenues. Lester Richardson of McLean faced charges of reckless driving and invalid license. Others treated included Charles Brown and Cassandra Green after a Rt 522 crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Blue
E. Cork St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Berryville
Atwell Aves
Lester, Richardson
McLean
Richardson
Charles Brown
Cassandra Green
Winchester
Jakarta
Indonesia
Indonesia _ y
Malaysia
Randolph Wingfield
Charles Triplett
Win
Chester
Washington, D. C
College Student Injured In Bus Tractor-Trailer Crash
Shenandoah College student Miss Susah Taylor Flohr was injured in a bus tractor trailer wreck at Alvavista on Thursday. She is listed in critical condition at Lynchburg General Hospital. Flohr, a recent Homecoming Queen and Apple Blossom princess, planned to graduate this fall and receive her diploma on September 5. Her home is Waynesboro Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susah
Taylor Flohr
Shenandoah College
Alvavista
Miss Flohr
Lynchburg General Hospital
Waynesboro, Pa
Bloodmobile visit tops goal with 183 percent amid Rotary drive
The Red Cross Bloodmobile, sponsored by the Rotary Club, gathered 183 pints from 42 first time donors, far above the 170 pint goal. Donors include Ashworth Brothers and American Brakebook, with numerous supports from local businesses and groups. The next Winchester visit is Sept 20 at the Episcopal Parish House, sponsored by the Ruritan Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Bloodmobile
W.W. Baker, Jr
Rotary Club
Ashworth Brothers
American Brakebook
U.S
Henkel Harris and Schraffts
Leggetts Department Store
Crown
George L. Wiedig
Gordon Thomas Whitham
Carlos. Napps
Robert P. Everhart, Jr
Cecil L. Fletcher
Kathryn R. Robinson
Marvel G. Thompson
Winchester
Episcopal Parish House
Stephens City Book Fees Due This Week
Stephens City Elementary School principals urge parents to pay book rentals and insurance this week. Principal H Denis Hoover asks visitors to come Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 8:30 to 10 a.m. to prevent congestion on opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City Elementary
H. Denis Hoover
Weather Today and 5 Day Outlook for Winchester
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight in the 70s then highs in the 80s Tuesday turning cooler by afternoon and night. Wednesday looks fair and cooler with a rising trend later in the week. Five day forecast shows 3 to 5 degrees above normal. showers Tuesday and Saturday. Sunset today 8 00 p.m. Moonset tonight 11 45 p.m. First Quarter tonight 11 02 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Rainfall totals and averages for 1966 year to date
Rainfall data cover 489 hours to 8 30 a m with .09 inches for today. August total to date is 1 47 inches and 1966 to date is 18 01 inches. The 53 year average is 36 56 inches per year and monthly averages are listed from January to December.
Egg Price Report Shows Varied Grades and Receipts
August price data lists Grade A Large and Medium eggs with varying codes and receipts. Entries include Grade B Large and Grade A Large with numeric values and current receipts figures.
Clarke County Fair Opens With New Exhibits and Carnival
Berryville reports the 12th Annual Clarke County Fair opens at 1 p.m. with exhibits accepted until 9 p.m. The grounds host a 14 ride carnival and new displays include a tank destroyer from Co A 11th Armored Battalion Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Department of Agriculture trailer. Officials forecast record attendance aided by season ticket sales. Gate admission starts at noon tomorrow as grand stand shows run 7 to 9 p.m. Tonight features Happy Davis and his Comedy Car Routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County
Clarke County Ruritan Club
Co. A
11Th Armour
Virginia National Guard
Virginia Department of Agriculture
StatesFair
Richmond
Happy Davis
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Mrs. Briscoe L. Snapp
U.S. Weather Bureau
New England
Carolinas
Tennessee Valley
Southern Plains
Central Plateau
Gulf Coast
Midwest
Omds General
N. Loudoun Street
OF the
Te uRtz Funeral Home
S. Loudoun St
Thur, Inc
Buscawen St
Charles H. Kerns
George Sechrist
JWHS
Mrs
Hugh Odgen
Pembroke T. Grove
Blue Ridge
The
Museum
Moose
Jaipur
India
Satish
Aggarwal
Jana Sangh
Rajasthan
Newark
Dallas, Tex
Dallas
Luray (Ap
Luray
Charles Fake
Brown’s
Fake
Juneau, Alaska
Alaska Coastal Airlines
Juneau
Here
Eagle River Glacier
Chamonix
France
Mont Blanc Range
John W. Rosenberger & CO
Corpor Anufaecturers
Glass & Hardy Telephone
Commerce Street
Chester, Va
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Detroit
Fort Worth
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Salt Sk. City
San Diego
San Fran
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Clarke Fair Open
DeWitt
DeWitt's
DeWitt’s
SYS
N. Cameron St
le Sea
Piccadilly St
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