Obituary notices from Winchester area August 1968 deaths
Mrs. Gertrude P. Reed 45 of Hialeah Florida formerly Winchester died Aug. 10 in Palm Springs General Hospital Hialeah. James F. Sager 31 of 1015 Kenzil Drive died yesterday at Andrews Air Force Base Hospital funeral tomorrow 11 at Jones Funeral Home. Reuben Clark 85 of White Post died yesterday in a Winchester nursing home. Leslie Lee Heishman 64 Sunnyside Station died yesterday Winchester Memorial Hospital. Lee Newcomb 71 Charlottesville died in a Richmond hospital graveside service at Culpeper National Cemetery with full military honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude P. Reed
Hialeah
Fla
Winchester
Palm Springs General Hospital
Dana Reed
C. W. Gill
Joseph Gill
Katherine Martin
Evelyn Cole
Leesburg
VanOrsdel Funeral Home
Vista Memorial Gardens
James F. Sager
Kenzil Drive
Andrews Air Force Base Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Edward J. Taylor
Curtis W. Wilson
Roxy R, Hockman
Michael Luby
Robert E. Leahy
Robert Edwards
Dabney W. Watts
Reuben Clark
White Post
Mr. Clark
Clarke County
Prince Albert and
Carper Clark
Hallie Belle Gardner
Emma Beryl Walker
Gladys Cornwell
Ruby Madigan
John H. Enders
Berryville
Arthur Carper
Macedonia
Frederick County
William E. Newcomb
Charlottesville
Culpeper National Cemetery
Funeral service for Alex Water Thompson age 81
A funeral for Alex Water Thompson aged 81 of 19 Pall Mall Street will be held tomorrow at 1 30 PM at Jones Funeral Home. The Rev G Raymond Womeldorf will officiate with pallbearers P Leslie Carper Virgil R Prince Eugene Sine Dallas Fogle Wayne L DeHaven and W R Armel named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Waterson Thompson
Pall Mall St
Winchester
Jones Funeral Home
G. Raymond Womeldorf
P .Leslie Carper
Virgil R. Prince
Eugene Sine
Dallas Fogle
Wayne L. DeHaven
W. R. Armel
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Russians Leave Border Crossing With Escort In Prague
Embassy officials report a convoy of about 20 embassy and private cars at Rozvadov near the West German border. The procession included several British Dutch and West German cars with an American escort that featured actress Shirley Temple Black. Czechoslovakia insisted Russians and their allies leave. Miss Charlotte Rebecca Dean 62 Strasburg died after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rozvadov
Shirley Temple Black
Akron
Czechoslovakia
Mrs Lelia E Jones 73 Died In Winchester Nursing Home
Mrs Lelia Ethel Jones 73 of Route 1 Kearneysville West Virginia died yesterday in a Winchester nursing home. She was born January 8 1895 in West Virginia to the late Andrew P and Nancy Ellen Cheesebrew Lee and was a Church of God member. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and the body is at Barrett Funeral Home in St Albans West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte’Rebecca Dean
W. Queen St
Strasburg
Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital
Miss Dean
Charles Edmond Dean
Mary Lee Cayton Dean
St. John’s Catholic Church
St. John’s Church
Woodstock
Salvator Ciullo
John Taylor
Samuel Artz
Lonnie Goad
R. L. Beavers
R. L. Funk, Jr
Marshall Brill
Riverview Cemetery
Dean
Stover
Lelia Ethel Jones
Route 1
Kearneysville
W. Va
Winchester
Rae
West Virginia
Andrew P
Nancy Ellen Cheesebrew Lee
Church of God
Byrd Supports Tough Stand on Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. calls Russia’s Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia a reminder that once a nation falls under Soviet domination it is nearly impossible to escape. He warns US leaders against trusting Moscow and urges firm action as Prague faces curfew and arrests by occupation troops amid growing resistance and conflicting moves among Czechoslovak officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry F. Byrd Jr
D-Va
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Byrd
Czechoslovak Communist Party Central Committee
Svoboda
Prague
Prague Radio
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Moscow
Pravda
Dubcek
Soviet Communist’ Party
Kremlin
Martin Vaculik
Vasil Bilak
Slovak Communist Party
Oldrich Svestka
Rude Pravo
Communist Party
Liberec
Kosice
CTK
Thenefore
West Germany
Communist Party of
Soviet Union
Johnson
Joseph Surkovsky
National Assembly
Joseph
Wall Street Falls as Invasion News Shocks Markets
The stock market opened lower after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. The Dow Jones fell 3.29 to 885.38 in the first half hour amid heavy trading, with losses outpacing gains more than 3 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Czechoslovakia
New York Stock Exchange
General Dynamics
United Aircraft
Raytheon
McDonnell Douglas
Homestake
U.S
Texas Gulf Sulphur
Sunasco
First Charter Financial
Westinghouse Electric
Johns-Manville
Standard Kolisman
Standard O11
Del
E. Webb
Zenith
London
American Stock Exchange
Nutronics
Nuclear Corp
Cinerama
Reliance Insurance
Holly Corp
Great Basins Petroleum
H&b American
Invasion of Czechoslovakia Branded Gross Act of Perfidy
Ball denounced the invasion as a gross act of perfidy. He credited statements by authoritative Czech leaders and organs for highlighting the situation and urged the council to act. He argued Kremlin fear of liberalization drove the attack and warned freedom will expose the USSR’s stubborn brand of communism to sunlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tedt
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Answers to a clipped quiz list item
The reader offers ten quiz responses including four and twenty blackbirds and named places such as Africa and Argentina. The list includes King Solomon and Germany among the answers with additional items like Andes Stationery Nevada Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Andes
Argentina
Germany
Yes
Nevada
Montreal
Weather Forecast for Winchester Virginia
Fair tonight with lows around 68 to 75. Friday will be mostly sunny and hot with higher humidity. Saturday stays hot with a chance of thunderstorms. Sunset at 7:59 PM and sunrise at 6:33 AM tomorrow. Moonrise at 5:54 AM tomorrow.
Rainfall Totals and Averages Over Past Five Years
Rainfall for the past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. today shows none. August total 2.64 inches. 1968 year to date 22.49 inches. Five year 1963 33.6. 1964 31.63. 1965 26.85. 1966 33.82. 1967 36.48 inches. Twelve month averages listed for each month and a 55 year Jan to Dec average of 36.50 inches.
Whitacre reunion at C. T. Whitacre Park honors oldest attendees
The annual Whitacre reunion in Siler near Siler City drew 150 guests on Sunday August 11. A.P. Whitacre was the eldest man and Mrs. C T Whitacre the eldest lady. Esten Whitacre of Martinsburg served as president with Boyd Whitacre as vice president and Mrs Nellie Brown of Martinsburg as secretary treasurer. Next year the event returns to the second Sunday in August. The note lists many local visitors and neighbors among Whitacre families and others, with tributes following extended visits and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Whitacre
Minnie Lamp
Othello DeHaven
Richard DeHaven
Nelson Beard
Robert
Paul DeHaven
Letitia Kerns
Dick Grinder
Whitacres
Edward Monk
William Monk
William A. Monk III
Philadelphia
Ohio
Mr. Monk
Barbs By Phil Pastoret Chronicles a Political Comparison
The column notes that political orations resemble a certain animal's sounds and mocks repetitive news repetition in the same evening. It offers a satirical take on media pattern repetition and public discourse, highlighting linguistic parallels.
Rats React to Dump Poisoning in Suburban Areas
City workers poisoned the abandoned dump after rats split into colonies, driving young groups into nearby subdivisions in search of food. Experts advise secure garbage cans with lids and note bait packaging used around storage areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisniewski
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Winchester Evening Star
Gertrude Rees
Sager Service
Mount Hebron
Mr. Sager
Fredericksburg
Market Street United Methodist Church
James Wood High School
University of Virginia
Leslie L. Heishman
Leslie Lee Heishman
Sunnyside Station
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mr. Heishman
Wardensville
Arthur
Clara Himelright Heishman
Southern Bakers
Sunny Side Station
Odd Fellows Lodge of
Sunnyside
Naomi Sargent Hershman
Ross Lee Heishman
Charley Frye
Rio
Elbert Peer
Ray Heishman
Clyde L. Hershman
Omps Funeral Home
Sunnyside Presbyterian Church
J. Thomas Nash II
Mt. Hebron
Lee Samuel Newcomb
Richmond
Mr. Newcomb
Augusta County
Henry A
Mary J. Taylor Newcomb
Mattie Strosaider Newcomb
Hinton Avenue Methodist Church
Thompson Service
Charlotte Dean
Lelia E. Jones
Barrett Funeral Home
St. Albans
Alex Watson Thompson
Smalts
Kxske
MDS Funeral Home
Loudoun Street
DIAL
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Wemate Tee Oe
Bernard F.groves
Boscawen St
U.S. Weather Bureau
ESSA
Central
Interem
Central Plains
Inter- Mountain
Great Mountain Region
Pacific North— Lakes
New England
Lane & Bro
Cameron St
Virginia
Winchester Skies
Siler
By Phil Pastoret
RC Blade
Esskay
Valleydale
Ort’s
Fleet & Co., Inc
Monthru
S. Kent St
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