Obituaries from Purcellville Martinsburg areaHonorary Masons remembered
Obituaries list Russell L Ransbottom 1894 1960 retired Purcellville baker WWI veteran and active Mason with multiple lodges. Also Mary Louise Gerloff died Norfolk survived by husband and son. Ann Stine Johnson 1888 196? Grace Lutheran member. L Pearl Jenkins 1890 196? Martinsburg Willing Workers Class survivor list. funeral services and burial details provided for each with dates and locations.
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Russell Lee Rere
Newton D. Baker VA
Martinsburg
W. Va
Ransbottom
Staunton
Isaac
Anna Ransbottom
Purcellville
U.S
Alexandria
KCCH
Hamilton Lodge
Ashburn Lodge
Thompson Lodge
Round Hill
Olive Branch Lodge
Leesburg
Lovettsville
Mary Louise Gerloff
River Road
Norfolk
Gerloff
Charles William Gerloff, Jr
Charles W. Gerloff, III
Sacred Heart Catholic Church of
Winchester
Ann Stine Johnson
S. Washington St
Johnson
Independence
Benjamin Stine
Walter B. Johnson
Grace Lutheran Church
Daughters of American Revolution
United Commercial Travelers Ladies Auxiliary
Women’s Civic League
Virginia Ann Carbagh
Arlington
Virginia Morris
Kansas City
Kan
C.C. Stine
Jones Funeral Home
L. Pearl Jenkins
Kentucky Ave
Kings Daughters Hospital
Jenkins
Shockeysville
John
Alice Nesmith Mason
St. Luke’s United Methodist Church
Albert Mason
Brown Funeral Home
Howard L. Falk
Rosedale Cemetery
Association Installs Winchester-Frederick County ARC Officers
Jack Ireland installed as president of the Winchester-Frederick County Association for Retarded Children for 1970. Robert Sowers named vice president with Mrs. Katherine Walker treasurer and other officers elected. A Youth Group forms and fundraiser candles will support Sheltered Workshop funds.
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Jack Ireland
Winchester-Frederick
Meredith Green
Ward Plaza
Loudoun St
Wfcarc
Indians in North America population estimates
The article notes an estimated 1,115,500 Indians living in North America at the time of New World discovery and cites the 1960 census listing 523,591 American Indians in the United States.
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North America
New World
United States
Crashes Leave Hospitalized and Injured in Area
One woman from Salisbury Pa. Evelyn Bittner in satisfactory condition with jaw fracture and lip laceration. Her husband Albert treated for facial abrasions. Cheryl Hiett also treated and released. A 30 lb rock shattered a windshield on Route 7 near Triple J. Nettie Corbin treated and released for facial abrasions and arm cuts. A Route 522 two car crash north of Winchester caused $1600 damage with no injuries reported.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Evelyn Bittner
Salisbury
Albert Bittner
Cheryl Hiett
Route 1
Gore
East
Triple J
Nettie D. Corbin
Winchester
J.D. Howell
Genevieve Nicklaus
Bloomery Star
Ruth Ann Bradley
Israelis Hit Arab Posts on Suez Canal
Israeli planes raided Egyptian positions on the Suez Canal twice with a 20 minute first strike and a second attack on two military objectives. Three Haifa families sue Israeli Arabs for 50000 dollars over apartment bomb blasts two months earlier. Government covers property damage. a dozen Arabs are held.
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Suez Canal
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Housing survey results to be announced at Brotherhood Sunday
Results of the recent housing survey will be released at the first Brotherhood Sunday of the season this Sunday at the Congregational United Church of Christ Braddock and Clifford Sts. A 30 p.m. report on rental housing for those who can afford to rent will be heard and a film All Doctrine Is Social Doctrine will be shown.
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First Brotherhood
Congregational United Church of Christ
Braddock and
Clifford Sts
Brotherhood
Project Commitment
Irvin Callas
Edmund Ostermann
John Fitzgerald
No Injuries In School Bus Car Mishap
Clarke County report states no injuries after a collision between a school bus No. 7 driven by Ellen Van Keuren and a car on Route 606. Supt Wade G. Johnson notes few students were aboard, vehicle sent to Berryville for repairs, state police investigating.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Wade G. Johnson
Ellen van Keuren
Boyce
Quarantine Placed on Hogs in Two Virginia Counties
The Virginia Department of Agriculture imposed a hog quarantine in Rockbridge and Campbell Counties after several hog cholera cases. Officials report a brief flare with 50 cases statewide since July 1, all destroyed where infected. The federal order bars interstate shipment from the two counties during restrictions.
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Department of Agriculture
Rockbridge
Campbell Counties
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Question Answer Set for General Knowledge
The list provides potential answers to common knowledge prompts. It includes Caspian Sea Alaska Earth Spider and a string ". jest." Ethiopia Spanish American Nobel Peace Prize for achievements in them, plus Femur and Smog.
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Caspian Sea
Alaska
Earth
Spider
Ethiopia
Marsh Bill would limit use of service members' names
Congressman John O. Marsh Jr introduced a bill to require next of kin consent before names of service members killed in combat are used on signs in parades or public events in the District of Columbia. Violators could be fined up to 500 dollars or jailed up to one year. A separate market report notes a late stock rally mitigated a prior dive with the Dow rising to 796.53 on gains aided by bargaining and Fed easing hints.
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Washington
John O. Marsh, Jr
Congress
Marsh
Vietnam
District of Columbia
New York
Arthur M. Okun
Federal Reserve Board
Weather snapshot for Virginia with cooling tonight
The forecast calls for fair and cold tonight with lows in the teens or lower 20s. Saturday should be fair and milder with highs 42 to 50, then Sunday cloudy and slightly warmer. Five day outlook shows daytime highs 44 to 50 and nightly lows 27 to 33, with light precipitation around early next week as temperatures rise.
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Virginia
Rainfall totals and averages from local records
Rainfall for the past 24 hours ending 8 30 today shows none. November rainfall to date 2.45 inches and 1969 year to date 33.45 inches. Average annual rainfall over 56 years is 36.43 inches. Five year totals listed: 1964 131.63, 1965 26.85, 1966 33.82, 1967 36.48, 1968 32.56. Monthly averages over 56 years show Jan 2.41, Feb 2.15, Mar 3.11, Apr 3.10, May 3.69, Jun 3.71, Jul 3.76, Aug 3.74, Sep 2.81, Oct 3.10, Nov 2.53, Dec 2.32.
Winchester Skies Brighten With Moon Phase Note
Sky notes list sunset at 4 50 p m and sunrise at 7 18 a m for Friday. Moonrise is at 4 10 a m tomorrow with a new moon on December 9.
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Winchester
Americas proximity to the poles
The text notes Cape Columbia in Grand Land and Cape Morris Jesup in Peary Land lie within 450 miles of the north pole while Cape Horn at Tierra del Fuego is 2,350 miles from the south pole. It frames these as Americas proximities to the poles.
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Cape Columbia
Grand Land
Cape Morris Jesup
Peary Land
North Pole
Cape Horn
Tierra del Fuego
South Pole
America
Poles
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Russell L. Ransbottom
Mary Gregg Ransbottom
Bertham Hershey
Lititz
Penna
Hall Ot
Lincoln ‘Friends Cemetery
Lincoln
Charles Gerloff
Harry E. Jenkins
Mrs
Bernard
If. Groves
Boscawen St
Stephens City
N. Main Street
Mmps Funeral Home
N. Loudoun Street
THE
Association Installs
Ireland
MR. Ireland
Plaza Real Estate Agency
Vandalia
Winchester Lions’ Club
Virginia Association of Realtors
Virginia Farm and Land Brokers
Winchester Jaycees
Blue Ridge Board of Realtors
Braddock Street
Linda
FFA
James Wood
Larry Edmonson
JWHS
Merry
Mum Ia
Commercial ST
Burton
Ronmecyia
Glaize & Bro
N. Cameron St
Pittsburgh Paints
Wall Street
Mississippi Valley
Rockies
BUICK
BIG
Buick Company
H. W. Ebert
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