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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1970
Page
2
Obituaries report Kathryn Marie Butler of Front Royal died at home after life there. Also listed are Mary E Abrell of Kernstown with funeral details in Winchester area, Ione Edith Poland of Kirby and Laura Mae Willingham of Berryville with services and burials noted. The Century Club gathering is announced for Fairmont Avenue.
British Trade Commissioner James R. Cross said goodbye to Canada at a Montreal airport with a tribute to Pierre Laporte killed after a week in captivity. He spoke of Laporte’s sacrifice and his own relief at being alive, then boarded a government plane to London.
A meeting of Medical Post 109 is scheduled for Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the hospital cafeteria. The program will cover the Laboratory and X Ray topics and officers will be elected.
At the Middletown Volunteer Fire Company meeting Neil Stallings was appointed chief nozzleman and Larry Clark chief plugman. Fifteen members attended as fire practice was scheduled. Fire Chief Henry Shiley reported two fire calls and eight ambulance calls in the past month. Fund Drive Chairman Woody Legge announced $4,010.06 raised so far. William R. Carr of Berryville, aged 78, died today at Winchester Memorial Hospital. He was born September 12, 1892, and survived by his widow Theda Bruton Carr, a sister, a brother, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body is at John H. Enders Funeral Home in Berryville.
Delbert McKee 58 of Frederick County arrested by the Frederick County Sheriff's Office on two counts of deliberately setting fires after a 2 22 PM grass fire near Front Royal Road. Bond set at 500 dollars each. arraignment scheduled in Frederick County Court Friday. Firefighters reported no major damage from the grass fire.
The 14th century miracle play The Parliament of Heaven will be staged at Market Street United Methodist Church Cameron and Cork Streets during the 11 a.m. service. Winchester Musica Antiqua and Shenandoah College students will perform under James M. Petty's direction. The Coventry origin drama portrays the annunciation of Christ with a student cast led by local faculty.
Handley High School faced its third bomb scare of the month and second in a week when a call warned of danger yesterday afternoon. Police and fire authorities searched the building but found nothing. Winchester police are investigating the case.
The F and M National Corporation of Winchester purchased the Monroe College of Business building from the Middletown Development Corporation. The public auction on October 31 had the Middletown group as the lone bidder after the school closed due to financial difficulties. The buyer plans to convert the building into a data processing center.
The NEA will decide in February whether to launch a full investigation into faculty unrest at Radford College. No statements attacking the Virginia State Council report have been issued, and the NSP Commission is conducting a preliminary review. Edward Jervey has filed a federal First Amendment claim related to the turmoil.
A six foot glass panel at Ward's Pastry Shop on N Loudoun St was blown out in high winds yesterday afternoon causing about 200 dollars in damage. Glass flew across the street and pieces were found near Gray and Eddy's. No injuries reported. New tarpaper roof on Newberry's also blew off. manager says repairs harder than usual. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co asst reports two to fourteen workers on Saturdays due to weather.
In Richmond threats against judges by a black militant group led jurists to carry weapons and prompted tighter security. Police Court Judge Herman A. Cooper carries a pistol as two other judges plan to carry handguns. Police Guard details protect Judge Harold C. Maurice amid ongoing threats.
Mostly cloudy tonight in Virginia with a chance of showers shifting to light snow flurries. Sunday brings partly cloudy skies and mountain snow flurries, followed by windy and cold conditions. Monday to Wednesday call for mainly sunny, cool days with lows in the 20s and highs in the 30s, warming to near 50 Wednesday. Rainfall totals for the past day noted, with 1970 year to date and long term averages listed.
Noon high 40 and low 28 match yesterday’s high 59. Sunday sunset 4 50 p m sunrise 7 19 a m moonset 1 29 a m full moon December 12. Weekly list includes Hugenots Molokai Ernest Hemingway and Herbert Hoover with 240 days and Emerald as items.
President Nixon argues for pricing reforms tied to lower production costs and warns against broad wage and price controls reporting on oil policy actions offshore and imports. He calls for a federal commission to craft changes with management and labor and notes unemployment rose to 5.8 percent while consumer credit fell.
Dr. John Gamble of Lynchburg will be guest speaker at a revival at Marvin Chapel Community Church two miles east of Berryville on Rt. 608. Services begin 7 30 each evening from this Sunday through December 13 with special music, led by Pastor Rev. Thomas Hogan.
Massanutten is a Shenandoah Valley landmark whose name derives from an Indian word meaning potato ground. The peak is a prominent feature in Virginia's landscape and a historic reference point in regional maps.
The Germans and a few Swiss were among the first settlers to establish a frontier community, laying foundations for local culture and growth in the early settlement era. The mix of German and Swiss influences shaped language, traditions, and early civic institutions.
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