Obituary notices from Purcellville and surrounding areas
A string of obituaries reports sudden deaths and funeral services across Purcellville, Berryville, Gore, Middletown and nearby towns. Annie Pauline Poston of Purcellville, born September 1, 1908, dies at home. other notices include Anna Katherine Myers and Gladys Larrick Roher. Melvin L. Seldon of Winchester memorialized. Laura Virginia Kline of Winchester to be buried at Mount Carry. Tillie Tracey of Clarke County commemorated with service in Berryville. Minnie Catherine Boyer of Strasburg dies. Carrie Mae Gant of Winchester and family noted. local Christmas and community notices conclude the roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Pauline Poston
J. Frank Poston
Purcellville
Loudoun County
Rozell N
Ann Bellas
Norfolk
G. Frank Poston
Winchester
Leslie A. Poston
C. Fenton Poston
Shirely Poston
U. S. Army
Ft. Belvoir
Hall Funeral Home
Purcell"ville
Roy Harris
Hillsboro Cemetery
Laura Virginia Kline
Fairmont Ave
Winchester Me‘morial
Snowden B
Jenerva Perry Kline
Grace G. Kline
Frances K. Miller
Leslie D. Kline
Frederick County
Mount Carrie
Middletown
John Baden
Christ ‘Episcopal Church
Tillie Elizabeth Tracey
Clarke County
Petersburg
Alfred Webster
Marie ‘Young Webster
James Tracey
Raymond B. Tracey
Hyattsville
Ruth Elizabeth Robinson
Hagerstown
Matilda Naomi Tracey
New York City
Marie Ath Robinson
Berryville
William Henry Tracey
Lucy Bell
Minnie Catherine Boyer
Strasburg
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Strasburg Christian Church
Riverview Cemetery
David C. Derby
Boyer
Oranda
Jof Charles
Ella Dellinger
Robert Benton Boyer
Carrie Mae Gant
Kern St
Montgomery County
Henry Leekins
Mt. Carmel
N.J
Marie Timbers
Camden
Dorothy King
Garfield Prather
Thomas Gant
John F. Gant
William Gant
Elizabeth Butler
Washington, D.C
Virginia Gant
Richard Gant
Frederick
Virginia Washington
Gaithersburg
Margaret Connely
Gertrude Slaughter
Sadie Leekins
Thomas Leekins
John Leekins
Pennsauken, NJ
Ellis Leekins
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Reginald A. Mercer
Apple Blossom Chapter
Oder of
Eastern Stars
Ella Nora Smelser Service at Bethel Methodist Church
A memorial service for Ella Nora Smelser is set for Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at Bethel Methodist Church with friends and family invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Nora Smelser
Bethel Methodist Church
Two Biographical Plays Salute Sean O Casey
Lucille Lortel stages two biographical plays about Sean O Casey from his works. I Knock at the Door and Pictures in the Hallway run six weeks at the Greenwich Village Theater de Lys. Proceeds go to the dramatist's family. Lortel's tenth production venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sean O'Casey
Lucille Lortel
Greenwich Village Theater de Lys
Miss Lortel
Dublin Players
House Damaged By Fire On Caldwell Lane
An empty bungalow on Cald well Lane off the Paper Mill Road was damaged by fire about 9 30 a m today. A four by eight foot hole burned in the kitchen wall and the fire spread to the roof area. The Shawnee Fire Co answered the alarm and kept the fire confined to that area. The four room house owned by Wise Newlin. A passing woman reported the fire and the alarm. Fire fighters were on scene 35 to 40 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell Lane
Paper Mill Road
Shawnee Fire Co
Wise Newlin
Swartz to Speak at Winchester Lions Luncheon
Carson Swartz of the Harris Intertype Co. will address the Winchester Lions Club at its regular luncheon tomorrow at 12:15 p.m. at the George Washington Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson Swartz
Harris Intertype Co
Winchester Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Italian presidential race tests center and left factions
The contest follows President Segni’s 1962 election and splits CD leaders over Amintore Fanfani Paolo Emilio Taviani and Giovanni Leone. Socialists and Democrats back Giuseppe Saragat, potential first left wing president, while other parties resist another Christian Democrat to curb Communists. The ceremonial role masks crisis power in choosing a prime minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eratic Party
Christian Democrats
Amintore Fanfani
Segni
Paolo Emilio Taviani
Giovanni Leone
Fanfani
Moro
Leone
Chamber of Deputies
Presmier
Win Chester Police Probe Christmas Crime Spree
Police report weekend sprees include a 14 year old confessing to stealing items from five stores, vandalism at two firms, and a Ford pickup reported stolen from Frye Amusement Co. on National Avenue. Signatures and juvenile petitions are due in one case as authorities investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Win Chester
Rudolph
E. Clifford
N. Cameron St
Winchester Credit Corp
Rouss Ave
Jefficers
Jesse Richardson
Frye Amusement Co
National Ave
Mr. Richardson
Columbus's Santa Maria rent a ship in 1492 story
The article notes Columbus's Santa Maria as probably America's first rent a ship. The 110 ton vessel was leased by Columbus from Martin Alonso Pinzon, a Spanish ship owner, with reference to June 6 1944 as a distant marker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
America
Martin Alonso Pinzon
Weather Today Forecast Clouds and Snow Then Cold Five Day Outlook
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with some snow tonight and temperatures in the low 20s. Tuesday to Thursday will be mainly cold with variable to increasing cloudiness and little day to day temperature change. The five day outlook expects average readings four to eight degrees below normal with a chance of low snow Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower Lakes
Appalachians
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Mishap in Winchester Causes Car Crash on E Cork St
Samuel A. Haines, 30, of 1104 Orchard Ave., was treated at Memorial Hospital after a single car crash on E Cork St. at 2 a.m. Sunday. He said he bent to tie his shoe, lost control, and struck a pole. He was driven to the hospital by the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad. The weekend saw four other property damage mishaps totaling just over $1,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
E. Cork
Samuel A. Haines
Orchard Ave
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Rainfall figures show varied totals and averages
Rainfall data covers 46 hours ending today with 1.37 inches for December so far and 30.26 inches for 1964 to date. A 81 year average is 96.85 inches per year and monthly averages listed from January to November include 2.38 in January and 9.88 in June and July.
Wall Street gains as blue chips lift market in brisk early trading
Stocks advance in steady session led by Du Pont up four points and Eastman Kodak up two. Comsat climbs 11 percent to 57 on strong volume while Radio Corp rises on dividend news. Market mood improves on lower unemployment and higher construction spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eastman Kodak
Sears, Roebuck
Eastern Airlines
Comsat
Radio Corp
Wall Streets
Chrysler
U.S
Bitter Winter Storm Halts Local Activities Across 75,000 Homes
The storm began Friday and by Sunday night froze community life from high school games to worship services. Families crowded emergency centers as power and heat failed for thousands, with more than 75 000 customers in the Ni service area affected.
Power outages persist in upstate New York cities
A spokesman for Niagara Mohawk Power Corp says about 40,000 homes and businesses lack electricity and heat in eastern central New York. Schenectady County Civil Defense reports full restoration will take days as thousands of broken trees and snapped lines clog city streets and evacuation centers remain active for many families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agara Mohawk Power Corp
New York
Power Company
Schenectady
Also Mentioned on This Page
Annie Poston
Anna Katherine Myers
Jones Funeral Home
J. Floyd Wine
Ronald §. Clark
W. Bradford Michael
Kenneth Davis
Herbert A. Carr, Sr
Fred T. Cooke
Fred H. Custer
W. W. Armstrong
Eagles Clule Ladies Auxiliary
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Gladys L. Roher
Gladys Larrick Roher
Keedysville
Frank Larrick
High View
W. Va
Boonesboro
Lucas Swisher
Lucas
Luke) Swisher
Rio
W. Vas
Mipielawn
Giffin Funeral Home
Capon Bridge
Mrs
Ella Smelser
Gore
Smelser
William and
Maggie Dunlap Grady
Braithwaite Brothers Cannery
Roy Lee Smelser
Effie Johnson
H. L. Wingfield
John Martin
Leslie Lucas
Ivan Anderson
Robert McKee
Harry Catlett
David Link
Bethel Cemetery
Trone
Seldon Service
Melvin L. Seldon
Valley Ave
Timber Ridge
Laura V. Kline
Mrs Tillie Tracey
Robert Boyer
Carrie Gant
King Hiram Lodge No. 52
Mt. Carmel Church
Orrick
Cartwright Funeral Home
Middle Town
Bernice J. Burdette
Washington
Roger Koontz
Susan Koontz
W. L. Owings
Peyton Borden
VPI
Borden
G.W. Borden
Tom Sperry
Edgar Ambrose
Richmond
T. A. Sperry
Edward Ambrose
Douglas. Martin
Macon College
Ashland
Don Martin
Ferrum College
R. V. Martin
Harry McCauley
Leesburg
W. G. McCauley
Lynn Marks
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Charles Marks
Chuck Marks
Winchester Hospital
James Wood
Marks
Evening Star
Wayside Inn
C. B. Hammack
Methodist Church
Hamoch
Ainarei In
TS Mie Inc
Cameron St
U.S. Weather Bureau
Heeres Teon
Winchester, Virginia
Omps Funeral Home
Loudoun
Sean
O'Casey
Friendship
South End
S. Loudoun St. Laundromat
Swartz
Virginia
C&h Packing CO
South
Robert Louis Stevenson
Wall Street
DU Pont
West Coast
Mr. ‘‘Soddy
Haines
Primus
Schlage
California
Sor
Santa Claus
Glaize & Brother
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