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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1977

Page

5

Obituaries honor multiple locals in Martinsburg area deaths

Obituaries note deaths of John Franklin Ashwood 71 of Martinsburg died Wednesday morning in Kings Daughters Hospital with service tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home burial in Green Hill Cemetery. Also listed are Ollie Diefenderfer Locke 88 formerly of Boyce who died in Bowling Green Fla and Merlin Roderick Doggett 81 of Washington N C with burial in Pamlico Memorial Gardens. William H Racer 87 of Berryville died Thursday at Winchester Memorial Hospital with service Saturday at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville and numerous survivors listed.

Ashwood John Franklin Ashwood Winchester Ave Martinsburg W. Va Kings Daughters Hospital Brown Funeral Home Raymond Jones Green Hill Belville Funera Ollie Diefenderfer Locke Boyce Charles Locke Bowling Green Fla Rose Wiley Sybilla Crisman Winchester John Roderick Doggett Harry Bynnum Greensboro N.C Pamlico Memorial Gardens Washington William H. Racer William Bill) Henry Racer Rt. 1 Berryville Winchester Memorial Hospital Racer Virginia John Racer Annie Elizabeth Racer Georgia Anna Racer Duncan United Methodist Church Mary C. McGuinn Anna Louise May Ruby Moreland Bluemont Rebecca Haymaker Patsy Jenkins Peggy Ann Johnson Stephens City Alice Fincham Hugh Racer Billy Dodson

Sunday Drive Ends in Tragedy

An elderly Utah couple on a Sunday drive in Provo ends with Gwen dying and her husband, after hours of walking through deep snow and cold, crawling to seek help. He recalls arthritis and prayer sustaining him, then meets three boys who bring news and send him to call the sheriff in Spanish Fork Canyon.

Provo, Utah Gwen Salt Lake Springville Spanish Fork Canyon

Va Farm Bureau Members Defect Over Strike Stand

Fauquier County farmers Jim Lovelace and Earl Frazier said the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation is losing members for not backing the national farm strike. They argue producers need advocacy and timely price remedies as farm costs rise and profits fall, warning that without action many small farms may fail.

Reedecated Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Jim Lovelace Earl Frazier Fauquier County Farm Bureau Lovelace Frazier Virginia American Agriculture Movement Congress

United Fund Nearing 97 Percent of Goal in Winchester Area

Winchester Frederick County United Fund has reached 96.6 percent of its 169600 dollar goal, with 163775 dollars in cash and pledges. Campaign chair Michael M Foreman says three divisions exceeded targets and six remain close, as volunteers push to finish by month end and urge more pledges to support eleven local agencies.

Winchester-Frederick County Foreman United Fund

Damaged 1969 Pickup Fire at Front Royal Car Wash

Fire heavily damaged a 1969 pickup at Commerce Ave car wash in Front Royal. Assistant Fire Chief Durston McIntosh said the blaze burned the engine compartment, wiring, battery and motor, scorched the hood, and breached the firewall toward the cab. Owner is Bruce F Brannon of Stonewall Drive. Cause under investigation.

Front Royal Commerce Ave Durston McIntosh Bruce F. Brannon Stonewall Drive McIntosh

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