Obituaries and notices from Winchester area deaths
Obituaries list Pauline Keplinger 46 of 12 E Paul St died at Winchester Memorial. Funeral Monday 11 at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Donald L Scruggs and burial Mount Hebron. Also Clara Elsea 67 of E Main St Berryville dies. daughter of George W Bell. Funeral arrangements pending at Jones Funeral Home. Hester Boykins of 1921 Warren Ave Front Royal dies. funeral Sunday 1:30 at Mount Vernon Baptist Church Front Royal. burial Good Hope Cemetery Front Royal. Survivors include Charles Robinson and Amanda Keen with other relatives. Funeral details at Cartwright Funeral Home Front Royal.
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Pauline
E. Paul St
Winchester Memorial
Nav
Tin B. Keplinger
Ty Rutledge
Kansas
Ala
Jones Funeral Home
Donald L. Scruggs
Mount Hebron
Clara M. Elsea
E. Main St
Berryville
Winchester
Charles Town
W. Va
Wilson Bell
Jones Funneral Home
Hester Boykins
Warren Ave
Front
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
Front Royal
Carter Allsberry
Good Hope Cemetery
Cartwright Funeral Home
Clara M. Elsen Arrangements Incomplete
The notice from Jones Funeral Home Inc reports ongoing handling of Clara M. Elsen's arrangements with details unavailable. Further information will be provided by the funeral home as plans are finalized.
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Clara M. Elsen
Woolworth's First Store Founded in Lancaster 1879
The Woolworth chain began with a five and ten cent store in Lancaster Pennsylvania in 1879. By 1919 after F W Woolworth's death the company operated over 1 000 stores in the United States according to Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Woolworth
Lancaster
United States
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Boyce Fire Co Sponsors Christmas Parade and Program
The Boyce Fire Co will sponsor a Sunday Christmas Parade forming at 1 45 p m at the Norfolk and Western station and moving to the fire hall at 2 p m for a Christmas program. Color guard includes Mayor Lawrence Kephart.
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Boyce Fire Co
The
Norfolk and Western Railroad
George Rosier
Lynwood
Lanham
Lawrence Kephart
Boyce
Marty Michelsen
Garland Brown
Carolyn Corbin
White Post
Santa Claus
Clarke County High School
Harvey Hall
In the Fire Company
Boyce Baptist Church
Stephens City Advances Subdivision Ordinance Public Notice
Stephens City Planning Commission voted to publish notice of a proposed subdivision ordinance for Stephens City and environs with publication today and December 24. A public hearing is set for December 30 at the Town Office, after which recommendations go to the Town Council for action.
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Stephens City Planning Commission
Stephens City
Planning Commission
Plan‘commission
Robert Claytor
J. A. McCormick
A. R. Marks
Henry Shryock
Louis Stelz
Frederick County
Allen Bailey
Elliott Marshall
Marshall
Lobbyists to Get Badges
Richmond AP reports the Virginia General Assembly session of 1966 will see lobbyists required to register and carry law identification cards and badges. The new lobbying law imposes fines up to 500 dollars and up to one year in jail for noncompliance and mandates detailed reporting of spending and who pays lobbyists.
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Chamber of Commerce
L. Linwood DeHaven
W. Carlisle Fisher
Chamber
Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Farmington PTA Approves Bible Class In School
Culpeper Virginia AP reports Farmington Elementary PTA voted 70 to 0 to recommend teaching a non denominational Bible class at the school ending a heated controversy. Earlier meeting attendees voiced strong objections to the class.
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Culpeper
Parent - Teacher Association
Farmington
PTA
Stolen Cigarettes Reported At Virginia Market
Fifty cartons of cigarettes and 125 pennies were stolen from the Virginia Fruit Market at 629 N Loudoun St. The break in occurred between 3 30 a m and 5 45 a m. Police said the lock was forced from the screen and inner doors. Frank Yeakle, owner, valued the cigarettes at 115 dollars.
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Virginia
Loudoun St
Frank Yeakle
Winchester
Carroll Mauck
Kenneth Armstrong
Stout Fined For Backing Into Pole Incident
Richard F. Stout, 21, of Martinsburg West Virginia, was fined 25 dollars plus 12.50 costs in Municipal Court yesterday for backing a tractor trailer into a street light pole in the Post Office parking lot on December 9. The pole damaged the hood and windshield of another tractor trailer, police said.
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Richard F. Stout
Martinsburg
W.va
Gemini 7 Power System Warnings During Flight
In the Gemini 6 mission segment the crew and ground teams battled a failing power cell. A second warning light for Gemini 7 drew concern from Borman as pressure anomalies recurred. If needed, recovery options included retrorockets for a splashdown near the carrier or alternative sites in the Atlantic or Pacific.
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Schirra
Stafford
Borman
Tomore
Finland Leads Europe with Women's Vote in 1906
The first European nation to grant women full voting rights was Finland in 1906. The reform allowed women to vote and run for parliament, marking a landmark shift in gender equality and electoral access across the continent.
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Finland
Truck Driver Acquitted In Five Deaths
Fairfax AP reports Nich olas C Finamore age 20 was acquitted of manslaughter after a Fairfax Circuit Court judge found doubt on gross negligence. Witnesses described a red light as Finamore approached the Dolly Madison Boulevard intersection while driving a 20 ton sludge laden dump truck.
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Fairfax (Ap
Albert V. Bryan Jr
Fairfax
Nicholas C.finamore
Finamore
Dolly Madison Boulevard
George Mills
Car Plunges Into Potomac Near 14th Street Bridge
An unidentified driver drowned after a car sped across a riverside parking area and plunged into the Potomac River near the 14th Street Railroad Bridge. An Alexandria couple witnessed the plunge as WMAL helicopter traffic reporter William Gatley arrived at the scene. Navy divers recovered the car and the body, while Park Police investigated the incident.
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William E.padgett
Alexandria
Park
Old Method Indians Harvest Wild Rice in Minnesota
In northern Minnesota, Indigenous people continue the traditional practice of bending wild rice stalks and flailing the grain into canoes, preserving a time-honored method of harvest.
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Minnesota
Weather Today and Five Day Forecast for Winchester
Variable cloudiness through Saturday with highs in the 408 range and low around 30 tonight. Sunday looks uncertain. Five day outlook shows temperatures 3 to 8 degrees above normal through Wednesday with precipitation expected Sunday. Sunset today is 4 51 p.m. and moonrise tomorrow 3 06 a.m. New Moon Dec 22.
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Atlantic
North Pacific
South Atlantic
Rainfall Totals and Averages From December to Date
Rainfall over the past four hours ended 8 30 a m shows none. December rainfall to date Ali 1965 totals 26 71 inches. Average annual rainfall over 52 years is 3 75 inches with monthly averages by month listed from January to December.
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Ali
Wall Street Advances as Markets Hit New Highs
Wall Street moved higher with heavy trading as stocks neared all time highs. Big blocks boosted volume with gains in U S Steel Bethlehem Republic and Jones & Laughlin while United Aircraft slipped and Du Pont and General Electric edged lower. The AP average rose 1.1 to 356.5 on Thursday.
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New York
Sto Motors and Rails
Alleghany Con
California
Chesebrough Pond
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem, Republic
Jones & Laughlin
du Pont
General Electric
U.S
IBM
Polaroid
Eastern Air Lines
Two Sailors Die in High Speed Police Chase
The Associated Press reports two young sailors, Richard G. Bennett 23 from Riverside California and Lothar R. Ciesluk 21 from Beachwood New Jersey, died when their late model car crashed into a tractor trailer during a chase at about 110 mph near Newport News Virginia on U S 60. The crew members were aboard the Polaris submarine Lewis & Clark. The pursuing state trooper escaped injury. The tractor trailer driver James E. Old 30 of Norfolk was injured.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Newport News
Richard G.bennett
Riverside
Calif
Lothar R.ciesluk
Beachwood
N.J
U.S. 60
James E.old
Norfolk
Newport News Officer Shoots Ex-Convict at Store
Newport News Patrolman W B Hopper shot and killed Henderson Carter 33 after Carter advanced with a switchblade during a break at a grocery. Hopper was charged with murder and released on $5000 bond. FBI records show Carter had three burglary convictions and prior assault felonies.
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Newport News
Henderson Carter
W.f.peach
W.B. Hopper
Carter
Hopper
Peach
FBI
Assembly to Censure Extremist Groups Proposed in Virginia
Del Bernard Levin of Norfolk plans a 1966 General Assembly resolution to condemn extremist groups including the Communist Party American Party Black Muslims and the Ku Klux Klan. He will introduce the measure with Del W C Daniel former American Legion national commander and Norfolk delegation members.
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Richmond
Del
Bernard Levin
Norfolk
General Assembly
Communist Party
The
American Party
Ku Klux Klan
Leven
del. W. C. Daniel
Danville
American Legion
Sinbad Adventures Highlight Basra Settings
A note recalls Sinbad the sailor's storyvoyages with many exploits set in Basra Iraq, emphasizing the city as a recurring locale in the tale cycle.
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Sinbad the Sailor
Basra
Iraq
Two New Home Permits Issued in Whittier Acres
The county issued two new home permits this week in Whittier Acres. Harry M. Midr at 910 Is St. received a brick veneer dwelling permit valued at 15 000 dollars, and Robert E. Glover on Springcrest Ave. obtained a brick veneer dwelling permit valued at 25 000 dollars.
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Whittier Acres
Harry
Robert E. Glover
Springcrest Ave
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Winchester Evening Star
A. B. Keplinger
Mrs
Charles Elsea
Mrs. Hester Boykins
Patline Keplinger
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
BUICK
Bel Air
Buick Company
Arry
Deta
Clarke County
John H. Enders Fire Co
Boy Scout
Shawnee Fire Co
the Commercial and Savings Bank
Kontinercial Saving
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Joe Albany
Atlanta
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Oely
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Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Potomac
International Farm Toys
Santa
Brumback & Sons
Cameron’St
Wall Street
United Aircraft
Athur, Inc
Boxcawen St
I. Q
Brooklyn
Formosa
Pittsburgh
CTC
Glaze & Bro
N. Cameron St
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