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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1969

Page

2

Obituary notices for Zea Martin Nixon Kidwell Butler

Donald M. Zea 68 of Stephens City died yesterday at Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements incomplete. body at Stover Funeral Home Strasburg. Obituaries also note services for Howard F. Martin Laura Nixon Grover C. Kidwell Miss Mary Pancoast and Holmes A. Butler with various arrangements noted.

Donald M Bunt) Zea Stephens City Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital Woodstock Stover Funeral Home Strasburg

Obituary notices from Winchester area deaths and services

Multiple obituaries note Mrs. Carl Files died in Winchester Memorial Hospital and services scheduled at Shockeysville United Methodist Church with burial at the church cemetery. Mrs. Mary E. Pingley Parks died in a Winchester nursing home with services at Omps Funeral Home and burial at Mt. Olive Cemetery. Marvin Conley Jr. of Baltimore died at home of an apparent heart attack with funeral services planned in Baltimore. A separate brief mentions a polar bear paddling between ice floes.

Verdie W. Files Whitacre Winchester Memorial Hospital Files Morgan County W. Va Marcellas Ida B. Deeds Luttrell Illeg ~ Methodist Church Carl Files Hilda Mumaw Charles Town W.va Irene Wilson Pryor Luttrell Berkeley Springs Shockeysville United Methodist Church George Davis Harry Renner Helsley Funeral Home Mary E. Pingley Parks Woodstock Lane Winchester Parks Frederick County Albert Lee Harriett R. Haines Pingley Market Street Clayton E. Pingley Raymond L. Pingley Linden A. Pingley Omps Funeral Home Edward J. Taylor Mt. Olive Cemetery Hayfield Marvin Jack) Conley, Jr Baltimore Mr. Conley Charlottesville Sun Papers Myrtle Smith Amos Ted) Whipp James Marvin Whipp Clarence Donald Whipp Clifford Daniel Whipp Randolph Conley Connery Funeral Home Oak Lawn Cemetery

Fire destroys large downtown store in Shenandoah

Firemen battled an early morning blaze in Shenandoah Page County spraying water on the ruins of a two story structure that housed a barber shop and a large antique business. Ten fire companies from Page and Rockingham counties fought the fire and confined it to the building on the town's main street with dollar loss estimates not yet disclosed.

Shenandoah Page County Page Rockingham

Whitney to Receive National Radio Engineering Award

Philip B. Whitney general manager of WINC will receive the National Association of Broadcasters top radio engineering award at the NAB convention in April. He is credited with the first remote control system for broadcasting stations and has written articles for national magazines. Whitney also serves as chief supervisory engineer for seven other stations, leads Virginia broadcasters as president, and holds multiple civic and professional roles in Winchester and New Hampshire.

Philip B. Whitney WINC National Association of Broadcasters Mr. Whitney Whitney Radioland Broadcasting Broadcast Engineering Publlished Out of Kansas City Richard F. Lewis, Inc Virginia Association of Broadcasters Winchester - Frederick County Keene, N. H New Hampshire State Teachers College First National Television Institute of WLNH New Hampshire Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers New York Home Improvement Council Winchster

Holmes A Butler Dies at 67 in Winchester

Holmes A Butler of 517 S Kent St Winchester died yesterday. Born June 2 1902 in Middletown he was the son of the late Russell and Ada Butler. He married Della Dolman in Winchester June 30 1949 and worked as a driver for C Ridgely White. He leaves his widow three children a brother a sister and a grandson. Funeral arrangements are pending.

Holmes A. Butler S.kent St Mr. Butler Middletown Russell Ada Anker Butler Della Dolman Winchester C. Ridgely White Supreme Council Jacob James E. Butler Ada Butler Blanche M. Butler Harry Butler Cornelia Gray Hagerstown the.Jones’Funeral Home

Signs Uprooted and Stolen Near Frederick County Homes

Road signs along Routes 600 and 671 were uprooted and left where they fell. A sign at the Oscar B. Lentz residence entrance was stolen, valued at 50 dollars. The 36 by 26 inch face bears the words Bird Ridge, a cardinal, and the Lentz name. Deputy Miller Owens and state police investigate.

Aeaeats Frederick County Rts Oscar B. Lentz Lentz Bird Ridge Miller Owens

Youth arrest after diner robbery and multiple burglaries

Police say a youth carried a .22 rifle and a .38 revolver in his luggage and may be tied to a Greenville home burglary. A Donut Dinette employee described a masked youth demanding money, firing toward a kitchen, with no injuries. Three Winchester juveniles, ages 16, 14, and 13, face multiple charges including unlawful entry and larceny across several locations.

Rudolph Greenville S. C Alice M. Hiett Donut Dinette Pauline McKeever Winchester Charles Hill Herbert Holliday Cornwell's Handley High School Elm St Nichols Acme Berryville Ave

Taxicabs Arrive in United States in 1907

The first taxicabs were introduced in the United States in 1907 marking the start of a new urban transport era. The development signaled a shift toward motorized taxi services guiding city travel and commerce.

United States

Mrs Holliman Injured In Route 50 Crash

Mrs Holliman remained in the Intensive Care Unit at Winchester Memorial Hospital with a fractured skull fractured ribs and lacerations after her car struck a tree below the Route 50 dual lane section. She was transported to the hospital by the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad.

Weather Today Virginia Forecast Summary

Fair and colder tonight and Saturday with low 18 to 25 and highs near 40 Sunday shows little change Five day outlook calls for below normal temperatures with daytime highs in the upper 30s to mid 30s and minor daily changes with little precipitation Winchester skies note sunset 4 52 p m sunrise 7 28 a m moonset 4 43 a m and full moon on December 23

Virginia Winchester

Rainfall totals and monthly averages from historic records

Rain measurements show none in the past 48 hours ending 8:30 a.m. today. December and year totals are listed, with five year and six decade averages. The data include monthly rainfall averages for 56 years and scattered figures for several years and months.

SQUALUS SURVIVORS: 1939 Portsmouth Sub Rescue

The submarine Squalus sank off Portsmouth New Hampshire in 1939 at a depth of 240 feet with 57 Navy men and two civilians aboard. A historic rescue saved 33 lives.

Portsmouth N.H

Swims to Live How Atlantic Mackerel Survive

The adult Atlantic mackerel must swim constantly to breathe. It relies on a continuous water flow over its gills. stopping motion leads to suffocation and death.

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Donald M. Zea Howard F. Martin Laura Nixon Grover C. Kidwell Mary Pancoast Friends Meeting House Holmes A Mrs. Carl Files Mrs. Willis Waldo Parks Marvin Conley, Jr Braddock St Mr. Kidwell Cornelia Loweryell Pearl W. Lewis First United Methodist Church Woodmen of the World Kidwell Clyde Kirby Lewis Ritter Kermit Batt Jacksonville Fla Vernie Patterson Alma Mason Dale Haines Grace Patton Boyce Dess Fletcher Nancy Crim Ruby Boyd Ruth Lenonis Dayton Ohio Joan Bush Delores Cooper Falls Church Delmer _Landacre Redondo Beach Calif Jones Funeral Home Paul J.slonaker Marshall Boyd, Jr Donald S. Bush Robert Boy Thomas D. Crim Charles Patterson Mason Shenandoah Memorial Park Laura L. Nixon Laura Lockhart Nixon Mountain Falls Aljournan Evelyn Lockhart Nixon Los Angeles John W. Richard Mt. Airy J. Edgar Richard Phillip Richard Washington Hannah E. Holbrook Mt. Rainier Catherine W. Smith Abingdon Paul Richard Leafy Cleaves Every Golden Hilda Triplett Silver Spring James Lockhart Mary Good Gore Florists, Inc Stephens City Funeral Home N. Main Street Nsealmare Bernard Boscawen St Cmds Funeral Home Loudoun Street DIAL Mary P. Parks Hayfield, Va B&m Chevrolet Catalina Valley Ave Chevrolet Cadillac Corporation Valley Blaze National Association Frederick Gghors Shenandosh Valley Yan Jem Nichols Low Low Albany Atlanta Bismarck Boise Boston Buffalo Charlotte Cincinnati Cleveland Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee St.p New Orleans Okla City Omaha Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Ore Rapid City Richmond St. Louis Salt Kk City San Diego San.fran Seattle Tampa Winnipeg Wena Mane Glaize N. Cameron St I.Q Lofty Tower Wyoming Daniel J. Evans New England Wisconsin Great Lakes Central Northern Pacific States Squalus BUICK H. W. Ebert Loudoun St
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