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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1970

Page

2

Obituaries: Klafehn Miller family and area deaths

Obituary notices list Frank Klafehn born Hilton New York retired 1968 as Heinz manager. survived by Christine Miller widow two children Linda and Douglas. services at First Baptist Church and burial Mount Hebron. Also Clark P. Bageant Whitacre death. burial Woodlawn Cemetery at Whitacre. Caroline Brooks 93 Winchester dies. Mt Carmel Baptist Church member. burial Ebenezar Cemetery White Post. Funeral home visitation details given for each.

Mr. Klafehn Hilton N.Y Yeeeeee Frank Lena Bauer Klafehn Christine Miller Rochester H.J. Heinz Company First Baptist Church Linda Klafehn Lexington Douglas Klafehn Washington Louis Marks Brockport Leoha Klafehn Elmer Klafehn Pittsburgh E.T. Clark Mount Hebron Jones Funeral Home Caroline Brooks E. Pall Mall St Winchester Mermorial Hospital Brooks Linden Jasper Mioten Winchester Mt. Carmel Baptist Church

Funeral services for Joseph Henry Klafehn

Funeral services for Joseph Henry Klafehn are scheduled for Wednesday at 3 00 PM at the First Baptist Church. Jones Funeral Home Inc is handling arrangements for the deceased.

Joseph Henry Klafehn First Baptist Church

Winchester Annexation Court Orders Tuition for Annexed Children

The city will pay tuition for area children to attend county schools until the new Handley area elementary and proposed intermediate schools are built. By September 1972 the city plans a 600 pupil elementary near Handley High, replacing John Kerr School, to absorb annexed students. The court mapped 5.9 square miles to Winchester and mandated local education costs through the current school year.

Handley John Kerr Handley High School Johnson Frederick County Winchester

Anger Clouds Homecoming for 350 GIs at Travis Field

About 350 U S troops arriving on a giant 747 charter jet faced two day delays denying landing at Saigon. They expressed anger at the South Vietnamese government while awaiting onward travel to various destinations. A Tan Son Nhut official blamed airport erosion for 747 landings being impractical. Pan American disputed the decision and suggested alternative fields were refused.

Vietnam Saigon Travis Air Force Base Calif Spec John Carolina Jr Bridgeport Conn Air Force Pacific Southeast Asia Bien Hoa Cam Ranh Bay

Chimney Fire Grips Round Hill Home Five Hours

Round Hill firemen battled a stubborn chimney fire at Mrs. Bessie Fries home near Old Bethel Church for over five hours. Fire Chief Vernon Haines said firefighters arrived at 7 p.m. to flames shooting from the chimney, cooled the chimney with salt and chemicals, and found cracks from heat. They checked hot spots, smoldering in a built in wall cabinet and attic near the chimney, removed flooring to dampen the area, and damaged ceiling and two wall mantles. Neighbors Carroll Unger and Mr. Combs aided and Mrs Fries fed the crew Christmas cakes before they returned to the hall at 12 22 am.

Round Hill Bessie Fries Old Bethel Church Vernon Haines Haines Round-Hill Carroll Unger Mr. Combs Mrs. Fries

Eve Service Candlelight Worship at Highland Memorial

A Christmas Eve candlelight service will be held at 8 0 pm in Highland Memorial Presbyterian Church at 446 Highland Ave. The service is open to the public.

Highland Memorial Presbyterian Church Highland Ave

Boy Scout Week Replaced by Month Long Anniversary

The Shenandoah Area Council announces a February start for a 61st anniversary month celebrating the Boy Scouts of America. The Feb 8 birthday remains part of activities as 3,000 Scouts and leaders launch Project SOAR to expand conservation efforts across Virginia and West Virginia counties.

William W. Wolfersberger Shenandoah Area Boy Scouts of America Wolfersberger Shenandoah Berkeley Jefferson West Virginia

Nazarene Church Christmas Program at Winchester

The Winchester Church of the Nazarene will host a Christmas program Thursday at 7 30 p m with recitations and the presentation of a play titled Sharing Christmas.

Winchester Church of the Nazarene

Christmas Day Service at First United Methodist Church

A Christmas Day service will be held at the First United Methodist Church on 308 N I Braddock St from 10 15 to 11 00 with meditation and minion. The Christmas tree in the sanctuary will be on display after service through January 3.

First United Methodist Church N. I Braddock St Leach

Winchester Chapter Railway History Meeting Tonight

The Winchester Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society holds its regular meeting Saturday at 7 30 p m in the Scout Room of the First Presbyterian Church A film of logging railroad operations will be shown Members and visitors are welcome to attend.

Winchester The National Railway Historical Society First Presbyterian Church R.R

Williamson Heads County Fire Groups

The Frederick County Firemen's Association elected L. D. Williamson of Gainesboro Volunteer Fire Company as president for the coming year. He succeeds Stanley Watkins of Round Hill Community Fire Company. Elected with Williamson were Godfrey Prelip Gore Volunteer Fire Company as vice president Earl Nail Gore Fire Company as secretary and Earl Smith Gore Fire Company as treasurer. The association reported 31 fire alarms answered in the past month.

Frederick County Firemen’s Association L.D Red) Williamson Gainesboro Volunteer Fire Company Williamson Stanley Watkins Round Hill Community Fire Company County Firemen’s Association Godfrey Prelip The Gore Volunteer Fire Company Earl Nail Gore Fire Company Earl Smith

Denver jar collector turns hobby into small stock

Ron Wreath, a Denver druggist, has spent about ten years assembling apothecary jars and pharmacy bottles. He now has enough to stock a small shop with many jars still labeled. One bottle boasts contents to cure indigestion foul breath bad taste in the mouth dizziness kidney or bladder trouble and tired feeling.

Denver Ron Wreath

Wall Street rises after Chase Manhattan rate cut

The Dow gains 1.02 points to 822.56 at 10:30 am as Chase Manhattan Bank reduces its prime rate to 6 percent from 7 percent. Major banks move quickly, with mixed results on the Big Board and gains for Niagara Mohawk Power and American Telephone.

New York Stock Exchange Chase Wall Street Phelps Dodge Massey Ferguson Plessey Ltd Niagara Mohawk Power American Telephone

Two Crashes Cause Seven Hundred Dollar Losses

Damages totaling 2700 dollars were reported from three traffic crashes in the area yesterday. Jefferson Shingleton of Gerrardstown escaped injury when his truck rolled over on icy Route 11, four miles north of Winchester, at 1 15 p.m. R E Snyder estimated the truck at 1200 dollars. A two car collision on Route 7 near Berryville involved Robert Gantt of Leesburg and Joseph Shumaker of Lovettsville with damages of 300 and 1200 dollars respectively. A sleeting rain collision on Middle Road at 12 45 p.m. lacks details.

Jefferson Shingleton Gerrardstown W. Va Winchester R R.E. Snyder Route 7 Berryville Snyder Robert Gantt Leesburg Joseph Shumaker Lovettsville Gantt Shumaker Middle Road

Weather Outlook for Virginia with Rain Chances

Cloudy today with a 30 percent chance of rain tonight and on Wednesday. Lows in the 40s and highs in the 60s. Thursday to Saturday show a mix of rain, cooler temperatures, and a cool to cold pattern with daytime highs in the 30s and overnight lows in the teens.

Virginia

Answers Away Desert Shrub in Disjointed List

Fragmented OCR reads like a quiz list with scattered items. It includes Mary Bell Washington and Mary Bell Washington, Scottish, South Dakota, New York Tribune, Turquoise, and other lone phrases. The text lacks coherent narrative or full context.

Mary Bell Washington T Lay South Dakota New York Tribune

Newspapers Blame Rioting on Gomulka in Poland

In Warsaw the Communist party press faulted the late leader Gomulka for the riots that toppled him. Gierek replaces Gomulka as first secretary and promises economic reform while price hikes remain. Brezhnev praises the new Polish leadership as Moscow signals support.

Warsaw Communist Party Poland Wladyslaw Gomulka Gomulka Zycie Warszawy Joseph Cyrankiewicz Edward Gierek Gierek Warsaw Radio Leonid I. Brezhnev Soviet Union Brezhnev Kremlin

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