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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1978
Page
13
Front Royal resident Elizabeth Proctor Biggs has published Beyond the Limit of Our Sight, a collection of 12 supernatural stories grounded in fact and often set in Warren County. The book draws on Biggs’s files of listener reports about encounters with the spirit world and includes tales of death, reunions, and psychic revelations.
Police report a Maryland man died after suffering a heart attack while driving on Rt 659 in Frederick County. Marcellus K. Bland of Shepherdstown was pronounced dead on arrival at Winchester Memorial Hospital after his car left the road into small bushes. Minor vehicle damage noted and no further details available.
Virginia Secretary of Transportation Wayne Whitham resigns effective December 31 due to a chronic heart condition. Governor John Dalton announced the retirement at a news conference. Whitham has been hospitalized off and on for a year and is now at home but not fully recovered. George M. is named as successor.
Walters 54 a former Reynolds Metals Co. president held roles from comptroller to president before retiring as chairman of the board. Whitham Virginia's first Secretary of Transportation under Govs Halton Godwin and Dalton gained national renown for transportation work. Mrs. Whitham said his health is improving and he plans to handle personal business while spending holidays in Winchester.
Liz Taylor receives a $12,000 four wheel drive Saxon Wagoneer as her Christmas present. John Warner, Virginia’s senator, arranged the jeep from Kern Motor Co in Winchester after a nationwide search. The vehicle, with a 360 cubic inch engine and a 40 channel CB radio, was procured from dealers in North Carolina and Ohio and delivered to the Warner farm in Upperville ready for Santa.
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