Obituaries from Virginia and Maryland area readers
Multiple obituaries: Mrs. Sidney A Curl 58 of Mt. Rainier Md died Tuesday wife of Sidney Curl former Winchester resident survived by son in Germany. funeral at Nalley's Mt. Rainier with graveside at Mount Hebron. Also death notices for Mrs Betty Williams Huntley and Chaplain Hynson Carson Jr both with Winchester ties and services in Blacksburg and Mount Hebron.
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Evelyn Gordon Smith Curl
Mt. Rainier
Sidney A. Curl
Winchester
Maryland
Curl
Staunton
Sidney A. Curl, Jr
Armed Services
Germany
Pamela Curl
Sharon Pegeen Curl
W.N. Gouchenour
Kenneth W. Curl
Holmes D. Curl
Sherwin Farmer
Selby S. Clem
Alexandria
Roy B. Curl
College Park
Nalley
Mount Hebron
Virgil A Moyer, Jr
Betty B. Mills Williams
Huntley
Warren County Memorial Hospital
Front Royal
Williams
George W
Hester Williams Mills
Irven Williams
Irene Harrison
Anna Mary Williams
Nelson R. Williams
Betty Jane Bailey
Joseph Mills
Huntly
Lula Poe
Hynson Carson, Jr
Roanoke
Mary Warden Boyd
Mr. Carson
Hynson
Ruth van Aukan Carson
Radford
Ruth Warden Carson
Christ Episcopal Church
Blacksburg
Claude [McCauley
Hoy Funeral Home
Ella Smith Manuel
Hillsboro
Hall Funeral Home
Purcellville
Hillsboro Cemetery
Hazel Edith Pancake
Morningside Drive
Sacred Heart Hospital
Cumberland
Pancake
Romney
W. Va
Bradford
Cora Shanholtz Speelman
Romney First United Methodist Church
Claude A. Pancake
Gwendolyn Jenkins
San Jose
Calif
Claudine Emrick
Mount Savage
Congress Still Waging 70 Battles on Eve of 1971
Washington AP reports a waning Congress faces late year battles over SST subsidies, Social Security increases, food stamps, pay raises for federal workers, and Penn Central loan guarantees. House Senate negotiators push to adjourn amid potential pocket veto risk by President Nixon.
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Senate House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Mansfield
Nixon
White House
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Capitol
Henry M. Jackson
House
Russell B. Long
D-La
Finance Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
Penn Central Railroad
Berryville Man Fatally Struck by Blade Near Vehicle
Amos C. Seal, 63, of Berryville died in Herndon Virginia after a fan blade dislodged from a parked pickup engine and struck his throat severing an artery. He was a construction worker and was near the truck when the accident occurred Tuesday.
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Amos C. Seal
Berryville
Herndon
Seal
Snow Delays and Weather Outlook Across Virginia
Post Office branches operate on a holiday schedule with limited services while snow blankets western Virginia. Saturday windows stay open until noon except Money Order, with Sunday collection. Forecast calls for heavy snow in Shenandoah Valley easing tonight, partial clearing tomorrow, temperatures 20s to 30s, winds up to 15 mph, 80 percent tonight precipitation, 30 percent Friday. Associated Press notes two low pressure systems pushing northeast from Arkansas and off the southeast coast, gale warnings for Virginia coast and southern Chesapeake Bay, with coastal winds near 40 mph late today.
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Shenandoah Valley
Associated Press
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N.C
Delaware
New Jersey
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Winchester Moves Signs Ahead of Annexation Boundary
State Highway Department begins placing boundary signs on primary roads as Winchester expands its city limits. Officials outline the annexation area totaling 9.3 square miles with population rising to 19 511 after the latest expansion. Attending hearing were city and county officials and lawyers.
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State Highway Department
Winchester
Old City
Merriman’s Lane
Winchester & Western Railway
Cedar Creek
Hogue Run
B&o
Morningside Drive
Keep Time With Moon Tides Delay Daily
The article explains that successive tides occur about 50 minutes later each day on average, matching the moon's daily delay in rising. It notes the regular shift in tidal timing tied to the moon's motion.
Rotisserie Term Spit Traces to Anglo-Saxon Origin
A linguistics note explains that the word spit comes from the Anglo-Saxon spitu meaning a point. It traces the term’s meaning to a red thrust through meat for broiling over an open fire, noting it is at least five centuries old.
City Plans Annexation Services and New Schools
The city will contract for twice weekly refuse collection in the annexed area until equipment and staff are in place. Zoned R-1, the area will await a zoning ordinance. County control of schools continues through the current year with plans for a 600 pupil elementary school by Sept 1972 and a 1,200 pupil middle school by Sept 1973. Bus purchases, expanded bus service, street lighting, and three new parks are planned. Voter redistricting and precinct changes will be announced. City licenses and permits will be required after March 15, and dog licenses remain valid until expiration.
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Tennyson Ave
State Department of Education
Potomac Edison
Winchester
Linden Drive
Pineville Subdivision
Wea
Commissioner of Revenue
Frederick County
Weather looks to clear Friday with cold weekend ahead
Snow tapers tonight with partial clearing by Friday. Lows near 20s and highs in 30s Friday with 80 percent rain chance. Weekend stays cold with upper 30s to low 40s, then warmer Sunday and Monday with chances of rain, possibly starting as snow west Sunday.
The Only U.S. President Defeated Then Reelected
Grover Cleveland is the only U.S. president to lose re election and later win again serving two nonconsecutive terms from 1885 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897.
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U.S
Grover Cleveland
Government Supervises Only Resort in Hot Springs
Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas remains the sole U S resort under formal government supervision. The status reflects ongoing federal oversight of facilities within the park.
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Hot Springs National Park
Arkansas
United States
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