Obituaries Highlight Local Officials and Residents
A graveside service for former Rep Burr P Harrison who died Saturday in Winchester Memorial Hospital was held at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Harrison served eight terms in Congress and earlier held Virginia Senate and Winchester Circuit Court posts. Also noted are obituaries for William Allen Heishman 69 of Wardensville and Guy W McDonald 63 of Strasburg with services in Wardensville and Strasburg. Burial details and survivors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr P. Harrison
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mount Hebron
Harrison
Seventh
Frederick County
Virginia Senate
Winchester
Congress
William Allen Heishman
Wardensville
W.va
John
Bertie Garrett Heishman
Juanita Hershman
Meta Williams
Highview
Arbutus Wiggins
Wardensville United Methodist Church
Allen Parrish
Hershman Cemetery
Loy Funeral Home
Major Winter Storm Engulfs Central U S With Heavy Snow
The Associated Press reports a large winter storm moving east blanketed Kansas to Pennsylvania with snow depths from 5 to 11 inches. Indiana, Missouri and Illinois saw significant totals and road closures, while advisories and cold warnings spread from Oklahoma to Texas and the Atlantic coast. Avalanches killed and injured skiers in Utah, and Alabama experienced tornadoes with property damage but no deaths.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Russell
Kan
Columbia
Springfield
Ill
Indianapolis
Evansville
Ind
Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Indiana 67
Spencer
Bloomington
Oklahoma
Atlantic Coast
Colorado
Missouri
New Mexico
Texas
Alta
Utah
Alta Lodge
Alabama
Funeral service for Otis Lee Parsons held in Gannettown
Otis Lee Parsons 67 of 312 Auburn Street Martinsburg West Virginia died Thursday evening at City Hospital. A funeral service was held yesterday at 1 30 p m in Central Chapel Gannettown conducted by the Rev Frank Dougy. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy W. McDonald
Rt. 1
Strasburg
Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital
Stover Memorial Chapel
Merle J. Whitney
Lebanon Church Cemetery
Eugene McDonald
Warren F. McDonald
C.D. Hershman
Charles Lee McDonald
Marvin Loving
Robert Gregg
Otis Lee Parsons
Auburn St
Martinsburg
W.va
City Hospital
Central Chapel
Gannettown
Frank Dougy
Church Cemetery
Mrs E R Foster Dies. longtime Assembly of God minister
Mrs E R Foster and her husband Rev E R Foster served as Amarillo First Assembly of God ministers for 38 years after moving to Bentonville in 1971. Born August 24 1907 in Joplin Missouri she led the West Texas District Woman's Missionary Council. Survived by four sons a daughter 13 grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral held Front Royal Virginia with a second service planned in Amarillo Texas burial Llano Cemetery. Body moved to Friendship Airport Baltimore for transport to Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Ellen Wiley Foster
Bentonville
First Assembly of God Church
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Tex
Foster
Amarillo
E. Ralph Foster Jr
Galen P. Foster
el Paso
David D. Foster
Annandale
Darrell Foster
Manassas
Kathleen Joanne Stafford
Vietnam
Philip Wiley
Bellingham
Wash
Front Royal
Alden Yates
Wallace P. Odum
Perry Elliott
Alton Mauck Jr
James Stephens
Garland Elliott
Dormon Groves
Gilbert Smith
Turner Funeral Home
Obituaries From Augusta and Brucetown Region
Multiple local notices report deaths including Mrs. Nannie V. McKee of Augusta aged 85 who died in Winchester Memorial and was to be buried in Salem Cemetery with services at McKee Funeral Chapel. Other items note Charles William Boden died in a Winchester nursing home with service details and survivors, and Edgar Ackley Stickle funeral held in Berryville with burial at Upperville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie V. McKee
Augusta
W.va
Winchester Memorial Hospital
John A. Robinson
Virginia Alkire Robinson
Viola Snyder
McKee
J. Lloyd Black Jr
Salem Cemetery
Charles William
Jack) Boden
Winchester
Mr. Boden
Charles H
Mary W. Becker Boden
Brucetown
Robert R. Boden
Clearbrook
John H. Enders
Berryville
William Richards
Robert R. Boden Jr
J. Frederick Boden
Walter F. Keckley
Douglas B. O’connell
Roy E. Pope
R. Clark Purcell
Edgar Ackley Stickle
Edith Thomas
Boyce
Wilson D. Jones
Upperville
Shortages New Crisis Toilet Paper Scare Grips Winchester
A local scare over toilet paper leaves shelves empty at four of six Winchester chain stores. Shoppers wait as wholesalers vent frustration and theories abound about the cause, while grocers bag groceries in the lingering “Great Brown Bag Business.”
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Winchester
Kissinger arrives in Los Angeles under heavy security
Kissinger rode in from Washington aboard a TWA jet to LAX with about 15 in his party. Secret Service and LAPD supervised the transfer to a limousine as he avoided the terminal and media. Officials expect a week of foreign policy conferences. Nixon signed seven bills and formed a National Voluntary Service Advisory Council with Mrs. Nixon as adviser eligible for daily fees.
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Kissinger
Los Angeles International Airport
Trans World Airlines
Washington
Nixon
United
Secret Service
Los Angeles
TWA
Stuart Gilbert
Albuquerque
N.M
National Voluntary Service
Gerald R. Ford
Colorado
Virginia City to Become Ath Largest in Nation
Suffolk Virginia AP reports that at midnight New Year’s Eve Virginia City will be the fourth largest U S city by area after merging with Nansemond, totaling 430 square miles yet under 50 000 in population. The merger ceremony is set for Wednesday with Gov elect Mills Godwin as guest speaker.
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Suffolk
Virginia
Los Angeles
Oklahoma City
Jacksonville
Fla
Nansemond
Mills Godwin
New Suffolk City
Calendar of Events for Monday in Winchester area
A Monday schedule lists activities at various venues including Art Guild at Round Hill Community Center Teen Weight Watchers at Odd Fellows Hall Weight Watchers at Odd Fellows Hall Recovery Inc at George Washington Hotel Berryville TOPS at F&M Bank Duplicate Bridge Madison Lodge No 6 IOOF and S P E B S Q S A Barbershop Chorus at First United Methodist Church with times from 11 a m to 8 p m.
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Art Guild of Winchester
Round’ Hill Community Center
Odd Fellows Hall
Recovery’ Inc
George Washington Hotel
Berryville
F&m Bank
Madison Lodge
IOOF
First United Methodist Church
Winchester Events Callouts For New Year
A town notice lists activities on New Year’s Day including Weight Watchers classes at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at 37 E Boscawen and Odd Fellows Hall, plus a National Secretaries Association meeting at Carpers Valley Golf Club, and a Citizen Band Radio Club gathering at 700 N Cameron St and a Civil Air Patrol event at the old Virginia Woolen Mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Boscawen
Odd Fellows Hall
National Secretaries Association International
Carpers Valley Golf Club
Winchester- Frederick
Citizen Band
N. Cameron St
Civil Air Patrol
Old Virginia Woolen Mill
Infant Downs Dies at Birth in Winchester
The infant daughter of Stanley Sylvester Downs and Joan Lake Downs of Rt. 6 Winchester died at birth Saturday in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Survived by paternal grandmother Mrs. Harry S. Downs and maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. James Theodore Lake of Berryville, a graveside service was held at 11 this morning in Green Hill Cemetery led by Rev. Paul E. Dick. John H. Enders Funeral Home of Berryville arranged the service.
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Stanley Sylvester Downs
Joan Lake Downs
Rt. 6
Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Harry S. Downs
James Theodore Lake
Berryville
Green Hill Cemetery
Paul E. Dick
John H. Enders
Byrd Pays Tribute to Burr Harrison Died Saturday
U S Senator Harry F Byrd Jr issued a statement mourning Burr P Harrison former congressman and circuit judge who died Saturday He noted 32 years in public office including 16 in the House and said he would miss him as a friend A graveside service was set for 2 p m at Mount Hebron Trygve Lie was the UN s first secretary general
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Burr P. Harrison
Sen. Byrd
Burr Harrison
United States
House of Representatives
Harrison
Mount Hebron
Weather summary for Northern Valley and Virginia region
Turning colder with rain tonight, then snow flurries in the mountains and rain elsewhere. Lows range from the 20s to 40s with highs in the 30s to 50s. Extended forecasts call for mostly cold, dry conditions Wednesday through Friday and subfreezing overnights.
Winchester Skies Sunset and Sunrise Times
The daily weather note records sunset at 4 59 p m and sunrise at 7 33 a m for Winchester on Monday December 31 with a clear sky outlook.
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Winchester
Answers Printing Right Hand in England
A brief item notes Mike Mansfield examining answers printing concerns in England. It mentions the Maharanee and a buck, a doe, and a fawn. Courts martial are referenced along with Buffalo, New York and Venus. The phrase The same appears as a concluding element.
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England
Mike Mansfield
Maharanee
Buck, Doe
Fawn
Buffalo
N.Y
Venus
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William A. Hershman
McDonald Service
Saville Service
Roy L. Saville
Slanesville
McKee Funeral Home
Karl Tangeman
Loudoun St
Georgia
Sand Hill
Texas Panhandle
Pacific Northwest Coast
Parsons Service
E.R. Foster
Charles W. Boden
Stickle Service
Howard Hughes
Bahamas
Bill
Virginia City
Peter F. Lydens
Stanley Tools
Stanley
Yolu W. Rosenberger
Commerce St
Byrd
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Pat
Bernard F. Groves
S. Braddock St
Congregational Christian Church
Haig
Guaneeee
C.J. Brumback
Cameron St
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