Obituaries: Ridings Riley Kerns services set in Winchester
Funeral services are scheduled for Kenneth Edward Ridings 48 of 344 Gray Ave at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Greenhill Cemetery Stephens City. Charles Robert Riley 84 of 1030 Orchard Ave dies in Winchester Memorial Hospital. service tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Shenandoah Memorial Park. Ada L. Kerns 62 of 115 1/28 Loudoun St dies at home. service Monday at Whitacre United Methodist Church with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery Whitacre.
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Kenneth Edward Ridings
Gray Ave
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Julian T. Owen
Roland Dalton
Claude Strickler
David Manuel
Elwood Webber
Omer Middleton
John J. Pickeral
Greenhill Cemetery
Stephens City
Charles Robert Riley
Orchard Ave
Albert M. Ellis
Asa Smith
Randolph Seal
Bergie Rickard
Mack Greathouse
Harry Kiddler
Harley Adams
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Deaths and funeral notices from Spencer and Martinsburg
Mrs Grace Morgan Lester of Spencer W Va died yesterday. She was mother of Mrs Ruth Barrett of Weems Lane. Funeral service will be held Monday at Vandale Funeral Home Spencer. Virgil Franklin Adams Jr three month old son of Virgil Franklin and Betty Ann Faircloth Adams of Bunker Hill W Va died yesterday in Kings Daughters Hospital Martinsburg. Born Sept 27 1967. Surviving with parents are paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Janney Adams Gerardstown and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Eddy Faircloth also of Gerrardstown. Funeral Monday at 10 30 a.m. at Brown Funeral Home Martinsburg Rev William Crowe. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery near Gainesboro.
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Ada L. Kerns
Loudoun St
Kerns
Cold Stream
W. Va
George and
Zella Ann Patterson Hawkins
Sandy Ridge Christian Church
James L. Morgan, Jr
Stephens City
Lynn Hawkins
Whitacre
Wilson Hawkins
Ruskin, Fla
India Nealis
Catona Beach
Fla
Della Poole
Winchester
Beatrice Shanholtz
Capon Bridge
Lena Hite
Bloomery
Whitacre Methodist Church
Ralph S. Malcomb
Woodlawn
Omps Funneral Home
Virgil Franklin Adams, Jr
Virgil Franklin
Betty Ann Faircloth Adams
Bunker Hill
Kings Daughters Hospital
Martinsburg
Janney Adams
Gerrardstown
Eddy Faircloth
Brown Funeral Home
William Crowe
Pine Grove Cemetery
Gainesboro
Gift slip lists recipient and contents for mailed packages
Instructions emphasize including a slip inside each parcel detailing the recipient and the items. The system ensures delivery even if outer wrapping loosens, guiding safe handoff and tracking.
Reckless Drivers Draw Big Fines and Suspensions
A Frederick County Court session handed heavy fines and suspended licenses to numerous defendants for reckless driving and related offenses. Notable cases include James Graham Benner of Brucetown with 86.75 fine and three months license suspension for reckless driving. Bruce Leake of Martinsburg speeding 80 mph with two months license suspension. and several others in Stephens City, Berryville, Middletown, and beyond facing fines, jail time suspended on conditions, or license losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
James Grahham Benner
Brucetown
Junior Franklin Leake
Martinsburg
W. Va
Cecil Edwards Romine
Stephens City
Paul Hott
Sunnyside
Darryl Pitcock
Kenneth Earl Jenkins
Rt. 5
Sarah Amelia Anderson
Berryville
Douglas Ray Carter
Stanford Lewis Hughes
Thomas’ Frederick Martin
Middletown
Elwood
Alger
Stanley
Raub Supply Co
Stanley Thomas Elliott
Johnny Allen Kerns
Rt. 3
Ralph Earle
Lillian V. Mcc Clure
Rt. 2
Ervin
Cleveland
Humane Officer
Darrell Wayne Anderson
Cecil Warner Bly, Jr
Straseburg
Elmer Franklin Spitler
Star Tannery
Arthur Edward McGuffin
Rt. 6
Flora Shirley Lockhart
Gore
James
Floyd Morrison
Alice Frame Patrick
Earl Clifton Renner
Bloomery Star
Robert Lee Shields
Boyce
Glenn Wesley Shuster
Henry Garnett Wiley, Jr
Diane Elizabeth Bucher
Glaize Ave
Eugene Kennzie Leake
John Eldridge Shepherd
Rt. 4
Carl Vance Wedell
Mt. Falls
Donald Lee Anderson
Siler
Joseph F. T. Hulver, Jr
Howard Leigh Bailey
Middleburg
Jeanette Kenney Cunningham
Bernard Maphis Board
Woodstock
Lillian Bly Hottle
Strasburg
Bobby Joe Minor
Flint Hill
Daniel Heffner Oates
Conway St
Guy Jennings Oates
Wayman B. Stevenson
Falls Church
James Ralph Trumbull
Arlington
Edward Janney Bailey
Vanderight Circle
Walter Newman Bowers
Banon Church
David Delmar Creager
Imperial St
Clarence Jacob Emmart
Kent Circle
Homer Edison Kerns, Jr
S. Kent St
Marion Aileen Moore
Charles Lee Ritenour
N. Loudoun St
Billy Largent
Petit Larceny
Fire destroys Shenandoah trailer killing elderly woman and son
An elderly woman identified as Virgie Ann Hall and her disabled veteran son Raymond Salzwedel were killed when their train home trailer burned late Thursday. Fire Chief Robert L. Clem arrived first and found Mrs. Hall dead from smoke in the trailer. Raymond was found burned in a rear bed. Fire Chief Lucian Thompson said an explosion or furnace malfunction likely caused the blaze. In Weyers Cave, Blue Ridge Community College seeks expansion funds from the Virginia General Assembly to handle rising enrollment, with emphasis on library adequacy for accreditation and space for nearly 100 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Virgie Ann Hall
Raymond Salzwedel
Shenendoah
Robert L. Clem
Hall
Lucian Thompson
Massive two story broiler houses rise in Rockingham County
Noah Hughes, a New Market poultryman, builds two 420 by 42 foot broiler houses on land between Timberville and New Market. The December building permit, costing 70 000 dollars each, marks the largest poultry structure permit ever issued in Rockingham County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Market
Noah Hughes
Timberville
Rockingham County
Origin of the cravat linked to Louis XIV era
The cravat, a term for a man's necktie, originated during Louis XIV's reign to describe the neck scarf worn by Croatian soldiers in the Royal Croatian Regiment.
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Louis XIV
Minor Fires In County Reported By Fire Crews
Stephens City firemen reported light damage from a flue fire in a Bartonsville house yesterday at 11 19. The house was owned by L. Shackleford and occupied by Warren Holt. Clearbrook and Shawnee crews reported minor damage from a second house fire across from Crown Cork and Seal on Route 11 north. Details were unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Bartonsville
L. Shackleford
Warren Holt
Clearbrook
Shawnee
Crown, Cork and
Seal
Rt. 11 North
Weather Today Virginia Rain and Snow Likely
Rainfall continues in Virginia with snow, mixed sleet at times. Snow ends Sunday morning with partial clearing, windy and colder by afternoon. Temperatures: noon high, with dawn and dusk times noted for Winchester. January rainfall totals shown, various yearly and monthly averages listed.
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Virginia
Air Pollution Board Adopts First Rules in Virginia
The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board approved its initial rules covering smoke open burning dust and fumes. Public hearing drew 100 plus attendees as amendments favored by utilities and railroads were adopted to ease debris burning outside metro areas. Some coal and pulp groups urged study of enforcement procedures while retainers supported necessary limits.
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State Air Pollution Control Board
del. Lewis McMurran
Newport News
McMurran
State Highway Department
Guy Tripp I
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Virginia Railway Association
Gordon H. Lawhorn
Mechanicsville
Virginia Coal Operators Association
A. D. Fury Jr
Spock and Coffin among five indicted in antiwar draft protests
The indictment charges Coffin Spock Raskin and Goodman with urging resistance to the draft during antiwar protests in New York City outside the Justice Department. Spock defended the actions saying they offered moral and financial support to end the war and urged mass refusals to serve.
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Spock
FBI
Institute For Policy Studies
Raskin
U.S
National Committee For A
Washington
New York
Justice Department
Slavery Legal Across All Thirteen States in 1776 Union
In 1776 the newly formed United States of America permitted slavery in all thirteen states. The political framework and constitutional foundations at the time allowed enslaved people to be held as property across the fledgling union.
Income Taxes To Be Topic of Farm School
The Cooperative Extension Service of VPI will sponsor a joint Frederick Clarke session on income taxes for farmers Thursday at 7 30 p m at Clarke County Courthouse. This opens the 1968 Farm Management School with invitations to all area farmers. Instructor Jack Holloran will lead four topics in depth: basis, capital gains and losses, depreciation, and investment credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperative Extension ‘Service
VPI
Frederick-Clarke County
Clarke County
Jack Holloran
Wolfe
Rites Monday For Victim Of Exposure
William Carson Shaffer 62 of Star Tannery died from exposure. No autopsy planned. Found 5 15 am by brother in law Ralph Whittington. Funeral Monday 2 pm at Stover Funeral Home Strasburg with Dr. William O. Rhoad officiating. Burial Lebanon Church Cemetery. Family to receive friends Sunday 7 to 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglass O. Hill
William Carson Shaffer
Star Tannery
Ralph M. Whittington
Shaffer
Answers to a list of historical trivia
A compact set of ten quiz items with responses including George Washington, Friend, Bactrian, Before, Africa, Brain, W.W.L, Idaho, and a fragmentary sequence ending with liberty and a quotation about our fortunes and sacred Honor.
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Idaho
Liberty
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Winchester Evening Star
Ridings Service
Riley Service
Mrs
Grace Lester
Grace Morgan Lester
Spencer, W. Va
Ruth Barrett
Weems Lane
Vandale Funeral Home
Spencer
Virgil Adams, Jr
Bertha May Snapp
Blanton L. Lewis
Comps Funeral Home
Loudoun Street
Adal
Kerns Services
Mon
Woodland Cemetery
Strous
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Commerce St
Rock OF Ages
Bernard F. Groves
Boscawen St
U.S. Weather Bureau
ESSA
Loco
Ver
Great Lakes
Midwest
Plains States
Idaho-Montana
New England
Gulf Coast
Alfred Benjamin Brannon
Edith Ophelia Dellinger
S. Loudoun St
Kenneth Ray Hill
Fairfax
Buck Hill
Charles Leon Shanholtz
Hernedon
Thomas Ray Edens
Virginia Gertrude Rawlings
Keyser
George Sterling Shifflett
Sunnyside Station
James David Warren, Jr
Leicester St
Colleen Arbutis Haines
Points
Anne Douglas Kern
Courtfield Ave
Linda Chaplin Kerns
Valjley Mill Rd
College
Weyers Cave
Blue Ridge Community College
Virginia General Assembly
Malcolm Jones
Augusta County
Imore
P.F.C
John F. Morrison, Jr
Viet Nam
Rudy
Air Pollution Board
Richmond
Lebanon Church
William Henry Shaffer
Naomi Myrtle Fauver Shaffer
Nellie Whittington
Stover
William O. Rhoad
James Hamilton
Vernon McDonald
Loring Brown
Dallas Everett
Clarence Derflinger
Price Henderlite
A. H. Kibler
Charles Windle, Jr
Claude Windle
Lewis Hamilton
Bernard Phelps
Gilbert Stickley
Stover’ Funeral Home
I, Q
George Washington
Friend
Africa
Brain
W.W.L
Lane & Bre
Cameron St
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