Obituaries from Winchester area noted figures
Obituary notices list Viola Frye Cooley 87 of Route 2 Strasburg and John M Stickley 58 of Soldiers Home Washington among several deaths. Services scheduled at Stover Funeral Home Strasburg Trinity Lutheran Stephens City and Jones Funeral Home Berryville with burials at Fauver Green Hill Shenandoah Memorial Park and Ebenezer Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Frye Cooley
Route 2
Strasburg
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Cooley
Mt. Williams
Joseph
Annie Tevalt Frye
Robert 8. Cooley
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Joseph L. Cooley
Upper Strasburg
Annie V. Clarke
Mary Catherine Fiddler
Berryville
Jones Funeral Home
Charles L. Ammons
Phineas R. Fiddler
Charles William McKay
James M. Fiddler, Jr
Fred R. Welsh
Robert G. Fiddler
Thomas L. Fiddler
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Levy and building program outlined by Ayler
School official Ayler reviewed the building program funded by a 60 cent levy adopted in 1946 to support James Wood High. He noted large projects and loans, current debt, and the need for a new Sunnyside elementary, Stine's Chapel facility, Frederick Clarke Winchester vocational school, and a greenhouse at James Wood funded partly by federal grants. Unanimous approval was given to the greenhouse project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
James 'Wood High
Handley
James Wood
Robinson
Kline
Gibson
Stonewall
Gainesboro
Gore
James Woo
Senseny Road
Ayler
Sunnyside
Stine’s Chapel
Frederick Clarke-Winchester Area
Aylor
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Frederick County
Machinery Worth Over 500 Dollars Stolen in Maryland
Stolen from Shade Equipment Co in Martinsburg, over $500 in equipment taken. Deputy Harry Richard said thieves entered by breaking front glass and unlocking the door. Missing items include an Underwood calculator and several Peerless Power Equipment chain saws, with inventory still being completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shade Equipment Co
Martinsburg
Frederick County
Harry Richard
Ray Boyce
Franchised Businesses Drive Substantial U.S. Retail Activity
An estimated 350000 franchised businesses operate in the United States handling about 70 million in business, representing roughly 28 percent of total retail sales.
Fatty Mason of Winchester dies in Newton D. Baker VA Hospital
John E Mason known as Fatty Mason died yesterday at the Newton D Baker VA Hospital. He was born in Winchester and a World War II veteran. Survived by widow Susan H Mason and three children John Pamela and Dennis Mason all at home plus a brother Elder Russell Mason of Winchester and four aunts. Funeral arrangements not yet completed. Body at Cartwright Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John —E
Fatty) Mason
Fremont St
Newton D. Baker VA
Mason
Winchester
Edward Mason
Susan Harris Mason
John
Pamela
Dennis Mason
Russell Mason
Bertha Clifford
Lena Turner
Maria Johnson
Providence
R.I
Willie Wright
Baltimore
Cartwright Funeral Home
Cancer as Leading Cause of Death for Women and Children
Cancer ranks as the second leading cause of death in the United States overall. Among children up to 15 and women aged 35 to 50 it is the top cause of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sweden Grants Asylum to Four Vietnam War Deserters
The Aliens Commission in Stockholm unanimously granted humanitarian asylum to four American deserters who left Japan to protest the Vietnam War. They will be allowed to stay in Sweden though not labeled political refugees. Names: John M. Barilla Catonsville Maryland Richard D Bailey Jacksonville Florida Craig Andersson San Jose California Michael Lindner Pocono Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Japan
Aliens Commission
Moscow
John M. Barilla
Catonsville
Richard D. Bailey
Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Fla
Craig Andersson
San Jose
Calif
Michael Lindner
Pocono, Pa
Border tensions flare between Israel and Jordan near Beisan Valley
TEL AVIV reports the Israeli Jordanian frontier south of the Sea of Galilee stayed tense after sporadic firing that lasted to midnight. Israel asked the U N Security Council to intervene while jets silenced Jordanian artillery positions on the east bank of the Jordan River and both sides blamed each other for restarting fighting in Beisan Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Sea of Galilee
Israel
U.N. Security Council
Jordan
Jordan River
Beisan
Weather summary for Winchester Virginia January 9
The report notes a slight temperature drop tonight with a cold and cloudy Wednesday, with possible rain or snow. It provides daily and historical rainfall figures, including January totals, monthly averages, and a 55 year rainfall record for Winchester.
Small Fire Reports in Stephens City Home
Firemen say a faulty uninsulated stovepipe caused a small blaze at a tenant house on the Albert McDonald farm near Stephens City. The fire started around 6 45 a m and was confined with minor damage after water was applied. crews left after about an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Albert McDonald
Shell
Winchester
A. H. Jackson
W. Germain St
Surveyor 7 Set for Soft Moon Landing
Pasadena AP reports Surveyor 7 appears ready for a soft moon landing tonight the last U.S. probe before manned missions. Jet Propulsion Laboratory aims for Tycho highlands with a TV camera soil analysis radar and iron detector. Landing hoped around 8 15 p m EST after a descent from 6000 mph to 3 mph over 13 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
U.S
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Tycho
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Equatorial Plains
Wall Street advances as Dow tops 913 on Tuesday gains
The stock market resumed its rally with the Dow Jones rising to 913.60 as gains outpaced losses by about 2 to 1. IBM gained about 3 points while General Electric, American Telephone, Pan American World Airways and other major names posted fractional to solid gains amid hopeful Vietnam peace news and new economic optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vietnam
IBM
Studebaker Worthington
General Electric and Control Data
American Telephone
Pan American World Airways
Livingston Oil
Standard Oil
American Dyanamid
Kayser-Roth
McDonnell Douglas
Lockheed
Pacific Petroleums
Standard Oil (Nj
General Motors
Basin Compact Meeting Set In Woodstock
A meeting is planned tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the courthouse at Woodstock to discuss the preliminary draft of the Potomac River Basin Compact. Alvin C. Watson, executive secretary of the Basin Advisory Committee, will attend to explain the provisions and answer questions. Citizens in the area are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courte House
Woodstock
Alvin C. Watson
Basin Advisory Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winchester Evening Star
Robert Cooley
Stover Funeral Home
H. M. Crim
Fauver
Gilbert Stickley
John M. Stickley
John M
Jack) Stickley
Soldiers Home
Washington
Walter Reed Hospital
Stickley
Harry E
Carrie B. Gregory Stickley
U.S. Air Force
Joseph C. Hill
Hollywood
Anne S. Seehy
Trinity Lutheran Church
Robert C. Mitchum, Jr
M. J. Mathison
William Stickley III
Robert Stickley
Paul Cadwallader
Ralph Gregory
Julian Carbaugh
Green Hill Cemetery
Stover
Fiddler Service
Garrett Service
Floyd Garrett
Wardensville
W. Va
Germany
Wardensville Methodist Church
Charles Andrews
Hershman Cemetery
R.G. Shingleton
Richard Gale Shingleton
Augusta
Mr. Shingleton
Jesse and
Nettie Shawen Shingleton
Howard Shingleton
Donald Shingleton
Viola Frye
Alma Oates
Norma Oates
Eveleyn Lee
Whitacre
Augusta Methodist Church
Arnold Husk
Ebenezer
Romney
McKee
Nor High School
Mary C. Fiddler
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
MDS Funeral Home
Loudoun Street
DIAL
Minette
THE
Golden Ute
N St
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountain
John E. Mason
Commerce Street
Holmes Newcome
Jim Letterman
John W. Rosenberger and Company, Inc
Quarles School
Commerce St
NSM
National
Morticians
Funneral Home, Inc
Foun St
Associated Press
Bany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Scago
Cincinnati
Leveland
Denver
Des Moinés
Detroit
Fairbanks
Oe Fort Worth
Helena
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Kansas City
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Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St.p
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City
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Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Ske City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Winnipeg
Virginia
Wall Street
I. Q. Answers
Pie
Cody
Cecil Rhodes
Mass
John and
John Quincy Adams
John F. Kennedy
True
Naval
Aluminum
Glaize & Bro
N. Camel
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