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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1962

Page

2

Deaths and Funerals in Berryville and Nearby

Death notices list Berryville resident dies Sunday in Win Clarke County kin include five children and several relatives. Funeral at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville Wednesday at 3 p.m. burial Green Hill Cemetery. Another service held for Jones Porter Armstrong of 20 E German Street at First Baptist Church with pallbearers. burial Shenandoah Memorial Park Cemetery.

Berryville Win Clarke Wiley William P. Carroll Irvin Tecate Calif Winchester Carroll Falls Church Charlie Wiley Willie Hart Clayton Riley Bluemont Herman Carroll Washington, D.C John H. Enders Earl I. Lewis Bruail Green Hill Cemetery Jones Porter Armstrong E. Germain Street E. T First Baptist Church H. Dennis Hoover L. G. Carpenter 8. D. Preston Lawrence Grim M. B.ee Jr Granville Cra Shenandoah Memorial Park Cemetery

Death of J Theodore Fries 85 Cedar Grove

J Theodore Fries 85 of Cedar Grove died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. He was born in Frederick County son of the late John M Fries and Eleanor Moss Fries. He was a retired school teacher and member of Pleasant Valley E U B Church. Survived by a daughter Mae Compton a grandchild Norman Lee Compton and a sister Dora Dick. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Omps Funeral Home with Rev William B Obaugh and Rev Allen Peer. Burial Mt Hebron Cemetery. Friends may call at Omps Funeral Home.

J. Theodore Fries Cedar Grove Winchester Memorial Hospital Frederick County John M Eleanor Moss Fries Virginia White Fries Pleasant Valley E.U.B. Church Eastern Normal College Warren County Mae Compton City Norman Lee Compton Dora Dick Omps Funeral Home William B. Obaugh Allen Peer Mt. Hebron

Rober G Chapin Dies in Rolla At 69

Rober G Chapin age 69 of 102 N Spillman St Rolla Mo died in Rolla yesterday. He was a retired government employee and lived near Hayfield for years. Survivors include two children Mrs Robert Manuel and Mrs Ann C Wolverton both of Rolla and two grandchildren. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery Herndon. The body will arrive at Omps Funeral Home tomorrow. Further arrangements incomplete.

Guy Chapin N. Spillman St Rolla Wis Jaena Waste Charles J Caroline Harrison Chapin New York State Hayfield Robert Manuel Ann C. Wolverton Oak Grove Herndon Omps

Funeral service for W. Holm es Carper held Tuesday

The funeral service for W. Holm es Carper of 614 S. Loudoun St. will be conducted by Rev. Paul J. Slovner Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers are Raymond P. Carper Elwood H. Carper Marshall S. Carper W. Marion Bayliss Russell L. Bayliss and Walter H. Bayliss.

W. Holmes Carper S. Loudoun St Paul J. Slonaker Jones Funeral Home Mount Hebron Cemetery Raymond P. Carper Elwood H. Carper Marshall S. Carper W. Marion Bayliss Russell L. Bayliss Walter H. Bayliss

Williams R B dies. graveside service planned

Robert B Williams of Berryville died Thursday in the county. He was born in Frederick County and lived in Clarke and Frederick Counties. Survived by widow Eva P Williams and daughter Carolee E Strickland of Philadelphia. Graveside service Tuesday at 11 a.m. by Rev David DeBerry at Orrick Cemetery. Body at Cartwright Funeral Home.

Robert B. Williams Berryville Winchester Memorial Hospital Williams Frederick County Clarke Eva P. Williams Carolee E. Strickland Philadelphia David DeBerry John Mann Methodist Church Orrick Cemetery Cartwright Funeral Home

Grimes Rites Held At Mt Carmel Church

Thomas B. Grimes died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He left a large family including three sons William Albert and Charles and three daughters Nancy Barbara Julia. Funeral services were held at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church with pallbearers named and burial at Orrick Cemetery in Clarke County.

Thomas B. Grimes N. Loudoun St Winchester Memorial Hospital Mr. Grimes Clarke County Albert Grimes Winchester Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Daisy Burns Grimes William and Charles Grimes Brooklyn N. Y Charles Fitcher Graham Robinson Elliott Bundy Hubert Jeffries Arthur Gaither George Brown Orrick Cemetery

Mothers' March Set Tomorrow In This Area

In Winchester a Mothers' March is scheduled for tomorrow. Those who have not been called upon should call MO 2 3461 to join.

Winchester

Legislature weighs tax extension and school funding case

The Assembly considers a two year tax extension on capital not otherwise taxed while House appropriations and Senate Finance hold public budget hearings. Across the street the State Supreme Court reexamines whether localities must fund public schools, a case tied to Prince Edward County where schools were closed in an integration dispute.

Oral Assembly House Appropriations Senate Finance Committees Assembly State

Severe City Fire Damages Second Floor Shops

Firefighters battled a major blaze at a Fairfax Lane Cam eron St area building. Flames damaged the beauty salon offices and possibly the roof while early-morning mop up completed by 6 am. No injuries reported. The Shawnee VFD also contained a small grass fire at Valley Pike residence.

Friendship Fairfax Lane Cameron St George Washington Hotel South End Deluxeberger Winchester Rhodes W. Leicester St Hawse Basil Roebuck Valley Pike

Virginia School Closures Sweep Many Counties

Virginia counties from Virginia Beach to Northumberland halted operations as winter weather prompted closure of schools in Norfolk Princess Anne Nansemond Isle of Wight Southampton Henrico Hanover Chesterfield King William Essex King and Queen Middlesex Gloucester Mathews James City Dinwiddie Halifax Greensville Buckingham Charlotte Amherst Cumberland Lunenburg Goochland Nottoway Prince Edward Prince George Surry Sussex Richmond Lancaster Northumberland and Pittsylvania.

Virginia) Beach Portsmouth South Norfolk Suffolk Norfolk Princess Anne Nansemond Isle of Wight Southampton Henrico Hanover Chesterfield King William Essex King

West Virginia Senate readies tax bills for passage today

Three administration backed tax measures aim to extend 10.6 million in revenue increases through another fiscal year. The main bill raises the sales tax from 2 to 3 percent on purchases over 1. The two remaining bills would extend use tax and insurance premium tax increases.

House House Judiciary Committee Senate W. W. Barron West Virginia

Weekend wrecks injure three in area with multiple crashes

Three people were injured in area crashes over the weekend and released from Memorial Hospital by Monday morning. Incidents included a 1957 Chevrolet rear ending a parked Lincoln on Rt. 7 near Winchester, injuries to Mae Conley Brown and Rebecca Greene, and damage costs listed for each vehicle. A second accident at the L Loudoun and W Gerrard St. intersection left Sandra Weadon injured as a passenger in a 1955 Plymouth. Additional crashes occurred on Rt. 255 Millwood and Rt. 52 east of Winchester, plus a guard hill tractor jackknife incident on Rt. Guard Hill. A Front Royal man faced drunken driving charges after a Commerce Ave collision with a 1958 Plymouth.

Memorial Hospital M.H. Moore Mae Conley Brown Battle Ave Moore R. L. Bowers Miss Weadon Wilhelm Cover Brownsville Lee Newlin Bufflick Road Rt. 255 Millwood Rt. 52 Winchester Guard Hill Riverton Harry F. Will Francis Portner Thompson Front Royal Rt. 55 Commerce Ave Blaine Tewalt Giles Edward Ramey Gary Thomas Laing Rt. 1 Tewalt Ramey Laing

Unclear List of Places and Phrases Across Regions

Fragmentary items mention Chicago South America New York City New York Harbor Missouri and multiple U S states plus a quote about my wife and I The garbled OCR lacks coherent event or narrative context to form a clear summary.

Chicago South America New York City Colorado Arizona Utah New Mexico New York Harbor Missouri

Amateur Radio Club Opens Class Series In Winchester

Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club starts code and theory classes at its clubhouse on Monday at 7 30 p m open to all interested in obtaining a license. Enrollees should send name and address to P O Box 139 Winchester.

Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club P. O Winchester

End of the world prophecies and public doomsayers

The piece surveys global and American reactions to predicted apocalypses from ancient to modern times. It notes groups seeking safety in Cleator California and Nepal mountains, while astronomers call end dates improbable. Nostradamus and other prophecies are referenced withskeptical caution.

Benares Ganges Nepal Orient Understanding Inc Arizona Cleator Johann Stoffler William Miller Nostradamus

Murder Suspect Feathers Separated Wife Linked To Car

Police found an empty gun holster in Feather's car parked near the Braithwaite home. Mrs Feather drove her mother's 1957 Pontiac, the car Feather left in as the couple who had been married ten years and separated six months. Feather may have stayed with a Frederick sister. wife with her mother in Kearneysville West Virginia.

Feather Braithwaite W. Va Frederick

Famed Concert Violinist Fritz Kreisler Dies

New York AP reports renowned violinist Fritz Kreisler, 88, died in Harkness Pavilion at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center where he had been hospitalized since January 13.

New York Fritz Kreisler Harkness Pavilion Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center

Man Wounded In Shooting To Be Released From Hospital

Fuller Willoughby of near Boyce was to be released soon from Memorial Hospital after treatment for superficial gunshot wounds. A hospital spokesman gave the update and authorities had no details of the shooting available.

Fuller Willoughby Near Boyce Memorial Hospital

Local Leaders Named in Community Awards

Local column profiles Jane Farnazio and Mr Brumback. Farnazio, nominated for an outstanding boss award by several employees, is president of the National Fruit Product Co, active in civic life, and led three fund drives. Brumback, son of J. H. Brumback, earned a BS in animal husbandry from VPI in 1952, runs a 1,200 acre livestock and orchard farm near Stephens City, served in Korea, presides over the county Farm Bureau, and belongs to Opequon Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Armstrong National Fruit Product Co Clarksburg W. Va Washington University of Pennsylvania Telephone Company National Fruit First Presbyterian Church Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music Winchester Memorial Hospital Mr. Brumback J. H. Brumback VPI Henry Franklin Stephens City Korea County Farm Bureau Round Hill

Auctions Listed For Early February Across West Virginia and Virginia

A series of sales is announced with auctions on January 30 to February 16. Harry L Shirley at Hidden Hollow Farm near Middleway WV offers dairy cattle and farm machinery. Denny's Commission Auction near Winchester VA features furniture and appliances. Flournoy L Largent Jr Trustee sale at the Frederick County Court House in Winchester includes residence at 610 Battle Ave. J M Thomson auctions Morgan Acres near Bunner Hill WV with farm equipment.

Harry L. Shirley Hidden Hollow Middleway W.va Morrow and Orndorff Denny’s Commission Winchester Orndorff & Cole Auctioneers

Weather Today Virginia Cloudy and cold with possible snow

Cloudy and cold tonight with occasional snow in the north and a low of 12 to 20. Tuesday remains mostly cloudy with little temperature change. Virginia extended outlook Jan 30 to Feb 3 shows temperatures 4 to 8 below normal and a cold spell Tuesday to Wednesday with a warming trend Saturday. Rain possible Friday or Saturday. Temperature highs 32 lows 7. Rainfall today none. January total 1.38 inches. averages shown for prior years and months.

Virginia

Clarke Lions Collects $247 For Dimes Fund

Clarke County Lions Club raised 247 dollars for the March of Dimes during a Saturday effort. Members taped coins to Main Street sidewalks and hung currency from a clothesline at Main and Church Streets, marking a gain of about 100 dollars over last year.

Berryville Clarke County Lions Club Main St Main and Church Sts

Talented Daddy Educates Sons With Real Cows Mooing

On the way to the country attorney Harry Ragen showed his two young sons real cows. After hearing the mooing, four year old Denny said, Daddy you moo better than the cows do.

San Diego Harry Ragen Denny

Also Mentioned on This Page

W. P. Carroll Armstrong Service Rober G. Chapin Mr. W. Holmes Carper Jones Funeral Home, Inc Lu, Inc F.H.A. Loans John W. Rosenberger & CO Commerce St Shenandoah Bottled Gas CO E. Piccadilly Bill Barre Haines E. Cork Rt. 7 Rebecca Greene S. Cameron St Paul Edward Pihl Sandra Weadon Arlington L. Loudoun W. Gerrard St Shade Equipment CO. Rt Amateur Radio Club Fritz Kreislen Jane Farnazio Clarke Lions Federation of Malaya Associated Press Law P Albany Albuquerque Atlanta Bismarck Boise Boston Buffalo Cleveland Denver Averestes Des Moines Detroit St. Paul New Orleans Oklahoma City Omaha Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland Potland Ore Glaize & Bro N. Cameron St Silver Spring Irwin Sealson A & A Hearing Center Ga. Ave E. Piccadilly Steel Crider & Shockey Order OF the Golden Rule Loudoun Street
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