Obituary notices from Winchester area deaths
Obituaries list Mrs Leatha A Martin 64 of 608 S Cameron St died yesterday and Rev Billy J Henry to lead funeral Monday at Jones Funeral Home. Also Grafton Tomblin 66 of Bluemont died Monday with burial at Sterling Cemetery and services tomorrow at John H Enders Funeral Home. Additional notices include Mrs Lillian Clouser of Knoxville and Mrs Emma Jackson of Nineveh with services planned in Winchester area churches. Survivors listed include spouses children and siblings with locations in Virginia West Virginia and Tennessee.
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Leatha A. Martin
S. Cameron St
Martin
Trout Run
W. Va
Obed
Cora Funk Sager
Charles T. Martin
Antioch United Methodist Church
Faye Cooper
Winchester
Lee Hall
Broadway
Charles Jenkins
A Jenkins
Lyte Jenkins
Henry Jenkins
Timberville
James Jenkins
Gainesboro
Annie Reel
Mannington
Bessie Henry
Coraopolis
Mary Hott
Jones Funeral Home
Billy J. Henry
Knobley Cemetery
Knobley
Grafton Earl Tomblin
Bluemont
Florence Newlin Tomblin
Round Hill
Mr. Tomblin
Clarke County
William and
Massie Thompson Tomblin
Herbert Little
Edward Shepherd
Martinsburg
Melvin Breithaupt
Augusta
Allen Moreland
Covington
Irvin Tomblin
Earl Tomblin
Evelyn Mays
Madison
Alice Carlisle
Staunton
Nancy Morris
Pennsylvania
Laura Henry
Douglas Tomblin
Berryville
John H. Enders
Leland Wyatt
Herndon Baptist Church
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Lillian Jackson Clouser
Knoxville
Tenn
Emma Mae Jackson
Nineveh
Third Zion Cemetery
Cartwright Funeral Home
City Sees No Problem With New Water Rules
Winchester officials say the state water quality standards will cause little change to current plans. S. H. Reaves notes potential impact from pending General Assembly legislation on state aid and federal matching funds for larger waste treatment facilities.
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State Water Control Board
Winchester
S. H. Reaves
Water and Sewer Department
General Assembly
Virginia
J. Kenneth Robinson
del. F.L. Largent, Jr
Reaves
E. Blackburn Moore
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery founded in 1840
The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery was incorporated on February 1, 1840, recognized as the first dental college in the United States. This milestone marks the start of formal dental education and professional standards in the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
Virginia Legislature Considers Broad Tax Rebates and Fees
Lawmakers debate extending sales tax relief to food and patent medicines with a $9 maximum per person and income tested refunds up to 7500. Proposals offset revenue with higher ABC store taxes and corporate levies while hearing on unemployment, license plates, and interest rate bills continues.
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Bendheim
ABC
Virginia
Holton
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Assembly
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
State Industrial Commission
Jesse W. Dillon
State Corporation Commission
Clive L. DuVal
Fairfax
Dillon
I Henry E. Howell Jr
M. Patton Echols
House Banking Committees
General Assembly
Plantations Sailboat and Current Three
A brief item notes three individuals Simon Andrew and Peter connected to plantations and a sailboat and electric current. The text names three persons and links them to a vessel and energy.
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Simon, Andrew
Body composition of a 160 pound man
The human body weighing 160 pounds is about 100 pounds water 29 pounds protein 25 pounds fat 5 pounds minerals 1 pound carbohydrate and a quarter ounce of vitamins.
Volunteers Praised In Winchester Fire Training Report 1969
John J. Hawse chairs Winchester Fire Training Committee lauding volunteers for dedication and cooperation in 1969 training. The year featured Feb 2 exercises at 113 Millwood Ave with Red Head Oil aiding, a Sept 30-hour state course with 96 enrollees, and Nov 20 nozzle training after Cork Street and Purcell Ave house burn. Improvements at Woodstock Lane site include road surfacing and new fuel storage pits. Expenditures totaled 4083.51 dollars from Firemen's Executive Association funds plus donations, itemized as capital improvements 3546.78 and training expenses 536.73.
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John J. Hawse
Winchester Firemen’s Executive Association
Millwood Ave
Red Head Oil Company
Wooster
Ohio
Fire Training Service
State Department of Education
Cork St
Purcell Ave
Fire Department
Hawse
Woodstock Lane
Firemen’s’ Executive Association
Orndorff Found Guilty Of Entry And Larceny
Ralph Edward Orndorff, 23, of Stephens City, found guilty in Frederick County Circuit Court of breaking and entering the Coffee Cup Restaurant and larceny. Jurors imposed five years for B and E and ordered 12 months plus $250 fine for petty larceny. Trial covered three indictments with sentencing hearings set for March 16.
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Frederick County
Ralph Edward Orndorff
Stephens City
Orndorff
Wall Street Mixed as Dow Rises 3.89 Points
Stock prices showed mixed movement in moderate activity with declines edging advances. The Dow Jones rose to 752.24, led by gains in Occidental Petroleum University Computing Itek Boeing and American Smelting while Litton Uniroyal Jersey Standard underwent notable block trades.
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NEW York
Dow Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Occidental Petroleum
Itek Corp
University Computing
Boeing
American Smelting
Litton Industries
Uniroyal
Jersey Standard
Safe Stolen From Winchester Doctors Office
A safe about three feet square containing around 55 dollars and papers was stolen from the office of Dr. John H. Milam and Dr. Abel B. Guirguis at 130 Peyton Street during a break in. A lunchbox with about 35 dollars in change was taken from Boyer’s Cash Grocery at 448 National Avenue in a separate theft. Police report entry through a ripped screen door and a pried north door at the doctors’ building and a side window at the grocery. Investigation ongoing.
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Winchester
Warren Rudolph
John H. Milam
Abel B. Guirguis
Peyton St
Doctors’ Office
F. A. Bailey
Boyer
Boyer’s Cash Grocery
National Ave
Virginia Weather Forecast Shows Warmer Midweek
The five day outlook calls for fair to partly cloudy conditions with temperatures averaging above normal. Daytime highs 45 to 55 and night lows 25 to 35 with a warming trend through Monday and a cooler touch Tuesday. Precipitation expected at or below a quarter inch mainly as showers around Tuesday. William Tyler Page, noted for drafting the American's Creed in 1917, is mentioned in an unrelated end note.
Planes attacked by SAMs prompt reconnaissance assessment
North Vietnam charges American planes hit populated areas deep inside the country and that three were shot down with several damaged. Allied forces report scattered contacts with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. In the Mekong Delta clashes, South Vietnamese units kill 27 enemies and capture 16 prisoners.
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North Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Area Pilots Attend Clinic At Dulles Airport
Six area pilots attended a three hour clinic on Aviation Navigation and Communication procedures presented by Narco Avionics Division of Narco Scientific Industries and sponsored by Page Airways at Dulles International Airport. Attendees included Ferman Perry Sam Burgess Jack Hughes Eddy Rush Larry Omos and Jay Lowden. The session demonstrated Narco equipment and a device for direct A to B flight avoiding Victor Airways. Several hundred people attended.
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Narco Avionics
Narco Scientific Industries
Page Airways, Inc
Dulles International Airport
Ferman Perry
Sam Burgess
Jack Hughes
Eddy Rush
Larry Omos
Jay Lowden
Victor Airways
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Winchester Evening Star
Grafton E. Tomblin
Lillian J. Clouser
Emma M. Jackson
Howes
Malts, Lorist, Inc
MDS Funeral Home
Loudoun Street
DIAL
Perpetuati
Monour
Bernard
Yscawen St
Stephens City Funeral Home
N. Main Street
WCB
THE
Associated Press
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Boise
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Helena
Honolulu
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Tos
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Ptind
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
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Tampa
Washington
Peter
E.R. Rhine
W. Piccadilly St
William R. Gilmer
G.N. Jenkins
Ned
F.G. Greene
Donald Pangle
Gilmer
Esso
Robert Groves Mauck
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Mauck
W. Erle Edwards
G&i Investments
Mike Cullers
Googin Partners
Wall Street
Bath
Pacers
Glaize
N. Cameron
Pittsburgh Paints
William Tyler Page
U.S. House of Representatives
Great Lakes
Rockies
Florida
Seaboard
H.W. Ebert
Buick
Loudoun St
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