Obituaries From Front Royal Area Include Five Memorials
Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs. Bertha L. Mitchell 60 of Front Royal and Worthie C. Swartz 76, along with Dr. Noble Dean Whitacre and Ray Peters. Services set at First Assembly of God Church Martinsburg Brown Funeral Home and Omps Funeral Home with burial at Prospect Hill Cemetery and Green Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha L. Mitchell
Bertha Louise Mitchell
Rt. 2
Front Royal
Warren Memorial Hospital
Radford
Abraham Kelly
Cora Myers Kelly
First Assembly of God Church
Price William Mitchell
Clarence W
Michael L. Mitchell
Rockville
Victor E. Mitchell
Winchester
Carl J. Mitchell
Woodbridge
Kenneth Mitchell
James Miller
Toms Brook
Doris Mitchell
Katherine Smith
Billy McDonald
James Kelly
William Wood
Katherine L. Wood
Edna Biggs
Roanoke
Assembly of God
Alden Yates
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Maddox Funeral Home
Noble Dean Whitacre
Martinsburg
W.va
City Hospital
Brown Funeral Home
H. Wilbur Jay
Ana Cemetery
Worthie Clinton Swartz
Lee St
Lynn
Mr. Swartz
Page County
Fielding Swartz
Mittie Miller Swartz
FMC Corporation
First Baptist Church
Lodge 374
IOOF
Giles B. Cook
American Legion
Samuel R. Miller
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Warren County
Mosby Barracks
John P. Oliver Jr
Olive P. Ritter
Olive Painter Ritter
Stephens City
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Ritter
Issac N
Annie M. Jenkins
Ira E. Ritter
Eldridge Ritter
James Ritter
Wilbur Ritter
Omps Funeral
Charles H. Harless
Green Hill Cemetery
Robert Hartley
Herbert Funk
Leonard White
Lawrence White
Marshall Ritter
Cecil Painter
Omps
Manpower and Training Needs Survey Planned
The Virginia Employment Commission will conduct a manpower and training needs survey for the Lord Fairfax Planning District including Winchester and Clarke Frederick Page Shenandoah and Warren counties. Questionnaires will be mailed to a cross section of area employers to assess current and future employment needs and in plant training. Responses due by February 15 1975 with support from local chambers governments schools and state agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Employment Commission
Lord Fairfax
Winchester
Clarke
Frederick
Page
Shenandoah
Warren
VEC
WEC
Area Chambers of Commerce
Area Schools and Colleges
U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
Northern Valley Manpower Council
Orrick Chapel Plans 106th Anniversary Service
Orrick Chapel United Methodist Church in Stephens City observes its 106th anniversary Sunday at 3 p.m. Rev. Mose Prather will deliver the sermon with special music by the Harembe singers from Shenandoah College. Host minister Rev. Warren Reeves invites the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrick Chapel United Methodist Church
Stephens City
Mose Prather
Harembe Singers
Shenandoah College
Warren Reeves
Leesburg Man Convicted In Robbery
Leesburg man John Edgar Brooks, 31, was convicted in Clarke County Circuit Court for armed robbery of Leake's Grocery on August 19 and sentenced to 20 years in the state penitentiary. The jury returned the verdict after witnesses testified the holdup yielded $190 and sunglasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Leesburg
Clarke County
John Edgar Brooks
Leake
Windy conditions spark fires across Warren and Clarke counties
Fire crews battled grass and brush fires along Featherbed Lane in Winchester, Battletown Drive in Berryville, and RT 621 in Warren County as high winds hampered containment. A home on 341 Cloud Street belonging to Mrs. Annie Ronalds burned fully, with firefighters on scene about 90 minutes. Weather notes end with a reflective aside on urgency before the next moon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Rush
Sheriff's Dept
Winchester
Featherbed Lane
John H. Enders Fire Co
Battletown Drive
Berryville
Warren County
Rt. 621
Durston McIntosh
Bobby Esteppe
Manuels Market Employee Stabbed While Confronting Shoplifters
Winchester Police report an 18 year old Gary Kelley of Rt. 2 Winchester was stabbed at Manuel's Market on N Braddock St around 2 PM while stopping two men from taking unpaid merchandise. Warrants are pending against the suspects. A separate Safeway purse snatching on Valley Ave left Betty Jackson with a head laceration and cut hand. a 15 year old White Post youth faces juvenile petitions. Another Monday Clifford St shoplifting case remains under investigation with two youths involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel’s Market
N. Braddock St
Kelley
Frederick County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Betty Jackson
Rt. 1
Winchester
Safeway
Valley Ave
White Post
Clifford St
Clarke County
Winchester man charged with possessing stolen property in Clarke County
A 32 year old Winchester man Allen H Branham is charged with possession of stolen property after tools worth 2477 were stolen from a Clarke County construction trailer around January 19. Branham is jailed on 2500 bond in a separate case involving goods taken from Blankenship Bridge Co. on Rt. 50. A preliminary hearing is set for February 19 in Clarke County General District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Winchester
Clarke County
Allen H. Branham
Ross St
Blankenship Bridge Co
Rt. 50
Clarke
Albert M. Nicodemus
Branham
Clarke County General District Court
Daniel Morgan Co Seeks Reenactors for Riflemen Musketmen
The Daniel Morgan Company, a revived Revolutionary War militia unit, invites interested individuals to join as riflemen and musketmen. A meeting is set for tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at Handley Library to discuss joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Library
Daniel Morgan
Weather and extended outlook for Winchester region
Cloudy tonight with a chance of freezing rain in the valley and west. Friday expect freezing rain in the morning then rain, with highs near 40 and 50s near the coast. Extended through Monday, rainfall chances remain with highs in the 40s to 50s and cooler nights. Handley Council No 634 meets tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Elks Home. The flower columbine name origin noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Council No
The
United Commercial Travelers
Elks
Calendar of Events for Thursday and Friday
Pistol Night at Winchester Rifle and Pistol Club Thursday 7 p.m. includes a Shenandoah at Messiah basketball away game at 7 p.m. TOPS Club meets Thursday 7:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church. Friday features Winchester Frederick HSC at Lee Jackson 12:15 p.m. and United Commercial Travelers at Elks Home 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Shenandoah
Messiah
First United Methodist Church
Frederick Hsc
Lee Jackson
United Commercial Travelers
Elks Home
Also Mentioned on This Page
Whitacre Service
Worthie C. Swartz
Ray Peters
Baker
Mr. Peters
Kirby
J. Owen Peters
Blanche Snarr Peters
Bean Settlement Ruritan Club
Mount Olive Methodist Church
Nova Tark
Jimmy Peters
Flemington
N.J
Donald Peters
Romney
Walbert Peters
Greencastle
Ind
Phillip Peters
Fairfax
Ralph Peters
Durham
N.C
Pauline Adamson
Washington, D.C
Asbury United Methodist Church
Durwood Hart
Asbury Cemetery
McKee Funeral Home
Augusta
Miami
Andres Segovia
Segovia
Andres
Carlos
Madrid
Emilia
Orrick
Walter I. Combs
Walter Irvin Combs
Wardensville
Hardy County Schools
State Road Commission
Mr. Combs
Mathias
Susan Cullers Combs
Harvey Combs
Irene Hershman
Lost River
Marie Hahn
Nadine Strawderman
Howard Combs
Charles Combs
Bloomington
Ill
Grant Combs
Lonnie Combs
Bradford
Waldo Combs
Detroit
Mich
Mae Dove
Bergton
Elsie Fulks
Pennsylvania
United Methodist Church
Allen Parrish
Dirck Spencer
Loy Funeral Home
Robert R. Helsley
Robert Raymond Helsley
Mr. Jackson
Harrisonburg
Mr. Helsley
Conkcville
Charles Edward
Hannah Virginia Fadeley Helsley
St. Mary’s Pine Church
Bessie Irene Estep
Gladys Funkhouser
Virginia Shawns
Mt. Jackson
Evelyn Estep
New Market
Margie Cook
Strasburg
Raymond Helsley
Waynesboro
Fred Helsley
Denver
Colo
Richard Helsley
San Antonio
Tex
Rodney B. Helsley
Paul Helsley
Baltimore
Memeta
Wavitatios
Aareaat
Ommds Funeral Home
Amherst ST
DIAL
OFDER
JOHN W. _ ROSENBERGER
Commerce ST
Manuel
Winchester Police
Gary Kelley
Daniel Morgan Co
Virginia
UCT Council
Associated Press
Central Gulf
Midwest
Great Lakes
mid-Atlantic
Partime
W. Boscawen Street
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