Obituaries From Winchester Area Obituaries
The Winchester Evening Star reports multiple obituaries. Cornelia H Braithwaite of Cross Junction dies. funeral Friday at Omps Funeral Home and burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Gladys Berryhill of N Cameron Street dies. service Sunday at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Ebenezer. Dorothy Elaine Lambert of Edinburg dies. services Thursday at St Pauls United Church of Christ and burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
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Cornelia H. Braithwaite
Cross Junction
Omps Funeral Home
Joe B. Monger
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Hollis Braithwaite
Howard Braithwaite
Elmer Braithwaite
Eugene Braithwaite
Patrick Whitacre
Carlton Collins
Dale Baker
W. Earl Edwards
Gladys Berryhill
N. Cameron St
Douglas Cutts
Ebenezer Cemetery
Dorothy Elaine Lambert
Edinburg
Lambert
Woodstock
Marie Lambert Hollar
Lester G. Hollar
Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital
Howard Lee Lambert
Daniel L. Lambert
U.S. Army
Vietnam
Thomas W. Lambert
E. W. Braithwaite
Omps
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Middletown To Choose Fete Chief
Middletown fire company hosts an Honorary Fire Chief Beauty Contest on February 22 at Wayside Theatre. Contestants must be Frederick County residents aged 16 to 21 by May 1, 1969 and not married or planning marriage within seven months. Contact Jack Shiley to enter. The winner goes to Shenandoah College in March and participates in Apple Blossom events.
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Middletown
Middletown Fire Company
Wayside Theatre
Jack Shiley
Frederick County
Shenandoah College
Preaching Mission Ends This Evening at Market Street
The Winchester Preaching Mission concludes tonight with a 7:30 service at Market Street United Methodist Church. Duke University professor Dr Thomas A Langford will speak on Faith as Hope at the closing service following morning and luncheon events at First Presbyterian. Auburn professor Dr James A Sanders spoke this morning on Outside the Camp at the mid morning service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Market Street United Methodist Church
Thomas A. Langford
Department of Religion
Duke University
First Presbyterian Church
James A. Sanders
Auburn
Union Theological Seminary
Langford
Frederick County Sales Tax Receipts Exceed Estimates
Frederick County and Virginia state sales tax shares exceed 1968 budget projections as the 1968-69 period shows higher than expected receipts. State checks average above $30,000 monthly since mid 1968, local checks near $29,000 monthly, with October figures about to be finalized and December payments reflecting October sales. Stephens City and Middletown receive reduced shares under local distribution.
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Frederick County
Virginia
Richmond
Board of Supervisors
Stephens City
Middletown
Ceive
Buchers Battle Over Pueblo Intelligence Authority Discussed
CORONADO Calif AP The court of inquiry into the USS Pueblo capture reviews Cmdr Lloyd M Buchers authority over intelligence operations. Lt Stephen R Harris testifies about his control of the research spaces while Bucher retained overall ship security and ultimate responsibility.
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Coronado
Calif
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Pueblo
Stephen R. Harris
Navy
Bucher
Court of Five
Harris
Pacific Fleet
Cincpacflt
King
Trial Continued In Frederick County Court
Trial of Blanton William Wiley of Berryville in Frederick County Circuit Court was continued generally to Feb 24 after the death of his attorney. The continuance allows time to obtain new counsel. A second appeal trial was canceled as a guilty plea replaced innocence. Gary Dunbar Sale of Gore pleaded guilty to speeding. Judge Robert K. Woltz fined $75 plus court costs.
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Frederick County
Blanton William Wiley
Berryville
Gary Dunbar Sale
Gore
Robert K. Wo
Vehicle wheel failure and crash injure Maryland man
A Frederick resident, Robert C. Brewster, 29, was in satisfactory condition at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a one vehicle accident on Front Royal Road. His van wheel came off causing a rollover. cargo of cut lap chickens was damaged. He was transported by the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad.
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Maryland
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Front Royal Road
Robert C. Brewster
Frederick, Md
Winchester
R.E. Snyder
Brewster
Memorial Hospital
Madison Mays
N. Cameron St
N. Loudoun St
Terry Graham
Lebanon Church
Malboro
Middle Road
James Shanholtz
Frederick County
Floyd Crim
Berryville
Winter Heaped More Woes Across Pacific Northwest
Winter storms lash the Pacific Northwest with wind whipped snow and cold while rain floods the East Coast and fog slows travel in the Mid Atlantic. Snow covers coastal cities and persists in the Northwest as below normal temperatures continue to hold.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Seaboard
Middle Atlantic
Indiana
Arkansas
Puget Sound
Rockies
New York
Pennsylvania
New England
Upper Lakes Region
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Mississippi
Georgia
South Carolina
Mississippi Valley
Crime fears grip Washington as bank robberies soar
Bank holdups reach 16 this year as FBI agents patrol streets. Merchants arm themselves after shootouts with bandits. A White House secretary and an elderly mother are robbed. a high school vice principal is killed during a bank robbery. President Nixon orders a crash program to curb crime in the capital.
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Washington
America
FBI
White House
Cardozo High School
Herman L. Clifford
Nixon
District ” of Columbia
Secret Service
Walter Washington
Johnson
150 More Juror Prospects Sought For Shaw Trial
In New Orleans AP reports juror prospects were interviewed rapidly in the Clay Shaw murder conspiracy case linked to President John F Kennedy. Judge Ed A Haggerty called it a city record for number of jurors questioned as the trial progressed.
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New Orleans
Clay Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Iity of
Edd A. Haggerty
Weather outlook for Virginia cool to near normal
The forecast shows fair and colder tonight with lows 24 to 30 degrees. Saturday will be partly sunny with highs 40 to 45, and Sunday cooler with variable cloudiness. The five day period averages much above normal, with highs 55 to 60 and lows 35 to 40, precipitation around three quarters to one inch. Full moon Sunday with sunset at 5 32 p.m. and moonrise at 3 37 p.m.
Airport film stars Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin
Hollywood notes say Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin have been signed to co star in Airport the film adaptation of Arthur Hailey novel Ross Hunter produces the high profile film.
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Hollywood
Burt Lancaster
Dean Martin
Arthur Hailey
Ross Hunter
Smoke damages one story home on Valley Mill Road
A 3 p.m. blaze started near a gas floor furnace at 1648 Valley Mill Road and spread through a wall partition to the roof, damaging a five room stucco block house occupied by the Larry De Haven family and owned by N. W. Garrison. Fire crews from Shawnee, Winchester, and Clearbrook battled the flames, removed furnishings for safety, and ventilated smoke. No one was home. the cause remains undetermined. Firefighters remained about two hours.
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Valley Mill Road
Larry de Haven
N. W. Garrison
S. R. Dyke
Shawnee Fire Company
Winchester Fire Companies
Clearbrook
Two US units probe Hanoi bunker area in Arlington clash
Captain Henry A Colavita reports a fresh bunker complex near Arlington still under construction with few signs of recent use. He says enemy documents suggest a North Vietnamese logistics center as three NVA soldiers are killed and no other major contact occurs while Saigon sees bombings injuring and killing civilians near a school and government center.
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Henry A. Colavita
Arlington
Colavita
Air Cav
Saigon
Quiz Answers From History Sayings List
Answers include Los Angeles and San Francisco as locations for tax and income topics. Notable names feature Sitting Bull and a reference to Victory. a biological term fibrinogen and a marine site Great Barrier Reef are included.
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Great Barrier Reef
N. E
Australia
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Mrs
Howard L. Lambert
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
MDS Funeral Home
Loudoun Street
DIAL
Sealmark
Rock OF Ages
Bernard F. Groves
E. Boscawen St
H.W. Ebert
BUICK
H. W. Ebert
Loudoun St
Watterloo
Iowa
Frederick
Snyders
Shaw
Winchester Skies
Garrison
I, Q
Los Angeles
Cal
San Francisco
Tively
Pittsburgh
Glaize & Bro
Cameron St
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