Obituary for Thomas Reese Emmart 79 Romney West Virginia
Thomas Reese Emmart 79 of Romney WV died after an extended illness in Maple Lawn Nursing Home Romney. Born Sept 26 1893 at Three Churches WV he was a WWI veteran and former state road worker and school bus driver. Survived by daughter Betty Saville son William Emmart five grandchildren. Funeral Monday 2 PM Levels United Methodist Church Levels burial Levels Cemetery. Body at Wells Miller Funeral Home Romney with viewing times tomorrow.
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Thomas Reese Emmart
Romney
W.va
Maple Lawn
Mr. Emmart
Henry Morgan
Florence Thomas Emmart
Levels
United Methodist Church
Romney Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
American Legion Post 91
West Virginia State Road Commission
Hampshire County
Opal Madeline Emmart
Betty Saville
Woodbridge
William
Bill) Emmart
Temple Hills
Arthur
Dick) McKee
Rt. 4
Veterans Hospital
Martinsburg
Mr. McKee
Trone
Frederick County
Tom
Maggie Whitlock McKee
U.S. Army
Ada Williams McKee
Wilbur McKee
Larry McKee
Winchester
Jerry McKee
Fort Campbell
Sandra Giffin
Clearbrook
Amanda Zombro
Berryville
Thurman McKee
Roy McKee
Fairview Lutheran Church
Gore
J.F. Omps
Charles Corbin
Walter McFarland
Carl Boyce
Danny Griffith
Joe Bayliss
David Jenkins
Fairview Cemetery
Honor Guard of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Giffin Funeral Home
Capon Bridge
Bible School Begins Monday at Galilee Church
Vacation Bible School at Galilee Christian Church Grimes runs Monday to Friday 9 to 12 with classes for beginners primaries and juniors area children invited. Funeral services are set for several local residents including Robert Grim Arthur McKee and Ethel Kackley with church and burial details.
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Galilee Christian Church
Grimes
Prisoner Escape From Camp Seven Narrowed to One Man
Three prisoners fled Camp Seven yesterday with William Harper still at large. Harper, 27, tall 5 7 and 146 pounds with black hair and brown eyes, is serving eight years for statutory burglary. Escapees Comer and Robertson surrendered last night after rain interrupted flood detail work. The Rev J Dallas Jenkins will speak at Mt Carmel Baptist Church tomorrow at 11 a m. service open to public.
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Camp Seven
William Harper
Camp 7
Stuart Comer
Robert Robertson
Warren County
Gary Keyser
J. Dallas Jenkins
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Jenkins
Mt. Carmel
Braddock and
Leicester Sts
Last Watch Secured On Carrier Wasp
The aircraft carrier USS Wasp, famed for World War II service and Cuban Missile Crisis patrols, decommissioned at Quonset Point Naval Air Station. Weighing as tall as a 23 story building, the ship served since 1968 and will be scrapped after decisions due to fatigue cracks and repair costs. About 500 to 600 people, many former crewmen, attended the ceremony.
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Quonset Point
R.I. Naval Air Station
R.I
Wasp
Quonset Point Naval Air Station
Navy
Boston
Pacific
Iwo Jima
Guam
Wake Island
Philippines
Caribbean Sea
Cuba
Thomas P. Statford
Eugene A. Cernan
James A. Lovell Jr
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Clarke County Boards Considers Welfare Bonds and Ship News
Clarke supervisors approve Indigent Agreement with Winchester Hospital at 54.33 per day. Extensions and survey programs planned with VPI representatives. Sheriff reports National Guard aid after Shenandoah Farms looting. Navy ship Wasp retirement details and historic service noted.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
H. Russell Martin
VPI
William Edmonds
Clarke
Martin
Albert Nicodemus
Jim Coumes
Richmond
National Guard
Shenandoah Farms
Nicodemus
Clarke County
Contracts Awarded for 16 New Merchant Ships
President Nixon announced nearly 600 million dollars in contracts to build 16 advanced design merchant ships in American shipyards. The program aims to revive the merchant fleet and create about 36 800 jobs in shipyards and on ships over three years. Five shipyards will receive the orders as subsidy levels adjust after June 30. A separate local fire report notes Winchester firefighters responding to an automobile fire on Cameron Street near Piccadilly Street at 8 15 a.m. and finding the blaze extinguished.
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Washington
Nixon
United States
Commerce Department
Winchester
Cameron St
Piccadilly St
Marlo Thomas to Kick Off Million Dollar Bike Ride
Marlo Thomas will start the cross country Million Dollar Bike Ride in Washington on Monday to raise funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. The event, sponsored by Epsilon Sigma Alpha, passes Winchester at 8 p.m. with a public rally at the War Memorial Building.
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Marlo Thomas
Washington
Epsilon Sigma Alpha International
St. Jude’s Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Thurmond cites Volunteer Army test for defense personnel
Senator Thurmond stressed that national defense hinges on people not just ships. He noted Virginia class frigates and new carriers USS Enterprise Nimitz Eisenhower under construction while urging reforms to recruit and retain high caliber soldiers and civilians under the Volunteer Army concept.
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Newport News
Nimitz
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thurmond
Children choir to sing at St Paul AME Winchester
The Rev E D Johnson leads St Johnny's Children's Choir of Shepherdstown W V to render a service at St Paul AME Church Winchester tomorrow at 3 p m The service is open to the public.
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St. Johnny’s Children’s Choir
Shepherdstown
W.va
St. Paul Ame Church
Winchester
E.D. Johnson
Dyke Warns Fireworks Are Not Safe For All
Winchester Fire Inspector Stuart Dyke says there is no such thing as safe fireworks and cites the National Fire Protection Association. He warns the Fourth of July parade can turn into disaster for children and adults alike.
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Winchester
Stuart Dyke
National Fire Protection Association
NFPA
Community Urged to Document Flood Damages and Safeguard Utilities
Area officials urge residents, businesses, and industries to keep accurate flood damage records and photograph debris removal to support claims with federal and state agencies. City crews remain on 24 hour shifts restoring pumping stations and sewer facilities while residents are asked to limit sewer usage and disconnect sump pumps from the system. Public Works continues cleanup and refuse collection, even as fireworks safety concerns and local church events are announced.
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Seldon
Wood Ave
Battle Ave
Old Town Spring
Rouss Spring
Federal inspectors hunt bootleg fireworks this Fourth
Federal agents posing as tourists patrol Midwest and Southeast highways seeking illegal fireworks. Past seizures exceeded 80. one plant shutdown and thousands of dollars in value recovered. States cited include Missouri Tennessee Ohio Wyoming South Carolina Alabama Georgia and Louisiana. Officials warn middlemen complicate stands access. FDA pursues seizures or informs state police.
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Washington
Midwest
Food and Drug Administration
Dale C. Miller
FDA
Bureau of Product Safety
Miller
Missouri
Tennessee
Ohio
Wyoming
South Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Melvin Black
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Weather Outlook Northern Valley and Virginia
Northern Valley today fair with to mid 60s low, Sunday sunny with near 90. Virginia sees a chance of thundershowers tonight and Sunday with upper 80s to 90s highs and southwest storms in the afternoon. Extended: Monday to Wednesday warm and humid with 85 to 90 highs and nightly 60s lows.
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Northern Valley
South
Great Plains
Answers to Kidneys and Diamonds Quiz
A quiz item lists answers including kidneys large diamonds Louis Armstrong Boston Vitamin C and a travel distance of 24 000 miles.
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Louis Armstrong
Boston
Mass
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