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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 05, 1962

Page

2

Deaths and Funerals in Winchester Area

Several local deaths are announced with funeral plans. Mrs. Arthur F. Spaid of Aldam Epa died Monday. services were held at Valley Forge. Mrs. Elainde L. Williams died in Miami and was buried at Mount Hebron. Leonard J. Petry, 65, of Cincinnati, and Odell Mabe, 39, of Kernersville, are noted with graveside and church services planned. Edward J. Heine, 68, of Winchester, will be buried at Mount Hebron after services. Granville A. Crabill, 42, of Grandview Poultry Farm, dies, with graveside services in Shenandoah Memorial Park. Burial details and pallbearers listed. calls and transfers to funeral homes noted.

Arthur F. Spaid Aldam Epa Valley Forge Elainde L. Williams Miami Fla G. Raymond Wom“tdorf Jones Funeral Home Mount Hebron Cemetery Leonard J. Petry Cincinnati Oho Ann Atwell G. Raymond Womeldorf Mount Hebron Odell Mabe Kernersville N.C Winchester Memorial Hospital Mabe James H Meda A. Mabe Virginia Dane Ragland Funeral Home Bunker Hill Forsythe County Granville A. Crabill Grandview Poultry Farm Route 3 City Mr. Crabill Elsie Ridings Crabill David J. Crabill E. T. Clark Omps Shenandoah Memorial Park

Infant Daughter of McWilliams Gross Dies

The infant daughter of Roger and Jeanette McWilliams Gross of 2133 Valley Ave died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Survivors include the maternal mother Mrs. Mary McWilliams and paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Gross of Wheeling WV. A graveside service was held at 4 p.m. today at Sacred Heart Cemetery with Rev. Mark Andes officiating.

Roger and Jeanette McWilliams Gross Valley Ave Winchester Memorial Hospital Mary McWilliams City Earl W. Gross Wheeling W. Va Sacred Heart Cemetery Mark Andes

Air Force Reservists Begin Two Weeks Active Duty in Warren

More than 100 members of the 9214th Air Force Reserve Recovery Squadron will start a two week active duty training period at the Remount Station and Martinsburg Airport. Lt Col Eldon E. Campbell says four aircraft recovery exercises will occur at Martinsburg and alerts will be held at the Remount Station. The unit, organized July 1 last year, provides civilian airport maintenance and landing-field options for military planes during emergencies. It is part of the 837th Air Force Reserve Recovery Group in Washington National Airport alongside the 9215th. The squadron returns to civilian life July 21.

Front Royal Air Force 9214Th Air Force Reserve U. S. Army 9214Th Martinsburg Eldon E. Campbell Park Lane Remount Continental Air Command 837Th Air Force Reserve Washington National D. C 9215Th

John Christie of Glyndebourne Opera Dies at 70

John Christie founder of the Glyndebourne Opera died Wednesday at age 70. The prominent impresario helped establish the renowned festival and opera house in England, shaping 20th century classical music performance.

John Christie London The Glyndebourne Opera

Marsh Urges Federal Responsibility in Campaign Stop

John O. Jack Marsh Jr. Democratic candidate for the Seventh Valley district tells Rockbridge County citizens the nation needs sound financial responsibility and that individuals must resist a bit-by-bit surrender to federal controls during a tour of central and western Rockbridge.

John O Jack” Marsh, Jr Rockbridge County Marsh Rockbridge

Ford Foundation Multimillion Grants Back Educational TV

The Ford Foundation announced eight million five hundred twenty seven thousand dollars in grants to support educational television. WNDT Channel 13 in New York received 2.994 million to start operations on Sept 16. NETRC got 4.7 million for programming and other activities. A grant of 838 thousand funded a nationally televised college course in economics.

New York Ford Foundation WNDT National Educational Television and Radio Center

Largent Urges Limits on Federal Control and Court Power

Democratic candidate F L Jim Largent criticized federal controls and the Supreme Court in speeches in Harrisonburg and Waynesboro. He argued the executive branch should not set prices or wages and urged the Court to limit its role to interpreting law. He supported foreign aid only to deserving countries.

Harrisonburg F. L Jim) Largent Supreme Court Largent Valley Winchester High Tribunal New York Waynesboro

Weather data roundup with monthly rainfall figures

The report lists rainfall totals for the past 48 hours and year to date plus 49 year averages. It also gives July rainfall to date and full monthly averages. Virginia forecasts fair weather tonight with low temperatures in the upper fifties to low sixties and modest Friday cloudiness.

Virginia Winchester

Fifty six to Graduate At Police Training School

Fifty six local police officers from across Virginia will graduate tomorrow from the third and last section of the 1962 Central Police Training School. The sessions at State Police Headquarters are sponsored by the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police with the cooperation of the Virginia Minerval League and the State Department of Education.

Police Training Richmond State Central Police Training School Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police Virginia Minerval League State Department of Education

Coroner Rules Potts Died After Self Inflicted Homicide Attempt

In London the coroner ruled 82 year old Walter B Potts died of a heart attack while preparing a noose to hang himself. The death was ruled an accidental heart attack occurring during the suicide attempt.

London Walter B. Potts

Weather Elsewhere Puzzle Clues Mix World Items

A cryptic weather themed list presents varied terms including Monaco Philippine Islands Charleston Theodore Roosevelt Elias Howe Leon Uris and Brass among others forming a clues group. The item reads like a word association puzzle rather than a weather forecast.

Monaco Philippine Islands Charleston Theodore Roosevelt Tobacco Elias Howe Leon Uris Brass

Kings Court sale and two farm auctions in Berkeley and Frederick counties

Sales directory lists July auctions including Frances and Ruth A G Lindenmuth on Rt 55 near Sky line Drive for Kings Court, auction by W D Orndorff. Darrell K Koonce trustee to auction July 7 in Martinsburg courthouse area for a farm between Greenspring and Gerrardstown, and H G Slonaker administrator to auction July 14 in Frederick County courthouse Winchester for two homes, Buddy Artrip auctioneer.

Frances Ruth A. G. Lindenmuth Skyline Drive Kings Court W. D. Orndorff Darrell K. Koonce Berkeley County Court House Martinsburg W. Va Greenspring Gerrardstown

Warren Man Ordered Held For Jury Action

Warren County grand jury to hear Cecil J. Nicholson on a charge of shooting Paul Soyars at the Browntown Road home of Clarence J. Patterson. Preliminary hearing before Judge LeRoy Corron. State Trooper A C. Crowder said the shooting followed a scuffle between Nicholson and Patterson on June 17.

Front Royal Cecil J. Nicholson Warren County Paul Soyars LeRoy Corron A. C. Crowder Clarence J. Patterson Browntown Road Crowder Nicholson Patterson

Local Woman In Critical Condition After Crash

Mrs Billie Smith Towlen remained unconscious and in serious condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after a Sunday car crash at Merriman's Lane and Rt 50. A Hopkins spokesman said her condition was unchanged since transfer from the ay hospital to Hopkinson.

Billie Smith Towlen Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Hopkins Towlen Ay Hospital Hopkinson Monay Merriman’s Lane Rt. 50

Atlantic Solo Crossing Sets New Record

Francis Chichester, 61, the famed solo yachtsman, completed his Atlantic crossing in 33 days aboard Gypsy Moth III. He arrived near Ambrose Light off New York Harbor after departing Plymouth, England, shaving seven days from his previous record.

Atlantic New York Francis Chichester Ambrose Lightahi New York Harbor Plymouth England

Driver Breaks 40 Year Accident-Free Record

CHATHAM Ontario AP Mayme Croke 77 of Detroit ends a 40 year accident free period after a collision Wednesday. Police record shows she had just received an insurance rebate for four decades without an accident.

Chatham Ont Mayme Croke Detroit Wallin Tt. of

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Williams Service Leonard Petry Edward J. Heine Monmouth St Mr. Heine Ellicott First Presbyterian Church Conrad Hoover American Legion Kenneth Gordon Heine James F. Cole, Sr Pe City William Heine Norfolk Robert Heine Big Springs Texas Joseph Heine Jonsville George D. Jackson John Heine Charles Heine George Barth,Jr Harry Card James Gaither Joseph Ritter United States Navy Raritan Club Stephens City First Baptist Church Hunting Ridge Naomi Wilson Crabill Strasburg Thomas Crabill U.S. Navy Daniel Crabill David Crabill Carol Crabill John Crabill Boyd Roller Fred Wilhelm Jones Funeral Home, Inc Unico N. Cameron St Southern States TNT Msos Harry Whitlock Theodore Anderson Mr. Anderson Highland Ave Warren Brumback’s Cameron St Associated Press Albany Albuquerque Atlanta Bismarck Boise Boston Buffalo Chicago Cleveland Denver Des Moines Honolulu Indianapolis Juneau Kansas City Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Milwaukee St. Paul New Orleans Oklahoma City Omaha Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland Ore Rapid City St. Louis Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington the Order OF the Golden Rule Ambulance Service S&h Glaize & Service Redland Methodist Church Shade Equipment CO H.L. Mills H. L. Mills
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