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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1970
Page
2
Mr David Lee Brown and Miss Opal M Newcome have funeral and memorial services scheduled with Jones Funeral Home. Services for Mrs Anna E Venske and Mr Dick W Greenawalt are listed with times at Memorial Presbyterian Church and funeral arrangements noted as incomplete.
Cadet Dagey Brewington at the U S Air Force Academy displays a 130 year old family heirloom tomahawk in his dorm room. The item reflects his Lumbee heritage from North Carolina and carries a long family lineage.
Obituaries note the deaths of Peter Dick 85 of Martinsburg and Dick W. Greenawalt 69 of Winchester with details on birth, family, occupations, church affiliations, and survivors. Other notices mention David Lee Brown 74 of Woodstock Lane. services conducted at Brown and Jones Funeral Homes with graves at Rosedale and Mount Olive.
An English brass spyglass believed to have been carried by Capt William Clark on the Lewis and Clark Expedition was donated to the Denver Museum of Natural History in Denver. Fred Rosenstock, a Denver collector, bought the Clark artifacts from Jefferson Clark of St Louis.
A 16 year old boy Alvin Frye of Mt. Jackson drowned when a small plastic boat capsized on a farm pond eight miles from Mt. Jackson. His brother Tony Frye 17 summoned help. Alvin body recovered by Mt. Jackson Rescue Squad and at Dellinger Funeral Home Woodstock. Details and family circumstances not immediately available. Nearby, Mrs Anna E Venske 70 of Mountain Falls died Friday at Jones Funeral Home. Burial planned Mountain View with services at 3:30. The family will receive friends tomorrow 7 to 9 p.m.
Mrs Thomas Ferguson 59 of Los Angeles formerly Winchester died there after a six month illness. Born Feb 4 1911 in Berryville she was daughter of Dr Alfred Bland and Martha Tucker. Surviving husband three children six grandchildren and sister in Winchester. Also obituary notes Opal Newcome 36 of Rt 5 who died Saturday in Frederick County. Services for Newcome held at Jones Funeral Home with Dr Forrest S Racey.
Wes Auger of Boca Raton will speak at the 20th Century Reformation Hour God and Country Rally tonight at 7 45 at Marvin Chapel Community Church east of Berryville on Route 608. The service is open to the public with choir numbers led by Mrs Nancy Lambert.
Wall Street moved higher for a fourth consecutive day with most prices advancing. By 10 30 a m the Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks rose 3 14 points to 703 21 on moderate trading.
Gov Linwood Holton and five of six living Virginia governors were set to attend the 2 PM funeral for Thomas Bahnson Stanley in Stanleytown. Others include Mills Godwin Jr Albertis Harrison Jr J Lindsay Almond Jr Colgate Darden and William Tuck. Burial is at Roselawn Burial Park.
Winchester police report an attempted entry at Shenandoah Pride Dairy and a break-in at S and E Car Wash discovered at 2 58 a m by Officers Miller and Sardelis. No items reported missing at the car wash as of noon. Investigation led by Chief Warren Rudolph with Officers Jolley and Holliday.
Fair tonight and Tuesday with mild to warm highs in the 70s to 80s. Lows in the 60s. Wednesday looks fair and warm with a chance of showers in eastern Virginia and possible thundershowers in Southwest Virginia. Rainfall totals are noted for the period and month.
British troops and police cordoned Belfast to avert Catholic Protestant clashes during the Orange Order parades. More than 20 000 Orangemen, 200 bands, and armored units secured routes while liquor bans and peace messages accompanied the day. In Londonderry parades proceeded peacefully with a wreath laying and a Catholic church message urging calm.
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