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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1968

Page

2

Obituaries of Peyton Goss and Gussard in Winchester

Obituaries note the death of Mrs. Sarah R. Peyton 66 of 220 Boyd Ave and Mrs. John Gussard 61 of Route 1 Stephens City in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Services are set at Jones Funeral Home with burial at Shenandoah Memorial Park and Mount Hebron Cemetery. Additionally J Robert Goss 57 of 518 S Kent St died and funeral arrangements are complete at Jones Funeral Home.

John Gussard Route 1 Stephens City Winchester Memorial Hospital Stover Strasburg J. Robert Goss S. Kent St Jones Funeral Home George H. Stein Richard L. Crisman Leslie A. Carper Marshall Carper Maurice W. Perry Ernest L. Nesselrodt Luther F. Tevalt Mount Hebron Cemetery Sarah R. Peyton

Funeral service for Mrs Edith Giffin Marple

Edith Giffin Marple 82 of Gore died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. A funeral will be held tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Bethel Methodist Church Trone with Dr J S Omps officiating. She was born January 27 1886 in Frederick County daughter of John R and Salley Eaton Giffin. Widow of Urban J Marple she belonged to Bethel Methodist Church. Survived by two daughters Alice Marple of home and Mrs Charles Hahn of Baltimore. four sons Robert Milton Lawrence and Maynard Marple all of Gore or nearby. 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Pallbearers Dwight Whitacre Norman Anderson Perry LaFollette Jr Kenneth Meade Edgar Kersn Eugene Hahn. Burial in Bethel.

Sarah R. Peyton Boyd Ave Winchester Memorial Hospital Peyton Clarke County James and Grace Elsen Roston Henry S. Peyton Hagerstown Calvary Baptist Church Louise Branham Mary Nixon Henry K. Peyton Harold Longerbeam Bentley Longerbeam William Longerbeam Russell Lloyd Shelby Longerbeam James Royston Shenandoah Memorial Park Edith Giffin Marple Gore Wille Bethel Methodist Church Trone J.S. Omps Marple Frederick County John R. and Salley Eaton Giffin Urban J. Marple Alice Marple Charles Jean) Hahn Baltimore Robert Marple Milton Marple Inwood W. Va Nd Lawrence Maynard Marple Dwight Whitacre Norman Anderson Perry LaFollette, Jr Kenneth Meade Edgar Kersn Eugene Hahn Bethel Cemetery

McCarthy Sees Humphrey Shifting On Vietnam War

Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy says Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey may ease away from the administration position on the Vietnam war. He notes changes could affect McCarthy’s antiwar candidacy but could also help if Humphrey adopts McCarthy’s stance. McCarthy finishes a four day southern swing with a Vanderbilt University address in Nashville.

Louisville Eugene J. McCarthy Hubert H. Humphrey McCarthy Humphrey U.S Vanderbilt University Nashville

Curfew Lifted As Akron Faces Post-Disturbance Calm

Akron officials lift the 9 p.m. curfew after Wednesday riot activity with National Guardsmen on duty for another day. Two youths were slightly wounded by shotgun fire and a man hit by a rock, with scattered fires and tear gas used to disperse crowds. Police issued one arrest for shooting with intent to wound. 42 arrested first night, most under 21.

Akron Ohio John S. Ballard Ballard South Side Wooster Avenue City Hospital Mandeville W. Mace John Ballard

Woman Treated After Accident at Valley Distributors

Mrs. Kaye McBride, 22, was treated and released at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a collision at Valley Distributors on Roberts Street at 5 05 p m. Her lip and chin were cut when her car struck a wall. Police details were not available.

Kaye McBride Winchester Memorial Hospital Valley Distributors Roberts St Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad McBride

Antique chair sold for far less than value in Denver

Denver AP report says antique shop owner J. W. Chandler returned from a trip to find salesman Frank Coffman sold a 200 year old Philadelphia Chippendale chair for 11.95 instead of 1195 to an unidentified woman. Coffman admitted the error and remains employed.

Denver Colo J. W. Chandler Frank Coffman

Potato price drop threatens Eastern Shore economy

A Virginia Farm Bureau official warned that a sharp price decline for white potatoes imperils Northampton and Accomack counties. About half of 27000 acres in the two counties have been harvested as prices fall from 3.50 per 100 pounds to 2.25 2.50, hurting roughly 200 families whose livelihoods rely on the crop.

Exmore Virginia Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Northampton Accomack Charles Stellings Bureau Moffett Baltimore Washington Canada

Rockefeller Urges Talks With Red China at GOP Dinner

Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller urged opening talks with China to widen the Sino Soviet split. He said the Soviets fear China and China would prolong Vietnam talks. Rockefeller did not urge United Nations recognition, spoke at Ripple Brook Farm to 40 delegates and wives, and called fiscal integrity the top future challenge.

Far Hills Nelson A. Rockefeller United States Red China China Rockefeller Soviet Union Paris United Nations New York City Ripplebrook Farm

Wallace Rally Draws 4500 as 12 Arrested in Disruptions

In St Louis the Wallace rally faced chants and boos as 12 protesters were arrested for disturbing the peace. Solomon Rooks and Precious Barnes were among those detained. Wallace urged calm and continued after interruptions, following a $25 dinner in Clayton with about 350 attendees.

Solomon Rooks Precious Barnes Wallace Clayton Eugene J. McCarthy

Oldest Human Fossil Skull Found in Tanganyika

A 600000 year old human fossil skull unearthed in Tanganyika by British anthropologists is described as the oldest human fossil discovered to date.

Tanganyika

Reagan blasts LBJ policies at Amarillo fund raiser

California Governor Ronald Reagan condemned Johnson era Vietnam policy and the war on poverty as a grand design for the apocalypse at a $100-a-plate GOP dinner in Amarillo attended by about 2 000 supporters. He urged that Wallace’s third party bid could harm Republicans and reiterated plans to seek the presidential nomination.

Wallace Amarillo Tex California Ronald Reagan Vietnam Reagan U.S.S. Pueblo Johnson Cincinnati George C. Wallace Alabama Miami Beach

Swimming Hole Closed Near Greenfield Creek

The old Brandywine Creek swimming hole near Greenfield is ordered closed by Hancock County health officer Dr. R E Kinneman. He says the site is polluted by sewers and septic tanks and unsafe for swimming, surrounded now by building developments.

Greenfield Ind Brandywine Creek James Whitcomb Riley R. E. Kinneman Hancock County Riley Kinneman

Weather Today in Virginia Delights with Pleasant Outlook

The forecast calls for clear and cool conditions in Virginia with night lows in the 50s and 60s. Sunday should be sunny and pleasant with highs in the 80s, and Monday looks partly cloudy and warmer.

Rainfall totals and averages across years and months

The report lists 24 hour rainfall to 8 am with none recorded. July rainfall to date is 0.7 inches, 1968 year to date 17.09 inches. Five year past monthly totals show 1963 33.46, 1964 31.63, 1965 26.85, 1966 33.82, 1967 36.48 inches. Twelve month averages give January 2.41, February 2.19, March 3.10, April 3.13, May 3.66, June 3.72, July 3.78, August 4.76, September 2.80, October 3.10, November 2.51, December 2.34 inches. The January to December average for 55 years is 36.50 inches.

Brush Fire Near Opequon Bridge Extinguished by Clearbrook Firemen

Clearbrook firemen reported no major damage after a brush fire beside the Roach residence on Rt. 668 near the Opequon Bridge at Kernstown. Volunteers answered the alarm shortly after 2 30 p.m. and remained about 40 minutes at the scene.

Clearbrook Roach Opequon Kernstown

Strasburg youth sentenced for shooting in July 4 incident

Isaac S. Hershman, 18, was sentenced to six months in jail for felonious assault later amended to assault and battery in the July 4 shooting of Cecil Wayne Wilmer, 38, of Glassgow, Va. Wilmer sustained a gunshot wound to the arm and the judge suspended the sentence for one year on good behavior.

Strasburg Rockbridge Shenandoah R. S. Wright, Jr Isaac Hershman Cecil Wayne Wilmer Glassgow Wright Wilmer

Heloise tips on door springs kitchens hacks and ideas

A compilation of home hints and reader tips from Heloise covering safe placement of screen door springs to protect eyes, saving meals by using powdered milk in white sauce, pre-mixing hair rinse in a bottle, organizing a sharp-objects drawer with an upside down T partition, updating a lamp shade with fabric, using a plastic backed bib for teething messes, and using a shower cap to keep hair clean at meals.

Heloise

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