Obituary of Mrs Ruby H Brittingham 60 of Strasburg
Mrs Ruby H Brittingham 60 of Route 1 Strasburg died Tuesday in Georgetown Hospital Born Aug 11 1908 in Strasburg daughter of the late Lawrence O and Irene Hammond Her husband Harry L Brittingham predeceased her She was a nurse and member of St Pauls Lutheran Church Sparmont Lodge 64 Order of the Eastern Star Survived by son Harry L Brittingham four brothers three sisters and four grandchildren A funeral will be held Saturday at 2 pm at Stover Funeral Home Strasburg with burial in Riverview Cemetery Donations may be made to the Humane Society.
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Ruby H. Brittingham
Route 1
Strasburg
Georgetown Hospital
Washington
Brittingham
Lawrence O
Irene Bucher Hammond
Harry L. Brittingham
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Sparmont Lodge 64
Order the Eastern Star of
Anaheim
Calif
Stover
Jacob Mayer
Riverview Cemetery
The
Humane Society
Five Ex Presidents Alive 1861 to 1862
Between March 4 1861 and January 18 1862 five former presidents were living Van Buren Fillmore Pierce Buchanan and Tyler.
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Tyler
United States
van Buren
Fillmore
Pierce
Buchanan
Region 15 to name Middletown area community college
Region 15 will announce the new Middletown area community college name by mid August with ground breaking for the first unit projected by early September. Chair Mrs. Kenneth N. Gilpin Jr says the Personnel Committee has interviewed one president candidate and will interview two more next week. About a dozen names were presented by the State Board for July 8 screening, plus others at last night’s meeting. The process now includes an audio visua l screening alongside written dossiers. Mt Katahdin, Maine’s highest point at 5267 feet, is noted in the record.
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Region 15 Community College
Middletown
Kenneth N. Gilpin, Jr
Region 15
Wayside Inn
Gilpin
State Board of Community Colleges
Nine United Fund reps meet UF Budget Review Committee
Representatives from nine United Fund agencies and local business leaders met with the UF Budget Review Committee at Commercial and Savings Bank to outline a coalition for the coming campaign. Seated: Joseph Cartwright, Mrs. Thelma Clore, Ben B. Dutton Jr. Standing: Pete Duane, Salvation Army Capt. Luther Hoffman, and others.
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Commercial and Savings Bank
United Fund
Joseph Cartwright
Thelma Clore
Ben B. Dutton, Jr
Pete Duane
Salvation Army
Luther Hoffman
Apollo 11 Crew Return Quietly Amid Global Awe
The Apollo 11 astronauts expressed humility and gratitude as they returned to Earth with praise for the mission’s symbol of human curiosity. NASA officials detailed a strict quarantine plan and a high security research setup for moon rocks, involving 15 staff including doctors and technicians, with families allowed brief contact through a glass wall.
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NASA
Houston
Charles A. Berry
Motorcyclist 7 Leads Police On Hour Long Chase
Joseph Hutton, a seven year old, led Chesapeake police on a chase lasting about an hour and 30 miles through backyards. He avoided signals by cutting corners before the ride ended when he stopped in front of a moving car. He suffered minor scrapes.
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Chesapeake
Joseph Hutton
Two Die in Paris Area Auto Crash
An Annandale couple, David Edward Waters 49 and Eva Pauline Waters 50, died in a Route 50 crash east of Paris. Driver of other car Larry Alson Butler 15 of Donelson Conn. was listed in satisfactory condition with a fractured collarbone and possible concussion. Others injured included Michael Elsen 15 Bluemont with a fractured collarbone and Dwight Seldon 13 with a broken leg after a horse incident.
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Annandale
Route 50
Paris
David Edward Waters
Eva Pauline Waters
Larry Alson Butler
Donelson, Conn
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Waters
Fauquier County
Butler
M.E. Hoover, Jr
Winchester
Middleburg
Michael Elsen
Bluemont
Opequon Creek Bridge
Con
GORE
Dwight Seldon
Town Council Seeks Dust Control at Grove Lime Co
Town officials met Grove Lime Co on May 15 to review dust controls. Company attorney cited nearly $100000 spent 1965 to 1969. promise of noticeable improvement within 60 to 90 days. Virginia Air Pollution Board conducts tests as council weighs regulating non company haulers to curb dust. William Giannini, plant manager, said the firm values community relations and will act to ease the issue. Dust has long been typical at limestone quarrying. mayor hopes new air pollution controls will solve the problem.
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Council
Grove Lime Co
Virginia Air Pollution Board
William Giannini
Grove Lime Company
Kennedy faces license action amid Chappaquiddick fallout
A court in Edgartown will hear Kennedy's leaving the scene complaint as police seek a summons to trial. Kennedy, central in 1972 Democratic hopes, remains secluded after the fatal party crash. Police seek witnesses seen at the party including Gargan Markham LaRosa Trotter Crimmons and Kennedy’s driver Crimmons.
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Kennedy
Edgartown
Doeminic C. Arena
Arena
Foremer U
Delayed Opening of Dowell J. Howard Vocational School Bids
The opening of construction bids for the Dowell J. Howard Vocational School has been postponed to August 6 to allow the Joint Committee for Control of the school to obtain information on the federal wage scale for construction workers. Chairman William E. Fauver said federal pay standards may require revisions to bids already submitted, noting half the cost is federally funded.
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Dowell J. Howard Vocational School
William E. Fauver
Joint Committee For Control
Washington
Fauver
Richmond
Wall Street Opens Higher on Bargain Hunt in Early Trading
The Dow rose 1.35 to 829.30 as advances led declines by about 100 issues. Large blocks traded included American Telephone at 53 unchanged and United Air Lines at 29 1/4. Polaroid gained 1 1/2, IBM up 4 to 320 3/4, with other tepid openings for Twenty Century Fox and Boise Cascade before a session that dragged to new yearly lows despite late buying.
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New York
American Telephone & Telegraph
United Air Lines
Polaroid
IBM
Twentieth Century-Fox
Boise Cascade
Talley Industries
Continental Mortgage
Sperry Rand
Weather snapshot for Winchester Virginia July 24
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with lows 62 to 68 and Friday highs in the 80s. Additional notes show noon high 65, low 63, yesterday 80, and rainfall data including July trace and year-to-date totals with long-term averages and past five-year rainfall totals.
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Virginia
Clarke School Superintendent Attends UVa Conference
Clarke County schools superintendent Wade G. Johnson joins about 250 Virginia superintendents and school board members at a University of Virginia conference. Speakers discuss student activism in secondary schools with Dr. Kenneth Fish presenting the keynote on emerging problems in high school discipline.
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Charlottesville
Wade G. Johnson
Clarke County
Virginia
University of Virginia
Kenneth Fish
Montclair, N.J
United States
Belgium Water Millard Fillmore Relativity and more
A compact quiz style list presents answers to ten prompts: Belgium for 1, Water for 2, Millard Fillmore for 3, 550 for 4, Out for 5, Skimmed milk for 6, 1930 for 7, Relativity for 8, Cricket for 9, and No for 10 with horseshoes noted.
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Winchester Evening Star
Mrs. HL. Brittingham
Cmds Funeral Home
Loudoun Street
Theran
Bernard F.groves
Boscawen St
Community College
Maine
Mt. Katahdin
Lewis Hyde
Mary Helen Massie
Aldrin
Collins
Earth
Armstrong
Nixon
Joan ‘Aldrin
Manned Spacecraft Center
Moon
Johns-Manville
J-M
John W. Rosenberger
Quarles School
Commerce St
Scheel
Loun
Squaw Island
Hyannis Port
Wall Street
Trace
Clarke
Uva
George W. Holmes, III
Virginia School Boards Association
Virginia Association of School Administrators
University School of Education
I, Q
Belgium
Millard Fillmore
California
Redwood
N. Cameron St
Chevrolet
Northern
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