Obituaries from Winchester and surrounding areas
Mrs Burns Seaton of Loudoun County dies in Tennessee at 83. Born June 25 1877 she was daughter of Thomas S Chamblin and Mary Baker of White Post. Survived by two sons, five grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Funeral at Royston Middleburg. Burial Sharon Cemetery. Henry Hile 85 dies in Washington hospital formerly of Clarke County. Five sons survive. Funeral Monday in Alexandria with burial Green Hill Cemetery Berryville. Helen Marie Pierce infant dies at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Graveside service at Green Hill Cemetery Berryville. Resting at Enders Funeral Home.
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Nena Chamblin Craig Seaton
Piccadilly St
St. Barnabast
Cattoonaga
Tenn
Onl Y
Seaton
Loudoun County
Thomas S
Mary Beatrice Baker Chamblin
White Post
Valley Female Institute
Burns Seaton
Louounty
Presbyterian Church
Ninevah
Frank S. Craig
Ontario
N.Y
William T. Craig
Signal Mountain
Royston
Middleburg
Womeldorf
William Craig
George Craig
Donald Craig
James Cole
Fred Mertz
Charles Rust
Sharon Cemetery
Henry Hile
T. St
S. E
Washington, D.C
Clarke County
Washington
Hile
Alice Maude Johnson
Hae County
Alexandria
Frottgrowers
Ray
Allen Hile
Charles Hile
Dorsey Hile
Annapolis, Md
John Calvin Hile
Falls Church
Cunningham Funeral Home
Green Hill Cemetery
Berryville
Helen Marie Pierce
Freddie
Helen M. Wood Pierce
Boyce
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Floyd Wood
Strasburg
Helen J. Pierce
T.S. Hogan
Enders Funeral Home
Hickok Dies in Dusky Poker Game at Deadwood
James Wild Bill Hickok, famed fighter and marshal, was fatally shot from behind while playing poker in Deadwood City on August 2, 1876, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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James ‘Wild Bill’ Hickok
U.S
Deadwood City
Dakota Territory
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Virginia Horse Owners Warned About VEE Vaccine
Virginia horse owners were warned that the Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis vaccine is illegal in the state and not protective against VEE. Dr. W B Bendix said the vaccine is only authorized in Mexico and certain U S states. He cautioned against illegal movement and possession of the vaccine and noted Virginia horses under surveillance show no VEE signs.
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Richmond
Virginia
W B. Bendix
Mexico
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
New Mexico
Peel
Dr. Bendix
Bendix
Albert the Alligator Ordered Evicted From Golf Lake
Albert the alligator at Marco Island Golf and Country Club faces eviction after allegedly eating a pedigreed poodle. The state countersuit accuses a prejudiced judge and a golfist of baiting the alligator, while urging protection of the animal as state property.
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Marco Island
Fla
Albert
Marco Island Golf and Country Club
Contaminated Chicken Feed Prompt 12-State Hunt for PCB Toxins
A cooling system leak at a Southeastern fish meal plant spurred a 12 state search for 16 000 tons of chicken feed suspected contaminated with PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls. Eggs showed reduced hatch rates and PCB levels appeared at 40 ppm in hens.
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Washington
Nixon Trip Backed By Public In China Visit Poll
A public opinion poll released at a Republican National Committee meeting shows 67 percent of Americans approve of President Nixon's planned trip to Communist China. Among 1,002 respondents, 20 percent disapprove and the remainder had no opinion.
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Denver
Colo
Nixon
China
Republican National Committee
Opinion Research Corp
Princeton, N.J
Fairfax Republicans weigh Lt Governor race plans
Fairfax delegates discuss a slate of potential Lt Governor candidates. Barry garners Fairfax Republican support with Dels Stanford E. Parris and Vincent F. Calahahn named as possibles. Williams, 52, signals a gubernatorial run in 1973 if statewide office is pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax
Barry
Dels
Stanford E. Parris
Vincent F. Calahahn
Williams
J. Sargeant Reynolds
McMath
Slaughter
S. McMath
U.S
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
del. Clive DuVal
George C. Rawlings
DuVal
Rawlings
John K. Marlowe
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Richmond
Robert Fitzgerald
Henry E. Howell Jr
Norfolk
Draft director Tarr urges boards to warn men on deferments
Curtis W Tarr declined to unilaterally call men with expired deferments and said such action would likely require White House approval. A White House spokesman noted possible future use only if manpower tightens. Tarr urged draft boards to inform all eligible men that failure to register at 18 or report changes may break the law and that induction authority could be reinstituted.
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Curtis W. Tarr
Laird
White House
Induction Authority
Miss Universe Contestants Detail Eight Hour Rehearsal
Miss Francé Myriam Stocco 20 of Beaucaire chews her necklace while awaiting eight hours of rehearsal for the Miss Universe Pageant on Miami Beach Florida She is among 60 contestants vying for the title AP Wirephoto
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Myriam Stocco
Beaucaire
Miami Beach
Fla
Judge Extends Hearings in Armed Holdup Case
Two men face $10 000 bonds as Frederick County Sheriff holds preliminary hearings in the Winchester man case near Sunnyside. Judge W Erle Edwards ordered a continuance to Monday so the defendants may secure attorneys. Robert Joseph Carr 23 pleaded guilty to four forgery counts and cashing forged checks. Kenneth Vaughn 21 pleaded innocent in Circuit Court to breaking into Carpers Valley Golf Club May 27 with trial set for Sept 14.
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Frederick County
Winchester
Sunnyside
W. Erle Edwards
Robert Joseph Carr
Kenneth Vaughn
Vaughn
Carpers Valley Golf Club
Nixon Seeks Reelection as Justice of the Peace
M. J. Nixon of Middletown seeks reelection as Republican to the office of Justice of the Peace in the Opequon District. He has run Nixon's Motel and Restaurant for 20 years and recently developed Nixon's Garden Condominium apartments. Nixon is a World War II veteran and active in multiple regional organizations with his wife Betty residing north of Middletown.
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M.J. Nixon
Middletown
Office of Justice of the Peace
Opequon
Nixon
Shenandoah Valley Motel Association
Sparmont Chapter No. 98
AM & FM
Alexandria
Acca Temple of Richmond
Blue Ridge Shrine Club
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of
Youth Convicted Of 3 Offenses In Juvenile Court
Isaac Raymond Ruffner seventeen of Clarke County was convicted in Seventh Regional Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of driving while intoxicated failing to stop for police exhibiting a red light and siren and driving with no operator s license. He was fined one hundred thirty five dollars barred from driving for a year and given a ten day jail term four days to be served six days suspended.
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Isaac Raymond Ruffner
Clarke County
Carle Germelman
Virginia
Ted Fio Rito dies at 70 in Scottsdale
Ted Fio Rito a leading big band figure of the 1930s and 40s died of a heart attack at his Scottsdale home. The composer of more than 250 songs including Toot Toot Tootsie and Charley My Boy was 70.
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Scottsdale, Ariz
Ted Fio Rito
Fio Rito
Weather and sky notes for Winchester area
A front end present forecast shows a 30 percent shower risk tonight and Sunday with 80s highs Sunday. Extended outlook through Wednesday calls for partly cloudy skies and showers, with daytime highs in the 80s and nightly lows in the 60s.
FDA speeds Bon Vivant soup recall after undercooking found
The FDA orders a faster recall of Bon Vivant canned soups after five more batches of vichyssoise and one lot of black bean soup show undercooking. Commissioner Edwards says no botulinum toxin has been found in any product beyond the V-141-USA 71 code. The recall had been first ordered on July 7 for all Bon Vivant soups sauces and stews following a fatal V-141 vichyssoise incident.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Charles. C. Edwards
Commissioner of Food and Drugs
FDA
National Canners Association
USA
Bon Vivant, Inc
Newark
N.J
New York State
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Mrs. Burns Seaton
Hickok
Luton
Amherst ST
Zadi
Smalts Florist, Inc
Bernard F. Groves
Bailey
Collier County
Harold Smith
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
2Nd District Court of Appeals
Lakeland
Ken Hoffman
Hoffman
Florida
Smith
Game Commission
Sheriff's Department
Monsanto Company
Agriculture Department
United States
Sapolin
EMS
L.abor
John W. Rosenberger & CO
Boscawen St
Country Church
Pastor J. P. Roby
Virginia Supreme
P.O. Box
Ted
Formosa
Taiwan
Ala
Miss
True
Minnesota
Revolutionary
Spider
Rocky Mountain States
M. J. Nixon
Iimp
Lane & Bro
N. Cameron St
Chevrolet
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