Obituaries from Martinsburg and nearby communities
Obituary notices list Mae Fellers of Charles Town and Walker G. Fle. funeral services set at Jones Funeral Home and Brown Funeral Home with burial at Mount Hebron and Union Chapel cemeteries. Royal Janney Files, 54, Martinsburg, died at Newton D. Baker VA Hospital after long illness. survived by wife Gladys and family. services at Brown Funeral Home. Margaret Elizabeth Smallwood of Martinsburg died unexpectedly. funeral Friday at First Baptist Church with burial at Rosedale Cemetery. Nellie G. Owens, 75, of Silver Spring died at Tacoma Park hospital. survived by husband William and several siblings. Funeral arrangements for John H. Enders Funeral Home in Berryville with burial at Green Hill Cemetery. Rev. Carl C. Werner to preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Fellers
Charles Town
W.va
W. K. Tavenner
Winchester
Jones Funeral
John A. Baden
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Royal Janney Files
Rosemont Ave
Martinsburg
Newton D. Baker VA
Mr. Files
Cherry Run
Morgan County
Berkeley
American Legion
Masonic Order
Cincinnati
Gil
Florida
Gladys Files
Julia Files
Mere ‘Vel Files
Beulah Swanson
Mary Jane Fisher
Margaret Elizabeth
William St
Smallwood
Jefferson County
John B
Staub Appell
First Baptist Church
Robinson-Excelsior
Women’s Missionary Society
Cup of Cold Water Society
Loyal Star Ladies
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Albert A. Smallwood
Sylvester A. Smallwood
Newport News
Barnette W. Smallwood
Leonard Hoffman
Boyd Rhinaman
Nellie G. Owens
Ednor Road
Silver Spring
Washington Sanitarium
Tacoma Park
William B
Lillie Lloyd
W. Va
Albert Smallwood
W. W. Smallwood
Ire
Rudolph Smallwood
Berryville
Alma Roy
John H. Enders
Erryville
Carl C.wener
Ashton (Md.) Methdist
Green Hill Cemtery
Policeman Exonerated In Brooklyn Shooting
A Kings County grand jury found Patrolman Sheldon Libowitz acted in a lawful and justifiable defense in the shooting of Nelson Erby, a 28 year old ex convict, during a sidewalk struggle. The jury heard 37 witnesses and declined to indict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Kings County
Brooklyn
Sheldon Liebowitz
Nelson Erby
Convicted murderer recaptured near Chatham
John William Smith thirty miles from Chatham after escape from a road crew. Smith, 27 of Strasburg, was captured by prison camp officials at Halifax and is serving 20 years for the stove poker slaying of Raymond Putman. He had escaped in 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
John William Smith
Strasburg
Chatham
Phil Crisman
Smith
Halifax
Raymond Putman
Johnson Pledges Peace Efforts Amid War Escalation
President Johnson spoke after a week of talks on Viet Nam saying he will persist for peace despite no Communist response. He ordered to Viet Nam the Air Mobile Division raising U S forces to 125000 and draft calls to 35000 with more voluntary enlistments. He noted cost concerns but said a supplemental defense bill will be sent next January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Ose
Viet Nam
VietnNam
Ave
Robert 5. McNamara
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
U S Seeks End to Prisoner Mistreatment in Vietnam War
The United States, through a State Department spokesman, says it seeks to end mistreatment of prisoners on both sides in the Vietnam conflict. The U S is in discussions with South Vietnam and the Red Cross to ensure Geneva Convention principles are followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
International Committee of the Red Cross
Viet Nam
President to seek over one billion emergency funds
Washington AP report says President Johnson will ask Congress for an emergency appropriation likely exceeding 1 billion dollars to cover rising Vietnam War costs. House Appropriations Chair George H. Mahon said the figure depends on continued escalation and did not specify timing of the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Viet Nam
House
George H. Mahon
DeTex
Appropriations Committee
Mahon
Senate
Funeral Services Tomorrow for Virginia Mother of 1965
Mrs Nolie Dillon Lee of Dinwiddie County Virginia widow of Travis Taylor Lee and named Virginia Mother of the Year for 1965 died Tuesday at age 78. Funeral services will be held Thursday and she was honored in March for civic church and charitable work and for the accomplishments of her children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt
Nolie Dillon Lee
Virginia
Lée
Travis Taylor Lee
Dinwiddie Coun
U S pilots reported captured amid Viet Nam air war actions
A U S military spokesman said three American pilots were captured. Pentagon reports detail low level F105 Thunderchief attacks on missile sites near Hanoi and Dien Bien Phu with damage and destruction claims. Eight F105s and four F4 Phantoms conducted raids. 12 Americans were killed and 10 wounded that week, with three more captured or missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land
U.S
Cam Doi
Hanoi
Pentagon
Soviet Union
North Viet Nam
Defense Department
Dien Bien Phu
Indictment and trial details in Betty Boyd case
The record notes April dates for Betty Boyd’s death and Benner’s indictment, with the trial set for August 26 on a charge of ordering John Garrett. Instructions to jurors define first degree murder and various lesser offenses, including voluntary and involuntary manslaughter, and clarify conviction standards beyond a reasonable doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Boyd
Benner
John Garrett
Boyd
Commonwealth
Herbert Edmonds
Three Navy fliers rescued after Pacific plane collision
The Navy reports three sailors parachuted and were rescued from the water after two planes collided at 20 000 feet over the Pacific. A fourth crew member is missing, search efforts focused 70 miles southwest of San Diego. All four men were from Norfolk area. Parachutes were seen during the incident aboard the USS Kitty Hawk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Navy
Pacific Ocean
John CD, Spartz
George D.ball
Norfolk, Va
Weather Today and Five Day Forecast
Partly cloudy today with low 62 to 67. Variable cloudiness tomorrow with possible scattered showers in the afternoon or night. High tomorrow in the middle 60s. Friday mainly partly cloudy and mild. Temperatures averaging three to six degrees below normal. Mild Friday cooler Saturday and Sunday and warmer Monday. Rain as scattered showers Thursday Friday and again Monday.
Caley Family Member Dies in Bluffton Intersection Crash
Caley of Markle Ind died Tuesday night in a crash at the Ind 116 and Ind 303 intersection ten miles northwest of Bluffton while en route to a 4H fair. His wife and the other driver were injured. Caley’s parents were killed at the same intersection on Sept 17 1969 returning from a Bluffton fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caley
Bluffton
Caleys
Markle Ind
Clifford Caley
Wall Street Slows After Opening Rally
Stocks opened mixed as traders paused after a brisk start. IBM and U S Gypsum fell while Xerox edged higher. Brunswick, General Motors, and Sperry Rand showed modest moves in early trading with Brunswick at 71 4 and GM near 94 1/2 on light volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Picid
IBM
U.S. Gypsum
Xerox Nee
Brunswick
General Motors
Sperry Rand
Oo Sullivan Declares Dividend at O S Sullivan Rubber
NEW YORK The Board of Directors of O S Sullivan Rubber Corporation declared the regular quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share on the 5 percent cumulative $20 par preferred stock. The dividend is payable Oct. 1, 1965 to stockholders of record Sept. 17, 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
O'Sullivan Rubber Corporation
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pamela Fellers
Hovermale Service
Walker G. Fle
Hugh F. Brannon
Union Chapel
A.A. Smallwood
W.B. Owens
Pamela Marie Fellers
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Llowers
Lorist, Inc
iKabers
Deposit Insurance Corporation
U.S. Weather Bureau
Plateau
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Tennessee Valley
Great Lakes Area
New England
Central Plains
Pacific Northwest
Horidt
Ayatert
Mt. Clinton
Broadway
John W. Wayland
Ashby
Www
Merchandise Mart
South Berkeley
Merle Fellers
Gay Clothing Company
Echo Village Homes
U.S. Rt
Loudoun Street
New Orleans
Okla City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
I. Q. Answers
Reo de Janeiro
Aida
Nauvoo
Sec
Lincoln
Rednfell
Wall Street
Glaizie
N. Cameron Str
Sullivan
John W. Rosenberger & CO
Hercules
SUNX
Dupont Paints
Glass & Hardware
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