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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1971
Page
2
A batch of funeral notices from Hampshire Berkeley and nearby counties details services for Raymond L. Oates 61 of Yellow Spring Lillian S Haymaker Berryville Wilma Ethel Martin 60 Martinsburg and Mary Mollie Ann Baker 86 Martinsburg with conduct times venues cemeteries and pallbearers listed. The notices note birth dates birthplaces survivor lists and burial arrangements with funeral home callings and visiting hours.
Hazel L. Lake is to be laid to rest Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home. Friends and family are invited to attend the service and pay respects at the local ceremony.
Alfred L. Snapp Sr. president and Truman Nold manager of the Winchester Apple Growers Assn are pictured with a photo of one of Mr Robinsons orchards in bloom.
Scouts from Troops 2, 9, 40, 46 and 63 organize a county cleanup with multiple routes, beginning times, and leaders. Trash will be sorted for recycling and metals or glass remanufacture profits go to the Boy Scouts. Local sponsors include Coca Cola Winchester and Potomac Edison with Pepsi Cola litter bags. Contact Winchester Boy Scout Office at 662-2551 to join.
Clarke County High School expects 84 seniors to receive diplomas this evening at 7 on the school campus if weather permits. Principal C E Miley will present diplomas with Elizabeth Withers delivering the valedictory and Donald Cooke the salutatory.
Mrs. H. B. Lester of Chatham died Sunday with two sons and a daughter surviving. Hazel L. Lake dies at 70. funeral tomorrow at 11 at Jones Funeral Home. Constance Burke, 29, formerly of Winchester, dies in Fayetteville North Carolina. graveside service Monday at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Winchester police report a break in at Wilson's Building Supply on Paper Mill Road where the coin box from a outside machine was stolen. A motorcycle helmet valued at 20 dollars was taken from a bike near Handley Library on Piccadilly Street. Police are investigating.
An early morning blaze at Arlington Park Race Track in Chicago killed at least 27 horses and caused about 250000 dollars in damage. Twenty one horses were trapped inside the barn, most of them trotters and pacers, with several other animals destroyed after injuries.
In Richmond's Fan District two men died and a 5 year old boy was injured after encounters with live high tension wires on a housetop. Howard Curtis Gordon 43 of South Boston died from electrocution and William Talley 26 of Richmond died after attempting to help him. Walter Greer who was painting nearby said Gordon touched a transformer wire and fell, while Talley touched a second wire and was knocked into the alley and died from a crushed skull. Greer pulled Jeffrey Greer to safety and revived him by mouth to mouth resuscitation. Jeffrey had burns.
Newton DeArcy Wyvill 75 of 118 Jackson Ave. died yesterday. Born December 25 1896 in Washington he was a painter and paperhanger husband of Helen Wood and WWI Army veteran. Survived by widow and a daughter died earlier. Funeral tomorrow at 1 30 p m Jones Funeral Home with burial at Mount Hebron. Pallbearers named.
Partly cloudy in Virginia with a low in the 60s and a high near 90 on Saturday. Rain chances at 10 percent through Saturday, followed by a mostly fair extended outlook with a chance of showers Monday. Temperatures rise to 80s daily, 60s at night, and rainfall totals are summarized for recent periods.
Clarence Stokes, 22, of Clarke County, was arrested and charged with arson after a cattle barn on the John Greenwalt farm burned Tuesday night. He is held on $5,000 bond in Clarke County jail. Preliminary hearing set for June 14 at 10 a.m. Firemen found no machinery or electricity in the barn. Stokes was arrested yesterday by State Deputy Fire Marshall Percy Click and Deputy Nicodemus.
The Jaycees plan a new chapter for inmates at Camp 7 Double Toll Gate. Charter ceremonies set for Wednesday June 23 at 6 30 p.m. Sponsoring chapters include Winchester Frederick County Berryville Clarke County and Front Royal Warren County.
The Dow at 920.67, down 0.63, as trading slows at 10:30 a.m. with a narrow advance lead on the NYSE. Analysts expect continued profit taking amid news Penn Central, up 5 percent, considers selling Park Avenue real estate holdings.
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