Obituary notices for Huffman and Ritter families
Obituary notices report Lena Rebecca Brumback Huffman 88 widow of Joseph Huffman of Rappahannock County died in Winchester Memorial Hospital after time in a Winchester nursing home. She was born October 25, 1884, survived by a daughter and two sons with six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements incomplete. body at Jones Funeral Home. The second notice details Walter N Ritter 83 of 301 S Brad dock St died yesterday at his sister’s home. Funeral tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home officiated by Revs. Gower and Cather. He was born in Gainesboro April 9, 1890, married Mattie Ewan in 1930, survived by a daughter, four sisters, one brother, and four grandchildren. Burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery. pallbearers listed.
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Lena Rebecca Brumback Huffman
Joseph David Huffman
Rappahannock County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Huffman
Jacob H
Virginia Victoria Brumback
Mountain Slope
Fawcett’s Gap
Frederick County
Front Royal
Cedar Creek
Walter N
Nat) Ritter
S. Braddock St
Carlton Ramey
Jones Funeral Home
William S. Gower
Morris E. Cather
Ritter
Gainesboro
Walter D. Iola Davis Ritter
Mattie Ewan
Virginia Morris
Bradley Beach
N.J
Carlton
Mary) Ramey
William
Rose) Baker
Cross Junction
Clifton
Bessie) Price
Virgil
Delphia ) DeHaven
David Ritter
Gerrardstown
W.va
John Foltz
Nathaniel DeHaven
Carlton Ramey Jr
William D
Population Shrinks on Pitcairn Island
Pitcairn Island 1300 miles southeast of Tahiti shows a dramatic decline with fewer than 100 residents remaining. Once settled by Polynesians and HMS Bounty mutineers in 1790, the community faces a reverse population explosion.
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Pitcairn
Senate approves mandatory national fuel allocation plan
The Senate passed a bill by 85 to 10 requiring President Nixon to develop a mandatory national fuel allocation formula and rejected voluntary guidelines. Sen. Henry M. Jackson said the vote reflects urgency, aiming to ensure fair fuel shares and prevent cutoffs to independent refiners. AAA reports tight supplies in the Southeast and Northwest as major oil earnings rise.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Henry M. Jackson
Jackson
D-Wash
Congress
White House
William Saxbe
Ohio
House
American Automobile Association
Southeast
Northwest
AAA
U.S
Sunoco
Exxon
Gulf
Senate Debates Five Year Farm Program for Subsidies
The Senate opens votes on a new five year farm program based on target prices for wheat, feed grains and cotton. If prices fall, farmers receive subsidies to bridge the gap while consumers pay through taxes. Supporters see price relief for buyers. critics call the plan costly and misaligned with Nixon’s phase out proposal.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate Committee
Nixon
United States
Funeral service for Mrs Iva Grapes in Augusta
Funeral for Mrs Iva Grapes 78 of Romney W V formerly of Augusta will be held tomorrow at 1 p m at McKee Funeral Chapel Augusta led by Rev Roland Weber. She leaves two sons two daughters 15 grandchildren eight great grandchildren and several siblings. Burial at Tearcoat Cemetery Augusta with visitation today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m.
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Iva Churchill Grapes
Romney
W.va
Augusta
McKee
Roland Weber
Grapes
William R
Effie Martin Wolford
Edward Grapes
Augusta Church of Christ
Allen Grapes
Martinsburg
Roland Grapes
Seabrook
Evelyn Cooper
Bunker Hill
Claris Shomaker
Keyser
Bonnie Kisner
Elmer Wolford
Earl Wolford
Cold Stream
Nannie Swisher
Frederick County Man Robbed and Assaulted Near School
Roger Lee Holiday of Route 4 was assaulted and robbed of 50 dollars near James Wood High School by two unidentified white men. They offered him a ride in a 1964 green Oldsmobile with West Virginia plates and fled after leaving him near the Rt. 50 Truck Stop. One suspect aged about 25 wore a black shirt, nicknamed "Dick". the other, about 21 with blond curly hair and a heavy build.
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Frederick County
James Wood High School
Winchester
Roger Lee Holiday
Rt. 4
Amherst St
West Virginia
Holiday
Rt. 50
Medical Youth Group to Meet at Winchester Memorial Hospital
Medical Explorer Post 109 will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in the cafeteria of Winchester Memorial Hospital. Members should bring 1 for a trip to Apple Valley Golf Course. A short business meeting precedes departure.
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Medical Explorer
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Apple Valley Golf Course
Skylab salvage prep as two astronauts rehearse space walk
In Houston the Skylab crew rehearses a four hour space walk to free a jammed solar panel. Commander Charles Conrad Jr. and Dr. Joseph Kerwin will cut or pry loose a one inch strip to free a one ton panel, boosting power by 3000 watts.
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Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Conrad
Kerwin
Mander
Paul J. Weitz
Mission Control
Skylab
Russell Schweickart
Schweickart
Aylor Named To Frederick School Board
Robert E. Aylor III is appointed to the Frederick County School Board for a four year term starting July 1. A Winchester native, he is a James Wood High School and Lynchburg College alumnus, Navy veteran, bank official, and Stephens City resident with wife Joan Morrison and son Robert M. The Aylers attend Stephens City United Methodist Church.
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Robert E. Aylor III
Frederick County School Board
Winchester
Aylor
James Wood High School
Lynchburg College
U.S. Navy
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Stephens City
Frederick County
Jaycees
Wall Street Rallies on Tech Fortunes and Inflation Hints
The Dow Jones average rose to 905.63 at 10:30 a.m., up 4.82, amid a continuing rally sparked by technical gains and supportive economic news. Analysts noted Nixon administration inflation actions and Herbert Stein signals boosting market confidence.
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New York
Dow Jones
Dow
Nixon
Herbert Stein
President’s Council On Economic Advisers
Paris
Washington
Larry Wachtel
Bache & Co
Stein
Water Causes Short in Wiring at Residence
Winchester firemen responded to an electrical fire at a residence on lot 25 E James St yesterday at 12 54 p m. Fire Inspector S R Dyke reported no damage. the alarm was prompted by smoke from an electrical wall receptacle. Investigators found a short in wiring under the house caused by a pool of water.
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Winchester
E. James St
S. R. Dyke
Weather outlook for Northern Valley and Winchester skies
Cloudy tonight with showers and thunderstorms likely and cooler lows. Thursday brings more cloudiness with chances of showers and thunderstorms and highs in the 70s to 80s in the mountains and lower 80s elsewhere. Extended Friday to Sunday shows occasional showers Friday, partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday with highs in the 80s and overnight in the 60s.
Fish Kill Traced to Sewage Plant in James River
In Richmond AP reports the Hampton Roads Sanitation District James River plant caused a mass fish kill that began May 19 and persisted Tuesday afternoon. SWCB and partners test water samples and monitor the plume to identify a remedy and the role of chlorine.
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Richmond
Hampton Roads
James River
State Water Control Board
A. H. Paessler
State Board
Bill
SWCB
State Health Department
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
HRSD
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Joseph D. Huffman
Bitter Service
Nat” Ritter
Mrs. Pearl Evans
MASON
Lena Rebecca
Memoen Oy Navigation
I Waren
Sececree
Monricuans
OpmDureral Home
Iat
the Order
THE
Congregational Christian Church
Bernard 'F. Groves
National Ave
Om, John W. Rosenberger & Co. Inc
Grapes Service
Denny's
Ls Frederick Man
Medical
Frederick
Joan Morrison
Robert M. the Aylers
Wall Street
Poe
RT. 11
Kernstown
Maryland
Robert Pangle, Jr
Jerome
Ruby Poe
Virginia
Monopoly
Dog
General Services Administration
Vasco de Gama
Aphrodite
Synagogue
Six
National Weather Service
NOAA
Gulf Coast
Central
Texas
Pacific Northwest
Southwest
N. Cameron St
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