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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1971
Page
2
Obituary notices report the deaths of Mrs. Joseph H. Orndorff 69 of Hagerstown and Harold Wood Smith of Front Royal. Details include family connections, church memberships, survivors, and funeral arrangements. Also noted is the sudden death of B Weston Morrison of Berryville with service and burial plans.
Loring C Racey 81 of Woodstock died yesterday after a long illness. He was a retired machine operator and Navy plant worker, survived by wife Lelia, two daughters, two sisters, a brother, five grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Service at Stover Funeral Home Strasburg with burial at Riverview Cemetery. Rebecca Andel 28 of Rhinelander died May 29 after a long illness. She is survived by husband, daughter Denise, parents, two brothers, a sister, and grandparents. Funeral at Carlson Funeral Home Rhinelander with burial Forest Home Cemetery.
Mrs Evelyn Cunningham, former Winchester resident, widow of Robert Griffiths of Brunswick Maine, died June 5. Funeral held at Lewis Carey Funeral Home Boonton New Jersey with service on Wednesday.
Funeral services are set for Arthur Asbury Poling on Tuesday at 11 00 AM at Jones Funeral Home and for B Weston Morrison on Tuesday at 10 00 AM with a graveside in Green Hill Cemetery Berryville. Jones Funeral Home, Inc handles arrangements.
Obituaries acknowledge Arthur A. Poling Sr aged 89 of Bufflick Heights died Saturday. notes his Barbour County birth, marriage in Avon Park Florida, retirement as B&O Railroad auditor, church and Masonic membership, survivors including children and grandchildren, and forthcoming funeral at Jones Funeral Home with burial at Prospect Hill Cemetery. Also included are notices for Harry Franklin Pangle age 91 of Maurertown died Saturday at a relative’s home. his carpentry career, survivors, and funeral arrangements. Nellie Wilfong age 63 of Winchester area death and pending arrangements. and a notice of James Wolfe formerly of Stephens City dying June 1 in Walnut Creek California with survivor details.
J G Miller 68 editor and publisher of Shenandoah Valley weekly at New Market died suddenly at home. He owned Henkel Press Publishing Co since 1806 and was first president of Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital. Burial at Emmanuel Cemetery New Market with service in Reformation Lutheran Church.
H Herschel Omps 66 of Stephenson died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital from injuries at L A Clark and Son Lumber Yard where falling timbers struck him. Born March 2 1905 in Bloomery WV he was a son of John W and Tennie Strother Omps. He leaves widow Nellie Horner and three children Phineas Dorsey Keven Omps and John Omps plus eight grandchildren. Burial in Fairview Cemetery near Gore after visitation at Omps Funeral Home.
A teen dance runs Tuesday night from 8 30 to 11 30 at the Berryville Community Building under Clarke County Recreation Council sponsorship. Open to all teenagers and features Barabass. Farmers must raise 25400 additional dairy cattle for each 1 million population rise to meet current food consumption.
The Dow Jones average at 10:30 a.m. climbed 1.26 to 923.41 as gainers outpaced decliners by almost two to one on the New York Stock Exchange. Trading on the Big Board remained fairly active and the market extended the prior week’s gains.
A list of trivia items includes Butter Florida and Island of Hawaii with entries such as Simple Simon Jackie Robinson and Tug-of-War. The fragment shows scattered topics and questions including U-Boats.
Partly cloudy with possible thunderstorms through Tuesday. Temperatures rise to near 90 in Virginia with cooler readings at higher elevations. Extended outlook shows a chance of showers Wednesday, then fair and drier with 70s highs and 50s to 80s nights. Local rainfall tallies and historical averages included.
Treasury Secretary Connally will urge the Senate Banking Committee to back a 25 million dollar loan guarantee for Lockheed Aircraft Corp to avert job losses and technology loss. Opponents led by Senator Proxmire call the aid bad economics and a dangerous precedent for federal aid to troubled firms. Senators Weicker and Church join in warning against undermining free enterprise.
Winchester police report two local businesses broken into over the weekend with small thefts. The E. W. Armstrong Company at 318 N Braddock St had a broken soft drink machine and $5 to $10 taken from offices. entry via east door. The Kwick & Klean Laundromat at 4 Fairfax Lane saw a vending machine opened and about $2 stolen with two other machines attempted.
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