Obituaries and Funeral Notices From Martinsburg and Nearby
Obituary notices for Ruth Ann Elliott of Whitacre with service details at Fairview Lutheran Church and burial at Fairview Cemetery. Other obituaries include Mrs Sarah Elisabeth Milburn of Diwood with service at Pine Grove Church and burial at Pine Grove Cemetery, and infant son of Kline of Winchester with Nashville services. Also services for Gladys Jenkins Racer of Berryville conducted at John H Enders Funeral Home with burial at Green Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Funeral Home
Martinsburg
Old Stone Church
Greenspring
Sarah Elisabeth Milburn
Diwood
W. Va
Bleveces
Milburn
Glengary
Richard
Jane Mason Milburn
Pine Grove Methodist Church
Trone A. Milburn
Bruce Milburn
Inwood
Samuel Line
Ellis McDaniel
York
Robert Tyson
Lebanon
James Lamp
Gerrardstown
Pine Grove
Kevin Quentin Kline
Philip M
Shirley Kestner Kline
Nashville
Tenn
Ivan Kline
Winchester
D. M. Kestner
Gladys Jenkins Racer
Berryville
John H. Enders
M. C. Cook
C. E. Miley
William Boyce
J. C. Huffman
J. Carroll Iden
Garland Tumblin
William Carpenter III
Green Hill Cemetery
Carpenter dies in Washington apartment fire at 60
James W. Ballowe 60 of Route 1 Winchester died of smoke inhalation in a Washington apartment fire. He was a roomer at 7133 George Ave owned by Cornell M. Poland, with the blaze blamed on a defective electric fan. Surviving: widow Mary Ashby Ballowe. children James, Alice, John, Joan, Elizabeth. eight grandchildren. one sister. Body at John H. Enders Funeral Home Berry. The Latin phrase about putting away childish things refers to marbles and nuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James William Ballowe
Route 1
Winchester
Washington
Ballowe
George Ave
Cornell M. Poland
Poland
Amherst County
Mary Ashby Ballowe
James Ballowe
Strasburg
School Board Plans Move to Miller Building
The Frederick County School Board plans converting Miller School into an administrative center to house the board office and staff. Superintendent Ayler and Assistant Supt. Wright were authorized to proceed with remodeling with architect Hubert Stratton. Enrollment and relocation aims to ease crowding at Kline and Robinson. Miller students will join Senseny Road Elementary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County School Board
Miller
Winchester
School Board
Robert E. Ayler
Melton Wright
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Hubert Stratton
Frederick County
James Wood High School
Kline
Senseny Road
Ayler
Hurricane Alma Racks Florida Coast and Cuba Evacuations
The storm moves north toward Daytona Beach and Cedar Key with warnings in the Keys and lower west coast. Alma lashed Cuba with 50 mph winds near Havana, killing at least 73 in Honduras and forcing evacuations on Isle of Pines and La Coloma. Gale warnings reach Florida Keys as residents board up and await potential landfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Alma
Cuba
Key West
Florida
Keys
West
Daytona Beach
Atlantic
Cedar Key
Gulf of Mexico
Tampa
Florida Keys
West Coast
Miami
Tavernier
Key Largo
Havana Radio
la Coloma
Pinar del Rio
Honduras
Isle of Pines
Island
Cape Kennedy
Last Douglas Commencement To Be Tonight
Douglas High School closes for the summer with a final 8 o clock commencement. The next school year will reopen as Wins Chester Intermediate School for sixth and seventh graders with George L. Craig Jr. as principal. Nine seniors graduate in the final class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas High School
Winschester
George L. Craig, Jr
Mira Star Brightens and Dimms in 330 Day Cycle
The star Mira varies in brightness every 330 days due to periodic expansion and contraction. Its light grows brighter during expansion and fades as it contracts.
Strike Shuts Local Western Union Office
The nationwide strike by Western Union employees has closed the 113 E. Piccadilly St. office, with about 20,000 workers seeking a 6 percent annual raise over two years. The company offered 4 percent the first year and 3.9 percent the second, while pensions remain a major bargaining point.
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E. Piccadilly St
Virginia Apple Crop Shorter
The Associated Press reports Virginia apple production will fall well below normal due to unseasonable spring weather and two frosts in May. A May hail storm in Clarke and Frederick counties worsened losses, with Frederick County growers signaling harvests may be less than 50 percent of normal, around 2.5 million bushels and a multi million dollar loss. Wise County reports nearly total crop loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Clarke
Frederick
Charles Toan
Frederick County Fruit Growers Association
Wise County
Jim McCormack
Man Charged In Hagerstown Bank Holdup
A former Montgomery County Maryland police officer Charles Abbott Lauritzen 39 is charged in the Hagerstown Maryland National Bank holdup FBI agent Edwin R. Tully said Lauritzen turned over 8061 dollars 741 more than the amount taken earlier and could not explain the discrepancy U S Commissioner Stanley King set a 15000 bond and a Thursday hearing Lauritzen had resigned from the Montgomery County police force in 1954 after seven years of service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Montgomery County
Maryland
Hagerstown
Maryland National Bank
FBI
Edwin R. Tully
Charles Abbott Lauritzen
Lauritzen
Fairfax
U.S
Stanley King
Weather Today and Forecast with Mild Thunder Showers
Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with showers and scattered thunderstorms. Low tonight in the 60s. Highest Thursday 88. Gladys Lloyd of Millwood escaped injury yesterday when she lost control of her car on Route 723 about 2.6 miles west of Boyce. Her car struck a telephone pole and tree, demolishing it.
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Gladys Lloyd
Millwood
Boyce
H. K. Malbon
Wardensville selects Spencer Spence in mayoral race
Wardensville West Virginia re elected Spencer Spence as mayor with 49 votes in a five member council race. write in candidate William J. Snyder drew 27 votes. Two incumbent councilwomen Crystal Emswiller and Beulah Heltzel were defeated. C. J. Lee and Orin Western elected joining incumbents John Ayler Elmo Ondor dorf and Melvin LaFollette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Holmes Spence
Wardensville
W. Va
Spence
William J. Snyder
Crystal Emswiller
Beulah Heltzel
C. J. Lee
Orin Western
John Ayler
Elmo Orndorff
Melvin LaFollette
Two City Auto Accidents Injure Two Women
Two accidents yesterday left Eva Strano of Park Ridge Illinois and Joyce A Yancey of Stephens City injured. Strano received a cervical spine strain and was released from Winchester Memorial Hospital. Yancey, 19, suffered a head contusion but was not treated at the hospital. Police cited Yancey for failure to yield. Damages totaled 1000 plus, with a parked car also ticketed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Strano
Park Ridge
Ill
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Joyce A. Yancey
Stephens City
Valley Ave
Gerrard St
Stano
Augustus Strano
Hans E. Naumann
Bluefield
W. Va
Yancey
Loudoun St
Fred Hildebrand
Wilbert M. Lee
William Hough
Charles Town
W.va
Virginia Marines Die in Viet Nam Action
The Defense Department announced two more Virginia service members killed in action in Viet Nam. Marine Captain Ralph W. Caspole of Quantico and Lance Corporal Douglas W. Hogge of Yorktown were named in the Tuesday report.
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Washington (Ap
Defense Department
Virginia
Viet Nam
Ralph W. Caspole
Ralph Caspole
Quantico
Lance Cpl
Douglas W. Hogge
Garland G. Hogge
Rt. 1
Dandy Road
Yorkstown
Fragmentary Q Q Answers List
A clipped OCR entry presents a Q and A style list with items including Herbert Hoover and the number 128. It mentions Iran and a harsh winter scene with dry driving snow and extreme cold. The sequence includes entries about a llama and a lawyer.
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Iran
County notes on local families and church ties
Continued from Page 4, profiles include Mrs. Batch mother of three, graduate of All Saints High School, active in church and hospital auxiliaries and garden club. Mr. Taylor, former Grand Feature Parade director, is Beall High School and Frostburg graduate, Army Korea veteran, now with Potomac Edison, living with his wife and three children at 342 George St. They attend Braddock parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Batch
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Council of Catholic Women
Old Fredericktown Garden Club
MR. Taylor
Beall High School
Frostburg
Army Engineers
Korea
Potomac Edison Company
Mary Lou Hawkins
George St
Braddock Street Methodist Church
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Wey
Jacob Lynn
Elliott Service
America
T.A. Milburn
Kevin Kline
Racer Service
Omds Funeral Home
Loudoun Street Dial
Ofder
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Lakes
Plains
Gulf Coast
New England
Central
Northern Plains
Pacific Northwest
Pines
Tempe
Everglades
iKey Weerey West
Fort Myers
Palm Beach
Cardenas
Jorge
Attentio
Santa Clara E
Trinidad
Caribbean
Miles
James W. Ballowe
Kline and Robinson
Co. E. Lizer
Senator Robertson
Senate Appropriations Committee
A. Willis Robertson
Fy. Che
Douglas
Clarke County
Handley
Johnson-Williams
James Wood
Judge Handley
Handley Blvd
Mount Hebron
Western Union
Spencer
Hildebrand
Johnson
Strano
Naumann
Wall Street
New York
American Telephone
American Motors
Robert B. Evans
Zenith
Polaroid
Xerox
du Pont
Jersey Standard
Texaco
I, Q
Herbert Hoover
Athur, Inc
Boscawen St
Child
Market Street
Methodist Church
Edwin E. Batch
Red Bud Road
Glaize & Bro
Laize
N. Cameron St
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