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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1974
Page
2
Obituaries report the death of 63 year old Robert Winfield Wilt of Winchester and others in the area. J Ashby Mason 79 of Washington DC died June 5. William Aper Shull 68 of Edinburgh died Saturday. Gertrude Silvia Jackson 56 of Sunnyside Station died Saturday. Details include birthplaces dates and family survivors. funeral arrangements listed with churches and cemeteries.
The Rouss Fire Company will hold an auction Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the squad building. Items include pictures lawn mower sofas chairs a television and an antique mirror. Proceeds fund the purchase of a new foam-pumper truck.
Bernard L Everhart 52 of Shenandoah Farms died Saturday in Warren County born February 4 1922 in Hedgesville West Virginia son of Joseph L Everhart and the late Mary Joy Everhart. Survived by son Bernard L Everhart Jr and siblings. services held Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Hedgesville Cemetery. Also reported are death of Fred L Faris and service details for Mrs Daisy M Hopkins with burial in Martinsburg W V and pallbearers listed. Funeral arrangements incomplete for Faris. body at Robertshaw Funeral Home in Front Royal.
Russell LaFollette 56 of Capon Springs West Virginia died yesterday at his home. The body is at Giffin Funeral Home Capon Bridge West Virginia.
The Gainesboro Volunteer Fire Department hosted its annual yard party at the headquarters on Saturday. About 2,000 people attended and raised over $5,000 for the organization.
A dense listing shows multiple clubs and meetings across venues such as Odd Fellows Hall VFW Stevens City Kernstown United Methodist Church and War Memorial Building. Includes Weight Watchers Lions Club Jaycettes Hiram Lodge Civil Air Patrol and various lodge and auxiliary groups with times from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on a two day spread.
Miguel Angel Asturias, 74, Guatemalan author and 1967 Nobel Prize in Literature winner, died Sunday in Madrid. He had served as Guatemalan ambassador to France and previously won the Lenin Peace Prize in 1966.
The Virginia Annual Conference opened under Bishop W. Kenneth Goodson who urged evangelism, full benevolence funding, and overseas mission support. He noted prior losses, celebrated a $60,000 rise in missionary giving, and highlighted plans for black ministry, higher education support, and a renovation of the Blackstone assembly center. Goodson cited Sunday offerings averaging over $600,000 and called for action to meet first priorities.
Winchester delegates voted on first ballot with Evans leading at five votes, Gilliam one, Mottley one, Caplow one, Michaels two. On the second ballot Evans five, Gilliam one, Mottley one, Michaels two. A convention resolution pledges to nominate and elect candidates restoring moral fiber of government and calls others to join.
Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday in the Northern Valley. Extended Virginia forecast shows cooler midweek with upper 70s to low 80s, then warm, possible showers Friday. Rainfall data listed. historical totals and averages provided. Kenneth B. Keating, former New York senator and U S ambassador to Israel, married Mary Pitcairn Davis in Princeton in private ceremony attended by about 15 relatives. Keating, 74, served as a Republican senator until 1966, his first wife died in 1968.
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