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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1962
Page
2
Obituaries for William Harrison Everhart 50 of this city and Bushrod C. Carpenter 60 of Chester Pa. plus Mrs. Sadie Frances Mauck funeral details. Everhart survived by wife Sarah Giles and eight children. Carpenter was a Royal Hotel clerk. Mauck funeral held at Bethel Lutheran Church.
Funeral services are announced for Bushrod C. Carpenter on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home and for William H. Everhart on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home Inc.
Roger Hardesty 72 of Route 1 Berryville died last night at Winchester Memorial Hospital. He was born in Clarke County son of the late Otho J. and Hattie Carter Hardesty. Survived by brother Walter C. Hardesty and many nieces and nephews. Funeral held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at John H. Enders Funeral Home Berryville conducted by Rev. Harry Marsh. Burial in Green Hill Cemetery Berryville.
A house trailer burned to ruin early yesterday near Clearbrook after a fire of unknown origin. Jim Gant and his son escaped to call neighbors as Clearbrook firefighters arrived at 1 30 a m and fought flames from the roof. Insurance status unclear and other area blazes reported with minor damage to a car on Cork and Braddock Streets.
City police report a window was smashed at the Check A Board Feed Store on W Boscawen St. The intruder ransacked the building this morning and escaped with about vy in change from office drawers.
The Montague Methodist Church Youth Fellowship will host a skating party at Berryville Roller Rink starting at 7 30 p m daylight saving time tomorrow. It is the first project of the new officer year with officers Earl Luttrell Gloria Manuel Barbara DeHaven Nancy Webster and Roxanna Lowery listed.
Robert F. Griggs, age 80, famed for discovering the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes in Alaska in 1915, died Friday. He founded George Washington University’s botany department in 1921 and led it until retiring in 1947. Born in Connecticut.
A derailed Northern Pacific train on Evaro Hill left four cars off track in a 300 foot canyon. A child died and several passengers were hurt while 100 guardsmen and Red Cross workers aided victims. The crash pressured repair work and followed ICC merger hearings in Missoula.
Lao premier Souvanna agrees on a three party cabinet with Qu germin Phol sena and Phoumi Vongvichit named to foreign affairs and information ministries. A warning to depart for France if no deal by June 15 shadows talks as Ho Limg hints at Peiping favoring a coalition in Laos amid Southeast Asia tensions.
Five day outlook shows temperatures near normal with a cooldown Tuesday night and Wednesday. Warmer by Friday or Saturday with chances of showers on Tuesday and again Friday or Saturday.
Rainfall data shows none in the last 48 hours ending 8:30 a.m. today. June rainfall to date is 1.86 inches, 1962 year to date 18.84 inches, and the 49 year average annual rainfall is 36.96 inches. Monthly totals listed include Jan 2.42, Feb 2.98, Mar 3.17, Apr 3.81, May 3.83, Jun 3.87, Jul 3.90, Aug 2.67, Sep 3.22, Oct 2.28, and Dec 2.40.
The Winchester Frederick County Historical Society with the Winchester Theatre presents Moss Hart and George S Kaufman comedy George Washington Slept Here on the lawn at Abrams Delight. The 208 year old stone house restored as a showplace hosts nine male and eight female parts. A production meeting is set for tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the Bark Mill Theatre.
June sales list of auctions across Frederick and Clarke counties. Items include livestock cattle dairy equipment and real estate at sites such as Winchester Middletown Purcellville and New Market with auctioneers Du vall Orndorff Webb Largent Cole and others. Listings show dates times and locations for multiple auctions.
A prehistoric record notes the mammoth an elephant like creature became extinct in North America about eight thousand years ago. This mark in ancient natural history signals massive climate and ecological shifts affecting Pleistocene fauna.
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