Obituaries greeting list includes Gravatt Shickle Swartz deaths
Obituary notices report the deaths of Mrs Hilda Day Gravatt of Richmond wife of the late Dr Arthur Gravatt Sr and mother of Mrs Dabney Watts and Mrs Clayton Baker along with two sons and 13 grandchildren. Funeral held at Walnut Grove Baptist Church Mechanicsville and burial at Hebron Cemetery King William County. Also reported are the deaths of Mrs Edna Householder Shickle of Hedgesville born 1890 and L Raymond Swartz of Stephens City buried Mount Hebron with service at Jones Funeral Home Martinsburg.
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Hilda Day Gravatt
W. Seminary Ave
Richmond
Dabney Watts
Winchester
Arthur Broaddus Gravatt
Watts
Clayton Vv. Baker
West Brookfield
Mass
William Day Gravatt
Marshall
Arthur Broaddus Gravatt, Jr
Kilmarnock
Walnut Grove Baptist Church
Mechanicsville
Hebron Baptist Church
King William County
Edna Householder Shickle
Hedgesville
W.va
Martin Manor
Hagerstown
Shickle
Goldsboro
York County
John Thomas
Madeline Eisenhower Householder
Ernest K. Shickle
Robert L. Shickle
Donald Shickle
Newburg
N.Y
Frank
Dorothy) Owens
Bradenton
Fla
George
Lehia) Sweager
Mechanicsburg
Brown Funeral Home
Martinsburg
G. Edward Grove
Inwood
L. Raymond Swartz
Stephens City
Mr. Swartz
Clarke County
Lillie McFillen Swartz
Milton H. Swartz
Relief United Methodist Church
Virginia Martin
Lewis Swartz
Dover
Carroll
GM dedicates Eastern Parts Plant in Martinsburg
General Motors unveiled its 1.7 million square foot Eastern Parts Plant in Martinsburg West Virginia with 1100 employees. GM President Edward N Cole led the ceremony noting the companys focus on high quality service and affordable prices. State and local officials attended and an open house will be held tomorrow from 10 am to 6 pm for the public.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
General Motors
Eastern Parts
Cole
General Motors Parts Division
Chevrolet
Maine
Florida
Nixon appoints Gen John D Ryan to Joint Chiefs
President Nixon selects Air Force General John D Ryan, former head of Strategic Air Command, as the new member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff succeeding Gen John Paul McConnell. Ryan expected to become Air Force chief around August, backing a mixed bomber and missile force and an Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft plan.
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Washington
Nixon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Force
John D. Ryan
Ryan
Strategic Air Command
John Paul McConnell
Joint Chiefs
Senate
Europe
Army
Earle G. Wheeler
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Naval Operations
JCS
State Labor Officials Get Boost at Virginia AFL-CIO Convention
The Virginia State AFL-CIO delegates hiked salaries for President Julian F. Carper and Secretary-Treasurer Brewster Snow by 1,000 dollars to 11,500 each. They rejected raising the convention registration fee from 5 to 10 dollars. The group also pledged support for 700 Metropants Co. employees in Harrisonburg and Bridgewater amid union pressure. State Senator Howell Jr. is slated to seek gubernatorial endorsement. A obituary notes Harry Kenneth Pugh, WWII veteran, died at 54, with funeral set for Augusta, West Virginia services.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Afl-Cio
Julian F. Carper
Brewster Snow
Oates McCullen
Richmond
McCullen
Metropants Co., Inc
Harrisonburg
Bridgewater
Special Call for Blood Needs Rare Donor Types
Washington Blood Center appeals for five pints of B negative and four pints each of AB positive and AB negative. The Red Cross Bloodmobile will collect from 10 a.m. to 2 45 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Parish House on Tuesday, sponsored by the Winchester Frederick County American Red Cross Chapter. New donors are urged and students aged 18 to 21 may donate with parental consent.
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Washington
Red Cross
Winchester- Frederick County
American Red Cross Chapter
Christ Episcopal Church Parish House
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Charles Zuckerman
Sirbaugh Convicted On Eight Traffic Charges In Virginia
Harry Cleveland Sirbaugh Jr 21 of Front Royal was convicted in Winchester Municipal Court on eight traffic counts with fines totaling 240 and costs 89 plus suspended jail terms. Charges include improper plates failure to stop for red light and siren reckless driving and license issues. A separate Frederick County Court conviction on four charges followed on June 3.
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Winchester Municipal Court
Harry Cleveland Sirbaugh, Jr
John W. Rice
Virginia
Winchester
Sirbaugh
Frederick
Front Royal
Calvary Church Brethren Shifts Sunday Service Times
Calvary Church of the Brethren on Front Royal Road moves services one hour earlier for the summer starting this Sunday. Sunday School begins 9 a.m. and morning worship at 10 a.m. through Labor Day, then resumes normal times. Pastor Rev. Fred Bowman cites cooler weather and earlier finishes for families planning reunions and trips.
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Calvary Church of the Brethren
Front Royal Road
Fred M. Bowman
Wall Street Opens with Decline as Dow Dips to 891.09
The stock market resumed its decline in active trading in New York. After 30 minutes, the Dow Jones average for 30 industrials fell 1.49 to 891.09 as declines outpaced advances by about 200 shares on the NYSE. The ticker tape on the Big Board ran two minutes behind.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Strasburg AARP Meeting Tomorrow
The Strasburg Chapter 26 of the AARP will meet tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the Strasburg elementary school cafeteria. Harry J. Bagnell Sr. will preside and plans for the Charleston West Virginia conference include chartered buses leaving Winchester Thursday June 26, with pickups from nearby towns.
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Strasburg
American Association of Retired Persons
Harry J. Bagnell
AARP
Charleston
W. Va
Winchester
Woodstock
Mt. Jackson
Front Royal
Harrisonburg
Apple Orchard Crop Prospects and Pest Outlook
Agricultural officials report a strong national apple crop despite winter damage to some trees. The Russell orchards show 50 acres peaches, 500 acres bearing apples, 200 acres non bearing with MM-106 and MM-111 root stocks. Experts note low apple scab levels but warn of fire blight in young blocks and rising rosy and green aphids and leaf hoppers requiring continued control measures.
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Russell
Jonathan
Rome
Stayman
Hill
Weekend storm risk with warm humid heat wave
The forecast calls for considerable cloudiness and scattered afternoon and night thunderstorms through Saturday. Highs near 82 to 87 this Saturday with lows around 62 to 66, then Sunday showers and warm. Temperatures will run above normal in the east and below normal in the west, with cooler conditions into mid next week and about one inch of rainfall.
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Blue Ridge Mountains
Blue Ridge
Ohio Valley
Rainfall Totals and House Stand-In Speaker Question
Rainfall data shows 24 hour total at 8 30 am with 1969 year to date figures and monthly averages across six decades. A separate item questions stand-in speaker rules with listed options including Shetland and Queen Victoria.
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House
House of Representatives
New Moon Saturday Promises Quiet Weekend Sky
A brief sky update notes Friday sunset at 8 40 p m and sunrise 5 45 a m tomorrow with moonrise at 5 02 a m. The phase shifts to a New Moon on Saturday signaling quiet nighttime skies.
Fortified push Operation Pipestone Canyon reported
Military spokesmen describe Operation Pipestone Canyon as begun May 25 with 332 enemy killed 51 captured and 152 weapons seized. Allied forces include 4 000 U S Marines 2 000 South Vietnamese infantry and rang ers and 1 000 South Korean marines. Marine losses 31 killed 240 wounded. South Vietnamese 1 killed 17 wounded. South Koreans 2 killed 13 wounded. The 25 square mile area centers on Dodge City a bunker laden zone with enemy communications and logistics facilities. Dodge City lies in a rice country basin of over 20 square miles housing about one million people.
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U.S
Dodge City
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Srs
Arther Gravatt
Mrs. Ernest. Shickle
Jones Funeral Home
Josiah A. Andrew
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Mr. L. Raymond Swartz
MDS General Home
Loudoun Street
Bernard F. Groves
Boscawen St
Edward N. Cole
Arch A. Moore, Jr
Harley 0. Staggers
Edmond &. Williams
Berkeley County
MR. Cole
Jack Corcoran
Harry K. Pugh
Harry Kenneth Pugh
Augusta
Newton D. Baker VA
Mr. Pugh
John
Bertha Shanholtz
Arthur Pugh
Baltimore
McKee
Fred Duckett
Ronald Goss
Malick Cemetery
H.W. Ebert
Buick
H. W. Ebert
Loudoun St
The
PCA
Calvary Church
Brethren
Wall Street
Datsun
Nien
Perey Oy
Eee
Strasburg Aarp
APPLE
Kenneth Hickey
Jonathans
Yorks
Bloom
Shetland
Queen Victoria
American Society of Authors, Composers, and Publishers
English Channel Islands
Winchester Skies
East Coast
Midwest
Rocky Mountain States
Central Plains
Great Lakes
Rthur, Inc
Boscawen Street
Winchester, Virginia
Dihanen Ig Enhae
Aed Io Kone
Pittsburgh
Manor Hall
America
MANOR
Glaze & Bro
N. Cameron St
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