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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1963
Page
2
Mrs Helen C Rust widow of George G Rust died Sept 1 1880 in Shepherdstown WV Her survivors include a grandchild and a son in Martinsburg She was a member of Meade Episcopal Church A graveside service will be held at Mount Hebron Cemetery Martinsburg with interment at Rosedale Cemetery The Brown Funeral Home Martinsburg conducted yesterday service and burial.
Franklin Roy Jackson of 315 South Water Street Martinsburg Martinsburg area died after a long illness. He was born 5 1888 at White Hall the son of John William and Mary Jackson. He worked as foreman for fifty years at Laundries in Martinsburg retiring eight years ago and was a longtime member of the community group.
John Clevenger Unger of Hagertown Maryland died at his residence Saturday evening. He was a former Winchester resident and son of the late Peter B. and Alice Clevenger Unger. He was a member of Calvary Brethren Church. Survived by sister Maude Harmer of Martinsburg and children Roy F. Unger Havre de Grace John R. Unger La Puente Alice Unger Newark Lucy Mason Frederick Colleen Horner Hagerstown Josephine Bolen Winchester and several grandchildren. Funeral 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at Jones Funeral Home. Pallbearers listed. Burial Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Funeral service for Mrs Sadie Margaret Ritter of Paper Mill Road was held Friday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. The 1:30 p.m. service was at Jones Funeral Home officiated by Rev. B. L. Lock with pallbearers Robert E. Boyd Robert L. Shifflett Eugene S. Lupton Edward I. Ritenour Charles O. Ritenour and Amos H. Ritenour. Burial followed in the Macedonia Cemetery.
Funeral service for Mrs. Ida Ritter Burgess, who died Thursday at Cumberland Memorial Hospital, was conducted this afternoon at 3 30 p.m. at the church.
The ceremony took place at Mace Donia Cemetery marking the burial as the final farewell. Local mourners gathered to pay respects and honor the deceased in a quiet service.
Louis H. Messall 73 of Middletown died 11 50 p m Saturday at Winchester Memorial Hospital He was a retired New York City police officer who moved to Middletown after retiring in 1941 Born February 8 1890 in Marysville Kansas he was a WWI veteran and Jehovahs Witness Surviving are five children and burial is in Riverview Cemetery Strasburg
Mrs. Olevia May Hartman, 85, of 4317 Sheldon Drive Baltimore died 11 p.m. Saturday at Sykesville Hospital. Born March 28 1878 in Frederick County she was the widow of David Henry Hartman who died in 1939. Survived by a son Harry D Hartman and a grandson both of Baltimore and by sister Mrs. William Cochran of Albin. Funeral conducted Wednesday 11 a.m. at Omps Funeral Home with Rev Paul Slonaker. Burial Mount Hebron Winchester. Family to receive friends at Omps tomorrow 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Beckwith, a 5-foot-7, 160-pound segregationist linked to Greenwood leaders, is charged with murder in the June 12 shooting of Evers. He faces the gas chamber if convicted. Authorities say the weapon was found in a honeysuckle thicket ten hours after the shooting. The case goes before the Hinds County grand jury July 1.
A common kitchen guideline says use a teaspoon of grated lemon peel when a recipe asks for the grated rind. The zest provides bright citrus flavor without adding much moisture.
Nine people perished in Virginia weekend crashes. The toll rose to 413 for 1963, up from 379 last year. Victims included Christine Shifflett and Ida Wade in Charlottesville area, with other deaths across Albemarle, Halifax, Rockingham, and surrounding counties.
The Trieste, towed four days by USS Preserver, arrived in Boston with Navy observers aboard USS Fort Snelling to examine debris from an atomic submarine incident. A big 120 square foot section of bathyscaphe hull and related equipment were photographed, including insulation backed metal and sonar baffling pieces.
A compact listing covers seven per cent figures and topics from Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan New York sugar starch and verbs to Potsdam Sicily Iran and The Passion Play with reference to William Allen White and a critical line about a rake. The fragment notes various subjects including press and culture.
Bailey notes civil rights will affect the 1964 campaign but aims for a bipartisan approach with Republican leaders. Miller says civil rights should be nonpartisan though hard to keep out of politics, cites GOP plank supporting desegregation in tax-funded public facilities and opposition to segregation in public housing and schools. Dirksen reportedly agrees the issue is sensitive to politics. A garbled recipe fragment follows.
In New York a special report touts Bio-Dyne derived Preparation H as a non surgical remedy for hemorrhoids. It claims to shrink piles while relieving itching and pain with significant reductions in many cases. Available as suppository or ointment, marketed at drug counters.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. for the deceased with interment in St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery in Harpers Ferry. The deceased is survived by three children eight brothers and sisters and three grandchildren.
June calendar of auctions includes Denny's Commission Auction near Winchester on Route 7 with furniture and appliances. Ralph W. Horst sale near Chambersburg and Marion Pa with farm machinery. Baltimore Livestock Market Horse and Pony Sale at Rt 40 and Rt 32. Ray's Auction House Kernstown with furniture and household goods. Mrs Grace Webber Winchester address furniture and household goods. Chas Duvall as auctioneer.
Weather outlook shows sunny skies and rising temperatures in Virginia with a high in the 60s. Scattered showers are possible as the day warms, and rainfall data through today show 4.90 inches for June to date and 16.76 inches for 1963 year to date.
Miller and Pry pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and grand larceny of Lena Lineburg's home. Judge Marshall postponed sentencing until Miller takes a lie detector test, which he said he would endure if asked.
Dr. Robert L. Nugent vice president of the University of Arizona since 1947 died Saturday after a battle with cancer. An alumnus, he returned to the campus in 1932 as a chemistry professor.
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