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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1968
Page
2
Obituaries list Elizabeth Phoenix Taper of Washington and Winchester kin with service details at St Augustine Church in Washington. Also notes Kate A. Lake of Millville West Virginia formerly of Winchester, with funeral arrangements and survivors. Charles B. Barton of Washington Street is also listed with funeral arrangements in Berryville.
Dr Ed Rushton Charlottesville schools superintendent urged the Winchester Educational Forum to redesign school buildings to fit modern learning. He described movable partitions and compact designs to reduce wasted space and costs. University of Virginia's Dr Rick Bowers joined, praising education driven by automation to free teachers for prep and individual instruction.
Mrs. Frank Barr 75 of Route 1 Berryville died at home. Born July 20 1892 in Siler she was the widow of Frank Emmett Barr who died Aug 23 1967. Survived by nieces and nephews including Mary Swartz Winchester Lorraine Keller Cresacniers Pauline Kipps Sandston Ruth Ann Gay Montgomery and several Dunlaps. Funeral Monday 2 p.m. at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville with Rev Irvin L Stonesifer. Burial Mount Hebron Cemetery Winchester.
Honorary list includes Cherie Suzanne Davis a Shenandoah Conservatory sophomore voice major and J Duncan Holmes piano major with Edward Touchstone on accordion. Miss Stine 16 Handley High junior active in Glee Club Choir Red Cross and cheerleading. Miss Nesselrodt 19 James Wood senior member of Future Homemakers and DECA chosen to represent Stephens City Fire Co at Feb. 17 contest.
The Senate backed a plan requiring proof of a rioters knowledge of major offenses before charges. It approved a House Senate conferees report to designate habitual riders as 12 violations in 10 years, with 10 year license limits and mandator y prison terms during revocation. The measure also phase outs the Commission on Constitutional Government by end of 1968 and broadens merger rules to attract cities counties and towns. A Rawlings amendment would let the State Highway Department continue services to merged cities. Funds include 500000 for a new library at Patrick Henry College Martinsville contingent on governor approval and voter support for 81 million bond issue.
John Brown's Fort has been relocated from Storer College to Arsenal Square in Old Harpers Ferry. Officials aim to move it one final time to the original site. Built for $1,540, the current move costs are about $30,000. the building is tied to abolitionist John Brown and the 1859 Harpers Ferry raid.
Prices finished irregularly lower on Friday as losses slightly outnumbered gains. The Dow Jones average declined 1.67 to 834.55 amid heavy trading in gold mining shares and abroad, with caution prevailing ahead of the weekend. Analysts expected a slower gain in manufacturers' sales for Q2, offering little support to stocks.
Annandale AP reports 20 year old part time mechanic William Wallace Utt Jr. was jailed on a manslaughter charge after a 16 year old girl Mary Margaret Tussing was found dead in a car at a gas station. Utt claimed accidental discharge of a .22 pistol.
The forecast calls for above normal daytime highs and upper 30s at night with a five day outlook showing 35 to 40 degree lows. Weekend warmth gives way to cooler conditions early next week and precipitation around a quarter to one and six tenths inches. Historical rainfall data through 1968 is provided with monthly totals and long term averages.
Winchester police report Bunnee Harlan of 828 Woodland Ave was hit by a car driven by Odie Milburn of Apple Pie Ridge yesterday at about 9 50 p m on Woodland Ave She was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital by the Volunteer Rescue Squad and admitted in satisfactory condition.
Berkeley County total property assessments for tax year reach 104 million with a 6.1 million gain from last year. Of the increase, 5.08 million is countywide and 1.07 million is within Martinsburg city limits, per Assessor John R. Crowl.
Rouss Fire Company members are to meet at the fire hall at 10 30 a m Sunday and march as a unit to Braddock Street Methodist Church for the annual memorial service honoring four members who died in the past year Earl Morrison Edgar Rush Fred Snapp and Harry Nelson will be remembered at the 11 00 a m service at the church
Strasburg mayor M. Elston Wharton, a 1966 elected real estate broker and native of Strasburg, is first to file for the municipal election scheduled for June 11. He will seek another term.
A compact Q and A style list covers topics from astronomy to public health. Notable items include Jupiter as the planet, Spanish language, the Department of Health Education and Welfare, Methodist affiliation, a dollar twenty five value, P T Barnum, the number four, the concept solitude, truth and the idea of fewer.
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