Obituary notes for Rush and Kesler with funeral details
Funeral Mass for John Kenneth Rush Sr. held at Sacred Heart Church with burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery. John H Kesler, 39, a former Winchester officer, dies in Cumberland and is honored by the Fraternal Order of Police. mass at St. Mary’s Cumberland follows burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kenneth (Swifty) Rush
E. Piccadilly Sr
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
J. Kenneth Rush, Jr
Mount Hebron Cemetery
C.F. Schenck
J. Lee Miller
Chester Hobert
Samuel Johnston
Hederick Koontz
Eugene Miller
Monford Custer
James A. Miller
John H. Kesler
Howard St
Cresaptown
Winchester
Sacred Heart Hospital
Cumberland
Winchester Police Department
Mr. Kesler
Margaret L. Long Kesler
James E. Kesler
Harold Zahl former Army lab director dies at 68
Harold A. Zahl of Holmdel New Jersey, former director of research at the U S Army electronics laboratory and noted physicist, died Sunday. He invented the TR Tube enabling simultaneous transmission and reception on a single radar antenna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold A. Zahl Holmdel
N.J
Harold A. Zahl
U.S. Army Electronics Laboratory
Obituary: Mrs Mamie DeHaven 1895 1949 Winchester Native Dies
Mrs. Mamie DeHaven 77 formerly of Winchester died today in a Winchester nursing home. She lived with daughter Mary Good in Alexandria and was born June 16 1895 in Whitacre to John and Altha Maury. Widow of Hayes DeHaven she leaves three sons a sister a brother 18 grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Donald Scruggs and burial in Mount Hebron.
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Mamie DeHaven
Winchester
Mary Good
Candlewood Drive
Alexandria
DeHaven
Whitacre
John and
Altha Odetta Maury
Hayes DeHaven
Ebenezer Christian Church
Two Key Issues Before W Va Legislature
Charleston AP reports two main topics in hearings as lawmakers reconvened. The House moved seven bills for passage including a beer alcohol content increase, while the Senate considered three minor measures. The afternoon agenda covered public employee unionization and Governor Moore’s grant proposal to private colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Arch A. Moore Jr
Burial set for ex Birmingham official Bull Connor
Former Birmingham Police Commissioner Eugene Bull Connor, famous for ordering fire hoses and police dogs against civil rights demonstrators, will be buried in Birmingham Tuesday after dying at 75 from a stroke. He died Saturday after a long illness. Connor served as commissioner from 1937 to 1962, defending his actions during the 1963 protests.
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Birmingham
Ala
Eugene
Connor
City Commission
Alabama Supreme Court
Bark Mill Theatre Hosts Love in E Flat Tryouts
The Winchester Little Theatre invites actors to Bark Mill Theatre on Wolfe St tomorrow at 7 30 p m for Love in E Flat. Open roles include two young women and four men in this upcoming production.
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Winchester Little Theatre
Bark Mill Theatre
Wolfe St
Indictments in Clarke County Court Hit Three Counts
Clarke County Circuit Court returned indictments charging robbery felonious wounding and a fugitive from White Post Correctional Unit Camp 7. William Henry Peyton faces bank robbery charges in the Boyce Bank of Clarke County heist. Than Thai Johnson indicted for felonious wounding of her husband. Arthur Wade Melvin charged as fugitive from Camp 7. A separate crash on Rt 613 near Berryville left Lee Caplinger with minor injuries and a totaled pickup.
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Berryville
Clarke County
White Post
William Henry Peyton
Boyce
Bank of
Than Thai Johnson
Arthur Wade Melvin
Rt. 613
D. A. Sheetz
Lee Caplinger
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Sheetz
Caplinger
McDonald Named President of National Peach Council
J Kenneth McDonald of Martinsburg West Virginia has been elected president of the National Peach Council, representing peach producers in more than 20 states. He is GM of J E McDonald and Sons and served as first vice president last year. He led this year s Washington convention and is WVU horticulture graduate who served as a Korean War army officer and remains a reserve major.
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J. Kenneth McDonald
Martinsburg
W.va
National Peach Council
McDonald
J.E. McDonald and Sons
Washington, D.C
NPC
West Virginia University
Morgantown
California
Signal Corps
Korea
Army Reserve
West Virginia Horticultural Society
West Virginia Peach Council
American Agricultural Marketing Assn
West Virginia
Mary Orlis Handley
West
Marriott park to pay local taxes in first year
Prince William County boards told Marriott Corp will contribute 627000 in local taxes in the first year of operation for its Great America Park. The project would cost the county 257800, with 1984 revenues projected at 1.9 million and a 7.9 million cumulative surplus by that year. Utilities costs and water sewer capacity are key issues ahead of a Friday joint hearing on rezoning for the 513 acre development open in May 1975 with a 75 acre amusement area.
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Manassas
Prince William
Economic Research Associates
Marriott
Planning Commission
Greater Manassas
State Water Control Board
Bristow Man Returned After Georgia Arrest
Herman Clint Monk, 23, of Bristow Virginia, was arrested in Valdosta Georgia on a Frederick County grand larceny warrant issued July 1. He was extradited back to Frederick County and jailed in lieu of a $500 bond. A preliminary hearing was set for later today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristow
Valdosta
Frederick County
Lacy Anderson
Douglas Anderson
Herman Clint Monk
Monk
Taylor Rental Co
Sunnyside
Detroit Doctor Receives 48000 Grant On Transplant Rejection
The American Cancer Society awarded Dr. James J. Lightbody Jr. a 48000 grant to study why the body rejects transplants but not cancers. He reports early findings of a blocking factor that halts attack on malignancies but not on transplants and seeks to locate and control it. Canadian senators face mandatory retirement at 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
American Cancer Society
James J. Lightbody Jr
Children’s Hospital
Wayne State University
Lightbody
Weather and rainfall notes for Winchester and Virginia area
The report shows clear with mild highs in the 60s and 70s, with cooler nights in the 40s to 70s range. It includes extended forecast of mild weather with chances of showers midweek, plus detailed rainfall statistics for Winchester and monthly, yearly, and 60 year averages and extremes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Downey Freed by China Reaches Hong Kong Landing
Downey, a Korean War POW, was released and arrived in Hong Kong after a Chinese decision granting leniency. Red Cross official Eugene D. Guy accompanied him across the border, receiving a receipt of appreciation from China for its humanitarian action. Downey spoke of feeling fit and was described as steady and composed by Red Cross staff, who noted his first jet flight and fond greetings including six pink roses from a Connecticut admirer.
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Peking
Hsinhua
Downey
Hong Kong
China
Nixon
Red Cross
Eugene D. Guy
Lo Wu
Guy
James E. Bowling
St. Louis
Philippines
Jan Nyes
Hartford
Conn
Bowling
Nyes
Connecticut
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DIAL
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Front Royal
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Florists, Inc
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Visitour Showroom
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