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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1963
Page
2
Obituary notices report the passing of Lacy H. Baugh Oscar N. Anderson Fox and Charles W. Parrish with brief biographical notes and funeral details. The brief notices honor their lives and list surviving relatives and service arrangements.
James E Brill born July 7 1877 in Star Tannery died aged 77. He leaves wife Nellie Virginia Brill three children Loring Steele Mrs Wil Headley Norman Brill six grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Funeral at Stover Funeral Home Strasburg tomorrow at 4 pm conducted by Rev George Smith. Burial at Mt Carrr Cemetery Middletown. Pallbearers listed. He is member of Grace Methodist Church and is survived by brother Harry S Brill of Tannery.
Ronald Runion 21 of Fairfax County and Ora McDinnings of Falls Church confessed to burglary at a lumber company and attempting to enter the Safeway store in Clarke County on January 9. Officer Breeden reported the auto was seen at the lumber yard the night of the incident and the youths provided their names. State Police were notified and Clarke County authorities were informed, but the boys remained in Fairfax County custody and not jailed in Clarke.
The 90 year old Bear towed toward Philadelphia broke up in 30 foot seas and 35 mph winds off Shelburne Nova Scotia with two men aboard. Foremast broke and towline lost to Irving Birch as vessel listed. Alfred M. Johnson of Villanova planned 175000 for restoration and re use as a Philadelphia museum.
The Mount Royal Democratic Club bulletin notes the senatorial candidate’s talks show growing familiarity with downtown issues and problems. The report emphasizes ongoing speeches and discussions reflecting increased awareness of urban concerns.
Eighty beagles competed across two meet classes at the Apple Valley Beagle Club. Top honors in Plan A went to Day's Brownie owned by W. A. Bushey of Vienna Virginia. Field Trials winners included Great Falls Ticket owned by Kenneth Gardner of Great Falls Virginia with other placed dogs and judges named.
Twenty two state senators sign a bill to repeal racial barriers in the North Carolina National Guard. Senator David Clark says the whites only rule is illegal and contradicts recent federal court decisions.
A series of auction notices listing dates from MAR. 20 to MAR. 30. Items include farm machinery, dairy equipment, furniture, appliances, real estate, restaurant equipment, and livestock. Auctions conducted by Orndorff, Morrow, Duvall, and others with various locations near Winchester Martinsburg Frederick Charles Town and surrounding routes.
Master Sgt Elvis S Williams longtime Army recruiter in Winchester retires after a 20 year career. A native of Friendship Tennessee he joined in 1940 and served in World War II campaigns in North Africa Sicily and France and Korea later earning the Silver Star Purple Heart and Combat Infantry Badge. He resides at 935 N Braddock St with his wife and daughter and will remain in Winchester as a field for Orkin Exterminating.
Logan County voters debated a three year property tax levy to fund a new courthouse. The plan would issue about 700000 dollars in bonds to be matched by a 1200000 dollar grant from the regional redevelopment administration for the project.
The grand jury indicted Keith Unger Elwood Cross and Marvin Turner in a Jan. 19 storehouse burglary owned by Grover Teets Lee Roberts Unger and Cross in the Feb. 25 Northside Sunshine Center Laundromat break in Curtis Lane Grim Unger and Turner in the Jan. 7 American Legion Post Home burglary Turner and Grim in the Jan. 31 Northside Bowling Lanes burglary Roberts Unger and Cross for the Feb. 25 burglary of the same bowling alley The men await action in Martinsburg and face similar charges in Frederick County Maryland and Warren County West Virginia.
A brief weather note indicates chilly 40s today with a warming trend into the 50s and 60s by midweek. Overnight temperatures rise above 40s as the week progresses toward the weekend.
Rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 8 30 am measured at .08 inches. Year to date rainfall shows 3.26 inches for 1963 with a total of 7.64 inches. The 60 year average annual rainfall is 36.91 inches and monthly averages are listed with January 2.40 inches February 2.13 March 3.02 April 3.16 and June 3.86 inches.
An 85 passenger Military Air Transport aircraft with 15 children aboard landed safely at Hilo Hi lo Airport after losing two of four engines on a trans Pacific leg from California. Maj. Ben Griffin said the crew reported No 3 failed and No 4 froze while nearing the point of no return on the 2400 mile flight. Three rescue planes and a C124 escorted the aircraft as Coast Guard units were alerted.
In Los Angeles AP report Frances Perkins 80 a former secretary of labor says a 35 hour work week would leave her so scored she would moonlight. Perkins now lectures at Cornell University and speaks on labor issues.
Alpha 66, a Miami based exile group, claimed credit for shooting the British ship Newfane and two Cuban vessels in a raid on Sept 10. The group has headquarters in Miami Puerto Rico and New York and is noted for activity after reporting Soviet troops in Cuba by The Voice of the People radio.
U S Customs officers at Friendship International Airport regularly confiscate chocolate candies with liquor filling from travelers. The items are offered for sale at tourist stands in Europe but cannot be brought into the United States.
The State Board of Education starts a two day meeting in Charleston on Thursday with items including permits for teachers in one and two room schools and building programs at Marshall University and Fairmont State College. County superintendents from Logan Wayne Lincoln request to explain why teachers with only high school education are used. Some board members question the practice as no longer necessary.
State Board of School Finance orders county boards to allocate a minimum of $1 per pupil annually for instructional aids library books and visual equipment. The move follows a legislature funded $450,000 for such materials and shows 22 counties currently spend below the minimum.
The article notes that fruit honey milk grains and plant saps have historically been used to produce alcoholic beverages. It surveys the range of base materials and hints at their roles in fermentation and flavor.
West Virginia floods over the past two weeks have caused an estimated one million dollars in road and highway damage, according to the State Road Commission. The figure is preliminary.
A compact enumeration lists items from questions: states I Q ANSWERS six regions New Delhi E seven one Arabian Lincoln to Harriet Beecher Mainly seven The Volga Thomas Wild Bill Hickok and "Stonewall" as marked answers.
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