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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1968
Page
2
Obituaries list deaths and funeral plans for Annie May Harris Frances K Sale Vertuo PeRiddler and Charles Fiddler across Stephens City Winchester Stephenson and Arlington areas. Services include Jones Funeral Home Mount Hebron Cemetery Omps Funeral Home with details on dates times and speakers.
Lt. Col. Robert J. Schmitt retired U S Army died at his Merriman's Lane home at 51 of carbon monoxide poisoning per medical examiner Dr. Douglass Hill. Born December 18 1916 in Wilkesboro Pa he married Susanna Farley February 18 1956 in Richmond. He managed Northside Bowling Lanes after retirement and led the Frederick County Fruit Growers Assn as executive secretary. He is survived by his widow two children from this marriage and four from a former marriage along with siblings and a long list of relatives. A military graveside service will be held tomorrow at Arlington National Cemetery at 2 PM with Dr E T Clark officiating. The body is at Jones Funeral Home.
Gardner Massachusetts earns the nickname Chair City due to its numerous furniture factories shaping the town's economy and identity. Local industry highlights include several mills and shops contributing to a distinctive regional craft and employment.
Benton's annual Tater Day festival marks the spring opening of Marshall County Court sessions each April. The event, held in Benton, has run since 1843, tying local celebration to official proceedings.
Showers are forecast for tonight along the lower Great Lakes and the Ohio River valley with showers reaching parts of the South and New Mexico. Snow flurries are expected in the Great Plains while readings rise in the Carolinas Nevada and California.
Senator Robert F. Kennedy urged amendments to the Johnson administration housing bill. He calls for 75 percent of new housing in urban poverty areas, six million units in 10 years, local hiring, resident input, tenant organizations, and a mix of subsidies and favorable tax treatment to attract private builders. He says swift action is needed to address housing woes.
Annie Preston Starling 76 longtime Frederick County Elementary Education supervisor died early today at Martinsville General Hospital. Born May 8 1891 in Henry County she taught from 1910 to 1926 in Henry County then Pittsylvania County before becoming Frederick County’s first elementary supervisor in 1930 retiring 1960. Survived by two sisters and a brother. Funeral tomorrow at 3 p.m. in Martinsville. Burial in Ridgeway family cemetery.
Dr. Oliver S. Ikenberry resigns as president of Shepherd College in Shepherdstown West Virginia effective September 1. The State Board of Education unanimously accepts the resignation and he asks to join the faculty as professor of education. He has led the college 21 years after coming from Salem College where he was dean and professor of education. No successor chosen yet.
Trading on the New York Stock Exchange shows mixed results with the Dow Jones industrial average stabilizing. Cerro Corp and International Nickel slipped while Penn Central, Control Data, American Telephone, United Aircraft, Alcoa and Allied Chemical posted fractional gains. Opening blocks list Peabody Coal up 2, Benguet up at 115, and Lily Tulip down 4.
Increasing cloudiness tonight with a low near 50. Thursday brings cloudy skies and showers with highs in the mid to upper 60s. Friday offers a chance of showers and cooler temperatures with a five day forecast predicting above normal temperatures and mostly dry days with 0.75 to 1 inch of precipitation Friday or Saturday.
Rainfall figures cover the past 24 hours ending 8 30 a m with March to date 2 69 inches and 1968 to date 5 34 inches. Five year January to December totals are listed and the 55 year monthly averages are provided for each month. The annual average for January through December over 55 years is 36 50 inches.
William M. Mote, Winchester attorney, elected chairman of the 24th District Young Republicans. Robert Dove and Barbara Garrison named vice chair and secretary treasurer. 50th District Delegate Donald Funkhouser was the guest speaker assessing Virginia politics and party roles. He touted GOP fiscal responsibility and critiqued Democratic leadership while outlining local party ideas and school board election proposals.
Mrs Nancy Mistr interior decorator will be guest speaker tomorrow at 7 30 p m at a Girls Athletic Association meeting in the War Memorial Building. She will present an illustrated talk on present day decorating for members and guests. New officers for 1968 include President Mrs Chester Luttrell and others. council members named with specific chairmanships. The group voted to combine the business and social meetings into one monthly gathering.
Gov Mills E Godwin Jr praises Virginia farmers at the Tobacco Industry Expo in Clarksville. He notes rapid technology changes have challenged farming but boost productivity and argues policy aims to aid farmers while pursuing industrial expansion to use land and labor once tied to agriculture.
Charles C. Bauserman was elected president of the Stephens City Fire Company at its last meeting. Officers named include William H. Herrell Jr vice president Frank Welch Jr secretary and Joseph B. Funk treasurer. Directors for three years are C Bauserman and William D. White. Installation will occur at the next regular meeting. Bauserman farms locally with his father and brother and previously served as secretary of the company. He also sits on the Shawquon Ruritan Club board.
A reading quiz lists 10 questions with multiple choice answers and a scoring scale from Memory Expert to Good. It asks about fruit varieties, Van Gogh, topography, Father Flanagan's institution, Canasta wild cards, folding bed surnames, the Atlantic Pacific route, authors of The Nazarene and The Apostle, December birthstone, and whodunit genre. The answers reveal grapes, oil painting, maps, Boystown, eight, Murphy, Cape Horn, Sholem Asch, turquoise, and murder mystery.
A compact set of trivia answers covering topics from climbing and metals to Tarzan and pumpkin shell phrases. Includes items on frequency modulation trapezoid Nobel prizes and a note about under all three.
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