Obituaries from Winchester May 4 1968 page
Richard Alan Frame infant son of Richard Lynn and June Ruth Frame of Boyce dies in Winchester Memorial Hospital born Oct 4 1967 in Winchester service in Shenandoah Memorial Park conducted by Rev Harvey Hall burial at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville Walter Ruckman 55 Augusta WV death noted widow Wilma Combs Ruckman sister Clara Evans Shanks WV half sister Ida Tusing Winchester burial Mount Zion Augusta Church of Christ service by Rev Ronald Goss Mount Zion Cemetery Augusta John Lee Snapp 59 Front Royal Road died in Winchester Memorial Hospital born July 19 1908 Frederick County married Hilda Clem on April 5 1931 employed 16 years at Winchester Memorial Hospital member First Evangelical United Brethren Church Good Samaritan Bible Class survived by widow two daughters Alice Shell and Nancy Palmer brothers and sisters Joe Snapp Berryville Jacob Snapp Clearbrook James Snapp Winchester Jesse Snapp Brucetown Emma McNealy Winchester Ethel Fout Opquon funeral Tuesday 1 30 at Jones Funeral Home burial Mount Hebron Cemetery Genevieve Light Kerns 61 Bunker Hill WV died in Winchester Memorial Hospital born Gainesboro Dec 30 1906 married Perry Kerns Sept 10 1928 member of Methodist Church employed at Musselman plant survived by husband 10 grandchildren service 2 30 at Jones Funeral Home burial Chestnut Grove Cemetery Neva Bell Lewis Anderson 79 623 Ross St died Wednesday in Winchester Memorial Hospital funeral 11 a m Braddock Street Methodist Church pallbearers Conley Anderson Charles Anderson Sr Walter Anderson Bennie Strother Taylor Simpson Andrew Pierce burial Mount Hebron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Alan Frame
Richard Lynn
June Ruth Baker Frame
Boyce
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Donna Elaine Frame
John Lee Snapp
Front Royal Road
Mr. Snapp
Frederick County
Oliver F
Frances Rosenberger Snapp
Hilda Clem
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Good Samaritan Bible
Theodore
Alice) Shell
Phillip
Nancy
Ww. Palmer
Joe Ey Snapp
Berryville
Jacob W. ‘Snapp
Clearbrook
James F. Snapp
Jesse W. Snapp
Brucetown
Emma McNealy
Ethel Fout
Opequon
Dennis
Donna
Genevieve Light Kerns
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Kerns
Gainesboro
Luther and
Lula Larrick Light
Perry Kerns
Methodist Church
Musselman
Frances Davis
Hilda Davis
Harold Kerns
Evelyn Price
Clifton Light
Rex Light
Lpring Light
Neva Bell Lewis Anderson
Ross St
Braddock Street Methodist Church
William A. Lyons
Henry S. Amidon
Graveside service for Sylvia L. Fielder in Arlington National Cemetery
A graveside service for 72 year old Sylvia L. Fielder of Berryville will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Arlington National Cemetery. The body is at John H. Enders Funeral Home Berryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia L. Fielder
Berryville
Arlington National Cemetery
John H. Enders
Winchester Festival Closes With Parades Dances And Applause
Celebrities like Bracken visited Winchester for the Festival Mayor's Luncheon and toured Berryville. The parade featured autographs and hugs as Bracken greeted crowds. Afterward events ran into the night with twirling, antique cars, country music Jubilee, and a city cleanup at dawn along the parade route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bracken
Mr. John Lee Snapp Service Planned Tuesday
A funeral service for Mr. John Lee Snapp is scheduled Tuesday at 1 30 P M at Jones Funeral Home with family and friends invited to attend.
Funeral services for Pvt. Dexter Mason in Gore
Funeral services for Pvt. Dexter A Mason 18 of Gore will be held Monday at 1 30 PM at Hebron Baptist Church Gore led by Rev J B Boswell. Mason formerly of Fort Bragg NC with the 82nd Airborne. Pallbearers named. Military graveside at Arlington National Cemetery conducted by the Fort Belvoir Honor Guard. Enders Funeral Home Berry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter A. Mason
Gore
Hebron Baptist Church
Beryl Boswelly
Mason
Fort Bragg
N.C
82Nd Airborne Division
Craig Roe
Arthur Anderson
Sam Anderson
Lynwood Smeltzer
Clark Nail
Elwood Catlett, Jr
Arlington National Cemetery
Fort Belvoir
John H. Enders
Berryville
Festival Winners and Awards Recap for Nelson County Event
The Nelson County Day Association announced festival winners across various float categories. Monroe College Middletown Va received a Special Recognition Award for Out-of-Town non professional builds, while In-Town non commercial entries earned Queen’s Trophy to The Great Society. The Shenandoah Conservatory of Music and Winchester Jaycees received other honors, with National Fruit Product Co. Inc recognized in the commercial non professional built class. Smokey The Bear earned a Special Recognition from the Virginia Division of Forestry. Rand Awards highlighted top high school entries from Central High Martinsburg Pa Lenoir City High Dover Del Circle T McKinley Tech Carlisle and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson County Day Association
Monroe College
Middletown
Great Society
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Winchester Jaycees
National Fruit Product Co., Inc
Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester
Smokey
Bear
Virginia Division of Forestry
RAND
Central High School
Martinsburg
Lenoir City
Tenn
Dover
Del
McKinley Tech High
Washington, D.C
Carlisle Senior High
Carlisle
Parade of Bands and Floats Dazzles Winchester Crowd
Spectators packed Braddock Street for a long parade featuring more than 30 Princesses on 50 floats led by Miss Cheryl Miller of the TV show Daktari. Bands, majorettes and military units from Virginia Maryland and Ontario performed under sunny skies before ambulances treated many marchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheryl Miller
Daktari
Miss Miller
National
Elgin Regiment
St. Thomas
Ontario
Canada
Braddock St
Old Virginny
Winchester Lions Club
Royal Warren County Chamber of Commerce
Hawaii
Winchester
Gary Baker 22 Killed in Pleasantdale Auto Crash
Gary Lee Baker 22 of Slanesville West Virginia died this morning in an automobile accident at Pleasantdale West Virginia. He was dead on arrival at Win. He was the son of Guy and Flo Shanholtz Baker. Surviving are two sisters Mary Ann Crouser Romney and Betty Jo Bohrer Paw Paw and three brothers Lloyd Paw Paw Robert Paw Paw and Riley Paw Paw. A funeral will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the McKee Funeral Chapel Augusta with burial in Salem Cemetery Slanesville. Friends may call after 7:30 tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Lee Baker
Slanesville
W. Va
Pleasantdale
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mr. Baker
Guy
Flo Shanholtz Baker
Mary Ann Crouser
Romney
Betty Jo Bohrer
Paw Paw
Lloyd Baker
Robert Baker
Riley Baker
McKee
Augusta
W.va
Ronald Goss
Salem Cemetery
Apple Blossom Window Display Winners Named
Winners of the annual Apple Blossom window display contest were announced after Thursday judging. In Artistic category Leggett's Department Store took first, Yost Beauty Center second, Farmers & Merchants National Bank third, Pifer Stationery Co. fourth, Creative Coiffures fifth, with Pat iton's Furniture Sales first in Artistic-Commercial and Baker & Anderson second. Kent Bailey chaired. judges included Virginia and West Virginia horticultural society presidents Lacy K. Rea, John Rinehart, and Robert Hockensmith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leggett’s
Yost Beauty Center
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Pifer Stationery Co
Creative Coiffures
Patiton’s Furniture Sales
Baker & Anderson
Gray & Eddy
Drug Fair
Miller & Anderson
Kent Bailey
Stephens
Hymn Sing at Lamps Memorial Church Tomorrow Evening
A Hymn Sing is set for tomorrow at Lamps Memorial Church at 7 30 p m on Mountain Falls Route. Special groups will perform and the service is open to the public. Reverend Harry Renner serves as pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamps Memorial Church
Mountain Falls
Harry
Renner
Jail supervisor jailed for arming inmates in Steyr
In Steyr Austria a jail supervisor received a three year term for supplying prisoners with radios binoculars and other items. The report does not explain what the inmates used the binoculars for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steyr
Austria
Weather forecast and local history note for Virginia
The weather today in Virginia is cloudy tonight with a low around 44 to 49. Sunday looks fair with a high near 62 to 68. The record lists noon high and low, and sun and moon times for Winchester and Martinsville with a historical note that Martinsville is named for Joyce Martin who settled the area in 1773.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Martinsville
Joyce Martin
The
Rea
Yearly and Monthly Rainfall Totals Reported
Rainfall data cover the past 24 hours to 8 30 a m on May 4 1968 and give totals for January to December over the previous five years plus monthly averages. The five year totals include 1963 33 46 inches 1964 31 63 1965 26 85 1966 33 82 1967 36 48 with an overall average monthly rainfall around 2 19 to 3 78 inches and a 55 year December average of 36 50 inches.
Heavier Crowds Yet Fewer Festival Disturbances
Unofficial crowd estimates for Winchester Festival ranged from 100 000 to 110 000 as police noted calmer conditions than prior years. Ten arrests occurred mostly for public intoxication with heat and fatigue sending about 330 people to first aid stations. Rescue squads from multiple towns assisted, while Winchester Memorial Hospital reported high activity in its ER.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick Hildebrand
Warren Rudolph
Rudolph
Stewart St
London
Crewe
Dumfries Triangle
Firest View
Richmond
Bowling Green
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Tragedy on Routes as Speelman Dies in Winchester Crash
Speelman, an employee of Polly Cab Company of Winchester and father of six, died from crushed chest and skull injuries. Funeral set for Redland Methodist Church Tuesday. survivors include wife Mildren Crouse and four brothers. Other injuries included a severe elbow fracture to Robert Griffin and a right arm fracture to Lucille Frye. The crash increased tri-county traffic deaths to 11 for Frederick, Warren and Clarke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speelman
Polly Cab Company
Winchester
Mildren Crouse
Sylvester
Hayfield
Vernon
Berryville
Dwight
Strasburg
Austin
Winches
Robert Griffin
National Ave
Lucille Frye
Holelday Drive
Stephen City
Frederick
Warren
Clarke
City Cleaned After Party in Winchester Homes
The city hosted about 100000 guests over 48 hours. By 7 am Loudoun Street was swept and main rooms were cleaned. Within hours the other rooms were vacuumed and by noon the area showed little sign of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Loudoun St
Eisenhower Condition Stable. Reports Drop to Once Daily
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 77, remains in stable condition five days after his third heart attack at Palm Desert. A March Air Force Base Hospital spokesman says hospital reports will drop from twice daily to once daily, with transfer to Walter Reed Hospital planned in coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March Air Force Base
Calif
Dwight D. Eisenhower
March Air Force Base Hospital
Eisenhower
Palm Desert
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D.C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winchester Evening Star
Rchard A
Walter Ruckman
Ward
Bertha Bean Davidson Ruckman
Ashford Ruckman
Wilma Combs Ruckman
Clara Evans
Shanks
Ida Tusing
Augusta Church
Mount Zior Cemetery
Mrs
Jones Funeral Home
Johnny Brewer
Charles R. Bain
Thomas H. Bain
Walter G. Davis
Thomas Marple, Jr
Donald R. Lilly
Perry L. Sharff
Chestnut Grove Cemetery
Anderson Service
Conley Anderson
Charles A. Anderson, Sr
Walter T. Anderson
Bennie J. Strother
Taylor F. Simpson
Andrew Pierce
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Connie
Susan
the Brackens
Washington
D.C
Brackens
George Washington Hotel
Rosemont
Richard E. Byrd
James Wood
Antique Car Club
Ace
Lee-Jackson Resuvant
Winchester Armory
Lam
Handley Grounds
Sidney Scott Peyton
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Lorist, Inc
Comps Funeral Home
N. Loudoun Street
DIAL
Membee
Dof the Golden Mule
Rais Stion
Fane Auti
Ents
Bernard F. Groves
Boscawen St
Commercial & Savings Bank
POE
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Nice
Pontiac Cpe
BUICK
Wildcat
POE Oldsmo
Commercial St. Winchester
Bile, Inc
Mason Service
Parade
Reading High
Read Queen’s
Ing
Athens
Ala
Warwick High School Grenadier Band
Newport News
Brownsville Senior High
Brownsville
South Hagerstown High
Hagerstown
Randolph Macon Academy
Front Royal
Massanutten Military Academy
Woodstock
Staunton Military Academy
Staunton
Augusta Military Academy
Fort Defiance
Charlotte Hall Military Academy
Charlotte Hall
Naval Academy
Gregory Guard
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Randolph Macon
Fort Hunt High School
Alexandria
Can
Queens Guard
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg
Tom Sheloff
J. R. Tucker High School
Jeff Zombro
Martinsburg Senior High School
Mark Andreas
Dawn Carrico
Fairfax High School
Fairfax
Carolyn Mar‘Hin
James Monroe
Fredericksburg
Beverly Morrow
U.S. Military Color Guard
Naval Station
Pilisonburg Color Guard
Gary Baker
Regina Electric
Miller’s Hardware
Winchester Skies
Pat Robinson
Greene
Redland Methodist Church
Whitacre
Giffin Funeral Home
Capon Bridge
Winchester Hospital
Coremceneiessanerrimet
Basel
Peck
Gettysburg
Joseph McCarthy
Avoirdupois
Plump
Blue Laws
Glaize & Bra
N.cameron
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