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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1964
Page
2
Obituary notices list Douglas Daniel Stickley Jr a Fort Belvoir master sergeant with a daughter and siblings. Joseph Edward Ritter a carpenter and church member with four children and eight grandchildren. Curtis Calvin Hottel a Shenandoah County supervisor and high school advocate with two foster children. Funeral services scheduled in local homes and churches with burials in area cemeteries.
Allen D. Fowler 60, plant supervisor for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Born February 29, 1904 in Barnesville Ohio, he married Marguerite Hicks in Roanoke in 1934. Survived by wife, four children and four grandchildren. Service at First Presbyterian Church. Burial Shenandoah Memorial Park.
John Fravel of Arlington and seven grandchildren will be remembered at a chapel service tomorrow at 2 30 p m at the Chapel of the Dellinger Funeral Home in Woodstock conducted by Rev Charles J Bright. Burial will follow in Massanutten Cemetery Woodstock.
In Winchester Corporation Court a nine to nine panel heard charges against James Kenneth Carey for forging and cashing a $67.99 check drawn on Winchester Memorial Hospital. Hospital chief of housekeeping Wilbur S. Sendoya testified Carey had visited the office the day in question and denied being directed to prepare the check. Cross examination revealed disputes over dates and procedures, with Sendoya claiming the defense tried to trap him and asserting Carey had a prior record. The judge called a brief recess after cross examination concluded.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Anderson was at his desk when a drunken man, attempting to reach a store, wandered into the office. He escorted the inebriated visitor up one flight of steps and into the jail, illustrating how the law enforcement business can be easy at times.
Guy Owens of Gainesboro was honored with the County Conservation Award by the Lord Fairfax Soil Conservation District Supervisors. The award cited contour strip farming, waterways, ponds, drainage improvements, pipeline watering, bluegrass pasture gains, and collaboration with agencies since moving from Dickenson County in 1952. The ceremony was hosted by the district at the Lee-Jackson Restaurant.
A thief or thieves took about 63 dollars from a service station cash register at Braddock and Monmouth. The intruder entered through a rear window and moved to the office and till, according to City Police Capt Warren Rudolph.
Richard Harkness NBC commentator will address the Stonewall Jackson Chapter American Institute of Banking at its annual banquet tomorrow at the Lee Jackson Restaurant. Rodney Crowder of the Massanutten Bank will announce plans and note the 1963-64 AIB session as one of the best. Sixty two bankers completed four courses with classes in Strasburg and Winchester. banquet at 6 30 followed by a dance.
The Warren County Board of Supervisors tentatively sets the coming year tax rate at 3.35 dollars per hundred, a 60 cent hike from 2.75, with public hearing planned for May 29 at 3 p.m. in the courthouse. Revenue estimates show about 861000 dollars, while roughly 863000 is needed. school budgets face cuts but the two county systems remain unchanged.
The report notes fair tonight with lows 55 to 60, Saturday partly cloudy and warm, and a Sunday risk of brief thundershowers. The five day outlook shows temperatures about five degrees above normal with scattered showers possible early next week.
Rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8 30 am today is none. May rainfall to date is .02 inches. Year to date rainfall for 1964 is 13.75 inches. Average annual rainfall over 51 years is 36.85 inches. Monthly averages over 51 years list Jan 2.38, Feb 2.13, Mar 3.08, Apr 3.13, May 3.77, Jun 3.88, Jul 3.88, Aug 3.81, Sep 12.67, Oct 3.13, Nov 2.60, Dec 2.39 inches.
A bake sale will be held at John Mann Methodist Church on E Cork St starting at 11 a.m. Fried chicken country ham sandwiches and baked goods will be for sale.
The Friendship Fire Co. set its annual picnic for June 7 at the Kiwanis Shelter in Senseny Park for members and families. The yard party follows July 17 and 18 beside the fire hall on Leicester Street.
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