Obituaries for J Howard McDonald and Col Ernest J Ristedt
J Howard McDonald 78 of Strasburg died Saturday at Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital. He was a retired farmer and Mt Hope Presbyterian Church member leaving a large family. Col Ernest J Ristedt 82 of Gainesville died yesterday at Fort Belvoir Hospital with a Clarke County connection and multiple survivors. service set for Greenwich Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Howard McDonald
Route 1
Strasburg
Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital
Mr. McDonald
Lebanon Church
Robert Doran
Elizabeth Ann Weatherholtz McDonald
Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church
Angie Lee Triplett
J. Vernon McDonald
Eugene McDonald
Warren F. McDonald
Ray McDonald
Charless Lee McDonald
Robert S. McDonald
Wheaton
Donnie L. McDonald
U.S. Army
Germany
Glenn Allen McDonald
Woodbridge
Betty Donald
Anna Belle Bowers
Winchester
Lucy Mae Norman
Helen Virginia Vann
Parker Perkins
Harry M. Crim
Fred Hershman
Elmer Snarr
Wayne Holt
Loring Brown
Robert Gregg
Dallas Everett
Charles Windle
Dwight Speelman
Ernest Lee Pingley
W. Carlton McDonald, Jr
Claude Windle
Ralph Hockman
Lebanon Church Cemetery
Ernest J. Ristedt
Sylvan Acres
Gainesville
Fort Belvoir Hospital
Richard Williams
Berryville
Glen Saum
Florida
Presbyterian Church
Greenwich
Church
Funeral Arrangements for Nathaniel Humston at Jones Home
Mr. Nathaniel Isaac Humston is to be laid to rest Thursday at 11:00 A.M. at Jones Funeral Home. Kenneth B. Ramey is listed with funeral arrangements under Jones Funeral Home, Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Isaac Humston
Jones Funeral Home
Humston Succoth farmer dies at 73 near Berryville
Nathaniel J. Humston 73 of Succoth near Berryville died Monday. He born July 9 1895 in Clarke County was a prominent lifelong farmer and Berryville Baptist Church member. Survived by sister Mary F Humston two nieces and a nephew. Funeral Thursday at 11 from Jones Funeral Home. burial Mount Hebron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Isaac Humston
George B. Ritter
John R. Jones
Winchester
Psg
Thomas W. Levi
Fort ‘Know
Jones Funeral Home
Julian S. Orrell
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Obituary for Mrs. Mary Lee McLaren
Mrs. Mary Lee McLaren 58 of 1 of 4 Peyston Street died Monday. Born August 20 1910 in Johnson City Tennessee she was a member of Christ Episcopal Church. She is survived by two cousins and a brother in Canada. Funeral was held Wednesday at Christ Episcopal Church. Cremation and later burial at Stonewall Cemetery Lexington. Donations to Cancer Society. Body at Jones Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lee McLaren
Peyston St
Renewal of Racial Turmoil Hits Newark After Fatal Shooting
In Newark amid riots sparked by a police shooting of Dexter Johnson, 50 stores looted, 50 arrested, two journalists hit by missiles, and a citywide curfew from 10 pm to 6 am. In Freehold, two youths were wounded during Black-tinged unrest. Patrolman Charles Knox, 28, who fired the fatal shot, was suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N.J
Freehold
Dexter Johnson
Charles Knox
Anthropologist to speak at Virginia Archaeological Society meeting
The Northern Shenandoah Chapter of the Virginia Archaeological Society will host Dr Gordon Magregor of Fairfax County as speaker at the 8 p.m. Thursday meeting in St Pauls Lutheran Parish House Strasburg. He is professor of applied anthropology at American University with Yale and Harvard ties and focus on the Sioux. The talk titled The Sioux and Their Adjustment to American Life is open to the public. Kenneth B. Ramey of 525 Jefferson Ave died Monday. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Mrs Goldie C Webber 86 of Front Royal Road died Saturday funeral held today at Jones Funeral Home. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. Willis A Gault 31 of Camp Springs Md died yesterday son of Willis M and Katherine L Gault and grandson of Mrs Bertha Ar mel. Funeral Thursday 2:30 p.m. Macedonia Cemetery Chapel Frederick County. Burial Macedonia Cemetery. Friends may visit Robert E Wilhelm Funeral Home Suitland Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Shenandoah
The
Virginia Archaeological Society
St. Paul’s Lutheran Parish House
Strasburg
Gordon Magregor
Fairfax County
Magregor
American University
Washington
Yale University
Harvard University
Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs
Goldie C. Webber
Front Royal Road
Jones Funeral Home
Alexander C. Yates
Claude T. Gore
Henry B. Cline
Wilson Poffinberger
J. Meredith Ashwood
Guy N. Singhal
Earl S. Bailey
Pine Grove Cemetery
Willis A. Gault
Camp Springs
Willis M
Katherine L. Gault
Bertha M. Armel
Patricia M. Gault
Mark A
Kenneth J. Gault
J. M. Gault
Macedonia Cemetery
Frederick County
Robert E. Wilhelm
Suitland Road
S.e
Suitland, Md
Livestock Survey Planned for Virginia Farmers
Postmaster Joseph C. Haines announced Rural Mail Carriers and Star Route Contractors will distribute Livestock Survey cards around May 21 with the June 1, 1969 deadline. Cards are sent to the Virginia Crop Reporting Service in Richmond and data will estimate cattle hogs milk cows calf crop spring sows farrowed and pigs saved for farm planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Haines
Star Route
Department of Agriculture
Virginia Crop Reporting Service
Richmond
Old Dominion
Virginia
Haines
Max E. Geddes
Charles M, Dick
Berlyn E
Moore
James M
Jordan
Harlin E
Welch
Marshall L. Creswell
Delois DeHaven
Bloomery
Laban R, Hodgson
Mt. Falls
Helen G
Zeilor
Siler
Two Cars Collide on Middle Road. No Injuries Reported
State police estimate 800 dollars damage after a two car collision on Middle Road at 7 15 am. Alfred Rife of Lebanon Church northbound and Edward Hartley of Fairfax southbound collided on a curve 84 miles south of Winchester. Trooper S L Lee noted no injuries and no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Road
S. L. Lee
Alfred Rife
Lebanon Church
Winchester
Edward Heartley
Fairfax
Lizer and Crim Win Big at Winchester Market Lamb Show
Lee Lizer of Cross Junction captured Grand Champion with a pen of three market lambs at the Winchester 44H Market Lamb Show and Sale, held at the Farmers Livestock Exchange. Wayne Crim of Berryville won Grand Champion in the single lamb class. 18 lambs entered from Frederick, Clarke, Rappahannock and Page Counties. sale gross $814.21 with buyers from Baltimore and local supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Lizer
Cross Junction
Winchester
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Wayne Crim
Berryville
Steve Keyser
Stanley
Bob Lizer
Bill Snead
Washin
Gary Crim
Henry W. Staph
Baltimore
Valley
Northern Purebred Sheep Breeders Association of
Staunton
Farmers and Merchants National Bank of
Milton Valley Farm
Council Seeks Clarification On Utility Cable Rules
The New Market Town Council plans to send a letter to State Highway Engineer H C Crowder seeking clarification of rules for laying cables and sewer and water piping along state roads. They note highway restrictions differ from telephone line trench use, increasing town costs. The council also discussed sewage treatment plans with state health and water officials. Taxi operator Gochenour may discontinue service. Baker seeks license to take over if needed. Action on Gochenour’s license is tabled until August when his state license expires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Crowder
State Highway Department
Highway Department
State Water Control Board
Health Department
Jim Gochenour
New Market
C.D. Baker
Gochenour
A Riddled Quiz Row Set of Historic Trivia
The item lists answers in sequence for a trivia prompt, covering dancing, Great Britain, a jewelry business, London and Paris, South Dakota, the Louisiana Purchase, yes, no, a tuffet, and Benj Franklin, indicating a mixed knowledge or test page from a historical newspaper.
Wall Street Mixed as Markets Consolidate After Sharp Loss
Wall Street moved lower in active trading after a sharp Monday drop. The Dow fell 3.81 to 955.21, with losses led by steels and motors while IBM edged lower and Xerox gained. Opening prices included AT&T off 4 at 56 1 2, Continental Oil down, Merck lower, and Gulf Western off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Republic Steel
IBM
Xerox
American Telephone & Telegraph
Continental Oil
Benguet
Mérck & Co
Gulf & Western Industries
Dow Jones
Associated Press
American Stock Exchange
British Petroleum
Alamera Oil
Technicolor
Siboney Corp
Banff Oil
Mobilization of Opinion on Viet Urged
Rep. John O. Marsh Jr. urged faster Nixon action to mobilize public support for the Vietnam War. Speaking to Falls Church Jaycees, Marsh said the nation must demonstrate broad backing beyond sending sons to battlefields and warned against war run by a small elite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls Church
Virginia
Nixon
John O. Marsh Jr
Falls Church Jaycees
Weather summary for Winchester Virginia May 20
Considerable cloudiness with a chance of scattered showers tonight and Wednesday. Tonight’s low 58 to 65, Wednesday’s high in the 80s. Thursday partly cloudy and mild. Noon high 83, low 62. Yesterday 73. Sunset 8 24 p m. Sunrise 5 55 a m. First Quarter May 24.
Rainfall totals and monthly averages reported
The report covers 24 hour rainfall to 8:30 a.m. today with May total and five year trends. It lists 1964 to 1968 yearly rainfall, the 56 year average of 36.43 inches, and monthly averages including notably high July and August figures.
Trooper Huffman Starts Duties With State Police
Shenandoah County police add four troopers K W Grant J A Alexander H E Morris J L Weakley to stations in Strasburg New Market Mt Jackson and Woodstock bringing total troopers in county to eleven Huffman a Purcellville native married to Nancy Garrison of Elkton has three children and hobbies gardening and hunting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Huffman
Purcellville
Huffman
Luray
Page County
Nancy Garrison
Elkton
Shenandoah County
Virginia Department of State Police
K. W. Grant
Strasburg
Fairfax
Police Training School
J. A. Alexander
H. E. Morris
New Market
J. L. Weakley
Mt. Jackson
D. I. Peer
W. M. Faulconer
J. F. Nau
H.—Ashley
C. G. Snyder, Jr
A. W. Stockner
R. E. Pugh
Woodstock
Also Mentioned on This Page
Evening Star
Bermuda
Col
Christ Episcopal Church
Kenneth B. Ramey
Nyques
Bernard F.groves Monumen I
Boscawen St
Nathaniel J. Humston
Stonewall Cemetery
Lexington
Cancer Society
Robert B. Fuller
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
OMS Guneral
Loudoun Street
Omps Funeral Home
J OF the Golden Rule
Ramey Service
Jefferson Ave
Webber Service
Lee
Lizer
Crim
Council Seeks
Great Britain
London
Paris
South Dakota
Louisianna Purchase
Tuffet
Benj. Franklin
Glaize & Bro
N. Camergh St
Wall Street
North Central States
Southwest Desert
Chevrolet
Kingswood Estate
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