Jones Funeral Home seeks rezoning for Pleasant Valley site
Winchester Planning Commission recommended to City Council a rezoning of 12 plus acres along Pleasant Valley Road to residential office use to enable Jones Funeral Home to build a new facility on three acres, with an option to buy. The plan includes a one story Colonial Williamsburg style building, 130 parking spaces, and limited driveways to reduce cortege traffic. Residents questioned the plan but no opposition noted. The commission also tabled a separate rezoning request for a North Braddock Street lot due to a map error and approved a Cedar Creek Grade rezoning recommendation plus hearings for Robert Street east of Lambden Avenue.
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Amherst Street
James Wood High School
H.K. Benham III
Funeral Home
Pleasant Valley
Commission
Benham
Pincus J. Sigal
Sigal
North Braddock Street
Joseph L. Manuel
Reed Nester
Nester
Manuel
Kenneth E. Henry
Buzzella Jackson
Joneidth Lewis
Robert Street
Lambden Avenue
Stephen Rosenberger
Louise Speakman
Lee Boppe
James Berry
Robert Casey
Joe Dorsey
Edward Shokes
William Shendon
O'Sullivan Winchester Plant Votes to Unionize
Workers at the O'Sullivan Corporation in Winchester voted 389 to 187 to join the Communications Workers of America. The NLRB supervised the process with five days for objections, though company president Arthur Bryant doubted any filing. The 1956 strike history and 1969 UAW organizing were noted, with CWA plans to request wage and benefit portfolios for negotiations.
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Star
O'Sullivan Corporation
Winchester
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Afl-Cio
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Arthur Bryant
O'Sullivan Corp
O'Sullivan
Bryant
South
United Auto
Michael Lindner
Lindner
Rotary Spirit Boosted by Gibbony at Winchester Meeting
Rev. Charles H. Gibbony urged Winchester Rotarians to stay informed interested identified and invested in the club. The former district governor noted Rotary's strength and stressed attendance service and commitment while outlining four ways members can serve. He spoke at a regular meeting and travels as a professional speaker and columnist.
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Star
Rotary Club
Charles H. Gibbony
Rotary
Winchester Rotarians
Gibbony
Five Clarke County lots cleared after soil test
A Fairfax County soil expert conducted a November soil evaluation of five proposed lots near White Post off Route 340. The test found no rock outcroppings and indicated drainage suitable for drainfield installation, paving the way for a five-lot subdivision pending commission approval.
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Coleman
Fairfax County Soils Department
Starnas and
Hicks
White Post
Rt. 340
Fairfax
Planning Commission
Sfarnas
Clarke Commission
Clarke
Commission
Health Department
U.S. District Court
Harrisonburg
Starnas
Clarke Planners
Lee
Fairfax County Health Department
Rt. 34
Auger
Bryan
Guilty Plea Entered in Perjury Case Connected to Coerced Statement
Osby Carl Frazier Jr. pleaded guilty to perjury in Frederick County Circuit Court, the first in a series of trials for five men accused of conspiring to murder Sheriff Deputy Stanley Seabright two years ago. His attorney said the plea was taken on advice to avoid possible conviction.
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Osby Carl Frazier Jr
Middletown
Frederick County
Frazier
Stanley Seabright
Commonwealth
Lawrence Ambrogi
George Glass
Glass
Sheriff's
Robert Connolly
Connolly
Ambrogi
Robert K. Woltz
Woltz
Waltz
Overheated stove triggers early morning fire calls in Winchester
An overheated oil stove at 1215 S Braddock St prompts Winchester firefighters to respond at 5:17 a.m. No damage reported. In Gainesboro, a utility pole fire caused by a broken insulator reignited after 7 a.m., with pole top damage and repairs by insulator removal.
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S. Braddock St
Winchester
Gene Dailey
Gainesboro
John Pyles
Pyles
Shackleford Case Continued To December Trial Date
Kenneth Shackleford 33 of Stephenson sees murder trial postponed to December 6 after defense cites a key witness recuperating from a gunshot wound and surgery. The May killing of his wife Sandra occurred in the driveway of her home. a trial date will be set at the December 6 hearing.
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Kenneth Shackleford
Stephenson
Frederick County
Michael Bryan
Bryan
Wound
Shackleford
Sandra
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