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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1963

Page

2

Deaths and Funerals Mrs Annie E Polk 88 Edinburg

Annie Elizabeth Polk aged 88 of Edinburg died yesterday at ec Nursing Home in Wood. Born April 2 75 at Conkville she was a Bethel Lutheran Church member. Survived by eight children two sisters one brother and numerous grandchildren great grandchildren. Funeral tomorrow at 2 pm at Dellinger Funeral Home Woodstock with burial in Bethel Church Cemetery Hamburg.

Annie Elizabeth Polk Edinburg Ec Nursing Home Wood Polk Conkville William Frederick Saville Vetters Bethel Luthern Hamburg Charles William Polk Jazie Good Front Royal Lester Markwood Polk Noda Peffat Mary Ceffelt Winchester Della Myers Fannie Myers Nina Didawick Edinurg Nada Dellinger Lydiaitz New Market Les Vetters Dellinger Funeral Home Woodstock A. K. Yount Bethel Church Fred Didawick Earl Bowman C. E. Wilkins Houston Sheetz Marvin Bowman Jacob Gochenour

Sirbaugh Service for Henson R. Sirbaugh

Funeral services for Henson R. Sirbaugh 79 of Capon Bridge W Va who died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital will be held tomorrow at 2 pm at Giffin Funeral Home Capon Bridge conducted by Rev Foster Couchman He was a retired sawmill operator and elder of Capon Bridge Press Church Surviving are his wife Nettie Schaffenaker Sirbaugh and seven sons including Ross L Sirbaugh Clarence W Sirbai Floyd E Sirbaugh Lynn C Sirbaugh and Elza V Sirbaugh plus other children

Henson R. Sirbaugh Capon Bridge W. Va Winchester Memorial Hospital Giffin Foster Couchman Mr. Sirbaugh William and Priscilla Nicewarner Sirbaugh Church

Death Notice for L. N. McKinney Luther Neal McKinney

L N McKinney 84 of Clarke County died at home this morning Born June 21 1879 in Waterford son of John and Mrs McKinney His wife Catherine McKin was a farmer Funeral service held Thursday at 1130 a.m EST in John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville with Masonic rites Burial at Rock Creek Park Cemetery 2 p.m. EST Thursday

Luther Neal McKinney Clarke County Mr. McKinney Waterford John McKinney Catherine McKin John H. Enders Berryville Rock Creek Park

Mrs. Lester Sheetz 63 Dies in Woodstock

Mrs. Lester M. Sheetz of Route 3 Edinburg dies at Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital Woodstock. Born August 7 1900 in Saumsville she was a daughter of David and Mimmie Myers Peer. Survived by husband daughter Faye Hyman Woodstock sisters and brothers. Funeral held at Dellinger Funeral Home Woodstock with burial in Massanutten Cemetery.

Ethel Viola Sheetz Edinburg Lester M. Sheetz Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital Woodstock Sheetz Saumsville David and Mimmie Myers Peer Wesley Chapel Methodist Church WSCS Faye Hyman Springfield Emma Gochenour

Missionaries Not Required To Fully Adopt Local Customs

A Lutheran Church in America missions board member told a Kenosha conference that Western missionaries in Africa or Asia need not abandon all local customs. He said plain Western approaches can still foster rapport and genuine ties through thoughtful concern and dedicated service.

Kenosha Wis Africa Asia Lutheran Church In America Board of World Missions Clarence W. Sorensen

Front Royal Council to study power franchise and waste issue

Front Royal Town Council formed a committee to study a proposed franchise for Northern Virginia Power Co to string poles and serve town customers while preserving the town’s electric utility rights. The panel also weighed waste discharge from Industrial Textile Processing Co and set conditions to neutralize acidic textile waste before sewer entry.

Front Royal Northern Virginia Power Co Howard Duncan Duncan Hugh T. McCormick Duncan Gibb Industrial Textile Processing Co Brooklyn N. Y 6Th and Commerce Sts Sam E. Shames State Water Control Board Walter Duncan The New York

Military Pay Hike Aimed at Boosting Low Rank Personnel

The plan boosts cost of living for many retirees by five percent and raises annual pay for lowest ranks. Privates gain eight dollars monthly. corporals and sergeants see larger increases based on years served. Subsistence and quarters allowances rise as welfare and food programs influence some service families.

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Valachi testifies on mob killings and hotel murder rumor

Valachi implicates unnamed mob leaders in gangland deaths including Beles who allegedly fell from a hotel window while awaiting testimony. He hedges on who ordered it, saying police or mob “the boys” might be involved, as Marshals guard him into the Senate hearing room.

Nesses Genovese Beles New York Javits Valachi U.S Senate

Valachi Admits Hair Disguise Before Hearing

Valachi appeared with dyed hair described as reddish brown last week and brown today. He told reporters he dyed his hair to disguise himself amid underworld reports condemning him as an informer with a $100,000 bounty on his head. He ignored questions as he and his guards moved to the hearing room.

Underworld Valachi

Winchester event highlights volunteers and local leaders

At a dinner hosted by Mayor Claude B. Smalts Jr. Jane Shackel led the Red Feather Parade alongside Miss Red wood of 1963. Carol Lee Curl, Miss Winchester Tri-County, spoke as did Del Sewell of the Chamber of Commerce. Eight Chest agencies were represented and recognized for work. Reverend A J Moreat gave the invocation and James Fleming led the pledge. James Butcher chaired the parade with the Jaycees.

Redwood Jane Shackel Chest Northwestern Psychiatric Clinic Bruce Gray USC Guy R. Reedy Fremont St. Nursery Robert S. Kern Children’s Home Society George R. Lake Shenandoah Area Boy Scouts Vernon G. la Barre Salvation Army Edward Bowman Winchester Day Nursery William G. Way Shawnee Oil Girl Scouts Col C. W. Etr A. J. Moreat Robert A. Hargreaves James Fleming Winchester Jaycees America James C. Cook James Butcher The Jaycees

Weather Summary for Virginia Today and Rainfall Data

Fair tonight in Virginia with a low in the 40s to 50s. Wednesday should be sunny and warmer. Rainfall in the 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m. today totals unknown. October rainfall to date is none. 1963 year-to-date rainfall is 25.22 inches. Average annual rainfall over 50 years is 36.91 inches with monthly averages listed from January to December.

Virginia

Answers from Clearmont Haiti Six True Three Minutes

The document lists Clearmont as item one and Haiti as item two with six items, marked true for item four. It references Three Minutes Hood Small saddle horse Red Stick and confirms Yes for Southwestern tip Brazil.

Clearmont Haiti True Hood Brazil

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