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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1961
Page
2
Two obituaries report the deaths of Harlen Shawen of Hagerstown and David William Whetzel of White Hall. Survivors include spouses, children, and siblings. Funeral details list Jones and Shaffer Funeral Homes with services led by Rev. C. E. Brandt and burial plans in local cemeteries.
Marshall Reynolds 42 a Clarke County native died Wednesday at his Honolulu Hawaii home after a heart attack He was born in Clarke County son of Thomas M Reynolds and Gertrude Marshall McCormick He is survived by his wife and three children His sister Mrs Gilbert McKoton died in November 1956 Funeral service held in Honolulu burial planned for Clarke County Sarees will be announced
The funeral service for Joseph Daniel Dodson of Boyce, who died Wednesday, was conducted this afternoon at the John H. Enders Funeral Home by Rev. Homer C. South. Pallbearers were Douglas Massie, Isiah Burke, Harry White, and Lynwood T. Braxton.
Northern Virginia Power Company workers from the Winchester area will join the Quarter Century Club dinner in Hagerstown next Wednesday evening. Forty six employees from the Potomac Edison System will become 25 year service members, bringing total club membership above five hundred.
In loving memory of my sister Mildred Coates Cook who left us one year ago today October 18 1960 The stars shine on a silent grave we loved her but could not save
In Martinsburg West Virginia a thousand people gathered for the send off of the 351st Ordnance Company Army Reserve unit to active duty at Fort Meade. Clyde E Smith Jr presided as officers and men received gifts from local groups while the Lions Club Veterans groups and school band attended. The event marked the first local company recalled under President Kennedys defense buildup.
The Winchester Memorial Hospital will train nurses aides and orderlies with several weeks of classroom work plus practical experience. Two registered nurses will conduct the courses for current and new staff. Applicants aged 21 to 45 in good health with at least two years of high school may apply through the Supervisor of Aides and Orderlies office.
Louw criticizes Stevenson for speaking after the vote on racial segregation in the United Nations General Assembly. Stevenson says the comment was valueless post vote. U S Delegate Arthur Dean says the Soviet tests could force a reassessment of atmospheric nuclear testing.
William Sandy of the An tique Car Club won first prize for his immaculate 1915 Model T Ford at the Antique Car Club of America fall meeting in Hershey Pennsylvan ia. A large local delegation attended including John Jackson and Mrs Jackson and others amid some 800 antique cars displayed.
A sequence of sales listings for October auctions across Leesburg Frederick Martinsburg Winchester Charles Town and surrounding areas. Items include dairy herds equipment farm machinery livestock real estate and household goods with dates Oct 14 to Oct 28 and auctioneers N Va Auction Co W D Orndorff Paul E Miller Jr H H Bartlett Howard Dawkins Henry Whiting Owen Thomas III.
Winchester and Frederick County ministers met at Market Street Methodist Church for a joint dinner. The Rev. E Stanley Jones will speak for the Week of Prayer Jan 28 to Feb 2. Thanksgiving Service No 23 to be held at an announced site led by the Rev. Paul Slonaker. Local churches to assist migrant workers at the labor camp. Dr Garland R Quarles arranged for a school teacher at the camp.
The forecast notes a chance of showers in the mountains with low 55 to 60 and variable cloudiness turning cooler. Temperatures range from the 60s in the mountains to the 80s along the coast. The five day outlook Oct 14 to 18 suggests near normal temperatures and cooler weather early next week with light rain showers expected.
The record lists monthly rainfall figures with August at 3.88 inches, September 3.96, October 2.68, November 2.25, and December 2.30 inches.
Fresh vegetables and baked goods offered at the curb market alongside pickles cured meats roasting chickens dressed rabbits and other produce.
Testimony shows Bailey prepared the tax list using records from the former Commissioner and did not take official notice of the Larrick survey. Galladay notes council discussed Bel Air Subdivision annexation and used Larrick survey boundaries. Plaintiffs include Zea Parke Marks Ritter Welch Hiser Turner Mauck Sampsell Gallady Gol lady Bass Carbaugh and Grove Lime Co Inc. A non suit was entered Oct 3 in Golladay Building Supply Inc v town over a tax bill claim that land does not lie within Stephens City.
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