Obituary notices span three families with local services
The notices report Raymond Stickley White of Boyce dying at 62 with a funeral at Boyce Baptist Church, burial at Green Hill Cemetery in Berryville, and visiting hours at John H. Enders Funeral Home. Other obituaries include Mary Byrd Ely Ward of Kentucky and Frank E. Ewing of Stephens City with services at Omps Funeral Home and Green Hill Cemetery. Daisy Marion Nicholson of Madison also noted with service at Clare Funeral Home Chapel Culpeper.
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Raymond Stickley White
Boyce
Boyce Baptist Church
Wilson D. Jones
Eugene White
Freeman Perry
James White
Bobby Allen White
Byron White
Wilmer White
Lloyd White Jr
Green Hill Cemetery
Berryville
John H. Enders
Frank E. Ewing
Stephens City
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mr. Ewing
Martin Luther and
Rosa Carper Ewing
Omps Funeral Home
Warren L. Reeves
Daisy Marion Nicholson
Madison
Clare Funeral Home Chapel
Miss Shaffer Chosen Honorary Fire Chief in Front Royal
Ellen Sue Shaffer 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs John F Shaffer, was selected honorary fire chief of the Front Royal Volunteer Fire Dept Saturday night. She recently graduated Warren County High School and works for the Nutrition Program for Seniors in Front Royal and Warren County. Doris Ann Jenkins 16 was first runner up and Connie Cornwell 17 was second runner up.
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Front Royal
Ellen Sue Shaffer
John F. Shaffer
Front Royal Volunteer Fire Dept
Doris Ann Jenkins
David Jenkins Sr
Connie Cornwell
Billy Cornwell Sr
Front Royal Council Tackles Water, Sewage, and Rates
Council discussed adding water relief for high elevations and a $20,000 line item plus an itemized cost list for the project. They postponed a $60,000 sewage plant design and leafed for estimates from the master plan and county. The panel approved a police car bid and enacted traffic changes on Frederick Ave and Warren Ave, with a four way stop at Seventh Street.
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Happy Creek
Duncan
Council
R. Stuart Royer
State Water Control Board
Paul R. Hockman
Jack Albert
Albert
Front Royal
Frederick Ave
Sixth St
Randolph Ave
Warren Ave
Seventh St
Boston Schools Quiet After 3 Day Weekend
Boston reopened its schools after a three day weekend that included a white anti busing motorcade and a black pro busing parade. The 1000 car motorcade ended at a fundraiser for Sen Edward Kennedy and Gov candidate Michael Dukakis. Dukakis urged support for desegregation while Kennedy backed busing.
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Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
D.mass
Michael S. Dukakis
Nobel Prizes Awarded For Chemistry and Physics
American chemist Paul J. Flory and British radio astronomers Sir Martin Ryle and Antony Hewish won 1974 Nobel prizes. Flory, 64, Stanford chemist, earned for macromolecules work. Ryle and Hewish shared physics prize for telescope techniques and pulsar discovery. Cash awards $124,000 each. Kohoutek comet offered new data aiding comet formation understanding.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Paul J. Flory
Stanford University
Martin Ryle
Antony Hewish
Ryle
Hewish
Flory
Royal Academy of Science
Academy
Stanford
Ohio State University
Alfred Nobel
United States
Eisaku Sato
Sean MacBride
Three Men in ICU After Auto Crash
Three young men remain in the ICU at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a Sunday night accident. Ron Conaway, 18, of Bethany Pennsylvania, is listed in serious condition, with Perry J. Jones, also of Bethany, and Allan Chivers of Wellsburg West Virginia in fair condition. Police report head and internal injuries from a single vehicle crash at Rt. 50 and Rt. 259 in Frederick County. The sedan was totaled in the 10 p.m. incident investigated by Trooper WJ Shevakas.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Ron Conaway
Bethany
Perry J. Jones
Allan Chivers
Wellsburg
W.va
Rt. 50
Rt. 259
Frederick County
W.J. Shevakas
Calendar of Events for Winchester Area Tuesday
A dense list of community meetings and club gatherings ongoing Tuesday across Winchester and nearby venues. Activities include zoning appeals at city hall public groups such as Pilot Club Jaycees Rescue Squad Auxiliary and Lions clubs, plus church and garden club meetings and a bridge club at the George Washington Hotel.
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Winchester Board of Zoning Appeals
City Hall
Pilot Club
Carpers Valley
Bethel Lutheran Church
Jaycees
Virginia
Back Creek Raritan Club
IOOF
Lodge
Masonic Lodge
Moose Lodge
Stephens City Fire Co
Civil Air Patrol
First United Methodist Church
N. Braddock St
Weight Watchers
E. Boscawen St
Kiwanis Club
Pagoda Room
Duff's Rebel
Winchester Association of Blind
Odd Fellows Hall
War Memorial
Colonial Garden Club
Winchester-Clarke Garden Club
Jaycee Ettes
Carpers Valley Golf
George Washington Hotel
BPOE
Elks Home
Blue Ridge
War Memorial Building
Silk Trains of Canada Pacific Braved Speed and Guards
The Silks, CP's transcontinental service from 1899 to 1930, carried silk bales from Shanghai to Vancouver. Liners delivered the cargo, which was sorted and sealed into custom cars and protected by carefully chosen crews and armed guards, with cargo values reaching up to $6 million.
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Canadian Pacific
Vancouver
Shanghai
Weather outlook and rainfall history for the Northern Valley
Cloudy and cooler with chances of rain tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures in the 50s to 60s with next few days showing rain likely and partly cloudy periods. Historical rainfall figures for the 60 year period show 1972 as the wettest year at 53.02 inches and 1930 as the driest at 17.15 inches.
Prince Philip greets Gander with 21 gun salute
Prince Philip arrives in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, where a 21 gun salute and honor guard welcome him. He lays a wreath at the war memorial, unveils a plaque at an arts center, meets officials, and attends a banquet marking Newfoundland’s 25th Confederation anniversary before continuing his tour.
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Gander
Mld
Prince Philip
War Memorial
Confederation
Stock market slides after six day rally in New York
The Dow Jones average dropped 9.70 to 663.80 after the first half hour as profit taking spread on the New York Stock Exchange. Richmond Corp led volume with a 140,000 share block as Xerox fell 3 percent after reporting third quarter profits that some analysts felt missed expectations.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Dow
Richmond Corp
Virginia Insurance
Xerox
Bargains Still Exist If You Shop With Care
A guide to smart saving despite rising prices. Seasonal sales offer 10 to 50 percent reductions on end of season goods across clothing, furniture, appliances, and more. Plan purchases around monthly sales while checking need, necessity, and versatility before buying.
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Washington
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Otto LeMarr
Middletown
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Middleboro
Ely
Hancock County
Tenn
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Sarah Elizabeth Bowman Byrd
Mary Fridman
Cincinnati
Ohio
Herod Ely
Brown Service
Leslie T. Brown
Orchard Ave
Paul Dick
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Stover Haymaker
Garland R. Miller
Wilford Wilson
Virgil Eskridge
A.N. Cowger
Paul Snyder
Culpeper
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Richard B. Person
Warienal
Secedea
Monricuas
MDS Funeral Home
Amherst ST
Dial
the Order
National Ave
Miss Shaffer
Harold M
Bageant
St. Loudoun St
Meade Palmer
Warren County
Palmer
Bernard L. Stokes
Stokes
Virginia Sheehy
South Boston Information Center
Sheraton Boston
Dukakis
Kennedy
U.S
Kohoutek
National Geographic
Icu
Old Dominion Savings & Loan Iwo
Boscawen
Washington Sts
Weems Lane
Winchester
Loyal Order of Moose
Rebekah Lodge
Alcoholics Anonymous
First Baptist Church
Eagles
Appalachians
Eastern
Gulf
New England
Winchester Skies
Nebuchadnezzar
Jerusalem
Herod
Wall Street
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
George A. Froom
Ady
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