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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1977
Page
3
Obituaries and funeral notices for Helen W. Woodward 66 of Front Royal. Angela Marie Unger infant of Winchester. Russell James Smith. John Carson Williams 71. Evelyn E. Moxley. Madeline Dodson. Edith Laws Greene 90. James Henry Jenkins 82. Services in Front Royal, Berryville, Winchester, Culpeper and surrounding area with burials at Panorama Memorial Gardens St. Paul Cemetery Union Cemetery and Fairview Cemetery.
Two local obituaries report the deaths of Eva G Sargent 82 of Rt 1 Clearbrook and State Trooper Bruce Brown 25 of Charles Town. Eva Sargent widow of Frank and mother of two DeHaven sons is mourned with services at Omps Funeral Home and burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Clarke County High School Science Department members attended the 15th Virginia State Teachers Conference in Fredericksburg on Oct. 7. George Bowman joined the Crystal Evolution Workshop and worked with NAGT lab activities. John Lyttle joined sessions on Safety in the Science Laboratory by NIOSH and the State Dept of Education. Don Specht attended the Physics and Physical Science Workshop with demonstrations for secondary and elementary schools.
The Treasury Department studies powdered alcohol developed by a Japanese firm that suspends alcohol as fine particles in a powder. If approved, premixed cocktails in cans or foil packets could be sold in the United States, with tax rules and safety checks shaping the plan.
Joan Little, acquitted of murder in the death of a jailer she said raped her, was still at large Sunday after slipping from the North Carolina Correction Center for Women.
Sadie Jenkins Phillips aged 84 of Berryville died Friday. A funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Zion Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Rudolph White. Burial will be in Milton Valley Cemetery. Friends may call at the late home. Arrangements by John H. Enders Funeral Home Berryville.
The Institute of Speed Reading, Inc. offers a 24 hour program open to those over 12 with a promised 1000 wpm speed and strong comprehension. An eight week course aims to enable reading a typical book in under an hour with improved study and test skills. Free one hour orientation lectures are scheduled at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Cecil Street with three sessions plus a final meeting on October 17. Family tuition discounts apply and minors must be accompanied by a parent.
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