Obituary: Robert C Simpson 72 Purcellville
Robert Clark Simpson 72 of Purcellville died Wednesday at Newton D Baker VA Center after a long illness. He was born near Lovettsville Dec 8 1895 a WWI veteran and building contractor. Survived by widow Ruth Heskett Simpson five sons six daughters and numerous relatives. Funeral service tomorrow at Hall Funeral Home Purcellville at 2 pm with burial in Lovettsville Union Cemetery.
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Robert Clark Simpson
Purcellville
Newton D. Baker VA
Mr. Simpson
Lovettsville
Ebon F
Edith Wilt Simpson
Funeral Rites For Hilda Schmidt And Others
Funeral services are set for Hilda Schmidt 66 of Rt 1 Middletown who died Tuesday at Winchester Memorial Hospital with burial in Shenandoah Memorial Park. Jasper Combs burial at Pine Grove Cemetery Baker W Va follows church service. Mrs Essie Mae Clark died Wednesday at Winchester Memorial Hospital with service at Omps Funeral Home and burial in Chestnut Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers named and visitation tonight at the funeral home.
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Hilda
Schmidt
Rt. 1
Middletown
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Albert M. Ellis
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Jasper Combs
Pine Grove Methodist Church
Baker
W. Va
John Litton
Pine Grove
Lloyd Funeral Home
Wardensville
Essie Mae Clark
Omps
Daniel A. Frazier
Chestnut Grove
Clifton A. Lewis
Arthur R. Cather
Dennis W. Hibbard
Robert L. Bishop
Malcom J. Bayliss
Edgar P. Chapman
Three Injured in Rt. 50 Crash Near Romney West Virginia
Three people were taken to a hospital after a traffic crash near the Green Lantern Motel on Rt. 50 west of Romney WV around 11 a.m. Police at the scene did not identify the injured as traffic backed up. Later, a woman was struck by a car at the Boscawen and Braddock Streets intersection reported by Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad. she was not identified.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Green Lantern
Rt. 50 West
Romney
W.va
West Virginia
Boscawen and
Braddock Sts
Winchester Volcnteer Rescue Squad
Double Trouble in Waikiki Theft Burglarizes Hotel Room
A young woman was pickpocketed on Waikiki Beach and found her hotel room burglarized after a thief used her room key. Police say the intruder stole $750 in jewelry, a $700 airline ticket, and $210 in traveler's checks from Pamela Meares.
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Double Trouble
Honolulu
Waikiki Beach
Pamela ‘Meares
Jew Jelry
Judge Handley and Winchester ties shaped early development
The article recounts Judge Handley's land purchases near Scranton and the later coal finds, his 1869 meeting with James Jifkins near Winchester, and friendships with Major Holmes Conrad. It notes his 1888 Equity Improvement Company effort for Winchester, gravesite purchase at Mt. Hebron, Civil War connections, and a contentious asphalt road dispute in Scranton that allegedly led to market wagons blocking his home.
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Judge Handley
Scranton
James Jifkins
Lackawanna County
Winchester
Frederick County
Handley
Jifkins
Holmes Conrad
Major Conrad
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackeson
Albert L. Baker
George W. Kurtz
Robert W. Hunter
South
Gen. Jackson
Equity Improvement Company
Conrad
Mt. Hebron
Scraneton
Lawrence Receives Shenandoah Valley Honor at Roanoke Hotel
Lawrence, former SVI president, accepts the Shenandoah Bowl award last night for service to Shenandoah Valley and SVI. The piece notes his career path from county director to SVI president in 1965 and lists prior awardees and surrounding civic honors.
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Hotel Roanoke
Roanoke
SVI
Lawrence
Shenandoah Valley
Source of Falling Light Sought After Sky Brightenings
Warren County authorities launched a search east of Browntown for a falling light reported by residents. Deputies were out with no progress update. The sighting was reported at 8 15 p m with Patricia Richard of Parkins Mill Road Winchester also confirming a sky light at about 7 40 p m.
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Warren County
Browntown
Warren County Sheriff's Office
Patricia Richard
Parkins Mill Road
Winchester
Flag Etiquette for Displaying National Banner
The guide states the flag’s union should appear at the top when displayed vertically from a window or wall. Viewers facing the flag should see the union on their left.
Wall Street Edges Higher Amid Hanoi Peace Hopes
Wall Street opened cautiously higher as investors eyed possible progress toward a Vietnam bombing halt. The Dow barely rose, advances outnumbered declines on the NYSE by under 100 issues, with most stocks posting fractional gains. The day saw a generally higher trend in motors utilities nonferrous metals and mail order retailers.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones
Tax sting arrests target alleged ten percenter operation
Five men from Brooklyn Baltimore Washington Elkton and a man named Pickman face charges after an IRS probe into a ten percenter scheme. The operation allegedly used false IDs to claim winnings and dodge income tax. The federal government can proceed with indictments or pursue rearrests.
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Man
Brooklyn
N.Y
Thomas Lee Livengood
Baltimore
Internal Revenue Service
Morrow
Kennedy widow to wed Onassis in Greece ceremony
The article notes Jacqueline Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis plan a Greek Orthodox wedding in Greece. Vatican experts question validity of Onassis first marriage and possible excommunication for Mrs Kennedy. Washington confirms Sen Edward Kennedy heard of wedding plans with best wishes. The Kennedy family previously mingled with Onassis at sea voyages aboard Christina and Christina II.
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Greece
Onassis
National Church of Greece
Vatican
Jhhurch
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Princess Lee Radziwill
Washington
Truman Capote
John Kenneth Galbraith
Lord Harlech
Great Britain
Kennedys
White House
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Christina
Mediterranean
Virginia Weather Outlook From Five Day Forecast
The Virginia five day forecast covers Saturday through Wednesday with temperatures near normal. Daytime highs range 62 to 70 across regions, and nighttime lows 35 to 50. Rain totals about one inch over the weekend and again midweek. October rainfall totals and long term averages are listed.
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Virginia
Junior High New Site for Albin Voting
Frederick County Electoral Board approved moving Albin Precinct voting from Hudson's Motel to Frederick County Junior High School. Circuit Judge Woltz signed the order on October 4 designating Room 100 as the polling place. Three notices in the Star will inform Albin Precinct voters before Election Day.
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Frederick County
Albin
Gainesboro
Answers Quiz on Geography and Institutions
The quiz items list regions and entities including Long Island Alaska Lexington Massachusetts the seventeenth district the Collector of Customs the Sec y of State Missouri Mexico and the stock market.
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Missouri
Mexico
Lennon and Yoko Ono Arrested on Cannabis Charges
John Lennon and his Japanese girlfriend Yoko Ono were arrested in London on cannabis possession charges. They were jailed at Paddington Green, released on bail, and ordered to appear at Marylebone Magistrates Court, with additional obstruction charges tied to a search warrant.
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London
John Lennon
The
Beatles
Yoko Ono
Paddington Green
Marylebone
Lennon
Miss Ono
Montagu Square
Cox
Scotland Yard
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Combs Service
Clark Service
Mau Eels
OMS Funeral Home
Loudoun Street
Bernard F. Groves
Boscawen St
the Exchange Club
Handley High School Auditorium
Smalts Florists, Inc
H. W. Ebert
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Front Royal
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Harry F. Byrd, Sr
Berryville
Robert C, Harnsberger
Luray
James N. Hunter
Natural Bridge
James 8. Simmons, Jr
Staunton
W.A.C. Petiit, II
W. Bruce, Vaughan, Jr
Buena Vista
Chambersburg, Pa
Mr. Lawrence
Clearbrook Woolen Company, Inc
Handley High School
Mercersbug Academy
Williams College
Philadelphia Textile Institute
U. S. Army
Germany
Margaret Moore
Tennyson Ave
First Presbyterian Church
Exchange Club
Red Cross Board of Directors
Stonewall and Raritan Club
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
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Schliezer
Swizer
Harrisonburg
America
Handley Board of Trustees
Winchester Council
General Assembly
Jens Handley Library Board
Handley Library
Switzer
Blue Ridge Community College
Weyers Cave
Stonewall Jackson Brigade
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Pittsburgh
Glaize & Bro
N. Cameron St
Imrs. Kennedy
United States
Europe
Jacqueline Lee Boulver
John F. Kennedy
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Long Island
Alaska
Lexington
Mass
Shawnee Fire CO. Fire Truck Fund
al Mitchel
Winchester Coca -Cola Co., Inc
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Continental
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