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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1967
Page
2
Obituaries notice reports Enoch Henry Lunsford 68 of The Plains and William V. Ryan 80 of Winchester Memorial Hospital, plus Mary Elizabeth Hawse 72 of York, Pa. Funeral details and survivors are listed for each, with burial and service locations in Marshall Broad Run and Middletown.
Mrs Gracie Alice McFarland 87 died yesterday at granddaughter’s Shawnee Drive home. Funeral tomorrow at 1 30 pm conducted by Rev H L Wigfield Rev Frank Mays and Rev Irvin L Stonesifer. Pallbearers named. Burial Mount Olive Cemetery.
Front Royal officials suspect a buried abandoned gas tank as the source of a gasoline seepage plaguing the town. Town Manager Walter Duncan says testing of samples from local gas stations found no match and the search continues to locate the forgotten tank causing basement contamination.
Charles E. Murnan age 86 of 126 Hawthorne Dive died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Born March 27 1881 in Winchester son of the late Washington Pierce and Annie Moss Murnan he was married to the late Beulah Glaize. A longtime Boston resident he was vice president of United Drug Co later started Mello-Glo Cosmetic Co. He moved to Leesburg in 1940 and then Winchester in 1957. He was a Mason of Hiram Lodge No 21 and survived by his daughter Virginia M Farnsworth plus nieces and nephews. He will be laid to rest at Mount Hebron after services at Jones Funeral Home.
Miss Shenandoah Apple Blossom 1967 Miss Susan Grubbs of Front Royal will appear on the Mike Douglas TV Show on Channel 7 tomorrow from 5 30 to 6 p m. The segment promotes National Apple Week and features an Apple Bobbing contest and the festival queen. Grubbs appearance was arranged by the National Apple Week Association in Washington.
Frederick County Public Schools in cooperation with George Makinson will host a two day book exhibit at James Wood High School library. The event runs Wednesday 2 to 8 pm and Thursday 9 am to 5 pm with hundreds of library books and curriculum materials from publishers including Farrar Straus and Giroux Follett Houghton Mifflin and Random House. Educators librarians principals teachers and parents from Frederick Clarke Warren Shenandoah counties and Winchester city are invited to browse meet representatives and consider titles for future orders.
The Virginia State Chamber of Commerce honored its 50 year milestone with a dinner at Duff's Rebel Restaurant as part of a two day meeting for directors and staff. William L. Heartwell and other state officials attended, while H. B. McCormac was noted as the first president and a list of original directors was cited. HUBFATT, STRATTON praised the observance and the effort of those who helped plan the event.
The national median price for a newly built house reached 23300 dollars in May, reflecting housing market trends. Builders reported steady inquiries and regional variations in demand across the United States.
The New York market rose in early trading as gains outpaced losses two to one. Industrials led with steel, motors, rails and airlines posting solid advances while IBM, Sperry Rand and Raytheon climbed. Analysts cited a technical rebound and questions linger over Ford labor costs and Federal Reserve tightening effects.
U S Senator Thomas J Dodd from Connecticut has been admitted to South County Hospital in South Kingstown Rhode Island suffering from nervous exhaustion.
The forecast calls for fair and mild conditions with a low of 46 to 52 tonight and a high in the 70s on Wednesday. Rain is possible with showers and cooler nights by Thursday. Past rainfall totals and long term averages for Virginia are listed by month and year.
Washington AP reports work crews cleared the Pentagon grounds of about 16 tons of debris after weekend antiwar protests that drew 682 arrests. Lawmakers urged draft-board scrutiny of protesters who burned draft cards and debated automatic inductions. President Johnson addressed the issue indirectly while defending Vietnam policy to officials and lawmakers.
A South Vietnamese regimental commander requested air support and gunships fired at dusk as government forces clashed with guerrillas near Saigon. In dawn operations 18 miles west-southwest of the capital, 11 guerrillas were killed and 7 captured. 24 weapons seized including a Soviet antiaircraft gun. Casualties to Vietnamese infantry were light. eight civilians were wounded 25 miles northwest of Saigon.
Man and attended Warren County High School and a plumber by trade. He lived with his mother and stepfather on Strasburg Road in Front Royal. Survived by brother Gerald Kuhn of Hyattsville MD and half brother Randy Reynolds of Front Royal. Funeral at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Maddox Funeral Home Front Royal with burial at Shenandoah Memorial Park.
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