Obituaries and community notices from local churches
Funeral services announced for Thomas Stone a Texarkana veteran and former Fairmont Grocery operator burial at Mount Hebron with VFW graveside rites. William Mason 75 of Millwood to be buried at Little Chapel after church service. Youth Rally Calvary Pentecostal Church God open to public. Montague Avenue United Methodist Auction. Gainesboro United Methodist Bake Sale in Millwood area.
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Thomas
Wedetene
Ae Ave
Winchester Hospital
Daniel Frazier
Texarkana
Stone
U.S. Navy
Fairmont
Fairmont Ave
Elsie Lloyd
William Thomas Stone
William C. Stone
Albert Stone
Mount Hebron Cemetery
William Mason
Millwood
Clarke County
Guilfield Baptist Church
Isham Williams
George Mason
Robert Mason
David Banks
Edward Banks
Kenneth Lee
Marshall Holmes
Little Chapel Cemetery
Calvary Pentecostal Church of God
Dale Sharp
Chure
S. Braddock St
Gainesboro
United Methodist Youth Fellowship
McCrorys
S. Loudoun St
Virginia Sculptor Hansen Dead at 79 in Charlottesville
The sculptor Hansen died Tuesday at a Charlottesville hospital at age 79. He lived 35 years at Pantops east of Charlottesville, famed for Liberty at Yorktown and Winged Figures of the Republic at Boulder Dam. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery Gordonsville. survivors include his widow four sons a daughter and a stepdaughter.
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Holy Comforter
Charlottesville
Maplewood
Gordonsville
Hansen
Pantops
Virginia
Liberty
Yorktown
George Veeton
Lord Cornwallis
Republic
Boulder Dam
Rand Tower
Minneapolis
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Medill
Elijah Parrish Lovejoy
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Wright
National Park Service
Kitty Hawk
N.C
French Air Museum
Norway
U.S
Fort Caswell
Northwestern—University
GED Tests Set For Sept 11 And 19 At Warren County High
The GED tests for adults who did not finish high school will be held on Saturday Sept 11 and Saturday Sept 19 starting at 9 am at Warren County High School Front Royal. Candidates must be at least 20 unless local authorities approve a lower age. younger applicants require eight high school credits. Applicants need a Social Security Number and Virginia residency details. Applications due by Sept 7 at designated sites in Winchester Clarke and Frederick counties. test battery costs 5 and retests 1 each.
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Warren County High School
Luray Ave
Front Royal
Virginia
Winchester
Handley High School
Wendall H. Phillips
Clarke County
Mrs Anderson Freed From Jail on Bond in murder case
Patricia Anderson of Armel is freed from Winchester Frederick County jail on a $10,000 bond after a circuit court hearing. The indictment charges murder in the gun slaying of her husband John Calvin Anderson with a new trial set for Oct 13 and 14 following a hung jury at an Aug 25 26 trial.
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Patricia Anderson
Armel
Winchester- Frederick County
John Calvin Anderson
Robert K. Woltz
Commonwealth
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Anderson
Richmond Is Not A Good Neighbor In School Merger Suit
In Richmond Virginia experts testify the city is overbearing and paternalistic toward Henrico and Chesterfield counties in a bid to merge school systems. Chesterfield official M W Burnett says Richmond lacks a true community of interest and may have stronger ties with other nearby areas. Henrico manager E A Beck calls the action an annexation attempt seen as a back door means to merge. Merhige cautions this is not an annexation suit despite insinuations.
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Richmond
Henrico
Chesterfield
M. W. Burnett
Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors
E. A. Beck
U.S. District Court
Robert R. Merhige
Burnett
Petersburg
Hopewell
Colonial Heights
Beck
Merhige
Railway Group finalizes plans for Strasburg trip
The Winchester Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society has completed plans for its trip to the Strasburg Railroad in Pennsylvania on Oct. 9. Area residents will be invited to participate and tickets will go on sale soon. The chapter met at the First Presbyterian Church and viewed a slide show after the business meeting. The next meeting is at the church on Saturday Sept. 25 at 7 30 p.m.
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Winchester
National Railway — Historical Society
Strasburg
Pennsylvania
First Presbyterian Church
Appeals Court To Rule On Norfolk School Busing Case
A 4th U S Circuit panel is to decide today whether Judge John A. MacKenzie’s halt on 6500 added Norfolk bus riders will stand amid Nixon wage price freeze concerns. The plan paused due to transit fare issues and may resume once the freeze ends.
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Alexandria
Norfolk
Nixon
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
John A. MacKenzie
MacKenzie
Virginia Transit Co
VTC
Crash Victim in Good Condition at Winchester Memorial Hospital
Richard Gregory of Niles Ohio was reported in good condition at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a Rt 522 Cross Junction accident at 11 10 last night. He suffered a possible back injury and was transported by the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad.
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Richard Gregory
Niles
Ohio
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Pear Cross Junction
Gregory
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Labor leader hints at bargaining over Nixon plans
George Meany signaled willingness to bargain on Nixon economic plans after the freeze ends November 13 while declining immediate detail. The Treasury exempted 1.5 billion dollars of goods from the 10 percent import surcharge and delayed blue collar federal workers pay raises to February 15. Meany declined to testify yet suggested labor will demand controls on profits and dividends in addition to wages and prices.
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Organized Labor
George Meany
White House
Nixon
Treasury Department
United States
National Education Association
Donald E. Morrison
Treasury
Charles E. Walker
Walker
Morrison
NEA
San Clemente
Congress
Meany
Senate House Economic Committee
Dunning Family Leader Moves to Caveland Farm
Clarke County resident Mr. Dunning is a Yale graduate and former Navy officer who served as a diver and underwater demolition instructor. Since 1966 he has worked as a local representative for Equitable Life Assurance Society and serves on Christ Church vestry. He is married to Elizabeth Ann McDonald with four children and recently moved to Caveland Farm from Pagebrook Farm.
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MR. Dunning
Clarke County
Boyce
Blue Ridge Country Day School
Kent School
Yale University
U.S. Navy
Newport
R. I
Dunning
Key West
Fla
Navy
Explosive Ordnance School
Indianhead
Equitable Life Assurance Society
United States
Christ Church, Millwood
Elizabeth Ann McDonald
Elizabeth Ross
Virgina Burwell
Mary McDonald
Ann Robertson
Levi Gets Master’s Degree From Virginia
Edward M. Levi of Winchester has earned a Master of Education from the University of Virginia. He is principal of Fieldale Elementary School in Henry County and has served on the Henry County School Board since 1952. Levi coached at Drury Mason High, later moving to supervisory work, and has roots in Berryville and Winchester. He is married to Virginia White and they live in Ridgeway with two daughters, Beth and Kerri.
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Edward M. Levi
Winchester
University of Virginia
Fieldale
Henry County
Henry County School Board
Drury Mason High School
Mr. Levi
Berryville
Handley High School
Lynchburg College
Marshal G. Levi
Hilda H. Levi
Virginia White
Ridgeway
Beth
Kerri
Winchester Frederick County Association for Retarded Children Meet
The Winchester Frederick County Association for Retarded Children resumes monthly meetings with tonight's 8 PM session at the Baptist Youth Center on N Washington St. Ben Hallam president of the Civitan Club will discuss past work and future plans. All meetings are open to the public.
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Winchester - Frederick
County Association For Retarded Children
Baptist Youth Center
N. Washington St
Ben Hallam
Civitan Club
Wall Street slips as profit taking cools trading
Bluechip stocks edged down in slow trading with the Dow Jones index at 898.15 after a .87 drop. Analysts expect no major moves before Labor Day as investors wait on President Nixon's new economic program. several Big Board names show modest changes in prices.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Nixon
AMP
Amerada Hess
Boise Cascade
Chase Manhattan
Penn Central
Weather outlook with mild temps and shower chances
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with a 20 percent chance of rain tonight and 30 percent Friday. Highs in the 80s through Friday and seasonable overnight lows in the 60s. Extended Saturday to Monday bring thundershowers from Piedmont west to mountains, then coast, with highs in the 80s. Rainfall totals include 0.05 inches in past 24 hours and 1971 year-to-date 24.61 inches.
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Piedmont
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