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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1979

Page

3

Obituaries note Hollar Alexander Roberts and others

Obituary notices report the deaths of Richard Dallas Hollar 63 of Woodbridge Isabelle Jones Alexander 75 of Boyce Clarence Junior Roberts and several others from Virginia towns. Funeral services are planned with dates and locations including Hudson Cross Roads Cemetery Milton Valley Cemetery Zion Baptist Church and Omps Funeral Home. Burial sites include Shiloh Cemetery Flint Hill Beahm's Chapel and Prospect Hill with local funeral homes handling arrangements.

Richard Dallas Hollar Woodbridge Potomac Coi Walter Minnie Fadeley Hollar Dallas Hollar Luray Diana Rose Nokesville Via Tisinger Woodtock Robert Hollar Woodstock Geneva Dellinger Hollar Hudson Cross Roads Mt. Jackson Philip E. DeMuth Dellinger Isabelle Jones Alexander Boyce Winchester Zion Baptist Church Berryville Rudolph White John B. Hale Milton Valley Enders Funeral Home Clarence Junior Roberts Clarence Suanier Washington D.C George University Hospital Mr. Roberts Huntly Charlie P Rosalie Tasker Roberts Charles Roberts Washington, D.C Horace Roberts Reliance Edwin M. Roberts New Jersey Mary A. Robinson Silver Spring Mildred Turner Turner-Robertshaw Funeral Home Shenandoah Ave Front Royal The Pendleton Flint Hill Glen Alen Ann Virginia Kirk Stephenson Winchester Memorial Hospital Omps Funeral Home Michael Grooms Shenandoah Memorial Billy Orndorff Walter Grimes Delmas Strawderman Scott Marple Larry Presgraves Chris Sims Rickey Bowen Cen Mack Lee Mills Warren Memorial Hospital Mr. Mills Warren County Marcus and Eliza Butler Mills FMC Corp Addie Hawes Mills Mack Lee Mills Jr Arthur W. Mills Martha Brendle Stephens City Hattie Groves Cedarville Ida Price Frances Anderson Nannie Block Mills Maddox Funeral Home Prospect Hill

Virginia Students Score Just Below National SAT Averages

Virginia high school seniors averaged 426 in verbal and 461 in math on the Aptitude Test, per College Board data. Virginia ranked behind the nine-state Southern Region in both verbal and math, with about 37,000 students tested as the most popular field of study was business.

Richmond Virginia State Department of Education Education Department College Board New York Richard Boyer

Registration Open for Adults at Dowell Howard Center

Open adult evening courses available this fall at the Dowell J. Howard Vocational Center. Classes start the week of September and are open to adults 18 and up not currently in a program. Courses include Auto Mechanics Fundamentals Basic Electronics and Nursing Assistant. Sizes are limited and enrollment should occur promptly. Information and applications available by calling 662-8997.

Dowell J. Howard Vocational Center Ada Vocational Center

Gerrymander Charges Denied by Virginia Democrat Leader

Virginia state Sen. Hunter Andrews challenged GOP claims of a new 1981 redistricting raid. He argued the 1971 realignment paired Richard Poff with Radford and Montgomery County due to geography, not political manipulation, and said Republicans should acknowledge Democrats’ reapportionment results.

Richmond John Dalton Hunter Andrews Hampton Andrews General Assembly Middleburg Dalton Virginia Richard Poff William C. Wampler Radford Montgomery County Poff Congress GOP William L. Scott Joel T. Broyhill Scott U.S. Senate

Virginia Beach Adds Four Detectives to Vice Unit

The Virginia Beach Police Department boosted its vice narcotics and intelligence unit with four new detectives to reach full strength. Maj. C. H. Payne said the hires, including two narcotics detectives and two in intelligence, are not connected to Ledger-Star complaints about lax drug enforcement.

Virginia Beach Virginia Beach Police Department C. H. Payne Norfolk Ledger-Star Payne Detective Bureau Henry Capps Department Ledger- Star

Virginia Banks Move to 12 Percent Prime Rate

The AP reports most Virginia banks have raised the prime rate to 12 percent led by Bank of Virginia First Merchants Uni Virginia Bankshares Cen tral Fidelity and Dominion Bankshares. Byron Yost says officials will watch the level for a few days amid expectations it may stay high. The rise follows a month when a 12 percent prime was a record and could trigger higher consumer prices as corporations pass costs along.

Richmond Virginia Bank of Virginia Co First & Merchants Corp Uni' Virginia Bankshares Inc Itemae National Bankshares Inc Central Fidelity Banks Inc Dominion Bankshares Byron Yost

Don’t bid the same values twice in bridge slam analysis

A bridge problem by Charles Gore and Omar Sharif reviews a 6 spade contract from a misfiring no trump auction. It analyzes bidding errors and an expert defense that makes the slam unwinnable, detailing play by South declarer and the heart and diamond ruff timing.

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