Obituary notes from Charlottesville 1915 UVa law graduate
Obituary items recount a Charlottesville 1915 law graduate and Richmond lawyer Meredith. Military service includes Mexican border duty, WWI captaincy, WWII leadership of the Virginia Protective Force, and society memberships. Funeral details listed for several local figures with church burials and cremation or private services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
U.va
Richmond
Meredith and Meredith
Light Infantry Blues
Meredith
Virginia Protective Force
Society of the Cincinnati
Commonwealth Club of Richmond
Country Club of Virginia
Mathews Yacht Club
Iron Point
Cobbs Creek
Christ Episcopal Church
Mathews
Permit Issued to Demolish Palace Theater Ruins
Winchester officials issued a demolition permit for the Palace Theater site at 45 S Loudoun St. The building, wrecked by fire on November 20 1969, is owned by the Hable Corporation and will be torn down by Perry Engineering. No new building plans have been filed.
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Winchester’s Department of Buildings
Palace Theater
S. Loudoun St
Perry Engineering
Hable Corporation
Louis Bachrach
Hable
Bachrach
Herman H. Hable
William Dalke, Jr
Woodstock
Dalke
Measurement Plan at Grafton Aims for Precision Teaching
A one year study at Grafton School led by Dr. Martin R. Mayfield tests the predates measurement plan to gauge how behavior modification teaching affects learning in classroom and home settings. It seeks data on what is learned how fast and when instruction fails with intentions to publish results at journals and conferences.
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Berryville
Grafton
Martin R. Mayfield
Order Prepared For Return Of Durham
An order directs the Frederick County Sheriff's department to transport Luther Durham Jr. for appearance in Circuit Court on Monday. Durham, serving a life term for 1963 first degree murder, won a new trial last July in U S District Court and a trial date is expected to be set Monday, opening the September term. Also on today’s docket, Ronald Stevens Swartz’s trial was continued to Monday on a grand larceny charge involving three Honda motorcycles from Mercy Enterprises.
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Robert K. Woltz
Frederick County
Ronald Stevens Swartz
Fox Drive
Honda
Mercy Enterprises
Douglas Swift
Swartz
Missile Exhibit at Ward Plaza Next Month
The U S Air Force Minuteman Missile Exhibit will be at Ward Plaza Shopping Center October 13 to 17. Ward Plaza Merchants Association president W R Capenos announced the event, noting the rarity of a display of this scale appearing in Winchester and that it originates from Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
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U.S. Air Force
Ward Plaza Shopping Center
W.R. Capenos
Ward Plaza Merchants Association
Winchester
Wright - Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio
Tax-Payers Assn To Meet Monday in Frederick County
Regular monthly meeting of the Frederick County Tax-Payers Association set for Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Courthouse. Leonard C. Ellis, chairman, says plans include inviting all candidates for Frederick County office to attend a special meeting. Date to be announced. public invited.
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Frederick County
Tax- Payers Assn
Leonard C. Ellis
Ellis
Alligator Escapes at San Diego Zoo For 30 Hours
A three foot alligator escaped into brush outside the San Diego zoo for about 30 hours before being recaptured after two young men fled a security guard and dropped the reptile.
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San Diego
Calif
San Diego Zoo
Birthday salute to Miss Parker Longtime Winchester church worker
Lulu Williams reports on Miss Parker who turns 95 and lives alone. She recalls school days at Old Stone Presbyterian Church and her service as a Sunday School teacher from age 13, now titled Mother of the Church. She notes years without a doctor and reflects on local police protection in her life.
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Kathryn P. Worsley
N. Braddock St
Winchester Memorial
Frederick County
William Painter
Robert E. Worsley
Episcopal Church
Miss Parker
Old Stone Presbyterian Church
Parker
Joseph Ritter
Winchester Police Department
Henderson Said Ordered To Submit My Lai Report
In a My Lai court martial, Lt. Col. Frederic Watke testifies Col. Oran Henderson met with six officers after the massacre and was told to investigate and file a report. Henderson, charged with dereliction of duty, is the only officer tried thus far. Gen. Young’s status and other actions remain unresolved.
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Henderson
My Lai
FT. Meade
Oran K. Henderson
Americal Division
Frederic W. Watke
Watke
Atlanta
Ernest Medina
John Holladay
Frank A. Barker
George H. Young
Barker
Young
Holladay
Charles C. Calhoun
Charles C. Calhoun, the Task Force
Thompson
Hooch
Gen
Col
Bank president’s family freed. one killer dead, two FBI wounded
In Marietta Georgia authorities say a gunman killed during a motel stakeout while freeing T R Smith Concord Banking Co owner his wife and two daughters held for two days. Two FBI agents were wounded in the raid and a second assailant fled.
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Marietta, Ga
FBI
Marvin Grissom
McDougal
Ark
T. R. Smith
Concord Banking Co
Concord
Atlanta
Smith
Leo E. Conroy
Man Charged With Marijuana Possession in Stephens City
A Stephens City man, Frank Clinton Anderson age 24, was arrested yesterday at 5 p.m. on W Boscawen Street for possession of marijuana. Officer Herbert Holliday made the arrest. A trial date has not been set.
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Stephens City
W. Boscawen St
Frank Clinton Anderson
Herbert Holliday
Weather Summary for Winchester Virginia
Cloudy with rain likely tonight and Friday. Tonight lows upper 50s to near 60. Friday highs in the 70s with a 60 percent chance of rain tonight and 70 percent Friday. Extended forecast shows rain Saturday then fair Sunday and Monday with cooler weekend highs in the 70s and overnight lows mostly in the 50s to 60s.
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Virginia
Puzzle Clues Mention Washington New York and Montanee
Read list of names places and terms: Wash D C New York Philo Mike Mansfield Montana Leonardo da Vinci Ben Hur Equador Neither Peter Pan Six 117th 1850 to 1860. The fragment hints at trivia style items across categories.
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Wash
D.C
New York
Philo
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Leonardo da Vinci
Ben Hur
Peter Pan
Wall Street nudges higher in quiet trading
Wall Street edged up in thin trade as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.73 to 905.59 at 10:30 a.m. Advancers led decliners 4 to 3 on the New York Stock Exchange while analysts noted little market enthusiasm and a lack of new news to spur moves. Big Board quotes showed Brunswick up 6.25 percent, Southern Co. down 0.25, Aruba Hess up 1, Gen Motors up 0.75, and Oil down 0.75. India has had 24 years of independence.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Brunswick
Southern Co
Amerada Hess
Gen Motors
Oil
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Bernard Meredith
Crouse Service
James Crouse
Rt. 5
Salem United Methodist
John W. Sommers
Plantation
Fla
Mr. Sommers
Clarke County
John A
Virginia Lloyd Sommers
Margaret Haymaker
Jones Funeral Home
Darrell E. Maxwell
Michael A. Hart
Charles Lloyd
Letcher Lloyd
Richard B. Haymaker
Edward D. Barnett
William B. Haymaker
Green Hill Cemetery
Daniel Baker
Ward
Mary Edna Conner Baker
Haymarket
Leonard
Margaret) Clowser
Mountain Falls
Virgie Smelser
Grimes
Ruby Fox
Falling Waters
W. Va
Ernest
Charlie Conner
Manassas
Amherst ST
DIAL
Omps Funeral Home
Mtenee Tre
OnDee
Tepo
Bernard F. “Groves
Boscawen St
John W. Rosenberger & CO
Commerce
St. Winchester, VA
Durham
Tax-Payers Assn
South Morgan
Lulu Williams
Sal
WO Hugh C. Thompson
Col. Henderson
Maj. Carroll J. Tichenor
Conroy
Southwest
California
Plains
Southeast
Wall Street
India
Boyce Fire Hall
Boyce, Virginia
Boyce Fire Company
Giant Shoe Mart
Valley Ave
Ward Plaza
N. Cameron St
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