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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1970
Page
2
Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs. Margaret Hunter Sommers 68 of 502 West Cork Street wife of John W. Sommers and a 36 year C P Telephone employee with church ties. Also reported are the funerals for John Délbert Hite 88 of Bloomery and Mrs Lucia Shade 80 of 323 Kerr Street with church and burial details in Winchester area cemeteries.
Mrs. Edmund Dandridge 82 of Pittsburgh died Saturday in Allegheny County. Survived by two children, a sister and four grandchildren. Graveside service tomorrow at Mount Hebron Cemetery led by Rev. Churchill Gibson. Homer Tatum of near Bluemont found dead at home. death due to natural causes per medical examiner. Survived by two sisters. funeral arrangements pending.
Funeral notices list services for Mrs. Willie Wyville Lamond on Tuesday at 1 20 P M at Jones Funeral Home Mrs Margaret J McDonald on Wednesday at 1 30 P M Lucia T Shade on Wednesday at 2 00 P M at First Presbyterian Church and Mrs Margaret H Sommers on Wednesday at 3 30 P M with arrangements incomplete by Jones Funeral Home Inc
He has logged 105 hours solo and plans aerobatics. Loops and rolls unsettle him at times but he vows to avoid greasy food before flying.
Mrs. Margaret Jean McDonald 75 of 514 Dodge Ave died today. Born February 6 1895 in Romney WV she was wife of Andrew Jackson McDonald married August 4 1915. Survived by six children two half-sisters a half-brother sixteen grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Funeral conducted Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home. burial Shenandoah Memorial Park.
Luther A Carden 68 former Frederick County resident died Sept 14 in Jeffersonville Ga born Jan 30 1902 Clinton Tenn survived by widow Bonnie Dew Carden four daughters two sons a brother a sister and 10 burial was in Macon Memorial Park Macon Ga Willie Wyvill Lamond 47 of 118 Jackson Ave died Saturday born June 30 1923 daughter of N D and Helen Wood Wyvill wife of Donald D Lamond employee of the U S Government member of Ascension Episcopal Church in Silver Spring Md survived by husband and parents services 1 30 at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Michael K Thompson pallbearers listed family to receive friends tonight 7 9 at the funeral home.
Five people were treated at Winchester Memorial over the weekend after traffic incidents in the area. Linda Lou Michael, 26, of 103 Purcell Ave., fractured and lacerated her nose when her car hit a telephone pole on Berryville Ave at about 6 15 a.m. She was treated and released. A two car crash at Kent St and Fairfax Lane injured Georgia Foreman Blackburn, with car damage estimated at 1 000. Other incidents on Rt 7 and Rt 50 left vehicles totaled. injuries were minor or none, including Frank Royston treated after hitting a tree stump and Theodore Hott injured in a two car crash. An Augusta Ga man, Evans Greene, received contusions after a separate incident on N Cameron St. No further details available.
Armament plan targets rowdyism and vandalism across Kentucky state parks. Parks Commissioner James Host says security officers are being laughed at by gangs of toughs, prompting the measure to toughen park protection.
Albert Franklin Duke 57 of 31 W Southwerk St dies after a long illness. Born December 26 1912 in Sebring Ohio he worked as a TIME-DC Inc truck driver for 19 years. He belonged to Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 824 and is survived by wife Mary Mahoney and son William Franklin Duke. Friends may call at Jones Funeral Home.
Rehearsals for a new Christmas jazz cantata Shepherds Rejoice start Oct 4 in Braddock Street United Methodist Church fellowship hall. Oct 4 focuses on female voices and Oct 11 on male voices. directed by Mrs. W T Quigley. Sponsored by Braddock Street and First Presbyterian Churches. 75 cent music-book fee. Youth invited. register by calling Debbie Lebo Sally Cooper or Rev Jim Bearss.
The Dow Jones average rose 1.78 to 760.27 by 10:30 a.m. in heavy trading. The NYSE tape lagged two minutes. Advancers led decliners 2 to 1 as analysts linked the advance to Morgan Guaranty Trust Co cutting its prime lending rate to 7.1 percent from 8 percent.
Variable cloudiness and warmer through Tuesday with a chance of scattered afternoon showers. Highs in the mid 80s to low 90s, with 20 to 30 percent rain chances through Tuesday. extended forecast shows warm, little precipitation. No significant rainfall in past 48 hours. September rainfall, yearly totals, and average monthly figures listed.
The Colorado Health Department reports 9.9 percent of infants born in 1968 weighed 5 pounds or less, above the national 8.2 percent. Lake County, at 10,152 feet average elevation, had 15.7 percent low-weight births that year.
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