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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1970

Page

2

Obituary Notice for Margaret Cork Sr and Several Others

Obituaries for Margaret Cork Sr Luci a Shade Margaret Jean McDonald Albert Franklin Duke Vernon Wayne Cooper Lillie Myrtle Lloyd and others note services pallbearers burial locations and church details with dates times and venues across Berryville Charles Town and nearby areas. The notices include officiants and cemeteries such as Green Hill Mount Hebron Memorial Park and Old Durham Church in Ironside Maryland. Deaths span several ages and residents from Winchester Washington and Clarke County with survivors listed.

Vernon Wayne Cooper Winchester Washington LaPlata Company I France Post Office Department Cooper Isaac and Mae Cooper Old Durham Ironside Lillie Myrtle Lloyd Charles Town W.va Charles Town General Hospital Holmes E. Lloyd Lloyd Clarke County Tom and Harriett Feltner Virgil E. Lloyd George Painter Hollywood Fla Lucille Ball Aubrey Lloyd Loudoun County John H. Enders Berryville Owen Womack Powell Wynkoop J. Fred Jones Eustace Jackson John L. Lee Maurice Wisecarver, Jr Norman L. Wynkoop Green Hill Ketery

Obituary Notices for Four Area Residents

Mrs Margaret Jean McDonald and Mrs Lucia T Shade are listed with funeral times and locations at Jones Funeral Home and First Presbyterian Church. Also noted are Mrs Margaret Hunter Sommers and Mr Albert Franklin Duke with service times at First Baptist Church.

Lucia T. Shade Kerr St First Presbyterian James R. Jackson James Bearss G. Raymond Womeldorf A. Philip Barnhart Orville C. Wine William J. Lockhart George C. Shepard George H. Ritter Tevious C. Bailey Mount Hebron Cemetery Margaret Jean McDonald First Presbyterian Church Margaret Hunter Sommers Albert Franklin Duke First Baptist Church

Frederick County man gets 40 year prison term in circuit court

Garland Eugene Lewis 23 of Linden Drive pleaded guilty to abduction and rape of a female juvenile under 16. He receives 30 years for the rape and 10 years for abduction, to run concurrently with a 10 year sentence from July 20 for abducting a male juvenile. The offenses occurred Sept 6, 1969. Roy Dennis Long 20 of 209 E Kern St is sentenced to five years with four suspended and three years probation for armed robbery at Brake Shoe grocery last December. Thomas William Gaither 24 of S Cameron St gets five years with three suspended and four years probation for armed robbery of the same grocery. Two defendants were found innocent.

Frederick County Garland Eugene Lewis Linden Drive Roy Dennis Long E. Kern St Mr. Long Thomas William Gaither S. Cameron St

Frederick County School Board Forms Social Studies Committee

The Frederick County School Board last night authorized a Social Studies Committee led by coordinator James V. Hutton Jr. The panel will develop an innovative course handling drug use race relations and sex education with supervisory staff administrators and teachers.

James V. Hutton, Jr Frederick County Melton F. Wright Wright Virginia State Board of Education

Four Top Banks Cut Prime Rate to 7 Percent

Morgan Guaranty Trust led a rate cut to 7 percent from 8 percent. By day’s end more than 40 banks lowered their prime rate, with Bank of America Chase Manhattan and Chemical Bank among the major institutions acting in New York and San Francisco astro. The Fed official said direct consumer impact would be limited.

New York Morgan Guaranty Trust Co Bank of America of San Francisco Chase Manhattan Chemical Bank Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Wall Street slips as profit taking cuts gains

Wall Street traded lower in moderate volume as profit taking trimmed recent gains. The Dow fell 6.10 to 745.82 at 10 30 am while NYSE breadth favored declines over advances. Analysts cited ongoing profit taking and shifting emphasis from prior rate-cut optimism amid GM strike talk and Middle East tensions.

NEW York New York Stock Exchange General Motors Jordan Middle East Aetna Life & Casualty Occidental Petroleum McDonald’s Zapata Norness Federal National Mortgage

Eligibility exemption under 1969 Tax Reform Act outlined

Chicago report notes students part timers and retired workers may qualify for withholding exemptions. Commerce Clearing House explains the exemption prevents filing for a refund of withheld taxes. W-4E certificate available for wages paid after April 30 1970.

Chicago Commerce Clearing House

Winchester Board approves trash pickup plan and sick leave bank

The Winchester Board approves daily school trash pickup to stop burning and considers a Sick Leave Bank where teachers contribute two days annually. Architects finalize plans for a new John Kerr Elementary. An Economic Stabilization Plan aligns with Civil Defense laws for rationing and price control. H Robert Edwards elected as official delegate to the Virginia School Boards Association meeting in Roanoke.

Johnson John Kerr State Board of Education Winchester Virginia H. Robert Edwards Roanoke Edwards

Youth Nabbed In Theft Of Purse

Winchester police report a 16 year old West Memphis Arkansas youth was identified after a Sunday purse snatching from Mrs Marguerite Brown of 305 N Loudoun St. The theft occurred near Piccadilly and Loudoun Sts and the purse held money and papers. The case was turned over to the Seventh Regional Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.

Winchester West Memphis Ark Marguerite Brown N. Loudoun St Warren

Youth in Front Royal Apprehended in Auto Larceny Case

A 15 year old juvenile wanted in Front Royal for auto larceny was apprehended by State Police early today. Trooper Howell spotted a car on Rt 522 near Gainesboro after a report of a stolen vehicle. The car crashed and three juveniles were in it. one boy and two girls were released to parents, another boy remained in custody on auto larceny and prior break in charges.

Front Royal J.D. Howell Berkeley Springs Howell Gainesboro Stephens City

Fires Commonly Caused by People Across the Nation

The National Geographic Society reports that 97 000 to 125 000 forest fires occur yearly with only about 10 000 sparked by lightning. The majority arise from human activity including tourists hunters fishermen farmers campers and lumbermen.

National Geographic Society

Weather notes for Virginia and Winchester skies

The report shows highs in the upper 80s with a 20 percent chance of rain tonight and 40 percent Wednesday. Thursday through Saturday forecast calls for warm, fair conditions with scattered thundershowers in the west. daytime highs in the 80s and nightly lows in the upper 50s to 60s.

Williams to Campaign Here Next Tuesday

Democrat Murat Williams launches a campaign swing through Augusta and Page counties Waynesboro and Fluvanna. He will speak at a Lee-Jackson breakfast at 7 30 a m and address the Lions Club at noon. A steering committee of eight prominent Democrats from the district was named to support the bid.

Murat Williams John . Marsh, Jr Nchester Frederick E Lee-Jackson Lions Club Williams Augusta Page Waynesboro Fluvanna William C. Battle Charlottesville

Clem to Be Arraigned on Senseny Road Robbery

Billy Lake Clem, 23, of Frederick County, was arraigned in Frederick County Court on charges of breaking and entering and robbery of the Country Store on Senseny Road. He was returned from New Orleans authorities who arrested him on another charge. Storekeeper H B Crim said $2,000 in cash and checks were stolen on September 2.

Billy Lake Clem Frederick County Senseny Road New Orleans H.B. Crim

Smith County court updates include multiple arraignments

Smoot the Court appoints Stephen Butler as attorney for the defendant with trial set for Dec 15. Walter Coolidge pleads not guilty to an indictment for stealing 223.34 from Holiday Gulf Service Station on July 18, with trial set for Dec 4. Massie Jr. attorney noted. William David Allen, 23 Hampton, indicted for escape from a state work gang on Aug 25. Butler reappointed. Johnny Allen Kerns arraignment set for Friday on driving after habitual offender declaration on Nov 17, 1969.

Stephen Butler Walter Coolidge Joseph A. Massie, Jr William David Allen Hampton Camp No. 7 Johnny Allen Kerns Rt. 2

Also Mentioned on This Page

Margaret H. W. Cork Sr Jones Funeral Home William A. Lyons Richard B. Haymaker Edward D. Barnett Frank H. Haymaker Jack B. Pingley Michael A. Hart William B. Haymaker, Jr Green Hill Cemetery McDonald Service Dodge Ave Alfred L. Snapp, Sr Walter H. Grim Robert C. Richard Kenneth L. Swaner J. Henry Pomae Raymond E. N Ecnade Memorial Park Duke Service W. Southwerk St E.T. Clark Lee A. Butler Harry Mays Paul Fisher Frank Royston Raymond Long Roy Clark Vernon W. Cooper Mrs. Holmes E. Lloyd Cross Christ Jones Funeral Home, Inc OWMDS Loudoun Street DIAL Treasur Bernard F. Groves Boscawen St. Winchester S. Loudoun St William Aukland Minneapolis University of Minnesota John Najarian William Social Studies Apple Pie Ridge Frederick County Sanitation Authority State Department of Education Building Survey Committee Wall Street Miller’s Hardware Royal New York City Borneo Edgar Hoover Deep South Michigan Texas Pacific Northwest Montana Idaho Great Lakes John W. Billy Williams George S. Aldhizer Broadway J. Harry Michael, Jr del. Duncan C. Gibb Front John Clem State Democratic Central Committee Leo Snarr Woodstock John O. Marsh, Jr Holiday Inn Harrisonburg Clem Glaize & Bro Andersen Perma Andersen Glaize N. Cameron St
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