Obituaries for Legge, Davis, See, and Smith families
John W. Legge 65 of Middletown died in Georgetown University Hospital. Survived by six sons, three daughters, siblings and grandchildren. funeral at Grace United Methodist Church Middletown with burial at Carmel Cemetery. Gertrude Boyce widow. Memorials to local rescue squads. Opal Davis 50 of Winchester died. funeral at Giffin Funeral Home Capon Bridge with burial Wardensville Cemetery. Richard Allen See 30 of Fairfax died at Piney River. survived by parents and sister. burial Tearcoat Cemetery. Louvenia Smith of Winchester died. arrangements incomplete. body at Cartwright Funeral Home.
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John W. Legge
John
Pedro) Woodrow Legge
Middletown
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, D.C
Mr. Legge
Frederick County
John Edgar
Carrie Cammer Legge
Grace United Methodist Church
Stover Funeral Home
Strasburg
Middletown Volunteer Fire and Rescue Co
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Calvin L. Davis
Opal Davis
Siler
Winchester
Davis
Wardensville
W.va
William Harvey Dellinger
Siler Route
Virginia Wilkins Dellinger
Patricia Mae Jensen
Alexandria
Calvin L. Davis Jr
Anger
James E
Charles A. Nesmith
Melvin Davis
Kenny Morris
Orless Funk
Virgil Funk
Richard Allen See
Fairfax
Piney River
Mr. See
Augusta W.va
Robert
Maxine Michael See
Kathleen Mallon See
McKee Funeral Home
Augusta
James Breedlove
Louvenia Smith
N. Cameron St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Cartwright Funeral Home
Four Rooms Burn in Chester Gap House Fire
Four rooms of a two story Chester Gap house owned by Raymond Dulin were gutted around 5 30 this morning when kerosene spilled while he tried to light a cook stove igniting all furnishings. Chester Gap and Front Royal fire departments fought the flames and also extinguished a car fire at 621 Commerce Ave the night before with the blaze starting in the carburetor and igniting insulation under the hood.
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Front Royal
Chester Gap
Durston McIntosh
Raymond Dulin
Dulin
McIntosh
Commerce Ave
Frederick County Artist Chumley Sends Works to Columbia Show
John Chumley of Middletown ships eighteen recent works to the Columbia Museum of Arts in South Carolina for a five week display. Most pieces depict Frederick County scenes such as Kline's Mill and a barn near Vaucluse farm with Bettye Chumley as subject in the work titled Double Wedding Ring. The show favors watercolors and egg temperas, with oil paintings absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chumley
Bettye
Top Right
Columbia Museum of Arts
Columbia, D. C
Chumley
Star
Frederick County
South Carolina
Columbia
S.C
Middletown
Kline
Vaucluse
Lewis Costello
Stephens City
Bettye Chumley
John
Institute planning conference gathers 42 jurisdictions in Virginia
Reed Nester, Winchester city planner, attended the Institute for Planning Commissioners at the University of Virginia. The Sept 18 to 20 sessions brought together officials from 42 jurisdictions to discuss land use zoning and long range planning. The event was sponsored by the Virginia Citizens Planning Association and UVA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Nester
Winchester
Institute For Planning Commissioners
University of Virginia
Planning Commission
The
Virginia Citizens Planning Association
University
Division of Urban and Environmental Planning and Continuing Education
Front Royal Mishap Injures Driver. Two-Car Crash Follows
One person hurt when 65 year old Hugh Prather skidded from Rt 522 onto Criser Road hit a sign and returned to Rt 522 before stopping. He was cut free and hospitalized with a fractured hip and cuts. Damages estimated at 2500 dollars. Early today a two car crash at Chester Street and Second Street involved Stephen Anderson and Lyle Robinson with damages of 700 and 500 dollars respectively.
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Front Royal
Hugh Prather
Rt. 522
Criser Road
Terry Davis
Fire Department
Prather
Warren Memorial Hospital
Davis
Chester St
Lee Slye
Stephen Paul Anderson
Amissville
Lyle William Robinson
Chester
Slye
Robinson
Anderson
Weather outlook and rainfall totals for the region
The forecast covers the Northern Valley and Virginia with clearer skies tonight and Tuesday, highs from the low 70s to mid 80s, and lows in the 50s to 60s. The extended period through Friday stays generally fair with 70s to low 80s days and 50s to low 60s nights. Rainfall figures show 1977 year-to-date at 3.95 inches by 8 a.m. today, with five year and 62 year comparisons included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Debora Sale pleads guilty to topless sunbathing charge
Deborah Sale, vice presidential aide, pleaded guilty in Southampton Justice Court to sunbathing topless on Gibson Beach. She faces sentencing next Thursday after arrest on August 20 along with others for violating the town ordinance against nude sunbathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
N.Y
Deborah Sale
Long Island
Miss Sale
Southampton Justice Court
Gibson Beach
Gas Odor Investigated by Firefighters and Gas Company
Winchester firefighters and Shenandoah Gas Co representatives investigated a natural gas odor on Greystone Terrace. Fire Capt. Lynn Miller used the explosion detection meter to sniff for hazards. Earlier, at 3 AM Sunday, a second call to the White Castle at 46 E Piccadilly St involved smoking light ballasts with no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Shenandoah Gas Co
Greystone Terrace
Lynn Miller
White Castle
E. Piccadilly St
Weather Conjecture Pattern Notes Varied Conditions
The forecast outlines a sequence of twenty nine entries with mixed conditions such as very warm and humid, changeable, fair, mild, rain, warm, severe tropical storm, unsettled, partly cloudy, and cold with frequent showers. The list emphasizes variability and unspecified timing across days.
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