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Newspaper
The Valley Banner
Location
Elkton, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 2015
Page
2
A Longaberger and Primitive bingo fundraiser for Karen Lam Hensley will be held April 24 at Elkton Volunteer Fire Company on U S 340. Doors open 6 pm with 20 games starting 7 pm. concessions, door prizes, raffles, a silent auction and cake auction. Proceeds aid medical expenses after brain aneurysms.
Elkton launches a fundraiser for Gary Sites on medical leave after a bone marrow transplant. Town crews sell 200 five dollar tickets with a May 8 drawing at the Elkton Area Community Center. Also announced is the Street Baller basketball tourney for ages 13 and up on May 9 near Town Hall with cash prizes and a slam dunk contest. Call 435-7917 for details.
The Page County High School Class of 1963 will meet for dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday April 18 at Dan's Steakhouse near Luray. Call Roger Hilliard at 778-2204 for details.
The Historical Bottle Diggers of Virginia will hold its 44th annual Antique Bottle and Collectibles Show and Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday April 19 at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds off U S 11 south of Harrisonburg. Historical displays will be shown and food will be available. Show Chairman Sonny Smiley can be contacted at 434-1129 or lithiaman1 yahoo.com.
Everette Alden Buck Strickler 79 of Harrisonburg died April 7 2015. He was born April 6 1936 in Timberville to Carson Jimmy Strickler and Beulah Strickler. He served in the U S Army in France and Germany and retired from Mason Motor Sales after 30 years. He also ran Eastside Chrysler in Elkton and was a longtime Elks member and church member. He married India Reynolds March 11 1961 and is survived by son Lud Strickler and sister Joyce Nair. Burial was private and memorials may go to a church or charity.
The notice compiles obituaries for Cornell P Breeden Weldon Dennis Dean Ethel Cave and Shirley Carper. It lists birth and death dates places and immediate family survivors with service details and burial venues. Memorial contributions suggestions are included and funeral homes are named.
Candlelight Ministries hosts a motorcycle run on Saturday May 2 starting at Shenandoah Assembly of God Church with 8:30 10 a.m. registration 10 a.m. ride and lunch included fee 15 per bike 5 extra for rider preregistration at golightyourworld.net Door prizes offered Shenandoah Pentecostal Holiness Church marks the 50th anniversary of its building dedication with services at 7 p.m. April 25 and 11 a.m. April 26 guest speakers Bishop Doug Beacham and Bishop Preston Mathena invite all to attend Shenandoah Ave 300 Shenandoah.
Brian Mayes offers karate for ages 4 and up each week at the Elkton Area Community Center located on Blue and Gold Drive. Registration is by calling 432-8400.
Massanutten Charge Youth Group will host an annual pasta dinner at Saint Peter's United Methodist Church at 4 p.m. on Saturday April 25 with a free will offering. Faith Alive Fellowship invites worshippers to hear Rev Bill and Ann Ashworth on April 19 and 26 at ShenEk Plaza Elkton for healing classes and a faith training school.
Area Seventh-day Adventist churches sponsor a 6:30 p.m. Bible seminar on prophecies of the Bible at Spotswood High School. The free event aims to help understanding prophecies. For details call 246-7704. Shenandoah Assembly of God revival services continue nightly at 7 p.m. through April 16 with Rev. Gerald Mayhan, a world traveler and Teen Challenge board member, at 712 Maryland Ave. Call 652-6483. Mount Paran Baptist Church marks its 130th anniversary with a 3 p.m. service on April 19 featuring Pastor Rodney Sandidge of Saint John Baptist Church Norwood, Va, and the St. John's Choir. reception to follow at Mount Paran Church Road.
Elkton hosts the Paint Our Town Purple event with bows honoring cancer battles to be hung on the town hall Rockingham Street Christmas tree. A 1 p.m. ceremony is set for Thursday April 23 with bows sold at 3 dollars each or two for five.
A new fence is needed on half of the Samuels Cemetery property as the adjacent land has been sold for cattle pasture. Interested parties are urged to contact George Calvin Lam at 540-298-8459 as soon as possible.
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