Local French student exchange program grows with host families
French students aged 15 and 16 will attend East Rockingham Spotswood and Harrisonburg high schools during a coming visit sponsored by Horizons du Monde. Hosts provide a bedroom two meals daily and transportation if needed, with no French language requirement. Louise Corbo of Massanutten reports positive experiences hosting girls and notes the program aims to improve English skills while offering cultural exchange. Contact Klosowski at 304-667-6831 or ms.ski2b gmail.com for details.
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Elkton
Horizons du Monde
Klosowksi
East Rockingham
Spotswood
Harrisonburg
Louise Corbo
Massanutten
Corbo
Vic Corbo
Louise
Klosowski
Swift Run Tannery saga traces 1871 opening to 1927 fire
The Swift Run Tannery near Elkton began in 1871 under John R. Cover. By 1917 J R Cover & Sons expanded to 300 hides daily, employing 200. A narrow gauge spur moved leather to the Norfolk & Western line. Sold to Janney & Burrough in 1918, then Continental Shoe Co in 1923, a major fire on December 15, 1925 ended most operations and led to demolition and residential development by 1927.
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Rockingham Turnpike
Rockingham Street
Conrads Store
Elkton
Swift Run Tannery
John R. Cover
Pennsylvania
Covers
J.R. Cover & Sons
East Spotswood Avenue
Norfolk & Western
Janney & Burrough Co
Continental Shoe
Continental Shoe Company
Rockingham County
Neighborhood kids read aloud at caboose and McDonalds event
Neighborhood Watch and KES Reading Committee members organized a National Reading Month tour that moved from school to a caboose visit and McDonalds. Parents teachers and town officials helped distribute books and hosted students drivers and staff throughout a cold wet morning.
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Haze Crider
Kes
Sally Brown
Alesia Talbot
McDonald’s
Jeanne Ford
Melinda Dofflemyer
B.J. Merica
Tee
Brown
Karis Buchanan
Kaylee Dinkel
Anei Merica
Ethan McDaniel
Jay Dean
Kevin Fauber
Margaretta Isom
Elkton
Kevin Whitfield
Rockingham Street
EES
Rod Dansey
Neighborhood Watch
Caboose
Crider
Vivian Hitt
Richard E. Morris
Richard Lam
Ruth Hilliard
George Grunewald
Matt Robinson
Talbot
Valley Banner publication details and mailing info
The Valley Banner is published weekly by The Valley Banner Publishing Co in Elkton Virginia. It lists postal rates and the address for postmasters to send address changes to P O Box 126 Elkton VA 22827 and notes periodicals postage paid at Elkton VA and additional mailing offices.
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The
Valley Banner Publishing Co
Elkton
the Valley Banner
P.O
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Elkton, Va
Casey Billhimer
Herb Cover
John Cover
Swit Run Tannery
Fredericksburg
Swift Run
Killdeer Lane
Dayton
Albemarle
Augusta
Greene
Page
Rockingham
Shenandoah
Virginia Press Association
Page HealthCare Associates
Page Memorial Hospital
Luray
Stanley
Shenandoah Health Center
Luray Family Medicine
eMee Martimel
ValleyHealth
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