Letters to the editor raise Elkton financial concerns
A reader disputes council statements on Bridgewater staffing and sewer plant costs. They note 50 full time employees versus 16, question old plant cost at 85 000 plus fines, and highlight unmentioned salaries retirement and insurance. They cite a 1.7 percent rate increase for water sewer and trash and compare with towns raising 25 18 and 15 percent. A council member cited 80 000 to replace Fuel Master for water haulers. reader opposed. Bikes sold were donated to the police department.
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Bridgewater
Walk Off the War hike thanks Elkton supporters and volunteers
The Walk Off the War event by Warrior Hike honored 14 hikers and a service dog in Elkton. Thanks to Gooden Brothers VFW Post 9292 for setup at Merck Shelter, Town of Elkton for shelter use, Shenandoah Moose for steak dinner, and Terry Breeden for transport.
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Afghanistan
Marine Corps
Gooden Brothers
VFW
Elkton
Texas Hospital
Merck
Terry Breeden
Heritage trail eyed for families displaced by park action
The Blue Ridge Heritage Association plans a memorialing heritage trail across Greene and Rockingham counties to honor the 270 families removed by eminent domain for Shenandoah National Park. Plans include digital sign boards with maps and narrated histories accessed by smartphones. James Lawson, Elkton resident and project committee member, cites 63 Rockingham households displaced and 41 percent owning homes, with 20 homes still standing near Elkton.
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Greene County
Association
Delan Taylor
National Guard
Jerry H.taylor
Elkton
Delan
Taylor
Ida Valley
Stanley
Jerry Taylor
Taylors
Blue Ridge Heritage Association
U.S. 33
Ruckersville
Elkton-area
Jim Lawson
Swift Run
Rockingham County
Lawson
National Park Service
Shenandoah National Park
Souers Store at Rocky Bar Near Elkton Survived Decades
The Rocky Bar community near Elkton thrived around a general merchandise and grocery shop started circa 1921 by Charles Elmer Souers, later Sollers and Minnie Raines’ Store. It served locals with food, dry goods, clothing, hardware, feed and even mail. It remained active through the late 1940s before closing in 1951 after Minnie Raines took over.
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Rocky Bar
Elkton
Charles “Elmer” Sellers
Island Ford
Berrytown Road
Barbershop Lane
Sollers
R.D
David” Sellers
Blue Ridge Mountains
Souers
Elmer Souers
Elkton Milling Company
Maggie Turner
Mr. Sovers
Turner
Russell Sellers
James O. Shifflett
Wilson W. Gaynor
Minnie Raines
Raines
Herman Gooden
Sovers
Rocky Bar Area
Che Valley Banner Area Counties Brief Notes
A cryptic OCR fragment lists Che Valley Banner in the Albemarle Angust Rockingham and Shen distant areas with six and twelve month ranges. No clear story, dates, or events are readable from the fragment.
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Albemarle
Angust Rockingham
Shen
Benefit hymn sing set for River Park in Shenandoah
A benefit hymn sing at 5 p.m. Saturday July 6 at River Park Shenandoah invites a freewill offering. Proceeds support Food For Friends the Shenandoah Back Pack Program and Page One. For details call Sue Kite at 652-6155.
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River Park
Shenandoah
Food For Friends
Sue Kite
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Jay T. Dean
Gaynor
Shifflett
Charles “Elmer” Souers
Beda
Che Valley Banner
The
Valley Banner Publishing Co
Page
the Valley Banner
P.O
Bestrade
Wauny So
Business Stanley
Bayard Ave
Waynesboro
South Main St
Harrisonburg
Davis Dental Center
Assurant « Delta
Cigna
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