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Newspaper
The Valley Banner
Location
Elkton, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 2010
Page
5
Vie Corbo defends Elkton area center as the crowning jewel and urges volunteers to help, noting the lack of janitorial staff and the need for funding to expand weekly dinners and programs. She cites director Allison Morris and recreation director Diane Johnson as overburdened with cleaning duties.
James Shifflett questions council on town employment, Kite House sale delay, and community center funding while defending long–term maintenance staff hired in 2006. He urges clear candidate plans and a nonpartisan, constructive approach.
Larry A. Bompiani calls on candidates to refrain from targeting town employees and to obtain information from public records via FOIA. He disputes scare tactics and threats of job loss, noting staff have waited three years for a raise and deserve to work without political harassment.
On September 16, 1899, An gus F Lam became postmaster of a store near Hensley Hollow four miles east of Elkton. Lam born July 11 1852 was a widower. He submitted a list of proposed names to the U S Postal Service and the name Rainbow Virginia was chosen and approved by the government.
The article recalls President McKinley appointing Angus F. Lam as Rainbow Virginia postmaster, details his tenure ending June 15, 1907 when the service closed. It notes teacher Mary J. Shuler’s 1906 postal card from Mount Pleasant School and mentions Elkton resident witnesses to the McKinley assassination.
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