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Newspaper
The Valley Banner
Location
Elkton, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 2013
Page
2
Elkton Little League board members will meet at 6 30 p m Thursday Sept 19 in the Junior Order building at Blue Ridge Park to review the 2013 season and plan the 2014 season All are invited to attend
The Elk Run Trail 5K Run/Walk 4 Life is set for Saturday September 14 at 8 30 am behind the Elkton Area Community Center. Entry is 20 before August 30 with a guaranteed T shirt, 25 after with no shirt. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. For details contact EACC at 298 8730 or email Sam Woody or Allison Morris.
Elkton Neighborhood Watch and Elkton Police invite all residents to a meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday September 17 at the Junior Order building in Blue Ridge Park. Light refreshments begin at 6 30 p.m. for details contact Program Coordinator Haze Crider at 2989239.
Elkton Recreation Department opens registration for the girls basketball season with a K to 2 clinic for 25 dollars and a grades 3 to 7 league for 30 dollars. Deadline September 18 at Elkton Area Community Center. Call 298-8730 for details.
The Town of Grottoes holds its 12th annual Harvest Festival from 9 am to 3 pm Saturday September 21 on Sixth Street. Includes craft and food vendors fifth annual chili cookoff live music car cruise-in trophies door prizes and Ken Schuler signing his print History Runs Deep available only through the town and Grand Caverns. Call 249-5896 for details.
The Elkton Historical Society will run two tours in September and October. A Civil War wagon tour led by Casey Billhimer occurs at 6 p.m. Friday September 20 with 16 passenger limit and $12 ticket in advance at Blue Ridge Radio and TV. A free walking tour led by society president Casey Billhimer is set for Friday October 18 with details via phone or email.
Nadine J. Hammer 85 of Shenandoah died Sept 6 2013 at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. She leaves four daughters three sons ten grandchildren seven great grandchildren a sister and a brother. Edward Jackson Turner Sr 82 of Elkton died Sept 7 2013. He supported Reynolds Metals 29 years and later farmed. He leaves a wife two sons a daughter eight grandchildren six great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sept 10 for Hammer and Sept 11 for Turner at Lindsey Kyger and Kyger Funeral Homes with burial at McAlister Cemetery and Elk Run Cemetery respectively. Memorials may be made to East Point United Methodist Church. Condolences at www.lindseykygerfuneralhome.com and www.kygers.com.
Nancy Jane Davis 65 of Harrisonburg died Sept 8 2018 after a cancer battle with family by her side Born Dec 26 1947 she and Randy Davis ran Davis Cleaning Service 37 years Survivors include son Jason Davis daughters Crystal Conley Jenny Dean Wendy Sprouse sister Betty Grimm five grandchildren one great grandson Cremation requested Memorials to Rockingham County Harrisonburg SPCA Other obituary notices list Deloris Christine Stoner Hazel Marie Berry Drema Ann Campbell Gray Judy Kay Funkhouser Robert Adams Lam Raymond Edward Eddie Yancey Jr with services at local churches and gravesides Funeral homes and burial sites include Johnson Funeral Service Calvary Cemetery Mount Horeb United Methodist Church Elkton and Mount Olivet Cemetery in McGaheysville.
The Elkton Church of God will make apple butter on Saturday September 14 at the corner of E Street and Stuart Avenue. Cost seven dollars per quart, pick up after 2 p.m. Grace Fellowship holds an Old Fashioned Water Baptismal Service at 3 p.m. Sunday September 15 in the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. Attendees should bring chairs. Call 289 3022 or Pastor Wayne Comer at 433 1928 for details.
Elkton Presbyterian plans a clothing shoe and coat giveaway on Saturday Sept 28 in the fellowship hall at 104 Ashby Ave Donations are being accepted. Mount Olivet Christian Church hosts Homecoming on Sunday Sept 15 worship at 11 with Harvesters Quartet Sanford NC. covered dish at noon and encore performance. Mill Creek Church of the Brethren holds a building fund auction Sept 14 starting 8 am with breakfast silent auction bake sale and live auction preview items. items include art quilts crafts and sports memorabilia. Sunrise Church of the Brethren features Loose Gravel at 10 am Sept 22 with love offering. Shenandoah Pentecostal Holiness offers Divorce Care Mondays 7 9 pm through Dec 2 at 302 Shenandoah Ave Shenandoah. Call numbers provided.
Eva Ann Wonderley 77 of Grottoes died September 2 2013 at home after a brief astrocytoma battle. Born January 23 1936 in Fort Defiance she married Andrew Lee Wonderley and had six children. She is survived by her family, memories of apple butter boiling, and grandchildren. Services were held September 7 2013 at Mount Horeb Presbyterian Church. Burial was private at Edgewood Cemetery. Memorials suggested to RMH Hahn Cancer Center or the Harrisonburg Rockingham SPCA.
Elkton Historical Society hosts a tag sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday September 14 at the Miller-Kite Museum. Items from the Mary Elizabeth Kite estate and surplus museum items will be sold with barbecue sandwiches and apple dumplings. Proceeds fund a new wood shingles roof for the East Rockingham Street museum. For details call 540-3046 or email historyed msn.com.
Pilates sessions at the Elkton Area Community Center led by instructor Nanny run at 10 a.m. each Tuesday and Thursday. The cost is seven dollars per class with the first class free. For details call 298 8730.
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