County gains after sales tax misallocation
Ups County will receive about 3000 dollars more each month in local sales tax revenue, shared with Middletown and Stephens City, after a misallocation where businesses listed Winchester as their address caused the state to credit city tax money to Winchester since 1967. The January check arrived in March and showed a 34529.61 total, including 17638.62 in back revenues September through January. Board members lament the city's loss but welcome the county’s higher take.
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Frederick County
Harry L. McCann
Board of Supervisors
Middletown
Stephens City
McCann
Winchester
State Department of Taxation
Wood Post Wins 2 Top Honors in Competition
James Wood High School's Wood Post earned first prize in the national Columbia Scholastic Press Association contest and second prize at the Southern Interscholastic Press Association. Editor Bill Sirbaugh led, with staff including Steve Lowe, Bobbi Lockhart, Sally Crawford, and others. advisor Miss Charlotte J. Eller.
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James Wood High School
Wood Post
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia Univerisity
N.Y
James Wood
United States
Columbia
Southern Interscholastic Press Association
Department of Journalism
Washington and Lee University
South
Bill Sirbaugh
Steve Lowe
Bobbi Lockhart
Sally Crawford
Kathy Webster Kitts
Judy Garber
Dickie Cadmus
Gloria Combs
Joan Bayliss
Tom Maphis
John Neumann
Anita Driver
Charlotte J. Eller
Fast fashion pattern offers sliming sheath with sunburst tucks
Printed Pattern 4689 by Anne Adams features a slimming sheath in Dacron knit or linen with sunburst neck tucks radiating from the neckline. Sizes up to 22% bust 37 require 234 yards of 39 inch fabric. Pattern price sixty five cents with mailing options, catalog, and sewing book promos.
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Dacron
Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Heloise tips on drying sweaters and handy household hacks
Readers share practical hacks from air drying sweaters on chair webbing to washing chairs before use. Tips include using an aluminum folding chair as a quick dry rack, covering buckles when sewing belts, carrying a clear water bottle for kids, and repurposing milkshake spoons as garden markers. Additional notes cover bird nesting strings, measuring liquid spices with an eye dropper, and decorative tiebacks for curtains using garters and crochet.
Williams Announces Candidacy for Strasburg Town Council
Mrs. Marie Williams, longtime Strasburg and Shenandoah County civic figure, filed as the first candidate for the Town Council in the June 11 election. Three candidates have filed for mayor in Strasburg.
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Strasburg
Marie Williams
Shenandoah County
School Budget Approved For Strasburg Site And Teachers
Shenandoah County School Board yesterday adopted the revised budget tentatively approved by the Board of Supervisors last week. The plan funds a Strasburg elementary school building site and provides a teacher salary increase.
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Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Board of Supervisors
Strasburg
School to Be Named In Honor of Aylor
Frederick County School Board votes to name the new east Stephens City junior high Robert E Ayler Junior High. Superintendent Aylor arrived in 1925, served as principal and teacher at Stephens City High School, became director of instruction in 1948 and superintendent in 1949, plans retirement August 31.
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Aylor
Frederick County School Board
Stephens City
Robert E. Ayler
Charles Bass
Frederick Education Association
Frederick County
Stephens City High School
Melton Wright
The
Education Association
Paul Thompson
James Wood High School
Board of Supervisors
George Bur
Salem Adopts 1 Use Tax to Curb Out of State Merchants
Salem votes 1 percent use tax on goods bought outside Virginia by residents. The tax takes effect July 1 to curb unfair cross state competition, said city manager W Frank Chapman. The Virginia Municipal League backs similar measures.
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SALEM
W. Frank Chapman
Salem Cityanager
Virginia Municipal League
Maundy Thursday Communion Service at Greenwood Church
A Maundy Thursday communion service will be held at Greenwood Methodist Church on Thursday at 7 30 p.m. The service invites congregants to participate in the liturgy.
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Greenwood Methodist Church
Bank Merger Approved in Virginia Union
The State Corporation Commission approved the merger of the Southern Bank of Norfolk and Peoples National Bank of Gloucester. The Southern Bank will operate the Gloucester Courthouse bank and a Hayes Plaza branch. Directors have taken office and capital stock is subscribed.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Southern Bank of Norfolk
Peoples National Bank of Gloucester
Southern Bank
Gloucester Courthouse Bank
Plaza
Hayes
SCC
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