New Branch for Bank of Frederick County
The three year old Bank of Frederick County plans its first branch on a 2.5 acre site in front of the Crown Cork and Seal plant on Route 11 north of Winchester. When the Stonewall Branch opens in November the project costs, including the site, reach about $300,000. The Teend operates from a temporary trailer meanwhile.
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Bank of
Frederick County
Ronald F. Miller
Anatola City
Bank
Crown Cork and Seal
Rt. 11
Winchester
Miller
Sunoco
Stonewall
Real Estate Firms Add New Staff and Designations
Colony Realty added Betty Learned to its sales staff noting her local education at Handley High School and continued studies at Lord Fairfax Community College. She brings knowledge of Winchester and restaurant experience from The Back Room Lounge. William H. Ritter received Chartered designation as Certified Appraiser Senior and has led a Front Royal real estate firm since 1974.
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Colony Realty
Betty Learned
Ms. Learned
Handley High School
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Lord Fairfax Community College
Blue Ridge
William H. Ritter
American Association of Certified Appraisers
Ritter
Front Royal
Coolfont names Burwell as executive vice president and GM
Samuel F. Asherman Jr. announced John R. Burwell will lead Coolfont Recreation and its Treetop House Restaurant as Executive Vice President and General Manager. Burwell brings extensive food services, maintenance, and corporate services experience. he previously served at Olin, Squibb, Irving Trust, and American Security Bank. Schnabel elected president of Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers for a two year term. he is also head of P. W. Plumly Lumber and has a Navy Cross and other honors.
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John R. Burwell
Coolfont Recreation, Inc
Treetop House
Samuel F. Asherman, Jr
Burwell
Olin
Squibb
Irving Trust Company
New York
Coolfont
American Security Bank
Washington, D.C
Gilman School
Baltimore
U.S. Naval Academy
New York University
Charles W
Chick) Schnabel
Country Club Drive
Winchester
Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers, Inc
Appalachian
Schnabel
AHMI
P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp
Plumly
Mountain State Hardwoods
Miami University of
Allens Recognized for 20 Years With KFC Franchise
Colonel Harland Sanders honored Evelyn and Joe Allen of Winchester for twenty years of Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise service. Sanders founded the chain about 25 years ago and presented a diamond pin and plaque at the franchisees annual meeting in New Orleans. The Allens’ five Virginia stores are part of a 6,000-store system selling about five billion chicken pieces yearly. Two Winchester agents, Virgil H. Funk Jr and Laurence R. Goldsmith, of Southwestern General Life Insurance, earned membership in the Apollo Club for 1978 for strong 1977 production. Funk started in 1975, is staff manager in Winchester, and is active in the National Association of Life Underwriters. Goldsmith began in 1975, earlier clubs, and earned the 1977 National Sales Achievement Award. Their Winchester district office is at 2400 Valley Avenue. Southwestern General is a Southwestern Life subsidiary.
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Harland Sanders
Evelyn and
Joe Allen
Winchester
Sanders
Allens
KFC
New Orleans
Allen’s
Virginia
Southwestern General Life Insurance Company
Dallas
Texas
Virgil H. Funk, Jr
Laurence R. Goldsmith
Funk
Southwestern General
National Association of Life Underwriters
John Handley
Lord Fairfax Community College
U.S. Air Force
Goldsmith
Apollo Club
Salem
Mass
Hollywood High School
Los Angeles City College
Valley Avenue
Southwestern Life Corporation
No Easy Answers For Jobless Teens
New York AP reports on teen unemployment rising to 17.3 percent in March after the retirement age was raised to 70. The piece argues youths face hiring barriers from delayed exits, wage laws, and government forms, urging private training and corporate programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Labor Department
Entrepreneurs Who Create and Lead Firms
New York AP profiles William McCrea an entrepreneur who teaches entrepreneurship and how to teach it. He recalls MIT days founding Tech Films Corp on Route 128 seeking practical management insights beyond schools. The piece notes entrepreneurs’ need for credibility and hard facts and Tech Films eventual absorption into larger firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William McCrea
Bill McCrea
McCrea
MIT
Ohio
Boiler install at Winchester Laundry cues June remodeling
North Kent Street building, leased to Yale Laundry of Washington DC as a satellite operation, completed with a new boiler after heavy crane work. Donald Gibbons sees remodeling finish by June. McCrea, an MIT grad, expands The Entrepreneurship Institute and Phoenix International Corp to help firms grow locally and abroad. A June 10 11 seminar in Northeast targets practical business planning with a $295 fee.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
N. Kent St
Washington D.C
Donald Gibbons
The
Star
Yale Laundry
Perry Engineering
McCrea
Entrepreneurship Institute
Phoenix International Corp
Institute
Columbus
United States
New York
Northeast
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Bank of Frederick Co
Assn
Miller’s
N. Loudoun
Funk and Goldsmith
Washington
Bilco
Americas
Goku W. Rosenberger & Co
Aunkdiaaiaaiiiioes
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tech Films Corp
Route 128
Boston
Winchester Evening Star
Hank Ebert
F.W. Post
Ace Avalonce m
Boscawen & Washington
Weems Lane
Christiansburg
Harrisonburg
Purcellville
Staunton
Waynesboro
Woodstock
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