Cork Street Church Plans Second Financial Campaign
Cork Street Christian Church will launch a second fundraising drive to finance a 200000 church at Merrimans Lane and Rt 50 west of Winchester. Bernard M. Sutter of the Board of Church Extension will lead the effort providing counseling site analysis and fund raising services.
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Cork Street! Christian Church
Merriman’s Lane
Rt. 50
Winchester
Bernard M. Sutter
Board of Church Extension of
Disciples of Christ
Cork Street
Board of Church Extension
Sutter
Church Board
The
Christian Church
Board of
Church Extension
Security Guard Cleared in Frye Office Break‑In Case
A Frederick County Circuit Court jury acquitted Eric W. Crawford, 32, of Front Royal, a Valley Security Service guard, of breaking and entering in the July 3 break‑in at the Carl Frye mobile home sales office on Rt. 11 Kernstown. Prosecutors contended he aided youths, but Crawford testified he did not know of the crime and did not help. Three youths faced charges. one pled guilty, others awaiting pleas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Frye
Rt. 11
Kernstown
Frederick County
Eric W. Crawford
11Th St
Front Royal
Crawford
Frye
Winchester
Valley Security Service
White Post
William Karras
Richard Lee Brannon
Cross Junction
Brannon
Commonwealth Attroony
Lawrence Ambrogi
Ward Plaza
Harvey Clinton Pitcock
Dear Abby Squirrel Letters Prompt Debate In Iowa
A Waterloo Iowa reader laments a man who shot a squirrel at a bird feeder saying the act violated city gun fire and hunting laws with no license evident. Other readers share tales of Freddy the squirrel and debates on nuisance behavior and humane treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Waterloo
Freddy
Winchester School Board Approves $15 520 Summer Project
The Winchester School Board approved a Title 1 Summer Project totaling 15 520 for pre first grade experiences. Superintendent Johnston reported 93 percent parent participation in March conferences for Grades 1-5. The board also authorized furniture and equipment for Dowell J Howard Vocational School and adopted the 1973 74 school calendar with Spring Vacation set March 11 15 1974 and Good Friday Easter observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Johnson
Dowell J. Howard Vocational School
Teacher’s Association
Butler Drive Alternates Detailed For Winchester Thoroughfare Plan
Winchester officials review five alternate routes for Butler Drive as part of the 1969 Thoroughfare Plan to ease central business traffic. The May 22 presentation will outline the highway department’s original route plus four new options. Public discussion follows after residents in Winchester North Ward urged a northern Sunnyside path as the best balance of cost, displacement, length, and safety for Virginia Avenue School pupils.
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Butler Drive
Winchester
Rts
Highway Dept
Winchester North Ward
George W. Jones
Fairmont Ave
Sunnyside
Virginia Avenue
Four More Princesses Named for Shenandoah Festival Court
Four new princesses join Miss Edda Sevilla-Somoza Sacasa in the 46th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Teresa Salas, Cynthia Bradley, Cabell Robinson, and Patricia Phillips are students from Sullins College, Longwood College, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, and Madison College. Coronation sets May 4 at Handley High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edda Sevilla
Somoza Sacasa
Teresa M. Salas
Gustavo Salas
Bolivia
South America
Sullins College
Bristol
Cynthia Lynne Bradley
Longwood College
Farmville
Frank B. Bradley, Jr
Mechanicsville
Cabell Shearer Robinson
John A. Robinson
Rocky Mount
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
Patricia Lynn Phillips
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Douglas E. Phillips
Mount Jackson
Scouting Awards Presented By Jefferson Council
Harry Raney and peers listed for Scouting Awards while Lewis Costello honors Sustaining Membership recipients Henry A. Lowry and others. Dr. William Crawford presents United Way Awards to four regional United Funds in Jefferson Berkeley Front Royal Winchester areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Costello
Henry A. Lowry
Warren B. French Jr
Ralph H. Combs
John Landis
T.C. Powers
William B. Crawford
Earle Fender
William Crawford
United Way
United Givers Fund
Jefferson County
W.va
Berkely County
Front Royal- Warren County
United Fund
Winchester- Frederick County
Emergency Meeting of Shenandoah Valley Canoe Club
An emergency meeting of the Shenandoah Valley Canoe Club is set for 7 30 p m Thursday at the home of C B Munson on the west side of the Bentonville low water bridge. Alternate routes available by calling local numbers in Warren Page and Shenandoah counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Shenandoah Valley Canoe Club
C.B. Munson
Munson
Bentonville Low Water Bridge
Warren County
Page County
Shenanadoah
Hearing Set For Two Charged In Robbery
Two men, Larry Wayne Van Meter and William Franklin Hoover, were arrested last week and charged in a knifepoint robbery of James Colley on April 10. Judge David Simpson appointed counsel. Van Meter’s attorney is Thomas Dickenson and Hoover’s is John Chapman. A preliminary hearing was set for April 25. Both men remain in jail on $5,000 bond each, charged with felonious assault and robbery by force. Also charged in the case are Hans Dieter Shuman and Susan Ann Hoover. Shuman faces court today on $1,000 bond. Mrs Hoover posted $1,000 and is set to appear April 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Colley
Frederick
David Simpson
Larry Wayne van Meter
Siler Rt
William Franklin Hoover
Highland Ave
Simpson
Thomas Dickenson
van Meter
John Chapman
Hoover
Hans Dieter Shuman
Euclid Ave
Susan Ann
Shuman
Giant 500-pound clam draws crowds to Delaware museum
The Delaware Museum of Natural History displays a 500-pound Tridacna gigas, the world’s largest clam, from the Great Barrier Reef. The placid mollusk stands four feet tall beside a glass-floor reef exhibit and could yield chowder for about 150 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville, del
Delaware Museum of Natural History
Great Barrier Reef
Southwest Pacific
Australia
Delaware Museum
Hall of Shells
Apple Queen Apple Queen Miss Sikorsky to Attend Shenandoah Festival
Miss Maureen Sikorsky of Atlantic City New Jersey crowned Apple Queen USA will join Shenandoah Blossom Festival events May 4 to 6 She attends Ladies Luncheon coronation parade appearances and festival activities with prior titles and civic work noted in the program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maureen Sikorsky
Atlantic City
N.J
USA
Miss Sikorsky
Adams County
Apple Princess of
New Jersey
Atlantic Community College
Ventnor City
M.J. Hemisphere
Columbus Day
N.J. Travel and Resorts Association
Atlantic City Mermaid
NAFEC
Frederick County Fruit Growers Association
Mr. Nice Guy
Mike Douglas
Easter Sunrise Service at Skyline Caverns Led by Local Clergy
Rev Samuel J Espinosa will deliver the Easter Sunrise sermon at Skyline Caverns with Rev Robert Hale-Cooper as worship leader. Two additional ministers Rev Richard Bethune and Rev Joe Martin assist. the Baptist Men's Chorus directed by George Seely provides pre and post program. Ruth B Schrum to sing. The annual service by the Council of Churches runs 6 45 am to 7 45 am, weather permitting in the caverns lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Samuel J. Espinosa
Skyline Caverns
Robert Hale-Cooper
Richard Bethune
Joe Martin
George Seely
Ruth B. Schrum
Council of Churches
Norton Renamed Superintendent
FRONT ROYAL O Norton was appointed to a fourth term as superintendent of schools by joint action of the Warren and Rappahannock School Boards at their March and April meetings. Norton has led the two county system since 1961 and expanded enrollment by about 1500 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
O. A. Norton
Warren
Rappahannock
Norton
Q. D. Gasque
Madison College
Department of
Two Car Crashes Reported in Front Royal
Police logged two accidents in Front Royal. The first at 7:57 a.m. at 14th Street and Shenandoah Avenue caused $375 in damage with Gregory L. Enschler 18 and Pearl W. Nickens Jr. 21 involved. charges pending. The second at 12:45 p.m. near Hardees on North Royal Avenue caused $400 in damage. Stanley L. Loveless 39 cited for failure to keep vehicle under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
14Th St
Shenandoah Ave
Gregory L. Enschler
W. 14Th St
Pearl W. Nickens, Jr
Rt. 2
Nickens
Enswhler
Kenneth O’blenes, Jr
Hardees
N. Royal Ave
Kenneth O’blenas, Jr
Loveless
First Lady term coined by Mary Clemmer Ames in 1877
Mary Clemmer Ames, writing in 1877 about President Rutherford B. Hayes inauguration, first used the phrase first lady as a label for the president's wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Clemmer Ames
Rutherford B. Hayes
U.S
Wally Byam Caravan Club Plans Apple Blossom Rally
The Wally Byam Caravan Club returns to Front Royal during the Apple Blossom Festival at Jaycee Fairground Rt 522 north. Donald Albert chairs the event as the oldest mobile home rally in the nation. Commodores and Scotty McCray are on the program. Arrivals begin April 30 and run to May 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Wally Byam Caravan Club
Jaycee Fairground
Rt. 522 North
Donald Albert
U.S. Navy
Washington, D.C
Scotty McCray
Cantata led by Webber at Market Street Church
John Philip Webber directs the St. James Church choir for a lent cantata The Seven Last Words of Christ at Market Street Methodist Church The 8 o clock performance features soloists Mary K Colby Jackson K Sheats and John Wilkerson Colby previously sang with Waterford Players Sheats is an assistant professor of voice at Shenandoah College Wilkerson is a Shenandoah senior Early notes mention South American vietinas before Spanish conquest and mass slaughter for pelts and wool
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Philip Webber
St. James Church
Market Street Methodist Church
Christ
Theodore Dubois
Mary K. Colby
Jackson K. Sheats
John Wilkerson
Colby
Waterford Players
Sheats
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
Wilkerson
Shenandoah
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Cork St
Western Electric Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Europe
U.S. Army Ordnance Corps
B. M. Sutter
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Synd., Inc
Decatur
Georgia
Jacob L. Johnston
Butler
Shenandoah XLVI
Handley High School
Cynthia Bradley
Patricia Phillips
Scouting Awards
Harry Raney
Warren French Jr
Frank Armstong III
Donald K. Jones
Merle LaRue
Ada Patterson
Harriet Jean Sealock
Otis Feldhauser
Burton English
Garlan Bradfield
J. Kenneth Robinson
Osby C. Frazier
Hall Exalted
Francis D. Hall
Royal Elks Lodge
Page
Sencindiver
Harrisonburg Lodge
Hall
Thomas Strickler
March of Dimes, Cancer Fund
Wor-Tv
Sunrise
Department of Agriculture
Alice R. Hudson
Rt. 3
Stanley L. Loveless
Wally Byam
Webber Is
Vietinas
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