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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1979
Page
8
The Better Business Bureau warns travelers to precheck their cars before long trips and stay vigilant for unscrupulous repair shops. It advises written estimates, keeping receipts, and using authorized dealers for warranty work. It also offers vacation lodging tips and cost saving ideas.
Blue Ridge Twirlers sponsor a May 5 square dance at Frederick County Junior High School. Emil Corle of Imler Pa will call. he has been active since 1974 and earned top 300 status in Caller's College year. Also featured are Guys and Dolls Cloggers and Daniel Boone Cloggers with pre parade shows. Tickets $2 per dance $1 spectator.
Charles D. Anderson is appointed by Wayne A. Koehler to head communications for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. He serves as treasurer of the Winchester-Frederick County Citizen's Band Radio Club and president of the Fraternal Order of Police Associates. Anderson holds lifetime NRA and FOP memberships and is a Frederick County native with wife Burnisdean and daughter Margaret A. Bayliss. He works as a transport driver for L. J. Wright & Sons, Inc.
Lord Fairfax Community College offers an English Monarchs course starting April 30. Richard Cunningham instructors a 10 week program with ten one hour lectures on William the Conqueror through Henry VII. Registration is $20 and funds support community service programs.
A 545 acre Bassett Hall plantation near Williamsburg, home to John D. Rockefeller Jr. from 1927, is donated to Colonial Williamsburg by the will of John D. Rockefeller III who died in an automobile crash last July. The $4.4 million 18th century property includes the house, outbuildings, and grounds at Francis Street, preserving its colonial character and supporting the restoration and educational program.
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