Belle Grove Director Resigns to Lead Mark Twain Memorial
Wynn Lee resigns as executive director of Belle Grove in Middletown to become director and curator of the Mark Twain Memorial in Hartford. He leaves Belle Grove by mid June. Shirley Markley will be acting director for summer programs. The Twain house, built 1874, is open to the public and hosted Twain works. Lee will oversee frog jumping contest, among events, with a staff of about 25 at the Memorial.
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Wynn Lee
Belle Grove, Inc
Hartford
Conn Lee
Belle Grove
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Shirley Markley
The
National Trust
Limestone Plantation
Mark Twain
Connecticut
Lee
Twain
Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Tiffany
Samuel L. Clemens
Calaveras County
Twain Memorial
Nabisco
Dart Drug
Robb fund raising plan to cover 255000 campaign debt
News Richmond reports a May 13 cocktail party at Lt. Gov. Charles S. Robb's McLean home to raise 500 per ticket funds to retire his 255000 campaign debt from the last year's Democratic primaries and general election. A 3,000 invitation pool is being prepared. Also noted is a forest fire near Blacksburg and Longwood College graduation with Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. speaking May 13.
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Richmond
Charles S. Robb
McLean
Robb
Sandra Duckworth
Fairfax County
Democratic National Committee
Farmville
U.S
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Longwood College
Wheeler Mall
Longwood
Byrd
Raymond E Brown, Jr
Hampton
Board of Visitors
Senate
Area Women Plan To Attend Meeting
A group of area women will join the National Federation of Democratic Women convention in Washington DC. Blue Ridge Democratic Women from Clarke Frederick Winchester Fauquier counties, Edythe Pifer Thelma Clare Eleanor Lloyd Donna Dick Gwen Lunsford Dorothy Keckley Demaris Whitacre Doris Snarr Judy Fowler Madge Poole participate. The agenda features Mondale White House reception Jordan address Carter guests and Costanza brunch.
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National Federation of Democratic Women's
Washington, D. C
Blue Ridge
Edythe Pifer
Thelma Clare
Eleanor Lloyd
Clarke County
Donna Dick
Gwen Lunsford
Dorothy Keckley
Demaris Whitacre
Frederick County
Doris Snarr
Winchester
Judy Fowler
Madge Poole
Fauquier County
Walter Mondale
White House
Barbara Jordan
Carter
Midge Costanza
Berryville considering 30 cent real estate tax hike
Berryville town leaders reviewed a 1978 79 budget showing a 30 cent per 100 valuation real estate tax needed to balance funds. The plan keeps personal property and utility taxes at current rates with a total general fund of 182000 and cuts to spending including police and trash truck purchases.
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Star
Berryville
Jack Enders
Enders
Elbert T. Magruder
Roy E. Potts Jr
W. Main Street
Potts
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Robert F
Carrie V. Wilson
Highland United Methodist Church
Berkeley Springs
W Va
Highland Cemetery
Jessie Boyd
Shenandoah Memorial Parl
Bernard F. Groves
S. Braddock St
Western State Hospital
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Magruder
J.C. Huffman
Kirby Malbon
John Kauffmann
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Malbon
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