County Schools Face Federal Funds Cut Over Civil Rights Rule
Clarke County and 35 other Virginia districts risk losing federal school funds when the 1965-66 year begins unless they pledge full compliance with the Civil Rights Act. Supt. George W. Burton reports HEW demands include desegregation orders or detailed plans to end discrimination. Only four districts have approved plans.
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Berryville
Clarke
Virginia
George W. Burton
Richmond
William H. Battle
Clarke County
Federal
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Supt
Burton
Craig
Buchanan
Fairfax Counties
Colonial Heights
Why Good-Time Charlie Suffers Uneasy Bladd Relief Ad
The ad promotes Doan's Pills as a threefold remedy for bladder irritation backache and muscular pain. It claims soothing bladder relief, fast pain relief, and a mild diuretic effect to aid kidney output. It touts sixty years of consumer use and urges buying the large size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Dean
Doan
Wolfe earns Freshman honors at Virginia Tech Little International
Tommy Wolfe son of Cecil and Mrs. Wolfe of Woodberry Farm won the Freshman trophy at the Virginia Tech Little International Show in Blacksburg. He exhibited the top Angus heifer and the reserve beef animal and placed in Hereford, earning the Freshman competition trophy. Brother Dickie and Danny Wolfe also show entries May 3 at Farmers Livestock Market.
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Berryville
Tommy Wolfe
Cecil Wolfe
Woodberry Farm
Virginia Tech
Blackseburg
Tommy
Clarke County
Wolfe
Jack Copenehaver
Amaml Science Department
Tech
Dickie
Danny
Farmers Livestock Market
Will
Tommy Hoff
Tom Hoff
Bluemont
Cecil P. Wolfe
Young Hoff
Virginia Beef Producers Assn
Brenda McArtor Crowned Miss Clarke County
In Berryville Clarke County High School stage saw thirty two contestants. Brenda McArtor, Naomi Rutherford and Jo Ann Chilcott eliminated early. McArtor, a senior, was chosen Miss Clarke County and will ride on the Berryville Lions Club float at the Apple Blossom Festival and in the Miss Shenandoah Apple Blossom contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Garland Canter
Brenda McArtor
Clarke County
Lions Club
Shenandoah
Clarke County High School
Washington D.C
Washington, D. C
Naomi Rutherford
Jo Ann Chilcott
Miss McArtor
Clarke High School
Peter Dove
Garland Caneter
Raritan Corn Field Readied for Seeding in Record Time
Spectators praised a 26 acre field prepared for corn planting at William Whyel farm after seven dealers demonstrated 1965 tractors and 14 inch plows. Rain halted full seeding but field work impressed Raritan Club members who plan a second 14 acre plot.
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White Post
William Whyel Farm
Lupton Equipment Co
C. I. Brumback & Sons
Clem’s Garage
Sandy’s Auto and Equipment Co
Shade Equipment
Winchester Equipment Cos
Clarke Raritan Club
White Post and Boyce
Winchester Southern States Cooperative
Raritans
Whyel
Berryville Horse Show Grounds
Raritan
Roland Mitchell
Pottery Making Socials Across Wabena of Tangan yika
Women in the Wabena of Tangan yika gather on appointed days under a glass shelter. They roast corn, drink beer, and fashion wet clay into functional water jugs as a social activity free of household chores.
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Tanganyika
Berryville PTA elects new officers for coming year
Berryville Berryville Elementary School hosts PTA meeting where Augustus Cockerell is named President Arthur Mitchell becomes vice president Dolly Ann Longerbeam serves as secretary and Wesley Shaeffer is treasurer Beverly Whiting chairs the nominating committee Officers will be installed at the May meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Parent-Teacher Association
Augustus Cockerell
Arthur Mitchell
Dolly Ann Longerbeam
Wesley Shaeffer
Beverly Whiting
Berryville Jaycees Sponsor Handicapped Child Camp
Berryville Jaycees vote to sponsor a Clarke County handicapped child for Camp Easter Seal attendance. Club expenses total 250 dollars with 350 dollars covered by the state. A car wash on May 29 will raise part of the funds. time and place to be announced. Arrangements by Buddy Hardesty, Danny Inlow and Gary Levi.
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Berryville
Jaycees
Clarke County
Buddy Hardesty
Danny Inlow
Gary Levi
Blue Ridge Hunt Names Two Masters At North Hill Meeting
Blue Ridge Hunt selected Byron Conrad Boyce and Mrs. George H. Greehalgh Jr. as joint masters at the annual North Hill gathering. Col. Graham Dougherty and Alexander MacKay Smith joined the hunt committee, while Richard E. Dole declined another year as master after six years. The St Croix River remains the last large clean river near Minneapolis St Paul.
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Boyce
Byron Conrad
George H. Greehalgh, Jr
Blue Ridge
North Hill
Col
Graham Dougherty
Alexander MacKay Smith
Richard E. Dole
Sheriff Clears Trash Placed on Private Farm
Clarke County newcomer James Adams was caught dumping trash onto the William Jenks farm along Route 536 near Route 7. Sheriff John Slater says highway litterers can face felony charges and will be prosecuted. property owners may press charges or require cleanup.
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Berryville
James Adams
Clarke County
Slater
Jenks Farm
Adams
James W Singleton Civil War figure and peace negotiator
Clarke County native James W Singleton a com patriot and close Lincoln ally during the Civil War helped seek negotiated peace. A self taught lawyer, he built Boscobel near Quincy and rode the circuit with Lincoln while pushing railroad expansion. He resigned to press peace talks in Washington and Richmond through March 1865.
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Clarke County
James W. Singleton
Lincoln
Land’s End
Shaw Hill
Kentucky
Illinois
Quincy
Abraham Lincoln
Singleton
Illinois Militia
Washington
Richmond
Kimball
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Edward A. Mearns, Jr
University of Virginia
HEW
Beefore
Bure ‘Ton
Va. Tech
Berryville, Vasurance Corp
Sharon Crim
Shirley Dofflemyer
Terry Emmart
Frances Everhart
Ann Homer
Jennie Ragney
Pat Levi
Norma Lynn Lewis
Janie Longerbeam
Barbara Robertson
Gail Rothrock
Jo Ann Ryder
Lions Light Conservation Fund
Evelyn Ford
Robert Rush
Jim Coffinberger
WINC
Clifton Price
Lions
W. T. Chafin
Hunt
St. Croix
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Midwest
Berryville, Va
Clarke County Motor CO
Chrysler
Sylvania
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Tila di Cteela
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