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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1957
Page
14
Stephens City Fire Company yard party will be held at the Stephens City School with dancing on the tennis courts. The event runs 5 o clock each afternoon tomorrow and Saturday. Country ham and fried chicken dinners and other foods will be served and proceeds support the building fund.
The statement likens locating a minuscule target to a nearly impossible search. It frames precision as a monumental challenge across vast distances. The comparison underscores extreme difficulty in pinpointing a tiny detail amid immense scale.
The Clarke County Fair runs August 26 through 31 at the Berryville horse show grounds. A carnival, calf scramble, and Harvest Queen contest with prizes are planned, with parade invitations extended to prominent officials. Schedule includes judging, dairy cattle events, school contests, and a Ruritan pony show. catalog available August 6.
Allies reveal 1940 German documents detailing a plan to restore the Duke of Windsor as king in exchange for loyalty to Nazi aims. Ribbentrop identified as mastermind. plot involved enticement to Spain and overthrow of George VI and Churchill, with Hitler funding life abroad if rejected.
The Virginia ABC Board will meet in Richmond on August 7 to decide whether to renew Phil's Choice beer on and off premises license in Webbtown Clarke County. At a June 14 Berryville hearing residents including Sheriff Smallwood pressed a nonrenewal. inspector Siple recommended refusal citing traffic hazards and disorder. owner Elizabeth Slaughter will have a hearing before a final decision.
Forty one Clarke County 4 H Club members travel to Powells Fort Valley near Woodstock for a week of camp activities. The group includes Janice Brubaker Do reen Martin Judy Pine Martha McDonald and many others with leaders Miss Phyllis Hockman John Gerkins Margaret Shiley Mary Susan Hockman and Joan Hockman guiding the group.
Parley E. Cutright and his wife Pauline Rhodes have opened the Cutright Insurance Agency at their Stephens City home. Cutright has sold general insurance in Martinsburg since 1931, and Mrs. Rhodes has nine years of experience as an insurance agent. They will offer fire, life, hospitalization, health and accident insurance.
A rabies control ordinance will be presented to the Clarke county board of supervisors at their meeting August 5 at 10 a.m. A committee including Fish and Wildlife Service, wardens, hunt clubs, Loudoun county Supervisors and Clarke County health department will attend. The ordinance targets immunizing dogs and reducing the gray fox and other wild animal populations linked to rabies. A proposed bounty for gray foxes trapped during the season will be discussed.
The Associated Press reports July rainfall in Virginia stayed well below the state average in most areas. City figures ranged from 0.70 to 2.18 inches, with Pulaski at 5.04 inches after a big Monday shower. Eight counties sought drought disaster designation from Governor Stanley as southeastern Virginia faces severe corn losses.
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