Historic Smithy Home Gifted to Berryville for Library Use
Rosé Hill, a late 19th century Berryville mansion on three acres, is donated by Horace G Smithy of Washington DC in memory of wife Rosalie McCormick Smithy. The property links to town recreation space and may become Rosalie McCormick Smithy Memorial Library with town officials planning future use.
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Berryville
Rosé Hill
Horace G.thy
Washington, D.C
Rosalie McCormick Smithy
Leland Brondstader
Ralph Snapp
Clarke County Historical Society
Raritan Club
Smithy
Rosalie McCormick
R. E. Byrd
Rose Hill
the Nook
Mrs. Smithy
Horace G. Smithy, Jr
Two Get Prison Sentences in Clarke County
In Berryville Clarke County two of three men who pleaded guilty before Judge Elliott D. Marshall were sentenced at a special Saturday session. Wardell Jackson 38 Millwood received two year terms on two counts with concurrent run. Henry Harvey Brooks Jr 36 Berryville drew one year on each count with concurrent run. Richard Pruitt had sentence deferred for forgery checks totaling about 450 dollars awaiting a future report on restitution.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Elliott D. Marshall
Richard Pruitt
Wardell Jackson
Millwood
J.C. Diggs and Sons
Henry Harvey Brooks, Jr
Clarke County Chamber to Hear Dr Cleeton on Industry
Clarke County Chamber of Commerce schedules a luncheon with Dr. Glen A Cleeton assistant to the president of Carnegie Institute of Technology Pittsburgh as speaker. He will discuss The Human Factor in Industry at Battletown Inn tomorrow at 1 p.m.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Cleeton
Carnegie Institute of Technology of Pittsburgh
Battletown Inn
Year 1859 Echoes Shaping Civil War Training in Shenandoah
Article recounts how John Brown's Harper's Ferry raid spurred voluntary military training in the Lower Shenandoah Valley. It notes early company formations in Berryville Millwood Winchester Charles Town Shepherdstown Martinsburg and the Clarke Guards later Clarke Rifles. The unit served in the Civil War and helped guard Brown and others in Charles Town jail with notable actions under S J C Moore and connections to Stonewall Brigade.
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John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
Shenandoah Valley
Berryville
Millwood
Winchester
Charles Town
Shepherdstown
Martinsburg
Clarke
Brown
Clarke Rifles
Co. I
2Nd
Va. Inf
C.S.A
Stonewall
Everard Kidder Meade
Jackson
Fort Republic
Henry Kerfoot
Clarke County
S. J. C.moore
Special Red Cross Lifesaving Classes in Berryville
Special classes for qualified applicants to earn Red Cross Lifesaving Certificates will run August 17 to 21 at the Berryville Community Swimming Pool from 9 30 a m to 12 30 p m. Instructor is Mrs Hart who will provide enrollment information. Call Berryville 75 for details.
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Berryville
Red Cross
Hart
Farmers Apply for ASCS Aid in Clarke County
Fifteen farmers filed for emergency drought aid at the Clarke County ASC office in Berryville for reseeding permanent pastures and sod waterways damaged by drought. They were reminded that participants in the 1964 feed grain and wheat diversion program must sign evidence of compliance before final payment.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASC
Campground access vary in national parks
About half of the national park campgrounds have good access roads parking drinking water and sanitary facilities. About half are in remote areas. A few are reserved for use by organized groups.
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National Parks
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Star
Garland Canter
Elbert Macgruder
John K. Carr
William Bowerman
Morial
Dr. Snapp
Hawthorne
Frank Tappan
Tappan
Walter McEldowney
Bluemont
Chester Hobert
The
Recreation Council
Main Street
the County Historical Association
County Court House
Charles Smith
Braddock
Col
John Hite
Smith
Battletown
Mrs
Marshall McCor
Mick
Mr. McCormick
Main ST
Smithy Home
Southern States Cooperative Agency
Berryville Supply Co
Raritan
Horseshow Grounds
Jokers Wild
Boyce Baptist Church
Eagles
White’s Drug Store
Church of the Good Shepherd
Pine Grove
Women’s Club of
Mass Reree Beaass
AAC Service Bank Sa
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Ther Federal Deposit
Ins
Church Ltd
St. Q
Member Federal Deposit
Nsurance Corporation
ASCS
Northern Virginia Power
Bank of Clarke County
Berryville Boyce
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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