Holstein Club Show Winners Deem Grand Champion
The Northern Valley Holstein Club held at Raritan Fair Grounds near Berryville awarded a silver grand championship to the aged cow entered by Pine Haven Farms of Woodstock. Open-class winners include John Hardesty and son for multiple junior and senior calves and cows. Pine Haven Farms for several heifers and the Diamond Daughter dairy herd class. Fort Collier Farms for senior open class. Haven M Wolfe of Berryville for the four year old cow reserve grand champion. Junior exhibitors include Tim Sours, Raymond Chapman, Brenda Chapman, Haven M Wolfe Jr. Sponsors from Clarke Frederick Loudoun Shenandoah counties supported the event.
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Raritan Fair
Grand
Berryville
Pine Haven Farms, Inc
Woodstock
John
Fort Collier Farms
Winchester
Haven M. Wolfe
Berryeville
Tim Sours
Raymond Chapman
Brenda Chapman
Haven M. Wolfe, Jr
Northern Valley Holstein Club
Clarke
Frederick
Loudoun
Shenandoah
Lou ‘Doun Milling Club
Berryville Jaycees Hold Annual Radio Auction at Legion Building
The Berryville Clarke City Jaycees held their annual radio auction at the Legion Building in Berryville. Bidders on WHPL radio used telephone bids to bid on 35 items including a country ham that sold for 18 dollars. The sale totaled 350 dollars with the top bid at 188 dollars for a 1958 car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville - Clarke City
Jaycees
Legion Building
Berryville
Larry Larrick
Bill White
WHPL
Clarke Star
Bill Rhoden
Annual Auction A Success by Berryville Jaycees
The Berryville Clarke County Jaycees report their annual auction at the Community Building drew strong support. A radio day and auction ran from 3 30 p m to midnight with an informal dance by the Royal Tones from 9 to 1. Proceeds support the Jaycee Building Fund.
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Berryville-Clarke County
Jaycees
Dickie McDonald
Royal Tones
Jaycee Building Fund
Clarke County Factory Growth Surpasses Agriculture
A Virginia Division study finds manufacturing the leading Clarke County employer, with 42 percent of basic jobs. It lists major plants such as Doubleday 515 workers, Berryville Basket 50–100, Smalley Package 100–250, Carr Publishing 20, and Blue Ridge Press 20–50, noting out-of-county workers in Winchester and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smalley Package Company
Berryville Basket Company
Doubleday & Company
Doubleday
H. F. Byrd, Inc
Berryville Basket Company, Inc
Carr Publishing Company
Blue Ridge Press
Clarke County 4-H Horse Club Plans August Clinic and Show
At the Clarke County 4-H Horse and Pony Club monthly meeting preparations were made for a clinic at the Fair Grounds August 12 16 with a show on the last day. The fair show sua slated for August 22 featuring equitation and jumping. A July 18 meeting at Lynde Willingham’s home decided barn cleaning at the Fair Grounds in preparation for the clinic and fair with club leaders John Gerkin Barbara Jenks and Donna Leonard present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Boundaries Set for ASC Community Committees
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee Chairman Arthur D. Weiss designated the county's community boundaries Battletown Chapel Greenway and Long Marsh for early September ASC elections by mail ballot. Ballots must reach the county office by September 17 1968. Each community will elect three committeemen and two alternates with the committee officers serving as delegates to the county convention for vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur D. Weiss
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
ASC
Fashion Show Sept 6 Raises Funds for Clarke VNA
The Clarke County Visiting Nurse Association hosts its 18th annual fashion show on September 6 at 3 30 p m at Rosemont near Berryville the Byrd home. Proceeds go to the Medical Fund. Farmers vote in the community committee election if they participate in national farm programs and may be owners tenants or sharecroppers. Voting rights are not restricted by race color creed sex or national origin.
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Clarke County
Visiting Nurse Association
Rosemont
Richard E. Byrd
Berryville
Clarke County Fair Opens August 19 With Miss Clarke County Contest
The 14th annual Clarke County Fair kicks off at the Raritan Fair Grounds on August 19. The opening day features the Miss Clarke County Fair Contest, with the winner to reign over the 1968 Fair and compete in state and regional contests. The winner will also represent Clarke County Raritan Club and ride on the Raritan Float in the 1969 Apple Blossom Parade. The Page Combined Shows will operate on the Midway with rides games and concessions. Season tickets for the 1968 Fair go on sale at Scheuer’s in Berryville and include parking.
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Raritan Fair
Richmond
Winchester
Clarke County Raritan Club
Raritan
Scheuers
Berryville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bank of Clarke
Enyvote
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Virginia
Washington Metropolitan
Loudoun-Fauquier-Warren
West Virginia
Winchester Savings
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Boscawen and
Washington Streets
DIAL
Horse, Pony Club
John Gerkin
Barbara Jenks
Donna Leonard
Battletown
Chapel
Greenway
Longmarsh
Stuart M. Perry
Berryville Rt
West Coast
Clarke County Motors
Chrysler, Plymouth
International Trucks
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