Frederick County Schools Ready for Opening as Space Talks Continue
With 13 days until opening, the Frederick County school board approved administrative steps for the new year. A principals meeting is planned and a full teachers and administrators session at James Wood High. space shortages at Bass Hoover lead to renting a trailer and a fall survey of all facilities. The board renews a lease with Lord Fairfax Health Dept for space in Stephens City and asks the state highway department to study the Rt 277 Rt 647 intersection amid traffic concerns and a new Kentucky Fried Chicken at the site. Clayton E Pingley is honored for 26 years of service. Transportation costs rise from 23.05 to 63.79 per child yearly. six new CETA workers may be hired. Edwin L Lambert named to Vocational Advisory Committee. John Solenberger absent on vacation. no negative votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Stoddart
Frederick County
James Wood High
John Manning
Bass-Hoover
Melton Wright
Wright
Lord Fairfax Health Dept
Stephens City
State Highway Department
Rt. 277
Bass- Hoover
Robert E. Aylor
Robert E. Aylor III
Clayton E. Pingley
Pingley
School
Edward Lizer
Edwin L. Lambert
John Solenberger
Winchester Board Raises Tuition And Approves Maternity Policy
Winchester City School Board unanimously raises 1977-78 tuition to 1000 for secondary and 950 for elementary students. The board also approves a revised maternity sick leave policy detailing payments during pregnancy termination and confinement with specifics from policy sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester School Board
Jacob Johnson
Westfelt resigns from Warren County Planning Commission
Warren County Planning Commissioner Carl Westfelt resigns after four years citing excess administrative duties and lack of long range planning. He notes the board’s rezoning of five acres near Rts 522 and 655 despite commission opposition as evidence of inattention to long term goals. He says he will pursue planning work outside the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Burke
Front Royal
Carl Westfelt
Warren County Planning Commission
Westfelt
John Marlow
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Shenandoah
Commission
Board of Supervisors
Elizabeth Malta
Rts
Planning Commission
Warren County
Man Sentenced to 12 Months for Shooting Charge
Peyton Shafer Dunlap Jr pleaded guilty to felonious assault in Winchester Circuit Court for shooting Charles Dean in Gainesboro. He received 12 months in jail and was ordered to pay court costs. Judge Duncan Gibb denied suspending part of the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Williams Wees
Peyton Shafer
Dunlap, Jr
Gainesboro
Dunlap
Winchester
Charles Dean
Sharp St
Duncan Gibb
Gregory Currie
Currie
Terrence J. Fleming
Gibb
Harris Workers May Qualify for Federal Aid in Virginia
Harris Composition Systems Division workers in Winchester laid off after March 16 1976 may be eligible for Trade Act unemployment insurance under a Department of Labor approved ruling. Virginia Employment Commission manager Wilson C Dickson Jr urged eligible workers to report to 22 West Piccadilly St Winchester for intake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris Composition Systems Division
Winchester
Wilson C. Dickson, Jr
Virginia Employment Commission
WEC
Composition Systems Division
West Piccadilly St
Dickson
Harris
Wind Storm Destroys Chicken House Kills Chickens
A tornado like storm in Warren County wrecked a 250 foot chicken house from Haines Poultry Co killing about 1 000 white leghorns and blew roofs off another building. Hail golf ball sized damaged property and an airplane at the Front Royal airport gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Burke
Fork
Warren County
Haines Poultry Co
Robert C. Haines Sr
Alvin Stokes
James Coiner
Coiner
Remodeling Request May Be Repeated
Front Royal Warren County Board of Supervisors will again consider Richard Keeler’s request to remodel Warren County High School. The agenda includes a planning commission work session on the subdivision ordinance, a highway department six year plan discussion, two public hearings on rezoning Thunderbird Ranch and a Bentonville general merchandise store permit, plus several other items. J Ronald George, the incoming county administrator, is expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Richard Keeler
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Warren County Planning Commission
Highway Department
Thunderbird Ranch
John Kenny
Bentonville
Shenandoah Farms
Front Royal Town
Nancy Updike
J. Ronald George
Also Mentioned on This Page
Johnson
Winchester City School Board
Donald Byrne
Handley High School
Byrne
Supt. Johnson
Dwight R. Carpenter
Handley
Diane Carmick
Meta Potts
Marcia Riggs
Daniel Morgan Middle School
David Greene
Daniel Morgan
Janes
Haney
J. Miles Cary
Debbie Rinesmith
Jethro
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Hubert Marlow
George Thomas
Les Cory
Clarke County
Washington
Thomas
Booker T. Edwards
Edwards
David Whitacre
Commonwealth’s
Carol Bailes
West Virginia
Farm Bureau
S. Mason Carbaugh
Agriculture and Commerce
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