Gainesboro Fire Co Opposes By Law Change in Firemen's Association
Fire Co Chief Red Williamson told the Frederick County Firemen's Association Gainesboro opposes a proposed by law change that would shift decisions to a two thirds vote. Most other companies favor the change and central dispatch questions were raised by Gainesboro.
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Star
Gainesboro Fire Co
Red Williamson
Frederick County Firemen’s Assn
Middletown
Henry Shiley
Shiley
Gainesboro
Association
City County Central Fire Dispatch System
Central Dispatch
Walter Murray
Washington County
Hagerstown, Md
Bernard Is Sentenced To Fifteen Years In Prison
Bernard, 24, West Indian, was sentenced to 15 years for armed robbery at the Commercial and Savings Branch Bank on Gerrard and Loudoun Streets. He acted as his own attorney and plans to appeal within 30 days.
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Peter Bernard
Commercial and Savings Branch
Gerrard
Loudoun Sts
State Supreme Court
Duncan Gibb
Keith Eugene Kern
Kern
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Gibb
Charles Kackley
George Barr
Barr
Fire crews respond to vacant house blaze report
Winchester firefighters answered two calls last night and this morning. At 840 Berryville Ave they found only a person with a candle. A motorcycle backfired at Recreation Park caused minor damage and a fourth responding salvage unit arrived.
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Winchester
Berryville Ave
Stephens City lagoon missing EPA standards by 1977 deadline
The Frederick County Sanitation Authority discussed taking over the Stephens City sewer lagoon as it is not expected to meet EPA standards by July 1977. A plan for upgrading the lagoon or joining a regional system was debated, with rate increases and timelines noted. Further, progress on Redbud Run Abrams Creek and a 1990 land use plan were reviewed.
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Star
Stephens City
Environmental Protection Agency
Frederick County
Chuck Maddox
Frederick-Winchester
Maddox
Stephens Run
Fredericktowne
Gilbert Clifford Associates
State Water Control Board
Wellington Jones
Abrams Creek
Jones
Frederick Heights
Shenandoah Hill
Sunnyside
Greenwood Heights
Perry Engineering
W.S. Carlisle
Freetown
Farmers Home Administration
Knolls
Ronald Berg
Berg
Avtex Converts FMC Front Royal Fiber Plant to New Avtex Fibers
Plant in Front Royal was officially renamed Avtex Fibers Inc after a ceremony with Plant Manager Albert Ruff and Union Business Manager Charles Leachman unveiling the logo. Dignitaries including Del. Andy Guest and Al Smith, Mayor William Lillard, and local officials attended along with Chamber of Commerce leaders. Ruff praised Artex as a major domestic rayon fiber producer with near 300 million dollars in anticipated yearly sales as the firm reopens with plans for expansion and new facilities within two months.
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Star
Front Royal
FMC
Avtex Fibers Inc
Albert Ruff
Textile Workers Union
Charles Leachman
Kendrick Lane
Quality Inn
Dels
Andy Guest
al Smith
William A. Lillard
Board of Supervisors
John K. Marlow
William G. O’brien
Chamber of Commerce
William Young
COC
Edwin Harper
Ruff
Artex
U.S
Frederick County considers new four year high school plan
Frederick County supervisors and the school board discuss studying a new four year high school on Apple Pie Ridge land. James Wood High could become court space and sheriff facilities. Federal Public Works Act funds and county unemployment figures influence the plan.
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Tom McCabe
Frederick County School Board
Gainesboro
Raymond Fish
Board of Supervisors
James Wood High School
Fish
Apple Pie Ridge
Frederick County
Virginia
New Principal Named at Senseny School in Frederick County
Frederick County School Board names Robert W. Cleaver principal of Senseny Road Elementary, succeeding Thomas Malcolm who becomes Supervisor of Instruction. Cleaver, assistant principal since 1974, previously aided accreditation efforts and plans to move from Martinsburg, West Virginia. The board also notes a larger Army Corps of Engineers family presence at Mt. Weather and awards a parking lot contract for James Wood High School for 16 775 dollars.
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Tom McCabe
Frederick County School Board
Robert W. Cleaver
Senseny Road
Cleaver
Thomas Malcolm
Malcolm
Fairmont State College
West Virginia
George Washington University
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Martinsburg
W.va
Frederick County
Army Corps of Engineers
Mt. Weather
Edward Lizer
United States
Mediterranean
Lizer
James Wood High School
Stewart M. Berry
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Firemen's Association
By Tom McCabe
Murray
Bernard
Authority
James Diehl
Sheri and
Amber Jack
Sheri Rankin
Raritan Grounds
Clearbrook
Sheri
Miles
Avtex
By Susan Burke
Valley Forge
Fiber
Warren County
American Viscose
Marcus Hook
Chuck Leadhman
del. Guest
Commonwealth
Senseny School
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