What Does the Future Hold For Front Royal Warren
Star Staff Writer Pat Robinson notes uncertainty about Front Royal and Warren County's future governance whether they stay separate entities or consolidate. He observes a long arc of growth from a historic crossroads to a mixed rural urban area driven by industry, museums, master plans, and civic centers, with both old antebellum homes and modern structures shaping tomorrow.
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Pat Robinson
Front Royal
Warren County
Front Royal Council Eyes Unemployment Relief Projects
Front Royal officials authorized Town Manager Walter Duncan to submit proposals to the Economic Development Commission for relief funds aimed at job creation. Proposals due tomorrow with $264,000 HUD grant funds to be spent by January 1 1970 and Town actions include bridge repair and zoning updates.
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Susan Burke
Front Royal
Walter M. Duncan
Economic Development Commission
U.S. Department of Commerce
Duncan
EDC
Front Royal Planning Commission
Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission
Council
Prospect St
The
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Eighth Bomb Threat Brings Out Firemen
Winchester police and volunteer firemen rushed to B and M Chevrolet Cadillac after an anonymous call claimed a bomb at the firm. Fire Chief Gene Dailey said the mature male voice warned of a bomb set to detonate in 40 minutes. the building was searched with no device found. This marked the eighth such threat in under two months.
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Winchester
Chevrolet-Cadillac
Rouss Fire Co
Gene Dailey
Chevrolet-Cadillac Co
Dailey
Friendship
Reuss
Shawnee
South End
Man Arrested On Drug Charge In Front Royal
Jeffrey Thomas Seltzer 19 of Levittown Pa was charged with possession of marijuana and hashish by Front Royal police. He was arrested Sunday afternoon by Sgt Lynn Armentrout and Officer Billy Chapman. Seltzer is free on bond with a Sept 23 trial. Police recovered a stolen vehicle taken from an A and P lot and abandoned on Criser Rd as the investigation continues.
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Front Royal
Jeffrey Thomas Seltzer
Levittown
Charles V. Rutherford
Seltzer
Lynn Armentrout
Billy Chapman
Rutherford
Robert S. Price
Rivermont Drive
Criser Rd
Cumberland Firemen's Assn Elects Local Men
At the 74th Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Assn. convention two Winchester men won offices and Winchester Friendship Fire Co. earned a $100 prize for traveling the farthest distance in Newport Pennsylvania parade. Larry W. Smallwood and H. M. Layman, both of South End Fire Co., won roles on the CVVFA slate while James Kniceley Jr. of Rouss Fire Co. begins a second year on the CVVFA board.
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Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Assn
Winchester
Winchester Fire Company
Newport
Larry W. Smallwood
E. Piccadilly Sr
South End Fire Co
South End
C.V.V.F.A
James Kniceley Jr
Rouss Fire Co
C.V.V.F.A. Board of Directors
Friendship Fire Co
Virginia
Friendship
Sound of Music to Hail Bicentennial Celebration
Dr. Paul B. Noble Jr. of Shenandoah College proposes a statewide 417‑piece Virginia Bicentennial band of high school students to perform at national events in 1976. The project aims for parades in Alexandria Philadelphia and Washington DC and a November Virginia Day appearance with Governor Mills Godwin Jr. leading to a Kennedy Center parade.
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Fran Coombs
Paul B. Noble Jr
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
Virginia
Noble
Alexandria
Philadelphia
Washington, D.C
Union
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Capitol
Virginia Ave
Kennedy Center
Traffic Interruption Planned in Winchester Week Ahead
Asst. City Manager Jimmie L. Shipp announces traffic interruptions on several Winchester streets due to water and sewer contracts. Routes affected include Middle Road, Beechcroft Road, Wentworth Drive, and Loudoun Street adjacent to 2018 S. Loudoun, plus Amherst Street for Sacred Heart Academy crossover work and Calvary Baptist Church resurfacing. Additional asphalt resurfacing on Whittier Avenue and Fox Drive to Linden Drive. school crossing signals to be installed at 509 N. Cameron St.. Weems Lane widening continues.
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Winchester
Asst
Jimmie L. Shipp
Middle Road
Valley Avenue
Westview Lane
Blue Ride Terrace
Beechcroft Road
Wentworth Drive
Shipp
Sacred Heart Academy
Amherst St
Calvary Baptist Church
Amherst
Whittier Avenue
Walker
Ridge Streets
Fox Drive
Linden Drive
N. Cameron St
Weems Lane
Festival Annual Meeting Set for Sept 8 At War Memorial
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival president E Michael Luby announces the annual meeting for September 8 at 7 30 p m at the War Memorial Building. In town and out of town members and volunteers are invited to attend.
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E. Michael Luby
Shenandoah
War Memorial
Lack of Quorum Stops Stephens City Zoning Vote
The Stephens City Council failed to vote on the proposed zoning ordinance due to only four members present, short of the required four for a quorum. Mayor Lynn Comer and three council members attended. four others were absent. A new date will be set at the regular monthly meeting next Tuesday.
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Star
Stephens City
Lynn Comer
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