Annual Christmas Parade Returns to Winchester Streets
Thousands lined downtown Winchester as Santa arrived by horse drawn buggy for the annual Christmas parade by the Winchester Retail Merchants Association. Local bands from James Wood Handley R E Ayler Junior High and Frederick County Junior High joined the procession along Loudoun Street Cork and Cameron to the police station. Carol Pidgeon Miss Shenandoah Apple Blossom rode in the parade and a Handley Anchor Club float Sugar Plum Visions won first prize with $100, sponsored by Leggett's Department Store.
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Santa
Winchester
Assa
James Wood
Handley
R.E. Ayler Junior High
Frederick County Junior High School
Carol Pidgeon
Shenandoah
Loudoun St
Cork St
Cork
Cameron
City
Red
Handley Anchor Club
Leggett's
James Wood High School
Herald Angels
J.C. Penney Co
Handley Library Club
Mrs. Santa
Grand Piano
School Board Reviews Suspensions and Handley Renovation Update
Winchester School Supt. Jacob Johnson presented a suspensions ledger for board review to consider a supplementary policy. The board tabled specifics for executive session. A Handley renovation plan review slipped past the December 15 target, with April cost estimates still likely.
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Star
Winchester School
Jacob Johnson
Johnson
William H. Pifer
Pifer
Buildings and Grounds Committee
Donald T. Byrne
Byrne
Partlow in Court Today for Bank Holdup Indictment
Carl E. Partlow, 60, of 395 E Pall Mall St, to be arraigned in Winchester Circuit Court on an indictment in the Sept 23 holdup of a Commercial and Savings Bank branch. Police found nearly $10,000 in two green bags and a cap pistol after pursuit by Officers Lamm and Ramsey.
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Carl E. Partlow
E. Pall Mall St
Winchester
Commercial & Savings Bank
C&s
Loudoun
Gerrard Sts
Steve Lamm
Woody Ramsey
Winchester school attorneys respond to second amended complaint
In Harrisonburg federal court, school attorneys filed a response to a second amended complaint on behalf of 11 Handley students. The action, tied to September's Handley High disturbance, seeks reinstatement, damages, and expands to discrimination claims. The school side moves to strike claims about black staff and to dismiss non core counts, while preserving later schedule for expulsions and class action status.
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Star
Winchester
Handley
Harrisonburg
Handley High
Winchester City
Shooting Continues Into Friday in Fairway Estates
Investigation into a Friday night shooting near Fairway Estates continues. Mrs Sally Sprecher fired three shots from her doorway as a fleeing car was halted by one bullet. no charges filed yet, deputies say. A rear basement entry attempt was reported after an earlier break in on Nov 5. Deputy Bob Williamson leads the inquiry.
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Fairway Estates
Frederick County
Sprechers
Clarke Man Sentenced to Six Months in Jail
Clarke County Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Woltz sentenced Raymond L. Huff to six months in jail after a guilty plea to assault and battery. Two months will run concurrent with a prior sentence, totaling about 10 months for two convictions. Huff to pay court costs. Further cases include Braithwaite facing a forged document charge with sentencing next term, and multiple defendants in burglary, rape, and marijuana cases with various proceedings and dates.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Robert K. Woltz
Raymond L. Huff
Asst. Commonwealth
Tyson Gilpin
Huff
Woltz
Russell Eugene Braithwaite Jr
Stephen Fleetwood Galloway
Douglas Hume
Hume
John Angle Dudley Jr
Lunsford Elected Frederick County Democratic Chairwoman
Mrs Gwen Lunsford won the Frederick County Democratic Committee chair in a reorganizational meeting at the county courthouse succeeding Richard Dick who led for four years. The election also named Joe L Headley as vice chairman and reelected Mildred Smith treasurer and Sam Whitacre secretary. The slate includes three representatives from each district on the Executive Committee and lists about 600 committee members.
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Gwen Lunsford
Frederick County
Democratic Committee
Richard Dick
Lunsford
Frederick Democrats
Thelma Clore
Clore
Joe L. Headley
Gainesboro
Mildred Smith
Sam Whitacre
Front Royal Council Stands Behind Town Manager in Budget Case
Front Royal Town Council held a special meeting to review a $7,077 storm sewer payment to contractor T.R. Patterson at Chimney Field. The council approved a vote of confidence in Town Manager Walter M. Duncan after hearing his explanation that the work was tied to grading and sewer needs, with funds drawn from the storm sewer account.
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Front Royal Council
Star
Front Royal
Walter M. Duncan
Duncan
T.R. Patterson
Chimney Field
Patterson
Council
Joseph Denny
Chew Walter
Webb Davis
Luray
John Scott
Ronnie Gilliam
Randolph Ave
Bernard L. Stokes
Eric Adamson
Adamson
Kermit Nichols
Jack Albert
Bernard Stokes
Happy Creek
Albert
Stokes
Place Files Challenge to Reassessment in Frederick County
Frederick County resident Lee A Place seeks a judgment in the Frederick Circuit Court claiming his 57.4 acre Stonewall District land was reassessed upward in 1974 1975 without notice and taxed beyond fair market value. Attorney Lawrence Ambrogi said he has 21 days to respond. the case reflects wider county reassessment concerns.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Winchester
I-81
Ambrogi
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
State Department of Taxation
Circuit Court
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Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
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Summit
Raymond C. Sandy
Richard Madigan
Madigan
Reuss City Hall
Partlow
George Craig
Clarence Hunter
Jack Booth
U.S. District Court
James Turk
Turk
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Evening Star
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