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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1964
Page
7
Berryville text notes Clarke County High School graduates from 1963 and 1964 are being urged by the local Red Cross chapter to donate blood. The appeal targets former students to support medical needs in the community.
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Volunteers organized by Chapter Co-Chairman David Cammack plan a bus trip to Marshall for a Red Cross Bloodmobile collection. Donors will depart Berryville next Wednesday at 1 p.m. and return in the afternoon. A prior Purcellville trip led by Wilbur French gathered several donors including Sgt Paul Anger and Rev Cammeck notes this is the main chance for local students to give. Those willing to donate in Marshall should inform Mr Cammack or the Red Cross office.
Clarke County residents received greetings from foreign students staying in homes over the past three years. Veterans officer Edward Mathews will be at the Red Cross office next Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon. Clarke County organized Christmas decorations for TB ward patients at Martinsburg Veterans Hospital, including a Christmas tree.
Readers send Dear Abby questions about burning scrapped memories before marriage, entertaining jokes, and accepting a wedding invitation from strangers. Abby advises not to burn memories, gently nudge a spouse about stale jokes, and decline the wedding invite with congratulations if not connected to the couple.
Washington says American and Egyptian officials are cooperating in the Dec 19 investigation of an American oil company plane shot down near Alexandria by United Arab Republic jets. The pilot Hoyt Williams 44 and mechanic Kjell Grupp 35 were killed.
Grey and ladies helped by installing Yuletime wreaths in each ward. Glendale Home Demonstration Club contributed homemade cookies for patients, continuing a holiday tradition.
The Blue Ridge Hunt Ball Committee plans a festive event on December 26 with decorations themed Santa Claus Riding the Hounds. Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Wright, and Mrs. Mackay-Smith lead the effort featuring a hunting cap worn by Santa and a green hunter mount. Various holiday gatherings precede the ball, with invitations to guests from Greenwich and Washington and local residents returning home for the holidays.
Berryville Cub Scouts toured town singing carols for the elderly and shut ins after a drive to provide Christmas cheer. The group, led by Cub Master Grady Luffman, collected $64 in clothing, food, and money for four needy families and held a Christmas party at the Presbyterian Church with badges awarded.
Tickets for the Annual New Year s Eve dance sponsored by the Junior Women s Club of Clarke County are on sale by club members. Proceeds go to the club s community projects. The event features the Bobby Daniels Foursome and will be held at the Berryville Community Building with favors and refreshments.
The Clarke Raritans Riding Club and 4-H FFAs list 55 regular members with eight on leave. Forty winners received Perfect Attendance Awards at the annual dinner led by Orrie Royston and Kenneth Shenk with 11 years of monthly meetings. Presidents Childs and Treas urer Jackson head to the National Convention in Philadelphia January 17–19 as Raritan National so northern chapter boasts over 32,000 members across 19 southeastern states.
A luncheon idea uses creamed mixed vegetables as a filling for thini pancakes. Serve with crisp bacon and a lettuce and tomato salad for textural contrast and a satisfying supper.
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