Signup for Conservation Program Opens January 2 1967
Clarke County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee chair Arthur D Weiss announces ACP signups start January 2 1967 to aid soil and water conservation. Farmers apply for cost sharing via the county ASC. funds are limited and applications are carefully screened. Four week wheat and feed grain signup runs February 6 to March 3 1967 and Cropland Adjustment signups close March 3. County office closed January 2 for New Year.
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Agricultural Conservation Program
ACP
Arthur D. Weiss
Clarke Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Congress
ASC
ASCS
Spring-Summer Pattern Catalog Offers 115 Styles
Jane Halos advertises Slenderness patterns in two parts with a side-buttoned top and A-line skirt. It lists sizes 36 to 50, yardage for size 36, and 1967 travel notes. Customers mail 50 cents per pattern plus 15 cents for first class mailing to Anne Adams at Winchester Evening Star.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N Y
Funeral Parlors Nationalized In Cuba
Cuba's Communist regime nationalized all funeral parlors and cut prices by 25 percent, prompting jokes among critics. A cartoon in Juventud Rebelde mocks the move showing a jovial undertaker with a cadaver and a parody ad promising profits from death.
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Cuba
Havana
Fidel Castro
Juvetud Rebelde
Manchester Cheered by News on Suit
Middlesex Memorial Hospital spokesman reported William Manchester, 44, recovering from pneumonia and feeling better after news that Mrs. John F Kennedy dropped an injunction to block publication of his book The Death of a President. His wife Julia called the development marvelous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Conn
William Manchester
John F. Kennedy
Manchester
Julia
Middlesex Memorial Hospital
Clarke Countryside Christmas Cheer Abounds in 1930s Notes
Grace Butler records holiday gatherings across Clarke County with Blue Hill hosts Mr and Mrs Dillard Jr and Elmington’s Hobson McGehee entertaining friends. Woodley’s Graham Dougherty guests include Centerville and Savannah visitors as The Rectory hosts Rev and Mrs Clarke with Reuben C Clark and Holland B Judkins. Christmas Eve sees Mr and Mrs William Tupper hosting a stirrup cup before the Hunt at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hree Dillard, Jr
Blue -Hill
Mrs. Hobson McGehee
Elmington
Howard Woods
Centerville
Holland.clark
Reuben C. Clark
Savannah, Ga
Holland B. Judkins
Baltimore, Md
William Tupper
Apple Hill
Geni Dillard
William Watkins Jr
Richard Butler
Elizabeth
Flint
Mich
Douglas Jarson
Marky
Years That Were 1837 48 The Lower Valley Education
A December piece from the Jefferson County Historical Association recalls early life in the Lower Valley focusing on education before public schools. It follows a 15 year old Massachusetts newcomer who taught at Charlestown Academy and with Dr. Samuel Scully, notes discipline by whipping, and cites names such as Thomas Byrd and George Washington, with social life in Middleburg and area Christmas events and wishes for a Happy New Year.
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Lower Valley
Jefferson County
Academy
Boyden
Casals Celebrates 90th Birthday With Global Congrats
In San Juan Pablo Casals turns 90 as hundreds gather at Tapia Theater for a program of his works. Messages from around the world pour in including a note from President Johnson. The event underscores his international renown.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Pablo Casals
Johnson
Tapia
Old San Juan
Casals
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Russell C
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