Clarke Countryside 1967 New Year Holiday Socials Busy
The county records a flurry of New Year celebrations as families host gatherings and cotillions. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Mackay-Smith at Lucky Hit and Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Gray hosting dinners for friends and extended guests. Attendees span Richmond to Princeton with numerous local residents and their guests visiting over Christmas and New Year. Col. B B McMahon returns from Down Under while the Greenway Garden Club schedules January meeting at Mrs. Richards Butler’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Mackay-Smith
Bruce Gray
R. Raymond Guest, Jr
Rock Hill’ Farm
Frank Christopher
Carter Hall
Joseph Farland
Washington
Agnes Mitchell
the Glen
Henry Post Mitchell
Richmond
John Lee
Annandale
Edward Lee
Hickory Green
George Burwell
Airy
Harerison Uhl
Princeton
N.J
Beth Beardall
Burwell
Connecticut
Susan Edward Drake
Philadelphia
James Edwards
Lilburne Talley
Spout
Us Talley
John Stuart
Charles Stuart
Upper Salem Farm
George Greenhalgh
Stubblefield
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Denya Treviranus
Kenneth Gilpin
Cathy West
William West
Theodore Eldridge
Edward Stettinius, Jr
Brooke Farland
Fritzie Carper
Francis Rhein
Tomemy Gilpin
Blue Ridge Hunt
Barbara Batterton
Barry
Westy Byrd
Samuel Birch
B. Beverley ‘Byrd
Bryan Conrad
Richard Dole
Jae R. Dunning
William Gilbert
Raymond Guest
Peter Drinkwater
William Hill
Christine
Tom
Alex Mackay-Smith
Eric Myer
John
Chris
Joan Tupper
Denya
Caroline Tree
Marty Weiss
Daniel Wright
Kathy
Cary Harrison
William Whyel
Eugene Casey
Springsbury
Glory Sleander
University of Maryland
Baltimore
Col. B
B. McMahon
White Post
New Zealand
Australia
Faiji Islands
Greenway Garden Club
Richard Butlers
Clarke Highlights 1966 Byrd News and Local Changes
Clarke County observed national Byrd family events with Harry F. Byrd Jr. winning Senate races and Harry Flood Byrd Sr. dying at Rosemont. Local politics saw co chairmen named for the Democratic Committee. Weather brought drought amid heavy snows, fires damaged farms, and a 12 month school system reform expanded staff and desegregation. A new highway reroute debate persisted as Clarke planned expanded recreation led by James Hartung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County
Byrd
U.S
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Harry Flood Byrd, Sr
Rosemont
A. Willis Robertson
William B. Spong, Jr
Ocal Democratic Committee
Oscar M. Carr
Stuart E. Brown
12 remarkable American quilts complete patterns in color
Advertising note offers Quilt Book 2 with 12 complete patterns and color illustrations for 50 cents plus Quilt Book 1 with 16 patterns for 50 cents. Item mentions sending orders to obtain the books.
Leadership Training Course Opens in Berryville
A free leadership training course for those who work with youth groups starts January 11 at Duncan Memorial Methodist Church in Berryville. Sessions run 9 am to noon weekly on January 11 18 25 and February 1 with weather backup into February. Organized by Shawnee Girl Scout Council volunteers, topics include leader duties games songs health safety planning crafts outdoor programs cooking knots hiking camping and ceremonies for ages seven to seventeen. Babysitting provided. call Marian Carr or Marge Digges or the Girl Scout office for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Duncan Memorial Methodist Church
Shawnee Girl Scout Council
Clarke County
Marian Carr
Marge Digges
Girl Scout Office
Peaceful settlement with Indians in the Lower Valley mid 1700s
Early accounts show minimal conflict between settlers from Pennsylvania and nomadic Indians. The Carter grove episode near Opequon highlights restraint by Joseph Carter and chiefs authority, with mutual return of stolen goods and apology. Indians also hunted food animals in surrounding woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower Valley
New World
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Joseph Carter
Opequon
Winchester
Berryville
Carter Grove
Bucks County
Carter
Abraham Hite
Fire Death Toll Rises to 12100 in 1966 U S
Preliminary NFPA figures show about 12 100 fire deaths in 1966 up from 1965 and tied for the record high 12 100 set in 1954. Property losses may reach an all time high of about 1 8 billion with 2 1 thousand child deaths among the victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
National Fire Protection Association
NFPA
Bishop Sheen Forms Urban Ministry Office in Rochester
The Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, new Rochester bishop, creates a diocesan office to address inner city issues. Rev. P. David Finks, 36, a Immaculate Conception priest and FIGHT member, will lead as episcopal vicar of urban ministry starting Jan. 25. He joins the diocese as Sheen pledges active relief for slum neighborhoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N.Y
Fulton J. Sheen
P. David Finks
Immaculate Conception Church
FIGHT
Father Finks
Sheen
Fire department reports 5 353 false alarms in 1966
In Washington ap reports firefighters responded to 9 595 alarms in 1966 with more than half, 5 353, found to be false. The prior year record was 4 237 in 1965. The piece notes high false alarm rates in areas with low-cost housing and many children. It also mentions cycling participation at nearly 60 million annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Group to Fight By-Pass Plans Around Berryville
Clarke County citizens unite to oppose Virginia State Highway Dept plans for a Route 7 by pass from the west. The Clarke County Raritan Club sparked the effort after a December 1965 meeting, which proposed narrowing the Horse Show Grounds by 160 feet and rerouting north of the Fair Grounds toward U.S. 240. The group argues the by pass would harm the county fair and local agriculture, urging preservation of the Blue Line route along the south side of Route 7. A Berryville meeting named Dr. D Blanton Allen chair of the Blues Line defense with local officials and school board members among the organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Burton
Johnson-William
Berryville
Jberryville
Clarke Couns Seety
Virginia State Highway Department
Clarke County Raritan Club
State Highway Department
Clarke County
Snicker’s Gap
Frederick County
Raritan Club
Fair Grounds
Raritan
Virginia
The
Highway Department
Clarke School Board
D. Blanton Allen
A. Garland Williams
Jus Lian Everly
G. Kenneth Levi
Clarke County School Board
Hammer Pierce
Jack Hardesty
Leland Broadstater
John R
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James
Hartung
Bill Hair
Clarke
J.C. Digges and Son
Robert Wood
George
James Hartung
Maclie
By Alice Baveles
Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
Jan. Il
Bank of
Boyce
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Neil
Kimball
Bishop Sheen
America
Worthington
Orville C
Loudoun St
Stuart M. Perry
Rt. 50
Rt. 7
West Main St
Radio & TV
Berryville, Va
N.church ST. Serryville
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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