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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1972
Page
5
The 4-H Horse and Pony Club of Clarke County will meet January 25 at Veronica Hayes home. Kermit Rhoden will give a demonstration. Recent club activities include a trail ride and a carolling party. A May trip to Gettysburg has been discussed with no definite plans.
All Clarke County public schools will close one hour early on January 18, 19, and 20 to allow students to take mid term exams. All schools will be closed Friday January 21 for teacher in service training, with the day possibly used as a make up snow day if needed.
Willie Morris Glascock Jr pleads guilty to unauthorized use of a motor vehicle as Judge Robert Woltz weighs his long record. Probation officers doubt probation can help, citing alcohol and environment. Prosecutor Williams seeks two years. the judge sentences three years in the penitentiary. Glascock is remanded to the sheriff.
Two representatives from the State Department of Education toured Clarke County Schools. Annette Booker observed Boyce Elementary to review progress on an ungraded program while Grey Ritchie examined the new kindergarten classes. A State Library Service supervisor is expected in January.
D G Cooley School Berryville presents a weekly primary menu from January 17 to 21. Monday features hot dogs with apple sauce lima beans ginger bread and milk. Thursday offers spaghetti with sweet potatoes green beans chilled peaches hot biscuits and butter. Friday includes breaded fish sticks stewed tomatoes buttered corn jellow mixed fruit and whole wheat rolls with butter.
The Census Bureau will mail nine specialized survey forms in January to selected farmers covering dairy livestock fruit cash grain vegetables poultry tobacco potatoes cotton and other crops. Each form uses sections so farmers skip unused parts. The effort aims to capture a clearer picture of growing farm specialization and may guide future censuses. Farmers with multiple enterprises receive a form for each and may seek help at the County Extension Office.
Clarke County High School seniors named the Outstanding Seniors of the Class of 1972 for academic achievement and extracurricular involvement. Recipients include Vicki Armacost Sheryl Burleson Mike Elsen Rogena Green Gary Jackson Debbie Kirk Charlotte MacIntosh Susan Overbey Nancy Pidgeon Rob Ramsburg Elizabeth Robinson and Mike Spivey.
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