Shenandoah Plans Centennial Program To Start Next Month
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music will mark its Centennial Year with a mid February Founders Day address by U S Senator Harry F Byrd Jr A recital featuring Jane Carlson Francis Conti Cheryl Boatwright and Sue Marston Boyd is set for February 16 at 8 30 p m in Armstrong Auditorium The February 17 events include Byrd s speech and the unveiling of portraits of Shenandoah s 13 former presidents The observance invites about 3000 alumni friends patrons and descendants to attend
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Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
U.S
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Armstrong Auditorium
Jane Carlson
Julliard School of Music
Francis Conti
Weversville
New York
Cheryl Boatwright
Northwestern University
Sue Marston Boyd
Shenandoah
Byrd
Winchester study questions fiscal checks and elected posts
Commissioner Julian K. Armel Sr. voices concern over the management study that proposes creating a Finance and Material Control Department and phases to abolish the elected Commissioner of Revenue and City Treasurer posts. He argues tax collection should remain an elected function with public accountability and urges council to study the report before any change.
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Winchester
Julian K. Armel Sr
Dept. of Finance
Armel
Commonwealth
Four Public Service Jobs Authorized in Warren County
The Warren County Board of Supervisors authorized advertising four public service jobs funded by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. Positions include hospital security aide library aide and two public works laborers at 2.40 per hour for 40 hours weekly, with 20 446 allotted to last until next January.
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Front Royal
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Virginia Employment Commission
Assault Trial Continued In Front Royal Police Case
Ronald Wayne Poe of Front Royal faces two counts each of assaulting and hindering a police officer plus reckless driving in a Warren County General District Court trial. Four co defendants Janet Poe Lewin I Poe Jr and Michael Lewin Poe also charged. Gary Laing found guilty yesterday on hindering a police officer and plans to appeal. Prosecution still calling witnesses as the case proceeds from yesterday. All five defendants are represented by Frank H. Grace Jr. and James W. Fouqureau of Fairfax.
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Front Royal
Ronald Wayne Poe
Warren County General District Court
Poe
Cloud St
Gary Laing
Robert E. Hayes
Laing
Janet Poe
Lewin I. Poe Jr
Michael Lewin Poe
Frank H. Grace Jr
James W. Fouqureau
Fairfax
Winchester man jailed for 20 years in bank robbery
Franklin Dean Smoot, 37, of Winchester, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to the July 8 robbery of the Commercial and Savings Bank on S. Loudoun Street. He was sentenced to 20 years with possible reconsideration after psychiatric tests. About $9,773 was taken and later recovered. no injuries were reported.
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Harrisonburg
Winchester
S. Loudoun St
Commercial & Savings Bank
U.S. Federal District Court
Franklin Dean Smoot
Smoot
Arson Charge Filed In Winchester Gardens Fire Case
Hazel Shiflett Miller, 40, was charged with arson after a morning fire at 2560 Wilson Blvd in Winchester Gardens. Fire officials noted two ignition points and incendy origin, while two small boys died in a Jan. 6 blaze at 2564 Wilson Blvd. Miller posted a $2,500 bond. A separate kitchen fire at 100 Fox Drive damaged cabinets and an exhaust fan in George Craig III’s apartment.
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Winchester Gardens
Hazel Shiflett Miller
Wilson Blvd
Stuart Dyke
Miller
Fox Drive
George Craig, III
Rouss
South End
Shawnee
City Grand Jury Indicts 10 Persons
A Winchester Circuit Court grand jury returned 12 indictments against 10 individuals. Cases include five grand larceny charges and three breaking and entering charges. Several named defendants face mixed counts, and some pleas and sentences were recorded in court.
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Winchester
Gregory Peck Fellers
Richard Wesley Courtney
Peck
Efforts to Restrict Virginia Milk Commission Fail
The Virginia House Agriculture Committee killed two bills to curb the Virginia State Milk Commission authority. One would restrict minimum retail price rules to market disruptions. the other would remove power to set minimum wholesale prices. Supporters defer action pending the Milk Commission Study Commission report due in 1976. A raw milk sales bill was also sent to subcommittee for next week despite opposition from the VDA and state departments.
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Richmond
Virginia State Milk Commission
House Committee On Agriculture
Virginia
Milk Commission
Ray L. Garland
Roanoke
Virginia Dairymen’s Assn
VDA
Virginia Dairy Products Assn
Milk Commission Study Commission
General Assembly
Revised Milk Commission
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Commerce
State Health Dept
Free Pines for 4-H Forest Establishment Projects
Through the Virginia Division of Forestry, 25 or 50 pine seedlings and wildlife food plants are offered at no charge to youths aged nine to nineteen enrolled in a 4-H Forest Establishment Project. Seedlings are also available for a 4-H Christmas Tree Planting Project with Feb 1 deadline for requests. Local Extension offices distribute the plants.
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Front Royal
Virginia Division of Forestry
State Police Group Adopts Constitution
The State Police Association adopted a constitution at a Williamsburg meeting with about 135 members. The document urges cooperation with State police superintendent Harold W. Burgess to improve employee benefits and retain cost of living raises for troopers in northern Virginia. The group, now 250 to 300 members, may back a bill to place all state policemen and deputies under standard disciplinary procedures.
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Williamsburg
New
State Police Association
SPA
Wayne Huggins
Fairfax
Harold W. Burgess
Huggins
Burgess
Virginia
General Assembly
del. Ergin S. Solomon
Bath County
House Committee On Militia and Police
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Dayton
A.P. Funkhouser
Church of the United Brethren In Christ
United Brethren In Christ
Evangelical Church
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Methodist Church
United Methodist Church
Shenandoah Seminary
Shenandoah Collegiate Institute
Shenandoah College and School
School of Music
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Howe
Robert P. Parker
Gene Rhodes
Shenandoah College
Winchester Memorial Hospital Ladies Auxiliary
George Washington Hotel
Armel Hits
Fran Coombs Sear
Patricia E. Shiley
Public Works
Old Town
John K. Marlow
Winchester Evening Star
John Hawse
H.J. Jessup
L.C. Phelps
State Fire Marshall's Office
Duncan C. Gibb
Fellers
Harold Lee Hackler, II
Benjamin Ernest Dodson, Jr
Marvin Beckley Puckett
Richard E. Lockhart
James William Fitzpatrick
David Scott Twiford
Retta E. Pyles
Donald Wayne Grim
Willie James Foster
Foster
Larry Darnell Cooper
Gibb
Frederick County
Pines
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