Battletown Drama Group Takes Our Town on the Road
The Battletown Drama Group of Berryville stages Thornton Wilder's Our Town with minimal scenery. Director Mrs. Cornelia Niemann leads teens rehearsing across Virginia and West Virginia. A July 10 preview for American Field Service students precedes touring shows.
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Battletown Drama Group
Berryville
Thornton Wilder
Our Town
Clarke County
Cornelia Niemann
Virginia
West Virginia
American Field Service
Turkeys and tomatoes dominate July food outlook
A Virginia Department of Agriculture update notes favorable growing conditions and higher supply for vegetables including snap beans and tomatoes. New canned fresh state tomatoes in 14.5 ounce slices go for about 33 cents, while other fruit prices range from 47 to 75 cents per unit and watermelons from 60 cents to 1.49 each.
Mecklenburg Welfare staff urged to dress professionally
Mecklenburg County Welfare Department director Wallace Kuralt told workers to remove sexy attire from their social work. He cited professional appearance and noted skirts above the thigh and long hair or tight clothing should not be worn during working hours.
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Charlotte
N.C
Mecklenburg County Welfare Department
Wallace Kuralt
Market Street WSCS Meeting Focuses on Urban Church Study
The Woman's Society of Market Street Methodist Church gathers at 11 o'clock Tuesday with circles meeting for business and study, a luncheon, a program and film led by Mrs Elmo Bloom and assistants, tackling urban population compartmentalization and church challenges.
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Woman’s Society
Market Street Methodist Church
Elmo Bloom
Charles Rinker
Lou Twigg
Richard Renner
Veterans Updates From Viet Nam and ROTC Camp
Army Specialist James D. Lawyer was wounded June 18 in Viet Nam during Operation Akron with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. He will be transferred to Walter Reed Hospital. addresses and unit details are listed. Cadet Charles M. Slem attends ROTC Corps summer camp at Fort Lewis to qualify for a commission. Marine Corporal Ralph C. Carver serves with Marine Aircraft Control Squadron Seven in Viet Nam. Airman Second Class Dennis W. DeShong graduates with honors from Keesler AFB and heads to Offutt AFB. Spe4 Ray E. Huff spends a 30 day leave after a year in Viet Nam and reports to Fort Campbell tomorrow.
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James D
Viet Nam
James C
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Spec
Sawyer
Army
Fort George Meade
James Wood High School
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
James D. Laweyer
Charles M. Slem
Joyce Gustafson
Fox Drive
Army Reserve Officers’ Training Icorps
Fort Lewis
Wash
Slem
University of California At
Los Angeles
U.S. Army
Sylmar High School
Ralph C. Carver
Thelma C. Newlin
Stephens City
Marine Air Facility
Ku Ha
Marine Aircraft Control Squadron Seven
First Marine Aircraft Wing
Dennis W. DeShong
Lee DeShong
Route 1
Berrysville
U.S. Air Force Technical Training School
Kéesler Air Force Base
Miss
Offutt Air Force Base
Neb
Strategic Air Command
Clarke County High School
Ray E. Huff
Edith Huff
White Post
Fort Campbell
Army Private First Class Denney joins Operation Francis Marion in Viet Nam
Army Private First Class Gregory G. Denney from Berryville serves with the 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam. As a radio operator in Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry, his unit conducts search and destroy missions in the Viet Cong infested Central Highlands.
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Army
Gregory G. Denney
Neal Folk
Berryville
Francis Marion
Viet Nam
4Th Infantry
Pvt. Denney
22Nd Infantry
Central Highlands
Army Private Wilson Completes Driver Course at Fort Dix
Army Private William E Wilson son of Mr and Mrs John E Wilson of Berryville completed a light vehicle driver course at Fort Dix New Jersey on June 15 He was trained in operation and maintenance of military vehicles up to and including the two and a half ton truck Washington Irving the first American writer to win international fame
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William E. Wilson
John E. Wilson
Byrd Ave
Berryville
Fort Dix
N.J
Poisoning risk message in New Zealand
Skull and crossbones labels are being distributed across New Zealand to curb about 2000 annual accidental poisonings of young children. Chemists give labels to customers to place on tins and bottles of household, medicinal, or gardening materials. A study shows most incidents occur in two year olds with kerosene and petrol causing the most trouble.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Frederick Wool Pool Reaches 50000 Pounds Of Wool
Frederick and neighboring counties pooled 50 000 pounds of wool valued at 24 500 with the June 26 crossing. Walter Miller praised the annual event as a success after grading and checking wool for years. Over 200 producers participated at the Frederick Farm Bureau facility in Winchester and two railcar loads were shipped to a Rhode Island firm. Austin F Johnson said the wool quality this year exceeded previous years, reflecting better handling to remove chaff hay and straw from the wool.
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Frederick
Walter Miller
Frederick Farm Bureau, Inc
Winchester
Austin F. Johnson
Frederick Wool Pool
Northern
Vir _ginia Wool Producers Association
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Turkey
Virginia B. Duesberry
Virginia Dept. of Agriculture Market News Service
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Market St
Bath
Homie Clark
Vietnam
James D, Lawyer
Washington Irving
Mrs. Parent
Richmond
Ren
Allon H. Smith
House OF Delegates
AL Smith
Winchester Pool
Affirm
Rhode Island
Frigidaire
Potomac Edison
Allegheny Power System
Strasburg
Front Royal
Luray
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