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Clarke Countryside Swallow Stages Watermelon Park Tour
A Clarke County swallow tours Watermelon Park during a Blue Grass festival with crowds including Barbara Batterton, Ian Valentine, and Gail Mitchell. He watches tennis rounds, golf, swimming events, and a greased watermelon contest, then notes birthday to George Burton and a party at Three Pounds before resting in Ann Byrd’s feed bin.
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Clarke County
Route 7
Watermelon Park
Barbara
Barry Batterton
Alois Caspar
Chip Schutte
Nela Neimann
Charlie
Billy McIntosh
Paul Thompson
Bill Weiss
Ian Valentine
Johnny Friant
Gail Mitchell
Westy
Ann Byrd
Chris Farland
Mary and Margaret Friant
Lisa Weiss
Tony Devereux
Mimi Koontz
Frakie Watkins
Becky Bundy
Janie Clark
Springsbury
Eugene Caseys
F.G. Kelly
Gail
Jeanie
Sugarland
Tex
Millwood Club
Henry Hortenstine
Liz Dunning
Sheila Burke
Leon Warner
Becky McCoy
Derek Joost
Mary Warner
Jim Anderson
Judy Greenhalgh
Chris Levi
Peter Simpson
Bill Talley
Tina Chapman
Stuart Brown
John Flynns
Tyson Gilpins
Tides Inn
Robert Young
Young Curtis Flynn
Africa
Bradley Haynes
Front Royal
Swallows
Ed Lee
George ‘Burton
William McCoys