Firemen Look to Big Yard Party Tonight at 5 30
Berryville fire company prepares for the 13th annual yard party in the Community Building on South Church Street. The event features a fishbowl sale, a big supper with chicken ham beans and pies, an auction run by Buck Orndorff, rides for children on two fire trucks, and a fundraising drive led by Fire Chief Smith McFillen. Proceeds fund equipment and a Rescue Squad ambulance. the party dates to 1951 and draws countywide participation.
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Clarke County Lions Club
Perry Smith
Clarkeunty
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Lewis Stolle
Opera House Receives Interior Remodeling For Next Season
Blue Ric Players remodel the Opera House interior ahead of next season with newer seats and projectors from Wayside Theater. This fall subscription films return, showing old British Russian and French titles. The Blue Ridge Players open with a children’s play on November 8 and 9 before a performance at the Fremont Street Nursery in Winchester.
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Opera House
Pitts Clarco Theater
Wayside Theater
Middletown
Opera
Blue Ridge Players
Fremont Street
Winchester
Farm Bureau Board Discusses Soil Survey and July Picnic
Clarke County Farm Bureau directors discussed promoting the soil survey and planned a chicken barbecue picnic at the Fair Grounds on July 27 at 6 30 p m. The event is for members families and guests.
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Brave Boy Saves Colt From Approaching Train in Chanute
In Chanute Kansas ten year old Jon McCoy risked injury to himself to rescue a crippled colt stranded on a railroad track. He grabbed the wrong end of the horse’s neck and pulled it off the track as a train neared, the colt toppled onto him and was unable to rise until bystanders arrived to help.
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Jon McCoy
Methodist Church Barbecue Draws 300 At Second Event
The Methodist Church hosted its second barbecue drawing about 300 attendees. Volunteers funded by church members prepared all food except chicken, led by men and Rev. Jesse Tate led the invocatio n. Proceeds go to the building fund and organ repairs as recent upgrades include furnace Sunday School rooms organ and carpets.
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Jesse Tate
Methodist Church
Bristo Church Set to Hear Singers Sunday Arrival
Bristo Church will host the NEA Ala Washington group for the building fund at Bethel Baptist Church this Sunday. The six man choir will perform at 3 p.m. in support of Bristo Church’s capital needs.
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Teenagers Attend Benefit Dance at Raritan Club
Over 200 teens jammed the Fair Grounds in the Raritan Building for a Friday night fundraiser dance sponsored by the Raritan Club to aid the club building fund. Local group The vs provided music.
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Clarke youths attend Boys' State at VPI
Two Clarke County youths Charles Woodward and John Ramsburg attended Boys State at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg among 572 delegates. Sponsored by the Lloyd Williams American Legion post, they learned city, county and state government, with speeches by Gov. Albertis Harrison. Ramsburg praised the program for teaching civic participation and responsibilities.
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Clarke Defense Lag Highlights County Readiness Gaps
Clarke County Civil Defense coordinator Col. Hugh Everett Jr says public apathy and incomplete knowledge slow local readiness. He argues protection is costly and uneven, with major progress only in areas like Arlington and Montgomery.
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Berryville Socials Showings of Local Relatives in December News
Berryville society notes list visits and attendances across towns. Sam Jones of Harlington visits Mr and Mrs Enders in Berryville. Stella Moore and Mrs Dix attend a funeral in Hagerstown. Families in Waynesboro, Blackstone, Atlanta, Milledgeville and Norfolk appear in wedding, hospital, and reunion references with local kin.
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Elsie C. Olcott
Sammy Jones
Harlington
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Charles J. Enders, Jr
Stella D. Moore
W. S. Dix
Hagerstown
Henson
Francis Henson
T. C. Bradshaws
D. Blanton Allen
Peat Price
Atlanta
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Lucile Humbert
William Ernest Kaselang
Baptist Church
Milledgeville, Ga
Local Social Notes From Martinsburg and Nearby Areas
Mrs. F. L. Ayler recovering in Kings Daughters Hospital Martinsburg after several days as a patient. Col. Joel D. Griffing travels from Camp Rilea Warrenton to attend an Area Selective Service Conference. Families and guests travel between Portland Louisville Fairfax and Battletown with invitations tied to a August 31 wedding involving Ginger Huffman and Bill Roddiman. Evelyn Ford spends vacation in Goochland County after Clarke County High School home economics duties.
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Kings Daughters Hospital
Martinsburg
Joel D. Griffing
Camp Rilea
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Col. Griffing
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Billy Berlin
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Judy Pine
Betty Lee Glascock
Ginger Huffman
Bill Roddiman
Evelyn Ford
Clarke County High School
Goochland County
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