Firemens Parade Set for Friday in Berryville
Berryville hosts the John H Enders Fire Company's Carnival Week with a parade Friday at 7 p m. About 175 fire apparatus and marching units from Virginia West Virginia and Maryland will march along Buckmarsh Street Main Street to the railroad tracks. Musicians from Mussellman Shepherdstown Virginia Lancers Winchester and Rouss Drum and Bugle Corps join a majorette delegation. Prizes total 500 with judges from Washington DC Fire Dept. Notables include Senator Harry F Byrd Congressman Jack Marsh and Speaker E Blackburn Moore along with Miss Fire Chief 1964 and Miss Clarke County in the procession. Special prizes of 25 and 10 awarded for junior entries and ladies auxiliary trophies.
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Berryville
John H. Enders Fire Company
Anfmal
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Buckmarsh St
Byrd Ave
Taylor St
Main St
Mussellman
Shepherdstown
Virginia Lancers
Winchester
Rouss- Drum and Bugle Corps
Washington, D. C
Blackburn Moore
Carol
Edmunds
Miss
Margaret Hopkins
Clarke County
Two More Tel-O-Auction Lamb Sales Announced
Clarke County Wool Growers Assn sets Aug. 12 and Sept. 9 lamb sales at the Farmers Livestock Sale Pavilion Winchester with telephone link to Northeastern buyers. County Agent John Gerken reports over 1,500 lambs sold at an average $15 per hundred, a rate higher than many major markets.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Business Failures Rise 10 Percent in May This Year
May business failures climbed ten percent over May 1963 figures. The report highlights a higher level of economic distress compared with the previous year, signaling a softer business climate in the month.
Clarke County DOINGS and DOERS at Berryville horse show grounds
Three family reunions were held at the Berryville arena the Serrebee of West Virginia the Turner Huff and Thompson families. Additional reunions are planned for Aug 9 the McDonald family and Aug 16 the Lloyd family. Lions Club picnic set for Aug 20 with ground arrangements via Marvin Painter Berryville.
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Raritan
Berryville
Serrebee
West Virginia
Turner Huff
Thompson
McDonald
Lloyd
Clarke County Lions Club
Marvin Painter
Ground Committee
Ruritan
Horse Show Grounds
Jokers Wild
Providence Chapel Methodist Church
Marvin Chapel Methodist Church
Eagles Booster Club
Boyce Baptist Church
The
Eagles Hoosier Club
White’s Drug Store
24 Farmers Sign For ASCS Help
Berryville reports 24 county farmers applying to take 400 acres from the conservation reserve as drought relief after USDA declared Virginia counties drought disaster areas. Some farmers are delaying using the released land, with Mrs. Dorothy Emmart noting withdrawals could be reversed if rainfall returns to make emergency use unnecessary.
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Berryville
Dorothy ‘Emmart
The
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
One-man Chamber of Commerce Exposes Early Winchester Prospects
Charles Varle’s 1810 Topographical Description outlines Frederick Berkeley and Jefferson counties modernizing via roads canals and mills. He lists towns farms and industries, noting 75 mills and several distilleries while urging improved navigation on the Shenandoah with stone dams and locks to aid year round travel.
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Sun
Winchester
Charles Varle
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick
Berkeley
Jefferson
West Virginia
Clarke
W. Hershell
Frederick County
Millwood
Stoney Point
Ninevah
Shenandoah
Dilman Estep
Clarke County
Shenandoah River
Winchester 1809 map notes geology and waterways prospects
The 1809 Charles Varle map of Winchester and Frederick County outlines natural curiosities including Zanes Old Furnace cave and Opequon Back and Sleepy Creeks. It classifies soil into six types, highlights limestone land around Front Royal to Berryville and along Little North Mountain, and urges Paris plaster to boost productivity.
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Zanes
Old Furnace
North Mountain
Cedar Creek
Buffalo Marsh
Laurence Lewis
Shenandoah River
Varle
Berryville
Battletown
Winchester
Charles Varle
Frederick
Opequon
Front Royal
White Post
Stoney Point
Ninevah
Millwood
Middletown
Stephensburg
Agriculture Extension Service
Realty Transfers in Frederick County and Winchester Area
Real estate transfers across Frederick County include multiple deeds listing parties and parcels. Transactions involve Fox Drive Stonewall District Gore Back Creek District Pack Horse Road Gainesboro District Berryville Pike Kent St W Cork St and more with various buyers and sellers including banks and corporations. Windsor area listings mention Memorial Hospital and national avenues with parcels and improvements changing hands.
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Norwood H. Eskridge
Frederick Samuel Kern
Fox Drive
Stonewall
George C. Jones
Norman K. Jones
Gore
Back Creek
Burton Hoover
Clinton Hoover
Pack Horse
Gainesboro
Winchester
Willard R. Graham, Jr
Hopper’s Auto Club, Inc
Clarke Farmers Collect $60 000 in Diversion Payments
Clarke County farmers in the Feed Grain and Wheat Acreage Diversion programs received almost $60,000 for FY 1963 64. The Berryville ASCS office reported half of Feed Grain participants were paid totaling $51,778. Wheat Diversion payments reaching 70 percent equaled $7,534.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Clarke Second in Blood
Clarke County ranks second in percent of Red Cross Blood Center quotas met over July 1 1958 to June 30 1963. Quantico Chapter leads with 225 percent. Clarke exceeds 128 percent average per Bloodmobile visit has been 119 pints, totaling 1 747 pints by Clarke donors. Nearby counties also show strong percentages of quota met.
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Berryville
Washington
Red Cross Blood Center
Clarke County
Quantico
Clarke
Winchester. .Frederick
Page
Shenandoah
Warren
Jefferson
Berkeley Counties
W. Va
Mt Solon Girl Named Jousting Tourney Queen
Kathryne Ann Earhart of Mt. Solon is named Honorary Queen of the 143rd Annual Jousting Tournament to be held August 15 at Natural Chimneys. She is daughter of Mrs. John Aubrey Earhart and the late Mr. Earhart, a longtime farmer in the North River area. A junior in high school she completed a music course at Sherwood School of Music Chicago and recently gave a graduation recital at North River School. Her favored music is classical and semi classical. she is also skilled on the organ and served as organist at Mossy Creek Church in July.
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Kathryne Ann Earhart
Mt. Solon
Natural Chimneys
Miss Earhart
John Aubrey Earhart
Mr. Earhart
North River Area
Sherwood School of Music of
Chicago
Evelyn Taylor
Husband Loses Divorce Suit After Court Rules He Won't Do Housework
In Cairo a wife won a divorce after claiming her husband forced her to work while he lazed at home. Judge Ahmed Lutfy called it irregular to current social standards for the husband to do housework, despite his offer to handle all chores.
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Cairo
Ahmed Lutfy
Property Transfers Across City Blocks Highlighted
Frances D. Fishpan and others transfer improvements at 349 National Ave to Erva M. Armel. Charles H. Hodson Sr and wife sell lot and improvements on Watson Ave. Byron E. Wolford and wife acquire lot and improvements at 946 Franklin Ave. James L. Schrader and wife convey Mosby St. property to Mildred Taylor Jones and others.
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Clark D. Royston
Cecil Elliott
Kent St
Bessie Stotler
Lewis H. McGolerick
Parkway
Leonard J. Peterson
Edwin C. Yost, Jr
Miller St
Victor A. Cooper
Lawrence R. Clark
van Fossen St
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Smalts, Florists, Inc
National Ave
William H. Courtney
Paul E. Anderson
Reaves St
Frances D. Fishpan
Erva M. Armel
Watson Ave
Charles H. Hodson, Sr
Byron E. Wolford
Franklin Ave
James L. Schrader
Mildred Taylor Jones
Mosby St
Old Mill to Be Restored Center of Early Activity
Clarke County Historical Association plans restoration of the Daniel Morgan Nathaniel Burwell grist mill at Millwood. The feature uses Ernest L. Alger’s 1913 1943 ownership period records including flour and pork transport ledgers to Harper’s Ferry and Manassas Civil War passes, wartime flour sales, and local milling life.
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Ernest L. Alger
W. Pall Mall St
Winchester
Daniel Morgan
Nathaniel Burwell
ALGER
E. W. Harrison
Manassas
Harrison and Company
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Granthen Fiddler
Virginia Tech
Billy Bierer
D.h,i.a
William Jennings
Tech
Richard Fiddler
D.h.,i.a
Purcellville
C,c.h.s
U.s.dept. of Agriculture
Enders
Berryville, Va
Pretty Girls
Bank of
Shanaby Ortronage
Eerance Corporation
OPUAN
Heart
Ncaa Thiveek Be [Reebateeran the
Corman Lithee bin Vsae Ha & Market Dhetrae
Piccadilly St
Fred L, Glaize Jr
Winchester “Memorial Hospital
Cork St
Frank Clevenger
Vernon G. LaBarre
Kent Circle
Stuart E. Brown, Jr
Robert M. Balentine
Edgar W. Mason
Martin D. Adams
Highland Ave
J. Kenneth Robinson
Ray Robinson
Kenray
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Rouss Ave
William A. Johnston
Helen M. Funkhouser
Ethyl Pickeral Johnson
Whitlock Ave
American Oil Co
Wil. Mamie E. Lamp
Russell Liam Claytor, Jr
Lot L. Morris
Lot
Mr. Solon Girl
Wilson
Abraham Blackwell
Harper’s Ferry
Charles T. Bayliss
James Blanham
Berry’s Ferry
Harper’s
Blanham
Johnson
Camp Pickens
Manassas Junction
Cornelius Boyle
Harrison
Army
George H. Burwell
Samuel Evans, Jr
Edward Harrison
Mr. Alger
Newton 8. Ritter
Louthan
Perkins
Church of the Good Shepherd
Pine Grove
Raritan Club
Route 7
Women’s Club of
Farmers and Merchants ‘Bank
Tional Bank
North Church
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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