Foreign Students To Visit Clarke On June 26
More than 70 American Field Service International Exchange students from 26 countries will visit Clarke County for two days as part of a three week bus tour. They have lived with American families in Iowa and Illinois and will be hosted by 12 civic groups and Clarke County High School leaders. They will meet Congress members in Washington and visit the White House and embassies before touring New York City. Hosts are sought to house students aged 16 to 18. contact Bluemont’s Mrs. Stigler or Berryville’s Mrs. Carr.
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Berryville
American Field Service International Exchange
Iowa
Illinois
Washington
D. C
Congress
White House
New York City
Clarke County
William Stigler
Bluemont
John Carr
Anniversary Dinner Highlights Harlan's YWCA Legacy
In Coatesville Pennsylvania Miss Anna E Harlan a founder and the first president of the YWCA was a notable participant at the fifty year anniversary dinner. Her long service spans the organization 50 year history in the city.
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Coatesville
Coatesville Ywca
Anna E. Harlan
35 000 Pounds Pooled by Wool Growers
About 150 northern Virginia farmers pooled 35 000 pounds of wool at the Wool Pool in Berryville held yesterday at Moore and Dorsey Cold Storage. Clarke County Agent John Gerken said the pool was down from last year by about 90 000 pounds due to fewer sheep. Nichols and Co. of South Carolina bought the wool and will truck it to their plant in the south. Farmers will receive 55 1/2 cents per pound, up from 58 1/2 cents last year. Holy Cross Monastery of Clarke County was among top producers. Participants came from Page, Clarke, Shenandoah, Frederick, and Warren Counties.
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Berryvlle
Virginia
Moore and Dorsey
Clarke County
John Gerken
Nichols and Co
South Carolina
Gerken
Holy Cross Monastery
Page
Clarke
Shenandoah
Frederick
Warren Counties
Buddy Poppies Raise Funds at Clarke VFW Sale
Berryville VFW raised more than 100 dollars selling Buddy Poppies over the weekend. Mrs. Yingst says all poppies sold and proceeds support a rehabilitation fund, Eaton Rapids Orphans Home in Michigan, and the veterans who craft the poppies. Berryville Post 9760 uses its share to aid needy families at Christmas.
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Berryville
V.F.W
Clarke
Thomas Yingst
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Eaton- Rapids
Michigan
Hingst
78 Seniors To Finish High School
Clarke County and Johnson Williams high schools hold 1962 63 commencement exercises with 78 seniors receiving diplomas 71 from Clarke and 8 from Johnson Williams Speakers include honor students and class officials Term ends with ceremonies at Clarke County High at 7 30 and Johnson Williams at 8 00 Includes list of Clarke County High graduates with multiple rows of names
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Clarke High
Clarke County
Johnson-Williams
Clarke
Johnson Williams
Clarke County High
Stella Presgraves
Kendall Riley
Bonnie Mehairy
William Pire
Linda Wynkoop
James Royston
Judy Payne
Sidney Veasey
Sharon Luttrell
Thomas Cain
Judy Huff
Michael Miller
Donna Noyes
Philip Fowler
Betty Kephart
Russell Edwards
Bonnie Duncan
Robert Davis
Jean Iden
James McCardy
Mary Mackintosh
David Longerbeam
Caroline Mowery
Donald Molden
Patricia Edens
Edward Tomblin
Connie Neff
Edgar Coffelt
Judith Unger
Dale Lloyd
Lois Payne
Phillip Crim
Joan Jenkins
Richard Huff
Mary Hawkins
John Sours
Ann Greathouse
Steven Tavernier
Mary Jones
Aubrey Waters
Betty Mercer
Christoper Edwards
Sandra Bray
Ragland Ballone
Thomas Shepherd
Sandra Berry
Thomas Clatterbuck
Priscilla Smith
Robert Fiddler
Rosalind Fuller
Richard Levi
Alice Hough
David Hough
Phyllis Mercer
Katherine Russell
Lynn Foltz
Shirley White
Mary Joan Pyne
James Ferrebee
Anna Lofton
Joseph Abramson
Charles Miley III
Joseph Bean
William Tharp
Ronald Zombro
William Brisco
Betty Williams
Betty
Berryville Socials Weekend Guests and Local Absences
Berryville residents and visitors gather in Rockingham County as Mrs. Loring Kackley hosts kin including Miss Alois Tinsman. Several students return home for summer from William and Mary and Bedford College. Hospital and military updates include William Clevenger in Winchester Memorial Hospital and Pvt Bobby Jackson on leave after Ft. Gordon training. A Westminister outing features Mrs. L. N. Russell and companions.
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Joseph Krouse
Rockingham County
Kackley
Inlaw
Marshall Krouse
Alois Tinsman
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg
Maynard Tinsman
Blue Ridge
Barbara Thompson
Bedford College
Troy Thompson
Kathleen Jones
Audrey Jones
Thomas Armel
William Clevenger
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Herbert Armel
Boom Road
Pvt
Bobby Jackson
Ft. Gordon
Ellis F. Jackson
Gilbert Fincham
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Dorothy Thompson
H. M. Baker, Jr
W. E. Shaffer
Richmond
U.S.S. Pocono
Norfolk
David Bidwell
Ann
Northfield
N. J
William E. Clevenger
Miss Wynkoop Wins First National Bank Scholarship
Linda Wynkoop a Clarke County High School senior receives Berryville First National Bank 300 scholarship for college. She has excelled in Lonlon Talon yearbook Tri-Hi-Y Beta Club and forensic meets and plans to enroll at Berea College in Kentucky.
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Linda Wynkoop
Powell Wynkoop
Berryville
First National Bank of Berryville
Miss Wynkoop
Clarke County High School
Talon
Food Poisoning Strikes Visitors at West Point Awards Luncheon
About 50 distinguished visitors fell ill from food poisoning after a Tuesday awards luncheon at the U S Military Academy. Roughly 25 spent the night in the base hospital but no one was seriously ill while 100 cadets avoided illness. The noon gathering hosted donors for the class of 1963 projects.
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West Point
N.Y
U.S. Military Academy
Everett O. Post
Post
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