Steam Engine Buffs Plan Berryville Show
Steam engine enthusiasts in Winchester area plan a Berryville show July 11 and 12. The Shenandoah Valley Steam Engine Association led by Robert Buckley will display old machinery, with demonstrations of a 1917 row-wheeled Case engine and a steam powered threshing setup.
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Clarke Democrats To Select Delegates Meeting
Clarke County Democrats vote to choose delegates for the State Convention in Richmond on July 18. County Chairman Ralph Dorsey said Clarke is entitled to three votes at the state meet and the gathering is set for July 6 at 7 30 p m at the Court House in Berryville.
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Democratic Central Committee
Richmond
Ralph Dorsey
Clarke
Students From 24 Foreign Countries To Visit Clarke
Berryville hosts 42 students representing 24 countries for July 13 to 15. American Field Service delegates, ages 16 to 19, stay with Clarke County host families and attend events from a welcome at Clarke County High School to a barbecue and cultural demonstrations.
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Supervisors Schedule Special June Session in Clarke County
Clarke County Board of Supervisors will meet in a special session next Tuesday to review and approve accounts for payment from the 1963 64 budget. The regular July session is set for July 6 with a revised County Land Use Plan to be presented by the Planning Commission.
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Berryville
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Planning Commission
Harris ACROSS 40 Take into custody Amphitheaters 45
Puzzle clue解 and theatrical venues intersect with custody action and protective items. Across entries reference detain and protection terms while grid corners point to stages and seating areas.
Red Cross Blood Drive Aims 176 Pints For Child Surgery
Berryville Red Cross chapter hosts final 10 year blood drive at Community Building from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Donors with B positive blood report at 10 a.m. to help reach 15 pints for a five year old girl needing open heart surgery at Walter Reed Hospital tomorrow.
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Clarke County
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Walter Reed Hospital
Clarke County DOINGS and DOERS period note
Clarke County items list Mrs Jerome H Garver reappointed to the Board of Education representing Chapel District. Other members and districts include A Garland Williams Berryville John O Hardesty Longmarsh G Kenneth Levi Battletown Julian A Everly Greenway Grace Episcopal Church Berryville hosts Masons from Clarke and Frederick Counties at 11 o clock Sunday service.
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Clarke County
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Berryville
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Principal Miley Attends State Principals Conference
High school principal C E Miley attends a state conference of secondary school principals at Mary Washington College this week. Berryville mayor and Mrs Leland Brondstader host Berryville Episcopal Sunday school teachers and students at a swimming party and hot dog roast Saturday afternoon.
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Mary Washington College
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Stuents
Berryville
Red Cross Elects Officers in Clarke County
Clarke County Red Cross Chapter re elected Col Graham Dougherty as chair at Berryville Baptist Church meeting. Dollie Ann Longerbeam named secretary Rev David Cammack chosen vice chairman Harold Hawkins treasurer. Directors serving three year terms include Cammack Agnes Mitchell Jack Hardesty and Claude Cook.
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Graham Dougherty
Clarke County
Red Cross
Berryville Baptist Church
Dollie Ann Longerbeam
David Cammack
Harold Hawkins
Agnes Mitchell
Jack Hardesty
Claude Cook
Year 1746 Ducking Stool Traditions In Clarke County
Frederick County Court Order Book entries dated December 2 1746 show Marquis Calmes paid 5 pounds 5 shillings for erecting a ducking stool modeled after Fredericksburg and William McMahen paid 2 pounds 10 shillings for digging a seven by six foot pit to install the same. Ducking stools aimed at punishing women were first established in Virginia in 1662.
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Marquis Calmes
Clarke County
Frederick County Court
Fredericksburg
William McMahen
Virginia
Revised Land Use Plan Nears Presentation in Clarke County
Clarke County reveals a revised Land Use Plan prepared by the Commonwealth Division of Industrial Development and Planning. The plan shifts industrial sites south of Berryville, removes most north-side factories, expands a new industrial area west of Berryville, adds east of White Post, preserves a shopping center at Waterloo, and keeps parks along Watermelon Park Road with conservation and agricultural designations countywide. A second public hearing date has not been set.
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Richmond
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White Post
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Waterloo
Millwood
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Lawsuit Fear: Ducking Punishment for Slander by Wives
A 17th century House of Burgesses preamble declares that wives who slander neighbors will be punished by ducking after damages are set. If damages exceed 500 pounds of tobacco, the wife faces an additional ducking for each extra 500 pounds, contingent on the husband paying.
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House of Burgesses
Sewing Classes Begin at Clarke County High School
A two week sewing class opened at Clarke County High School with daily sessions 9 30 to 11 30 am. The Home Economics department will welcome both students and adults on Thursdays each week with teachers available to assist homemaking problems.
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Berryville
Clarke County High School
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