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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1966
Page
6
The arch of St Sophia in Constantinople is noted as a premier Byzantine architectural example. The Grand Central Station in New York houses the largest indoor clock, featuring a 15 foot face and a seven foot minute hand.
Clarke County public schools move to a year round schedule as summer tutoring and pre school classes begin. Enrollments include Berryville Elementary 98, Boyce Elementary 65, Clarke High English Math tutoring 41 and Clarke High summer 66. Plans call for Clarke County Intermediate School to serve grades 6 7 8 from September, with expansion needed and new elementary building bids expected in September.
Berryville and Boyce Elementary schools host the Pre School Readiness program starting Friday at 9 a.m. with about 140 children. Buses transport registered youngsters. mid morning snacks are served and dismissal is at 12 30 p.m. Programs cover reading numbers writing art library health speech therapy and guidance.
Ten Clarke County 4-H members join 1,100 plus youths and leaders at Virginia Tech for a week of classes contests and recreation. Participants include Doris Duvall Brenda Wisecarver Carla Carlisle Carolyn Day Tommy Carper Raymond Cather Scott McIlrtire Danny Wolfe and Freddy Alger with County Agent John Gerken accompanying. Raymond and Tommy Cather will compete in livestock judging while others enter various events.
Residents with a Senior Life Saving certificate may attend the advanced Water Safety Instructors course by the Eastern Area American Red Cross in Front Royal from July 11 to 15. Eligibility includes high school graduates or anyone over 18 with the proper certificate. A Senior Life Saving course begins July 5 for those seeking qualification.
Raymond Chapman of Berryville earned third place among 46 entrants at the Virginia Future Farmers of America convention held at Virginia Tech. Clarke County FFA placed sixth in the state with members Young Chapman David Sowers and Randy Lee. FFA Band members Tommy Edens and Alvin Feltn er provided entertainment. they traveled with teachers J. C. Huffman and Arethur Mitchell from Clarke County to Blacksburg.
Berryville residents Arthur Mitchell, vocational agriculture teacher at Clarke County High, and his wife Mary Jo Mitchell, who taught Business Administration at Handsley High, will teach in Rockingham County next year. Arthur Mitchell returns to Rockingham where his father lives and will teach at Montevideo High, while Mary Jo Mitchell will teach at Broadway High after graduate studies at Madison College this summer.
The article explains how ice and trees reveal age through rings. Each winter snow deposit is separated by a thin gray brown dust and pollen layer from the summer, marking a yearly record on the ice fields of Alaska.
Clarke County Red Cross in Berryville reports a record year with 458 pints donated and 134 percent of blood quota met. Col. Graham Dougherty begins his 17th year as chapter head with four new directors and two junior directors added. Bloodmobile visits planned Aug 2 as fund-raising surpassed goal by 545 dollars amid 1,042 contributors.
Berryville Rev J Cur tis Clark has resigned after 15 years as pastor of St Luke's Baptist Church. He and Mrs Clark will live on North Church Street in Berryville. His successor has not been announced. An old Arab tradition places Eden near Al Qurnah in Iraq.
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