Bids Open for Abrams Creek and Red Bud Run Sewage Projects
Bids were opened for Project I of the Abrams Creek and Red Bud Run sewage plants. Three bids per project with Perry Engineering Co. of Winchester submitting the lowest bid on the Red Bud Run first phase at 230 476.70 dollars. The Abrams Creek low bid came from S O Jennings Construction of Fairfax at 489 045 dollars. The county Sanitation Authority will review bids and decide on awards or rebids.
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Abrams Creek
Red Bud Run
Winchester
Perry Engineering Co
L.F. Franklin & Sons, Inc
S.O. Jennings Construction
Fairfax
H.J. Schneider Construction Co
Pittsburgh
Jennings _— Construction
County Sanitation Authority
Apprehensions in Armed Robbery Ties to Virginia Teens
Four suspects including two 17 year old juveniles and two men were captured by Frederick County and Culpeper officials after a tip about a car linked to an armed robbery of a Boston Virginia store. One defendant faces marijuana charges. others are handed to Culpeper County authorities. Six runaway girls were also taken to their homes. Handley cheerleaders win top trophy at Ferrum Junior College camp.
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Boston, Va
Frederick County Sheriffs Department
Paul C. Burrows
Stephens City
Robert C. Hale
Manassas
Anderson
Frederick County
Douglas Anderson
Holmes Smoke
Herbert Carr
Sgt. Foreman
Culpeper County
Burrows
Hale
Culpeper
Handley
Ferrum Junior College
Planning Board to Review Zoning Change After Hearing
Frederick County Planning Commission will study comments from a public hearing on a proposed zoning ordinance. Hospitality, recreation, and veterinary representatives urged changes on signs, lot size, ARC zoning for recreational communities, and placement of animal hospitals. A second hearing will precede adoption.
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Frederick County Planning Commission
Warren G. Teates
Harold Moss
Lake Holiday Estates
Donald Lamborne
Shawneeland
Lamborne
Commission
ARC
Jerry Grimes
Planning Commission
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Clarke County approves emergency subdivision rule broadening reach
Clarke County Board of Supervisors unanimously amended Section 7-30 to require any land division to fall under the subdivision ordinance. The measure eliminates prior 5 acre threshold and lasts 60 days, amid concerns over strip and five plus acre development. A master plan by Robert L. Plavnick aims for year-end completion with public input.
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Berryville
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Clarke County
Health Department
Robert L. Plavnick
Edward B. Lee
Welfare Board
Commonwealth
Harold Hawkins
Albert Nicodemus
Hawkins
Two Die in Gore Fire At Rt 259 Residence
Fairfax medical examiner rules two deaths from a fire that engulfed a Gore area residence last Saturday were caused by the blaze. Frederick County Sheriff Lacy Anderson and investigator Carroll Mauck say an accident started by a faulty wood burning stove used for cooking.
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Fairfax
Gore
Frederick County
Hardy County Names New Assistant Superintendent
Hoy D. Dove Jr. is appointed assistant superintendent of Hardy County Schools in West Virginia effective July 1, succeeding Theodore Garrett. Dove, former Mathias School principal since 1967, began teaching in 1958 and holds degrees from Potomac State College WVU and Madison College with a master in school administration. He and wife Jane reside in Moorefield with five children. district also notes retirement of 12 staff in 1972 73, led by Grace Delander with 41 years of service.
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Hoy D. Dove Jr
Hardy County
W. Va
Theodore A. Garrett
Dove
Mathias School
Mathias
Potomac State College
West Virginia University
Madison College
WVU
The
National Association, West Virginia Education
National Association of
Jane
Moorefield
Found Innocent Of Rape Charge In Warren County Trial
Claude Ernest Allen of Alexandria was found innocent of rape after a four hour trial in Warren County Circuit Court. The jury deliberated 48 minutes before delivering the verdict. He had been charged with raping a 12 year old girl on December 25 in her sister's apartment.
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Front Royal
Claude Ernest Allen
Alexandria
Warren County
Allen
Items Taken from Truck in Clarke County
A covered pickup in a shed at a construction site on Route 7 east of Berryville was broken into between 5 p.m. Thursday and 6 30 p.m. yesterday. The Grove Lime Company shed door hasp was broken and an acetylene welding outfit, wrenches, sockets, and other tools were stolen. Deputy James Coumes continues the investigation.
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Rt. 7
Berryville
Clarke County
Albert Nicodemus
The
Grove Lime Company
Postmaster Sells Limited Independence Replica Prints
Postmaster J O Chamberlain announced limited copies of the Declaration of Independence are for sale at the post office. Each replica is printed on parchment type paper with a 7c Franklin and a 1c Jefferson watermark.
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J. O. Chamberlain
Franklin
Jefferson
Rezoning recommended for Chapman Motor Co property at 324 Amherst St
Winchester Planning Commission will urge city council to rezone 324 Amherst St from R-5 to B-1 Local Shopping and extend to adjoining Amherst frontage from 324 Amherst to Penn Central from M-1 to B-1. Public hearing opposition noted. plantings shield urged. hearings set for July 26 on other rezoning requests.
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Winchester Planning Commission
Chapman Motor Co
Amherst St
Planning Commission
Amherst
Amherst West
Penn Central Railroad
Morgan St
Piccadilly St
Reed Nester
Winchester Little Theatre, Inc
Hollingsworth Drive
Marshall Mills, Inc
Ray Robinson, Jr
J. Kenneth Robinson
Kenray
Middle Road
Val Vista Heights
Ten area 4-H members named All Stars at Tech Coliseum
Ten area 4-H members were named All Stars during a Virginia Tech Coliseum ceremony. The Frederick County honorees were James B. Douglas Bonnie L. Douglas and Tracy Stiles. Clarke Warren and Shenandoah County members were named as well with several named individuals. The All Stars marked the 51st anniversary of the program on the Tech campus during State 4-H Congress with a banquet in their honor.
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Virginia Tech Coliseum
Frederick County
James B. Douglas
Bonnie L. Douglas
Tracy Stiles
Clarke County
Rebecca Morris
Tech
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Lacy Anderson
Harrison Foreman
Brown
Handley Squad
Sherry Walton
Brandy Goode
Terri Carpenter
Ann Swann
Nancy Nixon
Brenda Hott
Debbie Keyser
Debbie Lake
Chip Craig
Handley Cheerleaders
Teates
Teats
Rt. 50
Moss
Clarke
Lulu Williams
Grace Delander
James Coumes
J. Robert Russell
Gainesboro
Stewart Bell, Jr
Beverley Greenhalgh
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