Retreat to Celebrate Owner Take Over At Saturday Fete
Berryville Clarke County residents celebrate the takeover of Shenandoah Retreat by property owners with a Saturday fete. A ribbon cutting led by U S Senator Harry F Byrd marks the 900 acres passing from private to the owners. The day features games, picnic, dance, and tours of restored historic buildings.
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Berryville
Shenandoah Retreat
Retreat Golf and Country Club
U. S
Harry F. Byrd
Clarke County
Jefferson County
W. Va
Shenandoah Retreat Land Corporation
Golf and Country Club
Retreat Civic Assn
Soil Conservation District
Enders Fire Company
Chamber of Commerce
Town of
Charles Town
Tyree Dillard
The
Land Corporation
Battle of the pulpit in Berryville church clash 1866
In 1866 Berryville faced a church conflict as Rev Lanahan from the Baltimore Conference attempted to claim Methodist church property. He preached while Rev Hedges spoke, ended by a youth note granting ten minutes to leave town. Magistrate Pulliam arranged safe conduct. Courts later ruled church buildings local property.
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Baltimore
Clarke County
Lanahan
Berryville
William Hedges
Hedges
Lanhan
Baltimorean
Pulliam
Neil Kimball
Clarke County 4-H Members Attend Virginia Tech Short Course
Nine Clarke County 4-H Club members travel to Blacksburg for a Short Course at Virginia Tech. Doris Duvall and Jackie Madigan present demonstrations, Carolyn Day enters Share-the-Fun contest, and others join stock judging and livestock seminars led by Randall Updike and teachers.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Virginia Tech
Doris Duvall
Jackie Madigan
Carolyn Day
Blacksburg
Rebecca Jo Racer
Carolyn Emerick
Randall Updike
Tech
George Smallwood
Larry Royston
Scott McIntire
Tommy Ramsburg
Horse Races Added to Steam-Up Program
Clarke Raiders add horse and pony races to the Pageant of Steam exhibit at Horseshow Grounds. Sunday and Monday July 4 and 5 at 2 p.m. four Quarter Horse races and a Small Pony event for riders under 12, plus a County race on Monday for local horses. Entries to Marvin Painter Berryville 131W. County deed: George D Chilcott and wife to Glenn D Aylestock and wife Lot 33 River Park Shenandoah in Chapel District.
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Berryville
Clarke Raritans
George D. Chilcott
Glenn D. Aylestock
River Park
Shenandoah
Chapel District
Women Launch Drive For Cultural Center In Smithy Mansion
Berryville residents push to honor Rosalie McCormick Smithy by turning the East Main Street Smithy residence into an educational cultural center. Plans include art classes in the lower floors, a Rosalie McCormick Smithy Library Club, a potential museum space for the Clarke County Historical Association, and volunteer run custodial living quarters on the third floor.
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Smithy Mansion
Berryville
Rose Hill
Horace C. Smithy
Washington, D.C
Sarah Burton
Alice Tappan
Garland Canter
Art Appreciation Group
Frances McIldowney
Sally Lee
Women’s Club
Jaycees
Frank Tappan
Hawthorne
Rosalie McCormick
THE
County Historical Association
County Court House
Rosalie McCormick Smithy
Berryville Summer Events At Berryville Grounds
Friday July 2 a dance at Berryville Horseshow Grounds to benefit Clarke County High School cheerleaders. July 3 4 5 Shenandoah Valley Steam Engine Assn exhibit of old machinery antique cars and entertainment at Berryville Horse Show Grounds. July 5 6 7 students from 22 foreign countries visit Clarke County with events at Ryton Farm Country Club Scales by Berryville Fair Grounds. Sunday July 18 Arabia Saddle Club horse show and races at Berryville Fair Grounds. July 9 10 11 Battletown Drama Group presents Years Ago at Berryville Opera House.
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Berryville
CCHS
Shenandoah Valley Steam Engine Assn
Berryville Horse Show
Clarke County
Ryton Farm
Country Club
Scalesby
Berryville Fair Grounds
Arabia Saddle Club
Battletown Drama Group
Berryville Opera House
Tea bag firms predict quarter of Brits tea sales by 1975
An English spokesman for a leading tea bag maker forecasts that by 1975 one fourth of the British tea market will be captured by tea bag manufacturers. The comment appears in London.
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London
Seminarian Serves Three Clarke County Churches
Ronald Pedigo of Fairfax, a student at the Episcopal Seminary, will assist in Berryville Parish churches St. Mary’s Grace and Church of the Good Shepherd while Rev. David Cammack is on vacation. An Oklahoma native and Oklahoma University graduate, he served in the Navy two hitches and in the Korean War as a lieutenant. He is married with two sons and expects to graduate next year.
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Berryville
Ronald Pedigo
Fairfax
Episcopal Seminary
Clarke County
St. Mary’s Grace
Church of the Good Shepherd
David Cammack
Oklahoma
Oklahoma U
Pedigo
Navy
Elevator to be first installed in Clarke County Bank building
Clarke County will host a busy pageant weekend with 5000 visitors expected for the Pageant of Steam at Berryville Horse Show Grounds. Steam-Up backer Bob Buckley bets on 5000 plus visitors on opening day. Shenandoah Retreat manager Jim Waters readies for a thousand or more at the river resort.
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Bank of Clarke County
Berryville
Duncan Methodist Church
Clarke County
Bob Buckley
Berryville Horse Show Grounds
Jim. Waters
Shenandoah Retreat and Country Club
River Resort
Edward P Berlin Insurance Agency changes hands to Moler
The Edward P Berlin Insurance Agency shifts ownership to J Douglas Moler after 15 years of growth. Edward Berlin will stay active in the firm along with office manager Mrs Robert Collis Jr. This move frees Berlin to focus more on real estate.
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Ed Berlin
Edward P. Berlin Insurance Agency
J. Douglas Moler
Berlin
Robert Collis, Jr
Clarke County Youth Wins Virginia 4-H Beef Honor
Tommy Wolfe of Clarke County was named outstanding Virginia 4-H member in beef fitting and showmanship at the 42nd Annual 4-H Short Course at Virginia Tech. Seven 4-H members earned honors. each winner receives an all expense trip to the National 4-H Congress in Chicago in November. Wolfe has a history of livestock success in Clarke County Fair Winchester Baby Beef Show and Virginia State Beef Judging championship.
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Berryville
Tommy Wolfe
Virginia Tech
Clarke County
Blacksburg
Chicago
Tommy
Cecil Wolfe
Winchester
Kansas City
Reunion and Rescue Squad Picnic at Raritan Grounds
The Raritan horseshow grounds drew crowds for Sunday picnics with the Radford family attending the annual reunion and the John H. Enders Rescue Squad hosting a picnic for members families.
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Raritan
Radford
John H. Enders Rescue Squad
Storytelling hour for 3rd and 4th graders
A storytelling hour for children entering grades 3 or 4 this fall meets Wednesdays at 10 a.m. in Berryville Elementary School Library. The Mothers' Club sponsors the program.
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Berryville
The
Mothers’Club
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John Brown
Everette G. Lewis
Walter Rein
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Limestone
Stuart M. Perry
Ville
Raritan Horse Show Grounds
Berryville, Va
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Tarmerss Merchants
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Clarke County Realty
Leland Brondstader
Leslie Sunderlin
Clarke County Recreation Council
Clarke
Bank of
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Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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