Red Cross Poster Display On Post Office Vehicles
The Post Office Department and American Red Cross display a Red Cross poster on all Post Office vehicles during March. Letter Carrier Walter Rutherford Jr places the poster on the Berryville post office truck as Clarke County’s Red Cross drive begins March 3 with Mrs James Lindsay as County Fund Drive Chairman and Edward Joyce heading business solicitations.
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Post Office Department
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Walter Rutherford, Jr
Berryville
Clarke County
James Lindsay
County Fund Drive
Edward Joyce
Wild Dogs Roam Clarke County. Supervisors Hear Warden Report
Clarke County Board of Supervisors meets as dog warden Harold Whitacre reports a pack of wild dogs roaming the northern county. He says capture or killing attempts have failed, raising concerns over livestock safety and legal options.
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Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Harold Whitacre
Bart Boehmler
Eustace Jackson
Whitacre
Commonwealth
Ed. McC. Williams
Williams
Virginia
Boehmler
Berryville Doctor Joins Farmers and Merchants Bank Advisory Board
Dr Thomas C Iden a Berryville physician was named to the advisory board of the Farmers and Merchants Bank last week He is a Clarke County native veteran of World War II and the Korean War and serves as a church and community leader He is married with four children and active as Clarke County football team and Grafton School team physician
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Thomas C. Iden
Berryville
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Den
Lewis-Gale Hospital
Iden
Clarke County High School
Randolph Macon Academy
Ranulph Macon College
Medical College of Virginia
United Sates
Naval Reserve
Macklesby Tench
Superintendent Wood Attends Atlanta Education Conference
School Superintendent Robert A. Wood attends a three day conference in Atlanta at the request of the U S Department of Education. He serves as a special consultant to discuss contemporary educational aspects at the administrative level.
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Robert A. Woods
Atlanta
U.S. Dept. of Education
Wood
Red Cross Opens 1968 Fund Drive Despite Snow
Clarke County Red Cross volunteers begin the 1968 fund drive as snow blocks roads. By Tuesday $3,075 of a $7,119 quota was received from gifts and district chair reports. Gray Ladies visit Newton D Baker VA Center weekly and Canteen hosts Coffee Hours quarterly for patients. Chapter services include hospital transportation to Richmond Charlottesville Staunton and Winchester. Ed Joyce leads extensive Motor Corps driving.
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Red Cross
Janet Ball
Clarke County
Newton D Baker VA Center
Richmond
Charlottesville
Staunton
Winchester
Ed Joyce
Cows Cause Wreck Near Burnt Mill Road
A 20 year old driver swerved to avoid a cow on Burnt Mill Road west of Pueblo and ditched the car suffering a head and arm injury. An ambulance arriving at the scene killed a second cow and caused $400 damage to the vehicle. the driver escaped injury.
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Pueblo
Colo
Board Probes Road Widening Plans Amid Protests
About 40 residents meet to challenge state highway widening along the Shen River corridor citing safety near the old mill and urging broader improvements. The board says final decisions rest with the Department of Highways and jointly proposes a crossroad change on Rt 601. It also forms a committee to study county reapportionment with appointments from Battletown and Hermess districts.
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Edward B
Lee
Department of Highways
Board of Supervisors
Battletown
Longmarsh
Baper Vigor
Kenneth Gilpin
Powhatan Eighth Graders Visit Ford's Theatre for Shakespeare
Powhatan School eighth graders travel to Washington to see Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors at Ford's Theatre where the restored venue also features John Brown's Body and She Stoops to Conquer. Chaperones include the Niemanns Oxenhams and Burkholder Jr as the program expands with Macbeth at Wayside Theatre and The Taming of the Shrew at Winchester Plaza.
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Ford
Abraham Lincon
Powhatan School
Washington
Stephen Vincent Benet
John Brown
Oliver Goldsmith
Powhatan
Donald E. W. Niemann
H. A. Oxenham
Robert Burkholder, Jr
Eigth
Pow= jhatan
Wayside Theatre
Middletown
Plaza Theatre
Winchester
Lenten Mission Planned at Crums Methodist Church
Crums Methodist Church schedules a Lenten Spiritual Life Mission on Wednesdays March 13 20 27 and April 3 at 730 pm The theme What God Has Done In Christ features guest ministers The pastor Rev Mr Charles L Ammons says the meetings are open to the public
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Crums Methodist Church
Charles L. Ammons
Smoke Study On Late Johannesburg Chimp Bongo-bongo
The Johannesburg Zoo chimpanzee Bongo-bongo died after escaping in 1964 and was chain smoked at 20 cigarettes daily. Researchers at Witwatersrand University Medical School continue studying his lungs more than three years later to understand the medical impact of smoking on the animal.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Witwatersrand University Medical School
Bongo-bongo
Unclear OCR item with package measurements
Fragmentary OCR text shows multiple package sizes and weights with quantities such as 1 Ib, 14'2-6, 12'2-62. Likely an inventory snippet or sale listing. No clear event, names, dates, or organizations identifiable from readable text.
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Clarke Star
Bill Rhoden
Dr, Thomas C, Iden
Bank of
Serrovite 7
BOYCE
Federal Reserve System
Red Cross At Work
Ras
Stuart M. Perry
Winchester Rt
Berryville Rt
Hardesty
Mr. Jackson
Robert Smalley
Townsley Hooker
E. H. McDonald
Crums
Johnson & Johnson
Betty Crocker
White House
Bot
Pt. Bot
SS Ess
Roe
Cascade
Pepsodent
Qti
Purex Bleach
Wilkinson Sword Blades
Bisquick
Lady Scott
P.D.Q
Vermont Maid
Snow
Pillsbury
Wall
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