New Bids Extended for Civil Defense Center in Berryville
Berryville sealed bid date for an underground Emergency Operating Center on the County House grounds moved to April 12 after only one bidder. Project must finish and be billed by Sept 1 1966 with amended delay damages and Labor Standards provisions. Edward B. Lee leads bid call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Berryville Country House
Dept. of Labor
Edward B. Lee
County Board of Supervisors
Civil Defense
Former Berryville Resident Seeks Eighth District Seat
John F. Barnett of Stafford a former Berryville pharmacist at Berlin's Drug Store seeks the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Eighth District. He is a former resident of Berryville and was married to the late Florence Jones of Millwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
John F. Barnett
Stafford
Howard A. Smith
Barnett
Berlin
Florence Jones
Millwood
Seniors Plan New York Trip From Clarke County High
Clarke County High School seniors seek to raise funds for a four day April trip to New York City. The 79 students target about 4000 dollars for activities including a Radio City Music Hall performance tours of the City and United Nations building and Broadway tickets. Fundraisers include a spa dinner bake sale candy sale and a school play. An anatomy fact notes an orbit as the eye socket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County
New York City
Radio City Music Hall
United Nations Building
Baptist Kindergarten Registration Opens for 1966-67 Session
Berryville Baptist Kindergarten invites parents to enroll children who are five by October 1 for the 1966-67 term. Registration is Wednesday April 6 at 9 am in the church basement. The program, open since 1952, caps enrollment at 24 with a $10 supplies and insurance fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Paul Frazier
James Wood
Arthur Cunningham
Julian Orrell
Robert Smalley
Powhatan Sets Admission Tests for 1st Grade
Powhatan School in Boyce schedules first grade admission tests for 1966-67 on April 16 and 23. Headmaster Donald Niemann notes there are more applicants than places and invites ready families to obtain application forms. Tests and interviews determine entry. no two-section class planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyce
Powhatan School
Donald Niemann
Powhatan
Niemann
Symonds Trial Postponed Again in Berryville
The felony trial of Neil William Symonds, charged with breaking and entering William Neardenberg, is postponed due to Sheriff Slater’s heart attack recovery. A prior mistrial occurred March 8, 1965 after witnesses failed to appear. April 27 is set for court in Berryville with several civil cases scheduled.
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Rt. 5
Winchester
Ada German
Fred A. Stickles
Minimmandte
Red Cross Chapter Seeks $900 Budget Boost
Clarke County Red Cross chapter needs $900 to complete its 1966-67 operating budget. Chairman Graham Dougherty said rising costs from increased armed services activity and more local men in uniform have strained the treasury, with funds largely going to aid military men and their families.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Red Cross
Graham Dougherty
Clarke County Real Estate Transfers Transfers in Rock Hall and Calmes Neck
Clarke County Realty Transfers report two conveyances to new owners. Claude L Poston and wife transfer a half acre tract in Rock Hall Subdivision Long Marsh Dist to Thelma Bolder and husband Eugene T Bolden. Mary Joe Hicks and husband convey parcel B lot 65 Calmes Neck to Double E Land and Cattle Co Leesburg.
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Claude L. Poston
Thelma Bolder
Eugene T. Bolden
Rock Hall Subdivision
Long Marsh Dist
Mary Joe Hicks
Double E, Land and Cattle Co
Leesburg
Calmes Neck
Volunteers Sought to Assist VA Hospital in Berryville
The Martinsburg Veterans Hospital eager for more help as Viet Nam casualties rise. Area Boy Scouts will escort wheelchair patients on weekends while the Red Cross expands Gray Ladies for therapy, recreation, and bedside care. Donations of paper bound Westerns and Whodunits are requested.
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Berryville
Veterans Hospital
Martinsburg
Viet Nam
Boy Scouts
The
Red Cross
Merle Howland
Clarke
VA Voluntary Services
Clarke County
Margaret Lemley
Gray Lady Corps
Plowing Demonstration Set for White Post Next Week
The Clarke County Raritans and area farm equipment dealers plan a plowing demonstration at the W S Whyel farm near White Post on Tuesday April 5 starting at 9 am. Whyel offers 26 acres for a corn crop fundraiser with dealers from Winchester and Stephens City providing tractors and plows. Refreshments will be served and a drawing offers free Clarke County Fair passes. Rain date is April 12.
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White Post
Clarke County Raritan Club
W. S. Whyel
Whyel
Raritans
Winchester Equipment Co
Shade Equipment and Co. I
Brumback & Sons
Winchester
Bake and rummage sale notices across local churches
A list of upcoming bake sales and rummage events scheduled Saturdays from April to May. White's Pharmacy hosts a MYF bake sale on April 2 at Crum's Church, April 9 offers bake and rummage at the Community Building by Helping Hand Circle, April 16 features a rummage sale at Duncan Memorial Methodist Church, and May 14 presents an Episcopal Parish Aid sale at Parish House.
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White’s Pharmacy
MYF
Crum’s
Circle of
King’s Daughters and Sons
Friendly Bible
Duncan Memorial Methodist Church
Berryville
Episcopal Parish Aid
Modern Braezil People Linked to Lusitanian Ancestors
The community of Braezil traces its heritage to the ancient Lusitanians, suggesting deep ancestral connections. Researchers note cultural ties and regional legends linking Braezil residents to historic Iberian roots.
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Modern
Braezil
This Is the Year That Was 1836 Clarke County Birth
Editor recounts Clarke County formation in 1836 with the appointment of 13 Justices and the first five County School Commissioners Samuel Briarly Samuel Bonham Charles McCormick David Meade and William Berry. Notes Meade Bonham McCormick Berry ties to Berryville and local estates and War of 1812 service.
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Clarke County
Samuel Briarly
Samuel Bonham
Charles McCormick
David Meade
William Berry
Lucky Hit
Richard Kidder Meade
Mary Grymes Randolph
Princeton
Louisa Washington Nelson
Berryville Court House
Daniel S. Bonham
Bonham
Lord Fairfax
Russell and Gaunt
Route 7
Berryville
Thomas McCormick
Springsberry
Elmington
Mil
Samuel Bryarly
Walnut Grove
White Post
Benjamin Berry
New County
Berry’s Ferry
Shenandoah River
Neil Kimball
Clarke County Sheep Flocks Free Of Scabies
Clarke County inspection finds no sheep scabies in 51 flocks surveyed by Jimmy Royston in February. Four flocks flagged but later negative. lice blamed for initial symptoms. Third annual Virginia eradication effort aims for state scabies free status and eased interstate movement.
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Virginia Department of Agriculture
Virginia Tech Institute
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Virginia
John Gerken
Clarke Native SAC Colonel Leads Williams Family Service Legacy
Clarke County High School’s Col Julian Turner Williams, CCHS Class of 1938, serves at U S Strategic Air Command headquarters in Omaha. His siblings and parents, all Clarke County born, pursued military and public service careers across the nation.
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Clarke
SAC
Armed Forces
Berryville
Clarke County High School
U.S. Strategic Air Force
Omaha
Neb
Julian Turner Williams
CCHS
Col. Williams
Julian C. Williams
Rt. 1
Berrysville
Clarke County
Jude Williams
Air Force
Rice University
Nebraska Teachers College
Charlotte
Army Nurse Corps
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Gerbig
Notch
Evanseville
Ind
Carroll Williams
Army
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Vegetable Inspection Service
Rockville
Jack Williams
Maryland Publishing Company
Williams
Berryville High School
D. W. Riggleman
Winchester
Sally Ann Martin
King’s Daughters Hospital
Martinsburg
Clarke County Extension Activity Schedule
Extension activities in Clarke County list meetings for the Boyce School 4-H Club at 2 50 p m April 4 at the school, the Piney Pioneers 4-H Club at Linda and Pat McClaughry s Bluemont 4 p m April 4, the Battletown Home Demonstration Club at 408 Treadwell Street Berryville 1 30 p m April 5 with Buying Cleaning Supplies, and the Hout 4-H Club at Route 1 Berryville at 7 30 p m April 5.
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Clarke County
Boyce School
Piney Pioneers
Linda
Pat McClaughry
Bluemont
Battletown
James Livengood
Treadwell Street
Berryville
Raymond
Tommy Cather
Route 1
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Congress
W. D. Spicer
Robert L. Milburn
O. H. Lewis
John Slater
New York
Anatomy
Holiday Inn
Song
Ghewwsis Ot
Baptist Kindergarten
Clarke County Realty
Fany
Schumacher -Katzenbach & Warren -Imperial -Sanitas
Aberryville Lumber Co., Inc
Berryville, Va
Oscar Ramsburg
Roker
Helen M. Ramsburg
David O. Ramsburg, Jr
Dartmouth
American University
Navy
David
Baltimore
Washington
Shannon & Lachs
James W. Rouse & Company
Washington, D.C
Crowell & Co
McLean-Falls Church
D. Oscar Ramsburg
Col, Julian T, Williams
Joyce
Bank of
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Illuminatio
Rebekah
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