Clarke County Eyes Redrafted Future Land Use Plan
Clarke County plans to rewrite the Future Land Use Plan to include public input from Berryville hearings. Chairman Gwynne Jones says the amended plan and maps will go to the County Board of Supervisors with adoption recommendations. Critics urge definite boundaries and careful timing before any industrial zoning.
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Clarke County
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Clarke County Planning Commission
County Board of Supervisors
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Court House
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H. §. Marsh
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Highway Department
H. B. Pierce
John Co. Curran
Fromer County
Hobson McGee
Clifton Farm
Oscar M. Ramsburg
Blue Ridge Board of Realtors
Jones
Richard Dole
Zoning Commission
Planning Commission
Tobacco Banishment Proposed in 1621 Debate
From The Proceedings and Debate in the British House of Commons April 18 1621 Sir William Stroud urged tobacco be wholly banished from the kingdom and not imported or used Sir Grey Palmes warned that if tobacco is not banned it could ruin England with ploughmen using it at the plough in a mass consumption era reported by Neil Kimball
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William Stroud
Grey Palmes
England
Neil Kimball
Annual Field Day Set At Powhatan School
Powhatan School in Boyce hosts Field Day Saturday from 10 a.m. with students in grades one through eight competing in track and field events. A picnic lunch follows with ribbons trophies and athletic letters awarded. Afternoon events include Mother Daughter and Father Son softball games as the Rails lead the Posts 315 to 221.
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BOYCE
The
Posts
the Rails
Powhatan School
Rails
Donald Gilpin
Tulley Pifer
John Stuart
Ann Brown
Odie Vowell
Kay Martin
David Johnston
Robert Shaheen
Donald Niemann
4-H Stock Judges Take 4th at District Contest
Clarke County 4-H Livestock Judging Team placed fourth in Verona District Contest earning a spot in the Virginia Tech State Contest in June. Members Tom m y Cather Thomas Ramsburg George Smallwood Tommy Wolfe high scorer with 386 points and eighth place finisher Ramsburg with 384 points.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Verona
Clarke
Virginia Tech
Tommy Cather
Thomas Ramsburg
George Smallwood
Tommy Wolfe
Larry Royston
Clarké
Boyce Methodist Church Plans Barbecued Chicken Dinner
The Boyce Methodist Church Ladies will host a barbecue chicken dinner on Friday May 15 starting at 5 30 p m at the Boyce Fire Hall to raise funds for missions at home and abroad.
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Boyce
Feed Corn Still Available Under Emergency Program
Clarke County farmers may apply for additional livestock feed until May 15 and delivery orders are limited to June 5 from the Berryville ASC office. All corn purchased must be fed by June 15 under the Emergency Livestock Feed Program.
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Berryville
Clarke County
ASC
Red Cross Collects 130 Pints in Berryville
Clarke Chapter reports 130 pints donated to the Red Cross Bloodmobile in Berryville with 17 rejects. The first 16 pints of A plus blood went to Washington for an open heart surgery at Walter Reed. Notables include donors under 21 with consent and milestones for Pamie Royston, Benjamin Paige, and Charles E. Mayes.
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American Red Cross
Clarke Chapter
Washington Blood Center
Walter Reed Hospital
Clarke County
Motor Corps
Marion Carr
Ann Greathouse
Ruby Ann Hanline
Susan Kerns
Eileen Kimble
Peter Carr
Tommy DeHart
Philip Lloyd
David Longerbeam
John J. Ramsburg
Pamie Royston
Benjamin Paige
Charles E. Mayes
Clarke County Red Cross
Graham Dougherty
Washington
Powhatan Dinner Set With Nevens as Speaker
Powhatan School to hold its annual Corporation Dinner at Parish Hall in Boyce at 7 p.m. with Oldfields School headmaster George S Nevens as principal speaker. Reports to be given by Board of Managers chair Mrs Kenneth Gilpin Jr treasurer P T Porterfield Jr and Headmaster Donald E W Niemann. Nominations to replace three expiring board members will be made by a committee chaired by Thomas V Monahan and a one year vacancy from Kenneth W Metz resignation will be filled.
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Oldfields School
Glencoe
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Powhatan School
P.m
Boyce
Powhatan
Board of Managers
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P.T. Porterfield, Jr
Donald E. W. Niemann
Thomas V. Monahan
Gilpin
Roland G. Mitchell
Mona
Supervisors Set Up Economic Study Group for Clarke County
Clarke County Supervisors moved to form a committee to study employment opportunities for Negro residents. They asked Berryville Town Council Retail Merchants Association and Rev J Curtis Clark to name representatives. A rabies and fox control questionnaire was assigned to Richard Dole for the June meeting. District Forester Dunn Eliot and County Forester Williams Royston discussed county fire protection costs and H B Pierce was tasked with an insurance budget.
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Berryville
Clarke County
County Board of Supervisors
Lucy Allen
Dole
Comis Division of
Predator and Rodent Control
George, Dunn
J. Eliot
William Royston
H. B. Pierce
Clarke County Chamber to Host Labor Relations Luncheon
The Clarke County Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly luncheon at the Battletown Inn tomorrow at 1 p.m. David Hughes of Richmond, staff member of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, will speak on labor relations. A second note observes that Arizona has the most Indians with about 82,000.
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Berryville
Clarke County Chamber of Commerce
Battletown Inn
David Hughes
Richmond
Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Foreign Students Visit Clarke Countryside Meet Plans
Foreign students from 25 countries will tour Clarke County June 13 to 16 hosted by local families. They travel in Greyhound buses with two chaperones before heading to New York City for departure home. The event is part of the American Field Service program alongside hosting and studying abroad arrangements. A Planning Committee meeting, including Clarke County civic representatives, will be held June 1 at the High School cafeteria.
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Berryville
Arthur Weiss
Clarke County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Clarke County
Elbert Magruder
Berryville 194
United States
New York City
Greyhound
American Field Service
AFS
Clarke County Sivic
Wool growers receive over four thousand dollars in incentives
Wool growers earned incentives under the 1968 ASC wool program. Fifty-five farmers received 3002 dollars for 20,651 pounds of shorn wool while 42 growers earned 1007 dollars for 205,519 pounds of pulled wool.
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Berryville
Clarke County
ASC
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