Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
A roundup of social travel and gatherings across Clarke Countryside includes the Armstrongs hosting tree peonies, Farlands planning Spain and Istanbul trips, Mrs. James Lindsay hosting guests at Millwood Club, and students from Powhatan School and Marjorie Webster College joining weekend activities. Highlights include the 14th Blue Ridge Horse Trials results, Preakness attendance, and an upcoming Hunt Country Stable Tour benefiting Trinity Church.
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E.W. Armstrong
Pakistan
Washington
Farland
Spain
Istanbul
Athens
Rome
Madrid
Farlands
Millwood Country Club
James Lindsay
Robert Iden
Randall and Lindsay
John Maloney, Jr
Stephen Day
Page Mitchell
Jo Alice Casey
Saratoga
New York City
Marjorie Webster College
William Cook
John Friant
New York
Powhatan
Mothers Daughters
Fathers-Sons
Edward Lee
Eugene Casey
Springsbury
Pimlico
Robin
Godfrey
Hollins College
Henry Godfrey
Foxwood Farm
Blue Ridge
Terry Morgoglione
Elizabeth Butler
Smoot Carter
Page Monahan
Powhatan School
Gettysburg
Donald Niemann
Drix Niemann
Upperville
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trinity Episcopal
Reed Thomas
Paris
Kentucky Motor Vehicles Fail Safety Inspections
In Frankfort Kentucky nearly 23 percent of Kentucky’s 1.5 million registered vehicles were rejected for mechanical defects during the 1969 mandatory safety inspections as reported by the AP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort, Ky
Kentucky
Mother Earth Warns of Environmental Decay in Poem
The speaker personifies Earth as a mother who recalls youth when beauty and abundance thrived. As she ages, waste, pollution, and decay mar her body and landscape. She pleads with her children to change behavior before Death hovers, ending with the signature Mrs. Edward Hauck.
Jefferson County Among Top Plant Growers in Nation
Jefferson County Kentucky which includes Louisville ranks high for dollar volume of plant production. The county agricultural agent attributes the output to ornamental plants flowers nursery stock and greenhouse plants grown in an area about 65 square miles. A 3 600 foot airstrip was completed last year on Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville, Ky
Jefferson County
Louisville
Tangier Island
Chesapeake Bay
Brucetown Church Services and Nearby Visit Highlights
Brucetown United Methodist Church holds worship at 9 00 a m and Sunday School at 10 00. Local residents hosted and visited relatives including Rev A C and Marvin Athey families and many neighbors from Winchester Harrisonburg and Augusta over the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brucetown
Brucetown United Methodist Church
A.C
Marvin Athey
Winchester
James Helmick
Sam J. Swimley
High View
W.va
Swimley
J. Haying
Mark Reid
Ne Ceer
Jerry
Cathy
Sharon
Floyd Reid
Augusta
Andy Whitacre
Mary Price
James Thompson
Harrisonburg
Donald Jobe
Winkie Milbourne
Berryville
Gail Jobe
Ray Thompson
Edward Elliott
Julian Snapp
Sarasota
Fla
Minnie Thompson
William Farr
Middletown
Frederick Jobe
Glenda Ashwood
Mt. Williams
Litter Conscious New York Survey Highlights Rising Awareness
America is on the road to becoming litter conscious according to a Keep America Beautiful survey. Ninety-two percent say awareness is increasing and about 90 percent note momentum in the fight against litter. Credit goes to education and cleanup campaigns by city, county, state, and national organizations growing in scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Keep America Beautiful, Inc
KAB
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Robert Turner
Lt. Turner
Fort Benning
Turners
Germany
Princeton University
Niemann
Ann Wattles
Atlanta, Ga
Stratford College
M. Tyson Gilpin
Lakeville
California
H.O. Donovan
Baltimore
Gilpin
Cindy Wilkerson
A. O‘donovan
Foxcroft School
St. Anne’s
Betsy Lee
Edward Lee, Jr
Providence
Bishop Strachan School
Ontario
Canada
Caroline Treviranus
Mike Bowman
James Regan
Charlotte Robson
Iowa
Rose Dunkleman
Allen Ehrlick
Alexander Mackay-Smith
Denya Treviranus
Virginia Military Institute
William West
Karen West
Wade Muldoon
John Gilpin
Kelly Broadstater
Milestone Kindergarten
Rotary Club
Diskay
BRIX
Diskay Discount Mart
N. Loudoun St
Kode
The
Edward Hauck
Brucetown News
Mrs
Richard Jobe
Wayne and
Rickie
Bryan Burke
Culpeper
Mianie
ME Ceutelle
Kodel
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