Apple Butter Time at Kernstown Church Grounds
An unusually hot October day at Kernstown Methodist Church sees three large copper kettles boiling 30 bushels of apples for apple butter. Members stir for hours using six foot poles, with proceeds funding the brick education building. Copper kettles are preferred for their acid resistance. the church notes copper use is traditional though stainless steel is common now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sager
Kernstown
Loring Ritter
Kernstown Methodist
Charles Harless
Harless
Ing
Rt. 11 South
National Fruit Product Co
Shenandoah to Crown Homecoming Queen Tonight
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music hosts a Homecoming coronation for Ann Warrington, 19, a Wilmington Delaware sophomore, in the Shenandoah Auditorium. The event precedes a football game against Baltimore Junior College at James Wood High School stadium and a postgame dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah College
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Shenandoah Hornets
Baltimore Junior College
James Wood High School
Shenandoah
Ann Warrington
Wilmington
Del
Shenandoah Auditorium
Miss Warrington
Kenneth K. Eyre
She
Kaleb van Warrington
A. I. DuPont High School
Half Dollars Still Minted
Washington AP reports the Treasury will mint 40 percent silver half dollars through next year and continue producing them even if silver is removed. Officials expect continued circulation despite high production and hoarding claims by Robert A. Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Department
The
Treasury
Robert A. Wallace
the Treasury
Shenandoah Skyline Drive Shows Bright Fall Colors This Weekend
Superintendent R Baylor Hoskins reports Shenandoah National Park forests turning red yellow orange and brown with about half the cover colored by weekend. Skyline Drive traffic to be heavy with best viewing from Jenkins Gap to Thornton Hollow overlooks and color varies by district and milepost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah National Park
R. Baylor Hoskins
Mr. Hoskins
Skyline Drive
Hoskins
Lewis Mountain
Big Meadows
Jenkins Gap
Mile
Thornton Hollow
Central
U.S. 211
U.S. 33
Virginia
Gun Show Set Here Tomorrow
The Shenandoah Valley Gun Collectors Association hosts a semi annual show at the Winchester Armory with 80 to 100 tables. Three to five thousand guns including at least two made by the Simon Lauck family of Winchester will be shown or sold from Virginia and surrounding states. Open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday with refreshments on the Armory grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Lauck
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley Gun Collectors Association
Winchester Armory
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
New York
New Jersey
Washington, D. C
Shenandoah Valley
Col Lectors Association
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Star
Mary Helen Massie
New England
Linda Grimsley
Front Royal
Conservatory
Rosina Howater
Dublin, Va
Sally Rodin
Falls Church
Cherie Davis
Clifton
Bobcay
Foundry
Lupton Equipment Company, Inc
Loudoun ST
C&s Bank
Winchester, Virginia
FDIC
Lauck
Kentucky
Jacob
John
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Winchester Savings
Boscawen
Washington St
OPER
Curday
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