Only Wild Goats Live on Chesapeake Bay Island
Watts Island Virginia hosts a lone population of wild goats descended from first settlers goats. The island’s ruined cemetery, brick fireplaces, and charring chimneys mark former watermen homes now vanished.Once a thriving settlement with church store and school the island faded after British occupation in the War of 1812 and subsequent ghost settlement. Now about 50 acres remain a habitat for blue herons marsh birds hawks and goats.
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Watts Island
Chesapeake Bay
John Smith
Smith
England
John Watts
Princeton
Charles Hardenberg
Lay Service at Greenwood Methodist Chapel Sunday
Greenwood report notes a Lay Service at the Greenwood Methodist Chapel at 9 45 a m with Sunday School at 10 45 a m Several local residents and visitors from Winchester Kearneysville Shenandoah Valley Academy New Market and surrounding areas are mentioned among those visiting or hosting and family dinners over the weekend
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Mable V. Brown Greenwood
Greenwood Methodist Chapel
John Dove
Charles Dove
Charleston
W.va
Lynwood
Alfred Dove
Ronald Gordon
Ann and
Calvin
Evelyn Desrosiers
Winchester
Franklin Dove
Albin
Marvin Dove
Edna Massie Greenwood
J.W. Carlisle
Valley Mill Road
Charles Cole
Anna Myers
Martha Durst
Kim
Tammy Sirk
Kearneysville
Mable Brown
Greenwood
Virginia Grey
Halltown
Kim Sirk
Shenandoah Valley Academy
New Market
Heloise Readers Swap Pictures For Fun On Rainy Saturday
Hints from Heloise shares a reader letter about five kids turning outdated magazines into a picture letter for grandparents. The eleven year old organizes the effort, selecting pictures to stand in for words while younger children find items, sparking smiles for the family on a rainy weekend.
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Heloise
James
Local News Briefs From Boyce and Surrounding Areas
Graded notes of visits and funerals across Boyce Winchester Luray and nearby towns. Attendees include Mrs F L Largent Sr Mrs B B McKay Mrs Howard Howie and others at the funeral for Mrs Rob ert Gardiner in Warrenton and Amos Dofflemyer at Bradley Funeral Home. Visits span St Agnes Hospital in Baltimore and relatives in Front Royal Elkton Glen Burnie Severn and Macedonia.
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John E. Zombro
Henry Rodgers
Winchester
J. Y. Knight
Elkton
Wayne Sours
Debbie
Rhonda
Tom Sours
Roy Colley
Glen Burnie
Roy Pyle
Soures
R.B
Nat Coles Widow Authors Intimate Biography
Nat King Coles widow Maria Cole with Louie Robinson have published Nat King Cole an Intimate Biography. The book explores his life as husband and father, his hurt over TV show refusals, a noted Paladium bomb, and his enduring appeal.
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Mary Campbell
Nat King Cole
Maria
Louie Robinson
Bob Hope
Jack Benny
Cole
Harry Belafonte
Belafonte
Mrs. Cole
King Cole
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America
Tory Joe
Greenwood News
Anne, Adams
Winchester Evening Star
West 17Th St
Newak
N.Y
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Ruth
Hubby
East Berlin
Europe
Ralph Abernathy
East Germany
Boyce News
S.roger Koontz
James Wood High School
Stonewall Elementary School
The
Virginia Education Association
Roger Koontz
House of Delegates
Dave Wines
Truban, Koontz
Front Royal
Nat Cole
Wevore
Louie
Joe
Janice
Potomac Edison
Downsville Pike
Hagerstown
Potomac Edisons
Alegheny
Chevrolets
Lear Tace
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