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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1975
Page
7
Local office seekers crisscross Frederick Warren and Clarke counties with handshakes and forums ahead of the November 4 election. Highlights include chair at large races Donald Baughman and Roger Koontz, and multiple district candidates.
Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr told Mary Baldwin College Founders Day audience that the American economy is the nation’s most serious problem. He blamed federal spending policies as the chief cause and urged fiscal restraint to curb the downturn.
Lacy Anderson announced campaign coordinators for Opequon District as he seeks a third term as Frederick County Sheriff. Gene T. Dicks, former Middletown mayor and councilman, joins from Glaize and Brother and runs a Frederick fruit stand, church member, former Young Democrats president, and husband to Mary Virginia with four children.
Raymond R. Andy Guest Republican candidate for the 17th District Virginia General Assembly announced Ronald W. Carper will serve as Frederick County campaign chairman. Carper is an insurance agent, Kiwanis member, and Sheriff candidate resident of Winchester. The piece also notes Ralph S. Gregory and Henry Shryock in local political context and quotes Byrd urging federal spending restraint and education of citizens.
Donald L. Baughman, chairman at large of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors, urged a public meeting with the School Board and Planning Commission to discuss a proposed joint high school on two campuses versus a separate school in another location. He noted insufficient citizen input and argued for careful study of whether a separate Stephens City area high school could reduce transportation costs and support facilities with smaller school size.
James W. Golladay Jr. announces Hugh S. Blankenship of Stephens City will be campaign chairman for the Opequon District Supervisors race. Blankenship, a longtime Frederick County resident, works with International Invention Development Assoc. and aims to advance local needs in Frederick County.
Robert H. Hornleft of the Winchester Republican Committee greets Raymond Fish and William A. Truban. Fish runs for Frederick County Board of Supervisors from Gainesboro District and Truban seeks reelection to the State Senate. Both are veterinarians and Republicans.
Carroll Mauck, Republican candidate for Frederick County sheriff, appoints Maurice F. Lake as Shawnee District campaign chairman. Lake, a retired Winchester Police Department officer, cites seven years working with Mauck and his rapport with youth. He lives on Route 1 with his family.
Front Royal police filed petitions against a 17 year old and two younger youths from Markham and Front Royal for larceny of cars taken in July and September. The 17 year old was linked to a 1967 Chevelle belonging to James Bennett of Front Royal. the other incidents involved a vehicle from Falls Church and another from Front Royal. The investigations involved Fairfax and Arlington police cooperation and were led by Officer Ronn Mason.
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