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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1969
Page
10
Bo Wheeler as project chairman and Ronald Kerchevas publicity chief help set up a sign for the Clarke County Lions Club annual auction and barbecue to be held September 27 at the Raritan Horseshow Grounds in Berryville.
Sergeant First Class Ronald J. Cain of Berryville received two Oak Leaf Clusters of the Air Medal and a letter of appreciation at Michigan State University for aerial missions in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. He has 10 years in Infantry and airborne units, with two Vietnam tours and 90 parachute jumps. He remains Senior Instructor at Michigan State University along with domestic and family details provided.
Senate researchers say private utilities seek 961 million dollars in gas electric and telephone rate hikes across 50 states as of June 1. New York Michigan California and Missouri lead with substantial requests while FCC and FPC actions are not counted. A Metcalf bill aims to boost consumer information and appoint a federally funded consumer-advocate staff. Americans face higher bills if all requests are approved. ALBANY NY foreign language license exams to barber hairdresser and beautician applicants start next year under a 1969 law. Examinations will be offered in Spanish and other languages to aid non-English readers.
Adult education classes start tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the annex of the former Berryville High School now the Adult Education Center. Residents 17 and older may enroll at the first class and explore language arts arithmetic consumer skills health homemaking and citizenship. A class also operates at the Boyce School.
A male beauty pageant will be staged Sept 19 from 7 30 to 9 30 p m on the Episcopal Parish Hall grounds in Boyce to close the Lord's Acre Sale of Cunningham Chapel Parish. Auction offerings include livestock crops shrubs flowers garden produce and various handcrafts and services. The event highlights land products and crafts with items such as hand painted signs and baked goods. The sale raises funds for church needs. A separate historical note mentions Virginia State Penitentiary policy on solitary confinement abolished in 1838.
Riverside Montessori School will open in Clarke County in the guest house at Riverside Farm five miles east of Berryville. Mrs. Devereux leads the school serving three to six year olds with a Montessori diploma. Open house to be announced.
Charles Pidgeon was elected president of the Clarke County 4 H Council at its organizational meeting held last Saturday in the extension office conference room. Becky Day was named vice president and Ginny Snyder secretary with Beverly McKay as treasurer and Syt Willingham reporter. Alletta Alger was designated project leader for girls while Danny Wolfe and Raymond Cather lead boys projects. Clean Up Day at the Raritan Horse Show grounds was set for this Saturday with all 4 H members bringing a bag lunch. Twenty five members attended the meeting.
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