Winchester creates archives to preserve local history
Winchester's first historian archivist Mrs Rebecca Baldwine leads a city archive project with Kim Patterson assisting since June. Volunteers from the Historical Society contributed earlier, aiming to catalog and store fragile manuscripts, letters, photos, and 1700s records for public access in Handley Library.
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Handley Library
Baldwine
Margaret Hopkins
Local Historical Society
Winchester
Historical Society
Richard Miller
Handley
James Miller
Carleton Staples
Ben Belchie
Hopkins
Rebecca Bordwine
Nitrite Reduction Plans Weighed by USDA
The USDA will decide this fall whether to allow nitrite reduced or nitrite free curing in bacon and other lunch meats. Experts warn of higher botulism risk, urging strict cold storage and prep precautions for sack lunches.
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Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Teresa Shaffer
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
USDA
Shaffer
Constitution Week marked by NSDAR luncheon in Fort Loudoun
Fort Loudoun Chapter NSDAR hosted a luncheon at Holiday Inn South to celebrate Constitution Week highlighting the 1787 Constitutional Convention and Virginia contributions. Col Ret Samuel Patten spoke on the convention, with NSCAR and National Defense messages read. District V Board meets Sept 28 at Arlington’s Army Navy CC. October gathering Oct 19 at War Memorial Building.
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Fort Loudoun
NSDAR
National Society For Daughters of the American Revolution
Holiday Inn South
U.S
Julian C. Glascock
F.B. Francis
Constitution Week
Samuel M. Patten
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
Lee Hammack
NSCAR
F. W. Danley
National Defense
District V Board
Army and Navy Country Club
Arlington
Women Educators Initiation Ceremony Held in Shenandoah Area
Alpha Phi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma held its initiation at Shenandoah Golf and Country Club in Front Royal on September 15. Betty S. Fawcett of Frederick County and Marie G. Keller of Winchester were among the initiates, both with deep ties to local schools. Dr. Martha E. Willis and Mrs. Keller also assumed leadership roles in education and guidance at area schools. The event featured a dinner and business session led by Alpha Phi President Vedith Teasdale Smith.
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Alpha Phi Chapter
Delta Kappa Gamma International Society of Women Educators
Shenandoah Golf and Country Club
Front Royal
Diane McCoy
Betty S. Fawcett
Frederick County
Longwood College
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Fawcett
Robert E. Ayler
History Club
Winchester
The
Lutheran Church
Marie G. Keller
Madison College
Keller
George Washington University
Daniel Morgan Middle
McArthur
Mount Vernon
Alexandria
Winchester Intermediate School
American Association of University Women
Lord Fairfax Garden Club
Community Concert Association
Philanthropic Education Organization
Braddock Street United Methodist Church
Martha E. Willis
Stephenson
Willis
Furman University
University of Southern California
Greenville County
Shenandoah College and Conservatory
Alpha Phi
Vedith Teasdale-Smith
Warren County
Top Ten Hits From Billboard Magazine Revealed
The list covers the top ten singles and albums. Notable entries include A Taste Of Honey with Boogie Oogie Oogie and Olivia Newton-John with Hopelessly Devoted To You and Summer Nights alongside John Travolta. Other chart names include Exile Commodores Boston Foreigner Nick Gilder and Little River Band.
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Tea Press
Billboard Magazine
Capitol
Exile
Warner-Curb
Olivia Newton-John
RSO
Commodores
Motown
Andy Gibb
John Travolta
Boston
Epic
Foreigner
Atlantic
City
Nick Gilder
Chrysalis
Little River Band
Harvest
Sullivan Guest At RIF Program
Dan Sullivan a three time area dirt stock car champion from Darlington Drive is the guest celebrity for Virginia Avenue School’s Friday RIF program. He and his Quaker State No. 9 Camaro will visit grades one through five sharing stock car racing insights.
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Dan Sullivan
Darlington Drive
Virginia Avenue School
Sullivan
Redskin
Bill Brundige
Winchester Speedway
Hagerstown Speedway
Hagerstown
Quaker State
Challenger Auto Sales
Stanley Turben
Shelley Dawkins
Bo Combs
Bobby Braithwaite
Carl Wright
Glenn Bland
Winchester
Tri- State
Frederick County Junior High School
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By Jessica Sullivan
Star
Abram's
Virginia State Historical Society
Virginia
George Washington
Abram
Kim Patterson
Winchester-Frederick
War Memorial
Harry Bowman
James Davis
Barbara Frye
Rachel Manuel
Wat
Stewart Bell Jr
Daughters of the American Revolution
F. B. Francis
CAR
Children of the
Beth Apostle
Francis
United States
Congress
Winchester Evening Star Living
Women Educators
Winchester-Frederick County
Jayceeettes
Daniel Morgan Middle School
S. Pannill Jones
Sheila Woodruff
Shenandoah College
Peg Dalby
Guild For Infant Survival
RIF
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!