Berryville Bluegrass Festival Opens With Big Prizes
The Berryville Apple Harvest Festival bluesgrass event began at the Berryville horse show grounds drawing dozens of amateur groups and hundreds of spectators. Competition resumes tonight at 7 30 with over 4200 dollars in cash prizes and trophies for best bluegrass band fiddle banjo guitar mandolin and champion performer. Howard D Wolfe of the Virginia State String Music Association explains the rename from bluegrass to string music to showcase the genre. The top trophy is a 14 carat gold fiddler statuette with 300 dollars to the band winner and up to 75 dollars for individual categories. A bluegrass bagpipe performer and a former symphony cellist are among the champion performer entrants. The Comrade Bible Class hosts a covered dish supper Tuesday at 6 30 in Braddock Street United Methodist Educational Building with music.
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Dean Havron
Berryville
Berryville Horse Show
Virginia State String Music Association
Appalachians
Howard D. Wolfe
Bill Monroe
Wolfe
Symphony
Fear New Terrorist Attacks on Israelis
London report says three Black September operatives slipped to Ireland after killing an Israeli diplomat with a letter bomb. Scotland Yard investigates plots to kidnap Israeli children and release captured guerrillas, with mail bombs intercepted across Europe and beyond.
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London
Black September
Ireland
Europe
Scotland Yard
Special Branch
Mideast
North America
Latin America
Africa
Cambodia
Israel
Phnom Penh
Harwich
England
Netherlands
Bacon Campaigns for McGovern in Winchester Monday
Edgar Bacon cochairman for the McGovern Shriver ticket in Virginia will campaign for Sen. McGovern in Winchester Monday. A Lee County resident and former House of Delegates member Bacon backs McGovern as a veteran moderate and attends the Redskin Dinner at 7 pm to aid the Winchester Democratic Committee efforts for McGovern Spong and Williams.
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Edgar Bacon
Virginia
McGovern-Shriver
Winchester
Sen. McGovern
Bacon
Lee County
Commoneath
Virginia General Assembly
House of Delegates
American Bar Associations
Virginia Bar Council
Democratic Party
George McGovern
Jefferson
Roosevelt
Kennedy
War Memorial Building
Democratic Committee
McGovern
Virginia U.S
Spong
Murat Williams
United Fund Sets 39900 Goal After Work Session
Front Royal Warren County United Fund board and committees set a 39300 dollar goal at a Thursday night session. Five agencies had budget cuts. they presented needs as Col Richard Rollason moved to hold the budget. Marion Nye notes improved county interest and publicity with slogan driven campaigns and WFTR radio support.
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Front Royal
Front Royal - Warren County United Fund
Ted Meyer
Richard Rollason
Marion Nye
Genese McBride Named Troop 3 Beauty Queen
Genese McBride was chosen beauty queen of Troop 3 sponsored by Braddock Street Methodist Church. She will represent the troop at the Scout a ram a at Martinsburg Municipal Airport on September 30. The Court of Honor awarded Life Scout to Ty Tripplett and Second Class ranks to Tim and Dan Markley. Twenty one boys earned 63 merit badges. Willis Roberts led with 12. Cindy Jones and Lisa Vance were first and second runners up. The queen and troop will man a booth at Scout a ram a to showcase year’s projects.
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Genese McBride
Braddock Street Methodist
Martinsburg
Ty Tripplett
Tim
Dan Markley
Willis Roberts
Cindy Jones
Lisa Vance
Ty Triplett
Braddock Street United Methodist Church
County Fair Association to Hold Monday Meeting
The Frederick County Fair Association will meet Monday at 7 30 p m at the Stonewall Raritan Fair Grounds. A spokesman urged all interested people to attend.
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County Fair Assn
Frederick County Fair Association
Stonewall Raritan Fair Grounds
Council To Hold Eight Public Hearings Update Town Code
The Town Council schedules eight hearings to align the Town Code with recent state legislation on motor vehicle rules and emergency vehicle lighting. Tom Cooper will discuss air pollution. an ordinance to impose a one percent motel gross receipts tax is proposed. a State Air Pollution Board letter will be considered. Ecology Recycling asks curbside pickup of old newspapers first Wednesday monthly. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. in Town Hall council chambers.
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Tom Cooper
Front Royal-Warren County
State Air Pollution Control Board
Ecology Recycling Committee
Town Hall
Officers Installed at Great Falls and Middletown Grange
The Great Falls Grange installation at Middletown Grange Hall featured Installing Officer O.V. Carper of McLean, with Ronald Schmid presenting and serving as past master and new trustee. Middletown master D.S. Kagey joined 26 officers. standing committees to be appointed next Monday. Mrs. O.V. Carper sang solos.
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Great Falls Grange
Ronald Schmid
Middletown
O.V. Carper
McLean
Great Fall Grange
D.S. Kagey
Price Commission Praises SCC Move On C&P Rate Cut
In Richmond the Price Commission lauds the State Corporation Commission for ordering Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co to cut 13 million from a 36 million rate hike filing before the hearing ends. The hearing continues as C&P revises its filing to show a 23 million increase.
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Richmond
Federal Price Commission
State Corporation Commission
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
SCC
C&p
Ralph T. Catterall
Price Commission
C. Jackson Grayson
Grayson
Commission
Lettter
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Washington
Defense Department
Walter A. Morton
University of Wisconsin
Dellon Coker
Pentagon
Virginia
Coker
Catterall
Junie R. Bradshaw
Harvest Festival Service for Raritans Tomorrow in Gainesboro
The Gainesboro Raritans Club invites all Raritans and their wives to a Harvest Festival Service tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the Gainesboro Fire Hall. Chaplain Bill Gower will conduct the service with Al Myers in charge of music. In a separate note, James Monroe ran unopposed in the 1820 presidential race, the second occasion in U.S. history with a single candidate.
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Gainesboro
James Monroe
George Washington
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