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BIRTH ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Clater of Amissville are the parents of a daughter, Melissa Ann, born December 19, 1973, in Culpeper Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Edna Canard of Amissville is the little girl’s grandmother.
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