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holidays of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Pierce included Mrs. Mae Settle of Viewtown, Mrs. Mattie Hackley, Amissville, Mrs. Louise Morris of Orafige, Andrew Deal of Culpeper, Mrs. Henry Wood, Woodville, Mrs. Prances Thornton, Col. and Mrs. Dale Metzinger, Mrs. Brown Miller, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Wood, Mrs. Mary Quaintance, Mr. and Mrs. A. Y. Stokes, Col. and Mrs. Phillip Shackelton, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schaffer and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Love.
Washington
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Fairfax returned to their home last Tuesday after spending a long New Year’s holiday weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Fairfax in Williamsport, Md.
Mrs. Henry Miller of Luray was a Sunday caller on Mrs. Bertie lib Moffett.
Sunday guests of Mrs. Gabe Burke were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Alther, Roy, Jr. and Missy of Sperryville.
Included among the guests for Sunday dinner with Mrs. L J. Turner were Miss Mary Denson Abbitt of Winchester and the Rev. David M. Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Weakley were the Sunday overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dwyer in Woodbridge.
E. M. Jones, accompanied by Mrs. L. J. Turner, visited B. N. Eubank in Roanoke last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Baines, Bobby and Lee, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Wenner in Staunton.
Park Visits
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Visitors to Shenandoah National Park showed a decrease in December as compared to the previous year. In 1977 there were 66,200 visitors while in that month of 1976 the total was 70,200.
However, for the calendar year of 1977 the total visitors showed an increase of 12.5 per cent. The 1977 total is 3,055,000 while in 1976 the total was 2,714,400.
Weather statistics at Big Meadows show snowfall at 5 inches; precipitation at 3.19 inches; the maximum temperature 59 degrees; and the minimum minus 3 degrees.
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