Church relic goes missing
      Editor's note: This article was gleaned from the Aug. 2, 1973 edition of The Recorder. Joseph C. Pritchard was publisher. An old chandelier said to be worth several thousand dollars is missing and presumed stolen from Christ Episcopal Church in Warm Springs.
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Loitering banned at post office
      MONTEREY - Highland County Sheriff Glen Hammer announced yesterday that the Monterey Post Office is off limits for loitering and summonses will be written for violators. He also said the county and state police will begin enforcing the section of the Code of Virginia which prohibits excessive and unusual noise and unlawful exhaust systems.
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Cartoon
     This 1940s-era postcard could have been purchased at any five and dime or general store in the Highland County area. A one-cent stamp would have mailed the greeting anywhere in the United States. (Photo courtesy Kent Botkin)
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25 years ago
JULY 22, 1982
      A special meeting of the Highland County School Board was held Wednesday evening of last week to discuss a study of future school facility needs. Plan I calls for abandoning both the elementary school in Monterey and the primary school in McDowell and consolidating the entire school system at the high school facilities in Monterey.
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50 years ago
JULY 25, 1957
      A spokesman for the Highland County Health Department has stated that the department has not received a shipment of Salk polio vaccine for several months and that it appears that what is now on hand will be the last issued through the Federal program.
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Photo
     Bill Stephenson of Luray provided information on this unidentified jousting photo from last week's Recorder "From Our Early Files." The man riding the horse, named Flicka, is Pewee Stephenson. The photo was taken in Millboro at the Big Bend Farm.
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