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Lea Bros. Conducts
Anniversary Sale
The Anniversary Sale at Lea Bros, store will mark two milestones. The sale begins on a date denoting the lirst opening of the store and will continue to include the date of the opening of the new store building on "(Bound Hog Lay. 1934," to quote T. C. Lea. •»
Storekeepiiig is a family fail-* ing, says Mr. Lea, for his father, J. P. Lea, and his two uncles, W. B. Lea and L. L. Lea, were in the mercantile business. Where there used to be five stores in the family, theri^ are now two: T. ('. Lea's store in Washington and his brother's store at Massif's -Mill in Nelson county.'
The Lea family came from North Carolina to Nelson county in Virginia, but T. C. lara has been in Washington since 102 7 and his active work in the community makes hint so much a Rappahannock citizen that the word ‘'Tar-heel'’ no longer fits.
Prior to his arrival in Rappahannock, T. C. Lea attended Y.P.I. When he came to Rappahannock county in 1927, his uncles were his partners, hence the name Lea Bros. In 1944 he e purchased the interest of the partners but retained the name.
From 1938 to 1941 Mr. Lea served as fire chief of the Rappahannock Volunteer Fire Department. In 1942 he served as chairman of the Panel War Price and Ration Board of .the county, and since 1944 he has served on the school board. Mr. Lea began the Rappahannock Insurance Agency in 1941 'by purchasing the Rappahannock Realty Company. He is a member of Trinity Episcopal church, and the- Masonic Lodge and Shrine; he served on the town council of Washington for a number of years, and is treasurer of Rappahannock Red Cross.
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