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Mr. Jones stated that no death reports have been received for 1950 and Urged all residents of the county to use courtesy, caution and common sense in their driving and walking to keep the record clean. Rappahannock’s last deathless year was 1945.
In closing, Mr. Jones stated that 1950 deaths for Virginia are in excess of those for the same period of 1949 and that traffic volumes are steadily on the rise.
not washing it away. Smart birds know that this conservation practice business is hard-rock common sense.
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Highway signs are interesting. They tell me that for many years from before World War I until last year) there was a Remount Depot at Front Royal, but it was not until after this had closed and the U. S. Agriculture Research Station was put in its place that the sigh appeared at Massie’s Corner, “Remount Station 12 miles”. There are two road signs always good for a grin: “Slow Men Working” and “Men Working 25 miles Per Hour.”
Is it a crime to point the way to Washington? At a point between Warrenton and Amissville, it says “Sperryville so-manymiles” but it doesn’t say that you pass through Washington, the county seat of Rappahannock, before you get there. In fact, my memory can’t place a single roadsign telling you how to find Washington, Virginia.
In asking around as to why no signs pointed to W'ashington, the answer was given that it would be confusing to travelers, in that Washington, T).C., is so close by. The answer to that is too easy: Anyone who can’t read Washington, Virginia from Washington, D.C., has no business driving a car, and if a driver is so careless that he mistakes Washington, Virginia, for Washington, D.C., then the drive out of his way will teach him to be more observant in the future.
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