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Madison County Gets
Welcome into ?tli District
With Congressman Burr P. Harrison as host, Madison county was welcomed into the newly-arranged 7th Congressional District at a banquet Friday evening, April 11, in the Fire House at Madison.
A group from Rappahannock was on hand to help extend‘the band of greeting, since Rappahannock and her next-door neighbor, Madison, are now the two counties east of the Blue Ridge in the 7th District. Those from Rappahannock in attendance included James W. Fletcher, chairman of the 7th District Democratic committee; Robert L. Brown, P. Lee Thornton, Jr., E. M. Jones, H. S. Barksdale, and Miss Lucy Catherine Bowie.
Norman Bailey, member of the state legislature for Madison and Orange counties, was present and expressed tactfully the situation which existed when there came time to re-arrange the districts. -Prior to 1980 Madison had been in the 7th District, but from 1930 to 1952 the county had been associated with its eastern neighbor, Culpeper, in the 3th District. Mr. Bailey stated that Madison was hesitant in wishing to be transferred and the district had appreciated the fine representation in Judge Howard W. Smith, but since the re-arrangement was made, he felt sure that Madison would find itself well represented with Congressman Harrison.
Judge Harrison had spent the day Friday visiting the post offices and country stores throughout the county. When asked where he had
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