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KXXXttXX O.N.T. struck a familiar cord with many, people last week. This we came to realize as phone calls poured in, individuals stopped us on the street and letters, one from out of state, all agreed that the letters, O.N.T., used as the trade mark on spools of threadbare the initials of Our New Thread. “Sewing machines began to come ■■ into general use about the ttime of the Civil War. Their introduc' tioh made it desirable for manufacturers to produce a thread thatwould be suitable for machine as well as for hand sewing. In 1862 .;_the Clark Thread Company developed such a thread and marketed it as Our New Thread. Two years George A. Clark decided to abbreviate the phrase to O.N.T. with a view to arousing curiosity as to its meaning. The thread was then advertised as Clark’s O.N.T. Spool Cotton and O.N.T* became one of the most popular trade . : i . . -■ tt -
Three persons volunteered the correct answer at such close intervals that all of them are being sent a free year’s subscription to thcf Rappahannock News. They are Miss May Johnson of Culpeper, Nelson Nethers of Sperryville and B. M. Miller of Washington.
For this week’s question we choose: Who is Mrs. John Workman? (Maiden name - Mary Arlene Higdon.) Supply the correct answer and you will win a free year's subscription to the Rappahannock News. ^ ;
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