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thffeMM graders at Rappahannock High Sdbool had their pm shots afthe start of school and -Chat -not over 20% of thte entire popul**, tioo «f tthe county; have beeaim- ■ munized. It appears to me many of you had better make an appointment •with your doctor or Health Department to get your polio shots.
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Had a nice letter from Lelia Gentry this week. Knowing die has a host of friends in Rappahannock, I’ve decided to take the liberty of publishing some of the many interesting things die wrote of.
“I have just returned from Switzerland as an IFYE and am resting from the holiday by writing letters.
“The Danish University has a fall holiday during which the farm youngsters traditionally go home to dig the “tater” crop for winter. I went to visit a '' fellow Techman from Virginia by the name of An- , gie Summons, who is an IFYE to Switzerland. Instead of potatoes, we worked in the sugar beets. They are used to feed the cows in winter, and have to be dug, tops off, put in rows and (from here on I was involved) loaded on a wagon with forks, hauled t<j> the barn and unloaded. Later they’re reloaded and carried to the mill to be chopped, but I won’t be there. It’s like pitching hay only heavier. The fact Angie and I talked jfaster than we worked kept us from stopping to compjain.
I got dressed up in knee boots, the stylish lady’s kerchief to hold the curls on, and j big brother’^ work shirt to milk the cows. Swiss cows are the size of pur work horses and I wasn’t sure it would work but I milked three eath night I was home at tthe right time. Can’t say Continued on page two
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