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1 o get out the first paper, Miss Bowie, Mr, Bowie and Jack Barber, who was employed by them, worked from 8 a.m. til midnite Monday and Tuesday and all day and all night Wednesday, to get home Thursday evening about 9. They were fortunate to sufficiently recover to get back to work on Saturday. At that time 12 point machine type was the largest they had and anything larger had to be set up by hand. In those days Mr. Willie Compton, a retired printer, and Mr. AUie Slaughter were fre- > < quent visitors at the News office,
a stint in the Air Force, retumto the office after his tenure of service, later going to Orange, Va. where he is tiow associated with the Orange Review, Note, He comes back and helps us occasionally and worked with us on this anniversary edition.
Miss Bowie sold her interest in the paper to her brother and in 1956 Mr. B. C. Burke, Jr. of Madison and the owner oi the ' Madison County Eagle, purchased '’the Rappahannock News.
In the ten years of its existence, those who have worked at the paper are Phyllis Vemer, Mrs. D. D. Miller, Billy Worth, Giles Miller (fram Bealton}, Mis. Louise Presley (nee Cloud), Bill Armstrong, William Webb, William Ramos, Mrs. John Cloud, Mrs. Louemma Moffett, and Dusty Reyrr. Although not on the payroll Betty Eubank Menefee, Frank Huff and ■ Paul Walker often helped out.
At present Mrs. Sarah Latham of Amissville is Managing Editor. Her associates are Mrs. Emily Miller, R, E. Many, Nancy Latham and Billy Hawkins.
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