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Sperryville Firemen
Have Busy Year ,
Sperryville Fite Company answered a total of 32 calls ini 1959; traveled 448 miles and, spent 342 man hours to make the year one of the busiest on record since the company was organized.
February was. the busiest month when they went out six times in the twenty-day period. The most serious fire occurred the night of November 22 when the Browning home in Flint Hfffiwas partially destroyed. f
Following is a Hst of calls the company answerea: January—5, chimney, Mrs. Willie Hawkins, of Sperryville; 14, chimney at Mrs. Roberta Russell, Sperryville; 15, grass, Buck Brown, Sperryville; February—11 brush fire. Slate Mills Baptist Church; 19, chimney, N. Dennis, Scrabble; 22 field, Raymond Wire, Sperryville; 25 chimney, Mt. Vernon Farm at Sperryville; 25 brush, Thomas Taylor, Sperryville.
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