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By Ed
Acres of apple trees blushing with delicate pink and white blossoms.- mountain sides aglow with the radiant red bud (or Judas), intermingled with dogwood bloom —.the fragrance of lilacs everywhere. ..Yes, it’s spring in Rappahannock and these 80 and 90 degree temperatures are hereto back up my statement.
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Mrs. Matilda Walker’s seventh grade gave her a birthday party recently and one boy was verycurious and said she should tell them her age. Being an alert teacher, Mrs. Walker agreed to tell them the year in which she was born and they could figure it out. One fellow, a little slow in arithmetic, gave the answer, “I get 137 but I don’t believe she is really that old.”
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Most municipalities pass out “Keys to the City”. Not so in Rappahannock. We pass out keys to the jail!
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In my 20 years here, I have heard it stated many times that Rappahannock has its own laws. Now I believe it—When the sub-. ject of the tax equalization came before the Board of Supervisors at their last meeting, a discussion followed on the great expense it
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