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Due to'tailing health, J. W.i Crjtzer of Washington, Va., has tendered his resignation as sheriff of Rappahannock County, effective January 15. He has held this office for eleven and a half years.
Mr. Critzer was appointed by Judge J. R. H. Alexander on May 18, 1950, to fill die unexpired term of James Lillard, ending Dumber 31, 1951. He duly qualified before the Clerk of the Court, James M. Settle, and took the oath of pffice the same day.
Mr. Critzer;was opposed in die November ’51 election by Robert W. Brown and was re-elected by a great majority with the' vote at 541 to 268.
In the Democratic primary of July 1955, Mr. Critzer was opposed by Joel Jenkins and Jake KeySer and again he was re-elected to office with a landslide vote.
The election of 1959 brought Frank Huff as a candidate in opposition to Mr.'Critzer and though the count was closer than at any other time, the incumbent Was reelected for a third term.
Charles K. Estes of Sperryville
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