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Foremost on the agenda at the meeting Friday of the Rappahannock Board of Supervisors was the question of dance hall closing hours and the allotment of office space in the courthouse.
With a 4-2 vote, the time for closing dance halls on Saturday night was extended to 1 p.m. Last fall an ordinance was enacted to close these establishments at midnight. Arguments for and against extending the time were numerous. Though dance hall proprietors present did not voice any opinions and had no legal spokesman, James W. Fletcher made an appeal for the extension of the hours. Speaking strongly against the extension were Commonwealth’s Attorney George H. Davis, Jr., Sheriff C h a r 1 e s Estes and the Virginia State Police. A recorded vote showed L.H. Luttrell and E. M. Estes voting against the extension and for it were A. H. Buckner, Herbert Foster, H. B. Wood, and J. Newbill Miller. Since the two offices formerly occupied by the County Agent are now vacant, a previously appointed committee recommended that the Commonwealth’s Attorney occupy one of these and the sheriff occupy the other, thereby leaving the office at the end of the hall for the Commissioner of Accounts; the county judge remain in his present office and that the remaining office be left for a subdivision and zoning administrator, in the event they ever had one. The Board adopted the recommendation of the committee though there was protest from all concerned except the Commissioner of Accounts.
Resident Engineer D. S. Butler reported on the closing of several sections of secondary roads. A detailed report on this will appear next week.
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