Rappahannock News, December 23, 1965

VA. STATE LIBRARY RICHMOND 19, VA. f P— VOLUME XVIII. NUMBER 7 The Rappahannock Jaycees will distribute Christmas boxes to a number of families this year, as has been their customs in the past. They have collected supplies for the boxes and are busy arranging them for delivery Christmas Eve. Sperryville Corner Store donated over $50 worth of toys for the boxes. Above! Wilson Burke, joint owner of Sperryville Corner Store, Sonny Anderson, Jimmie Way land and Rodney Vest fill the boxes. Skiing Today at Skyline Skyline Ski Area located In Harris Hollow near Washington, Va., is open today, Thursday. The Rappahannock Slope is covered with a good base and the rope tow is running. Hoover, temperatures will deti/mine how long the elope will be open. Do not go to the Bki area during the weekend without first checking on the skiing conditions. Washington Theatre To Open in January Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Armel will open the walk-in theatre in Washington, Va. late in January. The theatre has been renovated in preparation for the opening tentatively set for January 27, 1966. Mrs. Armel was in Washington, D.C. Monday and Tuesday booking films for the opening and subsequent show. Woodville Baptist Holds Banquet The annual Christmas banquet for the Woodville Baptist j Church was held at the par-I sonage on Sunday, December 19. Those enjoying the food, fun,! fjeUowsliip and carol singing ; were Mr. Maurice O’Bannon, j John and Martha Lou O’Bannon, Jacob and John Dodson, Mr. and Mrs. James Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Johnson, Mr. C. B. Johnson, Miss Nellie Johnson, Mrs. Amos Butler, Billy Johnson, Larry Conners, Mrs. Julia Wood, i Mr. Lee Payne, Janet and Jean Payne, Merle Dulaney, Sandra Orange, Betty Lou Atkins, Edna Bayne, Mrs. Weldon Burke, Mrs. June Clark, Misty Hitt, Mr. A1 Ballard, Miss Mary Lee Quinn of Richmond, and The Reverend and Mrs. Titchenell, Leslie, Mike Bobby and Sue Titchenell. Fire and Rescue \ Squad Notes \ Flint Hill Rescue Squad answered a call December 15 to take Mrs. Ann Sutphin from her home to Winchester Memorial Hospital. On the 16th they took Mrs. Alther from Sperryville to Charlottesville. Mrs. Lottie Printz was taken from Flin' Hill to Washington D.C. on December 17. Monday the 20th Mrs. T horn as Jett was taken from her home at Huntly to Warren Memorial Hospital, Front Royal. The Flint Hill Fire Company answered an alarm to achimney fire at the home of Nancy Jones on December 17. The Book Fair which is being held at Rappahannock County Library has been very well attended and sales have been good. Frances Gray, Brenda Finchain, and Jerry Gray browse among the books and get interesting tips from Mrs. B.M. Miller who assisted with the fair. The Book Fair and Art Exhibit will continue through December 29. There is still a big selection of books available, nrirmt from tl IW ♦« tl O'? News Will Take Annual Vacation The Rappahannock News will take its annual Christmas vacation next week. There will be no publication on Thursday December 30. The office will be closed from Friday, December 24 through January 2 and will reopen on Monday, January 3, 1966. The next edition of Rappahannock News will be Thursday, January 6. The Publisher and Editor extend wishes for a happy holiday season. Washington Dons Holiday Attire The Christmas Tree in the Town of Washington was lighted Sunday night for the holiday season. Mrs. B. R. Armel, a member of the Town Council, was responsible for the decorating of the tree which Is located in the lot between the Rappahannock National Bank and Washington fire house. The tree grows enough each year to necessitate the addition of several new strings of lights. The annual Christmas home decorating contest sponsored by the Town Council promotes interest in making the town more attractive during the holi days and points up safety through fire prevention. All residents who use the town water supply are eligible for the contest. Judging will take place Sunday, December 26 at 7:30 p.m. Sprays, wreaths and colored lights are already much in evidence in many homes, as well as public buildings. Karl Burke has worked overtime in decorating the Rappahann6ck County Library, the Courthouse and the Washington Methodist Church. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service The Sperryville Methodist Church will have a Christmas Eve Candlelight service on Friday Dec. 24 at ll:00p.m. This will take the place of the 4th Sunday night service. This is a charge-wide service and the public is invited. Highway Dept, Power Company and Town Council Collaborate on Road and Lighting Improvements The Town of Washington through the efforts of the Town Council and the assistance of the State Highway Department and Northern Virginia Power Company has had some much needed improvement in the last several weeks. Mr. Moffett Brady, after consultation with Highway Engineer Mr. D. S. Butler put in twelve feet of pipe at the culvert which goes under Main street at Piedmont Avenue. This had been a most dangerous place when ice and snow were on the ground with several cars getting in the ditch there in the past year. Mr. Brady also corrected the water drainage problem on Blue Ridge Avenue by lowering the ditch at the curve above the Washington Cash Store. Two trees in front of the bank which had decayed and were considered unsafe were removed. The Town of Washington receives a share of the gasoline tax on a per capita basis and elects to have the State Highway Department use this money on irs behalf. Between $300 and $400 are usually spent for street maintenance : per year. A new street light was installed at the entrance to the driveway of the Washington Elementary School as there was much complaint about it being unsafe due to poor visibility. Another new light ^as Installed in front of the i Bartow Brown property upon i similar complaints. It was found that this new light cast light beyond the area covered by the old type fixture that had been for a number of years in front of the Turner residence and the lighting engineer suggested that it be moved to the next pole and install a new type fixture that would better light the Turner driveway entrance to the street and also the Snead drive way. The two new lights provide 5,000 lumens of light in the same area that formerly had 1500 and a much greater spread. A locust tree that blocked most of the light from spreading along the sidewalk near the school entrance was completely removed as it also interferred with the wires along the street. Fire Closure Lifted On Woods Governor Harrison announced that as of approximately noon December 16, closure imposed on Eastern Virginia December 7 would be lifted, allowing all hunting, fishing and other outdoor activity in this section to resume, according to Chester F. Phelps, Executive Director of the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, This was a marginal decision, according to Governor Harrison, based on a low incidence of fires during the past few days because of light rains and higher humidity over most of this area. If high winds, excessively low humidity or an increase in the number of fires occur, the ban may again be put into effect. Therefore, hunters must use the utmost caution with fire while afield if they expect to continue hunting. Big Game seasons interrupted by the closure will be automatically extended by the number of hunting days lost. A few small seasons orginally scheduled to close before JanuJ-ary 31 might also be extended. | The law prohibits an extension beyond Janurary 31, so some hunting days have been irretrievably lost from seasons which extend to this date or beyond. Waterfowl seasons cannot be extended due tofederal restrictions. Receive* Promotion M/Sgt. John R. Cline, forme r U.S. Army Recruiter for this area now on a tour of duty in Vietnam, has been promoted to Master Sergeant E8. Sgt. Cline is stationed in Cantho, South Vietnam, the second largest city of that country. His family continues to reside in Culpeper. Jay Cargill, small son of Mr. and Mrs. John Cargill, Jr., visited the Book Fair at the Library Monday afternoon. Jay brought his own book to the Library, a ragged comic book, and pondered it for a while. He then became interested in the rows of books on the shelves and in examining some of them, a whole row began to tumble over. Well, Jay, finally got them all straight again and chose this one to absorb with intent interest. W. A. Miller Retires After Serving As Washington Postmaster Hunting, Fishing License Increase The Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries voted at its December meeting to seek an increase in state hunting and fishing license fees when the General Assembly meets in January, according to F.xecutive Directs Chester F. Phelps. The need for the increase during the 1966-68 biennium was attributed partly to rising operating costs, including a general increase in state salary scales which has left game wardens and other Commission field personnel far behind other state employees in recent pay adjustments. “Our revenue has not been keeping pace with our rising operating and maintenance costs,” Phelps said, “and in order to attract and retain the employees we need we should give our field force a pay increase next year comparable to that which similar classes of state employees already have received.” Phelps also cited the need to expand Game Commission programs and services to meet the growing demand for public outdoor recreation facilities and open space. “The Virginia Outdoors Plan, which was so well received recently at the Governor’s Conference orrNatural Beauty, calls for the acquisition and development of publichunting and fishing facilities during the next ten years at an accelerated rate. We can get federal aid in carrying out our part of the Virginia Outdoors Plan, but we will have to provide matching funds in order to do so and our only sources of such funds are license fees,” he said. The Game Commission received no appropriationsfrom the state General Fund. The Virginia Outdoors Plan was developed by the Outdoor Recreation Study Commission established by the 1964 Gemeral Assembly and headed by Senator Fitzgerald Bemiss. The Plan was included in a report to the Governor and members of the General Assemblylast November. The Game Commission’s proposal to increase hunting and fishing license revenues would raise individual license fees from $3.50 to $5.00 and wou\d establish a combination state hunting and fishing license that would cost $9.00. Thus the sportsman who now buys both a hunting and a fishing license annually would pay $2.00 more per year beginning next Jt^jy 1st if he chose to buy the combination license. W. A. Miller will retire from the position of Postmaster of the Washington, ,Va. postoffice effective December 30. He has served in this capacity for 31 years, taking office in 1934 after his appointment by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Mr. Miller is a native of Rappahannock County, the son of the late Senator and Mrs. John J. Miller. He resides' with his wife, Mrs. Emily Brent Miller at Mt. Prospect, Washington. They have one daughter, Mrs. James S. Willis of Latham, New York. After his retirement, Mr. Miller will devote his full time to his real estate business with which he has al^o worked since 1936. Mr. Miller is an avid foxhunting fan and instigated the organization of the first hunt club in this county. He was Master of the Rappahannock Hunt until it was discontinued at the beginning of the second World War. It has since been reorganized. No replacement or acting postmaster has been appointed to fill the vacancy. New and Renewing Subscribers New and renewing subscribers to the Rappahannock News which we acknowledge with appreciation are Mrs. Carl Howell, John S. Browning, Mrs, Lee W. Finch^m, Mrs. C. F. Sheehan, Mrs. Tommie Newcome, Irving E. Sisk, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Forward, Mrs. Jennie Armentrout, Mrs. Jack Roberson, Mrs. WadeH. Massie, Jr., Miss Annie Cooksey, Mrs. Virgil Atkins, Mrs. Clyde Sherman, C. E. Johnson,. Jr., E. J. Haggerty, Mrs. Fletcher Osborne, JoeD. Keyser, Miss Annie Stephenson, C. J. Miller, Mrs. Frank Spald. ing, S. E. Hening and F. E. Atk ins. Also J. W. Fletcher, Miss Addie Boyd, Miss Marjorie Ruskin, Mrs. Susie Majors, Sgt. James Swindler, Mrs. Jessie Rowzie, Mr. and Mrs. John Sours, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sours, J. Bradley Atkins, Henry A. Brown, B. M. Varner, A. L. Frye, Cecil J. Nicholson, Miss Barbara Swindler, Mrs. Lucy Childs, J. M. O’Bannon, and MrB. R. L. Rudasill, Cary M. Fox, Mrs. C. W. Ewing, Raymond E. Coolce, and Mrs. L. L. Voight, Jr.

RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS PUBLISHED THURSDAY MORNING At Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia TELEPHONE: WASHINGTON 675-3349 MRS. SARAH C. LATHAM, Managing Editor Entered as 2nd Class Mail at the Post Office at Washington, Va. Subscription Rate (In Advance): $2.50 per year in Rappa hannock and adjacent counties; $3.00 elsewhere. The Unwelcome Message of Christmas By The Rev. Charles Glaenzer This Year, 1965, in many homes, Christmas will be spent without the usual presence of some young man. He may well be engaged in the struggle in Viet Nam, or he may be suffering from the wounds received there; or he may be enroute there, or he may not be returning from there. The struggle is costly, it’s demanding, it’s all-consuming for those caught up in it, and it’s also symbolic. It’s symbolic because, it is a vivid sample, a sharp image of all of life. The one thing which seems to be present in all aspects of daily living, if we face the reality in our lives, is tension. All new life emerges out of tension. Now, we in our affluent society, seek to insulate ourselves from all anxieties and inconveniences. We are not only the greatest developers and users of time savers, we are the largest users of tranquilizers, both in liquid alcohol form or in various attractively shaped pills. If we can’t rid ourselves of an environment which disturbs us, we seek to insulate ourselves against it by some diversionary tactic, or a chemical comforter. We are ‘brainwashed’ to believe that ‘the good life’ is one which is rid of all d i f f i c u 11 y, and kept smooth. The unwelcome message of Christmas is that Life does not come that way. Life emerges out of tension! The indispensable part of life itself, childbirth, is the prime example! Life begins in tension, and every mother knows it. Likewise every good pprent knows that each day produces its own tensions^ bfcth before and after the chiltfl is born. The symbolic truth for Christmas is that even; God in Christ subjected himself to the growth formula... tension. The child in the manger started his life in tension...he was rejected even while in his mother's womb... for the innkeeper had no room for him. Though he was born a Jew, the Jews themselves could not stand him, for he disturbed their tranquility. Finally, they nailed him to a cross, and even his death position on that cross was ‘in tension’, with hands nailed in opposite directions, on the cross-arm. Our disposition is to think that life would be far better if we could say a prayer, or invoke a miracle, and have the many difficult things in life disappear. If we saw any path of escaping them, we think we would take it. But the unwelcome message of Christmas is that the grandeur of life is not attained through avoidance of scars; but it is attained through the hard hero ism which dares. The message which tries to get through to us at Christmas is not the sweet baby Jesus, meek and mild! But rather, that all things in this world require development. And that development must be brought about We unsb you the happiest of holidays, with all the joys and delights of the season. Wall’s Jeweler Front Royal, Va. through tension, which is a precarious balance. To shy from it, is to remain undeveloped, and to try to do it alone is to fail to understand the magnitude of the task. The unwelcome message of Christ mas is that if God spared not his only Son to this inevitable development process of becoming a mature man in this world, how can we ask to be spared from it. It is not done for punishment, but is done for Love. Since God so loved the World, the World must face the reality of both the requirement to develop, and the pattern and strength to accomplish it, through Him who loves us. Something in each of us will rejoice if we can say, as Robert Browning expresses it: Was it for mere fool’s-play, make-believe or mumming,. So we battled it like men, not boylike sulked or whined? Each of us heard clang God’s “Come!; and each was coming: Soldiers all, to forward-face not sneaks to lag behind! In the Christmas story, the Angels said: “Fear Not!" Do not fear to be disturbed: but fear to be undeveloped. Fear not, but dare to live in this universe where God’s spirit is at work, (and as St. Paul says to the Romans) “that... we too might walk in newness of life.” HIS NAME AT THE TOP I had the nicest Christmas List, The longest one in town, Till Daddy looked at it and said, “you’ll have to cut it down." I knew that what he said was true Beyond the faintest doubt, But was amazed to hear him say, “You’ve left your best Friend out.” And'* so € scanfiW frty likt again,' J And said, “Oh, that’s not true!” But Daddy laid, “His name's not there, Thet Friend that died for you.” And then I clearly understood, ’Twas Jesus that he meant; For Him who should come first of all I hadn't planned a cent! I’d made a Christmas birthday list And left the Saviour out! But, oh, it didn’t take me long To change the list about. And iho’ I’ve had to drop some names Of folks I like a lot, My Lord must have the most— because HIS NAME IS AT THE TOP! —Author Unknown USE CHRISTMAS SEALS i _ - Extra - EXTRA —By Ed Army Recruiter in this are* and visited our fair county each week. We had a beautiful Christmas card from him last week. The picture was hand painted on silk. Just a reminder that the Rappahannock News will take its annual Christmas vacation next week. There will be no publication on Thursday, December 30. The News office will be closed from Friday, December 24 through Jan uary 2, 1966, opening again January 3. My girls will scoff at this announcement. They say, “We know Mom can’t stay away from the office that long. Guess they’re right, for I will be in and out, checking the mail and closing out the books for the year. Contact me if there is a story to be run down or a picture to be taken that is newsy. We were greatly pertuibed when we heard that our old friend Sgt. John Cline was a casualty in Vietnam, struck by a 25 pound mortar, but as the story unfolded, our con1 cern turned to mirth. It seems that an enemy shell which our army had captured and defused was placed on a filing cabinet in the office of the Ser 'geant. When he slammed the [Cabinet drawer closed one dayj ! in irritation, the shell fell off jand struck him in the head.! j The gash it left required iStitches, but our friend is [mending nicely, j Sgt. Cline was formerly the | Letter To Editor IDear Editor, \ Several weeks ago I addressed a letter to you in which I I spoke in favor of house trailjers. However, I do not recall 'saying that people who live ini this type of home are any !better than anyone else. In Jmany cases young couples buy | a house trailer for a home until they can afford to build la house. There are numerous couples in the county who have done this. Trailers are not any more mobil than houses that are transported along thehiglv way in two sections. Just as] |these houses are headed for| foundations, so are trailers. | Unsanitary conditions exist I in the county which need to 'be cleared up before house Trailers are removed. Even the dirty smoke from our elementary schools contaminate the air we breathe! The “next" generation of our Iq^qnf^.iS already leaving for jobs Sise w he r e--would you have us live elsewhere also? People who have lived in Rappahannock all their lives do not know all about the county. Speaking for myself, I did not know we had a designated place for dumping. Let’s have a zoning meeting and get the county cleaned up--' if that is what will do it. Wei want people of all income brackets to be able to live in our beautiful county--not just those who have earned enough to retire and live in mansions. Most sincerely, Teen As I passed along Mt. Salem Avenue last week, I stopped a minute to welcome Dr. and Mrs. John Peyton Snead IV as residents of the Town. They were in the process of moving from Sperryville to the house formerly occupied by Judge Lea and his family. They were lugging boxes and cartons while the movers unloaded the furniture. I did not pause long for I didn’t want to interfere with their work, and then too, I was afraid I would end up with a job. At Mrs. R. V. Snead’s request recently, I went to her home to take pictures of a Nativity scene using her young est children and some live farm animals in them. Well, all was not calm, but the production certainly had its bright spots. We arranged the scene in the barn and among the impediments encountered were the lambs squeezing through the pen and running away; plus one of the goats had an appetite for my camera bag and strap and found Lib’s shawl quite tasty too (now I believe goats eat all the things I’ve always heard they do).I told Lois we would make a better recording than picture. A New Zealand judge’s definition of a traffic crash is “A head-on collision between two stationary cars parked on their own sides of the road.* He says he derived this from the stories of drivers coming before him in court. Old days - Some of the pioneer automobiles had strange origins. The Winton, Duryea and Apperson were built by bicycle mechanics. Pierce carne from a bird cage factory and Peerless from a clothes wringer factory. Studebaker came out of a plant which made buggies and the Stanley Steamer was the by-product of la building where photographic plates were made. - i . We had about an inch of snow Monday night and am sure the operators of Skyline Sky Club! were disheartened w,hen it stopped and then melted quicS^ ] ly the following day. One of our readers was disappointed also that the snow melted, but for a different reason. She said it was such a shame for the snowi to go for it so beautifully covered all the junk an(l trash thrown on the roadsides and strung over the county. A tiger in the tank is no good if there is a donkey at the wheel. -- British Minister of T ransportation. In Mecklenburg County, a driver was arrested for going through radar at 94 mph. Ten minutes later, another driver in the same car was arrested for driving at 100 mph. He was FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS i funeral |larlar8 H. C. GEEST, Director 405 Sperryville Road Culpeper, Virginia Christopher Geest R. T. Lane AMBULANCE WITH OXYGEN may it be filled with every happiness! STOKES FURNITURE COMPANY FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA on the way to get bail for the first arrestee. Plant Wins Yule Favor One plant particularly favored at Christmas in the United States and Canada is the poinsettia. The holiday colors of this green shrub with its star-shaped red clusters make it an appropriate symbol of the season. If it had not been for the interest of an American diplomat, Dr. Joel Poinsett of Charleston, S. C., the poinsettia might never have attained popularity. Serving as the first U. S. minister to Mexico in 1828. Dr. Poinsett discovered this tropical plant. Impressed with its beauty, he brought it back to the United States and introduced it into cultivation. Later, the plant was named the “poinsettia” in his honor. Albert Ecke, a California farmer, developed and improved the plant, and first marketed it in 1906. Since then, it has become a favorite Yuletide decoration. Lighting Up . . . Since the Star shone on Bethlehem, lights have been a part of Christmas celebrations. Today, candlelight services are traditionally held by many churches at Christmas. Something unique in the way of Christmas lights are the “luminarias" used to decorate the city of Albuquerque, N.M., at Christmastime. Outlining the borders of streets, sidewalks, yards and even the roofs of homes, the luminarias shine everywhere. Made of paper bags, weighted down with sand and lighted from within by a candle, thousands of luminarias all over the city offer a soft light. Sell Registered Bulls Alphaeus F. Cannon, Castle:on, recehtly sold five registerjd Angus cows to C. G. Thornhill, Boston. PANTHER TALES By Martha Shillingburg Monday the SC A sponsored a Christmas assembly. During the assembly the SCA representatives presented their gifts for the “White Christmas* program, and the choir, led by Mrs. Cargill sang several Christmas songs Later that afternoon the White Christmas gifts were distributed to needy families in the county. Congratulations totheJ.V.'s! The Junior Varsity defeated Page County team 28-25, and won it’s first game this seasoa High scorer for the J.V.’s was Stewart Henry with 15 points. Last week's Mysterious Teacher was—Mrs. Wolf I!! Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! Fun and Feasting . . . A merry, hearty feast is traditional at Christmas, but the ingredients are not always the same. Norwegians might serve, instead of turkey and trimmings, codfish and pickled pork, while baked carp is a favored Christmas delicacy in Austria. Christmas dining customs change with time, too. History describes a “traditional” Christmas feast of seven teenth century Quebec, a feast that would be considered somewhat unusual today. Before each diner at the feast was placed a bowl of blrchbark or polished basswood and a spoon of bark. The diners supplied their own knives, and there were no: forks. Into the bowl went first the : appetizers — cornbread and a : boiled mixture of eels, salmon and beans. The soup course was a rich meat broth, thickened with nuts. Vegetables Included corn, peas and baked squash. The main course featured roast venison and squirrel pies, with baked wild pigeons, partridges, blackbirds, owls— ■ all served together. Dessert consisted of cakes of maple sugar or sunflower seeds . and nuts. NOTICE We wish to express our appreciation to the people of the community for their patronage and support given us during the past three years while we were operating the Laurel Mills Cash Store (Utz Grocery). Beginning January 1, 1966, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Settle will be at this location to serve you. 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Rapp-Chats Bv W. H. Lyne Merry Christmas! And *£5® 8. wishing yours will ind*fd. bfa joyous occasion filled with a fuller understandS^Why“PPreClati0n0fthebl8* One of the slickest ways I’ve ever heard of in the way of preventing a possible tragedy during the holiday season is by ilf fhHgna»liVC Christmas tree in the living room! It so happened my sister’s family was the first learned of practicing this stunt. They have a fir, bought from a nursery, which has graced their living room for several Christmases and in between, stands planted in their yard. ; The Titchenells ofWoodville Pine d° thiS USlng 2 White : After all a tinder - dry conifer will catch fire from the ^lightest flame or perhaps $ven a spark from short circuited light wires. Then too, in this day of emphasis on conservation, think of the waste and destruction of beautiful trees, cut and enjoyed for so brief a time. (Wonder when * 11 be foresighted enough to dmploy this practice instead 9f just writing about it.) . Our 1965 Farm Management School was completed last ^cint get Uonte lor (^.kriAtmaa 7 Be there by long distance telephone. It’s the next best thing to being there. Virginia Telephone Telegraph Co. Phone ME 5-2129 Front Royal, Va. Friday with Mrs. Miriam Harris, Ned Johnson, Tom Massif Albert Hensley and Norman Wilbur being the more consistent pupils. We regret others had to drop out due to sickness or loss of a dear one. On the final day, I was in and out meeting with three different 4-H Clubs. One scholar handed me an article by George Litton, Head Animal Science Dept, of Virginia Tech, asking me to get his permission to publish it in the News. This has been requested and will probably be granted, so - after Christmas, be alert for 'Pause .. Peruse and Ponder*. The Light Horse and Pony Club is busy planning a dance to be held at the Flint Hill Fire Hall from 8-11 p.m. on Thursday, December 30. Last year this group had a wholesome and enjoyable dance. Let’s keep it that way. I’m counting on you parents being present. TAXES.. What an unpleasant topic to mention right at Christmas; however as sure as the New Year will arrive, so must our thoughts and energy soon be directed toward filing tax reports. W. J. Nuckolls, Tax Expert of the Agricultural Economics Department of Va. Tech, will be at the Court House at 7:30 p.m., January 6 to explain processes of filing tax returns to farmers, and any others, wishing to learn how this job can be made properly and perhaps easier. With the water shortage being experienced throughout the county, the apparent growth in interest in recreational enterprises, flood and water storage structures being constructed in adjoining counties possibly we of Rappahannock should activate our thinking and efforts on local possibilities. There is a growing awareness of the need, but what about the feasibility of such structures? Financial aid is available but can we afford, or not afford, our part? Do we have suitable sites for water storage structures? Will flood control, prevention of soil erosion on our farms, reduction in damage to our bridges in our highway system justify the cost? The Soil Conservation Service has personnel experienced in making complete studies of the feasibility of such an undertaking so why not ask for it? If you, your organization, or the Town BOOTS! BOOTS! Ttaffltf utut BOOTS! FROM STOKES Rubber Insulated Boots Goodyear *3*75 MEN’S ARCTICS Heavy Duty, Work $3*75 Men’s Dress Arctics *3-75 Boys’ Sizes 3*6 Men’s 6*12 Men's Dress Overshoes *1.00 Men’s Boot Socks 95c Ladies’ Storm Rubber Boots *2*75 Ladies’ \ Leather Casual Boots *6-75 STOKES Clothing Stores f„„i ro,,i, C**™. At the Bridge Next to Bank of Warren LOCALS. Mrs. Thomas D. Howie of Staunton will spend Christmas week-end with her son-in-law and daughter Judge and Mrs. T. C. Lea Jr., and children. The Rev. and Mrs. Charles F. Glaenzer were visitors Sunday and Monday of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Luckham in Irvington. Thursday the Glaenzer’s attended a party in honor of Miss Anne M. Alexander, who retired after forty years with the Commerce Department in Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keyser plan to spend Christmas weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keyser Jr., and family in Fairfax. Mrs. Julia Settle Easthamof Shady Side, Md. is spending the Christmas holiday with Miss Kate Walker. She was a luncheon guest Tuesday of Mrs. Luemma Moffett. Miss Dottie Davis of Madison College, and George Davis III of the University of Tennessee have arrived home to spend the Christmas holiday with their parents Mr. and Mrs. George Davis, Jr. Miss Molly Smith of Longwood College arrived home Saturday to spend the Christmas holiday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Smith, Miss Lee Smith spent the weekend in Richmond visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Smith are expected at the home of the Smiths for Christmas week-end. Mrs. B. R. Cox has returned to her home in Staunton for a week’s Christmas visit. She Council, is interested, why not write Graham Munkittrick Area Conservationist, SCS, P. O. Box 238, Charlottesville. Likely we don’t have sites for constructing larger water holding structures which was the policy and plan 5-10 years ago, however this policy I understand has changed. Those concerned with flood control today are thinking more effective control can be had with a series of smaller structures located on the feeder streams and branches of our so called rivers. Agriculturally our bottomland soils certainly are not generally our most productive. Furthermore such efforts have, as one of their primary purposes, benefiting agriculture rather than hindering it. was accompanied home by George Davis III. Ray Snead of V. M. I. Sam Snead who attends R.M. A. and Miss Dana Snead of Mary Washington College, have arrived home to spend the Christmas holiday with their parents Judge and Mrs. Rayner Snead and family. Mr. and Mrs. John Moulis and children of Silver Spring, Md. spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Ned Settle. Capt. and Mrs. James S. Willis and children of Latham, N. Y. arrived Wednesday for a visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller atMt. Prospect. Miss Segar Jones a student at Chowan Baptist College, Murfreesboro, North Carolina arrived home Friday to spend the Christmas holiday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Jones. Miss Becky Jones of Louisa spent the weekend with her parents. Misses Dana Snead and Dottie Davis spent the weekend as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Charrington of Windwood. Pa. Mr. and Mrs. E. Fields Benton of Middlesboro, Kentucky are expected this week to spend the Christmas holiday with Judge and Mrs. B. M. Miller. Miss Alice Anderson of Baltimore, Md. and John Anderson of Arlington spent the weekend with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Loring Anderson. Sunday guests were Mr. and Mrs. Loring Anderson, Jr. and son of Culpeper, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Brooks and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. JohnHerold and children of Baltimore, Md. Later Sunday evening Mrs. Loring Anderson and Alice. Anderson visited Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Anderson in Ar-< lington. Dr. and Mrs. Clyde F. Melton and Miss Laura Melton of Herndon will spend Christmas weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Massie. Robert Nethers of Dunn Loring spent the weekend with his sister Mrs. George Wood and Miss Kathy Nethers spent the weekend with Miss Gail Updike. Trenton Burke of Culpeper was a dinner guest Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Burke. Christmas day the Trenton Burke’s and son Richard and Dave will spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. Guy Burke. Mr. and Mrs. Ned Settle and Jimmie will spend Christmas day with Mr. and Mrs. John Moulis and children in Silver Spring. Miss Doris Daugherty will spend the Christmas holiday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Daugherty in Pulaski, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rees motored to Lynchburg Sunday and had dinner there. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Fosqueof Onancock, are expected this week-end at the home of Dr. and Mrs. John P. Snead IV. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Updike and Gail and Mrs. George Wood will spend Christmas day with Mr. and Mrs. frank Parker and Children in Culpeper, Sunday the Parker’s will spend the day with the Updikes’s. E. M. Richards left Tuesday to spend the holidays with his brother and sister-in-law, Mn and Mrs. Willie Richards at Park Fairfax and his brother in-law and sister Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Waters in Arlington. Village Shop Flint Hill, Va. Merry Christmas To Everyone! Open until Christmas Eva 10: a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Reopen on Wednesday, Dec. 29 Mary Cleverley While there he will also visit another sister, Mrs. Louise Garrett in Alexandria and other friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Buntin and daughter Nancy returned home Friday evening after spending several days in Danville. Guests for the day Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Smoot and family were Mr. and Mrs. Bunnie Smoot of Millington, Md. and Mrs. Cecil Smoot of Dover, Del. To My Many Good Friends in the county and adjoining counties, and to those who take this paper in far places, 1 want to say MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR! E. B. Cary —Jake «■¥»!!** # VISIT NEWBERRY’S FRONT ROYAL for your LAST MINUTE SHOPPING NEEDS Open Tonight ’til 9:00 p.m. - - Christmas Eve ’til 6:00 Have you picked up your lay-away ? ? ? NEWBERRY’S - FRONT ROYAL - Your One-Stop Shopping Center for All Your Gifts! TABLEFRESH FRUIT & VEGETABLE BUYS CRISP PASCAL Celery 2 JS. 29c JUICY FLORIDA Oranges 5 £ 33* NEMA-GOLD SWEET POTATOES TABLERITE U.S.D.A. GRADE "A" PLUMP TABLERITE FANCY PLUMP 4 to 5 lb.' Arg. 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Woodville News Mitts Mattie Rector Mr. and Mrs. Charles Butler and family of Annandale were guests on Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Butler. Their Sunday guests were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Butler and children of Arlington. Miss Virginia Johnson and Mrs. John Stallings of Culpeper with Mrs. Opal Shears of Falls Church were visitors Sunday of Misses Lillie and Nellie Johnson. Mrs. B. F. Dailey spent the weekend in Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Johnson and family of Springfield were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Johnson. Guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Wood were Mrs. George Quaintance and son Gardner of Alexandria and Mrs. Knight and children. Miss Sandra Orange of Mt. Airy, N. C. will spend Christ mas at her home here. Marriage Announced Mr. and Mrs. Paul Alther of Sperryville announce the marriage of their daughter Faye to Hugh Atkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eb Atkins of Sperryville. They were married on Saturday December 18, inLuray by the Rev. Kirby Shank. After a trip to North Carolina, they will make their home in Sperryville. AUTHOR’S WORDS "Everybody ought to know about Him. No one ever lived who was so good, so kind, so gentle, and so sorry for people who did wrong or were in any way ill and miserable, as He was. “And He is now in Heaven, where we all hope to go, and all meet each other after we are dead, and there be happy always together, you can never think what a good place Heaven is, without knowing who He was and what He did.” —Charles Dickens 1 HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON! CASH & CARRY BLDG. SUPPLY 606 Sperryville Pike Culpeper, Va. CULPEPER BOOK STORE Culpeper, Va. Care Can Prevent Toll in Holiday Fire Fatalities Householders were urged today by the American Insurance Association to take sensible precautions and help prevent fire which each holiday season takes a tragic toll in lives. Last Christmas, 47 persons in the United States died in fires in the three-day period beginning at six o'clock on Christmas eve, according to the National Safety Counsel. In a three-day period last New Year's, there were 74 fire fatalities. As fire safety precautions, the Association suggested that special care be given the Christmas tree, which when dry, can burst into flames if a spark comes in contact with it. It also urged care in the kitchen when meals are being prepared on the kitchen range and recommended that the use of lighted candles as Christmas decorations be avoided. "Carelessness is the cause of 3 out of every 4 fires, and if simple precautions are taken these fires can be avoided," the Association said. Fire fatalities in the U.S. during the Christmas and New Year's holiday periods of the last 10 years are as follows: Number of Fin Fatalities Year Days Christmas New Year's 1964 3 47 74 1963 I 35 29 1962 4 107 84 196) 3 83 83 1960 3 77 66 1959 3 43 63 1958 4 93 61 1957 1 27 20 1956 4 53 71 1955 3 63 74 Candlemas Eve Is Favored As Time To Remove Green When Is the right time to take down the Christmas greens? Before they become a fire hazard, is the modern belief, and that usually means soon after Christmas Day. In earlier times, however, the question was not so easily answered. Some people believed that Epiphany, or Twelfth Day, January 6, was the proper time for removing all Christmas decorations. Others firmly contended that the greens should remain until Candlemas, February 2. One of those favoring the later date was, apparently, the poet Robert Herrick, who lived from 1591 to 1674. He wrote of taking down the greens in his poem, "Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve," but warned that the greens must be completely removed, “For look how many leaves there be Neglected there (maids, trust to met So many goblins you shall see.” Buy Safe Toys Good judgment is essential in purchasing safe toys for children, says the American Insurance Association. Chemical sets and toys requiring fuels can become hazardous in young hands, it warns. All play with chemical toys or those involving fuels should be supervised by parents, the Association advises. And, when buying electrical toys, choose only those with the U.L. (Underwriters Laboratories) label. To Our Patrons It is a pleasure at this Holiday time to wish you much happiness! BARRON’S TIRE SERVICE CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Yuletide Beauty Is Reflected In Legends of Flowers and Greens Flowers burst into bloom and trees and shrubs were green with new leaves on the night of the Saviour’s birth, so legend says. Down through the ages, certain flowers and greens have held an honored place in the lore of Christmas — the holly and the ivy, mistletoe, rosemary, the Christmas rose, the thorn tree. Ancient peoples believed that mistletoe had powers to ward off evil or cure a variety of illnesses. Druid priests of Britain, long ago, believed that mistletoe should be cut with a golden knife, then hung over doorways as a protection from evil. The Greeks, too, used it to ward off evil. One of many legends surrounding the poinsettia tells of a poor Mexican girl who, having no gift of value, humbly placed some roadside Christinas Giving Without Money This Christmas you can give to charity without spending a cent. Sound impossible? Well, it isn’t. There is a charity called New Eyes for the Needy, Inc. located in Short Hills, N. J. which DOES NOT want your money. All it wants are your discarded eyeglasses., antique and costume jewelry and bits of scrap precious metal. For 33 years this unique charity has been working to improve the vision of the needy the world over. Over half a million people have been helped. . .without ever asking for a penny. Here is a charity everyone can help, at Christmas and all through the year. New Eyes is a volunteer, non-profit organization which provides eyeglasses for those in the United States who cannot afford them. With the nationwide help of countless individuals and service organizations it collects discarded eyeglasses, jewelry and pieces of precious metal. Each year some 752,000 carefully wrapped pairs of glasses and hundreds of pounds of jewelry find their way to New Eyes from every corner of the country. What happens to the eyeglasses you give? Each pair| is unwrapped, sorted and processed by volunteer help. There are 250 people who work hard each week to keep New Eyes going. . .and all are volunteers. The eyeglasses made of gold and silver are About Trees ... On the night Christ was born, legend says, all the trees burst into bloom. Thus began many stories about the Christmas tree. Early folk tales described a huge tree in the midst of a , forest. The tree held many candles, some straight, some upside down. At the top was an infant with a halo around his head. It was believed that the tree represented humanity. The candles, up and down, symbolized people, good and bad. The infant was the Christ Child. weeds at tne root or a statue representing the Virgin and Child. Instantly, the weeds became scarlet blossoms and thus, so the legend says, the poinsettia was created. Rosemary, the symbol of constancy, was at one time widely used in England as a Christmas decoration. During the Victorian era, it lost popularity and is now seldom, if ever, seen as part of the Yuletide greenery. An old story says that the fragrance of rosemary was given to it when Mary placed the Christ Child’s garments on this shrub. Like mistletoe, the brightlyberried holly was early credited with magical and medical powers. It could even, legend said, tell girls the name of their future husbands. put in what is called “the melt*, which means that they are taken to a New Jersey refinery and melted down for cash. The money thus realized is used by New Eyes to buy new prescription glasses and artificial eyes for needy people in the United States. The good plastic framed glasses are tested and packaged for shipment overseas. Each pair is marked with its prescription by trained volunteers to be distributed to medical missionaries in many countries of the world. Last year 45,000 pairs of re-usable glasses and many artificial eyes were sent overseas.New Eyes also has a heavy demand from tropical countries for dark glasses which protect against the sun’s glare. One delighted missionary in Pakistan discovered a bonus: he could use his as a mirror to spruce up after cycling through dusty villages. Jewelry is of great importance to New Eyes for the Needy. Not a piece is wasted. The good antique and costume jewelry as well as silver hollow ware and flatware are polished, appraised and sold weekly at New Eyes headquarters. In addition there are two large jewelry sales a year sponsored by the charity. All proceeds go to buy new prescription glasses for the needy. Broken jewelry of gold and silver and odd pieces of precious metal such as found in gold dentures are put in “the melt”. ' - ! And what' Of the people who are helped by New Eyes? They represent a cross section of all ages and interests. Among them the Virginia woman not able to read her Bible, a leper patient whose eyes had become sensitive to the strong Pacific sun, a farmer who could not tell vegetables from weeds as he toiled in the fields, a diabetic patient confined to a wheel chair unable to recognize visitors, a child of six squinting badly, an elderly woman living on a small pension with nothing for “extras like glasses”, a 53-year old man deeply discouraged over inability to get steady work because of poor eyesight. For each of these people New Eyes provided the glasses that changed their lives. Those who need but cannot afford eyeglasses may apply ny The Joyful Christmas Season is here again, giving us the opportunity to express our gratitude to our customers, t Our pleasant association with you is a privilege indeed. Lerner’s Department Store CULPEPER, VIRGINIA OBITUARIES Mrs. Louise Brownton Mrs. Frances Louise Brownton, 86, died December 16, 1965 in a Manassas nursing home. She was a retired government employee. A native of Rappahannock, she was the daughter of John J. Reid and Lucy Penn Rodes. She has no immediate family. Mrs. Frances C. Jones of Richmond is a niece, and Julian L. Brown of Culpeper, Harold G. Brown, Winchester J. Rodes Brown, Sperryville and Robert L. Brown of Woodville are nephews. A graveside funeral service was held Saturday at the Wood ville Cemetery with the Rev. John H. Jordan officiating. Pallbearers were Thomas C. Hand, James W. Fletcher, H. B. Wood, Jr., Emory Conners and Harold G. Brown, Jr. David W. Kendrick David Way Kendrick, 64 of Front Royal died December 21, 1965 in Warren Memorial Hospital. He was the son of the late William Jackson Kendrick and Annie Bush Kendrick and a native of Warren County. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Frank W. Spalding of Flint Hill and three nephews. A graveside funeral service will be held today, Thursday, at 2 p.m. in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal with the Rev. G. C. Bentley officiating. Pallbearers will be Judge Elliott Marshall, William C. Armstrong, Frank Compton, Tom Trimble, David Rappaport and Howard McFall. directly to New Eyes for the Needy or to the welfare clinic or any hospital where a fund if maintained. Professional care is left in the hands of the local hospital staff. Ulrrrp Y Christmas I Virginia Telephone . & Telegraph Co. f Phone ME 5-2129 Front Royal, Va. A social worker writing to New Eyes recently said, *1 only wish each of the people who contributed to your organization, could see what a lift it gives struggling men and women to know someone cares”. YOU can care this Christmas. Help New Eyes to help others by going through your bureau drawers and clipboards for the things New Eyes needs. Wrap each pal^ of glasses separately or spnd them in their own soft cases. Send by parcel post to hfew Eyes for the Needy, Inc., Sliprt Hills, N. J. And urge ydur friends to do the same! '* A Very Merry Holiday 1 '1 f. Season from i * All Of U# At QcuuieU of Culpeper 404 South Main Street CULPEPER, VIRGINIA May joy dwell in your heart at Christina* We sincerely wish each and every one of our many friends and customers a truly blessed Christmas, one that’s filled with peace, and ever-lasting happiness. . . . and a prosperous New Year! Rappahannock National Bank Washington, Virginia JVIay all the traditional joys of Christmas be yours... good friends and good times, gifts and greetings. And know that our greetings are warmly sincere, with grateful thanks for your loyal patronage. MARTIN FURNITURE, COMPANY CULPEPER, VIRGINIA

From, The Home Agent’ By Doris Daugherty Pecans, one of our more popular holiday nuts, were, also a favorite of George Washington. According to his fellow officers, Washington often carried pecans in his pockets, and his diary reports that in 1774 he planted pecans about his home at Mount Vernon. Thomas Jefferson, too, was interested in pecans. He received the first recorded ship ment of pecans from Louisiana to the north in 1799. Daniel Clark of New Orleans sent him a box of pecans and wrote *T have presumed to send you a box of pecan meats. These are not, I understand, common in the Atlantic ports of the United States, though they grow everywhere on the banks of the'Mississippi, and from the Illinois River to the Sea. The tree grows to the usual size of forest trees and affords a delightful shade in summer. It might be well to cultivate it in Virginia for use and ornament." Apparently Jefferson agreed, for future correspondence indicated that pecans were planted atMonticello the following year. Pecans head the United States Department of Agriculture’s Plentiful Foods List for December. Other foods tn pod supply are other nuts, citrus fruits, especially tangerines, and oranges; apples, and winter vegetables, especially onions and cabbage. With the bountiful supply, and prices comfortably low, holiday tables need not lack. Hints - Because holiday hosiery is gossamer sheer, without heel or toe reinforcements, good fit is particularly important. Remember that new hosiery becomes more "elastic" and resilient if laundered before * 3-t this joyous time, when hope and good spirits are high, we express appreciation for your continued loyalty, and wish you the best of everything for Christinas as always. Thank you. NLSH NORTH & SON Hun%, Ifo. TO ONE AND ALL i V Sbengas Corporation FRONT ROYAL, VA. OLD-FASHIONED WISHES may Good wishes around you, good cheer abounding . . . the heart-warming simple joys of Christmas be yours. The Citizens National Bank Flint Hill, Va. wearing. Then, wash nylons again In warm soap or dete^ gent suds' after each wearing to\ eliminate wrinkles and sag ging. Copper cleaners won’t work well on greasy surfaces. That’s why a copper pan, or stainless steel with copper bottom... must be sudsed and rinsed with hot water both before and after applying a copper cleaning product to remove discoloration. County News The Flint Hill Horse and Pony Club Will meet at the Paul Miller home on Thursday, December 23rd at 7:30 p.m. Final plans for the holiday dance will be discussed. The dance is set for Thursday, December 30th from 8:00 to 11:00 pj-n. at the Flint Hill firehall. Music will be furnished by the Rogues. Admission prices will be $.75 per person and $1.25 per couple. Please remember to make your Christmas a safe and happy season. Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Most Happy New Year. Flint Hill News Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cook had as their guests Thursday Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shothron of Marrittsville. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Day of Richmond is expected on Christmas Day at the Cook home. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hamilton and children of High Point, N. C. spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Brady. Sunday guests were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bennett and children of Manassas and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Crane and children of College Park, Md. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Welt of Washington, D. C. were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Clark. Daniel Clark, son of the Clarks, is sick this week with mumps. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Vest and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Vest and family in Woodville Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. William Pullen will visit their son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs John T. Pullen and family of Richmond on Saturday and Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Miller will spend Christmas weekend Jvith their j son-in-law iand daughter Mr. and Mrs. Garl Howell and daughter in Madison Heights. Butch Browning and Lewis Moore, Jr. spent the weekend in Washington, D. C. with Jimmy Bowling. Richard Belch arrived home after serving four years with the Marines. He is staying with Warren Presgraves. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Russell were Bridge guests Satur day night of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Browning. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Dennis of Jackson, S. C. returned to their home Tuesday after visiting relatives in this area, including Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nethers and Mrs. Thelma Russell. Saturday evening Mrs. Russell and the Dennis family attended a dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Johnson in Front F^oyal. Other guests were Miss Betty Lee Glascock of Summit Point, W. Va., Mrs. G. H. Dennis and Miss Landra Dennis of AmissviUe. and J. G. Russell. Mrs. Ida TrumD left Sunday Chester Gap Those returning to their homes from the Warren Memorial Hospital last week are Tammy North on Thursday, Mrs. Buddy Williams and Hliufpld Davis on Saturday. R^y and Joe Priest and Ray Sibert of Front Royal spent last Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Williams. Patty Sibert spent Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. Hubie Gilkey and family. Miss Elsie Pullen of Front Royal visited Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Williams Sunday afternoon. Mrs. LeMerle Williams spent Friday in Winchester. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bolt and Mrs. Mattie Wines spent Saturday at Seven Corners. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Leake and daughter Terry of Culpeper were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Bailey and family of Falls Church spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Wallihan of Front Royal visited Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis Sunday afternoon. Davis McRae of Washington, D. C. spent the week-end at his home here. Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Burnette of Richmond will arrive on Friday afternoon to spend Christmas week-end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Williams. Mrs. Eddie Fox entered Winchester Memorial H o sp it a 1 Monday for treatment. New Arrivals Mrs. Carroll Cornelius Frye of Sperryville announces the birth of a son, Bruce Cornelius, born December 14, 1965 at Culpeper Memorial Hospital. The infants father was the late C. C. Frye, Jr. for Rochester, Minn, where she will spend a month with) her daughter Mrs. James Fislv er and family. Mr.s. Mary Cleyerley will-1 s'^end'Christ mas day with her) daughter Mrs. Warren A. Mo Conchie and family in Arlington. Robert L. Massie, Jr., who attends Michigan State University at East Lansing, has arrived home to spend the holidays with his mother, Mrs. Frank Spalding and Mr. Spald- ' ing. Miss Barron and Mr. Latham Exchange Vows in Ceremony Sunday Afternoon The wedding of Miss Camilla Sue Barron, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Campbell Barton of Viewtown, to Francis Wendell Latham, Jr., son of Mrs. William Reginald Bowen and the late Francis Wendell Latham of Amissville took place at 3:00 p.m.Sundayj December 19, 1965 at Forest Grove Baptist Church, Viewtown. The Rev. Charles Kindred performed the ceremony assisted by the Rev. Louis Broughman of Marshall. Miss Sandra Rowzie, organist, played the wedding music and accompanied Miss Faith Moss, soloist of Fredericksburg, who sang ‘'Because', “O Promise Me* and “The Lord’s Prayer*. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a full-length gown of white peau de soie, with a lace jacket, fashioned with a high neckline, long tapered wedding-point sleeves and chapel train, made by her mother. Her veil of illusion fell from a crown of pearls and crystals and she carried a bouquet of white roses, stephanotis, and miniature ivy. She wore a strand of cultured pearls, a gift of the groom. Miss Sharon Maria Arnold of Cha rlottesville was the honor attendant and wore a fulllength gown of pastel blue silk shantung. She carried ai bouquet of pink carnations.j Bridesmaids were Miss Linda Jean Fletcher of Winchester and MissHelenSusanAylor of Brandy Station. They wore floor-length dresses of pink peau de soie with matching headbands of velvet ardpearls and carried bouquets of blue, carnations. Miss Lisa Zimmerliof Falls Church served as flower girl and wore a floor - length pastel blue taffeta dress. Jeffrey Lohr of Rixeyville was ring bearer. Oliver H. Lohr, Jr. acted a^ . .best, man.. Serving as ushers were Thomas Curtis of Rixeyville and Donald William Bowen of Amissville, brother of the Broom. A reception was held in the We wish for you a striped candy cane, The scent of pine. a fires yloir, IPresents to open, snow on the pane, Veace... and a ylintpse of the Star. Northern Virginia Furniture WARRENTON, VIRGINIA Fellowship Hall of the church immediately following the ceremony. Presiding over the three-tier wedding cake were Mrs. James Rector of Stevensburg and Miss Francis Bain of Washington, D. C. Miss Maureen Shannon of Annapolis, Maryland and Miss Billie lager of Richardsville were at the punch bowls. Mrs. Walter Robinson, Jr. of Blacksburg, sister of the groom, was in charge of the guest book. Mrs. Barron wore for her daughter’s wedding a medium blue lace dress with matching accessories. Her corsage was of pink rosebuds. Mrs. Bowen, mother of the bridegroom, wore a powder blue lace dress and a corsage of yellow rosebuds. The bride was dressed in a matching skirt and sweater ensemble of pastel blue cashmere with black accessories and wore a corsage of white roses from her bridal bouquet as the couple left for a wedding trip to New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Latham will make their home in Beaverdam, Virginia where Mr. Latham is on the faculty of the C. T. Smith High School. Flint Hill H.D. Club The Homemakers Club of Flint Hill met at the home of Mrs. _ Wade Pullen Tuesday the 14. Miss Doris Daugherty gave a demonstration on identifying old glass. Those present were: Mrs. Mary Cleverly. Mrs. Ed Clark, Mrs. Barbara Gentry, Mrs. Charles Glaenzer, Mrs. Douglas Bywaters, Mrs. Lloyd Pullen and Mrs. Larry Welch. Charles Wesley, brother of John Wesley, wrote the words to “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!” in 1739. In his first version the carol began, “Hark how all the welkin rings,” according to World Book Encyclopedia. The “Messiah" oratorio, a Christmas tradition, was cotnposed by George Frederick Handel in only 25 days, according to World Book Encyclopedia. It was first performed in 1742 in Dublin. A year later King George II set the custom of standing during the oratorio’s “Halleulujah (Jho rus-.”-''t4-j The cost of building and main, taining roads has doubled in the past 15 years. Known for Paintings One Christmas - born child had little cheer in his life, on holidays or otherwise. This was the French painter, Maurice Utrillo, bom on December 25, 1883. Son of an unknown father and a mother who was a model for many of the Montmartre brush wielders of her time, young Maurice was shy and withdrawn, not only in childhood but throughout his life. Ironically, reproductions of many of hjs paintings, particularly those of the sparkling white dome of the Montmartre Church of Sacre Coeur, are used by the thousands every year on Christmas cards. <_s4\ this Christmastide, we gratefully wish for all our dear friends the season's many blessings. Paul’s Maytag ‘' PROUCT ROYAL, VAI Christmastime is here again, and to all our friends we wish a holiday filled with great joy and good health. May the Day be an especially merry and bright one for you and the ones you hold dear. NEWBERRY’S Culpeper, Va.

May it brighten your holiday and last thru’the year Silk Mill Sales Room Front Royal,, Va. The holiday season is here . . and in ihe midst of all the merrymaking, we’d like to extend best wishes and greetings to our friends. CLORE PONTIAC Culpeper, V*. thanks tp all our loyal patrons. JEWEL BOX Culpeper, Virginia Williams Furniture Company CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Letters From a Baptist Missionary It is fitting that at this season of the year we receive a letter from Miss Anne Dwyer, a Baptist missionary nurse, serving in a hospital in Ajloun, Jordan, In the following excerpt she tells of a trip she took through some of the eastern Mediterranean countries. It was my privilege to make a trip through Turkey and Greece this summer. The Paul Smiths planned to camp and invited me to go with them. Certainly every Christian is interested in the sites of the early churches and Paul’s missionary journeys. We spent the first night in Antioch from which Paul and Barnabas set out on their first missionary journey. It was thrilling to be there. From the mountainside where the church is located, one has a good view of Antioch and the fertile plain surrounding. Also, the path that leads across the hill to the nearby port of Seleucia is visible. They sailed from Seleucia. The original church seems to have been a cave in the mountain with a secret entrance or tunnel through the mountain. It has since been added onto and is now a Catholic Church. Old coins were plentiful and cheap here, and I made my best buy of the trip--a Roman tear bottle complete and which stands. The mourners filled these with their tears, and they were buried with the person, so I am told. About half way up the mountain from the church is the remains of a Roman prison. You can see some of the ruins of the fortress on top which was impregnable except from one side. They held out for over a year against the Crusaders, and it finally fell by treachery. You remember that this was the city where the people first T>ung the nickname of "Christians* on the disciple of Jesus, mean- 1 ing by it “those Christers, always talking about their Christ.” I often wonder if wej deserve to be called “Christians” since we talk so little about Him, and our life often denies Him? Then via Ankara the growing, modern capital of Turkey and Istanbul we found ourselves in Greece. Though I had been to Greece before it was thrilling to stand on Mars Hill again and read the account of Paul’s being there. The following day we were in Corinth where Paul “Determined to know nothing among you but Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” We had three weeks but always felt the need to spend more time, see something more or the places were so interesting and delightful we jwere not ready to leave. In thinking of the Books of the New Testament we passed through or saw: Corinth, Ephesus, P h i 1 i p p i, ColoSse and Thessalonica. Of the seven early churches we saw: Pergamum, Ephesus, and Smyrna. We were near Laodicea but missed the sign and the turn. To get the most out of such a trip you need someone who speaks Turkish and English and an archeologist. The port of Neapolis is a gem on the Aegean Sea. It has a natural harbor and nestles against the mountain. The afternoon sun was gleaming on the red terra Icotta roofs. It is a 2 day journey from Troas. This is the port where Paul landed I when he heard and answered the Macedonian call--“Come over and help us.” (Acts 16:9) IFrom here Christianity spread to the Balkans and Europe. From Europe it went to England and the New World. What if Paul had not heard or had not answered the call? The most extensive ruins are at Ephesus (Efes in Turkish). It would take a week to see it thoroughly. We wantred to climb the mountain to the prison on top. It is possible that Paul was held prisoner there. We walked to the top of one of the mountains and ruins were on every hand. Then we came down the marble street to the amphitheatre. It seated 200,000 and the stage had 3 stories. This is where Paul became embroiled with the silversmiths who made images of Diana of the Ephesians and for the space of two hours the mob shouted “Great is Diana of the Ephesians." At quite a distance as one enters the modern town of Ephesus there is an old rusty sign. A path leads through a weed-strewn way to what was one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world--The Temple of Diana of the Ephesians. There are a few broken columns and a depression in the ground resembling a filled-up pond. It has a little water in it, reeds, frogs, and little wild ducks scrambled into hiding. Apparently Dians of the Ephes> ians is not important and powerful any more. Pergamum has its interesting points. Most of the Roman cities were built on hills or high places for protection. Here was located the library which had 200,000 volumes. Alexandria, Egypt, became jealous and withheld papyrus. In Pergamum they began to use sheep or goatskin called parchment (Latin-pergamen). j Apparently, Alexandria won out in the end as Anthony preI sented this famous library to Cleopatra. Here is the steepest theatre known. I walked up and was dizzy and held on to the seats nearest hand. There is an old church in the village dedicated to St. Antipas He was a Christian rrfartyr. (Rev. 2:13) It was huge and covered with white marble. Enough remains to let one know that it was truly covered with marble. A part of the building is now a mosque, but. the greater part is in ruins. About 2 miles from Pergamum is the aiskelepeion. The worship of the god Aesculapius was brought from Epidaurus in Greece in the 4th century B.C. Here medicine was combined with religion. Galen prao ticed here. There was a theatre and library connected with it. There were ponds where the sick bathed and covered themselves with mud. The fountains were used by those who complained of stomach pains. In one of the temples the sick were healed through dreams and suggestion methods. They were told to sleep here in order to see in their dreams the god who would tell them the medicines necessary to heal their sickness. There is a pretty white marble slab with serpents upon it from which the caduceus or medical symbol comes. One of the most satisfying and exciting places was Philippi.. We had lunch there at a small roadside cafe where we washed our tired, dirty hands and faces at the pump. Prices are low in Turkey except in the large cities. Seven of us ate here for about two 'dollars. They had some old broker! columns and bases around the yard. There are a lot of ruins in Philippi. I stepped off the marketplace and it was over 100 yards long. There are a lot of pretty carvings including fish and birds. Then we crossed the highway we had been traveling which goes through the ruins. Philippi was destroyed by an earthquake, and it is evident as columns were broken into many pieces and all fell the same direction. There is a prison which may have been , the one where Paul and Silas iwere i m p r i s o n e d and sang ! praises to God at midnight when the earthquake occurred. (Acts 16:16) This called one to prayer. We decided that they sang Psalms as there was probably nothing else. A short jdistance away is the river. . .. and a 4ealo*t failed uuih all <pood thi+UfA. CREEL’S JEWELRY STORE tS N. Main St. Phone VA 5-9063 Culpeper, V».| WISHING FOR ALL OUR FRIENDS THE VERY BEST OF HOLIDAYS. PARIS FURNITURE Front Royal, Virginia The guidebook loaned us by the guard , says that the women were washing clothes. I had not heard this or thought of it, but after knowing something of the East it seems very likely. The river crosses the road and is bridged. On the upper side it was small, weeds and reeds choked the river and cows.were grazing. On the lower side it was damned up which made it deep, still and quiet. It was treelined and reminded me of “He leadeth me beside the still waters....’’ I prayed that we may not lose the inspiration of this place and this hour. In the area of Colosse and Laodicea we camped at the police station which is within the ruins of Hierapolis. (Colossians 4:13) It is on a high plateau. There are no large cities nearby so that the stars at night seem unusually bright and closer. The same is true in Ajloun. The Roman aqueducts are still in use. We were camped within feet of them and enjoyed the babble of the hot medicinal waters though we did not need to be lulled to sleep nights. We also went swimming in an old Roman bath. It is like warm dishwater which is shocking at first but later relaxing and nice. We felt like new people after 3 hours which was the limit for which we had paid. My bursitis felt much better and infected wounds healed straitway. I got up early in the morning to walk over the ruins. The Smiths had been there before. German architects were reconstructing the baths, theatre, and working in the large cemeteries. Philip, the apostle, was supposed to have been martyred here in the year 80 and later a large church was built in the town and dedicated to him. It was further, and I did not have time to see the ruins of it. The large Jewish population attracted the early Christian missionaries. The place is now called Pemakkule which means white cotton castle. Calcium cliffs are formed everywhere from the drainage of the hot mineral springs from the heights above. They look like ice or snow and the formations are similar to those found in caves. It is fantastic! We came onourway rejoicing that we had been privileged to see these places though the weather was very hot and the roads often under construction and very dusty and dirty;' We had physicallyitWefteaHh sotaiti bf meb^eps'!1 of Paul. But in reality we can all follow in his steps daily, for he sought none other than to know and do, at any cost, the will of God. Sincerely, Anne Dwyer Miss Dwyer has been engaged in missionary work for about ten years. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Dwyer, Sperryville. USE CHRISTMAS SEALS FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS RUSSELL BROS., INC. FLINT HILL, VA. Thank you for your patronage. We hope to serve -you throughout the new year! BRADFORDS Flint Hill, Vi ... we sincerely thank you’ for your patronage. Culpeper Planing Mill Culpeper.. Virginia Rf|glglt Ill life's journey, one of the great rewards is the good will of our friends. We thank you heartily and wish you a most Merry Christmas. F. L. White & Co. Culpeper, Va.

Miss Wood Becomes Bride of Mr. Hardiman in Chapel Ceremony at Blacksburg Miss Ruth Stevens Wood became the bride of Stephen Thomas Hardiman in a double ring ceremony on Saturday, December 18th at 3:00 p.m. in the War Memorial Chapel at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg. The Reverend Paul Gallagher officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burrell Wood of Blacksburg. Parents of-the brutegroom are Mr, and Mrs. Ja&fjbs Stephen^$*<31 KiaJi Jr. of Huntington Station, Long Island, New York. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a formal gown of skinners delustered satin fashioned with long pointed sleeves, bateau neckI-—■1 line and fitted bodice trimmed with hand-run alencon lace. Deep folds formed the front fullness of the bouffant skirt which flowed into a modified cathedral train. A crown of seed pearls held her fingertip veil of imported silk illusion. She carried a cascade bouquet consisting of a large white orchid enhanced with white bride’s roses, stephanotis and varigated English holly.^ ,A dainty silver cross wijtf diamond, .aAvedding feift rrom the groom.a domed her throat. Mrs. Gerald Lee Buckner of Richmond, Virginia, sister of the bride, was Matron of Honor. She wore an ice-blue satin floor length, bell skirted 1 gown with fitted bodice. Her headdress was a pill box made of the same material as the gown and was trimmed with matching netting. She wore matching satin shoes and wrist length white gloves. The bridesmaids, who wore outfits identical to that of the matron of honor, were Miss Barbara Hardiman, Huntington Station. N. Y., sister of the groom and Miss Judy Gray, Blacksburg, Virginia. All three attendants carried bouquets of red carnations and Christmas holly. Mr. James Stephen Hardiman, Jr., father of the bridegroom, served his son as best man. Ushers were James Thomas. ( Luck, Blacksburg; William Lee Proctor, Fairfax; John William Hardiman, brother of the groom, Huntington Station, N. Y.; and Charles Burrell Wood, Jr., brother of the bride, Blacksburg. The bride’s mother wore a pastel blue lace street length dress with matching jacket, hat and shoes. She wore an orchid corsage. The mother of the groom wore a pastel silver pink brocade sheath dress with scoop neck. A matching jacket with a rolled collar and threequarter length sleeves made a becoming accessory along with her matching pill box hat trimmed with seed pearls and veiling. Her shoes were of dyed-to-match satin. She wore an orchid corsage. For the ceremony, the altar of the Chapel was beautifully! decorated with an arrange-' ment of white gladiola, pom-; pon chrysanthemums and ap- i proprlate greenery. Matching] baskets of similar arrange-! ments. flanked the altar. A profusion of candlelight lent an ethereal quality to the service. Immediately following the ceremony, a reception was given at the University Club by the parents of the bride. Out of town guests included Miss Marie Hardiman, Glendale, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Victor Stampfl, Huntington Station, N. Y; Mr. Stephen Dorrler, Bayshore, N. Y.;Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Smith and daughter, Linda, North Gardenj Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Brue j.' Wood, Flint Hill, Va.; Mr. Gerald L. Buckner, Miss Charlotte Atkins, Miss Barbara Greene, all of Richmond, Va. For her wedding trip to points north, the bride wore a navy blue wool three piece suit, white fur trimmed pill box hat, navy shoes and carried a navy handbag and white gloves. Her orchid corsage was taken from the bridal bouquet. The bride is a former resident of Rappahannock County and is widely connected throughout the Northern Virginia area. She is the namesake of the late Miss Ruth Stevens, beloved clerk of the Rappahannock court. The groom is a candidate for the Ph.D. degree in Mathematics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He has served on the teaching staff for the past year but expects to discontinue this in order to pursue his studies toward his doctorate under a fellowship. The bride is a sophomore at V.P.I. and plans to continue her studies with her major in Foods and Nutrition in the College of Home Economics. On return from their wedding trip, Jjhe couple will make their ^Tfome at* 801 S. Main St., Apt. 7, Blacksburg, Va. The Crater Lake area of Orei gon has an annual average snowfall of some 50 feet. Amiss ville News Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Laing and sons of Warrenton were dinner guests Saturday evening of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Laing at Bunree Farm. Mrs. Russell Luttrell of Culpeper was a visitor Monday of Mrs. Gilbert H. Dennis and daughter Landra and L. H. Luttrell. Friday Mrs. Dennis and Landra were guests for dinner of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Johnson in Front Royal. C. A. Smith will spend the Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schurtz and family in Springfield and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Smith in Hferndon. Mrs. Clyde Harrington of Alexandria spent last Wednesday with her Mother, Mrs. C. J. Moss and they spent the afternoon in Culpeper. Miss Nancy Latham, a senior student at Berea College, Berea, Ky., arrived at the home of her mother, Mrs. Sarah Latham, Saturday night for the Christmas holidays. She arrived by bus in Staunton and was accompanied home from there by Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Payne and son Billy. Mr. and Mrs. John lapp spent last Wednesday In Arlington visiting Mrs. Fannie McQuinn, Mrs. Mary Collins and John Hackley. Mrs. Effie Youngman and Mrs. Annie Plaugher of Arlington were callers last Sunday of the Rev. and Mrs. Fletcher Osborne. Mrs. Tommy Fincham of Arlington was a weekend visitor of Mrs. Sarah Latham and family. Sunday evening Mrs. Latham, Mrs. Fincham and Misses Nancy and Susan Latham were guests at open house given by Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Peck and Mr. and Mrs. John Peck at the home of the H. B. Pecks near Herndon. The Lathams accompanied Mrs. Fincham to her home before returning to Amissville, Miss Nancy Latham is spending several days this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hoadley in Arlington. Miss Susan Latham was an over night guest Saturday of Miss Laura Schuermann near Rixeyville. Mrs. Barbara Mountjoy and Miss Mary Haynes of Warrenton were visitors Sunday of Mrg. A. C. Latham. Miss Faith M066 of Ladysmith was an oVer* "rtfgfMf feu eg! Jpurf ay of tylrs. Latham. Mis6 Jacqueline Marlowe was a weekend visitor of Mr. and Mbs. Stanish Riley after spending two weeks in Chicago where she attended a conven tlon of the American Farm Bureau. Mr. and Mrs. James Sealock of Falls Church spent theg weekend with Mr. and Mrs. . Johnie Hackley. Saturday Mrs. ] Hackley, Mrs. Sealock and son Rodney, Mrs. Nelson ] Burner and daughter Faye were guests of Mr. and Mrs. , Bernard Weaver in Culpeper. ^ Mrs. Florine Smith and David Smith of Warrenton were afternoon visitors Sunday of the Hackleys. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Clements and Mr. and Mrs. Emory Shifflett, all of Alexandria were weekend visitors of Mrs. Dolly Melborne. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Cooper were over night guests Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Walker in Woodbridge. Robert Walter of Charlottesville was a visitor Saturday of Mrs. Frank Walter. Visitors Friday of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Hutton were Mr. and Mrs. French Thomas of Front Royal. Dan Richard Smith left Thursday for San Francisco and will go from there to Korea where he will serve a tour of duty with the U. S. Army. Composers Inspired... Famous composers have found in Christmas inspiration for some of their most renowned music. At Christmas, and Easter, too, people gather to hear performances of Handel’s “Messiah.” Bach’s Christmas Oratorio” and Berlioz’ “L’Enfance du Christ” are other examples of “serious” music often specially performed at Christmas. Twentieth century composers, too, have written music around Christmas themes. Probably the most familiar example is Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” an opera commissioned for television and performed annually. Honegger’s “Christmas Cantata” and Britten’s "Ceremony of Carols” are other notable examples. To Honor St. Basil. . . Since the herald angels sang, bringing “glad tidings of great joy” to shepherds watching their flocks, the people of many lands have contributed to the history of Christmas hymns and carols. In the fourth century, St. Basil the Great of Greece emerged victorious in his struggle for Christianity with the Byzantine Emperor Julian. To celebrate this victory, a musical poem or carol was in his' horiolr. ! ■ ' ■ The first day of the New Year is still celebrated as St. Basil’s day in Greece, and children receive their “Christmas” gifts on that day. Please Drive Carefully During the Long Holidays j£the joy of Christmas roach into every heart, as with scripture, song and prayer, we recall the wonder of His birth. I r * The Jack and Jill Shop I Culpeper, Vo. Thanks to all of you, our many loyal friends and customers, for your ^wonderful patronage. ROSSON - TROILO Brandy Station, Va. SEASON’S GREETINGS TO YOU AND YOURS. Rappahannock Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company WASHINGTON VIRGINIA GREETINGS OLD YET EVER-NEW: MERRY CHRISTMAS! Rappahannock Farmers Cooperative SperryyiUe, V«. |nc. With gratitude for your friendship and the loyal support you’ve given us, we extend our heartiest wishes that you have a very Merry Christmas. 7uel Jewelers “ftwflwwf lo C. Aoy Jonn, Jew*tar J40 f. Dflvk $*. 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I THE RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS. Washington, Vs. Thursday, December 23, 1965 Sperry ville By Mrs. J. B. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Larry Bolyard and family of Keyser, W. Va., and Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Bolyard and children of Chagrin Falls, Ohio have arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Nethers to spend the Christmas holidays. Bobby Atkins, a student at Berea College, Berea, Ky., arrived at his home Saturday night to spend the holidays with his mother Mrs. Ella Atkins. He arrived by bus in Staunton and was accompanied from there by Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Payne and Miss Nancy Latham of Amissville. Manley Bruce of Arlington spent the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bruce. Callers during the weekend of Mrs. J. H. Daily were Eld. and Mrs. W. T. Daily, and Mrs. Eva Brubaker of Luray, Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Woodward, Kathy Swain and Patty Atkins of Warrenton. Over night guests Wednesday of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schaefer were their son-inlaw and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Jacobs of Warrenton. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gore and daughter Donna have moved into their new home here. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Henson of Front Royal were recent callers of Mrs. J. B. Johnson: and Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Schae- 1 fer and also visited Mrs. Gordon Payne in Madison. Sunday Mrs. Perle Coffey visited Mrs. Harry L. Smith CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO ALL! THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE Mr*. Virginia G. Miller, Agent for Nationwide Insurance Phone 675-3623 Washington, Va. MAY your HOLIDAY GLOW WITH PEACE AND HAPPINESS AND DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU. LEE ROSENBERG CULPEPER, VIRGINIA e* hristmas is the perfect time to count our many, many blessings. High on our list is the confidence and good will you’ve showed us. So to you, our patrons, we’re extending a cheerful, hearty holiday "thanks.” William C. Printz Agent, Peoples Life Insurance Company AMISSV1LLE, VIRGINIA of Washington at the home of Mrs. Tenie Updike. Miss Kaye Johnston of Washington, Va. was a visitor Sunday of Miss Susan Schaefer. This week Susan is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Jacobs in Warrenton. Dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Pillar in Broad Hollow were Hennis Quasebarth and children Susan, Tommy and Jane of Charlottesville. Mf. and Mrs. J. Earl Wayland, Mrs. M. W. Brown and Mrs. E. W. Gore were in Seven Corners and Arlington Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Black of Richmond were callers in town Thursday. Mr. Black has recently accepted a position in Surry. Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Coffey, Jr. and son Frank were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nethers in Flint Hill. Mr. and Mrs. J. Rodes Brown Jr. and family of Staunton and Jack Brown of Hamilton were guests Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. J. Rodes Brown at Rock Villa and attended the funeral of Mrs. Louise Brownton at Woodville. Rehearsal Dinner Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Payne entertained the Barron-Latham wedding party with a rehearsal dinner at their home Locust Shade on Saturday evening. Guests included the bride and bridegroom elect, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Barron, View:own, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Lohr and son Jeff and Thomas Curtis of Rixeyville, the Rev. and Mrs. Louis Broughman, Marshall, Miss Faith Moss, Fredericksburg, Miss Sharon Arnold of Char 1 o t te s v i 11 e, Miss Linda Fletcher, Win:hester, Miss Susan Aylor, Brandy Station, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Zimmerli and daughter Lisa of Falls Church, Mrs. W. R. Bowen, Donnie Bowen, Mrs. A. C. Latham, Mr. and Mrs. William Printz and the Rev. and Mrs. Charles Kindred, all of Amissville. POT IT ON ICE / I A yap /Auufves (*np pochslc iamco/tc).., ‘Ziwtoof tat# muci - k&p rutM fete cr ICC gy ucc oc smp, (Alt ok Afccf/ An icy sidewalk bordering your house or place of business is a hazard topassersby. It pays to keep it slip-proof and it requires little attention to do so, according to the American Insurance Association. Simply spread a mixture of sand, salt or ashes when ice forms this winter and be guaranteed of safe walks. In this way you will be spared personal pain from falls and the monetary pain that may result from a lawsuit filed against you by an injured party. Read the Want Ads! It Pays! Chistmas Hymns Date Back To Fifth Century i Christmas caroling is almost as old as Christmas itself -- though not in thfe form we know it. An early historian wrote that in the Second Century the bishop of Rome urged his people to sing *in celebration of our Lord.” Christmas hymns go back to the Fifth Century, when most of them were written in Latin. St. Francis of Assisi is regarded as the father of caroling as we know it, according to World Book Encyclopedia. In 1223, St. Francis placed a creche (m i n i a t u r e Nativity scene), in a hermitage in Grecchio, Italy. After this many churches began displaying a Nativity scene at Christmas, and soon the people began acting out the Christmas story. The actors composed carols to sing with their Nativity plays and after the plays they would stroll down the street, singing. In that way, street caroling was born. Joseph Mohr, a pastor in Oberndorf, Austria, composed “Stine Nacht,” or “Silent Night," on Christmas Eve, 1818. Franz Gruber, the local schoolmaster and organist, composed the music the same day, and the hymn was sung for the first time at Midnight Mass that night. Charles Wesley, btother of John Wesley, wrote, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!" in 1739. Phillips Brooks, a noted Boston clergyman, wrote “O Little Town of Bethlehem" in 1868 after visiting Bethlehem. Though not a carol, Handel’s noble “Messiah* is a Christmas tradition. It first was performed in Dublin in 1742. “Joy to the World," written in the early 18th Century by Isaac Watts, was set to the music of a segment of the "Messiah." “While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night," written in 1703 by Nahum Tate, was set to music taken from “Siroe,” an opera by Handel. No one knows who wrote “The First Noel." It first appea red in print in 1833 in a book [called “Christmas Carols At> cient and Modern,” and is believed to be very old. The author of “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen,” also is unknown, but he lived before Shakespeare. So if you should go caroling this Christmas season, think of other carolers of years gone by, of the people of Chailes Dickens’ time in their beavei hats and cutaway coats, of English villagers in hose and jerkin, of Good St. Francis, and of the priests of the time of the Christian Roman Empire who, before caroling as we know it existed, sang “in celebration of our Lord. Early Roman Had ‘Practical’ View On Gift Giving “Christmas is getting too commercial!” This modern complaint, while it may have force, is somewhat lacking in originality. “I hate the crafty arts of giving presents,” said the witty Roman poet Martial, who lived and wrote from about 40 to 104 A.D. “Gifts are like hooks.” His complaint was expressed in a series of poems written for a wealthy patron, at the time of the Saturnalia, the pagan festival from which came many Christmas customs. Martial, however, was not always averse to presents. After listing a large number of small gifts, such as toothpicks, figs, napkins, which had been delivered to him, he pointed out that it would have been much easier for the messenger to bring him "five pounds of silver plate.” With many speeches, it is difficult to select subject or object. of Ghri^tma^ fill your heart with the greatest joy and peace. Merry Christmas, everyone. L. R. Waters, Inc. - Atlantic Refining Co. Culpeper, Va. “heavenly peace” of that first Christmas night descend upon the world, bringing to everyone the joy and happiness that comes with a contented heart. Baldwin's Grocery Washington, Va. Source of Song Among the well-loved Christmas hymns Is “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear." The words to this one were written by a Unitarian minister of Weston, Mass., named Edmund H. Sears. Time? Just about a hundred years ago, says the Book of Knowledge. One melody for this hymn was composed by a Detroit Journalist and editor; another melody was adapted from an old British folk tune by a composer better known for his long string of light-hearted operetta hits. This was Sir Arthur Sullivan, of the team of Gilbert and Sullivan. .Entertain With Bridge Mrs. T. J. Pillar of Broad Hollow entertained at bridge on Friday evening. Those playing were Mrs. Brown Miller, Mrs. Mary B. Quaintance, Mrs. I. O. Wolf, Mrs. V. E. Goddard, Mrs. Elmo Flynt, Mrs. J. P. Snead, Mrs. E. N. Montague, Mrs. “Cosy* Sullivan, Mrs. R. E. Thompson, Mrs. Roy L. Reeve, Mrs. C. H. Estes, and Mrs. Fred Schaefer. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. Montague, Mrs. Quaintance and Mrs. Estes. f Hostess For Bridge Mrs. W. F. Moffett Jr. was hostess to the Washington bridge club on Thursday night at her home on Gay Street. Those playing were Mrs. R. V. Snead, Mrs. Charles Palmer, Mrs. George Davis, Jr., Mrs. W. F. Moffett, Mrs. D. D. Miller, Mrs. WadeH.Massie, Mrs. L. J. Turner, Mrs. T. C. Lea, Mrs. Harry L. Smith, Mrs. Gene Wood, Mrs. M. B. Quaintance, and Mrs. Henry M. Keyser. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Quaintance, Mrs, Keyser and Mrs. Miller. He Invented Toys Sir Isaac Newton, English phycist, mathematician, philosopher greeted his first Christmas, and his first day, in Lincolnshire, England, in 1642. Frail and sickly as a youth, he devoted many boyhood Decembers to inventing and making Christmas toys. GIVE HEALTH Use CHRISTMAS SEALS FIGHT TB AND OTHER RESPIRATORY DISEASES r % ttlay the blessings of the night when Christ was born enkindle in your heart a happiness that shines ever brighter throughout all the days to come. TRIPLETT MILLING CO. Culpeper, Va. All of us wish all of you good health, good cheer and a very happy holiday. Rappahannock Insurance Agcy. Mrs. Mary H. Lea — T. Carlyle Lea, Jr. Washington, Va. wrapped in snowy white, the quiet contentment of Christmas spreads across the land. We greet you with the wish that great joy may be yours at this happy, holy time. And with sincere thanks, we extend to you our great appreciation for your favors and friendly good will. Piedmont Chevrolet-Olds CULPEPER VIRGINIA '

For Family*» Christmas Fun Little Prune People Bring Good Luck From the South of Germany comes a centuries-old custom of making “Little Prune People” for Christmas decorating and eating. Legend has it that the appearance of these “little people” in the home during the holiday season will bring good luck and good harvest during the coming year. They take on characterizations of people of all ages and occupations, including St. Nicholas himself. If Dad has some heavy wire and some scraps of plywood in his Urorkshop, and if fruits and nuts are on hand (as they usually are at Christmas), almost any family could make some “lucky little prune people” this Yuletide. For groups large or small, planned or 1mproMptu parties, the creation of prime people could be an enjoyable Christmas Day pastime. Most people will quickly come up with their own ideas for prune characters they would like to create. The characterizations are llpilted only by the imagination and tfie materials that can be used. Traditional materials used to create “prune people” are: heavy picture wire,' prunes, dried flgs and raisins, unshelled nuts, quarter-inch plywood scraps or wood scraps from crates, pliers, hammer, small awl, foil, scraps of Christmas wrapping, glue and a little lmaginatidn. To make prune people, follow these steps: 1. Cut a three-inch square fA fjoyous^ Christmas" May your hopes be fulfilled... may your joy be deep and lasting. Sperrvville Barbershop _Sperryville, Va. Christmas Cheer May tho good choor of Christmas brighten ovory homo, lighton ovary hoart. Especially, may you and youra havo a wonderful holiday. Watts Barbershop Washington, Va. GOOD WISHES FOR OlAi&toifiA Children's cheery voices raised ip Christmas song express the good will we feel for ail our friends. Thanks and Merry Christmas! Golladay Building Supply, Inc. Front Royal, Virginia wooden base. Make two holes one Inch apart In center of base and cover with paper or foil. 2. Cut wire 30" long and put each end through holes In bottom of base. The base will now stand with wire perpendicular and ready to string on nuts or prunes. Here s wishing you a bright and merry Christmas and a Yuletide season sparkling with good cheer. A & N STORES Culpeper, Va. Front Royal, Va. during this especially glad time of Christmas, we'd like to extend our best holiday wishes to you and yours. It has been our pleasure to serve you and we thank you for your loyal patronage. LEA BROS. Washington, Va. 3. Punch hole through two Brazil nuts and string wire through holes to form fret and glue nuts to wooden base. 4. String two or three prunes on each wire for legs. Then twist two strands of wire around each other to form one strand so that body can be made from prunes or flgs (five or six flgs or two or three prunes). , 5. Twist strands of wire again to hold torso in place at neck. Then separate wires and bend down arms. Make arms of prunes, adding raisins for cuffs or hands, snip off extra wire and bend into loop to hold fruit in place. 6. For the head, make small hole in end of walnut and insert short piece of wire in walnut — just far enough to hold head in place, using balance of wire to wrap around wire that forms body of figure. 7. With scraps of cloth, thumb tacks, small balls of foil or raisins and a little creative thought, dress the little prune figures. PRUNE PEOPLE BRING luck during the coming year, legend says. They are easy to make with ingredients most families have on hand at Christmas time — prunes, figs, Brazil nuts, together with plywood scraps, picture wire and scraps of such decorative materials as foil and gift wrapping paper. • * * SOME CHARACTERS that might be creaked from prunes and other ingredients are shown at right. The chimney sweep is prunes from neck to toe. His ladder and hat are made from shiny black construction paper. He and his companions, the Tyrolean prune couple, stand on a three-inch wooden base covered with foil. Each has Brazil nuts glued to I the base for feet, and a walnut for a head. Panama Canal is used by about 8,000 ships yearly, and saves 8,000 miles of travelling for each. c £ Keep Heating Unit In Good Repair At Yule Time Are you looking forward to a warm and happy Christmas? 6 If so, make sure your heating r unit is operating properly. a If you did not have your heat- ^ ing unit checked before winter € began, it is a good plan to have T it done now, before the holiday * season arrives. 1 You will not only provide efficient heating during the ^ Yule season, but you can also ( feel assured that your heating j unit is in good operating order. ^ Every eighth fire is caused by , a fault in a heating unit or system, or by failure to maintain f it properly, the American In- j surance Association says. ( DANCE THE CAROL * Researchers say that the ear- c ly English carol was a poem I suitable for singing, was ( danced as well as sung, and many times related to some popular subject of the day as much as to the Christmas theme. The word carol, it is said, stems from the French word 'carole' which means a round dance. A.S.C. News The feed grain program will be essentially unchanged in form next year, but payment will be adjusted to encourage broader participation by farmers, the (J. S. Department of Agriculture announced today. The 1966 program is designed to strengthen incomes of producers, particularly those who make full use of the program, and to keep production in balance with consumption, Secretary of Agri Docnell Restaurant Washington, Virginia wish for you: that you and your loved ones may find the peace, hope and abiding love of that first Christmas filling your hearts and your home throughout the joyous holiday season. Northern Vi HU 111* Furnbre WARRENTON, VIRGINIA ulture Orville L. Freeman aid. He noted that feed grain tocks have been reduced by lore than a third since 196Q nd emphasized that the proram announced today will nable the Nation to continue loving toward an adequate e6erve supply while protectng farm income levels and educing program costs. Changes in the program are ither those required by law >r which reflect legislative listory established this year /hen the newprogram was ended, the Secretary said. The 1966 feed grain program ollows the pattern of pro;rams in recent years. Farmers will be asked to divert a ninimum 20 percent of the eed grain base acreage to onserving uses. Those who larticipate will receive inome-maintaining payments, “NIGHT OK CAKES” In Ireland, Christmas Eve is often called the Night of Cakes. This name is based on the custom, still practiced, of baking special Christmas Eve cakes spiced with caraway seeds. and they will be eligible for price-support loans. Special small farm benefits are included in the program. A producer with a feed grain base of 25 acres or less may divert all of his acreage and receive diversion payments on all his acreage. On the first 20 percent diversion, these farmers will be eligible for a payment at a rate of 20 percent of the county support rate applied to the diverted acres on the basis of projected yields. On additional diversion, the rate will be at 50 percent of the county support rate. Small farmers who divert less than the maximum will be eligible for pricesupport payments and loans. Higher rates and yields used in the 1966 program will provide smaller farmers, particularly those who divert the maximum acreage, a higher payment than under last year's program. Mayo C. Berry, ASC Committee Chairman, stated that individual feed grain producers will be notified of their base, yield and rate per acre prior to the sign-up period that will be held early in 1966. A JOYOUS C^vhX&tvvtab FOR ALL OUR FRIENDS SperryviUe Corner Store SPERRYV1LLE, VIRGINIA ^ At Shis Mason of joy and happiness, we wish you a 5 Merry Christmas. ' May your gladness be everlastingl John Walker Jenkins AUCTIONEERING SERVICE Sperryville, Virginia A\ s we journey along the road of life, may the light of the Christmas star hearten and inspire us, strengthening our resolve to do all we can to achieve lasting peace on earth. Yoweli Hardware Company. Ibc. CULPEPER, VIRGINIA

I „ If THE RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS, Washington, Va. Thursday, December 23, 1H5 t Christmas Suggestion: Keep Tree Pifesafe With These Safety Tips Preparations for the holiday season are about to begin, and in more than 50 million American homes Christmas trees will be lighted as part of the holiday observance. A Christmas tree, properly cared for, can be a joy. A Christmas tree that is allowed to dry out becomes a fire hazard. To assist you in enjoying a Merry Christmas and a firesafe one, the American Insurance Association presents these suggestions about the purchase and care of your Christmas tree: • When you buy a tree this year, take your time. Feel the needles to be sure the tree is a fresh one. Brush the needles with your hand, and if some of them drop off, choose another tree. If needles, when brushed, drop off of all trees, choose another seller. Don't be afraid to shop around. • • • • When you have taken your tree home, if possible keep it out of doors until you are ready to place it in its y stand and decorate it. If you have no place to keep it out of doors, keep it in a non-heated garage or some other cool place. And, immediately, stand the tree in a pail of water. A freshly cut tree will “drink” water and help keep itself fresh and green. • • • • And don't bring the Christmas tree inside until just before Christmas. • • • • You can keep your Christmas $tree fresh longer by placing it in the coolest part of the room. Select a location which is away from radiators, hot air ducts, heaters, and fireplaces. • • • • When you buy a stand for the tree, select one which has a water container in which the trunk can rest. The tree will continue to "drink” water indoors, and more than you probably imagine. Check the metal container every day and refill it regularly. • • • • Always use flameproof decorations when trimming the tree. Preferably, you should use those made of glass, metal or fire-resistant material. • • • • Check the wires and sockets of Christmas tree lights several days before decorating the tree. If a string of lights has frayed wires, it should be discarded. Buy new ones and when you make your purchase, be sure the lights bear the UL label of Underwriters Laboratories. • • • • If possible, Christmas tree lights should be controlled by a switch some distance from the tree. A switch away from the tree makes it easier to shut off the electricity in case of trouble in the wiring. • • • • If part of your Christmas display includes an electrical train, the tracks should be set up away from the tree. A spark from a toy train under a tree could cause a Christmas fire. • Turn off Christmas tree lights at bedtime, and when there is no one in the room—and always when nobody is home. • • • • Your Christmas tree should be checked frequently for dryness. In particular, check the needles on the tree neat lights. If needles near a light are dry and brittle, change the position of the light. If the tree becomes so dry that the needles are falling in volume, take the tree down. • • • • Never decorate metal trees with Christmas lights— with metal trees there is always danger of an electrical shock or short circuit, the American Insurance Association says. Off-the-tree lighting should be used to give both a safe and attractive illumination. • • • • When Christmas gifts are opened, gather up gift wrappings immediately. Fold and put away any wrappings you may want to save and other paper, boxes, cords or ribbons should be gathered together and disposed of. • • • • When you take your tree down after the Christmas season, discard it outside, and remember to treat is as a fire hazard until it is removed. MERRY CHRISTMAS! Give Baby Sitter Number of the Fire Department If you are planning to leave your children at home to dine out, go to the theater, or visit friends during the Christmas holiday season, be certain- to employ a babysitter who knows what to do in case of an emergency, the American Insurance Association said today. It is a good idea to place a card by the phone with the phone numbers of the fire de partment, the police department, the family doctor, a nearby neighbor — and also where the parents may be reached, the Association said. The sitter should know two alternate routes of escape from the house so that she and the children can get out safely if one way is blocked by fire. These alternate routes should be shown to her, and she should be told that in case of fire she is to (I) get the children out of the house, and (2) then call the fire department Unique Holiday Message Begins Greeting Cards it was tne Golden Age of Christmas.” The personal exchange of good wishes, visiting homes to toast a friend’s good health, carol-singing, bringing in the Yule log and great family dinners were all in vogue. A new book was published that year. It told of Christmas goose and plum pudding, of happy family parties. It presented, and made immortal, Ebenexer Scrooge, Bob Cratchlt and Tiny Tim. The book was Charles Dickens’“A Christmas Carol,” and the year was 1843. Appropriately, during this "Golden Age of Christmas," the now universally -popular custom of sending Christmas greeting cards began, f The very first card, authorities now agree, is the celebrated Cole-Horsley, designed and printed In London In 1843. Only a dozen of the original 1,000 copies are known to*x~ i ' ' * . . £-* 1st, and two of these, including the only unsigned and unposted specimen, are part of the Hallmark Historical Collection. When not on display In museums and similar institutions, the collection Is filed In a specially constructed vault at Hallmark Cards In Kansas City, Mo. Sir Henry Cole, a wealthy London gentleman, and founder of the Victoria and Albert Museum, asked his friend, John C. Horsley, noted artist and member of the Royal Academy, to design the now-famous card as an unusual means of expressing his kind wishes to friends at the holiday season. WHAT “NOEL” MEANS ‘‘Noel,’’ the Krench word for Christmas, means “birthday,’’ ““news,” or “a shout of Joy.” Easy-To-Make Bows for "All Thumbs” Wrapper I A lavishly wrapped Christmas present it fun to get and beautiful to tee under the tree. Mott people, however, find interetting and unf usual bows very difficult to make. I Papercraft, manufacturers of the country's largest and most lavish giftwraps and ribbons for ChristPOM POM BOW Cut 6 pieces of <*'dth Quicfc-Curi or QuicB-StiV Ribbon Cue ends together. then apply f'ue to both sides B’bbon »pool end-piece Usmg the round end-piece of an> nbbon spool, flue ♦ our loops, es sho<*n. Spacing equally. flue four mere 'oops Continue filling m unti bow* s full. mu, did a study on thii problem of the “all thumb*” wrapper. Papercraft diacovered that one long •tretch of ribbon ii much harder to work with than ihort piece*, and pasting is euier than tying. As a result, these euy-to-make bows have been designed. SNOWFLAKE BOW Cut 6 pieces of ** width Tinsel-Curl R'bbon. Twist, end glue ends tojethef, usmf small amount of white flue. Ribbon spool end piece Glue four twisted loops to end-piece from a ribbon spool, as shown. Spacmf equally, flue four more loops Continue fillmf Eggnog's popularity is such that at Christmas and New Year’s, the drink can be found in nearly every average American home. It is generally believed that Eggnog came to us from the Old English sack-posset, a hot drink which contains the same ingredients — milk, eggs, sugar and nutmeg. No one really knows who invented Eggnog. Researchers just say that it goes ’way, ’way back and like Topsy it “growed and growed.” The flavorful taste of Eggnog is not the only reason for the drink's popularity. Eggnog is easy to make, it goes a long way, and it allows the hostess to have as much fun as anybody else without having to worry' about the guests. Eggnog is a serve-yourself drink, and most folks seem to prefer to fill their cup themselves. Eggnog is flexible. That is, you can make a lot of it in one batch if you've got a large enough punch bowl and your refrigerator is parf fcblarlyipaetous Oh' the other hahd, Eggndg can be made in smaller quantities — which are equally delightful and flavorsome. A typical recipe would include: 6 eggs, separated 2 cups milk 11 cup sugar 2 cups light or whipping cream '/» teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons vanilla Freshly ground nutmeg Beat egg yolks and sugar until thick and lemon-colored. Beat in cream, milk, salt, and vanilla. Beat egg whites until they hold stiff peaks; fold into egg yolk mixture. Served in chilled punch bowl; sprinkle with nutmeg. (Makes 2H quarts.) N L THE SNOW-LADEN BOUGH . . . LIKE THE BURDENED HUMAN HEART . . . DISCOVERS SPARKLING EACETS OF JOY UNDER THE CHRISTMAS STAR. J. A. Swan, Jr. & Company CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Have a Healthy Holiday Jingle bell*! Jingle belli! Jingle all the way! It'i that time of year again. Time for the fait iocial whirl—the partiei, the luncheoni, the gift exchanges, the out-of-town guesti, the unexpected viiiton. And that means added excitement, confusion, hurrying around, tension, unanticipated crises—on top of running a holiday household. The holiday hustle and bustle is fun and time-consuming. When there’s so much to do, it’s easy to let some of your regular routines lapse. But your family’s health is one routine that requires constant attention, all the time, and especially at holiday time when everyone wants to be in the best of health. At that busy time of year, you can’t afford to relax your family health practices. Whether you are thinking about them or not, bacteria are a constant threat to your family’s health. Infections from staphylococcus bacteria, for instance, csrn affect the (kin and eyei, and the respiratory and digestive systems. Unchecked, they grow on the skin and in nasal passages and spread to the environment where they are disseminated in the air, in plumbing, on walls and floors, on furniture, in clothes—anywhere. Regular family health habits are the best protection against staph bacteria. Frequent hand washing and daily baths with an antibacterial soap such as Dial go a long way in arresting the growth of staph and keeping it below the dangerous level. Regular washings with mild Dial are effective because it contains hexachlorophene, an anti-bacterial ingredient that reduces staph bacteria along with other skin bacteria as much as 95%. With continued use, further bacterial growth on the skin can be prevented. So, while you’re caught up in the holiday whirl, you may be tempted to let some things slide. But you can’t afford to let family health habits be one of them. TUNE IN ON CHRISTMAS If ever there it a time of year when sound it essential, it is Christmas. There are so many wonderful things to hear! Choirs lifting their voices prayerfully, carolers extolling the season cheerfully, children making their earnest pleas to Santa Claus, voices of dear ones over the long distance wires, friends laughing and happy, holiday music on radio and television, sleigh bells and church bells and door bells. Yes, Christmas is the gayest, most pleasant holiday of them all, and sound is the keynote to the whole event. Consequently, what is sadder than the sight of an older member of the family who cannot hear as well as he was once able. He feels that Christmas isn’t as much fun as it used to be. He thinks it’s probably because people aren’t as friendly, as cordial, as warm and wonderful as in the good old days. He resents the music he cannot hear. It annoys him when people seem not to talk clearly or loudly enough. He is apt to be grouchy because no one is spending time with him. It may be Christmas, but he is bitter, and dissatisfied and terribly disappointed that things cannot be the way he remembers them. What can be done for the older member of the family to bring him back into the full circle of Christmas spirit and love? How can he be expected to enjoy that in which he cannot fully participate? What can the family do to “win him back to the fold ?” The answer is a simple one: Give him the gift of sound this Christmas. Give him a hearing aid fitted to his exact needs and comfort. A hearing aid is a gift the entire family can purchase and give together, and it is a gift that will go on giving, Christmas after Christmas after Christmas! Don’t let an older member of your family sit on the sidelines this Christmas—help him to totally enjoy the holiday. Bring the whole season into focus for him. Give him the intangible gift of hearing, in the tangible form of a hearing aid. You’ll enjoy your holiday better, too! It’s sound advice from the Hearing Aid Industry Conference. Yule Music Blends Joy, Reverence Across the centuries, man has looked to music to express his happy feelings at Christmas time. From the medieval "Hayl, Mary, ful of grace” and “Mervele noght, Josep” to the modern “White Christmas” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," songs have been a favorite part of Christmas celebrations. In the tradition of Christmas music, there are simple carols, blending reverent wonder with quiet Joy — Martin Luther’s “Away in a Manger,” for instance, or the mid-nineteenth century hymns, “It Came upon a Midnight Clear,” “We Three Kings of Orient Are” and "O Little Town of Bethlehem.” There are merry songs, celebrating the jolly mood of the Yuletide, such as the timehonored “Deck the Halls," or the modern “Rudolph” and “Frosty the Snowman.” 4,669 of the 7,110 islands in the Philippine group are unnamed. 27. IS DEC 65 Form 26 holiday greetings to all our friends May we take this opportunity to wish you the best of everything at Christmastime. Ramsey Hardware FRONT ROYAL, VA. We wish you health and lasting peace! TOM FROST Warren ton, Va. _ Wg^toijouthi, dOfll| (fhristmos Season It wouldn't seem like Christmas it we didn't get in touch, and wish the Season's happiness to those we like so much. Merry Christmas to our friends 1 AMISS VILLE GARAGE L. C. Schuermann , AmUsville, Va. Hampton Inn 4 Service Station WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA Floyd B. Hitt s Garage AMUSVILLE, VIRGINIA Tapp’s Service Statin AMUSVILLE, VIRGINIA T. C Barron Comoral Morefcandlao VUWTORfN, VIRGINIA RAY T. CANNON Realtor Phone WR 7-2122 CASTLETON, VIRGINIA Henry’s Grocery SFERRYVILLE. VIRGINIA HIGHWAY GARAGE WASHINGTON. VIRGINIA Washington Cash Store WASHINGTON. VIRGINIA Skipper and Row Mae Giles Lom-Bar-Dy Tea Room AMI35VILLE, VIRGINIA T.J. PILLAR Real Estate Broker Phone YU 7-2462 SPERRYVILLE, VIRGINIA LB. STUART Phone WE 7-MM Rea) Estate Broker AM1SSV1LLE, VIRGINIA ^ Bob's Souvenir Shop SFERRYVlLUk, VIRGINIA

The first and second grade classes at Sperryville Elementary School presented a Christmas pageant Tuesday prior to the closing of county schools for the holidays. In the nativity scene are left to right, Douglas Cumins, Greg Wayland and Richie Burke as Wise Men; Frances Baker, angel; Sam Sisk, Joseph; Joyce Releford, Mary; Donna Cannon and Stephanie Snead, angels; James Porter, Greg Hurt, Chucky Frye and Clifton Jenkins, shepherds. The children s chorus singing special numbers at the Sperryville School Christmas program are left to right, Cindy Cumins, Kathy Pullen, Peggy je„. kins, Susan Coates and Gerald Frazier, right front, who gave a recitation; secr?d ri’u , CaVC and Ray Burke; third row’ Ma^aret Hitt, Rhonda Clark, Rhonda Brown; fourth row, Bobby Baker, Sharron Grisby and Michael Kinsey. The program was directed by Mrs. W. H. Lyne and Mrs. William Wake who teach these classes. Hitt Family Vacations In California Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hitt and sons Danny, David and Dean and Harold Martin, all of Amissville, left at 1:30 a. m. Wednesday morning by jet from Friendship Airport for California. They will have a stop over in Dallas, Texas then to Tucson, Ariz. where they will spend a day and on to Phoenix. They will visit the Grand Canyon, Petrified Fopest, Indian Reservation and see the giant Redwoods. After an over night stay in San Francisco they will return non-stop to Dulles International Airport, Chantilly on Sunday. STOP! At This Sign • uesigrtsd for today’s . . . •nd tomorrows’ most powerful Mrs. ATLANTIC Service Station ] „ ! f SPERJtYVILLE. VA. J. Bradley Atkins j L R. Waters Atlantic Katininf Co Omens Dim Yule Spirit “Merry” Christmas? Not always, according to some ancient beliefs once associated with the day. Take, for instance, the old belief that cattle and other stable animals were given the power of speech on Christmas Eve. Any person who heard the animals speak would die within a year, so superstition said. Somber omens of death were read into still other Yuletide legends. When the Yule log burned, bystanders were told to watch the shadows on the walls. If the shadows of any persons appeared to be headless, this supposedly meant death for those persons, again within a year. . Salt was also said to have the power of forecasting life or death, when used in connection with Christmas. The test could be made by leaving a small mound of salt on the table on Christmas Eve. If the salt melted during the night, that, too, meant death within 12 months. If the salt remained unmelted, the forecast was for a long and healthy life. Philadelphia is about 100 miles distant from any part of the Atlantic Ocean. ^ Voices sing out our happy wishes for a Christmas rich in spiritual joys and memorable moments for you. CluOjffjwuxA Gore Funeral Home CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Cards Tell Of Changes The tradition of exchanging Christmas cards is a charming part of the joyous holiday, and it has a history of its own. One of the most interesting parts of that history is the way that greeting cards serve to record changing social customs, manners and fashions through the years, points out Miss Esther Mooney, curator of the Norcross, Inc., greeting card collection. For instance, an English card of 1892 shows the formality existing between parents \ and children during the Victorian era. Here, a little girl kneels solemnly at her mother’s knee, sedately offering her a Christmas bouquet, with the wish, “May your life be a Merry Christmas.” Modern cards take a livelier, more light-hearted approach. Even earlier, greeting cards began to reflect an easier sort of filial relationship. Declares a 1930 card: “3 cheers 4 a Merry Christmas and you, Dad!” FIRST CARDS SOLD Christmas cards were first offered “to the trade” by an English publishing house in the 1860’s. They carried such designs as jolly old gentlemen (who might have been San- • ■ dings, hollyand mistletoe. > T 4 ■'/ ■ Sending Greetings . “Merry Christmas!” The ' custom of extending holiday greetings to friends undoubt- . edly goes back many years, but the Christmas card as a means of expressing those greetings is a relative newcomer to Christmas traditions. Christmas cards had their beginning only 122 years ago ■ in England, but despite the comparatively recent start, ' saying “Merry Christmas” in OUR WARMEST OLD-FASHIONED MERRY CHRISTMAS WISHES TO ALL! DICK C. WEAVER & SON CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Evergreen Is Undisputed Favorite In Christmas trees, it’s the spirit that counts. Almost anything can be — and is — a Christmas tree. In Minneapolis, Minn., they even made a tree out of water pipes, fastened like spokes to a telephone pole, and appropriately decorated. In Wilmington, N. c., a live oak more than 300 years old is adorned at the Yuletide with colorful ornaments and electric lights. In Indianapolis, Ind., they decorate the 246i foot Soldiers and Sailors Monument with electric candles and stars. j The U.S. National Christmas | Tree, officially designated in 1926, is not an evergreen but | a giant redwood, located in ! Kings Canyon Natibnal Park, \ Calif. This unusual Christmas tree, ! tree, called the “General j Grant,’’ is 3,500 years old. | Many families prefer the | “permanent” Christmas tree, often made of aluminum, j Despite all this, the timetested favorite tree is still the evergreen. Most people, if asked, would probably vote for the “fir tree." Actually, there are nearly 40 species of the popular fir tree,” found in the mountainous regions of Central and Southern Europe, Asia north of the Himalayas and North America. A frequently-seen Christmas tree variety is the “balsam fir,” also called “Canada balsam” or “Balm of Gilead,” according to the Encyclopedia Americana. This is one of the most common trees of eastern North America, extending from Virginia and West Virginia in the United States to Labrador and Newfoundland. The balsam fir may grow to 40 or 50 feet tall. The southern fir is of about the same height and is found in the mountains of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. Other American firs are essentially Western. They include the Pacific silver fir, the white fir, the grand fir, the Alpine fir, the red fir, the Shasta red fir and the noble fir. These firs may attain 250 feet in height. In Canada, the exporting of Christmas trees, including firs, pine and spruce, is important business. Seven provinces export trees, to countries as far away as Venezuela. GREENS FORBIDDEN Until about 585 A.D..,the use cf evergreens for decorations at Christmas was forbidden by church authorities. cird form was a custom that quickly caught the public fancy.. The^ wish to say, “Merry Christmas" to friends and neighbors is strong, and the ways of expressing it are many. Today’s edition of this newspaper, for instance, is one big "Merry Christmas” card, in which businessmen of this community offer special greetings and words of appreciation to their customers and friends. f Services News Army Specialist Five Daniel C. Clater, son of Mrs. Mary L. Clater, Sperryville, and ! other members of the 7th | Infantry Division participated , in Exercise Flying Tackle, a s five-day field training exercise in Korea, which ended Dec. 11. During the exercise Specialist Clater took part in defensive operations under simulated combat conditions. Clater practiced repelling attacking forces with small arms fire and grenades and coordinating defensive moves with armor and artillery units. The exercise is part of the year-round training program that the 7th Infantry Division conducts to insure maximum combat readiness. Throughout the exercise offensive maneuvers against battle group frontline positions were launched. In addition guerrillas moved behind the lines to raid and harass command posts and supply lines. Clater is a medical aidman in Headquarters Troop, 2nd Battalion of the division’s 10th Cavalry. He entered the Army in April 1962 and arrivedover seas on this tour of duty in August 1965. The 21-year-old soldier attended Rappahannock High School. In Tudor Times . . . In England during Tudor times, Christmas celebrations began on All Saints’ Day, November 1, and continued until Candlemas, on February 2. “The Lord of Misrule” acted as master of ceremonies at the Yuletide festivities. Much of the music for all this merrymaking was extemporaneous. Many songs were passed on by word of mouth from generation to generation — songs such as "The Boar's Head Carol,” referring to the “boar” or pig which was traditional at the Yule feast, and “The First Nowell.” First in U.S. . . . First Christmas carol composed in the United States was the work of an 18th century leather worker named William Billings, reports The Book of Knowledge. A tanner by trade but a tunesmith by inclination, Billings composed the carol, “A Virgin Unspotted.” The song isn’t one that is still sung, and few hymnals now include it, but carol singers today owe William Billings a considerable debt of gratitude. ^ During Puritan times in England, the singing of carols ind, indeed, the whole cele>ration of Christmas, was »anned. The Puritan-minded imerican colonies followed uit. It was William Billings, more than any other individual, who managed to persuade the Puritan New England settlers that singing songs at Christmas wasn’t sinful. Qlncrn Christmas C/tshes Hope your Day is wreathed with happiness and your holiday season is one oj joy and good cheer. Merry Christmas! CULPEPER THEATRE CULPEPER. VIRGINIA WISHING ALL THE JOYS OF THE SEASON TO OUR MANY FRIENDS. H. & P. APPLIANCES Culpeper, Va. An APPRECIATED . . . ▼ One that lasts all year !!! A SUBSCRIPTION TO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS Enter your gift subscription today! We will send a card to the recipient. SEND THE RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS TO— AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT FROM— Call 675-3349 and place your order today RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS w ! f W.Atof.Vv g

FOR SALE: One bird dog. Call 675-3394. FOR RENT: Good producing orchard, 20 acres. Call 675FOR SALE: Christmas Hams. Select a good, lean ham, 8 to 12 pounds. Order now for Christmas. Docnell Restaurant, J. C. Johnson, Washington, Va. FOR SALE: Goats. Toggenburg bucks. Call 987-2717. 2k WANTED: LOGS. As always, we are in the market for pine, poplar, and walnut logs. Fancy prices and cash on delivery. We also buy standing timber. Get the top dollar for your logs by calling the Jim Carpenter Co. Telephone 948-4460. ll-18tf NOTICE: NO TRESPASSING on property in our possession. (Wakefield District) Flora and Clark Jones. 2p FOR SALE: 1800 bales nice mixed orchard grass and clover hay. Also apples, M. W. Brown, Sperryville, Va. 9873739. 10-28-tfk MEN WANTED for 1500-family Rawleigh business in Rapyou are a hustler. Write Rawleigh, Dept. VA L770 123, RichNOTICE: Watts Barber Shop, Washington, Va. offers 2chair, full time service. Experienced local person, Earl Putnam, Jr., is now employed full time. Barber Shop hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 1-13k FOR RENT: 1 four-room apartment; one five-rcom apartment Contact Robert W. Brown, Sperryville, 987-3531 or 987-3197. 2k Marine fishermen catch about 2 pounds of seafood for every American citizen, in the average year. 3657. 1-6-k Co. Permanent if mond, Va. 12-2-4k Building Supplies # Special MDlwork # Do-it-jouraelf Supplies # DeVoe Paiaia # Anderson Window Unite GOLLADAY BUILDING SUPPLY, INC Phone ME S-4191 Frmmt R^al, Virginia We Can Supply All Your CULPEPER BUILDING St SUPPLY CORP. N*e» VA 5-8383 Culpeyr. It 1 1 Tr, COMPLETE ONE-STOP Building Supply Hardware Paint Millwork Warrenton , Building Material Co., Inc On The By-Paaa WARRENTON, VA Phone 347-1400 [( MARKETS j FRONT ROYAL LIVESTOCK December 16, 1965 HOGS: top weight 180-220, $28 to $29.35; heavy butchers 225-275 $25 to $28; light butchers 135-175 $26 to $27.50; butcher sows 20C-600 $20 to $23.50 VEAL: ch. & pr. heavy $27 to $30; ch. & pr. light $27.50 to $31; good $28 to 32.25; standard $22 to $26; utility, down to $17 SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Steers: choice $25 to $25.80; good $23.50 to $24.50; standard $21 to $22.50 Heifers: ch. $22 to $23; good $20 to $21; standard $17.50 to $19.50; utility, down to 15 Cows: commercial $15 to $16.60; utility $13 to $14; can. & cut. $10.50 to $13.50 Bulls: com. & good $17.50 to $19.20; cut. A util., down to $15.50 STOCK-FEEDER CATTLE: Steer calves: 275-550 lbs.: good $24 to $25; medium $22.50 to $23.50; inf. & com., down to $17 Heifer calves: 275-550 lbs.: ch. & fancy $22; good $20 to $21; medium $18 to $19; inf. & com, down to $13 Yearling steers: 575-850 lbs.: ch. A fancy $25.75; good $23.50 to $24.50; ed. $21 to $22; inf. & com., down to $15 THE Management and Staff OF THIS THEATRE EXTEND Best Wishes FOR-A VERY Merry Christmas I trout Royal Thur-Fri-Sat, Dec 30-31, Jan 1: WALT DISNEY’S OLD YELLER Sun-Mon-Tue, Jan 2-3-4: Marriage on the Rocks Starts Next Wed, Jan 5: Return from the Ashes Thur.-FrL-Sat., Jan. 6-7-8: Return from the Ashes Sun-Mon-Tue, Jan. 9-10-11: IN HARM’S WAY PITTS MUSTANG DRIVE-IN Fri-Sat-Sun, Dec 31, Jan 1-2: FIRST RUN SHOWING SEASIDE SWINGERS Fri-Sat, Jan. 7-8: FIRST RUN SHOWING “GIT” Sunday (Only) Jan. 9: THE SABOTEUR JIM CARPENTER LUMBER Co. Inc., Madison, will be closed Saturday through Tuesday, December 25 through December 28 to give our employees a holiday. Will re-open Wednesday, December 29. Also closed on Saturday, January 1st. Open for business as usual Monday, January 3, 1966. 12-23k FOR SALE: BUILDING MATERIAL. Planning to build? We deliver to" job site. Front poor 3-0 x 6-8 beat grade Luan only $12.70. Picture Window 18 x 4-0 x 3-10 includes center sash only $44.10. Selected grade west coast lumber $95.00 thousand. 2 x 4-8’ very dry $78.40 thousand pine. Plywood 4 x 8-5/8” good one side $4.70 sheet' Bedroom window 2-8 x 3-10 complete $13.67. We sell so the little man can build. Houie 24’ x 32’, everything but wiring and bath only $1496.00. Write for pric list Visit our plant over the weekend or call 948-4460 day or night. Jim Ctarpenter Lumber Co., Inc Madison, Virginia. SERVICE LIME and FERTILIZER SPREADING Magnesium or High Calcium. Lime at y the same mice. Rappahannock Farmer’s Co-op., Inc Phone 987-2311 i SperryrUle, Va. Your Southern State* Cooperative Agency Call Us For Shengas Corp. Phone ME-5r3S56 “ Front Royalty a. f$%xxxx?sxxxxxxxsaex%xsaexX ‘Noah’s Ark’ Disappears from Holiday Scene benefits while he was not working. Cash benefits could be paid to him and his family for any month in which his earnings were $125 or less in 1966. Next let us consider William Brown. William and his wife are both over 65 but he has never been covered under social security or railroad retirement. Nevertheless, both hospital and medical care insurance are also available to this couple because work credit under social security is not required for anyone who will be 65 before 1968. However, to be eligible for this protection, William and his wife will need to call at their nearest social security office to file the necessary application. The social security people will give all applicants full information regarding both programs. Anyone reaching age 65 before January 1, 1966, may take this action any time this year. But to obtain medical insurance by July 1, 1966, when it goes into effect, action must be taken before March 31,1966. A final word. Be sure not to cancel any hospital or health Insurance you may have now because neither hospital nor medical insurance goes into effect until July 1, 1966. For further information contact your local social security office located at 133 West Boscawen Street, Winchester or telephone them at 667-1511. CAPTAIN APPLEJACK % Pint |M H Quart «*>35 11 »4» 100 PROOF BOTTLED IN BOND Virginia Fruit Brandy Wat Co. North Qardon, Va. UJ iU.-V’U Where there are children, this holiday season, there s usually a Christmas tree — brightly lighted, gaily decorated, its fragrant branches bending low over a veritable “Toyland" of gifts from Santa's lavish pack. These days, the variety of toys to enchant, entertain and instruct the youngsters is practically limitless. The toy pack holds, it seems, everything and anything that a lucky child might see in his dreams. A century or so ago, the picture was very different. Even the Christmas 'tree itself was not as likely to be a part of the holiday scene. Around the middle of the nineteenth century, the Sunday school movement had begun to popularize the idea of family Christmas trees, but a tree at home was still not something a child would take for granted. As for the toys, under the tree or not, the usual gift might be only one toy, and that one not a toy that modern children would recognize. This is not to say, however, that nineteenth century children were to be pitied. In a single toy, the “Noah’s 65- MAT PAGE 27 ENCHANTMENT AT CHRISTMAS FOR CHILDREN of the nineteenth century often came in the form of a Noah's Ark, then a highly prized special occasion gift. The set shown here contains more than 300 animals. Photo courtesy of the New York Historical Society, New York City, N. Y. Ark” then highly prized as a special occasion gift, nineteenth century children found entertainment in great variety. Today the Noah's Ark has disappeared from the wonder world of toys, but in the days of its popularity, nearly every home with children also housed a Noah’s Ark in some form, however modest. Like modern toys, the Ark was available In many versions, from the simple to the complex. Basically, this toy consisted of the ark itself, in miniature of course, accompanied by gaily painted wooden figures representing Noah, his family, and animals in pairs. The more elaborate the toy, the greater was the number of animals included. One nineteenth century Noah’s Ark set, now part of the New York Historical Society’s collection, includes more than 300 animals. Everything from little birds and domestic cats to elephants, camels, lions and tigers is represented.. MADISON LIVESTOCK MARKET December 18, 1965 Steers and Feeder Calves .. 18.50- 27.75 Cows . 10.50- 16.50 Heifers . 15.50- 20.00 Bulls . 16.00- 19.50 Veal Calves . 18.50- 35.00 Hogs . 25.50- 28.75 Sows . 19.50- 22.00 Baby Calves, BH .. 5.00- 25.00 Pigs, shoats, BH .. 7.50- 26.00 Sale Every Saturday The North American Mammoth stood as much as 13 feet high at its shoulder, and had tusks often 16 feet long. Cortez captured Mexico City 101 years BEFORE the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Soc. Security Notes Today in discussing the "medical insurance” program we want to address our remarks to people who are 65 or over but have never filed for social security benefits. This is the part of medicare you get only if you apply for it. If you decide to enroll, you will pay a $3 premium a month, with the Government paying an equal sum, beginning in July 1966. First, we will consider those who have been covered under social security but have never applied because they have been working full-time. For example, John Smith,-67, is working full-time and since CLORE FUNERAL HOME “The Home of Thoughtful Service” Culpeper, Va. Phone 825-2361 Ambulance Service With Oxygen SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEES SALE of VALUABLE REAL ESTATE In Hampton Magisterial District, Rappahannock County, Virginia, about three-fourths of a mile southwest of the Town of Washington, Virginia consisting of approximately one (1) acre of land, together with all buildings and improvements thereon and privileges and appurtenances therewith connected, known as the Robert Edward Beckwith property, ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1966 At 9:00 O’Clock A. M„ (EST) at THE FRONT DOpR OF THE COURT HOUSE IN WASHINGTON, RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VIRGINIA Pursuant to the provisions of a certain deed of trust, executed by Robert Edward Beckwith and Rachael Beckwith, his wife, to R. V. Snead, Trustee, dated and recorded March 12, 1952, in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia, in Deed Book 57, at page 369, et seq., to secure the payment of a debt therein described, default having been made in the payment of said debt and at the request of the legal holders thereof (the debt and obligations secured by said deed of trust having been declared by the holder to be due and payable), the undersigned, James W. Fletcher, (who was substituted in the place and stead of R. V. Snead, Trustee, the said R. V. Snead having resigned and refused to act as evidenced by his resignation, dated October 14, 1966, and recorded November 16, 1965, in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia, in Deed Book 85, at page 89) having been requested to act by the holder of said obligation, will offer for sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the front door of the Court House of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Washington, Virginia, on Saturday, January 8, 1966, at 9 a.m. (EST) the following described property, to-wit: “• • all the following described tract or parcel of land together with building and improvements thereon and privileges and appurtenances therewith connected, situate, lying and being in Hampton Magisterial District, Rappahannock County, Virginia, about three-fourths of a mile southwest of the Town of Washington, Virginia, with the following metes and bounds: ‘Beginning at a stake 7 in the said Moffett line corner to lot no. 4, thence with said Moffett line N 67-Vi W 2.07 chains to a stake 9 corner to lot no. 6 thence with its line north 5.32 chains to a stake 10 in said road line, thence with said road line N 76 50’ E 1.70 chains to figure 8 a stake corner to lot no. 4, thence with said lot’s line S 2 E 6.50 chains to the beginning, containing one acre and being lot no. 5 in a survey made by A. W. Utterback on file in the papers in Chancery Cause of Carter v. Pettie’s Adm’r. filed in the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia.’ This being the same and identical land acquired by said Edward Beckwith and Rachael Beckwith from Lewis Williams by deed dated March 5, 1943, and recorded March 6, 1943, in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office in Deed Book 44, at page 263. Reference is hereby made to the aforesaid deed for a more complete and accurate description of the tract or parcel of land herein described. For further information, communicate with the undersigned Substituted Trustee at Sperryville, Virginia, telephone 987-2511. Terms of Sale: Cash James W. Fletcher, Substituted Trustee J. W. Jenkins, Auctioneer he is earning $4800 per year | he never applied for social security because he could not! receive any monthly benefits. He should now apply because in the event of hospitalization, he could receive this protection automatically even though his earnings are too high for him to receive cash benefits. Furthermore, when he files his application he may at the same time elect to be covered under the medical insurance protection and thus have a large part of his doctor and other medical bills paid in the event of extensive medi.cal expense. There is a further advantage in filing now. The application he files would also be an application for social security retirement benefits. Then, if he required lengthy hospitalization, he could re-j ceive cash social security! t. GREETINGS At Chri*l mast into. trr ralsr our voire* to trinh you all rvrry happlnen«, mud Central Hardware Co., Inc. Culpeper, Va. serenity . . . hearths are aglow with golden embers of warmth and homeliness . . . peace and happiness fill the air. With our deepest appreciation'for all the blessing bestowed upon us, we reach out to our friends and neighbors to share with us the joys of this Holy Season. THE RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS Sarah . . . Dorothy • • Ruth < * • Rachael