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Two teachers will retire from the Rappahannock County School System at the close erf the session with a combined total of 85 years in the profession, most of which was served in this county. Mrs. Juliett Johnson of Woodville has spent 38 years glamorizing the three *Rs" for countless elementary youngsters. H. B. Winfrey, aJso of Woodville, has taught 47 years. Mrs. Johnson has spent all but two years of her teaching career in Rappahannock County. She is a native of' Surry County, and according to her husband Raymond, when she came here to teach she fell in love with the mountains, and then with him. The combination has kept her here these many years. Mrs. Johnson attended Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg. She is teaching a combined class of fifth and sixth graders at Sperryville Elementary School at present. Mr. Winfrey has taught all except one of his 47 years in Rappahannock County. He was principal of the Amissville High School, and Sperryville High School, and after the consolidation of all county high schools, he was named principal, continuing in that capacity until the present. The Rappahannock County Teachers Association honorec the two retiring teachers with a dinner Friday evening at Graves Mountain Lodge at Syria. Mrs. H. B. Wood, Jr., president of the association, welcomed the guests and introduced the toastmaster, Mr. Robert Leonard, who in turn introduced those attending. He delivered a message, a letter from Superintendent of Schools O. A. Norton, who was unable to attend. The climax of the evening for Mr. Winfrey was a prearranged phone call from Senator Everett Dirksen to him congratulating him on his retirement.
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