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Clark, Bobby Scott, E. J. Pullen, Manuel Pullen, Roger Cordani, Bootie Smith, Alpheus Cannon, Roy Mills, John Eubank, Kenneth Bywaters, George Jenkins, Robert F. Estes, Syanley Settle, Edward Hackley, Levi Atkins, Paul Miller, Jack Atkins, Braxton James, Paul Poling, Bobby Carter and Everett Smith. Superintendent of school, O. A. Norton was present for the meeting held Thursday night at Washington Elementary School.

$169,000 Rise Noted

lit County Liviog Costs

To what extent has the rising cost of living affected residents of Rappahannock County?

How much does a local family have to spend now for the stand ard market basket of goods and services as compared with a year ago? According to the latest government reports, prices in the regional area, as in most other parts of the coun try, have recently been mov ing upward at an uncomfortable rate. A calculation based on the overall figures shows that an additional $169,000 a year must be spent by Rappahannock County residents to purchase the same amount of goods and services that they bought in 1965. A little inflation each year,

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