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Baseball Game
There will be a baseball game Saturday, May 17, between the Sperryville Tigers and the Washington Monarchs at Horseshoe Inn, Sperryville. Benefit of the Men’s Day Rally. Refreshments will be on sale, ’ Everyone is invited.
Snow Removal Costs
Declined Last Year
The cost of removing snow and lice from Virginia’s highways dropped a whopping $1'j million ’last winter, and a maintenance official attributed the reduction to milder weather in central and eastern Virginia and to improved operating efficiency.
Expenditures for”* the winter maintenance program on the 50,000-mile state highway system amounted to $5,317,002, down from the previous winter’s $6,900,882, the Department of Highways reported today. I John M. Wray, Jr., the j Department’s maintenance engineer, cited the less severe
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