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Sperryville Firemen s annual carnival will be held next week beginning Wednesday night, July 16 and continuing through Saturday, the 19th. A large parade is scheduled for Thursday night and prizes will be awarded Saturday night at the climax of the event.
About 90 units are entered in the parade which will begin at 7 p.m., and included in this are bands, floats, marching units, fire and rescue equipment, ladies auxiliaries and majorettes. A box supper will be available on the grounds following the parade.
Games, amusements and entertainment will be featured each evening and every night there will be food and drinks on sale. Anyone wishing to contribute homemade cakes, pies or other baked goods are requested to bring it to the food stand. Baked goods will be needed every night and especialy on Thursday.
Prizes will be given away Saturday night and include: a 1969 Ford Fairlane as the grand prize; 2nd prize: $50 Savings Bond; 3rd, $25 Bond; 4th Walnut chair; 5th, auto battery; 6th, $10 in groceries; 7 th, case of motor oil.
I Exhibit Feature*
Native Items
On July 4 an exhibit featuring the theme “Rappahannock Then and Now” was displayed at j the Rappahannock Library in Washington. The exhibit featured interesting antique items, nearly all of which were native to Rappahannock County.
On display were many diverse carvings and quilts. Of particular interest was a cannon ball, obtained from Stone House Hollow, which had been a part of the artillery of John S. Mosby, the confederate colonel who wasi active in this section of Virginia ! Also of interest were two grain hooks used to rear grain by hand in colonial times, and old1 directory of Rappahannock, County, several civil war articles and an edition of McGuffey’s Third Reader published in 1832.
These are, of course, but a few of the numerous items covered by the exhibit. In a broad sense the display gave its viewer an insight into the way of life prevalent in Rappahannock County in the past. Indeed, the exhibit left this author with the impression that nothing is a better clue to the nature of a civilization than the crafts of its people. In short, the exhibit held at the Rappahannock library on July 4 was a visual history of Rappahannock County.
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