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On a sunny Sunday, February 21, the clean, cold water of the little Thornton River was bubbly as ever through the maze of litter clinging to its banks and bed. But from places as distant as Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Charlottesville and Hopewell, Canoe Cruisers Association (CCA) paddlers and other canoeists were strapping their crafts to cars for the long drive to Fletcher’s Mill near Sperryville, just below the headwaters of the Thornton.
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river. Soon the splashes of 701 canoeists with 39 boats signalled the beginning of a six and a half mile clean-up trip to rid the beautiful stream of the accumulated litter of years of neglect and indifference. The group was joined by a few local canoeists and others who watched and enjoyed the procedure from the bridge at the mill. The canoeists donned life jackets and knee pads and some wore rubber suits. They armed themselves with long hooks for retrieving debris in addition to their paddles.
The clean-up canoe trip was J organized and executed under the capable direction of Mrs. Edith Reese of Baltimore. Groups of about six boats shoved off at intervals for the trip which would terminate at Rock Mills. The volume of trash collected was so great that barely a half mile downstream the boats were filled to capacity. Plans had been well laid in advance and sites had
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