Rappahannock News, February 24, 1972

Opposition remains ( * Joint use’ plan for proposed line announced APPARENTLY with an eye to growing multi-county opposition, two giant utility companies announced this week they they had agreed to joint ownership and use of the proposed 500 kv line connecting Mount Storm, W.Va., and Morrisville. If peace-making was the purpose, it failed immediately to accomplish the goal. A spokesman for the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection (RLEP) denounced the line as still “unnecessary” — whether “jointly” owned and used or not — and predicted that “property owners can be expected to resist attempts to destroy their environment arid property values.” And if Phil Irwin, the RLEP’s president, sounded somewhat determined, on the one hand, so did the power companies, on the other hand. fMost gruelling’ race “IT MAY WELL BE the most gruelling hurdle race in the country,” says Oliver Durant 11, speaking of the latest addition to the Rappahannock race program, the hurdle race. There will be nine hurdles and the trip around the course is about a mile and a half. “It was laid out and built with the spectators in mind,” explained Durant, who is-chairman of the race committee. “Each fence is plainly visible from every spectator area.” The Ben Venue race for gentlemen will add to the enjoyment of the day. This owner-rider race of two and a half miles over timber, up hill and (See page 10) John Carroll, Virginia Electric & Power Company’s regional manager, said at his office in Alex andria that “we are proceeding with surveying and acquisition of rights of way, and when we tie these down we’ll apply to the Rappahannock Zoning Appeals Board for approval of the (See page 10) Rappahannock Farmers’ Co-op had a good year The annual membership meeting of Rappahannock Farmers’ Cooperative was held last Thursday night at Panorama. Ranny Aylor, assistant manager and Gordon Thornhill, manager of the Sperryville store are pictured with James Cornett, general manager of Culpeper Farmers’ Cooperative, of which the local store is an affiliate. Allen Stokes of Sperryville, at right, was elected a director. THE ANNUAL membership dinner meeting of the Rappahannock Farmers’ Co-operative, Sperryville, was held last Thursday evening at Panorama. The dinner was followed by a report of the progress and finances of the Co-Op for the past year and a tenyear comparison was also shown. The Sperryville store is a subsidiary of the parent plant, Culpeper Farmers’ Cooperative, and other retail stores are located in Warrenton and Remington. According to the report made by manager Gordon Thornhill, total sales for 1971 were $703,525.68, an increase over the previous year of $101,721.31. This included feed, seed, fertilizer, farm supplies, lime and delivery. Thornhill gave a breakdown of the various categories, all of which showed increases. Operational costs, however, were up during 1971, with a total of $106,071 spent as compared to $94,167 for the year before. Most of the increased costs covered insurance, depreciation, interest, wages and truck operation. “WE THINK our growth was good and we think we will continue to grow with your help, your support and your continued use of the business that belongs to you,” said the manager. He also stated that comments and constructive criticism were welcome A REPORT from Southern States was made by Bill Ensogna and James Cornet, general manager for the entire operation, made a brief talk with slides. Door prizes went to Mrs. Ethel Bailey, a blender; Ray T. Cannon, a radio, Ted Triplett, an iron, and Reuben Washington, a grill.

Guest editorial comment Do we really need all those kilowatts? The following is condensed from an article in the February 11 issue of “Life” magazine, and was written by Edmund Faltermayer under the subheading, “Eye on the Environment.’’ Embattled anti-powerline forces in Fauquier and Rappahannock counties should find it especially interesting. THE U.S. has become an electricity glutton. We use 1.6 trillion kilowatt-hours a year, ten times as much as in 1940. Only now, amid power shortages and the new ecological worries, are we getting around to wondering how long the feast can go on. Those who took pride a few years ago in the “clean, flameless” heat of their all-electric homes are beginning to realize that most electricity is clean only at the consumer’s end of the wire, and that the fuel burned to generate it can run out, just like everything else. Of course we aren’t go ing an me way oacn. iu candles. We all like the living standard that electric lights and motors make possible. Furthermore, we can look forward to the increased use of electricity in some very important environmental tasks — grinding up old cars for recycling, powering new rapid transit systems, and lighting dark streets to deter muggers. But if we must consume more electricity for essential purposes, we have a special obligation to make each kilowatt-hour as nonpolluting as we can. Unfortunately, only one electric power company, New York City’s Con Edison with its “Save a Watt” buttons, has joined the war on electrical waste. The ¥est of the utility industry is still encouraging prodigality, at least in the sense of doing little to discourage it. Most utility executives come from an earlier era. .“When 1 joined the industry,” says Chairman Charles F. Luce of 06n Edison, who has reservations about unlimited growth, “our faith was that the best society used the most electric energy per capita.” I FIND myself doubting the country’s very ability to turn out so much electricity. For one thing, the forecasts count a lot of chickens that haven’t hatched. They assume that half the power in the year 2000 will come from atomic generators. These now supply only 1% of the country’s needs, and the expansion program is behind schedule. But will we really need all that ^electricity? The forecast assumes that each American alive in the year 2000 will be using more than 20 times as many kilowatt-hours as his counterpart did in '940. But it’s quite possible that the growth curve may soon start to flatten a bit. The manufacturing sector of the industrial economy, which uses a lot of electricity, is growing much more slowly than the services sector, which uses relatively little. And in the home the changeover to major electrical appliances may have already peaked. THE FACT remains, however, that we will be using more electricity than we do now, and to make sure we have it, we should begin at once to spend more research money on better ways to generate it. Solar and geothermal power, which are nonpolluting, offer some promise. Hydorelectric power, on the other hand, doesn’t; the best sites have already been used, and dams are now recognized as possible ecological disasters. We must also clean up the existing electric power system. Estimates of the impact of such a cleanup on monthly electric bills vary wildly, since a whole range of things must be done. Strip miners will have to carry out better reclamation than is now Sappabar.nnrk ^ms Published Thursday Morning at Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia, by the Fauquier Publishing Company, Inc. Entered as Second Class Mail at the Post Office in Washington, Virginia. Subscriptions (in advance) $3 in Rappahannock and adjacent counties: $3.50 East Coast: $4 Midwest: $4.50 West Coast MRS. SARAH C. LATHAM, Managing Editor Telephone Washington 675-3349 required by any state. Air pollution caused by generating plants must be curbed drastically, and cooling towers must be installed where necessary to protect aquatic life from thermal pollution. Electricity’s aesthetic damage needs plenty of attention. Those tangled overhead distribution lines that mar commercial arteries and residential neighborhoods belong underground. £L>Jb.i/ i KIU KATES are already creeping upward because of higher fuel costs. When the expense of the stepped-up environmental cleanup is figured in, says David Freeman, until recently a White House adviser on energy policy, a 50% increase in rates over the next five years becomes a “real possibility.” Electricity has been getting cheaper during most of this century. In fact, it is too cheap, because the price doesn’t include the cost of avoiding the environmental damage. With a modest price increase, we might start to use electricity more intelligently. It’s possible right now to make a refrigerator that would cost one-eighth more to buy, but would consume only half as much electricity as a current model of the same size. We need to revive the ancient practice of designing cities and buildings to take advantage of trees and prevailing breezes, if only to lessen the construction, on unshaded tracts, of low - ceilinged, poorly ventilated houses that require virtually continuous air-conditioning in the warm months. IN MOST homes, higherpriced electricity would bring few real sacrifices. Some of my conservationist friends would like to ban “frivolous’’appliances such as electric carving knives and toothbrushes, but these draw only minuscule amounts of current. Similarly, the family dishwasher, like most of the other labor-saving devices, is well downlhe list of kilowatt eaters. But even a slight rise in electric rates could make electric home heating prohibitively expensive in most of the country. Utility men are relying heavily on a switchover to electric heating to meet their growth forecasts. 1 think we should discourage this until we have environmentally safe power to spare. Electric heating is a remarkably wasteful process with twa-thirds of the energy in the fuel lost as “waste heat” at the generating plant, whereas oil and gas furnaces in the home are 70% efficient. THIS COUNTRY may one day be forced to cut bach on its use of electricity and other forms of energy. In the meantime it makes sense to press on with the search for nonpolluting power and a general cleanup. Electricity will be costlier, but that should encourage us to put our limited kilowatts where they are really needed. The era of gluttony can pass, unlamented, into history. C Suffering hiker aided A NEAR TRAGIC INCIDENT in the recent snow storm involved a 15-year old boy, Thomas Menis, of Gaithersburg, Md., a hiker on the Appalachian Trail. He passed through Chester Gap late Saturday afternoon, and followed the Trail into the Shenandoah National Park about two miles before making camp and retiring for the night in his sleeping bag. When he awoke Sunday morning he was buried under some two feet of snow and the snow was still falling. His shoes and outer garments were wet, stiff and hard to manage. In the midst of the heavy snow and minus shoes and other clothes, with frozen feet and shivering half-clad body, he found his way to the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Scheidegger on Route > 610, where he arrived about 9 o’clock to ask for help. The Scheideggers gave first aid, supplied dry clothing and food, and also phone service to call the boy’s parents. Because of the deep drifting snow and closed roads down the mountain, there was a problem about getting the boy to medical aid. However, further help was obtained in Albert Wines, who made a path up th e road with his bulldozer, and Billy Wines who supplied his International Travel-All to carry the suffering youth down to Route 522. At that point, they were met by the boy’s father and another son, and Thomas was transferred to his father’s car to continue his journey to the hospital, approximately two hours from the time he stumbled out of the blizzard into the home of his first benefactors. □

T H E L I T T L E F 0 X Barns Ted Settle of Amissville will receive a year’s subscription to the Rappahannock News for correctly identifying last week’s barn as that of Judge John A. Rothrock Jr., located on the road to Viewtown. Only three others made correct identifications — John Tapp, Gordon Berry and George Kidwell Jr. Several incorrect guesses were received and one was received to o late. Replies must be in by Tuesday of each week. Try this one.. Letters to the editor Incident at dance deplored Editor: 1 am not one to make a habit of writing letters to express my opinion because of my husband’s position, 1 feel that it is usually better to be diplomatic in expressing my feelings. But, it has reached the place when 1 even find myself somewhat em-, barrassed by the happenings and results of a Valentine dance sponsored by the county Jaycee organization. The treatment that was given a serviceman, a decorated Vietnam veteran who was visiting in the county on a weekend pass, and had attended the dance because he had been told there would be at least two unescorted ladies present, was enough to embarrass the whole county. Finding, when he arrived at the dance, that the ladies had not come, he proceeded to enjoy himself by dancing with a few he had met. When the dance was nearly over some of the men proceeded to tell him to leave because he was not properly dressed. End result — a fight with him broke out. These' men, three or four, all larger than this small Marine, placed him in a situation that a Marine often finds himself in, anc being outnumbered, according to his training that it is always better to attack rather than be attacked, he stood his ground. When the dust had settled at the close of the fight, this small Marine had given a far better account of himself than the three or four larger men who had attacked him. It is rather strange that in the waning moments ol the dance these men should seek to eject this service man for not wearing a necktie*. WHY did they admit him without one? Another strange thing was that with the presence of Trooper Bun tin and Trooper Willis, off and on, during the dance, they saw nothing in the behavior ol this Marine that he should be asked to leave the dance. Therefore, not being satisifed with the melee that took place Saturday night, one of the gentlemen present at the dance saw fit to swear out a warrant to be served on this Marine late Sunday morning. Does it not seem strange that the warrant was perhaps served on the wrong individual or individuals? 1 feel that the Jaycee organization owes this Marine an open letter of apology and thanks to God that we have some men defending our country that can also defend themselves against the odds much better than some of our county gentlemen can control themselves when they have a drink under their belt. Blondina Titchenell (Mrs. B. Gale Titchenell) Gospel program The Harmonizers of Hume, Va. will present a program in gospel song at the Promise Land Baptist Church, Washington, Va. on Sunday March 5 at 7 p.m. Sponsors of the program are Groups 4 and 5 of the Young People’s Chorus. □ Ruritans hear talk on taxes John A.B. Davis, Commissioner of Revenue of Culpeper County, was guest speaker for the February 16 meeting of Amissville Ruritan Club. He spoke on state and federal income taxes, a most timely subject, and a question and answer period followed. A report by the finance committee disclosed fruitful results from the pancake supper held recently. The program closed with a report on Ruritan District activities by Chris Holmes of Sumerduck, who is Rappahannock Ruritan District Governor. □ VILLAGE SHOP Main St. - Flint Hill WOOD CARVINGS Open Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. CARD OF THANKS 1 take this means to thank ;he Highway Department ind the Washington Main:enance group for responding to my call for help during the recent snow storm to open the road in arder to get my husband to the hospital. My appreciation also to the Rappahannock Rescue Squad for their prompt, efficient and courteous service. Mrs. Ethel Harrington. aHHMUIIHIIIIINIIIHMnillNmilHUIIHMNIimilUMHHHIlinaiM Clore Funeral Home * “The Home of Thoughtful Service” 4 Culpeper, Va. Phone 825-2361 [ Ambulance Service 1 with Oxygen { iaaaaaiiaaiaaaaaaaa«iianaMHnai»HMaaaaiaiaaaaaaaaaaaaiiaaaaaaaaaaMwaf Time has a way of running out before you realize! SAVE TIME • • • OPEN A FREE F&M CHECKING ACCOUNT A chocking account will SAVE TIME by not having to hunt for parking places... just mail your check. SAVE MONEY by not paying a bill a second time... your cancelled check is your receipt. Farmers and Merchants National Bank "fVftVtOOrS ftAfWT" H...T Mr. ni»l lit IMHM CMMM Dm Omct-MNCHESTU. VNKNNA BERRVVILLE FLINT HILL FRONT ROYAL NI00LET0NN JTEFHE1BCITT

WASHINGTON NEWS Dr. and Mrs. Mervyn Jefferies and three children of Bethesda, Md. spent the weekend and holiday at their home here. Guests for the weekend of Mrs. Mary S. Van Brederode at Blue Rock Farm were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Van Brederode and daughter Tara Marie of Atlantic City, N.J. They returned home Monday. , Mr. and Mrs. Simon Kammingi of Falls Church were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Buntin. The Buntins were over night guests Sunday of the Kammingas aryl visited their daughter Miss Nancy Buntin in Arlington Monday. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Davis Jr. returned to their home Sunday after a tour in India. During their absence Miss Cil Davis was the houseguest of Mrs. B. M. Miller. „ Guests during the weekend of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Hawkins were Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Burke and Roger Hawkins, all of Arlington, and Mrs. Garfield Burke and son Richie of Woodville. Mrs. L.J. Turner spent the weekend in Richmond with her son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. William Ciewhirst andattended the christening of her grand son William Scott Dewhirst 11. Mrs. Jack Nicholson accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Dolan Jenkins of Sperryville to Culpeper Friday where they visited Mrs. Taylor Deal. Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Weakley had as their weekend guests Mr. and Mrs. FEDERAL and STATE INCOME TAX SERVICE JOHN J. ZUNKA Warren Paint & Supply Company i 415 East Main St. FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA WE HELP YOU . —DO IT YOURSELF! 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Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Payne of Lorton and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Alther and son Roy of Sperryville were Monday callers of Mr. and Mrs. Gabe Burke. Miss Carter Moffett of Mary Washington College, Fredericskburg, Ensign Craig Wellington of Idaho Falls, Idaho and Blake Wellington of Bethesda, Md. were guests for the weekend of Judge and Mrs. W.F. Moffett. ivii. anu mi !), w. neiu Payne and three children spent the weekend with Mrs. Mary Nicholson in Front Royal. C. Cletus Burke ofFront Royal was a dinner guest Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Burke. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lee were recent dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Bently in Washington, D.C. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jenkins and family of Culpeper were guests for the day Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Payne. Capt. William Weiner of Bridgewater was a luncheon guest Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Miller at Mt. Prospect. Mrs. Frank Gugino of Reese, Mich, is a house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Smith at Spring House Farm. Mr. and Mrs. Allie Huff and son Brian were visitors last Tuesday night of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Woodward and family in Culpeper. Friday night they visited Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Keyser and family in Winchester. Mrs. Huff was in Fredericksburg Wednesday and enroute home visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Perry in Culpeper. Miss Gayle Updike, a student at Radford College, spent the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Updike. Mrs. Jack Bruce left Tuesday for Miami, Fla. to stay until Sunday with her brother Gordon Hawkins. Mrs. Bertha Arrfiel was the weekend guest of her son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. George E. Terry and family in Hampton and Friday called on Mr. and Mrs. William Litsey there. Mrs. Armel was a dinner guest Wednesday of Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Woodward in Amissville. 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Median age of county population set at 30.4 IN RAPPAHANNOCK County, due to changes ii recent years in the birth rate and in life expectancy, the median age of the lo - cal population is now 30.‘1 years. It means that for every resident who is younger than that there is one who is older. The current median is somewhat higher than it was in 1960, when the previous census was taken. At that time it was 2S.9 years. By way of comparison, the median age of the Am erican population as a whole is now 27 9. It is 26.8 throughout the State of Virginia. FOR SOME years, in the local area and in most other parts of the country, the median age level had been moving downward. It was due principally to the high birth rates experienced after World War 11. The sharp increase in the number of young people had the effect of bringing the median age down. More recently, however, DEEDS RECORDED Bernard Thomas to Joseph J. Bonsignore et ux, 39.6 acres; Piedmont District, $27,500. John T. Harrison et ux to Ruth V. Harrisfon, 1.0 acres; Hampton District. Gift. Rebecca Fincham Weaver et vir to George E. Muth et ux, 8.35 acres; Stonewall District. $4,600. James E. Jenkins et ux to Theodore H. Lustig et ux, 10.425 acres; Hawthorne District. $8,000. Polly Compton et al to George H. Davis Jr. and V. John Lyle, 34.87 acres; Stonewall District. $10,000. David Strahle et ux to Alfred R. Hales Jr. et ux, lot 9, 5.46 acres; Wakefield District. $4,804. Oscar Lindgren et al to Akin T. Davis et ux, LotB, 25.607 acres, Hampton District. $14,694.55. J. A. Bernard Dahlgren et ux, to W.R. Welch et ux, 105.162 acres; Wakefield District. $52,581. T.C. Lea Jr. Sp. Comm, to Katheryn E. Doljac et vir, 29 1/2 acres, Jackson District. $5,900. Silas J. Wallace to Samuel J. Glasker et ux, 1 acre; Stonewall District. $7,000. S. Douglas Cater Jr. et ux to Peter Brachman et ux, 75 acres; Hawthorne District. $35,000. William H. Dulaney to Joel M. Daczewitz et ux, lot in Woodville; Stonewall District. $9,000. Milton C. Gore to Jonas Alther Jr. et ux , 25 1/2 acres; Piedmont District. $5,000. Burnett Miller Jr. Sp. Comm, et al to Brewington Settle et ux, 32.80 acres; Jackson District. Gift. Ruby Woodward Dodson et vir to Robert Bryc Dodson et ux, survivorship. Stonewall District. Gift. David Strahle et ux to Donald K. Moore et ux, 5.06 acres; Wakefield District. $3,995. David Strahle et al to Thomas W. Johnson et ux, Lot 8, 5.08 acres; Wakefield District. $4,995 Smith W. Ames et ux to Marian L. Bard et al, Lots 2 and 4 Bloclc 2, Section D, Plat 4, Blue Ridge Mountain Estates; Wakefield District. $800. J. W. Bishop et ux to Daniel B. Bishop etal,25.015 acres; Parcel A, Jackson District. Gift. John W. Bishop et ux to Philemon K. Platt25 acres, Parcel B, Jackson District. $17,000. Lathern Dodson et al to Richard H. Dodson,2 tracts 13 acres, 11.25 acres; Hawthorne District. $300. Oscar Lindgren to Thomas Joe et ux and Leonard J. Currie et ux, each 1/2 interest in 34.94 acres; Jackson District. $21,000. Victoria Scott Corder to Comm, of Va. 0.73 acres; Jackson District. $5 960. Certificate. Thomas M. Donahey et ux to Comm, of Va. 0.49 acres; Jackson District. $1,060. James W. Fletcher et ux to Lane Industries Inc. 517. 04 acres; Stonewall and Piedmont Districts. $323,150. (Actual amount received $46,381.78) Russell E. Pullen et ux to Comm, of Va. 1.315 acres; Jackson District. $9,000. Doris P. Ohaneson to Edward M. Ohaneson, 123 1/2 acres; Hampton District. r:ift n Horse and Pony Club elects The 4-H Horse and Pony Club met Wednesday night at Blue Rock Farm, Washington. This was a re-organizational meeting of the group and officers were elected. Named as president was Lib Snead while Cil Davis and Charles Swaim will be co-vice presidents and share the position of program leader. Nina Metzinger was elected secretary and Howard Swaim reporter. About 20 members attended. Adult leaders for the group are Mrs. R. V. Snead and Mrs. Bob Weakley. The date of the next meeting will be announced. □ the birth rate hc.s been moving in the opposite direction, dropping steadily. It is attributed to the fact that women in their 20’s are having fewer children than did women of similar age in earlier times. According to the 1070 National Fertility Study, this trend is likely to continue for some time. Its findings indicate that women n their early 20’s expect to have an average of 2.53 children. The average in 1965, when a similar study was made, was 3.03. The turn toward smaller families is ascribed by the Population Reference Bureau to a realization on the part of young married people that “rearing children in this complicated and expensive world preserts big problems. ’’ THE EXTENT to which this has been happening in the local area is to be seen in the Census Bureau’s report on the number ol children in the population jnder the age of five for every 1,000 women of child-bearing age. 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JUNE CLARK Mr. and Mrs. Barry Beale and children Angela, TLmmie and Steve of Culpeper were Monday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Daczewitz and sons Greg and Philip. Mr. and Mrs. James Falls and son Tim were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Layton Falls in Warrenton. Dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Connors were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cline, Maj.andMrs. Charles Grizzle and son Jeff of Fredericksburg, Jay Porat of Spotsylvania and Mrs. Weldon Cline of Culpeper. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Trout and son Chris of Culpeper were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Pullen and family. John Quaintance returned to Arlington Monday after spending the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wood. Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Vest and children Patsy and Todd were dinner guests Sunday of Mrs. John Vest in Flint Hill. The W.M.U. of Woodville Baptist met Tuesday evening with Mrs. Henry Wood and Mrs. H. B. Wood Jr. as hostesses. Mrs. Raymond Johnson was program leader with Mrs. James Falls, Mrs. B. G. Titchen OBITUARIES Woodward William Jackson Woodward, 80, of Sperryville died at his residence Friday, February 18, after a period of declining health. He was a retired farmer, the son of the late James Woodward and Mollie Dodson Woodward of Rappahannock County. His wife was the late Minnie Clatterbuck Woodward. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Pearl Jenkins of Virginia Beach, Mrs. Sarah Davis of West Chester, Pa. and Mrs. Dorothy Frye, Sperryville; eight sons, Edward Woodward, Norfolk, James Robert of Germantown, Md., Floyd of Ocala, Fla., Conrad and Ernest of Luray, Clifford of Front Royal, Mackwell of Orange and Silas Woodward of Maryland. He leaves one sister, Mrs. Louella Leake of Orange; 24 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. A funeral service was conducted Tuesday from the Sperryville Assembly of God Church with the service conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Ethel Harrington. Burial was in the Woodward section of Sperryville Cemetery. Pallbearers were John Eubank, Gorell Leake, Charlie James, Ronnie and Rodney Leake. □ ell and Mrs. Clifton Clark taking part. Victor Taylor with children Penny, Robin and Jeff of Culpeper were Sunday callers of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Clark and Misty Hitt. Their Monday guests were Mr. and Mrs. Gene A. Mills of Woodford. Mr. Clark and W. H. Lyne attended a meeting of Northern Virginia Fox Hunter’s Association Friday night in Culpeper. Guests Sunday of Mrs. Charlie Settle were Mr. and Mrs. John H. Woodward and children Tabbie Sue and John Jr. of Culpeper. Mr. and Mrs. Ashby Butler joined Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beard, Mrs. June Corbin, and Miss Julie Hawkins of Alexandria and Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Howard and daughter Shelia of Fairfax in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Hawkins for dinner Sunday. The Rodnes Vest family were afternoon callers. Rickey Bayne, grandson of Mrs. Charlie Settle, returned to the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bayne in Culpeper Saturday after being a patient in a Fredericksburg hospital. Streagle gets a commission David William Streagle was presented his commission to Warrant Officer at the Basic School at Quantico Tuesday, February 22, 1972. Streagle joined the U.S. Marines Corps in July 1957. He went through boot camp at Parris Island and infantry training at Camp Geiger, Jacksonville, N.C. He has been stationed in Hawaii, lndianhead, Md., Quantico, Camp LeJeune, N.C., Vietnam for the Tet Offensive and two tours on the drill field at Parris Island. He is in the criminaf investigation division and has received the Navy Commendation Medal. He is married to the former Elizabeth Latham and they have two children, Shannon and Marc. The Streagle family presently lives at Amissville. Med Sleeper Iuxuiy belongs in evay bedroom! 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AMISSVILLE NEWS Mrs. Francis Leonard and Mrs. L. B. Stuart are attending the gift show this week in New York. Mrs. Leonard owns and operates Lullwater Nursery and Garden Center. Irva M. Poe returned to her ' home Sunday after being a surgical patient in Fauquier Hospital, Warrenton. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Atkins and Mr. and Mrs. Levi Atkins Jr. accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Sowers of Alexandria spent last week in Daytona, Fla. and attended the Daytona 500 auto race. They returned home Monday. Mr. Harold Curtis of Purcellville was a visitor last Wednesday of Mrs. Julia Curtis and Mrs. J.L. Walter. t Mrs. Russell Hackley entered Fauquier Hospital Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Priest and children Lisa and Robert spent from Friday until Sunday in Woodbridge with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rhodes and family. Steve Crossman, who is stationed in Norfolk with the U.S. Coast Guard, spent the weekend at his home here and with Mrs. Crossman visited Mr. and Mrs. Everett Smith and family. W.L. Payne , a student at V.P.I., spent the weekend with his parents at Locust Shade Farm. Mrs. Sally Mann of Oxon Hill, Md. was an overnight guest Sunday of Mrs. Sarah Latham and Susan. She visited Mrs. David Streagle and children Shannon and Marc Monday. Mr. and Mr^. G.E. Doyle entertained Sunday with a birthday dinner for Mrs. Doyle’s father, T.W. Latham who was 87. Others present in addition to Mrs. Latham were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Latham and son Dickie, Mrs. Ethel Cooksey and Mrs. Louise Rheinhardt. Mrs. Milton Miller and grandson Tommy Gasser of Colchester, Conn, arrived Monday to spend the week with Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Latham and Mr. and Mrs. G.E. Doyle. They were all entertained with a family dinner Tuesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Latham. Mrs. Stanley Settle had as her luncheon guests Friday Mrs. E.B. Johnson and daughter Amy of Madison and Mrs. Nelson Burner. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Semones were in Charlotte, N.C. for the weekend to see Mrs. Semones’ brother Ralph Mays who is quite ill. □ CASTLETON VIEWTOWN Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dodson were George Dodson of Culpeper and Mr. and Mrs. Archie Estes of Jeffersonton. Friday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hitt were Mr. and Mrs. Pete Settle of Manassas. Their guests Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Settle of Amissville. Mr. and Mrs. Howell Compton and family of Rixeyville, Steven Settle and David Compton of Maryland and the Raymond Hitt family were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Settle. Mrs. Robert Settle is on a ten-day tour of Israel and Greece with a Bible Crusade. □ ATTENTION! AUTOMOBILE GRAVEYARDS are prohibited in Rappahannock County unless they are screened in one of the following wavs: By use of a masonry wall By a uniformly painted solidboardfence, or By an evergreen hedge at least six (6) feet or more in height on any side open to view from a public road or private residence. The Rappahannock County Zoning Ordinance describes an AUTOMOBILE GRAVEYARD as follows: "Any lot or place which is exposed to the weather upon which more than five (5) motor . vehicles of any kind, incapable of being operated, are placed." All persons violating the above ordinance will take immediate action to comply with the Zoning Ordinance. Much of the success of Rappahannock Farmers’ Cooperative for the past year was attributed to the men behind the scenes, according to the manager’s report. The men are Robert Weaver, Thomas Wigington, Kinsey Brubacker and Harry Lewis. The Co-Op held its annual membership dinner meeting last week and the report was made by Gordon Thornhill, manager. Fores priced lea than a year ago!" t Ford LTD ^ 2-Door Hardtop Gran Torino 2-Door Hardtop And what else is? Not much, you’ll agree! But you can drive home most 72 Fords for less than the same car’s 71 sticker price! And you get an even better car: A big Ford with quiet plus. An all-new Torino, best-built, best-handling, roomiest mid-size Ford ever. A sporty Mustang "driving machine.” Come take your pick. Discover the ways your Ford Team’s bucking the trend by offering more for less money in 72! Save with the Ford Team MERRILL MOTOR CO. WASHINGTON, VA.

Rescue Squad seeks funds p A fund drive for the Sper» ryville Rescue Squad which has been conducted for the past several weeks will conclude the end of February. A door-to-door canvass has been made, but many area residents have been missed. If you wish to make a contribution to this volunteer organization, which is in need of operating funds, contact any office] or member. This organization cai only continue to operate with volunteer assistance TRIP TO INDIA Mr. and Mrs. George H Davis Jr. spent 14 days toring India with stops in New Delhi, Bombay, anc Katmandu in Nepal. Thej returned Sunday H.L.BORDEN LUMBER CO. Lumber • Millwork • Building Supplies for QUALITY SERVICE phone 635-6123 Rt. 522 By-Pass Front Royal WARREIMTOfVI, VIRGINIA On the By-Pass at Waterloo Street Monday.Beef Burgundy Tuesday.Short Ribs of Beef Wednesday . .Corned Beef & Cabbage Thursday. .1/2 Broiled Spring Chicken Friday-assorted Seafood a la Newburg Includes appetizer, beverage and dessert Served 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. OPEN DAILY © 11 A.M.10 P.M. SUNDAY SPECIAL BRAISED SHORT RIBS OF BEEF Baked Potato Tossed Green Salad Includes Appetizer, Beverage, Dessert $2.95 Adults Children - $1.95 (SERVED 11:00 A.M.-10:00 P.M.) FOR RESERVATIONS CALL 347-7034 MADISON CO. A View of mountains & stocked pond are top features of charming Cape Cod with 54 acres—partly cleared—plus beautifully wooded land—Culpeper area—1 hour from Manassas—$66,500. « MYERS AND HILL, INC. REALTY 7820 Sudley Road From Metro Area Manassas, Va. 591-3233 368-9151 and 368-8194 mHwmiwmnn—iih—inmMimnnninnnnmi Rappahannock polo players in action at Valley Forge, Pa. Front to rear are Jim Hourahan, John Lyle, Neal Boone, and Bob Lake of Valley Forge. (Photo courtesy of the Public Relations Department, Valley Forge Military Academy) Rappahannock team bows THE Rappahannock Polo Team of John Lyle, Jim Hourahan and Neale Boone was defeated 10-3 on February 13 in a game against the Valley Forge All Stars held in the Valley Forge Indoor Arena at Wayne, Pa. The scoring for Rappahannock was two goals by Hourahan and one by Boone. Boone played the Number One position: Hourahan was at the Two position and Lyle played defensive back. The game was a fastmoving, action - packed thriller which kept over 300 spectators on their feet throughout the match. The Rappahannock players, none of whom had ridden since last September, were hard put to overcome the Valley Forge edge that their players enjoyed. The Rappahannock team will have a rematch on March 19 at Valley Forge, to try and even things up. THE NEWLY formed Rappahannock team has to late suffered three defeats and one win. Rappahannock has lost to Valley Forge and teams from Charlottesville and Winchester. Their one win was made against Winchester last summer in the Charlottesville Arena. On that occasion, having lost one of the Rappahannock players due to injury, Rappahannock fielded two players against the Winchester trio and defeated them 12 to 5. Wrecks investigated A SINGLE CAR CRASH occurred February 18 ort? Route 211 at Redeviva, west of Washington. Accord-' ing to Trooper R. A. Baines, Joseph Lynch of Washington, D. C. was the operator of the 1969 Karman Ghia which ran off of the highway, skidded, struck the bridge rail and hit a tree. Lynch sustained a broken left clavicle and Thomas DeLamater, also of D.C., a passenger, received multiple contusions. Damage to the vehicle was set at $1,200. Sunday at noon, two vehicles collided on the icy road a mile north of Washington on ROute 628, the Fodderstack Road. James R. Settle of Washington in a ‘70 Plymouth skidded on an icy curve and struck a ‘70 Plymouth operated by Anne Jenkins Clatterbuck of Culpeper, according to Trooper W. A. Buntin. Damage to each vehicle was estimated at $250. There were no injuries nor charges. □

Report from Richmond Governor’s tax nronosals viewed with ’doubt’ By DEL. D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER, JR. TAXES are in the spotlight with two and a half weeks remaining in the 1972 session. The Governor has proposed increases in individual and corporate income taxes and a number of other » proposals have been made, including a package of taxes suggested by the Lieutenant Governor that is supposed to benefit the “little man” and yet this package is supposed to reduce taxes and at the same time increase tax receipts of the state government. 1 am doubtful about this kind of magic. Taxpayers in the lower and middle income brackets will receive a tax reduction in 1973 under the tax conformity bill which 1 introduced in 1971 and 4 which was passed by the General Assembly to become effective for the tax year 1972. THIS BILL provides a tax reduction for all categories of taxpayers up to $10,000 in taxable income and salaries and wages. Depending upon the number of exemptions and other factors, the reduction would vary. For example, a single taxpayer with $3,000 of taxable income would receive a $15 reduction, a taxpayer with a family of four (including himself) and a taxable income of $5,000 would have a $17 reduction and a couple over 65 years of age with $5,000 taxable income would have a reduction of $5. This tax reduction has been overlooked by . most people in considering the tax proposals in the 1972 session. The reductions occur because, beginning with 1972, Virginia taxable income will be the same as the taxable income reported on federal returns which causes a reduction in the lower and middle income brackets. It also will simplify the state income tax returns. Most taxpayers will fill out a one-page form on the front and will fill out one line on the back as compared to the several pages of returns that are usually required under the old law. THE INCOME tax conformity tax statute will reduce state revenues by approximately 22 million dollars in the next two years but it does reduce the tax burden on those with the lower incomes and those who are the hardest hit Among those working on the Community Concert Committee when it met Wednesday at the home of Mrs. James Massie, right rear, are Mrs. I.L. Parrish, standing; seated are Mrs. Jean Maymi, secretary at concert headquarters in Culpeper, Mrs. Paul Nichols, Chairman in Rappahannock and Mrs. Robert Lyle of Culpeper, membership chairman. Among those from the county attending the Culpeper Community Concert held Saturday night when the Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra performed were .Mrs. Mary Quaintance, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parrish, Mrs. I.L. Parrish, Miss Merrill Parrish, Philip Stroupe, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Lyne, Paul Nichols and sons, Dr.* and Mrs. R.B. Allen, Allen Stokes and family, Mr. and Mrs. I.R. Kilby and family, Mr. and Mrs. 1.0. Wolf, Mrs. Jewelle Magariety, Mrs. Thomas Eastham and sons. Cadet on honor list A total of 225 cadets of the Virginia Military Institute were named to the Dean’s List at the end of the first semester, including Cadet Douglas K. Baumgardner "of Washington. To be eligible for the academic honor, a cadet must have an average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) for all subjects with no grade below 2.0. The first class (seniors) had 88 named while 50 second classmen (juniors) were among those named. Also selected were 48 third classmen and 39 fourth classmen (freshmen). Cadet Baumgardner is a second classman and is an economics major and academically distinguished, an honor achieved by attaining a 3.5 average on a 4.0 scale. ... nji lOTO He i s feature editor ior “The Cadet,” studentnewspaper. A sergeant in the 1,100-man Corps of Cadets, he is enrolled in the field artillery division of the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps. A graduate of Thomas ‘ Jefferson High School in Alexandria, he is the son of Mr- and Mrs. F. M. Baumgardner, of Route 1, Washington. □ by the sales tax on food, drugs and other necessities. The saving of these tax reductions is one of the reasons 1 do not favor enacr ting in full all of the tax proposals made by the Governor. THE ANTI-BUSING resolution which calls for the states to call a constitutional convention to propose an anti-busing amendment to the Constitution of the United States and a resolution asking Congress to propose the same amendment has been passed by the House of Delegates. 1 voted for both of these resolutions. Al though the resolutions caused a lot of debate, the vote was heavily in favor of both resolutions. The margin was 84-14. Many other subjects are up for legislation, including a bill to give a widow one-third of the real estate of her husband, if he left no will, instead of a onethird interest for life as is now the case. I am in favor of this legislation, bu t legally it cannot have any effect upon the estates of persons who died before the legislation was passed by the Legislature. Next week 1 will have another report on the 1972 (General Assembly. □ t funeral ^Jarlars H.C. Geest, Director 405 Sperryville Road Christopher Geest Culpeper, Virginia AMBULANCE WITH OXYGEN Culpeper, Va. . Phone 825-0395 ATTENTION! The following is quoted from the Rappahannock County Zoning Ordinance: * "BUILDING PERMITS" - No building or structure which costs five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more shall be located, constructed, reconstructed, altered, or enlarged without first having obtained a Building Permit from the administrator. The Zoning Administrator's office, located in the Court House, is open each Tuesday from 8:30 to 4:30. Tel. 675-3342. c-24 Power in all size: w w w W w w COME SEE THE DEUTZ A TRACTOR FOR EVERY SIZE FARM Horsepower range from 23 hp to 105 hp Parts and Service also Available CHARLES E. 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’Joint use’ powerline plan (From page 1 final line route.” A FORMAL announcement from Vepco explained the “joint use” agreement for a $20 million transmission project between Virginia Electric and Power Company and the Potomac Edison Company, a subsidiary of the Alleghany Powers System. In addition to “strengthening electric service to customers,” the proposed line will “eliminate the need for each company to build a separate line at some point in the future.” The proposal calls for construction of a 500,000 volt transmission line from Vepco’s Mount Storm generating station in Grant County, W.Va. to the existing 500,000 volt transmission system in Northern Virginia, a distance of more than 100 miles. The new circuit is to be built jointly, with approximately equal financial responsibility and ownership. Announcement of the project was made by E.B. Crutchfield, senior vice president of Vepco, and j. M. McCardell, executive vice president and gen - eral manager of Potomac Edison. CRUTCHFIELD said that the proposed transmission line will provide Vepco customers with “improved reliability by bringing another 500,000 volt line from the Mount Storm Power Station to the Vepco service area.” The 500,000 volt transmission systems of Vepco and Alleghany are interconnected at the Mount Storm generating station. A third unit of 555,000 kilowatts generating capability is now under construction at Vepco’s Mount Storm Power Station due for completion in 1973. Officials of both companies said the proposed line is “needed to provide additional transfer capacity to move power from new generating sources into the Northern Virginia area served by both utilities.” Crutchfield said the line will also “provide mutual backup to both systems in case of a loss of one or more sections of existing lines, will reduce the total transmission needed by each utility in providing power supply reliability to their customers, and will contribute substantially to overall reliability of power supply in this region of the country.” THE TWO companies indicated that preliminary activities for the line would begin soon with construction getting under way in 1973. Target date for completion is mid-1974. Representatives of both companies have discussed the proposal with officials of localities through which the transmission line must pass. “The plans announced by Vepco and Potomac Edison come as no surprise other than the fact that they were so long in making the announcement,” said Phil Irwin, president of Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection. “This announcement in no way changes the belief that the plan is absolutely unnecessary. Environmental RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VA. DELINQUENT LAND SALES A list of Real Estate delinquent for the nonpayment of taxes assessed thereon for the year 1969 with tax penalty, interest and cost. WAKEFIELD DISTRICT Byers, Allen C.; Sec. E, B1.9, Lot 2 Daughhetee, Daniel W. et al; Sec. G, B1.2, Lot 3 Durham, Lester D. et ux, Sec. E, B1.2, Lot 2 Fletcher, John; Poe’s Road Hughes, Robert Lee; Adj. E.M. Yates Lewis, Emmart J.; Sec. F, B1.2, Lot 19 Robinson, W. Jannette, et ux, Sec. D, B1.3, Lot 2 Williams, Elmer Samuel et ux; Chester Gap Williams, Ethel M.; Black Rock Zis, Spiro D.; Chester Gap JACKSON DISTRICT Bailey, Edith C.; Robert E. Bailey Land Berry, Bertha et al; J.W. Alexander land Grigsby, Martin; Adj. A. Grigsby Hitt, W.P. & Bessie; Castle Mountain Wines, Edward T. et ux; Culpeper Line HAMPTON DISTRICT Dearing, Martin; Blacksburg Fincham, James Acory; Sec. 6, lot 2 Lea, Sally-Sold to Robert R. Freeman; Washington Porter, Lee estate; Adj. H.M. Huff Timbers, Lillie Gates; Timbersville Timbers, Lillie Gates; Timbersville PIEDMONT DISTRICT Atchison, Joseph D. et ux; Bryant Land Atchison, Joseph D. et ux; Bryant Land Trumbull, William -Sold to Apple Hill Partnership Adj. J. M. Yates STONEWALL DISTRICT Ficklin, Lucy; Culpeper Line MAWTHORNE DISTRICT Jenkins, Charles K. Heirs; Adj. R.W. Miller Lot Lot Lot .50 Lot Lot Lot Lot .33 10. $5.76 5.76 5.76 42.92 44.82 5.76 5.76 35.31 44.82 39.05 I. 44 II. 10. 26.25 1. 10.51 16.70 10.51 45.77 139.34 1. Lot .65 1.70 2.16 1. 2.89 30.41 63.57 2.42 22.78 1.95 1. .50 23.20 30. 3.18 3.37 56.94 96.75 23.73 24.19 DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS, TAKE NOTICE On Thursday, March 30, 1972 in front of the Treasurer’s Office of Rappahannock County, I will offer at public sale all of the Real Estate above mentioned, a description of which can be seen at the County Clerk’s Office. ROBERT L. BROWN, Treasurer of Rappahannock County__ criteria require that new transmission circuits, when possible, be constructed in existing transmission corridors. Vepco already has these corri dors in service. A new corridor is unnecessary and property owners can be expected to resist attempts to destroy their property values and environment.” CHESTER GAP NEWS , MRS. BESSIE PARKS Mrs. Albert Williams entered Warren Memorial Hospital last Wednesday and underwent surgery Friday. She returned home Monday. Friday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lowery of Strasburg called on Mr. and Mrs. Sam North and their granddaughter Shirley. Charles A. Hughes, a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. Williams, became ill and was taken by ambulance to Warren Memorial Hospital, at Front Royal. Mr. and Mrs. L.S. Stewart have returned from a two month trip to Mexico. Howard Cheney made a recent business trip to Alexandria. Mark Griffith accompan ied by friends spent Monday at Brice Mountain Ski Resort near Mt. Jackson. The March meeting of Chester Gap Volunteer Fire Department has been set up to Tuesday, February 29 instead of March 6 as originally scheduled. Members of the Homemakers Club will be invited guests. Mrs. Annie Delle Frazier, mother of Mrs. Benny Atkins, entered Warren Memorial Hospital Thursday with a heart condition. Skipper Mathena, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Roy Mathena, has been assisting with snow rescue operations in various areas where plane evacuation has been necessary. He is an aviation mechanic. □ FLINT HILL NEWS Mrs. Olga Petters of Cambridge, Mass, was a Tuesday luncheon guest of Mrs. Mary Clevdrley. Wallace Russell and Lynn Atkins returned home Monday evening after spending five days in Daytona Beach, Fla. where they attended the Daytona 500 auto race. Miss Wanda Tharp of Front Royal was a guest for the weekend of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Noakes. Mrs. Eddie Noakes with Mrs. Lester Clatterbuck of Front Royal honored their father Elmer Atkins with a birthday dinner Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Atkins. Mrs. Dennis Corbin of Front Royal was a Thursday visitor of Mrs. Maude Dodson at the home of her son-in-law and dau ghter Mr. and Mrs. Atkins. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie L. Lillard had as their guests for the weekend Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Haney and Sharon of Alexandria. Sharon is spending this week with her grandparents, the Lillards. Mr. and Mrs. Gavor Foster spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Foster. Mrs. Mary Krause spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moore. She was in Front Royal as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Krause, Jr. Sunday and Monday. The Flint Hill Ladies Auxiliary will meet Tuesday February 29 at the firehouse for their monthly meeting, instead of March 6. Most gruelling race (From page 1 down dale, counts toward the Seven Corners Shopping Center Trophy and is always an exciting event. Last but not least is the traditional and popular hound race. More than 50 hounds are expected to follow the scent this year and their owners will be at the finish line trying to catch them, after the first go-round, they hope. The race is open to hound owners in the Rappahannock Hunt territory and or members of Northern Virginia Foxhunters Association.. No recognized hunt club hounds are eligible. Eight races in all are carded for the 23rd running of the Rappahannock Hunt Point-to-Point Race^on the scenic Thornton Hill course of James W. Fletcher’s, scheduled for Saturday, March 4, at,noon. The race course is located on Route 522 a mile and a half south of Sperryville. □

SPERRYVILLE NEWS MRS. B.M. VARNER Mr. and Mrs. Francis Updike of Richmond and Mrs. Edna Yates Jacobs and son Ricky of Warren - ton were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Schaefer and Freddie. Additional dinner guests Saturday night were Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Updike of CulAN R/C QUALITY THEATRE NOW THROUGH SATURDAY Evenings 1 complete show.At 7 p.m. “Fistfull” 7:15 “Few Dollars’’ at 8:50 p.m. Matinee Saturday at 2 p.m. HiNT EASTWOOD iS BACK I Prints by -32“ Rc-rclc«iscd Ihru TECHNICOLOR ^United Artists SUN—MON—TUE Matinee Sunday at 2 p.m. Evenings at 7 & 9 p.m. STARTS NEXT WEDNESDAY OMRIIOn HCSTON TH€ ami* punmioritcwicour MAN __ FROM WARMER BROSl A KMNEY LEISURE SERVICE ISEI STARTS NEXT WED. Walt Disney’s Song& ,i- Swdfa TEjJjyHJHAm 1972 Will y»n«y Product.^ FRI-SAT-SUN Show starts at 1 p.m. Come as late as 8:30 p.rri. on FriSat and see a complete, show. Free in-car heaters. 2 BIG ADULT HITS! Rated “X” No one under 18admitted. Positive ID required ADM. $1.50 3 . ADULTS ONLY PLUS 2ND ADULT HIT! "WILD HONEY” peper, Clark Cox and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Koll of Warrenton. Allen Brown of WinstonSalem, N. C., enroute to Washington, D.C. on business, was a visitor last Wednesday of his parents, ^ir. and Mrs. Maury W. Brown. Ranny Aylor accompanied his father, H.H. Aylor to Culpeper Memorial Hospital Monday and returned the same day. Mrs. Ronald Hawkins returned to Richmond Thursday be be near her son, Ronnie, who is a surgical patient in Crippled Children’s Hospital. Tony and Greg Way land spent the weekend with 1 their grandparents, Mr. and Randolph Devers. Bud- < dy Devers has returned to i his home in Front Royal from Warren Memorial 3 Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lewis ; of Huntly were dinner guests Sunday of Mrs. Virginia Lewis. Mrs. Lucille Brown of Virginia Beach arrived last Wednesday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Wood. Mrs. Carson Johnson, Mrs. Jack Waylandaccompanied by Mrs. A.Q. Craun of Orange, were weekend guests of their sisters, Mrs. Graham Allison and Mrs. John Pofurl in Bal FIRE, RESCUE SOUAD I Friday the Flint Hill Rescue Squad took Silas Wallace from Woodville to Culpeper Memorial Hospital. Saturday Mrs. Ura Jordan was taken from Flint Hill to Warren Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Beatrice Fletcher was taken from Rappahannock Manufacturing Plant to Warren Memorial on Monday. Flint Hill Fire Company answered an alarm Saturday night to a fire at Peola Mills but were stopped en' route for the situation was under, control. Amissville also was alerted and turned back. The fire was at the home of Meade Nicholson. Sperryville Fire Department answered the alarm to the Nicholson home Saturday night, as well as the Washington V.F.D. unit. Sperryville Rescue Squad took Mrs. Eldon Sisk to University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, February 17. The same day Silas Wallace was taken from Woodville to the Culpeper hospital and Hill Atkins was taken from Woodville to the Culpeper hospital and Hill Atkins was taken to the same hospital. Sperryville Rescue Squad took Mrs. Eldon Sisk to University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, February 17. The same day Silas Wallace was taken from Woodyille to the Culpeper hospital and Hill Atkins was taken to the same hospital. On the 18th the Sperryville unit responded to a traffic crash scene at Rediviva and took Joseph Lynch and Thomas DeLamater, both of Washington, D.C. to Culpeper Memorial. William Aylor was brought from Charlottesville to Sperryville on February 20 and Monday Miss Annie Stephenson was taken to Culpeper Hospital and returned home. Chester Gap Rescue Squad took Charles A. Hughes from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Williams to Warren Memorial Hospital Saturday. Rappahannock Rescue Squad transported LutherHarrington from his residence in Sperryville to a VA hospital in Washington, D.C. on February 19 and Junior Woodard was taken from Washington to Warren Memorial Hospital Monday. Amissville Rescue Squad took Will Phillips to the Newton D. Baker Hospital, Martinsburg on February 17. Amissville Fire Department responded Monday to a fire at the home of James Hawkins at Laurel Mills. □ Gochenour Pvt. Kenneth Bochenour completed his basic training with the U.S. Marine Corps in San Diego and spent a ten-day leave with his mother Mrs. Elmer Atkins and Mr. Atkins in Sperryville.. He left Tuesday night from National Airport for Fort Gordon, Ga. where he \yill undergo 12 weeks of training for' the military police. □ HIGH-LAND MEDITATIONS with | REV. RONALD WILEY | of Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church || Sperryville, Virginia §f 10:35 a.m. Monday through Friday gi; WCVA Radio - 14.9 on your dial || mm imore, Md. The Anne Dwyer Circle >f Reynolds Memorial Bapist Church W.M.U. met ruesday night with Mrs. Robert Anderson. Mrs. Roy Reeve was program chlirman and others present vere Mrs. Cletus Clarke ind Mrs. l.R. Kilby. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tabier have returned home from Arlington where Mr. rabler was a patient in Northern Virginia Doctors Hospital for several months. He makes weekly trips for therapy at The Towers Rehabilitation Center of the University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville. Mrs. Clarice Clarke returned last week after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. M.B. Rector in Atoka. Her guests Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Head of Charlottesville. Miss Jane Kilby, a student at Radford College, spent last weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kilby. Wilson Burke returned home last Thursday following nose surgery at the University of Virginia Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Brown and children, Sherri, Rob and Mark were guests Friday of Mrs. J. D. Brown in Buena Vista. Miss Janet Yates of Madison College, Harrisonburg and Lois Yates of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, spent the weekend with their parents. Mr. andMrs. Lester Yates. Takes the Guesswork Out of Feeding & Weeding Your Crops i X / ST { ' 'i Southern States Custom Liquid Nitrogen Service Southern States Truck-Mounted Applicator gives you the bonus of extra accuracy. Every application is metered. You receive a printed meter delivery ticket to show the exact amount of Green Charger Liquid Nitrogen or herbicide we apply to your fields. No matter how fast or slow we go over your fields, application is uniform. Our automatic limemarket eliminates skip and doubling, too. RAPPAHANNOCK FARMER'S Phone 987-2311 Sperryville, Va. Your Southern States Cooperative Agency v]y Upholding gg the highest ethical standards of the funeral directing profession. TURNER FUNERAL HOME Formerly Scott Funeral Home 106 Chester Street kA Front Royal, Va. 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RATES: Five cents per word for first insertion; 50(! minimum charge, cash with order. Four cents per word each additional insertion same copy. If billed, add 25 cent booking charge. Cards of Thanks 50£ minimum In Memoriams $1.00 minimum. Cash must accompany cards of thanks and memoriams. Amissville Plumbing and Heating Service - New installations or repair. Oil burner service and cleaning. Phone 937-4723 or 937-4440. R.A. Johnson or Lewis Butler, Amissville, Va. 10-28k For Sale — 1955 Chevrolet pickup, 36,000 actual miles Call 675-3504. 3-2p 6 Room House For Rent— Ceramic tile bath, washer, dryer, stove, refrigerator, central heat, air conditioning, in excellent condition. $125. Call 675-3|28 3-2k For Sale — Used middle sized Siegler heater; also chestnut, oak lap wood near Culpeper. Phone 825-0659 3-2p Fauquier Laundry — Riding Apparel & Horse Blankets our Specialty. Warrenton, Va. 347-2231. For Sale — 1962 Chevrolet lmpala; good condition. Call 937-2394. Ip c FOR SALE: 1970 Singer Zigzag in Early American ' walnut or maple cabinet, 'oes everything without ati -hments, monograms, ’ tton holes, sews on buttons, blind stitch hems, overcasts fancy stitches. Sews with 1 or 2 needles. 5-year guarantee. $55.40 tax included or pay $5.40 down and id payments of $5.00 per month. No interest. Call Capitol Credit t Mgr. collect for free home demonstration 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. call 793-8335 11-11-tf Home Improvements Culpeper Planing Mill Aluminum Siding Roofing - Guttering Jalousies - Storm Windows and Doors • Floor Covering Ceiling Tile • Aluminum Awnings Williamsburg Paint Wallpaper Swimming Pools 302 S.East St. Culpeper 825-1755 For Rent—Several hundred acres of pasture in Woodville area. Contact Lee Payne, 987-2942. 2-24k For Sale—1,000 bales good " nixed hay. M. W. Brown, J 187-8468. tfk ielp Wanted — Man, full ime for beef cattle and arm work, Rappahannock bounty. 471-4657. c-8 STIHL Chain SaW Sales & Service. Brown’s Saw Shop, Rt. 2, Box 71D, Culpeper, Va. Call 937-4442. tkf Lost — Gold solitaire dianond ring in town of Washington. Call 675-3352. 3-2p For Sale — Used Frigidaire three-ring agitator automatic washer. Call 987-8621. 3-2p For Sale—Locust posts. Call 937-4547. IK Lost Dogs — Male Basset tri-colored, vicinity ofNethers, Sperryville; black and tan female terrier with collar and tag; very precious. Call collect 9878164. 2-24k Planning to Build? Have you talked to your neighbor to see how much money they saved buying at Jim Carpenter Lumber Company. We also buy pine and poplar logs. Telephone Madison 948-4322 or 948-4460 12-3-tfk TOLSON’S TILE Over 16 years experience in Ceramic Tile & Quarry Slate. New construction, remodeling or repairs. Free estimates. Amissville, Va. 937-4595 LITTLE PAL’S ' PET SHOP >4T-nit ► IMPORTED & NATIVE TROPICAL FISH & Supplies exotic birds AKC REG. PUPPIES SMALL ANIMALS WILD BIRD FEEDERS . ASEEDS ■ Northern Va. pt Shopping Center Warrenton, Va. 970 Kawaski Motorcycle, >50 cc, $450. International >cout, 1968, 4 wheel drive, ow mileage, $1695. 9371594 c-1 ?or Rent—Good orchard at ■easonable price. M. W. 3rown 987-8468. tfk ?or Sale—new mobile home 2 x 50 located on Ray’s rrailer Court at Amiss:ille. Phone 937-4567 Notice—McDonald’s Frozen Treat, Sperryville will re-open February 18. Special that day only, Hamburgers 35C. 3-IK St. Bernard, AKC, eight weeks old, well marked and newspaper trained. Old Acre Kennels—788-4673. c-8 For Sale — Cooking and eating apples. Tom Lee, 675-3558. 3-2k For Sale—Several thousand bales of hay. Call 987-2942. Sty* £fcthU9iur • Imported Tack L, • Riding Apparel 1 • Hunting l Appointments : • Unique Gifts ,L • Tack Repair Warrenton 7 Main St. 347-25M We Can Supply All Your BUILDING NEEDS CULPEPER BUILDING & SUPPLY CORP. Phone VA5-8383 Culpeper j COMPLETE | ONE-STOP j Building Supply { Hardware Paint” } I Millwork Lumber f I WARRENTON j | BUILDING | {MATERIAL CO.f INC.j ! ON THE BY-PASS { } WARRENTON j | Phone 347-1400 § 101 MOLDBOARD PLOW For LESS V'P"K rmm • Good plowing at low cost. • Mounted or semimounted models. • One to four bottoms. • Adjust for depth, pitch, leveling, and width of cut from driver’s seat. • Bottom sizes from to 16 inches. Better Farming Starts with... WAYLAND FORD TRACTOR SALES V 29-211 BY PASS Worrenton Tractors Equipment NOTICE!! NOTICE!! Will Build* anywhere in Rappahannock County. A 3 bedroom house 24’x40* on a crawl space, Total Electric, Storm Wdw. & Doors, completed inside and out on your lot or will supply Tot for $17,000 (on your lot) no down payment, no closing cost, 33 year loan. 7*4% interest call DOUG VANCE TRI-STATE MODULAR HOMES 2400 Valley Ave. - Winchester, Va. 22610 Phone 667-0000 Hours: 5-9-weekday evenings 1-5 Sat. & Sun. afternoons PUBLIC AUCTION Friday night, February 25, 1972, 7:30 p.m. JENKINS AUCTION HOUSE Sperryville, Virginia located at intersection of Routes 522 and 211. Antique furniture Used furniture Antique glassware New glassware Items for everyone JENKINS AUCTION HOUSE JOHN WALKER JENKINS Auctioneering Service Phone 987-2401 Large seating capacity, plenty of parking space. Come early and browse through. SPERRYVILLE EMPORIUM r \ KTmum A 'l'Uni*r /lair E^aWmiim O /I 10*7' -K