Rappahannock News, March 28, 1974

THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1974 FIFTEEN CENTS Opinions differ on powerline case PHIL IRWIN, President of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, was optimistic when he reported on the case the League is supporting against Vepco. Irwin said he believes there is a strong possibility that the State Corporation Commission will agree with RLEP’s contention thr.t the best way for a new powerline is to use existing corridors. However, RLEP member Ed Harris, whose property would be affected by the new route, disagreed.‘'I’m convinced we’re losing and losing fast,” said Harris. Harris said he was especially discouraged as he read parts of the transcript of the hearings before the SCC and realized that little weight was given to the environmental impact of the powerline. “That’s the whole purpose of this suit and they’re ignoring it to talk about money and dollars.” The case against proposed new 500,000 kv. powerline corridors now rests until May 1, when briefs are to be filed. The SCC is expected to issue an “interim decision.1’ HARRIS AND Irwin disagreed on the effect the “computer drawn route” might have on the case. Technical Associates of Richmond divided the territory between Mt. Storm and Morrisville into 25 acre “grids,” and assigned a value to each based on tax assessment values. The computer then plotted a route across the grids, seeking the lowest values. No environmental factors were programmed into the computer. Irwin contends that the Commission will regard the computer route as an “exercise” while Harris fears there is a strong possibility that the computer route will be selected. The computer path varied only slightly from that described by Vepco, even though Vepco’s attorneys continue to argue in favor of their own. “THEY’LL BE laughing iq> their sleeve,” Harris said.-“They’re making up a case against the computer route knowing that if they get it they’ve still won. They can’t lose.” Irwin asked Harris if he had read “entirely” the 4,000 pages of testimony before the commission. “Certainly not as much as I would like to have,” Harris told him. “Well, I’ve read it all, and feel that our case had been made,” Irwin said. Under cross examination the representatives of the computer firm agreed that the existing corridor would be the cheapest route,” he said. “They even admitted that the computer had to be School flea market ANTIQUES, CRAFTS, jewelry, baked goods, junk; these are some of the many items available at the Flea Market scheduled for Saturday, April 6, at Rappahannock County High School. Keep in mind that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure! Hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Senior Class of the local high school is sponsoring the Flea Market and proceeds will go toward the class spring trip. Donations are acceptable for sale by the class, or individuals, clubs or groups may have a sale booth. If you wish to purchase a booth, the fee is $5 for an individual; $10 for school organizations and $15 for civic, church or other organizations. If you have a booth and are not able to personally operate it all day, the Senior Class will take care of it for you. You may set up a booth for all day or half day, as you wish. A commission is charged on sales. Contact a member of the Senior Class of RCHS for more details. Lunch will be sold, as well as baked goods and drinks. Shop and browse the Flea Market where the expected or unexpected may be found. □ programmed not to select the existing route.” <■ Irwin said the Commission acknowledged that the state code clearly demands that the environment be considered and knows that no environmental values were used in the computer selection. Harris suggested that the attorneys for RLEPandthe Warren League for Environmental Protection should have also argued that en ergy consumption in the Eastern States has decreased. “I THINK public opinion will win or lose this thing,” Harris said. “We’ve got to stand up on our hind legs and scream.” Peter Kramer agreed. “What can we do before the May hearing? Should we organize bus-loads of people going to Richmond? Maybe we could consider letting schools out and taking the kids to Richmond. We’ve got to let our feelings be known on this.” Irwin said that the commission really won’t meet again. “The session in May is when briefs are filed; it’s really not a hearing.” But he agreed that letters to the commission or other efforts would not hurt. — Pekay Pettus Book review winners FRIDAY night, March 22, every chair and square foot of the library was occupied when Certificates of Merit, Honorable Mentions and Prize awards were presented to the elementary school participants in The Rappahannock County Library’s Book Review Contest. Bouquets of Spring Flowers, plates of cookies and Rappahannock apple cider brought a party atmosphere to the Library. In the fifth grade contest, for the best two reviews, first prize was awarded to Tammy Jenkins, second prize to Ivan Plotnick, third prize to Janet Frazier, first honorable mention to Kathy Romine, second honorable mention to Courtney Jones, third honorable mention to Johnny A. Bragg, seventh place to Gregory Swain, eighth place to Jenifer Raney, ninth place to Deborah Ann Seal, tenth place to Willeam Warshauer. In the sixth and seventh grade combined contest, first prize went to Sarah Massie, second to Judy Nicholson, third to Carol Atkins, first honorable mention to Kim Gilkey, second honorable mention to. Thomas E. Lee, third honorable mention to Kenneth Eline, seventh place to Kenny Norman, eighth place to Robin Ricker, ninth place to Patsy M. Smoot, tenth place to Deborah DeBergh. FIFTH grade contest winner Tammy Jenkins wrote a review of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” by Raold Dahl. Harry Gilroy, who served as the final evaluator for the panel of contest judges, stated; “The enthusiasm and involvement we found in many of the reviews, and particularly in the first prize review, made our judging job an enjoyable one. Here are some excerpts from the winning review: “Finally, one day on the front of a newspaper page, it said Wonka’s Factory would open for five kids who found the golden tickets. These tickets would be at the bottom of some of the candies that the facSee Page 15 Collecting articles for the Flea Market scheduled for Saturday, April 6 are RCHS Senior sponsor, Mrs. John Toth; seniors, Cassie Frye, David Thornhill, Mary Moore Kilby, Angela Dennis and Jeanne St. Clair.

Sajjpafjamuirk Naim Published Thursday Morning at Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia, 22747, ky the Fauquier Publishing Company, Inc. Entered as Second Class Mail at the Post Office in Washington, Virginia. Subscriptions (in advance) $4 in Rappahannock and adjacent counties; $5 in Postal Zones 5 thru 8. MRS. SARAH C. LATHAM, Managing Editor Telephone Washington 675-3349 Scenic easements THE AIR IN Rappahannock County has been filled for the past several months with talk of zoning and planning and other methods of controlling and directing development. Plans and ordinances and zoning maps are all very handy in this rfespect, and Rappahannock’s public officials have done what appears to be an excellent job in drawing up blueprints for keeping the county a pleasant place in which to live. But something was talked about at last week’s meeting of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection which could also be of immense value in preserving the cherished Rappahamiock landscape. Easements, freely granted by individuals who love the country side? and who want to see its beauty passed on for the enjoyment of future generations, can sometimes be even more effective than plans and zones. As William T. Bolger of the Virginia Outdoors Foundation said, a preservation desire by one or more landowners can add up to “de facto” landscape protection which doesn’t need elaborate Jegislative maneuvering, fancy legal toe-dancing or political blood-letting. Simply by placing it in an easement, land can be save for its beauty, and saved from the bulldozers. Thanks to a new Virginia law, the easement doesn’t even have to be designated “forever.” It can be tied to a 30year contract, after which time the landowners (or their heirs) can reappraise their desires, and the conditions that prevail at that time. ' it’S SOMETHING WHICH commends itself to careful consideration by all those in Rappahannock County who are concerned about preventing the spread of subdivision blight that has ruined so many Virginia locales—even one as close as neighboring Warren. As a landowner in neighboring Fauquier said, after granting a scenic easement on some 150 acres in a particularly lovely part of the county, such an act “doesn’t prevent our selling the farm, or leaving it to our children.” But is does prevent its development. □ Animal Industry Day THE 11th ANIMAL INDUSTRY Day has been scheduled for Friday, July 19, at the Animal Science Livestock Center, VPI & SU, Blacksburg. Livestock producers are urged to mark their calandars and plan to attend. The 1974 event will continue to focus on Animal Science Research programs with related aspects to teaching and extention and on an interdisciplinary approach. Program emphasis this year will focus on forage feeding, pastures, alternate feeding systems, and waste management. Suggestions are requested from beef, sheep, swine, horse, and related agri-industry of the Barns The barn pictured last week was that owned by Mr.and Mrs. John Updike near Wash ington and was identified by only one reader, James Menefee of Washington, Va. He will receive a year’s subscription to the Rappahannock News. Try this. Mail or bring entries to the Rappahannock News, Washington, Va. 22747. Letters to the editor Columnist is disputed EDITOR: Si Sez quite a few things in the March 21 issue of this paper. He believes in God—“that is, the God-ofmy-Heart.” Thisisabrand new term and leaves his readers with the impression that he has a special God, newly defined by Si, Buddhism, Hinduism (kar^ma), and the Rubaiyat and Chambered Nautulus (a mixture of Persian and English poetry). Most folks seeking the way of understanding place their belief in the God-ofthe-Bible, known and accipted by countless numbers as the Word-of-God. At the very beginning everyone is offered freedom of choice. To accept the integrity, the entirely and infallil>ililty of the Bible is to be assured of a specially designed peace, both for this world and the world to come. But to reject the complete word of God is to leave the nature and will of God to the conjecture and hypothesis of every individual. Moreover, if the Bible is fragmented by skeptics or disputed by those who choose to accept it only in part, then the truth and the full blessing is lost to those individuals. In 2000 years such beliefs have failed to invalidate the reliability and general acceptance of the Scriptures or to shake a confirmation of the psalmist who said “the grass withered, the flower fadeth, but the Word of our God shall stand”! (Isa. 40:8) Now Si Sez he doesn’t “accept a God divided into three equals, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.” But ' Christ said, “I and my Father are one.” (John 10: 30). Again we read, “Believest thou not that I am in the Father and the Fa ther in me?” (John 14:10). So once more we are faced with a choice—either toac- 1 cept these statements at their face value or to im- ' plicate Christ in a colos- 1 sal lie. 1 Another of the many as- 1 sertions of Christ’s divini- 1 ty—“And Jesus when he was j baptised, went straightway 1 out of the water; and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God cte sc ending like a dove and lighting 1 upon him! And lo a voice from heaven saying, This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.” (Matt. 3:16 & 17). Here is a reasonable statement indicating a union of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Moreover, if a person accepts the integrity of Christ he must confirm the truth as Jesus said— “I will send you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall PTA to meet The P. T. A. of Rappahannock County Elementary School will meet Wednesday night, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. The program will consist of a discussion, followed by a question and answer period, on the kindergarten program, led by Frank Wool, elementary supervisor for Warren and Rappahannock. As an introduction to the program, slides of last year’s summer program for pre-schoolers will be shown. □ Thrift shop The Thrift Shop sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Washington Eire testify of me.” (John 15: >6). And, send in my tame...” (John 14:26). Beyond the foregoing, here were a number of luite interestin statenents by Si, but perhaps he most startling, as well is inaccurate, is the inference that “a God tempts lis offspring to sin.” But ve read, “then entered Saan into Judas.” (Luke 22: 1). By what illogic would Jod tempt Judas to betray the most dedicated chamoiom of God to die? Let lis hasten to correct such in errot with the truth of the following quote: “He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.” (John 3:8). With praise to God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost: H. R. Terhune Company and Rescue Squad will open for business April 3. Located in the former I.G.A. building on Gay Street in Washington, it will open every Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and on Commodity Food days from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Any donations of clothing, household items, large or small, will be appreciated. For articles to be picked up please call Mary Ellen Burke, Chairman at 675-3535 or Ruth Clark, President, 675-3608. □ YOUTH SERVICE The youth will have charge of the service Sunday night, March 31 at 7:30 at the Amissville Baptist Church. They will present a skit “Snow White and the Dwarfs. ”□

T H E L I T T L E F 0 X Powerline threats Multiple danger to countryside described (The author of the following article, which was too long for a Letter to the Editor but too important to bobtail, is a retired newspaperman now living near Huntly in Rappahannock County, in the path of a proposed new powerline corridor.) BY ED HARRIS WE ARE fast nearing the climax of one of the most crucial and far-reaching environmental battles we will face in our lifetimes, the stubborn and ill-advised attempt of the Virginia Electric Power Company to thrust a monstrous 500,000 k.v. powerline across the heart of northern Virginia’s beautiful and historic countryside. Involved are twelve scenic counties, hundreds of landowners and many thousands of Virginia residents who are justly appalled at the prospect of this massive and wholly inexcusable defacing of the good earth. The State Corporation Commission in Richmond, following prolonged public hearings and an independent study of proposed corridors, is expected to make its findings known in early summer. Unless thousands of concerned Virginians take the time to articulate their strong opposition to this proposed Vepco land grab— for that is just what it would be—I very much fear that our cause is lost. I know that many land^ owners and others expressed their anger and dismay at various regional hearings held by the SCC, but the chairman was unable to attend those regional hearings; moreover, it is now, while the SCC has the whole controversial question under advisement, that it needs to know you still care, you haven’t fallen asleep, you’re not so mesmerized by scandals in Washington that you can’t see an unconscionable private power play being pulled right in your own beautiful back yard. ON THE surface, Vepco’s application might appear to be reasonable but only on the surface. The usage of electrical energy, it has contended, roughly doubles every ten years, and it must project its needs for the future. In reply to a letter I wrote to newspapers last year, a powerline spokesman even went so far as to say that electric energy costs would have to go up unless "the new line is built, and some consumers’ children might go without shoes as a result. Since then powerlines have applied for and received consistent rate hikes anyway, citing soaring energy - producing costs, but the payoff was an Associated Press news item this week in which the big powerlines blamed decreased electric usage in part for their hiking of rates. When the volume goes down, rates must go up to maintain profit margins and gross revenue. When and if the volume goes up again, the powerlines contend great new lines must be built which of course, costs a lot of money, with the costs as always passsed along to the consumers in higher rates. The consumer can’t win. And Vepco’s arguments about shoeless children sound as vapid and misleading as its contention that electric energy usage doubles every ten years. THAT ’ contention has been completely shattered by events since the application was filed. And the facts completely contradict President T. Justin Moore of Vepco who seized upon the energy shortage to proclaim, predictably, that it meant the new powerline was needed even more urgently than before (an odd outlook, inasmuch as Vepco has contended before that the need was so urgent). According to a busi NOTICE OF APPRECIATION Emmy Allen wishes to thank all the persons who helped her with her sucessful Art Sale on Saturday and Sunday. The following especially: Margery Albright Pat Plotnick Helen Kilby Rev. Ron Wiley Anne Fox Lind Lum Beverley Massie Mary Cleverley Robert Jordan Mrs. O’Conner Gloria Harris Peggy Clark Greg Foster Jeff Foster Elizabeth Scherschel Joy Luke Russie Miller Ginger Biggs Betty Bun tin Margaret Eastham Ivory Atkins Paul Miller Barbara Noland Peter and Joyce Kramer Virginia Miller Catherine Weakley Mrs*. Forward Barbara Gentry France Thornton John Paul Dodson Thelma Russell Phil and Phyllis Irwin The Rappahannock Mental Health Association thanks everyone, too! ness report put out by Vepco itself on March 1, while Vepco in recent years had indeed experienced a ten per-cent annual electricity sales gain, the rate of increase declined ever since President Nixon called for conservation measures last November. The decline was called “significant” in a Washington Post story. Why, then, the continued hard pressure for the new line? Would it not be far more reasonable and prudent for the SCC to postpone the entire question for three or five years so that usage trends can be more accurately determined? Is it not fair to say that the whole basis for the original application of Vep - co is now invalid? Why rush through a license to desecrate the countryside with hideous steel structures that may not even be needed, once built? Moreover, in five or ten years, if we have patience, underground lines may be feasible, if needed. The experience of the Potomac Electric Power Company, which serves Washington, D. C. and the Maryland suburbs, is similar to Vepco’s and other huge powerlines. Far from its past experience, Potomac Electric is expecting a slight decline in actual electric sales in 1974, ac cording to news stories. The nationwide trend is downward as consumers have learned to turn off lights, reduce heat and take other sensible conservation measures in their homes. It is my understanding— and I hope I am wrong— that the Rappahannock League for - Environmental Protection, of which I am a member, and other environmental groups and their attorneys in Richmond did not dare challenge Vepco’s contention that the need for greater electrical output and transmission is indisputable. I beleive it must not only be challenged but demolished by the citing of actual facts—the dramatic decrease in the use of such energy, which is apt to continue for years to come. ALSO, BiU 664, drafted in the offices of the SCC itself at the request of the comtnissioners, swept through the state legislature this session. This measure, now on the Governor’s desk for his signature or rejection, is quite simple—and lethal. It would in one stroke take from all local bodies the right to haul utility firms in and make them justify the alleged “public necessity” for scarrSee Page 14 WOODWORKING DEMONSTRATION The Old Ways and the New and Handcrafted Furniture Exhibit Settler Pine Reproductions SATURDAY, APRIL 6th 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at our shop in the old packing shed at Washington, Virginia PETER KRAMER - CABINET MAKER

Six arrested after stolen goods found " a LARGE CACHE of stolen goods was recovered in Rappahannock County Tuesday, and six persons are being held for burglary and grand larceny in connection with the thefts. Marcus Spears of Culpeper, David Ryder and Joseph Criger, both of Manassas, are being held on $3,000 bond along with three juveniles who await a hearing today. The three men were apprehended Sunday night when they were found taking tires from a vehicle on Route 522 by a passing motorist, Wayne Jenkins, who reported them to Deputy Ray Jackson. They were charged with larceny of the auto tires. Further investigation by Sheriff John Walker Jenkins and Deputies Everett Estes and Ronnie Hawkins disclosed the stolen goods in a house near Woodville owned by William N. Lane which Spears said he intended to rent from Mr. Lane. Apparently Spears had been using the house without the knowledge of the owner. Among the recovered property was silver, pewter, tools and guns taken from the home of Cmdr. and Mrs. I.O. Wolf near Woodville, which was entered and ransacked Sunday night. Other items were identified by J.W. Fletcher as belonging to him and missing from Montpelier, the former Shackleford place, on Route 231. This house was broken into about two weeks ago, according to the Sheriff. Other items confiscated were drug pipes, needles and related equipment. □ $ ffliejfbtal £$ribute ►> CLORE FUNERAL HOME "The Home of Thoughtful Service” CEMETERY MEMORIALS PNOM 825-2361 CULPEPER 3ffm (With this advertisement) SUNDAYS ONLY During March Served 11 a.m.-9 p.m Buy one of these meals, second meal FREE! 1) Roast Turkey 2) Fried Chicken ^50 3) Filet of Sole ** Complete dinner includes appetizer, beverage and dessert (House Choice). Children's Menu Beer-Wine Live Entertainment Available Cocktails Fri. & Sat. 2\\\t JUmtteman Restaurant (Dn tt|e Supaas. ffarrtntou Heseruatuma 347-7034 inHiiiiiimiiiimmiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniimiiiiitiiiiiiiniiiitliltllllliillltlin Guns, fishing poles, tiny television, chain saw, silver, pewter and numerous other articles were recovered Tuesday from a Woodville house where a trio of vandals had stored stolen loot. Deputy Everett Estes and Sheriff John Walker Jenkins sort the items for claiming. Much of the goods was taken from the home of Cmdr. and Mrs. I. 0. Wolf. Apprehended and charged "ith £rand larceny and burglary are Marcus Spears of Culpeper, David Ryder and Joseph Criger, both of Manassas. Three juveniles were also involved. Juveniles charged with Orlean arson A NINETEENTH CENTURY abandoned farm house was totally destroyed by fire last Tuesday night. Three juveniles were captured near the scene and charged with arson and vandalism. The old farm house, built in 1886 by John Russell of Orlean, was located a few miles south of Hume on Route 688. For many years William E. Miller owned the house, called The Pines. The Orlean Volunteer Fire Department answered the call around 2 a.m. and worked the fire until 7:30 a.m. trying to keep the fire from spreading into the near by forest land. The vandals were caught leaving the scene. The car they were driving got stuck in a ditch, according to Henry F. Pearson. Trying to escape on foot, one was picked up by Sheriff’s Deputies on the road, the other was captured when he later returned to the fire and turned himself in. The Orlean Volunteer Fire Department is attempting to raise $16,00 for new equipment. The company formed less than two years ago.D Slate re-named At the March meeting last Thursday of the Amissville Ladies Auxiliary officers were elected—or rather, re-elected. The entire slate of officers were returned to office and include Mrs. Alice Hitt, president; Mrs. Marion Rowzie, vice president; Mrs. Debbie Flock, secretary; Mrs. Louise Smith, treasurer; Miss Peggy Hitt, Reporter; Mrs. Katie James, Chaplain.□ CHURCH SCHEDULE Worship Services will be held at Sperryville United Methodist Church, Sunday, March 31, 11:15 a.m. The service is to be conducted by the Rev. Malcolm P. Maples, Pastor.□ Boston Mr. and Mrs. George Butler, Sr. hosted a dinner Sunday honoring the birthday of their niece Mrs. Frank Duncan of Alexandria. Guests attending included Mr. and Mrs. Nick Penaranda, Mark and Patty of Fairfax, Frank Duncan and son Bill of Alexandria, Stant Weaver of Washington, Va:, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Woods of Reva, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Butler and daughter Susan of Springfield; the Rev. John McKay, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hawkins and family, Mrs. Lucille Mays, George Butler, Jr. and son, Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Hoskins, Mrs. Jean Butler and Bill Gibbs, all of Culpeper; and from Boston Mrs. Olive Butler, Mr. and Mrs. Cary Thornhill, Delma Coates, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Butler and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Freddie Butler and family. Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Cary Thornhill, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Thornhill and daughter Melanie and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Butler of Springfield were guests for a buffet supper at the home of Capt. and Mrs. Howard Holschuh at Rock Mills. COMPLETE { ONE-STOP | Building Supply I Hardware Paint j I Millwork Lumber I WARRENTON I BUILDING j MATERIAL CO., INC.i S ON THE BY-PASS j WARRENTON I Phone 347-1400 1 WANTED SCRAP CAST IRON Wt art now paying $2.00 parCWT up 1000 lbs. OvwlOOOlb*. *2.50 P^CWTAny QuantMas. Diltwnd to oor yprtf in Culppnr. Bingham & Taylor Foundry •25-8334 Culpapar, Virginia

Amissville Ruritans plan programs THE Amissville Ruritan Club is continuing to program its activity with new plans for community service. One of the. immediate projects is a sausage ^and griddle cake supper to be served Saturday, April 7, in the old Amissville fire hall. \ Proceeds of this affair bear the designation, “a dollar to the Ruritans is a dollar for the community.” In its planning the Amissville Club” not only touches the immediate area but reaches out with ser vices to all of Rappahannock County. At last Wednesday’s meeting, this was illustrated in the report of the Chairman, the Rev. J. S. Stirman, which offered five objectives for the committee on Human Development: Scholarship for Rappahannock schools, publish and distribute home safety rules; prizes for Christmas decoration, ruritan family picnic, contribution to the Ruritan Foundation. Vice - President Stanley Settle called attention to the Ruritan offer of a day’s outing to the Rappahannock Bomb threats empty plant Bomb threat calls Sunday night and early Monday morning kept several hundred Aileen Inc. employes away from their jobs at Flint Hill. Rappahannock Sheriff John Walker Jenkins and Chief Deputy Everett Estes checked the plant and area after being notified thatan Aileen employe had received a call Sunday night, saying that a bomb had been placed in the plant. Another bomb threat call was .received at 6 a.m. Monday at the plant, and again Jenkins and Estes went to check. Meanwhile, the company informed employes of the incidents and advised them to stay at home until noon. As of late this week, the sheriff’s office was still investigating. Company officials had no comment. C Jeannie St. Clair, a senior at RCHS, with a poster proclaiming the upcoming Flea Market designed to raise funds for the seniors’ trip. The Flea Market will be April 6 at the local high school. Boy Scouts in response to their enterprise in the scrap iron and old newspaper collection. Two phone numbers were set up for the convenience of those wishing to donate either of these items to the boys: 937-4750 and 9374072. PRESIDENT George Lawrence welcomed Ottie E. Ralls as a new member. Following the business meeting, Mr. Stirman introduced David J. Schwemer, head of the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services. TheRuritans were told of the goals of vocational rehabilitation carried on in Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison and Rappahannock counties. While this service is essentially a state government organization, established in 1972, much of its work is performed by vol unteer workers in the various communities. Mrs. James F. Massie and Mrs. Frances Thornton are two of Rappahannock’s representatives, with a third position unfilled at present. The financing of this project is made possible by a ratio of three state dollars to one from local governments as well as those contributions made by the public, said Schwemer.—H. R. Terhune WOODVILLE NEWS The Woodville H. D. Club will hold its regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Lillie Butler Tuesday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. Topic: Legal Rights for Women in Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stevens and Laura of Springfield and Miss Brenda Printz of Amissville were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Anderson and family. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nethers of Flint Hill were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Ollinger of Remington were Sunday callers of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Clark. Weekend guests of Mrs. Ada Settle were Mrs. Paul Grigsby of Castleton, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Woodward and children John, Jr., Tabby and Missy, and Ricky Bayne of Culpeper. Sunday afternoon visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bayne and Mrs. Virginia Frazier. Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Asby Butler and Mr. and Mrs. George C. Hawkins of Sperry ville visited Mrs. Mae Corbin who is a patient in Fairfax Hospital Sunday. - They also visited Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Howard in Fairfax. By MRS. JUNE CLARK Clifton Clark accompanied by Victor Taylor of Culpeper and Clyde Merica of Remington attended the West Hanover Foxhunt - ers Night Trial at Montpelier from Thursday through Saturday. Mrs. Joel Daczewitz and children Gregg and Phillip were Monday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. John Dodson and E. P. Brown in Culpeper. Miss Bonnie Brown of Silver Spring, Md. was a Sunday dinner guest of her mother Mrs. Chloe Brown and the Misses Ivy and Elva Bruce.□ SNAPPERMOWER T\vo ways to be quick without hurrying. ♦ 5 forward speeds & reverse. ♦ Sealed chain & gear transmission. ♦ Floating cutter suspension. ♦ 26" or 30" cuts. ♦ Optional electric starter. . 5 HP or 8 HP. Large capacity bag mounted between handles. Vacuum action Self propelled. 21" cut. 4 forward speeds. 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AMISSVILLE NEWS Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Walker and family Philip and Mark and Diane Young, all of Culpeper were Saturday visitors of Mrs. Ethel Cooksey. Sunday Mrs. Cooksey joined by Mr. and Mrs. John Franklin Walker of New York, were dinner guests of the Walkers in honor of the birthday of Mr. Walker. Mrs. James Smith of Chevy Chase, Md. is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Latham. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edwards of Manassas were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bradley. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Curtis of Flint Hill were afternoon callers Wednesday of Mrs. Fletpher Osborne. J. R. Latham was honored with a birthday party Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Massie given by the Massies and Mr. and Mrs. Rapley Owings. Mrs. Annie Cooke was a weekend visitor of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Wright in Falls Church and with them attended the Fairfax County Republican Committee Wine and Cheese fund raiser at Holiday Inn, Falls Church. Guests at the affair included David and Julie Eisenhower. Mrs. Cooke president of the local retired teacher’s Association, attended the state meet in Lynchburg March 26. Mr. and Mrs. Maddox Tapp of Front Royal were callers Monday of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Tapp. Mrs. David Hoadley of Falls Church and Mrs. C. C. Cockerill of Herndon were luncheon guests Friday of Mrs. Sarah Latham. Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Hoadley and daughter Sarah Kearns with Mrs. Sally Mann of McLean spent the day with Mrs. Latham and Susan. Mrs. John D. Peck of Spotsylvania was a luncheon guest Saturday of the Lathams. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Corbin and family of Manassas were visitors Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cordani and Mrs. Nelson Corbin. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Dean were their grandchildren Tom and Lori Wood. Joining them Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wood and Mr. and Mrs. Julian Beloski and children Mia and John, all of Annandale. Tom and Lori accompanied their parents home. Mr. and Mrs. Nelsorr Burner and Faye were callers Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kerns in Front Royal. Mrs. Ralph Rowzie was a visitor last Wednesday of Miss Louise Anderson in Culpeper. Sunday she called on Mrs. Leslie Fox Keyser in Front Royal.□ Senior review winners to be announced April 5 AT 7:30 FRIDAY EVENING, April 5, prizes and honorable mention awards will be presented to contestants in the two high school book review contests. The awards will be made of the Rappahannock County Library. . Parents of contestants and teachers are invited. Refreshments will be served. Judges on this contest panel, who will be present, are E.N. Montague, Mrs. Ian Pryde and Mrs. J.A.B. Dahlgren for biographies; Mrs. Miriam Harris and Capt. William Keim for nature and ecology books; Dr. Charles Albright and George E. Muth for suspense books; Waldron O’Connor and Ed Harris for humor books. Contestants include students from the Rappahannock County High School, Nethers Community School and Randolph Macon Academy.□ COUNTRY CUPBOARDS Your village cabinet shop in Washington,' Va. at the comer of Jett and Gay Sts. solicits your inquiries for cabinetry, furniture, refinishing, repairs, mill-work, and general interior woodwork Bob Palmer 675-3719 Gene Lyman Among the Board members at the Mental Health meeting held Friday night were Mrs. Elizabeth Buntin, Superintendent of the Department of Weifare. the RevN Ronald Wiley, Chairman of the Board; Mrs. Frances ™ornton, nurse and treasurer; Mrs. Annie Cooke, co-chairman; standing, Mrs. Beverly Massie secretary; Dr. William H. Young, chairman of the division and David Schwemer, executive director of the Chapter 10 Board. The Rev. Wiley reported $650 realized from the recent art sale for the Mental Health Association. Bigger Social Security benefits MONTHLY social security benefits will be increased in two steps starting with checks sent out in April, according to Mrs. Hazel F. Crumpton, social security district manager in Winchester. Th» overall increase will amount to' 11 percent for most beneficiaries. Seven percent of that will be included in checks delivered in April. The other four percent will be included in checks delivered in July. “People getting social security don’t have to do anything to get the higher payment,” she said. “The increase will be added to checks automatically. “The increase will enhance the financial security of about 30 million people who get social security retirement, disability, and survivors benefits.” AVERAGE social security retirement payment will increase from $167 to $179 a month starting with payments in April—and to $186 starting with payments in July. Average social security disability payments will increase from $184 to$197 a month starting with payments in April—and to $206 starting with payments in July. Average survivors payments to a widowed mo We Can Supply All Your Tmjilding" NEEDS CULPEPER BUILDING & SUPPLY CORP. Phone VA5-8383 Culpeper ther with two children in her care will increase from $391 to $418 starting with payments in April—and to $435 starting with payments in July. The percentage rate of social security deductions from covered earnings remains 5.85 percent each for employees and employers—and has been reduced from 8 percent 7.9 percent for self-employed people. THE AMOUNT of yearly earnings subject to social security deductions has been increased from the first $12,600 to the first $13,200 for 1974. “People earning over $12,600 will pay more ORATORIO SOCIETY The Front Royal Oratorio Society will present Dubois’ “The Seven Last Words of Christ” April 7, 8 p.m. at the Front Royal Presbyterian Church. The public is invited. □ in deductions this year,” Mrs. Crumpton said, “but they also can expect higher social security benefits in the future as a result. Benefit amounts are based on average earning on which social security contributions have been paid.” The Winchester social security office is at 20 S. Cameron St. The phorte number is 667-1511.□ REMEMBER! APRIL 18 (State Graded) (State Weighed) FEEDER CALFYEARLING SALE MARSHALL FEEDER CATTLE ASSOCIATION John Rucker Sale Manager at FAUQUIER LIVESTOCR EX. Marshall, Va. New and Used Cars and Tracks PIEDMONT Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, Inc. . 814 N. Main St. Phona 825-2161 Culpaptr. Va.

Librarians at the country library, who hosted the hook review party Friday, are Mrs. Caroline Doub, Mrs. Marty Smith and Mrs. Ruth Blackwell. CHESTER GAP MRS. BESSIE PARKS Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Heflin had as Monday dinner guests the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Atkins and children Mike and Donna. April Williams had as a weekend guest, Lori Starnes of Front Royal, and Rhonda Williams spent the weekend with her grandmother, Mrs. Lucy Williams and Connie. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Leake and sons, Tony and Jeffery, and Mrs. Bradley Williams were Winchester visitors Monday. Luncheon guests Tuesday of Mrs. Thomas Leake were Mrs. Virginia Leake and Mrs. James Leake of Sperry'%*r' ville. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Kenny of Linden and Mrs. Albert Brooks of Baltimore were Sunday visitors in the James E. Williams home. Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Williams and daughters were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mahoney on Route 522. Muncie Ratliff of Front Royal visited Huberts. Gilkey Jr. Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. E.K. White of Front Royal and grandson, Kelley McDonald of Winchester were Sunday visitors of the Gilkeys. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Brooks of Baltimore were •weekend guests in the Carl Longmire home. The ill in the community include Carl Longmire Sr. who has been in Winchester Hospital the last week; Sam North who entered Warren Memorial Hospital in Front Royal Monday. Mrs. Edna Williams and daughters and Mrs. Lucy Williams spent Friday in Winchester. Mrs. A. E. Parks and brother, Howard Cheney, were in Glenolden, Pa. Tuesday to visit their sister, Mrs. Philip Moore in the hospital. Mrs. Moore twent home Saturday and her sisters, Mrs. Shirley Shelton and Mrs. Parks were weekend visitors in the Moore home. Mrs. M. M. Chastain and son Howard. □ The Medical Office of G. A. Bendlage M.D. Boston, Virginia is located on Route 604 just off Route 522 Phone 987-8846 for appointment. The Rappahannock County Library was packed Friday night for the Library Book Review awards for fifth, sixth and seventh grade students at the local elementary school. Following the awards, refreshments were served. PRICES SLASHED FEATURING SPECIAL SAVINGS Table and 4 Chairs Regularly $229.95 SPECIAL at $149.95 3 Piece Living Room Group Sofa with matching chair and a platform rocker. The most for your money in our warehouse clearance. Regularly $449.00 in our warehouse clearance. Regularly $449.00 NOW ONLY $279.00 Parkway @i$t Shop GIFTS & FINE EARLY AMERICAN FURNITURE RT. 211 WEST SPERRYVILLE, VA.

Easements: A land use planning tool A BILL introduced in the Virginia legislature by Delegate D. French Slaughter allows state agencies to accept 30 year easements, William Bolger, executive director of the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, told members of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection last Friday night. Several people asked Bolger if a series of easements might prevent a new route for Vepco’s powerline, since an easement can’t be condemned by another state agency. “Try it,” he counselled. “We can see.” Until the Slaughter bill was passed, easements had to be granted “in perpetuity,” Bolger said. Under the new provision, an easement is reviewed at the end of 30 years. Then it can be canceled, revisedor reviewed under the original terms. More people will be interested in an “open ended” easement like this, Bolger predicted. “Andit’s a good start. Within 30 years there will be other land use controls we never dreamed of.” AN EASEMENT gives “negative rights” to the landowner, Bolger explained, taking away his rights for commercial development and restricting his use of the property. “But it gives no affirmative rights to the public. It is still the private property of the landowner, to be used as farmland or whatever, and he can restrict access to whomever he pleases.” The terms of an easement are unlimited, Bolger said. “They can be tailor - made. You could prevent all future construction or you could include a provision allowing your children to build their houses on it. It’s as original as you. care to make it.” Although easements specifically forbid commercial development, they are usually written to allow for work shops and sales shops of art or handicrafts, Bolger said. THE REASONS for wanting to give easements vary, Bolger noted. Some people want to preserve open space; some worry about what their children will do with their property; some see it as a “blocking” action. Once an easement is granted it can’t be condemned by another state agency, he said. He was asked if an easement granted to the state HELP US BUILD TOP QUALITY FURNITURE We're building more and more Top Quality Furniture, and the demand is still growing. Take advantage of the opportunity of working for a progressive company while you earn good pay and benefits all yearlong. Join the opportunity industry, Keller Manufacturing. We have the following openings: ' Moulder Operator Line Attendant Power Clamp Operator Polisher Lumber Stacker Check into the advantages of working at Keller Manufacturing. Personnel Office is open 8:00-5:00 Monday through through Friday. Keller Manufacturing Company Route 3 Culpeper, Va. An Equal Opportunity Employer was protected from federal condemnation. “That’s not guaranteed,” Bolger said. “Then if I want to put easements on my land to stop a powerline I’d be better off giving it to the Park (Shenandoah National) than to you?” Ed Harris asked. “Probably so,” Bolger agreed, noting that even the Federal government is restricted from placing interstate highways or powerlines through its own parkland. Easements work ideally when a group of adjoining landowners give them, Bolger said. He noted that Route 626 in Fauquier County, between The Plains and Middleburg, may become a “de facto” scenic highway through easements. “WITHOUT being officially declared a scenic highway by the Governor or a state agency, it may achieve that protected status,” he said. “One landowner has already granted a significant easement and there are indications that others along the road are planning to do the same,” Bolger said. “There will be some inholdings—tracts where the owners don’t want to grant an easement—but at least much of the landscape can be preserved this way. “People are beginning to pull together,” he said. “But never all together because some ‘just don’t see it that way.’” Bolger added that easements don’t have to be for vast expanses of open space or woodland. “We have a 51 acre easement within a townhouse complex in Fredericksburg.” ONCE THE easement is granted, the land is taxed as farmland, not on increasing speculative value William Bolger, executive director of the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, explained open-space easements at the RLEP meeting last Friday night. as the land around it is urbanized,” Bolger said. “That individual who grants an ‘island easement,’ smack in the middle of everything else that’s developing around him, may look like he’s not so smart,” Phil Irwin said. “But that bit of open space may mean something to those people in a Levittown.” Urban farmland, critical environmental afeas, and historic or scenic estates near urban areas, are all of interest to the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, Bolger said. He added that the Foundation coordinates its efforts with the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission and other agencies, such as the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Easements offered to the Foundation are considered for acceptance by seven trustees. Their actions require approval by the Governor, but in addition, are usually coordinated with local planning commissions, planning districts and elected officials, since these actions become, in effect, a land use planning technique.—Pekay Pettus FIRE & RESCUE NOTES Flint Hill Rescue Squad March 20 took Miss Lu-; cille Atkins from Aileen, Inc. to Warren Memorial Hospital and returned March 21, Mrs. Virginia Campbell was taken from Aileen to Warren Memorial Hospital and the same day Wayne Smoot was taken from the plant to Warren Memorial Hospital and back. Washington Rescue Squad reported to the scene of an accident near Hillsdale March 24 but services were not needed. Sperryville Rescue Squad took Gid Clater from home in Sperryville to Culpeper Memorial Hospital and back home on March 20. March 24, Mrs. Gertrude Clatterbuck was taken from home in Sperryville to Culpeper Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Phyllis Morris was taken Wednesday from her home to the office of Dr. Eastham in Front Royal by MOYERS MOTOR CO., INC. Ford & Mercury NEW MARKET, VA. 75 Used Cars & Trucks in stock at all times CALL: Robert G. Dennis — Local Sales Rep. 987-8116 the Chester Gap Rescue Unit. Flint Hill Fire Company responded to a brush fire Tuesday at the property of L.E. Lum. Amissville Rescue Squad took Joe Bowers to Fauquier Hospital from Cross Creek on March 12. The 17th, Mrs. Evelyn Harrison was taken from home to the Fauquier Hospital. March 20 Mrs. Chaney was taken to the same facility with a possible stroke. Mrs. Evelyn Harrison was taken again March 24 to Fauquier Hospital. Amissville Fire Company responded to a brush fire March 15 at the Aubrey Curtis property and on the 19th went to a house fire at Arthur Tracey’s in Jeffersonton. March 20 they were on standby at a field burning as a public service. A false alarm was turned in to this unit on March 23.□

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The Rappahannock Unit of the American Cancer Society organized last week in preparation for the annual April Crusade. Among those who gathered at the home of Mrs. Joseph Scherschel near Flint Hill Saturday were Mrs. Shirley Forster, Mrs. Dolly Biddle, Mrs. Elaine Wiley, Mrs. Karen Bear, accompanied by son Chad, Mrs. Elizabeth Thompsen, Mrs. Ruby Cannon, Mrs. Scherschel, Mrs. Jeanette Pendleton and Mrs. Annie Baumann. The Crusade gets underway April 8. Mrs. Scherschel is chairman of the funding project with Mrs. Baumann, cochairman. _ (Formerly The Jewel Box, Inc.) Celebrates First Anniversary at New Location Friday & Saturday, March 29 & 30 118 N. Main Street Culpeper, Vo, 22701 Rag. $3.25 SALE 1.50 Shell Bon Bons Stainless Fondue Set $,, nn with Forks R*$2100 SALE n-00 Silverplated Party Balls sale $4.50 64 Pc. Stainless Flatware Rag.$39.95 *20.00 SILVER CLINIC SALE ON ALL MAJOR SILVER FLATWARE GORHAM — TOWLE — INTERNATIONAL — LUNT GORHAM REVERE BOWLS 25% Off FREE — Jeweler's Cloth — WHILE THEY LAST Ears Pierced FREE with Purchase of $7.50 14 Karat Gold Earrings 59 Pt. Ladias' Diamond Ring R*. $550.00 SALE $350## Our Best Sale Ofterl Ladies' 14 Karat Gold Diamond Watches 2 Ct. Rag. $1460.00 SALE $800°° 1 Ct. R* 1000.00 SALE $600°° Vi Ct. Rag. $550.00 SALE *350°° ONE TABLE MISCELLANEOUS GLASSWARE AND CHINA 50* Each Si Sez THE YEAR’S AT THE spring and day’sat the morn; morning’s at seven; the hill ide’s dew-pearled; the lark’s on the wing; the snail’s on the thorn; God’s in His heaven—all’s right with the world. Or—spring haz sprung, the weeds haz riz; I wunder where the flowers iz. And—in the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. May I add this: In the spring, summer, autumn and winter an old man’s fancy seriously turns to thoughts of love. Well, not the same as in youth when the sap was running free and every lass was a queen, but with a love that is more inclusive. Love IS love, and by any other name it is still love. There are so many things to love-children, kittens, dogs and people, God’s “critters.” And the things that make up His world; rippling streams, hillsides and sunsets. And there is that special someone. She is growing old too, but what is wrong with hair that has lost its gold or a brow that has grown less smooth? There is an inner glow that may be a reflection from that other shore. God, love her and keep her in YOUR care.D Bag that trash FISHERMEN GOING OUT for the opening day of trout season, April 6, should take along a gunny sack, large bag, or any other suitable container to pick up trash. So urges the Water Quality Committee of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection. Some favorite fishing holes are so full of beer cans, broken bottles, and food containers that they look like junior versions of the old Amissville dump on a busy day. A notable exception is the Piney River, which has been cleaned up by the Sperryville Boy Scouts as a Jaycee project. The Scouts did a good job, and fishermen are encouraged to help keep this and the other streams and rivers of the county clean through a little thoughtful effort. Discarded trash along stream banks breeds mosquitoes and vermin, causing health hazzards to all residents. Broken bottles and rusted metal containers either on the shore or in shallow water pose the threat of injury or accident. And the pull tabs from beverage cans, if swallowed by fish can kill the fish, points out the RLEP. If every fisherman carried a bag with him, and filled that bag to the limit, we could keep our streams _ and fishing holes clean and healthful, and help as. sure a plentiful supply of fish for years to come.D VYt rlELr YOU .. . UO IT YOURSELF I 8 Commonwealth LUMBER AND HARDWARE CENTER OVER 90 YEARS OF HELPFUL SERVICE Lumber Hardware Building Materials □ Building Plans □ Garden Supplies □ Paneling □ Ceiling Tile □ Insulation □ Doors □ Lawn Mowers □ Floor Tile □ Millwork □ Flooring □ Moldings □ Formica (Laminated) □ Roofing □ Windows □ Wall Board □ Pegboard □ Plywood □ Power Tools □ Sapol in. Paints □ Siding □ Sta-Dri Commonwealth Corporation Free Delivery 1 424 Manassas St. Front Royal r 635-2176

FLINT HILL NEWS The Ladies Auxiliary to the fire company will hold its monthly meeting Monday, April 1 at the fire hall at 7:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend. Miss Jean Lillard of Arlington spent the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Carson Lillard and also visited her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Wilson. Frank E. Huff left Saturday for Denver, Colo, for a two weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Critzer. Mrs. W.A. Gentry was an overnight guest Saturday of her son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Dodson in Staunton. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brady of Arlington spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. M.H. Brady and also visited Mr. Brady’s sister Mrs. Manuel Pullen at Amissville. Mr. and Mrs. Collis William Dodson, Jr. of Falls Church and Mr. and Mrs. Stevie Dodson and son Jay of Front Royal were overnight guests Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Collis Dodson. Spending the night Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fadely and daughter Crystal of Greenbelt, Md. Mr. and Mrs. L.B. Burford spent the weekend with the former’s sister Mrs. Henry R. Hill in Amherst. Mrs. Charlie Lillard spent last week with her daughter Mrs. Linda Haney in Alexandria. James Pullen arid son James, Jr. and Mrs. Bobby Hawkins and daughter Connie, all of Alexandria, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Pullen. Terry Russell is spending this week with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Emory Russell for spring break at the College of William and Mary. Miss Ginger Knott and Miss Joyce Walker were Sunday afternoon visitors of Miss Walker’s parents enroute from Harrisonburg to their home in Falls Church. Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Krause, Jr. and daughter Kimberley Sue of Front Royal were Saturday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. John Blaisdell. Mrs. John Vest, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Vest and daughters Chrvstol and Renee and Lynne Atkins were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Vest of Woodville in celebration of the birthday of Patsy Vest. □ MISSION GROUP The Sue Slaughter Group of Shiloh Baptist Association will meet at the Chester Gap Baptist Church at 7:30 p.m. April 4. All mission groups in the area are invited to attend. □ 2II BE fiHDI HIT! Register for tble largo 3-FOOT STUFFED i TIQER to bo given away SATURDAY, MARCH fi 30, 1974. fl ■ . *n No purchaoo nocoosory. Wbmor flood not bo prooont SALE MEN’S DOUBLE KNIT SPi & TEXTURIZED SPORT COATS Rag. $50.00 Value tiger $^A97 PRICE MEN’S SPRING and SUMMER Value to *50.00 TIGER PRICE SUITS *44” MEN’S TRIOS (3-PC.) SUITS Rag. *55.00 VaL *59 97 TIGER PRICE MISSES’ TOPS AND PANTS TOPS, 1**11" 97 —ch 1 Pant* 1**13'' *6*’-» ANY COMBINATION* PANTS AND TOPS 2 lor SIX Big group ol wantad top* and polyoator 'Quanta. aizaa B to IB. [ SPECIAL! WIDE-SLEEVE SHIRTS Rag. $6 Balioon-slaavad (Nit* In pastels and basics, Missas’ alias S to 16.TI6ER PRICE $497 1 ALL UV I IwH ORIENTAL TYPE RUGS 66" x 103” $30.00 Value TIGER PRICE $2i»» "The ValUy’i Outstanding St of" ROYAL PLAZA SHOPPINO CENTER FRONT ROYAL, VA. SPECIAL! ALL-WEATHER PJMTCQIITS & REGULAR ALL- WEATHER COATS Pratt* part* and baafcs In M«inl pantcoat ^ atjflaa, aim • to 1*. k TIGER PRICE $22,t MISSES’ POLYESTER DRESSES Rag. $15 Good selection ot colon In basic dresses, solid*, and jaequaid knit*, alias 10 to IS. MEN'S SOLID-COLORED DRESS SLACKS SoNd colon d navy, broom, tan, madhan Mua, gray, wMta, - (Ian bottoms, tlzaa 21 to 40. Rag. $14 to til TICER PRICE $997 FAMOUS "LEVI’S” CORDUROY JEANS Straight-lag Jaana In navy, tan, burgundy, Mua, brown, or rad. Sizaa 2$ to 3$. Hag. tUO TIQER PRICE OPAQUE NYLON GOWNS *•9. * ■» BaavtMil 90WIW with hot Md aaaroidsiy details, tad spring shadsa at pastal bias, pink ar graan. Slzas S-M-L. TIQER PRICE $4*7 l SPECIAL PURCHASE * °F ) SPRING HANDBAGS Wanted doubla handla pouchad and ahouldar strap* In black patent, white, navy, rad, bona, and carnal Laathar-ika vinyls. Rag. $10 to $14 TICER PRICE $y*» i SALE OF WHITE JEWELRY Rag. $1 to 14 Nacklacaa and mat>^ cNng aarringa in bn-'^ port ad bands.. > ropaa»s* matinaa and pilneaaa ((g langtha, ona and twoV strands. (t TIBER PRICK ft $JST | 2 »*3M ANTIQUE SATIN DRAPERIES! S3" and C1" langtha Baautiful antlqua •at Ip drapartaa at a raal aavlnga prica. Lovaty dacorator TIOER PRICE $J9t SALE OF CHINA SERVICES FOR 8! •tog. $70 nek fra Dm fnekr prana In comptoM cMn M _ tor I ppgpM tpnrinp tfMme toetodnl DECORATOR SOFA PILLOWS' Km- td9> con—d caaMono In i |)^ bcairtgyi eoiact—n of 1 •ofldo and print*. Rag. 050 TIGER PRICK OPEN THRUSDAY A FRIDAY NIOHTS ■*» 9 P.M. FOR YOUR SHOPPINO CONVENIENCE You're Invited to attend our Spring Faahton Show on Saturday,- March M at 2:00 pjn., Sponaorod by the Royal Plaza Shopping Cantor Morchanta Aaaoclation. REGISTER FOR OVER $200 IN FREE PRIZES!! No purchase naeooaaiy. Winner meet tie preaenl.

Powerline threats are spelled out From Page 3 ing and gouging the land with high voltage powerlines. It would thus destroy local automony over this kind of local problem, and make a mockery of support for local self-determination so often voiced by state and federal officials from the President to the Governor on down. Such local governing bodies would not be permitted to participate in hearings in Richmond and in filing briefs. The bill is an abomination and should be rejected out of hand by Gov. Mills Godwin. It slipped through the legislature with the greatest of ease, is fascination contrast to the hard-going given so virtuous a bill as the antilitter measure. Thus, if Governor Godwin signs it and the SCC approves the new Vepco powerline route, the way is clear for full speed ahead, pending only one or two judicial appeals. No more local county roadblocks anywhere in the state. It is, therefore, urgently necessary that concerned Virginians write or wire their views on Bill No. 664 to the Governor at once. Presumably, the purpose of the bill was to speed and simplify the processing of such powerline applications. Why the rush? FINALLY, let us deal with the reasons, over and above those already cited, Why I feel the outlook is so dark for farm owners and conservationists who do not want to see Vir ginia’s lands soiled by still another giant powerline. As is known, opponents of the powerline took the position that Vepco could and should make use of existing power corridors instead of carving up new virgin lands. Our Richmond attorneys submitted very able arguments and briefs to support this view. It was Vepco’s position that this could not be done because it would cost more and because of the “reliability” factor; that is, a storm or earthquake or some other calamity would be more apt to knock out service for large areas if such lines were in one corridor instead of two. The shallowness of this argument, one can only hope, will be readily apparent to members of the State Corporation Commission as it studies its evidence. If there are two corridors instead of qne for this service, lightning or earthquake or some other catastrophe would be twice as likely to damage one of the two powerlines. The odds balance off, in effect. Yet the firm hired by SCC to make the independent study of the pending application, Technical Associates, Inc., appeared to accept Vepco’s reliability argument without much resistence. It then went on to compute a ratepayers’ new corridor, usinga computer, which turned out to be virtually the same as Vepco’s proposed corridor, varying only in insignificant degree. YET VEPCO is going through all of the motions of pain and anguish on seeing the ratepayers’ proposed route—a melodramatic performance that will win no prizes at the annual Playwriters’ Award dinner. For it should be crystal clear to anyone that Vepco will win and win handily with either route, and we, the residents, will be the losers. Surely Vepco cannot really be so distraught at the thought of being awarded the approximate corridor it sought in the first place. If the SCC makes its choice between the two very bad and very similar routes, we are lost. The battle may have been lost, in substance, at the very moment Technical Associates decided to give no weight to environmental factors in determining what to feed into the electronic computer. True, population centers, parks, and other environmental facts were considered, but its report seems to make clear that there was no precedent for assigning varying weights to each environmental factor. Thus economic consid- _ erations became paramount, and the result wag inevitable — a proposed route that is a travesty. It would indeed cost(less than Vepco’s proposed route, but not so much less. Surely Virginians would not mind paying a little more if they could preserve and protect the beauty of the Virginia countryside—but of course the fact is that they will FLEA MARKET Saturday, April 6, 1974 4 Individual Booths for $5.00 School Organization Booths $10.00 Civic, Church or Other Organization Booth $15.00 Flea Market will be held at Rappahannock County High School auditorium and parking lot. 10 A.M. until 6 P.M. Lunch will be sold and Baked Goods will be available Benefit of the Senior Class of RCHS pay more and more in any case, even with a wracked countryside. Once again, we have a specious argument—that we should think of money, not land or -beauty, and that, money will be saved if only we let VEPCO proceed; second, rates will be held down. THE silliness of this contention again is shown by plain facts. Vepco just two weeks ago applied for yet another rate increase, one that would add $1.44 in winter and $1.74 in summer to the bills of typical householders. Reduced electricity usage was one of the prime reasons given by President Moore, in Vepco’s application, for the need for the rate hike. The new request for higher rates followed SCC approval just last December of a 4.6 per cent increase and even more important, SCC approval of a passthrough of higher fuel costs to consumers, a great boon to the utility and a great pain to cop^ sumers. Last June, 'fhe SCC granted a $41 milr lion dollar annual rate increase to Vepco, raising the avprapp Virginia household bill by 9.43 per cent a month. Last August it was disclosed in news stories that Vepco’s after-tax profits were among the highest in the nation: yet the utility soon thereafter applied for still another rate increase. So much for Vepco’s power plays and shenanigans. WHAT CAN be done, now, l before it is too late? r ' First, readers can write or wire (there is a special I telegram rate for public issue subjects) to Gov. [ Godwin to veto Bill 664. f Let us be vigilant in guarding our local-government rights; let us not snooze while they are being taken from us. Secondly, you can tele phone or write your state assemblyman and state senator, for although the session is over, the contacts are still there; your legislators, if they know how you feel, may be impelled to contact the Governor. Third, you can write or wire your views on the pending Vepco application and on the ratepayers’ route to the Chariman and members of the State Corporation Commission—but to be effective this should be done without delay. Your views, if you wish, will be made a part of the file of the hearings. The SCC is located in the Blanton Building, Richmond. Members are Thomas P. Harwood, Jr., Junie L. Bradshaw, and Preston Shannon, with Bradshaw serving as chairman. If the proposed powerline does not touch your land, please remember that you will see it, that it will mar the beauty of the horizon, that it will only be the forerunner of others if you ^ let it through. If it does not touch your land, or if you do not own land in Virginia, let it touch your mind and your heart. For once lost, the beauty of the Virginia countryside like Paradise, can never be regained. □ Hound show The Junior members of the Northern Virginia Foxhunters Association will hold their sixth annual Bench Show and Field Trial March 29 and 30 at the Oliver Durant farm north of Culpeper on Route 522. The Bench Show will be held March 29 at 8 p.m. with two classes: Juniors through 11 years old. And Juniors 12 through 16 years old. Hounds will be cast Saturday morning, March 30 at 7 a.m. □ 1 PUBLIC NOTICE Board of Supervisors intention to amend Subdivision and Zoning Ordinances: Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 15.1-431 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended, that the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors of Rappahannock Coimty, Virginia, will jointly hold a public hearing on the 4th day of APRIL, 1974 commencing at 10:00 a.m. at the Courthouse, in the ToWn of Washington, Virginia, to consider proposed amendments to the Subdivision Ordinance, Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Maps of Rappahannock County, at which time and place, all persons affected may appear and present their views. Copies of the proposed amendments to the Subdivision Ordinance, the Zoning Ordinance and maps are available at the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Washington, Virginia. 0 3-21 E. M. Jones, Clerk Board of Supervisors Rappahannock County, Virginia

Judges for the Library Book Review Contest for elementary readers which ended Friday night with awards presentations were Mrs. Frances Salter and Mrs. Frank Spalding, in front; and Mrs. N. K. G. Thorland, with Raymond Williams, area consultant for the Virginia State Library, and Harry Gilroy. REMEMBER! APRIL 2 (State Weighed) nth ANNIVERSARY SALE Bring a Load or Buy a Load FAUQUIER LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE Marshall, Va. MARYLAND POLLED HEREFORD ASS’N I 67 LOTS 67 8 BULLS — 16 COWS (WITH CALVES AND/OR BRED) 10 BRED HEIFERS 33 OPEN HEIFERS APRIL 6, 1974 Grading 10:00 A.M. SALE 1:00 P.M. DAMASCUS, MD. DIRECTIONS: Route U. S. 40 East of Frederick to Route 27 at Mt. Airy. Right to light in Damascus. Left 1/4 mile to Route 124. Right 1-1/2 miles to Sweepstakes Road and Silver Spring Farms of Col. & Mrs. E. Brooke Lee. For Catalogues and Information Call E. F. Czarra, 301/320-5318 or 202/2933300. Book review r i uui * * tory made. They could be anywhere in the world but only five of them. Also they will be given a life time of candy. Wow!!.... “I liked the story very much because of what happened to all the kids. I was so happy for Charlie.” (Charlie had been given the management of the chocolate factory because he of all five was the only one who had not been overpowered by his own selfish interest.) “I really think he deserved it. Just think, all that chocolate!” Tammy Jenkins recieved, besides her Award of Merit Certificate and a $20 check signed by the Treasurer of Rappahannock County, a box of 24 chocolate candy bars. THE SIXTH and seventh Grade Contest first prize winner, Sarah Massie, reviewed a well known book, ‘‘National Velvet,” by Enid Bagnold and a less well-known one, ‘‘Little Vic,” by Doris Gates. A summary comparison she made of these two books showed a mature critical sense which was considered by the entire jud ging panel as outstanding. It follows: “For my critical analysis I am comparing this book, ‘Little Vic,’ to ‘National Velvet.’ Both books tell of two people taking a horse and turning him into the race horse he was born to be. Both pony (‘Little Vic’)and Velvet (‘National Velvet’) had determination to win with their mounts. Although these books take place in different countries, they are very much alike. Both books were fine entertainment. “I am rating this book 100%. (Little Vic) It tells and describes life at a race track. I like the descriptions of how the jockey felt about things. Most of all I liked the attitude of the jockeys toward their horses.” As well as her $20 cash prize, the first prize certificate of merit, the Rappahannock Library is giving Sarah the gift of a day on horseback on a mountain picnic ride during this coming May.— Mary Jamieson •REWARD The Rappahannock County farm bureau Inc. is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons doing damage, vandalism or arson to the property of any Rappahannock County Farm Bureau member. The extent of damage which will be covered by this reward is to be determined by the Board of Directors of the Rappahannock County Farm Bureau, Inc. The above reward covers the damage to the property of C. E. Johnson, Jr. andH.L. Manwaring. A new service by your Farm Bureau Rappahannock Farm Bureau, Inc. Ian Pryde^jiresiden^^^^^^ PANTHER TALES Baseball season has begun and the Panthers had their first game Tuesday. They played a good game with much effort but were defeated by Broad Run a AA Division high school. This was not a district game. Our first scheduled District game is tomorrow, Friday, at 4 p.m. with Montevideo on our home diamond. Plan to stay after school and come give our baseball team some support! A small admission will be charged to help pay the umpire and secure equipment. Adults will be charged 50 cents and students 25. The SC A met Tuesday and discussed possible uses for their money. Many suggestions were made and possibilities are now being investigated. These funds generally go for a school project of some kind. If you have a suggestion for improvement in your school tell your homeroom representative. An executive meeting of the Youth Center personnel was held at Tom Metzinger’s home Monday night. By-laws for the Rappahannock County Recreation Association were adopted. The seniors are busy practicing for the Senior Play entitled “Off The Track.” This should be a great production. A date for presentation has not been set. The “Class of 74” is also involved in preparing for the Senior Trip and for the Prom on April 27. (Those lucky Seniors!) The baseball schedule Donna Cannon follows with all home (games beginning at 4 p.m. % March 29-Montevideo, hobne. March 29-Luray, home. April 5-Luray, home. April 6-Page County, away. 1:30 p.m. (JV). April 9-Elkton, away, 4 p.m. April 11-Warren County, away 4 p.m. April 17-Page County, home. April 19-Madison County, home. April 23-Montivedio, away, 7 p.m. April 25-Warren County, home. April 30-Luray, away, 4 p.m. May 2-Elkton, home. May 4-Page County, away, 1:30 p.m. (JV). May 7-Madison County, away, 7 p.m. May 9-Page County, away, 4 p.m. May 11-RMA, away, 2 p.m. (double header). S-P-R-I-N-G FEEDER CATTLE SALES MADISON LIVESTOCK MARKET,INC. Madison Mills, Va. THURSDAY MARCH 28 APRIL II 7:00 P.M. HEIFERS and STEERS (Some Cows and Calves) Cattle Will Be Weighed The Day Of Sale 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For Further Information Contact D. W. Tucker Jim Kite Orange. Ya. Wolftown, Va. Dial 672-1119 or 672-2811 Dial 948-5441 MADISON LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC. MADISON MILLS, VA. TEL. 672-2811

Fifth grade bood review contest winners are Tammy Kathy Romine, 4th; Johnny Bragg, 6th and Courtney Jenkins, 1st; Ivan Plotnick, 2nd;' Janet Frazier, 3rd; Jones, 5th. OBITUARIES E.M. Jenkins Ellis Maury Jenkins, 48, of Woodville died March 25, 1974 at Elgin Air Force Base, Fort Walton Beach, Fla. He was a native of Rappahannock, the son of Mrs. Virginia Butler Jenkins of Woodville and the late Ellis Wade Jenkins. He was retired from the U.. S. Air Force. Besides his mother, survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Samuel John (onpiMwe ■ Place Your Trust In I I Experience Our reputation is built on understanding and integrity. Every wish of the family is taken into consideration. Trust us to ease the burden of neces* sary arrangements with consideration, and in good taste. GEEST MU V A TV. AMBULANCE CEMETERY MEMORIAL 4M Spun i* RmB C*lp*p*r. Va. / SIMM* son, Fredericksburg, Mrs. Lacy Fincham of Manassas and Mrs. Campbell Hitt of Woodville; one brother, Gordon T. Jenkins of Frederick, Md. and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Will Butler of Woodville. A graveside service will be held this afternoon, Thursday, at 2 p.m. at the Woodville Cemetery with miltary honors.□ Eugene Sisk Eugene Kelsey Sisk of Sperryville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Kelsey Sisk, died March 20, 1974 in a Charlottesville hospital. He was two years old. A funeral service was held Friday at the Clore Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Perry Bane. Interment was in Etlan cemetery. Besides his parents he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Darlene Menefee of Culpeper, Patricia Ann and Florine Cathy Sisk, both of Sperryville; three brothers, Bobby Wayne Sisk of Charlottesville, William Ray and Otis Wayne Sisk, both of Sperryville; a paternal grandmother, Mrs. Weldon Sisk of Sperryville and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Sisk of Sperryville. Interment was* in Etlan Cemetery with the Rev. Percy Bane conducting the service. Pallbearers were James Smoot, William F. Smoot, Odell Sisk and James 0. Sisk. C. W. Keesee Clark Wilmer Keesee, Jr., 44, of Charlottesville, died March 23, 1974 at his home. A native of Campbell County, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark W. Keesee of Lynch Station. He was a veteran of the Korean War, serving in the U. S. Army. He is survived by his wife Rosie Brady Keesee of Charlottesville, formerly of Flint Hill. In addition to his wife and parents he is survived by a brother Curtiss Keesee of EXCAVATING Complete Septic System Service Grading • • Clearing Complete Electrical Service Electrical Plumbing Service and Supplies R«b«rt J. Clatter back Plaabing Heating mil EUctricd Co. Flint Hill, Va. Phone 675-3378 Altavista; two half brothers and a half sister of Lynch Station. Graveside funeral services were held Tuesday in Altavista. □ Anniversary The Pastor’s Aid Club of Macedonia Baptist Church, Flint Hill, will observe its anniversary Friday, April 5 at 8 p.m. The Rev. Carroll Baltimore will be the guest speaker and will be accompanied by his choir. The Rev. John Trammell and the Seven Stars of Germantown, Md. will present a musical program at Macedonia Baptist Church, Flint Hill, Sunday, April 7 at 3 p.m.D Home Improvements Culpeper Planing M31 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 Car wrecks Howard Clayton Jones of Flint Hill was involved in a single - vehicle traffic crash Sunday night on Route 211 three miles east of Washington. He lost control of his 73 Cougar and struck a guard rail. Damage was estimated at $100 to the car and $50 to the rail, according to Trooper W.A. Bun tin. □ Menu Rappahannock Elementary Monday, April 1 Hamburger/buns Potato chips Green Peas Peaches/grapefruit Milk Tuesday, April 2 Spaghetti/meat sauce Coleslaw Plums Chocolate cake Bread/butter Milk Wednesday, April 3 Vegetable soup/ c rax Peanut butter/jelly sandwiches Pears Cookie Milk Thursday, April 4 Fried chicken Mashed potatoes String Beans Applesauce Bread/butter Milk Friday, April 5 Tuna fish Lima beans/corn Apricots Spice cake Bread/butter Milk NOTICE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE OF Real Estate, Rappahannock County, Virginia. In execution of a deed of trust from John Fletcher and Julia Fletcher, his wife, dated January 27, 1967, recorded February 27, 1967, Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia, in Deed Book 88 page 158, the undersigned Trustee', substituted by appointment, recorded in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office, will offer for sale at public auction, land with improvements, containing onehalf (1/2) acre, located about 300 feet from Route #662, approximately 3.7 miles north of Flint Hill Post Office, Rappahannock. County, Virginia. Sale to be held at the front door of the Courthouse of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia on April 22, 1974, at 11:00 a.m., the property described in such deed. TERMS: Cash J. E. HUBAND, JR., Sole Acting Substitute Trustee Richmond, Virginia

WASHINGTON NEWS UB& kirra KKYSSK . Mrs. John D. Peck of Spotsylvania was a caller Saturday of Miss Annie Miller Almond. Capt. and Mrs. David C. Collins and children Michelle and Bill of Laurel, Md. spent the weekend with Mrs. Collins’ parents Mr. and Mrs. William A. Curtis. Judge and Mrs. W. F. Moffett, Jr. were guests Saturday of Mrs. Moffett’s parents, the Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Buxton and son Edward in Springfield. John Weaver of Arlington spent Friday with his father J. Stant Weaver. Weekend guests were his son-in-law and daughter Mr, and Mrs. Nick Penaranda and family of Fairfax and all were Sunday HUNTLY Mrs. Laura Fidler entertained at dinner Sunday for the following guests: Mr. and Mrs. Arther Elkins and daughters of Alexandria; Mrs. Marrley Wines, Mark and Matt; Bobby Hooten; Mrs. Helen Henry, Brenda, Tammie, and Mary; and Mrs. Kate Scott, all of Front Royal, and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Chadwell and family- lyMr. and Mrs. W. E. Cameron had as visitors during the weekend, Mrs. Martha Williams of Hume and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Derflinger of Front Royal. By BESSIE M. PARKS Mr. and Mrs. Ashby Grinsley and Bonnie and Missie had as Saturday evening guests Mrs. Shirley Huff and Brian of Washington, Va.; Mrs. Annie Jenkins of Fairfax, Mr. Sidney Perry of Culpeper and Mrs. Gardner Mills and Wayne. J. E. Keyser, Jr. of Williamsburg was an overnight guest Wednesday of his sister Mrs. Earl Edmonds. □ dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Butler of Boston. Miss Vera Pennington of Baltimore, Md. is a guest this week of her brother and sister-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Pennington on the Fodderstack Road. Graham Mosely of Culpeper was a Tuesday caller of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Keyser at the Oaks. Their visitors Friday were Dr. - Kathleen Munn and Miss Margaret Ludwig of Falls Church. Mrs. Vinita Davis returned to her home in Denton, Texas Monday after visiting her sister Mrs. Elmo D. Flynt. Mrs. H. L. Miller and her sister Miss Elsie Turner of Luray were Sunday visitors of Mrs. Bertie Lib Moffett. Mrs. W. H. Massie, Jr. and Mrs. B. M. Miller visited Mrs. H. L. Miller Saturday in Luray. Mrs. W. G. Eastham and Miss Lizzie Eastham of Amissville were Sunday luncheon guests of Mrs. Massie. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Faulconer and two daughters of Orange were^veekend guests of Mrs. W. M. Fletcher. Conservation programs available THE 1974 Rural Environmental Conservation Program (RECP) has been developed and approved for Rappahannock County. The sign - up period started on March 25 and will continue through April 12. No applications can be accepted after April 12 unless additional funds become available. The program offers both annual and long term (310 years) practice agreements. Applicants must have a conservation plan, prepared by the Soil Conservation Service, for a farm to qualify for a long term agreement. TO BE eligible for any cost-sharing, the practice must solve an existing erosion problem. The practices approved for Rappahannock County are: RE-1, Establishing Permanent Vegetative Cover; RE-2, Improving Permanent Vegetative Cover; RE 3, Planting Trees; RE-4 Improving a Stand of Forest Trees; RE-5, Water Impoundment Reservoirs; RE-6, Stripcropping; RE7, Constructing Terrace Systems; RE-8, Diversions; RE-9, Streambank Stabilization; RE-10, Permanent Wildlife Habitat; RE-11, Sediment Retention Erosion or Water Control Structures; RE-12, Sediment, Chemical or Water Runoff Control Measures; Dance lovers are looking forward to the presentation of The New York Ballet Ensemble in Culpeper on April 1 at 8 p.m., at the Culpeper High School Auditorium. This is the final offering of the 1973-74 Culpeper Community Concert Association series. The company is comprised of six dancers—ballerinas Sandra Balestracci, Elisabetta Carlero, Candace Itow and their partners, Christopher Corry, John Fogarty and Mario Ignisci. Much of the program, as produced and directed by Thomas Andrew, is dedicated to Anna Pavlova—classic works which brought fame to the celebrated Russian ballerina. The Rev. and Mrs. Jennings Hobson, III, were guests Wednesday at a birthday dinner for Miss Eleanor Hobson at the home of her parents the Rev. and Mrs. Jennings Hobson, Jr. in Luray. Mrs. Thelma B. Clark of Falls Church and her niece Miss Jean Condon of Burlington, Vt. were overnight guests Friday of Mrs. H.M. Keyser. H.M.Keyser H. M. Keyser. H. M. Keyser, Jr. of Clifton was a visitor Sunday of Mrs. Keyser and J. E. Keyser Jr. of Williamsburg was her callers Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Burke had as their overnight guests Wednesday of last week Mrs. Arthur Vaughan of Fredericksburg and Mrs. William Bennett of Oxon Hill, Md. Weekend guests were Mr. and Mrs. William P. Hershey of Bristol, Pa. Other guests during the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. C. Cletus Burke of Front Royal? Mr. and Mrs. Ashton Burke of Warrenton, Mr. and Mrs. John Metzger and the Misses Susan Ward, Marsha Sheppard and Wanda Metzger, all of Lorton and Gary Hershey of Arlington. RE-13, Windbreaks or Shelterbelts. Some practices will require a soil sample. Costshare rates are 50% of the actual cost of the practice, not to exceed $2,500 each year. For farmers who qualify under the low-income provision the cost-share rate is 80% of the cost.D Mrs. Robert Adams of Norwalk, Conn, is the guest this week of her brotherin-law and sister Mr. and Mrs. Richard McNear. Col. and Mi^s. Russell Horton and daughter Jane of Falls Church were Sunday visitors of Col. and Mrs. E. A. McNear at Greenwood. Mrs. Carlton Johnson and son Greg of Wheaton, Md. were Saturday overnight guests of her mother Mrs. Mary C. Woodward. Mrs. T. Morgan Johnston spent Saturday with her mother Mrs. C. B. Tanner at Wolftown. Mrs. Andrew Reams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, is attending the National Music Convention this week in Anaheim, Calif. Miss Mary Miller Wood was a luncheon gustSunday of Mrs. Marjorie Ruskin and Mrs. Anna Fincham in Sperryville. Joe Reid and three sons of McLean were dinner guests Sunday of his mother Mrs. C. G. Reid. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burke and son Richy of Culpeper were luncheon guests Saturday of Mr. Burke’s grandmother Mrs. Guy Burke. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frazier and Mrs. Edward M. Clark visited Mrs. Ethel Brady and Mrs. Rosie B. Keesee in Charlottesville Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Frazier and son Gerald of Woodbridge were weekend guests of Mr. Frazier’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frazier. Additional dinner guests Saturday night were Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Brown and Mr. and Mrs. John R. Eastham and family. □ _l (HAY0USmI STACK-EZE The One Machine - One man, Automatic Hay Making System • PICKS IT UP • PACKS IT • STACKS IT •UNLOADS IT • RE-LOADS IT AND MOVES IT —J. H. HIGGINBOTHAM— PHONE: 672-4227 ORANGE, VA. 22960

Pressures on park are increasing BY PEKAY PETTUS SOME Shenandoah National Park lands are becoming “private backyards” as development around the park’s boundaries becomes more intensive, Bob Jacobsen, Park superintendent, told members of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection last Friday night. Jacobsen said that in many places, subdivisions are replacing traditional farmland and woodland that used to border the park. This is one reason park officials hope to “start more dialog” with neighboring local governments, Jacobsen said. “We’re having some problems that affect the park, but aren’t exactly within the park.” The park’s 450-mile boundary touches eight Virginia counties. Seventeen per cent of Rappahannock is actually within the park. “There are also visual intrusions we never dreamed of,” Jacobsen said. He explained that visitors to the Shenandoah National Park, which runs for HO miles along the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains, look down upon acres of “sprawl.” Jacobsen regretted that such views from the scenic overlooks, he said it might be good that people are reminded, while they are seeking a “wilderness experience,” of such bad examples. “I just don’t know. But we do know the bad examples are there. Perhaps they can act as a reminder to all of us just how important it is that the park is available, as a human refuge,” he said. “We want to begin more dialog with surrounding counties,” the Park Superintendent said, “because we are affecting each other in our separated decisions on land use.” JACOBSEN expressed thanks that Rappahannock officials have taken an interest in the Mount Marshall Fire Road to keep access routes to the Park open. Visitors to the park don’t realize that “we’re a business,” Jacobsen said. “The park represents 15 million dollars in capital investments. We have 33 sewer lines, 54 water lines and five sanitary landfills.” “The park has 71 fulltime employees and 151 /part time workers. During the summer or the fall foliage season, we’ve had as many as 52,000 visitors in one day. Over two and a half million people visited the park last year,” he said. When the Federal Government began to acquire land for the park in 1926, park planners envisioned buying 500,000 acres for about two million dollars, Jacobsen said. “But even Winners of the 6th and 7th book review contest were Kim Gilkey, 4th; Carol Atkins, 3rd; Sarah Massie, 1st; Thomas Lee, 5th; Kenneth Eline, 6th; and Judy Nicholson, ROSSON & TROILO Jeep Soles & Service Brandy Station I IKIIDr^VA i KJI i nL Steel-Belted Radial Tires p ' r C J 5 Jeep Front End Alignment and Balancing from the Smallest Compact to the Largest Truck THE VILLAGE SHOP Flint Hill - Rt. 522 COME SEE Open Wednesday-FridaySaturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. then, they found that they couldn’t get most of the land for $5 an acre. So we never grew beyond the 125,000 acres we have now.” JACOBSEN said the park occasionally increases its territory through land donated. ‘‘Justrecently, a fellow down in Madison has given us his farm, with the provision that he continues to live there for the rest of his life. It gives the donor a tax break, like any other easement, but the amount of tax relief varies with the kind of restrictions put on the gift.” The Park will only accept land contiguous to it, Jacobsen said. ‘‘That’s a general rule. It might be possible to give something not adjacent if a right-ofway could be assured, but that would depend...The Park doesn’t want ‘islands.’” A new master plan is being prepared for the Park, Jacobsen said. “It’s really an in-depth look at what we think the role of the Shenandoah National Park should be.” “THIS PARK, unlike some of the larger ones out West, is not a true wilderness area,” he said. “Our territory was populated, logged, farmed and perhaps pillaged for 200 years before it was acquired. “When we talk about a wilderness area for the Shenandoah, we’re trying to bring back something that has been non-existant for 200 years.” Jacobsen noted. Parts of the Park are being disignated as true wilderness areas, under the Wilderness Act) Jacobsen said. Park structures and shelters are being removed so the area can return to a natural state. The pressures of people in great numbers is forcing authorities to reexamine aspects of the Park. “THE SKYLINE Drive can’t handle many more cars. We don’t want to parallel it, of course, but we may need to resurface it, or limit the number of LAST BIG REDUCTION Last two weeks to buy at these low prices. Some Silver, China, Rings, Watches, Earrings and Other Jewelry WALL’S JEWELERS 211 E. Mam St Front Royd, V*. “We’d like to encourage alternate transportation, irriving at the Park by some means other that a :ar and then using buses to transport the visitors # to hiking and camping starting points. “We’re undertaking a new back-country management plan, trying to figure out how to disperse the crowds. After all you’re not getting a real wilderness experience in a big bunch of people. “Campfires will probably be eliminated.” Jacobsen said. “No one else’s campsite ever fits another equipment, so everyone always makes a new campsite for himself. Often they cut down trees and the charcoal is so deep and spread so wide around the camp sites that you can’t find a place to lay a sleeping bag,” he said. “Singing around a portable stove may not be as romantic, but it will be a lot better for the park.” JACOBSEN indicated that the park would be ready with “contingency plans” if pressures become acute. “We may close one or two districts so the others can be operated up to standard. “We’re expecting a lot of visitors this year. There’s a changing pattern in the vacations people are taking,” the Park Superintendent said. “Once it wasn’t chic to stay close to home. But our lodge reservations are running far ahead. ”□ BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VIRGINIA NOTICE Mrs. Alice R. Wood of Washington Virginia has applied for a Special Use Permit in accordance with Article 2, Section 2-1-2 5) of the Zoning Ordinance of Rappahannock County, Virginia. The above named applicant desires to construct and operate a camp for seasonal agricultural workers located in Hampton Magisterial District. Julia A. Gordon of Sperryville, Virginia has applied for a variance in accordance with Article 16, Section 16-2-2 of the Zoning Ordinance of Rappahannock County, Virginia. The above named applicant desired to replace existing nonconforming building with new structure located in Piedmont Magisterial District. A bearing has been scheduled for 9:00 A.M. on April 10, 1974, in the County Courthouse at Washington, Virginia. The applicant and other interested parties wishing to be heard are requested to be present at that time. Board of Zoning Appeals for Rappahannock County, Virginia By: Evan A. McNear Zoning Administrator

SPERRYVILLE NEWS MRS. BlM. VARNER Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Wood were visitors last week of Miss Lucille Brown at Virginia Beach. Cindy and Dougles Cum ins were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Nail and family in Falls Church. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Way land andMrs. Carson Johnson were in Washington, D. C. Saturday to see the performance, “A Little Night Music” at the JohnF. Ken Amissville Ladies Auxiliary to the Fire Company presented the volunteer organization a check for $3,000 at the annual banquet Friday night honoring firemen, rescue personnel and guests. Russell Pullen, newly elected Chief and Charlie Compton, treasurer of Amissville Fire Company, are pleased with the presentation. Henry Block has 17 reasons why you should come to us for income tax help. Reason 5. If the IRS should call you in for an audit, H & R Block will eo with you, at no additional cost. Not as a legal representative... but we can answer all questions about how vour taxes were prepared. [XM&BLOCK THE INCOME TAX PEOPLE HOURS: MON. THRU SAT., t TO S; FRI., 9 TO S 27 S. Royal Ave. 165 Davis St. Front Royal, Va. 22630 Culpeper, Va. 22701 £35-3637 *25-8700 birth announced Mr. and Mrs. William C. Weaver Jr. of Amissville announce the birth of a son, William Craig, on March 15, 1974 in Warren Memorial Hospital. Grandparents of the baby are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stringfellow of Flint Hill and W. Carl Weaver, Sr. of Amissville.D nedy Center. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Brown and family entertained Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bruce of Front Royal at a joint birthday dinner Saturday evening. Mrs. Nina B. Brown was also a guest. Mrs. Ranny Aylor, Mrs. F.D. Coffey, Jr. accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nethers of Flint Hill visited Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Lillard at Etlan and Mr. and Mrs. Watt Weakley at Peola Mills last Tuesday. Mrs. Virginia Lewis was a weekend guest of Mrs. Della B. Howard. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nethers of Flint Hill were callers Sunday afternoon of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Nethers. Supper guests were 'Mr. and Mrs. John Coates, Johnny and Marsha Coates, of Brightwood and visitors Monday were Mrs. Dutton Yowell and daughter, Mrs. William Coppage of Etlan. Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Lyne spent Friday and Saturday in Alexandria. Mrs. Venie Dodson of Manassas was a weekerfd guest of Mrs. Delia Leake. Weekend guests of Mrs. Catherine Brown and Beverly Brown were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Payne of Alexandria and Dr. and Mrs. Larry Kushner of Gaithersburg, Md. who had returned from a tour of Arizona, California, Hawaii and Alaska. Benny Brown and Mrs. Rita McCoy of Winchester and Mrs. Sandra Wayland were guests Sunday. Lois Yates of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg is spending spring vacation with her parents, Mr. andMrs. Lester Yates and sister, Janet Yates. They were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Yates at Elkton. Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Schaefer were supper guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Palmer in Warrenton. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown and son, Mike of Hamilton spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. J. EARLY S CARPET SALES & SERVICE I LAIGf OtSElArOr Cation ally known ikanos IMPORTED ORIENTALS ALSO REMNANTS 'fMtWMf ALEXANDER SMITH PATCRAPT MOHAWK •ARWICK MASLANO RESIDENTIAL ■ COMMERCIAL SUOGET TERMS CUSTOM DRAPERIES - SLIPCOVERS (MADE LOCALLY t VISIT OUR SHOWROOM OR CALI. FOR CUSTOM ft STOCK WINDOW SHADES linoleums ■ Vinyls ft tile •HOP AT HOME.SERVICE WALL-TQWALL CARPET EXPERT RUG CLEANING INSTALLATIONS Celt 937-4404 <*'■2,1 > Koor 825-8232 m s. m«« sl, Catp*p*. r«. Rhodes Brown. Mrs. Lester Dodson returned home Sunday after spending two weeks with her children, Larry Dodson in Fairfax, Mrs. H.M. Peyton, Jr. in Falls Church and Donnie Dodson in Manassas and their families. Mrs. Clarice Clark was a guest last week of Mr. and Mrs. M.B. Rector in Atoka. Billy Munday of Arlington spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs. Clark. Charles Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Brown, re-entered University of Virginia Hospital last Earle Wayland and S.W. Varner were at McGuire Hospital, Richmond last Thursday. The Rev. and Mrs. James Adkins and family and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Compton of Reva were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Palmer in Culpeper. □ AN R C QUALITY THEATRE NOW THRU TUES. Eves, at 7 & 9 p.m. Mats. Sat.-Sun. 2 p.m. WARNING This film is not for children or persons easily frightened or sickened. —The Management TTW1RK • of the g oeviL PART H IN COLOR CHILDREN UNDER 17 AOMITTCO <ront Koval FRI.-SAT.-SUN. Show starts at dusk 2 Big Karate Hits! “Might just turn out to be this year's sleepei and emulate the runaway success of ‘BILLY JACK.'” —Kevin Thomas, L A. Timas WALKING TALLM A BCP Production ^ larmea oi Cos Irtseewwf Ca>s 111 in Color — ■ ClNEKAM W-ri r Plus «C HOIKS OTP DUSTIN HOFFMAN nSAMPKXHPAHS -R COLOR

\wnNTjms, 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 51.uu minimum. Cash must accompany cards of thanks and memoriams. BE PROUD of your pet— Grooming and clipping for all types of Terriers and Poodles. Call after 6 p.m. Lois Irvine, Luray 7434151. Ik FOR SALE—5 ft. CocaCola box, like new; 1 cash register, perfect condition. W. T. Way land, 987-8132. 3-28-k ARTIFICIAL BREEDING— Beef and Dairy Cattle. Will go any place. 675-3539. tfk TV SERVICE—All makes and models, color and black and white. Antenna sales and installation. Amissville Radio & TV Service. 937-4704. 4-7-k Limited amount of Mark hybrid seed corn for sale. Roland Welch, Flint Hill, 675-3663. 4-18-k WANTED — Custom work, plowing, discing and bushhogging. 987-8671. 4-18-k FOR SALE—French Provincial electric organ, with bench; Early American love-seat. 937-4612. 3-21-k HOUSE FOR RENT—Restored log cabin, 5 rooms, 2 fireplaces, in town on 1/2 acre. Call Peter Kramer 675-3400. CANING—Will cane antique chairs „ or any other caned furniture. Very reasonable. Call Linda at 6753472. " tfk LOCUST POSTS for sale. Mountain yellow. 987-8779. WORK WANTED—Clearing and grading, all types of loader and back hoe work. Robert Sheffield, 675-3790. 4-11-k FOR SALE—1974 Chevrolet 1/2 ton pickup, Cheyenne 350 C.I., automatic power steering, disc brakes, 6 months old, excellent condition. Reason for selling: want to build new home. 937-4343 after 6:30 p.m. tfk FOR SALE—Grumman aluminum canoes and Ouachita flat bottom aluminum boats now in stock for your fishing pleasure. Bill’s Sporting Goods, 210 E. Main, Front Royal, Va. Ik REALTY SCRABBLE: New 3 bedroom home on 1 acre with hard surface road frontage. Fully modern kitchen with dining area, living room, full bath and basement. Basement area partially completed with bedroom, utility room and bar in recreation area. Well, spring and tremendous views. $35,000 PEOLA MILLS: 3.6 level open acres at foot of Old Rag Mountain. Nice building site with hard surface road frontage, stream and spring. Survey. $6,900 SPERRYVILLE: 3 bedroom cottage on 5 acres just west of Sperryville on Rt. 211. Home includes kitchen, living room, full bath and partial basement. Thornton River and nice seclusion. $27,800 with owner financing. PEOLA MILLS: 37.5 acre farm at foot of Old Rag Mountain. Acreage is level and open, with cropland and pasture. 8 room farm house, excellent barn with elec.,, corn crib, slaughter house and more. Spring and stream along with tremendous mountain views. T tS7-S*4t REALTQrf. C. Keeton Barnes* 967-8619 967-8718 W. 967-8286 MOBILE FIXIT SERVICE -^Electrical plumbing and general contracting. Appliances " and machinery, small or large, repaired. For free estimate call Ashton, 987-8387. tfk FOR SALE—Hold Draft ice cube machine, 400 lbs. per day. $600. 987-8153. 4-4-p LOCAL Carpenter with 15 years experience. Free estimates. New and remodeling work. Complete construction. Mr. Baldwin. 987-8832. tfk PASTURE WANTED —For rent or lease. 675-3614. 4-4-k CARPET AND CERAMIC INSTALLATION. John H. Moore, Front Royai, Va., 635-8883 or 675-3665. WANTED—Correspondents for area news in Boston, Castleton, Amissville. Rappahannock News, Washington, Va. 567-3349. FOR SALE—1966 Jeep, C. J. 5, V6—good condition. $1200. 364-2930. 4-4-k BIG BROWN FRESH EGGS available'at the COUNTRY STORE of Washington, Va. These eggs are from hens allowed to run on the ground, fed fresh green feed daily in addition to grains and the result is delicious. Try them. 4-4k OLD MILL STABLES—We handle your complete horse needs. Colts broken, boarding, training, sale of horses, sale of tack and supplies. Also we now make repairs on tack, horse blankets, etc. Call 987-8215 or 987-8285. 3-21-k PHOTOGRAPHY Weddings Commercial Portraits EL BANDITO PHOTO Donnie Johnston 825-4810 Now booking weddings for summer 3-27-tfcWTh. 3-21-3tc Sportsminded... MEN & WOMEN SALES Opportunity with an international organization in your area. Attend an expense-paid 2-week school, be guaranteed *600-$1000 per I'.onth to start depending on your qualifications. Fantastic Hospital and Major Medical program. If you are sportsminded, ambitious and willing to work, write to P. O. Box 4613, Richmond, Va. 23229 for a personal interview. Include telephone number. TWO COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES Wanted to service our customers in Rappahannock and surrounding counties. Car necessary - Sales Experience Valuable. Full Time Immediate Earnings For personal interview, call collect: Bruce Paddock 703-825-1253 FOR SALE—Quality purebred Charolais and polled Hereford bulls. H. L. Manwaring, 987-8892 or 9878896. NOTICE — Anyone trespassing on my property will be dealt with harshly. Ian Pryde. 4-4-k BUILDING MATERIALS —lumber, windows, doors, hardward, shingles plumbing and electrical supplies. Monday through Saturday 8 to 4:30 at our office near the courthouse in Washington, Va. We will special order anything not in stock. Peter Kramer 675-3400 “Interviewer wanted for part-time telephone survey work. Give phone number. Must have private line. Not a selling job. Air mail letter including education, work experience and names of references to: American Research Bureau, Field Operations, 4320 Ammendale Road, Beltsville, Maryland 20705.” 4-4-p FOR SALE—1972 Scout II pickup; new battery, new tires. $2700. Call Peter Martin, 675-3729. 3-28k FOR SALE—Yellow locust posts and stakes. Call Moody Aylor, 987-8285. 3-21-k MASONRY CONTRACTOR —Will do brick, block, flagstone and concrete work, fireplaces, veneer, outdoor grills, patios and retaining walls. Can supply references. Free estimates, John R. Eastham, Washington, Va. 675-3257. tfk Fauquier Laundry — Riding Apparel & Horse Blankets our Specialty. Warrenton, Va. 347-2231 WANTED — Furniture to Refinish. No paint too tough to remove. Veneer replaced. Very reasonable rates and satisfaction guaranteed. Free estimates. Call 987-8729. tfk AVON SAYS LAUGH ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK. As an AVON Representative, you can make good money even if you’ve never “sold” before. Interested? Call collect Constance McDearmon, Avon District Manager, 204 Catalpa Drive, Culpeper, Va. 22701. Phone 825-1823. tfk BUILDING MATERIAL - No delivery charge for ' orders over $100. 2-8-3-10 Window -$22.45 Certain teed Roofing, 240 lb. Sealco - $11.95 No wonder the guy building one house or a small contractor, buys at Carpenters. Everything but wiring and plumbing. Just ask your friends who have bought at Carpenters, then call collect: Jim Carpenter Co., Inc. Madison, Virginia 948-4460 948-4322 Mr. and Mrs. James L. Alther of Culpeper announce the birth of a son, Timothy Brown, on March 18, 1974 at Fauquier Hospital, Warrenton. Grandparents of the infant are Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Alther ofSperryvilleand *, Mrs. Brown Settle ofCastleton. Harry Settle of Castleton is a great-grandfather. □ CARD OF THANKS The family of Savilla C. Jenkins wishes to acknowledge with deep appreciation the kind expressions of sympathy shown us during our recent bereavement —to doctors, friends, neighbors and loved ones—for prayers, flowers, food and many acts of kindness. May God bless each one of you. Ellis Jenkins and family FOR SALE — Tile Saw, $100; Master construction heater, $150. Call 9878153. 4-4-p FOR SALE —Hay, 60C a bale." Antique chestnut fence rails, $1.00 per rail. Newbill Miller, 675-3691. 4-4-k 2 STORY STUCCO—3 bedrooms, living room, eat-in kitchen, porch, storm windows and doors, storage building, stream. Approx. 6/10 acre. $16,000. 20 ACRES — Joins state Route 522 and has approx. 2,178 ft. frontage along Rt. 632. Partly wooded, two streams on property. Several nice building sites. Easy terms, $25,000. WANTED—We have clients who would like to purchase small farms and other property in Rappahannock County. If you have been considering ^selling your property give me a call, or stop by our office. Jerry Campbell, salesman with DONALD VAUGHN REALTY, 410 S. Royal Avenue, Front Royal. Office 635-6151. Home 635-5970. FRANKS PLUMBING & HEATING NEW INSTALLATIONS r BACKHOE SaiVICt SEPTIC TANK AND DRAIN FIELD INSTALLATIONS • PUMP StRVICt • DEMIN6 PUMPS Dial 937-4139 Amissville, Va.