Rappahannock News, October 17, 1974

Sperryville sewer seems assured BY PEKAY PETTUS RAPPAHANNOCK’S Water and Sanitation Authority says it has obtained “tentative approval” for state and federal grants which would fund 95% of the costs of a sewage disposal and treatment plant for Sperryville. Wayne Burgess, deputy director for grant applications for Virginia’s State Water Control Board, told representatives of the Water and Sanitation Authority that funding for 95% of all steps of the project—from plan preparation to construction drawings to actual construction—is virtually assured. Representatives of the Sperryville Community Group and the Water and Sanitation Authoritv met with Virginia Regional Office of the State Water Control Board. Mackie Engineers of Charlottes ville have been selected as consultants for the project. At this point, the engineers are considering seven different methods of sewage treatment for Sperry ville. Later this month the engineers and members of the State Water Control Board will go to the regional office of the Environmental Protection Agency in Philadelphia, where they will decide which of the seven treatment methods is most appropriate and within the funding capability of Sperryville. Once the type of sewage treatment is decided, the engineers hope to begin actual design work in January 1975. BURGESS TOLD representatives of the Sperryville Community Group and the county Water and Sanitation Authority that $4 billion in federal funds has been made available as grants for sewage systems. Virginia’s share of this money is $98 million. In addition, $1.6 million has been set aside for “hardship cases.” Hardship status is given to an area where the per capita income of residents is below the state me; dian, and the community of Sperryville qualifies, he noted. The Sperryville Community Group was organized nearly a year ago, in November of 1973, after businesses in Sperryville were informed that their health permits would not be renewed, since they dumped sewage directly into the Thornton River. Since that time, I.R. Kilby, president of the Sperryville Community Group; Maury Biddle, chairman of the Water and Sanitation Authority; Fanning Baumgardner, county engineer, and Pete Luke, supervisor from Piedmont district, which includes Sperryville, have met four times with representatives of the State Water Control Board to discuss Sperryville’s pollution problems. They stressed that Sperryville’s situation is “unique.” Tratment methods acceptable to the State Water Control Board cannot be funded by the few businesses and residents, many of whom are widows or retired persons living on pensions, of the small unincorporated village. THE BUSINESSES that would be forced to close when their health permits are not renewed also comprise the largest commercial district in rural Rappahannock, and See Page 19 Three homes on tour this weekend THREE interesting homes in Rappahannock will be opened this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 19 and 20 for the annual house tour and dried flower sale sponsored by the Episcopal Churchwomen of Bromfield Parrish. Hours for the tour are 11 The log cabin home, Bessie Bell Farm, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Evans will be opened for tour Saturday and Sunday. Located near Castleton the house has been restored and decorated by Mr. and Mrs. Evans. The old log construction has been brought in to view as well as the beamed ceilings. A tranquil pond and the panoramic mountains can be enjoyed from the long porch over looking the meadow. a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Block tickets for the tour are $3 or $1 for a single home. Dried flower arrangements will be on sale during these same hours at the parish hall of Trinity Episcopal Church in Washington, Va. Houses to be toured are Laurel Hill, the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Fannon, located at Laurel Mills; Bessie Bell Farm, near Castleton, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Evans, and Clifton, home of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Rodgers on Route 729 south of Flint Hill. Laurel Hill, originally four rooms, has been remodeled and added to and is the former Hughes property. Lt. General and Mrs. Daniel Noce purchased the farm in 1950 and in 1965 sold it to the Fannons. The spacious porches boast iron railings from the old Waverly Hotel in Culpeper and materials from other landmarks have been used in the remodeling and renovation. Tea will be served here each day. Bessie Bell Farm allows Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Evans Jr. and their family to indulge in country living in the shadows of Red Oak and Bessie Bell Mountains. The Evans family purchased the home from Mr. and Mrs. Dan Jacobs. Siding has been stripped away to allow the old log construction to show on the cottage as well as the beamed ceilings. Architect Albert P. Hinckley Jr. of Warrenton has incorporated the necessary aides for easy country living into the home, and Mrs. Evans has added positive color, startlingly modern, yet appropriate for the old cabin. CLIFTON, THE old stone home located on Route 729 between Ben Venue and Flint Hill is the third and final house on the tour. This is owned by Dr. and Mrs. Robert Rodgers and was built in about 1775. The stone walls of the lower part of the house are 33 inches thick and the second story walls measure 24 inches. The deepset windows have the original glass intact and the simple doors are made of poplar or pine. The Rodgers have taken the utmost care in renovating and restoring the house, to install a bathroom and preserve the native wood trims, old stones and plaster. Three outbuildings remain, a corncrib, barn with stone stalls and hewn beams and a combination spring house, smoke house and root cellar. Other activities in Rappahannock scheduled in conjunction with the house tour include an arts and crafts show and sale in Sperryville, lunch served by a Washington church group, country supper at Flint Hill in the evening and several bake sales. EXHIBITS AND sales by the Rappahannock Arts and Crafts Group members will be held at the Sperryville fire hall on Route 211 west and will include paintings, hand-made articles, decoupage, leather goods, candles, metal work, macrame, hand painted china and many other craft items. Hours for this coincide with the tour hours. The ladies of First Baptist Church, Washington will sell lunch both days of the tour and a turSee Page 3

Sappafyantuirk Naim Published Thursday. Morning at Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia, 22747, by the Fauquier Publishing Company, Inc. Entered as Second Class Mail at the Post Office in Washington, Virginia. Subscriptions (in advance) $4 in Rappa - bannock and adjacent counties; $5 in Postal Zones 5 thru 8. MRS. SARAH C. LATHAM, Managing Editor Telephone Washington 875-3349 Planning overkill ALONG WITH many other Rappahannock citizens, we’re proud of the organization within our midst which has dedicated itself to the county’s interests, and we take a back seat to no one in our admiration of the accomplishments of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, Inc. But a statement in the October RLEP newsletter requires comment. A report is given on the Board of Supervisors’September meeting, under the heading “Supervisors reject planning.” After an account of the majority Supervisor vote which decided against spending $1,500 for acquiring what the RLEP describes as “basic planning materials” for the county, the conclusion is reached that by the Board’s vote, “every effort by the Planning Commission to date was categorically rejected.” That’s an overly extravagant conclusion. What we heard at the Supervisors’ meetings were some well-taken remarks about how the planning proposals being made seemed to be far in excess of what Rappahannock County needs. No one was against planning, as such, as they were reluctant to spend hundreds of dollars for elaborate maps, “environmental inventories,” detailed “statements of necessity,” and other professional planning bureaucratic paraphernalia that might be dandy for a teeming urban area, beset by mighty forces for change, but which would add up to a colossal case of overkill for a rural county like Rappahannock. And, as the Commonwealth’s Attorney noted, it’s not as if Rappahannock were as completely vulnerable as many small Virginia counties—without even zoning ordinances and subdivision controls. IT IS OUR understanding that a far more modest approach to devising a comprehensive plan for Rappahannock is now being explored. That, it appears, is what the majority vote of the Supervisors favored — not a “categorical rejection” of all planning efforts. These so-called “master plans” are not the unmitigated blessings some avid planning advocates would have us believe, and, frankly, we’re glad to see that the Supervisors are taking a cautious attitude about wedding the county’s future to a set of colored maps and “statements of intent” that could prove, in the long run, to be something which was actually contrary to what we understand to be the overwhelming sentiment of Rappahannock County’s citizens—that, as far as possible, the county’s present beautiful, healthy, rural way of life be continued, and enhanced. □ Leaves near peak SUPERINTENDENT Robert R. Jacobsen says that Shenandoah National Park’s fall color display will reach its peak within the next week or ten days, with the possibility of good color remaining for another week or more, barring , heavy rains and frosts. With approximately 50% color change in the North District of the ; Park, there is a particularly good ,, showing around Jenkins Gap at " Milepost 12. The Central District ; presents a 70% to 80% (higher elevations) change in color with the reds of the maples, dogwood, Vir£ ginia creeper, and sumac dominat> • ing the yellows of the hickory, !! chestnut, sassafras, and tulip ii poplar. ;;_Generally the best views from overlooks are The Point (MP 55), Hazeltop (MP 55.5), Naked Creek (MP 53), and along the Big Meadows Swamp Nature Trail. Predicted peak color in the South District may reach as high as 90%, with best views of the fall pageant from overlooks at Ivy Creek, Big Run, and Moorman’s River. ALL APPROACH roads to the Park present a varying display of vivid hues, said Jacobsen. The Superintendent urges weekday visitation whenever good weather permits so that a leisurely trip may be enjoyed without the congestion of weekend travel.u “Close-ups” A ball peen hammer pictured last week was correctly identified by a number of readers and the name of Brian Fitzek of McLean was drawn from the entries. Others to name the object were T.B. Massie, Carol Atkins, J.B. Holman, Mrs. John Blaisdell, Walton Lillard, James W. Ryder, John Gaines, Nancy Reeve, Eddie Carroll, Mrs. Frank Jenkins, Lprena Settle, Elizabeth Lane, Frank Coffey m, Thomas R. Taylor, Mrs. Robert Jenkins, Landra Silvey, Harry A. Cooke, Donna Woodward, Helen Magee and Daniel Norman. Bring or mail replies to the Rappahannock News, Box 38, Washington, Va. 22747. One entry per household and enter only for yourself. Who’s in charge? WE ARE indebted to a neighboring publication, the “Reston Times”, for what amounts to a guest editorial this week. The following information was actually included in a front page news article in last week’s issue of the “Times,” but to our thinking, it amounts to an eyeopening editorial. Consider: “Circuit Court Judge Burch Millsap . . . ruled that Fairfax County must show the court a plan for provision of ‘short term’ (sewage) treatment capacity by December 1, that the County has a duty to provide necessary additional treatment capacity thereafter, and that the County must report to the court every 90 days to indicate progress on providing that capacity. In the interim, should Gulf Reston feel that the County is not discharging its responsibilities, the developer may call for a court hearing at any time to point it out.” How’s that for “controlling” development, all you fans of “orderly growth”? How’s that for an example of how much “control” can actually be exercised? And if you think that Reston’s highly touted “good planning” offsets any highhandedness that might be detected in the Virginia’s judge’s declaration that what Reston wants Reston will get, then you ought to visit the “new town” itself—with its ever-increasing housing densities—and especially note all the uncontrolled growth that the “new town” has spawned upon the neighboring countryside. IT MIGHT also be noted that Reston’s lawyer * also represents a large, would-be developer who owns extensive acerage in Fauquier County. We hope Rappahannock will not be the next Virginia jurisdiction to learn how really little control it has over development that takes place within its own borders. We hope not. But we must say that the example provided by Reston is not encouraging. Time truly seems to be running out, and as of yet no one is even talking about the real problem facing Virginia planning and “control” efforts, the fact that the decisions that really count are being made where the people have no real control,—in the courts, by the Highway Department, and by the State Water Control Board. □ 4-H Pony Club The Rappahannock 4-H Light Horse and Pony Club will meet at the Old Mill Stables in Sperryville at 3 p.m., October 19. Anyone between the ages of 9 and 19 is eligible for club membership. □ Marijuana in the park prompts fines At a hearing before U.S. Magistrate Isaac R. Dovel, Sr., on September 25, at Shenandoah National Park Headquarters, Luray, three persons were found quilty of the possession of marijuana and smoking paraphernalia within the boundaries of Shenandoah National Park. James N. , and Barbara A. Psimas, of Annandale, and William D. Stroud, of Springfield, were fined $50 each for the violation of Federal regulations. The case involved close cooperation between the Page County Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Division and Park Rangers.□

Book-signing, caning demonstrations set ON OCTOBER 19-20, the Country Store of Washington, Virginia will join in the gala fall weekend in Rappahannock County by having a book autographing session for Rappahannock weekender, Elinor Lander Horwitz, author of “Mountain People, Mountain Crafts,” and a caning and rush seat demonstration by local craftswoman Linda Turner. Elinor Horwitz is a freelance writer whose articles on a variety of subjects have appeared in McCalls, Harpers Bazaar, Hori took the 190 photographs in the book. They have been winning praises and prizes for their photography for several years. The Horwitzes are enthusiastic weekend residents of Washington, zon, Venture, The Washingtonian and a number of other magazines. She writes frequently for the U.S. Information Agency and is a regular contributor to the Washington Star-News. “Mountain People” is her fifth book. Her sons Joshua, a Princeton University sophomore and Anthony, a high school student, Rep. Robinson to visit here Congressman J. Kenneth Robinson, candidate for re-election from the Seventh District, will visit in House Tour From Page 1 key dinner will be served at Flint Hill fire hall from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday evening. A bake sale by the Rappahannock Women’s Club will be held next to the Country Store in Washington and Woodville Homemakers Club will have a bake sale at the Emporium in Sperryville. • All of these activities incorporated with the fall foliage should be good enough reasons to visit Rappahannock this weekend. □ Rappahannock County on Monday, October 21. He plans to be in Chester Gap at 8:30 a.m. to meet with and talk with residents there. His tour will continue to Washington, Va. where he will arrive at the Rappahannock Courthouse at 10 a.m. and remain until 12:30. Sandwiches and coffee will be served here. Due to the press of Congressional duties, Robinson says he is unable to spend as much time as -he would like in this area, but he extended an invitation to the citizens of Rappahannock to talk with him Monday while he is here. In the afternoon Rep. Robinson will visit Warren County and at 2 p.m. a press conference is scheduled at Quality Courts.□ i An apple doll as pictured in MOUNTAIN PEOPLE, MOUNTAIN CRAFTS by Elinor Lander Horwitz THIS WEEKEND Another Craft Day at STOREof Washington, Virginia Rappahannock weekender Elinor Lander Horwitz has traveled through Appalachia, visited people and listened as they talked about their work and themselves. She will be at the store to tell you of her experience and autograph copies of her book. They are for sale at: cloth $6.50, paper $2.95. You can also watch Linda Turner as she demonstrates her skill at caning and rushing chair seats. She will answer questions as she works. Open: Wednesday 11-5 Saturday 10-6 Friday 12-5 Sunday 12-6 Virginia where they own a 39acre piece of wooded mountain land. Last winter, with the aid of every friend they could beg, tempt or bribe, they erected a small oneroom unimproved cabin part way up the mountain. They can be found there most Saturdays and Sundays patching their leaking roof, digging out their some-time spring, chopping wood, and sighting birds through a telescope. LINDA TURNER has been caning chairs and restoring antique furniture in Rappahannock for the last year. She and her professional photographer husband live on a small farm in the County. She learned the art of caning from her mother and is passing the skill on to her three children. In fact, the whole family canes. “Mountain People, Mountain Crafts” seems to have had a broad popular appeal. It was published in April and is already in its third printing. It is available in both hard-back and paper-back editions. The autographing and demonstration will continue all day Saturday and intermittently on Sunday afternoon at The Country Store in Washington, Virginia.□ New 4-H club An organizational meeting for a 4-H Club was held in Chester Gap on October 9 and an election of officers was conducted. Elected president was Billy Longmire and Sandy Wines was named vice president. Liz Freemen holds the office of secretary-treasurer. The club is scheduled to meet every two weeks with the next time October 23 at 4:14 p. m. All youths between the ages of 9 and 19 are invited to participate. Seventeenth Annual House Tour and Dried Flower Arrangement Sale SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 -11 A.M. to 5 P.M. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 ■ 1 to 5 P.M. BLOCK TICKET $3.00 | SINGLE HOUSE j $1.00 'I Sponsored by the Episcopal Churchwomen of Bromfield Parish Flower Salesroom located at Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall, Washington, Virginia TEA WILL BE SERVED IN ONE TOUR HOME xx

CHESTER GAP NEWS MRS. BESSIE PARKS Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Leake had as Sunday dinner guests his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Woodson Leake and their granddaughter, Linda Leake, of Sperryville. Saturday the Leakes entertained with a birthday party for their son Tony with about twenty guests. Mr. and Mrs. JohnE. Baker have ‘“ihoved from our community into their new home near Bentonville. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Cain returned Friday from Rockaway, N. J. where they spent several days as guests of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Griffith and son Mark. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Smoot of Washington, Va. were Sunday dinner guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Downing Williams. Mr. and Mrs. John Heflin and son Roger of Warrenton visited Mr. and Mrs. John Heflin, Jr., Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Williams and daughters, Rhonda and April, also Mrs. Lucy Williams and granddaughter, Connie, spent Saturday in Winchester. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mahoney of Front Royal were Saturday evening dinner guests of the Haywood Williams, and Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Dodson of Woodstock were Sunday visitors. Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Freeman and children, Elizabeth and John, were weekend campers in Shenandoah National Park at Matthew’s Arm. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Sealock of Fairfax spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Sealock. Mr. and Mrs. Page Henson and family of Riverton were Monday callers. Harmon Hamlin of Hillcrest, Md. visited in the home of his mother, Mrs. Flora Rhudy, the past weekend. Mrs. William Ubben, and daughter Virginia, and her father, Elias Wines, were in Winchester Friday on business. Sunday Mrs. Ubben accompanied her sister, Mrs. Marlen Wines of Front Royal, to Staunton to return the latter’s daughter, Ronnie Lee, to school. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Williams of Flint Hill and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Williams and son of Front Royal visited Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Williams Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Williams had as Monday evening visitors their grandchildren, Paget and Jada Henson of Riverton. Mrs. James E. Williams hosted a birthday dinner Sunday in honor of her husband. In addition to members of the immediate family others present were Mrs. Effie Settle and family, and Mrs. Fay Compton, Sharon and Yvonne, all of Castleton. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Moore are spending some time here at Cedarloft. En route here they visited Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Nielsen, Sr., and family in Upper Lawn, Pa. The Robert Sheltons of Winchester and Mrs. Shirley Shelton of Arlington visited the Moores and family Sun-, day. Lloyd Campbell returned to his work the first of the week after six-weeks absence on account of illness.□ NOTICE TO LANDOWNERS I have a client from European Royalty looking for a productive farm in this area.He will invest a substantial amount of capital for the right situation. If you have a farm for sale, or if you have knowledge of one in the area, I would appreciate very much hearing from you at once. Peggy E. Clark P.O. Box 7 Flint Hill, Va. Phones 675-3414 or 675-3740 - ...... NOTICE ^EFFECTIVE MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1974 | BUSINESS OFFICE HOURS FOR CENTRAL | TELEPHONE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA 1 WILL BE 8:30 A.M. UNTIL 5:00 P.M. 1 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. iiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiii! THANK YOU! CENTRAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF VBOWM. We’ll pvt yov in closer toecb. I Mrs. Robert J. Rodgers, whose home, Clifton, will be open for the Bromfield Parish House Tour and Dried Flower Sale Saturday and Sunday, October 19 and 20. The window still contains its original glass. Concert season DUO-PIANISTS Stecher and Horowitz will open the Culpeper. Community Concert Association’s 1974-75 season at 8 p.m., Monday October 21, in Culpeper County High School auditorium. Traveling with two matched Stein ways, Stecher and Horowitz for the past two decades have performed new music as well as traditional masterpieces for two pianos for audiences throughout the world. Noted music educators as well as performers, Melvin Stecher and Norman Horowitz founded the Stecher & Horowitz School of Music in Cedarhurst, L.I., in 1960. They have composed the series “Learning to Play” and “Playing to Learn,” used by teachers everywhere. In addition to their heavily booked two-piano concert schedule, Stecher and Horowitz conduct Piano Workshops to demonstrate new methods and materials for teaching piano across the U.S. OTHER Culpeper Community Concert Association 1974-75 attractions are the New Christy Minstrels, February 17, 1975; Jo harm Strauss Ensemble, March 15, 1975; and Longstretch andEscosa, duo-harpists, April 30, 1975. Present associational membership in the five-county area of Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, and Rappahannock numbers 1,347—the highest the association has enrolled in its fiveyear history. □ Visit planned to planetarium The Mount Lebanon Baptist Church is planning a “Night Among the Stars” on Friday, October 25, at the Planetarium at Fork Union Military Academy. A special religious program has been planned by the planetarium director tracing the role of the stars in ancient mythology and in modern Christianity. Both the youth group and the adult congregation of the church will attend. Persons wishing to join the group should contact Howard Holschuh, phone 937-4721.□ NOTICE OF VIOLATION OF BUILDING PERMITS \ Any partial or completed building construction at a value of $500.00 or more since January I960 should bfe covered by a Building Permit under Article 10-11 of the Zoning Ordnance of Rappahannock County. Owners of such property who have not obtained a permit by November 1, 1974 will he subject to legal prosecution under Article 15 of the Zoning Ordinance. The County is currently conducting an intensive on-site survey of all real estate in Rappahannock County. Builders who have not obtained a Permit may apply at the County Zoning Office between 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. on Tuesdays or Thursdays.

Cattle producers see some relief SOUTHEASTERN hog producers received sharply higher prices during the week ended October 11, while some cattle producers saw a little relief in a depressed market, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service reports. Meanwhile, grain prices tumbled. Soybean prices showed the biggest change with drops of 36 to 4? cents. The previous week, soybean prices shot up nearly $1 a bushel. Corn declines of 15 to 20 cents also erased much of the previous week’s advances. Packer hog prices closed the week $2.25 to $2.50 higher. Feeder steers and heifers were steady except for Georgia where steers climbed $1. Alabama, on the other hand, registered $1 lower prices on both classes. Feeder steer calves brought mostly steady to $1 higher prices except for Alabama where trends were steady to $1 lower. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES— Prices and trading were mixed for southeastern fruits and vegetables during the week ended October 10. Apple prices were generally unchanged with western North Carolina Red Delicious at $6 per tray pack carton of U.S. Fancy 88 to 113 size. Appalachian district apples sold at $6 to $7 for 72 to 113 size. GRAIN — After two weeks of sharply higher prices, southeastern grain markets turned lower during the week ended October 10. Corn prices at the farm level were mostly 15 to 20 cents lower and terminal prices were mostly 6 to 10 cents lower. Soybean prices were mostly 36 to 42 cents under the previous week. During the week there were a couple of major market factors— the temporary cancellation of a large export sale to Russia and release of the latest USDA crop production figures. Soybean production estimates indicated a decline of 54-million bushels, while corn production estimates dropped 277-million bushels from the September estimate. Harvesting of corn in the Southeast has progressed rapidly with favorable harvesting conditions. The soybean harvest has started throughout the region. Cash bids to corn producers in southeastern Virginia ranged 6 to 15 cents lower at $3.25 to $3.59; Richmond $3.42 to $3.48; and Wilson, N.C. $3.30. Louisville, Ky. area was $3.55 to $3.61 and Ohio Valley $3.52 to Home Improvements Culpeper Planing MUI 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 $3.55. The South Carolina Piedmont area $3.30 and Central and Coastal areas $3.30 to $3.35. Alabama offering prices moved 20 to 25 cents lower at $3.70 to $3.95. Georgia was 15 to 19 cents lower at $3-80 to $3.90. Terminal prices at Memphis were $3.90 to $3.981/2 and Norfolk $3.69-1/2. Cash bids to soybean growers in southeastern Virginia ranged $8.50 to $8.70 and Richmond $8.54 to $8.64. CATTLE—A very uneven feeder cattle market prevailed in the Southeast during the week ended October 11. Feeder steer calves sold mostly steady to $1 higher except in Alabama where trends were reported steady to $1 lower. In Florida, heifer calves were steady to $1 higher and South Carolina steady to $2 higher, but steady to $1 lower in Georgia and off as much as $1.50 in Alabama. Feeder steers and heifers were steady except Georgia steers were up $1 and Alabama steers were down $1 on both classes. Uncertainty prevailed in the feeder cattle market as indicated by the uneven trends and prices between markets within the same trade area. Slaughter buyers continued to be the dominate bidders for fleshy 350 to 550 pound calves. In representative sales around the Southeast, Choice 200 to 300 pound steer calves sold at $21 to $28.25; 300 to 400 pounds $20 to $29; 400 to 500 pounds $20 to $27.50; and 500 to 600 pound steers $20.50 to $27.50. Choice 200 to 300 pound heifer calves sold at $20 to $27; 300 to 400 pounds $19 to $26; 400 to 500 pounds $18 to $24 with Florida and South Carolina to $28; 500 to 600 pound heifers $17 to $25 with Florida to $27. HOGS — Barrows and gilts at Georgia-Florida-Alabama packing plants closed the week $2.25 to $2.50 a hundred pounds higher than the previous week. U.S. 1 and 2 hogs, 195 to 235 pounds, brought $39.25 to $40 and U.S. 2 and 3, 195 to 240 pounds, sold at $38.75 to $39.50.□ HUNTLY MRS. BESSIE PARKS Morris Donaldson, a student at V.P.I., spent the holiday weekend with his mother, Mrs. Morris Donaldson. Sr. Mr. ana Mrs. Orley Seal spent Saturday night in Culpeper, the guest of their daughter, Mrs. Don Deal and Michael, while Mr. Deal was on National Guard duty near Virginia Beach. Mrs. Earl K. Edmonds, Jr. and son Christy of Winchester spent several days last week with Mrs. Earl K. Edmonds, Sr*, while Mr. Edmonds was on business in Staunton. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rutherford were hosts for Sunday dinner to the following guests: Mrs. Sarah Foster and son, Roger, of Buckton, Mr. and Mrs. “Butch” West and son, Brian, of Front Royal, and Mrs. Ella Steele, Mark and Donald. Mrs. Laura Fidler entertained at dinner Sunday honoring the birthday of her son, Earl Williams. Others present were Mr. and Mrs. Billy Elkins and Tommy of Levels, W.Va., Mrs. Kate Scott, Chrissie Elkins, Diane Sealock, Tammy Henry, George Partlowe, Mrs. Marrley Wines, Mark and Mat, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fidler and Keithen, all of Front Royal; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Chadwell and family; and Alan Fox.D BIRTH ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Alther of Sperryville announce the birth of a daughter, Meiissa Karen* on Wednesday, October 9, in Culpeper Memorial Hospital. Grandparents of the infant are Mr. and Mrs. Roy Alther of Sperryville and Mrs. Gabe Burke of Washington, Va. Burrell Atkins of Sperryville is her great-grandfather.□ Good Selection of 1974 Ghevy Vans at (A) Two Chevy G-20 3/4 ton 8-passenger vans. 125-in. wheelbase, V-8 engine, automatic transmission and power steering. (B) Two Chevy 1-ton hi-cube vans. Steel body, V-8, automatic trans., auxiliary front seat. (C) Chevelier van. 18x7x7 ~f steel body, V-8 , auto. traipF. Retail *9840 £ SALE *7495 « Ready for immediate delivery - Come in and make an offer ! Zz |

Attendance for the 30-hour fire school held in Rappahannock during the past two weekends was well attended. This is the group from the local area and surrounding counties which participated. WOODVILLE NEWS By MRS. JUNE CLARK Miss Bonnie Brown of Silver Spring, Md., Tanya Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Compton of Reva were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Chloe Brown and Miss Elva Bruce. Sunday callers of Mrs. Marcia Bullion were Mrs. Mary Ann Wood Smith and Susan of Highland, Md. Charles Butler and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Butler Jr. were guests for the weekend of Mrs. Amos Butler. Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Butler, Philip and Alecia of McLean were her dinner guests. Mr. and Mrs. Joel Daczewitz and sons were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Don Fisher in Vienna. Mrs. Alice Pullen, Misses Ruby and Audrey Pullen and Mrs. Lacy Orange were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Roadcap Atkins in Amissville. FALL FESTIVAL OF LONG TRACTORS BIG SAVINGS LONG 350 LONG 445 The price of tractors for the 1975 selling season will be much higher. BUY NOWAND SAVE! / LONG 350 LONG 445 ll *3,158.70 (Compare Srand “F” at $4,831.00) • 35 pto h.p. diesel engine • Live pto • 6 Speeds • 3 Point Hitch • Draft Control • Position Control • Automatic Depth Control • Thermostarter • 5:50 x 16 Front. 12 4 X 28 Rear MAVT Wheels and Tires • Adjustable Axles Front & Rear • For Power Steenna. add $282.00 <3,716.50' (Compare Brand “F” at $5,567.00) -* Many Option* Available •All Prices FOB Tarboro. NC Plus Tax. Freight, and Service All of those features standard. .V • 41.9 pto h.p. diesel engine • Live pto • 6 Speeds • 3# pt. Category I and II Hitch ♦ Draft Control • Position!;! Control • Automatic Depth Control • Hand A Foot Throt-% ties • Parking Brake • Full Lighting • Full Instruments-;!;! tion • Thermostarter • 6:00 x 16 Front. 14.9 x 28 MAVT>; Rear Wheels and Tires • Adjustable Front A Rear Axles;!; • For Power Steering Add $282.00 • Many Options*;* Available ,v‘ I THIS OFFER GOOD FOR A LIMITED TIME • SEE YOUR LONG DEALER NOW! LONG ALLISON SERVICE GARAGE The Plains, Va. 253-5117 i i Guests for the weekend of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Johnson were Mr. an Mrs. Karl Hoffman of Canton, Ohio and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Flaharty of Falls Church. Mrs. Clifton Clark and Misty Hitt joined by Mrs. Collier Fox of Luray attended Coach Day Saturday at Stratford Hall and visited Mrs. John Hennage at Montross. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clark were Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Kibler of New Providence, Pa. and Mr. and Mrs. Collier.Fox. Mrs. Amos Butler and Mrs. Ashby Wayland visited Miss Dorothy Spicer Thursday in the University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville. Mrs. Buster Hitt and Mrs. Virginia Jenkins were Sunday visitors of Mr*s. Margaret Butler at Oak Springs Nursing Home. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Butler in Warrenton. Mrs. Chester Wayland was an over night visitor Thursday of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. John Creel in Culpeper. Bruce Burke, Mrs. Ada Settle and Mrs. Helen Lawrence of Arlington had dinner Saturday at Graves Lodge. Mrs. Paul Grigsby is spending this week with her daughter, Mrs. Settle.□ Hubert Gilkey m of Chester Gap Fire Department is dressed to enter a burning building in simulated conditions of smoke and fire. The men perform under circumstances just like the real thing. FIRE, RESCUE NOTES On October 10, Andy Settle of Amissville was carried from Rappahannock Elementary School to Warren Memorial Hospital by Washington Rescue Squad. Sperryville Rescue Squad answered two calls this week. On Friday, October 11 it was called to an accident at Turnbridge but services were not needed. Wednesday October 16 it responded to an accident East of Sperryville on 211 and transported Meredith Knapp of Shenandoah to Culpeper Memorial. Amissville Fire Company responded October 12 to a brush fire east of the village but service was not needed. •Property (Offerings ....hunters rejoice! Now available—a restorable six room home of Victorian vintage plus a hunters cabin on 30 acres adjoining Shenan doah National Park. Hunt on your own property, fish in your own river, or build your own fish pond. All can be yours for $52,000 with excellent owner financing available. ....looking for that small acreage on which to build your home? Well here’s one and one half acres in a lovely area with views for $6500. ....only three hundred dollars down and you can buy these twenty five wooded acres with streams, privacy, and views. Only $1250 per acre with excellent financing available. / We have several clients looking for property in this area so if you have been considering selling that farm, large or small, or piece of land, or your home we would be more than happy to help you. Eileen Day or Candy Coombs 987-8121 675-3485 THOMAS & TALBOT REAL ESTATE midbleburg; Virginia 22U7 nxiEFHOim 708-887-8000

Dog trials schedule MADISON Wildlife Association begins its annual trials earlier this j'ear with the opening event, Bird Dog " Trials , scheduled for Saturday, October 26. For a second consecutive year, the Bird Dog T-rials will be first of the fall events sponsored by the Association, instead of the usual Beagle Trials. With the race set to begin at 9 a.m. on the Ernest Yowell farm on Ruth Road, approximately two miles west of Madison, the trials will feature three classes: Class 1, County Dogs; Class 2, Out-of-County Dogs; and Class 3, Grand Champion. The Beagle Trials will follow two weeks later, Saturday, November 9, at 9 a.m. on the Yowell farm. The race is open to out-of-county dogs as well as county beagles, with competition in two classes. Dogs will be divided into groups of 13-inch and under and 15-inch and under with a Grand Champioir to be named in final judging. Lunch will be served at the “Honky-Tonk” for both the Bird Dog and Beagle Trials with hamburgers grilled over an open fire. HIGHLIGHT of the season is the traditional Fox Drag Race and Horn Blowing Contest held at the A. Lawton Blankenbaker farm at Haywood. Scheduled for Saturday, November 30, at 10 a.m., in-county and out-of-county participants are welcomed. Concluding the day’s events, a homestyle hunt breakfast will be available at the Blakenbaker home. Prepared by Mrs. Lawton Blankenbaker, the menu consists of a long-time specialty, spareribsand sauerkraut served with “crackling” bread. An abundance of vege tables and homemade desserts complete the meal. Details about any part of the program may be obtained from Newton Lohr, president; Smith Blankenbaker, secretary - treasurer; Claude Lillard, Jr., chair- . man, Beagle Trials; Bobby Tanner, chaiiman, Bird Dog Trials; and A. Lawton Blankenbaker, chairman, Drag Race.D Park visitor center schedule SUPERINTENDENT Robert' R. Jacobsen, Shenandoah National Park, has announced that the Dickey Ridge Visitor Center at Mile 4.6 on the Skyline Drive is now operating on a fall season schedule. The visitor facility is now open daily between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. On Sunday, November 10, it closes for the winter. The fall staff members are Sarah Reeb and Mark Johnson, with Barry Horner and Norm Hellmers as weekend alternates. The Byrd Visitor Center at Big Meadows (Milepost 51) will remain open throughout the year on a daily basis from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.', weather permitting. Evening programs will be presented each Tuesday through Saturday until November 9 at the Byrd Visitor Center Auditorium, beginning at 8 p.m. Staff members are Jim and Nancy Shives and Pat Elliott, with Harriett Bonanno and Ken Apschnikat as alternates.□ Firemen attending the county weekend fire school acquaint themselves with actual smoke conditions in structural fires. Under supervision the men enter a heavily smoking building with proper oxygen equipment and maneuver as they would in actual fire fighting. New phone policy “TO HELP insure that customers receive good telephone service and privacy of conversation, Telephone Operators will no longer interrupt conversations by verifying a busy condition effective October 1, except in cases of extreme urgency involving danger of life or property,” it has been announced by William R. Young, district manager for Central Telephone Company of Virginia, Northern District. “Many customers ask operators to interrupt conversations when they call a busy line. These interruptions require the time of an operator and consequently, create additional expense to the Company as well as infringing on our customers the right to uninterrupted conversations.” Young said, ‘‘if most customers requesting verification would wait a few minutes and call again, it would be unnecessary to call the operator.” End of the Season Reductions on Tractors &Lawn Mowers 20% Discount on all New DEUTZ TRACTORS and all BOLENS LAWN EQUIPMENT DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER ,— -Our Inventory Includes__ 3 - 4006 DEUTZ TRACTORS 1 - 6006 DEUTZ TRACTOR 1 - 7006 DEUTZ TRACTOR 1 - 3006 DEUTZ TRACTOR ] - 6806 DEUTZ TRACTOR 1 — 10 HP BOLENS Riding Lawn Mower 1-14 HP BOLENS RIDING Lawn Mower Several rotary push mowers also available .ALL PURCHASES MUST BE SETTLER FUR BT OCTOBER 31For example, a $6000 tractor would carry a $1200 reduction, thereby making the price $4800. This is a big discount and an excellent opportunity to save. CHARLES I. SUTPHIN, INC. Route. 211 East .'..fJ:': Washington, Va. 675-3566 ...

Scenic river studies are supported WITH .THE ARMY Corps of Engineers’ plans for the Salem Church Dam, dropped both Governor Mills Godwin and the Fauquier Board of Supervisors have supported a study to designate the Rappahannock River a “scenic river.” In a Richmond news conference on October 8, Governor Godwin said he would ask the Virginia Commission of Outdoor Recreation to study the possible scenic river status of “portions” of the Rappahannock River. And on a request from the Rappahannock-Rapidan Planning District Commission, the Fauquier Supervisors last Thursday “expressed an interest” in having the Commission of Outdoor Recreation conduct a study to gather the data needed to justify scenic river designation for both the Rappahannock River and Goose Creek in the county. After the scenic river study is completed, the state Legislature will have to approve designation of the proposed scenic river as part of the “Virginia Scenic River System.” The scenic rivers would be recognized under the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers System of 1968. If the rivers or the portions of rivers are designated scenic rivers by the state Legislature, the construction of dams • would be prohibited, strict effluent standards would be enforced, and federal funds for ptiblic park acquisition would be available. IN RIGHT of the no-dam restriction on scenic rivers, Governor Godwin recommended only that “portions” of the Rappahannock River be designated, since Fredericksburg is studying the possibility df a smaller water supply (dam) on the Rappahannock. Scenic River status for Goose Creek would also prohibit the Fairfax Water Authority from building a dam for an emergency water supply. Both the Rappahannock River and Goose Creek were listed as “potential scenic rivers” in a 1969 Commission of Outdoor Recreation study. The Parent Conference Night PTA of Rappahannock Elementary School will have its first meeting of the school year, Wednesday, October 23. A business meeting will be first on the program with parent-teacher conferences to follow. All parents are urged to attend. Teachers will be in their, class rooms from 7:30 until 9:30 p.m. for conferences with parents concerning progress or problems of their children. Coffee will be served in the auditorium during the evening, and patrons should feel free to have refreshments as they like.d. SHOOTING MATCHES Washington Fire Department will begin their Shooting Matches on Friday Night, October 18 at 7:30 P.M. at Washington carnival grounds and will continue every Friday night until further notice. PRIZES: Beef, £ork, Turkeys and Oysters 12 and 16 guage guns. ~ ' r REAL ESTATE FOR SALE ^ RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY A PLACE TO DREAM! A perfect little home for a couple who would like to dream. Sparkling 2 Bedroom, L.R., Den, Eat in Kitchen, Full bath, Full basement on nice 1 1/4 acre, in Flint Hill area. Very secluded and peaceful. $29,500. “BABY DOLL”' ' That’s what this one is! Amissville Area, Studio type cabin overlooking lake. Lovely 3/4 deck for viewing. Fishing, Boating, Swimming. Fully furnished. $17,500.00 “MOUNTAIN RETREAT” Nestled in the hills near Flint Hill is this Chalet Shell on 9 1/4 acres. Exterior complete—you complete interior and put in utilities. Loads of room with viewing deck. Many pluses here. $25,000.00 with owner financing. IT’S VERY SPECIAL! Bring your horses if you invest in this outstanding 36 acre tract not far from Flint Hill. Perfect for small farm. Strong stream. Partially cleared and some woods. Good building site. $1500. per acre. ALSO, Same area as above—50 acres with 1000 ft. frontage on Rappahannock River. Some pasture and some woods. Great views. Prime in every way. $1500.00 per acre. ,, I PEGGY E. CLARK, toll Flint Hill, Va. 675-3414 or 675-3740 REALTOR ASSOC. WITH(HORNICK CO. REALTORS) Annandale, Va. study listed the 15 mile section of Goose Creek from Markham through Loudoun county to the Potomac as a potential scenic river. The 60 miles of the Rappahannock River from Remington through Fredericksburg to Front Royal was listed. ALSO LISTED as potential scenic rivers were the 20 mile section of the Thorton River from Sperry - ville to Monument Springs and the 77 miles of the Rapidan River from its headwaters in Madison County to its confluence- with the Rappahannock in Orange County.□ DEEDS RECORDED Clarence O. Deal to Donna F. Cannon, 1/4 acres, Stonewall District. $525. J. Ivar Jacobs and wife to Frank P. Davis and wife, 2.15 acres; Jackson District. $1200. John A. Tapp and wife to Walter S. Nicklin III, 25 acres; Jackson District. $22,500. Thomas G. Wicker and others to Neva McL. Wicker, 50.6377acres; Wakefield District. $32,000. James W. Burke and,wife to Charles H. Eston and wife, lot .57 acres; Wakefield District. $16,000. Minnie Lee Wire Summers to Rosemary Wire Anderson, 1% of the whole of Shade Farm; Deed of Gift. Minnie Lee Wire Summers to William Wallace Anderson, 1% of the whole of Shade Farm; Deed of Gift. Robert W. Eastham and wife to Herbert C. Madison, 14.825acres; Hampton District. $14,825. Franklin A. Holmes and others to David W. Tollman, lot 14 in section B, Rappahannock Mountain Estates; Jackson District. $23,500. David Strahle and wife to Merrill GUEST SPEAKER The Rev. Streeter of Washington, D.C. will be guest speaker at Hopewell Baptist Church at Sperryville on Sunday, October 20 at 3 p.m. Benefit of Sunday School. CHOIR NIGHT The Senior Choir of Hopewell Baptist Church will celebrate its anniversary and choir night Sunday October 20 a£ 7:30 p.m. The Rev. R.P. Pringle will be guest speaker. K. King and wife, 30 acres and right of way; Wakefield District. $21,000. Jean P. Bradford to Elizabeth Bradford, 1/2 interest in 80.126 acres; Wakefield District. $100. Albert W. Ward and wife to Marx Leva and wife, 25.37 acres and right of way; Wakefield District. $12,500. Martha Sealock Wines to Albert S. Wines and wife, 1/2 undivided interest and dower interest in remaining 1/2 owned by Ollie S. Wines, 1.255 acres; Wakefield Dis - trict. $1000. Thomas M. Sealock and wife to Joseph Woltz and wife, 1.0 acres; Wakefield District. $2,500.□ The son of an Amissville, Va., resident has been assigned to the Air Force Inspection and Safety Center at Norton AFB, Calif., for duty. Air Force Master Sergeant Charles E. Smith, son of Mrs. Milton G. Hitt, is a management engineering superintendent. 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FLINT HILL NEWS Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Miller were Mr. and Mrs. JLionel Parks of Brooms Island, Md.' and Mr. and Mrs. P. Louis Miller of Odenton, Md. They were all Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Bruce Bowie in Culpeper. Mrs. G.W. Smith and Mrs. F.W. Spalding spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Jarrels at Grottos. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Crane of Lanham, Md. were weekend guests of her parents Mr. and Mrs. M.H. Brady and visited Mrs. Mary Alice Pullen who is a patient in Winchester Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nichols attended homecoming at Lynchburg College Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Atkins, Jr. visited Mr. and Mrs. JohnD. Clem at Seven Fountains Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Torneden and Jennifer have arrived from Belgium and are visiting her parents Dr. and Mrs. . Robert Rodgers. Saturday Capt. and Mrs. John M. Humphries of Fayetteville, N.C. joined the Rodgers family and Mr. and Mrs. Dan H. Bentley of Wichita Falls, Texas will arrive Friday for a visit. Shannon Streagle of Washington was the overnight guest Thursday of Dawn Watson. Guests during the long weekend of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Watson and family were Mr. and Mrs. William Hagerman, Jr., Sharon, Christy and Paula of Binghamton, N.Y. They all enjoyed a trip over the Drive and hiking Stony Man Trail Sunday. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Pullen were James Pullen and James Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Hawkins and Connie, all of Falls Church. Mrs. Lloyd Pullen was an overnight guest Saturday of Mrs. Thelma Jeffries in Front Royal and on Sunday visited Mrs. Reid Nicholson and Mrs. John Wimmer < there. Mr. and Mrs. John Jenkins and Vicky were Saturday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Welch. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Smith have returned to their home in Mesa, Ariz. after spending some time with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Carson Lillard.D After a strenuous defeat before turning in to dress. by Rappahannock, visiting runners rest I1 CEDAR BEDROOM ompore at 4-Piece Bedroom A bad room that’s as practical as it is beautiful...and so modestly priced! Completely dustproffed so that your garments stay fresh and moth-free year after year. 6-Drawer Double Dresser & Mirror, 4Drawer Chest, and Full Size Poster Bed. *349 See Our Selection of Cedar Wardrobes ft Chests NIGHT TABU s39”~ • Cedar Formica Tops. • Rubbed and buffed hot lacquer high gloss finish. • Authentic antique hardware in heavy brass. • Center-guided drawers, lock- jointed on all sides.

Five - Up ! Cross Country in Rappahannock is just that — cross country, as may well be discerned from the picture. The local Panthers cross country team placed first with the first five men across the line in the Thursday meet at Blue Rock Farm. b LIBRARY | LINES THE LIBRARY is practically bursting with new books. What follows is a sampling of some titles, to whet your appetite. For those who have read Yukio Mishima’s “Spring Snow,” we now have the remaining three novels in the tetralogy—“Runaway Horses,’’ “The Temple of Dawn,” and his newest, “The Decay of the Angel.” Another Paul Erdman novel, “The Silver Bears,” follows “The Billion Dollar Sure Thing.” For mmmttmmmiimtmmiininniiiiii COME ONE! COME ALL! / ■* Old-Fashioned Barbecue Dinner 5 - 8 p.m. Saturday October 19 AT THE AMISSVILLE FIRE HALL Meet, Hear GEORGE GILLIAM Democratic Nominee for Congress from the Seventh District * The Democratic County Committee of Rappahannock County, Aubrey H. Keyser, chairman, cordially invites you and your family to be its quests to meet your next Congressman, George Gilliam, and his family, and to enjoy some delicious barbecue beef and the trimmings i»-NO TICKETS REQUIRED, NO CHARGE—all we want is the pleasure if your company. Buffet-style dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. I_ % HAD ENOUGH INFLATION? HAD ENOUGH PARDONS? HAD fcNOUGH EXCUSES AND ALIBIS? HAD ENOUGH OF THE OLD ,ROWD? IF YOU AGREE IT’S TIME FOR A CHANGE, COME TO 'HE BARBECUE AND MEET THE CANDIDATE WHO TALKS IOMMON SENSE! ks ad authorized and paid for by the Rappahannock County Demotic Committee, Edward H. Bailey, Sr., Treasurer. | PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT spine-tinglers, try “Jaws,” by Peter Benchley, or Rosemary Harris’s “Nor Evil Dreams.” Of special interest to young adults (this includes the upper teens through the young at heart) are a Jack Bickham Western, “Katie, Kelly & Heck;” “Frankenstein Unbound,” by Brian W. Aldiss; “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” by John leCarre; the fascinating, factual account of Scottish loch monsters, “The Search for Mo rag,” by Campbell and Solomon; “Ideals & Ideologies,” by Harry B. Ellis—a very readable book about communism, socialism, and capitalism—and the very entertaining “A Skunk in the House,” by Constance Colby. The youngsters haven’t been forgotten—as a matter of fact, they have the lion’s share of the new books. Three to six-year-olds will be delighted with “Blackboard Bear” (mostly pictures) by Martha Alexander, while those who are learning to read can tackle “Piggle” by themselves. Is there anyone at your house like “Noisy Nancy Norris?” Fifth to seventh graders will like “Sputters,” by Zachary Ball—a story about a boy and his dog, and “The Summer of the Swans,” by Betsy Byars.□ ^OBITUARIES Ada Smith A funeral service for Mrs. Ada Rebecca Smith of Amissville will be held at 11 a.m. today, Thursday at the Moser Funeral Home in Warrenton conducted by the Rev. William Trennum. Burial will be in Newark, Ohio. Mrs. Smith, 80, died October 13 in Fauquier Hospital. , She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Garnett D. Spellman of Amissville; a son, Thomas W. Smith of Buckeye Lake, Ohio; six grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. □ Fannie Bawkey Mrs. Fannie Ester Bawkey, 84, of Rixeyville died at Culpeper Memorial Hospital Wednesday, October 9, 1974. She was the widow of William Claude Bawkey. She is survived by three sons Ennis J. and James E. Bawkey of Rixeyville, John H. Bawkey of Culpeper; three daughters, Mrs. Russell Shaw of Mitchell, Mrs. Roy Berry of Viewtown and Mrs. Eugene Dodson of Amissville; 29 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and eleven great-greatgrandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, October 12, at Gourdvine Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. The Rev. Gordon George conducted the service. □ Wedding anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Emory S. Connors were honored with a reception on Saturday in celebration of their twenty-fifth wedding,anniversary. Their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Connors host■ed the reception at their home in Woodville. The Emory Connors were married October 12, 1949, in Forestville, Md. by the Rev. Thomas H. Baker. Mrs. Connors is the former Frances Ann Cline of Woodville. INVENTORY CLEANUP SALE ^ New and used farm tractors ^ New and used farm equipment ^ New and used riding mowers =NORTHERN V*. FARM CENTER= ; f i Rectortown, Va. 364-4191 m 364-4101

Down the hill competitive cross country runners go in last Thursday’s meet at Blue Rock. Included in the group are students from Page and Montevideo. (Photo by Grant Hill) Hunting blind rental deadline APPLICATIONS for hunts on Game Commission managed waterfowl areas must be received no later than 5 p.m. October 21, reports District Game Biologist Fax Settle. Blinds rent for $5 to $10 a day, but guide fees on the Pocahontas area have been raised to S30 per day. Additionally, a deposit of $15, not refundable in case of cancellation, must be submitted with the Pocahontas applications. The remainder of this fee and fees for other areas are payable kt the area headquarters on the day of the hunt. Blinds accomodate two or three hunters, depending on the area. Applications are available from the Commission’s office or fromTrojan-Pocahontas headquarters on Back Bay. On the Pocahontas area the $40 daily fee includes guide, boat, decoys and blind for up to three hunters. On the Barbours Hill and Hog Island areas a $10 fee includes blind, boat and decoys. Additionally, hunters on the Barbours Hill area are required to furnish their own four-wheel drive transportation. HUNTERS using the Trojan area pay a $5 daily blind rental fee but must furnish their own boat and Virginia. u*e. vcwrVe. lOooduMrkXflA b*o*o*wt\- wt\\W «*W%Wc °n * 6oJK Oe& 11 JO***! £ Su». Q«k OlA Tools u>*»\\ W OSo^ decoys. Hunters are limited to one goose per day on all areas, but regular duck bag limits apply. Hunters on Hog Island must use 12 gauge guns in which to shoot the steel shot supplied. □ Rappahannock cross country fans watch the local team as the runners paced themselves around Blue Rock Farm to take a perfect score victory. ASST. M6R. SALE V^JRIDAY ft SATURDAY ONLY - OCT. 18th ft 19th-A DIAMONDS 20% OFF Complete inventory of solitaires, Tiffany’s, Princess rings and dinner rings. WEDDING BANDS Complete inventory 20% OFf BIRTH STONE RINGS Complete inventory of ladies' & men's birthstone rings. 20% OFF Cash-Credit-layaway-Master Charge-Bank Americard Thaak Yaa far Yaar Patraaafs Jiai Kaaaay Asst. M*r. 7 FRONT ROYAL. VIRGINIA STORE HOURS: HON. 9 TO 5 TIES. 9 TO 5 NED. 9 TO 5 THUN. 9 TO $ m 9 TO % SET. 9 TO 5:30

George Patterson, assistant principal at R.C.H.S. and John Toth, Cross Country coach, Keep an eagle eye on the runners as the local Panthers competed with Page and Montevideo last Thursday. R.C.H.S. harriers chalked up a 15 for a perfect score. 7 AMISSVILLE NEWS BY MRS. PRICE WYATT Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Ethel Cooksey were the Rev. and Mrs. A.C. Walker of Culpeper and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Marks of North Carolina. Mrs. Elaine Nelson of Washington, D.C. visited. Mrs. Cooksey Friday and Mrs. Lena Woodward was a Wednesday visitor. Dinner guests Tuesday were Miss Annie Cooksey and Rev. Walker, both of Culpeper. Mike and Donnie Corbin of Manassas visited their grandmother, Mrs. Nelson Corbin, on Sunday. Mrs. Walter Estes of Marlow Heights, Md. was a Friday guest of Mrs. Hester Poe and Monday Mrs. Poe and Price Wyatt spent the day in Manassas. . Mrs. Viola Stream of Arlington was a weekend visitor of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown. Mrs. Charlie Priest and Mrs. F.L. Bowey visited the Morman Temple in Maryland. Joining Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Doyle for dinner Sunday in celebration of Mr. Doyle’s birthday were Dr. and Mrs. T.W. Armstrong, Louis, Mary Ann and Betsy and Miss Kyle Lovett, Dr. and Mrs. Rupert Quaintance, all of Culpeper, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie McNemar, Todd and Melissa of Winchester. Mrs. Winnie Rogers of Rixeyville was a guest last week of Mrs. John Poe. Visitors Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Poe were the Rev. Because Wickes Buildings are Strong for Farmers. Know the building you're getting into, before you get into it. Make sure it's tough, strong and weathertight. Like a Wickes building. Professionally engineered and expertly constructed of quality materials and components by skilled., experienced crews. Like a Wickes building. Finished in beautiful, maintenance-free color steel or aluminufn—as attractive in years to corne as it is today. Like a Wickes building. And no problems after the sale, because it's backed 100% by a strong, dependable company—one that's been serving Americans | for 120 years. v Like a Wickes building. Wickes Buildings A Division of The Wickes Corporation £ Call Collect or Mail Coupon for More Information. KAMI DDS1SS OB HJL *COUKTT_ Jefferson, Maryland BOX 67 • RmU 1. Meuntvill* Rd. (301) 473-5555 ^ rr Wm MACHINERY (Off-Peak) ■ GARAGES/WORKSHOPS 'MACHINERY STORAGE and Mrs. W.A. Layman and family^ of West Point. Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Latham and Mrs. Ethel Hall spent the week end in Woodstock where they visited Mr. and Mrs. Landon Dysert. Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Payne were Saturday evening visitors of Mrs. Sally Mann in McLean. Wednesday night the Paynes, with Mrs. David Streagle of Washington, Va., Mrs. Mann and Vincent Nicholson of McLean and Mrs. John Cloud attended the Hayloft Theatre in Manassas. Guests for the day Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. S.W. Riley were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Newton and children of Brightwood. Mr. and Mrs. D.G. Laing have visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harris in Baltimore several times recently. Mrs. Harris has been ill. □ GASTLETON VIEWTQWN Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Cook and Michael of Culpeper were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Smith. Miss Patricia Coffey of Amissville spent from Thursday through Sunday with her grandparents, the Smiths. Mr. and Mrs. Carson Edwards and Theresa of 'Catlett were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dodson and Mr. and Mrs. Barry Jolliffe. Mrs. Donald Settle and Donnie were Sunday guests of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Acrey Dodson. Mrs. Ellis Smith and Mrs. Charles Dodson visited Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Cook in Culpeper Tuesday. □ Place Your Trust In 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 necessary arrangements with consideration, and in good fas‘e. • GEEST Fuicral Home, Inc. emvate ambulance , CEMETERY MEMORIAL >' *•* lw*llle RmI CaHwfwr. Va. Sfti :'.<a ;

Proposed new beef grades explained IF THE U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) changes the federal beef grading standards as recently proposed, what would it mean to consumers? USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) points out that the changes proposed are not drastic. Nevertheless, agency officials say that the changes could have both long and short range benefits for consumers and would add both precision and efficiency to the production and marketing of beef. John C. Pierce, AMS’s livestock division director, feels the most significant effect would be the long range one — one that could mean extensive reduction in the amount of excess fat on cattle— and on beef. Such reduction could mean substantial savings to both producers and consumers. The cost of producing, shipping, trimming off excess fat on beef now runs to more than $2 billion annually. Much of this cost could be avoided through increased production of “meat type” cattle, the AMS official says. These are cattle which have the inherent ability to produce high quality beef, are thickly muscled, but yet have little excess fat when they reach market weights. Genetic improvement of beef cattle along these lines takes time, says Pierce, but improvement could be hastened if superior meattype cattle receive the recognition and consequently the market prices they merit. SUCH RECOGNITION and pricing would be facilitated through one of the changes proposed in the beef grading system—the proposal to require that whenever beef is graded, it be graded for both quality and yield. USDA yield grades run from 1 to 5 and measure the percentage of trimmed retail cuts. This change would give carcass beef buyers and sellers a more complete and accurate indication of the carcass’s market value. Pricing in accord with this value would encourage production „ and increase the supply of highly desirable beef available tp consumers. The short range effects of the proposed changes would be threefold, says Pierce. There would be (1) slightly leaner beef in the top grades; (2) a redesigned and more restrictive Good grade; and (3) more uniform eating quality in each of the higher grades, Prime, Loose objects in car are dangerous LOOSE OBJECTS inside a vehicle become deadly projectiles when a crashf occurs. “Several crash studies by the Highway Safety Division’s Crash Investigation Team (CIT) illustrate the importance of securing all packages carried inside a vehicle and its trunk,” says John T. Hanna, Division director. Even tires and wheels carried in the trunk can be dangerous if not securely fastened. In one case investigated by tHe CIT, the crash impact sent a loose tire and wheel through the backseat into the passenger compartment and injured a passenger. During another crash the driver’s skull was fractured by a flying tool chest. Damage to the driver’s compartment was not extensive, however, the driver died from head injuries received when the tool chest struck him in the back of the head. The 50 m.p.h. crash impact had turned the tool kit into a weapon. A CIT SPOKESMAN advised motorists how to avoid injuries and accidents caused by flying .projectiles: • If objects must be carried inside the vehicle put them in the rear floor. Try to wedge papkages in the floor between the front and back seats. • Never travel with packages in the rear window. They not only block the driver’s vision but are potentially lethal. Any sudden stops could thrust the packages forward into the passenger area. • Children should never be allowed to travel lying in the rear window. Entering its third year, the CIT investigates selected vehicle crashes to determine causes of accidents and injuries on Virginia highways for research purposes. Team members include an industrial psychologist, clinical psychologist, Virginia State Trooper and a highway engineer. □ WANTED SCRAP CAST IRON Vlteara now paying *2*50 par CWT up 1000 lbs. Ovar 1000 Ibt. *3.00 P»WT. Any QuantHiaa. Oaiivarad to our yard in Cntpapar. Bingham ft Taylor Foundry 825-8334 Culpapar, Virginia r Choice and Good. The first of these—slightly leaner beef in the top grades—would be brought about by changing the marbling-maturity relationships for beef from young cattle under about 30 months of age. PRESENT grade standards operate on the premise that marbling—flecks of fat within the lean — enhances beef eating quality while increasing age has the opposite effect. Therefore, present standards require increasing amounts of marbling with an increase in age. But more recent research has shown that for young animals—those under 30 months of age—advancing age does not have a significant effect on eating quality. Therefore, XJSDA is proposing to reduce the marbling requirements within each grade, but only to the level now required for the youngest beef animals in the grade. Consumers would get slightly leaner beef in the Prime and Choice grades if this change is adopted. The second of short range effects relates only to the Good grade. Ths minimum marbling requirement for Good grade beef would be increased slightly, making the range of quality within the Good grade much narrower than it is now. The results would be a special, very uniform- quality grade of beef which should appeal to consumers who want beef with less internal and surface fat than they get in the Choice grade. The third short-range effect would be increased uniformity and consistency in the eating quality within the Prime, Choice and Good grades of beef. This would be achieved by the proposal to eliminate conformation—shape of the carcass—as a quality grade factor. Conformation has no effect on the eating quality of beef, but does relate to the yield of retail cuts in a carcass and thus to its value. Yield grades, however, are a better measure of. the contribution of conformation to retail value, AMS says. Hence the proposal to drop conformation as a quality grading factor and require that when carcasses are graded they be identified for both quality and yield grade. PIERCE explains that dropping conformation would mean a more uniform quality in each grade because under the present system it is necessary to arrive at a “compromise grade” when quality and conformation differ. For example, a carcass with Prime quality meat, but only Good conformation, is graded as Choice even though it has none of the characteristics of the Choice grade carcass. Dropping conformation would eliminate this form of “compromise grading” and thus increase the uniformity and consistency of the eating quality within each of the grades. AMS is soliciting public comments on' these proposed changes. Consumer comments are invited. They should be sent, in duplicate, to the Office of the Hearing Clerk, Room 112-A, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. Comments must be filed by December 10 and will be available for public inspection.□ ... | - MOYERS MOTOR CO., INC. I Ford & Mercury I | NEW MARKET, VA. j §75 Used Cars & Trucks in stockat all timesi gCALL: Robert G. Dennis — Local Sales Rep. 987-81161 limimiminiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiminiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinimiiniiiiiniiiiiniiiiiniitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiminiiiHinimiiiiniinmiiHiinfUii F-A-L-L FEEDER CATTLE SALES — at — MADISON LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC. Madison Mills, Va. THURSDAY Oct. 24 Nov. 7 7:00 pjn. 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, Va. Wolftown, Va. 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SPERRYVILLE NEWS MRS. B.11. VARNER Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Flora of Raleigh, N.C. were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hawkins and Saturday they attended the University of Virginia-North Carolina State football game in Charlottesville. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Early Sisk were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sisk and Mrs. Edward Wooodward of Orange, Mrs. tJene Jones of Richmond, Mrs' Hazel Jenkins and sons, Greg and Anthony of Manassas, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Rector and children, Junior and Cindy and Mrs. Morris Sisk of .Fredericksburg. Mrs. Lenard Bunting ofDanville was a weekend guest of her mother, Mrs. G.W. Black. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wayland, Cindy Davis and Eddie Wayland were .at the Kennedy Center in Washing More women covered by social security ABOUT 40 percent of married women now work in jobs covered by social security, compared to 30 percent in 1960, according to Mrs. Hazel F. Crumpton, social security district manager in Winchester. Almost 19 million married women have jobs outside their homes compared to 12 1/4 million in 1960, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Nine out of ten jobs are covered by social security. “Working women build social security disability, survivors, retirement, and Medicare protection _ for themselves and their fam- ' ilies,” Mrs. Crumpton said “More married women work now than in 1960 because families are smaller and there are more jobs for women and more day-care facilities for children.” Monthly social security benefits can be paid to a wife on her work record even if her husband keeps working, and if a woman has worked long enough under social security and retires, becomes disabled, or dies, her children can be paid benefits on' her record until they’re 18—or until 22 if they’re fulltime students and remain unmarried. HALF OF all retired women get monthly social security retirement payments on their own record, according to Mrs. Crumpton. If there are any questions, call, write or visit your nearest social security office. The office in Winchester is located at 20 S. Cameron St. The telephone number is 667-1511.□ Energy conference GOVERNOR Mills E. Godwin, Jr., has announced he will hold the State’s first Governor’s Energy Conference in Richmond on November 8. Selected heads of government, industry and commerce will be invited to attend “so that they might become better acquainted with Jhe energy issues facing Virginia and the nation as a whole.’’ According to the Governor, speakers at the Conference will include key officials of the Department of Commerce, Council on Environmental Quality, Federal Energy Administration and Department of Interior. “The public recognizes the essential connection between society’s economic strength and its sources of energy,” said the Governor. Virginians Know mai eneigy, economics and the environment are closely interrelated elements.” Godwin added that the business community is beginning to realize the seriousness of the energy problem. He said that there is still an urgent need for convincing the general public that the energy problem is serious and long range. The Governor also announced that subsequent regional conferences would be conducted by the State Energy Office. He said that . he anticipated these meetings would emphasize the economy, and the environment, stressing the needs for conservation and improved productivity as they relate to energy.□ ATTENTION VOTERS! HAD ENOUGH INFLATION ? HAD ENOUGH DOUBLETALK ? HAD ENOUGH PARDONS, EXCUSES, AND ALIBIS ? YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT ! VOTE DEMOCRATIC ON NOV. 5«> I VOTE GILLIAM FOR CONGRESS! IT'S HIGH TIME FOR A CHANGE ! This ad authorized and paid for by the Democratic County Committee, Ed Bailey, Sr., Treas. _ " PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT__ ton, D.C. Saturday to see the performance ‘ ‘Sherlock Jfolmes. ’ ’ Mrs. Nina B. Brown returned home Saturday after a trip to Florida with *Mr. and Mrs. Roy Williams of Front Royal. They visited Mrs. Brown’s brother, Benny Bruce and Mrs. Bruce in Sarasota, the Busch Gardens, Ringling Brothers Museum and Disneyworld. Enroute home they . visited Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Stansfield in Fayettesville, N.C. Dennis Jenkins is convalescing at dome following surgery at the University of Virginia Hospital. Mrs. Virginia Lewis was a luncheon guest of Mr. and Mrs. Fielding Lewis of Front Royal at Graves Lodge last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Brown and children, Sheri, Rob and Mark spent- Friday and Saturday with Mrs. J.D. Brown in Buena Vista. Bob Brown was accompanied back to the Orange Nursing Home Sunday by Mrs. E.W. Gore, Mrs. A.R. Partlow and Mrs. Maury W. Brown after spending the weekend here. Roy Swindler returned home from Culpeper Memorial Hospital on Wednesday. Dr. Carroll Quaintance was in Newark, N.J. for several days this . week on business. Houseguests from Wednesday to Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Perkins were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Simms who were enroute to their home in Hartsville, S.C. after a tour of the west. W.M. Wright of Spotsylvania was also a guest from Thursday until Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Wright and daughter, Brandy and Mr. and Mrs. Billy Pullen of Fredericksburg joined them Sunday. - Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Jones and daughter, Barbara of Richmond were guests Sunday of Mrs. A.W. Sisk. Visitors Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Coffey, Jr. and Mrs. Perle Coffey were Raymond Rector and James Nelson Rector of Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Goodman of Richmond and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Rector of Flint Hill. Mrs. Coffey, Sr. entered Lynn Care Center in Front Royal Monday. Mrs. Lois Smith and her brother, Arthur McLean of Greenville, Tenn. were guests for several days of their cousin, Mrs. Lee Swindler and son, Bill and other relatives. Guests during the weekend of Mrs. Ruby Dwyer and family were Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Shade of Falls Church, Charles Dwyer, Jimmy and Patty Dwyer of Woodbridge. Mrs. Catherine Brown was a weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Payne in Fairfax. She was accompanied home Sunday by Sandra Wayland and Julian Brown. Beverly Brown spent from Thursday to Sunday with her father, Benny Brown in Winchester. Mr. and Mrs. George Devers of Front Royal were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Devers. Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Lyneandson, David visited the Mormon Temple in Washington, D.C. Friday. Mrv and Mrs. Lyne were dinner guests Friday evening of Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Lyne of Newark. Del. at their summer home in Orange. Mrs. G. L. 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Farm population total 9.5 million THE NATION’S farm population was estimated to total 9.5 million persons in April 1973 according to an annual report released by the Bureau of the Census and the Economic Research Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The Bureau is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Social and Economic Statistics Administration. The 1973 estimate suggests that the Nation’s farm population may have stabilized during the 197073 period for the first time since the mid - 1940’s, when returning veterans and released defense workers temporarily checked the long - term farm population decline. The proportion of the total U. S. population on farms was 4.5 percent in 1973 compared to 4.8 percent in 1970 and 4.6 percent in 1971 and 1972. Because of sampling variability, the differences in the farm population are not statistically significant in any of these years. During 1970-73, the farm population of blacks and other racial minorities declined by about one fourth, while the white farm population remained about the same. In April 1973, there were about 684,000- persons of the black and other races still on farms, compared with an estimated 938,000 in 1970. For whites, the farm population total was an estimated 8.8 million in both 1973 and 1970. THE FARM population continues to grow older. During 1960-73, the share of the farm population 65 years old and over rose from 8 to 12 percent. At the same time, the share of farm children who were 14 and under declined from 32 to 23 percent, due in part to the Nation’s declining birth rate. Males outnumbered females living on farms by about 352,000 in 1973. The sex ratio in the farm population was 108 males to each 100 females as compared with 92 males to each 100 females in the nonfarm civilian population. The unemployment rate was low among farm residents. In 1973, only 1.9 percent of the labor force living NEW SUBSCRIBERS NEW AND renewing subscribers to the Rappahannock News include Katherine Evans, Wayne Eastham, Frank Kinsey, Robert Thornhill, Mrs. Robert Fogle, T.C. Lea, Jr., Mrs. Lawrence Leavell, Mrs. William Dewhir st, Virgie G latterbuck, Thomas Brown, Mrs. Thelma Crane, Sam Smith, Nora Groover, Nina Dodson, Scott Moore, Mrs. Rhoda Kight and J. Clifford Miller III. ' . . Others are Edward Malcolm, Mary M. Dick, William Carson, Mrs. Annie Cooke, Mrs. Jerry Campbell, John H. Williams, Mrs. Jesse Ward, Mrs. Louis Harlow, Kay Lawrence, Francis Bruce Jr., Lawrence French, I.B. Hermann, Mrs. Walter Jones, Eugene G. Cook and Russell Grimsley. Additional ones are John Kaiser, Helen Snead, Lewis Butler, Raymond Hawkins, Wiley Barrington, Mrs. Helen Dawson, Mrs. Dorothy Beck, Mrs. Ethel Compton, Bruce Clinedest, Weston Deal, Mrs. Robert Rodgers, Roger Tornegen, Mrs. A.R. Partlow, Roy Alther, Henry M. Dennis, Edith Jackson, Lyle Updike, Arthur Kerkoude, Lloyd Schaeffer and Mayo Stuntz. On the list are Rev. Ronald Wiley, Lewis Corbin, James Rodier, Jerry Curtis, Louis Smedley.E.N. Montague, Mrs. G.L. Warren, Mrs. Mary Clater, David Punzelt, Ko ger Kidwell, Robert Brown, C.C. Kuhn Jr., E.L. Weakley, C.H. Thomas, Albert Ward, T.P. Tupper, Mrs. G.W. Smith Jr., Joseph Gildenhorn, Benjamin Jacobs, John Partlow, Katherine Oettinger and Flint Hill Stone Co. In addition are Ella Rhee Rowzie, Lee Payne, Mrs. Peter Powell, Miss Catherine King, Carl Hofer, Fauquier Red Cross, E.J. Hitt, D. Lyle Miller, Jr., Second National Bank of Culpeper, Mrs. Julia Settle, Mrs. H.T. Miller, F.C. Welty, Mrs. James Kilpatrick, H.B. Barnes, Donald Keyser, Oliver Durnat II, Catholic Rectory, Culpeper and Mrs. Carson Lillard. Others are Mrs. Shirley Foster, 2 years; M.W. Kilby, Mrs. Lula Wigenton, D.G. Laing, Mrs. Lewis Tyus Jr., Sue M. Deal, Mrs. Dorcas Kuser, C.F. Settle, A.Y. Stokes, Clifton Jenkins, Dolan Jenkins, Donald B. Williams, Nina B. Brown, Ann Spieker, John R. Wigington, Leslie Smith and Charles Seib. We heard from J.E. Clayton, Robert L. Hawkins, Gibson Wharton, Mrs. Roy Whorton, Raymond Hanken, Ronald S. Clark, James R. Wood, Walter W. Jones, Ruth Diederian, Mrs. Ben Jolliffee, L.S. Pattishall, Patrick Carrigan, Arthur E. Town, Pat Lawler and James R. Foster.□ J EARLY’S CARPET SALES & SERVICE vANNUAL f ALL SALE NOW In PROCRESS LARGE DISPLAY OF NATIONALLY KNOWN BRANDS IMPORTED ORIENTALS ALSO REMNANTS Featuring barwick patcraft masland mohawk ALEXANDER SMITH RESIDENTIAL commercial BUDGET TERMS CUSTOM DRAPERIES - SLIPCOVERS (MADE LOCALLY) CUSTOM & STOCK WINDOW SHADES WALL-TO-WALL CARPET INSTALLATIONS VISIT OUR SHOWROOM OR CALL, r uk EXPERT RUG CLEANING SHOP AT HOME SERVICE Call 937-4404 or 825-8232 - 198 S. Main St.. Culpeper, Va. (Rt. 2W Amissutlle, Va. r on farms was unemployed; the comparable rate for the nonfarm civilian population was 5.3 percent. About 4.5 million of 1973 farm residents 14 years of age and over were in the labor force. Only about one - half of these worked in agriculturally related jobs and the other half at nonfarm jobs, with about 84,000 unemployed. At the same time, about 40 percent of ail workers employed in agriculture in 1973 did not live on farms. MEDIAN family income of the farm population was $10,045 in 1973 compared with $12,151 for nonfarm families. About 15 percent of farm families had in comes of less than $4,000 compared with 10 percent of nonfarm families. The proportion of farm families of black and other races below the low - income level is about four times higher than that of the white farm families. The figures for this report were developed from the monthly Current Population Survey. Copies of the report, “Farm Population of the United States, 1973,” Series P-27, No. 45, areavailable at 45 cents from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 20402, or from Department of Commerce District Offices in major cities. Self-defense workshop A “SELF-DEFENSE Workshop for Women” will be sponsored by the Northern Piedmont Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, November 2. The threehour session in basic self-defense will be taught at 305 N. Main St. (above Addie’s Beauty Budget Shop). The price of the class is $2 and $1 for students. Mary Ann McCarthy, who has been teaching practical defenses against assault for several years to NOW participants at the regional and national levels and to women in five different federal government agencies, will be the instructor. Ms. McCarthy holds the blue belt in karate, which, only is about halfway up-the ladder to an expert’s black belt, but she earned the blue belt at the age of 50. She went off to karate school about eight years ago when she said crime was rising at an alarming rate in the Washington, D. C.,area. She described herself as “an independent person who refuses to be intimidated.” Although she has taken courses in karate, judo and akido, Ms. McCarthy stresses that the workshop will be “a passive kind of training” with age or physical condition presenting no barriers. RE - OPENED Washington House of Antiques Washington, Va. on old Route 211 near Lake Motel Antique Pieces (Former Art Shop) Bri Open Saturdays & Sundays, Noon to 6 PJ. Bill Kelly - Furniture Finisher on site William Corrigan, Prop. 675-3527 OUR GIFT TO YOU For helping our new store in the South Gate Shopping Center, we are offering you $1.00 OFF on any pair of shoes with this coupon. 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Cindy Cumins THE FIRST grading period at R.C.H.S. is over and report cards will be given out Wednesday. Hopefully, that’s good news for most. R.C.H.S. held its first two home cross country meets at Blue Rock Farm this past Thursday and Tuesday. Thursday the Rappahannock Panthers ran against Page and William Monroe ending up with first place and a perfect score of 15. Ronnie Nicholson ran a fine race coming in first, with Bill Taylor finishing second, Raymond Groves third and Jerry Thomas fourth. Tuesday, the Panthers again ran away with first place and another perfect score of 15. Competing against Page and Montevideo, Bill Taylor came in first with a time of 13.01 breaking his old record for that course. Jerry Thomas came in second, Ronnie Nicholson third, Clifton Jenkins fourth, Raymond Groves fifth and Donnel Carter sixth. Congratulations again guys, we’re really proud of you! Some members of the annual staff made a trip to Woodstock last week to make plans for this year’s annual. A theme and a cover has been decided upon, both guaranteed to be "reany amerent.” If you’re curious you’ll have to remain in suspense; it’s all a secret ’till annuals come out. The selling of patron ads has already started to help pay for the print - ing. # , The Creative Writing Club which was started by Mrs. Linda Toth held it’s second meeting Wednesday. Many of the members are submitting their works for possible publication in a current poetry contest...hopefully some hidden talent may be discovered. The National Hgnor Society is planning it’s yearly N.H.S. hike for October 27. They’ll be hiking up Big Devil’s Stairs. Don’t forget about patron ads— buy one if you haven’t already... and if you have, be sure to sell one to a friend. □ FASHION SHOW There will be a fall fashion show at Rappahannock Elementary School on Saturday, October 26, at 5 p.m. It is sponsored by the Rappahannock Homemakers Club, Sperryville to benefit the Rappahannock Recreation Center.□ attention COUNTRY CUPBOARDS, your county cabinet shop, is changing one of their telephone numbers effective this Saturday, October 5th .. . DON’T call us at 675-3719; instead use 675-3473 or 9878313 ... We would like to thank you for your continued patronage and remind you that we are happy to estimate your needs in furniture buildup and repair, kitchens and other interior built-in cabinetry, custom mill-work, and general joinery. COUNTRY CUPBOARDS R. PALMER andG. LYMAN, Proprietors P.O. BOX 23 JETT oik/GAY STREETS ’ ’ WASHINGTON, VA. NEW LOCATION 9-12 Noon Monday, Thursday, Friday 138 So. Main Sf. Culpeper, Va. MORIS: 25-0551 and 825-8480 . P. lewis, Pharmacist and Hearing Aid Specialist Hearing Problem ? Let me help you choose the Zenith Hearing Aid that's best for you. > The quality goee in before the name gate on. Hoorina Aids A closer look at Laurel Hill which will be open for the annual house tour this weekend shows the ornate wrought iron railings used on the spacious porches which was formerly on the old Waverly Hotel in Culpeper. Three homes will be opened for the tour and the sale of dried flower arrangements will take place at Trinity Church parish hall in Washington. Wrecks reported HEAVY traffic viewing the autumn foliage resulted in only one collision Sunday on Route 211 west of Sperryville. Involved in the mishap was a 74 Dodge driven by William James Strickland of Shenandoah Valley Academy, New Market and a 72 Plymouth operated by John William Dailey of Alexandria. According to Trooper R.A. Baines, the Plymouth was turning left into the Parkway Gift Shop lot when the Dodge attempted to pass. Dailey, driver of the Plymouth, was cited for failing to yield the right-of-way. Damage to each vehicle was estimated at $400 by officer Baines.□ TWO VEHICLES sideswiped Monday morning on Route 647 east of Flint Hill and the occupant of one was slightly injured. According to Trooper R.D. Irvine, Patrick- Lawler of Flint Hill in -a 71 Datsun pickup and David Stalker of Amissville in a 68 Ford were involved. Lawler sustained cuts on the forehead and bruised ribs. Both vehicles were totaled and no charges were placed, said the officer. Wednesday morning east of Sperry ville on Route 211 Meredith Knapp of Shenandoah operating a 1967 Volkswagen lost control of the vehicle and overturned. She sustained lacerations of th^e head and bruised ribs, according to Trooper R.A. Baines. She was cited for defective equipment. □ Bridge party Mrs. Fred W. Schaefer entertained the Sperryville Bridge Club on Friday night at her home. Guests included Mrs. E. N. Montague, Mrs. W.H. Cordle, Mrs. Brown Miller, Mrs. Mary Quaintance, Mrs. R.E. Thompsen, Mrs. R.E. Wood, Mrs. L.J. Kilby, Mrs. Roy L. Reeve, Mrs. Charles H. Estes, Mrs. Frank Tabler, Mrs. Dale Metzinger and Mrs. L.M. Carter. Prize winners were Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Kilby, Mrs. Reeve and Mrs. Estes. □ Hew and Used Cars and Trucks PIEDMONT -i Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, Inc. SI4 N. Main St. Phona 825-2161 Culptptr, Va.

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BOSTON NEWS BY MRS. MARIE ATKINS Mr. and Mrs. George Butler Jr. and Lisa were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. George Butler. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Johnson of Fayetteville, N.C. spent several days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Cary Thornhill. Billy Wheeler and son of Fairfax were visitors Saturday in the Thornhill home. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mattison of Charlottesville were Saturday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Powers and visited Mrs. Russell Hudson and infant daughter in Culpeper Hospital. Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Frazier were Mr. and Mrs. Holtzmaq Frazier and son James of Fredericksburg. Conrad Leake was in Charlottesville Monday for a checkup. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leake were Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Racer of Stevenson. Johnny Fincham of Winchester was a Friday visitor of the Leakes. Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Carter and daughter, Mrs. Dwight Chapin of Front Royal were visitors Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston and had lunch at Holiday Christmas Show tour A TRIP to the Southern Christmas Show in Charlotte, N.C. is scheduled for Wednesday, November 13, and Thursday, November 14, sponsored by the Extension Offices of Planning District 9. The show will be held in the Charlotte Merchandise Mart and will include demonstrations, displays and exhibits. -Two buses are chartered to take passengers from Rappahannock, Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange and Madison counties. There will be a limit of 18 people from each county and reservations will be taken for the first 18 who register. A resume of the trip follows: Depart Culpeper at 8 a.m. November 13. Take your lunch with you and a drink will be provided. Dinner in Charlotte on your own. The Christmas Shop will be open until 10 p.m. Motel accommodations made for you for the night Next morning breakfast on your own with Christmas show from 10 a.m. until noon. Lunch and return on bus with dinner on return trip. Arrive Culpeper about 9p.m. Thursday, November 14. COST OF the trip is $33 per person and includes bus fare, motel and one meal. Reservations may be made by contacting Mrs. Paul Miller, Flint Hill, Va. 22627 and must be in by November 1. For information call the Rappahannock Extension Office 6753619 or Mrs. Miller in the evenings 675-3375.□ NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Notice is hereby given that The Potomac Edison Company on July 19, 1974, filed with the State Corporation Commission of Virginia an application requesting a temporary increase in the rates charged for electric service. This temporary increase was granted by the Commission and became effective for all service rendered on and after August 1, 1974. The Company filed a second application for a further increase in rates on a permanent basis on August 20, 1974. The Commission has suspended the effective date of these proposed rates and has scheduled a hearing on both the temporary and permanent applications in its Courtroom, Blanton Building, Richmond, Virginia, at 10:00 A.M. on February 10, 1975. The temporary increase will remain in effect until the staff of the Commission has investigated the reasonableness of the proposed rates, the public hearing has been held, and a final decision as to the necessity for an increase has been rendered by the Commission. If the temporary increase should be determined to be excessive, then the excess amount that has been collected will be refunded with interest by the Company. If the Commission finds that a rate increase is needed, then it will order the surcharge terminated and will authorize the Company to increase its rates in the amount found reasonable. The Company has been directed to file with file Commission the testimony and exhibits of the witnesses it proposes to offer in support of its applications by December 16, 1974. This material may be reviewed after that date in the office of the Commission or at any office of the Company where electric bills may be paid. The staff of the Commission has been directed to undertake an investigation to determine the reasonableness of the Company’s rates and to file the testimony and exhibits of its witnesses by January 15, 1975, and this material may be reviewed at the office of the Commission after that date. Any person who expects to participate at the public hearing as a protestant to offer evidence and to cross examine witnesses shall file a Notice of Protest as provided by the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, on or before November 29, 1974. Also, each person who proposes to participate as a protestant shall, on or before January 20, 1975, file a Protest, together with ten copies of all prepared testimony and exhibits which such person expects to offer, and .hill serve a copy thereof upon counsel for the Company and upon all other protestants requesting same. The Notice of Protest, Protest, and pre-filed testimony and exhibits shall be filed with the Commission’s Clerk at the below listed address. Any interested person who desires to attend the hearing as an intervener, or general public witness, and to make a statement in his own behalf need only (i) notify the Commission in writing by filing a notice thereof with William C. Young, Clerk, P.O. Box 1197, Richmond, Virginia 23209 and (ii) appear in the Commission’s Courtroom at 9:45 A.ll. on February 10, 1975, and complete a Bodce-of-^pearance form to be provided by the Commission’s Bailiff. HIE POTOMAC EDISON COMPANY Inn, Culpeper. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Karnes of Culpeper visited the Johnstons that evening. Mrs. Bee Butler, Mrs. Cary Thornhill joined by Mrs. A.B. Honts of Front Royal spent Tuesday in Buchanan. Mrs. Butler and Mrs. Thornhill were over night guests of Mrs. Hontz. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hawkins and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Duncan for the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. William Hawkins of Alexandria. Mrs. Fred Jenkins, Mrs. Gid Jenkins accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Brown of Culpeper spent Monday in Winchester. . The Rev. Percy Bane spent the weekend in Covington. Mrs< Bane and Miss Nina jenkins spent Saturday in Lexington. Sunday visitors of Mrs. Bane were the Rev. and Mrs. Forman and family of Elkton. Mr. and Mrs. James Peyton and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Estes in Lignum Sunday. Si Sez IS PROFANITY PROPER? I am disturbed by the excessive use of profanity in our modern culture. Culture? Oh, we ve polished it up a bit arid call cuss words EXPLETIVES. I was talking with a friend (I hope he is still my friend) the other day and we were talking about this subject. He said ‘ he got in the habit of using a certain cuss word because he worked in the construction of a hydroelectric dam. It seems that this massive structure gave him a sense of awe and he spoke of it with a kind of reverence. Anyway, reference to this dam became a part of his vocabulary, and when it was no longer necessary to refer to it as part of his work, he kept using it with the addition of an “N .1 quoted this old saw: “Profanity is the badge of an intellectual cripple who cannot express himself adequately in any other manner. That does not fit him, he is an intellegent person. What good is cursing? Who has the power to damn except God. Sir Walter Scott said: “Dinna curse him, sire; I have heard it said that a curse is like a stone flung up to heaven, and most likely to fall on the head of him that flung it.” James says that the tongue is a very offensive member of the human body. It can cuss up a storm or it can bring cheer to a broken spirit. So, let us use our tongues wisely. “If wisdom’s ways you widely seek, Five things observe with care: Of whom you speak, to whom you speak, And how, and when, and where.”□ PUBLIC AUCTION Form Machinery & Household Merchandise Saturday October 19th, 1974, 10:00 A.M. Sharp, Rain or Shine. Have Sold My Farm and Must Sell Merchandise Below To Highest Bidder. From Washington,' Va., Take Route 211 east to (Jrlean Road, Route 688, 11 Miles to Route 734, Approximately 2/10 Mile to Farm. 3000 Ford Tractor (A-l Cond.) ^ #710 Ford Rear Scraper Blade, 3 pt. mien #909 5’ Ford Bushog (A-l Cond.) Vicon Lely Acrobat Hay Rake “JLl£Te New #501 Ford Mower 7’ Blade - Like New I.H. #45 Hay Bailer <A-1 Cond.) JLot Misc. Dishes & Cooking Utensils Several Odd Couches & Chairs Lot End Tables & Coffee Tables Wood Dining Table & Chairs (Walnut) 2 pc. Living Room Suite Radio Record Player Gas Bush Saw Roll Barbwire Roll Black Polyethlene Plaster Pipe Several Metal Fence Post Lot Hand Tools Lot Mechanics Tools Mechanics Tool Box Lot Electric Lamps Bedroom Suite .3/4 Bed Dresser . Server (Walnut) Lot Odd Chairs Skeet Trap TERMS: Cash . Lot Misc. Items Not Listed Lunch OWNER: Robert Henry Hume, Virginia AUCTIONEER: Col. Tom W. Reese Auction C<

WASHINGTON NEWS By Elizabeth Streagle Mrs. H. M. Keyser was the guest from Thursday until Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Nightengale in Wil* and Mrs. L. H. Nightengale in Williamsburg and attended a dinner at the lodge for residents of the city prior to 1934. She spent from Sunday until Tuesday with her son and daughter - in - law Mr. and Mrs. Magruder Keyser and sons in Clifton. Mrs. Jesse L. Ward with Mrs. C.O. Raymond of Warrenton and 22 members of the Falls Church Homemakers Club toured the Mormon Temple in Kensington, Md. Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kirchhoff of Boynton Beach, Fla. are visiting Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Kuhn. Mrs. W.M. Fletcher spent several days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Nick Slater in Richmond. Mrs. Jessie Fincham is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Roy Streets in Culpeper this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Triplett of Castleton accompanied Mrs. A.H. Keyser to Charlottesville Sunday to visit Mr. Keyser who is a patient at University of Virginia Hospital. Weekend guests ofMr.andMrs. Sperryville Sewer From Page 1 represent a significant tax base for the county, representatives of the Sperry ville Community Group said. They also noted that a sewage treatment and disposal system for Sperry ville did not have to include a potential for growth. The village is located in a flood - plain and county ordinances prevent future development in floodplains. The engineering firm of Hayes, Seay, Mattern and Mattern had included Sperryville when they prepared a regional water quality management plan, which they presented to the Rappahannock-Rapidan Planning District Commission in December. They suggested in that plan that Sperryville construct a “sewage stabilization pond” near the confluence of the North and South Fork of the Thornton River. RAPPAHANNOCK delegates to the regional planning commission, Pete Luke and Fanning Baumgardner, pointed out that such a treatment method was not approved by the State Water Control Board and also that the cost would be out of proportion to Sperryville’s needs and means. Luke and Baumgardener suggested instead a plan proposed by General Daniel Noce, in which the Sperryville Community Group could buy or lease land at a higher location for installation of several community septic fields. Possibly in response to charges by Rappahannock’s delegates, the consulting engineers backed off from their own proposals and called their document only a “statement of need” which recognized Sperryville as a unique case. Later, the State Water Control Board also acknowledged that the situation of small communities like Sperryville deserved special consideration and let a contract with the Mitre Corporation to study alternative solutions. Sperryville was one of four communities in the state to be studied. □ BAKE SALE There will be a food and bake sale this Saturday, October 19, at Sperry ville Emporium beginning at 10 a.m. for the benefit of Woodville Extension Homemakers Club. Charles C. Burke were Miss Marilyn Crawford and Jennings Burke of Alexandria, Mr. and Mrs. William Hershey of Bristol, Pa. and Gary Hershey of Arlington. Thursday night guests of the Allie Huff family were Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Keyser of Winchester. Saturday Mrs. Huff visited Sidney Perry in Culpeper and Mrs. Frank Jenkins of Fairfax who was his weekend guest. Edward Huff spent the weekend at home returning to Fairfax on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Weakley returned home Wednesday after spending a week in Lancaster, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dean of Danville were luncheon guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Buntin. Saturday supper guests of Mrs. L.J. Turner were Dr. and Mrs. John Turner, Mary, Lewis and Will of Warrenton and Mrs. Mary Lea. Miss Tricia Niskanen entertained Saturday night at a cookout and overnight for ten friends from Springfield. Guests for the weekend of Mrs. Gabe Burke were Mr. and Mrs. Rannie Burke and sons, Mrs. Leoman Owens, Kathy, Sherry and Beverley, all of Manassas, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Taylor and Debbie of Maryland and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Burke and Jeff. Col. and Mrs. Richard Oliver and Mr. and Mrs. Padriac Burke of Arlington were visitors Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Baines and.sons. Sunday afternoon guests of Mrs. Sarah Latham were Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Kephart and Mrs. C.C. Cockerill of Herndon. Mrs. Guy Burke hadasSaturday evening guests Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burke and Richie of Culpeper. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kite of Shenandoah were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Jones. Mrs. Arne Olsen, and children Arne Edward and Rebecca Byrd of Concord arrived Monday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Jones at Delamore. Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Hodges of Chesapeake spent several days this week with Mrs. B.M. Miller. Mrs. Newbill Miller and Hodge Miller spent the weekend in New THE OPPORTUNITY INDUSTRY Because of the ever-expanding demand for furniture the year-round, stock brokers and financial magazines recommend the furniture industry as a top investment opportunity. The same demand makes more Keiler jobs with good pay and plenty of security. CALL OR VISIT THE PERSONNEL OFFICE OF CULPEPER 703-825-1201 Haven, Conn, and Paramus, N.J. Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Moffett and Mrs. Craig Welling spent Saturday as the guests of Page Moffett in Charlottesville and attended the UVA-NC State Homecoming football game. Saturday night and Sun - day Mr. and Mrs. Moffett and Mrs. Welling spent as guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Moffett III and daughter, Holly in Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Clark and granddaughter, Edie Eastham spent the weekend at Shenandoah River Bend. Mrs. Edgar Pullen had as her guest for the week Mrs. John Brady of Charlottesville. AN R C QUALITY TMCATRC ?Last Times Tonight 2 Shows At 7 & 9 P.M. 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RATES: Six cents per word for first insertion; 75( minimum charge, cash with order. Five cents per word each additional insertion same copy. If billed, add 25 cent booking charge. Cards of Thanks 75< minimum. In Memoriams $1.00 minimum. Cash must accompany cards of thanks and memoriams. Labrador puppies. AKC reg. 6 weeks. Champions both sides. 675-3492. Handmade Items—Sunday, October 20, 1974—Irving Sisk, Washington, Va. 10-17-p MOBILE FIXIT Service—Will repair most anything large or small broken in your home or farm. Calls received at 825-1848. tfk Will baby sit in my home in Washington, Va.—Mrs. Nellie Mitchell. 10-17-p Firewood for sale—call evenings. 675-3666. 10-17k Practically new Massie-Ferguson grain and fertilizer drill for sale. Alton Morrison, Front Royal, Va. Phone 635-4287. 10-17-k CLEANING OUT PONDS, building ponds, clearing and discing, building roads, digging basements, dragline or any kind of earth moving work. Call 937-4467, 6753218 or 937-4082. 10-31-p FOR RENT-SMALL HOUSE, completely modern, preferably mature couple. Phone weekends 987-8455 or write 2140 Lilly Pond Drive, Falls Church 22043. tfk YARD SALE—Saturday and Sunday October 19 and 20—1 1/2 miles North of Washington, Va. on Fodderstack Road. Bottles, glassware, old 12 ga. shot gun, appliances, furniture, curtains, rugs—children and adult clothes, pictures, jewelry, 2 battery-operated cars and other misc. items, old and new, also pots and crocks. 10 til 5— rain date 26th and 27th. 6753608, Ruth F. Clark 10-17-p Wanted: Caretaker position or work on beef farm; reliable married man, experienced. House needed. Call 347-7358. clO/16 FOR SALE—12 week old pigs. Call 987-8324. 10-24-p Lost one red female fox hound in Viewtown area. Please call 9878256. Jack Bruce 10-17-k FOR SALE—Model 10-A commercial Gravely 10 HP 30-inch mower with rotary plow and tiller attachments. $700. 675-3253 after 6 p.m. MASONRY CONTRACTOR—Will do brick, block, flagstone, fireplaces, veneer, outdoor grills, patios and retaining walls. Can supply refer-, ences. John R. Eastham, Washington, Va. 675-3257. tfk Tree surgery, pruning and removal. Painting interior and exterior. Free estimates. Call Pat and Bob, 703-937-4977. Fauquier Laundry—Riding Apparel & Horse Blankets our Specialty. Warrenton, Va. 347-2231. ARTIFICIAL BREEDING—Beef and Dairy Cattle. Will go any place. 675-3539. Apricot poodle puppies. AKC, 7 weeks. 703-635-5337. 10-17-k FOR SALE—Ear corn. Call before 7:30 a.m. or after 9 p.m. except Tuesdays. 987-8167. 11-7-k FOR SALE — Starcraft camper, used four times. Freezer, nearly new-Pipe rack for half ton Chevy or GMC. Crypt type cemetery lot, Falls Church. 937-4507. 10-17-p REAL ESTATE CARIBOU RIDGE: 25 plus acres gently rolling up to Shenandoah National Park. Nicely landscaped around 2 story lodge. Fully furnished including equipped kitchen, full bath & large franklin stove. Fenced garden, spring, stream and excellent views. $60,000 with owner financing. HISTORICAL: 9 room brick manor house circa 1830 with 6 fireplaces & 3 baths. Located on 10 acres this home is in excellent condition for restoration. Property includes attached summer kitchen, 3 barns, old house and good tenant house. State road frontage. $105,000 - excellent terms. SLATE MILLS: 8 room, 3 story dwelling with hard surface road frontage. Needs work & includes 2 acres. $16,900 owner financing. SLATE MILLS: 48.5 acres with long frontage on Hughes River. Good variety of open and wooded areas with timber value. Deeded access from state road. $44,500 with excellent owner financing. CASTLETON: Partially completed home on over 5 acres with state road frontage. Good potential with dropping costs of building materials. $24,500 - terms. SPERRYVILLE, VIRGINIA 987-8640 WOMEN’S SOCIETY The Women’s Society of Flint Hill United Methodist Church will meet Monday, October 21 with Mrs. Peggy Clark at 7:30 p.m.O Cooking potatoes whole, with the skins on, and with as little water as possible will lessen nutrient losses, according to Virginia Tech Extension specialists. PLEASE NOTE—The phone numbers for Country Cupboards, Washington, Va. are 675-3473 or 987-8313. They were previously listed wrong. The News regrets the error. NOTICE — Washington House of Antiques has re-opened in the former art building on old Route 211 near Lake Motel. Open Saturday and Sunday, Noon til 6 p.m. William Carrigan, proprietor. Bill Kelly, furniture finisher. Phone 675-3527. Loader-Backhoe Work wantedBasements, clearing and grading; footings, ditching, septic systems, etc. William Magee 675-3610. 11-28-k YAMAHA SALES & SERVICE. Hie Cycle Center, Culpeper, Va. Phone 825-6480. tfk Garage Sale 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, October 26 — Rain or shine. Household furniture and other items. Rt. 628, 1/4 mile off Fodderstack. Phone 675-3562. 10-24-k YOGA ORIENTED exercise classes starting September 30. Joyce Kramer, Washington, Va. 6753625. Riding lessons available in Flint Hill area, all ages—English, Western, Trail, Endurance riding, horsemanship, showmanship, beginning, intermediate, intermediate advanced. Call Jean Lillard 675-3661 or Joan Welch, 6753425. MADISON LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC. October 12, 1974 Steers and Feeder Calves . 21.00 $33.50 Cows. Heifers. Bulls. Veal Calves. Hogs..... Sows. Baby Calves, bh. 12.00$21.50 19.00125.00 23.00 $28.00 25.00 $40.50 34.00 $40.25 24.00 $30.00 15.00 $40.00 We Can Supply All Your BUILDING NEEDS CULPEPER BUILDING & SUPPLY CORP. Phone VA5-8383 Culpeper School Menu Rappahannock Elementary Monday, October 21 Hot dogs/buns Sweet Potatoes Green Peas Applesauce Milk Tuesday, October 22 Sapghetti/meat sauce Coleslaw Apple pie Bread/butter Milk Wednesday, October 23' Vegetable soup/crax Peanut butter/jelly sandwiches Apricots Cookie Milk Thursday, October 24 Barbecue/buns Potato chips String Beans Fruit Jello Milk Friday, October 25 Fish sticks Mashed potatoes Mixed greens Peaches Bread/butter Milk For Sale at Jim Carpenter Co., Madison, Va. Yallow Pine Lumber Rough or Dressed as low as $140 Thousand. 1/2” Plywood, $160 Thousand. 2x4 Studs, $161 Thousand. 5/8 Particle Board, $90 Thousand. These may be the lowest prices this year. Call Collect 948-4460 or 948-4322. i—AUTOPARTS—1 Russell Automotive Company 732 E. Main St. Luray, Virginia Phone: 743-4551 ■i r \ nm i*ajjjj^viYM'i'i'iv>>riiTiriij'j;Mwr<^Tr<T CANTON CONSTRUCTION CONP. Amissville, Va. •Heavy Equipment Work■ Roads, Ponds, Septic Systems •Concrete Workmtn, Patios, Floors, Footings PHONES: 937-3521 or 937-4909 COMPLETE ONE-STOP Building Supply Hardware Paint Millwork Lumber WARRENTON BUILDING MATERIAL CO.. INC. ON THE BY-PASS WARRENTON Phone 347-1400