Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 2 · column 2 of 2 · from the scan, no model involved
RAPPAHANNOCK, AS ONE OF the most rural counties in the Northern Piedmont, is especially fastidious in considering dog fund claims. For one think, the county contains a lot of sheep, a prime victim of rogue canines.
So Dog Warden Jack Bruce was especially careful in his report to the March 4 meeting of the Board of Supervisors. He submitted a claim for one ewe and one lamb, placed by Dabney Eastham, without comment. Chairman Pete Luke of the Board of Supervisors was intrigued by the lack of comment on the claim.
“A dog was chasing the sheep,” said Bruce, “and when this one ewe came into the bam, a lamb was in the process of being bom. It died after being bora, and later the ewe died too.” But. “No dog ever had a-holt of her, so that’s why I didn’t sign it. Mr. Eastham will swear the dog was chasing the sheep, and I can see where that caused it. But the dog never got to it.” The Supervisors appreciated the fine distinction. Said Supervisor H. B. Wood, “Our policy is not to honor this type of claim unless the owners actually appear before us and give us some good reasons for doing so.”
IN REPLY TO a question about what happened to the dog, Bruce said he’d found the owner: “I gave the man his dog back, provided he got out of the county by sundown. He hasn’t been seen since.” So Dabney Eastham’s claim was turned down “for lack of evidence, ’ with the stipulation that the Supervisors would be willing to listen to further testimony about the case if Eastham cares to attend the next Board of Supervisors’ meeting and pursue the matter.
87.1%