Rappahannock News, December 16, 1976

Landfill permit denied Appeals Board turns down Updikes AFTER a second try at a public hearing—the first attempt was terminated by legal questions— and after hearing almost four hours of testimony, the Rappahannock Board of Zoning Appeals rejected a use permit application by E.B. and Ruth Updike, to operate a landfill on 36.92 acres on Route 522 between Culpeper and Sperryville. ■* A resolution supported by all Board members concluded that the "site is unsuitable for its intended use,” and referred the request back to the Board of Supervisors for “appropriate resolution.” Fanning Baumgardner, the county engineer who conducted an investigation of the proposed site, reported that he thought only about five acres of the sight “might” be suitable for a landfill. Baumgardner told Zoning Appeals Board members that his findings were “pretty much the same” as those of H.G. Epperson, soil extension specialist with the Agronomy Department at VPI. Epperson had concluded that only three or four acres might be suitable. Nearby landowners, however, thought that the entire site was unfeasible, and through their attorneys, and in personal testimony, they outlined their objections at length. THE LEGAL point that had led to abrupt termination of the first hearing in October was mentioned again at the outset of last Thursday’s meeting—whether or not the Updikes, as contract owners, were legally entitled to seek a use per mit. Attorneys for objectors, Francis Greene and John Mears, maintained that only the owner of the property could get a use permit, and that if granted, the use permit could not be transferred to anyone else. Arguments about this point continued throughout the hearing, but in the interests of seeking a determination from the Board, were not allowed to interfere with the proceedings. Board member H.L. Man waring asked at the outset of the hearing, “Are we sure everything is legal?” “We’re never sure of that,” replied chairman J.M. Gardner. “Then I want to go home again,” Manwaring joked. (Commonwealth’s Attorney See Page 8 ..inn.. ..«j.. }. -. Proclaiming the Bicentennial year is the barn on the property of Mr. and Mrs.jOren D. Bruton near Castleton. The~polonial flag and dates are painted on the roof 4f ihe building in vivid red, white and blue. | Teachers ask for $300 a year raise By DAPHNE McCULLOUGH RAPPAHANNOCK County teachers are asking for a $300 a year salary increase at each pay step for the coming school year, according to Rappahannock Education Association representative, Lynne Baines. At the same time, Superintendent O. A. Norton reported that state money for education to the county will be cut by $74,000, if the formula proposed by Governor Mills Godwin is adopted. in requesting the pay raise at the Rappahannock School Board meeting Tuesday night, Mrs. Baines noted that last year’s increase, intended to even out the steps in the salary scale, benefited some teachers more than others. Some received as little as $200, some as much as $617, according to Mrs. Baines’ figures. In starting teacher salary, Rappahannock ranked 106 out of 136 school Systems last year and dropped to 124 out of 136 for the current year, she said. If the county’s relative ranking keeps constantly falling, then Rappahannock will not be able to attract quality teachers, charged Mrs. Baines. Educational systems hav6 come to be judged by the amount spent on education per pupil, she maintains. At $806 per student, Rappahannock ranks 121 out of 136 state school jurisdictions. IN addition to the salary raise, the teachers have asked for other benefits. “Our number onepriority request is to have the life insurance premium paid in full,” said Mrs. Baines. She also asked that the county pay $10 towards each teacher’s hospitalization and health insurance. Mrs. Baines presented statistics on surrounding counties that indicated these requests were standard for the area. Mrs. Baines said that teachers are finding it increasingly difficult to remain in Rappahannock County because of financial difficulties. “Granted, teachers are a dime a dozen,” she said, but the best teachers are usually the first to leave. Board members Arthlinda Quaintance asked Mrs. Baines how many of the county’s teachers were represented by the Association. “We still represent more than 50 percent,” she answered, adding that most, if not all, of the teachers at both schools had looked at the demands and had given “input.” “We tried to be realistic this year because we realize everybody’s in a pinch.” She asked that the Board consider the REA proposals and forward comments or questions to the Association before the next Board meeting. “We can’t do much until the state lets us know what we have to work with,” replied acting chairman Beverly Massie. “We’re still worrying about what we will do for the rest of this year,” said Superintendent Norton. He added that he appreciated knowing the requests this early, since instructiww^salaries make up approximately 70 percent of the total school budget. LATER in the meeting, Norton reported to the Board on the Governor’s funding proposals for action at the coming session of the General Assembly. The state will have a $117 million deficit at the end of the current biennium in July, 1978. To offset this deficit, Godwin has presented a proposal that will cut educational funds to the localities, said Norton. Rappahannock was scheduled to receive $288,000 in basic aid funds for the 1977-78 school year. A 7.5 percent reduction is proposed that will result in a loss of $21,600 with basic aid to education funds amounting to only $267,000, said Norton. The one percent sales tax funds returned to the localities for education were originally estimated at $189,000 for Rappahannock, said Norton. This figure was revised See Pace 4

Uappaljattmirk Npuih 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) $5.00 in Rappahannock, Culpeper, Fauquier, Page, Madison and Warren counties; All others $6,50. MRS. SARAH C. LATHAM, Managing Editor Telephone Washington 675-3349 Bad legal advice SECOND guessing a lawyer is a tricky business, but we can’t help but entertain some puzzling thoughts about the legal advice the Board of Supervisors got, or didn’t get, concerning an ordinance that would outlaw a “loaded rifle or shotgun in a motor vehicle” within Rappahannock. wnen me nrsi case unaer the ordinance was taken to court, the judge dismissed the charge against two hunters on grounds the county had failed to adopt a properly worded county ordinance. Commonwealth’s Attorney George Davis also informed the Supervisors that they had failed to draft a county ordinance prior to the public notices that were printed in the newspaper, and that they had also failed to hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance, allowing “the citizens the right to come in to support or oppose it.’’ A question here is obvious: If the Supervisors did not adopt the ordinance legally, then why weren’t they informed of the proper procedures by their legal advisor, the Commonwealth’s Attorney? FURTHERMORE, when it was discovered that the ordinance adopted was invalid, why didn’t the Commonwealth’s Attorney inform the Supervisors of their ability to adopt an emergency ordinance, one which would have been effective during the hunting season? As it is now, by the time the Supervisors have time to rectify their original mistake, the reason for the concern that prompted the action in the first place will have been passed by; this hunting season will be over. We hope Mr. Davis’s casual attitude toward this ordinance wasn’t related to his remarks when the matter first came up, remarks which indicated hie thought the whole thing was a bad idea, anyway. It is the Board of Supervisors which has the responsibility for enacting policy matters such as this, not the Commonwealth’s Attorney. □ Mrs. Raney to head Heart Fund campaign MRS. Charles J. Raney of Flint Hill has been named chairman of the 1977 Heart Fund Drive in Rappahannock County. Richard H.C. Taylor, Chairman of the Board of the American Heart Association, Virginia Affiliate, announced the appointment today. Mrs. Raney has been a Heart Association volunteer for six years. As head of the February campaign, she will coordinate Rappahannock County volunteers as they distribute educational materials relating to heart diesease and collect money to pay for the Heart Association’s research, education and community service programs. “We’re in a fight,” said Mrs. Raney on accepting the appoint ment. “Only broadly based financial support can give us what we need because we’re fighting for the lives of two out of the four persons who will die every minute this year.” IN Virginia last year, more than 48 percent of the commonwealth’s deaths were attributed to some form of heart disease. In Rappahannock County alone there were 34 cardiovascular deaths last year—57.6 percent of all deaths in the county. The theme of this year’s Heart Fund campaign is “We’re Fighting For Your Life.” Anyone who would like to join in the fight as a volunteer is urged to call Mrs. Raney at 364-2930.□ Judges for the Rappahannock Library Book Review Contest included Mrs. Frank Tabler, Mrs. Carl Bischoff, with Librarian Georgia Hufstedler, seated and standing, George E. Muth and Mrs. Peggy Pride. Be Alert, Parents If your child asks to participate in a new community or recreation program of any kind, parents should make a detailed inquiry into the nature of the activity. Be sure that your child is not being lured into a religious cult or sect. Ask who is sponsoring the program; ask if the program is approved by the county; know what activities are being offered; Know where the program headquarters are and what field trips are planned; ask for the qualifications of the people who will be working with your children. Find out what beliefs and values will be taught in a church-sponsored program. If you receive no answers or vague answers, you know that you don’t want this program for your child. Be Alert! Some pointers on cultivating holly By WESLEY P. JUDKINS Virginia Tech Extension Horticulturist HOLLY is a favorite plant for uses as decoration at Christmas time. It has been used for this purpose for many centuries. You should include some in your landscape planting to add outdoor beauty, and provide cut branches for the holiday season. i ne ancient nomans carriea noi - ly in their processions, and decked images of their deities with its glistening leaves. In more recent times it has been used very commonly in England as decoration during the Christmas season. This custom was brought to the U.S. by the English settlers. There are more than 300 species of holly, it is found in almost all countries of the world in the temperate and sub-tropical regions. The American holly was one of the first plants sighted by the Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth in 1620. The tree-type holly, which grows to a height of about 40 feet, is a very desirable landscape plant from which branches may be cut for decorative use. The English holly, Ilex aquifolium, is the preferred species with glossy leaves and brilliant berries. Unfortunately it is not fully hardy in the colder, higher elevations in Virginia where winter temperatures may drop below -10 degrees Fahrenheit. THE American holly, Ilex opaca, is similar to the English holly, but has less attractive foliage and berries. It is usually hardy to temperatures of -20 degrees Fahrenheit and can be grown in all parts of Virginia. Merry Christmas is a new selection which has superior leaf and berry color. English and American holly trees have male and female flowers on different plants. The berries are produced only from die female flowers. It is necessary to have a male plant nearby to provide for pollination if an abundant crop of berries is to be secured. About eight years is required for the pi ants to become old enough to produce berries. Several shrub type hollies should be considered for landscape plantings. The Burford holly, Ilex comuta Burfordi, is one of the most attractive with shiny dark green leaves and large red berries. This Chinese type holly grows to a height of six to eight feet. The plant is quite hardy, but the leaves may be damaged during the winter in exposed locations where the temperature drops below zero Fahrenheit. SEVERAL species of Japanese holly, Ilex crenata, are very useful as landscape plants. They are as hardy as the American holly, and can be planted anywhere in Virginia. All selections of this species have black berries and thus are less useful for indoor decorations than the red berried types. All types of Japanese holly will tolerate heavy pruning to maintain a desired size and form of growth. The Roundleaf Japanese holly, Ilex crenata rotundifolia, will atD ____1_ it_ tain a height of six to eight feet. It has attractive glossy leaves and will grow well in partial shade. The Boxwood or Boxleaf Japanese holly, Ilex crenata convexa, grows to a height of. four feet. It has small, cupped leaves which give the plant an attractive fine texture. ine Heller Japanese holly, Ilex crenata Helleri, is a low growing selection of the Boxleaf holly. It is an excellent relatively dwarf species to locate in front of taller shrubs in the foundation planting. Holly should not be planted in an exposed windy location. The plants vary in hardiness. The flower buds, which develop late in the summer, may be killed by cold in the winter and thus eliminate the possibility of a berry crop the next summer. Also, be sure the soil has plenty of moisture during the fall and winter to avoid desiccation and death of foliage.□

F 0 X 3 TOY FACTORY [S.CUWS PRODUCTIONS Van i mu. ii i.ri 'i—r Governor explains possible cuts “ONE of the options that might be considered” to meet the $117.2 million revenue deficit expected in the state of Virginia for the 1976-78 biennium was proposed by Governor Mills Godwin on Monday, December 6. Godwin stressed that he intends to defer action until after the General Assembly meets in January, in order to give its members an opportunity to find other means to close the $117.2 million gap. The Governor suggests that the state legislators’ choices include providing new revenue sources; a combination of tax increases and spending cuts; or to close the entire gap by reducing expenditures. Godwin’s proposal is “to distribute the burden equitably as possible between our state agencies and institutions on the one hand and our localities who benefit from the state General Fund on the other.” A five per cent reduction for all state agencies, amounting to $64 million, has already been ordered by the Governor. On top of that he is now suggesting an additional 2 1/2 per cent cut, another $25 million, to come off the state agencies and institutions expenditures during the biennium. Another $13.4 million of the total deficit will be made up by additional cuts in state spending. Thus, the Governor’s proposal would mean the state “itself would absorb a total of $102.4 million of the revenue shortage.” The localities’ share of the gap would be $102.2 million, including the $23.4 million lost expected as a result of the decreased sales tax revenue; a 30 per cent reduction, some $46.2 million, in the localities’ share of the state sales tax in fiscal year 1977-78; and a 7 1/2 per cent reduction, $36.2 million, in the state’s basic school aid fund during the same period. ACCORDING to Godwin, only about 45 percent of the state’s General Fund budget goes toward financing state agencies and institutions, compared “to some 55 per cent returning to the localities in funds or in services they would otherwise have to provide.” Godwin’s option would require that the additional reductions placed on the state government would be retroactive to last July 1, while the reductions in money returned to the localities would not be effective until July 1, 1977, “permitting local governments necessary time to make adjustments,” the Governor’s memorandum to the local governments states. Should the Governor’s option be put into effect, the revenue losses to the local governments for the coming fiscal year will be sizeable. In Rappahannock County the total reduction in county revenues would be $89,140. The 7 1/2 per cent reduction in Basic School Aid to the county would be $21,657; the 30 per cent reduction in returned state sales tax equals $52,421; and the lower estimate of projected sales tax for fiscal year 1977-78 would reduce Rappahannock County’s share by $15,062. By using the same formula, Clarke County can expect a shortfall in state revenues of $144,098; the 7 1/2 per cent Basic School Aid cut is $39,672; the 30 percent CHRISTMAS CLUB The Flint Hill Homemaker’s Christmas Club meeting will be held Tuesday, December 21 at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. Paul Miller. □ Christmas Special Country Hams 81.69 lb. i Good Gulf Gas 57.9c gal. Open Christmas Day Parkimy Gift Shop Sperryville Rt. 211 West 987-8989 Open 7 days a week 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. reduction in state sales tax equals $81,119; and $23,307 less in expected sales tax revenues for the coming fiscal year. Fauquier County’s share of the proposed cuts total $87,919. The reduction in the school aid is estimated t o be $111,924, while the 30 per cent cut in states sales tax to Fauquier County would be $292, 076 and the lower estimate of state sales tax revenue for the county is estimated at $83,919 less than originally anticipated. IN Loudoun County the total shortfall in revenues would be $312,578, including the 7 1/2 per cent cut in school aid at $231, 647; the 30 per cent cut in returned state sale tax at $528, 953; and $151,978, the figure representing the lower state sales tax revenues projected for 197778. Fnnce William County will oe grappling with a shortage of state revenues of $2,812,500. Again, using the same formula proposed in the Governor’s option, this figure is derived by combining the 7 1/2 per cent cut to the public schools, $1,030,647; the 30per cent cut in returned sales tax at $1,384,158; and $397,695, the shortage now expected from state sales tax revenues for fiscal year 1977-78.□ THE CORNER SHELF Culpeper, Va. 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Teachers raise From Page I downward to $174,735 and, inorder to reduce the anticipated deficit,, a 30 percent reduction was also applied to this figure. If the Governor’s proposals are not altered by the General Assembly, Rappahannock will receive $122,000 in this category, a $52,400 loss according to Norton. “If that happens, that’s (pause) rather drastic,” said Norton. Will local taxes have to make up the difference, asked Arthlinda Quaintance. “It ain’t no way,” Norton emphatically replied, that localities could. “We’ll be paying next year for a deficit incurred this year in state funding.. .This is what causes Superintendents to lose their hair. I’m beginning to lose mine,” he concluded. THE Board also voted to forward their support of some carryover legislation from last year’s General Assembly session to the county’s state representatives. TTie endorsed bill requests that the Assembly research and study the financial impact that proposed legislation will have, both on the state and on localities, before enactment. “If this had been done in the past, I feel we would have avoided the current situation,” said Norton. The Rappahannock Board will not support either House Bill 409 or 327. The first would require establishment of a free planning period for all teachers, and the second would require that every teacher take a three semester hour course in the identification of handicapped children prior to renewal of a teaching certificate. Establishing a mandatory free planning period would result in tremendous cost increases to the localities and the intent of the handicapped identification bill can be adequately filled through inservice training programs, maintained Norton. □ Santa Claus visited the children during the Flint Hill Auxiliary and Fire Company Christmas party last Sunday evening. A program and St. Nick followed a sumptuous buffet. Bicentennial Bugle plays a final tune SINCE “the” is frowned on in good newspaper style and in books as an initial word for a lead paragraph, this farewell fanfare of The Bicentennial Bugle will avoid that graceless note and begin like this: Next Sunday evening, December 19, it is earnestly hoped that anyone who would like to band together to sing carols up and down the Georgian (not George III but George Washington) streets of our county seat will gather at 7 p.m. in the parish hall of Trinity Church. It should be fun, this choral closer of ‘76. As this Bicentennial year gallops swiftly to an end the Bugler beats his bugle a bit wistfully into a LANTHORN, he can’t (and won’t) resist musing on the twelve months almost past. What have been, what are, the imprints on the national mind and heart of this 200th anniversary of the giantest step in humankind’s long struggle--the striving to learn how to live with one another on a ball whose size is fixed but whose capacity to contain the battling life on it can F rom Our^i®^ Diamond Center the Gift that Lasts Forever for Someone You Love Diamonds We carry a complete selection of jewelry including: Broaches, Rings, Necklaces, and Earrings FREE GIFT WRAP Open til 8 pm Fri. 118 N. Main 825-0011 dwindle to zero when all hell breaks lose? HAS that memorable lesson on July 4th 1776 made a lasting impression on our memory in 1976? When people of all sorts and conditions and needs sank petty differences in an heroic effort to achieve what was supremely right. Not without doubts or realized fears, but with a will, nonetheless, to win an epochal victory. It took transcendent guts to rout both old devils, ease and apathy, as well as the awful power of things “as they had been” and usher in a better world. We need that vision and that determination now.--Waldron O’Connor □ Little Fork Church committee is named A CONSTRUCTION committee under the chairmanship of Gen. Andrew J. Boyle has been named for the Little Fork Church Restoration, it has been announced by Welly Hopkins, chairman of the project’s Executive Committee. Also serving are John H. Hitt, Col. Richard Nalle and L. P. Nelson, Jr. “Cash and commitments in hand at this time are sufficient to initiate one of the four major phases of the restoration and preservation program,” said Hopkins.; “Response has been generous and has come more quickly than anticipated. Therefore, we are moving forward to start actual work as soon as specifications and working plans can be prepared and bids solicited. We are most grateful for the community support thus far and look forward to its continuing to completion of this important program.” Principal functions of the Construction Committee, which is a sub-committee of the Little Fork Church Restoration Committee, are working with the architects, Grigg, Browne & Wood, in preparing detailed specifications and working drawings, researching effective and economical ways to do the work, soliciting bids, and supervising the contractors. A GOAL of $250,000 has been set for the fund drive, which got under way officially on October 10. Objectives are to restore historic Little Fork Church in Culpeper to its condition when completed on November 1, 1776, and to preserve and provide for its continued usefulness. Contributions, including reservations of Memorial Giving opportunities, may be sent to Little Fork Church Restoration Committee, P. O. Box 1776, Culpeper, 22701, telephone (703) 825-3322. 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BOSTON NEWS BY MRS. MARIE ATKINS Mrs. Earl Wharton is a patient in Culpeper Memorial Hospital with a broken hip. Saturday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lillard were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Petty of Front Royal. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Henderson and Crista of King George were GUEST SPEAKER Miss Anne Dwyer will be the guest speaker at the Washington Baptist Church on Sunday, December 19 at 11 a.m. Miss Dwyer is a Baptist Missionary. A fellowship dinner will follow in the educational building of the church. Everyone is asked to bring a covered dish. CARD OF THANKS Due to the circumstances at the time of Lee Taylor Settle’s death, we would like to extend a belated Thank You to everyone who sent flowers and showed their acts of kindness at the time of his death. The wife and children of Lee Taylor Settle Saturday visitors of Mrs. Henderson’s father, the Rev. W. B. Dennis. Robert Van Nostrand of Alexandria spent Sunday at his farm here. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnston were Wednesday evening callers of Mrs. Johnston’s mother, Mrs. Clarence Compton at Reva. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Fincham and Donna were Sunday guests of Mrs. Blanch Fincham and Mr. and Mrs. John H. Fincham in Woodville. Weekend guests of Mrs. Hazel Barfield were Mr. and Mrs. Robert .Barfield and John of Berryville. Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Jenkins entertained for supper Friday Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Jenkins of Culpeper, Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Jenkins of Reva Park, Brad Lee Jenkins of Chanute, 111. and Miss Peggy Pullen of Sperryville. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Deal of Arlington were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Naide. Other Saturday guests were Mason Rector of Culpeper, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll H. Petty and grandson of Front Royal and Mrs. Joe Hawkins. Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Butler, Paula, Natalie and Paul were Sunday luncheon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Curtiss Cooper. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. Lions club hears about satellites Winston Sibert, program manager of the Land Information and Analysis Office of theU.S. Department of the Interior, entertained members and guests at the Rappahannoek Lions Club’s annual Lat dies Night meeting on December 8 at Hampton Inn. Sibert showed a series of out Legal Notice VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY RE: JAMES TOG AN IN CHANCERY NO. 2821 TO: JAMES TOGAN, if living, or if he be deed, the widow, heirs, devisees, and successors in title of James Togan, whose addresses are unknown, and who are made parties hereto by the general description of parties unknown. You are hereby notified that a tract of land described as follows: James Togan Address Unknown Adj. White Oak Run 27.50 Acres in Jackson Magisterial District, Rap* pahannock County, Virginia, was sold on the 31st day of March, 1962, for delinquent taxes, levies, interest, and costs for the year 1959, to Raymond Moore, and I, Raymond Moore, have filed application for the purchase thereof in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia. And it appearing from the records of the aforesaid office that you are interested in the said land, you are further notified to appear in four months from the date of this notice and do what may be necessary to protect your interests. You are further notified that I will apply for a deed on the 29th day of April, 1977, and also notified that said real estate may he redeemed at any time before the execution of such deed by payment of the necessary amount to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia. Given under my hand this 22nd day of November, 1976. RAYMOND MOORE, Applicant Lea, Davies, Crigler A Barrell Counsel for Applicant P. O. Bon 712 Culpeper, Virginia 22701 703-825-6000 12/16 standing slides taken from the U.S. EROS satellite depicting the topography, agriculture, forests, and other natural resources of the state of Virginia, other sections of the U.S., and areas around the world. He explained various ways that remote sensing from satellites could solve a long list of cartographic, scientific and environmental problems. Sibert, a resident of Woodville, has been honored several times by the Secretary of the Interior, the latest being the Department’s Distinguished Service award in ceremonies in Washington, D. C. the day before his Lions Club presentation. □ Funkvset! Dynamite-8! Double 11 RQ-304S The Funkyset Battery Powered Portable Cassette Recorder. Unique design with sturdy carrying handle. Built-in condenser microphone. Easy-Matic circuitry. Pushbutton operation. Fast forward and rewind. 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Phono 635-1597 OPEN 9 - 9 TIL CHRISTMAS and Mrs. Ashby Thornhill, Mary Jane and Linda were Mr. and Mrs. Pete Boyd of Madison, Mrs. Edna Payne of Woodville, Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Carpenter and Holly of Brightwood, Johnny Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Randy Jones of Flint Hill. Mrs. F. R. Frazier, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Frazier, Michele and Michael were Saturday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Meade in Culpeper. Sunday supper guests of the Ray Fraziers were Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Atkins of Sperryville. Recent guests of Mrs. Gladys Schlosser and Mr. and Mrs. Tho mas Hensley were Jake Minder of Clinton, Md., Mr. and Mrs. Pete Brown and Robbie, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Hensley, Susan and Trey. Saturday Mrs. Thomas Hensley, Mrs. Brown and Robbie visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hawkins in Remington. Winfrey Thornhill and David of Manassas were Sunday callers of Mr. and Mrs. Cary Thornhill. Mrs. Thornhill was a Sunday luncheon guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Butler. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Duncan were in Alexandria Sunday to attend a Christmas Party at their former church. Wakefield honor lists WAKEFIELD Country Day School in Huntly has announced its Academic Honor Lists for the second grading period recently ended. First Honors were received by David Graham, Margaret Holliday, Nancy Massie, Tara Welty, Joy Andreasen, Will Warshauer, Kim Aylor, Ryan Barnes, Edwin Eastham, Corey Himelright, Patty Lawrence, Christopher Sherwood, Ashby Simmons, James Dawson, Scott Reid, Nicholas Bischoff, Eric Dutt, Bobby Gehringer, Todd Landis, Dana Colton, Douglas Barnes, Holly Hutt, David Samsock, and Trae Eller. Second Honors went to Dan Corwin, Tim Milloff, Jim Johns, Michael Blake, John Kline, Jeena Jill Mullins, Jerry Smith, Halimah Holliday, Tara Labovitz, Darlene Andreasen, Melissa Hudson, Matthew Black, Wade Colton, Rob Dickey, Ruth Holliday, Sean Marsh, Frank Barnett, Jennifer Kline, and Tetta Johns. The highest averages, 9.6 out of a possible 10, were scored by Tara Welty of Washington, Va., and by David Samsock of Front Royal. IN OTHER Wakefield School news, students travelled to Washington, D.C., last week to view the Tutankamen Exhibit at the National Gallery of Art and attended the Washington Ballet Company’s performance of the “Nutcracker” at the Lisner Auditorium of George Washington University. On Friday evening, December 17, beginning at 7:30, Wakefield students will present their annual Christmas program, which this year is entitled, “A Wreath of Christmas Legends.” The public is invited.□ 1 Jfetom Jlstoelers EXCELLENT SELECTION DIAMONDS, WATCHES AND JEWELRY. Specializing in Watch Repair. 323 SOUTHGATE SHOPPING CENTER CULPEPER. VIRGINIA 22701 PHONE 829-6033

CHESTER GAP NEWS Mrs. Linda Barnett, Michael and Barbara of Front Royal were Wednesday visitors in the Randall Earley home. Mr. and Mrs. Earley and family were in Fredericksburg to visit Mr. and Mrs. Charles Earley, Jr. and Crystal. Mrs. William Alford spent from Tuesday until Thursday of last week with her mother, Mrs. David Griffith in Richmond. Sunday afternoon the Rev. and Mrs. Alford were in Charlottesville to see their son, Byron, who has been ill since Thanksgiving but is now reported improved. . 5^heMbtal {:jribut{, cemetery memorials CIORE FUNERAL NOME II mom 125-2341 “The Home of Thoughtful Service" CULPIPEIt TRUSTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE Consisting of a tract or parcel of land with buildings and improvements thereon, situated in Hampton Magisterial District, Rappahannock County, Virginia on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1977 at 10:00 O’CLOCK A.M. (EST) AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE COURT HOUSE IN WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA. Pursuant to the provisions of a deed of trust executed by Rediviva Company, Incorporated, to James W. Fletcher and Mildred Fletcher Slater, Trustees, said deed of trust being dated September 30, 1974 and recorded November 1, 1974, in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia, in Deed Book 113, at page 530, to secure the payment of a debt therein described, default having been made in said Deed of Trust by virtue of a violation of the conditions imposed therein authorizing the holder of the note to declare the entire indebtedness due and payable, the undersigned, James W. Fletcher, one of the Trustees, having been requested to act by the holder of said obligation, will offer for sale at public auction, to the highest bidder or bidders, at the front door of the Court House, in Washington, Virginia, on Wednesday, January 12, 1977,at 10:00 A. M. (EST), the following property, to-wit: “All that certain lot or parcel of land situate in Rappahannock County, Virginia, about three miles to the south west of Washington, Virginia, on Lee Highway, and more particularly described according to plat of survey by John Boldridge, S.C.C., dated June 23, 1945, as follows: Beginning at A in the plat, a post and stake 40 feet from the center lino of the Lee Highway, corner to W. C. Campbell, thence with his line and a 90 deg. angle from the highway line, North 24 deg. 15’ West 295.6 feet to B in plat, a point 1.35 feet beyond a post in a marsh; thence with Campbell line and with 90 deg. angle South 65 deg. 45’ West 550 feet to C in plat, a stake near a solid rock; thence with Campbell’s line with an angle of 90 deg. South 24 deg. 15’ East 295.6 feet to D in plat, a stake in the Lee Highway line 40 feet from the center line of said Highway corner to Campbell (the said point D is North 65 deg. 45’ East 257 feet from X in plat a corner to Charlie Thomas on the Northwest side of said Highway); thence with said Highway line with an angle of 90 deg. North 65 deg. 45’ East 550 feet to the point of beginning, and containing 3.66 acres.” The real estate herein conveyed is the same which was conveyed to Rediviva Company, Incorporated, by deed dated November 27, 1953, and recorded December 27, 1953 in the Clerk’s Office of Rappahannock County, Virginia, in Deed Book 60, at page 329. For further information, communicate with the under signed Trustee at Sperryville, Virginia, Telephone 9872511. TERMS OF SALE: CASH JAMES W. FLETCHER, TRUSTEE John W. Jenkins, Auctioneer __ MRS. BESStE PARKS The Homemakers’ Christmas dinner at the Virginia Gentlemen Restaurant Monday evening was attended by Doris Williams, Lillian Fox, Nora Sealock, Nellie Gilkey, Ethel and Diane Williams, Maybelle and Kim Gilkey and Bessie Parks. Mr. and Mrs. “Sonny” Williams and family of Manassas were recent visitors in the Thomas Leake home. Mr. ana Mrs. James rux auu children spent Saturday in Alexandria, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Latham. Mrs. Bobby Williams entertained with a party Saturday honoring the 12th birthday of her son, Tony. Others present were Ronnie Lee and Kevin Wines; Cindy, Jim, and Mike Williams; Gail and Jenna Wines; Molly and Virginia Ubben; Mrs. Ronnie Wines and Elias Wines. Mrs. LaMerle Williams, Mrs. Carolyn Leake and son Jeffery, were in Manassas Wednesday and visited Mrs. Williams’s son, Murray. Jimmy A. Williams, who entered Warren Memorial Hospital early Sunday morning as an emergency case, came home Monday and is reported much improved. Luther North continues a bed patient at home. „ .. Mrs. Lou Williams, Mrs. Marlin Wines of the Fork District, and Mrs. Virgie Ubben were in Charlestown, W. Va. Wednesday to visit Mrs. Robert Engle and family. Motoring to Alexandria Sunday afternoon, Mrs. A. E. Parks attended a meeting of the WillardPierpoint Women’s Christian Temperance Union; attended an early evening service in the Free Methodist Church; and visited in the homes of three stepdaughters: Mrs. Harriett E. Pettey; Mrs. George Finnell who is ill, and Mr. Finnell; and was Sunday overnight guest of Mrs. Harold Thomas and Mr. Thomas. Don’t Forget The Christmas Program of the Chester Gap Baptist Mission scheduled for Tuesday evening, December 21, at7:30. All Are Welcome,_ - WASHINGTON NEWS Thursday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ashby Wayland were Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Wood of Reva Park. Mike Wayland spent Saturday visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wayland. Mrs. Henry L. Miller of Luray was a Sunday visitor of Mrs. Bertie Lib Moffett. William Nicholson and Wayne of Front Royal were Sunday callers of Mrs. Jack Nicholson. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Jones were Mr. and Mrs. Arne Olsen, Bryd and Arne Edward of Concord. Mr. and Mrs. M. Hal forward spent the weekend in Farmington, Charlottesville visiting Mr. and Mrs. John D. Fishback. Mike Tupper and Mike Smoot of DeKalb College, Decatur, Ga. are spending Christmas vacation with their families. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Kuhn were Mr. and Mrs. Darrell F. Kuhn of Tulsa, Okla. and Mr. and Mrs. Tim Grogan of Arlington. Mr. and Mrs. A. H.Keyserwere bridge guests Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Frank Spalding in Flint Hill. Mrs. James M. Settle of Arlington, Mrs. Robert Peterson of Alexandria, Mrs. Charles Bowersett and Mrs. Roswell Bowersett of Burtonsville, Md. were Monday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Miller. _ Miss Jennifer Dodson of Sperryville was the Saturday overnight guest of Bobby and Wesley Jenkins. Charles C. Burke is a patient in Warren Memorial Hospital. Trenton Burke of Culpeper was a Friday caller of Mrs. Guy Burke. Monday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Buntin were Mr. and Mrs. J. Lowell Jennings of Danville and Mr. and Mrs. Simon Kamminga of Falls Church. Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Weakley were Friday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Candea inLuray. School Christrqas program set The annual Christmas program for Rappahannock County Elementary School is scheduled for Tuesday morning, December 21, at 9:30 a.m. All parents and friends of the school are invited to attend the program and see the Christmas decorations. 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Miller Jr., Mrs. L. Nelson Revercomb, Edward Coles, Andrew Kozik and Rev. James Price. More are Mrs. Janie Beahm, Mrs. John Early, W. F. Moffett Ill, S. C. Caldow, Waymond Bradley, Dwoning Hitt, George E. Muth, Alice Spicer, Preston Pulliam, Mrs. John Lamb, Ellis Baker, H. D. Cox, R. G. Dennis, J. A. Swan, Jr. & Co. Estella Dennis, B. J. Vierling, Mayo Stuntz, Mrs. Juanita French, Mrs. I. F. Vannoy, Mrs. Robert Brown, Mrs. Ethel Cooksey, Mrs. Loring Anderson and Mrs. Vernon Henderson. On the list are Cherly Settle, Mrs. James R. Foster, Paul Barrett, A. H. Buckner, Col. N. A. Parson, Mrs. Clarence Compton, Mrs. Donald Williams, J. B. Holman, Mrs. Ruth Corbitt, Mrs. Lois Frazier, Keith S. Heine, Jr., Mental Health & Retardation Services, Mrs. Wesley Woodward, Larry Sheppard, Sperryville Barbershop, Philip Irwin, Steven Ellis, Franklin Pullen, H. T. Updike and William Faulconer. In addition are Mrs. Charles Davis, Darryl Bates, Mark Raabe, Mrs. R. W. Sheets, Mrs. Gracie Caliandro, Nelson Atkins, Jr., Daniel Keyser, Solomon Bruce, Herbert Hicks, Elmer Nalls, William L. Anderson, Marvin Dodson, D. D. Fairfax, Edward M. Clark, Catherine Gallery, Arlene Frye, Henry Go refin, Roy E. Jenkins, Albert Ward, A. L. Lillard, Mrs. Rose Dellinger, Mrs. Mary Stacey, George Taylor, Mrs. Sarah Christmas Fair a success ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11 approximately 200 people attended the Rappahannock Christmas Fair which was a benefit for the Rappahannock Community Directory at the Old Elementary School in little Washington. Given rainy weather and the fact that an article covering the event and an advertisement for the Fair did not get into last seek’s Rappahannock News by mistake, the turnout was better than expected. Local craftspeople and a few from outside the area sold pottery, hand-made oak mirrors, intricately decorated gingerbread men, paintings, leather goods, Christmas wreaths and decorations, polished stones, bread and other baked goods, stained glass, macrame hammocks and swings, stone candle holders, children’s books, photographs and a commemorative silk screen poster. A concession stand sold pecanburgers and juice. Musicians played flutes, autoharps and guitars throughout the day. Many of the exhibitors brought their children with them and the day was filled with a caring and playful feeling for the community’s young ones. Local people were informed about the idea of the Directory and took forms away with them to fill out or filled them out on the spot. THIS WAS THE FIRST time that organizers Laurie Marshall and Phyllis Stein had put together such an event, and given the enthusiasm of the participants and the need to generate funds for a continuing Directory of resources and employment, they’re planning to do it again next year. □ Smith, and Mrs. Milton Hitt. More are Mrs. Roadcap Atkins, Sybil Tharpe, Mable Settle, Everett Smith, Mrs. Guy Foster, M. H. Forward, Zelie Mae Bissett, John Timbers, Oliver Johnson, Warrenton Farm Credit Assoc., Mrs. Jean Konek, Blackburn Clark, Eric Forster, Mrs. James Jamieson, Mrs. Fannie Hilton, Mrs. Ollie Lee Pullen, James McGrail, John L. Moore, Mrs. Joseph Borkowski, Martin Sterenbuch and Richard Almy. Lions seeking youth for exchange program THE Rappahannock Lions Club is searching for a young county resident to participate in the Lions International Youth Exchange program. A scholarship of $400 will be donated by the local club to help defray travel expenses of the young man or woman, according to Captain H.W. Holschuh, Lions Youth Exchange chairman. “During each of the past two years, the Rappahannock Lions Club has hosted an exchange student from Finland. This summer, one of our local youths could spend five weeks in the home of a Lions Club host family in Finland, France, Germany, Switzerland, or some other host country in Europe,” said Holschuh. “About 50 young people from the state of Virginia participate in the program each year. This year, the group will leave in mid-July and will fly together to Paris. From there, they will go by train to their destinations,” he said. APPLICANTS should be 18, in good health, willing to live in a foreign home under unfamiliar conditions, and capable of representing Rappahannock County to the host community. Knowledge of the language could be helpful, but is not mandatory, since most Lions host families are familiar with English. RCHS students can obtain further information from James Futrell of the guidance department, or by calling Captain Holschuh at 937-4721, prior to December 31.□ We Can Supply All Your BUILDING NEEDS CULPEPER BUILDING & SUPPLY CORP. Phone VA5-8383 Culpeper Suggestions for the Holidays FARFELU VINEYARD % FLINT HILL Farfelu Vineyard’s DRY RED WINE Sales at the Winery 364-2930 in Downtown Culpeper Santas Specials SAVINGS FROM 1/3 to 1/2 OFF In ALL Departments - Both Levels HOURS NOW UNTIL CHRISTMAS 9 AM to 9 PM DECEMBER 24 9 AM to 5:30 PM Closed Sunday for your day of rest. Plenty of Free Parking in the rear of the store for our Customers. 3 CONVENIENT CHARGE CARDS

Updikes’ landfill permit is denied From Page 1 George Davis, who had insisted before that the Updikes were entitled to seek a use permit as contract owners, was not present at the hearing. He sat downstairs in his office throughout the day. “There’s enough lawyers up there already,” he said.) Evan McNear, zoning administrator, assured board members that “everything is legal as far as proper advertising” etc. was concerned, and he thought it was proper to proceed. BAUMGARDNER then reported on his study of the site. He said he studied geologic survey maps as well as visited the site. Most of it contains Louisburg Sandy Loam, one to six feet deep to bedrock, with the “north edge” containing Culpeper Loam four to 12 feet deep. But the maps were made on the basis of soil samples only going four feet deep, he added, concluding: “It looked like the North edge might be suitable, subject to more extensive excavation studies.” That portion consisted of about five acres, he guessed. The area “possibly suitable” for a landfill contains gently sloping terrain, Baumgardner said. Most of the rest was too steep for a landfill, he thought. Manwaring asked about streams on the property. Baumgardner agreed that the steep slopes drain into streams, adding: “Mr. Foreman, the state consultant on solid waste material in Charlottesville, said as an expert that he couldn’t really make a determination until he brought in a backhoe and put ditches in places where you wanted to do the work. But you’d have to issue a use permit, have an approved site, before the state would check it.” Manwaring expressed amazement at this procedure, indicating he thought it was arranged in the wrong sequence. “Do you or they (the state expert) recommend the site?” asked Board member George Muth. Baumgardner declined to make a value judgement. “Would you interpret that they are for or against?’’ Muth persisted. “THEY ARE already on record at the last meeting,” said Baumgardner. “Does his (Foreman’s) agency have the right of subsequent approval? If they turned it down, would that stop the whole matter?” asked Manwaring. Baumgardner said that was correct. “So it isn’t an unmitigated disaster if it isn’t approved; we could still look for another site,” concluded Manwaring. Gardner said he thought “the state agency had indicated the site would be turned down.” “I thought Foreman was a little more enthusiastic than that,” said Baumgardner. Gardner agreed that Foreman had said a landfill could be built “anywhere,” given enough money and equipment, and recalled that in Tidewater areas “mountains of trash” are sometimes constructed through landfill operations. Questions of Baumgardner were invited of attorneys Greene and Mears, who had none. “After all, you people were the ones that threw us into chaos before,” said Manwaring. “They only pointed out the chaotic conditions,” Gardner commented. So Mears did allow that he had “some problems as to procedures.” “In your opinion the contract (with the county) was an illegal document?” asked Chairman Garcfoer. “The point was that the Updikes had no legal authority because they are not the legal owners or tenants of the property.” MEARS said the point was that a special use permit is “personal with the applicant, and not something that runs with the land Rappahannock National Bank Washington, Va. WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY CHRISTMAS EVE. DECEMBER 24 AND ALL DAY NEW YEAR'S EVE. DECEMBER 31. There will be evening hours Thursday. December 23 and Thursday. December 30 from 5 p m. to 7:30 p.m. each of these days. LERNER’S DIPT. STORE Downtown Culpeper k Open through December 23 until 9 p.m. each evening FASHION FLOOR • Quality Clothing for Ladies and Aden ‘ • Shoes for the Entire Family L • Handbags - Jewelry - Wigs BEN FRANKLIN LOWER LEVEL • Toys - Giftware • Knitting Yarns and Rug Kits • Housewares & Furnishings • Drapery Hardware & Shades • Artificial Flowers & Wreaths • Party & Home Office Supplies and which would not even go with the land if it were given to the Carrigans (the present owners).” Gardner agreed, but added: “We’re not going to be able to ascertain that at this meeting because we did not go to the University of Virginia Law School. You have already put it in the courts whether we find for the Updikes or your clients.” ‘‘All we want to do is get the facts in,” said John Mears. ‘‘You have to go before a judge for that,” said Gardner. Mears thought that, in any event, the sales contract between the Updikes and the Carrigans had expired. James Leake of Panorama Realty spoke from the audience to state that the contract has not expired. Mrs. Updike aereed. ‘‘It is still a contract, an amendment extended the date.” She added that her attorneys were “still on the way from Culpeper,” and could elaborate on that point when they arrived. GARDNER then stated that as far as he was concerned, there was no question about the ability of the Updikes to perform a satisfactory landfill operation, if a suitable site could be found. Mears indicated he agreed on this point, with reservations. “We have no quarrel with the Updikes; the Updikes are noi me point oi the meeting.” But he did think more specific operating information ought to be supplied, and he handed out a worksheet of questions he said ought to be answered before a use permit could be considered. The sheet questioned in detail questions about whether the operations would be hazardous to the health ‘‘or injurious to or in conflict with the predominant character of the neighborhood.” Mears also wanted to know details of dumping operations, the number of daily trucks, operating hours, weekend schedules, types of trash allowed, whether other companies would be using the site, whether there would be trash received from other counties, etc. etc. “You don’t just come and say I have a tract of land.. .and say give me a special use permit,” said Mears. You have to at least give sufficient evidence upon which you can make findings which the Rappahannock and Virginia codes dictate. The Updikes have not presented one scrap of evidence as to how they plan to run it. The evidence we have is that it is a completely unsuitable site--but that’s not even the point.. .There must be evidence that health and public welfare must be protected.” Mears concluded that if he were See Page 9 Girl Scouts Loraine Foster and Carol Turner were working on a Christmas project at Tuesday’s meeting of their troop. They are making wreaths from raveled rope attached to a frame. A pretty red bow will complete the decoration. See Northern Virginia's Most Exciting Assortment of Equestrian Gifts Assorted Glass Mugs Candy Dishes Milk Glass Cups Assorted Ashtrays Change Purses Jewelry Assorted Beverage ' Glasses Cocktail Shakers Continental Cups Waste bins Desk Sets Placemats & Coasters at the Rappahannock Tack Shop Many of our lack items are now on sale at discounts of 15-50% thru Dec. 31, 1976 Rappahannock Tack Shop Rt. 522 Flint Hill, Va. Wed., Thurs., Sat. - 10-5 ♦NOW OPEN FRI. TIL 9 675-3776

Updikes’ landfill permit is denied From Pace 8 in court, it would be appropriate at that time “to make a motion to strike,” but since he was not in court, he invited one of the Board members to put forward such a resolution. He had no responses. Mears then proceeded to examine the site. First of all, it has a stream flowing through it, which the state will not approve. Secondly, he said the soil depth is not great enough. He again invited a Board member to “make a motion to strike” the application. “YOU misinterpret the reason for the Zoning Appeals Board,’’ said Gardner. “These things should have been done by the Supervisors before it ever came to us. It is my opinion the Board of Supervisors has sifted this evidence before they passed on it. If they didn’t, then it is a flaw in their procedures and it should be passed back to them.” He also noted that anything the Appeals Board did would be subject to State Health Department approval, on specific questions about the site and the operations there. Hal Forward, another board member, commented, however, “On the other hand, we ought to satisfy ourselves that this won’t be injurious to the county.” Francis Greene read from the county ordinance stating that “no land use shall be permitted which shall be hazardous, injurious,” etc., to the county. “The Board must make an official finding that this requirement is met,” he said. “There has been no evidence except that which is adverse to the soil types. The applicant has failed to present any case at all.” Mrs. Updike insisted that “we did supply the Board (of Supervisors) with information on how we would put a gate at the entrance and operate in accordance with state specifications. We did not fail on our behalf.” “They agreed to run the operation according to state regulations,” Gardner agreed. MEARS changed tactics. “But the Board is not here to solve the county’s landfill problem, only to act on this site.” Mrs. Updike’s attorneys hadarrived by that time, and Waugh Crigler and T. C. Lea had something to add to the conversation. Crigler noted that any use permit is subject to revocation if the conditions of the permit are not carried out, and he then proceeded to outline the Appeal Board’s own powers. Gardner interrupted him. “It is not proper or necessary for you to lecture this board on its knowledge of its powers and procedures.” ‘ ‘Is the tract within sight of any of the neighbors?” asked Manwaring, shifting the conversation to another tack. Mears said it was. Manwaring said the map indicated that any houses were remote from the site. Greene said he’d present a petition later, with 111 signatures, of neighbors who did object. After more skirmishing on the legal points of whether the Updikes had “standing” to apply for a permit at all, Gardner concluded that “if legal points that can’t be settled here are raised, you can pass on the case to the courts.” WITNESSES were then called, and Robert T. Dennis presented the objections of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection. He said until recently he’d been a neighbor of “the infamous Fairfax landfill,” and knew personally whereof he spoke. He said neither he nor the RLEP “can agree that the property before you offers a suitable solution,” conceding that “the problem is not with the applicants but with the site and the way it was selected.” He also conceded that ‘‘the site selection process is more a fault of the Supervisors than of this Board. ’ ’ “We have visited the tract, and we question the location and the soil and the drainage situation. The soil is very thin--you can see rock outcroppings in the stream itself, which flows through the property.” He said the RLEP believes the county should undertake a study aimed at solving the county’s longrange landfill problems, possibly picking several sites, and not rely on private operations. He said county landfill ownership with operators under contract, would be better. James H. Dellenger, an adjoining landowner, presented the petition mentioned by Greene. Patricia Helmer said she lives within a mile of the proposed “dump site” and that she feels it would have an adverse effect on the value of her property. Said Mrs. Helmer: “We chose Rappahannock because of its beauty and clean air, and any landfill should be some place where it can be hidden away and not on the main drag as you come into the countv.’’ “You wouldn’t object to it being in some other section of the county?” ashed Crigler. “I object to it being next to my house,” Mrs. Helmer replied, “but if it was the very best site available, I guess I’d have to go along with it.” But she added she was afraid her water supply would be contaminated by the site in question. Reginald Burroughs, who owns a 155-acre farm a mile away, “as the crow flies,” also objected. “I don’t know if it would be close enough to hurt, but it wouldn’t help my land’s value, that’s for sure.” Mrs. Jewell McGarrity, who lives a half-mile from the site, was “very seriously opposed.” She was “quite positive” the landfill would be detrimental to her property value, and she feared what it would do to springs on her land. GREGORY MONAHAN, who lives within site of the proposed landfill, said he was afraid it would contaminate a pond his family uses for swimming. He showed photographs of rainy weather drainage areas, which he said would carry landfill pollution onto his property. “We came to Rappahannock from D.C. because it is country, and having what amounts to an industrial site there, with trucks, trash, noise, and so forth, would definitely affect the value of the property,” said Monahan. He also said he didn’t think there had been enough information about how the landfill will be operated. Israel Weissbrodt, owner of a historic house near the site, Thermopylae, also objected. “I feel I have a certain responsibility to all Virginians” to enhance the property, he said, and the landfill ‘‘would reduce the market value of the property; people came here because it is a beautiful county.” He went into detail about his investigations into landfill operations, maintaining that the site is not suitable. To points raised by Weissbrodt, Gardner expressed concern about the county’s ability to properly police a landfill operation. McNear thought this could be accomplished, especially with the help of state agencies. Manwaring expressed some doubt. ‘‘The Updikes have not really answered a variety of questions,” said Weissbrodt, who is a lawyer in the District of Columbia, but who was represented by Greene. Crigler then called Mrs. Updike to testify, and she said she would submit answers, in writing, to any questions about the proposed operation. She also reminded the Board that she’d be forced to comply with all state regulations, anyway, and the state people could get tough at times. CRIGLER then argued before the Board that it was indeed proper for the Updikes to apply for the permit. “If you err in issuing a permit, that’s for the courts to decide. Your determination is what do the facts indicate.” As to the specific site, said Crigler, “it’s the only one that’s available, and that is one test that is a legal point to be considered. Any site would generate the same objections, but you have riot been presented with any first-hand evidence that this one would be a safety or health hazard.” Objectors “just think it would devalue their property,” he said, noting that even Weissbrodt had conceded that “if this is done right, there would not be any objections.” 10 questions irom uaiunei, Mrs. Updike denied that use of the Orange landfill was a necessary part of herand her husband’s bid in Rappahannock. “Our contract merely says that once we pick up the trash, it’s ours,” she said. Board member Herbert Barksdale, who is also chairman of the planning commission, noted that the county had been looking for a landfill site since “about April.” His commission members talked to several prospective trash bidders, he said, but not to any landowners. Mears again questioned the validity of the Updike’s contract, of what it would do to adjoining property values, and concluded that in KOUNTRY KEYBOARDS LTD Featuring I Organs and Pianos m « * n 1 • Music supplies Sheet Music GET ACQUAINTED SPECIAL Model E90G $ | 300 SAVE $200 off regular price GET ACQUAINTED SPECIALS through DECEMBER 18 I HOURS: SAVE $200 to $980 off Regular prices of Instruments. Monday thru Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Fridw 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. 347.4256 Located in the Warrenton Office Building 87 LEE HIGHWAY WEST k't’X'X'X'XtfXWX'XWXWXWX-XWXSXWXWXWXSftWXWXWX-XWX'X'X-X'X-X-Xv any event, the duration of any use permit granted should be limited to the three-year term of the Updikes’ contract with the county. He also said they should be required to post a performance bond. “THESE things should have been required by the Supervisors before the contract was granted,” said Gardner. “The facts are that the Board did not seek those conditions,” noted Greene. Crigler then summed up his clients’ plea for the use permit, noting that if the Health Department subsequently found it unsuitable, “then we would pack up. We would still have a contract with the county, however, as long as we dispose of the trash.” Appeals Board members then had what amounted to a private meeting in public. The members talked quietly between themselves for a few minutes, with Forward and Muth writing down the wording of the motion. Then they all signed the written motion for denial, and that was that.--Ray DUley □ HUNTLY MRS. 0E$$E .PARKS; Since Friday Mrs. Pearl Mills has been convalescing at home after a five-day stay in Warren Memorial Hospital. 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Charlie Lewis, 74, keeps busy By DAPHNE McCULLOUGH ACCORDING to the Hagerstown Almanac, cold rains are forecast for April 22. April 23 and 24 will be clear and cold. The forecast may have been correct—the year on the cover of the almanac is 1900, not 1976. The 1900 Almanac is part of a collection that belongs to Charles Lewis of Sperryville. “My parents saved those almanacs, some of them from before I was born, and so I kept them, too. My children have thrown a lot out but I try to save what I can.’’ Charles Lewis was borninSperryville on November 10, 1902, and has always lived in or near the town. “I like country life—couldn’t raise hogs and chickens in the city. I raise most of what I use ‘cept for coffee and sugar and stuff like that.” Charlie was born in a log cabin that he refers to as the toll house. He remembers living there as a child when most of the county roads were still toll roads. The toll house sat next to a pole that was raised and lowered for ten cents to allow travelers to pass. He attended Rappahannock County schools through the seventh grade, all the formal public education available to him at that time. Not satisfied that he had learned everything he could, Charlie followed an independent study pro gram, visiting his teacher’s house after work for extra lessons. “I studied mathematics and the dictionary — a page at a time.” In 1927 Charlie married Betsy Mathews and they had eleven children. ‘ ‘When you have eleven children, you’ve got to do something. Wagon wheels, that was my trade years back. I made wagon wheels Charlie Lewis in Hopewell Baptist Church where he has been a deligent worker and church official for many years. The church has new oak benches and furniture. NOTICE * STORE HOURS We will close Friday afternoon, December 24 at 4 p.m. and will remain closed until Monday morning, December 27. Tlit store will close at nooa December 31 lor inventory and will remain dosed nntil January 3; Rappahannock Farmers’ Cooperative | Sperryville 987-23 I i for 14 years. The people that I worked for, they all died out ‘cept for one lady and she sold the home they had in Sperryville and went to Alexandria.” The horse drawn wagons that Charlie serviced have long since disappeared from the roads. “You can see a lot of those old wheels sitting around driveways now for decorations.” “I MADE coffins, too. Back in those days the county had a poor farm on Route 231 where poor folks with no money could go to get help. After dinner, we’d go over for prayer service and singing, carry the choir along. Some of the folks belonged to our church.” When someone at the poor farm died, they were buried at county expense. “Many a time I’d have to leave church before the services were over ‘cause somebody died. In those days, there was no embalming and in warm weather, the body had to be buried right away. A coffin usually cost ‘bout $20 but they kept going up every year. The last one I made was black walnut and it was $45. Nowadays, people aren’t satisfied with a plain coffin. It’s gotta be something fancy and expensive whether they have the money for it or not.” Charlie Lewis has been involved with the church for his entire life, giving a large portion of his time to church duties. He is clerk of the Hopewell Baptist Church, a position he’s held for 45 years. “My father was the first clerk of the church and when he passed, they appointed me and I’ve been on the job ever since.” The duties of the clerk primarily involve record keeping, according to Charlie--“all church records, financial records, records of membership, deceased members, a record of when somebody joins the church. When somebody joins the church, I have them tell me their age at that time. When they get ready to get their social security, they come to me for this record and the social security always recognizes a church record.” “The head social security man from Alexandria,” Charlie said, came to Sperryville to check on the reliability of the Charles Lewis Bureau of Vital Statistics. He left impressed with the completeness of the records and has never questioned a Hopewell Baptist Church verification of age since. At 74, Charlie is still very active and far from retired. Although he maintains he doesn’t work “regular” he keeps busy. In addition to his clerk duties with the church, he tends a large vegetable garden and 40 to 50 chickens. “I do carpentry work and I do some wall papering still. And yard work--just got a call from a lady whose yard needs doing.” FIVE years ago, Charlie put iQ> the panelling and ceiling tiles in the new Hopewell Baptist Church building, an old Masonic Lodge that the church members purchased for $400 and moved from downtown Sperryville to its new location on a hill overlooking the town. Charlie was instrumental in convincing the congregation to take on the job, maintaining that the members themselves were capable of doing the work with a little outside help. Charlie was the narrator of “Come Day, Go Day, God Send Sunday,” a film produced two years ago about the importance of the church in the lives of the black community in Rappahannock County. “Folks today aren’t satisfied. Kids nowadays get more presents in a single Christmas than my children did in their whole lives and they still aren’t satisfied. Seems like they’ll never be. You’ve got to be satisfied before you can be happy.” At 74, Charles Lewis is both. 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Toys a feature of Colonial Yule GIVING children “the best toys we can afford” during the holidays and other festive occasions was standard even in Colonial days. If a settler could manage it, he bought a sophisticated plaything from Europe. A loving Indian father might trade for European toys as well as other “civilized” goods. But in general, life was hard and children had to make do with handmade toys. A devoted father might whittle a set of wooden blocks for his toddler or a balland-cup game for older children, the National Geographic Society recalls. The imagination of the child Point-to-Point race dates are scheduled FAIRFAX HUNT’S RACE MEETING on Saturday, February 19, at; Belmont, near Leesburg, will inaugurate the upcoming Virginia point-to-point race season, it has been decided. The Fairfax meet is also a new addition to the Virginia Circuit. Casanova Hunt’s meet, which has led off the season for many years, will be second in 1977, on Saturday, February 26. Peter Winants, chairman of the Virginia Point-to-Point Advisory Council,: said the following dates were also approved: Rappahannock, Saturday, March 5. Blue Ridge, Saturday, March 12. Warrenton, Saturday, March 19. Piedmont (at Upperville), Saturday, March 26. Middleburg, Sunday, April 3. Old Dominion, at Ben Venue in Rappahannock County, Saturday, April 9. Oatlands, Sunday, April 17. IT WAS ALSO ANNOUNCED that the annual Point-to-Point Seminar sponsored by the Council will be held at 8 p.m. Friday, January 14, at the Middleburg Community Center. The panel for the seminar will consist of last year’s champions—Patty Cassel, Woman Rider of the Year; Arch Kingsley, Gentleman Rider; Kevin Palmer, winner of the First Colony Trophy; Randy Rouse, winner of the Seven Corners Trophy, and Ridgely White, trainer of Flying Boxcar the Horse of the Year. Also appearing with the panel members will be William Walsh, a trainer from Pennsylvania, and Edward S. Bonnie, an owner and gentleman rider from Kentucky. Winants will be moderator. Each year, a member of the steering committee of the Virginia Point-to-Point Council steps down, and is replaced by a new member. The new member this year is Clay T. Brittle, Jr., replacing Rob Palmer, who has served for two years. Other members are Peter Winants, chairman; William Brainard and Arch Kingsley. □ Robinson’s Yule gesture Congressman J. Kenneth Robinson has extended a general holiday greeting to 7th Congressional District residents and stated that he and his wife, Kit, would follow a practice inaugurated last year of reserving for charitable causes money which otherwise would be used to purchase and mail Christmas cards. “Since I began service in the Congress nearly six years ago, Kit and I have acquired many new andcherished friendships, and our holiday greeting list expanded dramatically, with the accompanying hazard of omitting inadvertently some of our valued acquaintances,” Robinson explained, “so we decided, last year, that we l J m-. V JACK & JILL Main St. - Culpeper OPEN EACH EVENING t THROUGH ; * DECEMBER 23 j UNTIL 8 P.M. CLOSE CHRISTMAS EVE AT 5:30 P.M. would forego the traditional custom and add the estimated cost of cards and postage, albeit relatively small, to the amount we have budgeted for charitable contributions.” ‘‘Our wish is for a joyous holiday season for all citizens of the 7th District, and for their good health — and the prosperity and peace of our nation— in the New Year,” the 7th District Representative added.□ r 1 WHAT A FALL!" Icy sidewalks can mean a fall and serious injury to a passerby or shopper. It can also mean a liability suit for many thousands of dollars. Liability can be your greatest financial risk - you can be properly protected with insurance from CARR and HYDE INCORPORATED WARRENTON 347-2266 supplied any finishing touches that the maker left out. Models of grownup objects such as carts and wagons were plain enough to change form and function at the will of their little owners. The simpler objects gave children more freedom to create and make magic out of play. Children often made their own playthings from plants. Grass blades became whistles, acorns turned into doll dishes, and plant stems with the pith punched out served as popguns. OTHER toys were made from scraps. Barrel hoops were rolled. Wool unraveled from stockings was wadded up into balls and covered with animal hide. Dolls were fashioned from cornhusks, clay, wood, nuts, apples, and stones swaddled in cloth. For untold generations, Hopi and Zuni Indians in pueblos of the Southwest carved and painted the kachina dolls that represent spirits who take prayers to the gods. Fathers and uncles still give the dolls to young girls during annual ceremonies. As time passed, children of the settlers acquired more sophisticated toys. Boys had toy soldiers and wooden guns, slingshots, and Indian bows and arrows. Stuffed animals and beanbags and other imaginative playthings kept both boys and girls busy all week until Sunday. OFTEN the Christian Sabbath would have been never-ending for children if it hadn’tbeen for Noah’s Ark, a “Sunday toy.” Adult time and energy—and skill with a sharp knife—were the only limits to its array of animals. Noah’s Ark was a permissible distraction on the day of rest and duty because of its Biblical origin. It taught sacred truths of religion. Toymaking in America gradually became a mechanized industry, but the handmade plaything never completely died out. As late as the 1880s, yagabond carver Wilhelm Schimmel of Pennslyvania was whittling toys for farm children in the Cumberland Valley. In Appalachia and other regions where money for store-bought toys has always been scarce, a tradition of handcrafted toys has flourished to this day.D Found dead Frankie Virginia Jackson, 53, of Woodville was pronounced dead on arrival at Culpeper Memorial Hospital Monday night after she was discovered in the driveway to her home on Route 621. She was taken to the hospital by Sperryville Rescue Squad after she was found by a neighbor. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at press time. Turn right signs readied New signs are being erected at approximately 20 per cent of intersections with traffic signals throughout the state in preparation for the new right turn on red law. For the past eight months, engineers for the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation have conducted studies of every intersection with traffic sig nals on state-maintained highways. As of January 1, motorists will be permitted to make right turns on red lights unless the signs, which read No Turn On Red, have been erected. The signs, which were standardized by the Federal Highway Administration, are oblong in shape and have black lettering on a white background. THE A GOOD USED CAR OR TRUCK FROM OUR LARGE SELECTION! 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WOODVILLE NEWS *y MRS. JUNE CLARK ' Tuesday, Mrs. Ruby Dwyer, Mrs. Alvin Atkins and Miss Janice Atkins were visitors of Mrs. Henry Brown and sister, Miss Elva Bruce. Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Winston Sibert and Becky attended a Retirement Party at Fort Myer and were overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Butler in McLean. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Conners were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. Highway toll down Virginia entered December with 932 reported traffic deaths for 1976, or 21 less than the 953 for the same period of 1975, Col. H. W. Burgess, Superintendent of State Police, reported. Colonel Burgess observed that on five past occasions Virginia has seen three consecutive years of traffic death reduction but never four. Noting that there were 1,256 deaths in 1972, 1,220 in 1973, 1,050 in 1974 and 1,030 in 1975, he remarked that if the 1,030 mark of last year can be lowered Virginia will have a traffic safety “first.” However, Col. Burgess warned against too much optimism for, he said, the 77 deaths of last December gave the lowest Decern ber toll since 1960 and that December is, despite this, a dangerous month. “There are more hours of darkness than in any other month, more drinking, more pedestrian and vehicular traffic and general holiday inattention • For the first nine months of 1976, pedestrian deaths were up from 160 last year to 163 and those of motorcyclists from 49 to 61. Bicycle deaths fell from 13 to 10 and those of servicemen from 37 to 27. Tentative rate of deaths per each 100 million miles of travel was 2.9, the lowest ever, and traffic volumes were up an estimated 6.7 percent. Germanna Fabric Shop Levi’s For Gals - 10% OFF Jeans, shirts, jackets, vests, skirts, dresses Crompton’s Volvotoen - $4.50 & $4.98 yd. Corduroy, Winmoto Prints $3.79 yd. Quinno, Dolnino - $6.98 yd. Remnants 25% OFF Sowing Machines - Polyostor Filling - Sowing Notions SOUTHGATE SHOPPING CENTER noor Jamesway Hours: Monday thru Saturday - 10 to 8, Friday 'til 9 A Gift That Lasts All Year A Subscription to the iSappalianmirk Nma Box 38, Washington, Va. 22747 Gift Cards Sent and Mrs. J.C. Creel in Culpeper. There will be a Carol Sing at Woodville Baptist Church Sunday, December 19 at 6:30 p.m. followed by a social hour. Robert Nethers of Dunn Loring spent Saturday with his brotherin-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burke. Gene Fisher of Castleton and the Rev. B. Gale Titchenell attended a Shenrapawa Scout Meeting at Front Royal Saturday. xlie uuuvmc n.u, uiuu nciu its Christmas Party Tuesday at the church. The out-going President, Mrs. Mele Daczewitz installed New Officers for 1977. President; Mrs. Carolyn Manwaring, Vice President, Mrs. Eileen Manwaring, Secretary, Mrs. Betty Wood, Treasurer, Mrst June Clark. A few items of business were discussed. Games were played and a social hour followed with Mrs. Merle Daczewitz, Mrs. Louise O’Bannon and Mrs. Ruth Orange as hostesses. On Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Corker, Donald, Eddie and Jessica of Beaverdam were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Clark and Misty Hitt. Wednesday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde P. Johnson entertained in honor of the birthday of their daughter, Kristie Johnson. Those enjoying ice-cream and cake included Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Johnson, Bonnie Norman, Misty Hitt, Vickie Lemon and Ricky Johnson. James M. Bullion of Silver Spring, Md. and W. Curtis Bullion of Denver, Colo, visited their mother, Mrs. Marcia Bullion on Mondaj'-D AMISSVILLE Miss Patricia Hutto of Mechanicsville was the visitor Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Burner and Faye. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Pullen joined by Mrs. Lottie Jeffries and Mrs. Lewis Pullen of New Baltimore were visitors Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. William Rush at Fort Valley. Mrs. David Streagle, Shannon and Marc were visitors Sunday evening of Mr. and Mrs. David Hoadley and Sarah Kearns in Falls Church. Monday afternoon they were callers of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kephart in Herndon and of Sally Mann in McLean. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pierson and family recently visited Ken Wiles in Arlington. Christmas programs A Christmas program will be held Thursday, December 23 at the Amissville United Methodist Church beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Amissville Baptist Church will have a Christmas program Sunday, December 19 at 7:30 p.m. 1 A play, Bethlehem Inn, will be presented by the young people. After the program those who wish will go carolling around the community and then return to the church for refreshments. There will be a Sunday School Christmas program at the F. T, Baptist Church on Tuesday evening, December 21 at 7:00. A candlelight service will be held at Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church, Sperryville on Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24 at 7:30. The Gid Brown Bible Church’s Christmas program will be presented Sunday, December 19 at 7:30 p.m. Special singing is included in the program. Everyone is welcome to attend. The public is invited to a Christmas Cantata, “Night of Miracles,” to be presented at 7 p.m. in the Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church on Route 522 at Scrabble. A Community Christmas Concert will be presented by the choir of Rappahannock County High School on Thursday evening, December 16 at 8 at Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church, Sperryville. Several members of the choir will render special selections accompanied by guitars. In addition, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bomberger and Miss Paula Picard will present special selections. The Christmas pageant, “The Little Drummer Boy,” will be presented at the Sperryville United Methodist Church, Sunday evening, December 19 at 8 o’clock. Christmas Eve a candlelight communion service will be held at 7:30. The public is invited to attend. “Have You Any Room For Us?” a Christmas play with music with the congregation participating will be presented at Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church, Sperryville, Sunday evening, December 19 at 7:30.

FIRE, RESCUE The Flint Hill Fire Company responded to a barn fire on J. Dawson’s farm in Huntly December 8. Later that evening they were called bach to the farm. The Washington Fire Company also responded to Dawson farm. The Flint Hill Rescue Squad carried. Steve Gibson from Flint Hill to Warren Memorial Hospital December 12. The Washington Rescue Squad carried Greg Stump of Washington from the Rappahannock Clinic to Warren Memorial Hospital December 9. Amissville Rescue Squad took Mrs. Frank Walters from her home to Fauquier Hospital, Warrenton on December 11. Willie Printz of Flint Hill was taken to Warren Memorial Hospital December 14 by this unit. LIBRARY HOLIDAY . The Rappahannock County Library will close at 5 p.m. Wednesday, December 22, 1976, and re-open at 9 a.m. on Monday, January 3, 1977. The staff wishes everyone a happy holiday season. Caroling Rappahannock County’s annual Christmas Caroling will be Sunday evening, December 19, with everyone gathering at Trinity Episcopal Church parish hall in Washington, by 7 p.m. Carolers will stroll through the streets with old laterns and cheer. Those who wish may go to adjacent towns and serenade. Carolers should bring lanterns to carry if available and wear Colonial costumes over warm clothing, if possible. It is also suggested that the carolers bring some cookies; hot chocolate will be provided at the parish hall. Everyone is welcome.□ Rugged - W1" liable - rough Tough 8" boot is mode from full grain oil tanned Red Cedar leather that is specially chosen for its resistance to barnyard acid, commercial fertilizer and caustic sodas. Drill vamp lining resists mildew, fungus and odor. Genuine leather insole won't shrink, crack or absorb sweat. Has rubber heel and rugged, insulatingcorkcomposition BILL’S SPORTING GOODS sole designed by Chippewa. $28.50 210 East Main St. Front Royal, Va. HER ? >pvth/s Yr^ 4t» y amsmats _ _ _ with a Whirlpool appliance WASHERS DRYERS DISHWASHERS x ®! TRASH /COMPACTORS 'RANGES REFRIGERATORS FREEZERS l FOR THE BEST SELECTION AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES... SHOP WHERETHE CUSTOMER IS STILL KING! RAPPAHANNOCK FOW LOCATIONS TO SliYC YOU Cmmi-iCMINGTONWAHiNTONSKMYYIlU Phone 987-2311 Sperryville, Va. {COOPERATIVE fo'O/o W' t^W

The lawn of Avon Hall at Washington declares the Bicentennial year. These decorations used for the Independence Day celebration have been left to remind everyone of the country’s two hundredth birthday. ASC election results THE Rappahannock County ASC Committee has tabulated the ballots for the community commitee elections which ended December 6. Farmers elected to the committees for 1977 are: South Community: Chairman, Raymond Johnson; Vice Chairman, A.F. Cannon; Regular Member, James H. Falls; First Alternate, Earl J. Kilby; Second Alternate, James Ashby. North Community: Chairman, Thomas G. Eastham; Vice Chairman, John A. Tapp; Regular Member, Aubrey North; First Alternate, Roland Welch; Second Alternate, William D. Fries. Central Community: Chairman, Thomas B. Massie; Vice Chairman, Louis P. Moore, Jr.; Regular Member, E.M. Jones; First Alternate, Ian Pryde; Second Alternate, Henry Hudson. 1 FOR SALE FRESH CUT * SCOTTISH PINE CHRISTMAS TREES1 Main Street, Flint Hill ^ Limited supply. Reasonable ;f Also candles and brass candlesticks. * Running pine for wreaths or garlands. I Compton’s Toy & Hobby Store 222 E. MAIN ST. FRONT ROYAL IS SANTA’S HEADQUARTERS FOR TOYS - HOBBIES - CRAFT KITS i WE STILL HAVE AN EXCELLENT SELECTION OF ALL NAME BRAND TOYS 3 Ho Trains & Accessories L.G. Selection Plush Animals " Ho Race Sets & Accessories Model Kits Famous Tonka Toys Games Fisher Price Bryer Horses ? Dolls—All Types Legos Matchbox Toys FAHTASTIC STOCKING STUFFER SECTION ■ Save Time—Try Compton’s FIRST ' The Store With The “BIG DOG” In The Window HURRY!! SANTA IS COMING . .1-4 a . Open 9 Til 9 Til Xmas —A—# Ovk/V' I Community Committeemen and alternates serve a one year term of office which begins January 1, 1977. MEMBERS of the community committees also serve as delegates to the County Convention to be held on December 20 at 9:30 a.m. in the county ASCS office. The purpose of the County Convention is to elect committeemen and alternates to fill vacancies on the County Committee, and to determine the Chairman, Vice Chairman for the coming year. The County Convention is open to the public. □ Park visits down A 16.8% decrease was noted in the visitation to Shenandoah National Park as compared to the same month last year. Total visitors this year numbered 129,000 while there were 157,400 in 1975. For the 1976 calendar year, however, there is a slight increase in visitation; a 1.1% over a year ago. Visitors to date are 2,644,200 with the total for 1975 as 2,616,400. The maximum temperature at Big Meadows in November was 59 degrees while the minimum was one degree. Rainfall totaled 1.26 inches and snowfall 3.5 inches.□ IN MEMORIAM In memory of our beloved husband and father who departed this world eight months ago. (Family of the late Eugene B. Atkins) Daddy Christmas time is here again To many it will bring lots of joy and cheer But we all know it breaks our heart To know that we all have to be apart. But we keep telling ourself that God knows best So he came to get you so you could rest. Daddy you left us all so sudden We had no time to say goodbye But we’ll all be with you one day up in the sky. God needed you for a reason— what we’U never know But work or worry you’ll have no more. We recall that last day around noon And have had the feeling you knew you were going home soon. We know you are resting in a happier place We only had you for a short time but you were the best. Please God look after him that he may suffer no more We’ll come to see you daddy one day on that beautiful shore. Sadly missed by, Wife, Daughters, Sons and Grandchildren AVFD elects Officers chosen for the following year by the Amissville Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad included Paul Poling, president; Braxton James, vice president; Charlie Compton, treasurer; Russell Pullen, chief and Levi Atkins, assistant chief, all reelected to the fire unit. Stan Settle was newly elected as first lieutenant and Donald James was re-elected second lieutenant. Serving a first term will be Arthur Pullen as secretary and Carl James, captain, for the fire company. In the rescue squad Bobby Carter was re-elected captain and directors named were Arthur Brown and Gilbert Lawrence.□ IN MEMORIAM In meinoriam of Lee Taylor Settle who passed away one year ago, December 19, 1975. I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead. He is just away! With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand, He has wandered into an unknown land, And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there. And we—oh we, who the wildest yearn For the old-time step and the glad return, Think of him faring on, as dear In the love of There as the love of Here; Think of him still as the same, I say: He is not dead—he is just away. The wife and children of Lee Taylor Settle IN MEMORIAM Stars above us softly shine With an Everlasting Light Which has come down through the Ages Since that first Christmas Night. When the Angels told the Shepherds Of the Babe of Bethlehem And sang the Royal Anthem Of Peace, Good Will to Men Tonight these stars are guarding A grave hallowed in Culpeper’s soil Where sleeps our Dear Mother In the Arms of Jesus; this world no more to toil. Short days ago she worked for us— A woman revered and admired. As the Mother of seven children Her words did each inspire. From all around people came in silent homage Their last respects to pay To her unquenchable spirit— Symbolized in the smiles and love to others She freely gave. Her words ring out so eloquently: “Seven children was God’s Blessing to me. Confess your sins to Jesus and live just for him Then someday together we will spend eternity.” A woman who answered God’s call to humble duty And performed it to the end— A woman we all miss, Lizzie Norman Was not only our mother, but also our best friend. Her seven little darlings

OBITUARIES Gentry Everyn Alvin Gentry, 62, of Blacksburg died December 11,1976 in Radford Hospital. A native of Rappahannock County, he was the son of the late Lula Edna Coppage Gentry of Flint Hill and W. C. Gentry of North Carolina. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Estelle E. Gentry; a foster daughter, Miss Jane Chittom, both of Blacksburg; a brother, Wiley Gentry of Flint Hill and a sister, Mrs. Lula Clemens of Seaford. Graveside services were held Monday at the Flint Hill Methodist Church Cemetery with Masonic Lodge 78 conducting the services. Burial was in the Flint Hill Methodist Church Cemetery. □ Carder Mary Ellen Carder, of Culpeper, died December 10, 1976 at her home. She was the daughter of the late Roger and Leslie Whorton Tharpe of Rappahannock and a member of Culpeper Baptist Church. She was also a native of Rappahannock County. Survivors include her husband, Richard Carder of Culpeper; two daughters, Mrs. Doris Carpenter and Mrs. Mary Catherine Jones, both of Culpeper; a son, Paul Richard Carder of Stafford; four listers, Mrs. Sophis Daniels of Orange, Mrs. Laura Harmon, Mrs. Luemma Fincham and Mrs. CeCile Sloanaker, all of Remington; a brother, Charlie Tharpe of Front Royal and nine grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. John S. Farrar at the Geest Funeral Home Chapel Legal Notice VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY RE: MARTHA MARSHALL IN CHANCERY NO. 2822 TO: MARTHA MARSHALL, if living, or- if she be deed, the widower, heirs, devisees, sad successors in title of Msrthe Marshall, whose addresses are unknown, and who are made parties hereto by the general description of Parties Unknown. Yon are hereby notified that a tract of land described as follows: Martha Marshall Address Unknown Flint Hill Lot in Wakefield Magisterial District, Rappahannock County, Virginia, was sold on the 31st day of March, 1951, for delinquent taxes, levies, interest, and costs for the year 1948, to H. S. Barksdale, and 1, H. S. Barksdale, have filed application for the purchase thereof in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of lappa ha nnock County, Virginia. And it appearing from the records of the aforesaid office that you are interested in the said land, you are further notified te appear in four months from the date of notice and do what may be necessary to protect your interests. Yon are further notified that I will apply for a deed on the 29th day of April, 1977, and also notified that said real estate may be redeemed at any time before the execution of such deed by payment of the necessary amount to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia. Given imder my hand this 22nd day of November, 1976. H.S. BARKSDALE, Applicant Lea, Davies, Crigler A Barrell Counsel for Applicant P. O. Box 712 Culpeper, Virginia 22701 703-825-6000 12/16 Tuesday. Pallbearers were Elmer J. Frazier, James Coates, Harvey Tharpe, Owen Cubbage, Wallace Wright, Carl Clatterbuck, Shelton A. Smith and Henry Jenkins. □ Poston Grover Cleveland Poston, 85, of Flint Hill, died December 7, 1976 at the Veterans Administration Center in Martinsburg, W. Va. Mr. Poston was married to the late Irene Bohanan Poston, and was a veteran of World War I. He is survived by a brother and a sister, Mrs. Lillian McGlynn of Willow Springs, Mo. A graveside service was conducted Friday at the National Memorial Park in Falls Church by the Rev. A. D. Good son. □ Showers John Thomas Showers, Sr., 77, of Front Royal died December 11, 1976. Born in Rappahannock County, he was the son of the late George Showers and Sarah Rutherford Showers and was a retired farmer. He is survived by his wife, Georgia Showers; two sons, John T. Showers, Jr. and H. Richard Showers, both of Front Royal; three daughters, Mrs. Marie McGuinn of Fairfax, Mrs. Bertha Gordon of Front Royal and Mrs. Josie Phelps of Markham; one sister, Mrs. Rose Widner of Wheaton, Md.; 18 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday by the Rev. Irving Johnson at the Turner Funeral Home in Front Royal and interment was in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Henson Mrs. Lucille Compton Henson of Front Royal died December 11, 1976, in a nursing home in Luray. She was 84, born in Sperryville June 18, 1892, the daughter of the late Richard Harrison Compton and Mary Virginia Yates Compton. Mrs. Brown was a teacher employed in Augusta and Warren counties until she was married in 1920 to Walter Irvin Henson who died in 1968. She was a member of Front Royal United Methodist Church. Survivors include four children, Mrs. Leslie Good of Front Royal, Mrs. Sidney Rogers of WinstonSalem, N.C., Walter I. Henson, Jr. of Warrenton and J. Richard Henson of Staunton; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A funeral service was held Monday in the chapel of the Robertshaw Funeral Home conducted by the Rev. A. D. Goodson. Interment was in Bennetts Chapel Cemetery. Grandsons served as pallbearers. Auxiliary to meet The Washington Ladies Auxiliary will meet Monday, December 20 at the fire hall at 7 p.m. After the business meeting a Christmas party will be held. All members are asked to bring refreshments and a gift to exchange. Auxiliary secretary expressed appreciation to all who responded to the cakeless bake sale and hopes that the auxiliary will hear from those who have not responded.□ State Reg. #5324 703-937-4374 Amissville, Va. 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Thank You A tremendous thank you to all of you whoso contributions made possible our now basketball scoreboard. RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Robinson against probe appropriation Congressman J. Kenneth Robinson has stated his opposition to providing $6.5 million for the first year of a new House committee investigation of the John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King assassinations. Robinson, only Virginia member of the House Appropriations Committee, termed the prospective request of the Select Committee on Assassinations “very difficult to justify, particularly inasmuch as the sponsors of the inquiry told the House three months ago that it would cost about $500,000.” “Now, we are being asked to approve 13 times the original es timate with the prospect of additional millions to be sought for the second year of the committee’s work in 1978,” Robinson notes in a statement. ‘‘I recognize that there continues to be substantial public interest in exploring additional lines of inquiry in these assassinations, but the staff and travel allowances now being prepared for submission to the House in January impress me as grossly out of line,” he commented. □ LEGAL NOTICE VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY CLARA CARPENTER Complainant vs. HEIRS OF REUBEN BAILEY Defendants In Chancery 2825 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to effect partition of certain real estate situate and fronting on the east and west sides of State Highway Route 645 in Jackson Magisterial District, Rappahannock County, Virginia, containing seventeen acres, more or less, of which Reuben Bailey died, seized and possessed. And an affidavit having been made and filed that there are certain defendants in this cause who are non-residents of the State of Virginia, namely: Clarence Jordan 420 19th Street, N. E. Washington, D. C. 20000 Edith Allen 2324 Ocala Avenue Baltimore, Md. 21215 Caesar Bailey 712 Forrest Street Moylan, Penna. 19065 Homer Bailey 329 5th Street Rankin, Penna. K236 Harry Bailey 1375 George Street Plainfield, N. J. 07062 James Bailey 1100 Holbrook Terrace #4 Washington, D. C. 20002 William Bailey 87 Hopkins Place Irvington, N. J. 07111 Walter Bailey 194 Amherst Street East Orange, N. J. 07018 Virginia Settle 1625 Putman Street Harrisburg, Penna. 17100 William Settle 241 Ashley Avenue Charleston, S. C. 294C3 Robert Settle 3rd and Jones Street West Point, Penna, 19486 Elizabeth Settle 1224 Arch Street Norristown, Penna. 19401 Stephanie Settle 1224 Arch Street Norristown, Penn. 19401 Stanley Settle, Jr. 1224 Arch Street Norristown, Penna. 19401 Stacey Settle 1224 Arch Street Norristown, Penna. 19401 Sharon Settle 1224 Arch Street Norristown, Penna. 19401 Lindsey Bailey 170 Howard Street Newark, N. J. 07103 Gene Bailey c/o Lindsey Bailey 170 Howard Street Newark, N. J. 07103 Catherine Settle 226 Lee Circle Bryn Hiwr, Penna. 19010 Ethel Briscoe 214 Fornance Street Norristown, Penna. 19401 Martha Putney 5408 First Street, N. E. Washington, D. C. 20011 Mabel Christian 324 E. Third Street Bans on, W. Va. 25438 Genevieve Hosby 213 S. West Street Charles Town, W. Va. 25414 Mazie Taylor 217 S. West Street Charles Town, W. Va. 25414 Hazel Bailey 410 S. Charles Street Charles Town, W. Va. 25414 Johnnie Bailey 6130 W. Marlette Avenue Glendale, Arizona 85301 Martha Harris Fostertown Road Medford, N. J. 08055 David Bailey 136 Wall Street Charles Town, W. Va. 25414 Bernice Johnson 10 Parkside Avenue Rochester, N. Y. 14608 Shelia Pearson 1001 Garden Avenue Niagara Falls, N. Y. 14883 Veronica King 161 Reynolds Street Rochester, N. Y. 14608 Sandra Fields Town & Country Apartments 1408 Arch Street Norristown, Penna. 19401 George Bailey 610 Kelker Street Harrisburg, Penna. 17100 Aubrey Bailey, Jr. 745 Locust Street Johnstown, Penna. 15902 Hunter Bailey 573 Camp Street Harrisburg, Penna. 17110 Lula Sample 1046 N. 6th Street Harrisburg, Penna. 17100 Mary Grigsby 829 Harewood Avenue Charles Town, W. Va. 25414 Stella Robinson Bippon, W. Va. 25441 William Hester 71 East Avenue Hagerstown, Md. 21740 Dolores Bailey 5440 Locust Street Philadelphia, Penna. 19100 Yvonne Bailey 5446 Locust Street Philadelphia, Penna. 19100 Barbara Hester Bex 52 Junction, W. Va. 25442 Isabelle Brown 829 Harewood Avenue Charles Town, W. Va. 25414 Donald Hester 715 B MEMO Patuxent River, Md. 20670 Esther Brown 3530 Bucklane Cape hart Housing Philadelphia, Penna. 19145 Airman Ricardo Hester 234-806-544 3345 Air Base Group Chanute, HI. 61868 William Bailey 322 Third Avenue Ranson, W. Va. 25438 Edward Bailey 313 S. Charles Street Charles Town, W. Va. 25414 James Bailey 608 Kelker Street Harrisburg, Penna. 17100 Lawrence Bailey 6403 Sunset Light Columbia, Md. 21043 Catherine Carter 417 S. Lawrence Street Charles Town, W. Va. 25414 Thelma Taylor 3128 Duquesne Avenue West Mifflin, Penna, 15122 Gladys Person 100 Michigan Avenue Pittsburg, Penna. 15210 Charles Grigsby 7068 Capana Street Pittsburg, Penna. 15206 Jean Grigsby 100 Mill Street Coraopolis, Penna. 15108 Jean Rideout 3128 West Street West Mifflin, Penna. 15122 Cliriece Schell 425 W. College Avenue York, Penna. 17404 Elaine Hancock 1727 Shepherd Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20011 Charles Grayson Belvedere Avenue York, Penna. 17404 Delores Sturdivant 2840 16th Street, N. W. #206 Washington, D. C. 20009 Mary Moore York, Penna. 17404 Mary Woods 1613 Village Green Drive Landover, Md. 20785 Albert Grigsby 315 Dixson Avenue North Versailles, Penna. 15137 Dora Bailey 573 Camp Street Harrisburg, Penna. 17110 Irma Bogdanoff 3511 Forest Edge Drive, Apt. 103 Silver Spring, Md. 20006 Mary Meyers 425 West CoUege Avenue York, Penna. 17404 Jackson Bridfette R. F. D. 3 Lawrenceville, 111. 62439 Byron Grayson 425 W. College Avenue York, Penna. 17404 Charles Grayson, Jr. 425 W. College Avenue York, Penna. 17404 Jean Butler 7007 Jeorgian Road Philadelphia, Penna. 19100 Calvin Cook 39 W. Carpenter Lane -Philadelphia, Penna. 19100 Janet Powell 121 E. South Street York, Penna. 17404 Jackson Bridgette 1428 Newton Street Washington, D. C. 20000 William Bridgette 425 W. College Avenue York, Penna. 17404 Lester Bridgette 3401 A Street, S. E. #304 Washington, D. C. 20019 Betty Lewis Washington, D. C. 20000 AND THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF FANNIE BAILEY, a/k/a FAN BAILEY, AND HER SON, EARL BAILEY, a/k/a WILL BAILEY; BESSIE COOK, AND HER CHILDREN, JAMES COOK, MATTIE CLAY, WILBUR COOK AND EUGENE COOK; REUBEN BAILEY, SON OF SARAH BAILEY; AUBREY BAILEY, SON OF CAESAR BAILEY, SR., WHO DISAPPEARED IN 1942 IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND; IF LIVING, OR IF THEY BE DEAD, THEN, THEIR WIDOWS OR WIDOWERS, AND HEIRS, DEVISEES AND SUCCESSORS IN TITLE; AND, ANY UNKNOWN PARTIES, HEIRS, DEVISEES AND SUCCESSORS IN TITLE, IF ANY SUCH THERE BE, HAVING AN INTEREST IN THE LANDS OF REUBEN BAILEY, WHOSE NAMES AND ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN AND WHO ARE MADE PARTIES DEFENDANT BY THE GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF “PARTIES UNKNOWN.” IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that all of the said non-resident Defendants, whose names and addresses are listed above; all of the named Defendants whose addresses are unknown who are listed above; and the said parties made Defendant by the general description of “Parties Unknown” do appear within ten days after publication of the ORDER and do what is necessary to protect their interests. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the foregoing portion of this Order of Publication be published once a week for four successive weeks in the Rappahannock News, a newspaper published in the County of Rappahannock, Virginia. E. M. JONES CLERK NILES AND CHAPMAN P. O. Box 190 Culpeper, Virginia 22701 703-825-6040 BY: Hunter B. Chapman, p.q. A COPY, TESTE: E. M. JONES, CLERK BY: Deputy Clerk 12-23

SPERRYVILLE NEWS MRS. B.M. VARNER Mr. and Mrs. Carson Johnson entertained at a Johnson family dinner Saturday evening. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson, Dennis and Jimmy of Luray, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Johnson and Brenda of New Market, Mrs. Betsy Harrell and Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Kight, Connie and Edward of Silver Spring, Md., Mr. and Mrs. Edward Clatterbuck, Mr. and Mrs. Kent Dunn and Allen Partlow, all of Arlington, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Rector of Hume, Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Burke, Neil and Nathan of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Atkins and Rachel of Amissville and C.B. Johnson. Luncheon guests Sunday of Dr. and Mrs. Carroll Quaintance were Mrs. Austin Roberts, Sr. and Charles Roberts of Cranford, N.J. and Mr. and Mrs. Austin Roberts, Jr. of Bethesda, Md. Miss Ann Dwyer was a Sunday and overnight guest of Mrs. Ethel l^ner and Miss Nellie Atkins. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Way land were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Franke in WinstonSalem, N.C. Mrs. Maury W. Brown has returned home after a visit with her daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Shirey, Mrs. Jean Konek and family and Mrs. Don Williams and Mr. Williams in Richmond. Wayne Corbin and son, Justin of Culpeper were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Corbin. Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Devers spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Devers and family in Front Royal. Mr. and Mrs. Roy B. Reeve and Karen of State College, Pa. were weekend guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Reeve and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brown, Kelly and Mike of Culpeper were dinner guests Saturday evening of Mrs. Robert W. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hawkins have returned home after a month in Clewiston, Fla. Mrs. Hawkins was an overnight guest last week of Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Codding and family in Fairfax. Sunday, they visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Edmonds in Front Royal. Mr. and Mrs. Ranny Ay lor and Heather were dinner guests Sunday of Mrs. Robert Nethers in Flint Hill. Mrs. Viola Brown, who was FLINT HILL NEWS Saturday callers of Mrs. W.J. LaBille were Mrs. B.M. Miller and Mrs. Henry Keyser of Washington. Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. LaBille were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lyle of Glenn Bumie, Md. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Welch spent Wednesday in Winchester. Mrs. Welch was a Friday caller of Mrs. Bud Corder and Mrs. Kathleen Nicholson in Front Royal. She was a Saturday visitor of Mr. and Mrs. John Wimmer in Front Royal. The Welchs accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Corder, Mrs. Wimmer were joined by Miss Molly Dennis of Castleton for the Flint Hill Christmas Party Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Granville Eastham and Tom were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Eastham in Hume. Mr. Eastham’s cousin, Mrs. Anne Hamilton of Lex ington, was also a visitor of the Easthams. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Blaisdell at the Flint Hill Christmas Party Sunday were John W. Blaisdell, Jr. and Miss Ginger Costello of Berryville, Miss Lisa Blaisdell of Front Royal and Miss Addie Boyd.D Palmer reassigned Army Sergeant John T. Palmer, son of Mrs. Jessie G. Palmer, Route 1, Sperryville, recently was assigned with the 258th Military Police Company at Ft. Polk, La., as a military policeman. Sgt. Palmer’s father, Roger A. Palmer, lives at Virginia Beach.□ * ^ 5L WLu SL °p South Gate Shopping Center Culpeper Is open from 9 to 9 For Your Shopping Convenience your BankAmericard. welcome FREE GIFT WRAPPING with Mrs. James A. Dodson during Mr. Dodson’s hospitalization, left last Monday to spend some time with her daughter, Mrs. A1 Castaldi and family in Hanover, Pa. Mrs. Frances Thornton was a weekend guest of Mrs. Amy L. Gore in Alexandria. Ellis Baker entered Culpeper Memorial Hospital Sunday. Members of the family here during the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Pugh of Orange, Mr. and Mrs. James Selvage of Manassas and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Baker of Sterling Park. Mr. and Mrs. Harris Cushman of Rosemond, Calif, arrived Monday for a visit of two weeks. ATTENTION ALL DOG OWNERS A Rabies Vaccination Clinic will be held SAT., DECEMBER 18 Dr. W. L. Wake will be at the Washington Fire Hail from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost: $200 per dog Jack Bruce, Dog Warden A CLAW HITCH WITH A NEW DEUTZ D 10006 OR D 13006 AIR-COOLED DIESEL Now you can have the newest, safest, most convenient method of connecting or disconnecting 3-point hitch implements — a $200-plus value, free with the purchase of either two or four-wheel arive moaeis. The Deutz Claw Hitch lets you connect or disconnect implements from the tractor seat quickly, with a minimum of maneuvering. Best of all you’ll be the proud owner of a Deutz air-cooled diesel tractor and start reaping tremendous savings in fuel - up to 34% compared with liquid-cooled engines. OFFER ENDS DECEMBER 31 —SO BUY NOW *Deutz Claw Hitch for Category II with the purchase of a D 10006: for Category II and/or III with a D 13006: ready to install CHARLES E. SUTPHIN, INC. Highway 211 Washington. Va. 675-3566 The most carefully engineered tractor in the world.

LEGAL NOTICES ORDER OF PUBLICATION LAW NO. 694 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, a Virginia corporation, Petitioner v. CECELIA DeGOLYER McGHEE, ETAL, and 17.17 Acres, More or Less, of Land, Located in Rappahannock County, Virginia, Defendants. ORDER OF PUBLICATION LAW NO. 693 In this, proceeding the Petitioner seeks to acquire by condemnation certain perpetual rights, privileges and easement of right of way over, upon and across a certain piece or parcel of land situated in Rappahannock County, Virginia, for the uses and purposes of the Petitioner in the construction, operation and maintenance of electric transmission and distribution facilities, consisting of one or more lines of poles, towers or structures, together with all wires, attachments, equipment, accessories and appurtenances desirable in connection therewith, all of which are described more particularly in the Petition and by the exhibit attached thereto on file in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, to which reference is hereby made for a full and accurate description thereof; for the appointment of commissioners to ascertain just compensation to the Owners of any estate or interest in the property to be taken or affected as a result of the taking and use thereof by the Petitioner. For such purposes, the Petitioner will apply to this Court sitting at Washington, Virginia on the 10th day of January, 1977, at 9:30 o’clock, a.m., or as soon thereafter as Petitioner may be heard, for the appointment of commissioners to ascertain just compensation as aforesaid. IT IS ORDERED that Cecelia ueooiyer McGhee and George C. McGhee, her husband, do appear within ten (10) days after due publication of this Order in the Clerk’s Office of this Court and do what is necessary to protect their respective interests. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if any of the above named Owners desire, to assert any objection or defense to the taking or damaging of their property or to the jurisdiction of the Court to hear the case and to proceed with the appointment of commissioners, they shall file their answer and grounds of defense designating the property in which they claim to be interested, the grounds of any objection or defense to the taking or damaging of their property or to the jurisdiction of the Court to hear the case and to proceed with the appointment of commissioners for the determination of just compensation. Should any such Owners fail to file their answer and grounds of defense as hereinabove provided, such failure shall not preclude the Owners from appearing on the date set for the appointment of commissioners nor from presenting evidence as to valuation and damage nor from sharing in the award of just compensation according to their interests therein or otherwise protecting their rights, but such failure shall preclude such Owners from any other defense by way of pleas in bar, abatement or otherwise. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order be published once a week for two successive weeks in the Rappahannock News, a newspaper published in the town of Washington, Virginia, and of general circulation in Rappahannock County, Virginia. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order be posted at the front door of the Court House of this Court not less than ten (10) days before the application for appointment of commissioners is made herein. Dated: Enter this: /s/ E. M. Jones We ask for this: /s/ Thomas V. Monahan Counsel for Petitioner A COPY TESTE: E. M. Jones, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, a Virginia corporation, Petitioner JORDAN JOINT VENTURE, ET AL, and 0.75 Acre, More or Less, of Land, Located in Rappahannock County, Virginia, Page 18 Defendants. In this proceeding the Petitioner seeks to acquire by condemnation certain perpetual rights, privileges and easement of right of way over, upon and across a certain piece or parcel of land situated in Rappahannock County, Virginia, for the uses and purposes of the Petitioner in the construction, operation and maintenance of electric transmission and distribution facilities, consisting of one or more lines of poles, towers or structures, together with all wires, attachments, equipment, accessories and appurtenances desirable in connection therewith, all of which are described more particularly in the Petition and by the exhibit attached thereto on file in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, to which' reference is hereby made for a full and accurate description thereof; for the appointment of commissioners to ascertain just compensation to the Owners of any estate or interest in the property to be taken or affected as a result of the taking and use thereof by the Petitioner. For such purposes, the Petitioner will apply to this Court sitting at Washington, Virginia on *hi« 10th day of January, 1977, at 9:30 o’clock, a.m., or as soon thereafter as Petitioner may be heard, for the appointment of commissioners to ascertain just compensation as aforesaid. IT IS ORDERED that Toby Turner do appear within ten (10) days after due publication of this Order in the Clerk’s Office of this Court and do what is necessary to protect their respective interests. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if any of the above named Owners desire to assert any objection or defense to the taking or damaging of their property or to the jurisdiction of the Court to hear the case and to proceed with the appointment of commissioners, they shall file their answer and grounds of defense designating the property in which they claim to be interested, the grounds of any objection or defense to the taking or damaging of their property or to the jurisdiction of the Court to bear file case and to proceed with the appointment of commissioners for the determination of just compensation. Should any such Owners fail to file their answer and grounds of defense as hereinabove provided, such failure shall not preclude the Owners from appearing on the date set for the appointment of commissioners nor from presenting evidence as to valuation and damage nor from sharing in the award of just compensation according to their interests therein or otherwise protecting their rights, but such failure shall preclude such Owners from any other defense by way of pleas in bar, abatement or otherwise. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order be published once a week for two successive weeks in the Rappahannock News, a newspaper published in the town of Washington, Virginia, and of general circulation in Rappahannock County, Virginia. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order be posted at the front door of the Court House of this Court not less than ten (10) days before the application for appointment of commissioners is made herein. Dated: Enter this: E.M. Jones We ask for this: Thomas V. Monahan Counsel for Petitioner VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, a Virginia Corporation, Petitioner, v. DOUGLAS G. LAING, ET AL, and l.M acres, More or Less, of Land, Located in Rappahannock County, Virginia, Defendants. ORDER OF PUBLICATION LAW NO. (95 In this proceeding the Petitioner seeks to acquire by condemnation certain perpetual rights, privileges and easement of right of way over, upon and across a certain piece or parcel of land situated in Rappahannock County, Virginia, for the uses and purposes of the Petitioner in the construction, operation and maintenance of electric transmission and distribution facilities, consisting of one or more lines of poles, towers or struc tures, together with all wires, attachments, equipment, accessories and appurtenances desirable in connection therewith, all of which are described more particularly in the Petition and by the exhibit attached thereto on file in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, to which reference is hereby made for a full and accurate description thereof; for the appointment of commissioners to ascertain just compensation to the Owners of any estate or interest in the property to be taken or affected as a result of the taking and use thereof by the Petitioner. For such purposes, the Petitioner will apply to this Court sitting at Washington, Virginia on the 10th day of January, 1977, at 9:30 o’clock, a.m., or as soon thereafter as Petitioner may be heard, for the appointment of commissioners to ascertain just compensation as aforesaid. IT IS ORDERED that Susan Laing Platt and Dwight S. Platt, her husband; Noel Armstrong Laing and Charlotte Laing, his wife, do appear within ten (10) days after due publication of this Order in the Clerk’s Office of this Court and do what is necessary to protect their respective interests. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if any of. the above named Owners desire to assert any objection or defense to the taking or damaging of their property or to the jurisdiction of the Court to hear the case and to proceed with the appointment of commissioners, they shall file their answer and grounds of defense designating the property in which they claim to be interested, the grounds of any objection or defense to the taking or damaging of their property or to the jurisdiction of the Court to bear the case and to proceed with the appointment of commissioners for the determination of just compensation. Should any such Owners fail to file their answer and grounds of defense as hereinabove provided, such failure shall not preclude the Owners from appearing on the date set for the appointment of commissioners nor from presenting evidence as to valuation and damage nor from sharing in the award of just compensation according to their interests therein or otherwise protecting their rights, but such failure shall preclude such Owners from any other defense by way of pleas in bar, abatement or otherwise. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order be published once a week for two successive weeks in the Rappahannock News, a newspaper published in J)>e Town of Washington, Virginia, and of general circulation in Rappahannock County, Virginia. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order be posted at the front door of the Court House of this Court not less than ten (10) days before the application for appointment of commissioners is made herein. Dated: Enter this: /s/ E. M. Jones We ask for this: /s/ Thomas V. Monahan Counsel for Petitioner VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, a Virginia corporation, Petitioner, v. DOUGLAS G. LAING, ET AL, and 0.69 Acre, More or Less, of Land Located in Rappahannock County, Virginia, Defendants ORDER OF PUBLICATION LAW NO. 692 In Hii« proceeding the Petitioner seeks to acquire by condemnation certain perpetual rights, privileges and easement of right of way over, upon and across a certain piece or parcel of land situated in Rappahannock County, Virginia, for the uses and purposes of the Petitioner in the construction, operation and maintenance of electric transmission and distribution facilities, consisting of one or more lines of poles, towers or structures, together with all wires, attachments, equipment, accessories and appurtenances desirable in connection therewith, all of which are described more particularly in the Petition and by the exhibit attached thereto on file in the Office of the Clerk of tins Court, to which reference is hereby made for a full and accurate description thereof; for the appointment of commissioners to ascertain just compensation to the Owners of any estate or interest in the property to be taken or affected as a result of the taking and use thereof by the Petitioner. For such purposes, the Petitioner will apply to this Court sitting at Washington, Virginia on the 10th day of January, 1977, at 9:30 o’clock, a.m., or as soon thereafter as Petitioner may be heard, for the appointment of commissioners to ascertain just compensation as aforesaid. IT IS ORDERED that Susan Laing Platt and Dwight S. Platt, her husband; Noel Armstrong Laing and Charlotte Laing, his wife, do appear within ten (10) days after due publication of this Order in the Clerk’s Office of this Court and do what is necessary to protect their respective interests. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if any of the above named Owners desire to assert any objection or defense to the taking or damaging of their property or to the jurisdiction of the Court to hear the case and to proceed with the appointment of commissioners, they shall file their answer and grounds of defense designating the property in which they claim to be interested, the grounds of any objection or defense to the taking or damaging of their property or to the jurisdiction of the Court to hear the case and to proceed with the appointment of commissioners for the determination of just compensation. Should any such Owners fail to file their answer and grounds of defense as hereinabove provided, such failure shall not preclude the Owners from appearing on the date set for the appointment of commmssioners nor from presenting evidence as to valuation and damage nor from sharing in the award of just compensation according to their interests therein or otherwise protecting their rights, but such failure shall preclude such Owners from any other defense by way of pleas in bar, abatement or otherwise. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order be published once a week for two successive weeks in the Rappahannock News, a newspaper published in the town of Washington, Virginia, and of general circulation in Rappahannock County, Virginia. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order be posted at the front door of the Court House of this Court not less than ten (10) days before the application for appointment of commissioners is made herein. Dated: Enter this: /s/ E. M. Jones We ask for this: /s/ Thomas V. Monahan Counsel for Petitioner REQUEST FOR BIDS The Rappahannock County Board off Saparvisars is soliciting bids to paint the Courtroom, the Judges’ chambers, jury room and the halls in the Courthouse, Washington, Virginia. All bids should bo sealed and delivered to the Clerk’s Office before the dose of business on December 30, 1976.

GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS for sale AKCJ, beautiful temperament and type; ROM sire, champion pedigree. Black and Tan. 675-3691. 12-23-k NOTICE--There will not be an edition of the Rappahannock News on Thursday, December 30. That week the staff of the newspaper will have its annual vacation. Business will resume January 3,1977. —1 Fauquier Laundry—Riding Apparel & Horse Blankets our Specialty. Warrenton, Va. 347-2231. FOR SALE: 1975 12 x 52 Castle two-bedroom mobile home located in trailer park. Completely furnished with aluminum outbuilding. Excellent condition. Call after 4 p.m. 937-4435. tfk FOR SALE: McGuffey Readers, set of seven $16.95 postpaid. Ervin Enterprises. McDowell, Va. 24458. Phone 703-396-6207. 12-16-k NO HUNTING on the Albright property in Gid Brown Hollow. 12-23-p ABSOLUTELY NO HUNTING OR TRESPASSING in the Twin Falls area, Wakefield District, Rochmis land.12-23-k COMPLETE ONE-STOP Building Supply Hardware Paint Millwork Lumber WARRENTON BUILDING MATERIAL CO.. INC. ON THE BY-PASS WARRENTON Phone 347-1400 GORE ELECTRIC P.O. BOX 88 Sperryville, Va. 987-8748 I specialize in wiring, heating, servicing and supplies. Call me for your electrical needs. ROOFING — Gutters and down spoutings, Tinning and roofing of all kinds; Aluminum gutter and downspout, Roof repair. Call Bill Starks, 675-3630, Washington, Va. FOR UPHOLSTERY AND CARPET cleaning service, call NEW WAY, 825-6725 after 5:30 p.m. 12-23-p Desire to purchase restorable homes or business property in Rappahannock, Warren or Fauquier Counties, 703-987-8915, Washington, Va. after 7:00 p.m. 12-16-p Exclusive hunting on 130 acre orchard adjoining Shenandoah National Park. Furnished two-bedroom heated cabin. Limit of seven to party. $250 per week. Sam Snead, Washington, Va. 703-987-8709 12-16-k TRACTOR FOR SALE: 1976 DEUTZ 6206. New condition (70 hr.) Must sell. 937-5248 evenings. 12-16-k FOR SALE: Electric Skilsaws,two 5000 BTU window air conditioners, large assortment of A.B.S. plastic fittings, other construction materials. 987-8915. 12-16-p CHESTER GAP AREA—147 acres between Routes 660 and 522 for sale at $66,000. May be paid over 4 years with $12-15,000down. Gary K. Olsen, Broker, Homested Properties of Front Royal, 703-6358624.12-16-k CUSTOM FRAMING 302 S. East Street Phone 823-1733 Culpeper, Va. YAMAHA Piano and Organ kimBair Sales and Service Outlet Culpeper Music Center 200 N. Main St. 825-1329 FAUQUIER LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE. INC. 364-1566 Marshall, Va. 22115 364-1567 NO SALE Tuesday/ December 21 FED CATTLE SALE Tuesday, December 28 State Graded Fad Cattle ^Located on Route 55 approximately one mile east of Marshall FOR SALE: 4 salt and mineral feeders, $50 each.Like new condition, 987-2561. 12-16-k EXPERIENCED BUILDER. New Homes, Remodeling, Repairs. Gregory Monahan, MONECS Corporation. 987-8928. tfk CULPEPER WOOD PRESERVERS Quality pressure treated lumber, post, poles, stakes, ‘clean’ paintable & odor free. Call 703-8255200. 5-12-k ROYAL FASHION FABRICS, 10 Chester St., Front Royal—Complete line of sewing needs, fabric, patterns, notions and trim, tfk FISH-A Christian Service Organization. If you need help--987-8200 tfk NO HUNTING or TRESPASSING ON MY LAND. Roadcap Atkins, Amissville. 12-23-k New homes, additions, remodeling and restoring. Also plumbing, heating and electrical work. Registered contractor, R. Lee Payne & Sons, Inc., Culpeper, Va. Phone 825-5645 or 987-8852. 9-2-k ARTIFICIAL' BREEDING — Beef and Dairy Cattle. Will go anyplace. 675-3539. POSITIVELY NO HUNTING ON MOUNTAIN GREEN FARM. G. H. SHARP, owner. 12-23-p GERMAN SHEPHERD Christmas pups. Large, black and tan, purebred. $50. Call 675-3491 after 4:30. 12-16-k DRAWING and Painting for beginners and intermediates, evening classes start January 10 at Flint Hill. Call 635-2416. 1-k 1976 Chevrolet Pickup: 6 cylinder, 5,000 miles under warranty. Custom deluxe step bumper, H/D springs, standard transmission, radio. $3,795. Call 937-5248. 12-16 illlllMllllllllllllliniiiiiiininiiiiiiiniiinniniiiiimiiiiiinniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinniiiiiminmiinimiimillimr UNIQUE CONTEMPORARY | stucco on 10 scenic acres, | 4 bedrms, 3 baths, fireplac- | es. New HORSE stable. Cor- | ner of large estate. $75,000. : SECLUDED SEVEN ACRES I harboring nearly new brick | home, 3 bedrms, 2 baths, \ fireplace, basement. Reduc- | ed, $55,500. f NINE WOODED ACRES with j old 3 bedrm cottage, spring, I stream, estate and farm a- j rea. $29,000. SNUG home on wooded lot near lakes and river, $19,500. FARMS, 50 acres and up. RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER front tracts, $40,000 and up. R APPALACHIAN HOMES Amissville 703-937-4388 or 675-3777 LOST—Female black and tan German Shepherd, 1 year old, named Sable. Amissville area. Reward. Call 937-5153 after 6 p.m. or 347-9866 days. 12-16-k HOME BAKED goodies from Ginny’s Kitchen, Amissville. Cookies and cakes a specialty. Christmas orders taken. 937-4496. 12-16-k For Rent - $225. 16 stall horse barn with 20 acres newly fenced pasture. Three separate pastures, two largest with water. Pony ring and two paddocks. Call 703-3470282 (days) or 703-937-4725 eves, until 9 p.m. and weekends. 1-4 FOR SALE--7 and 15 light set of Christmas tree lights with bulbs. Reasonable. 675-3349. 12-16 CULPEPER RKTCO ANTIQUES REPRODUCTIONS GIFTS FURNITURE CHlNfi FRAMING PRINTS _ ART GRILERY SOI N.MAIN ST CULPEPER,Vft. 22701 PHONE 703- 525-^310 Parking in the rear. PETIE+CHPRLIE STRINGfTLLOW IN FRONT ROYAL U S R C S SAT. DEC. 25-30 - SIX DAYS ONLY Showtimes Eve. 7 A 9 Sat., Sun. Mat. 2 Sorry No Passes Across The Great Divide A PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISES RELEASE Pranced by ARTHUR R. DUBS CotabyCFI. NOTICE The Rappahannock News will not publish a paper on Thursday, December 30. The week between Christmas and New Year’s is the annual vacation period for the News staff. All news or advertising relevant to that week should appear in next week's edition, that of December 23, and copy should be in the Rappahannock News office by Tuesday at noon. m

RATES: Ten cents per word for first insertion; $1.00 minimum charge, cash with order. Eight cents per word each additional insertion of same copy. If billed, add 25 cents booking.charge'. Cards of Thanks $1.00 minimum. In Memoriams $1.50 minimum. Cash must accompany cards of thanks and memoriams. Housekeeper - Companion: Mature lady live in, seven days a week, N. Arlington. Light housekeeping and cooking. Room and board plus $125. per week to start. Call 301-946-3130 12-23 SIGNS—hand painted by local artist, designed and crafted by Country Cupboards, 675-3294. tfk Christmas trees, roping, wreathes Fresh asst, greens. Wards Lawn & Garden Center Front Royal, Va. 635-8459 Bentonville, Va. 635-4850 Carpet Sales and Service. We service what we sell at no additional cost. JOHN H. MOORE CARPETS 1 Church St., Front Royal 635-8883 or 675-3665 THURMAN WHARTON, Flint Hill Plumbing, Heating, Electrical—24 hour emergency service. 6753607. EXCAVATING — Ponds, Roads, built or repaired; land clearing and other types of work. Canton Construction, Amissville, 9373521 or 937-4909. tfk HANDMADE HOUSES—Unique homes designed and built—Peter Kreyling—675-3569. tfk CHOOSE AND CUT YOUR OWN CHRISTMAS TREE. Beautiful Douglas firs, 4-12 ft. Washington, Va., 23 miles wpst of Warrenton on U. S. 211. Follow Christmas tree signs. Open December 11-23 (Sundays 1-5) 12-16-k r PANORAMA REALTY Sperry vi Hr Emporium ■■■ SPERRYVILLE, VIRGINIA I II REALTOR* NEAT AS A PIN 2 BR home on over 1/2 acre fronting on hard surface road and with lively mt. views. This home features oil forced air has an eat-in size kitchen, 12x19 LR, 20X24 basei ^nt, and attached carport. Only minutes from the town of Washington, Va. $28,000 with large assumable trust to qualified buyer. SPERRYVILLE: Quaint 3 bedroom frame house sits high on a knoll surrounded by 3.5\fc-ires. Home is completely insulated, has electric h^Ovand features kitchen, dining room, living room & fuL oath. Acreage includes several outbldgs., small orchard and garden area. A nice house at an affordable price. $35,000. SPERRYVILLE: 3 bedroom frame house on almost 1 acre right in the middle of town. Home includes living room, kitchen and full bath. Priced to sell at $18,000. SHEN. NAT’L. PARK: Over 55 acres in quiet hollow split by secondary state road. Approximately 30 acres join the Park and include pasture, orchard and woodland. Remaining acreage is on opposite side of road and includes 3 bedroom frame home with LR, DR & kitchen. Several outbldgs. some more orchard, ruins of old stone mill and long river frontage are also on this portion. Entire farm to be sold as one tract for $80,000. OLD HOLLOW: Unique stone home on 14.4 acres with river frontage and common boundary on Shen. Nat’l. Park. This custom built home is all on one level and includes 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, den, fully equipped kitchen with fireplace, living room with fireplace, utility room & more. Built to last a lifetime with 15” thick walls, concrete floors, etc. Outbldgs. include log shop, pole shed, 10X 10 storage shed. $78,000. NEARLY the entire eastern slope of Red Oak Mt. is encompassed by these 129 acres of mature hardwoods. With access recently improved and a new pond beginning to fill, this tract offers plenty of seclusion, good water, an old house, views & game galore. Access by deeded right/way. Certified survey. $77,000 with excellent owner financing. 2 1/2 WOODED ACRES near'^i Area has long frontage on Rush River and easy acce^Cr^t. 622. Good tract for cabin. $6000 with $1500 down am. owner financing. 987=8640 JAMES W. LEAKE - 987-8236 JOHN BARBOUR - 987-8608 JOHN R. EUBANK, Jr. 987-8146 J. MAURICE O’BANNON C. KEETON BARNES 987-8718 .987-8619 J Persons wanted to share house on twenty acres in Nethers. Call 9878334 after 6 p.m. 1-13-p BIO-RYTHMS. Your personal cycles calculated. Have the fun of knowing your physical, emotional, and intellectual states daily, by the week, month or year according to the BIO-RYTHM life cycle. Unique idea for Christmas. Call 987-8368 week days after 5 p.m. 12-23-k FOR SALE: Fire wood. Call 6753359 after 3 p.m. 1-13-p Come to Ice House Crafts for your last minute Christmas gifts and decorations! Open December 18 and 19, Noon to 5 p.m. 12-16-p OLD CARS needed for my collection--! pay cash. Call Bill Baldwin, 937-4374. 1-13-k FOR SALE: 4 salt and mineral feeders, $50 each. Like new condition, 987-2561. 12-23-k FOR SALE: Oil Tank, 275 gal., $40.00, 937-4374. 12-16-k ■AUTOPARTS—i Russell Avtouiutivu Cuuipuny 732 E. Main St. Luroy, Virginia Phone: 743-4551 INSTRUCTION "Drivers employed by large trucking companies had annual average earnings *""$18,300 as quoted by the U.S. Dept, of Labor. Bureau of Labor statistics, bulletin 91875. NO FUTURE? IN A $$ RUT? Consider a Professional Career Driving a "BIG RIG". We are a Private Training School offering a PART Time or FULL Time Training Program. If you are working. Don't Quit Your Job, attend our Weekend Training program or attend our 3 Week FULL Time Resident Training. Herat Trmctur Trailer Trmimimg I me. HARRISONBURG 434-5326 WANTED SCRAP CAST IRON PRICES DETERMINED BY QUANTITIES & QUALITY Delivered to our yard in Culpeper. Bingham & Taylor Foundry 825-8334 Culpeper, Virginu Christmas trees, evergreens and wreaths starting Saturday, Dec. 11 until Christmas at Wits End at Ben Venue. 12-23-k GENERAL CONTRACTING—Residential, Light Commercial and Renovation of Old Homes. Over 25 years experience ir. all types of construction. Paul A. Walker, 675-3385. 12-23-k NO HUNTING on the Go refin’s property, Harris Hollow. 12-23-k CABINETS and furniture, custom designed and built. COUNTRY CUPBOARDS. Washington, Va. 675-3294. tfk CHAIR BOTTOMING-Rushing, Caning and Splits—Quick reasonable re-seating. Call Country Cupboards. 675-3294. tfk ANTIQUES repaired and furniture refinished at COUNTRY CUPBOARDS, Washington, Va. 675-3294. tfk SHOOTING MATCH—Every Friday night at Washington Fire Department carnival grounds—7 until — 12, 16 and 20 ga. tfk r POINSETTIAS $6.50 ^ and other Christinas Plants. Tropical Plants, Hanging Baskets, Terrariums, Dried Arrangements at the GOOD EARTH Plant Shop 209 S. East St. - Culpeper V Ms-Mai MODERN doll house on wooded lot with lake access has two bedrooms, fireplace, modern kitchen and much more. Very economical. $39,500. WALNUT RUN FARM—88.5 acre cattle farm with restored house with four bedrooms, L.R., D.R., K., Kitchen, pantry and bath. Farm is very well-kept and has several out-buildings, pond, woods, etc. $134,000. LARGE BUILDING LOT with pond—10.5 acres on paved road. Large stands of pines and lots of privacy. $18,000. i MODERN PRESTIGE home on | 17 acres with fantastic views, i With the full finished base- ■ ment, this home has over 3800 square feet of living space plus double attached garage. Many extras such as intercom, fireplace, carpets, etc. You should see this one. $130,000. Ray T. Cannon Rt. 211 Amissville, Va. 22002 PHONE: (703) 937-4111 QEAlTO* Ray T. Cannon 937-4900 I George W. Patterson 675-3781 |