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in the rumble seat of her car. “They had rumble seats in those days,” she added. Later, school buses were used to haul students to three or four different Culpeper dentists, she said.

“From 1930 until consolidation at the new elementary school in 1969, May Day was also Health Day in Rappahannock,” continued Mrs. Quaintance. “Only those children who had their teeth checked could be in the program...The May Queen was chosen from the seventh grade girls who had their teeth fixed, the attendants and ushers all had to have had their teeth checked too.” Besides encouraging good dental hygiene, she added that Health Day also gave an opportunity for participation to a lot of children who ordinarily didn’t take part in extracurricular activities.

“The state supplied dental equipment still sits in an office in the elementary school but lacks an

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