Rappahannock News, November 17, 1977

VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY r' r, PMOORCUUTONNOW »A#CAodS 2,676 IWPAHANNOCX HOUSEHOLDS <<$• ~s Li. J-f tmM* 4t£\ RICHMOND 19, VA. 23219 • • '' y.'ir ’• ? .w~*r,v., . ^ r y,— yr ■—^-^-*r—ir—ir—tj—1>—n—n— The County Family Newspaper Founded 1877 28th YEAR, No. 52 8 Pages THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17,1977 Washington, Virginia Phone 675-3349 _ —Rappahannock N«ws Staff Photo /Daphne McCullough AN OPEN SPACE EASEMENT on 180 acres along the Rappahannock River outside of Flint Hill was finalized two weeks ago. Tyson Van Auken, Director of the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, watched as clerk Diane Bruce recorded the easement deed donated by Hope D. Anderson and Bob Dennis. CET A Help Available The Rappahannock School system may get free office, cafeteria or janitorial help under the Adult Work Experience program of the £ Comprehensive Employment f- Training Act (CETA). CETA director Joan Harvey from the Culpeper Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) offices explained at last weeks School Board meeting that VEC will pay salaries for participants while they are trained on the job. She said the program is aimed at preparing participants for eventual unsubsidized employment. “I hope to place some people in the Rappahannock School system,” she told the Board. CETA workers are paid the current minimum wage—$2.30 per hour—and are authorized 27 hours a week for $62.10 weekly salary before taxes, according to Ms. Harvey. She added that she was to place 35 persons in CETA jobs throughout the Rappahannock-Rapid an Planning District. . She said that she hoped any CETA workers employed Thefts, Property Damage Investigated The joint efforts of Rappahannock and Warren county officers led to the arrest of three Warren county subjects for destroying personal property at the farm of H. L. Manwaring at Rock Mills. Kerry Davis, Mike Bellos and a juvenile were apprehended and charged with destruction of the grounds and fence at Manwaring’s house which is occupied by Orville Faulkner/ Deputies R. D. Hawkins and Ray Jackson, collaborating with Investigator Hale, made the arrests. Hawkins is investigating the theft of three batteries from Rappahannock school busses sometime between the night of November 13 or early hours of the next morning. The batteries were valued at $40 each. Gasoline was st61en from two emergency vehicles at Castleton fire house November 7 or 8. One fire engine was completely drained of its fuel and about half a tank from another. Entry to the building was gained through a back door. Value of the gasoline was set at $18. Anyone having any information concerning the theft is asked to contact Deputy Hawkins or Trooper H. A. Newlin, who assisted in the investigation. ERA Committee ‘Mans’ Voting Polls The Rappahannock County Ad Hoc Committee on the Equal Rights Amendment reports that on election day, Nov. 8, thirteen women "manned” three polling places, Amissville, Sperryville and Flint Hill, for most of the day, seeking voter’s names on petitions indicating support for ERA. Approximately 250 of the voters approached signed petitions. ►? The effort was undertaken in order for the committee to be able to advise the candidate elected to the Virginia House of Delegates from this district, and the State Senator already representing local voters, about ERA sentiment. The committee reports that those signing the petitions represent a fair cross-section of the Rappahannock voting populus. A similar effort made in Culpeper resulted in about 400 signatures of persons voting is the election. Information on ERA provided by a variety of organizations supporting it—such as Common Cause, the League of Women voters and the National Organize* tion of Women—was distributed to interested persons. The Committee is holding the petitions open, prio to discussing them with state representatives, should any registered voters wish to add their names. To do that call Sharon Kilpatrick of Wood ville-987-8252, Diana Bird of Washington, 675» 3263, Mary Beth Martin of Flint Hill, 675-3279, Maybelle Gilkey of Chester Gap, 6355472 or- Joan St. Clair of AmissvUle, 937-4788. Individuals soliciting signatures for the petitions were pleased at the courtesy and interest extended them by the voters with whom they spoke. by the Rappahannock schools would be impressive enough to win positions on the regular school payroll after the six months training period ended. Participants in the Adult Work Experience Program must meet federal poverty income criteria, noted Ms. Harvey. “These people are in need,” she said. According to the director, priority for jobs in Rappahannock will be given to county residents. Ms. Harvey added that women on Aid to Dependent Children Welfare programs will also be given preference over other applicants. Superintendent William Bloomer suggested CETA workers could be used at the county high school in food services or clerical assistance for the guidance counselor and librarian or at the elementary school as a general teachers aide and substitute or in a custodial position. Ms. Harvey noted that she may have problems placing the six workers she has tentatively alloted to Rappahannock since CETA participants are allowed training only with non-profit organizations. She emphasized that the Adult Work Experience program is funded entirely with federal dollars and required no local contribution. “We hope to screen (potential applicants) and find ones motivated enough to improve their situation,” she said. Dr. Bloomer recommended that the School Board authorize participation in the program as an employer on a trial basis and the Board responded with a unanimous vote, leaving participation up to the Superintendent’s discretion. —Rappahannock Newt Photo/Daphne McCullough ELEVEN YEAR OLD AARON SCHUMAKER gave his artistic talents free reign and created the Thanksgiving season decoration at the Schumaker’s home near Flint Hill. Easements Protect Open Space Tax Break, Inheritance Benefits Also Result By DAPHNE McCULLOUGH Rappahannock News Staff Writer As of November 9, Rappahannock County has over 230 acres that will never be cut up into subdivisions with names like Mountain View, Riverside Acres or Skyline Vista—developments that offer as a selling point the same landscape features their very existence endangers. Instead, property belonging to Bob Dennis, Phil Irwin, Lt. General Sidney Berry and Hope D. Anderson will be preserved as it is now unspoiled, demanding no county services, protected by an open space easement granted to the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. Under the easement program, authorized in 1966 by the General Assembly, a landowner signs development rights over to the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. In return, he receives a tax deduction on federal and state income tax returns for a charitable contribution. “And that’s what it really is,” maintained Bob Dennis. The write off is based on a comparison by the State Department of Taxation of the property’s value before and after the easement donation. In essence, the deduction is the difference between a property’s speculative value and its use value. As a result of the write off his donation allows, Dennis doesn’t expect to pay federal or state taxes for the next six years. Most easements preclude industrial, commercial and subdivision development of the land or division into parcels smaller than 50 acres but allow farming, horticultural and forestry practices to continue. A landowner is not deprived of the right to use his property by granting an easement. He only gives up the right to use the property in any way that would be destructive or detrimental to the character of the land as a natural resource. Dennis and his aunt, Mrs. Hope Anderson, recorded their open space easements on 180 acres near Flint Hill on November 2. Dennis said his decision to participate in the program was primarily motivated by a desire to see Rappahannock County retain its unique rural character and beauty. “In the back of my mind was the idea that they’re never going to be able to tax me on the speculative value of this property,” said Dennis. “Sooner or later,” he predicted, “land that can be divided into one acre lots will be taxed at a higher rate.” Land with an open space easement won’t, he maintained. This potential tax differential is one of the benefits of the easement program, he continued. “It puts the cost of development back on the people who are trying to promote it.” Concerned with protecting the Rappahannock River, Dennis and his family had first offered an easement to the state on their property along the river in 1967. The offer was turned down because no criteria existed at that time for evaluating proposed donations. “Finally, out of the blue, Tyson Van Auken (Director of the Virginia Outdoors Foundation) told me last January that he was ready to work in Rappahannock,” said Dennis. The Rappahannock County Landscape Preservation program was begun with priorities placed on enlisting easement property in the Rappahannock and Thornton River corridors and along the Shenandoah Park boundaries and foreground. Before going out to beat the bushes for others interested in open space easements, Dennis and Mrs. Anderson finalized arrangements on their donations. He emphasized the flexibility granted by the Outdoors Foundation in drawing up a deed . of easement. Dennis’ allows timber management and the sale of an existing house with the smallest tract of land acceptable under county zoning ordinances. “Flexibility is one of the great things of the whole concept,” Dennis maintained. “It takes into account the special needs of landowners.” Dennis played down the effect of open space easements on a county’s tax base. “If everybody in Rappahannock gave an easement, it would have no impact on taxes paid...The appraised value might go down but the tax rate would (Continued on Page 2) Animals And Vehicles Tangle Animals in Rappahannock have seen rough going during the past week. Traffic crashes involving animals have included a bear, deer, cows and a horse. , According to Trooper R. A. Baines, on Fodderstack Road Monday night, Laura Jenkins of Washington operating a 74 Ford pickup struck a cow belonging to Tom Lee. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $400. November 13, three miles west of Sperryville a small bear was struck and killed by Paul Butcher of Valatie, N.Y. who was driving a 74 Chevrolet. Robert Henry Coates of Culpeper driving a truck struck and killed a cow on Route 642 near Amissville. The accident occurred November 12 and the truck, a 77 Chevrolet, was owned by Bottled Gas Corp. of Virginia, located at Brandy Station. A deer was struck and killed November 11 on Route 211, four miles west of Amissville. Joseph Thomas Kyhl of Warrenton driving a 78 Ford pickup, escaped serious injury, according to Trooper Baines. A single vehicle crash investigated by Deputy R. D. Hawkins involved Lisa Rose of Annandale. She ran off the right shoulder of the highway, went up an embankment and crashed into J. C. Holland's fruit stand, a mile west of Sperryville on Route 211. Damage to her car, a 75 Ford Pinto, was estimated at $200 and damage to the fruit stand was set at $300. A horse owned by Mr. Kent was struck on Route 211 near Washington by Mike Orfila of Washington, as he was enroute home from work last week. Miss Rose sustained lacerations to her chin. She was taken to Rappahannock Medical Clinic by Deputy Hawkins where she was treated and released. Hawkins investigated a collision November 13 on Route 626 in Castleton involving Judy Nichols of Castleton and Bonnie Whorton of Rixeyville. Damage to the Nichols car. a 77 Chevrolet, totaled a thousand dollars and the Whorton car, a 69 Mercury, sustained damages amounting to $200. BZA Grants Variance Thursday’s meeting of the Rappahannock Board of Zoning Appeals was over almost before it began. It took BZA members only ten minutes to deal with the single agenda item and grant Frank Gannon a variance on setback requirements for an addition to a dwelling. Contractor Fred Naramore, representing the property owner, explained that proposed renovations will bring parts of the house to within 63 feet of the road, 12 feet short of the 75 foot requirement set by the Zoning Ordinance. Naramore brought blue print plans for the work but we lacked a plate detailing the exact location of the property. Before we vote, we need the location of this,” maintained BZA Chairman Josef Gardiner. BZA member George Muth asked if the neighbors had any objections to the renovation plans. Gardiner dismissed the possibility of objections since the variance hearing had been publicized. “No one’s here,” he pointed out. Naramore told the Board that the house was located on a small plateau above Witold Kuncewicz’s stables and was not visible from the road. The BZA members voted unanimously to approve the variance, subject to the filing of (1) a plat showing the exact location of the house and distance from the road and (2) a blueprint copy of renovation plans. “But we won’t issue the (building) permit until we see that plat,” noted Herbert Barksdale. Crop, Livestock Survey Set The large 1977 wheat harvest coupled with the new farm program, and a recent rise in hog numbers ind cattle on feed have created an increasing interest in agricutlure’s upcoming potential. The Virginia Crop and Livestock Reporting Service working with the U. S. Department of Agriculture will conduct a survey in late November and early December to put some solid information on the line as to how many acres farmers planted to winter wheat for harvest in 1978, how many cattle are on farms and ranches, and the size of the hog inventory and the number of pigs expected to be born in early 1978. Another report will cover chickens. These estimates will be based on mail survey responses from some * producers and personal interviews with others. Overall, a representative cross-section of America’s agricultural producers will be asked to voluntarily cooperate in the project. Robert E. Schooley of the Virginia Crop and livestock Reporting Service noted that the purpose of the survey and resulting reports is to provide producers and those associated with them with the latest information for reasonable production, storage, and marketing decisions. Information about wheat acreages and production and hogs will be available December 22, and cattle and chicken data on January 30, 1978. Copies of the reports will be available from the Virginia Crop and Livestock Reporting Service office at 203 N. Governor Street, Richmond, Va. 23219. Early Deadline The Rappahannock News will have an early deadline next week in view of the Thanksgiving holiday. All news and advertising copy must be in the newspaper office by closing time Monday. Than ksgiving Service The Amissville United Methodist Church, the Amissville Baptist Church and Forest Grove Baptist Church at Viewtown are planning a Community Thanksgiving Service on Wednesday, November 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Forest Grove Church. The Rev. Ray Crockett, pastor of the Methodist Church, will bring the Thanksgiving message. The Amissville Baptist Church Choir will provide music.

Easements Protect Open Space (Continued froraPaje 1) go up” to pay for service*. Whipre " granting an easeiftfcnt will have an effect is on inheritance taxes, according to Dennis. Easement land, as part of an estate, will be taxed <m nie* value rather than sdeciidative value, he explained. “A *lot( farmers really want to keep their land as a farm and this is something they can do as an individual... take action to ensure that something they and their fathers dedicated their lives to will continue in agriculture...It’s the only way I know to transfer title to your sons and daughters and know they won t have to sell the land to pay the inheritance tax.” For this reason, Dennis said he hopes county farmers will be interested in the program. Dennis also views the easement program as a tool in fighting unplanned and premature development. Landowners from areas where substantial acreage has been committed to open space may use this as an argument against rezonings for subdivision, maintaining that citizen opinion on proper land use has been demonstrated by the easement donations. Dennis added that the lack of demands for improved roads, schools and public utilities in an casement area would also be a good argument to present to county government in proposing that ,a subdivision rezoning for the same'location be denied, i Tholrnajority of individuals who have granted easements to date have been wealthy landowners, according to Dennis. “What we’re doing in Rappahannock is a most ambitious project in terms of scope... a rear test of easement’s appeal to less than the very wealthy,” he said. Dennis noted, however, that he was comforted by the interest of those rich enough to afford advice from a battery of expert lawyers and appraisors who, after receiving that advice, still chose to take part in the easement program. Should disgruntled heirs ever challenge the legality of an easement’s permanent open space zoning in court and imperil the whole program, he added, attorneys representing people like Paul Mellon would be on the same side with little Rappahannock landowners. Hein Difficulties in deciding what to do about heirs is one of the major problems with an open space easement, Dennis acknowledged. In the easement deed, provisions can be made for property division in inheritance but “ALL COTTON” To find 100% cotton underwear for the entire family of excellent quality, call your local Dutchmaid dealer—703/948-4722 or write... Doris S. Walker, Rt 3, Box 17 Madison, Va 22727 I will send you a catalog and can mail your order to yoti. 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Main St, Culpeper, 825-8232 only to a limited degree. Someone with 100 acres and five children will not be able to leave 20 acres to each and still have his easement accepted by the Outdoors Foundation. According to Dennis, division to 50 acre parcels is usually the smallest lot size that the Foundation will accept although it has accepted easements occasionally on land marked for division into 30 acre tracts with inheritance. Even without an easement, farmers who are serious about their land remaining in agricultural use would have to control land division, Dennis maintained. “Obviously, there’s a stopping point someplace if you want to preserve the farm,” he said, or divisions to satisfy children, grandchildren and great grandchildren will eventually result in a subdivision. The Virginia Outdoors Foundation’s restriction against accepting easements on property designated for development on a locality’s Comprehensive Plan makes Rappahannock a good county to work in, according to Dennis. “Depending on who you talk to, either Rappahannock doesn’t have a Comprehensive Plan or we have one and the whole county is essentially in a conservation zone.” Plans For More Dennis’ efforts at interesting others in donating easements appear to be getting results. If plans proceed according to schedule, Rappahannock will match a tenth of the property currently in scenic easements within the next few months. Between the Raneys, the Parsons and the Birds, 700 acres will become permanently zoned open space. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Raney who own and operate Farfelu Winery outside of Flint Hill plan on donating an easement that will prevent subdivision development but allow them to continue to operate and expand their vineyards. Lou Raney’s prime objective in granting an easement is “to keep the Rappahannock River as beautiful as it is in its natural state, at least along the Raney’s mile ‘of riverfront acreage. Her husband’s major concern, according to Mrs. Raney, is to protect the vineyards where the family has spent untold hours, planting and nurturing grape vines. She acknowledged that there were difficulties in working out inheritance arrangements fairly for the couple’s five children but she was optimistic that problems could be resolved and easement arrangements finalized by January. Lee and Diana Bird expect no problems with inheritance on the property adjoining Shenandoah Park that they plan to put into the easement program. Both of the Bird’s children share in the property and will sign the easement deed. “We’ve talked to our children about this and they approve,” said Mrs. Bird. The Bird’s are motivated by the same factors that influenced Bob Dennis to join the easement program: “The more land that can be preserved in open space, in forests and wildlife preserves, the better the county will be...with its values preserved and enhanced,” maintained Lee Bird. "The only alternative is indiscriminate random development that will ultimately depreciate land values and drive the tax rate up.” He continued that a farmer’s view of his property as money in the bank was a “totally understandable attitude” but Bird maintained that only the first few to sell out to indiscriminate developers would make money. “The ultimate effect will be negative,” he insisted. Bird, who is an attorney, said he believed that easements would stand up to any court tests challenging the validity of restrictions placed on land use by previous owners. He noted that easements are recorded in the clerk’s office so that a prospective buyer is put on notice that the easement exists prior to purchase. In addition, said Bird, the buyer will be paying a price for the property that' reflects the easement and will possibly accrue tax benefits from a reduced rate applied to land with an easement. “It seems to me a buyer would have a hard time upsetting a scenic easement,” he said. He noted that heirs who didn’t participate in the decision to place an easement on land would be another matter but predicted that they too would have difficulties fighting the action. "If the husband and wife sold the property outright and gave the proceeds to charity, 1 can’t see what basis the heirs would have for fighting that...An easement is the same thing,” a charitable donation, he maintained. Col. Nels Parsons plans to place his acres outside Washington into the easement program because he believes in committing the land “in perpetuity to staying like it is...a source of pleasure for people, a wildlife preserve.” “I see no risk associated with it at all,” said Parsons. Noting that he hadn’t explored possible tax advantages available through the donation of an easement, Parsons stated that this wasn’t his motivation. "But I will look into it,” he added. He described the open space easement program as “one of the answers I see to developers chopping up the county into five acre lots...to pockmarking the hillsides with houses.” Parsons plans to actively solicit other landowners for the open space program. “I hope to make it spread like a disease,” he concluded. Questions and Answers Questions and Answers on Open Space Easements (reprinted from the Virginia Outdoors Foundation booklet) 1. What is an open space easement? Open space easements, which are also commonly referred to as conservation or scenic easements, are one effective technique for the preservation of land. Private PUBLIC AUCTION Sal, Nov. 19,1030 A.M. F. W. Bennett Farm From Culpeper, Va. take Rt. 29 north approximately 3 miles to Inlet, Va., West on Rt. 665, 2 miles to auction on left. Marble top drasaar Cherry bad Walnut bad with Ilona head Large daak Oak dining room table • claw feat Large pickle Jar (muat aee) Wicker rocker Cherry aeeder Lot atone Crocke Iron ham boiler Some old bottlee Wood cook stove 2 Wood ft coal heating stoves Oil space heater Oil space heater (Ziegler) Lot tables Lot odd chairs Several bade Several dressers BftWT.V. Record Player Sewing machine Toaster Mini-bike Sola Several horse collars hames & other tack Harness and other tack Several old plows Several wagon wheels Old com cutter (horse drawn) Vacuum cleaner Lot glassware Kitchen sink Coffee table I end tables Occasional table Recllner Platform rocker McCulloch chainsaw Magnqt organ Electric kitchen light Baby hlghchair Wood loveseat Sectional living room suit Several rocking chairs Bookcase Lot toys Small desk Canning Jars Lot mlsc. Hems not listed Auctioneer Owner Mrs. Frank Bennett Terms: Cash Lunch served UMBmujmm mu MOM OMM property title is retained by the Owner with only those rights which he may specifically agree to voluntarily forego in the easement being transferred to the recipient of the easement. An easement is signed and recorded like other deeds and is a convenant running with the title to the land by which the landowner agrees to protect the existing character of his property. Since an agreement runs with the title to the property, future owners are also bound by its terms. 2. For what purpose is an. easement given? An easement is given by the landowner for the purpose of preserving open space which may be marshland, agricultural land, woodland or a scenic area. An easement is a flexible document and may be written to protect varied types of land, depending on the desire Of the owner. 3. How does a property qualify for an open space easement? If property is undeveloped or - in agricultural use, it meets the broad qualifications as open space. More specifically, land in urban or rural areas that is scenic, forested, adjacent to an existing or proposed park, or near a scenic road, river, marsh, steep slope or floodplain qualifies as open space and should be considered for protection. 4. Who may .give an easement? The owner of record may give an easement restricting the use of his land. In cases where there is a lien against the property, the lienholder must agree to the terms of the easement. It has been the past experience of the Virginia Outdoors Foundation that most banks and lending institutions are sympathetic to the purpose of open space protection and are willing to subordinate their liens to the terms of the easement. The Foundation will assist the landowner in negotiations with the lienholder. 5. What agencies accept and adminster open space easements? Easements to protect historic properties are accepted and administered by the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. Open space easements to protect scenic or natural values are accepted and administered by the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. ' County and city governments, regional park authorities and other public landholding agencies may also accept easements. 6. Does an easement restrict land development? Yes. The extent of the restrictions depends to a large degree on the desire of the landowner. One landowner may feel that no future development should be allowed. Another landowner may want to sell part of his land at a later date or reserve the right to construct homes tor his children or harvest timber. The terms of the easehient are negotiated between the owner and the Virginia Outdoors Foundation and can be drawn to accomodate the future plans of the owner. 7. If the landowner has a sizeable tract of land and wants to protect only a portion of his holdings, must the open space easement be placed on the entire property? No. The character of land varies from place to place and one property might be preserved by an easement over only a roadfront or river shoreline while another might require several hundred acres. 8. Can a landowner give an open space easement for a limited number of years? The term of an easement must be 30 years or more. Laws governing tar deductions currently require that an easement must be written in perpetuity before a tax deduction is allowed. 9. Who enforces the terms of the easement? It is the responsibility of the Virginia Outdoors Foundation to ensure compliance with the terms of Cathy Ann's Wine Cheese Health Foods Mini Mill Front Royal, Vi. the easement. When land under easement is sold, the Foundation’s responsibility for enforcement remains and binds all future owners for as long as the easement is in force. 10 Does the easement open the donor’s land to the public? No. The property is protected from trespass just as any other private land. 11. Are there tangible financial benefits to the landowner? There are several. A landowner’s assessment for real estate tax purposes is based on the fair market value of his land, measured by the potential sale price of his land for its highest and best use. Its potential for commercial, industrial or high density residential development can be an important component of assessed values. If an open space easement is placed on a property, its potential for development is removed and Virginia law requires that this must be recognized in assessing property for real estate tax purposes. Real estate taxes are often stabilized or might be significantly lowered by the open space easement in urbanizing areas. 12. Does an easement affect state and federal income taxes? The gift of an open space Dr. C. W. Goldsborough Dr. F. L. Haddock announce the opening | of their new office f in Warrenton, Va. j I OPTOMETRISTS’ OFFICE I 87 LEE HIGHWAY | Suite 16, Warrenton 347-2217 I 9-6 Tues.-Fri., 9-12 Sat. I easement In perpetuity to the Virginia Outdoors Fundation qualifies as a “charitable’^ deduction for federal and state income tax purposes. The value of the gift is measured by the decrease in the estimated fair market value of the land based on an appraisal that determines the value of the land before and after the easement donation. The difference in the two appraisals is the value of the easement and that amount can be deducted from state and federal income taxes. The deduction is limited to 30 per cent of the donor’s adjusted gross income in any one year. Deductions in excess of 30 per cent can be carried forward to the next year for up to five years. 13. Are other tax benefits involved? Open space easements can result in a reduction in federal estate taxes and Virginia inheritance taxes. When the land passes to heirs, it cannot be assessed on the basis of its having development potential. Consequently, heirs may retain property they otherwise may have been forced to sell to pay estate taxes. Further information on the open space easements program may be obtained from the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, 803 East Broad St., Richmond, Va. 23219. X'Was the night before Christmas And all through the house, Not a creature was stirring. 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Mri. Addie Boyd it a patient in the University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville where she is to 4 undergo throat surgery. Mrs. William Smoot and Lisa of Culpeper were Friday dinner guests of Mr. and A. O. Smoot and Mrs. Myrtle Smoot. The Women’s Society of the Methodist Church will meet Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Emory Russell. Mrs. Frank Spalding, accompanied by Mrs. Robert Rodgers, recently spent a long weekend in Morristown, N. J., visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spalding Jr. Mrs. Charlie Lillard returned to her home Friday after spending over a week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Linda Haney and Sharon in Alexandria. Thursday evening visitor! of Mrs. Eva L. Smith were Mr. and Mrs. Ben larrels and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Halterman, all of Grottoes. Mrs. Estes Is Bridge Hostess Mrs. Charles H. Estes entertained the Sperryville Bridge Club Friday evening at her home. Guests were Mrs. Mary Quaintance, Mrs. Brown Miller, Mrs. E. A. McNear, Mrs. Charles K. 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PHILIP IRWIN of Flint HOI was speaker November 8 for a meeting of the Culpeper Minutemen Chapter DAR held in Culpeper. Mr. Irwin, who spoke on the Voice of America received a DAR plate from chapter Regent, Mrs. Edgar F. Puryear, Jr. of Madison. Washington News Mrs. W. C. Campbell and C. J. Miller were in Linden Friday visiting Mrs. Campbell’s sister, Mrs. C. H. White. Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Gabe Burke were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Alther, Roy Jr., and Missy of SperryVille. Spending Friday night with Charles Moore and the Rev. David Moore were their parents of Winchester. Rev. Moore, pastor of the Washington Baptist Church, attended the state Baptist Convention held at Parkview Baptist Church in Newport News for four days this week. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Burke were Mr. and Mrs. Jennings We have the new BULOVA . \CCUTRON QUARTZ watches Burke and Jennifer of Alexandria. Visiting Mrs. Bertie Lib Moffett on Sunday was her sister-in-law, Mrs. Henry B. Miller of Luray. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. - Luther Payne on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jenkins, T. J. and Kim, and Franklin Payne, all of Culpeper, Miss Molly Ubben of Chester Gap, Mr. and Mrs. Reid Payne, Patty Ann and Tammy and Mrs. Jackie Estes. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Burke of Front Royal called on Mrs. Guy Burke Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Lindstrom spent a day in Philadelphia prior to flying to Las Vegas, Nev. where they are spending a few days. Dr. and Mrs. G. Tyler Miller and Mrs. Thaxton of Harrisonburg, General and Mrs. Charles L. Booth of Washington, D.C. and Mrs. James M. Settle of Arlington were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller on Sunday. ... Library Lines, Rappahannock Library • will be closed Wednesday afternoon, November 23 and Thanksgiving Day, but will be open Friday from 12 to 5 apd Saturday 10 to 2. New novels for your holiday reading include “Quiet as a Nun,” Antonia Fraser; “Daniel Martin,” John Fowles; “The Devil on Hbrseback,” Victoria Holt; “Seawitch, ’ Alistair MacLean; “Lancelot,” Walker Percey; “The Investigation,” Dorothy Uhnak. Non-fiction: “The Layman’s Guide to Virginia Law,” N. J. Bailes; “The Blue Ridge,” William Bake; “American Journal,” Elizabeth Drew; “All Things Wise and Wonderful,” James Herriot; “The Broken Heart, the Medical Consequences of Loneliness,” James Lynch; “The Dragons of Eden,” Carl Sagan; “Tossing and Turning,” poems by John Updike. For young readers there nre “Miss Pickerell to the Huntly By BESSIE M. PARKS Rappahannock News Correspondent Edgar Grigsby of Landover, Md., spent from Thursday until Monday with his brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Grigsby. Mr. and Mrs. Elza Shank and grandson, Junior Shank, called on Mr. and Mrs. Willie B. Mills Sunday. Recent guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orley Seal were Charles Light of Cumberland, Md., Mr. and Mrs. James Light and Vivian of Waterford, Mrs. Ora J. Royston and Mrs. Larry Royston of Boyce and Mr. and Mrs. Don Deal and Michael of Culpeper. Infant Baptism Felicia Lee Cary Thornton, daugher of Mr. and Mrs. P. Lee Thornton III of Culpeper received the sacrament of baptism on Sunday, Nov. 13, 1977 at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Culpeper with the Rev. William H. Brake, Jr. officiating. Godmothers are Mrs. Jane Hudson Martin, Mrs. Ann Brown Thompson and Mrs. Rochelle Levy Yowell and Godfathers are Dr. John L. Miller and Joseph C. Kincheloe Jr. Felecia wore the dress which her great-great grandfather, Judge Lee Thornton wore in 1858. JotuL I THE I CLASSIC... • Country stoves is please tc announce the addition of Morsd Efei Godin Fisher & Frontier to its fine line of J4tul stoves. Please call for directions & store hours. COUNTRY STOVES Criglersville, Va.923-4685 Kristia Assoc. 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3 ^appatjannock^fcuis An Mapandant Newspaper Established 1S77 ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL Publisher DAVID LYNE Design Editor ^Jbliahtd Evary Thursday JOHN T. TOLER General Manager SARAH LATHAM Associate Publisher To Subscribe Write or Phono Washington. Va. 675-3349 BY MAIL 46.00 a year in Rappahannock and adjoining counties; 48.50 a year elsewhere in the United States BACK COPIES - One month to 3 years, 75 cents each; over 3 years, 43 each Offlca: Rappahannock Nows BWg.. Washington. Va. 22747 Hours: 1:30 am to 5:30 pm. Mon. - Frt. Published by Warrantor! Printing a Publishing Company. Inc. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17,1977 Straight Ahead A View Of News Broadcasting By ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL PuUUkT To people in Washington over the years it has probably always seemed that their own times were the worst, the pressures on leadership and the burdens of power never greater. We journalists here, along with government lead ers, have not always ARUNDEL been immune from exaggerated notions of our self-importance to the national destiny. But stone age man probably also thought that he bore in his hands the fate of all living things when he invented the hatchet, as did Martin Luther when in another time he declared that with gunpowder man had finally developed the ultimate weapon. And less than a century ago, leaders in Britain, then the world’s leading power, were appalled at the burden of human survival they carried when Lord Kitchener first used the machine gun to mow down the hordes of the Mad Madullah in the Sudan. SINCE VIETNAM It has been different in Washington since Vietnam, perhaps our last ground war, and Watergate. In the quieter, laid back early months of President Jimmy Carter, visible and newsmaking military combat seems all the more on the way to being replaced by the weapons of nuclear warfare. In nuclear energy man is equally capable of either limitless good or of quickly flattening civilization to a pile of dust and rubble. So perhaps people in Washington today are indeed not just another generation consumed with indulging their own self-importance. We all, politicians and journalists alike, possess human frailties. But our generation also possess this capacity by the mere pressing of a button to change all of human destiny. There is something less in this than Armageddon, but there is also more than Chicken Little seeing the sky falling. After some 20 years here with CBS news and all-news broadcasting in Washington, I am now selling all-news WAVA to move on into new fields of journalism and public affairs. I am moving into a new home in beautiful Fauquier County where the air is clean and clear for all things—breathing, dreaming and speaking. But from the experience I have a few thoughts on the shape of broadcasting and broadcast journalism. THE VAST WASTELAND Many will remember FCC Chairman Newton Minow’s much publicized reference to television 15 years ago as a “vast wasteland.” He was right about that then and, while we can be proud of the occasional rays of brilliance in broadcast news and specials, he would be right about that today. Television programming continues to sink toward the lower common denominators of the public taste. And even as television has replaced radio as the nation’s principal live entertainment medium, radio has made a shotgun marriage to become essentially the promotional loudspeaker of the record industry. Going across the radio dial today, from classical to rock music stations, modern radio can be measured as little better than a glorified jukebox, spitting out just so Mr. Arundel, who pioneered All-News broadcasting in the United States, recently sold WAVA on which this final commentary was heard. much news and public service material as will keep Federal Broadcast regulators off its back. There are brilliant exceptions, WMAL radio here and three all-news stations among them, in Washington. RATINGS TYRANNY The most frustrating part of my own 20 years experience in both television and radio has been to see this industry sinking measurably deeper into lockstep with the audience ratings numbers. It is not that TV has not changed; it is that new and imaginative programming is strangled in its birth by the tyranny of the ratings. Over these years of putting WAVA all-news on its feet, I have awakened at night feeling much like those people in the recent book and film about broadcasting, “Network,” who one evening threw open their windows to shout, “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it any more.” We have an extraordinary thing in this country with private broadcast station ownership. In most of the rest of the world, radio and television is owned and programmed by the government. Yet out of our very stupid failure to do better with private ownership, we are inviting our own government to move into the gap with its now growing support of Public Broadcasting networks and educational television and radio stations. It may be heresay to think such thoughts, but if private ownership does not get off its tail and do better by the native intelligence of the American people, then the government is going to do it for us. And that would be worse. ALL-NEWS RADIO WAVA made its break from the cacophony of radio music to begin something we then called “all-news” broadcasting in this Washington area in January 1962. It seemed to me then a simple enough idea, with some 40 radio stations here doing news on the hour, that there ought to be one place on the dial where you could just push a button and get the news anytime. Advertisers laughed at the idea. It was a long gamble as the young new owner with all the family eggs in one basket was told then that no one would listen to continuous news. But we made it. And, with success, the concept gradually spread to other stations across the nation. The imitation was flattering. Then six years later, The Washington Post announced that 4it would change its WTOP to all news. We didn’t need that much flattery, the Post company possessing the huge combined network news, audience promotion and financial resources of the area’s largest daily newspaper, Washington’s CBS television station, Newsweek magazine, a* well as Washington’s most powerful 50,000 watt radio station. Yet WAVA and WTOP together survived six years of all-news competition. Then two years ago, WRC radio entered all-news here backed by the added resources of NBC television and radio. These two corporate network giants became good tough competition for independent WAVA. It made all of us ,work harder. But looking at our success in all-news radio now, I have realized one very special I thing which both helped | make all-news radio succeed * and which challenges it today. It is that all-news was bom here in the high exhilaration of the early 1960’s with John F. Kennedy and grew in years of nearly continuous national anguish' with the Cuban missile crisis, assassinations, Vietnam, Lyndon Johnson’s withdrawal, more Vietnam, Nixon, China and Watergate. If Jimmy Carter means quieter times he also means people are recovering from a prolonged state of someting like national war nerves. It is better for the country if slower for the news daybook. Reports of the death of allnews are premature. It simply presents a sharp new challenge to all-news broadcasters to adapt allnews radio to quieter times. It can be done. NEW IDEAS We find, and I found at WAV A, that everything has not yet been discovered. The horizon, we have learned, is not the boundary of the world. Somebody is always finding out that it isn’t and being very successful by doing what he believes in. The star I have tried to follow in this game, Edward R. Murrow, once said that “the trouble with broadcasting in this country is that it underestimates the native intelligence of the American people.” But I have found that broadcasting in fact still lives more by the advice of the late H. L. Mencken who said that “nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people.” There are innovators and there are cowards in this industry, and they may be identified largely by which advice they follow. If you reach for the stars at least you won’t get a handful of mud. Perhaps if WAVA’s success says anything, it is that opportunity for new things is still out there and that you don’t have to drop to the next lowest common denominator of the pubfic taste to prove it. If there is pride, even arrogance in that, there is also truth. Once in a while in this industry we have got to put a principle before a buck, to reach for our dreams as journalists and play to the higher grounds of the native intelligence of the American people. Each man owes something more than a paycheck to the upbringing of his own profession. Hunters Guilty Two Arlington, Virginia, men were recently convicted by U. S. Magistrate I. Randolph Dovel, of Hunting in Shenandoah National Park, announced Superintendent Robert R. Jacobsen. Glen R. Lewis, age 19, and Thomas Tacey, age 19, were charged with hunting in the National Park and upon conviction received fines of one hundred dollars each. A 1975 Ford Mustang II and a Smith and Wesson 357 cal. revolver used in the crime were also confiscated by the court. Both men were apprehended by Park Rangers in the early morning hours of September 18, with the weapon and animal carcass in their vehicle. Superintendent Jacobsen noted that all wildlife is protected within national park areas, and encouraged all hunters to be alert to the presence of the well-marked Park boundaries during this hunting season. Our Rappahannock Heritage Farmers Suffer Virginia farmers will suffer substantial losses from the drought experienced this summer throughout most of the state. So said Joseph D. Coffey, head of the agricultural economics department at Virginia Tech, who stated in an interview that Virginia’s com crop was the worst he had seen after visiting several other southern and midwestern states. Even after late August rains Virginia’s com crop is generally poor, with little com being harvested as grain in the northern part of the state. The soybean crop also remains in very poor condition at this time. Fortunately, for some farmers, tobacco and peanut crops remain in generally good condition. Com and soybean growers in Virginia are receiving a double setback due to the drought this summer. Throughout most of the United States corn and soybean growers are experiencing record crops. Virginia crops are not providing anywhere near, normal yields due to the dry weather. Record crops throughout most of the U. S. will drive prices down, causing economic hardship for Virginia farmers. Those who managed to salvage a portion of their crops will receive below normal prices for their effort. Coffey stated that income of corn farmers this year will be about half last year’s. This will be another year of record exports for agricultural products for the U. S. Exported agricultural products contribute over S20 billion to the national economy. In 1974 one out of every five dollars of gross farm income came from exports. Exports take the production from one acre out of every four in this country. Nationwide, one out of every eight farm jobs depends on exports. Nationally, in tobacco products, Virginia ranks in the top five and in production of peanuts for export, the Old Dominion ranks in the top ten. Although tobacco is the leading agricultural export in Virginia, there are several other commodities which contribute significantly to the Virginia economy. Wheat, feed grains, soybean and soybean oil take up a large proportion of Virginia's exports. Meat, fruits, vegetables and poultry are also exported <a sufficient quantities to make a positive impact on the states’ economy. It is extremely difficult to measure accurately which products grown in Virginia are exported, said Coffey, since Virginia is a major agricultural export area for this country with its Hampton Roads facilities. This year it may be harder to measure, due to the decline in production of Virginia farmers. However, it appears that Virginia exports are approximately the same as the national average of 20 to 25 per cent. This is a substantial portion of agricultural products produced and contributes to a higher average income for Virginia farmers, and others affected by the export trade. Delegate -Elect Expresses Thanks To the Voters of Rappahannock County: I wish to express my sincere appreciation to those of you who voted for me in the recent election for the House of Delegates. I want to assure each and every One that I will work as hard for Rappahannock as I have for my own county in years past. I would especially like to thank the precinct, chairmen,, the workers and the phone people for all of their efforts in my behalf. I am sure that the vote would have been much less if it had not been for the wonderful support of so many nice people in Rappahannock County. GEORGE P. BEARD, JR. Robb Expresses Appreciation To the editor: I appreciate very much this opportunity to express publicly, in your Letters to the Editor section, my deep appreciation to all the Virginians who helped me during the long months of my campaign for Lieutenant Governor and to thank all the voters who placed their faith in me on November 8. I am grateful for the opportunity to serve as Lieutenant Governor, and I look forward to working with Virginians from all over our state as we help build a future we can face with confidence and hope. CHARLES S. ROBB Poachers Force Closure Wildlife poaching activities will cause Park Rangers to close two sections of Shenandoah National Park to vehicular travel during all hours of darkness from November 14 through December 3, announced Superintendent Robert R. Jacobsen today. The affected portions of the Skyline Drive will be the 31-mile section from Front Royal south to U. S. Highway 211 at Thornton Gap, and the 39-mile section from Waynesboro north to U. S. Highway 33 at Swift Run Gap. The Park roads in these areas will be closed at dark each day and will not re-open Trial Set On Monday, the opening day of the November term for the Rappahannock Circuit Court, a Grand Jury retumed a true bill on warrants charging Frank Junior Carter of Washington with two counts of first degree murder. Trial was set for Wednesday, December 14. until 8 a.m. on the following mornings. The remaining section of the Skyline Drive, located between U. S. Highways 211 and 33, and giving access to Big Meadows Lodge and Campground, will remain open as usual. Superintendent Jacobsen said, in announcing this closure, that similar actions during the past two years proved to *be very successful in countering the illegal hunting activity in these sections of the Park. Letters To The Editor Defends ERA To the editor, A letter appearing in the Nov. 10 edition of this paper under the headline, “Problems With ERA” may have misled some readers. For instance, it asserted that the Equal Rights Amendment would "shift...power from state to federal by allowing Congress, for the first time, to legislate on such matters as marriage, the family, divorce, etc.” Current Federal laws relating to income and inheritance taxes, social security, welfare, federal pensions and many other matters involve marriage and the family. ERA would simply require that legislation in these areas could not discriminate against either women or men. ERA will give neither Congress nor state legislatures any powers they do not already possess. It would simply proscribe sex discrimination. The writer seems not to know that the Virginia State Constitution has a provision prohibiting state legislation from discriminating with respect to sex. Is this because she hasn’t heard of any harm this provision has brought to the women of Virginia? There is nothing about ERA which would take legal protection from anyone—it would only broaden it to both sexes—male and female. With regard to women and the armed forces, ERA will take nothing away from women. If one realistically assesses the effects of future wars on women and families, it will be immediately recalled that some of the most tragic victims of the Civil War were the women and children of the South. The destroyed'villages in Vietnam were largely inhabited by women and children. The cities of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Dresden and London were occupied by women and children when they were bombed and destroyed or badly damaged. In future wars, it is probably that either conventional or thermonuclear weapons, targeted on cities, would, like ERA affect members of both sexes equally. The question of women and war is a phoney issue. I can’t expect the paper to provide room for me to answer all the misassertions in the letter I’m addressing, but perhaps there is room to say what ERA won’t do: It won’t prevent wives from deserting husbands or vice versa any more than present laws and customs do. It won’t result in any more wives or husbands working to support their families if they aren’t already interested in doing that. It won’t keep wives from murdering husbands or husbands from beating wives and children. It will only require the courts, when the issue is brought, to consider whether or not a man or a woman, by virtue of a law enacted by a state or the Congress, has been PTA Elects The Rappahannock County Elementary School PTA met on Nov. 9 to elect officers for the school year. Elected were Judy Kenyon, president; Sharon Kilpatrick, vice-president; Judi Burke, secretary; and Elizabeth Scherschel, treasurer. ++++ Formula for handling people: 1. Listen to the other person’s story. 2. Listen to the other person’s full story. 3. Listen to the other person’s full story first. —Gen. George Marshall discriminated against^ because of his or her sex. After ail this nation has been through with respect to. the question of equal rights for minority races, and religious and ethnic groups, one would think the issue of equality before the law would be a well-understood principal and one not subject to the irrelevant distortions ERA has been plagued with. Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment, such as myself, do not believe that its passage has anything to do with the millennium. We only anticipate that it will increase legal equity. And ft appears that as many men as women share this hope. Therein lies our expectation for ratification of ERA by the Virginia State Legislature in the coming session. DIANA W. BIRD Washington, Va. Hopes Issue Not Clouded To the editor: I would like to express thanks to the Rappahannock News for its continued efforts to allow expression to both sides of issues. I sincerely hope that the debate on the Equal Rights Amendment will not be clouded by emotionalism and words such as “glib educators and other militants,” “homosexuals,” and ‘‘unisex bathrooms.” Such rhetoric does not address the issues but interferes with an examination of the concrete problem—namely that equal opportunity for women and equal rights do not always exist in this country. Many laws are being changed in Virginia to promote equality but much needs to be done here and throughout the nation to insure the continuation of this process. The problem is one of national dimensions, transcending states or ^ localities, and thus requires a m national commitment to eliminate it. A Constitutional Amendment is the most appropriate form for such a commitment. Much of our Constitution is composed of commitments to important moral and social principals—our rights to free speech and free press, to freedom of religion and assembly, to equal protection and due process of law. Doesn’t it seem appropriate that a moral commitment to the principle of equality between women and men properly belongs there? The ERA reflects two basic ideas: first, that women are not inferior to men because of their sex, and second, that women vary as individuals—in body structure, physical strength, intellectual and emotional capacities, aspirations and expectations—just as men do. Many are upset and offended by the manner in which some groups and individuals exercise “free speech.” Occasionally a criminal goes free because they were not given "due process.” Problems do exist with the interpretation and application of the Constitution. Yet few would argue that these guarantees should not be present. The Constitution has been amended many times. In several instances such changes have insured the rights of certain groups. It is now time to make sure that equal rights "under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.” DELORES DALTON Flint Hill PRECINCT WQODVILLE FLINT HILL AMISSVILLE CHESTER GAP SPERRYVILLE WASHINGTON TOTALS GOVERNOR HOWELL 124 111 163 124 149 178 849 DALTON 172 112 148 33 139 175 779 LT. GOVERNOR ROBB 128 128 189 130 183 199 957 CANADA 161 94 124 23 103 149 654 ATTY. GENERAL -i— - ■» ■ LANE 121 -107 150 107 151 117 7S3 COLEMAN 164 106 153 42 126 159 750 HOUSE OF DEL DAVIES 113 122 173 145 158 203 914 BEARD 182 96 137 9 132 152 708 OVER 1600 persons cast their votes in the November 8 election. Of those persons, the following percentages of votes were cast: Howell, 52.1%, Dalton, 49.7%; Robb, 59.4%, Canada, 40.6%; Lane and Coleman were less than 1/10 of 1% apart, with Lane only three votes ahead of Coleman. John J. “Butch ” Davies earned 56.3% of Rappahannock’s votes, compared to George Beard’s 43.7%.

PANTHER TALES By JANICE AYLOR& NATALIE SWINDLER The S.C.A. had its annual flfcctions, and we, Janice Aylor and Natalie Swindler, were named reporters. So it’s up to us to tell everyone what’s going on around the school. Our president this year is Roger Smoot, a senior who has great leadership qualities and should take the school far. Backing him up in the vice-president’s office is a junior, Kim Gilkey. The secretary, another senior, is Laura Pendleton. Chosen treasurer is a freshman, Sharon Settle. Mr. Flinchum is once again sponsor of this organization, and many thanks go to him. Since the girls’ basketball and boys’ cross-country season is over, we’ll only be able to bring you some highlights. Running for the boys this year were Danny Jett, Ronnie Jenkins, James Hackley, Ray Stirman, Arthur Gatewood, Paul Keithley, Greg Turner, Brian Fitzek, and Darell Brown. This was a young team, with only Danny and Greg running as seniors. Darell was running for his first year, and although he placed well, his standings couldn’t be counted since he was just an 8th grader. That’s O.K. Darell, you can get ’em next yearl Mr. Stutd was also doing a first this year, with this team being his first group of cross country runners. Too bad we couldn’t have had him running with his guys too! In the final district meet, Danny Jett finished No. 21, and Ronnie Jenkins came in No. 35. Way to go fellows! The Varsity girls’ basketball team had a disappointing end to their season, missing the tournament by 1 game'. They were definitely the best girls team this high school has seen, with a final record of 513. Some games were lost by a very close margin, the decision sometimes coming in overtime or even doubleovertime. The seniors of the team are Christine Nicholson and Jamelle Prudham. The remainder of the team was composed of juniors, Lynn Anderson, Janice Aylor, Rhonda Estes, Sandy Hudson, Shelly Kidwell, Jackie Myers (known as the “superstar”), Eleanor Philips, Patsy Smoot, Natalie Swindler and Rhonda Williams. They were all brought together and coached by Miss Ann L, Spieker. The Junior Varsity team also had one of its best seasons, led by sophomores Alethia Adkins, Rhonda Brown, Mel Burke, Marion Eastham, Judy Lynn and Denise Wingfield. The freshmen were Paula Butler, Rhonda Foster, Liz Freeman, News of Woodville By JUNE CLARK Rappahannock News Correspondent Miss Bonnie Brown of Silver Spring, Md., was a weekend guest of her mother, Mrs. Henry Brown. Sunday dinner guests, along with Miss Brown, included Tim Brown, and Tanya and Larry Brown. Afternoon visitors of Mrs. Brown and Miss Elva Bruce were Mrs. Don Osbum and Sheryl of Haymarket. Mrs. C. B. Johnson returned home Sunday after being a patient in Culpeper Memorial Hospital for several days. ,Dr. and Mrs. John f^Bannon, Jack and Ginny of Richmond were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice O’Bannon. Mrsw Paul Grigsby • returned to> her home in Castleton Sunday after a visit of several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Brew Burke. - Mrs. Ashby Butler and Mrs. Pearl Hawkins returned home Monday after a visit with their mother, Mrs. Mae Corbin, who is a patient in a Fairfax Hospital, and Mrs. Ruth Beard. Nicole and Heidi Maeyer of Reston were Saturday overnight guests of Mrs. Henry Wood. On Sunday, Mrs. Mary Botts Quaintance Ptea '■Hut. Serving Pizza, Baked Pasta, Sandwiches. Salad Bar Open Thanksgiving 4 p.m to midnight 22 W. 14th St. Front Royal 635-4091 and Dr. and Mrs. Carroll Quaintance of Sperryville were dinner guests of Mrs. Wood and Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Wood and Henry B. Mrs. Opie Crawford entertained for the ninth birthday of her grandson, Brad Sykes, with a luncheon Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Sykes celebrated their son, Brad’s, birthday on Sunday with a dinner. Among the guests were Mrs. Opie Crawford and Curtis and Ray Crawford. On Thursday, Clyde P. Johnson attended dinner for the twenty-five year retirees of the American Automobile Association in Falls Church. Ordination Service On November 20, Washington Baptist Church will conduct a special worship service at 11 a.m., at which time the pastor, David M. Moore,will be ordained into the ministry. Additionally, the church will ordain as deacons Mrs. Dorothy Clater, Frank Donald, Carroll Racer Jr., and Judge William Moffett. Mrs. Clater will be the first woman ordained as deacon in the history of the church. Following the worship service, there will be a covered dish lunch honoring those ordained as well as Gilbert Updike and Irving Sisk, both of whom are becoming deacons emeriti. Dr. E. T. Clark, pastor emeritus of the First Baptist Church of Winchester, will preach the ordination sermon. +-M—h A truly spiritual man’s creed is not live and let live, but live and help live. —Roger Babson CUTYOUR FUEL BILLS i Special 10% introductory energy saving _ discount! All stoves picked-up et the Emporium I Sierra Stoves are constructed of heavy steel Opiate. Won’t warp, crack or burn out. Burn efIficiently with little attention or mess. Holds fire for hours. The Sierra can pay for itself in a single season. Two models to choose from. no. iso $373 No. 300 $429 IMMEDIA TE DELIVERY SPERRYVILLE EMPORIUM SPERRYVIUE, VA. OPEN EVERY DAY Jennie Springfield, Donna Williams and Sandy Wines. There were some 8th graders also; Lavonne Adkins and Pam Estes. The team was coached by Miss Denise Nelson, only her 2nd year at coaching. Ending the season with a .500 percentage has shown what a great effort the team really did put forth. The boys’ basketball team also has a new coach, Mr. Robert Mofette from James Madison University. He seems to be energetic about his program, and a “sneakpeak” at one of their practices showed a very promising team. Seniors making up the squad are Donnie Compton, Roger Jenkins, Danny Jett, Brooke Miller, Greg Stump and Jimmy Swindler. Juniors coming up from last year’s J.V. team are Nils Aylor, Wade Brown, Rodney Cook, Steve Foster, and Gary Settle, joined by William Carter, a junior. Mr. Jim Logan is the new Junior Varsity Coach. He has shown a lot of enthusiasm about his squad. Those returning from last year are sophomores Tony Armentrout, Greg Bright, Jeff Jenkins, Gary Leake, Steve Mucciarone, Larry Settle and Tony Wayland. Other freshman on the team include Jonathan Aylor, Ernie Fletcher, Gary Jenkins, John Jenkins, and Jim Tomko. Both boys teams will give the spectators some exciting games to watch, so we’ll let you know when the season starts and you can lend your support. Tlie Future Homemakers of America met and elected officers. Donna Stove is the president, Penny Jett is the vice-president, Connie Whorton, secretary and Lisa Settle, treasurer. Extension Agent Nancy Secrist was a guest of the F.H.A., and had shown them several Christmas decorations to make for the upcoming holiday. On November 7 the F.H.A. hosted morning coffee and donuts for the teachers, which we’re sure was greatly appreciated. The National Honor Society has held several meetings also, and acting president for the year is David Hudson. Holding the vice-presidency is Curtis Nichols while Natalie Swindler is the secretarytreasurer. The N.H.S. is soon to be coming out with a newspaper, something extra for all the students at school. Tl\at’s it for now—have a pleasant weekend. 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Rappahannock News, Washington, Va. Thursday, November17,1977 CQZJNTR Y JOURNAL By NANCY SECRIST Fall is the time to check your spices to see if they have lost their aroma. The spice should smell strong and clear as soon as you open the container. If it doesn’t, now is the time to replace it This b the peak time of year for using spices, and you’ll want to get the most in flavor and aroma. Remember to store • spices in a cool dry area—not close to the stove. Encourage young children to help with housework by designing hand “duster puppets” from old socks. Draw faces on several with marking pens. When dusting b done, the puppet can be readily laundered. Spread your toy budget throughout the year. Don’t overwhelm children with too many new toys at once. Use birthdays, a rainy day, and other occassions to introduce BEANY ELECTRONICS •Admiral & Philco TV’s and Appliances! •President and Cobra CB’s! Ask about our lay-away plan and financing! 209 East 6th St. Front Royal 635-3227 new toys and new play experiences. > Try this delicious version of pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving this year. Paradbe Pumpkin Pie Kitty Gaines Flint Hill, Va. 1 Pastry shell 8 oz. cream cheese, softened. V* cup sugar Vi teaspoon vanilla 3 eggs IV* cup cooked pumpkin Vi cup sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon V* teaspoon ginger Vi teaspoon mace dash of salt 1 cup evaporated milk maple syrup Combine cream cheese with V* cup sugar and vanilla and blend. Add one egg and mix well. Spread on bottom of pastry shell. Blend cooked pumpkin, ‘/a cup sugar, cinnamon, ginger, mace, salt, evaported milk. Add 2 eggs. Carefully pour over cheese mixture and bake in preheated 325 degree oven for approximately 1 hour and 5 minutes until done. Cool. Brush with maple syrup and garnish with nuts if desired. Giving Christmas gifts made or baked at home mean more to the receiver. 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Burke, Washington, Va. Recipe by: Marilyn Burke, Alexandria, Va. 16 to 18 peeled, cored and sliced apples, medium size 3 heaping teaspoons cinnamon 1 heaping teaspoon nutmeg lVi cup apple cider 2 to 2Vi cups sugar Put all ingredients in 4 quart slow cooker on setting 3. No stirring is necessary. Cook 24 hours. Wash and heat jars and lids. Fill and seal. Yields: 2 to 2*/a quarts. Please send me your ideas for homemade or homebaked gifts. Congratulations and thanks to the Flint Hill Extension Homemakers for raising over $200 at their bazaar for the 4-H Education Center. Chester Gap Area News By BESSIE M. PARKS Rappahannock New Correspondent Roger Atkins of Roanoke left for home Monday after a short visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Atkins. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Haslam and Jennifer, also Mrs. Lee Cullers, all of Front Royal, were Sunday visitors in the James E. Williams’ home. Mrs. Hubert S. Gilkey, Jr. was Thursday evening dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett White in Front Royal. Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Steve Williams and Bray visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hutt, in Sperryville. Alan Fox was in Charlottesville recently with other members of the Kiwanis Little League Baseball team to attend the game between the VMI and the UVA teams. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Davis of Front Royal spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Williams, Jr. Mrs. S. M. Shelton was a Sunday dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shelton in Winchester. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Sealock of Centerville spent the weekend with his parents, the Alfred Sealocks. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kreisher of Front Royal were Saturday evening callers. After residing in the Blue Ridge Mountain Estates for several years, Mr. and Mrs. BULLOCK'S Quality Cleaners Complete Dry Cleaning and Laundry Service Rugs & Drapes 19 E. Jackson Front Royal, Va. 635-3055 Builders Special j STATE KD. 625 TWO CUSTOM BUILT HOMES S MINUTES FROM END OF RT. 66 MULTIPLE LISTINGS #62043 A 62044 FAUQUIER COUNTY Featuring 11 + ACRE WOODED LOTS .FULL W/0 BASEMENT & 2+ CAR GARAGE M/B Rm HAS ITS OWN SITTING ROOM WITH WET BAR • DECK & FIREPLACE ALSO, EXTRA INSULATION—MEAT PUMP A UMARY 4 M, CERAMIC FOYER 6 BATHS. RT. 66 PRICED FROM $12*500 OPEN PHONE NOON T0 6 CftflLOflSlA sat & sun 569-2800 REALTY WORLD OF SPRINGFIELD GAINESVILLE CNCO BUILDERS DIRKCTIONS: WEST on Rt. 66 to Gainesville, 29-21,1 for 4 mi., right on State R. 625. Follow signs to houses. Democratics Reorganize: The Rappahannock County Democratic Committee will be reorganized early in December according to the requirements set forth in the State Party Plan, according to Committee Chairman A, H. Keyser. Details of the Mass Meeting for the reorganization will be announced next week. Mr. Keyser expressed delight and appreciation in view of the election results in Rappahannock last week. “Members of the committee who worked for the Democratic candidates showed a cooperative and enthusiastic spirit,” he said. Mount Salem Service Sunday The Mount Salem Baptist Church will have a service this Sunday, November 20. The members of the church and the members of the Restoration Association are urged to attend. The purpose is to make plans for the rededication of the church, and to plan for a revival. The service will start at 3:00 p.m. There will be heat in the church. Franklin Cain and his father, Early Cain, have moved to Front Royal and their property has been purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hudson, Jr. Mr. Hudson is a recruiting officer for the Navy .stationed in Front Royal. The Hudsons, who have three daughters, moved here from Florida. They are natives of Westminister, Md., where they spent last Saturday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hudson, Sr. This last weekend Mrs. Evelyn Hickerson accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Bob Green and Mrs. Virginia Good of Front Royal to Canton, Ohio, where they attended a church crusade. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Williams, Kim and Annette were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Walters in Flint Hill,' honoring Tommy’s birthday. Others present were Diane, Angela, Todd, Kelly and Mike Williams; Terry Jenkins, Harvey Clatterbuck, Mike Ramey and Junior Walters. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Phillips and son, Guy Brandon, of Leesburg visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Holdaway Sunday. Reporting on-the sick: Sam North returned home Monday after a few days in Warren Memorial Hospital—Lonnie Williams entered the same hospital Friday for tests—Ray Anothony Williams, twelveyear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Williams underwent surgery on his hip Tuesday of this week in Warren Memorial—Edward Goranson received emergency treatment in the same hospital Sunday and continues ill at home. Herbert (Jabo) Williams entered the Veterans Hospital in Mar tinsburg, W. Va., Thursday of last week and is in traction for a back condition. Mrs. Williams, her son Bruce, and her daughter, Norma Jean, also Rhonda and Glen Williams visited Jabo last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Williams, Jonathan and Debra, of Culpeper, and Mrs. Suzy Kendall of Front Royal were recent dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. James Fox entertained Monday evening with a surprise birthday party honoring James’ mother, r^Jl - P --7TTT Eves. 7 and 9:15 p.m. ’Sat & Sun. Matinee 2 pjn. 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Mrs. Sam North spent from Thursday until Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Edward Goranson; Mrs. Lonnie Williams and sister, ' Donna Atkins, were Friday and Saturday overnight guests; and Mr. and Mrs. Michael North of Huntly were Sunday evening callers in the Goranson home. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hudson called on the Franklin Cains in Front Royal Thursday evening and Mrs. A. E. Parks was a Friday caller. A Thanksgiving and fellowship (covered dish) dinner at the Chester Gap Baptist Church is announced for Sunday noon, November 20th, and everyone is invited. Sunday afternoon Mrs. Edward Fox, Mrs. Alfred Sealock, Mrs. Jimmy Burke, joined by Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Enims of Front Royal attended a musical in Winchester. Your Happy Stoppmp Stora Downtown Culpeper “Red Camel" feature-packed action boots WITH OIL-RESISTANT NEOPRENE SOLES INSULATED HIGH-TOPS oil-tanned full-grain uppers, cushion insole, nail-free construction with genuine Goodyear welt. Steel . shank for maximum support. 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Boston Area News By MRS. MARIE AT!QN8' Rappahannock Nmn ConMpoodmt MU» Melanie Thornhill onent the weekend with Miss Vicki Manuel in Blacksburg. Mr. and Mrs. Carter White were Sunday afternoon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dodson in Culpeper. The Whitts recently visited in Jamestown, Yorktown, and Williamsburg. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Marshall of Culpeper were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ullard. Luncheon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ashby Thornhill, Mary and Linda were Mr. and Mrs. Pete Boyd of Madison, Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Carpenter and Holly of Brightwood and Mrs. Edna J. Payne of Culpeper. Gregg Jenkins was honored on his fifteenth birthday Sunday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jenkins. Guests included Mrs. Venie Dodson of Manassas, Mrs. Myrtle Still and George Jenkins of Alexandria, Mrs. Roy Atkins and Beverly of Sperryville, Mrs. Connor, Jenkins and Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Dodson and family. Mrs. Ertha Hawkins was a Friday caller of her sister, Mrs. Amos Butler in Woodville. 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Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. loe Starry were Mr. and Mrs. Fmk Freeman, Paul and Michael of Silver Spring, Md. Mrs. Hazel Barfield and Debbie were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barfield and John in Culpeper and were met by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barfield, Jr. of Leesburg. Sunday callers on Mr. and Mrs. Waverly Kennedy were Mr. and Mrs. James Minn is and Chris and Mr. and Mrs. John Coates of Culpeper. Weekend guests were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kennedy, Vickie and Douglas of Lynchburg. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Deal of Arlington were weekend guests of Clifton Nalde. Sunday afternoon visitors were Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Rector of Culpeper and Mrs. Joseph Hawkins. Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Dodson and family and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jenkins and family attended the Gaiters Gospel Concert in Constitution Hall, Washington, D. C., on Saturday evening. Robert Thornhill of Vienna was a Saturday overnight guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cary Thornhill. Joseph McCaffery of Culpeper was a Sunday afternoon caller on the Rev. W. B. Dennis. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Reeve of Sperryville, joined by Mr. and Mrs. George Butler, Mrs. Wayne Butler, Mrs. Frederick Butler, Mrs. Cary Thornhill and Mrs. Buddy Thornhill, were Sunday afternoon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Markwood Butler and family in Manassas and attended evening baptismal services at Emmanuel Baptist Church, in which Mrs. Markwood Butler was a baptismal candidate. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Frazier, Michele and Michael were Saturday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Meade in Culpeper and also visited the Bobby Jenkins family. On Sunday they were luncheon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Atkins in Sperryville. Fire— Rescue Notes On Nov. 9, the Sperryville Rescue Squad took Lester Dodson of Sperryville to Culpeper Memorial Hospital. The same unit transported Walter Jenkins to the same hospital from his home in Sperryville and then on to Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville on Nov. 14. Also on Nov. 14, the Flint Hill Rescue Squad took William Martz from his apartment at Hillsdale near Massie’s Corner to the University of Virginia hospital in Charlottesville. The Chester Gap Rescue Squad recently took Ms. Hester Mahoney from her home in Huntly to Warren Memorial Hospital and back home. ++++ Travel light with necessary baggage but no useless equipment. —A. A. M. this is for you! Here you'll find Curlee suits that combine the best of what most men want: Up-to-the-minute styling, proper fit. distinctive better fabrics, quality tailoring, moderate price. So if you want the best of everything come and see our large selection. $145-$180 SORRENTO by @U/Je£» r VL 'lAJliite^liop Southgate Shopping Center Culpeper Clark Mrs. Clarice L. Clark of Sperryville died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1977 at her home in F. T. Valley near Sperryville. She was 63, a daughter of the late Erasmus J. Singleton and the late Bessie Herndon Singleton of Rappahannock County. She was a member of Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church. Survivors include a' son from a former marriage, Harry W. Mundy of Manassas; a brother, Randolph ' G. Singleton of Fayetteville, N. C.; and three grandchildren. A funeral service conducted by the Rev. Ronald Wiley was held Saturday at Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church. Burial was in the family section of Sperryville Cemetery. Pallbearers were Lester Deal, Frank Brown Jr., Norman Ester, Willie Singleton, Jack Lovelace and R. J. Singleton. Woodward Services for Jospeh Turner Woodward, 86, of Amissville were held Tuesday from the Geest Funeral Home Chapel conducted by the Rev. Joseph F. Stirman Jr. Interment followed in Hillcrest Memory Gardens. Mr. Woodward died late Saturday evening, Nov. 12, 1977. The son of the late John Woodward and Addie Corder Woodward of Rappahannock County, he was a retired farmer. His wife, the former Minnie Mae Carter, died in 1971. Survivirs include a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Gough of Amissville; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Margaret F. Mahoney of Huntly and Mrs. Virginia Mae Wines of Bethesda, Md.; and two stepsons, Franklin Lee Willingham of Elkwood and Robert Lawrence Willingham of Madison. Bake Sale The Annual Staff of Rappahannock County High School will sponsor a bake sale at two locations on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 9 o’clock. Tables will be set up at Hackley’s Store in Amissville and at the Sperryville Corner Store. The support of this bake sale by county citizens will be greatly appreciated by members of the Annual Staff. Youth Rally There will be a Youth Rally at Gid Brown Bible Church on November 19 at 6:00 p.m. The speaker will be Fred Helmick and singing by the Parson Family is scheduled. Everyone is welcome to attend. ViewtownCastleton Mrs. Ethel Compton spent the weekend with her daughter, Miss Debbie Compton, in Fairfax. McKendrick Blankenbaker has returned to his home after being a patient in Culpeper Memorial Hospital. Tammy and Kevin Jolliffe spent Sunday night with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Eckardt. Mrs. Ethel Hitt also spent the weekend with the Eckardts. George Dodson of Rixeyville was a weekend houseguest of Mr. and Mrs. Acrey Dodson. FAUQUIER LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE Rt. 55/709, Marshall 364-1566 Purebred Cows and Bulls SALE Thurs. Nov. 17 12:30 Sponsored by the. Black Angus Association. Dodson Graveside services for Lester Dodson of Sperryville were held Saturday in Sperryville Cemetery conducted by the Rev. Ronald Wiley, assisted by the Rev. Vickie Pittard. Mr. Dodson, 75, died Wednesday , Nov. 9, 1977 in Culpeper Memorial Hospital. A native of Rappahannock County, he was the son of the late Ernest and Mary Jane Atkins Dodson. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Kathleen Berry Dodson of Sperryville; two daughters, Mrs. Linda D. Peyton of Falls Church and Mrs. Dorothy D. Baldwin of Sperryville; two sons, Donald W. Dodson of Haymarket and Lawrence R. Dodson of Fairfax, four sisters, Mrs. Gladys Anderson, Mrs. Maggie Clater, Mrs. Annie Mary Oden, and Mrs. Susie Brown, all of Sperryville; and seven grandchildren. Clore Funeral Home, Culpeper, wasx in charge of arrangements. Ryan A funeral service for Earl Bedford Ryan, 54, of Orlean was conducted Friday from the Orlean Baptist Church by the Rev. Terry Green with burial in Orlean Cemetery. Mr. Ryan died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1977, in Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton. Born Oct. 29, 1923, in Fauquier County, he was the son of Bedford and Elsie Carter Ryan. He is survived by his wife, Mary Elizabeth Ryan; three daughters, Joyce A. Jenkins of Rixeyville, Barbara Putnam of Marshall and Agnes Bragg of Orlean; five sons, Howard L. Ryan of Marshall, Roger E. Ryan of Amissyille, Albert M. Ryan of Rixeyville, Bernard L. Ryan and Earl B. Ryan, Jr., both of Orlean; 10 grandchildren; one sister, Frances Ryan of Florida; and three brothers, Charles Ryan of The Plains, and Richard Ryan and Walter Ryan of Middleburg. Dennis A funeral for Mrs. Lib P. Dennis, 81, of Castleton, was held Saturday at Shiloh Baptist Church, Woodville, with the Rev. Browning Peyton of Washington, D. C., officiating. Burial was in the family section of the church cemetery. Mrs. Dennis died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1977, at Mont Vue Nursing Home in Luray. She was a lifelong resident of Rappahannock County and a member of Shiloh Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband, Willie L. Dennis; three daughters, Mrs. Lillian Timbers, Mrs. Olive Graves and Mrs. Catherine Taylor; two sons, Clifford Dennis and Lloyd Dennis; two sisters, Mrs. Olive Lee and Wilier Duffin; 14 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Wood A funeral for James R. Wood, 64, of Amissville was held Sunday at the Bethel Baptist Church in Amissville, the Rev. W. A. Williams officiating. 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Also entails manual handling of supplies and general cleaning. Must be available for overtime and emergency work on 24-hour basis. Prior Experience desirable but on the job training will be provided. Good Starting pay, steady job, five-day, 40-hour week; excellent benefits. All interested persons should APPLY IN PERSON at the Virginia Employment Commission, 110 West Cameron Street, Culpeper, Virginia. An Equal Opportunity Employer Communications and Records Center Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Culpeper, Virginia Special SALE On blisses and Juniors PANTSUITS and DRESSES FRONT ROYAL’S LEADING LADIES’ STORE HORSE & TACK TRADERS’CORNER LOUDOUN TIMES-MIRROR 703-777-1111 (LEESBURG) For as little as $5.50 your ad will appear in ALL THREE of these newspapers! RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS 703-675-3349 (WASHINGTON, VA) FAUQUIER DEMOCRAT 703-347-4222 (WARRENTON) MORSES FOR SALE QUARTER HORSE-PALOMINO. 15 hands. 15 years old. exceptionally well-trained. Make offer. 703777-2039, after 6:30. GENTLE RIDING HORSES, large selection. Also good used English and Western tack. Orchard Hill Stables, near Middleburg. Va. 703-554-8255. THOROUGHBRED MARE - papered. 15.2. 6 years old. attractive. quiet. $1,000 or offer. 703-371-8429. FIELD HUNTER - Word perfect, up to weight, sound. Also 'h bred Arabian endurance horse. 301371-6670. REGISTERED THOROUGHBREDS - Best offer. One thoroughbred 3'/? years stands at 16 hands; one 2 years stands at 16 hands; one 6 months stands at 10 hands. Call D. A. Poole, 703-777-2069 after 6 p.m. , -- PONIES FOR SALE - _ GIVEAWAY - MORGAN/WELSH gelding. 13.3. dark brown, 14 years old. Pony-clubbed and hunted, Vetted, shod. Intermediate, advanced rider. 703-338-4330. j BEAUTIFUL MEDIUM WELSH I pony - 10 years, ideal beginner - intermediate, gentle, sound, can't keep, will sacrifice. $375. Call 703-882-3424 |DARK BAY HACKNEY pony, 12.1, J6 years old. Goes in snaffle, shown and always in ribbons |100% sound. Jumps 2 feet 6 in ' iches to 3 feet easily. Phone 703347-3711 after 6 p.m. HORSES & PONIES WANTED v WANTED TO BUY HORSES, PONIES, COLTS, SADDLES. BRIDLES, ETC. Orchard HMI Stables 703-554-8255 INSTRUCTION l RIDING LESSONS Private and Group Beginners to Advanced Child or Adult TRAIL RIDES 777-3012 or 777-3279 WANTED TO RENT STABLE WANTED TO RENT - 5 or more stalls, available pasture and riding space. Call Debbie, evenings 703-273-1712. BOARDING A TRAINING FULL-CARE $95 monthly. Field $50 monthly. 10 minutes from Warrenton on 180 rolling acres Call 703-937-5434 for information. FARRIERS J HORSESHOEING BILL DAVIS 703-347-4009 Horseshoeing R. M. DUNCAN 703-777-4332 BARN CONSTRUCTION . in J c*t>pnrxfi Serving The Hunt Country Stables Fences Office £t Home Additions 347-1648 MISC. I FIELD HUNTERS CLIPPED Full and Hunter Clips $25 Trace clips $20 Trimming (Head & Legs) $10 Pulling (Manes & Tails) $10 Gas charge over 10 miles; Ex cellent with "naughty" animals PAGE ALLEN 703-687-6706 TACK & EQUIPMENT VICTORIAN SIDESADDLE in good condition 301-371-6670 SIDE SADDLE OWENS - 17". Excellent condition. $600. 703-7777648 *fl Uee’6 babbler? Sc &ibing Spparel Established 1963 7 South King Street Leesburg, Virginia 703-777-4386 x Pack Repair ♦jTack ♦ Gifts ♦■Equipment +1 Riding Apparel ♦•Stable Supplies illiams Cov Inc. specializing in the construction of Complete Custom Horse Facilities BARNS • STABLES - INDOOR ARENAS Remodeling - Custom Homes "Hon• bam* built by Honumun" Wo Service our Product m. 1. Bn 40, Broad Run, >a. 22014 703-347-3173

HORSE AUCTION Sat., Nov. 19,77 -10:30 A.M. At Emerald Downs (I-95 to Rt. 610 Aquia-Garrisonville Exit, 8 mi. West to Ruby, Va. & Emerald Downs) •Thoroughbreds •Quartertiorses •Ponies •Sicilian Miniature Donkeys •Show Horses & Jumpers •All to be sold at Public Auction CONSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED - Deadline Fri., Nov. 18! Please call or write Auction Company for Consignment Package. Boarding Available at $8.00 a day. - OTHER ITEMS TO BE AUCTIONED - Various tools New & Ussd Tack Osar Variety of Harnesses ft equipment, Sled, Buggies, Wagon, etc., 74 Dodge Power Wagon winch ft dump body; 14,000 ml. ’48 Studebaker Truck, 1 Vi T. Truck low mileage, NICE 74 Ford Van ’68 Ford Van 74 Ford F-500 Dump Truck low mileage Terms: CASH Auctioneer John Holder Food Served: Stafford JC’s AUCTIONEERS -LIQUIDATORS RT. 2. BOX 14»2 STAFFORD. VA. 22554 703-030-3536 703-334-1063 By MRS. B. M. VARNER Rappahannock Nawa Conaapoodant Mrs. Andrew Reams and son, Brad ofWinchester were Friday overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Johnston. The Rev. and Mrs. Ronald Wiley attended the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia in Newport News this week. They were houseguests of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Roberson. During their absence, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wiley of Rixeyville were with their family, Ronda, Stephen and Marc Wiley. Nicole and Heidi Maeyer were Saturday overnight guests of the H. B. Wood family in Woodville. Mrs. Brown Miller was a Tuesday overnight guest of her sister, Mrs. Virginia Bashaw in Woodstock and with their brother, Floyd Heizer of Greenville were houseguests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Heizer in Forest Hill, Md. Mrs. Ranny Aylor, Mrs. Nina B. Brown, Mrs. Jimmy Wayland, Julian Brown and Hugh Chrisman attended the Quarterly Conference on Thursday evening at the Washington United Methodist Church. Mrs. John Black of Baltimore, Md. spent several days with her sister, Mrs. Lester Dodson. Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Coffey, Mrs. Ranny Aylor and Heather were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Robert Nethers in Flint Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Williams of Front Royal were Sunday afternoon visitors of Mrs- Nina B. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. David Lyne of Warrenton were Friday overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lyne. Heather Lyne remained for the weekend. Mrs. Frances Thornton was a Friday overnight and Saturday guest of Mrs. Amy L Gore in Alexandria. Mr. and Mrs. George Bain were Saturday visitors of Dr. and Mrs. Carroll Quaintance. Mrs. Ruth Perkins was a houseguest for several days last week of Mrs. Lee Wright in Fredericksburg returning home Friday. Weekend guests were her granddaughter, Cindy Cumins of Longwood College, Farmville, her grandson, Douglas Cumins of V.P.I. & S.U., Blacksburg and Sandra O'Brien of McLean. Mrs. Dawson Nail of Falls Church and W. G. Wright, son Jeff and family of Spotsylvania wete visitors during the weekend. Those from a distance attending funeral services for Mrs. Clarice Singleton Clark on Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Singleton Jr. and daughter, Scott of Fayettsville, N. C., Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lovelace of Plainwell, Mich., Bobby Singleton of Munster, Ind., Mrs. Lucille Eheart, Madeline Eheart, Arlington, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Head, Charlottesville, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Estes, Leon, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Rector, Mrs. Hazel Estep of Atoka, Willie Singleton, Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Crews and Mrs. Lee Powers, all of Culpeper. Reach nearly everyone in Rappahannock County with your Classified Ad. Just call or stop by our office before Noon on Tuesday. RATES: $2.00 for the first 20 words, 10c for each additional wonf. Box numbers, $1.00 additional. X, I MiSC. FOR SALE 1 GUITAR and banjo sale, 20 per cent off any guitar or banjo in stock. Yamaha, S'Vairi, Ventura, Penco, lida and more. Lay away now for Christmas. Lessons available. Kountry Keyboards Lt„ 87 Lee Hwy. West, Warrenton. 3474256. 12n24 ANTIQUES—Top prices for ladies long dresses from the 20's, specializing in "things Grandma started with". MonSat or by appointment. 6352059. PRINTZ ANTIQUES, 206 S. Royal Ave., Front Royal, Va. 13n24 MUSIC, the fit for all seasons, 20 per cent off any Conn, Farfisa, or Kawai organ in stock. 20 per cent off any Kawai, Kincaid, or Currier piano in stock. All prices Include bench, delivery,- first tuning and six lessons. No hidden extras. Kountry Keyboards Ltd., 87 Lee Hwy. West, Warrenton. 347-4256. 12n24 FAITH MOUNTAIN HERBS AND ANTIQUES OF SPERRYVILLE—Our own herb jellies, dried herbs by the gram, herbal books, antiques. Furniture restoration and refinishing. 987-8824. tfk 1976 DEUTZ TRACTOR, model D-6806, 68 horsepower, $7995. Hollar Corporation, Luray, Va. 743-4541. tfk Enjoy the Fantastic Aroma of Apple Wood in your fireplace! Sold by the full or had cord. Jens Thoiand Piedmont Farm Sperryvie, Va. 987-8565 987-8568 Call after 7 p.m. JERRY'S T.V. Pre-Christmas Inventory Sale through Nov. 30 All Radios & T.V.'s Reduced Christmas Lay-away and Fran ring A variable 531 E Main St ■ Front Royal ^ % SALE COUNTRY MANOR GIFT SHOP INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE 10-50% off most items 987-8761 Rt.211, wpwffywn *8. WHOLE WHEAT BERRIES biologically grown at Jordan River Farm for flour, sprouting, cereal, popping, seed. 25 lbs., $3.50; 50 lbs., $6; 100 lbs., $10. Place your orders and pick up at Rush River Co., 675-3327 or at the farm, 6359388. 13n24 1968 Scout, pickup type; good hunting vehicle; fair condition. $800. Call 675-3301. _ 13n17p Ford '71 XLT pickup, one owner, excellent condition. $1650 cash. Ford '70 LTD Squire wagon; air conditioning, stereo, etc. Excellent condition. $1350 Cpsh. 987-8719. 13n1) IT'S NOVEMBER!! We're glad to report that some lumber and plywood prices have eased up a little. Let us help you save your dollars with specials like Genuine Wood paneling at $3.29 each piece. Heavy gauge galv. roofing $26.00 each square and alum, roofing at $29.00 each square. JIM CARPENTER COMPANY, Rte. 29S, Madison, Va. Call COLLECT 948-5841. 13n24 TWENTY-ONE SELECT GRADE ANGUS COWS, all dropped top calves In Feb.Mar.; bred to start calving in Feb. Also 6 last years heifers, most bred; 3 spring heifers and one five year old registered Angus bull, grandson of Furth of Wye. Call 937-4122. H+ HUNTER GRAY GELDING. $900.675-3394 after 6 p.m. 10+ 1969 YAMAHA 250CC trail bike. Very good condition. Call evenings (703) 560-3182. 13n24pd CHRISTMAS SHOP now open... ornaments, wreaths, wreath supplies. Fresh greens and trees will arrive Dec. 9. WARDS LAWN AND GARDEN CENTER, 1516 Shenandoah Ave., Front Royal. 13n17 GOAT'S MILK—Try It for your pets. $1 per half gallon and 25c bottle deposit. Call 635-8366 between 6 and 9 p.m. 13d8pd HOUSEPLANTS FOR SALE AT COUNTRY AAANOR GIFT SHOP. Large assortment. A lovely gift at a reasonable price. 13n17pd The Cheese Shoppe Kite’s Sugar-cured Thanksgiving Hams 209 S. Royal Aw. front Roy*t B35-7528 M & H TV-Appliance. Sales and Service RCA-WHIBLfOOL LT DISCOUNT PRICES 9-6 Mon.-Thurtj M Fridays M Saturdays •S5-75IO 10ft N. Royal At*. Front Royal We Can Supply ' All Your BUILDING NEEDS CULPEPER BUILDING & SUPPLY CORP. ! Phone 825-8383 ' Culpeper REG. ANGUS BULLS— Artificially sired by nationally famous bulls; dams are big, functional cows. 7 month weaning weights from 600-700 lbs.; 4 and 5 frame size. Priced for the commercial cow producer, (very short of feed). Newbill Miller, 675-3691. IT'S INVENTORY TIME!! We have one carload of 2x10's - No. 3 available at special low year-end prices: 12' - $4.32 ea.; 14' - $5.03 ea.; 16' - $5.77 ea. These 2x10's meet all codes. First come, first serve. Call COLLECT 948-5841, Jim Carpenter Co., Rte. 29 S., Madison, Va. I3n24 FARM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE: New metal cattle rack for pickup, Molmix tank, tandem disc harrow, two-box Brillion seeder, circular saw - belt drive, metal pig troughs and chicken feeders, nests, etc. Details call 937-4274 after 6 p.m. 13nl7pd CLEAN 1970 Plymouth Satellite, PS, AC, green vinyl roof, radial tires, 73,000 miles, excellent condition. $650. 6753485 or 675-3400. :ttk 1969 MUSTANG - $450.00 or best offer. 675-3784. 13n24 ATTENTION: Avoid Coal Strike, get your coal now. Delivered in 2 ton loads, at $65. per ton for lump. $80. per ton for nut. 635-3418. 13n24 WOOD for sale. Call 675-3359. 13n17p HAY for Sale. Call 675-3566 or 675-3610, nights. 13tf THREE IRON BEDS, table, refrigerator, washing machine, sofa, chair, firewood, dishes, a dog house and cooking utensils. Call 6753713. _13nl7pd FOR SALE: 3000W generator, like new. $500.00. 987-8303. tfk MISC. WANTED . - I BUY ANTIQUES! EstatesT attic or barn full, furniture - 18th century, primitive, oak, walnut. Toys, silver, china, glass, brass, iron, musical instruments, corner and wall cupboards, desks, lighting, dolls - anything unusual before 1900. For confidential cash sales, call Fairlawn Antiques, Sperryville, 987-8178. 14d8pd WANTED—Full size violin, bow and case. Price negotiable. 987-8946. 14n30 WANTED: Treadle sewing machine in good working condition. Call 675-3405. 14dl WANTED TO RENT or buy a cornpicker. Call 937-4700 or 937-4900. 14n24 WANTEQ: child's hobby horse in good condition, reasonable. 675-3200,987-8944. 14nl7 Building? •Paint •Lumber | •Milwork i •Hardware* Complete One-Step BUILDING SUPPLY Warrenton Buiding Material Co* Inc. on the By-Pass Warrenton 347-1400 .." , .. < PERSONAL BEGINNING DEC. 1, hours for Amissville Barbershop are Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Closed Monday and Tuesday. 21dlp FISH—a Christian Service’ organization. Need help? call! 675 3523, 987-8291, or 937-4721. , tf1 In Memoriam In memory of James Wood ("Pops"): Some called him "Pops", Some called him "Jim"; Many thought he was just an old man Walking the road. Most didn't know his name, But many knew his face. He knew only a few of those That knew him well. (He didn't know me. But I knew him very well.) Most said he should be retired. But he kept working. I doubt if anyone knew his true age. But who cares He was ageless. But most of all, He was independent and free. A small nrtan in body But a giant to me. D. L. Porter HOMEMAKERS: Learn about the current discriminations in the Virginia law. Send for the "Legal Status of Homemakers in Virginia" published in 1977. Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 ISdl SHOOTING MATCH every Saturday, 12:30 p.m., Castleton Fire House grounds. 21n24 NO HUNTING or trespassing on my property. Roadcap Atkins, Amissvllle. 21d22 SHOOTING MATCH every Friday night, 7:30 p.m. at Washington Fire Dept, carnival grounds. HAPPY HOLID/.«> ahead. Check extra guests in at Lake Motel. Phone 675-3539. 25d8pd NO HUNTING or trespassing on the Rochmis property in Twin Falls area, Wakefield District. _ 21dl5 LOSTANDFOUND I LOST DOG: Golden Retriever; one year old male. Lost in Jenkins Hollow. 9878303. HOME AND _J Will do chair bottoming. Call 987-8170 or 987-8775. 11±R INSTRUCTION Improve yourself. "Drivers Jmmpioyd by fargtl ' trucking companies' had annual average earnings of about ,$10,300; In 1974r Start now to plan tor a professional career driving a “Big Big." Our prtvata training school offers compatant Instructors, modem aquipmant and challenging training fields. Keep your Job and train on part time basts (Sat. A Sun.) or attend our 3 weak lull time resident training. CaN right now tor full information. Revco Tractor Trailer Training Inc HARRISONBURG 703-434-5326 WILL REBUILD Pianos, organs; refinish furniture. 9878480. 5n24pd Masonry contrac-: TOR—Martin Woodward. Stone . work a specialty^ Basements and foundation, brickwork, fireplaces. For : estimate call 987-8824. GORE'S ELECT rV’ca’l SERVICE. Call me for wiring, heating services, electrical supplies and plumbing repairs. P. O. Box 88, Sperryville, Va., 987-8748. tfk EXPERIENCED BUILDER, New Homes, Remodeling, Repairs. Gregory Monahan, MONECS Corporation. 9878928. .__ _ff CHAIR BOTTOMING. Quality work done on cane, rush, splits. Call COUNTRY. CUPBOARDS, Washington, Va. 675-3294 5-tf A resident farrier In Rappahannock County. . .Sheree Osborn Horseshoeing and Trimming, Corrective work. 675-3409 prompt service. 8-4k oTstTnctive' painted by local artist, designed and crafted by COUNTRY CUPBOARDS, 675-< 3294. ■ tfk i_ove yoor antiques! Peerless' restbration, reflnfshing. Prompt attention to detail. COUNTRY CUPBOARDS, Washington, Va. 675-3294. tfki THURMON WHORTON, Flint Hill—Plumbing, Heating, Electrical work. 24 hour emergency service. 675-3607. _5tf ROOFING—Gutters and downspoutings, Tinning and roofing of all kinds; Aluminum gutter and downspout. Roof repair. Call Bill Starks, 675-3630, Washington, Va. COUNTRY STRUCTURES offers free estimates on all phases of building, remodeling and restorations. Call Allan Coombs 675-3485. * 1-k NEW SERVICE OFFEREDI UPHOLSTERY large or small. Specializing in the unusual. Call Country Cupboards, Washington, Va. 6753294. 5n3 Kitchen Cabinets, furniture,* hand painted signs, custom) designed and built with pride.. COUNTRY CUPBOARDS,' Washington, Va. 675-3294. The Old Dominion Repair Service—All types of home repairs, remodeling, additions and restorations. For estimates, call 937-5394. BALDWIN And Other Fanns Brands Below Retail Prices DUKI L. SHAVER PIANO €0. 1202 N. Royal km. Front Royal Va. HELP WANTED General housework half to 1 day per week. Own transportation necessary. Must be responsible and mature. Excellent salary. House in Rappahannock Co. Please phone Mrs. David Brinkley, (202) 363-8199 between 8-10 a.m. 20nl7 DEMONSTRATORS WANTED for Dutchmaid Fashions. Full or parttime; excellent earnings; plan own hours; highest quality clothing; party plan. Call or write for Information. Doris S. Walker, Rt. 3, Box 17, Madison, Va. 22727. _ 20nl7k PART-TIME Office position. Business background essential. Submit resume to Rappahannock Medical Center, P.O. Box 268, Washington, Va. 22747. No telephone calls accepted. 20n24 r-r,trt,r . '■ RENTALS ' HOUSES W.. ... FOR RENT Handsome 8 stall stable in Flint Hill located on a lovely farm in the Old Dominion hunt country. Included is a large, wellfenced paddock. Good grazing. $250. 675-3537. 25nl7 REAL ESTATE TOR SALE ,w« Mountain Farm of 215 acres for only $1354)00! Includes ante-bellum farm house of 11 rooms and 6 fireplaces; partially restored. Bam. Secluded at end of road, mostly wooded with wfld turiceysl New home on nicely wooded lot with lake' usel 3 bedrooms, walk-out basement large deck. $41,000. Old home on 9% wooded acres for only $254)00 cash. Needs work. River front tracts of 25 to 136 acres, from $354)00. Thanks for reading this ad! RAPPALACHIAN HOMES 937-4388 825-1847 CHAINSAWS Sa/es 8 Service Homelite McCullough Jansereds HouxMan.-Sat Itol WARDS LAWN& GARDEN CFTOR 1511 9mhM Aml hMlkpl 635-8459 —Joe Williams^ General Contractor Chester Gap, Va: New Homes, Old Home Restoration Additions, Rec. Rooms, Remodeling, Custom Cabinets, Etc. “Quality” Second To Nono " References 703-635*5903 Susan Shade and Bob Barentine of Annandale were Saturday guests of Mrs. Ruby Dwyer and family. - Mrs. Larry Kushner of Gaithersburg, Md. spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Catherine Brown. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Brown, Derek and Keith of Hanover, Pa. were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Reeve. Mrs. Kathryn Wayland entered Culpeper Memorial Hospital Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Deal of Culpeper and Mrs. Mabel Deal and Ivan spent the weekend in Gambrills, Md., with Mr. and Mrs. James Chesgreen and attended the funeral of Robert Bietler. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Yafcs of Roanoke were houseguests Friday and Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Yates. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Nelson of Manassas called Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Yates and Miss Janet Yates were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Priest in Front Royal. ++++ The part of life which we really live is short. —Seneca ATTENTION HUN Breakfast will b^^rj , 4-30 a.m.-B a.m. Lunch: 11 a.m.*2 p.m. (Lunch Special Changes Daily) Dinner 4:30 p.m.-9 p.m. CtoMd TIunlngMng Day Restaurant of Sperryville 987-8188 HERE^ * Rte.211 To Skyline Drive Property Listings ....16 wooded acres near Old Rag and Park. Old orchards, barn and timber; beautiful view $20,000. ....small cabin nestled among the pines on 5 acres near Park. Spring and lovely views $22,000. ....29 acres of woodland with rushing mountain, stream, good timber, views and loaded wit$ game. $1250 per acre with excellent owner financing. , ^ ....9.7 acres of woocHand near Park, accessible yet private. $16,000. EILEEN M. DAY, REALTOR-BROKER Washington, Virginia 675*3400 Candy Coombs 675*3485 Kerry Smithgall 937*4902 PANORAMA REALTY Sperryville Emporium Sperryville, Va. 987-8640 Open Every Day We Care About 5 acres of pines with complete privacy to this quaint 2-3 bedroom frame home that includes living room, den. country kitchen, dining room, full bath and ut^^^s ^3ur>ding acreage offer 14 x 24 in-O^^L« U6 x 16 barn with loft, stream and garden area. An unique offering at $65,000. Frame home on 20 open and wooded acres with streams, pond sites, views, road frontage and seclusion. Home has eat-in kitchen, full bath, LR, with firepQf\| ^ bedroom with fireplace and 2 L> U oms, completely insulated for low utility bill. A bargain at $55,000. Cozy little home on lot in town. Two bedrooms, living room, full *- “ ’ " ' md dining area. In excellent condO^^I ften appliances included. Storm“_M.ndows, oil heat, town water and septic system. $19,500. 31.6 wooded e*™*" -‘-■adow of Old Rag Mt. with views tO/% I 1^Private road, certified survey aniyV/ L# jt $900/acre with owner financing. Three bedroom, hrl''u • *-home with knotty pine kitchen LR I Heated on over 1 acre with two gtV: . Secluded setting. $35,000. / 1.54 acres fynt Hill in small residential aresOV/LUl lot. $5,600 with terms by owner. The above properties haw baan sold In the* pest weeks. The response to our advertising both locelly end In the Metropollten Aren hes been unbelievable but we need more properties to satisfy these buyers. Mease call us If you have any Interest whatsoever In selling your property. We may have the right person welting tor you now. m .REALTOR ASSOCIATES JAMES W. LEAKE - 987-8236 J. MAURICE O'BANNON 987-8713 JOHN R. EUBANK, Jr. -987-8146 C. KEETON BARNES - 987-8619