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To the editor:
There are many problems .encountered in living in a small community. Most of us are painfully aware of these. There are also many joys to living in a small community. These are not always as evident as the problems.
Recently we encountered the trauma of losing the mother of our eleven eightday old puppies. This began several weeks of formula mixing, bottles, feedings every 3 to 5 hours, puppy baths, paper changing and cuddling. Because we commute to Charlottesville daily, we could not possibly take care of all the puppies needs.
We (and the puppies) were literally rescued by many of the people who live and work in Washington, Va. Jennings Hobson took over setting up a daily schedule for feeding and caring for the puppies, and did much of the work himself. Molly Hobson spent all of her supper times with the puppies and spoiled the runt of the litter until he began to grow fast in self defense. Dot White, Nancy Reeve, Nancy Secrist, Mary Bailey, Tinker Hay, Dawn Fisher, Mary Selles, Frank Jolly, Rae Hasse and Martha Whitesed gave many hours to the feeding and loving of the puppies. Without all these human "puppy mothers" the puppies might have survived, but we would not. The puppies are now five weeks old, growing fast, eating us out of house and home, and are very friendly and loving. As we move the puppies to their new homes, I think all their “mothers" will feel the loss, but we have all gained enormously in recognizing one of the joys of living in a small community.
Amazed
To the editor:
It was with considerable amazement and concern that I read the Editorial in last week’s Rappahannock News. That someone from out of the county and with no personal concern (that I am aware of) should speak so positively and arrogantly on a situation of such importance to us who live here amounts to interference.
Surely there is more than one solution to the problem—the unwanted and undesirable commercial yearround use as proposed by the developers OR "a mountainside development of crackerbox weekend houses.” It is not that simple or narrow and such a statement smacks of fear-tactics. The expectations of an overwhelming ' approval if a referendum is taken seems to be wishful thinking on the part of those who favor the proposal. It would be interesting to know on how much research that opinion was based.
Since when has it been stupid for concerned taxpayers to use taxpayers money to fight for what they feel will adversely affect their area? And I, as a taxpayer, resent having our Supervisors and members of the Board of Zoning Apjteals considered stupid because they are willing "to pour taxpayers money into the sort of litigation now developing."
GLADYS HAVSTAD Sperryville
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