Rappahannock News, November 16, 1978

PAID CIRCULATION r • ■ • MOW "'- U ' ' 2 594 r’VRAPPAHANNOCK /V-*. HOUSEHOLDS '■'■W\ 2,101 ■ ir • L ■ -r-.r "-•# 4: VIH7; k / J \ r* M ty* r* 0i'‘TS LIDO RIvl‘Vo*;:> I9» ^ ahaiinufk Sms ART 23219 •■■■ \ ( it •* \ ;,V The County Family Newspaper Founded 1877 29th YEAR, No. 46 USPS 455580 10 Pages THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1978 ^gshington, Virginia Phone 675-3349 20c DeMent Revocation t Upheld On the basis of rulings by Judge Rayner V. Snead, P. E. Steve DeMent’s garagestorage area addition to his Sperryville antique business does not comply with provisions of Rappahannock’s zoning ordinance. On Monday, November 13, Judge Snead held that the action of the Rappahannock Board of Zoning Appeals in revoking the special use permit issued to DeMent on April 14, 1977, was neither arbitrary nor capricious. This ruling followed a previous decision by Snead on August 31, 1978, that the BZA had the authority both to issue and revoke a special use permit for building in Sperryville's flood plain. Snead's rulings support the BZA's contention that DeMent's new building is illegal under county ordinances. Robert Fitzgerald, attorney for the BZA. acknowledged in a telephone interview on Tuesday that the BZA’s part in the controversy was now over. Since the revocation of the building permit had been upheld by the court, he explained, it is now up to the county’s law enforcement departments to enforce zoning ordinance provisions. On Monday. Judge Snead also noted that the Board of Zoning Appeals did not have the power to act on his ruling; that enforcement of county zoning ordinances was the responsibility of the Board of Supervisors and the Commonwealth Attorney. In effect, Snead’s rulings leave the addition to DeMent’s antique business without authorization under county law. As a result, Commonwealth Attorney could order that the building be torn down since it doesn’t comply with zoning ordinance regulations. When asked to comment on the case. Davis said the matter was “under further study.” Waugh Crigler, attorney for DeMent in the case, said on Tuesday that his client had made no decision on what, if any, action to take in light of Snead's ruling. Noting that the Judge's final order had not yet been formally entered, Crigler said that DeMent was going to wait and see "what takes place...The facts and circumstances during the 30 days (following the filing of the formal order) will determine our response.” ABC Funds Divided Virginia s localities and the General Fund of the Commonwealth will share a record $29 million in profits generated by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for the fiscal year which ended June 30. Rappahannock County will receive $20,575.56—an amount considerably lower than surrounding jurisdictions. Culpeper will get $49,948.09, Fauquier $88,745.96, Madison $34,247.42 and Warren $25,175.28. The town of Washington can expect to receive $744.60. Two-thirds of ABC profits are distributed to localities on a per capita basis and the remaining one-third is deposited in the general fund to help defray the cost of government services. The per capita rate for the 1977-78 fiscal year is $4.11 compared with $3.93 for the preceeding fiscal year. For disbursement of ABC funds, Rappahannock was determined to have a population of 5,006. A total of $2.8 million in ABC profits was distributed to other state agencies for alcohol-related treatment and rehabilitation programs. In addition, ABC generated $34.9 million from the 15 per cent alocholic beverage tax on items sold in state stores. This money goes to the general fund. WEAKLEY Weakley I Named To BZk Kermit A. Weakley of Washington has been appointed to the Rappahannock Board of Zoning Appeals by Circuit Court Judge Rayner V. Snead. Weakley will replace M. H. Forward whose term expired recently. Born in Madison County, Weakley attended high school there. He lived at Slate Mills in Rappahannock for a few years as a child, and returned to the county as a permanent Resident in 1969. Weakley served in the U.S. Marines from 1943 to 1946, and was later employed by the Highway Department in Fairfax County before joining the D. C. government. There he worked in the Department of Corrections for 31 years, becoming Associate Director in charge of institutional services. Weakley is a:member and past president of the Rappahannock Lions Club and on the Board of Directors for the Rappahannock Unit of the American Cancer Society. He is a past president of the county unit and former chairman for the Cancer Crusade fund drive. A life member and past commander of Lorton American Legion Post 162, Weakley is also a member of the Washington Volunteer Fire Department and formerly served on the Department's Board of Directors. Weakley and his wife Mary Katherine are members of the Etlan Methodist Church in Madison County. Weakley’s term on the Rappahannock Board of Zoning Appeals will run through November, 1983. 4 __ „ _ Rappahanrxx-k Vh« Photo Daphne Hulrhinmn PLEASE SAVE THE FINGER IF YOU CAN, MR. SPENCER! Rappahannock elementary principal Graham Spencer answered an emergency call on Tuesday to free this youngster's finger from the hole in the window crank next to his desk. The holes must have a Special kind of allure for kids, because Spencer said thikind of “accident” happens all the time. * Rappahannock’s Community Servants Fire And Rescue Workers By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON Ra|ifHih«nnnrk Staff I rifrr HELP WANTED—Adults willing to devote hours day or night to work that is often hazardous. Must be willing to have life disturbed with n& warning, mostly at inopportune times. Efforts will be frequently unappreciated and criticized. No pay. Applicants must provide own transportation and personnal equipment. Sound interesting? It’s a job description that applies to members of seven fire and rescue companies that serve Rappahannock County. The men and women that belong have full-time jobs and responsibilities elsewhere yet they still find the hours to devote to community service. The public in general has only a partial understanding of what fire and rescue work entails. Volunteers do more than run to answer calls that come in at midnight, at dinner or during a meeting or social occasion. For all the hours that squad members spend on -the road, they spend an equal number—if not more—attending school so that they are qualified to serve and raising money so that the level of service they provide will meet community needs. When a fireman from Washington, Amissville, Sperryville, Chester Gap, Flint Hill or Castleton hears the siren, he doesn’t know how long he’ll be called away from home. While most calls are short—only one, two or three hours—some demand 12 to 13 hours of work. Once an individual joins a fire company, it’s against the law not to respond to calls. Although seldom enforced, the fire chief has the authority under state law to arrest any fire department member who ignores the siren. High Commitment “This demonstrates the level of commitment you’re making when you join,” said Jennings Hobson, president of Washington's Fire and Rescue Squad. “You know you may be up all night and still have to get up and go to work in the morning.” Hobson acknowledged that it’s rewarding for a fireman to be able to help someone but he stressed that it often means laying one's life on the line. "Firemen go into risky situations lots of the time.’’ he said. The training that a fireman must undertake protects the fireman himself as well as ensures the unlucky home or business owner that the fire on their premises will be extinguished as efficiently and quickly as possible. "It’s as much for our own personal safety so we’ll know what we’re doing and won’t get killed." Hobson explained. So far, the state has set no minimum training levels for firemen “but the day will come when we have to be card carrying firemen just like we have to be card carrying rescue persons,” said Hobson. At present, the fire departments in the county join together to put on a fire school during two consecutive weekends in October. “The cost is paid by the state and the Board of Supervisors but the time it takes is tremendous,” Hobson said. In addition, he noted that local fire fighters often attend training courses in other communities. The different departments in the county do what they can to provide personal equipment for their fire INo Delay To Hunting Seas on There are no plans to close the state of Virginia to hunters “unless conditions worsen considerably to the point where we are unable to contain and control the fires which are currently burning.'* State Division of Forestry Officials reported last Thursday. Small game season opened as scheduled Monday, November 13. Deer season will , begin Monday, November 20. Forestry officials have ackr\owledged, however, the mountain areas are "borderline” due to the driest conditions in many years. Reportedly, the small amounts of rain which have fallen recently in scattered parts of the Commonwealth have done little, if anything, to alleviate the drought situation. "If the sportsmen and women who plan to be afield for the opening of hunting season will exercise reasonable care, there should be no problem," said State Forester Wally Custard. ^ fighters but many don't have enough to go around so individuals have to buy their own fire protection gear. It mounts up with helmets running around $40. boots $40, coats $100. turnout pants $60 and airpack breathing apparatus $600. Even gloves get to be an expensive item at $4.50 a pair when firemen run through four or five sets a year. In addition, volunteers in both fire and rescue services buy a lot of their own communication equipment, including scanners, tone alert monitors and fire frequency radios for installation in cars. In all the communities but Sperryville, the fire and rescue departments are combined with many of the same people filling both jobs. The same folks who give up weekends for fire school must also find the time to take state-required rescue training. “For a rescue person, training is a job that's never over,” said Hobson. The standard basic course for emergency medical technician lakes SI hours —the equivalent of six credit hours in college. Three-hour classes are usually held one night a week for six months. In addition, the EMT student must study to prepare for a comprehensive exam administered by the state at the end of the course. And it's not free. Some-not all-departments have adopted a policy of paying for basic training expenses. However, in any case, the individual must provide his or her own car and gas for transportation to training classes with no mileage reimbursement. After completing an EMT course and passing the state exam, a rescue person is certified for three years. At the end of that time, a 20hour renewal course is required. In addition, many rescue squad members take specialized courses in cardiopulminary resuscitation, emergency child birth and defensive driving. All this training must be (Continued on Page 5) mm —Rappahannock New* Ptutu/DapHtif Hutchinson MISS ELSIE DODSON IS A PAL. Are you? Miss Dodson donated the bottles in the back of the station wagon to the Panther Athletic League's fund drive for the high school track. "Once a teacher, always a teacher," said Miss Dodson, adding that many of the boys and girls that she taught during her years at the elementary school wiQ be able to use the track. Anyone with bottles to donate to PAL’s fund drive can contact Nancy Secrist at the VPI Extension Office. 1 Town Seeks Better Source Of Water By l>\l*H\K III TCHINSON Ka|»f>;ili.iriiHM-k Ni m* ''laff A riter At Tuesday night's meeting, the Washington Town Council voted unanimously to abandon—at least temporarily—a new bOO foot well site that is producing only four gallons of water per minute and authorized Leazer Well Drilling Company to dig a second hole on the one-acre lot owned by the town. Councilman Charlie lenkins reported that the town reservoir was "holding its own" at nine and one-half leet. "What I'm pumping out lof the well) is what they're using." he added. Councilman Brad Fisher, presiding at the meeting in the absence of Mavor New bill Miller, suggested asking the townspeople to make an extra attempt to conserve water. He noted that the average Washington resident uses 125 gallons per day. "We agreed to go down another 150 feet," said councilman C. F. Giles, referring to the Council's approval at a previous meeting to excavate the new well site to "SO feet in hopes ol finding more water. "What do we do then it we don't find anything?" H T. Updike reported that the Leazer Company employee digging the neyv well for the town had said there "wasn't a bit of change in the rock in the last 100 feet he went down " "We’ve got to have water someplace.'' Jenkins responded. "It's a gamble no matter what you do. ' acknowledged Fisher, agreeing with Giles that well diggers often can go down hundreds ol feet at one location without any success and then move over five feet and find water. I he l eazer Company well driller "wasn't sure there was water at all on that acre without going to extreme depths." Updike told the other council members. "I'd like to see that thing the new well site) moved," responded Jenkins. "It's getting kind of :ritical." interjected Fisher "We're going to run out of money before we reach water." "He's drilled a lot of wells.” Jenkins continued, "and he says we're not going to find water there." Jenkins' motion to try another site was approved unanimously. The council members agreed to cap the abandoned 600-foot hole—at least for the time being. "We're getting four gallons a minute now. Who knows? It we get a lot of rain, it might turn out to be a good well," said Fisher. "We might get eight gallons a minute if the water table is brought back up." He noted that communities all across the country are having to sink wells one, two and three thousand feet because the water table has dropped so low everywhere. Fisher said later that the town of Washington uses approximately 300,000 gallons of water per month and therefore needs a well that produces at least ten to I 2 gallons per minute. (Washington is not alone in its water supply problems. State Health Department water supply engineers are monitoring a growing number of water shortages in communities generally located west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Officials sav as many as 15 communities in Southwest Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley are experiencing water shortages due to the lack of rainfall in the state. F.ngineers in the Health Department's regional offices in Lexington and Abingdon are working with town leaders to find additional water sources and are e\ aluating other alternatives. The systems most seriously affected are those that, like the town of Washington, depend on springs or wells for their main source of water. Springs and wells in the limestone legions of Southwest Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley are more dependent on rainfall than are deep wells and major streams.) UVa Students Plann ing For Park Students from the University ol Virginia will be taking part in a field problem beginning this month within Shenandoah National Park. Men and women studying architecture, landscape architecture and archeology will be working on the south side of Route 211 near Sperryville, designing a possible "reception and interpretation area." The project will include a large parking lot, terminal for an intra-park bus transportation system, visitors center and trails with interpretative devices, according to Park Superintendent Robert Jacobsen. He stressed that the project was “simply a student exercise" and did not mean that the park had any plans for implementation. "Were allowing them to use the park and furnishing them with information and ideas," said Jacobsen. Students will be graded on the design project, he said, and then their work will be tucked away in park files. Later, if the general management plan currently being developed indicates that a reception area in the Sperryville vicinity may be feasible, the student field project might be utilized—either in whole or part, according to Jacobsen. He noted that the U.Va. students are particularly interested in historical remains found near Beahm's Chapel Church and in the area of The Bower at the first switch back. Jacobsen added that the student archeologists hoped to find traces of prehistoric man in the same vicinity. The field study proposal calls for design plans for the visitor s center to include the story of civilization in the Blue Ridge, according to Jacobsen. Interpretive devices designed for the trails will relate the chronicle of man’s development, he added. Jacobsen said that students will be able to use information from a park study done several years ago on the feasibility of an inter-park bus system. He noted that the study had located one of the bus terminal points in Sperryville. Jacobsen emphasized again and again that the field project was “simply a student exercise" using the park as a base. His purpose in reporting the project to the Rappahannock News, he said, was to explain the presence of students “hanging flags and driving stakes’’ within the boundaries of Shenandoah National Park

In Case You’d Like To Know To kick off the celebration of American Education Week, the Rappahannock County Education Association chose Monday, November 13, to honor teachers' aides in the county’s public schools —Mrs. Judy Atkins, Mrs. Joan Bailey, Mrs. Gracie Caliandro, Mrs. Mary Clarke, Mrs. Eleanor Cordle, Mrs. Ruby Dwyer. Miss Liz Eastham, Mrs. Lilo Foster, Mrs. Martha Kidwell and Mrs. Margaret Ann Wayland. These ladies have earned the respect of all school employees through their dedication, conscientiousness, sincerity and love of children and for the wide variety of tasks that they accomplish during an average school day. Judy Atkins is an aide for Barbara O'Byrne, Title 1 first grade teacher. Her duties include collecting money for lunch, snacks and ice cream, duplicating teaching materials, putting up bulletin board displays, working on records and inventories, reading stories to children, working with individual students under the teacher’s supervision, scoring tests and supervising games. Joan Bailey is the Title I second grade aide for Beatrice Austin and Linda Wallace during their reading classes. Mrs. Bailey works with small reading groups on skills and activities. . helps with testing, files students' papers, collects ice cream and lunch money, reads stories to the children, assists with spelling and pronunciation activities and shows film strips to small groups. Gracie Caliandro and Martha Kidwell are aides in kindergarten classes taught by Kathy Scott and Deborah Jett. They help children hang up their coats, supervise games, prepare and serve snacks, take class groups to the library, run errands, oversee the children getting dressed for recess and make sure students get on the correct bus at the end of the day. Mary Clarke is an aide to Judy Sweetland in the new primary Title I reading lab. Early in the school year, Mrs. Clarke helped with assignments given by principal Graham Spencer and assistant principal Cheryl Ritchie. For the past six weeks, she has helped Mrs. Sweetland prepare materials. Half Vepco Power Nuclear-produced Virginia Electric and Power Company’s three nuclear units produced almost half the company's power in October. W. L. Proffitt, senior vice president for power, reported that the North Anna and Surry nuclear stations generated more than 1.4 billion kilowatt hours in October or 49 per cent of the total Vepco generation for the month. Nuclear power produced 34 pier cent of Vepco’s total generation for the first 10 months of the year, Proffitt said, and accounted for 26 per cent of the company's generation in 1977. The electric power generated at Vepco’s nuclear units for the first nine months of 1978 would have required 3.7 million tons of coal at an additional cost of SI33 million to the company's customers. Had the power come from oil, it would have required 15.5 million barrels of oil and cost customers $151 million. + + + + The elephant shrew of Africa weighs just six ounces. <\appalianmirk Xruui Rappahannock & Adjoining Counties per year $6.00 Elsewhere in the U S. per year $7.50 Outside the U.S. per year $6.00 plus postage SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL ALL PAYABLE IN ADVANCE INwi Rfnewil ’ * ■ h t ni low'd NAME__ ADDRESS _ CITY __STATE __ /IP Entered as second class mail at the Post Qffu e ■> v\ i / ;• pahannoch News is ptiblished every Thursday at 39 C'*j«is--. . • Va by The Warrenion Pnntmq and Publishing Co P U H » ►> < ’ /, , 22186 Notice To Masonry Contractors The Board of Supervisors of Rappahannock County is receiving proposals for design and construction of an incinerator to be located in the rear of the clerks office This work includes demolition of existing incinerator, and replacing with a 6' x 6’ x 4' high unit utilizing existing ground steel door, grating and fire brick Top metal covers on existing structure are unacceptable for reuse Brick as used on new clerks office will be used for exterior facing. Design must conform to applicable portions of the BOCA Basic Mechanical Code Additional details may be obtained from the County Engineer's Office Proposals should be submitted to the Clerk's Office by Nov 30, 1978 F. M. Baumgardner County Engineer Rappahannock County Washington, Virginia 22747 ms ma°n®?Ly.OUr 5om.e and va,uab,es With the finest wireless alarm system manufactured ■ at a bargain price, thru Nov. 30th. y SALE $395. cost^F^'h™^ aut°l|7la,ic telephone dialers available at additional Savings ” brochure Home Burglar Alarms Can Bring Insurance installed On Sale At: THE PAINT SHOP 51 Alexandria Pike In Warrenton SENTINEL ALARM SYSTEMS, INC, P. O. Box 3 Castleton, Va. 22716 (703) 937-4976 Op«n Mon.-Sal. a a.m. to 8 p.m. Authorized Dealer For SMC Protect-er Systems MasterguardCorp , Dallas Tex est d 1945 check tests and arrange displays for the new lab and has laminated and labelled materials, worked on room arrangement and assisted with general organization of materials. Eleanor Cordle is an aide for librarian Lucia Kilby. She types all correspondence, helps with taping instructional televised programs, assists students in locating books, helps teachers locate audio-visual materials, prepares library cards, fixes pockets on and labels library books, orders educational films for teachers and mends books. Ruby Dwyer is Molly Hobson’s aide in the Title I math lab for grades four through seven. She assists Mrs. Hobson in securing prescribed audio-visual materials for students, scoring daily work and tests, seeing that students are properly following lessons, completing inventories, laminating materials, cleaning counter tops and blackboards, assisting individual students on specific tasks and escorting students back to regular classes. Liz Eastham is an aide to High School reading lab teacher Sally Bristol. Miss Eastham grades papers, takes attendance, listens to oral book reports, does filing, gives help to individual students on specific reading skills, runs errands, updates records and helps with the testing program. When Mrs. Bristol was ill earlier in the school year, Miss Eastham taught all the reading lab classes. Lilo Foster is an aide to the IS teachers who teach reading in grades four through seven at the elementary school. She is reading resource person to eight of the 15 teachers and works daily with reading classes for the remaining seven teachers. She carries out whatever reading activity that the teacher requests —everything from individual lessons to group instruction. Margaret Ann Wayland is an aide to Bobbie Cook, Title I reading lab teacher for grades four through seven. Mrs. Wayland helps with administering and scoring tests, checking and securing appropriate materials for daily assignments, listening to oral book reports, assisting students in plotting their own reading progress on charts and marking that progress in record books, modifying workbooks and kits, laminating materials and helping with individual instruction. The Rappahannock County Education Association is proud of the contributions that these aides make and consider the county's public schools most fortunate to have such an outstanding group of har working individuals. Rappahannock County Education Aaaociation ..■ m I - * Jr* wmMSmimmmmm AT RAPPAHANNOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL include (left to right) Gracie Caliandro, Eleanor Cordle, Judy Atkins, Joan Bailey, Martha Kidwell. Lilo Foster and Mary Clarke. jiRS* Dw * 4 n iove won “WE LOVE YOU MRS. DWYER” proclaims tfie poster drawn by students in Molly Hobson’s math lab where Ruby Dwyer ,s a teacher s aide. Kids in the lab presented Mrs. Dwyer With this expression of their affecuon on Monday in special activities arranged by the Education Association as part of National Education SS Coverage Measure Changed People working in employment or self-employment covered by social security are earning credit differently this year than they did before 1978, Bruce A. Hundley, social security manager in Culpeper, said recently. Social security credits are measured in units called "quarters of coverage.” A persons right to benefits is determined by the number of quarters of coverage he or she has. The required number basically depends on a person's date of birth. No one needs credit for more than 40 quarters of coverage—10 years. Starting in 1978, a person receives credit for one quarter of coverage for each $250 of covered annual earnings up to a maximum of 4 quarters if annual earnings are $1,000 or more. This applies to both employees and self-employed people. Before 1978, most employees earned one quarter of coverage if they were paid $50 or more in covered wages during a calendar quarter. Self-employed people earned 4 quarters of coverage if their annual net earnings amounted to $400 or more. In addition, Hundley said, the $250 measure will increase each year to take into account increases in average wages in the U.S. No changes were made in the rules about how many quarters of coverage are required to receive benefits. More information about social security credits and how they are earned can be obtained at the Culpeper social security office, located at 522 Culpeper Shopping Center. The telephone number is 825-3500. Pollution Problems Emnhasized The 1979 agricultural conservation program (ACP), recently announced by the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service lASC'S), emphasizes rural pollution abatement and solutions to soil, water and woodland conservation problems. ACP is one of the conservation programs administered by ASCS designed to assist farmers in solving pollution, soil, and water :onservation problems. The ^CS committee is responsible for determining the most needed practices to solve the conservation problems in Rappahannock county. Funded at S190 million, the national ACP provides both technical and financial assistance to farmers whose land is a source of agricultural pollution or is affected by wind or water erosion. T. R. Taylor, Chairperson of the Rappahannock County ASC committee, said that the 1979 program advocates providing enduring solutions to these problems, and is aimed at farmers who would not carry out approved conservation practices without some costsharing incentive. According to Taylor, the county ACP will be based on a set of practices developed at the national level. "These practices will represent a wide range of solutions to conservation and pollution problems.” Additional practices could be developed at the county level to meet specific pollution or conservation problems he added. State and county develop- 0 ment groups will establish a priority system for identifying and solving conservation problems. Details of the 1979 ACP will be published in the Federal Register sometime in November. The public will then have 60 days in which to comment on the proposed program. See The New 1979 Model Chevrolets and Oldsmobiles and Chevrolet Trucks at PIEDMONT Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, Inc. 814 North Main St., Culpeper, Va. 825-2161 FARFELJU VINEYARD FLINT HILL 364-2930 For the holidays... The Wine of Farfelu Sales at the winery SEE Northern Virginia’s Most Exciting Assortment of Equestrian Gifts at the Rappahannock Tack Shop Flint Hill 675-3776 ► Saturday, November 25 Open Wed. - Sat. 10 to 5 p.m. Relocating at owner’s home (second house on on Rt. 647, behind FjM Bank in Flint Hill) right ■Mi Vwas the Might before Christmas And all through the house. Not a creature was stirring. Not even a mouse. Andos dad was asleep On his face was a look Of peace as he held close His Christmas Club book. “CheH interest farmers and Merchants would pay Meant a 5% happier St. Nicholas Day. So sleep wellrChristmas Eve Without any regrets. Have visions of sugar plums 4 Instead of debts. £*1!2er?5nd Merchant. National Bank MMvvuiC . r 1WI ~.u . >«»l «0«i . WOCM low. S'C**NSC"> 0*»*l *>NCHfSl(l) ».«&.•** IN APPLE COUNTmY. WE RE THE BJC APPLE IN BANKING.

THE GIRLS’ FIELD HOCKEY TEAM of Wakefield Country Day School at Huntly includes, standing (1. to r.l: Heather Marsh, Jennifer Kline, Anne Huber, Stacy Skowronski, Janet Greeley, Jackie Blount, Paula Plauger, and Halimah Holliday; kneeling; Agnes Puray, Donna Funk, Ophelia von Ludwig, and Amelie von Ludwig. Wakefield Gives “Challenging” Exam Wakefield Country Day School’s new Elementary Leaving Certificate Examination. administered to all seventh graders at the end of their elementary course of study is designed to be "comprehensive and challenging”, according to William Lynn, the school administrator. The new examination, unique in attempting to define precisely the body of knowledge and skills which elementary school students should master, is divided into eleven parts: Reading Comprehension; English grammar and usage; Spelling; Composition; Mathematics; General Science; History; Geography; Logic; Elementary Latin; and French. In Reading Comprehension, students are examined on their understanding of selected passages of both prose and poetry. All reading selections are taken from classics of children’s literature. The Composition exercise on the examination requires students to write a 500 word essay on one of several listed topics. The students’ ability to write with technical correctness is rated above creativity. Lynn reports that the favorite selections of students who took the examination experimentally last year were “A good chess strategy” and "History repeats itself'. In Mathematics the emphasis is on computation involving fractions, decimals, and percentiles, and on metric conversions. A large section on word problems also tests students’ ability to apply mathematics to practical problems. The Science section of the examination requires students to know about 100 scientific terms and definitions and to be able to explain such scientific phenomena as photosyn General District Court Cases Charles E Tumbleson, Springfield, improper passing, $35 fine $18 costs Dudley F Ledford. Vienna, driving while intoxicated, sent to ASAP. Same, reckless driving, dismissed; Same, no operator's license, $25 fine $18 costs. Claes H Nordin, Sperryville, expired inspection, $25 fine $18 costs; same, no operator's license, complied with law William R. Redmon, Linden, improper equipment, $15 fine $18 costs. Michael F. Stewart, Vienna, speeding 69/55, $26 fine $18 costs. Darryl Richardson, Maryland, speeding 73/55, $36 fine $18 costs. Thomas M. Boss, Maryland, reckless driving, speeding 75/55, $50 fine $18 costs; Same, no operator's license, complied with law. Gregory J. Highfield, Ft Meade, speeding 69/55, $28 fine $18 costs. Bernard F. Synovec, West Virginia, speeding 70/55, $30 fine $18 costs. Wilmer A Ford, Delaware, speeding 68/55, $26 fine $18 costs 'jT Robert J Martin. Laurel, Md., speeding 73 '55, $36 fine; Same, no registration, $10 fine $18 costs. Martha E. Kelner, Washington, expired inspection, $10 fine $18 costs Frank J Flellwig, Middleburg, speeding 71/55, amended to fail to obey highway sign $32 fine $18 costs. Theresa L. Thometz, Connecticut, speeding 74/55, $38 fine $18 costs. Lonnie G. Clatterbuck, Sperryville, speeding 72/55, $34 fine $18 costs Steven D. Hinz, Alexandria, speeding 69/56, reduced to 64/55, $18 fine $18 costs. Morgan D. Roderick, Arlington, speeding 70/55, $30 fine $18 costs. Stacey Ann McLean, speeding 70/55, $30 fine $18 costs. John M. Deal, Hume, reckless driving, accident, $50 fine $18 costs. Paul G Haywood, Vienna, reckless driving, speeding 100/55, $100 fine $18 costs. Wayne C. Hopper, Vienna, expired inspection, $10 fine $18 costs. Thomas P. Cooper, Kentucky, speeding 71/55, $32 fine $18 costs. Kun Suk Lee, Greenbelt, Md., speeding 70/55, $30 fine $18 costs. Francis J. Cefaratti, Maryland, speeding 68/55, reduced to 64/55, $18 fine $18 costs. Mark D. Brailsford, Maryland, speeding 74/55, $38 fine $18 costs. Anne C Pruitt, Arlington, expired registration, $10 fine $18 costs. Rowland Evans, Jr., Washington, D C., speeding 72/55, $34 fine $18 costs. John W. Carter, Washington, Va., no registration, $10 fine $18 costs. Ralph L. Waller, Falls Church, speeding 68/55, $26 fine $18 costs. G/reai cEstate &l~* Jl. 9. IKALTOI BE CAUTIOUS WITH DEEDS I ! i Probably the deed to your property is filed away, all but .forgotten. Probably you’ve never checked it since the day it served to pass title from the previous owner to you. Perhaps you didn’t even check it then. There may have been no urgent reason to. Nevertheless, an apparently secure deed can turn out to be a worthless piece of paper. For instance, suppose the deed states the name • of the seller, but doesn't contain his signature? Suppose the seller was under 21? Suppose the seller died before you received the deed? Suppose there’s an error in the way the deed describes the property? Any of these defects - as well as many others - could make your deed invalid. But defective deeds are the exception, not the rule, so don’t be frightened. Just be cautious. And the best way to be cautious is to deal with a reputable real estate professional and a knowledgeable real estate lawyer. If there is anything we can do to help you in the field of real estate, please phone or drop in at EILEEN M. DAY, REALTOR, Middle Street, Washington. Phone: 67S-3400. We’re here to help. - *1 thesis, a falling barometer, thg lighting up of an electric bulb, etc. In History, students are given a chronology to put in order, important figures from world history to identify, and terms such as “monarchy", “republic”, “tyranny”, “coup d’etat”, to define. The Geography section of the examination is the section that students find the most interesting because they must answer a series of questions about a country or region whose number they have chosen at random. If, for example, a student selects number 17, he learns that India is the country on which he will be tested. The Geography section also includes questions on geographical terms and map reading. In Logic students are expected to be able to draw diagrams representing universal propositions, to test the truth of simple syllogisms, and to find and explain patterns in series of numbers and symbols. Sections of elementary Latin and French are included in the examination because Wakefield students begin the study of these languages in the elementary grades. Lynn points out several ways in which the Wakefield examination differs from the average standardized Achievement tests: The Wakefield test is designed to be more “content-oriented”, and is derived from the actual work the children have been doing. "I remember”, Lynn says, "a social studies question on a Standarized Achievement Test which asked students to identify Mayilyn Monroe’s third husband. It's perhaps an interesting fact, but not terribly relevant to children who have been slaving over Greek and Roman history.” Another difference in the Wakefield examination is that it has absolutely no multiple choice questions. "The ^ students are expected to initiate the answers,” Lynn says, “not simply recognize them.” The most important difference is that the Wakefield exam will be the basis of a student’s promotion from elementary school. Lynn denies that the examination is too difficult far seventh grade students. “All the material on the exam has been covered thoroughly in the elementary grades”, he asserts. He adds that, in the interest of higher academic standards, he hopes that more schools will institute comprehensive examinations for elementary school students. “There should be a definite body of academic content which every elementary school child can point to and say, ‘This is what I have learned in school. Now I am ready for high school.’ ” •TTTSV’•:-! -■--■.s.,'_- -isexa] 3 ■fife*. 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Wakefield Soccer Clinic Several members of the Washington “Diplomats” Soccer team will conduct a soccer clinic at Wakefield Country Day School for team members on Friday, November 17. The Diplomats are conducting the clinic as a public service at no charge to the school or students. The clinic will be followed by the showing of a film of the final match in the World Cup series of 1978 held in Argentina. Wakefield has five soccer teams for both boys and girls of various ages. These teams compete with the teams of other private schools in Northern Virginia. Thanksgiving Service On Wednesday, Nov. 22, at 7:30 p.m. the Amissville Baptist Church and the Forest Grove Baptist Church will hold a joint Thanksgiving service at the Amissville church for the community. The Rev. A. C. Walker will be the speaker and the Amissville Church Choir will bring special music. Everyone is welcome to attend this service. 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Kelly said. “The Legislature recognized the need for improved coordination and cooperation of our fire services manpower and planning and that’s what we will be doing.” The ‘plan of action’ of the Commission will include specific recommendations for a minimum statewide fire prevention code similar to the state's building code; development of a five-year statewide training program for fire personnel and the general public: recommended personnel standards for firefighters; providing planning assistance and development of volunteer fire departments; and securing federal grants for equipment and training. Kelly says the Commission intends to consult with fire personnel throughout the state to determine their concerns and needs. “yirginia is rapidly growing and we must take the steps now to see to it that there are no gaps in our Fire protection system,” he said. “Our firefighters are doing an excellent job today and we intend to provide the assistance to see that they have the resources to continue that performance tomorrow.” Kelly also said the Commission intends to set up a data-collection system to record each reported fire in the state. He said that only a handful of states presently utilize such a system and Virginia could be a leader in the area. “Whether we're talking about arson or accidental fires, we need to know what we’re dealing with so we can help reduce the number of such incidents and save property and lives," he said. Kelly stressed that the Commission would work closely with individual localities and that it's primary responsibility was to develop recommendations which would in turn be acted upon by the localities. Senior Citizens The November meeting of the Rappahannock Council of Senior Citizens will be held Tuesday, November 21. at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church. There will be discussion of action to be recommended and action expected from the State Executive Committee meeting of the Virginia Council of Senior Citizens, to be held in Richmond. Saturday, Dec. .2. Good Selection of Glamourous Gifts m Holiday Apparel Q Cosmetics Lingerie & Accessories Register now for free turkey to be given away Saturday, Nov. 18 FASHION TREE and La-COSMETIQUE Royal Plaza Shopping Center Front Royal

^appaliannock^eu)^ ^iblMwd Every Thursday ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL SARAH C. LATHAM Publisher Associate Publisher JOHN T. TOLER DAPHNE I. HUTCHINSON DAVID C. LYNE General Manager News Editor Design Editor To Subscribe Write or Phone Washington. Vs. 675-3348 BY MAIL M.OOe year in Rappahannock and adjoining counties; $7.50a year elsewhere in the United States BACK COPIES - One month to 3 years. 75 cents each; over 3 years, 43 each Office: Rappahannock News Bldg.. Washington. Va. 22747 Hours; b.30 am to 5:30 pm. Mon. - Fri. Published by Warrant on Printing ft Publishing Company. Inc. More Patrolling Five deaths have resulted from traffic accidents on Rappahannock highways so far this year. This 500 per cent increase over last year’s one death apparently sparked Supervisor Chairman E. P. Luke’s assertion at the November Board meeting that Rappahannock needs “more police patrolling—by the state or someone.” We agree with the Supervisor Chairman. Far too many hot rodders fly down the roads at speeds way over the legal limit, endangering not ohly themselves but passengers and drivers in every other car on the highway. But if the Supervisors expect the Virginia State Police to increase patrols here, they’d better think again. Due primarily to a lack of manpower and partially to inept scheduling, there’s frequently not a trooper to be found on Rappahannock roads. Very often, one state trooper must cover both this county and Page. Occasionally, one man is assigned to patrol Page, Rappahannock and Shenandoah—over 1,000 square miles. Accidents occured at Amissville on three Saturday nights in a row recently during peak traffic periods when hundreds of motorists were cruising through Rappahannock to admire the changing autumn leaves. At the time that each of these accidents happened, there was not a single trooper in the county. It took the state police almost an hour to reach the scene. If the Supervisors agree that we need more patrolling, it will have to be handled by someone other than the State Police. Maybe the time has come for the Board to give serious consideration to Sheriff W. A. Bun tin’s annual request for another deputy. With added manpower, the Rappahannock Sheriff’s Department would be able to spend more time policing the highways and just maybe, this visible law enforcement presence could cut down on our 500 per cent increase in traffic deaths. Heart Fund Recognition Rappahannock County has been named the recipient of the Campaign Excellence Award for the Virginia Affiliate of the American Heart Fund. This recognition is given the chapter, division, unit and county with the highest of goal attainment. Mrs. Mary B. Quaintance of Sperryville was chairman of the Heart Fund Campaign in Rappahannock. Recognition was made during the annual awards dinner meeting in late October which was held in Richmond. The theme of the meeting was “We’re Fighting For Your Life.and Winning”, which called attention to the dramatic reductions in cardiovascular death rates over the past decade. Statistics reveal the following declines in death rates: total cardiovascular disease down 21.3 per cent; coronary heart disease down 20.1 per cent; stroke down 27.9 per cent; hypertensive disease down 47.9 per cent and rheumatic fever and heart disease down 34.7 per cent. 4-H Center’s Cabins Ready by Summer As leaves begin to change colors and fall, buildings continue to rise in Harmony Hollow near Front Royal at the Northern District 4-H Educational Center as two cabin clusters near completion. Construction of the $6 million facility began Nov. 17, 1977, with an official ground-breaking ceremony will include a main lodge with dining facilities, six winterized cabin clusters, one winterized cabin for infirmary and staff housing, an animal center, playing fields, tennis courts, trails, rifle and archery ranges, swimming pool, manager’s residence and primitive camping sites. Although primarily for 4H, the center will be available will depend on continued contribution of funds and volunteer services by organizations and individuals throughout the area. The center will be operated by a self-sustaining, nonprofit corporation whose general membership will consist of interested citizens representing the 19 units of the Northern District. CENTER PROGRESSES—A cabin cluster nears completion at the Northern District 4-H Educational Center, located four miles south of Front Royal and will house approximately 90 persons upon completion. Two such cabin clusters are scheduled to open for use this summer. The center is being constructed on land which was formerly part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Virginia Tech Research Station. after a $532,000 federal grant awarded to Virginia made construction feasible. Even before receiving the grant, the project benefited from other federal assistance—the donation of the 229-acre site. The land formerly was part of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and Virginia Tech Beef Cattle Research Station. "Initial construction will include the two cabin clusters, sewer and water lines, electricity and a road system for use by next summer.” Charles W. Rector, vice president of the center's board of directors and chairman of the building committee, said. Upon completion, the facility, located four miles south jtf town near U. S. 522, to other groups when not in use by 4-H. It will operate year-round, providing conference facilities to small or large non-profit groups of up to 500. "Four-H is for everyone. By supporting the center, citizens will be providing learning experiences for thousands of youth who may otherwise never have the opportunity,” Tommie Lou Hunter, Virginia Extension program leader, said. Sam Jones, executive vice president of the Commercial Savings Bank of Winchester and president of the 4-H center’s board of directors stated that although the federal grant made beginning construction possible, it is important to remember full development of the center At a recent meeting of the center’s program committee, construction of the swimming pool was pinpointed as the next major thrust of the fund-raising campaign. Hunter indicated. State 4-H Director Kenneth E. Dawson, of Virginia Tech, said the center will join a statewide network meeting needs created by the continuing growth of the 4-H program, noting that Virginia 4-H has a membership of more than 217,000. More information on the center is available from Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center, Front Royal, VA 22630 or local Extension offices in the Northern District. I Our Rappahannock Heritage Beef Cow-calf Handbook Available The new Virginia Beef Cow-Calf Handbook has been released and is now available to Rappahannock producers. The handbook is a comprehensive, wellorganized publication for beef producers. Subject matter includes two general production areas—cow-calf production and feeder cattle growing or backgrounding programs. Fact sheets contain specific recommendations for breeding as related to selection and reproduction; nutrition; production management; business management; forages; herd health; equipment and facilities; marketing; and Stocker finishing. The handbook is a hardback, three-ring notebook with convenient dividers between subject-matter areas. The owner of each book will be mailed additional fact sheets free of charge for a period of five years beginning Jan. 1. Beef producers and others interested in the handbook should contact the Rappahannock County Extension office to obtain Virginia Beef Cow-Calf Handbook brochures and order forms. —Letter— Lest We Forget To the editor: In these days of the $10 billion per year Department of Energy with its 20,000 employees and its grand plans for new sources of energy, plus rewards for insulation and other conservation, I am reminded of Dido. He was a Sperryville native of some years back, the practical years before Big Government. Now Dido inherited the knack of transferring energy into one of the components of gasohol. Instead of Solar heat, he rated weather as one-dog, two-dog, etc., and acted accordingly. Then, when his home burned in the dead of winter night, he and his animated blankets escaped unharmed, losing only a pair of shoes. He was wearing everything else, including the insteplength overcoat. Dido would be a great help to our present Federal government, and a lot of our people these days. Don’t forget him. A PRACTICAL NATIVE The Battle Of The Long Count By GEORGE BOWLES Social Writer There is irony in the fact that former world’s heavyweight champion Gene Tunney died on election day. Tunney is best remembered tor coming off the canvas to defeat Jack Dempsey in the fa m ed “battle of the long count” back in 1927. On the day 1 unney died, 1.2 million bovi.es Virginia voters went to the polls to choose between Democrat Andrew Miller and Republican John Warner to be their next US Senator. As this is written, the result of the election appears to be a virtual tie with Warner holding a microscopic one-third of a percentage point lead. In the Dempsey-Tunney fight a half century ago, Dempsey was trying to regain the heavyweight title which he had lost to Tunney exactly one year before. In the seventh round Dempsey, who was being outpointed by the champion, caught up with him and floored him. Tunney was badly hurt, but Dempsey failed to go to a neutral corner as newly adopted boxing rules required. For a full five seconds he hovered over Tunney before the referee could make him understand what he was supposed to do. Only when he was in the corner did the count begin. The extra few seconds gave Tunney time to recover and go on to win a decision. In the wake of Tuesday’s election, the two senatorial candidates are locked in their own version of the battle of the long count. Apparently neither will claim victory nor concede defeat until the official canvass of the votes by the State Board of Elections on Nov. 27. Unprecedented This situation in a statewide race is unprecedented in Virginia's history. Even after the official result is established, if the winner has less than a one per cent lead, the loser can request a recount. Thus it will be several weeks, and perhaps several months, before a winner is finally determined. The odds, of course, favor Warner. Mistakes will be found during the official count and during any recount, but they usually occur in both candidates’ columns and tend to cancel each other. Nevertheless, with a vote so large and with the difference so sittall between the apparent winner and loser, the possibility of a narrow Miller win cannot be ruled out. Even if the Democrats should lose the senatorial election, the day can hardly be described as a disaster for the party. While they failed to gain ground, they successfully defended the turf they already held. The senate seat was, after all, already occupied by a Republican, such as he was, Sen. William Scott. In spite of the fact that the Democrats were outorganized, out-glamoured and out-spent, they held on to their congressional seats and actually gained a seat in the House of Delegates in a special election in the Ninth House District. Democrat Jim Davis of Ferrum handily defeated Republican Bruce Welch of Rocky Mount. - Offsetting this, they lost a Senate seat in the 28th Senatorial District where Democrat-turn ed-Republican John Chichester defeated Democrat H. R. (Peck) Humphries of Lancaster in a special election to replace the late Democratic Sen. Paul Manns. 600,000 Democrats Most encouraging of all for the Democrats is the fact that some 600,000 Virginia voters pulled the lever for their candidate. Arrayed against Miller were the vast financial and organizational resources of the GOP, the fame of Elizabeth Taylor, the oratory of Mills Godwin, the editorial broadsides of the Richmond newspapers and the thinly veiled spiritual presence of Harry Byrd Jr. In spite of all this, Warner was apparently able to muster only a few thousand more votes than his Democratic rival. Thus the Democratic potential is there, if the party and its leaders can get their wits about them enough to capitalize on it. You cannot, after all, beat something with nothing. No matter how attractive a candidate may be, he must be backed up by a strong, well managed party apparatus and campaign organization in order to be successful. Warner had both while Miller had neither. No Organization The Democratic party organization in the state is a farce and for most of the campaign, Miller’s campaign organization was a political disaster area. But in spite of all this, Miller still might have won had it not been for a blunder of epic proportions on the final day of the campaign. It had been the view of this writer that the candidate to make the last mistake would lose the election. That dubious distinction went to Miller. Asked during a news conference the day before the balloting how he would vote on parimutuel gambling question, Miller abandoned his long held—and eminently wise—position of silence On the issue. He said he planned to vote for parimutuel while his wife, Doris, would vote against it. There were at least three things wrong with his answer. First, to those undecideds who were concerned about his opponent’s charge that Miller straddled the issues, his answer probably seemed to be the ultimate waffle. Second, he managed to come down on the wrong side of what proved to be a highly unpopular proposal. Third, he violated the most elemental maxim of political strategy: never get involved in issues, especially emotional ones, which have nothing to do with your campaign. Final Straw His response might well have been the straw which broke the back of his campaign effort. Until the Democrats learn what the Republicans seem to know instinctively about political strategy, organization and the business end of politics, their time of trouble is likely to continue. As they sweat out the days until the results of the official canvass are known, the Democratic party leaders might think on these things. In the meantime they can hope that Miller, like Tunney, will be able to get up from the canvas after the long count and go on to win the decision. The odds against his doing so are, after all, no greater than they were against Tunney just after Dempsey decked him. Pork Industry Meeting Set The annual Virginia Pork Industry conference and trade show will be held Dec. 11, 12 and 13 at the Quality Inn, Fort Magruder, Williamsburg. Discussions will include pork nutrition, disease and facilities. State swine breeder and pork producer associations will hold meetings during the conference. Correction The name of Raymond Freeman of Washington, a brother of the late Major Freeman, was inadvertently omitted from the obituary last week. The News regrets the error. Warner Lead Grows Democratic hopes are eroding that a review of statewide voting tabulations might reverse the Nov. 7 election night reports and give Andrew Miller an edge over apparent U.S. Senate victor Republican John Warner. Reports at the end of last week indicated that Warner’s lead over Miller had grown as the tally on 1869 of Virginia’s 1875 precincts reporting showed the Atoka resident with 613,294 votes contrasted with 608,782 votes for the former State Attorney General. should Warner s lead in the official vote canvass Nov. 27 be greater than one per cent of the returns, there will be no recount as predicted early last week. Still, Warner has not claimed victory nor has Miller admitted defeat in the race for retiring Sen. William Scott’s seat. In Rappahannock and statewide, Virginians approved by a 3 to 1 margin a measure which would allow tax breaks for renovation of old property. Owners now are discouraged from improving old buildings because of the prospect of higher assessments and tax bills. With 98 per cent of the amendment vote counted, it was 675,987 in favor of the tax break and 330,353 against. Also with 98 per cent of the returns counted late Wednesday, legalized horse track betting lost in the state by a 76,000-vote margin. The approximate totals were 578.000 against parimutuel betting and 502,000 for. In the 7th Congressional District vote for the House of Representatives, Republican incumbent J. Kenneth Robinson tallied an unofficial 82,436 votes to his challenger’s, Democratic Del. Lewis P. Fickett’s, 45,418. Harvest Supper The Forest Grove Baptist Church at Viewtown will serve a Harvest Supper at the old Forest Grove School on Saturday, November 18, from 5 until 9 p.m. for the benefit of the church. The menu will be old Virginia ham and turkey, gravy and dressing, green beans, sweet corn, beets, sweet potatoes, baked apples, sauerkraut, slaw, pickles, home made breads and pies, tea and coffee, all you can eat and drink. All home cooked food for $5 for adults and carry-out boxes and $3 for children. Tickets may be purchased from Mrs. Sarah Jenkins, Jenkins Garage, Amissville, phone 937-4692 or at the school Saturday night. Pick A Safe Color The color of the car you drive directly affects your chances of survival on the highway, according to a study by Daimler-Benze, a West German vehicle manufacturer. The Daimler-Benze survey found that green-yellow was the best overall color. Light colored vehicles can be seen two to four times further away than dark ones in foggy weather or under twilight conditions. In dim light, darker colored vehicles appear dark gray or black. On a scale of relative perceptibility, white rated 99 out of a possible 100 per cent; yellow rated 70 per cent; orange and pastel gray about 47 per cent; pastel blue 43 per cent; medium red 23 per cent; blue eight per cent; black and dark blue about five per cent. The Little Fox r

Community Servants (Continued from Page 1) provided by the rescue departments themselves. “That means at least one member must receive additional training for two weekends to qualify as an instructor. Then they have to spend time teaching. They have to give one full course or two refresher courses every year to remain an instructor,” Hobson said. In addition, he reported that the state is moving towards a requirement for even more extensive training as paramedics. The EMT basic life support course is only 81 hours while the advanced life support class that is now optional but could become mandatory is a 100-hour training course, according to Hobson. Raising Money Takes Time Besides training, rescue and fire department members need equipment before they can answer calls. “That means money and we have to raise it on our own,” Hobson '.aid. The county gives the Fire and Rescue Association S800 a year to pay for training materials for fire and rescue work. In the past, these tax dollars have gone for a cascade air bottle system installed in the old Amissville ambulance that can be taken to any fire location and for “Resus Annies,” dummies used in rescue training. 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Tun. 114, Thur. ft Frl 11-ft gat. lie, Sun. 14CLOSEOWCONESOAY Hobson stated. He noted that rescue and fire squads can occasionally quyalify for SOSO matching grants from federal or state agencies. “But we still have to come up with half,” he added. “It takes money,” said Hobson, estimating that each of the county’s fire and rescue squads needed from $15,000 to $25,000 per year to do their job the way it should be done. Inflation that has hit all segments of the population has also wrecked havoc with rescue and fire department budgets. A fully equipped, new fire truck that went for $4,500 in 1941 sells for between $40,000 and $60,000 today, according to Hobson. He reported that Sperryville’s new ambulance—“nothing real fancy”—cost $22,500 while a similar ambulance purchased by Flint Hill three years ago cost between $15,000 and $16,000. Even used equipment is almost out of sight. According to Hobson, second-hand fire trucks bought by Flint Hill and Aniissville last year cost approximately $17,000 and $19,000. On top of equip ment costs, each company must pay insurance on vehicles, buildings and members. To raise operating money, the county’s rescue squads and fire departments must depend on carnivals, proceeds from bingo, shooting matches, dinners and thrift shops—and appeals door-to-door or by mail to local citizens for con —Rappahannock News photo/R .D. Hawkins WASHINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT members have spent their spare time for the past three years constructing a tank truck which is now in service. The tanker holds 1350 gallons of water, according to fire company president Jenks Hobson pictured here. A I 1HL RAPPAHANNOCK FIRE SCHOOL, Amissville Fire Chief Russell Pullen and other fire company members admired Warrenton s new engine. Inflation ha9 hit everyone but it has been particularly damaging to emergency services squads that must depend on public contributions. This new engine cost between $75,000 and $80,000. -— Gustave Eiffel, who built the Eiffel Tower, also designed the right arm of the Statue of Liberty. Poachers Cause Park Closures Wildlife poaching activities will again cause Park Rangers to close two sections of Shenandoah National Park to vehicular travel during all hours of darkness from November 13 through December 3, Superintendent Robert R. Jacobsen says. The affected portions of the Skyline Drive will be the 31-mile section from Front Royal south of U.S. Highway 211 at Thornton Gap, and the 39-mile section from Waynesboro north of 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 until 8 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 three years have proven very successful in countering illegal hunting !■" I M ..— I activity in these sections of the Park. Rangers will again be patrolling the Park's boundary by helicopter and ground support teams. Park entrance stations will be manned into the night hours and Park neighbors are encouraged and requested to report suspicious activities by telephone to the Chief Park Ranger at 999-2243. Superintendent Jacobsen j said these nighttime closures have caused little inconvenience to legitimate I Park visitors, have been useful in denying the use of .j Skyline Drive to poachers and have permitted Park Rangers to intensify their patrols elsewhere in the Park. Tc€0€€ ^ Restaurant Sperryville, Va. 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Although money is in short supply for all areas of fire and rescue work, the greatest need in emergency services in Rappahannock is for a county dispatching service, according to Hobson. “We need someone who knows this area,” said Hobson, rather than relvine on the Culpeper Sheriffs Department to do the job for Castleton, Amissville, Washington and Flint Hill and the Front Royal Police Department to handle dispatching for Chester Gap. Hobson made a plea for broadbased community support for emergency services throughout the county. "We need more members and financial contributions,” he said. “Some people think that rescue work is like a private, commercial business. It's not. We’re doing this for the community—the best job we can with limited resources,” he concluded. WARD MOBILE HOME SALES Double &■ Modular Homes Rt. 29 North Charlottesville, Virginia (804) 973-6264 OPEN: SUNDAY 1-6 P.M. APPRECIA TION / would like to thank the voters of Rappahannock County for their vote of confidence on November 7. / sincerely hope / can help all of you in the Clerk’s Office in the future as I have tried to do in the past year. Diane Bruce WANTED SCRAP CAST IRON PRICES DETERMINED BY QUANTITIES & QUALITY Delivered to our yard in Culpeper Bingham & Taylor Foundry Culpeper, Virginia 825-8334

v JOURNAL By: Nancy B. Secrist Ext. Agent Many of you may be thinking of buying a microwave oven, food processor or any of the new appliances that will fill the market between now and Christmas. Your method of food management should be the number one criteria for considering a purchase. Microwave cooking requires learning new techniques and is not always as convenient as we are led to believe. Because microwaves travel in straight lines, hot spots occur in the oven, requiring the position of the food to be manually altered during the cooking time. This means you cannot always put in a roast and "leave" it as you can in a conventional oven. New utensils are often required and if you are already short on storage space, this may be an inconvenience you are not willing to put up with. Several microwave owners I know use them mainly for heating leftovers. If this is the case, a toaster-oven would be a more practical purchase if money is a major consideration. Food processors are great if you do a lot of cooking and baking. They save time particularlv when chopping and some mix pie crust in a matter of seconds. But quite often the blender you already have will do many of the same jobs. No matter which appliance you are considering purchasing. remember to consider how you will use it. how you will store it and the price you will pay for the added convenience it may provide. Washing Goose Down Garments The garments may be dry cleaned or machine-washed separately at low gentle cycle. Use mild soap, no detergents. To distinguish between a soap and a synthetic detergent, read the label. Liquid products are always synthetic detergents. There are no liquid home laundry soaps. An example of soap is Ivory Snow or Flakes. Remove from washer immediately. Tumble dry at lowtemperature. Two Good Programs Coming "Birds" at the Library this Friday. Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m. "Understanding Your Elderly Parents", Monday, November 20, 7 jj.m. Mental Health Clinic. Washington. + + + + A storage battery does not store electricity. but chemicals which can create electricity. Randy’s Flowers 3rd Annual Christmas Open House Sunday, November 19tK^I Noon to 5 P.M. Gifts, Door Prizes, Refreshments 127 West Davis Street Culpeper 82.V4440 For Rent On Farm Between Warrenton and The Plains Modern Country Colonial Home on 5 acres with open countryside view and swimming pool, 3 to 4 bedrooms. Unfurnished.$500 monthly. Option to buy available. Available Now References Required Contact Any Of These Nearby Agents: Nelson Realty D. H. Lees Warrenton Real Estate, Inc. contact Miss Hosalyn Smith Warrenton 347-7790 Contact Mr Bartenstein 347 3113 Thomas ft Talbot Real Estate Middleburg Contact Mrs McGhee 687 5622 or 364-2615 evenings Red Fox Realty Middleburg Contact Rick Kohler 687-6311 or 591-4340 Church Notices Services Sunday, Nov. 19, at Willis Chapel and Sperryville United Methodist churches will be cancelled due to the meeting of the Charge Conference which will be at the Flint Hill Methodist Church at 11 a.m. ++++ The Rev. Tryman and the Seven Stars of Maryland will render a program at the Hopewell Baptist Church, Sperryville Saturday, November 18, at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. This program is sponsored by the Pastor’s Aid Club. ++++ There will be special services at Gid Brown Baptist Church, Nov. 18 thru Nov. 20, each evening at 7:30 p.m. The speaker will be Edward Morgan, pastor of Greensprings Baptist Church in Athens, W. Va. There will be a special hunter’s service Monday evening. Everyone is welcome to attend these services. ++++ The Shiloh Baptist Church of Woodville will have a worship service on Sunday, Nov. 19. Following the morning service, a turkey dinner will be served. At 3 p.m. the Gospeltone of Louisa will perform. The service is sponsored by the Deacon Board of Shiloh Baptist Church, the Rev. U.S. Brockenburr is pastor. Oettinger Attends Seminar Mrs. Katherine Oettinger of Washington, Va., is a member of the National Board of the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, which held its 25th anniversary celebration in Washington, D. C., Nov. 8-9. Marion Fay, Ph.D., president and dean emerita of the College, was honored at the first Marion Fay Seminar at the National Institutes of Health. A reception and dinner in the Diplomatic Reception Rooms of the State Department and a luncheon and further scientific speeches at the Cosmos Club were other highlights of the celebration. The National Board of the Medical College of Pennsylvania is composed of 170 prominent women and men representing 37 states. Their main purpose is to encourage interest in the College and to generate financial and legislative support. President of the Medical College of Pennsylvania is Robert E. Cooke, M.D. Miss Hazel Bishop, New York City, founder of the internationally known cosmetic firm which bears her name, is president of the National Board. Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower served as first honorary chairwoman and was later joined by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. Some of the foods unknown in Europe until Columbus brought them back from America are turkey, peanuts, pumpkins and potatoes. Leather Top CANADIAN BOOTS si 995 ' run> riear «<3 SO*t ► ■ veei ■f wfT>ov4t>Mr t«»H i>oer * rfvarrr If. sub zero W<*»M»es Fleece Lined Hooded SWEATSHIRTS reg $8 95 $099 Ballston SPORT SOCKS ;■ ly Aith ’OO ■ . ‘ \ WOC)i tr>r A<i,rT!° 95c pr reg $1 7 9 Red and Blaze Orange SUSPENDERS s295 p, Blaze Orange HUNTING VESTS Ea. REMINGTON Rifle Cartridges, shotgun shells, slugs, buckshot OPEN SUNDAY, NOV. 19 for your last minute HUNTING NEEDS removattfe game Dag sr-ei* oocKets repellent S6®5 ALVIN B. STOKES At the Bridge Front Royal 635*4437 ‘V . * v’& ,^'V* Established • v ■■ifi*-. I \vJ't‘ >r«-&jSsaS' S»; ••^ ‘1 On behalf of the Catholics of the Diocese, Bishop Thomas J. Welsh has recently welcomed into Rappahannock County a community of Franciscan friars who have established a Catholic house of prayer at Boston. This Friary, where the Eucharistic liturgy is celebrated daily, is the first permanent presence of the Catholic Church in Rappahannock County. Joined by a group of diocesan priests and other men and women who reside in the western portion of the diocese. Bishop Welsh dedicated the house as Portiuncula Friary. Father Ronald J. Mohnickey has been assigned as the superior of the Friar community. Other members of the community are Father Augustine Donegan, Father Aid an MulUney and Father Salvatore Stefola. » Following hi the tradition of St. Franck of Asski^ jth* founder of the Franciscan Order, the members of this community have withdrawn! from worldly affairs to lead a* life which mixes contemplation and prayer with sacramental and personal ministry. Members partake of a simple life style focusing themselves in prayer and study while witnessing by their example to the poverty as St. Francis encouraged. The house, as a place for renewal, k available to foe more than 200 Franciscan priests and brothers serving foe eastern part of foe United ' States. Residents of the county are ^ welcome to vkh the house' and join in prayer and attend Christmas Flower Sale \.nnsimas...rasi, rresem, Yet To Come” is the theme this year of a flower show sponsored jointly by the South River Garden Club and the Valley Garden Club of Front Royal, to be held Saturday and Sunday. November 18 and 19, at the Union Hall on Chester Street. The show will be opened to the public from 3 to 9 p.m. on Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Entrance is free but a green offering is welcome. Classes are open to all amateur gardeners and flower arrangers, members as well as non-members of the garden clubs. All classes require pre-entry. The show will be judged by nationally accredited flower show judges. It consists of major divisions in Horticulture, Artistic, Junior and Special Exhibits. The Special Exhibits will include Educational and Conservation materials and State and National Publications. The Horticulture division will include houseplants, hanging basketsr flowering and non-flowering plants, miniature trees and others, in pots not to exceed 9 inches ja diameter. It also includes herbs and chrysanthemums in pots, sprays, or specimens or collections. A harvest section will include vegetables, ornamentals, and others worthy of exhibits. An arboreal section will include evergreens and fruited branches not to exceed 30 inches in length. A new section on dried and preserved flowers and plant materials will include those grown by the exhibitor which are either air dried, preserved with glycerine or any other preservatives, or dried wttfl nod, silica gel and others. - The Artistic Division will consist of arrangements with an all fresh plant materials, depicting the first Christmas with the use of backgrounds provided by the. elabbT Accessories will include angels. Madonna with the infant Jesus, and the wise men. A section on Christmas Past will be arrangements depicting the inspirations of yesteryear, reflections pf Williamsburg, and the Yule Log traditions. Christmas Present will inclnde door decorationsf mantle arrangements, lamp post decorations, decorated Christmas patxkagesg, miniature holiday arrangements, and decorated kissing balls. Christmas Yet To Come will be % composed of arrangements to' be staged against a background depicting the designers’ artistic creativity “• of Christmas in the future. .. . „ An Inter-Club Class whioh ; is by invitation only will • feature the finest works of area garden clubs' «*fi fir entitled "The Spirit Oft, Christmas." ./ ' . ' Arrangements tmder Hie ; Junior Division are Classified* ■ under “Tiny Tim’s Tree" for^ ages 4-7 inclusive; “A Spact* Odessy Christmas” for ages 8-11 inclusive; . afcd *"A' • Christmas Carol” for ages* ■ 12-15 inclusive. Mrs. C. E. Foley is tfrd president of the South Rivet Garden Club and Mrs. James E. Williams is the president of the Valley Garden Club. Co-Chairmen for the flower show are Mrs. Robert L. Peoples, Mrs. Eddie Thompson, and Mrs. Walter L Blacklock. 4-H Livestock Club Meets Twelve young people with their parents attended the first 4-H Livestock Club meeting with Rap Owing*, Randall Updike and David Thornhill at the Extension Office to discuss the animals the children can raise and the necessary requirements for a 4-H livestock project. The next meeting of the 4H Livestock Club will be this Saturday, November 18, at 9 a.m. at the Extension Office. From there the children and their parents will drive to the Updike farm where Randall Updike and David Thornhill will talk on selecting, feeding and showing livestock. All interested youth between ages 9 to 19 are invited to attend. Be sure to wear your old clothes and please bring a parent. The meeting will be over by noon,,, If you have any questions* » call Rap Owings at the Extension Office 675-3619. RCS Menu Moaday Barbecue on bun, eoleslaw, French fries, peaches, milk. T-aduy /' , f. ; Vegetable soup, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, Waldorf salad, milk. Turkey, dressing, gra^jr, 1 sweet potatoes, peas, cookie, milk. < Everything is sweetened by risk.—Alexander Smith „ ‘ \ PUBLIC NOTICE * Proposed Highway Project * . Route 610 (Chester Gap RoadJ . Rappahannock County ’ ^ All interested persons are advised that the approval of the location and major design features for Route CIO, Project 0610-078-115* C-501, from the intersection of RoOffllM; Route 522) to 0J5 mHe southwest of ftwi665, in Rappahannock County, is now final with the Federal Highway Administration's concurrence in the environmental asaosament prepared for this project ' Maps, drawings, < ■“J ~ assessment and ottv available in the Department’s District Office at Culpeper, and in its Residency Office at Warrenton, tor viewing by interested per* sons. f *** of Highway* ^ ^ and Transportation . , oeMMeiiiMaal C‘Mabel Elizabeth Hopkins, of Shenandoah, formerly *A>f Sperryville, were conducted Nov. L3 at - Ilia sSpetryville Cemetery by the Rev. P. Hudson Nuckols. Miss Hopkins died Nov. '11, 1978, in ft Harrisonburg nursing home after • long iilMfts. She was born in RapVpahannock County, the 'daughter of the late John - Willis and Laura Heiston -Hopkins. She had lived in Shenandoah for several years. She was a member of '- Sperryville United Methodist '^Church and a retired w registered nurse. §. Survivors include a niece; * Mrs. J. J. Waff of Shenandoah, and a nephew, J. ^Pranklin ; Hopkins ■ jftiif; ^Amherst. - was a co-owner of Warrenton /Heating and Air Conditioning. C'/r"* He is survived by his wife llinda La*. Bywaters, his ^father Floyd M. Bywaters. ■Amissville, two sisters, Mrs. ipjaria M. Hitt, Amissville, and Mrs. Betty A. Ellington, Warrenton, and two ./brothers, Davis Bywaters, ^Warrenton, and Floyd L. Bywaters, Bealeton. f Funeral services - will be -conducted Thursday at 2 -p.m. at the-Amissville United >'Methodist Church by Rev. £Ray Crockett, with interment |c«t Hillcrest Memory Gardens, Jeffersonton. PClub 'wilT meet Monday, November 20, from 4 p.m. to ;-5i30 p.nrL at Elsie Gheen’s home. ^ All interested youth ages 9 *to,l9 are invited. t For further information -,ctU Elsie Gheen at 937-5267. J; Amissville4-H f The new Amissville 4-H V* >'• i i*:-A Amaral for loci Simpson ' «*-*— • of Baltimore «n conducted Nov. 14 at Geest Funeral Home Chapel..ia Culpeper, by the Rev. Robert Flippo. Burial war' in Fairview Cemetery, Culpeper. " Mr. Dodson. 64,' aa employee of Bethlehem Steel $$■* >'? , -'7' Mathews „ A funeral for Teddy Roosevelt Mathews, 68, of Scrabble was held Sunday, Nov. 5, at the Hopewell Baptist Church conducted by the Rev. U.S. Brokenburr. Buccal was in the family section of the church cemetetyr. Mr. Mathews died Nov. 1, 1978 at his bosne. He if survived by three brothers, Clayton Mathews of Front Royal, James Williams of 'Washington,- D.C., and William Williams of Cnlpeperr one* sister,. Mrs. Lottie Aytor of Sperryviller and a host of other relatives •and friends.,*^ He was a member of the Hopewell Baptist Church. bon k**; .'n-jjj Shipyard in Baltimore, died v'Nov. 9 «t his residence. A , Ov' native of Stevensburg, and a former • resident pf Spertyville, he was the the late Joel Aldridge Dodsdn and the late OctaviaClark.. He It survived by tfo brothers, .John William Dodson and Obadiah 1. Dodson, both of Culpeper, and seven sisters, Mrs. Eldta 'k&l •': Compton of Lakewood, Pa., Mrs. Dorothy Jenkins add ’ \f Mrs. Lillie Daugherty, both «f Culpeper, Mrs. Esther J Spaid of Higfrvlew, W. Va.. Mrs, Sadie Eunice Kelly of Chickimauga, Oa,, Mr*. Ruth Alice Catttpos 6f Wilmington, Mass., and Mrs. Moflle Donahue of Johnson - City, N. Y. " ■ He was preceded in death *V ■ 9y three brothers, Only Dodson, Cleveland Otis ..DodsoA and Calvin G. !?m Ddfon*! and a sister; Octavli t?> * Dodson. * ; Railbtarert were £.' R M* ; Jeflkins, Grady Dodson A* $$ Luther Dodson, Steve ,K. Dodson, Ray Dodson, Ronnie *.L, Dodson, Marvin Clark, Johd $$4 Marshall Clark, WiHlaip ' Clark and Gilbert Berry. -^'^0 "The Nbrm of Thougftrfuf SorviaP' ■■ i M PHONE 825^2361 ; ^ CULPENRf CEMETERY MEMORIALS •; V‘» ■-•4. V*. Ik Barrel ie specialty bored wrtti no chdlte cone fot sHddting rtflefl f slugs. This gun is also excellent for brush shooting. RaytrSr .front sight, open rear sight is adjustable for elevation. 'Dovetail vj grooves in rear eight beee eccommodetes tip-off type-scopemount rings. Prase checkered beavertaH forearm and pistol;* grip. Recoil pad and pistol grip cap, both with white line sp$cer..T' On* Only 12ga.26 In. tpaclal btrfa. \ % Regular price SS44.95 ' a SALE PRICE $195.00 SaV* $50. £i Extra Intarehangaabla plain 38 Hi.* ■ full cftok* barrel. Rag. $84.95. t 635-3800 Front Royal :

Winter Ahead? r’ Clues The woolly bear days are upon us, when the weatherwise eye can peer Into the face of winter to glimpse a smile or a frown, v Therefore, with memory still chilled by the last two winters, the National Geographic Society reveals what signs to look for if this winter is to bring more of the same, nature’s legendary Clues that mean extra-cold months ahead. ^ Two signs for a -hard winter are already reported: Among woolly bear caterpillars, black stripes are ominously wider on their fuzzy brown coats as they wait for springtime, when they become tiger moths. Among men, overcoat sales ;Jtre unusually good. Man has always looked to flis surroundings for a sign of ■*Ji change in the weather, be it heavier fur on a prehistoric mammoth or a snow tire sale jjjit the corner gas station. Cold “Evidence” So, as forecasters study their weather maps and chea their pencils, consider these tips from almanacs, Indians, farmers, snow shovel salesmen, and others whe know their harbingers. Katydids herald cold weather by giving song exactly six weeks before the first frost. Plenty of acorns, hickory, and other nuts —with squirrels working overtime storing them away—means a severe wintei or, skeptics say, a bountiful summer and greedy squirrels. Com husks sticking stiffly out -from the stalk mean a bad winter. So do thick skins on locally grown apples or onions, extra-fun^ Squirrels’ tails, the family dog’s coat grown thick after the first cold snap, and an unusually heavy layer of feathers on the Thanksgiving turkey. And a dark turkey breastbone—instead of a white one—means especially chilly weather ahead. A severe winter follows a spring that smothers dogwoods in blossoms, a Model LFA 7IW • 3 level water-saving loadsire salactor • Agitator-mounted fabric softener dispenser • Bleed) dispenser • Automatic cool-down for Permt Press fabrics • Super SURGILATOR* • 4 cycles: NORMAL, KNIT, PERMT. PRESS and GENTLE • 2 wash and 2 spin speeds • Energy saving water temp top and lid • Bac-Pto LaOndry luforfunim cantor ...... i i aawctor witn 4 wasn/rmaa combinations • MAGIC CLEAN* liat filter* NTIQU UCTION turday, Nov. 25 ain or Shine foQO A.M.SI Route 29, app 2 mites south of Cuipepei Virginia. Ruby has decided to sell some o her antiques. This will be a ‘once In * lifetime* opportunity to purchase sc beautiful antiques. These antiques have never been in an auction. They are a codec tion of many, many years. You won’t find anything here but good quality merchandise. mm f Walnut bow-0aa* china cioeat Mahogany bow g(iM china closet Pennsylvania Dutch drawing table Large apinning wheat Beautiful oak sideboard Beautiful oak double Larkin daak Walnut high back bad Oak high back bad Walnut 3-atar General'a daak Thomas Ediaon phonograph with ham •peakar (very rare pieoa) Lot beautiful walnut table* (with marble tope) Cradle ahum School master's d*ak Mahogany aoceatary 2 apool cabinai*< Mahogany Empire tabia Walnut drop.leaf dining table Pair of Windoor chair* Oak waahatand 2 candle atick etande Walnut pokartaMa UrtroeUMctuSMlvaribwahMal Pie Sale Sever el place* antique furniture not Hated Giaeaware and etc. Several 'Gone with the Wind* letup* f ‘habocca at the WaT lamp Compotes ft win* sntffara Lot cut-gleet vases Lot cut-glaas pitchers lot cut-glees decanter* Lot cutgleee bowls Lot other cut-glaas not Hated Lot cranberry glees Let flow-blue glaaewar* Lot carnival pea* Lot Mainland ft odrar famous name china Lot crocks ft jugs Lot copper kettles, ate. Lot bras* kettles, ate. Lot cast-iron cookware Large lot silver traya Sauaral nhrar oannter aeaa , let ethar silver not ieaad * Thaw w« am be slat of Many, many items too numerous to list You must attend this auction to appreciate good antiques. •You may view merchondao anytime boforo Oucoon. and Iear* Owner: Ruby Sack • summer when pines shed more needles than usual (supposedly so extra snow will fall off more readily and save branches from breaking), or an autumn that loads holly trees thick with berries. Spiders, Bright Leaves Watch for spiders moving into your basement in large numbers and hornets building nests close to the ground—they all expect a frigid winter. Brilliant and widespread colorful autumn foliage also means severe days ahead. The day of the month when the first snowflakes fly tells how many snowfalls the winter will bring. A Sunday storm means snow for thereat of the Sundays of the month. A Christmas without snow introduces a hard winter. A green Christmas foretells a white Easter and vice versa. Or, according to a weather-wise Alaskan Eskimo, watch for the most coldly certain sign of a hard winter ahead: the government meteorologist laying in extra supplies of food and firewood. For more signs of a cold winter coming, check your neighborhood for beavers building their lodges earlier than usual, or opossums taking up winter quarters underground instead of in hollow logs. National Seminar Planned In Ky. I he fourth annual National Horsemen’s Seminar has been scheduled, for Dec. 27 to 30 at the Louisville Marriott in Louisville, KY. The program includes seminars on topics such as breeding, eventing. psychology of the horse and tours of horse farms. Information on the seminar is available by calling 301-424-3660 or writing National Horsemen’s Seminar, EMI, Inc., 51 Monroe St., Suite 1404, Rockville, MD 20850. — -— -in in. *m MARGARET ANN WAYLAND received a special message of appreciation and affection from the boys and gu-ls in grades four through seven who attend Bobbie Cook’s reading lab. Monday was designated Aide Appreciation Day by the Rappahannock County Education Association as part of National Education Week activities. Honey Plants Thrive In Autumn By LYT WOOD Rappatuaaock New* Lorre*pondent Autumn olive, sweet clover, crown vetch. Princess trees, apple trees. What do these plants have in common? These five flowering plants are known as “honey plants." With dozens of other plants that are common in this area, they are used extensively by honeybees — wild and domesticated—as sources of nectar. The honeybee is not native ‘ to America. Honeybee colonies were brought over } from Europe in the 17th i Century, Many of the major honey plants, including those listed above, are alien. Most local beekeepers will tell you that the northern Virginia area is less than ideal for honey production purposes. As the seasons progress, there are some “dry periods” . when relatively few honey ’plants are in bloom. Also, sourwood and tupelo gum trees are not present in this area. These plants are abundant in southern and eastern Virginia, and are noted for their consistent high yields of excellent quality honey. Nonetheless, the deep amber honey that is produced locally has a fine, full-bodied flavor. Most of us take little notice of the flowering plants that sequentially bloom and wither, year after year, throughout the spring, summer, and early fall. Ever since I acquired three hives in spring 1977, I have devoted a great deal of attention to the seasonal flowering patterns. Fruit trees, black locusts and autumn olives are among the first nectar sources in the early spring. Dandelions, redbuds, pines, and oaks provide pollen, which is the essential protein food for honeybees. The first real honey flow usually begins in the latter part of April, when the yellow poplar (or “tulip tree”) comes in bloom. A variety of blossoms follow the poplar bloom, flowering sporadically PRINCIPLES OF REAL ESTATE 2-Week Courses (Days) 5 or 7 Wk. Courses (Eve. 4 Sat.) 5--A \ LICENSE PREPARATION Broker 4 Salesmen Guaranteed to pass or money back ENROLL TODAY Ms Natioaal Imitate of Real Estate 10501 Ballsford Rd., Manassas • (Hayloft Dinner Hieater Bldg.) 51-3666 (703)893-065 EBSSSS==^-—!-» i ■ .1 ■ 11 rii < throughout the summer months. Some of the more important summer honey plants are clover, privet, persimmon. sumac. and basswood. Various composites such as asters and goldenrods supply the last honey flow in the fall. Some types of honey are lighter in color than others. The nectar sources determine the darkness or opacity ot honey. Expert beekeepers will sometimes time their hones harvests, according to the flowers in bloom, to keep the most desirable honeys separate from the darker types. Although it is true that clear honey has a milder flavor, I would describe dark honey (especially the local variety) as merely ‘'different" not "interior." Apiculture, or beekeeping, requires a substantial investment of time and money, but is a fascinating pastime. It is a joy to watch the bees zoom about, or to observe the honeybee society, and consider its complexities, intricacies, mysteries, and countless intra- and intercolonial relationships. Typically, a honeybee hive consists of one perfect female, a handful of males, and approximately 50,000 infertile females. And yet the organization is so perfectly arranged that the entire hive might be considered as a single organism, instead of thousands. CancerUnit Smokeout la observance of the Great American Smokeout Nov. lb. a 24-hour celebration to help smokers give up their cigarettes for at least one day, the American Cancer Society (ACS), Virginia Division will operate a statewide toll-free hotline for the more than 1,770.000 Virginians who smoke. On Wednesday, Nov. 15 thmigh midnight. Thursday, Noe. 16, smokers can reach for their telephones instead of a cigarette and dial 1-800552-7996 for helpful hints and practical suggestions on how to give up smoking. Specially trained volunteers will be available for around-the-clock counseling via the Division's Cancer Answer Service in Richmond at the toll-free number. Tliair objective is to help lirittn who have signed pledge cards promising to "take a day off from smoking." The service will be available to all smokers even tot signed pledge ■Bokcrs or their families and friends should call their local office of the if they have ACS or the Cancer Answer Service-Smokeout Hotline tor more information, according to Lou Dean. Virginia's Chairman for the Great American Smokeout. Pledge cards, quit-smoking brochures and "Kiss Me—1 Don’t Smoke" buttons are available at all ACS offices. -t- + + + Any step away from the true, living God is a step in the direction of strife. Service Center • V.W. Vehicle Specialist • Repairs on Most Foreign and American Cars 30 Ashby St., Warrenton, Va. 347-3785 —Rappahannock New* Photo ■'Courtcay of Betsy Frampton JOHN TROTT at his home in McLean where the famous naturalist and photographer does much of his work. Trott will present a special program on birds and other Virginia wildlife at the Rappahannock Library on Friday, November 17. at 7:30. Woodville Area News By JUNE CLARK Rappahannock New* Cormpoitdenl Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maldover and Patricia were Eddie and Fern Miller and their children, Michael and Carrie Ann. Marion Bruce was a guest of his daughter, Mrs. Don Osburn for several days last week at Haymarket. Mrs. Osburn and daughter accompanied Mr. Bruce home on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Brown were honored with a family dinner on Saturday evening arranged by their children Tanya, Larry, Bob and Sarah Brown. The occcassion being Mr. and Mrs. Brown’s twenty-eighth wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Conners were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Creel in Culpeper. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Conners were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Creel in Culpeper. Mrs. Maggie Grigsby of Castleton is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Brew Burke. Mrs. Lottie Thornhill of Boston was a Sunday afternoon guest. The Rev. and Mrs. B. G. Have on hand some heavy paper, boxes, and other coverings for tender garden plants on first nights of frost, suggested Virginia Tech Extension home horticulturists. Often if the tender plants can be protected from the first early frost they will bloom for several more weeks. HOBBY HOUSE CRAFT SHOP 501 Commerce Ave. Front Royal 635-7555 Holiday Ideas-make your ornaments, wreaths, gifts. Open 11 - 5 Closed Thurs. Titchenell were in Roanokt Monday until Thursday attending the General Assembly of Virginia Convention. Victor Taylor and son, Bernie of Rixeyville were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Clark. The Woodville Homemakers Club met at the church on Tuesday evening with seven members present. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wayland were dinner guests on Friday of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Wood at Reva Park. William Armentrout and sons Jamie and Scott of Radford were guests Saturday afternoon of the Chester Waylands. Dr. and Mrs. John O'Bannon and children Jack and Jenny of Richmond were guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice O’Bannon. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Wayland of Daytona Beach. Florida and Mrs. L. A. Wood of Reva Park were dinner guests on Monday of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wayland. Among those attending achievement night at the Flint Hill fire hall were: Mrs. Merie Daczewitz, Mrs. Kermit Weakley, Mrs. Julia Wood, Mrs. W. B. Johnson. Mrs. James Falls, Mrs. James Manwaring, Mrs. Maurice O’Bannon and Mrs. Cliftor Clark. Building? •Paint •Lumber •Millwork •Hardware •* Complete One-Step BUILDING SUPPLY Warrenton Building Material Co., Inc. on the By-Pass Warrenton 347-1400 EARLY'S CARPET SALES & SERVICE ROITE 211—AMISSVILLF 937-5111 The must inqmrtant thing for the layman to know about c ar [let it in.st ruction is how to judge the quality of manufacture. 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Sperryville News By MRS. B. M. VARNER Rappthannork Nrw. Canrapnmlritl The Rev. and Mrs. Ronald Wiley with the Rev. and Mrs. B. Gale Titchenell of Woodville attended the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association held at the Roanoke Civic Center this week. During their absence, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wiley of Rixeyville were with their grandchildren, Ronda, Stephen and Marc Wiley. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith and sons with a friend of Washington, D.C. spent the weekend at their cottage at Sharp Rock. Mrs. Virginia Lewis with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lewis of Huntly visited Mrs. “Tooey” Derderian in the U.S. Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md. last Friday. Mrs. Delia Leake spent several days with her grandson, Robbie Leake and Mrs. Joyce Dyer and daughter. Candy in Etlan. Mr. and Mrs. John Black, their granddaughter. Candy Sue Black and greatgrandson. Danny Adams of Baltimore, Md., were houseguests last week of Mrs. Lester Dodson. Mr. and Mrs. Ranny Aylor and Heather were guests Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Aylor and son. David in Wood bridge. Mr. and Mrs. James Swindler attended the Smokey Mountain Gift Show last week in Gatlingburg, HOME IMPROVEMENTS CPM- 825-1755 Don't wait, call today •Storm Windows & Doors •Aluminum & Canvas Awnings •Room Additions •Family Room, Kitchen & Bath Remodeling •Porch & Patio Enclosures •Vinyl Floor Covering and Carpeting. We do the complete |ob. 302 S. East St., Culpeper r Tenn. Their son, Jimmy Swindler of the University of Virginia, was a weekend guest. Mrs. Larry Kushner of Bethesda, Md. spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Catherine Brown. Earle Wayland entered Newton D. Baker Hospital, Martinsburg, W. Va., last Friday. Mrs. Catherine Taylor of Harrisonburg was a Friday overnight guest of her son-inlaw and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Wingfield and daughters, Denise and Cathy. Frank D. “Teeny” Johnson of Nags Head, N.C. spent lfcst week with his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Johnson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. W. rt. Lyne. were luncheon guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Beauclerk Coleman in Culpeper. Supper guests of the Lynes were Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Lyne, Jr. of Orange. Mrs. Lee Swindler entertained her cousins. Mrs. Mary Swan, Mrs. Lorraine Thompson and Mrs. Margaret Stinnette of Arlington at the Teepee for luncheon last Tuesday. Fred C. Schaefer was the guest of honor Sunday at a family dinner on his 21st birthday given by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Schaefer. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Tom Palmer, Ricky and T. C. of Nokesville, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Updike and Suzanne of Culpeper and Mrs. B. M. Varner. The Administrative Board of the United Methodist Church met last Monday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Wayland. Those attending were the Rev. Vickie Pittard, Mrs. Catherine Brown, Mrs. Randolph Devers, Mrs. Virginia Lewis, Mrs. Nina B. Brown, Mrs. Jerry Brown, Hugh Chrisman, Mrs. Ranny Aylor and Julian Brown. Bradner Littlehale of Chatham, N. J. was a houseguest Monday and Tuesday of Dr. and Mrs. MOUNTAIN LUMBER COMPANY Dealers in Rare and Special Woods P.O. Box 1 Free Union, Virginia 22940 Telephone (804) 295-1922 Old heart-pine, wide plank flooring Butternut and Chestnut paneling Old log cabins - beams Our selection of wood may be seen m our warehouse m Charlottesville Va Carroll Quaintance. Friday guests were Dr. and Mrs. George Staus and Karen and/ friends, Karen Lotz and Elizabeth Gray of Arlington. Mr. and Mrs. David Kalzdage, Jim and Ann of Reston, Elder and Mrs. Holly Redmon of Colonial Heights, Mrs. Lucille Grey and Barbara Grey of Warrenton were Sunday visitors of Mrs. Ethel Tyner and Miss Nellie Atkins. Saturday guests of Mrs. Mazel J. Deal was Miss Joan Duncan of Culpeper. Her Sunday guests were Mrs. James Chesgreen, Mrs. Guff Alshire and daughter. Laurel of Gambrills, Md., Mr. and Mrs. Buster Kent, Bobby R. .Jenkins all of Manassas. Hugh Deal, Mr. and Mrs. James Deal and son, Daniel of Culpeper. Raye Rector Honored At Longwood Raye Marion Rector, a Longwood College senior from Marshall, has been named a member of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges for 1978-79. Criteria used to select members are scholarship, leadership, extra-curricular activities, citizenship, service to a college or university, and promise for the future. Raye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Rector, is a 1976 graduate of Rappahannock County High School. She is an elementary education major who plans to teach upon graduation. Raye is a member of Alpha Lambda Delta and is vice president of Kappa Delta Pi at the college. Candy Sale The Washington Baptist Youth will hold a Benson's candy sale in front of Bradford's Store in Flint Hill on Saturday, November 18, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Robinson Aide Visits Jim Hobgood, assistant to Representative J. Kenneth Robinson, will be at the Rappahannock court house in Washington on Wednesday, November 15, from 10 a.m. to noon. Any area citizen with a problem of a federal nature or anyone who wants to relay opinions on national legislation can visit the court house and talk with Hobgood. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF COMMISSION INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE TARIFFS FOR RECOVERY OF FUEL COSTS BY THE POTOMAC EDISON COMPANY The 1978 Session of the General Assembly of Virginia has enacted legislation which requires each electric utility which purchases fuel for the generation of electricity to submit to the Commission its estimate of cost, including the fuel component of pur chased power for a one-year period beginning January 1, 1979, along with proposed rates designed to recover the estimated fuel cost. It is the responsibility of the Com mission to investigate the estimated fuel cost and proposed rate design and to assure that reasonable tariffs are implemented to recover fuel cost. It is further the responsibility of the Commission to provide for quarterly review during the coming year to investigate the actual recovery of cost under the electric utilities tariff provision so that any overrecovery or under-recovery of fuel cost can be corrected. The Commission is required to review all actual fuel cost and to disallow recovery of any fuel cost that are found to be unreasonable. The Potomac Edison Company comes under the provision of the new General Assembly Act. The Company has been instructed to file with the Commission on or before November 15, 1978, its estimated fuel cost, tariff revisions to recover such estimated fuel cost, and evidence in support of its proposals. On or after November 15, 1978, copies of the proposal may be reviewed in any business office where bills may be paid. A public hearing has been scheduled on the Company's proposal commencing at 10:00 a.m. on December 22, 1978, in the Commission's Courtroom, Richmond, Virginia. The initial purpose of this public hearing is to determine reasonable tariffs for the Company to implement on January 1, 1979. The purpose of these tariffs is not to change the revenue of the Company. If after review of these tariffs an interested party determines that it wishes to participate as a protestant in this proceeding, that is, to present evidence on behalf and to cross-examine witnesses and make arguments and file briefs, then they should file a notice of protest in accordance with the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure with William C. Young, Clerk of the State Corporation Commission, P. 0. Box 1197, Richmond, Virginia 23209. Also a copy of the protest should be sent to Robert B. Murdock, Esq., The Potomac Edison Company, Downsville Pike, Hagerstown, Maryland 21740. If, an interested party, does not wish to participate as a protestant, but instead wishes to appear and make a statement in his or her own behalf, they need only appear at 9:45 a.m. on the day of the hearing at which time they will be given a notice of appearance form by the Bailiff. These interested parties will be given an opportunity to speak at 10 00 a.m. or soon as practicable thereafter. Persons intending to appear and speak in their own behalf should so notify the Commission by writing to the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission. While, the purpose of the hearing on December 22, 1978, will be to determine rates to go into effect to recover fuel cost, in lieu of the present fuel adjustment clause of the Company, the hearing will be continued for further investigation to determine reasqnable rules and procedures for monitoring estimated and actual fuel cost during the quarterly reviews that will occur in 1979 and the years thereafter, and such other rules and procedures as may be necessary to administer the provisions of the General Assembly Act. Potoaae Eiiaoa Part of the Allegheny Power System ——1———— So Finally, You Bought A Place In The Country By DON POLLMER Arundel Nrtnpaprn Special Writer The front porch of the 18th Century Virginia farmhouse sags a bit, but the bourbon on the rocks with a splash of non-treated water from your very own well could not taste better. The moving van leaves a curling rooster tail of gray dust in the air as you slump down and watch it disappear back into the maw of civilization. You’ve gone and done it. You and the wife and the two kids have moved to the country. It’s what you’ve always dreamed about: an old house ("needs work,” said the real estate ads), some land, privacy, quiet days and night, animals, gardens, clean air, water so pure you can drink from the creeks. Got it made, haven’t you? It was a long time coming, but it's finally here. The friendly banker seemed a little on edge, the real estate broker grinned, the seller, a dour product of several generations of hardheaded business dealings, was superficially glum (but did you see the way he rubbed his hands when I signed?). Wasn’t Cheap Lord knows it wasn’t cheap. Despite its expanse of countryside. Northern Virginia is perhaps best known for having the highest priced rural real estate in the nation. But you knew that. West Virginia is just too far to commute to that threeday-a-week consulting job inside the Beltway. If you wanted country, this was the place. And Oh, how you wanted it. Inner city life had been exciting for a young couple on their speedy climb to relative affluence. Theater, movies, restaurants, people, action, sports events, it was all there. You didn’t need to drive your own car much. Public transportation was available and if you felt flush you could take a cab. But this type of living had a darker side. Muggings were' not limited to high crime neighborhoods. Even Embassy Row had street crime. Locksmiths were in demand and your house began to resemble a high security wing at a state prison. The wail of sirens filled the night air and police blue and whites ripped up and down the streets on missions of grim reality more often than you would have liked. Landlords and neighbors frowned on pets, and the kids were wild for a puppy. An imperious Siamese cat was no substitute. A city townhouse was no place for a large Labrador or a grinning red setter. And who wanted a miniature anything, subject to psychosis, neurosis, and all the other high-rpiced, city dwelling canine disorders? Can't Eat Scenery The time came when you considered chucking it and going back to that small town, the place most residents of Washington seemed to come from originally. But the bucks were too big, the work too interesting and as the man from Wyoming once said, "You can’t eat scenery." Alternatives? Once >ou’ve seen rural Virginia, there are really no other alternatives. Especially for a man who treasures a faded tintype of a great grandfather in Confederate gray. Virginia it would be then. No border state, governorsgetting-fired, Spiro Agnewr birthplace-state for our boy. Virginia has the Blue Ridge, streams, valleys, hills, quiet, slumbering villages, horses, strange (to city folks) sporting events like foxhunting and what appears to be a certain ghostly charm. Some of this is true, but not all. In the last 10 or 12 years, the charm has been overlaid with a veneer of hustle. Virginians with seventh and eighth generation roots on the land are taking out real estate licenses and splitting up the fine, old farms as fast as they can get the sites to perc. Tourist trade is big business, and shops and restaurants have been quick to realize that a certain antique charm draws customers. There are still open spaces and vistas, but the price tag for a potential home owner is “...only $175,000, a little work and you’ve got a real nice place...” Take The Plunge But you screwed your nerve to the sticking point, submerged your basic Scottish instinct and plunged. "What the heck, it’s not going to get any cheaper,” you told yourself. And you were probably right. Unless of course the bottom drops out of the property market and there you are with a white elephant of a house, glaring at you from out of the past. It’s all wrapped up now and you find yourself having a drink of bourbon on that sagging front porch. Bourbon? You can’t stand the stuff. Always Scotch. But somehow it seems appropriate for a member of the landed class of Virginia to drink bourbon. After all, Washington distilled it at Mount Vernon. Before you can consider the dividend drink, autumnal darkness is dropping quickly as the sun rides out of sight over the nearby mountains. There are small domestic noises from the house, but outside it is dark, almost primeval. No street lights stab the gloom. Night noises, halfremembered from childhood, replace the thunder of the city night. They are chilling in a way. Creatures are hunting and killing each other out there according to Nature’s inexorable laws, but the scream of a dying rabbit is...well, go inside and turn on the television set. Order Outside Antenna It works fine, only you can't see anything on the 19 inch color screen. Fuzz and blur. Write it down. “Call about outside antenna." No plugging into the cable here, friend. Those old 18th Century farmers weren't about to build a house on top of a ridge for good relations with a microwave relay system. They built in the lee of a hill for a very good reason. You will find out about it in January—maybe before that. Eat a cold sandwich. “No we can't go to McDonalds. It's 30 miles." Try to sleep. Night noises intrude, or is it just the country silence. There is a feeling of being alone. The old pioneer mentality begins to assert itself. You have a somewhat flimsy fort don't you? No watchdogs, no firearms, the telephone isn’t connected and it’s dark. Things really do go bump in the night. You can understand now why your forebears huddled around the hearth. There is a psychological circling of the wagons. But wait a minute. There's very little crime out here. That's a fact. But NOTICE To Building Contractors The Board ol Supervisors at their regularly scheduled meeting on October 12, 1978, authorized the construction of improved and additional parking space at the rear of the Court House Work includes relocation of frame storage building, relocation of fencing, grading, gravel surfacing and curb stop. Details of construction are shown on the County Engineer Bulletin Board on the second floor of the Rappahannock National Bank or by contacting the County Engineer by telephone 675-3230. Proposals may be submitted to the County Clerks office at any time prior to December 6 1978 F.M. Baumgardner County Engineer Rappahannock Co v Washington, Virginia 22747 8,1978 11/30/78 on the first night in a country home, sleep never comes easy. Morning is better. Things always look better in the daylight. But this time you are blasted out of bed by a sound that is like nothing you ever heard before. Dogs barking. No, not barking, roaring, screaming, racing across your entrance lane. Adding to this racket is a human sound, a voice seemingly encouraging them. It is a feral, wild sound...truly bloodcurdling. A crowd of people on horseback follow the dogs out of sight. Juat The Hunt “Pull in your eyeballs," your wife says, "it’s just the hunt.” “I thought maybe a convict had escaped or something,” you mumble foolishly, “all those wild-looking dogs and people.” 1 “Those are foxhounds, dummy. Don’t you remember the real estate agent told us we lived in hunting territory?” You expected something else though. You didn’t know that much noise was involved. Your total knowledge of foxhunting was an occasional snide reference to it in the Post or a snippet on television that used the sport as a counterpoint to some country family on welfare. But your son has a look on his face and is still staring into the distance toward the faint cry of hounds. Without saying a word, he is telling you that he liked what he saw, and he noticed a few kids on ponies running with the best of adults. “Later,” you say to yourself, “I’ll explain how it's impossible later.” Water From Your Well The morning coffee tastes great with the water-fromyour-own-well. Despite the wild introduction to the day, everything looks wonderful and complete. A day of work on the house has been planned. The real estate agent put you in touch with a neighbor who has a tractor and something called a bush hog to cut (}Qwn t;he weeds and broomsedge. There is unpacking and cleaning and rug laying and furniture to place and pictures to hang. Feeling a bit constricted and foolish in a new pair of jeans you are ready to whip this place into shape. Your daughter enters as dramatically . as a Shakespearean f second lead with news of great portent. “The toilet is boiling over,” she says. Lion Winners Announced Denise Jakybowicz of Williamsport, Penn., is the winner of the $200 first prize given away by the Rappahannock Lions Gub. She will have the choice of selecting the $200, a hunting rifle or a chain saw. Thomas F. Hoff of Remington received $100 as second prize. According to Lions president Howard Holschuh, money from the fund raising project will be used to cover the costs of an eye examination and necessary prescription glasses for two needy Rappahannock children. 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News From The Washington Area Sunday dinner guest of Mrs. Sue McGee was Arthur Hastings of Santa Fe, New Mexico. \ Spending the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Forward were Mr. and Mrs. John Fischbech of Charlottesville. Michael Bosnia of Culpeper was a Sunday visitor of Mr. and Mrs. John Norman and Leslie. Visiting Mrs. J. M. Lillard for the weekend were Mrs. Reva Heyl of Warrenton and Miss Becky Edmonds of Front Royal. Weekend visitors of Mr. and Mrs. John Schultz were their daughter and son-inlaw, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Jakubowicz and children Kristi and Matthew of Williamsport, Pa. Their Saturday visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Steven Sengstack of McLean. Wednesday luncheon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burke were her sister, Mrs. Arthur Vaughan of Fredericksburg and her grandson Sgt. Emill Grassia from Dyess, AFB Texas. C. Cletus Burke of Front Royal was a Wednesday luncheon guest and Ashton Burke of Warrenton was a Thursday luncheon guest. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Li'ther Payne were Mr. and Mr*. Tom Jenkins, Kim and T.J., Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Payne, Scotty and Cheryl all of Culpeper. Monday luncheon and dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kerin it Weakley were Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Pfalzgraf of Fairview Beach. Mrs. Alice R. Wood has as her Saturday luncheon guests Mrs. Tom Kendrick and Mrs. Bruce Bowie both of Culpeper and Miss Mary Miller Wood. Miss Patty Penaranda of Fairfax was the weekend houseguest of her grandfather, Stant Weaver. Visiting them Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Nick Penaranda of Fairfax. Mike Hicks of Culpeper was a frequent caller during the weekend. Mrs. Walter Futrell of Falls Church was a Monday guest of Mrs. W. M. Fletcher. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Faulkner of Orange and daughter Marty of Harrisonburg College were her Sunday visitors. Mrs. John Turner of Warrenton and Mrs. L. J. Turner spent Monday at Seven Comers. Wenesday Mrs. L. J. Turner and E. M. Jones visited B. N. Eubank in Roanoke. Regular Auction THURS. NIGHT, NOV. 16 Glassware, China, Furniture Many household items pjy Handmade Afghan /(} will be auctioned at ov 8:30 p.m. for the benefit ^ of local Girl Scout Troop Door Prize will be given Snack Bar Open Daily and during auction Come in and Browse Jenkin’s Auction House Washington, Va. 675-3325 TRUSTEE’S^SALE of VALUABLE REAL ESTATE In execution of a deed of trust from John H. Mallory and Jeanne W. Mallory, husband and wife, dated May 28, 1969, and recorded in the Clerk's Office of Rappahannock County, Virginia in Deed Book 94, Page 700, default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness therein secured, and at the request of the holder of said indebtedness, the undersigned will offer for sale at public auction, on FRI., DEC. 1ST, 1978 AT 11:00 A.M. at the front door of the Court House at Washington, Virginia That tract or parcel of land, together wth buildings and improvements thereon and privileges and appurtenances therewith connected, situate, lying and being in Jackson Magisterial District, Rappahannock County. Virginia, about 3/4 mile east of Amissville, and described as follows, to-wit: All that lot described as Lot 0 4 containing 18.60 acres in a division of the lands of C. Z. Rollins, the metes and bounds of said property being as follows: "Beginning at a stone corner to the 2.90 acre wood lot 0 1 and lot 0 3, running thence with the lines of lot 0 3, S. 27° W 500" to a stone, thence continuing with said lot 0 3, S 3° W 1268' to a point in the line of lot 0 3, thence continuing in a southwesterly direction X ft., thence N 84° E to a point set forth on a plat hereinafter referred to, thence N. 76° E 467' to a stone, thence N 2 1/4° E 1251' to a stone at a spring thence S 29 1/4° W 825 ft. to a point in said 2.90 acre wood lot, thence following the lines of said wood lot in a southeasterly direction to the point of beginning and containing 18.60 acres." The parcel of land herein described is the same parcel of land which was conveyed to John H. Mallory and Jeanne W. Mallory by deed dated November 28, 1960, from Nannie Maude Weaver and Bernard R. Weaver, her husband, of record in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia, in Deed Book 73, at Page 303. John L Jeffries, III, Trustee 114 N. West Street Culpeper, Virginia 22701 TERMS OF SALE: CASH 10% Deposit required on day of sale. Balance of purchase price to be paid within X days of date of sale. AUCTIONEER: HERB HASH Boston. Virginia Monday luncheon guests of Miss Annie Miller Almond were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Loucks of Arlington. Saturday visitors of Mrs. Gabe Burke were Mr. and Mrs. Ranny Burke and Jerry of Manassas. Sunday Mrs. Burke and grandson, Jeff Burke, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Alther, Roy Jr. and Missy. Luncheon guests Monday of Mr. and Mrs. Ashby Wayland were Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Wayland of Daytona Beach, Fla. and Mrs. L. A. Wood of Reva. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Buntin spent Friday in Roanoke with his aunt, Mrs. Kathleen Klaff. They spent the weekend with their daughter. Miss Nancy Buntin at Warms Spring in Bath County. Mrs. Edna Carney .of Newport News is visiting her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Manson and Amelia. Mrs. John D. Wood of Atlanta Ga. arrived last Tuesday to spend a few days with her father, C. Jack Miller. John D. Wood arrived Thursday and they were visitors until Friday. Colonel and Mrs. Edgar Ford, originally of Rusk, Texas now of San Francisco and their daughter, Mrs. Barbara Ford Oxaal were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Truman J. Keesey on Gay Street Sunday. The Fords are great-grandparents and Mrs. Oxaal, maternal grandparent of Timothy Michael Keesey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Keesey. Tim Keesey is the junior son of the Washington Keeseys. Enroute to Virginia where they are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Oxaal in McLean, and the Tim Keeseys they stopped in Rusk, Texas to celebrate Colonel Ford’s mothers 101st birthday, and they celebrated Mrs. Oxaal’s birthday at the dinner. Mrs. James M. Settle of Arlington and Gen. and Mrs. Charles L. Booth of Washington, D. C. were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Miller on Friday. Harvest Barn Dance Saturday A Harvest Barn Dance sponsored by R.L.E.P. is scheduled for this Saturday night, November 18 beginning at 8 p.m. in the old schoolhouse at Washington. The highlight of the evening will be the Ralph Case Square Dancers who will demonstrate clog dancing. Mr. Case will do the calling for the square dancing where everyone can join in, according to Mitzie Young, chairman of the event. Other features will be fortune telling and an auction with Bill Lyne as auctioneer. A number of local merchants have donated articles which will be auctioned and at least two door prizes will be given. Tickets to the dance are $5 per person and are available in advance at Bradford’s Store, Flint Hill; Cash Store in Washington; Mills Store at Estes and at Hackley’s Store, Amissville. Tickets may also be purchased at the door. Members of the dance committee with Mrs. Young are Mrs. Robert Moorefield, refreshments; Mrs. Nels Parson, decorations; Mrs. Howard Holschuh, publicity; Mrs. Phil Irwin, properties and Mrs. Sidney Mank, tickets. News From Flint Hill Weekend visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Miller were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Louis Miller Jr., of Odenton, Md. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Foster were her sister and brotherin-law Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Deal of Culpeper, Mrs. Garfield Burke, Carol Ann and Becky of Huntly. Jason Keith Darr spent Sunday night and Monday with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Huff. His mother, Mrs. Richard Kinsey, picked him up on Monday. Mrs. Debbie Wimmer of Front Royal and Mrs. Larry Welch spent Saturday in Winchester. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Corder and family, Mrs. Debbie Wimmer all of Front Royal and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Welch were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Ethel Pullen. Miss Holly Holbick of Burke spent the weekend gflS* \o*sfc**Si ♦Aon1 itt' i —sg# 1 Mile East of MaretuH Rt 55 cc •DEANSGATE * CORBIN LTD. • SERO • KAYE SWEATERS ‘GANT a) NOW OPEN...In Middleburg The Country Gentleman ' 'Fine Men’s Clothier ’ ’ 109 East Washington St. (Next to the Iron Jockey) V 6875538 ^ OPEN: 9 A.M.-5 P.M., Mon.-Sat. Fully Stocked For Christmas Giving Featuring Name Brand Clothing ONV1QN3 JO SXMVTO « A3XOOr • NOS131S • NQ1S1VH • UVWAVf with the Welch family. Miss Doris Ann Atkins of Arlington was a weekend guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Atkins. Spending several days with Mrs. Will Putman last week was Mrs. Annie O’Bannon of Warrenton. Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Foster were Mr. and Mrs. Mike Corbin of Alexandria and Mrs. Irving Corbin of Hartwood. Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Curtis accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Emory Russell were in Charlottesville over the weekend visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Davenport and they all attended the Virginia-Maryland football game. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Atkins were Miss Kim Gibbs of Radford College and Mrs. Harry Berry and daughters, Laura and Anna of Harrisonburg. Monday luncheon guests of Mrs. Frank Spalding were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spalding Jr. from Aiken, S.C. and Mrs. Robert Rodgers. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Lillard were Mr. and Mrs. Grant Patton, Mindy, Joy and Helen of Stephens City, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wade, Kevin and Kelly of Chantilly and Mr. and Mrs. Ned Pierpoint and Sharon of Alexandria. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Rodgers have just returned from a months vacation in Texas. Sunday guests of Mrs. Ada Grimsley were Mr. and Mrs. Russell Grimsley and family of Huntly and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Grimsley of Castleton. Birthday Celebrated Miss Sandra Kay Dodson was honored on her fourth birthday with a party given by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Dodson of Sperryville. Besides her brother, Ronnie, there were 22 guests attending. BULLOCK'S Quality Cleaners Complete Dry Cleaning and Laundry Service Rugs and Drapes 19 E. Jackson St. Front Royal 635-3055 ByKELLYGILKEYa BOBETTE SWINDLER The RCHS Basketball coaches got off to a good start this week by choosing their teams. The Varsity team is Wade Brown, Gary Settle, Steve Foster, Rodney Cook, Gary Leake, Greg Bright, Larry Settle, Dean Wilson, Tony Wayland, Gary Jenkins, Jeff Jenkins, Tony Armentrout, Buck Carter and Nils Aylor. The team will be coached by Mr. Robert Moffett. \ The Junior Varsity team is' as follows; Jim Tomko, Ernest Fletcher, Phillip Fletcher, Glenn Fletcher, Todd Vest, Chris Foster, Kenny Foster, Greg Martin, Lee Anderson, Carl Frye, Mike Leake, Mike Brown and Dwayne Myers. The J.V. team will be coached by Mr. Jim Logan. Since girls basketball season is over the boy’s junior varsity and varsity basketball teams have been practicing everyday after school. During girls basketball season, Mr. Moffett, the varsity coach, held a conditioning program. Boy’s trying out for both basketball teams could stay after school. The conditioning program included lots of running and lots of exercising. The teams will travel to Clarke County High School Saturday, Dec. 2 to play their first game. We hope to see many of you there. Good luck to both J.V. and Varsity basketball teams this season. Cheerleaders, J.V. and Varsity, have been having practices after school every Wednesday developing new routines to cheer both teams to victory. Rappahannock News, Washington, Va. Thursday, November 16, 1978 The News From Boston "X ‘T*no. 1*1 Alt UL A 1 MJ13 Rappahannock Newt Carmpondeai Bill Duncan of Hancock, Md. was a Friday caller of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Duncan. Mr. and Mrs. Osdnr Jenkins, Mrs. Glenn Cave and Tanya and Mrs. ' Raymond Fincham and Peggy were guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Lamb and sons. Robert Thornhill and son, Robbie of Vienna were Friday guests of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Cary Thornhill. Their Sunday guests were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Morrison of Winchester. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Leake had as their Saturday guests, Mr. and Mrs. James Courtney and son Keith of Stanley and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Griffith and son Timmy of Luray. Joseph McGaffrcy was a caller of the Rev. W. B. Dennis. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Winkler, Miss Geraldine Dean, Miss Sandra Johnston and Delma Coates were in Roanoke Friday evening to attend the finals of the Virginia Junior Miss Pageant, in which Kathy Winkler, participated. Mrs. Floyd Whetzel spent Monday in Charlottesville. Sunday luncheon guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Butler Sr. were Mr. and Mrs. Markwood Butler and family of Springfield, Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Thornhill, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Butler, Carolyn, Angie and Tammy, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Butler, Paul, Natalie and Paul F., and Mrs. Lottie Thornhill. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hawkins were afternoon callers. Mrs. James R. Peyton, Penny, Jeff and Kindall and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Frazier, Michele and Michael Wayne were Sunday luncheon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Atkins in operryville. Spending the weekend at "Country Place” with Clifton Naide were Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Deal of Arlington. Mrs. Buddy Thornhill and Mrs. George Butler spent several days last week with Mr. and Mrs. William Gibbs and son Billy in Virginia Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barfield Jr. and Mrs. Preston Bell of Leesburg were Saturday guests of Mrs. Hazel Barfield and Mr. and Mrs. Perry Jones. Sunday guests were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barfield of Culpeper and Mrs. Nancy White of Reva was a recent guest. Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McDaniel were Mr. and Mrs. Howell Kesler of Couesville, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Farrish of Hyattsville, Md. and Mrs. Warren McDaniel of Culpeper. Farmall H tractor (A-1 condition) I.H. tt 37 Hay baler with thrower 1 H. tt 35 Hay rake (A-1 condition) Wagon with hay sides I.H. tt 1000 Mower (A-1 condition) John Deere tt 32 hay conditioner Hay elevator with electric motor App. 550 cedar posts Black & Decker radial arm saw Craftsman 8 inch table saw Cattle shock stick Ral pellet injection gun Lot vet supplies (clamps, syringes, etc.) Lot ear tags Bull lead 2 15-inch snow tires 3 wagon wheels &■ tires Snow blower for Cadet tractor Cattle oiler 2 cattle dust bags 2 Antique panelled arch doors from the Historic Little Fork Church circa 1871 Other miscellaneous items not listed. Auctioneer: Owner A. J. Boyle Allaway Farm Terms: Cash Lunch served COL. TOM W. REESE AUCTION COMPANY KMMcrM, vmmiA juu mow tit mi 4 Place your ad for as little as $5.75 Horse&Tack Traders’Corner — Appears each week in the following papers Loudoun Times-Mirror Leesburg, Va. (703)777-1110 Fauquier Democrat Warrenton, Va. (703) 347-4222 Rappahannock News Washington, Va (703)675-3349 HORSES FOR SALE FOR SALE 5 year old mare Good trail horse Gentle good with children $400 Call 703-7592530 (17) GENTLE RIDING HORSES for sale - large selection of Hunter prospects. good Western horses and children's horses Also good used English and Western tack Boarding. breaking and training, professional care Orchard Hill Stable 703-554-8255 (17) YEARLING PHILLY Chestnut quarterhorse and thoroughbred, mixed Bit broken, gentle $150 Call 703-754 7291 (17) HALF ARAB CHESNUT mare. 10 years oU Excellent jumper 14 1 hands $950 Strawberry roan quarterhorse mare. 12 years oM. very gentle Goes English or Western $500 Call 717-3347337 after 6:00 pm (11-9-2M7) BOARDING A TRAINING ] BOARDING - PRIVATE STABLE New facilities include 12x13 box stalls, riding ring, cross country course and dressage area, miles of mountain trails Vanning* avalabie to local shows and hunts 703-338-7320 (10-26-31-17) BOARD tMS: Pasture - Summer; Hay - Winter Stalls, shelter On Historic Landmark 700-acre Estate near Middleburg $25 and $30. per month. Year round 783-6I7-603S Or 687-3201 BARN CONSTRUCTION ] ---— MISC - HORSE FACILITY • 2 bedrooms house with 17 stall barn more stalls available Use of indoor ring dressage area paddocks etc Ideal lor Professional horseman 703-338 6550 (11 9 2y 17) fOR RENT 10-stall stable, tack room with lull bath and feed room Turn out shed, pole barn and machine shed Pond, fenced and cross-fenced Approximately 40 acres on Route 50 east ol Upperville in the Piedmont Hunt adjacent to a training track Contact Turner Reuter. 703-687-2211 9 30 a m-5 30 pm MondayFriday (11-2-41-17) RIDE INDOORS THIS WINTER, large indoor ring available by hour or event individual groups, dubs welcome. School indoors, be ready for spring shows. Located off 29-211, on Vint Hid Rd., Boarding, lessons, group and private, 754-9059 or 754-4647 II Mb I? 171 Horse blanket repair. Custom blankets, sheets, shipping boots, and monogrammmg to your order. Nokesvile, 594-2669. II »7I CQUINErjUMRjf -button SIGNS PAINTED VINCCNT Willems lOtuUUIM.vA MM-1341 BARN CONSTRUCTION BARN-SHED CONSTRUCTION Matte* temedetnt Phene 703-Mt-UM alter I p.n. eeyteie weekend v/<r/Mr/M/jr/w/« Hackney Bros, builders Complete Horse Facilities Pole Barns • Machinery Sheds Custom Homes • Additions Remodeling - GENERAL CONSTRUCTION - (703) 687-5292 After 6 P.M. "You Should See What We Saw" HAY FOR SALE GOOD MIXED first cutting hay tor sale at barn, near Leesburg Telephone 703-777-3174 day 777 2137pm andweekends (11-16-2t-17) TIMOTHY AND CLOVER pure Timothy, allalfa orchard grass from $1 a bale Free delivery Contact Sam Case at Twin Oaks Farm. Purcellville Va 703 338 4441. evenings (1 7) NORTH PENNSYLVANIA HORSE HAY - Txnothy Timothy/altalfa mix wheat straw 2nd cut allalfa 703327 4266 (11-2-31-17) HORSE HAY - Timothy orchard grass, atlalta $i 50/bale and up Straw J1 50/bale Equibed horse bedding (you will like it) $2 25/bag Shelled corn $6 00/100 Cracked corn $6 50/100 Cassidy Bros /one mile east ot Leesburg on Route 7 703-777-5134 (11 16 4t 17) INSTRUCTION RIDING LESSONS Private and Group Beginners to Advanced Child or Adult TRAIL RIDES 777-3012 777-3279 MISC. WANTED r WANTED TO BUY horses and ponies under $500 Vienna Virginia 703-938 2538 M7) WANTED l ARGE WORK mule and harness Call Gem a! 703 435 0100 weekdays 703 038 7729 nighls and weekends (17) WANTED TO BUY Horses, ponies, colts, saddles, wagons, etc 703-554-8255 V. J FARRIERS HORSESHOEING BILL DAVIS 703-347-4009 f ~ — BARN CONSTRUCTION 'liliililliams Co., Inc. specializing in the construction ot Complete Custom Horse Facilities BARNS - STABLES - INDOOR ARENAS Remodeling - Custom Homes “Horse bams built by Horsemen" We Service our Product Rt 1 Box 40. Broad Run Va 22014 703-347-3173 ***nq the hunt COUNT* HOMES STABLES ■ BARNS ADDITIONS FENCING 347-1648

VOICE Organizes Against Litter A business and industry task force representing corporations. trade associations, and interested citizens in Virginia has been formed to formally support the Commonwealth in its efforts to control litter. The new organization — Virginia Organ ized Industries for a Clean Environment. “VOICE"—has been formed to help find solutions and innovative approaches to combat litter. “The past two sessions ol the General Assembly have organized and Umdcd the Virginia Division of I itto> E font iol said Charles R. Duvall, newly-named VOICE executive director. “The lurnia' ion ot VOICE is business and industries’ rospotw to the Assembly's shilUnee to do something a bout \ trginia’s litter problem riie tale litter control I ■ ei.iii -.as authorized by t l,e 1 to. i al Assembly in ! ;''' ..ob , financed through e oi industries whose prodiH t'. and packaging s.'i'utnm show up as litter. I,i it si is a problem that -o ' to no to be solved "it'ii'tn tIr broadest possible com' > ni to that ob jective,” Duvall said. “We want to work not only with the Division of Litter Control but with every other group in Virginia that is interested in reducing the incidence of litter. By uniting many industry efforts under a common umbrella, VOICE is attempting to provide a systematic framework for business involvement in the total effort to control and manage the problem of litter.” VOICE will respond to the need to: — Increase public awareness of the litter problem; —Encourage recycling, resource recovery and behavioral modification programs; —Attemp to increase business and citizen involvement in litter control activities. VOICE is composed of various industry, corporations, and trade groups, including Brockway Glass Company, Anheuser-Busch. InC., Reynolds Metals Company, Virginia Soft Drink Association, Virginia Association, Virginia Retail Merchants Association, the Glass Packaging Institute. United States Brewers Beer Wholesalers Association, Philip Morris, the Aluminum Association, and the Can Manufacturers Institute. Civic groups, youth groups and interested citizens who may need the assistance of industry representatives in their litter control projects are invited to contact VOICE at Suite 417, Heritage Building, 10th and Main Streets, P.O. Box 241, Richmond, Va. 23202, (804) 644’884. -8 -84-4Fhe Arabs believed saffron m the shoe would drive away li/ards. ICITY—SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY PBOPERTYt THI VIRGINIA RIAL 1ST ATI CUAWNO HOUti w. Residence or Business • Brick Rambler w/full base . fronting on St Rd Presently designed for offices can easily be partitioned GAO & elec forced air for 3 br . finish to suit your needs. $42,500. 77 Beautiful wooded rolling acres w/frontage on the Rappahannock River. In Hume area off Rt 635 surveyed $95,000 w/excellent owner financing to qualified buyer 81 wooded acres near Rock Mills Long frontage on Thornton River. Several excellent bldging sites. Bounding in wildlife! $1,500/acre. t aiuuutn Classified Ads ..... MISC FOR SALE t_ OVERHEAD garage d.. n fm sale, 7ft by 9 l‘ 580 Can R A. Baines 675 3753 _ ___ 13 ■ pn LARGE^ SELECTION Of Husk.es and Slims COLT ON TOTS & TEENS M.nr Front Royal 636 s.'0- lU.iMu charge and V sa 1969 H D SPOK' I ' T E R cellent condition, infs 3 •tras 987 89 7 1 any I mm 1973 HONDA 300 tour , chopper, lots nf extras 8971 anytime 1970 C HE V R Ot E I ENGINE Good i nod m no ■ motor, brakes ta-n- ■ m' and battery Call syi is ■ anytime 1975 SCOUT II XLC -• i' w automatic nubs, cu5 n tenor, AM FM ratin', AC wood gram panelling ana many extras In I 11> < I" condition, less t n a n i s ’ i ■ miles. $5,500 Cab - , anytime BR ITTANY SPANl E L , weeks old, c ha m p-m ,s ■■ ■ p lines, orange and .• females, i male Cal • • anytime . 1972 FORD E 200 Va v 8. 3 spa., rear seat, wmcirwc. Make offer 3-17 4997 ••ft,, a p m 3 til'd 1972 FORD VAN. w» ite, gone condition SI,800 Cali 673.>t30ft TOMATOES, that las'" l kn tomatoes, vine ripened n greenhouses. On sale a' ISA s Warrenton, Mars'dl and Front Royal BA G' ecer ,• M iddlebu rq, Su tp>Amissvil le Little We-' ■ m area, Settle's Grocery r i : • Hill and at Old KI ni-.ee " north side Rt 647 5 i, ■ , of Flint Hill oppoMlc R * 68 I nquiries at 364 1841 re For Sale 1978 Custom Rat.it ’ 4 door, luggage rack, 26 eOO miles $4 100 00 or $600 !>0 mo take over payments 673 unO or 675 3485 after 5 p m VW PARTS. bode and mechanical, from f - ’ 4997 after 6 p m 111 [ n K IMBALL PhIO ' e i Organs Special ti u c ■. SHAVER PIANO it 1 r .'.n Royal 635 2325 in iii SATOH Elk trd'.v 1 Water cooled eiomr 6 1 ward speeds and ' • • ■ ' 19 5 H P R eqular i-t ’0 price $3500. WARDS l <• ' ■ GARDEN CFNIPk S hen and oat- ... Royal 635 8459 19 7 6 C H E V R ' f 1 SUBURBAN 3 i L .. t ' • : O AC, automatic P 1' e - ■'/ F M, 33,000 " ■ -r ■ | • trader ’■ tn /, ■ brakes $4995 34 ’ 1 ■ HAY F OR SAL F - c or squa re balm, /dm' V W PARTS mechanic al f'O" 4997 after 6 p m For Sale Cam Franklin stove condition $200 )<' < a 1976 Monte Car nj , > e" excellent cond 'mi c -i Brown at 825 36 X) WOOD STOVES Now only $260 Tired of steel boxe , 1 'njf H. S29S ttobe»t W.Mjg N» tfi»*r 987 BOOS HOME AND BUSINESS S ER VICES 1 a i F SISK Electrical New homes, - ; v nna of all Kinds, i small Call 987 , . He, Va __ _5tf ' CONTRACTOR: . rkmanship and i nter .or exterior, • 'ires, reasonable ■ ' ee est i ma tes. a lev 987 8726 5 tf . W HOR TON, Flint ■ b'lig Heating, ! i work 24 hour service 675 8607 5 tf - ■ NCED BUILDER, es Remodeling, ■ -1 earn v Monahan, Ir par a t ion 987 5tf ^utters and down iiiwio a nd roof mg An.inum qutter ,m mu' Roof repair. sta'ks 6753630, _ 5 tf ti ectrTcal a:: me for w1 rinq, | v-ces electrical -' t l and piumbmg A 0 Box 88, v a 98 7 8/48 5 tf v\ S' 'IT in my home 6n16 VW- Can Supply All Your BUILDING NEEDS CULPEPER BUILDING h SUPPLY CORP. “ r ,p 825 8383 Ciilpeper ft J ♦ GIVE AWAY v a good home ,'d p<irt Labrador i I year s old, all . ,iii"( ooi-ate Call i T s 1S1 h 16 • f ARTIFICIAL BREEDING J f. EDS J rp PS . . c_>' -18 will go c ’Doc" tfk ' r/i.SC WANTED i ■') BUY >968 or o'lii- or K.ar mann good trars F "Lj "0 r ondition t 34 ’ 499 7 after 6 3 tf 1 : , M veral copies of • • - 19 ,sue of tne ■r k Nows. Bring to v News Office, ' V rl 14 tf | Iff LP WANTED L_ • im good money i ... sell ng world • . - , . n products. For . • 82S 482/ or 937 20n30 "T’ * THECOR'ERSHELF ,1 1 i.1 Va. BOOKS arc <-v client ^ifts Especially lor { hristmas! HOI.IOAY • Mi l ■’ i.K Open six days a wee! '.<• "■< thru Dec. 30. Closed <>n Sundays, 'i • • uu tnd Christmas I lav. (ORNtK'sH 1 '■> - ,s ( ul|. ! ■ ! - HELP WANTED - .•- ■■■ . GREENHOUSE help needed, good prospect for con scientious person. References required. Old Kennels, 364 1841. 20n23c PERMANENT full time farm position available in Amissville area Experience with farm equipment and good references necessary. Nice house with large garden space, utilities and telephone available for right person. Call 937 5454 or 937 5656 or write Rt. 1, Box 85, Amissville, Va. 20n9c OFFICE ASSISTANT —For office of County Treasurer. Experience helpful, type 50 wpm, ability to meet public and accept responsibilities. Reference required. Apply in person or call for ap pointment, 675 3334 20 -+• r . INSTRUCTION ^ ^ INSTRUCTIONAL CHIU CARE AND PRE SCHOOL for children ages 2 5. Professional staff, child oriented en vironment Full and parttime programs. Sursum Corda, Inc , 675 3237, 18nl6 PERSONAL The Rappahannock Democratic Committee wishes to thank everyone who voted for Mr Miller and Mr Fickett, and especially those who worked so hard for them. A H Keyser, Chmn. 21 + NOTICE The phone number for THURMON WHORTON. Flint Hill. 675-3607 was omitted from the new Cen tel phone book. Please make note HARVEST BARN DANCE Featuring The Ralph Case Square Dancers NOV. 18 8 p.m. Old Washington School $5 per person retreshments • doo< pn/es • auction Sponsored Uv '■he Rappahannor .L.eaque Environmental Protection k t. — 111 ■■■■< LEGAL NOTICES - - . PUBLIC NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC LAW 93 641 The Northwestern Virginia Health Systems Agency INWVHSA), I ncorporated will hold a senes of public hearings on the proposed Health Systems Plan for HSA 1 of Virginia The hearings will be held at 7 30 P M (unless otherwise noted) on December 14, 1978 in the following locations P D 6 Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center, Mary Switzer Building F ishersville, Virginia. P D 7 Lord Fairfax Com mumty College, Room 40, Middletown, Virginia P D 9 (7 00 PM) Culpeper County Court House, General District Court Room, 135 West Cameron Street, Culpeper, Virginia. P D 10 Piedmont Com munity College, Auditorium, Charlottesville, Virginia. P D. 16 General District Courtroom, Fredericksburg, V irgima. A copy of the proposed Health Systems Plan has been placed in each of the following locations in order that in lerested persons may consult the proposed plan in advance LEGAL NOTICES r ■n v / of the hearings: P.D. 6 Central Shenandoah Planning District Cc -i. mission, 119 West Frederck Street, Staunton, Virgin a 24401. P.D. 7 Lord Fairfax Plan ning District Commission, U!3 East Sixth Street, Front Royal, Virginia 22630. P.D. 9 Rappahannois Rapidan Planning Distr ' Commission, 121 West Loc o Street, Culpeper, Virginia 22701. P D 10 Thomas Jeffer Planning District Co mission, 701 East High Str. - '. Charlottesville, Virginia 229 i P.D 16 Rappahannock A' i Development Commiss 1013 Princess Anne Stre Fredericksburg, Virqi r 22401 Additional copies of ••■> document wiil also distributed as follows: 1 general, short term hospitals and 2. All main offices of Io. a county and independent c , governments. Copies of ' ■ proposed Health Systems P ,v may also be consulted at '■ office of the Northwestt Virginia Health. Sy s tc •• Agency, Inc individua wishing to make statements > one of the hea r nqs a r t requested to can (804! 9:7 6 in order to reserve a time when possible should fumis written copy of their c ments at the conclusion their presentation Writn rather than oral comments t-. members of the public ,r. also invited and should ■ submitted to the NWVH'■■ 2015 Ivy R oad, Suite 3' ■ Charlottesville, Virginia, 2?'by December 14, 1978 2. ■ RENTALS-OFFICES OFFICE SPACE avadab e in "Clopton House Can,. !mg and private bath mw-ith 675 3400 / 411 k ! RENTALS - ROOMS For Rent Two spa. ■ as of f ice, store »' lived in Call eve 3298 A for is *675 26hl6v < I I . I RENTALS HOUSES MODE RN C OU N T R Y ( COLONIAL home ■■ r, acres with open country'. <:■ yiew j and swimming poo to 4 ' bedrooms Unfuit v.ed Available soon on tain be | tween Warrentori ai .1 The ' Plains. References recn red. t $600 monthly Optajn ' buy | available. Contact P alyn Smith, Nelson R • a 11 y, j Warrenton, 347 7790 ' 25 tf MOUNTAI N TOP hi. VIE, spectacular view l b'-moom, fully furnished One arm between Warrenton ,-mo Ttie Plains. Available sou' $400 monthly References n o red Contact Rosaiyn >ith, Nelson Realty, W,ir ■- ,ton, 347 7790 _ _ 25tf REAL ESTATE FOR SALE FORTY SIX ACRES r Rt 631, mostly wooded .% nice trout stream, ternl ting land. Good building 1 ■ w,ti access road. Survey, will consider low down , i-ent Only $49,000 Call Str.e 301 1 384 7250 -»nl6 Call 675-3349 To Place Your Ad —Joe Williams— General Contractor Chester Gap, Va. New Homes, Old Home Restoration Additions, Rec. Rooms, Remodeling, Custom Cabinets, Etc. “Quality” Second To None »«. Urn* Wf. curaeiw Wo. 1 rtrr 703*635-5903 Cleanup, Virginia. Dorit litter, Virginia Division of Litter Control Box 1515 Richmond, Virginia 23212 PROPERTY AVAILABLE COMFORTABLE LIVING can be all vours In this tour bedroom residence located on two beautifully landxaped acres in Sperryville Also 13x23 living room/FP. ’ '< • ‘i 'tining room, built m garage, three full baths, apar'mem witr. outside entrance, heated greenhouse, modem eat-in kitchen Great opportunity as a residence o' 'enidenre-busmess operation Only $62,500.00. NEAR AMISSVILLE, 208 acre farm, gently sloping ■• "air allows complete mechanical operation and is "at.ira'iv adaptable tor subdivision Streams, ponds. ih Mostly in pasture Includes 6 room Cape Cod ii-'-utenv.e with complete basement $265,000.00.h nring available to qualified buyer MADISON COUNTY: 49 secluded wooded acres plus ■ d .1 mom residence Small stream, cool mountain : i m water timber See it and you'll want to stay and r.iv ,mu .tav Only $750.00 per acre. Financing IV ill.lb ■ :Ob Call 703-987-8588 W.H. Lyne, Realtor Joseph Nordone, Associate 987-8691 Roger Atkins, Sales Person 987-8171 | wmmMmHmmmmmmmmismmxxmiKSJMm ——— CONTEMPORARY designed by local architect Cathedral - i - .I. ml? efficient wood stove, two bedrooms, den or dining mom balconies, decks, well insulated, Rappahannock Lakes,$45,000. RUSTIC RAMBLER, nearly new efficient heatolator fireplace I mjs electric he,it two bedrooms, decks, wooded lot with lake .e>i and view $39,000. OLD ROCK WALL holders this 28 acre homesite, open and ,vi,ruled Secluded, Mt VIEWS, stream, Unique1 $38,000. TEN ACRE wooded homesite $12,500. MT LAND tor less than $1,000 per acre' iOLD HOMES to fix up with acreage. Call FREE Ai• ?>11■ s and advise Rappalachian Homes Washington, Va. 703-347-1920 RAYT. CANNON CO. REAL ESTATE SINCE ISSI ESTES— ,,J .iC'l's open and wooded w/slream. long i : i 'V i,iqe. and views $1700 per acre, w/owner j hi 8V]% annual Interest. Hunter Bargains Castleton — :*i h acres ol nmberland w/stream near ■ in road $89 000 Owner financing available Madison County—100 acres mtn land w/high elevation Right ol way to property $450 per acre with only I 5% down AVIS5.VILLE—208 acres mostly open, 6 rm cape cod no m w'bsmt and fireplace Stream with pond$265,000 w/owner financing WM AMISSVILLE, VA. 937*4111 {troprrtij WffrriiujB ... Unique Cottage and stone fireplace, exposed beams, deck and patio on 47 acres, nice view and stream. Fencing and outbuildings.$110,000. . . . Splendid opportunity to combine country living with business. Seven room frame homewith Williamsburg flavor with long frontage on main thoroughfare near village of Sperryville. Attached garage/with apartment. $62,000. Eileen M. Day Realtor-Broker Washington, Va. Candy Coombs «75-3400 Karry Smithgall 675-3485 937-5573 FIRST OFFERING 110 acres, inviting redwood cabinw/cathedral ceiling and large stone fireplace. 40% wooded, 60% open land with spectacular 40-mile view. Located on Rt. 726 near Hume, Va Owner financing available at $1780. per acre. Amissville 167 acre farm with 4 BR house and 11-stall barn. A lovely 2 BR apt. in the loft of the barn. 95% open, bounded by two state roads. A perfect investment at $350,000 with liberal owner financing. Flint Hill Three choice tracts on Rt. 647 near Flint Hill. Sizes from 13-29 acres. Mostly wooded with some meadows and streams Priced to sell, from $1,600 per acre. Contact your country property specialists: RAPPAHANNOCK REALTY Flint Hill, Va. (703)675-3414 Get off your rocker. Don’t take old age sitting down. PANORAMA REALTY SperryviUe Emporium Sperryville, Va. 987-8640 Open Every Day SPERRYVILLE Inexpensive, yet comfortable1 Easy to own and care for, this 3 bedroom rancher features central oil heat, full bath, spacious kitchen and charming living-dining combination Close to town with over an acre of good land, outbuildings, and mountain views. Only $39,500.SHOWN BY APP'T ONLY. SPERRYVILLE CHARMER An ideal combination of charm and elegance in a small town setting with 2 beautifully landscaped acres. You'll be proud to own and live in to s spacious. New England styled, 2 story homeset behind white pickett fence amid large trees and well established shrubs. With 3 bedrooms, home boasts fully equipped eat-in kitchen, separate formal dining room, stone fireplace in carpeted living room, 2 full baths and much more. Attached garage offers 4th bedroom and private bath. Porch, patio, and greenhouse. All for only $62,500. Call for details and appointment 28.4 acres with variety of open and wooded land Stream with pond site, views, private road and survey. $1350 per acre with owner financing 5 room frame home and 3 room cabin on 19 open and wooded acres near Nethers Mill. Mountaintop views, good access from state road and total seclusion. $49,500. Peola Mills • 6 room frame farmhouse on 8 Vi acres with long frontage on trout stream. Well at back door. $28,500 with owner financing. RIAltOP ASSOCIATES James Leake 987-8236 John Eubank, Jr. 987-8146 Beverly Atkins 675-3883 Dean Hahn 635-7048 J.M.O’Bannon 987-8713 C. K. Barnes 987-8619