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Highlighting October was the annual house tour and dried flower sale and at that time the courthouse and jail were cited for fire hazards and Hans Mulliken was crawling cross country while fluoride was added to the school drinking water supply. The annual fire training school was in session and roadside fruit stands were undergoing their annual push back off the highway rightof-way with the utility company working on towers for a transmission line knifing the county.
The comprehensive plan outline was okayed, more funds were gleaned for the 4H center as the Farm Bureau anted up $1,500. Miller and Warner were in a hot contest for the US Senate and Robinson was having no difficulty in topping Fickett for the House seat.
Old Rag Mountain was afre as the October colors dominated it and the survey for the Sperryville sewer was completed. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Compton were named outstanding farm family by the Soil and Water District while the Updike’s decreased their livestock with an auction. Warner by this time is the apparent winner of the Senate race and Old Rag continues to bum. An outside fire escape is considered for the courthouse and the Lions Club received a state award for achievement. The Georgia Hounds came to pay a call on the Rappahannock fox hounds and the Town of Washington sought a better water supply. Kermit Weakley was named to the BZA and^he DeMent revocation was upheld. Land preservation was
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