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1 he paper s second page is a true crowd pleaser. A joke column by Dawn Watson—Crazy Crack-Ups—fits it’s name by being funny enough to crack up the mimeograph machine. Dawn admitted that all of her material isn’t original but ' she’s not afraid of plagerism suits. “1 get them out of a joke book that isn’t copyrighted," she confessed.
When Angie Butler’s gossip column hits the press, the printer has to step back about 20 paces to escape the steam generated by all the hot items. Wonder which “unattached teacher was seen in Manassas Saturday night walking by the BaskinRobbins ice cream store with a known citizen of Rappahannock County?” Angie knows but she isn’t telling. Look out Ear and Rhoda Barrett. There’s a new star on the gossip horizon and a new eye to the key hole.
“Angie starts rumors and then writes about them,”
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