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YE ARS AGO
Thomas Baldwin and Burnam Atkins were harxesting ginseng which was bringing $(>8 a pound. Atkins was experimenting with growing ginseng in a cultivated bed. The Town of Washington was preparing for the annual Independence Day celebration with fireworks at Avon Hall climaxing the day 's activities. Mrs. Clara Updike was a winner in a national livestock judging contest. She was tenth in the wdman’s division. Country Manor Gift Shop near Sperryville was burglarized and an estimated Slo.OOO in jewelry and other stock taken. Carlton Lee Kay was charged with the murder of his wife. Virginia, who was strangled at their home at Washington. 10 YEARS AGO
MISS LUCY ESTES was cited for fifty years service as a registered nurse. A pin and letter came from the Alumni Association of the Medical College of Virginia. Netus Brown, W ilson Burke of Sperryville. Buster Hitt and Garfield Burke of W oodville were delegates to the Jaycees national convention in St. Louis, Mo. Rose Hill, home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Hall, was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bentley. The Halls purchased a home in Warrenton. Mr. and Mrs. Sam North of Chester Gap celebrated the»^ fiftieth woddmg anniversary with a picnic given by their family. Sung Pil Han and his family of Woodville were celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Korean W;ar. The Hans came to the states as the chef for the Korean ambassador and later employed by Mr. and Mrs. W alker Stone.
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