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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
In the spring when the dogwoods bloom, Rappahannock’s hillsides will pay silent but colorful tribute to the 41 years Ruby Jenkins spent at the county extension office.
Since beginning her job as secretary there in 1939, Ruby has been involved in countless improvement efforts but her work in convincing folks to plant dogwoods ranks as her pet beautification project.
At a retirement party in her honor at the recreation center last Friday. Ruby was presented with a perfect little replica of her extension office. In the yard of the office is a branch of a dogwood, commemorating the thousands of trees planted under drives she initiated. Instead of green leaves. Ruby's tree carries $20 and $50 bills, acknowledging the money her planting projects have netted over the years for 4-H programs.
Her plan to make Rappahannock’s hillsides, yards
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