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An amateur geneologist who has devoted four years to researching the Updike history, Clara Updike’s attention is snagged at a whisper of the family name.
When she read in the Rappahannock News that Dr. Tom Updike of Richmond, assistant commissioner of the Virginia Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, was to be guest of honor at the annual meeting of Rappahannock’s Mental Health Association, she was positive he was a relative.
The News called Richmond for some background biographical information and in the course of the conversation, asked the doctor if he was kin to the Rappahannock Updikes. ‘‘I certainly ami” was his in
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