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32 YEARS AGO
RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS opened
with 224 pupils enrolled
in the county’s first consolidated high school. Amissville school reported an enrollment of 50; Forest Grove reported 34; Sperryville 286; Woodville 50 and Reager 67.
Capt. and Mrs. H.C. Warwick’s Irish setters and pointers again took top honors at the Berryville show. Battle Run Trixie won for best pointer in show. Battle Run Duke for best male Irish setter and Battle Run Clancy for second best. Trixie also took home the blue ribbon, rosette and gold trophy at competition in Front Royal sponsored by the Game Protective Association. The dogs were handled by Capt. Warwick, Jock Brown and Bill Warwick.
The Board of Supervisors voted to join the counties of Fauquier and Prince Williams in securing a health unit. Personnel for the unit, which will have an office in Rappahannock, include a part-time health officer, a half-time sanitation officer, a full-time public health nurse and a full-time clerk.
A Japanese Beetle Grub Survey conducted in Rappahannock by the state entomologist reported an average of 422,532 grubs per acre. It is hoped that the public in general will get concerned enough over this menace to start a wholesale war against the, beetles.
In urging support for the new consolidated high school, a Rappahannock News editorial concluded that “The important thing is that the people of Rappahannock should have the best possible school in which to train its future citizens—the most priceless asset of any community!” The Culpeper Book Store advertised six and eigh exposure rolls of black and white and color film for 59 cents. On the classified pages, P.M. Browning offered for sale a 76-acre grazing farm on hard road for $7,500, a 115-acre grade-B dairy farm with crops for $10,500 and a long established and profitable country store with residence, \Vi acres land, stock and fixtures for $16,500.
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