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By THERESA REV 1NOLDS
Ra|»|Mihann«K'k Vwx Staff 'I ritt-r Col. and Mrs. Robert Dickey and Mrs. Lelia Lucas were named as Rappahannock Soil Conservationists of the Year for their work at Wakefield Manor, their 1,000-acre farm near Huntly.
At a banquet held last Thursday night at Graves Mountain Lodge in Syria, the Dickeys and Mrs. Lucas were honored, along with four other winners from the Soil and Water Conservation District, which fncltfdc$,; Culpeper, Madison. Green and Orange counties as well as Rappahannock.
Rap Owings, Rappahannock Extension Agent and Secretary of the Rappahannock portion of the district, presented the award and gave some background on the conservation techniques practiced by the award winners.
Wakefield Manor has been in the same family for six generations and includes 205 acres of open land and 811 acres of timber. For over fifty years, the farm was rented. In 1959, Mrs. Lelia Lucas took over the management of the run-down and grown-up operation.
"1 decided to make it a ‘real farm',” said Mrs. Lucas. “Of course, 1 knew nothing about farming. I read a lot of
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