Rappahannock News, March 31, 1983

33ra YEAR, NO. 13 USPS 455580 14 Pages Thursday, March 31,1983 WASHINGTON. VIRGINIA Phone 675-3349 25* Only $1,818 At Risk For Sewer Design If the worst happens and Rappahannock’s application for a Community Development Block Grant is denied later this summer, the design work on Sperryville’s sewage system will only cost the county an additional $1,818. Last week’s Rappahannock News incorrectly reported the figure at $18,018. Water and Sewer Authority members authorized design work on the sewer project to resume after engineers from Buckhart-Hom and State Water Control Board representatives confirmed that only $1,818 more in local money will be required should the upcoming block grant application be denied. If the block grant is awarded—as expected— then it will be used as the local share for both design and construction costs for the long-delayed sewer system. The Federal Environmental Protection Agency recently approved a $116,533 supplemental grant for redesign of the proposed system. In addition, the county is on line to receive $1.4 million in EPA funds channeled through the State Water Control Board for (Continued on Page 12) Looking Back: 150 Years Of Doctorin’ This month’s historical look at country doctors and medicine is found inside on pages 8 and 9. Thanks to all of those who helped us with recollections of early and recent doctors. April’s topic will be Slaves, Freemen and Integration. Any pictures or material used will be returned. “Trashy” Petitions Circulated A group of concerned citizens have organized a petition drive asking the Rappahannock supervisors to place additional dumpsters for trash disposal throughout the county and particularly in the Washington and Sperryville areas. An organizer behind the effort noted that residents of the two communities must now drive 25 miles round trip to reach a dumpster site. “We feel that both residences and businesses are extremely inconvenienced by the long distances which must be traveled in order to dispose of trash,” the petition says. Currently, Community Trash is paid by the county to provide and maintain dumpsters. Trash is disposed of in a privately operated landfill on Clifton Clark’s property at Woodville. Community Trash has one dumpster at Amissville, Scrabble, Castleton, Chester Gap, Huntly and Slate Mills. (Continued on Page 12) Man Found Dead In Truck Raymond Moore, 76, of Amissville was discovered dead in a pickup truck Wednesday morning on Route 645 near the Rappahannock County Line. Moore’s 1979 Dodge truck had left the road and struck a tree 73 feet into the woods along the road. The man was found after an early morning call to the state police. Sargeant Dowdy of the state police said that Moore had been westbound on Route 645 when the accident occurred. Unconfirmed reports establish that witnesses saw Moore alive Tuesday evening at 5:00 p.m. and that one witness saw the truck in the woods at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday night. Moore’s body was taken to Fairfax Hospital to determine the exact cause ol death. There was about $1,500 worth of damage tc the truck. Amissville Man Dies In Crash Lewis Wesley Hickman, 50, of Amissville was killed instantly last Saturday in a head-on collision on Route 729. According to Trooper Roger Mitchell, Hickman was northbound on 729 about three miles from Culpeper when he hit a southbound Chevrolet truck in the southbound lane at 1:05 p.m. The truck was driven by Fred Garland Scott, 66, ol Culpeper. Scott was treated for minor bruises. PREPARING FOR EASTER, Derek Daczewitz, 5, selects an egg from the Easter egg tree decorated by Mrs. Kermit Weakley of Washington. Derek is the son of Mr. and .Mrs. Joel Daczewitz of Woodville. Deer Control Plan Adopted By Center The Zoological Park Conservation and Research Center has decided to drop the height of fences at the Front Royal facility to allow white-tailed deer to leave the grounds freely. I ZOO DEER | NO HUNT INC I Smithsonian Coordinator of Public Information Larry Taylor said that the estimated 1,000 native deer presenting both an overpopulation and disease problem to the Center’s more exotic animals would thus be free to leave for a less-crowded area. “There will be no hunting on the Conservation Center’s grounds,” Taylor said, from his office in Washington. The Smithsonian had held a hunt in 1980 and 1981 to help check the white-tail population. The deer had over-grazed the alfalfa fields needed for support of the endangered species held at the Center, and had harbored a parasite harmless to them but fatal to the reindeer and other exotic deer species there. The hunt planned for last fall was cancelled in the face of conservationist and congressional opposition. In early November, the controversy over the hunt prompted a special hearing by the house appropriations committee, The hearings , were inconclusive and no vote was recorded. Later, Smithsonian officials announced their intention to cancel the hunt and ask the same committee for $650,000 to begin a control program that would include modifications to fences and a study on the best way to relocate the troublesome deer. Sidney Yates, chairman of the subcommittee, and a strong opponent of the hunt, asked for the money from the committee, but the committee failed to appropriate the required amount. The measure was seen by supporters of the hunt as informal permission to go ahead. However, no further action was taken until the decision March 17 to lower some parts of the fence around the compound to four feet. Taylor said that this measure will cost between $120,000 and $140,000 and that construction will begin “as soon as possible” so that fewer fawns will be born inside the gates. When asked if he thought this measure would be successful, Taylor said. “We hope...We hope.” Kidwell Jury Hung With 11 For Acquittal, 1 For Manslaughter By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON Rappahannock News Staff Writer Eleven jurors believed that Diane Kidwell was acting in self-defense when she fired the shotgun blast that killed Ranee Spellman on November 9, 1982. One juror did not. After eight hours of deliberations last Friday, the panel announced it could not break the deadlock and at 11:15 p.m., Circuit Court Judge Thomas Home declared a mistrial. A hearing has been set for May 10 in Leesburg to determine if and where she should be retried. The panel split 11 for acquittal and one for conviction of voluntary manslaughter; a crime that carries a penalty of one to ten years in prison or up to 12 months in jail and/or a fine of $1,000. “The defense was selfdefense,” explained foreman Eugene Leggett, in an interview in the Rappahannock News office late Friday night after the jury was excused. The majority of the panel belieyed that the 43 year old mother of four was “aft-aid for her life” when she shot Spellman in the culmination of a right-ofway dispute between the Kidwells and Patricia Saltonstall, who employed the deceased as farm manager at her Points of View Farml near Flint Hill. I At the time of the shooting, Spellman was operating a bulldozer on the disputed right-of-way which serves the Kidwell’s property and three lots belonging to Saltonstall. According to testimony, he twice drove the 41,000 pound machine right up to where Kidwell was sitting in a pick-up truck parked across the right-ofway, pushing dirt under the right fender and threatening to roll her truck over if she didn’t move. “Most people don’t realize, unless they’ve had experience with heavy equipment, the power—psychological and real—of a big bulldozer,” the jury foreman said, explaining that a majority of the panel viewed the bulldozer as a weapon. “It was a weapon in World War II and a very effective one, more effective than tanks,” said Leggett, “That was a scarey position she was in.” With its blade up, a bulldozer is essentially bullet proof, he noted. American forces in the Pacific, where Leggett served in the war, would drive bulldozers to where Japanese soldiers were dug into trenches, “drop the blade and scrape them out,” he said. Leggett added that Spellman could have crushed Kidwell’s vehicle by dropping the bulldozer’s 13 foot blade on her truck. The eleven jurors also believed that Spellman was reaching into his shoulder holster for a loaded revolver when Kidwell fired the shotgun from the window of the truck, according to Leggett. Recalling how Kidwell had demonstrated on the witness stand the angle of Spellman’s elbow and the position of his hand when he put it inside his shirt just before she pulled the trigger, the jury foreman maintained it was consistent with a reach for a gun, not for a cig The majority discounted voluntary manslaughter because they were unable to find that Kidwell was at fault or had provoked the shooting incident, Leggett said, adding that the judge had defined fault as unlawful action. “She didn’t do anything legally wrong. She had a right to take that gun down from her house, a right to take the truck onto the right-of-way...We believed Diane Kidwell. We believed that she believed what she was saying—that he was going to kill her,” Leggett reported. The lone holdout against acquittal “didn’t believe -Sketches By Dan Lewis* lTI I DIANE ELIZABETH KIDWELL, charged with murder in the shooting death of Ranee Spellman, must now wait until May 10 to learn if she must face a new trial. A Rappahannock jury of eight men and four women announced a deadlock after eight hours of deliberations last Friday, leading to a declaration of mistrial by Judge Thomas Home. arette. If Spellman’s arm had been in any other position but up in the air at that particular angle, shotgun pellets would have lodged in the arm, Leggett said. Once in the jury room at the end of two-and-a-half days of arguments and testimony, the panel eliminated first and second degree murder options “very quickly... with no trouble,” the foreman noted. “There was no case for it.” Mrs. Kid well,” the foreman added. Jury Empaneled Proceedings began at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning with the questioning of 30some prospective jurors. In voire dire that lasted over three hours, potential panel members were asked if they would find it harder to send a woman to the penitentiary for the same crime than a man, if the fact that Spel lman was armed would make it more difficult for them to convict somebody who shot him, if they would be biased against Diane Kidwell because she had armed herself with a 12-gauge shotgun before* leaving her house and if they thought a jjerson was justified in killing another in order to protect property. Asked by the defense counsel if they owned guns and how many, prospective jurors reported enough weapons to supply a small army, ranging from handguns to high powered rifles. Almost as soon as eight men and four women were seated, word was sent to the judge that one of the jurors was too ill to continue. Horne and attorneys John Dowd and Rodney Leffler for the defense and special prosecutor Steven Merrill came to the jury box when Clyde Johnson was unable to rise out of his chair. After rescue squad volunteers and Dr. Werner Krebser examined the juror, he was taken from the courtroom on a stretcher and transported to Warren County Hospital where he was held until the following morning. With Johnson excused, alternate Charles Pullen was made a regular juror, joining Carolyn Jordan Brown, Maxie Clark, Donna Parson, Katherine Knuepfer, Fred Ausberry, Josef Gardiner, Eugene E8cherich, Larry Conners, Melvin Atkins, Eugene Cook and Leggett on the panel. On the heels of opening arguments by both sides, I the prosecution opened its ■ case late in the afternoon with Dr. James Bayer, depluty chief medical examiner ! for Northern Virginia. Bayer said that an au" topsy showed six wound paths within Spellman’s body involving the right lung, right diaphragm, liver, thoracicaorta, spine and spinal cord. “Any of those six paths could have been thfe cause of death in an unak tended individual." After being struck in the right front of the chest by the shotgun charge, Spellman could have been capable of voluntary movements “for a few minutes,” Bayer added. No other wounds except that one in the chest were found on Spellman’s body, the doctor said. Dr. Werner Krebser arrived at the scene at approximately 9:15 a.m. and found Spellman dead on the bulldozer. He testified that the deceased was wearing two shirts and a quilted jacket: the jacket was completely (Continued on Page 5) Eastharn s Host Ben Venue Races By MARY JAMIESON Rappahannock News Special Writer Thanks again to Thomas L. and Louise King Eastham, the Old Dominion Point-to-Point will be run Saturday, April 9, on their Ben Venue Farm race course, Route 211, 16 miles west of Warrenton. f Traditionally, if you are a ^ Virginian, you are into horses. Both Tom Eastham and Louise are Rappahannock Virginians as far back as you can put “great” before an ancestor’s name. In 1976, they and their sons, Lindsay and Fletcher Eastham, reenforced their families’ horse tradition by giving the Old Dominion Hunt annual use of some 200 acres for one of the most spectacularly scenic and ideally laid-out race courses in the Virginia Point-to-Point circuit. This puts the present-day Thomas L. Eastham family into the first rank^of sponsors arid sustainers of horse activity in their native Virginia. Back in 1780, Louise Eastham’s great-great grandfather, Charles Green, build the well known “Shade” and originated the Rappahannock Valley Foxhound Pack. He and his son, James William Green, had the only foxhound pack known to be sustained throughout the Civil War, thus gaining for “The Shade” the title of “the Cradle of the Virginia Foxhound.” In the early 1800’s, Tom’s great-great grandfather, Byrd Eastham, was an avid foxhunter. He put the stamp of horseman and foxhunter on his son, Benjamin Franklin, and his grandson, Franklin Dabney, and on Tom’s father, the handsome Edwin Marion Eastham. The saying goes in Rappahannock, “An Eastham would rather foxhunt than eat, and they’ve always been (Continued on Page 3) LEADING THE PACK at last year’s races, Jim Atkins parades the hounds for spectators at the Old Dominion Hunt’s Point-To-Point with whipper-in K.T. Atkins (right) and Melvin Poe, huntsman for Orange, (rear). This rear, ODH's nine race card gets underway on April 9 at 9 a m. with the hunter pair race. ODH Boasts Best Hunting In Years By MARY JAMIESON Rappahannock Nm Special Writer The first half of the 198283 season of the Old Dominion Hunt was given the bast hunting in decades. In fact, concensus of opinion in the Old Dominion territory has it our best chasing since the fabled “good old days” that have acquired an Elysian glow in the memoirs of those who rode with the dashing Sterling Larrabee, founder of the Old Dominion Hounds in 1931. This high caliber of foxhunting is felt to be due to a fortuitous synthesis of the time: the Masters, the Hunstman, the Whippersin, the pack, a well tended country and a strong fox population. Our Jt.-Masters David L. Ferguson and Mrs. Robert Riddell, both very keen foxhunters, are harmonious and complementary, both personally concerned with all phases of the hunt on a day-to-day basis. Our Huntsman, Jim Atkins, having grown up foxhunting in our section of Virginia, has developed into a mature, zestful and knowledgeable huntsman, attuned to his hounds and industrious in the management of the kennels and the territory. Our professional Whippers-in, Leroy Ryan and K. T. Atkins, are skillful performers who have become a tuned-in team with the huntsman. Further, the Old Dominion territory is still agricultural and scopy, providing a natural environment for strong red foxes. During cubbing season, starting Sept. 2, hounds went out 25 times. The new entry blended in with alacrity owing to fortunate breeding and conscientious summer talking. The pace of cubbing hunts became so speedy and sustained, the (Continued on Page 3)

r,lt Grieving Parents Find Support In Compassionate Friends By THERESA REYNOLDS Rappahannock News Staff Writer Editor’s Note: Last fall, a small number of local people began to meet under the auspices of a national group called the Compassionate Friends. There were no dues, no long-term commitments — just a bond of grief and loneliness and a wish to help each other survive and heal. These were parents who had had a child die. Now in its fifth month, the local chapter of Compassionate Friends is hoping to reach others in the area who might find comfort in its common bond. Those in Rappahannock interested in Compassionate Friends can call Linda Payne at 987-5516. The following is the second part of a two-part series taken from an interview with three members of the local group: Linda Payne of Jeffersonton, Sam Talomie and Anne Tinsdale of Warrenton, and from some of the thoughtful literature published by the national organization. Part II Sometimes grieving parents feel tortured, halfcrazy. What is wrong with them? Why can’t they get over the loss of their child? The popular perception of a well-adjusted adult is one who faces sorrow, deals with it briefly and quickly recovers and gets on with Sappaitotutocb Neuie Rappahannock & Adjoining Counties per year $8.00 Elsewhere in the U.S. per year $10.00 Outside the U.S. per year $8.00 plus postage SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL ALL PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ( ) New ( ) Renewal ( ) Check Enclosed NAME_ ADDRESS _ CITY_ STATE__ ZIP ____ Entered as second class mail at the Post Office in Warrenton, Va. The Rappahannock News is published every Thursday at 39 Culpeper Street, Warrenton, Va., by The Warrenton Printing and Publishing Co., P.O. Box 631, Warrenton, Va. 22186. his life. Grieving and visible anguish are so unacceptable that many parents whose children have died are unaware that their feelings are shared until they find someone who has suffered the same loss. Compassionate Friends offers friendship and understanding to bereaved parents. According to the group’s literature, its purposes are to promote and aid parents in the positive resolution of their grief and to foster the physical and emotional health of bereaved parents and siblings. Membership is open to parents who have experienced the death of a child. The term “membership” is used loosely as there is little formal organization and no dues are charged. Some parents come once or twice; some come over alonger period of time. And still others continue with the group to give support to new members. The local group meets once monthly at St. James Episcopal Church in Warrenton. The structure of the meetings is informal: “No one has to talk if they don’t want to,” said Linda. “And only one person in a couple may come if the other doesn’t care to.” Usually the meeting opens with a presentation of some sort. November’s meeting, for example, cen BROOKSIDE RESTAURANT k atLuray *f{ established 1937 Easter Sunday Breakfast Buffet=jj r( 7:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Dinner Will Be Served Easter Sunday from 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m. • Daily Luncheon & Dinner Specials • Salad Bar at no extra cost WEEKEND BUFFET availableFrt. & Sat. from 5:00p.m. to 8:30p.m. Sun.from noon until closing -HOURS--— /* Sun.-Thurs. 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. 4 miles east of Luray or 4 miles west of Skyline Drive 743-5698 _ VTv 1 Hosts: Lloyd & Katina Wakeman & Sons 1 _ 1 tered around getting through the holidays. “Whoever needs to talk will talk,” Sam said. “This is one place they can be sure of sympathetic listeners.” And Compassionate Friends is one group that won’t impose artifical expectations on its members. “Everyone grieves and beings to recover in different ways,” Linda continued. “There’s no correct way to be.” She and Anne discovered that, for both of them, picking a stone for their child’s grave had been difficult to face. “It seems so final,” Linda said. Both of them feel that their association with Compassionate Friends gave them the strength to contemplate that chore. “We all measure progress in small steps,” Linda said. “Small, maybe to others, but large to us.” Months after all the prac tical considerations of death have been handled, parents remain lonely and tormented by grief. “The statistics are not good,” Sam said. “Over half of all couples experiencing the death of a child will eventually divorce.” Why is this? “Sometimes couples grieve in different ways — sometimes both are just so torn apart that they can’t help each other,” Sam explained. Linda added, “Sometimes the one working - usually the man - will begin to recover faster, at least outwardly - because he’s forced to - while his wife is at home, alone with her thoughts. She may come to resent him, or he may turn away from her.” All the women agreed that a daily routine - other children at home, a job, reg ularly scheduled activities of any ldikP—help a great deal. “I used to play tennis,” Sam said. “I had such good friends. I didn’t feel much like it but they’d pick me up, take me to the courts and bring me back. They made me go. It sounds funny, but it helped me.” Besides the parents, there are the other children to consider. Linda said it had been half a year since Richard died when her little girl suddenly started crying while she was eating lunch. “What is it, what is it?” Linda asked in alarm. “Has someone bden mean to you?” “I can’t say it,” the child answered, sobbing uncontrollably. It dawned on Linda that her little girl was crying for her brother - something she hadn’t been able to do before. Like some friends, children try to spare Cancer Crusade Gets Underway Frances Lyne and Cleo Louis will chair the American Cancer Society’s educational and fundraising Cancer Crusade slated to begin April 4 in Rappahannock County. The Rappahannock unit believes that with Lyne and Louis leading this year’s Crusade, the unit’s goals and aims will be reached. Here in Rappahannock, the goal will be to raise $3,300. Equally important will be the life saving information that Cancer Crusaders will be bringing to neighbors, friends and other citizens during their house[ to-house solicitations. Frances Lyne, co-leader of local volunteers this year, is enthusiastically devoted to the cause of cancer control. Lyne emphasized that now is a crucial time for contributing since there is so much hope that a cure lies just around the corner. 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This year, they will be distributing copies of a new leaflet entitled “Your Self-Test On Cancer Risks.” It has pertinent questions and suggestions for everyone, according to the coleaders of the local 1983 Crusade. • More than 50 volunteers in Rappahannock will take part in the solicitation, distribution of special educational materials, special events and other affairs aimed at mobilizing the entire community to fight cancer. Anyone not contacted by a Crusader may contribute by mailing a donation to the Rappahannock unit of the American Cancer Society in care of Cleo Louis, Box 173, Sperry ville, or Frances Lyne, Rt. 1, Box 465, Washington, by April 30. In addition, memorial gifts count toward this year’s “fair share” county goal of $3,300. This tribute to someone loved means others are helped by the American Cancer Society’s programs of research, education and service. Memorial gifts may be mailed to Mrs. Frank Spalding, Box 177, Flint Hill, Va. 22627. Rappahannock News Photo/John Toler CHARLES S. MUNDY assumed duties this month as the new Postmaster for Amissville. Mundv Is Postmaster Charles S. Mundy has been appointed Postmaster for Amiss ville, effective March 19. postal employee for the past 15 years, the Warrenton native started his career as a letter carrier in Arlington. He has served as a foreman, collection and delivery, superintendent, main office windows and foreman of mails. Immediately before coming to Amissville, Mundy was a personnel assistant in Arlington. He began seeking a postmastership “in a small town” about four years ago and is thrilled to have been selected for Amissville. Mundy was one of 15 postmasters appointed simultaneously by the Postmaster General in the states of Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. His appointment adds to the increasing number of postmasters named by the U. S. Postal Service under the non-political merit system established by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970. Now still living in Arlington, Mundy and his wife, who also works for the U. S. Postal Service, will be moving to Rappahannock as soon as possible. He finds'his new position in Amissville “fantastic” and is most impressed by the friendliness of his customers. Mundy succeeds Jacqueline Estes, who was promoted to a position at the Merrifield USPS facility. A White Sports Coat fjl Or A Baby Blue Tuxedo... We have everything you needfor the prom except the pink carnation (and a date!) Call now to reserve your first choice rental Tuxedos • Ruffled Shirts • Vests • Cumberbuns • Shoes • Lowest Price—Guaranteed 117 E. Culpeper St. (Behind Leggett’s) 825-9475 Laundry • Dry Cleaning on Premises • Alterations Specialists in Suede & Drapery Cleaning Parking » Pickup & Delivery their parents by avoiding the subject of death and the missing family member. Linda found a picture of Richard hidden in her daughter’s drawer and suggested they frame it and hang it up. Linda and Sam have started a library for members of their group. In it they have a selection of material they feel will help members and families of members to understand grief. And they have begun to find small pleasures in life. “In some ways I have happier moments than before,” Sam said. “I will treasure little things, appreciate them with a greater intensity. My priorities are different.” This re-shuffling of priorities is common to these who have experienced the ultimate tragedy. “Now, if there’s a choice between doing housework and say, playing cards with my daughter, it’s not much of a choice to me,” Linda said. Petty worries, small aggravations increasing one’s social or financial position: all lose their hold over souls that have been through the fire. This is another bond between Compassionate Friends. Members from other groups within the organization are quoted as saying that they believe they are better people, better parents because of thier loss. But they add, “what a terrible cost.” The first Compassionate Friends group was founded in Coventry, England by Rev. Simon Stephens in 1969. Stevens served as an assistant chaplain in a hospital where many children died. Two couples became friends after their chidren died at around the same time and told the priest how much comfort they got from each other. From there grew the first loosely-knit organization. The idea reached this country in 1972 with a small group in Miami. “It’s not for everyone,” Linda said, and added that the local group serves in different ways. For one recent caller, one phone call was enough to pressure her that someone did understand. The thought of helping someone who needs this special comfort keeps members interested after they have received support themselves. Sam said that the group plans to send a short sympathy note to bereaved parents explaining the group and offering their help. “That waiy, they can just not respond if they don’t want to,” she said. Educating the community is another goal. The local chapter will be receiving materials helpful to clergymen. “Many ministers and priests feel just as helpless with a child’s death as the rest of the world,” Sam said. “It’s important that people earn more about this painful subject.” Linda emphasized that members were not professionals. “We’re not offering therapy,” she said. “But the non-judging acceptance is therapeutic.” The group does not offer or promise a cure, as it knows there is no real cure. Recovery is not discussed at meetings, but rather finding new hope and direction. Members are not urged to forget, to be strong, to “cope”. 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Teams Face New Challenges In New District Ann apieker and Monty Saunders had their first real look at the 1983 RCHS track teams at the blue and gold inter-squad meet last week at the high school. “So many of the kids are not in shape yet. I don’t know what to expect,” said Spieker, veteran track and cross country coach for the Panthers. “I don’t know if they’ll come around or not. We haven’t had any injuries but we’ve had a lot of sickness,” she added. “The real problem I face is evaluating the team and giving the kids time to prove themselves,” said Saunders, a newcomer to the coaching ranks at Rappahannock. “I have to find out who is motivated and who isn’t.” Assessing the Panthers’ chances in the 1983 track season is further complicated by Rappahannock’s entry in a new district. The old familiar faces—and times—from the Skyline are Best Hunting (Continued from Page 1) Field often pled with M.F.H. Zeke Ferguson, “Please, no second fox, or we won’t have any horses left for opening meet!” The Bear Hunt Almost all of the 24 fixtures, from Oct. 30 to New Year’s Day, were worthy of diary entry, but two should be singled out-the Sept. 25 cubhunt from Tommy Eastham’s Rucker Farm. Hounds struck near the Jordan River and carried the track tenaciously, if in unorthodox fashion, for two hours. They ran a straighter line than any boar, stag or fox had ever laid, going through Marriott’s Fairfield and across Route 635 on to Rattlesnake Mountain. When they crossed the county road,they went through the backyard of a little old lady who was picking up firewood. In a fury she ran to the phone and called Kay Pfaffman, her neighbor and wife of Jim, one of Old Dominion’s Hon. Whippers-in. “I’ll never go to my woodpile again without my gun. Never know when you’ll meet a dashed darned-blasted black ba’h! The big critter just loped off with 50 wild dogs tailin’ ’im!” Rumors flying around the countryside were relayed to confused Masters and Huntsmen at every check and road crossing. Next day when Glorious Gloria, our favorite den dog, was reported living it up on a porch glider up on Chester Gap, we knew the critter was a Front Royal BEAR,for certain. The 14Vi Mile Hunt The second that demands special mention, the New Year’s Hunt, when the stalwart Warrentonians came to join us, was a day we’ll all remember. Bright , shiny and crisp was the weather. A huge (for Old Dominion) jolly Field started from the Hume section, farm of Joseph and Bethann Barr. In 10 minutes the hounds struck a lightning-fast fox, no loops for him, he laid a distancecovering line right over the big open pastures through Smith’s place, into Windrush, across the Jordan River to Black Rock Farm, and finally down country to a high meadow one-half mile above the town of Flint Hill. There hounds had their first *• check in this 14Vi mile hunt, y After a short search by the entire pack, Gangster hit and off went the whole shebang. There, far-far away from his own territory and after one and a half hours of driving pursuit that great red fox elected to put on a display of super speed, so swift that eveiy hound and every horse still in the race was going flat out. He sped over a generous loop of country . through Sandra Forbush’s farm and back to Black Rock. There he gave a full view of himself, then he nipped behind a barn and into a milling herd of Angus. In the midst of the geneal confusion, he disappeared without a trace. Left with our two Masters and Staff were nine hardy stayers: Kitty Smith and Muffin Day of Piedmont; Polly Baldwin, Dr. Will Allison and Helen Helmuth of Warrenton, Adrian Burke, Fred Brooks, Mollie and Dick Wolf of O.D.H. All said “uncle.” After this, horses that had been the whole way or the major part of the run were cooked. Staff and Field peacefully started a leisurely trek back to the meet, gathering several groups of lost and envious hunters along the way. Suddenly, Wham! like a 21-gun salute, the whole pack gave voice and charged after another red, making woods ring and leaves rattle. “First Flighters” were boiled out from their l4Yz mile go, but the ‘Lost Brigades’ had fresh horses and were lusting for a chase. Off they tore folowing a couple of veterans to whom Zeke handed over the Field, Judy Gilman and Mary Jamieson. 45 minutes of classic run ensued. This second fox lead hounds on two huge circles, over fields, through woods, along branches, over cliffs, finally returning to his point of departure. As if an after thought and as a gesture of courtesy to the hunt, he led hounds back toward the Barr Farm where he did a foxy thing and took French leave. What more can be asked of hounds than a stellar double header for New Year’s Day? EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY Estate Eileen M. Day realtor TO SPEED UP OR NOT Most people are familiar with the word “acceleration.” Every time they drive a car they use an “accelerator.” Acceleration means an increase in speed or action. That same word is also used with regard to a type of clause that may be found in your mortgage. An acceleration clause in a mortgage gives the home owner — the mortgagor — the right to increase his monthly payments. Or if he wishes, he can pay up the mortgage in full at any time. This sounds pretty good to some home owners, and they may think that this kind of a clause always works to their advantage. But our advice in that regard is: “Be careful!” The acceleration clause can work the other way too, like a twin-blade razor. It can be used by the holder of the mortgage — the mortgagee — to speed up the balance due on a mortgage immediately after any default. The moral, of course, is to check ALL the ramifications of mortgage and contract clauses. Your Realtor and attorney know all the “ins and outs” about interpreting clauses, and can help you tread carefully when things are not as they seem to appear! If there is anything we can do to help you in the field of real estate, please phone or drop in at EILEEN M. DAY, REALTOR, The Clopton House, Washington, Va. 22747. Phone: 675-3400. We’re here to help. gone as the squad goes up against strangers from Clarke, George Mason and the rest of the Bull Run District. “I don’t know what some of these schools have. I don’t know where the competition is going to be,” Spieker said. But no matter what talents the Panthers will face, Spieker is looking for blue ribbon performances from some old standbys and a few newcomers to the track and field ranks. Scott Keithley, Rappahannock’s premiere distance runner who qualified for the state meet in the mile and two mile events after regional finishes of third and fourth respectively, is back. His hold on the top spot in is being challenged, however, by Ronnie Atkins who to date has been besting Keithley in practices, according to Spieker. “But Scott’s not in shape yet,” the coach added, noting that Keithley was one of several team members who’ve been down with the flu. Doyle Dunn will be competing again this year in the high hurdles, long jump, triple jump and high jump. “He should break the school record in the high jump,” Spieker said, noting that Dunn had matched the RCHS mark in summer meets last year. The “Fast Four” are back as well, aiming to add RCHS Buried By Page oy JKJEj 1TICUJLLUIJUI1 Rappahannock News Sports Writer “Even mighty Casey struck out!” said RCHS star Pops Aylor, explaining Rappahannock’s 8-0 loss last Saturday to the panthers from Page. Page found that revenge can be so satisfying as they redeemed their earlier 9-8 defeat at the hands of the blue and gold, page’s southpaw on the mound managed to retire all nine Rappahannock batters consecutively in the first three innings. For those same first innings, RCHS’s Jeff Porter also pitched a great game. Porter averted trouble by tossing three strikes past a Page batter, stranding three baserunners. Page’s first run came in the third on a mental error by Rappahannock’s first baseman. The ball was hit . into center field an<J on the relay, the cutoff man held the ball too long, preventing a play at home and allowing the home team to take a 1-0 lead. Rapp’s first hit came in the fourth on a Porter single. Showing off his blazing speed, Porter stole his way to third base. But he didn’t get any help from his teammates at the plate and the inning ended with Porter stuck on third. The Panthers’ second base hit didn’t happen until the fifth inning when Mike Leake stroked a single. Once again, the Page southpaw, who finished the game with eight strikeouts, stifled the RCHS batters and the napp ranthers were sent back out into the field. The Panthers’ defense fell apart in the bottom of the fifth inning, allowing three Page runners to score for a 4-0 advantage. Hopes were high when Pops Aylor stepped up to the plate with one out and the bases loaded. Aylor had been in the same situation last week at home against Page in the season opener and hit a grand slam homer to win the game. But unfortunately, he wasn’t able to repeat his heroics on Saturday and he hit into a double play to retire the side. Page continued to score in the sixth inning off a sacrifice fly to set the mark at 5-0. They added the icing on the cake with a three run homer in the final inning. Rappahannock finished the contest with eight strikeouts and three hits. The RCHS Panthers face their first Bull Run District opponents on Friday when they go against the George Mason Mustangs at home. New Hours for Welfare The Rappahannock Welfare Department announces a change in office hours to 8:00 to 4:30. Lunch will be reduced to a half hour - from 12:30 to 1:00. These hours will be effective April 1. fimtonc RENTALS WITH OPTION TO BUY as low as * 12.00 per week COLOR TV VIDEO CASSETTE R,co r/ MOVIES Players Full Length/Uncut (over 200 films to choose fri For Rent or Sale T—/j \ CotorTV* / 1 aw/ SYLVAN IA COLOR Now there is no need to sit around the house with nothing to do, but stare at tour walls. Come see os, we will rent you o TV or Video Cassette Recorder, by the day, week or year. For complete details give us a call or come by and see us. 107 E. Davis St. Culpeper 825-2611 161 Madison Rd. Orange 672-4641 points to the Panther tally in the girls’ relay events. The foursome of Crystal Porter, Kim Williams, Raynetta Gheen and Kathy Davis brought home sixth place medals in the 1982 season from the state meet in both the 440 and 880 relays. Another medal winner from the state meet, Eugene Grigsby, has the best shot for breaking the tape in the sprint events for RCHS. “Eugene is an exemplary kid. I expect great performances from him,” said Saunders. Senior Cindy Weaver is a novice at track and field but she has shown in practice that she has the talent. “This is her first year out and she’s already throwing far enough to win in the discus and the shot,” Spieker said. Tim Williams, the Panthers’ hope in boys’ field events, is another returning letterman the coaches are looking to for points. Not only is Williams a top notch competitor, 'Spieker—^ reported, this yekr he’s also assisting as a player coach. “I was pleased with the number of students who came out at the start of practices,” said Saunders. “I was afraid that with a new coach assisting Miss Spieker, we’d only have a handful. But we had 60 initially. Some have vanished as they realized what it takes to participate but we have 40 now on the team.” The line-up for Rappahannock that will take to the track and the field in the 1983 season includes: Kelly Bristol in the mile, mile relay and high jump; Ann Tupper in the 400 and mile relay; Wendy Coffee in the high jump and hurdles; Brenda Jackson in the 100, 200, long jump and hurdles; Charlotte Magee in the high jump; Robert Starks in the long jump, 400, mile relay and 800; Troy Jenkins, Mike Weeks and Mat Frye in the shot and discus; Lindsey Roberts in the hurdles and 400; Craig Kenyon in the mile and two mile, and David Dodson in the 800 and mile relay. Donna Williams will compete in the shot and discus. Ann Oliver in the 800 and mile relay, Brenda Walker in the 400 and mile relay, Darlene Call in the hurdles, 400 and 2(H), Karen Dud wick and Tammy Shaw in the mile and two mile, Larry Sisk in the 800, mile relay and 800 relay, Wayne Woodward in the 100, 200 and 800 mr relays, I)elmas Dodson and James Lilly in the shot and discus, Edward Summers in the 100, 200 and long jump, Ken Estes in the hurdles, high jump and 800 relay, .Jimmy Freeman in the hurdles and sprints, Clarence Pendleton in the high jump and long jump, Elwood Dodson in the distance events and Robert Williams in the 400 and 800. SPECTRA SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Flint Hill ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUMMER COURSES: Pour WEEK SESSIONS Nl.i\ -M.I11111- loe •nut- J4 lul\ ink i auh • Would you like to create a building of your choice from the beginning without any previous knowledge or skill? While working with an architect, builder, and teacher, become more aware of yourself and your environment through building an actual project Realize responsibility for your choices and actions. Ages: 14 and above • Each Intensive four week session (7 days per week with room and board) Includes: dally discussions, sketching, drafting, model building and construction. Other activities include hiking, horseback riding, music, gardening. cooking, and field trips. • SPECTRA will also offer 1 and 2-week half-day sessions for ages 9-13. Courses: building, creative writing, pottery. sculpture, photography, drawing, organic gardening. cooking. • For more Information, call 675-3288 In Flint Hill or 703-356-19911759-2000evenings) In McLean. SPECTRA Is located onaM acrefarm in Flint HIU. Va. Director: Donald R. Chandler. A1A. Ben Veftue (Continued from Page 1) good eaters!”. Tom does not ride now but when he was courting his wife he would ride 12 miles to “The Shade,” jumping boxwood hedges, gates, stone walls and even graveyard fences. The strategy was entirely successful. Louise married Tom and saved the boxwood. The Easthams, in their hospitality as well as in their contribution to the horse world, are true to their Virginia tradition. Each year after the Old Dominion Point-to-Point, their Ben Venue home is host to a myriad of racers, horse owners, race officials and horseloving friends. For an exciting day in the Blue Ridge mountains, bring a picnic to the Old Dominion Races, April 9. I Call Nashville for a song after 5. You’ll save 40% on out-of-state calls to Nashville or anywhere else in the continental U.S. when you phone after 5 and dial direct. CENYEL Long distance rates go down after 5 pm. I DON'T USE TINSEL STRING, WIRE, OR ANY TWINE WITH METAL IN IT DON’T FLY A KITE WITH METAL IN THE FRAME OR TAIL *1 DON'T FLY * A KITE IN * J THE RAIN. 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Uappaljannndt Neuts An Independent Newspaper Established 1877 Published Every Thursday ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL Publisher JOHN T TOLER Exec Vice Pres. DAPHNE I. HUTCHINSON. Editor/Gen. Mgr BARBARA C BURKE, Office Manager THERESA REYNOLDS. Prod Coordinator KAY B CARBONE, Advertising Sales To Subscribe Write or Phone Washington, Va. 675-3349 BY MAIL: $8.00 a year in Rappahannock and adjoining counties $10.00 a year elsewhere in the United States BACK COPIES: 3 months or more 70*: 1-2 years - $1.00; over 2 years - $3.00 (if available) OFFICE: Rappahannock News Bldg., Washington. Va 22747 HOURS: 8:30 a m. to 5:30 p m., Mon.-Fri Published by Warrenton Printing & Publishing Company, Inc. Member. Audit Bureau of Circulation THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1983 It’s Needed The victims of crime in Rappahannock County need — and deserve — the assistance that a Victim-Witness Program can give them in dealing with the psychological, physical and financial effects of their victimization. Next Monday, the county supervisors will be asked to include $4,000 in the 1983-84 budget for Rappahannock’s share of a program to be administered jointly with Fauquier County. In Fauquier, supporters of Victim-Witness will be asking their supervisors for $12,000. The money is being requested to pay the salary of one full-time person who will organize, coordinate and direct the dual effort. Circuit Court Judges Carlton Penn, Shore Robertson and Thomas Home endorse Victim-Witness. Judge Home points with pride to his part in establishing Loudoun County’s Victim-Witness program, the pilot in the state. It was Home who brought the federal money back to Leesburg to set up the program and it was Home who went with director Irene Wodell to Loudoun’s Board of Supervisors to ask for local funding. Juvenile and Domestic Relations Judge Burke Hertz supports VictimWitness as does General District Court Judge John Alexander. Rappahannock’s Commonwealth’s Attorney Douglas Baumgardner wants to see Victim-Witness come to this county and has volunteered the space and resources of his office for it. Probation officer Dean Hahn believes Victim-Witness is needed here. The Virginia General Assembly has decreed that beginning July 1, a victim impact staement will be part of the pre-sentence report that judges will consider in establishing punishment for crimes. Hahn says his office does not have the staff or the time to handle this new requirement. Somebody has to do it. He sees a VictimWitness coordinator as the logical person to be responsible for this important component of the criminal justice system. And it’s justice that Victim-Witness is all about — justice for the victims of crime. Victim-Witness volunteers see that someone is there to help a woman who has been raped deal with reliving her ordeal during the trial of her assailant. They help the young victims of child abuse handle the frightening unfamiliarity of a courtroom. They lead families who have lost a loved one to a drunk driver or murderer to the support that counseling can provide. They help the bewildered victims of a house breaking fill out the identification forms that may help them recover stolen heirlooms. The witnesses to crime are kept informed on the status of upcoming legal proceedings. Babysitters are found, transportation is arranged, employers are contacted and a hundred other things are done to ease the disruption that a court appearance can create. For most Rappahannock folks, being a victim of crime or a witness to an illegal act is the only time they come in contact with the criminal justice system. Victim-Witness is a program designed to make that contact as painless as possible. Organizing such a program, finding and coordinating the volunteers, establishing the necessary liason with law enforcement agencies is a big job, Rappahannock has an expert waiting to assist the person who tackles it. Irene Wodell has offered her help. There’s no one any more qualified. She’s made Loudoun County’s Victim-Witness Program a model for ■ both the state and the nation. ; A Victim-Witness Program can ‘ save tax dollars by eliminating time that law enforcement personnel now spend waiting unnecessarily for their turn in the witness stand, time that the Commonwealth’s Attorney now spends explaining the intricacies of the legal process or assisting a victim with filling out a compensation form. A Victim-Witness Program can go far toward building the public confidence and support without which a criminal justice system cannot function effectively. But most importantly, a VictimWitness Program can relieve human suffering. The $4,000 that Rappahannock’s supervisors will be asked to contribute for establishing a Victim-Witness Program here just may be the best $4,000 this county will ever spend. This Was The News In Bygone Rappahannock Times... 20 YEARS AGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS In the Rappahannock News of March 28, 1963 there was a picture of a tractor-trailer wreck on Route 211 about three miles west of Amissville. The trailer, driven by George A. Connor of Texas, was forced off the road by another driver. Damage to the trailer, which was loaded with frozen fish, was estimated to be $1,300. Growing concern about Strontium 90, the fallout from nuclear tests, prompted this article on selecting vegetables for the garden: “Strontium 90 acts like calcium in so far as plant take-up is concerned. Vegetables low in calcium will be the safest. Green leafy vegetables such as lettuce, cabbage, kale, broccoli, spinach, turnip greens, celery, collards.. .NO. “Potatoes, cereals, apples, tomatoes, peppers, sweet com, squash, cucumbers, YES. All of these are low in calcium content and therefore will be low in Strontium 90.” There was an attractive 5-room bungalow being offered for sale in Sperryville by W.A. Miller. With a large lot for a garden, the price was set at $5,000. William Holden and Lilli Palmer were starring in The Counterfeit Traitor at Pitts Drive-In in Culpeper. 10 YEARS AGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS Rappahannock residents attended hearings before the State Corporation Commission on a proposal by the Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) to stretch a network of high voltage power lines through Rappahannock and neighboring counties. In the Rappahannock News of March 29, 1963 it was reported that the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection said that the powerlines were unwanted and unneeded and would harm the uniquely untouched Rappahannock countryside. RLEP was ah intervenor in the court action against Vepco. Also testifying against construction of the lines were Commonwealth Attorney George Davis, Supervisor Newbill Miller, Huntly resident Ed Harris and Eileen Day who said, “Once you take away our beauty, you destroy our economic base.” Raquel Welch was appearing in Kansas City Bomber at the Front Royal Drive-In Theater. The Washington Volunteer Fire Department had acquired a water wagon, which carried approximately 1,500 gallons of water, at a cost of $2,000. Our Rappahannock Heritage -— From Both BarrelsAn Environment Without Policy By GEORGE BOWLES There is a growing concern among environmentalists in Virginia about the depth of commitment of the Robb administration to an effective environmental protection policy. Indeed, there is a suspicion that the state’s policy may be less addressed to protecting the environment than to protecting the business community from the environmentalists. It should be said at the outset that expressions of this concern do not come from “flower children” in tattered jeans, T-shirts and sandals. They are being heard from professionals in the field, academicians and members of the General Assembly. The concern is fueled by the observed influence of powerful lobbying groups which have the ear of key legislators and a perceived reluctance on the part of the governor to take clear and unequivocal positions on many of the environ mental questions which may be politically sensitive. And these questions abound. There is the urgent i8r sue of the location of a lowlevel nuclear waste dispo- < sal site. There is the problem of Virginia’s participation in a consortium of states which will be trying to agree on the manner and location of a permanent storage place for spent—and highly radioactive—nuclear power-plant reactor rods. There is the still unresolved controversy over the transportation of radioactive cargoes over the state’s highways. While progress is being made on some of these, it is an inch-by-labored-inch process as environmental protection realities are balanced against the ever-present special interest and political worries. Beyond these, there is a long agenda of more mundane but no less critical concerns. With the increasing industrialization of the Commonwealth, the disposal of conventional waste will require constant monitoring and control. Similar problems will be generated by projected increases in the state’s population, especially in the various regions of the urban corridor. Astute and perceptive long-range planning in these and such other areas of water availability, will be imperative. All of these will impact on the ecology of the state’s rivers, streams, the Chesapeake Bay and the coastal wetlands, to say nothing of the air itself. It should be said that the governor is firmly committed to cleaning up the Bay. The agency which should be in the forefront of this protection and planning activity is the state Council on the Environment. It is ironic—and perhaps symbolic—that this agency has been relegated to a position of near invisibility in the state bureaucracy. From an environmentalist’s viewpoint, perhaps the most shocking and insensitive action taken during the recently concluded session of the General Assembly had to do with the on-going-kepone pollution problem in the James River. The kepone level in the river rises and falls, requiring bans on the taking of certain species of fish from the river when the poison reaches dangerous levels. But in the waning hours of the 1983 session, the appropriation for the monitoring of the kepone level was diverted to other items in the budget. Unless this money is restored, on July 1 the monitoring will be discontinued. It will then be impossible to determine the degree of health hazard posed by eating fish taken from the river, or to make the appropriate decisions concerning the use of the fish as food. From a purely political perspective, it is understandable that Gen. Robb does not wish to offend his many supporters in the business community by becoming the point man in a charge to protect the environment. This, to a degree, would have to be done at their expense. On the other hand, there are those^who are profoundly convinced that environmental protection is one of the most sacred trusts within the stewardship of the governor, and that the critical decisions associated with it properly should be kept above politics. At the federal level, President Reagan is learning the bitter lesson: politicizing environmental protection can have explosive and highly embarrassing consequences. With the rumblings presently being heard around the Commonwealth about the lack of a coherent environmental policy, the governor might profit wisely from the president’s experience. We Have The Best Of Both Worlds—And Farm And Forest Land Is Why By FRANK REYNOLDS Rappahannock New* Guest Columnist Frank Reynolds is a resident of Washington, Virginia, and Staff Attorney for the Piedmont Environmental Council—a nonprofit organization with offices in Warrenton. Since 1972, PEC has been engaged in farmland retention, natural area conservation, land use planning, public education, and more recently, the study or proposed uranium mining in Virginia. It serves a ninecounty area of Virginia’s Northern Piedmont. It seems that whenever any institution, whether private or governmental, finds itself in an economic bind, people begin looking for corners to cut. That is fine, of course, but sometimes the people trying to save money lose sight of their real purpose. It is like the restaurant owner who is losing money, so closes on slow days to save paying his employees—his customers find they cannot depend on him being open; they go elsewhere, and he loses more business. I am afraid the same may be happening in Rappahannock County, with its commonly shared fiscal problems, and the recent second thoughts about land use assessment of our agricultural and forestal land. To some people, it does not seem fair that certain landowners pay taxes on their land at one assessment while others pay at another value. If you look at the fact that teachers should be getting more money, and the fact that some farmers could be made to pay more taxes— and at nothing else—then it does not seem fair. But that is only a small part of the picture. There is much more to consider. Let’s start with a few facts: 1. Land use assessment does not apply to any developed land or improvements—only to raw, undeveloped land that is being actively used for certain agricultural, forestal or public uses. All houses, bams, etc. are assessed for taxation at their full market value, whether in a town or on a farm. 2. The tax rate paid by all county residents is the same; it is the assessment of value of qualified land that is different. 3. It is not agricultural or forest land which requires the bulk of county expenditures. Residential uses, and to a lesser degree, industrial and commercial uses, are the biggest users of government’s revenues. For example, in Loudoun County, which has had tremendous residential growth and still has a substantial agricultural industry, residential uses generate 77% of the County’s tax revenue. Farmland (not including residences) generates 10%, and all other industrial and commercial uses combined generate 13% of the revenue. However, the residential sector requires 95% of Loudoun’s expenditures, for schools, water, sewer, police, fire, administration, etc. Indistrial/commercial uses require 4% of the county’s budget, and farm uses require only 1% of the budget. If you look at it another way, residential uses cost Loudoun 119% of what they bring in, industrial/commercial uses require only 27% of the revenue they provide, and farming requires for support only 10% of the taxes it pays. And this is with general “land use” taxation. Studies of other counties show similar patterns. By any measure, the farming industry more than pays its way; in fact it directly contributes to the support of other land uses. Farming does not require industrial development bonds; it provides stable employment, with no “boom or bust” syndromes, or largescale layoffs; and it creates a demand for support businesses which provide other employment. Why A Tax Break for Ag and Forest Land? You may ask, “Though farmland is, even with ‘land use’ taxation, a direct tax benefit to the county, why shouldn’t its owners be asked to pay even more by ending use value assessment and taxation?” The answer is that the Rappahannock “farmscape” not only provides stable employment and a direct tax benefit to the county; it is also the chief reason why this county enjoys the best of both worlds: high property values and the second lowest tax rate in the entire state. It is clear why the tax rate is low. This is a rural county, whose population does not require, or even want, urban-type public services, and its predominant land use is agricultural with low support needs. Do any readers of the News have any doubts why property values are high? It is the same reason taxes are low. The “Comeheres”, of which I am one, are willing to pay good prices to live in this rural, scenic, wonderful place. And not just on the farms. It is not uncommon to see a house on a one acre lot in Rappahannock villages sell for nearly a hundred thousand dollars, close to the value of a house in Loudoun, Fauquier, or even parts of Fairfax County. Viririn ia’s Commissioner of Revenue, taking into account the differences in assessment ratios before the statewide hundred percent assessment, reported that Loudoun’s average effective tax rate was over four times, Fauquier’s was nearly two times, and Fairfax’s was nearly six times that of Rappahanock! I would say we are in an enviable position. And small-lot homeowners such as myself owe our high property values to those landowners who are willing to continue to farm. Of course there are improvements that could be made in our county’s finances and programs. But that is the same with all counties. What we must not do is lose that which has made Rappahannock what it is by trying to squeeze a few more dollars from our farmland. I am reminded of the goose that laid the golden eggs. I believe the analogy is clear. Our farmland is not to be taken for granted. When a farmer can no longer make money because of high taxes or other conditions, that farmland will be sold. And housing developers are willing to pay more for farmland than another farmer. And the more houses that are built, the higher the taxes to support them. And the more farmers, who are unable to make a living. And so on... “Land use” taxation, whether countywide or in Agricultural and Forestal Districts, will not by itself prevent Fairfax County from creeping into Rappahannock. But for many farmers, this tax incentive to remain farming or growing trees is the difference between making it, and not making it. When you look at the direct fiscal benefit of agricultural land, and the indirect benefits to all property values, and to the quality of our lives, “land use” taxation is a very small price to pay for a very large beneift. The fact is clear: all local governments are suffering from fiscal shortages. But it is the citizens in the stable, rural counties such as Rappahannock who are ahead of the game. Super-inflated land values and resultant high taxes and costs of government are fine if you are in the business of buying and selling land. But if you want to live on it and grow things on it until you pass on, the only evidence of its development value you see will be how it affects your tax bill. There is not a single instance of a county which reduced its tax bills by giving up on farms and seeking development, whether residential, industrial, or commercial. Letters To The Editor HiXtra Aero To the editor: Probably it was a gremlin that added an extra zero to the “additional county risk” figure in last week’s article on the Sperryville sewage treatment project. The fact is that, if the numbers and assumptions provided by our engineers and the State Water Control Board prove accurate, the additional risk would be $1,818. It was that small figure, coupled with the certain loss of federal construction grant money if we fall behind schedule, that prompted the Water and Sewer Authority to authorize final design work. The Authority wishes to assure the Rappahannock community that it would have consulted with the Board of Supervisors before such authorization if the additional risk figure presented to us had been at the level given in last week’s Rappahannock News article, ROBERT T. DENNIS Secretary-Treasurer, Rappahannock Water and Sewer Authority Rewarding Trip M. V/ HIV VU1VV/1 . On behalf of the seventh grade class at Rappahannock Cpunty Elementary School, we want to thank everyone who supported, participated, and attended any of our fund raising activities this year. We especially want to thank those individuals who contributed to this project. We thank the continued financial support of the Rappahannock Lions Club, Rappahannock Woman’s Club, Amissville Ruritan Club, Flint Hill Homemakers Club, and individual members of the Rappahannock Garden Club. We also express our appreciation to Paul Nichols, Mike Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Foster for being chaparones. Our students this year experienced one of the most successful, and exciting trips since we started this project eleven years ago. Each citizen of Rappahannock County can be proud of the representation by this group of students. Guides, tourist, motel guest, and bus drivers were most generous and complementary of our group’s behavior and participation. Thank you all for making this a worthwhile experience. MRS. LYNNE BAINES MRS. ANEY MASSIE MS. BARBARA O’BYRNE MISS LIBBY SNEAD Patrons Thanked lo the editor: The Rappahannock Women’s Club would like to thank all the patrons, both businesses and individuals, who helped make the annual fashion show a big success. Two corrections should be noted to our program: Barron’s country store, a business patron was misprinted; and no mention of Nancy Fitzsimmons, the beauty consultant who did all our make-up was made. We regret these omissions and want to thank both of them. BETH DeBERGH Rappahannock Women’s Club Correction The Rappahannock News incorrectly reported in last week’s paper that subscribers and non-subscribers to the Community Concert Association was invited to attend the National Folk Ballet of Mexico’s March 24 performance. Attendance at all concerts in the Community Concert Association’s series is by subscription membership only.

Story Of A Trial Kid well Jury Hung With 11 For Acquittal, 1 For Manslaughter vi'Uiiuiiuea irom rage i) unbuttoned, the middle flannel shirt had only the top button undone and the inner denim shirt was completely buttoned. Forensic scientist Julian Mason told the jury that Spellman was struck by a shot shell loaded with double aught buckshot fired at a distance of 15-19 feet. Double aught is commonly used for deer hunting, he said, while the shell with number five shot which was left in the chamber of Kidwell’s gun is generally used for rabbits and pheasants. Right-Of-Way Fight Spellman was both her farm manager and close personal friend, said Patricia Saltonstall, owner of the 270 acre Points of View Farm and three lots in the Lingren-Whaley Subdivision which adjoin the Kidwell property lVz miles south of Flint Hill. She testified that the right-of-way on which Spellman was working when he was shot is included in the deeds for all lots in the subdivision that border the right-of-way. According to Saltonstall, the deeded right-of-way is 50 feet but the roadway itself is only 10-12 in spots, too narrow for farm and construction machinery to pass safely. She said she had decided over a period of time to build houses on her three lots to serve as residences for her farm help and wrote to the Kidwells September, announcing plans to widen, grade, gravel and otherwise improve the right-of-way. That letter came after the Kidwells removed a gate she had erected across the r roadway, SaltonstaU acknowledged. She added, however, that the gate was put as a temporary solution only to problems with timber thefts. “We couldn’t monitor that side of the Saltonstall’s counsel, John Bennet of Culpeper, had informed the Kidwells that road work wouldn’t begin until the afternoon of November 9 or the morning of November 10, she insisted PATRICIA SALTONSTALL, owner of Points of View Farm, told the jury that she’d received no indication of any expected trouble from her farm manager, Ranee Spellman, before he left early November 9 to begin work on the rightof-way that serves the Kidwell property and three lots owned by Saltonstall. mountain, .sne said. Saltons tall noted that she’d received no complaints from the Kidwells between the time the gate went up in April and when it was removed in September. She reported on an exchange of letters between her attorney and the lawyer for the Kidwells. Although that nis message was the result of a misunderstanding. “We always start work in the morning. 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I never saw him without one.” In addition, Saltonstall said, her farm manager frequently traveled the farm on horseback and on one occasion, had to shoot his horse when it was injured. Also, she reported that a large bear had been spotted on the mountain two weeks earlier. In response to the prosecution’s questions, Saltonstall said she had never seen Spellman point a gun at anyone. “He said you never do that.” She told the court that she had seen her farm manager before he left Points of View on November 9. Asked if there had been any indication that Spellman expected trouble, she replied “No, of course not. He wouldn’t have been there.” Under cross-examination, Saltonstall acknowledged receipt of a letter from the Kidwells, outlining their proposals for ending the right-of-way dispute: that Saltonstall’s gate be removed, the road be restored so as to ensure adequate erosion controls, a stream allegedly blocked as the result of Saltonstall’s mountaintop lumbering operation be unclogged, ornamental shrubbery planted by the Kidwells at the right-ofway’s intersection with Route 729 be protected and the Kidwells property rights be respected by closing their gates. Saltonstall said she did not recall discussing the Kidwells offer with her attorney. “I was not involved in the direct negotiations.” Witness Twenty-three year old Roger Earl Kidwell, Jr., was first on the stand Thursday morning. A witness to most of the events of November 9, he said he was at the house when his uncle, Ronald Farmer, announced that the state police were on the way. From his spot on the knoll in the yard of his parents home, Kidwell said he could see down into the valley where the bulldozer was operating. He testified that firom his vantage point 50-75 yards away, he saw Spellman reach into his shirt two or three times and on one occasion, pull out a cigarette.. He said he had turned toward Route 729, thinking he’d heard the police approaching, when the shotgun was fired. Kidwell told the court that he turned around quickly and saw Spellman with his hand inside his shirt, struggling as if to staunch the flow of blood. ■ 11 - - — At that point, Kidwell said, his mother had gotten out of the truck and was walking backward up the driveway with the gun still in her hands, facing the bulldozer and yelling “Get down! Get down! Get off! Get off!” He and his uncle both went to the bulldozer but peither touched the body before the police arrived four or five minutes after the shooting, according to Kidwell. In response to questioning from the defense team, Kidwell said before the shot Spellman just kept “digging and digging and digging,” tearing up the right-of-way, pushing down a fence and piling dirt up. “The blade came so close to the truck that the dirt came up under the right bumper...I don’t see how he missed the truck.” Under redirect by prosecutor Merrill, young Kidwell acknowledged that the only fence pushed over by the bulldozer was an old barbed wire fence erected before his family bought the property and that when the bulldozer was moving toward the truck, the pick-up was sitting in and blocking the right-of-way. Asked for an estimate on the roadway’s width in the area where Spellman was working, Kidwell replied 30 feet. “Would it surprise you to find that it’s as narrow as 12?” Merrill rejoined. Subjects Armed State Trooper Rufus Baines testified that he was called by the dispatcher at 8:31 a.m. and directed to Route 729, 1V6 miles south of Flint Hill. The dispatcher had conveyed “some sense” of urgency and information that the subjects, none identified by name, were believed to be armed,, the trooper said. Thirteen minutes later, after he finished writing a ticket for the traffic violation on Route 211, Baines said, he radioed Sheriff W. A. Buntin for assistance and proceeded to the scene, pulling in behind the sheriff at 8:50 a.m. Baines said he found the bulldozer running, its gear in neutral reverse and Spellman slumped dead in the seat. He confirmed that only the three buttons of Spellman’s down vest and the top button of his flannel shirt were opened. Baines reported that he removed a 30-30 Winchester rifle from the bulldozer. Still in its scab bad, the gun was stuffed down in the crevice between the gas tank and the back of the bulldozer and was covered by a towel and a jacket, the trooper said. He also told the court that he found a pistol in a shoulder holster between the bottom blue denim shirt and the plaid flannel shirt the deceased was wearing under his down vest. In questioning by the prosecution, Baines said that the bulldozer would not have hit the pick-up truck if it had moved forward, judging by the position of the two vehicles. As to the extent of the work done by Spellman before he was shot, the trooper said he found only a single tree pushed over, indicating 1 ALVIN B. STOKES GENERAL STORE TROUT FISHING GEAR Hip Waders & Chest Waders Reg. $29.95 SALE $24.95 FISHING SUPPLIES ‘Salmon Eggs *Rod & Reels ‘Tackle ‘Trout Hooks IAMPING SUPPLIES •Tents •Tent Stakes •Packs •Lanterns —Just Received Lots Of Summer Hats— ALVIN B. STOKES GENERAL STORE “At The Bridge” Front Royal, Va. a fairly small trunk diameter of about eight inches. He told the court that when inventoring Spellman’s effects, he found an open pack of cigarettes and a lighter in the left pocket of Spellman’s blue denim shirt, next to the holstered pistol. Irvin Marshall, dairy farmer and bulldozer salesman, testified that the bulldozer was backing up just prior to Spellman’s being shot, pointing to tracks in front of the machine and the absence of tracks in the ‘“very good operator” on a bulldozer. Under questioning by the defense, Marshall said that the 41,000 pound bulldozer with its 13 foot blade could move 3,000 pounds (the weight of a pick-up truck) “of the right material if it can get in front of the blade.” Asked For Help Sheriff W% A. Buntin said he’d telephoned the Kidwell residence at approximately 7:65 a.m. on Novem SHERIFF W.A. BUNTIN testified that, when called on the morning of November 9, and asked for help, he told Diane Kidwell that he would come. Kidwell swore that he refused and said he didn’t want to “mess with” Ranee SDellman. rear. The blade on the bulldozer was lifted, standard operating procedure when backing up, he said, adding that an operator will lower the blade before getting off. Noting that he had observed Spellman at work, he described the deceased as a ber 9 after being notified by his corrections officer that they had called the sheriffs office. “She wanted me to come over there,” Buntin said, adding that Kid well had complained that Spellman was going to push a right of-way through. “She wanted me to settle the dispute." Buntin told the court that he'd explained he had no authority in a right-ofway matter. “1 said I would call Mrs. Saltonstall and see if I could get her to do something about it... I said I would come over ami set* what the problem was but that 1 would not get involved in a right-of-way dispute... I asked her (I)iane Kidwell) if she’d talked to a lawyer and I said I thought she should do what her lawyer advised her to do.” Buntin said he immediately called Saltonstall, only to get an answering device. He said he waited for her to return his call for about a half hour, started for the Kidwells and was en route when he received Baines’ request for assistance. He emphasized that he “didn't want to mess with Ranee Spellman," and that he had not mentioned any prior experience with Spellman or Saltonstall to Kidwell. “1 told her I did not want to get involved with a property dispute," he repeated. Confrontation With Husband After reviewing her side of the right-of-way dispute, Diane Kidwell testified regarding a confrontation between her husband and Ranee Spellman on October 30, ten days before the shooting. She said that Roger was confronted by Spellman while cutting wood on the top portion of the Kidwell property. Standing by his three-wheeled Honda, a rifle in the scabbard on the front of the motorcycle, Spellman allegedly invited Roger Kidwell onto the middle of the roadway to settle the right-of-way dispute, according to Mrs. Kidwell. She described her husband as apfiearing “very upset, very shakey” when he returned to the house and related the story to her. (Continued on Page 11) Houston isn’t Astronomical after 5. Youll save 40% on out-of-state calls to Houston or anywhere else in the continental U.S. when you phone after 5 and dial direct CENTEL Long distance rates go down after 5 pm. Orange County Hunt OLD FASHIONED POINT-TO-POINT Sunday, April 10,11:00 a.m. The Whitewood About four miles over natural hunting country Trophy to winning man and woman, Open to all fox hunters 18 years and older. Must be horses which have been regularly and fairly hunted by the rider this season. JUNIOR RACE The Waverly Perpetual trophy and piece of plate to winner. Ponies and small horses. 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Church a Activities Easter On Red Oak The Forest Grove, Woodville and Amissville Baptist Churches will sponsor an Easter Sunrise Service on Red Oak Mountain on Sunday, April 3, at 5:50 a.m. Reverend Bobby Rooper will be the speaker. Breakfast will be served by the Forest Grove Baptist Church at the old Forest Grove school house. Everyone is welcome. First Baptist There will be an Easter Sunrise service at the First Baptist Church on Sunday, April 3 at 6 a.m. The pastor, W.R. Grant will deliver the message. Sunday School will be held at 10 a.m. and worship services at 11 a.m. The public is invited. First Baptist Church The First Baptist Church Usher’s Board will hold its annual Friendship Day and building Fund Drive on Sunday, April 10 at 3 p.m. The services will be conducted by the Rev. John R. Pendleton and his congregation from Promise Land Baptist Church. The public is invited and refreshments will be served in the dining hall immediately following the services. Amissville United Methodist April 2*7 Saturday: Easter Egg Hunt and Puppet Show 2 p.m. Sunday: Sunrise Service 5:30 a.m. (Breakfast afterwards) Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Monday: Children’s Choir 6:30 p.m. Adult Choir 7:30 p.m. Tuesday: Junior and Senior UMYF 7:30 p.m. Wednesday: Bible Study 10-11:30 a.m. Cub Scouts 7 p.m. Thursday: Boy Scouts 7 p.m. Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Trinity Episcopal March 31 -April 8 Thursday: Maundy Thursday, Holy Eucharist 11, 7:30 p.m. F riday: Good Friday, Prayers, 12 noon Sunday: Easter Holy Eucharist 1, 8 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 Holy Eucharist and coffee hour 11 a.m. Wednesday: Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Thursday: Junior Choir 3:30 p.m. Senior Choir 7:30 p.m. Friday: Youth Group 6:30 p.m. St. Peters Catholic Church Washington April 1-6 Holy Thursday: Good Friday: Holy Saturday: Easter Sunday: Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7 p.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Rectory) 8-10 p.m. Morning Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours 8:45 a.m. Stations of the Cross, 3 p.m. Celebration of the Lord’s Passion; Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion (Chapel will be open all day for prayer and meditation.) 7 p.m. Easter Vigil: Service of Light; Liturgy of the Word; and Liturgy of the Eucharist 7 p.m. Festive Easter Mass 9 a.m. Festive Easter Mass (Sung) 11 a.m. Daily Bible Readings April 3-9 Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 John 10:1-5 Revelation 22:1-5 Matthew 18:21-35 2 Kings 5: 1-14 2 Samuel 22:1,21-37 Psalm 25:14-20 Viewtown By MRS. GLADYS DODSON Rappahannock New* Correspondent Phone #37-4904 Mr. and Mrs. Neil Keefe and Michael of Vienna spent the weekend at their farm new Viewtown. Michael Cooke was a Tuesday overnight guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis H. Smith in Warrenton. Mrs. Roberta Woodward of Warrenton spent the weekend with her brotherin-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Smith. Mrs. Eliza Settle celebrated her 83rd birthday on Friday at the home of her son-in-law . and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Whorton. Approximately 50 family members and friends attended. Scout Awards Two adult leaders from Rappahannock were among more than 250 scouters and their spouses who attended the 55th Annual Scouter Recognition Dinner held at the Ridge Campus of James Wood High School in Winchester. Joyce Andrews of Washington received a Statuette Award for outstanding service. A 15 year Veteran Unit Award was presented to Rufus Baines of Troop 36, Flint Hill Volunteer Fire Department. Meredith Brents and Steven Muhs Brents-Muhs Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Brents of Sperryville announce the engagement of their daughter, Meredith Sherwood to Lt. Steven Charles Muhs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Muhs of Argusville, North Dakota. Miss Brents attended Radford University and is currently teaching in the Northern Virginia area. Lt. Muhs is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and is presently stationed at the Pentagon. A June wedding is planned in Falls Church, Va. Foreign & American. Car Repairs (i Specializing in German & Japanese Made Cars Jack’s Service Center 30 Ashby Street Warrenton 347-3785 A selection of summer-flowering bulbs in your garden will seem like magic. The flowers are beautiful. The bulbs are easy to plant. ★GLADIOLUS ★ DAHLIA ★ BEGONIA CLARKE HARDWARE, INC. 7:30-5130 Monday •Saturday 201E. Davis St. — 825-9178 Bell Clothes of Front Royal Now Showing Off New Spring Clothing For Men and Young Men Just In Time For Easter ^ Brand Names~in ^ Beautiful Spring Colors Cricketeer Hubbard Botany Career Club Farah Jarman Levi Campus English Squire Now Renting Formal J Wear For Proms j or Weddings Over 60 Styles ^To Choose From MasterCard Visa Layaway Bell Clothes 217 E. Main St. Front Royal, Va. Phone 635-2929 Flint Hill Area News Notes By POLLY N. AYLOR Rappahannock New* Correspondent Phone 987-8136 Mrs. Myrtle Spahn from Baltimore, Md. has arrived to spend a week with her son-in-law and daughter, the Rev. and Mrs. Merlin Shorb. The Woman’s Society of Christian Service of the United Methodist Church met on Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Moe Walker with fifteen members present. Mrs. Barbara Gentry led the group in the “World Day of Prayer Service”. Mrs. Paul Miller entertained the Washington Bridge Club and additional guests at her home on Tuesday, March 22. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. George Davis, Mrs. D. L. Price, Mrs. W. A. Moore, Mrs. Robert Eastham and Mrs. Frank Spalding. Also playing were Mrs. Rayner Snead, Mrs-.'Henry Keyser and Mrs. E. M. Jones. Mrs. Paul Nichols and Leslie attended the Gardner-Curry wedding at Woodstock on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Nichols attended the Shenandoah County Area Council Scouter Recognition dinner in Winchester on Thursday. Curtis Vest of Longwood College spent from Friday until Sunday visiting Allen Vest and his grandmothers, Mrs. Christine Vest here, and Mrs. John Dodson of Sperry ville. Miss Sallie Lillard spent several days last week with Mrs. Geneva Cubbage and Woodville Area News By JUNE CLARK Rappahannock News Correspondent Phone 987-8827 Tanya Brown of Silver Spring, Md. spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Brown. On Sunday afternoon she visited her grandmother, Mrs. Chloe Brown. Mr. and Mrs. James Sykes and Brad of Washington were Sunday guests of her mother, Mrs. Opie Crawford, Ray and Curtis. | On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bayne of Culpeper, | Mrs. Edna Woodward, Tabby Sue, John and Jeffery | of Castleton, the Rev. Hoover Heflin of Front Royal, | Crystal Grigsby of Sperryville and Mr. and Mrs. K. P. | Grigsby were guests of Mrs. Ada Burke and Mrs. Maggie | Grigsby. Roscoe Burke of Front Royal was a Monday visitor of Weldon Burke. On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Clark and Misty Hitt were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Corker, Donald, Eddie and Jessica at Beaverdam. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Mitchell of Ashland and the Rick Glovers of Montpelier and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Lowman joined them. The Woodville Homemakers Club will meet at the church on Tuesday evening April 5, at 7:30 p.m. The topic will be Tole Painting. f\ A t\ A Mrs. Virginia Good at Stanley. They were among a tour group who took a trip to Williamsburg on Thursday. Miss Lillard, Mrs. Cubbage and Mrs. Good visited with Mrs. Estelle Leake at Luray during her stay. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Krause, Kim and “Buttons” and Mrs. Fred Pearson of Front Royal were Sunday visitors of Mrs. Mary Blaisdell. Bobby Welch of Richmond spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Welch. Dr. and Mrs. Edgar Browning of Charlottesville spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Browning. Keith Kinsey of Front Royal spent the weekend with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Huff. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Patton and girls of Stephens City were Sunday visitors of Mrs. Patton’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Lillard. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Corbin of Fredericksburg were Saturday overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Foster. Also visiting on Sunday were Gavor Foster and r" 1 Chris Foster. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry Lillard of Front Royal and Ernest Lillard of Washington were Friday visitors of Miss Sallie Lillard. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lillard of Etlan and Mrs. Catherine Lillard of Washington were Tuesday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hickerson. Saturday guests in the Hickerson home were Mrs. Martha Jenkins of Etlan and Mrs. Rebecca Tucker of Madison. Charles Ship of Culpeper was a Sunday dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Presgraves. Wednesday evening guests of Mrs. Robert Nethers were Clifton Nethers of Amissville and Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Nethers of Sperryville. Visiting on Saturday were Mrs. Dorothy Lewis of Huntly, Charles Corder, Jr. of Front Royal, Mrs. Helen Coffey and the Nethers family of Sperryville. Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Nethers of Stephens City were Sunday guests of Mrs. Nethers and calling were Mr. and Mrs. Ranny Aylor and Heather. 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/ nopeweil Baptist Hopewell Baptist Church in Sperryville will have Sunday morning Easter services at 5:46 a.m., April 3, and will be led by pastor, Rev. U.S. Brokenburr. Following the service, there will be breakfast in the dining room from 8:30 to 9:30. The public is welcome. Reynolds Memorial Edward Kaleefey from Capitol Bible Seminary in Lanham, Md. will be guest speaker at Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church in Sperryville on Easter Sunday, April 3 at 11 a.m. Maundy Thursday services will be held on March 31 at 7:30 p.m. at the church. Dr. Raleigh Baker from the Culpeper Baptist Home will be speaking. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. T rinity Episcopal Maundy Thursday services will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church on March 31 at 7:30 p.m. At 12 noon on Good Friday there will be a time for prayers. Holy Eucharist tfill be held at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Easter Sunday at Trinity. Everyone is welcome. Sunrise Service Sunrise services will be held at the Assembly of God Parsonage on Sunday, April 3 at 5:30 a.m. Sunday School will be held at the church at 9:45 a.m. followed by worship services at 11 a.m. The Rev. Ray Campbell is the pastor and invites the public to attend. Gid Brown Bible Easter services will be held at Gid Brown Bible Church near Washington on Sunday, April 3 with Sunday School beginning at 10 a.m. followed by worship service at 11 a.m. The public is cordially invited to attend. F.T. Baptist A special Easter service will be held at F.T. Baptist Church near Snerryville on Sunday, April 3, at 11 a.m. The Rev. A. Paul Thompson of Fork Union will deliver the message. The public is welcome. Methodist Services Services this week for the Rappahannock United Methodist Churches with the Rev. Merlin Shorb, pastor, include a March 31 Maundy Thursday service at Willis Chapel, Huntly, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, April 1, Good Friday service at Sperryville United Methodist Church, 8 p.m. Easter Sunday Sunrise service at Flint Hill United Methodist Church, 6 a.m. Breakfast follows at the fire hall immediately after the service. Services at Sperryville United Methodist Church on Easter Sunday at 10 a.m. and at Willis Chapel 8:45 with the Rev. Shorb. There will be an Easter egg hunt on the Sperryville church lawn on Saturday, April 2, at 2 p.m. The public is invited. Easter Egg Hunt The Chester Gap Ruritan Club will hold an Easter egg hunt on Sunday, April 3, at 2:30 p.m. at the Chester Gap Baptist Church. There will be two age groups: one from toddlers to six years of age and the second from seven to thirteen. Youngsters in the community are invited to participate. news r rorti 1 he Washington Area By BARBARA C. BURKE Rappahannock New* Staff Phone 675-3349 Mr. and Mrs. Joel Daczewitz, Gregg, Philip and Derek of Woodville hosted a dinner party on Saturday evening at The Corner Post in Flint Hill for Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Weakley in celebration of Mrs. Weakley’s birthday. Sunday supper guests of the Weakleys were Mr. and Mrs. Guy Shepherd and Kathy of Lorton and Mrs. Jesse Curtis of Occoquan. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Burke and Eddie of Front Royal were Saturday luncheon guests of Mrs. Mary E. Burke. Fred Butler of Boston visited J. Stant Weaver on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Penerandas left in the afternoon for southern California, where they will visit Mr. Peneranda’s mother, sister and other family members. Mrs. A. M. Vemer entered Culpeper Memorial Hospital on Monday. Cards and letters may be sent to her in care of the hospital, Room 339, Culpeper, Va. 22701. Mrs. Charles C. Burke spent from Thursday until Wednesday of last week with Mr. and Mrs. John Metzger in Lorton. Mrs. Burke was a Thursday and Friday guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Bennett in Alexandria and their houseguest, Mrs. Arthur Vaughan of Fredericksburg. Before returning home Mrs. Burke spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Jennings Burke, Mary Lynn and Jennifer in Alexandria. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Lockheart of Front Royal were Friday luncheon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Deane- W ay land Engagement Announced Ronald E. Deane of Springfield is pleased to announce the engagement of his daughter, Karen Patrici to Richard C. Wayland, son ,-AmeriGas—. SHENGAS DIVISION 327 No. Royal Ave. Front Royal, Va. 635-3556 L.P. Gas distributor serving a four county area. Propane gas for full house use: heating, water heating and cooking. Hardwick Ranges Ruud Water Heaters Space Heaters TF of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wayland of Slate Mills. Miss Deane, a 1979 graduate of West Springfield High School, will graduate in June from V.P.I. with a B.A. in communications. Mr. Wayland graduated from Rappahannock High School in 1976, and from V.P.I. in 1982 with a B.S. in psychology. Mr. Wayland is currently a manager with the ARA Corporation. An August wedding is planned. r mi Kick up your heels in style with Hush Puppies’ ■ " BRAMO SHOES You can walk in them, dance in ’em, prance in ’em. Dress 'em up or dress ’em down. That's the real value of Hush Puppies® Shoes. Hush Puppies' j So comfortable anything goes i Red, Brown, Black Patent *29.98 BOSTON STORE 212 E. Main St. (Downtown Front Royal) Leonard Campbell. They visited again on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell were Sunday guests of Mr. and M,rs. Bobby Lillard in Front Royal. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Jenkins were Saturday overnight guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Campbell in Amissville. They spent Sunday afternoon in Winchester. Mrs. Katharine Wells, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Crews has moyecl from Kansas City to Shenandoah Shores near Front Royal. —Photo Courtesy of Charlie Lewis THE SPERRYVILLE COLORED SCHOOL offered classes for boys and girls in first through seventh grade. Lottie Pendleton taught the youngsters pictured here over a half century ago. Her students included Charlie Lewis (front row center in the dark suit) who remembers that she did “a very good job.” According to Mr. Lewis, the old school was located on the comer of Rt. 211 and !• Poor Atkins Road. 'They who are of opinion that money will do everything may very well be expected to do everything for money." _ Lord Halifax "Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave." Baron Broughham Call Georgia for peanuts after 5. 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Last minute ideas for the April 9 banquet will be discussed. All members are urged to attend. Homemakers To Meet The Washington Extension Homemakers will meet on Thursday, March 31, at 1 p.m. at Margaret Tucker’s residence. Visitors are cordially invited to the meeting. For further information call 675-3619. Nothing To Do? Benefit Dinner Planned The Sperryville Ladies Auxiliary will serve a dinner of home cooked food on Saturday, April 16, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the fire hall, The menu includes ham, parsley potatoes, sauerkraut, pinto beans, stewed tomatoes, baked apples, homemade biscuits, com muffins, desserts and beverages all for $6 for adults and $3 for children. Carry out service will be available from 4:30 until 5:15 p.m. Tickets are on sale at Sperryville Comer Store, Sperryville Emporium, West End Shell and Parkway Gift Shop and from members of the auxiliary. For more information or tickets call Betty Walter, 987-8391; Laura Wharton, 987-8504 or President Marie Atkins at 987-8802. Amissville Baptist & Forest Grove The Amissville Baptist and Forest Grove Baptist Churches will sponsor a Good Friday Community Service at the Amissville Baptist Church on Friday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m. Reverend A.C. Walker, pastor at Forest Grove, will be the speaker and special music will be brought by the Amiasville Baptist Choir. Everyone is welcome. Christian Center Sponsors Seminar Christian Center at Syria is sponsoring a seminar on “Christian Approaches to Human Rights Issues” on Saturday, April 16, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For information write or phone Christian Center, Star Route Box 157, Syria, Va. 22743 or phone 703-923-4670. Sessions will be held at the retreat center in Madison County. Dance Concert A RAAC-sponsored modem dance concert by New York City dancer Ellen Webb and Company will be held April 9 at 8:00 at the Community Center in Washington. Admission will be $3.00. Film Series Opens The Rappahannock Association for Arts and the Community begins its film series this weekend with Brother Sun, Sister Moon by Franco Zeferelli. Show times are 8:00 Saturday and 7:00 Sunday. An Evening Of Dance The students of Eve La Mois’ Pre-Ballet and Ballet I dance classes will present “An Evening of Dance” on Friday, April 15, from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at the Flint Hill Fire House. Students in Eve La Mois’ classes, held every Wednesday at Sursum Corda School, range in age from HVz to 10. Immediately following the performance refreshments will be served. Family, friends, and the general public are cordially invited. Spaghetti Dinner Sursum Corda School’s 5th Annual Spaghetti Dinner will be held on Saturday, May 7, from 5:00 - 8:30 p.m. at the Rappahannock County Elementary School. Homemakers Set Meeting Culpeper County Extension Homemakers’ Club will host the area’s annual meeting on Thursday, April 21, at the Culpeper Fire Hall on West Davis Street. Extension Homemakers from Rappahannock, Madison, Orange, Fauquier and Culpeper counties are invited and others interested in homemaking are urged to make reservations and join the group. Reservations, including name and $6.25 for the luncheon, must be sent by April 11 to Mrs. Margaret Kite, Rt. 2, Box 30, Culpeper, Va. 22701.

Rappahannock Looking Back: Country Doctors Remembered Dr. Brown Of Woodville Dr. J.G. Brown of Woodville who practiced in a wide area of the county for a span of almost fifty years is remembered by patients, neighbors and friends. Folks who needed his services - and these ranged from Woodville all the way down to Madison and up into the mountains in between - remembered him as a conscientious, very modem doctor for his day. Stories abound of him saving lives and limbs - sometimes with only the most primitive of tools and conditions. What was the life of a rural doctor like in the days before cars, before antibiotics, before pharmacists. According to Harold Brown, Dr. Brown’s son, now 84 and living in Winchester, the life of a country doctor was one of the most grueling imaginable. “He never wanted any of his children to be doctors,” Mr. Brown said. “He thought it was just too hard a life.” “But he was able to educate us all for some other profession. Not from his practice - fully half of his accounts were never paid - but from the two farms we managed in a Woodville area.” From the farms, and from the farms and gardens of his patients, Dr. Brown prescribed preventive medicine, unusual for tum-ofthe-century diets. “He’d tell them to eat creasy (cress) and cabbage,” Mr. Brown recalled. “He taught his patients to make sauerkraut, preserving some of those vitamins through the long winter months, when many country people didn’t see anything fresh.” Dr. Brown also encouraged his patients to eat less meat, less salt and less fat. In 1918, when the flu broke out, Dr. Brown had “a thunder of a time,” according to his son. He treated patients with “migraine” tablets,” Brown said “This was something like aspirin.” He also used mustard plasters. He was just a really good pneumonia doctor. I don’t remember him losing any patients to the flu.” “Henry Wood was right across the road,” Brown continued. “He had pneumonia so bad that we could hear him breathing at our house. I imagine my father looked in on him three or four times a day.” Brown remembers that C.E. Johnson’s brother died in an army camp and that Dick Miller was severely sick and almost died at Camp Lee. The doctor, always accustomed to interrupted sleep, had several periods with no sleep at all. “I remember well my father going for 48 hours without ever taking off his clothes,” Brown said. Besides the influenza epidemic, delivering babies accounted for many of Dr. Brown’s midnight calls. “My father had a saying,” Mr. Brown said. “He’d say that the reason that babies were bom at night was because most of them were conceived at night.” Late night callers would wake up young Harold Brown, asking him to rouse his father. Meanwhile, Harold would get the doctor’s horse and bring it to the front door. Late one Saturday night, two men came around with a friend who had been badly beaten and left for dead in a drunken brawl. Without giving their names they deposited their friend and galloped off. The doctor found that the man was near death from a stab wound in the heart. After giving him emergency first aid, the doctor went with him by carriage to Culpeper, then by train to Charlottesville. The dying man was over seven hours getting to a hospital, but he survived. Dr. Brown was known for the survival rate of his patients. In terms of rural medicine of the day, he was better - schooled than most. He had attended the University of Pennsylvania, the only school besides Harvard requiring three years of study for a medical degree. He boarded and roomed with a Quaker family, studying year-round with one month of apprenticeship to a doctor each year. James Gideon Brown graduated second in his class and his diploma was signed by Dr. Howard Kelly and William Osier - two of the founders of Johns Hopkins University. Although they requested the young doctor to go with them to Johns Hopkins when he graduated, he had promised his father to serve in Rappahannock for at least one year. He began his practice of surgery and medicine in 1890. An account book survives from this time - listing such items as medicine for Susy (a Woodville midwife) - 35 cents; medicine for Willie’s mouth - 50 cents; extracting a tooth - 50 cents. After Dr. Brown’s year of promised service was up his father died and he stayed in Woodville to handle his father’s estate. Later his uncle, Turk Thornhill died and he was the executor again. During this extended time he realized that there was a need for a doctor in Woodville. There was a need, not only among the Woodville people but among the mountain people above the town. One summer morning the Browns had a visitor for breakfast. A mountain dweller named Aaron Nicholson came to the doctor’s house carrying brooms and baskets for sale. He had walked from Nethers to Woodville before 7 a.m. The doctor, his wife, and their five children were just sitting down to breakfast. They invited the tired man to stay. While they watched, he consumed an unbelievable amount of food. “He ate sausage, eggs, hot biscuits, fried applies and oatmeal,” Brown said. “Then he said he needed some medicine.” My father asked why. He said he didn’t have an appetite!” “How can you say you don’t have an appetite?” asked Dr. Brown. “You just ate enough for three people.” “I can eat your vi’ttles,” said the man. “I can’t eat my vi’ttles.” “Later,” said Mr. Brown, “my father told us that the man had nothing to eat in his home except fat meat with gravy and cornpone.” He gave the man some medicine, bought a basket and a broom, and the man left to walk home in his moccasins. Nicholson, like many of Brown’s patients, could not pay the doctor. “The office visit charge was $1,” Brown said. “That included medicine. A house call was $2.” Progress came slowly: first, Dr. Brown started sending prescriptions to the drugstore in Culpeper; then came a car and next, a telephone. Dr. James Gideon Brown died in 1950 and was memorialized at a funeral that Harold Brown called “the biggest the county had ever seen.” DR. JAMES GIDEON BROWN was pharmacist as well as doctor to folks in Woodville. In his bag he carried the medicines he might dispense, all in stoppered glass bottles with neat labels. Dr. Brown was the grandfather of Frances Russell of Flint Hill. Her father, Harold Brown, has saved Dr. Brown’s medical bag as well as his instruments. County Medical Examiner Has Practiced SinceJ 946 In 1946, Dr. Edwin Eastham opened a small office across the street from Tony’s Grocery Store in Front Royal. The office is still there and so is Dr. Eastham, practicing medicine as he has for 40 years. Though he still makes house calls now and then, he has not delivered a baby in 20 years. Before the founding of the hospitals in Warrenton and Warren County, most of the deliveries in Rappahannock County were home deliveries and in those days Eastham made house calls “all the time.” “I must have delivered 500 babies,” Eastham guesses. “No, make that closer to 1,000 babies. ” In addition to home deliveries, Eastham was frequently called out to handle medical emergencies. “I once sewed up Arthur Miller’s horse after it had gashed itself on a stake” Eastham recalls. “The horse got better but I don’t claim to be a veterinarian.” terinarian.” Because house calls were an indispensable part of life then, Eastham got to know the gravel roads and hidden driveways to virtually every home in the county. But then, according to Eastham, the government health services established during the 60’s “changed everything.” “People had to go to hospitals to receive the medical care provided by the government,” says Eastham. “Patients with benefits could be treated in hospital beds rather than in their own homes. After Medicaid, I did a lot less driving around.” With very few house calls anymore, Eastham divides his time between his office duties and his rounds at Warren Memorial where he has served on the staff since the hospital opened in 1951. He also serves as the medical examiner for Warren and Rappahannock Counties as he has for more than a score of years. He doesn’t plan to retire any time soon. “I’ll keep on doing what I’m doing,” he states. “Many of my patients have been with me for as long as I’ve been in business. I even went to high school with some of them at the Old School House in Little Washington.” Eastham graduated from Washington High School in 1935 and then attended George Washington University where he received both his undergraduate and M.D. degrees. After Medical School, he began his internship at G.W.U. Hospital, and completed it at Bushnell General Hospital in Brigham City, Utah after joining the Army Medical Corps in 1944. He was then commissioned as a medical officer and initially stationed at Fort Douglas, Salt Lake City, Utah. Then he was sent off to Blandford, England with the 125th General Hospital and later joined the 110th Station Hospital in Southampton, England. The 110th won a citation for meritorious service for evacuating sick and wounded soldiers after the D-Day campaign. Shortly thereafter, Eastham was sent to France where he stayed until the end of the war. Returning home to the states in December, 1945, he continued his Army career for one more year as Company Commander in the 32nd medical Battalion in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and then in San Antonio, Texas. After his discharge in 1946, Eastham returned to his true home in Rappahannock County to begin a long and fruitful career as a general practitioner. \Jflstrrri COUNTRY DOCTORS were paid in many strange ways. Like Dr. Henry DeJamette whose journal recorded payments of hay, oats, wood and labor, Drs. —rnuiucuuiesiy ui luumyn »«. nun OLD TIME DRUG STORES were more famous for their sodas and ice cream sundaes than prescriptions Willy Jarrell s drug store in Sperryville offered treats from the fountain and the ingredients for home medicinal remedies from the stocks on the shelves. Pictured here with the proprietor (left) are Charles Estes (center) and Bob Brumback. DR. J.G. BROWN OF WOODVILLE was, in addition to being a regular practicing doctor, the chairman of the health board of the county. He was called in on many consultations by other doctors. 54 7ft*Sfr*~ \ \ vt-r I* ‘"1 Ij-Ift ■, 'h<£~* | ^ ^-! ^ I /^i s~y\-*. __ Oau | 4 \/F44 2» >-*».< - , t j^s?, >MS* ;/• . I ^ *\ , - ' 7 jl /f ‘ | M ? // ■/' /£, /uuSm.j •!■ 'ZtM (p : «4-r <^W .' V ‘ / Lynn, Brown qncf other rural doctors accepted almost anything in turn for their services. Left, DeJamette credits I homas Haywood with payments of hay at 50c per hundred pounds. Farmers today would gladly pay those prices. At right, Harrie Miller paid in a variety of ways, by hauling and cutting wood and supplying com. County Doctor Founded Front Royal Hospital A murderer’s bullet in 1967 ended the life of a local doctor who had practiced in Rappahannock, Fauquier and Warren Counties since the age of 21. Dr. William E. Lynn died in the driveway of his Huntly home in a case that has never been solved. He is remembered in all three counties as a doctor who cheerfully made house calls, accepted produce for payment, and treated migrant workers free of charge. Dr. Lynn embarked on his medical career in 1929 at the age of 15, when he went off to the University of Virginia. By 1935 he had graduated and set up an office in Front Royal. A child’s death on the way to the hospital in Winchester troubled him greatly and he became convinced of the need for hospital facilities closer to his rural patients. By 1939 he had founded and built the Front Royal Hospital. He was 25 years old. He later sold the hospital to the town of Front Royal. His widow, Clydetta Lynn, recalled one outbreak of flu while he was practicing. “He made fifty or more house calls in one day,” she remembers, “only stopping long enough to eat. He would leave in early morning and come back at midnight.” Dr. Lynn’s house calls were not limited to easily accessible townspeople. Early in his career he befriended an elderly horse trainer who showed him the trails and back roads traveled by the mountain people. Dr. Lynn put a bed in his office for his older friend to use at night and it was there that the old man died. Mrs. Lynn remembers other examples of her husband’s tireless charity work. Migrant workers in all three counties knew they could come to Dr. Lynn for treatment without charge. Sometimes they would leave produce, fresh eggs or chickens in return, but nothing was required. The Lynn family took in a homeless black child raised him and sent him to college. Over the years! they also took in a long-time nurse of the doctor’s and cared for her until she died of a brain tumor During World War II, Dr. Lynn’s intentions to join the armed services met with opposition from local citizens who successfully petitioned for his assignment to the county. Dr. Lynn s heart attack at the age of 44 occasioned his move to his mother’s home, Trinity Manor, in Huntly. He was a familiar figure at his favorite eating place, the Cherry Tree and Hatchet, once operated where the Episcopal Church lot now stands in Washington. Mrs. Lynn recalls that he was loved by all he served, with a bedside manner calm and reassuring. He was especially loved by children and Wakefield School in Huntly founded by his son, William E. Lynn, Jr., is dedicated to him. He continued to practice in all three counties, often dropping, in unexpectedly on elderly people.'He was the Warren County Coroner for years, held this office at his death at age 52. A shocked community offered a reward for his murderer, but to no avail.

Healing The Sick For 150 Years Home Remedies Worked For Some For Arthritis Drink honey, vinegar or lemon and moonshine. Make a tea from alfalfa leaves or seeds. Use a magnet to draw aches out of the body. For Asthma Suck salty water up your nose. Smoke strong tobacco until you choke. Gather leaves from a ginseng plant, dry and powder. Put the powder in a pan, heat and inhale. Smoke or sniff rabbit tobacco. For Bleeding Use spider webs on the wound. Apply lamp black to the wound. Use a mixture of soot and hog lard. For Thin Blood Boil wild cherry bark to make a tea. Drink apple cider vinegar daily. Drink honey daily. Make a tea from the roots of a sassafras plant. Drink straight moonshine whiskey every night. For Burns Use lard and flour. Use axle grease. Apply red clay mud. t Wrap in cloth saturated with salt water. For The Flu Use a mustard plaster on the chest . Make a tea out of boneset and drink. Drink moonshine whiskey. Chew strong tobacco. Keep a slice of onion in the mouth. For Heart Trouble Eat garlic and onions daily- ilyTake a tea of bleeding heart root. To help circulation, drink moonshine whiskey and vinegar. For Poison Ivy Use a mixture of buttermilk or vinegar and salt. Make a mixture of witch hazel and boric acid powder. Use a potion of oatmeal and water. Use soda or buttermilk, or both mixed together. Slice open a green tomato and apply juice. Scrape blisters open and apply alcohol. Boil willow leaves and apply the liquid. Pour over turpentine mixed with sugar. For Pneumonia Mix hog lard with quinine and apply to chest. Give two teaspoons of skunk oil. Mash up onions and apply to the chest. Drink moonshine whiskey - 1 tablespoon each hour. For Sore Throat Gargle with vinegar and honey. Gargle with salt water. Sprinkle sugar lump with kerosene and eat it. Tie a smelly worn sock around your neck. Rub throat with mutton tallow. For a Bad Stomach #. Make a tea of wild peppermint and drink it. Drink juice or wine from blackberry. Make a tea of golden seal root and drink it. In children - rub feet with mutton tallow and keep feet warm before a fire. Have babies suck a lump of sugar wrapped in a cloth. For Toothache Use pokeberry wine mixed with whiskey. Hold a clove against a tooth. Put vanilla on the tooth. Apply pickling alum to the tooth. .- *m —Photo courtesy Frances Thornton DR. WILLIAM JACKSON SMITH practiced in Sperryville in 1890. He was a graduate of Jefferson College and died in 1932. Old Ledger Tells The Story Of A Young Doctors Life Two young brothers, Joseph and Henry DeJarnette, who visited their sister, Carolyn DeJamette Keyser here, settled in this area for a while and practiced medicine in the town of Washington, where the Rappahannock Medical Clinic is now. Right around the turn of the century the tors became well-known for their love of musil and entertainment as well as their knowledge of mediCtffe. Mary Elizabeth Hite said that Dr. Joseph could sing Negro spirituals as no other white man could. Dr. Joseph went on to Staunton, where he founded a sanitorium and specialized in psychiatric disorders. Dr. Henry became an eye doctor and lived at the family estate, Mt. Comfort, in Spotsylvania. Dr. Henry DeJamette kept a ledger during the years he practiced in Rappahannock, between the years 18% and 1898. Dr. DeJamette was the great uncle of Margaret DeJamette Baumgardner of Sperryville. His ledger tells that Dr. DeJamette charged from $1.00 to $2.00 for an office visit. Many of his patients paid their bills with hay, which was worth fifty cents a hundred pounds in 1897. Clarence Miller was one of those who fiimished the doctor with hay, providing 1,130 pounds for a credit of $5.65 on his bill. The numerous visits of F. J. Snider were paid for by Judge Strother, with the exception of $2.00 worth of wood fiimished by the patient: Snider had numerous teeth extracted by the doctor, for a fee of 50 cents per extraction. Mrs. B. E. Hackley was seen by the doctor once each day and once each night for the period between September 7 and November 23, 1897, for a total charge of $63.50. Ben Cliffin paid for his medical care by shoeing the doctor’s horse for a fee of fifty cents. Horace Moffett broke his arm on June 18, 1897 and submitted to a series of operation! to set it properly, for the sum of $5.00. A more minor operation was performed on Omega Swindler’s thumb - it cost fifty cents. By July of 1897, hay was surely piling up in the good doctor’s bam, with the purchase that month of 1,000 more pounds from Thomas Haywood for a credit of $5.00 on his bill. T. H. Hudson helped to provide a more varied diet for Dr. Henry’s horses by paying his bill with four bushels of oats at forty cents a bushel. Hudson needed a lot of oats in August of 1898 to pay an obstetrical fee for his wife - one of the doctor’s highest charges at ten dollars. Another high-priced operation was setting a broken leg, which Dr. DeJamettedid for Joe Grayson on August 30, 1898, for $10.00. Hubert Keyser needed some teeth extracted in 1898 and paid his bill of $3.00 with a horse for the doctor. B. B. Baggarley received five electric shocks for an unknown ailment for $1.00. He paid his bill by allowing some money off a rental fee owned by the doctor. In addition to the daily accounts, Dr. DeJarnette’s ledger provides a glimpse of daily life around the turn of the century. Although he was a bachelor, the doctor was one of six children and his brother had six children as well. Over the years, various children used the ledger for drawing paper, including a fledgling fashion designer who drew a very chic lady’s outfit on one of the pages. Also scribbled in the ledger is this grocery list: 1 lb. sugar, 1 lb. coffee, box of crackers, 1 pound of soda - all for 64 cents. Photo’s courtesy of Frances Thornton The Flu Of 1917 In the middle of March, 1917, a young cook at Camp Funston in Kansas became sick. Army doctors found him to be quite ill, with a fever of 103 degrees, a sore throat, headache and muscular pains. What the doctors didn’t know was that before five hours had gone by, 107 previously healthy young soldiers would be moaning with pain in the contagious ward of the army hospital. This was the start in the United States of the flu epidemic of 1917, an influenza so deadly and so contagious that for well over a year it would dominate the news and overshadow the normal events of human life. There were three separate waves of the influenza: one in March 1917; one in September, 1917, when tht schools re-opened; and another in March 1918. No one could pinpoint the exact origin of this deadly virus: the French blamed the Spaniards, the Spaniards blamed the French, and the United States blamed Eastern Europe. A notable characteristic of the disease was that it struck healthy young people. Side effects, such as pneumonia, were the real killers. To combat the disease, doctors of the day had basically the same weapons used now: bed rest, fluids, good nursing care'. There were no antibiotics, no vaccines. There was a great deal of misinformation. Newspapers of the day said that the illness was so exhausting that people died just from leaning over or from turning over to let the doctor apply a stethoscope r to their back. Other reports said that the flu germs were spread by the Germans. The price of moonshine skyrocketed, as liquor was reputed to be a cure for the disease. Other remedies were chewing tobacco, putting sulfur in shoes, removing teeth and tonsils, and patented remedies like Borden’s malted milk, Gude’s Pepto-Mangan and Phez-Pure Juice of the Loganberry. Hardest hit were the cities. In Washington, D.C. - that city built on a swamp - Congress went home, the Supreme Court adjourned, and undertakers were stationed at the back door of hospitals to make room quickly for new admissions. In New York, a furious Buffalo health commissioner took over the job of making coffins as reports came back of outrageous overcharges by coffin-makers. In Atlanta, landlords evicted tenants as soon as they became ill; in Baltimore a horrified H.L. Mencken wrote about the crunch of the undertaker’s wagons past his home. But for every story of illgotten profit from the misery of the flu, there are many stories of unselfishness and sacrifice. In Rappahannock, of course, memories of the flu include the untiring devotion of families, neighbors and country doctors. When the long ordeal ended, over 21,000,000 souls world wide had perished from the disease -10,000,000 more than those claimed by World War I. One percent of the world’s population had been wiped out. Medicine In The Mountains Even something as tragic as a flu epidemic has its humorous side. . Pauline Bruce’s memories still bring a 4 smile to herface. Her entire family was down with the sickness. As in so many times of disasters, neighbors and friends extended a helping hand. “People were so afraid of the flu that they wouldn’t come in. They’d bring food and leave it on the porch. Going through one basket, my brother and I found what we thought were the biggest oranges we’d ever seen. We peeled one and took a bite. It was so sour, we threw it away, thinking it was bad. We tried another one and it was bad too. We kept looking for a good one.” She laughed. “It was our introduction to grapefruit!” The flu epidemic marked a milestone in the life of Mattie Ball Fletcher. “Jim Bill (her son, Sperryville attorney James W. Fletcher) was bom in the middle of it. I was going to the hospital but all the beds were full so I stayed at home. I remember that we all thought everybody was going to die.” Mrs. Fletcher’s family was one of the lucky ones in the county. They escaped from the epidemic unscathed. “We all wore asaphedita, little bags of smelly stuff, around our necks. Everytime my husband coughed, he’d take a whiff of his asaphedita. I don t know what modern medical doctors would say about it,” she added, chuckling. “But it must have done some good because we didn’t get sick.” The flu epidemic had its angels of mercy. Lyle Rector remembers Conrad Owens, a black man who lived in nearby Orlean. “Everybody was down. They couldn’t take care of themselves. Conrad went from house to house, bringing food, chopping wood, feeding stock, hauling water and tending the sick. He would put a thin slice of onion on his tongue before he’d go in anywhere folks had the flu. He never did catch it,” Mr. Rector said, shaking his head in amazement. . IN THE ACCOUNTS LEDGER of Dr. Henry DeJarnette, a young artist drew a fashionable outfit for turn of the century ladies. Dr. DeJamette practiced briefly in Rappahannock, and his ledger records the payment and treatment of Rappahannock folks near Washington. Doctors Here in 1850 Courtesy Helen Holschuh, Rappahannock Historical Society The 1850 census of Rappahannock County lists 17 “physicians” or “students of medicine”, and one dentist. Some we know a lot about—some are unknown as having descendants in the present day. John L. Reid, age 22, is listed in the household of Oliver P. Smith, resident of the town of Washington. But because census takers of that time made no distinction, he could have been a visitor, on an actual ‘medical’ call, a boarder, or a relative of Mr. Smith. The census taker always took his instructions literally and listed everyone in that household on the day that he called. Since Mr. Smith was a merchant, and a lot of unrelated people are listed it is possible they happened to be the people in his store on that day. John T. Browning, age 22, is listed as living with his mother Casandra Browning, possibly in the Rock Mills area. John S. Hughes, age 41, lived in the Amissville area. He had a son, John Spindle Hughes who was also a doctor many years laters. James T. Foley, age 27, and whose young (19 years) wife was buried in the Eastham cemetery, lived outside of Washington. Robert Harrison Sears and John W. Sears, both doctors, lived at present day Clifton. The elder Sears is buried in the Flint Hill cemetery. Father and son evidently practiced together. John Laurence, age 24, student of medicine, living in the household of Daniel F. Pilcher. Charles Rodham Kemper, age 28, is buried at Bessie Bell Farm in Castleton. Since that farm was known as Kemper’s Mansion Home, it is possible that he lived there. Living with him were: Samuel R. Rixey, age 18, student of medicine. Lyle Millam, age 32, grandfather of the late William Stuart. Dr. Millam lived in Woodville and was listed as a magistrate in 1897 at the age of 79. Mark Reid, age 57, of Thermopolye, Scrabble. Benjamin F. Kinsey, age 25, is listed as being at the Tavern that was Washington House, run by Amos Dear. He later became county coroner. Adolphus W. Reid, age 30. He lived in Mattie Ball FIStcher’s house and had his office in the building where the Ca8H Store now stands. Walker Jones, age 33, lived in the home as “Doctor’s House” in Slate Mills. Charles Jones, age 25 is listed as a dentist (the only one in the 1850 census). It is conjecture but perhaps they were brothers. Joseph Nicklin, age 74. He was living with James Leake Powers, Rappahannock’s master builder, and had his home caty-comer from the library in the present pebbleddashed structure. Nicklin was Power’s father-in-law. Joseph Stark, age 22. He was raised at Mount Medi in F. T. Valley but practiced in Culpeper. However, he died early. Sidney G. Davis, age 41. Nothing known. The Rappahannock Medical Center and Dr. William Young Helped to Sponsor these pages Notes On Country Doctorin’ .. .on Measuring For Coffins Robert Johnson tells the story of his grandfather who was a coffin maker. He lived high up on the mountain in what is now the park and mentioned that his aunts would know when someone had died as they watched a person appear with a long stick in their hand. The length of the stick would indicate the heighth of the deceased and somewhere on the stick would be a notch indicating the width of the shoulders, that being the broadest part of the body. Mr. Johnson’s grandfather would then make a coffin to fit these dimensions. ‘Caskets’ were rectangular boxes, coffins were made to measure and tapered at the head and feet from the wide shoulder measurements. Mr. Johnson’s aunts would then line the coffin with satin. ... on Dr. Amiss Frances Thornton said that Dr. Amiss, who practied in Sperryville had a favorite saying about turkeys: “A turkey is a very inconvenient size bird — too big for one and too small for two. ” He was an enormous man. • •. on Mountain Remedies The country doctor had to be a pharmacist as well as a medical doctor, as few country people could make a special trip to a drug store. Doctors were called upon by major drug suppliers and ordered what they needed each month from a nearby city. Pills and potions were kept in the doctor’s bag - with the name of the chemical or with the name of the ailment for which it would be prescribed. When Doctor Amiss practiced, around the time of the Civil War, he earned a small black case with many glass vials: two for strychnine, both powdered and in tablet form, one for calomel, one for digitalin, one for anodyne (for infants), one for podophyllin. In a larger case, Dr. Amiss carried pills and powders sorted by ailment: for headache, for bowels, for bad liver, for kidneys, for stomach, for constipation, for gas, for malaria, for indigestion. THE HORSE WAS THE CHOICE of many country doctors, even after the heyday of the automobile. One reason - the well trained horse could find his way home with an exhausted doctor dozing in the saddle after a late night call. This horse, Bob White, carried Dr. W.J. Smith on many such calls.

Marion Oliver Retired Highway Employee Marion Russell Oliver, 76, of Front Royal, died Monday, March 28, 1983, in Warren Memorial Hospital, Front Royal. Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday in the chapel of the Tumer-Robertshaw Funeral Home in Front Royal by Dr. Milton Wright. Burial was in Rockland Cemetery. Mr. Oliver was bom July 20, 1906, in Warren County, the son of the late Marvin T. and Elizabeth Cameron Oliver. He was retired from the Virginia Highway Department and was a member of the Rockland Community Church. His wife was the late Ida Sybil Revells Oliver. Surviving are three sons, James C. Oliver of Falls Church, Edward Oliver of Mt. Jackson and Charles Oliver of Front Royal; five daughters, Lucy Foster of Flint Hill, Helen Linaburg of Winchester, Betty Lowery of Stephens City, Eleanor Knight of Front Royal and Shirley Braithwaite of Cross Junction; 16 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Also surviving are five brothers, Lyle Oliver, Lee Oliver, Howard Oliver, Lester Oliver and Linwood Oliver, all of Front Royal and one sister, Nannie Shipe of Rockland. Bertha Hardin Former Amissville Resident Mrs. Bertha E. Hardin, 90, died March 22, 1983, at the Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Baton Rouge, La. Funeral services and burial were held in Louisiana on March 24. Mrs. Hardin was bom January 10, 1893, at Philippi, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Sylvanus Waldo and Helen Luerena Harris Zinn. She was a member of the Amissville Baptist Church. Her husband was the late Ira E. Hardin. Surviving are a daughter, Betty Lou Mayo of Baker, La.; two brothers, Curtis C. Zinn of Amissville and Carl B. Zinn of Arizona; one sister, Gladys Scott of Colorado; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. A son, Ira E. Hardin, Jr. predeceased her. I OPbituaricB I Wesley Weakley Born In Rappahannock Wesley Raymond Weakley, 78, of Winchester, died Saturday, March 26, 1983, in Staunton. Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday at the Jones Funeral Home in Winchester by the Rev. William Anthony Layman and Rev. David T. Hampton. Burial was in the Shenandoah Memorial Park, Winchester. Mr. Weakley was bom January 25, 1905, in Rappahannock County, son of the late Joseph Amos and Sarah Ellen Woodward Weakley. Prior to retirement, he was employed by Holiday Inns as a maintenance engineer. He formerly worked for the Virginia Wollen Mill in Winchester for 47 years. He was a member of the Braddock Street United Methodist Church in Winchester and the Modem Woodmen of America. Surviving are his wife, Irene Larrick Weakley; two daughters, Kathleen Lemley of Christiansburg and Arlene Slaughter of Winchester; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Raymond Moore Resident of Amissville Funeral services for Raymond Moore of Amissville were conducted Saturday at the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church by the Rev. George Bailey. Burial was in the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Moore, 76, died Wednesday, March 23, 1983, at the Fauquier Hospital, Warrenton. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Mary Young of Washington, D.C. and many other relatives and friends. Arrangements were handled by Joynes Funeral Home in Warrenton. INews from Around Sperryville Ends Thurs. 7:30 only SAVANNAH SMILE (PG)| 635-2777 Starts Fri. “MADMAN” (B) They thought they were alone. Fri. S Sat. evening 7:15&9:00p.m. Sun -Thurs. 730 p.m. Sat. & Sun. Mat. 2:00 p.m. and Mon. AH Seats $1.50 By MRS. B. M. VARNER Rappahannock News Correspondent Phone 987-8710 Mrs. Harald Havstad and Peter have returned home after a ten day visit with Mrs. Walter Pollack in Summerfield, N.C. and Mrs. Marion Stucke in Charleston, S.C. Mrs. Havstad also attended her alumna reunion at the College of Charleston. Mrs. Ruby Dwyer and son, Gary Dwyer were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Yoder in Lancaster, Pa. Mrs. Virginia Lewis was a guest for several days of Mr. and Mrs. Fielding Lewis. Saturday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Nethers were Mr. and Mrs. John Coates of Brightwood and Mr. and Mrs. ewww cc-c-m GOLDEN CORRAL sEASTEEIQ | SPECIAL ; g One 10 oz. (#5) g AND g One 7 oz. (#1) l op sirloin Steak For Only 8 DO Join Us For Easter Lunch or Dinner 3 101 W. 14th St., Front Royal 636-2839 ? We Have Gift Certificates Johnny Coates of Blacksburg. Glenn Bolyard of Keyser, W. Va., is spending this week with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Nethers. Mrs. Ruth Perkins has returned home after an extended visit with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sims in Hartsville, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Brown and family gave a joint birthday dinner Friday evening for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bruce of Front Royal. Mrs. Nina B. Brown was also a guest. Heather Lyne of Warrenton spent last week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H., Lyne. Sunday the Lynes attended memorial services in Urbanna for Lewis Banks Wilkins, Jr. Mrs. Brown Miller visited Mr. Miller Sunday afternoon at the Willalee Nursing Home at Pratts. Fred W. Schaefer was the honoree at a birthday dinner given by Mrs. Schaefer on Sunday evening. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Francis Updike and daughter, Suzanne of Culpeper, Fred C. Schaefer and Mrs. B. M. Varner. Mr. and Mrs. Schaefer and Fred C. Schaefer spent Monday in Washington, D. C. Mrs. Venie Dodson of Manassas was a weekend guest of Mrs. Delia Leake. Those from here attending a birthday dinner Friday evening for Miss Mary Miller Wood hosted by Mrs. Nancy Reeve at the Comer Post were Mrs. I. R. Kilby, Mrs. T. M. Johnston, Mrs. Fred W. Schaefer and Mrs. Mary Quaintance. Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Atkins visited Mrs. Estelle Leake in Luray Sunday afternoon. Boston Notes By MARIE F. ATKINS Rappahannock News Correspondent Phone 987-8802 Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jenkins were Sunday overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Littleton Fincham in Culpeper. Markwood Butler was a Friday guest of his unele, J. Stant Weaver in Washington. Mrs. Bessie Corbin and granddaughter, Janet visited her sister, Mrs. Virginia Petty in Orange Nursing Home on Wednesday and were overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Burke in Rochelle. Mr. and Mrs. Holtzman Frazier of Fredericksburg and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Frazier and children were Sunday afternoon guests of their father, F. R. Frazier, Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Atkins in Sperryville. Mrs. Agnes Holdren of Ritchie, Md. spent Wednesday with her father, Mr. Frazier and the Atkins. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fincham were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Fincham in Culpeper. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Wood were in Kensington, Md. on Sunday to attend the Everything °ld c/'WaAg <T6uT Qarden Qrov/'! 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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thornhill of Vienna, Mr. and Mrs. Winfrey Thornhill of Nokesville and Mrs. Elma Morrison of Winchester have made regular visits to see their father, Cary Thornhill who has been a patient in Culpeper Memorial Hospital for the past two weeks. Mr. Thornhill returned home Tuesday. Steve and Wayne Lamb, Fred Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fincham, Carol and Donna and friends, Pat and Troy attended a musical gettogether at the home of Kenneth Dudley in Culpeper Saturday evening. Major and Mrs. Philip P. Duncan and daughter, Trisha Denee from Tokota Air Force Base, Japan and Bill Duncan of Front Royal are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Duncan. Monday the group visited Frank Duncan’s mother, Mrs. Ethel Smith in Orange County Nursing Home and on Tuesday they were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Butler. Mrs. Edna J. Payne of Culpeper was a Saturday guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston. Mrs. Paul Karnes and Mrs. Mecie Thornhill were in Charlottesville on Monday. * J MHr 9r W. Russell Sutphin Born In Flint Hill Elder W. Russell Sutphin, 73, of Winchester, died Sunday, March 27, 1983, in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home in Winchester by the Rev. Ernest M. Long. Burial was in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Elder Sutphin was bom February 19, 1910, in Flint Hill, the son of the late William Lewis and Bertha Martm iutphin. Prior to retirement, he was employed at «V inchester Cold Storage. He was a member of the Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church in Purcellville, He was a World War II Army veteran. Surviving are his wife, Ruth Brumback Sutphin; three sons, Charles W. Sutphin, J. C. Sutphin and Robert L. Sutphin, all of Winchester; one daughter, Cathy W. Sutphin of Winchester; one brother, Raymond M. Sutphin of Flint Hill; one sister, Rebecca S. Donaldson of Rockville, Md. and two grandchildren. Lewis Hickman Bath County Native Lewis Wesley Hickman, 50, of Amissville died on Saturday, March 26, 1983, as the result of an automobile accident on Rt. 729. A native of Bath County, he was the son of the late Gary and Virginia Louise Hice Hickman. He had lived in Amissville for about four years. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Jean Mines Hickman; two sons, Lewis Wesley Hickman, Jr. and James Robert Hickman, both of Amissville; three daughters, Mrs. Norma Stringfellow of Rixeyville, Virginia Louise Hickman and Pamela Ann Hickman, both of Amissville; two brothers, James Mack Hickman and William Carson Hickman, both of Warm Springs and four sisters, Mrs. Leroy Ryder of Warm Springs, Mrs. Mabel Dean of Richmond, Mrs. Gladys Gillespie of Manassas and Mrs. Elsie Keys of Florida. Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday at the Chimney Run Church in Bath County with burial at Cleek Cemetery there. The Final Tribute CLORE FUNERAL HOME “The Home of Thoughtful Service” PHONE 825-2361 CULPEPER CEMETERY MEMORIALS Susie Woodward Brightwood Resident Mrs. Susie Jenkins Woodward, 76, of Brightwood died Friday, March 25, 1983, in a Charlottesville Hospital. Mrs. Woodward was bom in Page County on June 29,1906, and was the daughter of the late Isaac and Mary Alice Barker Jenkins. Survivors include her husband, Andrew Jackson Woodward; four daughters, Mrs. Rosa Elswick of Brightwood, Mrs. Betty Woodward of Madison, Mrs. Lida Sisk of Culpeper and Mrs. Carrie Woodward of Banco; six sons, Lonie Woodward of Banco, Glenn Woodward of Des Plains, 111., Gene Woodward of Brightwood, Ross Woodward of Ruckersville, Mack Woodward of Washington and Hoover Woodward of Culpeper. Additional survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Virgie Jenkins of Luray and Mrs. Bertha Fellers of Ransom, West Virginia; 49 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted on Monday at the Moody Funeral Home Chapel in Culpeper by the Rev. George Johnson. Burial was in the Thoroughfare Community Chapel Cemetery. J*4****** ******* t 1111111 i 111 + RESOLUTION WHEREAS, it has pleased the Almighty to take from us to his great reward our friend and fellow-Director, Theodore C. Barron, and WHEREAS, Theodore C. Barron served as a member of the Board of Directors of Northern Piedmont Electric Cooperative from August 1958 thru December, 1979, and WHEREAS, Theodore C. Barron was a member of the incorporating Board of Directors of Rappahannock Electric Cooperative and served in that capacity until his death on February 28,1983, and WHEREAS, Theodore C. 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-Judge Horne Declares Mistrial Continued from Page 5) When she heard the bulldozer approaching on November 9, Kidwell said, she asked Buntin for help because she was afraid that Spellman “was going to destroy our property...He said he did not want to mess with Ranee Spellman...(that in previous instances)he didn’t like the way Patricia Saltonstall and Ranee Spellman reacted.” According to Kidwell, Buntin advised her to get a trespass warrant if Spellman ventured onto her property and said only that he would call the deceased’s employer. “I made a decision that I had to go down and protect our property,” Kidwell told the jury, adding that she was afraid her husband, sons or brother would go if she didn’t. “I was afraid for my husband. I was afraid for my brother. I was afraid for my children. I had to do something.” Knew Always Armed She said she picked up the shotgun from the foyer for protection” because she knew Spellman “scared my husband. He had threatened my husband.” Kidwell added that Spellman’s employer had told her that “Ranee knew how to take care of himself and always carried a gun.” Out of concern that the sight of a weapon might provoke Spellman, Kidwell said she carried the shotgun to the truck, shielding the gun from view with her body, and then rolled the pick-up out onto the rightof-way. She told the court her brother was standing on a gate, trying to talk to Spell man, but the farm manager kept on working, “pushing over trees, cutting into banks, piling up dirt.” Her self-control cracking with her voice, Kidwell told how her brother walked to the truck, the bulldozer S-P-R-I-N-G FEEDER CATTLE SALES — at — MADISON LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Madison Mills, Va. ► THURSDAY MARCH 24th APRIL 7th 7:00 pm HEIFERS and STEERS (Some Cows and Calves) Cattle Will Be Weighed the Day of Sale 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. . For Further Information Contact: MADISON LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC MADISON MILLS, VA. D. W. Tucker Orange, Va. 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I said I wasn’t moving...He came at the truck again (with) an awful, awful look on his face...He looked so mean and mad and dangerous.” Then Spellman backed the bulldozer again and turned the machine slightly, Kidwell said. “I saw his hands coming off the controls and reaching into his jacket. I put the gun out the window and fired. I thought he was going to kill me.” According to the defendant, she didn’t know if she’d hit Spellman. “He was still looking at me. He still had his hand in the jacket. I still thought he was going to shoot me,” she said, telling the court that she then screamed “Get off! Get off! Get off!” at Spellman. She added that she held her shotgun on him the entire time until she saw him slump and then she turned and walked up to her house. 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Kidwell said she was aware as early as September of the work Saltonstall Hendricks said, Spellmar ordered him to move a front end loader from where it was parked partially on Saltons tails property by 7 a.m. When he arrived at the construction site at the deadline, Hendricks said he found Spellman already JUDGE THOMAS HORNE called the Kidwell jurors back to the courtroom at 10:30 p.m. on Friday to ask that they continue trying to reach a unanimous decision but stressed that no individual should sacrifice his or her convictions for that unanimity. Fourty-five minutes later, the jury returned and announced it was hopelessly deadlocked. planned to do and noted that she’s requested her attorney to apply for a restraining order on November 1 to block the construction. She said she knew she was entitled to monetary compensation if her property was wrongfully damaged “but only if we win the suit.” Asked if Spellman had ever helped her when she had car trouble, she told the jury that once when her car was stalled, he’d stepped out of the bushes and stood, just looking at her with a rifle in his hands, not saying a word until she got the motor running again. Under cross examina- * tion, Kidwell said she took* the gun from her house on November 9 “to stop further destruction of our property.” When begged by her brother to leave, she admitted saying “No, I’m going to stay here. Leave me alone. Don’t fool with me!” At that moment, she acknowledged, she wasn’t afraid. “Once I was in the truck and got to where I was going to make my stand, I felt better then. I felt secure in the truck,” Kidwell said, agreeing that she “felt protected” with the shotgun. Asked by the prosecutor if she grew angry watching Spellman operate the bulldozer, Kidwell said she “got upset and mad and sad and hurt.” As she sat watching For 10-25 minutes, she saw Spellman at one point reach n his jacket and pull out a cigarette, Kidwell said, acoiowledging that she never saw a weapon. Bad Reputation In testimony presented >n Ranee Spellman’s reputation, Jack Hendricks told he court how Spellman had varaed him not to cross »ver a ditch onto Salton tail’s property. “Spellman aid ‘I’m not coming over here (on Hendricks’ side) tecause I don’t want to get ny head blowed off.’ It eemed to me as a threat.” On another occasion, rr=-r FAUQUIER LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE >NCMPM<T>n State Grade Feeder Calves & Yearlings 1,000 T01,200 ALLBREEDS 7:00 p.m. Thuro., March 31 Thura., April 7 Thurs., April 21 Sponsored by MvshaKFeeda Cattle Assn. at Fauquier Livestock Exchange fcK,NmM,Va. 3M-1SM Consignments Welcome there in his truck, a rifle on the seat beside him and a pistol on his lap. According to Hendricks, Spellman told him the guns were “to keep you or anybody else from getting that machine away from here til you give me 50 bucks.” The man said he gave Spellman the cash, rental fee for parking the front end loader on two feet of Saltonstall’s land overnight. Gregory Palmer also testified that after he’d used a different contested right-ofway to reach property where he had permission to cut wood, Spellman followed him back to his front porch and threatened that if Palmer ever used the right •^jf-way again and Spellman couldn’t reach him, “he had something that could.” Dr. Werner Krebser, Culpeper veterinarian Harry Bouchard, Thomas Wayland and T. V. Williams described Spellman as having a bad reputation for violence, turbulence and pugnacity.” In the only rebuttal witness called by the prosecution, Trooper Baines reported that Spellman’s prior criminal record consisted of a single conviction for trespassing in 1974 for which he was fined $28. After the attorneys finished debating instructions to the jury near noon, Merrill began final arguments for the Commonwealth. Asking for a conviction on first degree murder, the special prosecutor said that the shooting of Spellman was “not a complicated case.” He maintained that the defense had thrown out a series of “red herrings and smoke screens” aimed at putting Spellman in the defendant’s place, confusing the issue and taking attention away from the time of the killing. The two incidents testified to by Hendricks and Palmer are “the entire gist of specific acts of violence and turbulence" Ranee Spell man committed in 36 years, Merrill said. “He never once in his life was in a fight, he never once drew a gun on anybody, much less fired one.” The only damage to property, including the fence and the tree, occurred on the right-of-way, not on Kid well land, the prosecutor said. The victim made no threats to use a weapon and never touched a weapon before he was killed, according to Merrill. “Nobody confronted Diane Kidwell. It was her choice to come down” carrying a loaded gun from her house, he told the jury. She stayed despite her brother’s pleas to leave, despite being told the police were coming, he said. “Nobody was down there for her to protect...She had decided not to let him bulldoze any further...That’s not self defense. That’s murder,” Merrill said. Kidwell “had no right what-so-ever to eliminate Ranee Spellman from the face of this earth. No right to be judge, no right to be jury...and no right to give him the death penalty," the prosecutor concluded. (Join* To Be Killed Defense attorney John Dowd argued that Diane Kidwell “honestly and reasonably believed Ranee Spellman was going to kill her." As to the right-of-way dispute, Dowd said, “everybody’s wrong except Mrs. Saltonstall, his voice rising. “It’s her mountain!" He described Spellman's dropping the blade of a 41,000 pound bulldozer on the Kidwell’s property as a “spiteful, punitive act...He didn’t have to come down there at 7:15 that morning but he did." Dowd recalled Hendrick’s tale of Spellman’s holding the front end loader hostage for trespassing two feet on Saltonstall’s 270 acres. “He was going to keep order on that mountain! the defense attorney shouted, pounding the railing with his fist. Dowd noted that Saltonstall said Spellman was a “professional with guns... He kept order on her mountain... What is this? A professional gunslinger? A (Continued on Page 12) Drive a bargain to Detroit after 5. You’ll save 40% on out-of-state calls to Detroit or anywhere else in the continental U.S. when you call after 5 and dial direct. Long distance rates go down alter 5 pm. ArKlL 2nd ^ OPEN HOUSE WE’RE HAVING AN OPEN HOUSE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW LINE OF POWER EQUIPMENT! JACOBSEN* SEE THE ’83 JACOBSEN LINE DISPLAYED ON OUR LOT! <5 KICK THE TIRES! 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Kidwell Jury Hung— (Continued from Page 11 hired gun...That’s not the South Bronx. That’s not Southeast Washington. That’s a beautiful mountain! “What does a professional gunman do?” Dowd continued. “He loves violence. He’s cruel. He’s out of control, he’s always at war...but most of all, he’s unpredictable,” he said, describing Spellman on November 9 as “armed to the teeth and he’s early.” “Diane Kidwell’s reaction?” Dowd demanded, pounding the railing again. “The nightmare is about to take place. And who does she call? She calls the sheriff... She knows who Ranee Spellman is. She knows who he works for.” While insisting he wasn’t trying to blame the sheriff, Dowd said he thought Buntin “should have gone. I wish he had gone, but he didn’t...He told her he didn’t want to get involved...He didn’t come. Diane Kidwell was right, no matter whose version of the conversation you believe. He didn’t come.” In Kidwell’s eyes, “ther^ was no law...She had r no protection,” Dowd said. He described the defendant’s action in arming herself and walking down the hill as “a selfless and courageous decision of a good and decent woman.” She didn’t want her husband Roger to go because she didn’t want to provoke “this madman on a bulldozer,” Dowd said. He reminded the jury that Trooper Baines had stopped to take his rifle from the trunk of his patrol car before reaching the scene. “And the Commonwealth has the gall to tell you that Diane Kidwell can’t pick up a shotgun to protect herself on her own property?” Dowd shouted at the jury. “Her home is her castle...A woman’s first instinct is to protect... Where does it say in the law that she has to submit to the tyranny of a professional bully on a 41,000 pound bulldozer?... She’s got guts. She stepped forward,” Dowd said, likening Kidwell to the fireman who rescues a child from a burning building, the man who dives into the freezing waters of a river to save a drowning victim or soldiers who perform acts of valor on the battlefield. “She’s strong. She’s not a coward. Fear begats fear,” he almost screamed. “The rabbit runs, the turtle hides but the lion roars!” Diane Kidwell had built her home with “her own blood, sweat, tears and backbone,” Dowd continued. She wasn’t willing to become a slave to Ranee Spellman, he insisted. “This country wasn’t built on that... Who do Ranee Spellman and Patricia Saltonstall think they are? They just wanted their way. They just had to have their way.” Gasoline, Jackal Diane Kidwell “knew it was gasoline on the top of that bulldozer... Every attempt at peaceful resolution (of the right-of-way dispute) had failed,” Dowd claimed. “Despite the odds, despite the danger, she took that step forward,” the defense attorney said, maintaining that his client had no basis for believing the State Police were coming. “What kind of jackal was driving that bulldozer? He had evil, hate and anger all over his face,” Dowd shouted in an emotional conclusion. Kidwell fired the shot that killed Spellman “because of the strongest instinct in life—the desire to live, the desire to keep going.” Country Of Laws In his rebuttal, Merrill maintained that the U.S. is “a country of laws where you cannot take the law into your own hands...The bulldozer never left that 50 foot right-of-way. Her house was not in jeopardy. Her life was not in jeopardy. She just didn’t want that 50 foot right-of-way touched by him!” the prosecutor said. “Too bad £>iane Kidwell didn’t see fit to make that argument in court.” He maintained that the real question in the case lay with Kidwell’s credibility. She said she saw Spellman stick his hand in his shirt front as if to draw a gun but the buttons on the flannel shirt covering that gun were all fastened, Merrill noted. She didn’t say “Don’t shoot, don’t shoot” but instead yelled “Get off, get off,” the prosecutor recalled. “Does she fire beecause she’s scared or because she wants him out of there?” Finally, he asked the jurors to try to reach across their bodies as testimony had Ranee Spellman reaching “and tell me how you get shot without a mark on your arm?” as he passed held the photograph of Spellman’s body, naked from the waist up, stretched out on a morgue slab, the only wound in the right front of the chest. “There’s no joy in a case like this. There’s no joy or fulfillment to see you convict Diane Kidwell and send her to the penitentiary but there’s a duty... You will tell the community whether you can go out and take somebody’s life...Don’t give Diane Kidwell this license to kill. She didn’t have to kill him. “I don’t represent Ranee Spellman or Patricia Saltonstall. I represent the Commonwealth of Virginia,” Merrill continued. “Not for vengeance, not for retribution. I ask you for justice and justice says you can’t take a human life...If you don’t make the price high for taking a life, you cheapen the value of all life.” After dismissing the jury and declaring a mistrial following the panel’s eight hours of deliberations, Judge Horne denied a motion from attorney Peter Luke on behalf of the Rappahannock News, requesting that closed portions of the record in the proceedings be opened to the public. On behalf of the defense, Dowd restated his earlier objection to opening the record, which includes two prior hearings held in Rappahannock and Leesburg. Merrill told the court that he had no objections to Luke’s request. In denying the motion, Judge Home granted Luke leave to renew his request when the proceedings against Kidwell are at an end. Only $1,818 At Risk (Continued from Page 1) construction of the system. Application will soon be made for approximately $500,000 from the state’s Community Development Block Grant program, the last step before Sperryville’s sewer system can become a reality. Construction of the sewer system is contingent upon the block grant, necessary to bring monthly user fees down to a range village residents can afford. If the county is not successful in securing the money when second round funding awards are announced this summer, construction will not proceed. Should this happen, $1,818 would become due as the local remaining local share of final design costs. The News regrets the error in last week’s paper which gave the “at risk” amount as $18,018 and apologizes for any alarm the mistake may have raised with members of the county’s Water and Sewer Authority More Dumpsters Requested (Continued from Page 1) Organizers of the petition drive believe that providing more dumpsters will save the county money in the long run through reduction of clean-up costs at the present - over-burdened sites. Copies of the petitions are available for signing at the Rappahannock News, Cash Store, Rappahannock Clinic, Nature’s Foods and Cafe, Sursum Corda School Rappahannock Business & Service Directory Call 675*3349 to Place Your Ad! Only $2.50 per week for a 1 inch space! Call about our combination rates with The Fauquier Democrat. The Clark Courier. Loudoun Times-Mirror. and The Reston Times WEEK Accountants Vincent R. 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Horse & Farm Directory Loudoun Times-Mirror Leesburg, Va. 703-777-1110 l F auquier Democrat Warrenton, Va. 703-347-4222 Rappahannock News Washington, Va. 703-675-3349 Clarke Courier Berryvilie, Va. 703-955-1111 Place your ad in all 4 for as little as $8.50 r INDEX ■\ Auction* - Hone/Livestock Bam Construction Boarding and Training Farm Equlpmant A Supplies Fatm Servlcad Farrlen Fencing, Gates A Jumps Hay for Sals Help Wanted Horses A Ponies-For Sale Horses A Ponies - Wanted Hones A Ponies to Giro Away Instruction Livestock for Sale Miscellaneous Position Wanted Real Estate Saddleries Shows end Events Stables for Sale or Rent Stud Service Tack A Equlpmant torSale Vans and Trallen Veterinarians l _ J BOARDING Modem facilities and professional care in the heart of horse country. We offer flexible boarding arrangements that cater to your horses special needs ae well as your budget Outside course coming in spring. (703)937-4862 SUMMERPLACE Located East of MkMoburg A-s. 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Middleburg, Va. 703-687-6371 Pucta&Q*** FARM GATES Made to Order, Any Size Oak Lumber H. G. ROSE Delaplane, Va. 364-1574 GOOD CLEAN WHEATSTRAW - large bales. G. L. Greenfield. Call 703-777-3201. Top Quality Pennsylvania Hay and Straw Delivered Large & small load* Call Dave (703)937-4708 .; - jimum* NEED DEPENDABLE HARD WORKING person for general farm work. House not included. Call 703-687-5707 after 6pm. d Far**. D AMERICAN SADDLE BRED MARE, registered, 6 years, chestnut. 15.2 hands, good disposition, $3,000. Call 703-687-6025. ANGLO ARAB, 16.1 hands, 5 year old, beautiful chestnut gelding. Elegant mover, super disposition, will make a winning dressage horse, CT, or hunter. Call Leah Miller 703/754-9058. EXCELLENT TRAIL HORSE, chestnut, 14.3, 15 years, easy keeper. Gentle, good companion. Shots. Looking for good home. $490 703-338-4829. LARGE THOROUGHBRED BROODMARE. Heavy in foal to Double Warrant. Very gentle. Chestnut. $2,500. Call 703/9375146. PINTO FILLY, 14 hands, 22 months. Not broke. $475 or will trade for experienced labor to build pole barn or fencing. (703)347-4633. REGISTERED Vi MORGAN GELDING, chestnut, 14 2 hands, 4 years old, excellent pony club prospect. Super gentle good nature, $1200.703/754-4933. THOROUGHBRED FILLIES (TWO) — 2 years old. One - gray, halt sister to Stakes Placed Winner. Both broken, ready for training. Broodmare • first foal Stakes Placed. In foal. Has impaired vision. 703668-6266. WANTED TO BUY - horses and ponies for children’s summer camp. Also need saddles. Call 703-554-8255. Riding Instructions Beginning to advanced by highly qualified instructor using excellent horses. Call for appointment and details. Orchard Hill Stable, near Middleburg, Va. 703-554-8255. RIDING LESSONS Malntree Indoor Lighted Ring Private and Group Beginners to Advanced Child or Adult TRAIL RIDES 703-777-3012 703-777-3279 REGISTERED HEREFORD BULL, halter broke, coming 2 years old. Calves by first calving females on the ground. 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FOLGE New York graded stakes winner by Mr. Leader Performance, Pedigree, Confirmation, Disposition $1,500 live foal Call 703/399-1327 or 703/547-2395 STABLE CLOSE-OUT - feed tubs, buckets, etc. Saddles, bridles, and all kinds of tack. 703-3387755 NEW AND USED trailers. Custom built or well known brands, from $1,000. AAA Trailer Sales, Inc. 703/347-0733. DL#8465. STOCK TRAILER, 1977 Hanover gooseneck, 20x6. Excellent condition Call 703/347-0733. DL#8465. TRAILER & VAN REPAIR (703) 937-4402 DOUG HAYES WELDING Residential and Agricultural Construction We specialize in custom horse barns, indoor riding arenas, run-in sheds, and all other agricultural buildings Als0: Sun decks, garages, additions “Experienced, Professional, Affordable” t •Horse Facilities • Arenas • Farm Buddings •Commercial • Storage • Cottages We Have Competitive Prices Over 30 years experience of building ' the best in post frame buildings Cal for FREE estfmato BONANZA BUILDINGS Umbaugh Building Company Rt. 2 Box 63, Purcellville, Va. (703)336-2306 GANDOLPH B.G., 13.2-A. Wins good ribbons. 8 yrs. hunting, pony clubbed. Excellent teacher, easy keeper. $2,300 (703)347-4921 Classified Ads Reach nearly everyone In Rappahannock County with your Classified Ad. Just call on>stop by our office before Noon on Tuesday. Rates: $3.25 for the first 20 words, 15 cents for each additional word. Box number, $2.00 additional. SMALL TOWN OPPORTUNITIES. ' The Plains now launching major revitalization Invite and seek enterprise for top quality shops and professional services Compatible with English Village concept Buildings available for lease or purchase Call 703/253-5620. WILL DO BABYSITTING in my home. Have references. Call (703)675-3839. HAY FOR SALE, 200 round bales. Good quality $13 each or $2,400 for all. Call (703)937-5160 or (703)9375894. HAY: Top quality large round bales, loaded onto your wagon. $15. Call (703)675-3761 SPERRYVILLE THRIFT SHOP, open Saturday and Sunday. 10 to 4. Clothes and many useable items. MMMSMS DHVE * THEATRE, RTJI FLEA MARKET Open 7a.m.-4p.m. EVERY SUNDAY SNACKBAR CLKAH RX8T ROOMS—AMPLE PARKING (Ml All Day $0 — mm hapwaw C & S FLOWERS EASTER SPECIALS - Easter egg bouquet; Wire chicken with egg bouquet as seen on television. Delivery and wire service available. MasterCard & Visa accepted. Call (703)347-3493 day or night. FOR SALE: 2 heifers, one Charolais and one Charolais cross. Call 703/937-5891 evenings. REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Ray T Cannon. (703)9374900. If you need to buy and sell grazing cattle, call J&TFARM BUYING—SERVICE Eveninfi 304/856-3711 CLASSIFIED INDEX GENERAL CLASSIFIED 0- Artlficlal Breeding 1- Antiques 2 Auctions 3 Business Opportunities 4-ChHd Services 5 Child Care Wanted 6Commutar« Como 7 Crafts-a-Plenly 10-Farm Equipment A Supplies 12- Firewood lot Sal# 13- Qarage A Yard Sala» 14- Gardening Egulpmanl A Produca 15- Giveaways 20-Happy Ada 21 Happy Birthdays 22-Horse A Tack Traders Corner 22-Horaoa tor Sale 24- Houashold llama lor Sale 25- lnslructlon 40-Lkraalock lor Sale 41 Lost A Found 42- Mlsc. For Sale 43- Mlec. Wanted 44- MobUe Homes - Seles/Rent 45- Mualcal Inslrumenlt A Equipment 4A-Personel SOPels 51-Recreational Equipment BO-Ranlals-Apts Sl-Rentals-Buslnese 52 Rentals-Houses A3 Rentals Rooms A4 Rentels-Lend A5-Rentals Vacation Homes AA-Renlals Wanted to Rent AT Real Estate Wanted AA Real Estata Sale by Owner AA Real Estate lor Sale 70 Roommates Wanted. Available 71 Services Business 72^ Services-Farm 73 Services-Home Improvements 74-Services Personal 75 Services-Mice. 7A Swap A Trade 77-Tributes A Thanks EMPLOYMENT 100 Employment Sendees 101 Help Wanted 102 Help Wanted Domestic 103 Help Wanted Farm A Garden 110 Jobs Wanted NOTICES* ANNOUNCEMENTS 12S Business Notices 12A-Blds A Proposals 127 legal Notices VEHICLES 200-Vehicles lor Sale 201 Motorcycles 202-Vehtclee-Mechanic's Delight 20S-VeMcles-Perts A Acceesortes 204-VeMcles- Recreedertel PAINTING AND DRAWING for children and adults Located on school bus route outside of Washington, Va Call (703)675-3620 PRE-BALLET and BALLET 1 dance classes for girls and boys ages 4 - 10 on Wednesday afternoons at Sursum Corda School Spring Session beginning now under the direction of professional dancer and teacher, Eve La Mois. For more information, call the school at (703)675-3237 READING SPECIALIST at RCES will tutor students (grades K-7/all subjects) this spring/summer in Woodvillehome Evenings 703/987-8847 SPEECH THERAPY and PRIVATE TUTORING available on a sliding scale fee basis by trained therapists and instructors at Sursum Corda School on Mondays and Wednesdays For more information call the school at (703)675-3237. UVE3TOCK & F0ft8AI.fi ? 11 SPRING IS HERE It’s time to saddle upl Buy, sell or trade at the oldest and largest horse sale in Virginia. Plan to attend the Horse Sale Capitol of VirginiaThe Front Royal Livestock Exchange, Inc. April 2 New Tack sold at 10:30 a.m. Horsea at 1 p.m. Sale Managers: Jay Tinsman and Billy Staples Hon* ConlgffiiNnts iccapM Friday 4 Saturday GSSEESSGSSS APPLIANCES, Jenn-Air, Thermador. Waste King, Sub Zero and more Call Country Cupboards, Washington, VA 675-3294 BANK GRAVEL (PMch-G ravel) For sale. Also, hauling and spreading. C. R. Stona Rappawan, Inc. Rt. 522 South Front Royal, Va. (703)635-5143 or (703)636-6143 ITALIAN BEES, 3 lb package with queen, queens, nucs Early April delivery Order now1 Call 703/9878152 BEES tor pollination Call 703/9878152 FHKSH BHOWN EGGS from Happy Hens at IORDAN RIVER FARM Available at NATURE'S FOODS,Washington SETTLES GROCERY, Flint Hill BETTER THYMES. Front Royal MIXED WOOD FOR SALE, $30 a pickup load Yellow locust posts. $1 65 up Stakes, trim, $1 25 Horse manure $12 pickup load; aged $25 per load Will deliver tor a small tee Moody Aylor 703/987-8215, best time to call between 7,30 - 9 30 a m NOW AVAILABLE. Rappahannock County bumper stickers at the Rappahannock News Office on Main Street $1 00 each PHOTOGRAPHS—Permanent prints of the STAFF PICTURES which appear in the Rappahannock News can be ordered from the News Office Prices are $5 for 5 x 7 and $8 for8x 10 703/675-3349 m I^VfSTOdK FOR SALE COMPLETE DISPERSAL SALE OVER 650 HEAD TOP PERFORMANCE BEEF HERD HOLBROOK FARMS Wednesday, April 20 7:00 P.M. THE ENTIRE HERD SELLS 315 COWS 185 Spring calving cows - 20 with 'A blood Limousin calves 130 Fall calving cows - Most of the black cows are bred to full blood Limousin bulls - The BWF cows are bred to BLK bulls. 19 Bred Heifers - Bred to BLK bulls 8 Open Heifers 25 Steers and Heifers (500 - 600 lbs.) 30 Steers and Heifers (400 - 500 lbs.) I Full blood Limousin bull WLCC 81 N by WRC High Sierra 3 Regular Angus bulls The above mostly black and black white face will be grouped in small uniform lots as to size and color. To be sold at: Staunton Union Stock Yards, Inc. Staunton, Va. Located east of Staunton on Statler Blvd. at the intersection of Rt. 245 Cattle will be pregnancy checked and bangs tested for interstate shipment For Further Information Call: Douglas Roper (703) 348-5495 Clay Hewitt (703)886-1208 or Yards (703) 886-5131 Eappattannocb Neujh Name Address City_ CLASSIFIED ORDER BLANK .State. Classification CopyPhone TO RUN:_WEEKS (#2 CHARGE PER WEEK FOR MAILING BOX NUMBER REPLIES ) RATES 8TRAJGHT CLASSIFIED: 20 words (or (ess) CLASSIFIED DISPLAY: Per column inch HORSE A TACK TRADERS’ CORNER: Straight line ads (20 words or less) S3.25 S3.90 SS.S0

»I$C. FOR SALE ) THE VAC SHOP 823 Shenandoah Aue. Front Royal, Va. 635-8147 New & Reconditioned Vacuums Hose, Cords, Bags, Motors Central Vac System —At Reduced Prices— TRAVERSE RODS, 1 cent SALE. Buy 1, 86" - 156" or 48" ■ 86" at regular price, get the second rod for 1 cent HOUSE OF FABRICS, 207 East Main, Front Royal, 703/635-5873 TURN YOUR WINDOW into a minigreen house Phone 703/937-5579 WHITE ELEPHANT SALE. Also in stock - blue rhinos, pink flamingos arid orange ostriches Bring your own cage WORM CASTING - a dynamite natural soil closing sale - 5 lbs $2 50, 10 lbs $4 50, 20 lbs $8 00 Phone orders. 703/987-8913 JOBS WANTED I WANT TO TAKE CARE of elderly person in my home Call (703)8250251 n* m MISC. WANTED j OLD PHOTOGRAPHS WANTED: The Rappahannock News will pay $5 apiece for photographs from bygone days in Rappahannock County for the Out of the Attic' feature All photographs will be returned 'Out of the Attic' photos should be delivered to the News Office during business hours STUDIO SPACE Do you have a small barn or outbuilding close to Little Washington where I could do art work and sign painting'? Call Linda Heimstra at 703/675-3620 WANTED Several sets of porcelain door knobs Call 703/675-3349 daytime or 703/987-8058 evenings .»•* VEHICLES 1 ^ FOftSAU 1 1979 FORD 150, supercab, V-8, automatic, power steering - brakes, $2,800 1975 FORD 100, supercab, V-8, 3 speed, power brakes $1,200 Call (703)675-3816 after 7pm 1974 FORD PINTO, good condition $500 firm. Call (703)675-3425 evenings 1973 CHEVELLE SS, power steering/brakes, air conditioning, radio, new tires, mechanically sound. Call (703)675-3713 after 6pm l.WLO' —I Public Auction Thursday-March 31 ****“ Saturday-April 2 7:30 p.m. each evening Located: Jenkins Auction House Gay St., Washington, Va. Nice door prize to be given away each evening JENKINS AUCTIONEERING SERVICE Marble top tables Wash stands Wash bowl & pitchers Furniture Gun racks Tools Glassware Many, many other useable items John Walker Jenkins, Auctioneer Washington, Va. 675-3325 987-8211 n mrnrnmTTnmn Saturday, April 2,1983 10:00 A.M. — Rain or Shine J&S Equipment Rt. 666, Culpeper, Vo. DIRECTIONS: Go to Culpeper, Vo., take Rt. 29 bypass to Rt. 666, East 2/10 mi. to auction. NOTE* J&S Equipment Is not going out of business, |ust having Inventory reduction auction! 1967 Ford F600 Dump Truck, single axle, V8, 5-speed, 2-spd. axle 1967 Chevrolet C50 Tank Truck, 6 cyl., 4-speed, 2-speed axle 1966 Chevrolet Van 1972 Dodge 12 Ft. Van 1966 International 1700 Cab & Chassis 1973 Ford Alum. Step Van, 6 cyl., auto, trans. 1973 Buick, 2 door 1972 Chevrolet Sedan (for parts only) Ross Fork Lift, 8-Ton cap. with neumatic tires Farmall M Tractor Over 100,000 Nuts & Bolts (various sizes) Lot Hose Fittings Lot Flexible Exhaust Pipe Grease Guns Lot Shop Tools Lot New Auto Parts Lot Hydraulic Hose Lot Tool Boxes (New & Used) Lot Pipe Fittings Power Washer Several Hydraulic Jacks Used Hydraulic Pumps (or Dump Bodies Lot Cases Oil, Grease,etc. Also selling Mr. Hazel’s 2-seated bicycle Lou*, lots miscellaneous items too numerous to mention. Wo will also offfar at this auction tha oquipmant 4 rolling stock of local contractor llstad bolowt 1974 Mack R600, 10-wheel dump truck, 16 ft. body, 237 Maxidynt Engine, Maxitorque Extended Range Tram*. 38,000 lb. Rears, 122,000 miles 1973 International Model 1710 Till Cab, 16' Flal Body 1973 Ford 1-Ton Truck with 9' Flat Dump Bed 1977 M.F. Model 40B Tractor with front end loader box scraper & snow basket (nice pc. equip.) 9‘ Tandem Axle Flal Bed Trailer Brillion Seeder (5'-3 Pt. Hitch) Lely Spreader (3 Pt. Hitch) 8' York Rake (3 Pt. Hitch) 8' Lime Spreader 5' Lime Spreader 2-Wheel Tree Cart (3) 275-Gal. Fuel Tank* Asphalt Cutting Wheel Lot Asphalt Hand Tools Metal File Cabinets Metal Office Desk Bottled Gas Heater (3) Motorola 2-Way Radios (Low Frequency) (I) Motorola 2-Way Base Radio (Low Frequency) Owner: IAS Equipment A Others J Terms; ('ash l.uneh Served COL. TOM W. REESE AUCTION COMPANY ■ CULPEPER. VIRGINIA 22701 PHONE 825-2800 c ftENTALS-Am. NEW ONE BEDROOM apartments, available April 15 in Washington, Va. Electric heat pump/ air conditioned Stove and refrigerator furnished, no pets, laundry in building, security deposit Call 703/635-5401 COMMERCIAL SPACE available April 15 in Washington, Va Call 703/635-5401 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE HOUSE AND 1 ACRE, $14,500. Needs repair (703)937-5564 after 6pm 71-SERVICESBUSINESS ANTIQUE RESTORATIONS, refinishing and upholstery Call COUNTRY CUPBOARDS, Washington, Va 703/675-3294 A TIP TOP CHIMNEY SWEEP. Cleaning liners and caps, fully insured Call 1-703-948-6706 EXPERIENCED IN CARPENTRY and brick laying, all phases of building and remodeling. 30 years experience Edward M Clark, 703/6753608 or Bobby Brown 703/675-3624. HEAVY DUTY BUSHHOGGING with industrial equipment Call 703/8250473 after 6pm I DON'T WANT TO GET RICH, I just want to make a living Licensed and insured contractor. Electrical $9 / hour. Carpentry $8 / hour. Stefan Alexander, (703)636-6972. MOSES GENTRY, carpentry,general building, storm windows, tinning, ceramic tile, guttering, state license, 703/923-4413 after 6p.m. OLD DOMINION CONSTRUCT^ & Repair, additions, renovations including all aspects of home repair. Local references. For estimates, call evenings 703/937-5482. PIANO TUNING: 30 years full time - now living in this area. Work guaranteed. Call collect 703/937-5857, Warren Emerson Dennis. No Sunday calls please! REMODELING, RESTORATIONS, additions, all types of carpentry. Licensed. F W Hutchinson, 703/9375579. ROOFING — Gutters and down spoutings. Tinning and roofing of all kinds. Aluminum gutter and downspout Roof repair. Call Bill Starks, 703/675-3630, Washington, VA. THURMAN WHORTON. Flint HillPlumbing, heating and electrical work 24 hour emergency service at 703/675-3607. RENT A NEW 1983 ZENITH 19” color TV for $14.95 weekly. Stereo systems from $9.95 weekly. Video Cassette Recorders for $14.95 for 3 days or $19 95 weekly. Part of your rent can apply toward ownership. No deposit required C & P FURNITURE, (703)825-0565 In loving memory this Easter of our dear Mother and grandmother, Inez V Pullen and father and grandfather, Bennie 0 Pullen. The gates of memory will never close, How much we miss you, no one knows. When days are dark and lonely And everything goes wrong, It seems we hear you whisper Cheer up and carry on. Many a lonely heartache, Often a silent tear, But always a beautiful memory of two people we loved so dear. Sadly missed by son, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. In loving memory of our dear daughter and sister, Patricia Ann Brown, who departed this life nine months ago, June 25,1982. Patricia: Memories are for keepsakes That no one can steal. Death is heartache That no one can heal; Beautiful memories are all we have left of you, dear Patricia, who we will never forget. We miss you more as time goes by, It's hard to think of you and not cry. We still think about you every day We miss you more in every way. It broke our hearts to lose you But you did not go alone, Part of us went with you The day God called you home. In our hearts, you will always stay, With the memories you left us, on this day Sadly missed by: Mom, Dad, Melissa and Charles In memory of Isabell Roy, who passed away one year ago on April 4.1982. Mother: It has been one year since you went away, And we miss you more everyday. But God needed another loving smiling face, So he took you home to his heavenly place. Sadly missed by: Your daughter, Maud E. Roy Your son, Raymond W. Dearing and their families HELP WANTED: Pick-up corn, 45$ per bushel. Call (703)675-3663. RESPONSIBLE PERSON to mow 20 acres, tractor / bushhog provided, in exchange (or vegetable garden and seven acres for grazing. Woodville area. Call (202)362-8323 nights. FARM HELP WANTED Dependable, hard-working and sober person needed for work on thoroughbred farm in western Loudoun County, Varied duties include stable work, general farm work and maintenance. Excellent working conditions. House available. Experienced, qualified persons should send resume and references to Box 417, The Reston Times, 11866 Sunrise Valley Dr., Reston, VA 22091. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD YOUR EYEGLASS RX FILLED IN 1 HOUR? | 636-2020531 E. Main Street, Front Royal I public auction to sale 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 16 Located in Rappahannock County approximately 4 miles from Sperryvllle onRt.231. Personal property from the estate of the late Mrs. Earl (Jesse B.) Wayland Watch for complete listing in next weeks Issue of this paper. James W. Wayland, Executive JENKINS AUCTIONEERING SERVICE John Walker Jenkins, Auctioneer Washington, Va. 675-3325 987-8211 WHEREAS, it hath pleased our Heavenly Father to remove from our midst C.J. Miller, Jr., and, WHEREAS, C. J. Miller, Jr. has been Director, Vice President, and President of the Rappahannock National Bank and served in the positions faithfully for a number of years and, WHEREAS, we miss his loyalty, friendship and especially his guidance, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we express our deep feeling of loss by spreading a copy of this resolution upon our minutes, by sending a copy to the Family of C. J. Miller, Jr., and by having a copy published in the Rappahannock News. T. V. Williams, President Mary L. Payne, Cashier REWARD For information leading to the arrest and conviction of person (s) who stole guns and hunting knives from my house the first week in March. Call Junior Eastham (703)937-4303 H & R BLOCK Rmhinnock Nm Buldina Tuesday 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday 9 to 1 p.m. Friday 9 to 7 p.m. Saturday 9 to 12 p.m. Also by appointment CALL Office 675-3877 Evenings 675-3343 or 675-3626 TRUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE Consisting of certain tracts or parcels of land with buildings and improvements thereon, known as ‘Blue Rock Farm' and situated in the Hampton Magisterial District, Rappahannock County, Virginia, on SATURDAY, APRIL 9,1983 AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE COURT HOUSE WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA Pursuant to the provisions of a deed of trust executed by Foxfire Limited Partnership, a Maryland Limited Partnership, to Douglas K. Baumgardner and Charles D. Barrel!, Trustees, said deed of trust being dated May 1 1, 1979 and recorded May 11, 1979 in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia, in Deed Book 132, at Page 37, to secure the payment of certain debts therein described, default having been made in said deed of trust by virtue of a violation of the conditionsimposed therein authorizing the holder of the notes to declare the Continued Sat., April 9th Approx. 350 pitcos antique furniture A glass Catlett, Vo. Friday, April I8th Rag. Holstein Cows, Heifers, A Calm AH Farm Equipment, etc Catlett, Va. Watch for. complete listings in this newspaper. Sat., April 16th at 10:00 a.m. Tractor and Hay Equipment, Pickup Truck and etc... Property of Charles Foster Auction to be held on Fenton Farm, Rt. 17, Warrenton, Va. entire indebtedness due and payable, the undersigned, Douglas K Baumgardner and Charles 5 Barrel!, will offer for sale at public auction, to the highest bidder or bidders, at the front door of the Court House in Washington, Virginia on Saturday, April 9, 1983 at 11:00 A M, all those certain tracts dr parcels of land, with all buildings and improvements thereon and appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate, lying and being in Hampton Magisterial District, m the County of Rappahannock, Virginia, and designated as Tract 1, containing 89.5708 acres and Tract 2 (Parcel G), containing 25 0000 acres, as shown on plat of survey of V H & D, Inc by Richard H Vogel, C L.S., dated December 9, 1977, revised October 31, 1978, and recorded in Plat Book 2, at Page 95 of the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia, and being more particularly described by deed dated May 11, 1979 and recorded May 11,1979 in the aforesaid Clerk's Office in Deed Book 132, page 34 of said Clerk’s Office. In addition to fronting on U S. Highway 211, this property includes a right of way fifty (50) feet wide from U S Routes 211-522 to Parcel G of the property. This property is the same in all respects as was conveyed to Foxfire Limited Partnership by deed of Mary S. VanBrederode, et als, dated May 1 1. 1979 and recorded May 11, 1979 in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia. THIS PROPERTY HAS NUMEROUS BUILDING SITES, ALL WITH SCENIC MOUNTAIN VIEWS, AND IS IMPROVED BY A LARGE HOME, GUEST COTTAGE AND SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS. Reference is hereby made to the aforesaid deeds and plat of survey and to the references contained therein for a more complete and accurate description of the real estate herein conveyed. The sale of this property is subject to all easements or restrictions not adversely effecting the use thereof. TERMS OF SALE: Ten (10) percent bidder's deposity, in cash, on day of sale. Balance due and payable in cash within thirty (30) days of date of sale. DOUGLAS K. BAUMGARDER, TRUSTEE CHARLES D. BARRELL, TRUSTEE For information contact: Douglas K Baumgardner, Trustee P.O. Box 235 Washington, Virginia 22747 Phone (703)675-3617 or Charles D. Barrell, Trustee P.O. Box 712 Culpeper, Virginia 22701 Phone (703)825-6000 JOHN WALKER JENKINS, AUCTIONEER TRACT ONE (89.5708 acres) and PARCEL G (25 acres) will be sold separately and together. NOTEHOLDERS WILL CONSIDER FINANCING QUALIFYING PURCHASER WITH LIBERAL TERMS IF SATISFACTORY ARRANGEMENTS MADE IN ADVANCE. VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY IN RE: PROBATE OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ROBERT EUGENE CRAFT, SR. WILL FILE NO. 534 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this proceeding is to ascertain whether a paper writing dated November 24,1982 is the true Last Will and Testament of Robert Eugene Craft, Sr., deceased, and to admit it to probate or reject it as the Court may determine. An affidavit having been filed that Gordon Timothy Craft, Kenneth Hugh Craft, Ralph Edwin Craft, Paula Buddington, Raymond Buddington, and Minnie Stallings are not residents of this State and that the whereabouts and. last known address of Frances Ann Craft are unknown, it is ordered that they appear on or before May 9, 1983 and do what is necessary to protect their respective interests. ENTER this 17th day of March 1983. William Shore Robertson JUDGE I ASK FOR THIS: DAVID L. KONICK Counsel for Robert Eugene Craft, Jr., Executor P.O.Box 57 Washington, Virginia 22747 (703)675-3424 A Copy Teste: Diane Bruce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY JAMES W. FLETCHER, Trustee Under the Will of Robert L. Brown, Petitioner v. VIRGINIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND Staunton, Virginia 24401 and Any other persons who are or may be beneficiaries under the 'Cora Reid Brown and Ruth Stevens Charitable and Educational Trust' created by the Will of Robert L. Brown, who are proceeded against as 'parties unknown' Respondents. ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to substitute Harold G. Brown, Jr. as Trustee in the place and stead of James W. Fletcher, in accordance with paragraph 'TWELFTH' of the Last Will and Testament of Robert L. Brown, dated December 24, 1976, of record in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia, in Will Book 28, Page 242 And, it appearing by Affidavit filed according to law, that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Petitioner to ascertain all parties having an interest in this suit, and that there are or may be perContinued sons interested in the Trusts established in the Last Will and Testament of Robert L. Brown, Deceased, which are the subject of this suit whose names are unknown and making them parties defendant under the general description of parties unknown', it is, therefore ORDERED that the parties to this suit designated as parties unknown' do appear in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia, on or before May 9. 1983, and do what is necessary to protect their interests. And it is further ORDERED that this Order be published once a week for four (4) successive weeks in The Rappahannock News, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Rappahannock, Virginia. ENTERED this 18th day of March, 1983. Diane Bruce, Clerk J. Sloan Kuykendall KUYKENDALL, WETSEL & KUYKENDALL. P C. 20 South Cameron Street, PO. Box 2760 Winchester, Virginia 22601 (703)667-4644 Counsel for Petitioner A Copy Teste: Margaret Ralph, Deputy Clerk BUMPER STICKERS reading Rappahannock County, Virginia Celebrating 150 years are now available at the Rappahannock News Office. BEAT THE RUSH and get yours today for $1.00. iAi aAA AAA Building? •Paint •Lumber •Millwork •Hardware"* Complete One-Step BUILDING SUPPLY Warrenton Building Material Co., Inc. on the By-Pass Warrenton 347-1400 * ROBERT METCALFE GENERAL CONTRACTOR New Homes Cabins • Additions Remodeling Commercial as well As Residential Box 147 Flint Hill, Va. 703-675-3897 Va. Class A Contractor’s License YANCEY'S ACCOUNTING SERVICES Complete computerized general ledger system including: Monthly financial statements Payroll system including payroll checks, 941 's, and W2's Reasonable Rates Rapp. Co. Walk to Post Ofc. Library, Bank or store from this 4 bedrm. Cape Cod, located in the Town of Washington. Lge. well landscaped lot-wllovely Mt. views. $59,500 w/excel. owner finan. 45 acres of open, woods and old orchard. Springs, views, only minutes from town. $2,000 per acre with owner financing. Eileen M. Day, REALTORS Offering Full Line Of Tax and Accounting Services NOW AVAILABLE Call 937-5239 for appointment property ®ffcrtnga Washington. Va. 22747 675-3400 Clopton House. Box 126 tteverlv Atkins 675-15 Ht GJ MLS Kerin f)av W7-Htm l.urille Price 675-3427 \1itzie Young 9.? 7-5/96 l.isa Dav V37-524H SPERRYVILLE EMPORIUM Sperry ville, Virginia 22740 (703) 987-8088-Office Amissvllle - What a relief it ia to find a 3 bedroom, full bath, equipped kitchen, totally insulated Rambler on .74 acre for only $42,000 with 8% owner financing. Call today. Scrabble-Blackwater Creek flows the length of this 9.2 acre tract fronting Rt. 522. $19,900. James W. Leake 987-8236 J. Maurice O’Bannon 987-8713 Carson Johnson 987-8720 Barbara Martin 987-8257 Bud Cordar 635-5891 John Eubank, Jr. 987-8146 RIVERFRONT PLACES THORNTON RIVER: On high bluff with Victorian porches and decks overlooking wild scenic river and Blue Ridge Mts. New spacious two level with contemporary flair, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, secluded, part of old farm, 29.75 acres open/wooded, Reduced to $145,000. RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER: 55 acre farm-, Amissville area, Reduced to $159,000. JORDAN RIVER: 28 acres rugged wilderness near Shenandoah Nat. Park, $33,500. SHENANDOAH RIVER: Circa 1840 brick home needs restroation, 60 secluded acres, $ 175,000. RIVER JORDAN: 44 acres open and wooded, $88,000. HAVE YOU HUGGED YOUR REALTOR TODAY? Why not? STOP BY FOR A SPRING BREAK... Rappahannock spoken here. . . ROGER BATCHELDER, Earth™ Across from Rush River Co., Wasmgion, Va. 22747 675-3777 Res: 937-4388