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20 YEARS AGO
RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS
Rappahannock County had its
first traffic fatality of 1963 when the driver of a tractor-trailer truck was killed instantly on Route 522 near Blackwater Creek as his vehicle plunged down a 100-foot bank.
T. J. Pillar of Sperryville was a special guest at the White House Press Dinner held at the Sheraton Park Hotel. The dinner is given annually by the White House Correspondents’ Association and the White House News Photographers’ Association in honor of the president of the United States.
Local graduates from Virginia universities included Jack W. Sisk with a BS degree in animal husbandry from VPI; Glenn Hartwell Updike, a BS in animal husbandry from VPI; Lewis John Turner, Jr., a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Virginia; Earl Randolph Gore, a BS degree in electrical engineering from University of Virginia.
F. L. White and Company, “The White Shop,” advertised hush puppies for $9.95 and golf shoes for $12.95 for Father’s Day while Weaver’s offered white dress shirts for $2.99 and Stokes Clothing Store had sport shirts at two for $3.
A reward of $1,000 was offered for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of person or persons breaking and entering at The Old Mill Frozen Custard and Snack Bar in Washington.
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