Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 4 · column 2 of 6 · from the scan, no model involved
10 YEARS AGO
RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS
The front page of the July 26,
1973 edition of the Rappahannock News detailed the pollution problem in Sperryville. Raw sewage from some 30 open pipelines was endangering the Thornton River. Yet the price tag of a proposed treatment plant — $500,000 — was not well-received at a well-attended meeting at the Rappahannock Courthouse.
District health director Dr. R.S. LeGarde pledged “a more energetic attempt” to achieve a cost-efficient solution. He added the optimistic note that Sperryville enjoyed a “high priority” for State Water Control Board approved grants.
Animal Industry Day at VPI was attended by 76 Rappahannock farmers who returned with good news about new methods of curbing feed costs. Carefully managed fescue fields allow the possibility of year-round grazing, farmers were told. Dabney Eastham, Irvin Kilby, Ivar Jacobs and Ray Johnson were among local farmers who took a bus to Blacksburg to learn how to use fescue and other wintering methods to cut costs. They heard from Sen. Harry Byrd, an orchardist, that farmers were his “fellow optimists.”
95.0%