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10 YEARS AGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS
THE RAPPAHANNOCK
HUNT Point-to-Point held on Saturday, March 2, 1974, drew 68 entries. The race was described as “excellent” as the “thoroughbreds competed fiercely over the difficult mountainside courses” at Thornton Hill.
Three finishes were so close that spectators weren’t sure of the results until the official announcements. Witold Kuncewicz’s In The Know, who had never been defeated in a point-topoint, won the amateur hurdle race by a head. Randolph Rouse’s Quashed won by a nose in the ownerrider timber contest. Sally Strawbridge’s Stretch II took the second division of open hurdle race by a neck.
Rappahannock’s amended zoning and subdivision ordinance was forwarded from the Planning Commission to the Board of Supervisors for final review.
The Mental Health Association of Rappahannock County received half of the proceeds from the sale of paintings and other works of art done by Emmy Allen of Flint Hill.
Students at Wakefield were in rehearsal for a somewhat simplified version of Sheakespear’s “Julius Ceasar” due to open on the Ides of March. Headmaster William Lynn explained the play was chosen “because of the interest shown by the students in Roman history and because, in these days of political turmoil, the theme was appropriate.”
Attending a dinner meeting of the Rappahannock Lions’ Club at the Hampton Inn on Wednesday, February 27, were David J. Schwemer and the Rev. Ronald Wiley. They presented a program on community mental health and mental retardation services. Also attending were guests from the Warrenton Lions’ Club including District Eye Bank chairman John Smith.
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