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10 YEARS AGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS
A SPRING SCENE composed\
“weeping cherry blossoms and the vivid gold of the foraythia con-1 < trasting with the dark evergreen produce a pleasant garden vista” was pictured in the April 4, 1974, issue of the Rappahannock News.
Phil Irwin, president of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, offered an optimistic opinion on the powerline case the League was supporting against Vepco. The League wanted the State Corporation Commission to decide that the utility company should build new lines through existing corridors. Environmentalists objected to a “computer route” that would cut through local farms.
Peter Kramer, Ben Giles and Joe Williams were preparing for an old tool woodworking demonstration and furniture exhibit to be held in Kramer's Washington shop on April 6. Until he opened his new showroom, Kramer's work had been sold largely through New York department stores and decorators. His local shop, historically a livery stable and blacksmithing forage and later an apple packing shed, was still under restoration.
District captains for the annual Cancer Crusade in Rappahannock County included Mrs. Aney Massie, Mrs. Karen Bear, Mrs. Earl J. Kilby, Mrs. Betty Hitt, Mrs. Annie Cooke, Mrs. Dolly Biddle, Mrs. Elaine Wiley, Mrs. Ruby Cannon, Mrs. Shirley Forster, Miss Connie Huff and Mrs. Judy Grimsley.
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