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A five percent government loan approved in March 1976 finally has come thorough for Washington firefighters and, despite the time interim, they're happy for it.
James Allen of the Fanners Home Administration (FmHA) district office in Harrisonburg delivered a check for $46,000 to Gene Leggett, president of the Washington Fire and Rescue Squad, and Reverend Jennings Hobson III. Reverend Hobson originally had applied for the government loan - way back in 1974. Also present was Da
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