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By JON HUDDLESTON
Rawatuuinoek New* Staff Writer
Frances Semones knows what makes the perfect wedding gift. It’s a poem entitled “The Art of Marriage.” A copy hangs on her bedroom wall; die transcribes its verse in needlepoint from time to time for wedding gifts. Tfye message is simple: The little things are big things when it comes to marriage. Holding hands, standing together despite obstacles and saying “I love you” daily are among the poem’s creed.
For Frances Semones, Rappahannock’s Homemaker of the Year, the commitment to marriage comes first. From that commitment, all else follows.
Marriage Prime Mover
It’s difficult to single out marriage as the prime mover in Mrs. Semones’ life. Her marriage of nearly 45 years, devotion to family and commitment to community aren’t visibly separate and distinct, like a three-layer cake. Rather, they appear swirled, like a marble one.
' Still, in trying “to do kind things for people whenever I can,” Mrs. Semones holds firm to the priorities at home, those things that the Rappahannock Homemakers’ Council, who selected Mrs. Semohes as Homemaker of the Year, believe made her an excellent choice.
“I think it’s a combination of everything,” Helen Guthrie, president of the Homemakers’ Council and member of the Woodville Club, said of the Council’s selection of Mrs. Semones. “(Mrs. Semones work) kind of flows from the home out...It’s just an extended family. ”
Mrs. Guthrie said that Mrs. Semones always . seems able to take on additional responsibilities. She said Mrs. Semones has the ‘inner resources” and “energy” to keep pace with numerous, often varied, demands.
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