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Richie Eastham and his stepdad, Richard Simmons, were out for a drive last Tuesday and stopped on the side of the road to look at the scenery. As they stepped out of the truck, they spied a big snake lying in the sun. Richie quickly grabbed a big rock and hit the snake hard enough to stun it until he could get a tire iron to finish it off. After killing the snake, they brought it back home. It was a 46-inch long black timber rattler. It had nine buttons and a rattler that Richard Simmons kept for a souvenir. A neighbor boy, Adam Clatterbuck, got the head and heart to take to school for science class.
Bobby Brown got the meat to eat and Richie stretched the skin on a board to dry for further use. This is one snake that was used in many different ways. Richie Eastham is this writer’s grandson, and a senior at Rappahannock County High School.
Mr. and Mrs. Annie Olson and children, Annie and Byrd, of Concord, were weekend guests of their mother, Mrs. E. M. Jones. Mrs. Jones’ other children, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kite and daughters, Frances, Sara and Jackie, of Luray, and Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Jones, Jr., and children, Kristin and Will, of Centreville, joined the family on Sunday for a cook-out. Other guests were Mrs. L. J. Turner, Miss Susan Babcock and Mrs. Frances Thornton of Sperry ville.
Catch you next week!
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