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25 YEARS AGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS From the Oct. 13, 1960 edition
Sarah Latham, of Amiss ville
and editor of the Rappahannock News, rode with vice-presidential candidate Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, on the “Victory Train” from Washington, D.C. to Culpeper.
Mr. Johnson was campaigning on a whistle stop tour.
J. Rhodes Brown, of Sperryville, also rode the train.
Raymond Johnson, leader of the Rappahannock Hikers Club, asks that everyone meet at the Sperryville School to initiate the hiking season.
Damages were estimated at $1,900 to two cars but no serious personal injury was reported in a two-car, head-on collision Sunday on U.S. 211, two miles west of Amissville. The drivers of the cars were from Alexandria and from Maryland.
Celebrating its 14th anniversary is The Hampton Inn and service station, located on U.S. 211 west of Washington.
The Sperryville Fire Company answered a call to Cave’s Sawmill where a sawdust pile was afire.
A pint bottle of Laird’s Apple Jack, 84 proof, was advertised for $2.75; a quart advertised for $4.40.
20 YEARS AGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS From the Oct. 14, 1965 edition
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