Rappahannock News, December 19, 1985

PAIIH'IRCTLATION NOW Subject to ABC Audit 3,023 KAI’PAHANNOCK HOUSEHOLDS 2,722 35TH Year, NO. 51 ".ny The County Family Newspaper Founded 1877 USPS 455580 20 pages THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1985 Washington, Virginia, 22747 Phone 675-3349 25 cents Rapp ups Local performers at RAAC celebration Some of Rappahannock County’s most popular local performers will appear at the community Christmas celebration this Saturday evening, December 21 at the Gay Street Theatre. Two well-loved Rappahannock orators will provide dramatic readiftgs: Waldren O’Connor from a holiday classic; and Eugene McCarthy from a commentary of his own on Christmas in Rappahannock. Angie Howard will present her school age tap dancers in a Christmas carol choreographed for little feet. Jimmy Freeman will lift his heart-warming voice in a seasonal song, and Vincent Day and Terry Waggener will perform an instrumental selection. The live performances follow the lighting of the tree in front of the Rappahannock court house at 6:00 p.m. The Community Christmas celebration, under the direction of Don Bomberger, is sponsored by the Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the Community (RAAC). The Rush River Company is sponsoring the showing of the movie, Scrooge, immediately after performances. All of the Christmas events are free and open to the public. Basketball Game “The William Monroe Dragons” beat the “Rappahannock Panthers” in both the Junior Varsity game and the Varsity Game in thenfirst home game last night. The Rappahannock Panthers travel to Strasburg on December 20th. Good Luck! O Winter begins oil December 21 Winter officially begins in the northern hemisphere with the winter solstice, on Saturday, December 21, at 5:08 p.m. eastern standard time. At this moment, the sun reaches its southernmost point in the sky. Accoridng to Dr. Paul H. Knappenberger, Jr., director of the Science Museum of Virginia, “this is the day when the sun can be seen directly overhead at noon on the Tropic of Capricorn. The north pole of the earth is tipped as far away from the sun as possible. Therefore, the sun is above the horizon the shortest amount of time this year, for the northern hemisphere.” Solstice means “sun-standing,” since this is the point where the sun stops moving north, in the summer, or south, in the winter, and begins moving in the opposite direction, as it continues its orbit. From now on, days will gradually grow longer, and nights shorter, as the earth approaches the vernal equinox in the spring. This lengthening of days was the focus of many ancient holiday celebrations, such as the Roman Saturnalia and the German Yule. These people held lavish feasts and ceremonies to celebrate the longer days, and the coming of spring. Through January 5, the Science Museum of Virginia’s holiday planetarium show in UNIVERSE, “The Star of Bethlehem,” examines these ancient customs, as well as the origin of the famous star. The planetarium show is a multi-media presentation, produced by members of the UNIVERSE staff. Shows play at 2 and 7 p.m. daily. The Science Museum of Virginia is located at 2500 West Broad Street in Richmond. The museum exhibit areas are open from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. UNIVERSE shows play at 1, 3, and 8 p.m. daily, with noon and 5 p.m. showings added on Saturday and Sunday. Admission to the exhibit areas only is $2 for adults and $1.50 for senior citizens and those 17 and under. Parking is free. Social Security Publications Many Publications are available to Rappahannock county residents at the Culpeper Scoial Security office. These phamplets give clear, simple explanations of all parts of the Social Security program, Bruce A. Hundley, manager in Culpeper, said recently. Unanimous approval for Jenkins office building — Krebser-Martin permit void By WILLIAM WESLEY TALBOTT Rappahannock News Staff Writer A former Washington town bus station is being renovated into a single office professional building. At the regular Town Council meeting, held on December 11, a special use permit was unanimously granted to Mary E. Jenkins, Ruby V. Jenkins, Catherine J. Vannoy and Randolph R. Thornhill to change the use of their building from residential to commercial. The building, which was erected in 1929, will only get interior renova* Rappahannock News photo/William Wesley Talbott THE MANGER IN stained glass at Washington’s Trinity Episcopal Church. tions. “We are not changing the exterior of the building at all,” stated Miss Mary Jenkins at the meeting. According to her the building will have just one or two employees. Questions were raised about this matter because of mounting concern in the town about parking. The owners believe that the building will have no more than three cars parked at any time. Dr. Werner Krebser, speaking as a citizen, raised his concern that the owner had begun renovation before the permit was actually granted. Mayor Peter Kramer responded that Miss Jenkins had been informed that it was her right to complete interior renovations but that the special use permit was not guaranteed. “She said she was willing to take that risk,” said Mr. Kramer. Two letters of support for the permit were read at the meeting. Stating that the building would be improved, W.A. and Elizabeth Hentin urged passage of the permit. Attorney Doug Baumgardner, writing as a property owner, also expressed support for the changed use. In his letter he stated that the building would be a “benefit to the town.” Miss Jenkins said that the permit would allow the building to “be a benefit to the town as well as to us.” In another matter, the special use permit granted to the Krebser and Martin Partnership on November 13 was rescinded. The permit was originally issued to allow the construction of a new office building adjacent to the Rappahannock Medical Center. The unusual action taken by Town Council was mandated because the original advertisement for the permit incorrectly stated the wrong lot number. Mrs. Barbara Wood, who has strongly opposed the building, brought the matter to the attention of the mayor recently. In response. (Continued on Page 20) Searching lor the manger By STELLA DEAN RICHARDS Rappahannock News Staff Writer Reverend Steve Scoggin is minister at the Washington Baptist Church and is also a practicing Jungian-oriented therapist. We asked if he would share with the Rappahannock News some of his feelings about Christmas. The Meaning “There is the story of Christmas and then there is the reality of that story for the people hearing it. I think the meaning of Christmas for an individual has a lot to do with the place in life they happen to be. The characters in the story represent a lot of the different places in life and the searching that ultimately ends up at the manger. There are a lot of characters introduced into the Christmas drama — and it is a drama. There are the angels who come to announce. There are the shepherds who leave their flocks and go — which is unheard of. There are the wise men who travel from the East. We do not hear anything about him, but there is also an innkeeper. I do not want to be too hard on him, but the scripture that stands out about him is that there is no room for Mary and Joseph at the inn. The characters have a lot to do with the birth and with how we come to the birth. Like the angels, are we at a place where we are ready to announce the good news to the world? Take the shepherds — are we at a place where we can turn from all that is familiar to us and follow? With the hope that what we find is what we have yearned for, yearned to come into our lives? Or like the wise men, whom some say were astrologers, do we come from a “far off place” knowing that we must respond and the way in which we do is to bring expensive gifts? They followed their own calling and that was a star. Or, like the innkeeper, is our response that we do not have room yet? That there is no room in the inn of our hearts? (Continued on Page 3) Rappahannock News photo/Greg Turner REVEREND STEVE SCOGGIN at the Washington Baptist Church. RCHS alumni homecoming On Saturday, December 21st, RCHS will be the scene of the first general homecoming in recent memory. The school is sponsoring the evening to welcome its grads back to the school and to help rekindle friendships of the past. The featured events of the evening will be two alumni vs alumni basketball games. RCHS principal Robert Chappell reports that fifteen lady grads and thirty-seven male alumni have expressed interest in playing in the games. The admission for the games is free. All Rappahannock County grads including Sperryville High, Washington High and Carver High are invited to attend. “We’re hoping for a standing-room only crowd,” says Mr. Chappell. He will provide a meeting place after the second game if there is sufficient interest in starting an Alumni Association. The RCHS Merit Club is cosponsoring the evening along with the school administration. Merit Club members, their friends, office aides, and several members of the school staff spent countless hours verifying addresses and mailing ajpmni surveys. The school tried, but was unable to verify addresses for some of the graduates. Also, some surveys that were mailed were returned by the postal service for (Continued on Page 20) Illilliiiim ^nrisimas closings The following businesses and county offices will have special hours because of t he Christmas holiday. The Family Guidance Services of Rappahannock County will be closed December 25, 26 and 27. In case of emergency, the clinic staff may be readied by calling 675-3329. The Rappahannock County Social Services Department will be closed December 25, 26 and 27. The Rappahannock Library will be closed Monday December 23 through Thursday December 26. The Rappahannock National Bank will be open between 9 a.m. and 12 noon on December 24 and will be closed on Christmas. The Farmers and Merchants Bank in Flint Hill will open between 9 a.m. and 12 noon on December 24 and w ill be closed on Christmas. County government offices will be closed on Christmas Day; legislation may be passed that will keep the offices closed on December 26 and/or December 27. The information was not available at press time. (Continued on Page 20)

News of Record Market report x Hogs Auction: Front Royal Livestock Exchange, Date: December 12, 1986 US 1-3 200-250 pounds — $43.00 Sows 1-3 —$31.50-33.50. Boars — $29.25. Veal Choice and prime — $68.00-75.00 Good —$62-65. Steers 3-500 pounds — $58.00-64.50. 5-700 pounds — $55.00-60.50. 7-1000 pounds — $51.50-53.75. Heifers 3-500 pounds — $42.50-47.00. 5-700 pounds — $42.00-45.50. 7-800 pounds — $41.00-48.00. Bulls 3-500 pounds — $50.50-54.00. 5-700 pounds — $48.00-51.50. 7-1000 pounds — $43.00-47.00. Slaughter Cattle: Cows HD Cut and Brk Ut 1-3 — $30.00-32.50. Utility and Community 2-4 — $33.00-25.75. Canner and Cutter 1-3 — $38.5031.50. Bulls 1-2 —$40.50-42.25. Rappahannock News photo/Greg Turner SANTA CLAUS IS getting ready to visit Faith Mountain on Saturday and Sunday from 2 until 4 p.m.—then he's off to make more presents! General District Court After a lengthy and emotional trial, Fletcher Eastham of Flint Hill was found not guilty of brandishing a firearm at Roderick “Groundhog” Kirkpatrick. Mr. Kirkpatrick filed the warrant against Mr. Eastham after an incident on October 19, when Mr. Kirkpatrick went to hunt groundhogs on property known as “the Rucker’s place,” owned by Mr. Eastham’s parents. Mr. Kirkpatrick has been hunting groundhogs on Rucker’s Farm and on Ben Venue, also owned by Mr. Eastham’s parents, with permission of the owner for around ten years. Mr. Kirkpatrick testified that Mr. Eastham had fired warning shots over his vehicle with an Automatic Rifle 15 (AR15) and had then come over to the vehicle and threatened to kill him. According to Mr. Kirkpatrick’s testimony, Mr. Eastham also tried a couple of times to engage him in a fist fight. Mr. Eastham testified that he was not carrying a gun when he spoke with Mr. Kirkpatrick and asked him to get off the property. Mr. Eastham’s wife also testified that her husband’s only gun — a Heckler and Kotch 223 — had been disassembled on the kitchen table at the time. A second witness for the defendant, John George Cadden, testified that he had purchased the AR 15 from the defendant prior to the October 19 incident. Commonwealth Attorney Peter Luke argued that both the AR 15 and the H&K 223 are of the same caliber, are of a military design and are automatic and could therefore be mistaken for one another by someone not familiar with the weapons. Mr. Luke also stated that the cocking motion described by Mr. Kirkpatrick is similar for both guns. Judge Lynn said that he had not been satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant had brandished a weapon at Mr. Kirkpatrick. In another emotional case concerning a firearm, the defendant, Norma Williams, was also found not White awarded Silver Dolphins Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael White recently completed submarine qualifications on board the Trident missile submarine USS Ohio and was awarded his coveted silver dolphins. White earned this noteworthy achievement of “Qualified in Subma-. rines” as the result of his initiative, perseverance, a great deal of studying and hard work. Stationed at the Naval Sub Base, Bremerton, Washington, he is the son of Mrs. Dorothy White, of Washington, and the late Emmett E. White and a graduate of Wakefield School, Huntly. guilty. The warrant against her was filed by George Ralph Lee of Sperry ville. Mr. Lee testified that Ms. Williams had brandished a weapon at him while in her car on September 4. Ms. Williams testified that she did not own a gun and that what Mr. Lee must have seen was the protracted lens of her camera. Ms. Williams and Mr. Lee have known each other closely for a long time. Mr. Lee accused Ms Williams of continuing harassment over a period of several months. He also said that he had gone to great lengths to avoid contact with Ms. Williams. On the day of the alleged incident, Ms. Williams had been photographing Mr. Lee’s horses in an effort to prove to him that he had been lying to her during an earlier discussion. On that day, Mr. Lee had taken a day off from work in order to examine legal avenues to avoid future contact with Ms. Williams. After witnessing her taking photographs near his property he called the sheriffs office to determine whether she could be arrested. He was informed that, because she was on a public road, no arrest was possible. Later Ms. Williams departed and proceeded to a gasoline station in Sperryville to make a telephone call. While there, Mr. Lee drove his car near Ms. Williams. She then pointed to a red car in the station; she said in testimony that she did this in order to ask Mr. Lee if he recognized that car because a similar vehicle had been involved in an earlier incident of which Mr. Lee was aware. In the trial Mr. Lee accused Ms. Williams of brandishing a firearm at this point. Ms. Williams declared that the only object she had in her possession at the time that could have resembled a weapon was her camera with its extended lens. Judge Lynn found her not guilty of brandishing a firearm. Other cases decided Tuesday were: Steven Raymond Baker, hunting' from road, continued j|l December 17, 1985; hunting withiAit a license, complied with law. Franklin Delano Carver, hunting from road, continued to December 17, 1985. Elisa Zueleen Porter, hunting from road, dismissed; hunting without a license, dismissed; no small game licenses, dismissed. Lawrence Lockhart, drunk in public, continued to February 25, 1986; attempted breaking and entering, continued to January 14, 1986; destroying private property, continued to January 14, 1986; trespassing, continued to January 14, 1986; two accounts of assault, continued to January 14, 1986. Fletcher King Eastham, brandishing a firearm, dismissed. Norma F. Williams, brandishing fcappafjannocfe flrtos Rappahannock & Adjoining Counties per year $8 00 Elsewhere in the U S per year $10 00 Outside the U S. per year $8 00 plus postage SUBSCRIPTION RATED BY MAIL ALL PAYABLE IN ADVANCE () New () Renewal () Check Enclosed NAME______ ADDRESS____ CITY_ STATEZIP--- ZIPSecond class postage paid at the Post Office at Warrenton. Va The Rappahannock News is published every Thursday at 39 Culpeper St., Warrenton, Va by the Warren ton Printing Company, P.O. Box 631, Warrenton, VA., 22186 POSTMASTER PLEASE SEND 3579 TO BOX 631, Warrenton, VA. 22186 a firearm, dismissed. James Oakley Jenkins, failure to pay fine and costs, $35, 10 days in jail, suspended if costs of $125 are paid by February 11, 1986. Kenneth Dyke, over license weight, $25/20; over tandem weight, $25/20 with an additional $2.00 weighing fee with liquidated damages of $325. Robin Elaine Lee, 70/55, $30/20. James Timothy Knupp, 71/55, $32/25. Elliott Lee Nash, 72/55, $34/20. Paul Edward Newcamp, 69/55, $28/20. James D. Patterson, 72/55, $34/25. Jennifer Margaret Place, 69/55, $28/20. Martin Edward York, 72/55, $34/20. Maryann Decker, no Virginia operator’s license. $25 95. Jonathan Neilson Pinkerton, 68 55, $26 20. Eric Bruce Roberts, 62/35, $54 25. Michael William Rudacille, 80/56, continued to December 17, 1985. i Brian M. Sanford, no county sticker, $15/20. Billy Lewis Smeltzer, 46/35, $22/20.' James Allen Trow, no county sticker, $15/25. Sherre Kay Waggener, expired inspection, $10/20. James Preston Walters, defective equipment, $25/25. Charles Lewis Gallihugh, driving while intoxicated, continued to February 4, 1986; driving on suspended license, continued to February 4, 1986. John Delmar Borgens, no county sticker, complied with law. Todd Alan Bricken, 70/55, $30/20. Doris Louise Foster, defective equipment, $15/20. Joseph Franklin Foster, 70/55, $30/25. Robert F. Mazziotta, improper passing, $15/20. Bobby Lee Nicholson, 72/55, $34/20. Timothy James Pagano, 71/55, reduced to 66/55, $22/20. Dietrich Elizabeth Scott, no Virginia registration, no prosecution, no Virginia operator’s license, no prosecution. Lester Samuel Sisk, no county sticker, $15/25. John Joseph Stewart, 73/55, $36/25. Clarence J. Williams, 65/55, $20/20. Icy Lucille King, failure to yield, $25/20. Real Estate Transactions The following real estate transfers were recorded during the past week: Charles Henry Kelby and others to Emiel K. Smet and wife, tract three, 13.0126 acres. Hawthorne District. $27,300. John A. Tapp to William Tapp and others, tract one, 32.325 acres, and tract two, 191.88 acres. Gift. Stonewall Partnership to Roger P. Batchelder, tract one, 3.75 acres, tract two, 1.25 acres. Stonewall District. $11,400. Charles K. Estes and wife to Robert W. Smith and wife, tract five, 34.356 acres. Piedmont District. $75,000. Hazel E. Biddle and husband to Paul M. Taylor and wife, parcel one, 18.9 acres, and parcel two, 1.0054 acres. Stonewall District. $125,000. 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December 12: 6:50 p.m., injury, Rt. 693, Culpeper County; Amissville Fire Department; 11:5^ p.m., back injury, Rt. 621, Culpeper County; Amissville Fire Department. December 13: 5:47 p.m., fire of unknown nature, Rt. 650, Culpeper County, Castleton Fire Department; 9:30 p.m., auto accident, Rt. 229, Culpeper County; Amissville Fire Department; 11:25 p.m., auto accident, Rt. 622, Culpeper County; Amissville Fire Department. December 14: 8:18 a.m., possible heart attack, Kt. 633, Culpeper County; Amissville Fire Department; Warrenton Fire Department and Salem Fire Department; 9:45 p.m., auto accident, Rt. 729; Amiss ville Fire Department; 11:55 p.m., structural fire, Rt. 707, Slate Mills; Sperryville Fire Department and Castleton Fire Department. December 15: 3:31 a.m., auto accident, Rt. 621, Culpeper County; Amissville Fire Department; 9:02 a.m., structural fire, Town of Sperryville; Sperryville Fire Department and Washington Fire Department; 3:30 p.m., brush fire, Rt. 622, Castleton; Castleton Fire Department and Amissville Fire Department. December 16: 5:27 a.m., possible stroke, Rt. 622, Castleton; Castleton Fire Department; Amissville Fire Department and Washington Fire Department Sheriff December 9: domestic, Rt. 619, Castleton. December 10: suspicious vehicle, Rt. 618, Woodville; disturbance Town of Flint Hill. December 11: suspicious vehicle, Rt. 522, Sperryville; auto accident involving a deer, Rt. 211, Business, Washington. December 12: animals (horses) out in the road, Rt. 211, Amissville; cows out, Rt. 211, Washington; pubr lie service, Town of Washington. December 13: disturbance, Rt. 211, Flint Hill; intoxicated driver, Rt. 211, West, Ben Venue; breaking and entering, Chester Gap; illegal hunting and spotlighting, Rt. 231 and Rt. 618, Woodville. December 14: hunting complaint, Rt. 618, Woodville; public service, Rt. 522, Town of Flint Hill. December 15: disorderly conduct, Rt. 707, Slate Mills; theft, Rt. 626, Castleton; disturbance, Rt. 612, Sperryville. December 16: breaking and entering, Rt. 211, Washington, vandalism, Huntly. Correction In the article about La Galerie des Beaux-Arts which appeared in the December 12 Rappahannock News , Silesia was an historic region of eastern Europe occupying the middle and upper Oder River Basin. 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4It is a true light that has the power to enlighten our darkness9 IN FRONT OF the altar at the Washington Baptist Church is Reverend Steve Scoggin. Christmas hymns date to 5th century Reprinted from the “Rappahannock News, December 23,1965 Christmas caroling is almost as old as Christmas itself—though not in the form we know it. An early historian wrote that in the second century the bishop of Rome urged his people to sing “in celebration of our Lord.” Christmas hymns go back to the fifth century, when most of them were written in Latin. St. Francis of Assisi is regarded as the father of caroling as we know it, according to World Book Encyclopedia. In 1223, St. Francis placed a creche (miniature Nativity scene), in a hermitage in Grecchio, Italy. After this many churches began displaying a Nativity scene at Christmas, and soon the people began acting out the Christmas story., The actors composed carols to sing '’ with their Nativity plays and after the plays they would stroll down the - Library Lines By GRACE SIMS Librarian The Treasure Houses of Britain is a wonderful Christmas gift to the Rappahannock Library. The sixhundred page book was published by Yale University Press for the National Gallery of Art and serves as the catalogue to their current exhibition. It also provides an overview of five hundred years of British art collecting and the important role of country houses in preserving this art. The color plates of paintings, jewelry, tapestries, silver, sculpture, and furniture are beautiful! You will want to browse through Treasure Houses whether or not you have been able to visit the exhibition. Other gifts to the Library are subscriptions to Bon Appetit, Gourment and The Virginia Biological Farmer, and a handsome red and blue “open” sign for the door. The library will be closed for the holidays Monday, December 23 through Thursday, the 26th and Mondav, the 30th through Wednesday, the first of January. The Library will be open Friday, the 27th and Saturday, the 28th of December, and on Thursday, January 2nd will resume the regular schedule. mmmmmmmmmmke LET'S. CHRISTMAS lUMAMlii It s been a pleasure to serve you. Happy | Holidays. s We have a good selection t of last minute gift ideas. I o7Widdle~&t. gallery [ Washington, I Virginia 1 703-675-3440 street singing. In that way, street caroling was bom. Joseph Mohr, a pastor in Obemdorf, Austria, composed “Stille Nacht,” or “Silent Night,” on Christmas Eve, 1818. Franz Gruber, the local schoolmaster and organist, composed the music the same day, and the hymn was sung for the first time at Midnight Mass that night. Charles Wesley, brother of John Wesley, wrote “Hark, The Herald Angels Sing!” in 1739. Phillips Brooks, a noted Boston clergyman, wrote “0 Little Town of Bethlehem” in 1868 after visiting Bethlehem. Though not a carol, Handel’s noble “Messiah” is a Christmas tradition. It first was performed in Dublin in 1742. “Joy to the World,” written in the early 18th century by Isaac Watts, was set to the music of a segment of the “Messiah.” “While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night,” written in 1703 by Nahum Tate, was set to music taken from “Siroe,” an opera by Handel. No one knows who wrote “The First Noel.” It first appeared in print in 1833 in a book called “Christmas Carols Ancient and Modem,” and is believed to be very old. The author of “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” also is unknown, but he lived before Shakespeare. So if you should go caroling " this Christmas season, think of other carolers of years gone by, of the people of Charles Dickens’ time i: i their beaver hats and cutaway coats, of English villagers in hose and jerkin, of good St. Francis, and of the priests in the time of the Christian Roman Empire who, before caroling as we know it existed, sang “in celebration of our Lord. ” 1 CHIPMUNK HOLLOW A Classic Collection of Country Offerings From The Blue Ridge Mountains Highway 211 Spanyvllle, Va. 22740 ■ (Continued from Page 1) We do not really focus much on the animals. I am not sure I can speak of what is going on with the animals, but they were there in large numbers. Joseph knew it was not his child. We do not hear from him in the story, but it was a bold thing for him to go ahead and marry Mary. I probably identify with Joseph, not only because I am a new father, but also — and really more important —because what was birthed into my life is more than I ever expected in the best sense and more than I ever asked for. Surely Joseph got more than he ever anticipated. And Mary is the epitome of a human being who is open and receptive to God’s word. She was a willing receptacle for that word to be implanted and given birth to. There is a quote from the French writer Andre Malraux that I will probably paraphrase — “A person’s character is not so much determined by what they do, but by the form that the memory of that person takes.” In relation to Christmas, its reality and meaning will have a lot to do with the way we remember it, with the way it is given birth in our memory. From a religious standpoint, the birth is about the triumph of love and hope for the world. It is an event, whether we are religious or not, that we all look for. But for me, as If* Christian, it id a reality that begs for my response. Enlightening darkness I think there is a spirit that ac Christmas Trees t«nv Choose SC Cut Pines 6C Spruce #2 to $3 per ft. Great Hickory Farm Open Weekends Directions: Rt. 211 east to 229, North, first left before Hazel River, Rt. 726. PUBLIC NOTICE Effective January 1, 1986, any person performing electrical, plumbing or mechanical work in Rappahannock County will have to be licensed and certified as such. For information, call the Building Official at 675-3342. Levi Specials Students’ and Mens’ Regular Denim & Corduroy.$17.99 Boys’ Denim.$15.99 Boys’ Corduroy.$17.99 Pre-Washed Denim.. $20.99 Bring your kids to see Santa! 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It is a very family-oriented time of the year. I think the good news of the story for those on the dark side of Christmas is the hope that is proclaimed that light is come into the world and the darkness cannot comprehend it. This is from John, chapter one. It is a true light that has the power to enlighten our darkness. The birth that is celebrated at Christmas, of Christ the Light, will only be the celebrated reality it was intended to be in proportion to the way in which we have prepared for it. One of the remarkable things to me about Christmas is the way it happened and that what it has come to symbolize for history is not the way any of us would have planned it. — Specifically, that a child would be birthed to Jewish peasants in the most unsanitary of conditions amidst the very people who were enrolling themselves for a census. These people were not conscious of what had happened. This whole scene is one that in modem times plays out all the time Bicycle’sFj Concprp," Diamor Brands itropez, goose ^bikes) >) 15Mfimainipg'$tock 2daf Frktev4jWtaft^ijp20&21 xv Mike’s Bike^Hobbv Shop 205 Main St., Front Royal 703-635-5864 — namely, that a birth has taken place. This birth has the power to change us, but we are not fully conscious of it. One of my hunches is that we enjoy some of our darknesses and are not ready for the brightness of Christ’s light to show us a new way. The meaning of the story to a person has a lot to do with where they happen to be on their own pilgrimage. I guess for me this year, the Christmas story’s loudest message is the message of peace. My first thought about the peace that is present is not necessarily the cessation of outer hostilities in the world — although that is a hope of mine — but that there is an inner peace that accompanies birth that can sustain us amidst the outer turmoil that seems to dominate our world. Christ symbolizes to me the. combing together of all the opposites in ourselves and the world we have trouble living with. These.opposites are illustrated in the Scripture. There is light and darkness, righteousness and unrighteousness, good and evil, truth and lying. The symbol we have in our tradition is the cross. Its vertical and horizontal dimensions represent our relations to one another on one plane and our relationship with God on another. All the points converge in the center, where there is Christ. So the tensions that we have trouble living with within ourselves can only be transcended in a person’s incorporation of Christ into their lives. The response I would also be quick to say that IN LOVING MEMORY OF GOLDEN SEALOCK at Christmas Time. There are many kinds of hurt in life, We see them everyday, But nothing ever hurt as much as the day you were taken away. Loved and Sadly missed Thelma and family ¥ for me the Christ event that is celebrated at Christmas is more than a symbol, in that it is something that actually occurred in the unfolding of history. Yet my sense is that people’s connection to the story has more to do with what it symbolizes to them than just the story itself. Along these lines, I guess that many people this Christmas will be able to celebrate the birth with all its joy and hope and love, but that many people will also look forward to the passing of Christmas, because they are not ready for that birth. As we all know, birth happens in its own time — it is something you can only prepare for. A woman can prepare for childbirth, but she never knows exactly the timing. It is the same with Christ’s birth. It happens in its own time. Any new birth that takes place is accompanied by pain. But as we get distanced from it, it can take on new meaning in our memories of it. 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ftappatjatmocfe JietoS An Independent Newspaper Established 1877 Published Every Thursday ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL, Publisher JOHN T. McEWAN, President JOHN T. TOLER, Exec Vice Pres BARBARA C. BURKE, General Manager WILLIAM WESLEY TALBOTT, Editor LISA H. BURKE, Advertising To Subscribe Phone (703) 675-3338 BY MAIL: $8.00 a year in Rappahannock and adjoining counties $10.00 a year elsewhere in the United States BACK COPIES: 3 months or more 70c. 1 -2 years - $1.00; over 2 years - $3.00 (if available) OFFICE: Rappannock News Bldg., Washington, Va. 22747 HOURS: 8:30 a m to 6 :30 p.m , Mon.-Fri. Published by Warrenton Printing & Publishing Company, Inc. Member, Audit Bureau of Circulation For unto you is born. . . And it came to p<&s in those days that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. -And all went to be taxed, everyone into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, to be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was that while they were there the days were accomplished that she would be delivered, and she brought forth her first born son, wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there a as no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid. And the angel §aid unto them, Fear not, for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you, re shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go into Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known to us. And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. — Gospel According to St. Luke Rappahannock heritage Antique toy still-life. Yes, Virginia Dear Editor, I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in ‘The Sun’ it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a SantaClaus? Virginia O’Hanlon 115 West 95th Street Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except what they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Sanfa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. Theism would be childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the stongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that certain beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. — Editorial from the “New York Sun,” September 21,1897. ^Garden Club Thanks To the editor: The Rappahannock County Garden Club wishes to thank all of our friends and neighbors who contributed greens for our Christmas workshop and helped make it a success. VIRGINIA PENNINGTON JANE PATERSON HELEN FAIRFAX Co-Chairpersons /fhRistmas Blessings From The Staff of The RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS Arthur W. Arundel, Publisher ' John T. McEwan, President Greetings from: Barbara C. Burke Lisa H. Burke Cathy Pullen Stella Richards William W. Talbott John T. Toler Greg Turner Our Correspondents And Production Staff Blue Ridge Echo / What would you like Santa Claus to bring you for Christmas? Erin Platt Age 4 SperryviUe “I want 100 Barbie dolls because Santa Claus is going to bring them. — and I want all of them for a work out shop.” Justin King i tie :i :i/t Spertyville “A hike because that’s what Santa Claus is going to get me.” Andrea Moffett Age 5 Amissville “Um — two twins of Cabbage Patch.” Lee Settle Age 4 FUnt HiU “I already asked Santa what I wanted. I’m getting a walkie-talkie and a sing-along.” Lainie Morgan Age 4 Washington “I think Christmas is the same day my birthday is. I want a Cabbage Patch doll.” Zachary Gunter Age 4 Flint Hill “I don’t know. I’m going to get a Land-shark and a Bone-case.” Interviews and Photos/ Greg Turner

This was the news In bygone Rappahannock times 35 YEARS AGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS From the Dec. 21, 1950 edition The Rappahannock County P.T.A. met at the Rappahannock High School on Monday, December 18 at 7:30 p.m. C.R. Johnson president called the meeting to order (and) said that the general opinion of most people in the county had been that having one high school in the county might not work because (1) the children from the different schools might not get along together (2) the building wasinot suitable. iflr. Llewellan of Washington,; D.C. purchased the Bennett property at the auction sale held Tuesday, December 19, in front of the Courthouse in Washington. The final bid was $20,000. This property was formally known as the Silvey Place. It is located next to Jenkin’s Garage in Amissville, on Route 211, and the farm has an acreage of 190.8 acres. Blue Ridge Restaurant, Luray, Va. - Luncheons 35c to 65c “Including Meat, 2 Vegetables, Bread and Beverage - Dinners 75c to $1.35. Reports from the committees of Mt. Lebanon and Woodville churches in charge of the sales of “Rare Rappahannock Recipes” show that over 650 copies of the cook book have already been sold. With sales rapid just before the Christmas season, many folks have used the cookbooks as a Christmas gift. The ladies pf the committees are beginning to wonder if there will be enough to answer all the calls, for the sale of the first 650 went in such a short time. The Rappahannock Garden Club held its December meeting at “Rose Hill,” home of Mrs. W.C. Hall. Mrs John R. Revercpmb was joint hostess with Mrs. Hall. On this bleak Decern-' ber day magnificent old “Rose Hill” was like unto a great rose made to bloom in the midst of snow-covered mountains; looking out from the great windows we looked on the most exquisite ancient English boxwood. Pure Irish Linen Handkerchiefs 15c each - McCrorys 5&10. Reduced... Reduced... Reduced Howdy Doody House Slippers $2.50, Men’s House Shoes...as low as $2.95, Women’s house Shoes...as low as $1.99 - The ShoeCenter Inc. 25 YEARSAGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS From the Dec. 22, 1960 edition The next feeder pig sale will be held at Culpeper on January 26. Jailed Man Goes Completely Berserk - Archie J. Clark, who was being held in Rappahannock County jail, charged with a number of breakings and entering in the area, went berserk in his cell and destroyed and defaced everything he could reach. He tore the cot and stool loose from the wall and broke a number of window panes. (Reprinted from the “New York World Telegram” - by Richard Starnes) - Rappahannock County, Va., is a place of gently rolling meadows, rugged hills, serenity, sweet country ham and quail that burst from under the feet like feathered missiles. It is also one of the few places in the world that is experiencing a population decrease. There is little truck farming, no industry (except sporadic moonshining), a great deal of cattle raising, and, of course, an abundance of the qualities people do not appreciate until they lose them...The county is a place where a prosperous farmer will drop his chores and spend the morning tramping the fields with you simply because he has a bird dog in training and your host does not...Perhaps the slums of Cairo would provide a greater contrast, but the one I found was startling enough. Having been snowed out of the mountains I returned to New York aboard a Pennsylvania Railroad train that would have wrung cries of envy from any Siberian Commissar of transport now alive...Eventually the train lurched sullenly into New York at precisely the hour when streams of angry, impolite people were competing for space aboard the absurdly inadequate and disgraceful commuter railroads... The contrast between the origin and destination of my journey is worth thinking about. No-one can fault the home-bound commuters for being ornery. They were being herded like cattle, overcharged for inferior transport, delayed by abysmally obsolete rail cars, and made altogether miserable by a system that seems surprised by the fact that in the wintertime it snows...They wouldn’t put up with all this in Rappahannock County. There, the livestock outnumber the people by a comfortable ratio. And, in general, the people are smarter than cowbrutes, leaving a visitor to that cherished place with the impression that they mean to keep the ratio pretty much the way it is now. 20 YEARS AGO RAPPAHANNOCKNEWS From the Dec. 23, 1965 edition The Christmas Tree in the Town of Washington was lighted Sunday night for the holidays. Mrs. B.K. Armel, a member of the Town Council, was responsible for the decorating of the tree which is located in the lot between the Rappahannock National Bank and Washington fire house. The tree grows enough each year to necessitate the addition of several new strings of lights; W.A. Miller will retire from the position of Postmaster of the Washington, Va. postoffice effective December 30. He has served in this capacity for 31 years, taking office in 1934 after his appointment by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Christmas cards were first offered “to the trade” by an English publishing house in the 1860’s. They carried such designs as jolly old gentlemen (who might have been Santa’s forebears), plum puddings, holly and mistletoe. Pitts Park, Front Royal - Thur-Fri-Sat...Walt Disney’s OLDYELLER. 15 YEARSAGO RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS From the Dec. 10, 1970 edition The SperryviUe Rescue Squad is sponsoring a Christmas Dance on Saturday, December 26,1970 which will be held at the SperryviUe fire hall. Music will be provided by Donald Keyser and The Country Rhythm Boys. Attendance will be couples only. With all six representatives present for the December meeting of the Rappahannock Board of Supervisors held Thursday, the first order of business was one fowl claim submitted by Dog Warden Jack Bruce. This was approved and payment set...Mrs. Bruce made a request to the Board for an increase in his salary...After detaUed discussion, the motion was made to increase his salary to $2400 per year. T Cpl. Taylor promoted Marine Lance Cpl. Paul G. Taylor, son of Walter W. and Nancy W. Taylor of Route 1, Castleton, has been promoted to his present rank while serving at 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, CA. A 1984 graduate of Rappahannock County High School, he joined ; the Marine Corps in August 1984. The Nutcracker Don Tolj and Anne Marie Hartley of the Richmond Ballet. The Nutcracker is a story of Christmas, magic, and dance. The wonderful music of Tchaikovsky combined with the superb presentation by the Richmond Ballet will certainly be a wonderful holiday treat for everyone. The Moving Arts Center of Warrenton invites residents of Rappahannock County to join them in this performance which will be presented at Fauquier High School auditorium on December 21 at 8 p.m. and on December 22 at 3 p.m. Tickets may be ordered by calling (703) 3642215 or may be available at the door. Virginia litter John V. Jackson, Commissioner of the Virginia Division of Litter Control, announced today that grant monies totaling $4,552.00 have been awarded locally for litter control programs. Receiving litter control grants were the following towns: The Plains in the amount of $300 and Orange in the amount of $737. Also the Cooperative Program of Fauquier County and Remington was awarded a grant in the amount of $3,515. •r All Virginia cities, counties, and incorporated towns are eligible for litter control grant funds. These funds may be used to implement such comprehensive programs as The Virginia Plan: A Model Program to Prevent Littering. This five-part program consists of planning and organization, communications, education, sustained cleanup, and law enforcement. Monies may also be used for a variety of litter control and prevention activities including hiring area coordinators, establishing citizens committees, and developing recycling programs. The State’s Litter Control Program has grown steadily since its beginnings in 1977. “We have made tremendous progress through the effort of litter control leadership in the localities,” said Jackson. “We anticipate 95 percent of Virginia’s cities and counties, and over 80 percent of the towns, to participate this year. No other state in the nation has this kind of involvement. i I \ \ \ 4 S Sf&35 We wish a Happy New Year and a holiday of happiness to each and everyone. THE SMITHS Sperryville Antique Market p and i Sperryville \ Storage Company Is Republican unity merely a facade? A three-day meeting of state Republicans has succeeded in avoiding an open split between the party’s bitterly warring factions, but accomplished little in the way of bringing the factions together. The meeting was held Dec. 6-8 at the Ingleside Motor Hotel near Staunton. It was billed as a party “advance" because calling it a “retreat,” the usual name for such inhouse organizational planning sessions, had a negative ring in the view of state Republican Chairman Don Huffman. In the open portions of the meetings the word was unity, sweetness and light as far as the public and the press were concerned. The party was getting its act together and the rule of the Eleventh Commandment (“Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican”) was strictly enforced. But in the closed-door workshops, in the halls and hospitality rooms and in the closed session of the GOP State Central Committee on Sunday morning, it was another story altogether. “The pot bubbled but never quite came to a boil!” was the way one dissatisfied attendee put it. “I think a conscious decision was made to defuse the situation at this meeting so as not to have an explosion so closely following the election. While there are any number of factions and sub-factions within the party, the main divisions seem to be between those who supported the illfated gubernatorial nomination bid of 8th District Congressman Stanford Parris of Fairfax and the supporters of candidate Wyatt Durrette. The latter group had the strong support of the most conservative wing of the party led by former Gov. Mills E .-Godwin Jr., as well as that of a hefty portion of the independent conservative coalition led by former Del. Roy Smith of Petersburg. The Huffman loyalists were clearly in command at the Staunton meeting, and after a hasty nose count their pre-eminence, and thus the security of Huffman’s position, was acknowledged by the dissidents. In the end, it was decided that because the Huffman forces had enough votes to defeat them anyway, to introduce them would have been futile. Once again Judy Peachee, a former GOP national committeewoman and now-the Richmond aide to Sen. Paul Trible, was singled out by the GEORGE BOWLES dissidents as one of their main sources of grief. They charge that Peachee has used her access to government telephones and perhaps other facilities to build a network in support of her party faction and its candidates. This network allegedly includes the use of facilities in all of the state’s Republican congressional offices except those of D. French Slaughter Jr. in the 7th District and, of course, Parris in the 8th. Wish someone a glowing holiday. Send the FTD* Candle Glow™ Bouquet. 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.Rappahannock Country* Extraordinary miniature village is also a Christmas gift By STELLA DEAN RICHARDS Rappahannock News Staff Writer The meaning of Kathryn Waylands Christmas tree, surrounded by a miniature Christmas village and Christmas parks, becomes clearer the more you look at the pageant. She has put a piece of herself in every tiny lace curtain, every little stone chimney and every eifs cap that she has made. She has poured her whole self into this creation. And a creation it is. There is something of everything here, becoming a miniature representation of life on this planet. There are camels and sheep, World War II jeeps and trucks, an Indian in a canoe, Victorian ladies shopping for Christmas, and everywhere elves and angels. Because just about everything in this ensemble is handmade and because there is so much reconciliation of opposites, the project is both art and a carol of love. "It is the Lord’s birthday cake," Mrs. Wayland said quietly. “It’s the ’“jtn^els the wise men brought. W'hen I ar\finished, I kneel down and make an offering of the tree." There are possibly hundreds of little figures that skate or sing or carry tiny presents around that are laid out on four snowy white sheets in a wide river around the tree. Mrs. W'ayland has made and collected the small figures, the cardboard houses and stores, the Christmas balls and angels for as long as she can remember. Some of the objects on and around the tree are toys the Waylands got for their children as much as 40 years ago. “I never throw anything out." she laughs. When she was a child, she was given a miniature crystal punch bow-1 holding perhaps 20 doll-sized cups. She has been in love with miniatures ever since. She gets her considerable artistic talent from her mother, who painted elegant china tureens and plates. The rituals of Christmas made i profound impression on Mrs. Way land when she was a child. She viv idly recalls the many Christmas Eves spent at her grandparents house in Meadville, Pennsylvania, near Lake Erie. She remembers trying hard to stay up late on Christmas, past the time her grandmother would return from midnight mass. Meadville was lit with gas lights at the time and she could see these from her bedroom. And then, at some point, she would hear the sleigh bells. They were Santa’s bells, of course, and all the children in the town could hear them if they stayed up late enough. Apparently, a local citizen contributed to the Christmas spirit by harnessing his horses to an old sled and riding up and down the streets of the town. The sound of the bells was magic to the children, year after year. The magic lives on in Mrs. Wayland’s Christmas display, which also makes its appearance year after year. The effect, like the Meadville of her childhood, is very snowy. “I never knew Meadville without snow at Chrismas,” Mrs. Wayland recalls. There are the four white sheets, spread end to end, packages upon packages of angel’s hair draped over roofs and around the several mirrors that look like icy ponds, and a lot of artificial snow all over the place. The sheets are bordered with garlands of pine and holly, interspersed with large, snowy pinecones. There is even a miniature styrofoam mountain or two. But the objects and little colored lights that are spread throughout the landscape are, of course, what catches the eye and heart. It is the sincerity and the care that makes this rather eclectic assortment so appealing. This year, it took Mrs. Wayland two full days (“messing around with it”) to set it up. The first day, she went to bed at 3:00 a.m. She re Helpful chnstmas ,rt Girt Ideas from '*yLs& Specials on Diamond Earrings, Pendants & Rings Free engraving on anything purchased in our store. Engrave I.D. Bracelets, Cross Pins, etc. nJav °pen n11 8 p'm- Saturdays open till 5 p.m. ^ GIFT OF LASTING BEAUTY Gallery Hours Tues. thru Sat 10a.m. - 4 p.m. Sundays 1 to 4 Closed Dec. 23rd until Feb. 1st tns—SlLdina iPaxtu n 14>/2"x24' • Lithographic Reproduction • Limited Edition of 1.000 • Check. Visa or MasterCard accepted • Shipped flat via U P S - $3 00 • 4% Va. Sales Tax ($5 00) ★ 3 miles south of Stephens C ity stop light (Route 11). right on PO BOX b06 "TtPHENS CITY VA 22br.S Phone (7ii;il st,q 2777 MINIATURE VILLAGE IS a celebrati*^”" Newspho,0/Greg Tumer sumed work on it at 10:00 the next morning and did not stop until 4:00 a.m. the next day. Mrs. Wayland explains that her arthritis prevents her from the ease of movement she is used to, but it seems doubtful that even a ballerina could complete the i marvelously elaborate ensemble in much less time. , There are perhaps 20 little cardboard houses, churches and stores, all but two or three of which she made herself. Those that she did not make are pieces which were bought for her son years ago and which she has since copied and improved. Every building is as decorated inside as out and, of course, is ready for Christmas. Either a miniature Christmas tree or a manger is tucked into each one of the houses. Each of the tiny buildings has its own glowing Christmas light which streams out from behind the small cellophane windows. The buildings have roofs that are covered with bright Christmas wrapping foil and rickrack, to look like shingles. Several dwellings have pebbles pasted over them, resembling stones. Everything has snow on it. Giving the illusion of curtains in several of the windows are paper doily cut-outs. Other windows have little gauze curtains, with tiny wax candles. All the doors are adorned with wreaths. There are also cut-outs from old Christmas cards pasted on both the inside and outside of the buildings. There is a dove over the altar in one church and a little choir and angel in another. Men, women and children, mostly in Victorian dress, are also pasted here and there around the houses and shops. The women have swept-up hairdos and lonjV skirts. Many of the men sport top hats and canes. Perhaps it resembles the Meadville of Mrs. Wayland’s childhood. There are even a couple of tiny crystal gaslamps, being lit by miniature lamplighters who are dressed in black. “Some years I have the parks separate from the town,” says Mrs. Way land, “and some years I mix them together. But I always have the manger in front.” This year they are separate from the manger. The manger! It is like Noah’s Ark.1 here is a tiny teddy bear, some penguins, a Thanksgiving turkey, reindeer, camels, sheep and a china dog. 1 here are wise men and snowmen, elves and angOls. There is even somebody w ho has come in a covered w-agon to see the baby Jesus. Most of Mrs. Wayland’s four children, ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren stop in to see her on Christmas day or the day after. With a little snow and some sleigh bells, this could be Meadville, 75 years ago. We appreciate your support and patronage. May your home be filled with happiness. Sperryvllle Emporium (703) 987-8235 & Parkway Gift Shop (703) 987-8144 Sperryville, Va. Rappahannock Recipe Contest We want our readers to discover your old (and not so old) original family recipes. Each week a new category will be announced. Recipes will be judged by the Rappahannock News staff on: 1. Obvious taste appeal. 2. Ease of preparation and availabilty of ingredients. 3. Uniqueness. 4. Clarity. A short statement may be submitted explaining the origination of the recipe. Each week a winner will be announced. The winner will receive a five dollar check from the Rappahannock News . Second and third prize winners will be so honored in the newspaper. Recipes must be typed or legibly printed and double-spaced. Ingredients should be listed in their order of use with measurements indicated. Recipes must reach the offices of the Rappahannock News by 12 noon of the Thursday preceding publication. (In the event of an early publication deadline, the date will be clearly announced in advance) THIS WEEK EARLY DEADLINE — SEE BELOW Any recipe entered may be published by the newspaper. If there is enough interest (we hope there will be!), a cookbook of Rappahannock Recipes may eventually be published. If this occurs all first prize winners will receive a complimentary copy. Coming next week... “Soups for Winter” — watch for it' New category: NEW YEAR’S EVE TREATS 5^fiyvr"Early "Early DeadUne: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21 at NOON Have fun!!! gttWHfVfWtWfMtwnwMwvftlMVfWMVIWm 9 We Wish You Joy In Your Heart, Love In Your Home, 1 Peace In The World and Hope For A Prosperous \ 3 F/M New Year! I x\ x ^X-'Happy Holidays! \ Nan and Jim Thomasson Hours: Dec. 19,20, 21 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22-11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 23 -10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Christmas Eve -10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Located in the Clopton House Washington, Va. 675-3738 iMMkU [leathercoat Holiday Caviar Tasting Menu December 18 - 29 First Course Chilled Double Consomme Garnished with Sevruga Caviar and Whipped Cream Second Course Poached Oysters in Champagne Garnished with Sevruga Caviar, Salmon Roe, and Golden Caviar, Served on a Bed of Spinach Third Course Inside Out California Roll with Fresh Tuna, Cucumber, Crab, Served with Wasabi and Tamari Dipping Sauce Sorbet Fourth Course Steamed Main Lobster Served with Ossetra Caviar and Caviar Butter Dessert This sample menu will be offered in the Formal Dining Room in addition to our regular menu. $55.00 Per Person Dinner: Wednesday-Saturday 5:30 p.m. 9 30 p m Sunday Brunch and Dinner: 12:00 noon-7:00 Reservations suggested (703) 253-5286 / D.C. metro (703) 471-5327 __Loudoun&cStuart Streets, The Plains, Virginia

Rappahannock News photo/Greg Turner MAKING OLD-FASHIONED Christmas wreaths (1 to r) Cathy Knuepfer, Helen Fairfax, Dot Mank, Dee Hume, Breezy Gannon. Washington residents welcome visitors Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Weakley and sons, Ronnie and Chucky, of Fredericksburg, spent Saturday as guests of Mrs. Erma Jenkins. Sunday luncheon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Campbell were Billy Campbell, of Culpeper, Danny Campbell, of Front Royal and Mr. and Mrs. Luther Campbell, of Amiss ville. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Lockhart, of Front Royal, were Friday luncheon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. Ike L. Ralls and daughter, Melinda, of Linden were Sunday guests of his family, Mr. and Mrs. Ike Ralls and Steve. Congratulations to Jeff Burke and Becky Baldwin who were married recently. Mrs. Ruth Clark and granddaughter, Amanda Brown were Saturday evening callers of Mrs. Mary E. Burke. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Simmons visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Simmons at Woodbridge on Sunday afternoon. Marie and Ryan Shipman spent Sunday through Wednesday in the Edward M. Clark home due to their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Shipman being in Boston, Mass. We ire glad to hear that Mr. Clarence Baldwin is back home after - his stay in Winchester Hospital. Amanda Brown, daughter of Mr. By RUTH CLARK Phone 675-3608 and Mrs. Bobby Brown is on the sick list this week. Mrs. Frances Eubank and her son John had lunch at Country Cookin’ in Culpeper on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Herdon Hudson entertained for dinner at the Caldonia Steak House in Front Royal on Sunday evening. Their guests were Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hudson, of Sperryville, Mr. and Mrs. Frankie Hitt, of Woodville, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Smoot and daughter, Crystal, of Lake Front Royal and Mrs. Frances Eubank. The occasion being little Crystal Smoot’s 3rd birthday. Crystal is the Herdon Hudson’s granddaughter. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Smoot also entertained approximately 20 friends and relatives at their home near Lake Front Royal with refreshments in honor of their daughter, •"Crystal's 3rd birthday. Happy Belated Birthday, Crystal. Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Weakley Under the cabinet appliances Can openers, the first of appliances designed to be fastened under a wall cabinet are now joined by a host of under-the-cabinet appliances. Shoppers will find under-the-cabinet blenders, mixers, toasters, toaster-ovens, knives, coffeemakers, microwave ovens, and a food preparation center that acts either as a food processor or a blender. The advantage of an under-thecabinet appliance is that it is compact and can help keep the counter or work space uncluttered "while keeping the appliance handy to use. There is, however, a limit to under-the-cabinet space just as for counter space. That is just one of the factors buyers need to keep in mind, said Janice E. Woodward, Virginia Tech Extension specialist in home management. Some under-the-cabinet appliances hang down far enough to limit the amount of usable work space under the appliance. Shoppers will want to check if all the parts for fastening the appliance come with the package or will the appliance owner need to supply screws, etc. Merry Christmas From The Eyeglass Factory \ 531 E. Main Front Royal From All The Folks At... itiflccn. FACTORY OUTLET l»riiii|iii<| to you Lc lies SLIGHTLY IRREGULAR Sportswear All Garments 25% Oil! We have a good supply of fabric remnants and quilt pieces. Located In FLINT HILL. VIRGINIA ROUTE 641 oil ROUTE 52? 1000’s ot HOLIDAY GARMENTS now in STOCK in All Popular sizes 5 to 46 MISSY JUNIOR PLUS CHILDRENS store hours Ajmer TUESDAY—SATURDAY 9:00 AM. to 4:30 P.M. Store will close at 4:30 P.M. on 12-21 -85 and will re-open at 1 -2-86 at 9:00 A.M. He infill-j4f(W cuslomcifta, IWj ft Qaff Chiriim: were Sunday overnight guests of Mrs. Weakley’s sister, Mrs. Margaret Carroll in Arlington. Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Weakley were Thursday callers of Mr. and Mrs. Forest McCarty at Stephens City. Please feel free to call me on Sunday evenings or Mondays whenever you have news for the social column. A little reminder that the Washington Ladies Auxiliary Thrift shop is accepting items for the shop diming the winter also. Call 675-3608 if you need assistance in getting the items to the shop, Thanks. Catch you next week! Woodville social happenings r 1 By JUNE CLARK Phone 987-8827 Cecil Atkins and the Rev. Kirby Shenk of Luray visited Mrs. Chloe Brown Monday. On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Roy Alther and granddaughter of Sperryville were guests of Mrs. Brown. The W.M.U. of Woodville Baptist Church met at the church on Tuesday night with four members and one visitor present. Bobby O’Bannon and son Jason of Culpeper visited Mr. and Mrs. Maurice O’Bannon Saturday. E. O. Willis III of Winchester was a guest Saturday of Mrs. H. B. Winfrey and Mrs. Frank Brown. Harvey Wilcox and Jeff Grizzle of Fort Belvoir were luncheon guests Tuesday of Mrs. Emory Conners. We’re wishing you jolly spirits, happy times, the best of Christmas cheer and our thanks for your patronage. MOSTLY YESTERYEAR Antiques & Collectibles Comer of Gay & Porter Sts. Washington, Va. (703) 675-3223 Donna Fisher Thurs.-Sun. Owner 12 to 5 ivnwivnivf BURKE’S STORE SSg. Woodville. VA. 987-8814 Friday, Saturday Bounty Towels..........__Jumbo 89* Charmin Bathroom Tissue_4 rods 1.19 Confectioners Sugar......._1t. 59* Philadelphia Cream Cheese_j a 1.05 ParkayMargarine_i s>. 69* Kraft Dips_joz. 79* FROZEN Birds Eye Broccoli_iooz.69* Birds Eye Fordhook Lima Beans__iooz.79* PRODUCE Bananas. Cauliflower Oranges...... I•••••M•■•M••••••• .. ■■•••••••••• • ••••••••Ml 4(011.00 .1.19 head ......85* doz. FRESH MEAT COUNTER USDA CHOICE Whole Pork Loin... Center Cut Chops End Cut Chops...., 139 •■•■■•■■•••iim I avV _1.69 -_1.49 THE INN AT LITTLE ■WASHINGTON 'vewucme a Wa €060^1 ^4 e<m cyieeia/. J Upcoming Events ‘Scrooge’ On December 21 the Community Christmas Celebration will begin at 6 p.m. There will be singing, poetry, fellowship, and food, followed by a free movie. “Scrooge,” starring Albert Finney and Alec Guinness, will be playing at the Gay Street Theatre on December 21 This lavish and lively musical is a novel on''' treatment ot the tale of Scrooge and Tiny Tim. It is brought *o the Gay Street Theatre courtesy of the Rush River Company which invites you all to attend free of charge as their holiday guests. Holiday fruitcakes The Amissville Ruritans have for sale high quality fruitcakes. Three pound fruitcakes sell for $7.00 and may be ordered by calling 937-5270. Rappahannock County High School Christmas concert The Rappahannock County High School band and chorus will present their annual Christmas concert on December 19, at 8:00 p.m. in the RCHS auditorium. A variety of Christmas music will be provided by both groups. A special performance of Handel’s “Hallelujah” chorus will be sung by the choir and the returning alumni. Christmas dance at Madison The Old Rag Mountain Boys from Rappahannock and the Fhantoms of the Opry will be playing at a Christmas dance on Saturday, December 21, at 8 p.m. at the Madison American Legion Post. Prices are $3 per person or $5 a couple. Ride the fire truck Come out and ride the fire truck and see Santa Claus on December 22 at the Castleton Fire Department from 2 to 4 p.m. Pictures will be taken and candy and oranges will be given to the little ones. CMH offers prenatal classes A series of six classes for expectant parents will begin January 8 and run through February 12 at Culpeper Memorial Hospital. The Preparation for Parenthood Course is being taught in conjunction with the Culpeper County Health Department in the hospital conference room on Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. To register, please call the Obstetric Unit at Culpeper Memorial Hospital, 825-2811, ext. 252, or from Orange, 672-4322. The classes are free to residents of Culpeper, Orange, Madison, Rappahannock, and Fauquier counties, Premium Pecans The Rappahannock Lions Club will soon be selling premium pecans. One pound bags will sell for $5.00 - a perfect gift for the holidays. For ordering information, pbase call John Schultz, 987-8916; Bob Ingle, 675-3404;or Hugh Chrisman, 987-8745. Nutcracker comes to Warrenton It’s a story of Christmas, magic, and dance. The wonderful music by Tchaikovsky combined with the superb presentation by the Richmond ballet will certainly be one of Warrenton’s greatest holiday treats for young and old. The Moving Arts Center of Warrenton invites residents of Rappahannock County to join them in this performance which will be presented at Fauquier High School Auditorium on December 21, at 8:00 p.m., and on December 22, at 3:00 p.m. Tickets may be ordered by calling (703) 364-2215. 4-H teen weekend Summer-In-The-Winter Festival! Plans are now complete for the annual “Summer-in-the-Winter Festival” program which will be held at the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center February 7-9, 1986. Cost for the weekend will be $30.00. Please come by or call the Rappahannock Extension Office at 6753619 for a copy of the program and registration forms. The deadline is February 1. Virginia Cooperative Extension programs, activities, and employment opportunities are available to all people regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, handicap, or political affiliation. Winter Quarter non-credit courses offered at Lord Fairfax College Several non-credit short courses have been scheduled for the Winter Quarter at Lord Fairfax Community College. Students may register for any non-credit course by calling the office of Continuing Education (869-1120; ext. 277) or in person at the college during normal operating hours (8 a.m. — 4:30 p.m., Monday — Friday). In addition, senior citizens may enroll in any non-credit course free of charge, provided all paying students have been accommodated. My Dad says, l“ there's nothing r like the yioclassifieds.” Rappahannock Neuis Classified Ads Work Call 675-3349 To place your ad Today!

Church Activities County Methodist services The United Methodist Churches will have worship services for Sunday, December 22, as follows: Flint Hill at 11:15 a.m., Willis Chapel at 10 a.m. and Sperryville United Methodist at 8:45 a.m. Communion service will be held at the Sperryville United Methodist Church at 7:30 p.m. Christmas Eve. The pastor the Rev. Merlin Shorb invites the public. Trinity Episcopal Church December 19-25 Thursday Choir practice — 7:30 p. m. Saturday Program practice and Tree decoration —10 a.m. RAAC’s Community Christmas Program, tree lighting — 6 p.m. followed by readings and caroling in the theater, cider, cookies and a free movie, the musical version of “Scrooge” — 7:30 p.m. Sunday Advent IV — Eucharist — 8 a.m. Sunday school — 9:45 a. m. Morning Prayer with Christmas program, Parish Christmas coffee hour and party — 11 a.m. Christmas Eve — Musical program —10:30 p.m. Eucharist — 11p.m. Christmas Day — Eucharist — 10 a.m. Washington Baptist Church December 22-24 Pastor: Rev. Steven N Scoggin Phone: 675-3336 Sunday Sunday school — 9:45 a.m. Worship/Guest Missionary to Speak — 11 a.m. Choir practice and reception for Missionary — noon Youth “progressive dinner” — 6:45 p.m. Baptist Young Women’s Christmas party — 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Christmas Eve Candlelight and Communion Service— 7:30 p.m. Reynolds Memorial Baptist Pastor: Rev. Douglas Farmer Sunday Worship — 9 a. m. Sunday school — 10:15 a.m. Amissville United Methodist Church December 22-24 Pastor: Rev. Steven D. Parker Phone:937-4397 Sunday school — 9:45 a.m. Worship Service — 11 a.m. Christmas caroling to our special families — 2 p.m. Adult choir practice — 7:30 p.m. Open communion in the sanctuary — 6 to 9 p. m. Nethers Mill Lighthouse Tabernacle Weekly services at Nethers Mill Lighthouse Tabernacle include Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m and on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. The Rev. Charles Clindenist is pastor and the public is invited. Sunday Monday Tuesday Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church Pastor:John Warren Sunday Sunday school — 9:45 a. m. Christmas Cantata by Choir Bible study — 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Prayer meeting — 7:30 p.m. The public is invited. Sperryville Assembly of God Pastor: Michael Lamm Sunday: Sunday school — 9:45 a.m. Worship— 11 a.m. Evening service — 7:30 p.m. The Christmas program is scheduled for December 21. St. Peter’s Catholic Mission Christmas Eve — Holy Mass at the Rectory — 8:30 a.m. Carols in St. Peter’s Chapel — 7:30 p.m. Confessions are heard any time at the Rectory Chapel or before Masses in St. Peter’s Chapel. December 25 Holy Mass in St. Peter’s Chapel —10 a.m. Holy Mass in St. Peter’s Chapel — 11 a.m. Family Worship Center ■v Pastor: Rev. Robert Dunphy Phone: 987-8505 Associate Pastor: William Taylor Phone: 987-8014 Sunday: 10:30 a.m. — Adult worship service and children’s church 7 p.m. — Evening service Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. — Intercessory prayer 7p.m. — Praise singing 7:30 p.m. — Bible study Thursday: 6:30 p.m. — Aerobics. All welcome. No charge. Slate Mills Baptist Church Pastor: J. Harold Eaton Phone: 825-5747 Sunday: 10 a.m.—Sunday School 11 a.m.—Worship service Wednesday: 6:45 and 7:30 p.m.—Choir practice Woodville Baptist Church Interim pastor: Rev. Ernest Cornwell Sunday: 10 a.m.—Sunday School 11 a.m.—Worship service Wednesday: 7:30 p.m.—Bible study Christmas programs in the area Living nativity The Rappahannock County United Methodist Churches will present a living nativity scene. The Birth of the Christ Child will be reenacted on Saturday, December 21, from 6:30 until 9:00. p.m. in the red shed on Route 211 a half mile east of the town of Washington. Live animals are used for the pageant. The hillside display can be viewed from the road. Visitors may also walk up the pathway bordered by luminaries to the shed where they can hear as well as see the Christmas Story. Thornton Gap Thornton Gap Regular Baptist Church near Sperryville will have a Christmas program Sunday, December 22, at 7:00 p.m. The church cordially invites everyone to attend. Christmas Eve Candlelighting Service The members of the Washington Baptist Church warmly invites you and your family to participate in its Christmas Eve Candlelighting Service. The service will begin at 7:30 p.m. A nursery will be provided. Come, join us in this annual festival of light. Sperryville Assembly of God A Christmas play, entitled, “Broke at Christmas” will be pre sented at the Sperryville Assembly of God Church on Saturday, Decern-1 ber 21 at 7:00 p.m. The public is invited. The United Methodist Churches The Flint Hill United Methodist Church will celebrate Christmas on Sunday, December 22 at 8:00 p.m. The Willis Chapel church will have their annual Christmas Event at 6:00 p.m. Mrs. Miller hosts Flint Hill Extension Club Christmas party Mrs. Paul Miller entertained the Flint Hill Home Extension Club for their annual Christmas party at her home on Tuesday, December 10, when members exchanged gifts. Those present were Shelby Welch, Ethel Pullen, Margaret Muter, Margaret Dodson, Elsie Dodson, Flo Duvall, Barbara Gentry, Alice Pullen, Sandra Jenkins, and Mary Frances Bywaters. Attending the postmasters Christmas party on Friday evening at the Ramada Inn at Woodstock were Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Curtis, Mrs. Barbara Gentry, Mrs. Dorothy Lewis and Mrs. Edna Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wharton of Warrenton and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Crane of Lanham, Md., visited Mrs. Moffett Brady Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Lillard of Springfield spent Friday and Saturday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hickerson. Visiting Mrs. Robert Nethers Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Nethers of Stephens City, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Kitts of Winchester, and Miss Deborah Dennis of Huntly. Mrs. Pauline Aylor spent Wednesday and Friday with her mother. ‘ ’ y tr * ' Mr. and Mrs. Stan Sadowaski of By POl.I.Y Y \Y I.OR I’hom-WT-RUf) Norfolk spent the weekend with the latter’s mother, Mrs. Ethel Pullen. Mrs. Pullen’s granddaughter Miss Karen Corder of Front Royal was an overnight guest Saturday. William Smoot of Culpeper visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. A. 0. Smoot and Gary Sunday. Mrs. Lois Duncan of Broad Run spent Saturday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Lillard. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Welch had as guests Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Stan Sadowaski, Mrs. Ethel Pullen, Mr. and Mrs. Reid Nicholson, Mrs. Thelma Jeffries, Mrs. Linda Corder and Karen, Bemie Gilpin, Mr, and Mrs. John:Wlffimfl& » Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Pullen and Shannori, Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Welch and Katie and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Welch and Amber. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Lillard were guests Sunday of Mrs. Lloyd Sours in Warrenton. They visited Mr. Sours in the Fauquier Hospital there. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pearson of Hume were guests Saturday evening of Mrs. Wade Pullen. With genuine appreciation to our customers for their consideration, we take this opportunity to extend the season’s greetings. Washington Cash Store General Merchandise L ; i :’ " r"tSkip? Kenneth, Katie, Pat Beth, Jonas, Pete, Janet & Skippy CRIM’S TRAILER SALES, INC. Travel Trailers - Campers - Trucks - Cars 214 Commerce Ave.. Front Royal 703-635-8201 Jim Crlm, Pres GILLIAMS LUMBER COMPANY "Your Complete Home Center " 515 Commerce Ave.. Front Royal 703-635-2101 or 635-2102 E. G. HACKLEY Groceries - Dry Goods Feed - Hardware Amissville, Va. 937-5373 FRONT ROYAL MOTORS, INC. Sales Service " Your Friendly Ford Dealer " 703-636-2901 SPERRYVILLE CORNER STORE General Merchandise 987-8185 OIL HEAT & BURNER Distributor of Exxon, Mobil Petroleum Products & Exxon LPGss Front Royal, 703-635-4155 Washington, 703-675-3214 COUNTRYSIDE FLOOR FASHIONS Cirppt-Ormntali-Sh—t Vinyli-Tilt Rmjpholatory-Slip Covtra-Drappt- Wall Covannga 347-0400 - Amiasville, Va. SPERRYVILLE EMPORIUM Gifts - Pottery - Country Hams Solid Wood Furniture Open 7 days a week - Sperryv ile, Va. rA PLACE YOU CAN COUNT ON” OLDSMOBILE CHEVROLET We Offer New & Used Cars & Trucks Sales, Service, Parts, Rentals Route 29 South Culpeper, Va. 703-547-3700 THE MOUNTAIN CABINET SHOP Fin* Cabinet Making Thomas Von Fange 703-987-8834 Woodville, Va. 'k Windows let. in light. Even at night the cool, crisp glimmer of the winter moon can make a path of silver across a darkened room. And when we set a light in our window, its warm, joyous glow tells others of the brightness within. Christmas is a window, letting the soft white light of God's love make a path for men across their world. And when by our worship we light this window ourselves, then those who hear our carols are drawn to the warmth and |oy of our faith. I Join fellow Christians the world over in the glowing Christmas services of our churches. • CHRISTMAS IS^ .AWINDOW , nday^^T Sunday John 1:1-14 Monday Luke 1:26-38 Tuesday Luke 1 ;46-55 Wednesday Luke 1:67-79 Thursday Luke 2:1-20 Friday Matthew 1:18-25 Saturday Matthew 2:1-12 Scriptures Selectee by The American Bible Society ROBERT J. CLATTERBUCK Plumbing and Heating Flint Hill, Va. 675-3378 SPERRYVILLE EXXON 24-hr Wrecker Service Fru/t and Produce Stand Sperryville. Va. 987-8377 & 8015 royal palace CLEANERS & LAUNDRY East 5th St. & Warren Ave. Bullock 's Quality Cleaners & Laundry 19 E Jackson, St.. Front Royal W & J GROCERY Last stop baton Otd Rag Mtn. Groceries. Ice. gas. variety ot deli meets 8 cheeses Sun -Thurs. 6a m-tOp.m.. Fri. t Sat. 6a.m.-1l p.m. Sperryville. Va.. onRt.231 987-8361 JOHN’S BARBER SHOP Flint Hill, Mon., 1p.m. - 7:30 p.m.; Sperryville. Tuns - Thurs 8:30a.m. - 6:30p m. Fn 8:30 a.m. ■ 7:30p m. Sat. Ba m. 4p.m. Closed Wed 987-8146 BALDWIN’S GROCERY Paul and Cucie Baldwin Gen. Merchandise, Gas and Oil Old Rt. 211, Washington. Va. 675-3383 Open 7 days a week Mon. ■ Thurs. 8 Sat. 7-7 Friday7■ 8 Sunday7-6 COMMONWEALTH.***, CORPORATION Lumber & Building SuppliesL *24 Manassas St., Front Royar 703-635-2176 COURTESY CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH-DODGE, Inc. Sales Service Oodgm 727 N. 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Sperryville bridge club and Christmas party highlight area news Mrs. Mabel J. Deal returned home on Saturday after being a patient in University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville. Mrs. Charles H. Estes was hostess for the annual Christmas party of the Sperryville Bridge Club on Friday evening. A covered dish dinner and exchange of gift preceded the bridge game. Guests were Mrs. I. R. Kilby, Mrs. Frances Tabler, Mrs. Mary Quaintance, Mrs. E. A. McNear, Mrs. Dale Metzinger, Mrs. W. h! Cordle, Mrs. Brown Miller, Mrs. Jack Brown, Mrs. T. J. Pillar, Mrs. Ulrich Maeyer and Mrs. C. E. Johnson, Jr. Prize winners were Mrs. Jack Bjgown, Mrs. McNear and Mrs. Tabler won the door prize. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hawkins visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Edmonds and Mrs. C. E. Burke in By MRS. B. M. VARNER Phone 987-8710 Front Royal Sunday afternoon. Glenn Bolyard of Fairfax was an overnight guest Sunday of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Nethers. Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Schaefer and Mrs. T. M. Johnston were luncheon guests Sunday of Mrs. Mary Quaintance at Brambles. Mrs. Robert W. Brown was a weekend guest of her brother-in-law Boston homes welcome guests Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hash have returned home after visiting their daughter, Reva Sanford, of Petersburg, during surgery at M.C.V. Hospital in Richmond and upon her return home. Mrs. Mae Jenkins is now a resident of Culpeper Health Care Center, where she was moved from Culpeper Hospital on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Dillard of Spotsylvania were luncheon guests Wednesday of Mrs. Bessie Corbin. Mrs. Ray Frazier and daughter Michele visited Mrs. Margaret Cole in Culpeper Saturday afternoon. Mrs. C. D. Marshall spent the weekend with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Wilmont in Linden. On Monday Mrs. Marshall and her daughter motored to Petersburg to visit Mr. Marshall in the hospital there. Guests Monday of Mrs. B. Corbin were William Burke of Charlottesville and Marvin Burke of Rochelle. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Frazier, Jr., Michele, Michael and Christopher were pre-Christmas dinner guests of Mr. Frazier’s sister Mrs. Alvin At BOSTON By MARIE F. ATKINS Phone 987-8802 kins in Sperryville. They were joined by other members of the family including Mrs. Patti Knick and son Daniel of Fort Washington, Md., Mr. and Mrs. Holtzman Frazier of Fredericksburg, and Harold Frazier of Culpeper. Slate Mills Baptist Church held the annual Christmas program at the church on Sunday evening. The theme “Hanging of the Greens” and decorating the tree was enjoyed by the congregation. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hawkins dined at Brookside near Lursiy on Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. William Fincham were guests Sunday of Mrs. Eva Woodard in Culpeper. Amissville social news By RDIE KISHBACK Phone 937-4910 The Amissville Homaker’s Club met with a covered dish supper and exchange of gifts for Christmas. The following members attended: Pearl Clarke, Omega Hitt, Irma Holmes, Betty Jenkins, Alice Lawrence, Frances Lawrence, Elladene Leibold, Mary Priest, Frances Simone, Juanita Settle, Linda Smet and Mary Burnett. There were four guests; Brenda Lawrence, Landra Grizzle, Jamesley Dennis and Christine Judd. Alice Lawrence received a gift for perfect attendance. The music entertainment was provided by Nelson Burner, Jerry Curtis and George Kidwell. Mr. and Mrs. Frank MeWhirt of Chestnut Hills had as their recent weekend guests Mr. and Mrs. Michael Murphy of Mine Run, Mr. and Mrs. Russel Ellet of Charlottesville, Mr. Walter MeWhirt and son Mat successtul home visits A visit to a hospital or a nursing home can involve more than singing holiday songs, and can be more fun for both the visitors and the residents. Here are suggestions to help make those visits and programs successful from Janette Newhouse, Virginia Tech Extension specialist in adult development and aging. “The program will most likely be successful if it helps the residents feel useful, important, and accepted,” she said. One of the keys is to have the help of the residents when planning and running the event. The programs need to fit the skills, interests and physical abilities of the audience. Once they are planned make sure they are announced beforehand on posters and invitations so the residents can anticipate and plan for them. “An enthusiastic leader, who radiates energy and liveliness, will help a program be successful," said the specialist, who is a member of the faculty of Virginia Tech’s College of Human Resources. Ms. Newhouse suggested that the events should include breaks from group activities for friendly conversation and individual visiting between the residents and the visitors. thew and Mr. William Murphy of Fredericksburg, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Patenotte and Mr. Michael Everett of Newport News. Merry Christmas to everyone. and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Groves in Remington. Mr. and Mrs. A. Lee Swindler, Jr., and Mrs. Viola Brtwn of Hanover, Pa., were ovenight guests Tuesday of Mrs. Lee Swindler and Mrs. Roy Swindler. Mrs. June Lowery of Winchester visited Mr. and Mrs. Ranny/Aylor Tuesday. Mrs. Frances Thornton and Mrs. Louise Varner visited Mrs. Virginia Lewis in the Clear View Rest Home in Bentonville on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Brown Miller and Mrs. Mary Quaintance were dinner guests Sunday evening of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Keyser at Brookside. Mr. and Mrs. Carson Johnson were hosts at a pre-Christmas dinner Sunday for relatives of the late Mr. and Mrs. Luther Brown. Sunday guests of Mrs. Ruby Dwyer were Cindy Cumins of Charlottesville, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Gagner of Springfield and Mr. and Mrs. Maywood Cornwell of Luray. Dr. and Mrs. William Kilby and daughter, Christina, of Harrisonburg were guests Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Kilby, Dinner guests Sunday of Mrs. Ethel Tyner and Miss Nellie Atkins were Elder and Mrs. Elmer Skeen of Palmyra, Mrs. Mabel McClanahan, Mrs. Lois Frazier, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Kirby, Mrs. Mildred Frazier and Frances Leake, all of Warrenton. Exchange students need families Host families are being sought for twenty five high school students for the school year 1986-87, in a program sponsored by American Intercultural Student Exchange. The students come from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany, France, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Equador, Brazil, Japan and Australia. The students ages 15-18 arrive in the United States in August 1986 and return to their own country in June 1987. 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Survivors include four daughters, Constance Hardman, Penny Bywaters and Melissa Burke, all of Amissville and Patricia Edner of Casselberry, Florida; eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Additional survivors include, one brother, Dean Allard, of Norris, South Dakota, and three sisters, Doris Henry, of Spearfish, South Dakota; Jeannette Siskum, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Beverly Hendrix, of Alexandria. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Moser Funeral Home, in Warrenton, and the Rev. Steven Parker officiated. Interment was in the National Memorial Park, Falls Church. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Moser Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangement. James A. Jenkins James Acrey Jenkins, 77, of Gordonsville, died Friday, December 13,1985, at Elder Care Gardens, Charlottesville. Mr. Jenkins was a native of Rapphannock County. He was the retired owner of a fencing business. He is survived by his wife, Bertha May Jenkins, of Gordonsville, one daughter, Alice J. Parker, of Gordonsville; one Irother, George Booten Jenkins, of Culpeper; three sisters, Elizabeth Curtis, of Stafford; Lena J. Jenk ^s, of Culpeper; and Nora J. Jenkii of Finskburg, Md.; and one granddaughter. Graveside services were conducted on Monday, December 16, at Holly Memorial Gardens, Charlottesville. Preddy Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Eastham Fincham Eastham Ashby Fincham, 66, died Saturday, December 14, 1985, in a Charlottesville Hospital. Mr. Fincham was retired from the Fairfax County School Board, a member of the Alum Springs Baptist Church and a veteran of WWII and a member of the American Legion Post 330. He was a native of Rappahannock County and had lived in Culpeper for many years. He is survived by his wife, Lotis Jenkins Fincham, of Culpeper, three daughters, Mrs. Peggy Cole and Mrs. Catherine Gough, both of Culpeper, and Mrs. Alice Geer, of Brightwood, one son, Roger Fincham, of Culpeper and eight grandchildren. Additional survivors include five sisters, Mrs. Mary Eddins, of Warrenton; Mrs. Mable Dwyer, of Bealeton; Mrs. Helen Brown, of Culpeper; Mrs. Hazel Luffman, of Manassas and Mrs. Shirley Nesselrodt, of Nokesville and two brothers, Clifton Fincham, of Bealeton and Collis Fincham, of Culpeper. Funeral services were held from the Clore Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. David Lavery officiating. Pallbearers were Trent Brent, Robert Clatterbuck, Tommy Beales, Lewis Hawkins, James McFarland, J.W. Jenkins, Tommy Jenkins and George Poulas. Clore Funeral Home was in charge of funeral arrangements. % Recycle. 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Business Business buy-sell agreements By Q. EARL YANCEY Rappahannock Newt Contributing Writer The price paid for a going business wifi often exceed the fair market value of the tangible assets. In business jargon, this excess is usually referred to as “blue sky.” Under the tax regulations, this excess gets very specific treatment. The blue sky is either goodwill, or a covenant-not-to-compete. The amount of money allocated to goodwill can be treated by the seller as capital gain, and therefore, is afforded a more favorable tax treatment. The buyer, however, cannot deduct goodwill during his r ownership of the business. The buyer must treat the goodwill as part of the cost of the business should he ever re-sell it. The dollars allocated to a covenant-not-to-compete are favorable to the buyer. The buyer is entitled to write off the allocated dollars over the life of the covenant (in effect, he can depreciate the value of the covenant). The seller, on the other hand, must report the covenant dollars as ordinary income as opposed to the more favorable capital gain. All too often the buy/sell agreement is silent as to the alloca DiC“Ure “hi5 Custom Framins Art Supplies Fine Arts & Crafts LTD J NOW SHOWING Christmas Art and Fine Crafts New Hours Mon., Tues., Wed. Thurs., Fri. Sat. 77D West Lee St. Waterloo Center Warrenton, VA 10-5 10-8 10-5 347-5080 tion between goodwill and a covenant-not-to-compete. The buyer will probably treat the blue sky as covenant and the seller will treat it as goodwill. This inconsistent treatment is unacceptable to the IRS. Upon audit, the IRS will adjust the tax returns for consistent treatment and assess back taxes and interest. It is in the best interests of both the buyer and seller to have the allocation for goodwill or covenant spelled out in the contract. It is always unpleasant to have an IRS audit adjustment on a prior year return. The tax consequences of the blue sky allocation can be significant. To get the best tax advantage, consult your accountant early in the sale negotiations. Q. Earl Yancey, CPA, is a Viewtown resident and maintains his accounting practice in Warrenton. Tax Guides Available The 1985 Farmer’s Tax Guides are now in supply at the Rappahannock Extension Office. Call 675-3619 or come by to receive your copy. CHRISTMAS GREENERY DECORATES The Rappahannock News photo/William Wesley Talbott kush River Company in Washington. Systems analysts-growing occupation Computer systems analysts rep- occupation in the computer field, resent an extremely fast-growing For example, in 1980 there were ap proximately 11,518 systems analysts employed in Virginia and, by 1990, the number of analysts employed in our state is expected to reach 19,345. Each year between now and 1990, there will be 968 projected job openings in this field (including jobs due to growth and replacement). The great majority of these openings are expected to be in the Northern Virginia area. Computer systems analysts help devise efficient patterns of information flow from their source to the computer. They also define the computer process necessary to turn rawdata into useful information, plan the distribution and use of the results obtained from the computer, and test the working system in operation. Their typical duties include consulting with engineering, scientific, or management personnel to define the problem; studying the problem and deciding upon the best techniques to solve it (i.e. cost accounting, sampling, or model building); gathering the information needed to solve the. problem (data base management); writing and in terpreting the results in non-technical language that managers or customers can understand; and recommending the data processing equipment to be used in new systems installations. Most employers require at least a bachelor’s degree of people applying for this position. Many also prefer candidates already skilled in com puter programming. In Virginia, the approximate me dian salary range (1984) for com puter systems analysts employed in manufacturing occupations wu. $525-$550 per week. If you would like to find out mor about this occupation (or others1 ask your public librarian, school counselor, or college career corn selor to show you the Virginia VIEW microfiche deck of occup;: tions. Virginia VIEW also has a tollfree hotline (1-800-542-5870) open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m to noon, and 1-5 p.m. You may also receive information by writing t< Virginia VIEW, 205 West Roanoke. St., Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, V.3 24061. SELL AS-IS ! OR UPGRADE? , Should a homeseller rehab for ! extra profit before placing his home • on the market? There are strong ar- ! guments pro and con on this subject. J An experienced agent can offer j constructive suggestions on upgrad- , ing as part of the total marketing effort to help sellers realize a maximum return on their housing investment. On occasion, a situation may exist where rehab expenses would exceed a seller’s budget and the seller should decide to sell the house as-is. Also, a seller may find that the cost of improving the home will end up costing a lot more money than the increased market price would bring. Major improvements in a home, just for the purpose of getting a higher selling price is an “iffy” situation. Final costs almost always outstrip original estimates as do time estimates and extreme living inconvenience. All in all, it’s usually a better practice to price the home in the condition it is presently in and let the buyer make the improvements. If there is anything we can do to help you in the field of real estate, please phone or drop in at EILEEN M. DAY, Realtor, The Clopton House, Washington, VA 22747. Phone: 675-3400. We’re here to help. 1 Rappahannock Business & Service Directory Call 675-3349 to Place Your Ad! Only $2.80 per week for a 1 inch space! Next Deadline December 20 Call about our combination rates with The Fauquier Democrat, The Clarke Courier, Loudoun Times-Mirror and The Reston Times 13 WEEK CONTRACT Accounting PRUDENCE B. MATHEWS Accounting Services Income Tax Preparation 10 Blue Ridge Ave., Front Royal 635-4103 Aluminum Skiing Mama or SoM Vinyl Siting . Custom Window t Door Tnm. ' Replacement Windows & Doors. Addtoonsi Masonry, etc Tom Hangar ' Home Improvement Co. Luray, VA. 743-7500 Cat Collect Anytime Antiques COUNTRY MANOR Classic Country Items From the Blue Ridge Mountains Sperryville, Va. 703-987-8761 Daly 9:00 a m -7:00 p m COUNTRY HERITAGE “ * Antiques and Crafts Comer of Middle St. and Main Washington. Va. 675-3738 rtiurv. Fri . Sal. A San. 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Mayberry, DBS Family Dentist Washington Office 675-3530 Thursdays Si Saturdays^] by appointment Electric & Pliunbing QUALITY II ELECTRIC & PLUMBING Old Work/New Work Farms, Residential, Commercial Licensed and Bonded Amissville, Va. 703-937-5342 HEATING Oil heat & burner Distributor of Exxon, Mobl Petroleum Products & Exxon LPGas 2nd St. & Commerce Ave. Front Royal, 703-635-4155 Washington, 703-675-3214 Jewelry Diamonds * Wedding Bandi Custom Made Jewelry Repair on Premises Open Friday until 7:00 p.m. GoMsmlths’s Jewelry Exchange, Ltd. 218 E. Main St. Front Royal, Va. > 636-2935 Opticians MILLER OPTICIANS formerly Mayo Opticians 702 South Main St Culpeper. VA NOW OPEN SATURDAYS _825-5600_ Physical Fitness W»y«ic«l FHnaaa and Weight Trainin' 118 E Main Street Front RovaJ _Male and female instructors Printing Warrenton Printing ftappafjannocfe j^etos 675-3338 weekdays 8:30-5 703-987-8058 evenings & weekends Next Deadline Dec. 20 List your services in our Business & Service Directory! For Only $2.80 per week you can be among other refinishers, carpenters, artists, builders, contractors, craftspeople, realtors, beauticians, florists, agents, jewelers, and other professionals. Directory ads are sold only on 13 week contacts, bringing the entire cost to $36.40. In order to be in our January directory ads must be received by December 20 If I can be of further service to you, please do not hesitate to call me at your convenience, 703-675-3338 Lisa H. Burke Pump Installation Expert Pump Installation and Repair Service now available at Culpeper Farmers Crop, Inc. Brandy Road. Culpapar. Va 825-2200 Real Estate I WANT TO BE YOUR REALTOR! ' ftuquier Multiple Listing Service ’ Piedmont Multiple Listing Service ' *<> V* Computer D*tJ Rjue (MLS) ’ Washington office on G*y Street... ’ RAPPAHANNOCK SPOKEN HERE.. KOCEK BA TCHllDfK, (jrthnan 701475-3777 3374383 Storage Li.-..I.liiilii—iiiai SPERRYVILLE STORAGE CO. 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Sugar plums dancing and chestnuts roasting If the holiday season torments you with visions of sugar plums dancing or chestnuts roasting, don’t despair. Holiday feasting does not have to be something for the healthconscious individual to avoid. In this season of giving, give yourself, your family and your friends something from the heart - heart-healthy foods. Diseases of the heart, in many instances, can be attributed to a diet high in fat, sodium, and cholesterol. Studies have shown that by reducing the intake of such substances, maintaining the proper weight, exercises* and not smoking, the incidence of heart disease is greatly reduced. . In preparing desserts and snacks this season, consider your health. The following recipes from The American Heart Association Cookbook,Fourth Edition are traditional favorites, all low in fat, sodium and cholesterol. The cookbook and a brochure focusing on “Nutrious Nibbles” are available by contacting your local office of the American Heart Association. The American Heart Association, Virginia Affiliate, with the support of fifty thousand volunteers, continues its mission to reduce premature death and disability from cardiovascular disease. This year, $3 million in contributions has been allocated to research and community education to prevent hear* disease, the number one killer of Vii ginians. Miniature Meatballs These flavorful meatballs taste even better when made a day ahead and reheated before serving. 1 Tablespoon of Sherry. 1 Tablespoon of Soy Sauce. 1/8 Teaspoon Sesame Hot Oil. 1/4 Cup Water. 1/2 Clove Garlic, Minced. 1/2 Teaspoon Ginger. 1 Pound Lean Ground Beef. In a large bowl, combine first 6 ingredients. Add ground beef and mix lightly, but thoroughly. Form into balls about 1 inch in diameter. Arrange on a lightly oiled baking dish. Bake in a 450 degree oven, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Spear with toothpicks and serve from a hot chafing dish. Yield: About 32 Meatballs. Approximate Calorie Per Serving: 1 Meatball — 30. Christmas Tree Relish Tray 1 Styrofoam cone, about 10 to 12 inches high. Mustard greens, chicory, or curly endive. Toothpicks. Cherry tomatoes. Zucchini slices. Cauliflower florets. Carrot sticks. Radish roses. Begin at the base and encircle the styrofoam cone with a layer of greens, attaching them with wire staples or upholstery pins. Add a second layer overlapping the first. Working upward, continue adding layers until entire cone is covered. Decorate with vegetables speared with toothpicks. Set “tree” on a tall compote or footed cake stand, and position extra vegetables around the base. Place a bowl of dip sauce nearby. Cucumber and Yogurt Dip 1 Cucumber. 1 8-ounce Container Plain LowFat Yogurt. Wishing you a Holiday filled with family and friends. Country Elegance Crafted with Love Rt. 211, Box 246 Sperryville, Va. 22740 (703)987-8711 “Home of Glen's Woodcraft" Garlic Powder to Taste. Dash Worcestershire Sauce. Scrub cucumber to remove wax. Grate the unpeeled cucumber, and drain very well until almost dry. (Drain yogurt in cheesecloth.) Combine with other ingredients. Serve with crackers. Yield: 1 3/4 cups. Approximate Calorie Per Serving: 1/2 cup-45 1 Tablespoon-5. Cranberry Bread 2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour. 1/2 Cup Wheat Germ. 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar. 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder. 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda. Zest of 1 Grated Orange. 1/2 Cup of Orange Juice. 1/2 Cup of Oil. 1/4 Cup Warm Water. 2 Cups Cranberries, Chopped. In a large bowl, mix the first 5 ingredients. Set aside. In a separate bowl beat together orange zest, orange juice, oil and water. Stir into dry ingredients. Add cranberries and mix well. Pour batter into a 9x5x3-inCh loaf pan sprayed with vegetable cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes. Remove bread from pan and place on wire rack to cool. Bread slices better the second day. Yield: 16 Slices. Approximate Calorie Per Serving: 115. Banana Bread 1 1/2 Cups All-Purpose Flour. 1/2 Cpp Sugar. 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder. 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda. 1/2 Teaspoon Salt. 1/2 Cup Wheat Germ. 3 Medium, Very Ripe Bananas, 1/4 Cup Buttermilk. 1/4 Cup Oil. 4 Egg Whites. Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix in the wheat germ. Add all remaining ingredients and beat until well blended. Place in an oiled 8x4-inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour, or until done. Yield: 1 Loaf (16 Slices). • Approximate Calorie per serving: 1 Slice — 130. Sugar Cookies 1/2 Cup Margarine, Softened. 1 Cup Sugar. 1 Egg (or 2 Egg Whites or Egg Substitute Equivalent to 1 Egg). 2 Tablespoons Skim Milk. 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract. 2 Cups All-Purpose Flour. 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder. Granulated Sugar. Beat the margarine, sugar, egg, milk and vanilla together until light and fluffy. Stir in the flour and baking powder, mixing well. Chill dough thoroughly. Roll small portions of dough at a time on a lightly floured board. Using a cookie cutter, cut out shapes, sprinkle with granulated sugar, and place on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375- degrees about 8 minutes. Cool and store in tightly covered containers. Yield: 4 Dozen. Approximate Calorie Per Serving: 60. Rappahannock Recipe Winner Our category this week was Cookies for Christmas. Our winner, Doris B. Donald, will receive a check from the Rappahannock News for $5.00. Join the fun and start submitting your family recipes — you could win too! PECAN DROPS - Doris B. Donald, Castleton “I have been baking these cookies at Christmas time for about 40 years. The recipe came from a magazine and is the one my family asks for each year. It is a short, but not too sweet cookie which is very easy to make.” 1 cup pecans 1/2 cup butter or margarine 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons shortening 1 cup confectioners’ sugar 21/2 cups sifted cake flour 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Start oven at 325F or slow; chop pecans rather coarsely. Work or cream butter (margarine) and shortening together until smooth. Then beat in the confectioners’ sugar gradually. Stir in the flour thoroughly and add vanilla extract and pecans. Mix well and drop by teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until a delicate light brown. Makes about 4 dozen favorites. ^ M YMtoKlfteftiKc ^Christmas May Christmas be bright with cheer, warm with friendliness and filled with happiness for you and yours. Our sincere thanks to our loyal customers. | RAPPAHANNOCK AUTOPARTS | Rt. 211, WEST SPERRYVILLE, VA ! 703-987-8205 Whiskey or Bourbon Balls There is no need to heat up the oven for these well-aged whiskey balls. Make them at least a week ahead. 3 Cups Finely Crushed Vanilla Wafers. 1 Cup Powdered Sugar. 1/2 Cup Chopped Pecans. 3 Tablespoons White Karo Syrup. 1 1/2 Tablespoons Cocoa. 6 Tablespoons Bourbon. Mix all ingredients and form into small balls. If balls tend to crumble, add a few extra drops of bourbon into the mixture. Roll each in powdered sugar and store in an airtight container for about 1 week to ripen. Yield: 4 Dozen 1/2-Inch Balls. Approximate Calorie per Serving: 60. Quick Pineapple Upside-Down Cake 1/4 Cup Melted Margarine. 1/2 Cup Firmly Packed Brown Sugar. 1 1/2 Cups Crushed Pineapple. 1 Cup Sifted Cake Flour. 3/4 Cup Sugar. 1/4 Cup Oil. 1/2 Cup Skim Milk. 1 1/2 Teaspoons Baking Powder. 2 Egg Whites, Unbeaten. 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract. Pour the melted margarine into an 8-inch square pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar and line bottom of pan Christmas brings the opportunity to thank everyone for the privilege of serving this fine community. COUNTRY MANOR CELLA’ DELI 987-8576 with crushed pineapple. In a mixing bowl, sift together the flour and white sugar. Add the oil and 1/4 cup of milk. Stir until the flour is dampened, then beat 1 minute. Stir in the baking powder and the remaining milk, the unbeaten egg whites and the vanilla. Beat for 2 minutes. Pour batter over the crushed pineapple in the cake pan and bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean. Remove from the oven, cool slightly and invert onto a serving plate. Yield: 1 Pan (9 Servings). Approximate Calorie Serving: 290. Cherries Jubilee 2 Cups Pitted Bing Cherries, with Juice. 1/2 Cup Currant Jelly. 1 Tablespoon Cornstarch. 1 Tablespoon Grated Orange Rind. 2 Tablespoons Heated Brandy. Pour juice from cherries into a saucepan with the currant jelly, cornstarch and orange rind. Cook over low heat until the jelly melts. Stir in the cherries. 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RAAC evening features unusual musical group THE MYSTERY BAND will play at at gala evening sponsored by the Rappahannock Association for the Arts and Community on December 28. A dance will be held at Oasis Vineyard in Huntly from 8 p.m. until midnight. For reservations call the RAAC office at 675-3193 or Diane Bird at 675-3263. By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON Rappahannock News Contributing Writer They played for then-candidate Ronald Reagan when he hosted a press party at his rented Middleburg estate, for Attorney General Elliott Richardson when his daughter wed and for the Washington Post when the newspaper celebrated its 100th anniversary. They played at the victory party for the New York Cosmos after the team took the soccer bowl. The played for Dan Rather’s birthday party, Dominic Restaurant’s Bastille Day party and Maryland Governor Blair Lee’s farewell party. D.J. Simpson and half the roster of the Washington Redskins turned out,' to hear them at a Halloween bash. Who are “they?” They’re the Mystery Band and on December 28th, they’ll be making merry dance music for RAAC’s gala evening at Oasis Vineyard near Hume. The band’s power trio - guitarist Hajppy Acosta, singer Fran Day and bai^ player Jay Sprague - have been together since 1970. Followers of the metro’s rock ’n roll scene would recognize them as the heart of the old Claude Jones Band. In 1973, Claude Jones died. As it played its last licks, the members of the band scattered - Acosta to Rappahannock County, Day to Warrentorvand Sprague to Rixeyville where he and his wife Connie shared a rambling farm house with a loose confederation of friends. The farm house was the site ot the£ Mystery Band’s first concert. No one knew exactly who would take the£ stage Halloween night in 1973 - least of all the band members themselves. There hung the mystery. Bets were heavy that Connie Sprague would balk at stepping up to |he microphone. It was to be her debut as a performer. “I had sung in madrigals and choir but I’d never had the nerve - or the ego - to sing with a band,” she recalled. Quiet and shy, she’d always been in the background, playing mother to the more outgoing stars of Claude Jonfes, hiding behind her camera and snapping the lens as they set fingers snapping. “It was that $2 platinum blonde wig;” she remembered. “Nobody knew who I was. I was able to step out;of my earth mother role.” And into the spotlight with veteran Barbara Lann as a pair of flashy chanteuse. They were and are complementing opposites: Barbara dark and torchy, Connie blonde and ethereal. They sound one minute like the Pointer Sisters, the next like an updated version of the Andrews Sisters, the next like Sergio Mendez’s Brazil ’85. The two are the perfect counterpoint for Fran Day - Mr. Mystery, Mr. Unusual. He’s the spirit of the band. His voice stops listeners in their tracks - and then sets them spinning, turning and stomping on happy feet. “Who is that guy?” Who is he? He’s Frank Sinatra when he croons a love song. He’s James Brown as he drops to his knees, cradling the microphone, to wail a soul song. He’s Marvin Gay, Sam Cooke and Smokey Robinson when he belts out hits from Motown’s heyday. At the Warrenton Armory, working to ignite a blase crowd, France pranced and danced his way through “Money,” reaching deep into his pockets for bills to scatter from the bandstand. He’s “Andy Warhol meets Otis Redding” when he takes the stage in his hand-painted tuxedo, spattered in red, white and blue. “Fran definitely gets some looks,” acknowledged guitarist Happy Acosta. “In Frederick, Maryland, (where the band plays regularly), they scream for Mr. Unusual! We’re just like the audience. We have no idea what Fran will do next.” But whatever his antics, Fran creats energy - energy that transforms listeners into dancers. If Fran is the spirit of the Mystery' Band, Happy is the brains. Besides playing guitar, he drives the camper full of i istruments and amplifiers, sets up the equipment at gigs, handles booking and smooths the feathers of the ruffled mother hen all in a tizzy over her only daughter’s wedding dance. With Jay Sprague on bass, Vince Santoro on drums and Mike Henley on keyboard, Happy lays down the driving rhythm for rock oldies or lilting swing for big band classics. “Only in our case, it’s little band.” he joked. And there’s still mystery in the Mystery Band. “Sometimes we’ve got horns. Sometimes we don’t. That’s part of the mystery,” Happy noted. “Former members, people who live in L.A., play with us when they’re on the East Coast. We've almost got an auxilliary band in California!” The : HUNT COUNTRY HOME HEALTH ’ 1066 Hastings Lane Warrenton, Virginia 22186 ? Are You In Need : Of Home Health Care? C Hunt Country Home Health can make home visits. 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Yet they play every weekend of the year, from summer weddings in Connecticut and New York to hunt balls for Rapphannock, Fauquier, Blue Ridge and Middleburg, to an extravagant “ongoing restoration” party at one of Atlanta’s grand hotels under the auspices of the Georgia Historical Trust. “Word of mouth. All of it,” Happy said. “That’s really why we’ve lasted so long. People have been calling me up since 1973, asking how they could get the Mastery Band to play. We’ve had calls from Texas and Denver. Couldn’t accommodate them!” The band members are serious about music, but don’t take themselves seriously. Most have full-time jobfe in the non-musical world: Happy as a hand on highway and bridge construction crew, Fran as a painter, Mike as a plant “doctor” traveling from office to office to tend ailing greenery, Jay as a computer analyst and Connie as a student and mother of two small children. 1 thought I’d be retiring when I was pregnant,” she said. “I was surprised when the phone just kept on ringing. It’s been good for the kids. It’s given them flexibility and a sense of me as someone besides their mother.” She laughed. “I don’t know how they like our music. I’ve taken them to a few gigs and they’ve always complained that we’re too loud!” Only Barbara Lann and Vince Santoro (wha were married last October) are rail-time musicians. He tours with the Edgar Winter Band and other groups and they both re cently connected with an up and coming singer who just signed a contract with a major recording studio. “I love playing party music — we all do," said Happy. “I’ve got no use for pop music or super stardom. I just like to go to lots of good parties, eat lots of good food and play good music. I like to make them do funky chicken in their tuxedos!” he added, laughing. “We’ve made lots of folks do the funky chicken - the funky alligator, too! “I’m not taking it seriously,” he continued. “If I did, I would have quit or fired everybody a long time ago.” At a fancy Wedding last month, the band drew the rapt attention of the professional photographer hired to record the occasion on film. Hap knew the fellow was going to ask for information on the band, so he handed him a card. “Huh, so you do it all?” the photographer asked. “Don’t you go through a booking agency? Don’t you have a talent agent?” “No, man,” Happy replied. “We don’t have a talent agent, ’cause we don’t have no talent!” The photographer was still laughing an hour later. >‘We’ve stayed good friends because we approach the band in this way,” Happy explained. “We’re not trying to be real famous or sell millions of records. We haven’t egoed out on each other. For us, the tone of the evening is still more important than the tone of the guitar.” “The Mystery Band started out as a joke,” Connie added. “But it just keeps going on. We’re a family now.” “It’s kind of magic,” Happy concluded. “Magic how we get jobs. Magic how we stayed together. ” But the magic, most of all, is what happens when the Mystery Band plays. 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A collection of very special Christmas stories The following Christmas stories and poems were written by Wakefield students.' Driving on Christmas By KRISTEN HANISCH Grade 5 Millwood, Va. Driving out on Christmas Eve Along the streets I do see Snow and carolers and greenery, Driving out on Christmas Eve. Driving out on Christmas Eve Through the windows I do see Lights and candles and Christmas trees, Driving out on Christmas Eve. Walking out on Christmas Eve In the air I do feel Snow but also warmth and laughter, Walking out on Christmas Eve. Visiting friends on Christmas Eve In the atmosphere I see, hear and feel. Merriment laughter and eating of pie, Visiting friends on Christmas Eve Christmas Time By RACHEL MONAHAN Grade 5 Boston, Va Christmas time is a time of love. The time they saw the great star above. A time you should give, So others can live. A time to be merry. A time to be joyful as a fairy. But you don’t have to be religious like the pope. When it’s over, don’t pout, Because again it will come about. The Angel That Found Christmas By MIKE VIEGA Grade 3 Front Royal One day in Bethlehem the Lord sent an angel on a mission to Earth. His mission was to find out the meaning of Christmas. The angel went to America. The first state he went to was Washington. He saw people buying trees for Christmas. When he saw this he wondered, “Is this Christmas?” The next state was Oregon. He Stopped at a department store where people were shopping for pre to the wrohg house,” said four year old John. “He’ll know where we live, dear,” said his mother. “Santa Claus never brings me enough presents,” said Tom. “Christmas is something more than giving presents, dear.” “Dad would you write Santa and tell him I want more presents,” said Tom. “Martha, tell him what Christmas is really about,” said his father. “There was a poor lady named Mary...” “If this is some story to make me feel guilty it’s not going to work.” Tom angrily left the room. Six days passed and Tom talked only of getting presents. Whenever they tried to talk to him of the real meaning of Christmas he left. Finally it was Christmas Eve. Tom’s parents sat down to talk about Christmas so he left, but Tom stayed outside the door and listened. “Mary was about to have a baby but...” Tom listened through the whole story and suddenly presents didn’t matter. The next morning he was pleased with what he got and thanked everyone. He even wrote a letter to Santa saying he didn’t need as many presents and thanked him. A Christmas Long Ago By ALISON MARTIN Grade 6 . Washington It was Christmas Eve at the Tuck’s small home in 1864. There were four Tucks in all, two adults and two small girls, named Jessica and Mary. Jessica had one awful disability, she was crippled but that didn’t stop their happiness. The two girls mother, Mrs. Tuck, was a plump, young woman with a round face and merry eyes. She laughed at the slightest thing and smiled alot but Mr. Tuck was a strict man with a stem face. He barely laughed at all. That night after dinner they all sat around the table and prayed for Jessica. Then they all went to bed for a Christmas sleep. sents. They were shoving and yelling at each other. Some people started to cry when they saw how much their bills were. “This is not Christmas.” “I don’t like this state.” He flew to Virginia. People loved Christmas there. The people were singing Christmas carols and decorating their trees. The little angel asked a child “Is this Christmas?” The child said “What you are looking at is not Christmas.” “Christmas is in your heart.” The little angel yelled, I found it! He went back to Bethlehem. The Lord said, “Nice work!” Tom’s Christmas By ERIN MCCORMICK Grade 6 Winchester, Va. “Mom only one more week, 7 days, and 168 hours. Mom what are you getting me for Christmas? What if Santa can’t make it? There’s a storm coming. What if his reindeer get sick? What if he forgets us? Mom I told you we shouldn’t have moved. He’s going to send all of our presents ll* — -» —• - - -« - •* SEASON’S GREETINGS May the warmth of this great holiday fill your stocking with joy and peace. Special deals on all used vehicles thru December. Call Dave or John for details CULPEPER MOTOR CORPORATION “Your In Town Full Sorvlco Doalor" 401 Juiim Madison Hwy, Cutp*p*r, V*. 703-825-8381 It started in the girl’s room, a small glow from the comer. It grew bigger and bigger until it was the size of a football. It went over to Jessica and gently sat down next to her. It transformed into a fairy. The fairy touched her leg and left. The next morning Jessica woke up and felt quite strange. She sat up, got up, and she could walk! Jessica quickly woke up Mary. Mary called her parents. Then the whole family was laughing and crying including Mr. Tuck. Then Mary said “This is the best Christmas ever,” and it truly was. What Christmas Means By CCOURTNEY BROWN Grade 5 Markham, Va. Carolers singing, Sleighbells ringing, Trees a sparkling, Friends a talking, Popcorn popping, Children hopping, The Christmas story, For every girl and boy, That’s what Christmas, Means to me! The Time of Christmas By JENNIFER TORNEDAN Grade 6 Orlean, Va. We pull the boxes out at Christmas time, Upon the beam we put a chime. We put up the Christmas tree together, The spun glass lamb and angel tethered. My favorite red and gold ball go on, Oops, some fall then they’re gone. The tinsel goes on around the tree, The children jump up and down with glee. By the time the Christmas tree is up, It is almost time to go to sup. The glow of the light, Looked pretty at night. Santa had come that night, He came as soon as the moon shone bright. The children got dolls and candy canes, Puzzles, games and little trains. Santa looked down at what he had done;m And he knew he had, had fun. There was a girl who got a turquoise ring, And a boy who got a costume of a king. The children wanted to keep the magic all year, But they know they can’t, they shed a tear. Oh, Santa’s Sleigh I hear By KATHLEEN O’NEILL Grade 6 Front Royal Oh, Santa’s sleigh I hear And the jingling reindeer The stepping of Santa on the roof And the slow stomping of Rudolph’s hoof As he comes down the chimney of our house I hear the squeaking of the baby mouse While slurping down some chocolate milk Season s best to each and every one. It is always a pleasure to serve you. Rappahannock Farmers Co-op Sperryville, Va. 987-8555 He changed my old rags to silk Santa winked and gave me a doll And for my brother a big red ball Oh, a jolly good fellow he is So I ran and gave him a kiss I will never forget that wonderful night And pray he comes back with all my might This story was also submitted by Katherine Krebser, who attends a school in Front Royal. The True Spirit of Christmas By KATHERINE KREBSER Once upon a time there were some mice living in a hollow tree. They had some friends and they were chipmunks. The chipmunks lived underground. Every Sunday they had tea together. When Christmas came they shared acorns, leaves, and chestnuts. They were Hfllo No better time than the Holiday Season to say “thank you.” HILLSDALE GROCERY Rt. 211 Near Massie’s Corner 675 3115 very happy because they were celebrating the true meaning of Christmas. One day one of the chipmunks met a squirrel and made very good friends with him. The mice did too. They shared the acorns, leaves, and chestnuts with the squirrel too. Next year at Christmas time they found a peculiarly wrapped present. It had an upside down “M” and a sidways “J” and a crooked “L.” It turned out that the mice didn't know about a secret opening in one of their walls. While some of the mice children were scampering around they accidently hit the opening in the wall and sawr what was inside. They called their parents and asked what it was. They answered, “We don’t know!” So the mice asked the squirrel. He said that it was a mouse computer. So they typed in the upside down “M”, the sideways “J” and the crooked “L”. It came out to spell — “The true meaning of Christmas is in this box.” They united the present, they took off the top of the box and inside was a hole that had Christmas writ ten around the edges. The mice called the chipmunks and they all jumped in the hole. Th°y came into a strange land. They h. ird something. It sounded like Cnil^tmaa bells and suddenly they saw sotththing! It looked like a sleigh with nine reindeer in front and a little old driver. It landed somewhere close to them. They walked up to the sleigh and saw it was Santa Claus. They asked Santa Claus why he was in this strange land. And he said, “Why this is my home! I was just on my way to your house but since you came here I will give you your presents now.” So they went bade through the hole that they came from and opened their presents in their world. Together they shared acorns, leaves, and u.estnuts and they were still happy because they were celebrating the true meaning of Christmas. Katherine Krebser, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Werner Krebser, won first prize of the second graders in the Samuel's Public Library annual Christmas writing contest. BUILDING IS SOLD - MUST VACATE BERNER'S Of CULPEPER IS GOING ■ERY PIECE OF BIG *300000 9 INVENTORY OF DIES & MENS CLOTHING & f || SHOES MUST GO/ NOW UP TO 50% OFF OPEN NITES TILL 8:00 PM MBi ^ SUNDAYS 12 NOON-5:00 ; KeRNER’S DEPT, store! 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School Rappahannock News photo/Greg Turner KCES 6TH GRADE puts on a skit (front l-r)Stacey Sheetz, Michelle Earley, Justin Ferrenee, John Dwyer, Tommy Clater, Heather Coffey, Celeste Waggener (center 1-r) Tai Mullan. Jimmy Sisk, Kyle Thompson, Jody Botkin, Chris Stone and teacher Lucy Ann Macyer (rear 1-r) Keith Jenkins, Sherry Weakley, Angela Pullen, Heather Aylor, Chris Sutton. Sherry Burke, Sherron Boddie, Tanya Runion, Takesha Macon and James Roy. Rappahannock News photo/Greg Turner RCF.S 7TH GRADE is also having fun as they clebrate Reading Month (front 1-r) Keith Gore. Erie Foreman, Johnny Ray Pullen, Tim Campbell, David Barney (rear 1-r) Michael Shotien. Chris Keyser, Vincent Gri$|sby, Jennifer Wines, Jennifer Pullen, Danny Huff, arid Melissa Crossman. Rappahannock News photo/Greg Turner CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT Rappahannock School held on December 16 after the annual 'p;(iiheui dinner. Program was under the talented direction of Mrs. Judy Bomberger. \v ukeneiu students raise money for American Heart Association 'i'li- third and fourth grades of Wak-'o'id •ehool recently completed their -h.iitip rope for heart” fundI'aisei Hie program, under direction io the school's athletic director and pnvsica! education teacher, Cary i.eake, raised a total of S'l.IMvS ;a In this program the students obtain sponsors. t(> pay an amount of money for each minute that their team of six members jump. The students receue prizes for their efforts in accordance to the amount of money they have collected. Chris Angell. of Amissville, collected S27M.44, the highest amount, and f - will receive the top prize, a hooded sweat suit. Mr. Leake organized the program in October and it was completed November 26. “I started the program with a lecture on the importance of this association and the influence that our donations would have. They practiced their jumping for several weeks during physical education class. The kids worked very hard to make this program a success.” Both Mr. Leake and the participants would like to thank all who contributed to make this program successful. V HUNT COUNTRY NURSING SERVICES, INC. A 24 hour service providing licensed nursing care, nurses aides, companions, and homemakers. if you are in need of private-duty care for yourself or a loved one, please call us at (703) 347-4774 Honor Students for second advisory The following students were on the honor roll list for the second advisory: Eighth grade Hope Racer, Dottie Rinker, Karen Payne, David Mosher, Sandra Jenkins, Melanie Woodward, Jr., Bryan Tummeyer, Shannon Williams, Alfreda Cook, Elizabeth Conover Ninth grade April Williams, Kerrie Pederson, James Walters, Jarvis Fletcher, Greg Dodson, Martin Chaffee, Nikki David, Wesley Jenkins, S. Dwight Parker, Jr., Sandra Jacobs, Anthony Fudd, Brad Nichols, Anna Hudson Tenth grade Tabitha Woodward, Sean Wayland, Mamie Turman, Kelli Sisk, Dana Cloud, Angie Armentrout, April Adams, Mike Dunn, Roy Alther, Butch Foster, Camille Policano, Randy Jenkins, Leslie Nichols Eleventh grade Kristi Pendleton, Wendy Stringfellow, Jonathan Watson, Ed ward Welch, Rodney Grimsley, Tom Massie, Louis Moore, Tammy Butler, Mike Deluise, Neil Burke Twelfth grade Joyce Menefee, Chucky Jenkins, Susan Lesh, Kenny Jenkins, Robyn Kent, Deryk Moore, Marlina Jenkins, Ricky Jenkins, Dannette Hickerson, Sharon Compton, Brett Anderson, Lisa Freeman, Michelle Currence, Rob Brown, Natalie Butler, Wendy Burke, Jeff Fudd, Dave Beck, Tara Fisher, Henry Barnett Wood, Frank Raynor, Ellen Pullen, Will Oliver, Angie Williams, Dawn Singleton, C. Darren Williams Kindergarten Christmas projects The kindergarten classes at the Rappahannock County Elementary School have worked on a home Christmas arts and crafts project. On December 6 each child was given an outline of a Christmas tree and asked to take them home. Parents were asked to help the children decorate the trees and return them by December 16. To decorate them they were to use macaroni, feathers, Shenandoah Music Theatre announces summer season The Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre will present the Broadway musicals “Hello, Dolly!,” “The Sound of Music,” “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Oliver!” as its 1986 season Artistic Director Harold Herman recently announced. The season will open June 11 and run through August 3. “I believe we have an excellent balance of theatrical productions,” Herman said. “We managed to find four favorites that are considered among the best in musical theatre.” Based on the play “Matchmaker” by Thornton Wilder, “Hello, Dolly!” features one of the most fabulous characters on the musical stage: Dolly Gallagher Levi. Music and lyrics for the show are by Jerry Herman. “Hello, Dolly!” will open the season on June 11 and run through June 22. The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic “The Sound of Music” will run from June 25 through July 6. The story of the Trapp family, the musical features the numbers “Do-ReMi,” “My Favorite Things” and “Climb Every Mountain.” Bye bye birdie is the 50 s sounding musical featuring a rock ’n roll singer and the teenage girl who wins a Contest to meet him:'The Charles Strouse and Lee Adams musical includes the numbers “Kids,” “A Lot of Livin’ to Do” and “Put on a Happy Face.” The show will run from July 9 through July 20. “The four shows we have selected deal with different time periods and theatrical styles. All four are great fun, excellent for the entire family, have exciting story lines and beautiful musical scores,” he said. The productions will be performed in the Armstrong Auditorium on the campus of Shenandoah College and Conservatory in Winchester. 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Convention draws crowds DV ^L1V Hi ViAKNlfi Arundel Newspapers Equestrian Editor The relaxed atmosphere and recreational activities of the Homestead in Hot Springs drew a record 250 people to the Virginia Horse Shows Association’s recent annual convention. Besides the usual group meetings of the association’s various show committees, the convention if ▲* A* ▲*▲*▲*▲*▲ * A M To all our friends and customers, have a beautiful Christmas. Thanks. Darlene Moore, Hairstylist, Owner Margie Righter, Operator The Beauty Box Washington, Va. 675-3403 Christmas Greetings With grateful appreciation for your support, we express greetings and good wishes of the season. Burke's Store Woodville, Va. 987-8814 Mummmm om womldwioc 028 STIHL' Wood Boss — Advanced Deeign for Sertoue Cutting Excellent for major firewood cutting or limbing operations. Easy to handle and quick to start. Requires little maintenance. You can own the Wood Boss for the price of a regular saw. See it today. SWAN’S SALES AND SERVICE J A Swan.Jr. & Co , Inc featured a trade show and several social functions, including dinner dances and the annual awards banquet for the year’s high-point scorers and outstanding achievers. There were several new and special awards given at this year’s banquet. A new award for the Horse Show of the Year was given to the Keswick Horse Show and Grand Prix held in May. The new Frances Newbill Rowe Junior Trophy, established by friends of the late Frances Rowe for a junior exhibitor showing a high quality of horsemanship and sportsmanship, was given to Courtney Lee of Gloucester. The 12-year-old rider scored more than 3,000'points during the year on her pony Swan Song to win the high point small pony hunter award too. Miss Lee is obviously following in her father Roderick’s footsteps. The elder Lee won the VHSA high score small pony award 20 years ago. Outgoing president Jimmy Lee was presented with the Andrew M. Montgomery Award, the VHSA’s highest award, given to a person who has done the most for Virginia horse shows in the past year. Special awards were also given to the Horseman and Horsewoman of the Year, voted by the membership of the VHSA. snow jumper Katie Monahan of Upperville won the Horsewoman of the Year award along with pony breeder Barbara Camp of Nellysford. “It really was a surprise,” Ms. Monohan said of her award. “It is an honor to win this because it’s an award that is not based on points earned or money won, but on the votes of your peers.” On the show jumping circuit this year Ms. Monohan has also won several awards for her riding. She guided Mrs. Averill Harriman’s The Governor to the top of the earnings standings of the American Grandprix Association and the Horse of the Year award and also won the Rolex Crown of Excellence as the leading lady rider on the circuit, an award she has won three of the last four years. “I am so enthusiastic about our sport in this country,” Ms. Monahan said of American show jumping. “It is so thrilling the amount of money that is coming into it and the prices 1 horses are beginning to bring. The first million dollar show jumper was sold the other day. I am anticipating speeding up my riding for next year and riding more. I am aiming to have six horses on the circuit next year so I can ride in every event. ” The Horseman of the Year award Joy tothe j World May the Spirit of Christmas be felt in , every heart and home. < COUNTRYSIDE FLOOR FASHIONS was split between Don Sarver of Bluefield, W. Va., and Charlie Weaver of Keswick. Mr. Sarver is a horse owner and the organizer of the Blue-Gray Shrine Classic Horse Show, the largest saddlebred show in Virginia. Mr. Weaver is a hunter rider whose performances on hunters owned by the Wheelers and Mrs. Sylvester Johnston have earned these horses championships at horse shows across the country. In the high score awards, several trophies were brought home to Fauquier and surrounding counties. Betty Oare of Warrenton won the amateur owner hunter over 30 award, scoring 2,242 points on her 7year-old chestnut gelding, Spirit Of Song. For the third time, Spirit Of Song and Mrs. Oare also earned the Cismont Manor Farm Challenge Trophy for the high-point amateur owner, and thereby retired the trophy- phySue Smith, manager of the Warrenton Pony Show, was second in the small hunter division on her Cubscout. In the breeding divisions Middleburg horsewoman Sallie J. Sexton’s Bankroll won the yearling hunter award and her Renown was second in the 3-year-old hunter breeding di vision. Nancy and Bob Weiks’ Overlook Manor Farm near Warrenton took the first two places in the saddlebred pleasure division with Legion Of Honor and Spark Of Destiny. Following the awards banquet, the convention ended with the election and announcement of the new /HSA officers and board of directors for 1986. The VHSA’s new president will be W. Russ Walther Jr. of Culpeper who succeeds Walter “Jimmy” Lee of Keswick. “It’s a great organization and I’ve been involved in it since I was about 10 — about 38 years,” Mr. Walther said. “It’s the strongest horse show association in the country. It’s always been an association that has made rules that have been adhered to nationally. I would like to keep this up. “We all feel strongly about broadening the membership and tightening up the unity among the breeds to make the association even stronger. Jimmy Lee and Sallie Wheeler have made great progress with this association., I will keep forging ahead along the lines they stalled and try to serve all the breeds in the organization.” Helping Mr. Walther in his duties will be Beryl Herzog who was voted vice president. Robert Harris will be the treasurer and Sandy Gerald will be the secretary. The board of directors will be made up of Kitty Beveridge, who will represent Zone One, Juliann Heron, who will represent Zone Two, Iris McNeil, who will represent Zone Three, Kenneth Wheeler for Zone Four, George Morrow for Zone Five, June Goodrum for Zone Six and Pam Baker to represent Zone Seven. Breed representatives will be Patricia Stuart for the Arabians, Beryl Herzog for the Morgans, Marguerite Taylor for pony breeders, Sallie Wheeler for Saddle Roadsters, Robert H. Harris for Walking Horses and Priscilla Wekelo for western divisions. At-large directors will be Sandy Gerald, Walter “Jimmy” Lee, Daniel Lenehan, Louisa Lenehan, Betty Oare, A. W. Rice and W. Russ Walther Jr. May the spirit of the Christmas season bring to you lasting happiness. Sperryville Corner Store Spenyville, Va. 987-8185 RCHS JUNIOR VARSITY team (front 1-r) Gregg Daczewitz, Danny Ellis, Jamie Walters, Eric Dunn, Mike Dearing (rear 1-r) Matthew Settle, Doug Smith, Jay Burke, Greg Smith, Daniel Roy Rappahannock News photo/Greg Turner David Raiford, Tony Clark, Mike Dunn, Wesley Jenkins, , and Coach Frank Clemson. Rappahannock News photo/Greg Turner RCHS VARSITY PANTHERS (front 1-r) Garri Jackson, Walter Frye, Chucky Jenkins, Rob Brown, HB Wood, Patrick Brown (rear 1-r) Richard Tribino, Andrew Ellis, Mark Brown, Godfrey Freeman, Tommy Jenkins, Butch Foster, Devin Moore and Coach Joel Voorhees. Wakefield basketball teams win By HELEN RUISI AND DUANE FUNK Rappahannock News Contributing Writers Last week, Wakefield’s Varsity and Junior Varsity basketball teams traveled to Charlottesville to take on the Heritage Christian School Eagles. Both Wakefield squads defeated Heritage, showing a definite turn-around in the teams’ play which it is hoped will continue. In the junior varsity game, Heritage was the first to score and then was fouled but they were unable to connect on the foul shot. From this point on, the Wakefield Owls had almost total control of the ball, ending the game with 50 rebounds, 18 steals, and only nine turnovers in the season’s first win. Four players, Carey Maar of Front Royal, Chris Mulligan of Woodstock, Michael King of Jeffersonton, and Jerry McDowell of Warrenton, accounted for all but eight of the team’s 49 points as the Owls coasted to a 49-28 win. Their record now stands at 1 and 3. The varsity squad took the court next. Although Heritage led 8-5 after the first quarter, the Wakefield Owls stormed back, outscoring the Heritage Eagles 51-20 in the final three quarters of play to take the game and thus secure their first victory of the year. David Rowzie of Amissville once again led the Wakefield team in scoring with 19 points followed by Eddie Ferguson of Huntly with 10, Nick Longerbeam of Berryville with 8, and Lee Poore of Washington with 7 points. The team was much imThe varsity and junior varsity AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION SEASON’S GREETINGS IMS 9 „ MERRY LhriStmaS! We send your way hearty and warm wishes for every happiness. Thank you, sincerely, for your good will. •Jim & Phyllis Swindler-'1 Country Manor Rt. 211 West of Sperryville 987-8761 teams will play Emmanuel School this week, both at home and away, before the break for Christmas vacation. : Ask Santa fora STIHL Stihl 028 Super with 16" bar $339.95 The Stihl 028AVSEQ fits the way you work with its special flush-cut design. 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Plants play part in (Christmas tradition Christmas has many traditions associated with it, and many of these customs involve plants. Most of our customs have come from Europe. They have made holly, mistletoe, poinsettia, evergreens, the'"' Christmas tree, and the yule log symbols of the season. In the folklore of the world, holly has meant many things. The ancient Romans carried holly in their processions, and decked images of their deities with its glistening leaves. Besides using the plant as a religious decoration, the ancients offered branches to their own people as symbols of friendship. In medieval England, holly was kept in the home or on the person to protect against witchcraft. In Germany, holly was a church decoration that was taken home to ward off lightning. In more recent times, it has been used very commonly in England as decoration during the Christmas season. This custom was brought to the U.S. by the English settlers. In this country, holly has become the Christmas symbol of joy and merriment. Mistletoe is a plant associated with the Druids and their winter festival. The ancients cut it with a special saw, not allowing the vine to 'touch the ground when it fell. The pagans of early England and Ireland developed the custom that we observe today - kissing the person standing under it. A native of Central America, the poinsettia appears in many homes and churches at Christmas. Some say its popularity stems from the fact that its red bracks resemble the star of Bethlehem. The plant got its name from a U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Joel Tobert Poinsettia, who brought it to his native South Carolina after completing his tour of duty in 1829. Evergreens made into a Christmas wreath are another decoration that comes from Europe. The evergreen branches symbolize eternal life, while the circular shape is the emblem of eternity. A wide-eyed child gazing at his first Christmas tree is far removed from an ancient Roman or Druid shouting incantations to a decorated tree. Yet, it is from these cultures that the Christmas tree custom originated. During their mid-winter festival, the early Romans decorated trees with bits of metal and replicas of their god, Bacchus. They also placed 12 candles on the tree in honor of their sun god. During the same season, in Northern Europe Druids honored their main god, Woden, by tying fruit to tree branches and offering cakes, fashioned into birds, fish and animals. The Druids too placed candles on the boughs of the trees to honor their sun god. One legend regarding the first Christmas tree says that an evergreen sprang from the center of an oak cut down by St. Boniface in eighth-century Germany. The oak symbolized paganism and its death brought an end to the old ways. The new tree was to be “the sign of endless life, for its leaves are evergreen. ” Another legend credits Martin Luther, the founder of the 16th century Protestant movement, with being the first to add holiday decorations to an indoor tree. As he walked home through the forest one clear winter nierht, he observed the tiMi mm mm mm mm mm » beauty of, the stately evergreens, and the stars sparkling through the branches from above. When Luther arrived home and tried to describe the beautiful experience to his wife and children, he was unable to find the words to describe the experience. To illustrate the scene, he went to the woods and returned with a small fir tree which was erected in the home and decorated with lighted candles. By the middle of the 16th century, decorated standing trees began to-^hje^ome popular around Germany and France. The Christmas tree was introduced to America around 1700 by German immigrants, but the custom did not become popular with most Americans until the middle of the 19th century. Although the records are not too clear, the first decorated Christmas tree may have been set up by the homesick Hessian soldiers during the Revolutionary War. In fact, a Christmas Eve celebration by them may have provided Washington with the opportunity to turn the tide of the Colonial forces in 1776. On that fateful day, Washington’s men had little for which to be thankful. They were cold, hungry, and poorly clothed. The Hessians were confident of victory and seem to have begun their festivities with the drinking of grog the previous evening. The attack by Washington found them ill prepared for the rigors of battle. The first recorded account of a Christmas tree seems to belong to Charles Follen in 1832. He was a political refugee from Germany who was a teacher at Harvard. He decorated a tree as part of a Christmas party for his small son, as a remembrance of similar events in the fatherland. Another political refugee from Cormany, Charles Minnegerode, n.ade the Christmas tree famous in Williamsburg. In 1842, he became a teacher of Greek and Latin at the College of William and Mary. He decorated a tree that Christmas in the home of a friend, Judge Nathaniel Tucker. From this beginning, the custom of lighting a community tree each year on Christmas Eve near the Tucker residence in the town of Williamsburg developed. The first Christmas tree in a church seems to have been installed in 1851 by pastor Henry Schawn in Cleveland, Ohio. At first, his parishioners objected to this pagan practice. Some members of the .congregation even threatened him with *harm. But the minister convinced his flock that Christmas trees were a Christian rite, and opposition soon stopped. 1 he yule log usually comes Irom an oak tree, but fruit trees are also used. Logs are cut and brought to the home to be burned on Christmas Eve. If you have a fireplace, the yule log might be a tradition you would enjoy beginning with family and friends. In England, each man tips his hat as he passes the log in a sign of respect as it represents the good things to come. The flames bum out all old wrongs, replacing them with happiness and good cheer. The people of southern France also use the yule log, but they pour an offering of wine on it before lighting. New customs, even those as fine as the decorating of Christmas trees, often receive strong resistance when first introduced. But hot tempers cool, enthusiasm grows, and new practices become old traditions. Regardless of their origin, holly, mistletoe, poinsettias, evergreens, and the Yule log have become an integral and important part of our annual celebration. Mawrdd&M Coming your way with thanks and good wishes on the road ahead. Best wishes. Settle’s Garage & Grocery Flint Hill, Va. 675-3252 BUSTER LEAKE OF Sperryville wishes all his friends a very ‘ ‘ Merry Christmas. ” L Navy Memorial offers unique holiday gift Give a gift of love and remembrance to someone who you know who has served in the Navy: enroll him or her in the Navy Memorial Log, part of the U.S. Navy Memorial being built in Washington. A minimum of $25 tax-deductible donation is all that’s required, and the gift will outlast a dozen neckties or scarves. And to acknowledge your gift, you will get a special card to give to the person you honor. That’s the holiday gift suggestion of the Navy Memorial Foundation, the group raising funds through private donations for the Congressionally authorized memorial which honors all who have served in the Navy. The Navy Memorial Log is a repository of names which have been entered by individuals themselves, in memory of shipmates or relatives, or as commemorative gifts. The Log will show each individual’s name, highest rank or rate held, dates of service and date and place of birth. The Log already includes 39,000 entries. Greeting card acknowledgments and Log registration forms will be returned in time for Holiday giving for donations received by December 13. Donations may be made by check or money order payable to “U.S. Navy Memorial” and send to U.S. Navy Memorial Holiday Gift, Box 12728, Arlington, VA 22209-8728. Contributions to the memorial, including the $25 minimum for enrolling in the Log, are tax deductible. Additional information may be obtained by calling toll free 1-800533-4079, (in Virginia, 1-800-5334079). Property casualty training Agents’ Property Casualty Training (MKTG 146) will be offered at Lord Fairfax Community College on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30-9:00 p.m. beginning March 11-May 22. The course will cover four categories of insurance sold by Resident Agents, viz., Fire Automobile, Casualty, and Fidelity and Surety Bonds, satisfying the State requirements for students to sit for the Agents’ Qualification Examination. Agents’ Life and Health Training (MKTG 147) will be offered at Lord Fairfax Community College in three separate short sessions. Session I beginning January 11, Session II beginning March 8, Session III beginning May 10. The course will cover the two categories in insurance sold by resi dent agents, viz., health and fire, satisfying the state requirements for students to sit for the Agents' Qualification Examination. Tuition cost for each course is $88.75 for Virginia residents and textbooks may be purchased from the college bookstore or the Virginia Association of Life Underwriters, (804) 747-6020. For more information about exact dates and times of the sessions and courses contact the Office of Continuing Education at 869-1120. JOl] TO JILL a:(7_ Wishing you a bright and happy Holiday Season. We’ve enjoyed serving you and look forward to seeing you soon. We Thank You For Your Kindness and Support Throughout The Year And Wish One and All A Happy Christmas and a Wonderful New Year! Special Thanks To Our Wonderful Staff Faith Mountain Country Fare Cheri and Martin Woodard 987-8824 We will be closed December 24 through January 2 Christmas seals ——an American tradition The slogan, “as American as baseball and apple pie,” could rightfully be expanded to include Christmas Seals from the American Lung Association. Ever since 1907, when public health pioneer Emily Bissell had the first few Christmas Seals printed to fund a crusade against tuberculosis, Christmas Seals have been more and more widely used until they have become an American tradition. Today, Christmas Seals with the familiar double-barred cross are mailed annually to more than 60 million homes throughout the United States. They are symbols of America’s determination to eradicate such lung diseases as lung cancer, asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis and tuberculosis, wherever TB is still a threat. * The oldest nationwide voluntary public health agency in the United States, dating back to its origin as the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis in 1904, the American Lung Association (ALA) today sponsors research and educational programs on all lung diseases and combats many of their causes, including smoking, air pollution and occupational lung hazards. The agency has become known as “the champion of nonsmokers’ rights” and it is a leader in helping smokers quit and teaching children never to start. Smoking is the single largest preventable cause of premature death and disability in America. Every year 35,000 Americans die prematurely from diseases caused by cigarette smoking. Smoking also accounts for an estimated $16 billion in direct health care expenses every year, $3.8 billion of which are for Medicare and Medicaid programs connected with the care of the aged, disabled and indigent persons with smoking-related diseases. There is an additional annual cost of $26 billion in lost productivity, wages and absenteeism. To combat the menace of smoking to the nation’s health as well as to its economy, the American Lung Association of Northern Virginia conducts stop smoking clinics, Freedom From Smoking in the Workplace programs, smoking and pregnancy educational programs, smoking avoidance education for gradeschoolers, as well as public ed And hearty holiday wishes to all our fine friends and customers. T. R. BALDWIN & PONS WEST END SHELL Thomas R. & Cecil B. Baldwin, Proprietors Sperryville. Va. 987-8240 ucation campaigns in general. The ALANV also supports scientific research into the causes and mechanisms of lung diseases. The ALANV’s annual Christinas Seal Campaign accounts for the major share of its funding, 90 percent of which stays in the state of Virginia and helps support local programs. So before you send your Christmas cards, letters, and packages this year, seal them with Christmas Seals! Continue the tradition and keep it growing. Your contribution can make a difference. \ P 1907 Bam Fran & Charlie Washington House Reproductions Washington, Va. 703-675-3385 dofrMl CkM* May every moment of your Holiday be filled with joy. ALVIN B. STOKES GENERAL STORE "at the bridge" Main St. - Front Royal 635-4437 the^Spirit of (s/Tristmas Peace, love, good will and a very special thanks to all our friends and customers. SOUTHERN STATES Front Royal Cooperative 21 Manassas St., Front Royal, Virginia 635-3118

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Boarding and Training Farm Equipment & Supplies Farm Services Farriers Fencing & Gates Hay for Sale Help Wanted Horses & Ponies-For Sale Horses & Ponies-Wanted Horses & Ponies to Give Away Jumps Instruction Livestock for Sale Miscellaneous Position Wanted Poultry Real Estate Saddleries Shows and Events Stables For Sale or Rent Stud Service Tack & Equipment For Sale Vans, Trailers & Trucks BOARDING - FULL CARE. 3 stalls available Call 703/364-2712 BOARDING - PROFESSIONAL STABLE offers 12x14 stalls, premium care $200/month Pasture boarding $90/month. All wood fencing, 110+ acres of beautiful riding Nokesville area, convenient to Manassas/ Warrenton area Free vanning to incoming horses 703/594-3447 ^ cMadcap Farm. ^Boarding Instruction^ Training Jeanne ^Blackwell 253-5606 The Plains FORD 8N TFtACTOR - new generator, lights, cart), good condition With bushhog $2,300 Call 703/788-4243 USED FLATBED WAGONS needed for charitable donations Any condition accepted All sizes farm vehicle hitch, open body or flatbed trailers, hay wagons, chassis beds, or truck trailer van needed for Great Meadow Field Event Course Tax deductible gift Write: Box 500. The Plains, Va 22171 or phone 703/253-5001 USED MANURE SPREADER wanted, any size, in good condition Will purchase or accept as donation to tax free Meadow Outdoors Foundation Write Box 500. The Plains. 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Remington, 703/439-8666 REGISTERED TEXAS LONGHORN bulls - proven producers for young heifers calving ease, disease resistance, fertility and rapid growth for commercial cattlemen Piney Hill f arms. Bluemont. Va 703-955-1198. 703-554-8847 ANGUS BULLS 1-2 Vi years old. High quality, rugged, ready for service. John Rucker HOI Crest Farm 703/364-2875 FREE HORSE MANURE Easy access Catlett Call 703/594-2890 GREAT GIFTS FOR the horse or farm owner M/F tractor $275 Jumps $100/set Huge dog house $65 Ladies hunt coats and more 703/347-5433 HORSE HAULING Local and long distance Call 703/754-4986 THOUGHTS ON FOX HUNTING featuring Melvin Poe, narrated by Alexander Mackay-Smith Now available in video $39 95. from Davenport Films 703/592-3701 (O ) EXOTIC DUCKS for Ponds Orange Shells, Mandarins. Wood Ducks, Blue Rubies, Mimture Ducks, several other breeds A variety of fancy pegions and bantams 703,.430-6560 READY FOR LEASE OR RENT Tenant house full or field boarding Indoor ring Many stalls On route 15. South of Oatlands 703777-8312 RENT MIDDLEBURG - Small horse operation on large estate 3 bedroom furnished apartment $495 Barn. Padocks, full facilities, S55.stall Appointment 703-4420051. evenings 6 -8 FOR LEASE 14 stall horse facility with feed room, wash rack, and heated office. 8 wood fenced paddocks, hay storage space, hot water and electricity furnished Nearby indoor arena available Call 703/347-9423 FOR LEASE Wood fenced field with 5 unit walk-in shed, feed room and hay storage space Call 703/347-9423 0 Tack & Equipment For Sale D SADDLE. 17-inch Blue Ribbon Prize, forward seat, excellent condition. $300. 703-444-2184 after 6 and weekends BATTERTON TRAILER SALES - Va DL446 Kingston. Cotner. Allen (fiberglass) in stock Discount prices Berryville, 703-955-3328 HORSE - CATTLE - FLATBED TRAILERS — Over 200 new models in stock New 2 horse Thoroughbred models $2695 . Extra wide Thoroughbred models $2895. 2 horse Thoroughbred delux Gooseneck $3995, 6’x10' bumper stock $1895 . 16' $2195 ; 6'x12' Gooseneck stock with half nose $2895; 16' Gooseneck In assorted colors $3150 , 16’x7'/? Gooseneck stock with full nose $3759 . 24'x6’ H D pipe gooseneck with 16" rubber $3950 ; Tandem axle equipment Trailer with brakes and ramps $1195 ; 8'x20' deckover $2295.6'x10' Hydralic dump model $2795 . 8'x20' Gooseneck flatbed $2895. 28' Gooseneck flatbed $4500 : 32' Tri- axle Gooseneck flatbed $5500 . 26' Dual tandem Gooseneck flatbed $6500 Christmas Special $100 extra discount on any new 2 horse trailer in stock purchased and paid for during December Full service shop on premises. Temporary tags provided Delivery available Lux Stables. Lanham. MD. 301-464-2574 Open'9am-5pm, 6 days, Closed Thursday THE HUNTING BOX is VA dealer 7308 for Trail-et (aluminum and fiberglass) and Valley Trailers Bumper hitch and gooseneck models, 1 to 12 horse Boyce, Va 703-837-2160 USED FLATBED WAGONS needed for charitable donations Any condition accepted All sizes farm vehicle hitch, open body or flatbed trailers, hay wagons, chas sis beds, or truck trailer van needed for Great Meadow Field Event Course Tax deductible gift Write Box 500, The Plains, Va 22171 or phone 703/253-5001 . BamGMMfe«cll» Phone# *\ Over 20 years 703-338-3338 Qll3.lltU EXPERIENCE IN THE r BUILDING INDUSTRY / BUILDINGS & SUPPLIES INC. P.O. Box 1055, Purcellville, Va. 22132-1055 Specializing in the design and construction Of light commercial and farm buildings ★ FARM BUILDINGS * Dairy complexes.Beef Units.Horse Facilities Swine buildings......Poultry Houses.Storage * LIGHT COMMERICAL * Warehouses.Garages.Apple Storage Fuog&Reed Pole Building Company Horse —- Farm — Commercial Specializing in Hone Facilities Route 2, Box 63, Purcellville, Va. J Fuog (703) 338-2306 Call any time Purcellville, Va. J. Reed (703) 659-3271 Call Evenings Stafford, Va. Classifieds * Pre-Christmas Sale* MOSTLY YESTERYEAR Antiques & Collectibles Comer of Gay & Porter Sts. Washington, Va. 22747 We’ve a nice selection Of things unique Mahogany chairs And tables - antique. We also have glass Cranberry and more; Cute little dogs and Lead figures galore. OPEN: TH thru SN 12 to 5 (Bring Ad for 10% savings on all purchases over $10) ANTIQUE ALLEY 55 E. Colonial Hwy., Rt. 7 Hamilton, Virginia Merry Merry Christmas Early chimney cupboard, deacon's bench, set at 6 country chairs, old costume jewelry, bird's eye maple dresser, collectibles, and fun stuff. (703)338-9029 Closed Mondays CATOCTIN EMPORIUM - Over 40 fine shops, antiques, crafts, collectibles, specialties. 37 Catoctin Circle SE, Leesburg. 703-7776175, Tuesday through Saturday 10am- 5pm, Friday till 8pm, Sunday noon to 5pm. Limited rental space available. HAY AUCTION OF 12/21/85 Rescheduled to 1/11/86 At the Sale Yard, Rt. 29, Remington Bran yon Auction Co. 703/347-0074 USED MANURE SPREADER wanted, any size, in good condition. Will purchase or accept as donation to tax free Meadow Outdoors Foundation. Write: Box 500, The Plains, VA 22171 or call 703/253-5001. USED FLATBED WAGONS needed for charitable donations. Any condition accepted. All sizes farm vehicle hitch, open body or flatbed trailers, hay wagons, chassis beds, or truck trailer van needed for Great Meadow Field Event Course Tax deductible gift. Wnte: Box 500, The Plains, Va. 22171 or phone 703/253-5001 850 LB. ROUND BALES; 150 mixed hay rolls, stored >n barn; 36 corn stubble rolls; 35 oat and volunteer corn rolls; 15 sudax rolls. Call 703/937*5915 or 937-5976. 100 ROLLS OF HAY, delivered. $2,000. Call 703/987-8809 — ALL OAK Order Now & Avoid Paying Stock Pile Prices This Fail Minimum Order Accepted2 Cords Installment Plan Available On Large Orders Satisfaction Guaranteed Costello Firewood 6 Tree Service 703-636-6587 after 6p.m. SEASONED WOOD for sale, all hardwood, you pick up, cheaper in larger quantities. Call 703/6753296 after 6pm SEASONED OAK FIREWOOD - $110/cord delivered. 703-5548326. MARY'S THRIFT SHOP Spenyville Saturday 12 to 5 Sunday 11 to 4 Christmas decorations, clothes, glassware, books, jewelry, homemade quilts. I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and thank each and everyone for their support orver the past year. I look forward to seeing you in the New Year. So stop by, sit by the fire and have a chat. Mary Beumer •USED LAWN TRACTORS •USED RIDERS •USED CHAIN SAWS Call Buck at HOMESTEAD LAWN EQUIPMENT 703-349-1066 SHEPHERD/ HUSKIE 50/50 CROSS — 85 lbs of real dog. Loveable, friendly, smart 10 month old Needs room to roam and daytime companionship tye must approve of new home. Please call evenings after 7pm, 703-3276753. FOR SALE - 55-gallon Aquarium, including stand, hood, heater, gravel and many other extras Total value new $450; asking $250. Also, a second 55-gallon aquarium with small crack in tank (can be fixed). Includes hood and stand. Great for use as terrarium, or for keeping reptiles or small animals. $100. Call 703-788-4373 after 7 p.m. ACCENT RUG, Miliken, 5 x 7 Regency Manor Collection style, Countryside design, ivory and gold, fringed ends. Beautiful. $250.703-662-4484 BREEDING CATTLE SALE. Selling cow/ calf pairs, bred cows, bred and open heifers and breeding age bulls. Orange Livestock Market, December 20th. 7p.m. To consign cattle or for sale information, call 703/672-4688 BULLS - 12 PUREBRED ANGUS - 1 year to 2'h years old Pick yours now before the rush! Reasonably priced. Ray T. Cannon, El Rancho Grande, Castleton, Virginia. 703/937-4900 or James Cannon. 703/937-4700. IF YOU HAVE FOUND OR LOST a dog or cat, call PET REGISTRY anytime. 703/547-2298. Animals available for adoption. GOURMET CHRSITMAS GIFTS Genuine Endive Freshly picked to order, buy directly from local producer, available in fancy pack or in bulk (10 lb. case). Phone your reservations to 703/987-8560. OIL TANK. 275 gallon, with stand and fittings, good shape Asking $75 Call 703/987-8923 i CLASSIFIED INDEX GENERAL CLASSIFIED 1 Antiques 2. Auctions 3 Business Opportunities 4 Child Services 5 Child Care Wanted 6 Commuters Comer 7 Crafts-a-Ptenty 8 Building Materials 9 Construction Equipment 10 Farm Equipment & Supplies 12. Firewood tor Sale 13. Garage ft Yard Sales 14. Garden Equipment & Produce 15. Giveaways 20 . Happy Ads 21. Happy Birthdays 22. Horse & Farm Directory 23. Horses For Sale 24. Household Items tor Sale 25. Instruction 40 Livestock tor Sale 41 Lost & Found 42 Misc. for Sale/Rent 43 Misc Wanted 44. Mobile Homes - Sale/Rent 45 Musical Instruments & Equipment 46. Office Equipment 47. Personals 50. Pets 51 Recreational Equipment 60 Rentals - Apts. 61. Rentals - Business 62. Rentals - Houses 63. Rentals - Rooms 64 Rental? -Land 65. Rentals - Vacation Homes 66 Rentals - Wanted to Rent 67 Real Estate-Wanted 68. Real Estate - Sale by Omar 68. Real Estate - For Sale 70. Roommates Wanted. Available 71 Services - Business 72. Services - Farm 73. Services - Home Improvements 74. Services - Personal 75. Services - Misc. 76. Swap & Trade 77 Tributes A Thanks EMPLOYMENT 100. Employment Services 101 Help Wanted 102. Help Wanted - Domestic 103. Help Wanted - Farm A Garden 110. Jobe Wanted NOTICES & ANNOUNCEMENTS 125. Business Notices 126. Bids A Proposals 127. Legal Notices AUTOMOTIVE 200 Vehicles lor Sale 201. Motorcycles 202. Mechanic's Delight 203. Parts a Accessories 204 Recreational Vehidee 205. Boats and Accessories Inflation Fighter Pre Pay Your Classified Ad And Deduct 25C from rates below e &appat)annocfe iJetos CLASSIFIED ORDER BLANK Mame_ Address. City_ -State. -ZipClassification- ClassificationCopy- CopyPhone. ToRunL -Weeks ($2 charge per week for box number replies) RATES CLASSIFIED WORD AO: 20 words (or less). ..$3.60 15c each additional word Save 25c when you pay in advance CLASSIFIED DISPLAY: Per column inch. $4.30 HORSE & FARM DIRECTORY Word ad (20 words or less).$10.60 25c each additional word Display type-Per column inch..$13.25 MAIL TO: The Rappahannock News P.O. Box 59, Washington, Va. 22747 Attn: Classified Adv. Dept.

Classified Advertising Your Action Number 675-3338 2 MANUAL ROYAL TYPEWRITERS, $25 each', baby car bed, $10; drum set, excellent for beginners, $75 703/937-4070. GOING TO COLLEGE, must sell 3 year old Sanyo stereo: tape player, phonograph, FM/AM re ceiver, 2 speakers and stand $150,703/675-3241 PHOTOGRAPHS Permanent prints of the STAFF PICTURES which appear in the Rappahannock News can be ordered from the News Office. Prices are $7 for 5x7 and $10 for 8x10. 703/675-3349 TOYOSTOVE BY KERO-SUN Clean & Efficient Kerosene Heaters Since 1901 SWAN’S SALES AND SERVICE JASnn,Jr.ACa,kK. A 201S. Eist St m Culpaptr, VA 8254371 FORKLIFTS FOR SALE or LEASE Used & New Forklifts Available for Immediate Delivery. Call Fred Grim (703)665-0920 C & B LIFT TRUCKS, INC. OUT OF THE ATTIC PICTURES NEEDED The Rappahannock News would like to borrow reVodueasre pictures of events and historic landmarks for use in its Out of the Attic feature. Pictures will be returned. Please bring to the office on Main Street in Washington. USED FLATBED WAGONS NEEDED for charitable donations. Any , condition accepted. All sizes farm vehicle hitch, open body or flatbed trailers, hay wagons, chassis beds, or truck trailer van needed for Great Meadow Field Event Course. Tax deductible gift. Write: Box 500 The Plains, Va.22171 or Phone 7031253-5001 MOBILE HOME - Rent $225. Sale $8900 12 X 65 Ideal temporary dwelling, three bedroom, living room extension, r/2 baths. Must move 703-338-6540 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 5 piece drum sets $329 Guitars from $39; Amps from $89 Saxaphone. $325 Culpapar Music 200 N. Main 9c.. Culpapar 703/825-1331 ORGAN — Baldwin Two manual, two octive petals Classic registration; $1,900 Northern Virginia Pianos, Purcellville, Virginia. 703338-5948. STEINWAY PIANOS Ebony 5’11* Grand; $9,950. Natural finish, small upright; $2,700. Other previously owned pianos available. Northern Virginia Pianos Purcellville, Virginia 703-338-5948 Women’s Abuse Shelter Providing battered Women Alternatives for Safety. For help or information caH; 349-0309 or 825-TURN DON'T GIVE UP your favorite foods - DO GIVE UP 10 to 29 excess pounds per month Call Myra at 703-777-6663. . LABRADOR PUPS, Black, 6 weeks December 23rd. Impeccable ancestry $200 703/364-2482 One Bedroom Apartment In town of The Plains. $375 plus utilities. Living room, bath, kitchenette. Close to stores, churches, etc. One mile from 1-66. For appointment to see, caM Mt Vernon Realty. 703/253-5620 FIRST MONTH'S RENT free. Antiques, crafts, collectibles, specialty shop space available. Leesburg, VA. 703-777-3381. GROUP “MANSION" FORMING. Need 4-5 people to share 17 room, new house on fringe of Washington, Va. Non-smoking preferred $225 per month. Call 703/675-3422 BACK TO NATURE - Five room log cabin, central heat, private setting, $200 per month. Call 703882-3686 DISNEY/EPCOT AREA: Golf Villas. Free golf and priv. furnished 2br, 2ba sleeps 6. 13 miles to Disney. Weekly rates. (301)840-1422 MORTGAGES BOUGHT, first and second for property sold anywhere in U S. Sell for cash. Gary Olsen, Broker, Homestead Properties of Front Royal. 703/6357157. WE PAY CASH for mortgages and trust notes secured by real estate. Top dollar, quick settlements. Call today! Cambridge Corporation 703/662-2300. RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY: Cedar siding salt box, sou super insulated, solar roof windows, wooded lot, lake use, $69,500... Lakefront habitat, decks, fireplace, skylight, $38,000, Santa Claus financing. OLREA, 703/675-3777, evenings 937-4388 •/2 ACRE LOT Zoned residential for sale. $25,000. In town of The Plains. Sewer and water available [sewer hooked up|. Mount Vernon Realty, Inc. 703/253-5620 First Exclusive Offering LOG HOME BEAUTIFUL RUSTIC LOG HOMES • Factory assembled, assures quality • Custom designed to fit your needs • Factory guaranteed EXCLUSIVE MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PLAN Otter made possible by America's #1 log home company. Selected local families will be invited to participate in a program which can provide the owner not only a nationally recognized log home, but also an opportunity to earn substantial income while enjoying a quality home. The income should easily cover mortgage payments. Many of our customers have paid off their homes in less than five (S)years. If you have ever considered living in a high quality log home offered by one of the nations's leading log home manufacturers, you owe it to yourself to investigate Yesteryear Log Homes' mortgage assistance plan. Requirement: Ability to purchase a minimum $15,000 log home. LIMITED OFFERING! Call Mr Reel COLLECT for an application (704) 932-0137 Yesteryear Log Homes. Inc . P O. Box 1046. Mooresville, NC28115 Shenandoah Valley Col lege Town Retiring Soon?? pn LEXINGTON, VA - Looking for country property with exciting views of the Shenandoah Valley? Land with plenty of space to build your own home, have your own garden with fruit trees. Keep livestock. Nearby Washington and Lee University, Virginia Millitary institute, hospital, library, country club, golf and tennis. Hunt and fish in GW National Forest. 20 ACRES OF FENCED PASTURE, WOODS, & SPRING BRANCH on abandoned farmstead. Cheap because adjoins interstate. Perked. Low taxes. $26,500. Less for cash. Bring $500 deposit. Wayne Long, 703896-9064. $1230 Per Ac. wtth Large Cedar Groves CHAIR RESEATING, cane, rush or split. Call 703/675-3078. ELECTRICAL PLUMBING & PUMP SERVICE WILLIAM E. SISK 703/987-8772 HEAVY DUTY BUSHHOGGING with industrial equipment. Light clearing with front end loader. Call 703/825-0473. ©tbj| auum Experienced end Fuiy insured Modem Equipment CsM Today For ©Q* jfaiijumrt Atrfeue BRUCE VIE RUNG DAYS 675-3508 675-3885 PHOTOGRAPHS Pernfanent prints of the STAFF PICTURES which appear in the Rappahannock News can be ordered from the News Office. Prices are $7 for 5x7 and $ 10 for 8x 10. 703/675-3349 PIANO TUNING: Work guaranteed 30 years fUll time Warren Emerson Dennis Call collect, Amissville, Va. (703) 937-5857 ROOFING - GUTTERS - DOWN SPOUTINGS. Tinning and roofing of all kinds. Aluminum gutter; down spout. Roof repair. Bill Starks, 703/675-3630, 703/6753724. SANDING AND REFINISHING hardwood floors, reasonable rates Call Roger at 703-635-2558. TV REPAIR, all makes and models. Factory authorized service center for RCA, Zenith, Magnavox, Philco and Sylvania. Jenkins' TV Service, 514 Culpeper Shopping Center, Culpeper 703/825-0665 IN NEED OF A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR your Bridal portrait or Fall Wedding? If so, give me a call, Greg Turner at 703-987-8542. WASHINGTON VIDEO RENTALS 6 Months Membership $15 1 Yiar Membership $25 $2.00 Week Nights $3.00 Weekend Nights $1.00 Additional Days 12:00-7:00 Wednesday-Sunday Monday & Tuesday Free Days!! Mam St . Basement of Baumgardner Bldg.. Washington, Va. (703)675-3454 RENTAL Prime Office Space in a master planned, 170 acre business center, scenic view, overlooking Dulles Airport. Ideal for Professional Offices. Approximately 1850 square feet. Opportunity to design own space. Early Occupancy October 1,1985. LOCATION: Renaissance Park at Dulles. Contact: Janet Hardison (703) 661-8004. DOMINION GENERAL CONTRACTING Remodelling, room additions, kitchens, bathrooms, rec rooms, garages, decks, patios plus handyman service. For estimates call 703/937-5482 after 5p.m BELLYGRAMS - The perfect surprise for home or office parties by professional Bellydancer. 703/8253974. In loving memory of my father, John R. Eubank and my dear friend, Mrs. Fannie Nicholson. Seasons come, seasons go, But I will forever cherish, The loving memories that I have of both of you. Mary Hudson In loving memory of Luther Atkins, Who went home to be with Jesus October 25,1981. As sunset falls upon one's life, its golden rays reveal those qualities of faith and love the years have made so real. God's plans are like the ocean buried as the winds that fall All our products of his wisdom all are subject to his call. Rest in peace until we meet in the morning at Jesus' feet. We love you and we miss you so much. His family In loving memory of our wife and mother, Jackie Holland, who left us on September 30,1984. Since you've been away, I've been lost and lonely Since you've been away, I’ve been thinking of you. Trying to understand the reason you left me, What were you'going through. Mom, I'm missing you. This is our second Christmas without you and it will never be the same because you're not here to share it with us. Sadly missed, J. C. Holland, Husband Lisa H. Burke, Daughter In memory of my mother, and brother, Martha and Thurmon Whorton. December is a month of joy, but for me, much sadness. I lost you both in December, my Mom, 8 years ago and my brother, one year ago. I miss you both so much, my only comfort is that you're happy together. I love you both and will never forget you. Lila Hawkins AIDES AND SITTERS needed for private duty nursing service. Call 703/347-4774. BOOKKEEPER. Dependable fast learner needed for our Manassas Corporation. Previous bookkeeping experience required. Excellent opportunity for the right person. Submit your resume, including pay requirements, to: Box MM, do Fauquier Democrat, P.O. Box 631. Warrenton, Virginia 22186. DAIRY SPECIALIST. (Holstein) (Fauquier County). Experienced, mature manager with excellent track record. House, salary, percentage of milk check for proven performer Send resume stating qualifications, references (will be checked), etc. to Box LL do Fauquier Democrat, P.O. Box 631, Warrenton, Va. 22186. LPMS. RNS needed for private duty nursing service. Call 703/3474774 SECRETARY - Excellent opportunity for a fast learner. Accurate typing skills necessary. Shorthand and word processing helpful. Come join our profitable company. Send your resume including starting pay expec.ed to Box EE, do Fauquier Demxrat, P.O. Box 631, Warrenton, Virginia 22186. ASSISTANT PASTRY CHEF - Premier American Restaurant in The Rains, Virginia needs experienced baker to work full time. Salary and full benefits offered. Call Ms. Morgan for appointment, 703-2535286 CUSTODIAL MANAGER: Full time position available to coordinate janitorial staff for residents, and business offices. Management and hands on cleaning experience preferred Please send resume to: Personnel, P.O. Box 171, The Rains, VA 22171. RECEPTIONIST AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT several positions available for individuals with varying degrees of experience and skills. From entry level to executive assistant. Please send resume to: Personnel, P.O. Box 171 The Rains, VA 22171. OGDEN FOOD SERVICE in the Reston Area is looking for: Experienced cashiers, grill cooks, and food servers, to work in new cafeterias, tf interested call: Brad at 703-689-5203 CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATOR Bernard Carlton Inc., Leesburg builder/developer is currently taking applications for die position of estimator. Prefer someone with commerical and residential estimating experience, but will consider training dependable, self-starter. Friendly, non-smoking, office.Send resume to: P.O. Box 1276, Leesburg, Virginia 22075,or call for application.703-777-1855 FARM MAN WANTED, beef cattle and farming experience. Prefer, married with family. Must have ret?t erences, House furnished. Salary open. Call 703/590-5784 evenings or 703/364-2468. POSITIVELY NO HUNTING OR TRESPASSING On The Following Properties: ★★★★★ Vivian Gatewood Gid Brown Hollow Washington, Va. ★★★★★ John Pullen Route 614 Gid Brown Hollow Washington, Va. ★★★★★ MEADOWOOD Slate Mills Road Route 707 Lorraine Robson ★★★★★ James & Nancy Thomasson Route 615 Bounded by Jonathan Run and Blackwater Creek ★★★★★ KAYWOOD Massies Comer Hlckerson Mountain CoL D. C. Knuepfer , ★★★★★ PINEY KNOLL Route 211 West of SperryviUe ★★★★★ POINTS-OF-VIEW FARM Hlckerson Mountain Flint Hill ★★★★★ Tom & Joanne Tepper Route 680 Bounded by Jonathan Run and Blackwater Creek ★★★★★ THE SUMMIT Cross Junction, Virginia LOCATED 12 MILES FROM WINCHESTER, just off route 522 north. Features include 240 acre lake with beaches, boating, boat slips, marina, swimming and skiing, tennis courts, 9 hole golf course, and 24 hour security guard. LOTS available from $2,400-$16,900. Lots are available on the lake, close to the lake, with a view of the water, on the golf course, etc Liberty REALTY The relocation people. P.O. Box 3436, Winchester, Virginia 22601 (703) 665-0744 NOTICE Advertising published in this newspaper is accepted with the understanding that it will meet the criteria of the standards of a family newspaper. Advertising is accepted on the premise that the merchandise and services as offered are accurately described and are available to customers at the advertised price. Advertising that does not conform to these standards, or that is deceptive or misleading is never knowingly accepted. If any reader encounters non-compliance with these standards, we ask that you Inform us. Comptroller of the Currency Treasury Department of the United States Washington, D.C. Whereas satisfactory evidence has been presented to the Comptroller of the Currency that Blueridge National Bank, located in Washington, State of Virginia, has complied with all provisions of the statutes of the United States required to be complied with before being authorized to commence the business of banking as a National Banking Association; Now, therefore, I hereby certify that the above named association is authorized to commence the business of banking as a National Banking Association. In testimony whereof, witness my sign|ture and seal of .Office this 30th day of September, 1985. Vernon E. Fasbender Director for Analysis Charter Number 20968 TOWN COUNCIL TOWN OF WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to Section 6-1-3 of the Town of Washington, Virginia Zoning Ordinance, 1970, notice is hereby given that the Town Council of Washington, Virginia will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, January 8, 1986 at 8 P.M. at the Courthouse Building, Washington, M Virginia to consider the following Special Use Application: (1) Special Use Application No. 2: Krebser and Martin Partnership have applied for a special use permit in accordance with Article 1, Section 12-18 of the Town of Washington Ordinance, 1970 to erect a one story office building containing 1625 square feet. Office constructed on property located on Gay Street, Lot 42, part of lot 43-8 and part of Lot 41, Tax Map #20A-1-113. Building will be next to the Rappahannock Medical Center. Copies of the foregoing application are on file and available for public inspection at the Zoning Office, Tuesdays and Thursdaya, 8:30 a m. to 4:30 p m. The applicants and all other interested parties are invited to attend the public hearings and present their views or to direct their written comments to the Town Council, in care of the Zoning Office, P.O. Box 222, Washington, Virginia 22747 prior to the meeting date. Town Council Washington, Virginia Peter Kramer, Mayor 1980 FORD FIESTA, in top condition, body in good shape, new tires and brakes, with air, motor runs great. $2000 or best offer. Call 703/788-9420, ask for Tess. 1979 HONDA CIVIC, 4 cylinder. 4 speed, AM/FM radio, new inspection, $1100 negotiable... Chevy 6 cylinder engine, $100... '77 Vega, good for parts, $100 negotiable... 4 Ford truck wheels, $85. 703/347-7908. 1975 FORD, 4X4, F-250, $2,000. Call 703/987-8809. 1974 FORD PICKUP, automatic, fair condition, good work or wood truck. Call 703/675-3098 after 4:30p.m. 1973 F600 FORD LOUIEVILLE Cab, 16' dump body, with grain sides. Call 703/937-5915 or 9375976. 1973 MONTE CARLO, 350, runs good, bucket seats, new radial tires. $800. Call 703/675-3271 or 937-4922. 1973 SUPER BEETLE, runs, needs work. $300. Call 703/635-4969. 1967 FAIRLANE, good running condition, good tires. $350. Call 703/675-3639. 1959 Willy's Jeep Station Wagon, 4 wheel drive, good inspection and tires. Call 703/987-8868 after ,6p.m.__ 1983 FORD ESCORT, 5 speed, excellent condition. $4,000. Call 703/937-4070. 1983 VW RABBIT GTI, black, w/midnight interior. AM/FM cassette, air, 5 speed, 32K. 703/3473798. WANT YOUR PHONE TO RING? ADVERTISE IN TODAY’S CLASSIFIED Tell it all — tell it well, through an ad in the classifiers! You’ll hear the results immediately! THE EASY WAY TO SELL CALL TODAY! 675-3349 , TRUSTIK’S SALS - VALUABLE REAL ESTATE 16.8375 acres, State Route 604, Stonewall-Hawthom Magisterial District Rappahannock County, Virginia In Execution of a deed of trust from George F. McKenzie and Dorothy F. McKenzie, husband and wife, dated the 28th day of February, 1985, recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, Virginia, in Deed Book 151, Page 190, the undersigned Trustees will offer for sale at public auction on: Friday, January 3,1986 at 11:00 o’clock a.m. at the front steps of the Circuit Courthouaa Washington, Virginia AH of that certain tract or parcel of land, together with all buildings and improvements thereon and privileges and appurtenances therewith connected, situate, lying and being on the south side of State Route 604 in the Stonewail-Hawthome Magisterial District, Rappahannock County. Virginia, and being more particularly described according to survey of V, H and D, Inc., dated July 20, 1983, as containing 16.8375 acres. Being the same tract or parcel of land in which an undivided interest was conveyed to Dorothy F. McKenzie by deed from Douglas K. Baumgardner, et al, Special Commissioners, dated the 13th day of October, 1983, and recorded in Deed Book 145, Page 814. The remaining undivided interest was inherited by Dorothy F. McKenzie from her father, Cedi Hamilton Hawkins, who died, intestate, on April 16, 1975, leaving as her sole heirs at law his daughter, Dorothy F. McKenzie, and his widow, Veronica L. Hawkins. The sale of this property is subject to any easements, rights of way and restrictions which may be of record. TERMS OF SALE: 10% deposit by cash, cashier's or certified check acceptable to the Trustee, on day of sale and balance of purchase price due in full in thirty (30) days. AUCTIONEER: Lawrence K. Bennett J. Robert Yeaman, III, Trustee Roger L Morton, Trustee For more information and a copy of plat, contact: Roger L Morton Button, Yeaman & Morton 139 W. Davis Street Culpeper, Virginia 22701 703/825-0766 • Design • Sheet & Web Press • Lay-out • Stripping. • Typesetting • Camera Poto II ac Press is accepting applications for persons interested in the printing business (with or without experience). If you would like to have an application on file should an opportunity arise — stop by today and pick up an application. Complete it here or complet e it at home and mail it back to: Printing Dept. Potomac Press 9 E. Market Street Leesburg, VA 22075 BEST FRIEND KNOWS... THE CLASSIFIEDS MMunwirM AUTOS • HOMES selloTbuy CALL 675-3338 Rappahannock Newi

Rare music find yields Williamsburg recording An v nexpected treasure trove of ! original 18th-century music was r turned into a new Colonial Williams, 'burg recording, recently released and titled, “A Gentlewoman’s Pursuit.” The album/cassette tape features baroque instrumental and popular vocal music that once belonged to Ann Blaws Barraud, a Williamsburg resident from 1783 to 1799. Hers is Williamsburg’s oldest extant music collection. Colonial Williamsburg musical consultant James S. Darling discovered the three bound volumes of printed music with Mrs. Barraud’s name on them while he was researching other music in the rare boo)(8 section of the Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. ine composers represented in the Barraud volumes include some of the best of the day. Featured on the recording are: Franz Joseph Haydn’s “Sonata 49 in C sharp minor,” George Frideric Handel’s “Concerto in B flat major” (opus IV, no. 2), three songs from the musical [day "Rosina” by William Shield, Johann Samuel Schroeter’s “Concerto in E flat major” (opus III, no. 6), and two songs by William Jackson of Exeter. All pieces are played on authentic period instruments from Colonial Williamsburg’s collection or on modem reproductions made by craftsmen associated with the foundation. The first violin is an original unaltered English instrument made in London in 1727 by Nathaniel Cross.17 Colonial Williamsburg musicians employ 18th-century performance techniques such as playing original instruments with gut strings, period bows and limited use of vibrato. All selections are played at 420 hz., a half-tone lower than modem pitch. The organ in the Wren Building Chapel of the College of William and Mary, where the recording was made, is ascribed to John Snetzler, ■' (ca. 1760), although some authorities believe an unknown builder began the instrument. Peter, Pestone, of Claremont, Va, reproduced the oldest surviving EqgiWF grand piano by Americus Backers (1772) for Colonial Wil liamsburg. Larry Bowers, of Martinsburg, W.Va., constructed two reproduction baroque violins and a viola da gamba in the 18th-centuiy * English style of Barak Norman. The Colonial Williamsburg musicians featured on the album are: James Darling, fortepiano and organ; Marion Wilson, soprano; Annie Loud, Jennifer Edenborn and Angela Ranzini, baroque violins; and John Barrows, viola de gamba. Mrs. Barraud came to Williamsburg in 1783 as the bride of Philip Barraud, a leading doctor and prominent citizen of the town. Her husband’s letters relate how she kept busy raising her children and running the comfortable family home on Francis Street. The majority of the music in her collection is for keyboard, indicating that she played the traditional harpsichord or the newly fashionable fortepiano. The difficulty of the music in the volumes implies that she possessed considerable technical ability. Also in keeping with the 18th-century social custom, she probably played at home with other capable amateurs. Numerous songs and chamber works were included in her collection. “A Gentlewoman’s Pursuit” is just one of the 17 music albums/cassettes that Colonial Williamsburg has produced. The recordings offer a variety of 18th-century music, including organ pieces, fife and drum tunes, baroque chamber music, colonial ballads and madrigals. All Colonial Williamsburg re-, cordings, including “A Gentlewoman’s Pursuit” (record number WS116), are available at Colonial Williamsburg shops or by mailing a check to: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, A-V Distribution Center, P.O. Box C, Williamsburg, VA 23187. The “Gentlewoman’s” recording costs $6.95 at the shops or $7.65 postpaid. Rappahannock News photo/Greg Turner IMPORTANT CHRISTMAS PACKAGES being delivered by Ronnie Nicholson of UPS. Food safety Often the “flu bug” that spoils a family member’s holiday is actually a short attack of food-borne illness, said a Virginia Tech Extension specialist in foods and nutrition. Symptoms generally associated with the flu — nausea, weakness, stomach upsets — are the same as* those associated illnesses related to bacteria in food, said Jo Anne Bar- > ton. The food-borne illness can be avoided, the specialist added, by diligently observing all the food safety practices that should be part of every cook’s routine all of the time. Keep cold foods cold. Keep the refrigerator below 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Use poultry, fish and ground meat within two days of purchase and other fresh meats within five days or freeze them. Cured meats will keep longer. Keep hot foods hot — above 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Letting the temperature drop below that point creates conditions where bacteria can grow. This is important when serving food buffet style. It is best to keep the food hot at the stove and put small amounts on the table, refilling the serving dish when needed. Work with clean hands and wash them often. Keep hands away from mouth, nose and hair. Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue and not hands. Anyone with an infection, such as a cold, acne or flu, should avoid working around food. Thoroughly wash cooking utensils and work surfaces. It is important to clean utensils and cutting boards used for raw food before using them for cooked food to prevent cross contamination. Do not lick your fingers while handling food. If you want to sample the food, use a dean eating utensil each time. Do not use a stirring spoon to sample the food and then put it back into the food to stir. This could transfer bacteria from the mouth to the food. Never use, or even taste, the contents of any can of food that spurts liquid when opened. Discard any food that has an off odor or is discolored, moldy <©r slimy. Don’t use cans of food that bulge. Williamsburg Winter weekends Putting back together the pieces 60th anniversary, Colonial Williamsburg invites guests to take a trip back to 1926 when the restoration began and discover how the 173-acre Historic Area took shape. The story is revealed in five Colonial weekend hotel packages this winter. The theme of the weekends is “Williamsburg; Before and After,” and they are offered January 24-26, January 31-February 2, February 79 and 14-16 and March 7-9. Each weekend gives guests the opportunity to contrast the sleepy Williamsburg of the 1920’s with the restored 18th-century capital that a million people now visit each year. More than 60 years ago, the Rev. W. A. R. Goodwin, rector of Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, inspired John D. Rockefeller Jr. to dream of turning the clock back at Williamsburg. Goodwin and Rockefeller wanted modem visitors to see the colonial capital as it stood when Seorge Washington and Patrick Henry walked its streets. Thus Rockefeller began to fund the preservation and restoration irocess which continues today. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation was formed and the Boston architectural firm of Perry, Shaw and Hepbum started developing a plan. The architects had 88 original buildings which formed the skeleton of their design. A 1782 map of Williamsburg, probably drawn by a French cartigrapher, helped them flesh out their town plan with more than 400 additional structures. Exact details of key buildings in ' Williamsburg came from the ca. 1735 . engraved copper plate found in the Bodleian Library at Oxford Univer; sity. Archaeology, intensive re’ search and the study of similar 18thcentury buildings further enabled ' Colonial Williamsburg to preserve and rebuild the city piece by piece, an ongoing process today. Foundation architects and architectural historians tell the stopr of the process during each Colonial weekend this winter. A slide-lecture and walking tour of the Historic Area focus on “Williamsburg; Before and After” the restoration. Then guests have the chance to talk further with the historians at a Saturday evening reception and “groaning board” dinner which brings back the ambiance of a colonial table “groaning” under the weight of so many platters. Peanut soup, poached flounder, roast beef, Sally Lunn bread, and sour cherry trifle are just a sampling of the dishes featured. The weekend package also includes a Friday evening reception offering Virginia peanuts and hot ciof * more iqgflRd town took yeajrs o^tfanning; a cal and architectural rese; archaeologieansi. On Its ’ der, two breakfasts, a Saturday evening performapce.ofan ,18tb century ^apredy, lodging for Friday and Saturday nights, gratuities, and admission to all Colonial Williamsburg exhibition buildings and craft shops. Prices range from $163 per person double occupancy at the Williamsburg Inn to $126 per person double occupancy at the Motor House. For more information or to register, call toll-free 800/446-8956, or write: Room Reservations, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, P. 0. Box B, Williamsburg, Va. 23187. Other special events at Colonial Williamsburg include the 38th annual' Williamsburg Antiques Forum and the 19^6. Learning Weekend. “Quality in Antiques: the 18th Century” is the theme of the forum to be held February 2-8. “American Folk Art” is the focus of the Learning Weekend, February 27-March 2. Registration and information for the Antiques Forum and Learning Weekend are available from Mrs. Trudy Moyles, registrar, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, P.O. Box C, Williamsburg, Va. 23187, 804/2291000, ext. 2371. Christmas Interview by STELLA DEAN RICHARDS Rappahannock Neva Staff Writer What follows is an interview in rhyme with Sylvie Golubic, of Washington, Virginia. STELLA DEAN RICHARDS: Who are you, Sylvie G.? SYLVIE GOLUBIC: It doesn’t matter. The interview is with Christmas, not with me. Let Christmas speak. SDR: Where is Christmas? CH: Christmas is busy, decorating its own living tree, which in reality is every you and me. SDR: What is Christmas? CH: Well, Christmas is love’s greatest activity upon the earth. The living Tree of Life is blessing and sanctifying every birth. Mother, father change to son. The.. .silence...of the seasons has begun. SDR: Is it all so quiet? CH: Yes, and only visible deep inside. The dove of peace through the earth is soaring. Tis the season for the lion to stop his roaring! SDR: What is the Christmas seed? CH: God giving birth to every living thing! Seedlings change and it is spring! SDR: When do we see the change? CH: In my heart, it is not winter, summer, spring, nor fall. Yet from the whole universe I hear love’s silent call. Keep quiet, Stella Dean. Listen! ten! Love itself is entering into the earth. The mother of spirit is giving new birth. SDR: To all? CH: Yes. Love is fearless — because it has no enemies. Yes, to all. Fear not when you hear the call. The renewal of the mind is playing its greatest part. It’s truly the season for universal love and peace to be born in every heart. Christmas is busy decorating its own Living Tree. SDR: Which is us! CH: Yet it takes time individually for every you and me, whispering lovingly: Henceforth, YOU are the light of my Living Tree. ASCS news By TOM TAYLOR Rappahannock News Contributing Writer To avoid late payments, wool and lamb producers must turn in their 1985 sales receipts and file an application by January 31st. Farmers who have a record of their wool sales are eligible for incentive payments only if the sales are reported to the ASCS office. The quantity sold does not affect the eligibility. However, sales slips should contain the month of shearing, month of sale, number of head shorn, pounds of wool (grease basis) and net proceeds. Shorn wool payments will be made only for bonafide sales documented on invoices prepared by the purchaser. Sales slips for lambs must show the liveweight and state that the lambs were unshorn; also the purchaser’s name, address and buyer’s code. Shorn wool payments are based on a percentage of each producer’s returns from sales. The percentage is the amount required to raise the national average price received by all producers for shorn wool. Pulled wool will continue to be supported at a level comparable to the price support level for shorn wool through payments on unshorn lambs. 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Council (Continued from Page 1) Mr. Kramer called a hasty meeting of the Town Council to order on December 5 to address the issue. During that meeting it was decided that the permit could not be voided because of possible improper notice of the meeting being given to council members. (.Later in the December 11 meeting the mayor said that the council will have to address the question of what constitutes “reasonable notice” when he notifies other members about special sessions.) During this meeting it was decided that the Krebser-Martin application would be dicussed at the regular Town Council meeting on January 8. This date was decided in order that proper time be allowed to readvertise the meeting. On another matter, a report was read to the council by Dr. Krebser, acting as representative of a committee who has studied the Washington parking situation. According to his report, the committee has addressed several components related to parking including: trying to resolve whether or not a parking problem exists, how members of the business community feel about parking, and the excess speeding that exists on Main Street. Some of the committee recomendations included the allowance of a six-month grace period for people to comply with the new ordinance that will be implemented next year; tnai new businesses should comply with the county ordinance; that the town should consult with the Department of Highways to make Jett Street one-way; that parking should not alter the preservation of Washington’s trees; that the Rappahannock National Bank install more parking space; that county employees park in the lot behind the courthouse; and that there is excess speeding on Main Street. The mayor stated that the present parking ordinance which, he believes, was originally drafted with good intention, “may not be in the best interest of the town." To stress that point he said that if his business complied with the current regulations. “my building needs 115 parking spaces.” Attorney Frank Reynolds, who serves on the town Planning Commission, said that he wanted the council to address its concerns to the Planning Commission. The mayor said that he believes it would be “helpful to amend the current ordinance” and adopt the Planning Commission’s proposals as .a paigt of the new ordinance. Mr. Reynolds urged the council to be very specific about what it wanted. On another matter Joan St.Clair, speaking as a citizen, said that she has been having a problem with her water meter. She stated that her water bill had increased to a figure that was ten times what it had been the previous month. She expressed disappointment with what she felt was a lack of response to her problem. “Nobody wants to pay any attention to it,” she said. The mayor, in conjunction with Council member brad Fisher, decided that a new meter would be installed the next day. The mayor said that if that did not rectify the problem there could be a possible leak in the line. Closings (Continued from Page 1) The Rappahannock Zoning and Building Office will be closed December 25, 26 and 27. The deadline for applications for variances and special use permits will be December 24 by noon. Rappahannock public schools will close at 2 p.m. on Friday 20 and will re-open for regular school hours on January 2, 19S6. The Rappahannock Sews will have an early advertising and editorial deadline of Saturday, December 21 at 12 noon. The deadline for advertising in the Horse and Farm Directory will be Friday, December 20 at 12 noon. Combo advertising will have a deadline of Friday, December 20 at 3 p.m. The Rpppahannock Sews offices will be closed at 3p.m. on December 24 and will re-open for regular business hours on December 26. Have a Merry Christmas! Alumni homecoming (Continued from Page 1) * various reasons. The school is still trying to located graduate lists for the period prior to 1969. “In view of that,” says Mr. Chappell, “we hope no one will feel slighted if they didn’t receive our mailing. All Rappahannock County grads and their families are invited to come out and join the fun.” Refreshments and some food items will be available for sale during the evening. There is no admission charge for the games. If this year’s event is a success, the school hopes to make it an annual affair. At 7:00 Saturday night, the “blue” team captained by Kim Settle will play the “white” team captained by Jacqueline Myers. Team rosters: LADIES’ BLUE TEAM 03108805Cynthia Groves Cynthia Poe Geraldine Reeve Kim Settle Joyce Starks Cindy Weaver Katie Pendleton LADIES’ WHITE TEAM Jean Chambers Pamela Estes Jacqueline Myers Lynn A. Oliver Peggy Stephenson Dawn Watson Beverly Weaver Monica S. Hopkins Following the ladies’ game, the men will square off at approximately 8:00. The men’s “white” team, captained by Gary Leake, will take on the "blue” team captained by Bobby Settle. Team Rosters: MEN’S BLUE TEAM William Anderson James Carter, Jr Carly Frye, Jr Kenneth Lee Foster James Freeman, Jr Aubrey Frye Floyd Grigsby Raymond Groves, Jr Ellis J. Jenkins, Jr John H. Lewis Ronnie Nicholson Roy Reeve Bobby Settle Thomas Settle Wendell Dale Welch C.E. Dodson Tom Sisk Pete Aylor EARLY HOLIDAY ADVERTISING DEADLINES LOCAL DISPLAY ADVERTISING Rappahannock News Ads Saturday, Dec. 21, noon Combo Ads (one or more papers) Friday, Dec. 20,3 p.m. Real Estate Combo Ads Friday, Dec. 20, noon CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Rappahannock News Saturday, Dec. 21, noon Horse & Farm Friday, Dec. 20, noon Combo Classified Display Friday, Dec. 20, 3 p.m. Combo Word Ads Friday, Dec. 20, 5 p.m. (SolUe 9f< ouse Traditional and Classic Apparel for Women 9427 Main Street Manassas 361 0864 MEN’S WHITE TEAM Tony Armentrout Michael Atkins Ronnie Atkins Robert Baines Barry Christian Jerry Compton David Dodson Glenn Fletcher Curtis Foster Gary Leake Clarence Pendleton Timothy Salmon James P. Settle Michael Tupper William Welch, Jr Glenn Williams Charles K. Estes, II Mike Smoot i NUGGETS OF TRUTH f By Rev. Robert Dunphy, Pastor J Family Worship Center, Washington, Va. \ CHRISTMAS, \ CHRIST IS BORN \ “THE EVENT THAT SET f HEAVEN SINGING.” f John 1:4, "and the word was f made flesh, and dwelt among us” i (and we beheld his glory, the glory as J of the only begotten of the Father,) f full of grace and truth. Jesus is p gift * from our Father God; the greatest gift p any person could ever receive. f John 3:16 “For God so loved the * world, that He gave his only begotten »son, that whosoever believeth in [ him should not perish, but have everr lasting life.” He does not save us so J we can miss hell, only; although it is i a wonderful thing to know you will go [ to heaven, but He says in His word t that we are to be dieoipiee Of His We J are to tell others of the good tidings. There are a lot of hurting people out there. We need to call them or go see them. We should lift up the name of Jesus Christ to all , people, so they can have that wonderful gift. Jesus said in John 8:12, “I am the light of the world." We are to be like Him. "Matt. 5:14 says, "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.” Verse 16 says, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." Jesus also said in John 14:6 “I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me.” Sad to say that many have "X'ed” out Christ in Christmas, and its His birthday we are celebrating. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESUS. Here at Family Worship Center, we tell you, Jesus that we love you and all of your people. He made us all; saved or unsaved; good or bad. This article is sponsored by ROBERT DUNPHY MINISTRIES, INC. Rt. 1, Box 266 Sperryville, Va. 22740. Your tax deductible dollars i will help keep this article in the r newspaper. Won't you help f spread the “Good News” of Je£ sus Christ. Rappahannock News pholo/Greg Tumei WALTER “DOC” LILLARD takes a winter stroll near Jett Street. Sing Hallelujah to \ herald the birth of the Prince of Peace. We sing with you and \ thank you for your friendship. Happy Holidays Wfif J Grocery Sperryville, Va. on Rt. 231 703-987-83«l Abundant peace and joy to our friends. Old Hollow Grocery Open 9 a m.-8 p.m. Rt. 211 j Sperryville, Va. rrs CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN IN RAPPAHANNOCK! GIVE THIS GIFT S FOR CHRISTMAS! ^ “On The Morning Side Of The Blue Ridge” tells the story of Rappahannock County and its people The soft bound book includes old photographs and special articles which appeared each month of the 1983 sesquicentennial year plus stories of historical interest from past years. Featuring chapters on Education, Soldiers, Doctors, Slavery, Freemen and Integration, Mountain People and the park, the Depression, Old Mills and Settlements, Travel, Entertainment, Natural Disasters, Mountain Justice 2nd Farming. 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