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School Board vowed to fight for approval of the $1.5 million project, which was being proposed for the third time in the last 15 years.
Supervisors Newbill Miller and Nelson Lane announced their objection to what they saw as an excessive amount of the money being spent on athletic facilities. Supporters of the project replied that it was the board which directed that the original plan for a pre-fabricated gym be replaced with brick and mortar construction, thus almost doubling the cost.
On Oct. 9, the School Board presented its case to the board. Superintendent Robert Estabrook said the project was “ready to go to bid,” lacking only the authorization of the board. The supervisors made no decision.
A public hearing held Dec. 18, attended by several hundred residents, produced overwhelming support of the project. Chairman Hubert Gilkey promised a decision on the plan at the board’s January meeting.
The project must be set out for bid by Feb. 12, or the county drops back down to the bottom of the Literary Loan list.
3) By late spring, it was becoming obvious that Rappahannock was facing its second dry summer in a row. The first half of May saw less than one-tenth of an inch of rainfall in the county.
Spring turned to summer and the lack of rain continued. Hay yields were estimated to be 60 percent of normal for the first cutting, and the outlook for the peach and apple crops was not good. Cattle sales at area markets were reported to be about 10 percent above normal, as farmers began to cull their herds to save on scarce pastureland.
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