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Dr. Jerry Martin and Dr.
Werner Krebser plan to open a full-time medical clinic in Rappahannock County’s seat in Washington. If their request for a use permit is approved by the Town Council next month, which seems likely, construction of the new building will begin about the middle of July. The doctors hope the clinic will be ready for patients by November.
All slow 1 moving vehicles, traveling 25 m.p.h. or less, on Virginia’s roadways are required by law to display a slow moving vehicle emblem. This flourescent orange and red triangular shaped emblem should be attached to the rear center of the slow moving vehicle. The emblem is clearly visible a half-mile away during the day and with headlights as a controlling factor, is most effective at night.
10 YEARS AGO
June 21, 1979
The Rappahannock County
Retired Teachers Association honored Mary Miller Wood and Annie Moore, recent retirees of the Rappahannock County Public School System, at a luncheon at Quality Inn, Front Royal at noon Tuesday, June 12. A delightful chicken and salad plate was served. Mrs. Barbara Gentry, president, introduced the guests and welcomed the
Who'll run the
family farm?
BLACKSBURG — Parts of Virginia’s farming population may be facing another kind of challenge, that of who will take over the farm $s the population of farmers ages.
The average age of fanners in major agricultural regions such as southside Virginia, Virginia Beach and Loudoun County is higher than the average age of the population as a whole, said R. Michael Chandler, Virginia Cooperative Extension specialist in community development. Farm residents’ median age of 37.6 years is higher than the average of 32 years for non-farm residents.
The farm population nationally and in the South has been declining, he said. About one in 49 persons Dved on a farm in 1987 and the farm population declined an average of 2.5 percent each year during the 1980s, continuing a long downward trend.
In 1987, the number of people living on farms was about two percent of the U.S. population.
The South used to have the most {jeople living on farms until the mid1960s, Mr. Chandler said. The farm population in the South declined rapidly from its 52-percent share in 1960 to just under 29 percent in 1987.
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