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20 YEARS AGO

November 13, 1969\

Two Rappahannock men are

retiring from the Virginia Department of Highways with a combined total of 86 years service. They are Moffett H. Brady of Flint Hill and Carlton Atkins, Sperryville, and they were honored by fellow employees and the department with a dinner Thursday evening at Holly House near Culpeper.

The Sperryville and Washington school buildings were sold at public auction Saturday with the sale subject to approval by the School Board and Circuit Court. At the regular meeting of the School Board held Tuesday night, the sale of the Sperryville property was approved and that of the Washington property was rejected and must be resold.

15 YEARS AGO

November 7, 1974

At the Washington International

Horse Show’s October 30 “Hunt Night,” a Rappahannock mare was pinned in the Ladies Side Saddle Class. Soto Grande, the 11-year-old hunting mare of Mrs. James P. Jamieson of Sperryville, ridden by Miss Louise Cotulla, represented the Rappahannock Hunt among 31 beautifully turned out horses and riders.

Members of the Seventh Grade classes at Rappahannock County Elementary School will tour Richmond, Jamestown and Williamsburg January 23-25,

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