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By BOB SCOTT
Rappahannock Newt Contributing Writer
CASTLETON — It turned out to be an absolutely perfect day. . .just the kind of day to have a wedding, witnessed by family members, good neighbors and close friends. It was a “da/that the Lord hath made” and everyone could “rejoice and be glad in it.”
But the weather on the evening before did not promise such a day. One of those violent thunderstorms roared across the usually peaceful Fern Springs Farm dropping over an inch of rain in 10 minutes, levelling the big tent that had been so carefully erected to shelter the large group of guests expected for the wedding reception.
The storm with its lightning, strong gusty wind and drenching rain cleared the country air, washed all the leaves and grass and made the whole world new again. And so it was for the bride and groom. Their announcement read:
“Helen McCann LaCava and Emerson Wayne Williams invite you to share in the joy when they exchange marriage vows and begin a new life together on Saturday, August first nineteen hundred and ninety-two three o’clock in the afternoon at the Fern Springs Farm, Castleton, Virginia."
We knew where Castleton was. We live just across the road from Helen and have enjoyed that rare privilege for over three years. We were greatly relieved to learn that we would not lose our closest neighbor and that the Rappahannock High School would not be losing one of their favorite teachers since Emerson would leave his former home in Pittsburgh and would make Fern Springs Farm his permanent
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