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BY KAYE KOHLER
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
On Oct. 16 and 17, the Trinity Episcopal Church will once again hold their annual House Tour and Dried Flower Sale.
This upcoming event of 1999 marks the 43rd year. It is no longer just a church event, but a community one which many of us look forward to every year.
Since many of you have not been here for 43 years, it seemed appropriate to relate how the entire weekend came about, and to also look at the memories of it from the eyes of the parishioners who have worked so hard to keep it alive for everyone.
Flossie Williamson was a resident of the county who is remembered well by all who knew her. She had a deep love for nature, especially appreciating the beauty of flowers and the nutritional value of the “weeds” surrounding us. She came home from a trip to Williamsburg with a handful of purchased dried flowers and showed them to her friends, Lois Snead and Dorothy (Dotsie) Davis. She convinced them that she could come up with a better way to dry flowers than what she had bought, but stated that she did not know how to arrange them. She suggested to them that together they could make money for the church by making arrangements.
So the first year, she did all the drying and Lois and Dotsie did all of the arranging. They made about 25 arrangements and sold them at a church bizarre.
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