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50 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Jan. 19, 1950
The anniversary sale at Lea Brothers Store will mark two milestones. The sale begins on a date denoting the first opening of the store and will continue to include the date of the opening of the new store building on “Ground Hog Day, 1934,” to quote T.C. Lea. The Lea family came from North Carolina to Nelson County in Virginia, but T.C. Lea has been in Washington since 1927 and his active work in the community makes him so much a Rappahannock citizen that the word “Tarheel” no longer fits. A Hereford cow belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Guy Burke, who operate the county jail, has given birth to twin calves for two consecutive years. Last year “Peg” raised twin bull calves, named Amos and Andy, and also a foster calf which the Burke family acquired from a dairy farm. On Saturday, Jan. 14, twin heifer calves arrived and were named Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth. Among those from Rappahannock who were in Richmond Wednesday to attend the inauguration of Governor John S. Battle were Mr. and Mrs. B.M. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Massie Jr., Mrs. R.L. Massie and son Bobby, W.A. Laing Jr. and A.C. Latham. Mrs. W.C. Campbell brought to the Rappahannock News office a copy of the famous cook book entitled “Rare Rappahannock Recipes,” following the publication of a plea for a copy. This volume, minus cover, states that it was
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