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By Mary Priest Special to the Rappahannock News
The Amissville Home Demonstration Club was organized on Dec. 2, 1962. Harriet Goode Smith was the extension agent in Rappahannock County at that time.
Juanita Settle and Jean Burner were in a beauty shop in Flint Hill. Harriet asked them if they thought an extension club could be organized in Amissville.
Juanita and Jean came back to me to see what I thought. I provided about 60 names and addresses to Harriet. She sent a letter to each of them. A covered dish supper was planned to organize a club.
Mary Priest invited Mrs. James (the doll lady) and Miss Bolen (the flower lady) to come and show the group how to make the wreaths they called Della Robbia wreaths. Straw wreath was covered with boxwood and plastic fruit and real nuts were wired and pinned into the wreath. At the time, we could not buy red apples so we bought yellow ones and painted them.
From that organizational meeting, the Amissville Club has continued to learn how to do many things and enjoy the fellowship of its members.
Mrs. Florence Williamson (the herb lady) of Woodville spoke to us as a county group of clubs on drying flowers and making arrangements. At that time, there were also clubs in Flint Hill, Chester Gap, Woodville and Sperryville.
Branson Cooke showed club members how to upholster a chair in his shop in Amissville. Charlotte Laing created a little excitement when she brought out a plastic snake one of the children had lost in the chair.
Each club in Rappahannock County made five tote bags from upholstery webbing and lots of embroidery. These bags were added to others from clubs in Virginia until 3,000 tote bags were
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