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By Richard Lykes
Special to the Rappahannock News
The usually quiet little village of Flint Hill came alive with celebration this past week , as it hosted four days of family fun and good times at a lively carnival and a small-town ' parade. There were pretty youijg ladies riding on convertibles and on top of fire trucks, beautiful horses and Shetland ponies, grand antique cars, marching bands, and talented majorettes tossing flaming batons.
For the farmers and truck enthusiasts, there was a wealth of farm equipment paraded as well as the latest high-tech firefighting vehicles.
According to Bob Metcalfe, . treasurer of the sponsoring Flint Hill Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company this year’s car! nival and parade—its 51st annual event—was among their most successful. Nancy Jones, a consummate volunteer for this organization, outdid her previous records and sold nearly $22,000 of tickets for the raffled red Chevrolet pickup truck, won • by Julia Mahoney of Front Royal.
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