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40 YEARS AGO

NoV«mb«r2&. MMS8

The rummage sales which «r« held to the spring and foil for the beneHt of the Washington Rire Company and Ruppuhunnock Rescue Squad have cleared $S5U this year. Mrs. W. El Jenkins assisted by Mrs. Mary Burke and Mre. Charles Burke operated the mmmage sales each Thursday aad Knday during the month* of (day ami September

Mild weather brought out mure than £0 tuw residents Sunday who assembled at Sperry vide for a hike up Hawksbiil Mountain on Skyline Drive. The group met at the school yard thou reduced transportation to three vehicles and drove to the Hawksbdl parking area. Kfcem there they began the ascent to the mountain top. Among those hiking were Mr and Mrs. Raymond duhaaia of Woodvdle. Mr Johnson, Kbrest Warden, was leader of the group.

The annual Christmas Saeaar sponsored by the Rappahannock County Carden C lub under the chairmanship of Mr*. William ICeua will be held Saturday. Dec, 7 at Trinity episcopal Church. Among articles offored for sale will be decorations for table, wall, door and mantle, pine cone Christmas trees ,uid wreaths. Proceed* from the baguar are used to -«end youngsters to Nature Camp and to add to a scholarship hind.

25 YEARS AGO

Nov«mb»r 24.

Edward Eailey, who built the Rappahannock County 'rime Capsule on the grounds of the county library, cut and tilted the marble capstone for the monument this Monday- The capsule committee met Saturday night to wrap up hnal plans for collecting and preservuig the numerous letters, reports, documents, pictures and other materials for storage ui the pyramid vault for the neat WX> years This information was prepared by school children, oHicials. clubs and ergnnigattons, uidivtduals and churches and deals with Ufo and conditions ut Rappahannock u* lYRd. The purpose of the tune capsule is four fold: to preserve something ol this tune period for hiture generations, to provide a locus on the present, to communicate with the gmit and great great grandchildren of people living today. to pro

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