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25 YEARS AGO
January 5, 1984
“Ready,” the screen flashes. That word marks the arrival of the age of computers at Rappahannock National Bank. Up until a few weeks ago, all checks and deposits at the bank were manually posted on bookkeeping machines, then filed by name, not by account number. Checks refusal—at least on those grounds-will soon be a thing of the past. “We won’t be posting checks or deposits in this building anymore,” explained cashier Mary L. Payne in an interview this week. “We’re going to data processing.”
The Rappahannock “Whiz Kids” are ready to go into competition at a television station in Harrisonburg on Jan. 26 and take on Bath County. Advisor Roger Fincham says the contest will roll live over WVPT-TV starting at 8:30. Starting team members are confident they can beat Bath. Fincham said there are “some fast ones” on the Rappahannock line-up: Ann Oliver, Cheryl Atchison, Will Oliver and Jonathan Watson
RCES principal Maggie Piper says she thinks fingerprinting the county’s children is an “excellent” idea. Piper said Tuesday she was glad to learn of the School Board’s recent approval for assistant superintendent Tom Campbell to work out a program with Sheriff John Henry Woodward for doing so. She added that the plan has been adopted by “many systems” as a measure for solving kidnapping cases.
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