Down Memory Lane
Dec. 23, 1965
W.A. Miller will retire from the position of Postmaster of the Washington Post Office, effective December 30. He has served in this capacity for 31 years, taking office in 1934 after his appointment by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Miller is a native of Rappahannock County, the son of the late Senator and Mrs. John J. Miller. He resides with is wife, Emily Brent Miller at Mt. Prospect, Washington. They have one daughter, Mrs.
James S. Willis of Latham, New York.
After his retirement, Miller will devote his full time to his real estate business, with which he has also worked since 1936.
Miller is an avid foxhunting fan and instigated the organization of the first hunt club in this county. He was Master of the Rappahannock Hunt until it was discontinued at the beginning of the second World War. It has since been reorganized.
No replacement or acting postmaster has been appointed to fill the vacancy.
The Town of Washington, through the efforts of the Town Council and the assistance of the State Highway Department and Northern Virginia Power Company, has seen some much needed improvement in the last several weeks.
Moffett Brady, after consultation with Highway Engineer Mr. D. S. Butler, put in twelve feet of pipe at the culvert which goes under Main street at Piedmont Avenue. This had been a most dangerous place when ice and snow were on the ground, with several cars getting in the ditch there in the past year. Brady also corrected the water drainage problem on Blue Ridge Avenue by lowering the ditch at the curve above the Washington Cash Store. Two trees in front of the bank that had decayed and were considered unsafe were removed.
The town of Washington receives a share of the gasoline tax on a per capita basis and elects to have the State Highway Department use this money on its behalf. Between $300 and $400 are usually spent for street maintenance per year.
Oct. 30, 1996
Dawn Havstad has chosen a major project to complete to earn her Girl Scout Gold Award.
She is cleaning up a family cemetery on the Havstad property in Old Hollow. She and her mom, Sally Havstad, came up with the idea last fall. So far, Dawn has spent over 30 hours cleaning away 30 years worth of bush and overgrowth.
Part of the project includes getting other people involved in helping her with the clean-up. She has had lots of help from some of her Girl Scout friends, including Kylene Wolfe and Sarah Gentry. Now a senior at RCHS, Dawn has been a Girl Scout since the third grade. To apply for the Gold Award, she was required to write a paper discussing how her project would benefit the community. She is required to keep a log of her hours and must write a final report on the project.
It has been more than a month since volunteers spent a day working at the old Washington School preparing it to be used as a senior center and site for the nutrition program operated by the Community Services Board, but the seniors have yet to be allowed to move into their center.
They have been using the First Baptist Church on the Fodderstack Road as a temporary site waiting for the move. This week the church needed the building in order to get ready for a revival, and the nutrition site has had to go on the road.
Sam Snead of Sam Snead Realty recently was awarded the nationally recognized Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager (CRB) designation by the Real Estate Brokerage Managers Council.
The CRB designation is the highest award real estate brokerage managers can receive. Established in 1968, the CRB is awarded only to managers who have met stringent management experience and educational coursework prerequisites.
Snead is a real estate brokerage manager for Sam Snead Realty at 437-A South Royal Avenue in Front Royal. He is a member of the Blue Ridge and Greater Piedmont Associations of Realtors and the Virginia Association of Realtors.