Down Memory Lane
Compiled from the Rappahannock News archives
BRADFORD STORE BUILDING IN FLINT HILL
Alexander and Eliza J. Cary built the store building around the late 19 th century. When Alexander died, he willed the store to his wife, Eliza. On February 1,1915, Eliza le˜ the store to her son, Frank H. Cary. It was known as the Alexander Cary Store. At some point, Frank H. Cary sold the store to Marvin Bradford Sr. He ran the store until he died in 1944. His son, Marvin “Boo” Bradford, Jr. and his wife Frances Bradford took over ownership. From 1946 -1966 Bradfords had “Toyland” upstairs from Thanksgiving through the Christmas season.
In 1975, the Bradfords opened the snack bar where the feed store was. In October of 1981 Bob and Sue Lane and Jean Lillard purchased the store. Jean Lillard purchased Lane's interest in the store several years later. Wilson and Jean Burke of Sperryville, rented the store from Jean until she sold the property to Jim Lum, the present owner.
August 18, 1960 FARM BUREAU SENDS TWO TO LEADERSHIP TRAINING CAMP
The Rappahannock Farm Bureau has made two awards, one to Miss Phyllis Hudson of Washington, Va., and one to H. B. Wood, Jr., of Woodville, Va., to attend the Young People’s Leadership Training Camp at Camp Farrar, Virginia Beach from Aug. 23 to Aug. 28. The camp is sponsored by the Extension Service and is designed to assist counties in developing leadership organizations.
SCHOOLS WILL OPEN SEPTEMBER 1
A much needed new Rappahannock County High School is no longer a dream, but a brick, steel and cinderblock reality, reposing on a 20-acre lot three miles west of Washington, Va., on Routes 522-211. Seven classrooms, painted pastel shades, well lighted and ventilated, with blackboards and bulletin boards in each, will welcome the approximate 275 students when school opens Sept. 1. Principal H. B. Winfrey and workmen have busied themselves with the job of uncrating new furnishings for the new school
JACQUELINE MARCIL BEEN ACCEPTED AT STRAYER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Jacqueline Marcil, of Amissville, has been accepted for the fall term at Strayer School of Business in Washington, D. C. She is a 1960 graduate of Rappahannock High School and is enrolled in the Private Secretarial Course
August 8, 1985
GREG TURNER ACCEPTED PART-TIME PHOTOGRAPHER AT RAPPAHANNOCK NEWS
The Rappahannock News now has a watchful eye to record life in the county. Greg Turner, a 1978 graduate of Rappahannock County High School, has accepted a position as part-time photographer for the Rappahannock News. It is only fitting since Turner began his photography career right here in Rappahannock, shooting photos for the high school yearbook.
SANDRA BROWN NAMED DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR
A secretary to the Rappahannock County zoning administrator has this week been named deputy administrator. Sandra Brown was appointed by the Rappahannock County Supervisors Monday. The position was established to fill a vacancy created when Building Inspector Emiel Smet, who accepted the additional job as zoning administrator, left for vacation.
RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY SHOWED SLOWEST INCREASE IN GROWTH OF THE FIVE COUNTIES
Rappahannock County showed the slowest increase in growth of any of the five surrounding counties since the 1980 census was taken, according to figures released this week by the Rappahannock-Rapidan Planning District. Within the county, estimates show that the population increased less than 1 percent. Rappahannock was said to contain 6,093 persons in 1980 and 6,100 in the current, “provisional” figures supplied by Tayloe Murphy Institute Demographics Studies Center. That growth represents an increase of 0.5 percent.