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Vol. 28, No. 27 | Richmond Suburban Newspapers | November 2, 2011
He’s alive! More details emerge in Robert Wood Jr. rescue
Park. He was found about three-quarters of a mile from that site. When 8-year-old Robert According to Trice, the man Wood Jr. was rescued on Friday, who found him was not part of he was fully clothed, an organized search, with the exception but, like many that of his shoes, which did assist in the were located nearsearch, he said he by. He was lying in felt compelled to do a damp creek bed. what he could. These details are After getting among additional permission from a information released resident on Verdon Saturday night by Road, the man Capt. Michael J. started to search the Trice of the Hanover woods on the west County Sheriff ’s ROBERT WOOD JR. side of a rock quarOffice. ry owned by Martin The boy had been missing Marietta. since Sunday, Oct. 23. He was When he discovered Robert, last seen at the end of a trail see ROBERT, pg. 4 at the North Anna Battlefield
By JimFields jfields@mechlocal.com
Polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Candidates’ list and sample ballot at http://www.co.hanover. va.us/registrar/default.htm
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Anne Geddy Cross was named the 2011 Hanover Christmas Mother last Wednesday during a tea at Pebble Hill, the Doswell home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Flippo. She is surrounded by those who previously served. Shown are, from left, front row, Mrs. David Bourne, Cross, Betty Spiers and Betty Lee Stanley, and, back row, Gay Mitchell, Virginia Foster, Laura Stanley, Virginia Hall, May Wiblen, Connie Hall, Hilda Kelly, Cathy Hall and Carmen Courtney.
Cross named Hanover Christmas Mother By Melody Kinser mkinser@mechlocal.com
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nne Geddy Cross, the 2011 Hanover Christmas Mother, like her recent predecessors, realizes the need has increased as she
starts soliciting donations for the program. “The need keeps increasing; everybody’s resources keep decreasing,” she said on Thursday, a day after the official announcement of her selection was made at the
Pebble Hill home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Flippo. “We hope people will think hard and dig deep into their pockets to help,” Cross said. “I hope people will give generously.” The Christmas Mother
program, under the leadership of the Doswell Ruritan Club, makes sure all Hanover County children have a merry Christmas. “I am very honored and see CROSS, pg. 18