In June 1947, the School Trustee Electoral Board of Loudoun County, Virginia published a notice in local newspapers requesting the appointment of school trustees for the Broad Run and Lovettsville districts on the County School Board. The meeting was scheduled for June 11, 1947 at 2 pm in Leesburg, with the term beginning on July 1 of the same year. The names of potential appointees, R. J. McCray, J. S. Whitmore, and W. H. Grubb, were included in the notice. The Clerk of the School Trustee Electoral Board, O. L. Emerick, requested the publication of the notice in newspapers such as the Loudoun News, Loudoun Times-Mirror, and Blue Ridge Herald on May 22 and 29, 1947.