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Spring 2017

Historic Franconia Legacies

Franconia Museum Inc. 6121 Franconia Road, Franconia, Virginia 22310

E-mail: [email protected] Web: franconiamuseum.org

Volume 16 Issue 1 Franconia Museum

TRAIN ROBBERY AT FRANCONIA By Nathaniel Lee

In 1915, Franconia’s railroad station played host to one of the most daring train rob-beries to hit the American east coast. The train involved was known as the Florida Flyer number 61, a regular train service run between New York City and Jacksonville, Florida by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The train pictured below, number 46, shown on the rails in Florida in 1920, is a very close match to the actual train in-volved in the robbery.

At approximately 10:00 p.m. on a chilly Feb-ruary evening, two masked men quietly passed unseen through Alexandria’s Poto-mac Yard, and, while the train was slowing, grabbed onto an iron step and guardrail that attached to the side of the express car. The two men rode there for a few miles while the train passed south of the city of Alexandria and headed west, paralleling what is today the Capital Beltway. After the train passed over the Old Lincolnia Road, today known as South Van Dorn Street, the two men gained entry to the express car by smashing a window located at the end of the train car. . . . .continued on page 3

Special points of interest:

Train Robbery At Franconia 1 President’s Message 2 Train Robbery — cont’d. 3 Train Robbery —concl. 4 Bloody Night Affair at Mrs. Lee’s House 5 Bloody Night — cont’d. 6 Bloody Night — concl. 7 Franconia Road…..The Way We Were 8 Franconia Road…... 9 Franconia Road…... 10 Franconia Road….. 11 WWII Aircraft Warning 12

(Does this look familiar?) In Memoriam 13 In Memoriam—EHS 14 In Memoriam—EHS 15 In Memoriam—HSS 16 In Memoriam—HSS 17 2017 Current Friends 18 2017 Current Friends 19 Celebrate Fairfax Co. 275th Birthday 20 Museum Info 20

President’s Message … History doesn’t change, but sometimes those who do the research get it wrong. That seems to be happening a lot lately in the age when accuracy has taken a back seat to expediency. In this case, a bit of Franconia history was overlooked. After she joined the Board of Directors, Mary Smith took it upon herself to organize the Muse-um’s collection of records that were used in the production of Volume VII of Franconia Remembers, History of the Franconia Volunteer Fire Department, back in 2012. It was a labor of love for Mary. Her dad, Woodie Smith, was a volunteer and then the first paid fireman at Franconia. Her mom, Mary Evelyn Borders Smith, was a teacher at Franconia Elementary. As co-authors, Jim Cox and I put a lot of time into researching the rich history of the fire depart-ment and its unique role in the growth of Franconia, from a sleepy farming community to the fast-paced slice of suburbia that it is today. I handled the history of the fire personnel and their activities, and the evolution of the buildings and equipment. Jim researched and wrote about the carnivals and annual queen fund-raising activities. So, we can’t blame Jim for the oversight which I am about to disclose. It didn’t happen on his watch! As part of the research, the goal was to acknowledge the presence of the hundreds of people who served as firefighters and auxiliary members. Since the vol-unteers had to report to the Circuit Court of Fairfax County the names of those who served each year, we were able to compile an impressive list. People still visit the Museum just to see if we have their ancestor’s name. We haven’t had to say “no” yet. However, there was a slip-up in the list of Lifetime Members. We had Carroll L. Nalls in the ros-ter of members, but we overlooked his name as a lifetime member. Fortunately, Mary found the evi-dence during her research and the wrong has been righted. She shared the information at our Histo-ry Day last November at the firehouse. Both Grandson Cary Nalls, a member of the Museum’s Board of Directors, and I, the President of the Board, were equally surprised. A quick look at the list of life-time members revealed the omission. Then there was the question of how to fix it. A review of previ-ous Museum publications revealed that there had not been a story written about how the Nalls family fit into the history of Franconia. Today, nothing says Franconia better than the volunteer fire depart-ment, the elementary school, and Nalls Produce on Beulah Street. So, the upcoming edition of Franconia Remembers, scheduled to be released at History Day 2017, will include a story on Carroll and Mattie Rogers Nalls and their influence on their ancestors in particular, and Franconia in general. With the story will be a picture that includes Carroll’s Lifetime Membership badge presented by FVFD back in 1966. He first joined in 1940. That badge is part of memorabilia provided by daughter Julia Nalls Lee, who still lives on Beulah Street. Julia also provid-ed much of the information for the story. Other stories in the book will include Fitzgerald’s Store, Peggy Springs Farm, the Banks Family, the Gorham Family, the Perkins Family, the Rice Family and a story about growing up in Franconia by Sonny Young. History Day is scheduled for Sunday, November 5 at the Franconia Volunteer Fire Department. The book will be the main attraction, and if all the descendants of families portrayed show up, we’ll have an overflow crowd! Put Sunday, November 5 on your calendar for the 2017 Franconia Museum History Day. Addi-tional information will be announced later in the year. In the meantime, stop by the Museum any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and tell us about your family’s history. It may lead to a story in our next book!

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One of the men threatened the manager of the car, Mr. Chambliss, with a revolver if he did not instantly unlock the doors at both ends and allow them entrance. Chambliss yelled out loudly for his assistant, Mr. Williams, but Williams had taken ill and was sleeping soundly. Under threat of death, Chambliss opened the car doors for the masked men. They overpowered Chambliss, taking from him both his revolver and his wallet. Chambliss handed over his key ring to the masked men, but when he offered to open the car safe for the robbers, they refused him curtly. When all of the keys on that key ring failed to open the safe, the robbers instead smashed open a nearby toolbox, liberating a fire axe. After a few minutes spent unsuccessfully hacking at the top of the safe, the masked men were getting annoyed. The use of other metal implements located in the car hardly left a dent on this sturdy safe. The robbers apparently agreed that a gunshot would be too risky and possibly alert someone riding in the next car, but they had no such compunction about the use of explosives. After unsuccessfully trying (twice!) to blow open the top of the safe with small amounts of explosives (research hasn’t told us what they used), Chambliss recalls the robbers were getting frantic. The robbers felt the train slowing down as it approached Franconia Station, and felt they had to act. They unbolted the car safe, likely weighing in at 150 pounds, from the floor and picked it up. Chambliss reports they struggled to toss it off the train onto the tracks within sight of Franconia Station. They locked Chambliss and Williams in the express car and made their escape unnoticed as the train continued to slowly pass underneath the bridge carrying Franconia Road across the tracks. The two robbers stole two cars parked near Franconia Station and made their getaway with the safe. Records don’t tell us who the cars belonged to, but the Franconia Museum is interested in having that information. The robbery itself went undiscovered by the train conductor until the train reached Richmond. This is shocking considering the fact that the train had a layover of several minutes in Fredericksburg when the flagman and conductor both walked the length of the train to make sure all was well. They saw no suspicious sign and no cry for help came from the locked express car. The first sign of trouble came when a Southern Express agent boarded the train in Richmond to collect his papers from the safe. He found neither Chambliss nor Williams bound or gagged in any way, and wondered why they had not sounded an alarm the moment the robbers debarked from the train. The theory investigators had was that the men were so frightened by the experience that they never thought to report it. “I am not in denial,” Chambliss supposedly said. Chambliss gave a quick statement to Richmond authorities, but the train waits for no one. Chambliss had to finish the run to Jacksonville before returning to Washington to assist in the robbery investigation. The famed Pinkerton National Detective Agency took up the case, suspecting construction workers near Accotink Creek, but the two robbers were never found.

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TRAIN ROBBERY AT FRANCONIA

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The railroad company reported later that the safe was not carrying anything of great value at the time of the robbery, only seventeen dollars in cash, a spare revolver, and a number of business files. What the robbers apparently did not know was that large shipments of valuables or deposits were often moved via the morning train, not the evening one, so that they could be secured during regular business hours. In fact, just twelve hours earlier, the morning express train had carried $73,000 in cash along the same route.

For more information on the history of the railroad, or the local area, copies of The Iron Road of Franconia, by museum board member Nathaniel Lee, are available for sale at the Franconia Museum, or may be ordered online at www.createspace.com/6190241.


TRAIN ROBBERY AT FRANCONIA . . . Continued from page 3

Long-Lost Map Showing Location of Kriegel’s Furniture on Beulah Road

(Map provided by Jeff Langley)

DOES YOUR GROUP NEED A SPEAKER?

Invite the Franconia Museum to tell its story at the next meeting of your organization: Schools, Civic, Business, Service, Fraternal or just a large group of friends. The presentation is free, but we do warn you that we will bring along our books to sell! We have many, many stories to tell about Franconia and the surrounding area and will include some that happened right at your doorstep. To schedule, please contact: Carl Sell at sellcarl@aol or 703-971-4716 Nathaniel Lee at [email protected] Don Hakenson at [email protected]

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On January 28, 1862, a bloody fight occurred at a residence located on the hill where the Lazy Su-san used to be located. The house located on that hill near Colchester was Mrs. Lee’s house (on the old Wagener homestead). There are various accounts on what happened that late night hour at Mrs. Lee’s house and here is what the author has found.

Mr. John Coxe, of Groveland, California and a Confederate veteran, related the story that he was told by the Texas Rangers who were involved in the fight at Mrs. Lee’s house:

“On the night of the fight three scouts occupied a front room downstairs, and one slept upstairs; while another one, as usual, was away on scout duty. All were sound asleep when, between eleven and twelve p.m., they were waked by loud knocking on the front door. And to the inside question, “Who’s there?” came the outside reply: “Come out of there, you Rebels, and surrender, or we’ll burn the house.” The scouts threw up windows and, finding the yard packed with the enemy, grabbed their rifles and fired into the crowd. The enemy returned the fire with a volley into that side of the house, [with] one of their balls going through a window and hitting a downstairs scout in the stom-ach. As the scouts reloaded their rifles, their upstairs comrade shouted and said: “Hold the house, boys; Hampton is coming.” This announcement confused the enemy, and after firing another volley, mostly into the roof of the house, they fled precipitately as the scouts fired into them again.

When things became quiet, the scouts went out of the house and were joined by their outside com-rade, who reported that only the infantry of the enemy went to the Lee House, their cavalry going on down to the landing on the river, evidently to prevent succor from our side. They said the large man lying in the yard was still alive and in the German language continually called some name. He died about four a.m.”

The Fight at Mrs. Lee’s House.

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THE BLOODY NIGHT AFFAIR AT MRS. LEE’S HOUSE By Don Hakenson

Mr. Coxe went on to add that the Texan wounded in the stomach developed complications, and on the fourth day after the fight the brave fellow passed away. The only name Mr. Coxe could remember of the gallant Texans who were in the fight was Templeton, who was doing the fighting upstairs.

The Washington Evening Star reported on the 29th of January 1862, that there had been a battle between fifty men of the Thirty-seventh New York and a group of Texas Rangers at Mrs. Lee’s house (the Wagener homestead) at the head of Belmont Bay. According to the Star, it was “the most desperate and bloody engagement that has so far marked the history of the war.” Fighting continued until all but one of the Rangers were dead; the northern loss was one killed and four wounded. “Both parties, too, stood up with equally unflinching courage; but one of the whole rebel detachment failing to sacrifice his life in the affair.”

According to the Alexandria Local News, the engagement had taken place at Mr. Potter’s house. He was first reported killed, then a prisoner. The paper quoted an account from the New York Herald saying that Colonel Burke of the Thirty-seventh had left his picket post near the village of Accotink and gone to Colchester. “The village,” stated the Herald, “consists of about half a dozen dwellings. The two houses in question were on each side of the Colchester Road one hundred and fifty yards from the Occoquan.” Colonel Burke said that Mrs. Lee’s house was under fire for ninety minutes. Another article steadfastly maintained that Potter’s house was the scene of the fighting, and that the Confederates were having a dance at the time.

Private Robert Sneden, in his memoirs, added an extra twist to the story. He stated that they mortally wounded and killed all the Texans, and that old man Potter was captured at this engagement after he was found upstairs in bed covered up between two women. He was dragged downstairs, yelling and screaming and cursing. Private Sneden added that Potter was seventy years old but yet very strong and an ugly customer to handle.

The Official Records commended Lieutenant Colonel John Burke, Thirty-seventh New York Volunteer Infantry and the handful of brave men of that regiment and the First New Jersey Cavalry, under his command, for their services in the affair at Lee’s House, or Belmont, on Occoquan Bay on the night of the 28th instant. The report further states, “Their coolness under fire, and the discretion and judgment displayed by Lieutenant Colonel Burke have won the confidence of the commanding general, who recognizes in these qualities the results of discipline and attention to duty.”

In the book, “Autobiography of Arab,” by E. Prioleau Henderson, the author tells the story of an incident that took place, regarding John Burke, the spy with the glass eye, and eight or ten other Texas soldiers, from the Fourth and Fifth Texas regiments, that had been sent on a scouting expedition towards Alexandria. John Burke would be the second Confederate identified that was at Mrs. Lee’s house on January 28th, 1862. Henderson goes on to say “On their return, a heavy snowstorm started on the Texans before they could cross the Occoquan River. They concluded to stop and spend the night at Colchester, north of the river, in a small but comfortable house, which was owned by Mrs. Lee. While

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they were all asleep, part of a Federal regiment of infantry, which had been in pursuit of them, surrounded the house, and ordered them to surrender. But they were Texans, and did not understand that word, surrender. They opened fire on the enemy, and after a terrible and bloody fight of several hours, they succeeded in driving the enemy off. The Texans then left the house, bringing off their wounded comrades, and crossed the Occoquan to safety.”

So who was the Texas Ranger Templeton? Well, he was Private Madison Monroe Templeton, a resident of Liberty County, Texas. Private Templeton enlisted on August 20, 1861, for the war in Company H, Fifth Texas Infantry by Captain John B. Cleveland in Polk County, Texas. On November 20, 1861, he was “detailed as a guerilla” at least until February 1862. Primarily performing duties as a scout until he was wounded at Sharpsburg on September 17, 1862. Brigadier General John B. Hood mentioned Private Templeton for, “gallantry and valuable service as a courier” after the Battle of Sharpsburg. Private Templeton was wounded again on December 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg. Finally, while on detached service, he was killed in action on May 3, 1863, in Mosby’s raid on Warrenton Junction. He was buried somewhere in the State of Virginia.

More Books Written By Board Members About Local History

This Forgotten Land: A Tour of Civil War Sites and Other

Historical Landmarks South of Alexandria, Virginia

By Don Hakenson

This Forgotten Land Vol. II Biographical Sketches of Confederate Veterans Buried in Alexandria, Virginia

By Don Hakenson

A Tour Guide and History of Col. John S. Mosby’s Combat Operations in

Loudoun County, Virginia By Don Hakenson and Charles V. Mauro

Get your copy today by contacting Don at 703- 971- 4984 [email protected]

THE BLOODY NIGHT AFFAIR AT MRS. LEE’S HOUSE . . .Continued from page 6

BOARD MEMBERS NEEDED

The Franconia Museum has vacancies on its Board of Directors.

If you would like to become part of our team and help promote our effort, contact Carl Sell at 703-971-4716 or [email protected] We especially

need people who can help with our electronic outreach effort.

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FRANCONIA ROAD. . . THE WAY WE WERE

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Franconia Road? Where? Between the four fence posts and the woods. This 1942 shot was taken Diagonally across from old Franconia School.

Pictured are Janice, Tommy, and Joyce Stewardson.

(Photo provided by Joyce Stewardson Young)


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FRANCONIA ROAD . . . THE WAY WE WERE

Luther Rice College at Franconia Baptist Church

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During World War II,an organization known as the Aircraft Warning Service had almost one million Americans from Canada to Key West scanning the skies 24 hours a day, watching for ene-my aircraft. Many outposts were located around the nation’s capital. The Franconia Museum has a new display featuring a helmet and arm band donated by a family that watched nearby. The entire Bassler family from Groveton volunteered in two-hour shifts, working from an observation building on Collard Street. Since Groveton is the highest point in our area, they could scan the skies far and wide, including over Franconia. Teen-agers from both Groveton and Franconia were class-mates at the old Mount Vernon High School on Route #1. Ironically, Don Bassler, Jr., would later serve in the United States Army from 1957 to 1959. He was based in, you guessed it, Germany! Don Bassler, Jr., who now lives in Warrenton, VA, recalls that his dad, Don, Sr,, mother Sue, sister Binky and brother Gerald were all involved in the operation. They learned to identify all types of aircraft through training and the use of spotter cards, guides and silhouette models. When the risk of attack was reduced in the latter part of the war, the corps was inactivated. Information from the observation posts was passed on to centers, also manned by volunteers, based in secret locations. Since the Germans had heavy bombers capable of flying 1,000 miles or more, volunteering with the AWS was serious business. The helmet and arm band on display at the Franconia Museum will help remind citizens today of how scary it was to live in the United States during World War II. The WWII home front relics are just part of the history of our area on display at the Franconia Museum in the Franconia Governmental Center, 6121 Franconia Road. We are open 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. Like the AWS, we are all volunteers, but our mission is designed to inform, not save lives! Thanks to the Bassler family for preserving these artifacts and thanks to Bill Bland of L. C. Smith, Inc., on Farrington Avenue for bringing them to the Museum.

WWII AIRCRAFT WARNING SERVICE

Everyone has a story to tell and we want to hear yours! If you are interested in sharing your stories with us, please email us at

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The Franconia Museum is also looking for artifacts, photos, and maps (gifts or loans) to be used in future exhibits. Franconia Museum, Inc. is a 501 ( c) ( 3 ) private community based not-for-profit organization.

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IN MEMORIAM

EDWARD AUSTEL GAILLIOT If you knew Ed Gailliot, you have probably heard many of his amusing stories about growing up in Alexandria, working for the phone company, and living in Rose Hill. If not, you can remember Ed and his wife, Shirley, by reading an interview they did for Historic Alexandria. Go to myrosehill.com and click on “Ed and Shirley Gailliott” on the main page. It takes some navigating, but the inter-view, found in the oral history section, is worth reading.

Ed worked for the phone company as an outside repairman by choice. One of his favorite stories was about the kid who ran into the

house and told his mom, “There’s a man outside on the telephone pole talking to God.” The mother told him that wasn’t true, but the child persisted. So the mom went outside to look and listen. There was Ed, or another repairman just like him, up on the pole trying to repair a line. He kept saying, “Are your there?” into the phone used for repairs. Soon he became exasperated and said, again and again, “Jesus Christ, are your there?”

Ed Gailliot passed away at age 87 on February 17, 2017, at the Westminster at Lake Ridge Sen-ior Center. His wife, Shirley, died in 2010 after a long bout with cancer. Ed was her caretaker until the end, vowing to make her as comfortable as possible in their rambler on Apple Tree Drive in Rose Hill, where they had moved in 1961.

Ed’s father, Charles, was living in Alexandria and working for the Navy. Charles’ three brothers back in Pittsburgh asked him to find a piece of property that they could buy and they would come to Virginia. Charles found the property, the brothers bought it, and the rest is history. The four Gailliot brothers farmed the property at Beulah Road and Telegraph Road years ago. It later became a chicken farm that supplied eggs and meat for the local population during World War II. Later, the property was a sand and gravel business, then a landfill, a golf course, and today is a shopping area anchored by Wegman’s.

Ed Gailliot was a pilot who liked to say he stopped flying solo after he got married. He served in the Navy, and after he retired he was a Docent Emeritus at the National Air & Space Museum on the grounds of Dulles International Airport. A friend to animals, he asked that he be remembered by contri-butions to your local animal shelter.

He is survived by his daughters, Ann Comer and Terry Cole, son Kenneth Gailliot, and three grandchildren, Jesse Cole, Danielle Comer and Bryce Gailliot. Ed and Shirley are buried at Mount Comfort Cemetery. (I was proud to know Ed Gailliot personally, and to coach Kenny as a Pioneer League All-Star in a baseball tournament in York, PA.—Carl Sell)


IN MEMORIAM … continued

Robert Gaskins June 6 2016

Class of 1976

Edison High School Alumni

Richard Harklerod Dec. 20, 2016 Class of 1978

Mark Hatfield November 2016 Class of 1977

Nahida Ibrahim September 1, 2016

Class of 1972

Jerry L. Mandley Sept. 22, 2016 Class of 1978

Asante Jones March 24, 2017 Class of 2018


Amy Abbott December 2016 Class of 1994

Quentin Beatty March 2, 2017 Class of 1971

Doris A. Bushong February 2, 2017

Class of 1970

Kent M. Brady January 14, 2017

Class of 1968

Michael Dodd Sr. June 3, 2016

Class of 1977

Alan Cohee November 10, 2016

Class of 1973

WILLIAM “BILL” FLAMMER, SR. July 19, 1938—February 4, 2016

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IN MEMORIAM … continued

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Pamela Patterson March 27, 2017 Class of 1980

Ira E. Reed Jr. Sept. 21, 2016 Class of 1967


Sheila Shumate Nov. 27, 2016 Class of 1976

Gary E. Watson

October 26, 2016

David Wolz January 19, 2017

Class of 1971

Sheila Hurley March 23, 2017 Class of 1983


Franklin Marlow Sept. 17, 2016 Class of 1980

Amanda McClain November 9, 2016

Class of 1974

Dianne Parnell February 24, 2017

Class of 1964

Michael McCoy Dec.16, 2016

Class of 1974

Michael Persons Sept. 23, 2016 Class of 1990

Alexis Perrus November 8, 2016

Class of 1988


In Memoriam … continued

James A. Fortney January 14, 2017

Class of 1975

Hayfield Secondary School Alumni

David Harriman February 11, 2017

Class of 1994

Jacob A. Henson June 1, 2016

Class of 2000

Barbara Kridle January 9, 2017 Class of 1975

Diego C. LaFranco Sept. 11, 2016 Class of 2015

Debra M. Lacy June 25, 2016 Class of 1978


Timothy Akers Dec. 4, 2016

Class of 1984

Wayne Bowen February 2, 2017

Class of 1976

Jon Compton Nov. 28, 2016 Class of 1986

Thomas Brownlow Nov. 3, 2016

Class of 1976

Bonnie Deviers March 16, 2017 Class of 1972

Diane L. Crowder January 26, 2017

Class of 1966


In Memoriam … continued

Conner Worosz Oct. 1, 2016

Class of 2018


Lory Yazurlo Sept. 22, 2016 Class of 1981


Richard Langley Nov. 20, 2016 Class of 1977

William H. Leckner Dec. 24, 2016

September 9, 2016

Isaac Saldago Dec. 26, 2016 Class of 2016

Agnes R. Ramos Sept. 4, 2016 Class of 1996

Donald Stevens Feb. 8, 2017

Class of 1972

Mark Shantz Feb. 20, 2017 Class of 1978

In grateful acknowledgement of the assistance provided by Jeff Langley in compiling these memorial pages for Edison High School and Hayfield Secondary School alumni who have recently passed away. All student photos and data are courtesy of Jeff Langley.

Farewell our friend, you’re leaving It’s time for you to go; Your friendship was a blessing, And we will miss you so. . . . . . © Judy Marriott


2016 Franconia Current Friends

Nancy Anwyll

Daniel & Julie Baker Michael Banks Betty Barnett

Ruth “Connie” Beatty Virginia Bresnahan

Suzanne Briar Ruby Calkins

Floyd & Renae Cline Margaret Cooke Kennon Cooksey David A. Cruden

Kathy Dakon Richard J. DiBuono Tim & Joy Fleming

Charles “Chuck” Garbers Lawrence & Dianne Brown Gilley

Lynne Haas Gomez Ethel Gorham

Michael C. Groenevel Stanley Harrison John W. Haskins

Shirley Hatton Marlene Herrling Jennifer Higham

William & Nancy Higham Jane C. Hilder Georgia R. Hill

Richard P. Hudson Larry & Connie Huffman

Richard W. Jefferies Daniel Jones Michael Kalis

Richard Stone

Kathryn Ogden Talbert Edward Trexler

Kathleen Ann Via Robert “Bob” Warwick

Kathy Weaver Lyn & Margaret Welch Woody “Sonny” Wise Jim & Peggi Woodard Joyce & Bob Young

Non Profit Friends

James & Nita Jones Bonny Dyer Jones

Kathleen Shaw

Business Friends

Fairfax Co. History Commission Hayfield Citizens Association

James Rice, Attorney

Lifetime Business Friends

Dove Heating and Air Conditioning

Jefferson Funeral Chapel

Barbara Keck

Gene & Audrey Kelley Bonnie King

Ed & Rosemary Kley Mary Frances Koemer

Gordon Kromberg Fred & Laura Landon

Gary & Kandi Lee Oliver & Julia Lee

Roger & Aimee Lee Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Levine

Loren Family Barbara MacDonald

Bill Mapes Helen McClary Edna Mitchell Patricia Nilson Dick Orndorff Greg Paspatis

Larry & Marge Peard Robert Pearson Arlene Perkins

Michael & Virginia Rauer James C. Rice

Karen Perkins Royall Beth Seitzinger

Karen Seitzinger Sharon & Jeff Sheldon

Bob Sherman Marjorie Simms

Ronald & Kris Simms Mary Evelyn Smith

Walter E. Smith Doug & Suzi Stanton

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Mosby Tours - Don Hakenson & Gregg Dudding

Sherman Properties - Steve Sherman Sheehy Ford

Lifetime Friends

Honorable Joseph "Joe" & "Davie" Alexander

Vikki S. Beaty Lawrence & Stephanie Bianco

John Briar, III Charlotte Brown

Thomas & Peggy Brown Bill Cooke

Bob & Peggy Cooke Kenneth Curry

Fairfax County Historical Commission Charlie Fenimore

Ann Marie Gardner Judy Tharpe Hutchinson

Laurel Grove Baptist Church Honorable Jeff McKay Bob & Marcia Moon

Cary Nalls William Poppe Tom Sachs

Bernice Schurtz Honorable Mark Sickles

Robert Daniel (Danny) Simms Jean Starry

Marjorie Bagget Tharpe Donna Poppe-Wagner

Mary Elizabeth (Mary Jane Simms) Whitaker Helen R. Wise

Ron Wise

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Founding Friends

Olander & Carolyn Banks, Sr.

Sky Phillips Beaven Daniel & Marcia Brown

Shirley Dove Davis Gregg & Debbie Dudding

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Paul & Johna Gagnon Clemens S. Gailliot Jr.

Peter Gentieu Don & Carol Hakenson

Bob Heittman (In Memory Of) Andy & Jane Higham

Hon. Gladys Keating (In Memory Of) Betty & Arthur Nalls (In Memory Of)

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Event Sponsors

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Dove Heating & Air Conditioning Five Star Carpet

Laurel Grove School Association Mosby Tours – Don Hakenson & Gregg Dudding

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Business Founding Friends

Both Sides Tours - Carl Sell

& Don Hakenson Kaplan, Inc.

Lindner Family Foundation Mosby Tours - Don Hakenson

& Gregg Dudding Sherman Properties - Steve Sherman

Sheehy Ford

Lifetime Friends

Honorable Joseph "Joe" & "Davie" Alexander

Vikki S. Beaty Lawrence & Stephanie Bianco

John Briar, III Charlotte Brown

Thomas & Peggy Brown Bill Cooke

Bob & Peggy Cooke Kenneth Curry

Fairfax County Historical Commission Charlie Fenimore

Ann Marie Gardner Judy Tharpe Hutchinson

Dan & Rita Kuntz Laurel Grove Baptist Church

Honorable Jeff McKay Bob & Marcia Moon

Cary Nalls William Poppe

Bonnie Ruetenik Tom Sachs

Bernice Schurtz Kathleen Shaw

Honorable Mark Sickles Robert Daniel (Danny) Simms

Jean Starry Carolyn Banks Summers Marjorie Baggett Tharpe Donna Poppe-Wagner

Mary Elizabeth (Mary Jane Simms) Whitaker Gregory Wilson Helen R. Wise

Ron Wise

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2017 Board Of Directors: President: Carl Sell (Pub Co-Editor)

VP for Administration: Nathaniel Lee VP for Education: Phyllis Walker-Ford VP for Historical Activities: Don Hakenson (Pub Co-Editor) Secretary: Judy Hutchinson Treasurer: Jane Higham

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