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Montpelier Hunt Races. Photo by SusanCarter, courtesy of MSEF.

Cover designed by Marilyn Ellinger

hen Lake of the Woods resident Jim Fargo wasinvited to attend the ribbon cutting ceremonycelebrating the local Wachovia Bank’s transi-

tion to Wells Fargo, he wasn’t particularly surprised. Hehad, after all, offered the loan of his personal Wells Fargowagon model to add a bit of color to the occasion.

He was somewhat surprised, however, when he wascalled upon to assist in the actual ribbon cutting, and evenmore surprised at being asked to speak.

While not directly descended from William G. Fargo,who in the mid-1800’s organized the Wells FargoExpress Company in partnership with Henry Wells, JimFargo can trace his ancestry in the same family back to the17th century.

The story, as he tells it, begins with Jacent Fargeau,a French Huguenot who fled France for Wales to escapereligious persecution in 1662. “Jacent died, but two of hissons, Moses and Aaron, emigrated from Wales to Americain 1668, and landed in what is now Norwich,Connecticut. We are descended from Moses Fargo,”Fargo explained.

Moses’ son, Robert, was the second Fargo generationin the U.S. and Robert’s brother, Ralph, was great-greatgrandfather to Wells Fargo founder William G. Fargo.

The Wells Fargo company got its start in SanFrancisco during the California gold rush, offering servic-es in banking (buying gold and selling paper bank drafts)

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Jim Fargo retrieves a golf ball fromhis lawn adjacent to the fifth fairway ofthe Lake of the Woods Golf Course.

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ink Brooking, Marion duPont Scott’s huntsman has been quotedas saying, “In Orange, you might miss Christmas but you don’tmiss the races.”

Few events in Orange County have the history or attraction of Montpelier’sHunt Races. Established in 1929, the races have become one of the area’sbiggest events.

According to Martha Strawther, Executive Director of the Montpelier HuntRaces, tents were sold out this year.

Saturday, November 5th was the 77th running of the Montpelier HuntRaces. The race tradition began with Marion duPont Scott, who lived atMontpelier and was an accomplished rider.

There are seven horse races, starting at 12:30. Five of the races are overfences, while two are flat races. The premier race is race six.

“The races have become much bigger with the completion of the renova-tion [of the Montpelier mansion],” Strawther said. “We have very loyal spon-sorship.”

One of the new sponsors this year has been a longtime active supporterof the. Keswick Equine Clinic provides pre-race checks and tends to any needsthe horses have before, during, or after each race.

“For several years we have been one of the veterinarians present on theday of the races, working as volunteers,” said Martha Mellish, a veterinarian atKeswick Equine Clinic. “We check in on all the horses before the races andhave a truck that follows the horses during the race in case there is an injury.”

Mellish enjoys many aspects of the races. “I have a lot of appreciation for the work and training that it takes to get a

horse to that level. I enjoy the horses, their athleticism, the fact that they goover those jumps and their willingness to work with their rider.”

While the horses are certainly the main attraction of the day, there aremany other aspects that make the day such a fun event. A terrier race, a chil-dren’s stick horse race, the Dolly Madison tailgate contest, this year’s hat con-test, and a variety of vendors all make Montpelier race day a rich experience.

The races at James Madison’s Montpelier also provide other opportunitiesfor the community to come together. Orange County High School JuniorReserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is one organization that serves thecommunity through this event.

The Color Guard presents the flag at the start of the race day each yearand then returns on Sunday to clean up the grounds.

“We have an affiliation with Montpelier, we are the Montpelier Battalion,

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Montpelier's Hunt Races:an Orange tradition

BY MEGHANN MCKNIGHTCORRESPONDENT

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flag at the start of the race day eachyear and then returns on Sunday to

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All photos by Susan Carter, courtesy of MSEF.

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and we are honored to have that affiliation,” explained Major Daniel of OrangeCounty High School’s Junior ROTC.

“The day after the races, our entire battalion goes out and cleans up andrestores the grounds to the original condition (before the races). We clean upthe recyclables and trash. We meet from seven in the morning until about twoin the afternoon. It teaches them the importance of being humble. They arelearning about community service, on a community level beyond what theylearn school.”

If you missed the races this year, make sure they are on your calendar fornext year. The family friendly day celebrates history unique to Orange County.

“The Montpelier races are a great example of the horse culture in this areaof Virginia,” said Mellish. “It is a great event.”

The 2011 races were dedicated to the memory of Jean Ellen duPontShehan, who passed away in August at age eighty-eight. Her father, WilliamduPont Jr., designed the racecourse, and her aunt, Marion duPont Scott wasthe founder. Shehan was a longtime benefactor and supporter of the races andher children continue to support the tradition.

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and express (rapid delivery of goldand other valuable commodities) tothe early gold miners. In 1861, thecompany took over the operation ofthe western leg of the famed PonyExpress, and in 1866, combined allthe major western stagecoach lines.Later, following completion of thetranscontinental railroad, Wells Fargoexpanded its transportation system toinclude the rails, and, in 1888,became the America’s first nation-wide express company.

While the Wells Fargo companywas building its stagecoach expressoperation, Jim Fargo’s great grandfa-ther, Sylvester Fargo, and his wife,Sarah, were moving west in the firstcolony of Americans to homesteadthe Dakota territory. They left NewYork in 1868 and settled in Gayville,South Dakota. By the time of theBlack Hills Gold Rush, which ranbetween 1874 and 1877, Sylvesterand Sarah were sufficiently estab-lished to begin making wagon runs ofprovisions from their farm and othersupplies to the Gold Rush miners inDeadwood in the western part of thestate.

Jim Fargo’s grandfather, James S.Fargo, interviewed by a broadcastnewsman in 1952, related stories ofSylvester’s freighting operation. “Hedrove sixteen yoke of oxen pullingthree wagons hooked together.”Fargo recounted. “He butchered ashigh as sixty hogs to take on a singletrip, and mother would churn butterand put it in large firkins so it wouldkeep well in the wagons. They usedto get one dollar a pound for butter inDeadwood. That was, of course,before the railroad came in there.That was a freighting trip of over fourhundred miles so they had to use a lotof care to have everything in order.While father was en route with thefirst freight load, mother would getanother shipment ready and ship it toPierre up the Missouri river by steam-boat from Yankton. When father fin-ished delivering his freight load, he’ddrive back to Pierre and pick up the

steamboat load and freight it in toDeadwood. That way they’d get twoshipments to the Hills in one season.”

“While Wells Fargo was doingtheir thing developing the west, “JimFargo explained, “these Fargos werehelping develop the DakotaTerritory.” Grandfather James S.Fargo, after retiring from farming,ran the Gayville Farmer’s Store.“He kept his money in the local bank,“Jim explained, “and kept it fromgoing under during the depression.”

Jim Fargo, ac tually James CharlesFargo, born in Vermillion SD, was

the first of his family in four genera-tions to leave the South Dakotahomestead.

He earned a bachelor’s and a mas-ter’s degree in chemistry from theUniversity of South Dakota, afterdeveloping a love of chemistrythrough his high school chemistryteacher, who was also his coach atthe time.

Fargo finished high school inMeckling, South Dakota, with a grad-uating class of 12 students.

“I played all sports - football, bas-ketball, track,” he said. “In those

days, we were playing eight-manfootball, and we only had 14 out forfootball, so we couldn’t even scrim-mage a team against a team, but wewon our conference championship.We went undefeated. I was a quarter-back, but I gave up my job as quarter-back and went to end so I could catchthree consecutive passes to win thefinal game.”

He was also a multiple threat intrack. “I ran the hundred, and therelays. I tried to pole vault; I wasn’t

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Lake of the Woods resident Jim Fargo, fifth from left, who shares a family background with Wells Fargo founder William G.Fargo, assists in cutting the ribbon at a ceremony celebrating the local Wachovia Bank branch transition to Wells Fargo. Otherstaking part are, from left, Joanie Lewis of Wells Fargo, Tim Bettendorf, Bud Moody and Rick Hooper of Lake of the Woods Fireand Rescue, Wells Fargo Store Manager Joseph Szadvari, Wells Fargo District Manager Cameron Stephens, John Chasen andBarbara Bannar of the Orange County Chamber of Commerce, and Caylen Haney of Wells Fargo.

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very good, but I won a few ribbons. Iwould broad jump and run the lowhurdles. Back in those days, you ran180 yards in the low hurdles. Wedidn’t have enough hurdles at theschool to do 180 yards - we only hadabout four hurdles - so I could onlyrun sort of sprints with those four.The only practice I really got waswhen we went down to the Universityof South Dakota to participate inlocal meets. But in the district trackmeet, I came in second, and qualifiedfor the state meet, without even hav-ing a full set of practice hurdles at myschool.”

After completing his college edu-cation, Fargo spent more than 22years in the Army Chemical Corps,and a further 18 years working innuclear, biological and chemicaldefense related industries. He retiredin 1994 as a senior scientist withScience Applications InternationalCorporation.

In 2003, after more than adecade operating a horse breedingbusiness near Nokesville, Virginia,Jim and his wife, Gayle, moved toLake of the Woods. They had lookedat more than fifty other communitiesbefore making their decision. “Wejust liked the way the area looked, the

lake, the clubhouse,” he remem-bered. “It was a nice looking gatedcommunity, and we were interestedin that. I was interested in golfing.”Their home, on the fifth fairway ofthe LOW golf course, had just beencompleted when they found it. “Thebuilder was willing to do a few thingsfor us,” Jim said, “so my wife remod-eled the kitchen before she evenmoved in. She wanted the Viking gasstove, and so on.” The builder tookback the existing kitchen appliancesand gave the couple credit for thatamount.

“My wife had her own cateringbusiness for about seven years,”Fargo noted. “She’s into cooking.We belong to the Lake of the WoodsChurch. She gets called now andthen to provide food for funerals, andthings like that. She doesn’t do a lotof party stuff anymore.”

Gayle Fargo is involved with theLOW Players. She was assistantdirector for the group’s recent pro-duction of “Oklahoma,” and alsocontributes recipe features to thecommunity’s “Lake Currents”newsletter.

Jim Fargo was a charter memberof the LOW Veterans Club. “That ispretty much my main activity,” he

said. “We are up to around 170members now, I guess. We havesome pretty interesting speakers.”

After helping the manager of thelocal Wells Fargo branch make thecut on the ceremonial ribbon, Jim

Fargo was asked by the company’sdistrict manager to say a few words.Without missing a beat, Fargo, smil-ing, replied, “I’ve always wanted tohave a Wells Fargo checking account,and now I’ve got one!”

This panel on the Fargo family history quilt documents Wells Fargo founder William G. Fargo’s accomplishment.

A Fargo family history quilt made by Gayle Fargo displays historical informationgathered from documents provided by family members.

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of the tours at 4pm. Tickets are avail-able at the particiapting Inns or bysending a check made payable toDMGC, P. O. Box 1017, Orange, VA22960. Tickets will be mailed to you.Tickets are also available at The ArtsCenter of Orange, Elmwood atSparks and The Light Well. Inns willoffer a 25% discount on room ratesfor Sunday, December 4, Propertiesmay be visited in any order. Please nosmoking, cell phones, sharp heeledshoes or photography inside theHistoric Inns. Wear comfortableshoes for walking on uneven surfaces.An adult must accompany childrenage 17 or younger. Please no pets.Website: http://www.innsatmontpe-lier.com

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ny kicks off our community holidaytradition,Sunday, December 4.Light refreshments are served whilea visit from the jolly old man him-self is enjoyed by children youngand old at the Exchange Hotel.

Our community comes togetherto carol down Main Street from theExchange Hotel to the Town Hallfor the Christmas tree to be lit.This event takes place on the firstSunday of December.

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A Candlelight Christmas at MontpelierDecember 2, 3 & 4 (Fri.-Sun.): Tour the mansion by candlelight for a very special introduction to the holiday season for you and your family. $25 by November 30; $30 at the door. Members: $5 discount. Children 6—14 $5; children 5 and under free. 5:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m. (540) 672-2728 x112

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Rikki's Refuge Fall In LoveWith The Animals Tour and

Nature WalkSaturday, November 12, the

gates open at 11:30 a.m. Visit Rikki'sRefuge and fall in love...with the ani-mals, the leaves, the peace and beautyof the countryside. The colors shouldbe beautiful and the animals are gettingtheir winter fur. The Refuge tour startsat 12 p.m.The tour lasts approximate-ly 1 1/2 hours. The nature walkthrough the beautiful woods starts at 2p.m. and lasts approximately 2 hours.Please wear appropriate clothing andfootwear as you will be walkingthrough woods on uneven paths andpossibly through water. Fee: 2 (ormore) cans of cat/dog food per per-son. Call: 540/854-0870 (ext 2) www.rikkisrefuge.org

The Singing Christmas TreeOrange Baptist Church is pleased to announce that the 28th perform-

ance of the Singing Christmas Tree will be held on Saturday, December10th and Sunday, December 11th at 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

This event is free of charge and nursery care will be provided. Come enjoy a delightful evening of Christmas music and spirit that the

whole family can enjoy. Orange Baptist Church is located at 123 West MainStreet, Orange, VA. For more information please contact the Church officeat (540) 672-2996.

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Rikki's Refuge 5KRun/Walk

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any kindAge Groups: 19-Under, 20-29,30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60 and over.Awards: Awards to the top male

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Nov. 11 Veterans Day.Montpelier. Free admission to allveterans. (540) 672-2728www.montpelier.org

Nov.12 GordonsvilleVeteran's Day Parade. DowntownGordonsville. 3:00 (540) 832-2233www.townofgordonsville.org

Nov. 13 Freedman's Farm andConfederate Camp Site WalkingTour. Gilmore Cabin at Montpelier.(540) 672-2728 www.montpelier.org

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Dec.4 Community MemorialChristmas Tree Lighting. TaylorPark. 5:30 (540) 672-1653

Dec 4-6 Civil War PackageWeekend. The Inns at Montpelier.www.innsatmontpelier.com

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Zumba Party to Raise Funds duringDiabetes Awareness Month

Fans and first-timers alike of Zumba exercise dance, America’s latest fit-ness craze, will gather together on Friday, November 4th, at the OrangeCounty School of Performing Arts, to move, shake and have loads of fun –all while helping to support medical care for diabetics at the Orange CountyFree Clinic (OCFC).

Zumba is a Latin-inspired exercise program that incorporates dancemoves from all over the world: salsa, meringue, hip-hop, samba andmambo, to name a few. Instructors from Mayeisha’s Fine Arts Studios inLocust Grove, Virginia, will lead the November 4th Zumba class, designedfor all fitness levels and ages.

“In conjunction with National Diabetes Awareness Month, we are look-ing forward to promoting healthy activity and getting bodies in motion tohelp combat diabetes,” says OCFC Nurse Practitioner Ava Johnson.

OCFC offers free primary health care and medication assistance to unin-sured and underserved Orange County residents. Many of the patients whocome to the clinic are facing life-threatening conditions including diabetesand hypertension.

November is Diabetes Awareness Month. Proceeds for the Zumba Danceevent will support direct patient care at OCFC where diabetes is the secondmost diagnosed disease.

Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Free seated massagesand door prizes are also included in the price! The goal is to raise $1,000for medicines and medical supplies. The Zumba event will take place from6:00pm-8:00pm at the Orange County School of Performing Arts,Firehouse Theater, located at 108 Belleview Avenue in Orange.

To purchase tickets or get more information, please call 540-672-3530or email ocfc@verizon.net.

In Loving Memory ofCandy Erhard

Our Super Shopper, FerryGodmother, Pumpkin Picker, and PuppyPals and Vincents Vittles coordinatorCandy and her husband Paul Erhardspent many many hours helping the crit-ters of Rikki's over the years.

It is with heavy hearts that we sendyou over Rainbow Bridge. May we meetagain in peace.

At the request of a number of friends wehave started the Candy Erhard MemorialFund. We’ll use the funds for a special proj-ect just for Candy. I promise we’ll brainstorm and pick something she would love!

Vincent D. Cat, Official spokesperson for Rikki’s Refuge

http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.phpVincent D. Cat

Candy Erhard

Photos by Rikki’s Refuge.

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rom mid-summer through the fall, goldenrods brighten the country-side with their deep-yellow flowers that almost seem to glow in thesunlight. They are a delight to human eyes and a cafeteria to many

kinds of wildlife.The numerous blooms produce large quantities of nectar. Observe a golden-

rod up close and some of the insects you will see feasting on this sugary sub-stance are honeybees, bumblebees, carpenter bees, many kinds of wasps, andlast but not least, Monarch butterflies.

Most of the insects you notice will die with the coming of cold weather, butthe Monarchs are on their way south to escape that certain death. These beau-tiful creatures need energy to keep moving and goldenrods are a vital source ofnourishment for them. Indeed, for this reason alone, native species of golden-rods are extremely valuable plants to cultivate in your yard.

Some animals, such as soldier beetles, feed upon protein-rich goldenrodpollen. Soldier beetles are so named because some species have bright colorsthat used to make people think of old military uniforms.

Predatory creatures, such as crab spiders, hide on flowers to catch insectsdining there. And mammals, such as Eastern Cottontail Rabbits and White-tailed Deer, eat the fresh spring foliage of goldenrod.

.In late fall and throughout winter, when the goldenrods have gone to seed,American Goldfinches, Dark-eyed Juncos, and Pine Siskins will help themselvesto the seeds that have not yet been carried off by the wind. Every seed has a

white plume attached to catch the breezes.Now is the time of year to collect goldenrod seeds. Throw them into a

cleared spot in a corner where you can enjoy the beauty of the plants next yearas well as the flurry of activity as animals visit throughout the growing season.And don’t forget to keep an eye on the goldenrod throughout the winter asbirds eat the seeds.

Goldenrod will enrich your yard better than gold!

Naturalist Marlene A. Condon is the author/photographer of The Nature-friendly Garden: Creating a Backyard Haven for Plants, Wildlife, and People(Stackpole Books; information at www.marlenecondon.com). If you have aquestion about plants or animals, or gardening in a nature-friendly manner, sendit to AskTheNatureLady@aol.com and please watch for an answer in this paper.

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CULPEPER COUNTYABSOLUTE REAL ESTATE AUCTION

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Russ Robertson. Photo by Pat LaLand

The sculpture of child embellished by two figures of her two dogs. Photo by Pat LaLand.

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habit of writing thoughtful little notes to her friends. She never spoke ill of any-one.

A native of Reidsville, N.C., she met, through Woodberry connections, thelove of her life, Stuart Robertson whom everyone knew as “Robbie”, on ablind date for the Roosevelt Ball, a March of Dimes sponsored event inSalisbury, N.C.to benefit the fight against polio. Robbie was working inChatham, N.C. at the time.

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A painting called; The Heart of Orange, a water color by artist Chee KludtRicketts. Photo courtesy of The Arts Center in Orange.

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He invited her to Orange to attend the annual fourth of July Culpeper HorseShow and to be a guest at his family home on Landon Lane. “I just lovedOrange and all Robbie’s young friends,” she said. “We enjoyed visiting the lit-tle night clubs with jukeboxes. We would close one, go to another, about fivedifferent ones in an evening.” One was called Austins, there was Lasker’sBurnt Tree and another was DaVivi’s which was located close to Walnut Hillsand Skyline Drive. “A glorified beer joint,” she called it, “with an airplane pro-peller in the ceiling for ‘air conditioning’!”. Tucker’s Tea Room was anotherhonky-tonk favorite, along with William’s Tea Room between Orange andCulpeper. What did they drink? “Probably ‘white lighnin’” she thought. “Wehad friends at a filling station that would provide a quart jar of mint julepswrapped in a towel, a “loving cup”. It was a popular thing. At first I feltoffended by all that, germs and all, but the others were real happy about it andthe juleps tasted just fine.

“A popular addition was Holley’s One Stop where everybody went for ahamburger before going home at the end of the club circuit. You ordered andafter receiving your food ate it in the car. The One Stop was in the little build-ing next door to the James Madison Museum.”

Russ and Robbie were married in the Methodist Church in Reidsville on May30, 1942 and went to live in Elkton, N.C. where Robbie had a job. He becamean Air Force pilot in World War II and they lived in Lubbock, Texas by the endof the war where he was flying a plane that pulled targets at the gunnery schoollocated there. She accompanied him through moves to Pine Bluff, Arkansas,Uma, Arizona, Independence, Kansas and Lubbock, always finding a job as alegal secretary or clerk-typist.

After the war Robbie started law school at the University of Virginia underthe G. I. Bill. “We initiated the Veteran’s Village there that were expandabletrailers, three connected into one. Very uninviting.” Gwyn was born there inbarracks from the Newport News Shipbuilding company. Robbie graduated in1948and they came to live in Orange where he joined his father’s law firm andthe quality of life improved.

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“When Robbie and I moved to Orange in 1948 there were two banks, threelaw firms, two or three lawyers in private practice, two hardware stores, a cou-ple of doctors and a blacksmith shop, the Orange Review newspaper, two niceshops for women’s clothes, a nice store for men’s clothing, three departmentstores and an especially nice jewelry store, a movie theater, a drive-in theater,and a little later I think, a bowling alley and three hotels. The depot was activewith the trains stopping for passengers. There was no traffic light. There werethree drug stores, Ricketts, Grymes and Pages and each had soda fountains.Page’s had mugs with men’s names on them for the five or six businessmenwho would go there daily for coffee.

“I only remember one restaurant. Both the elementary and high school weresitting side by side on Peliso Avenue. The schools did not have a bus system forlocal students. Grymes Memorial School was in Mrs. Emily Gryme’s home onWest Main Street. The school later was moved to Spicer’s Mill Road and theGrymes house was torn down. . Mrs. Grace McCutcheon, representing theWomen’s Club, worked very hard to get a children’s playground which waswhere Verizon and the Sedwick Building are now. Spark’s Grocery and theSafeway provided groceries. There were five or six churches, I think, and theyall had active women’s auxiliaries.

“We had a lot of young married friends, many of whom attended eveningservices at St. Thomas. There were several women’s groups in town. Therewas a Homemaker’s Club for older women that met in the daytime and one inthe evening for the young marrieds. It featured crafts, cooking, gardening andso forth. I was president for a while.

“The elder homemakers were very interested in gardening and Miss ElmaWilliams, Wyatt’s aunt, was a member of Dolley Madison Garden Club andwanted to start one with younger members who later would be inducted into theDolley Madison club. Carol Shackelford had the first meeting at her house andthat was the beginning of the Orange Garden Club which met Wednesday after-noon.”

There was a monthly dance at the American Legion that was supported bythe young married crowd. “It had a live band with our kind of big band sound.Connor Philips, a jeweler from Gordonsville had the most popular band.”

Welford and Irwin Sherman were owners of the President Madison Inn. Thenight before the formal opening the young crowd went there for the kickoff andsome of them rented rooms to spend the night. The Montpelier Club was a pri-

vate club there before Virginia had liquor by the drink. There also was a swim-ming pool that flourished for a while.

“In the summers our group arranged to use the private swimming poolowned by the Trimmers off Rapidan Road. It was very rustic and we could havepicnics there. Eventually the Town and County pool started from that. Theymet to form it in the board room of the Citizen’s Bank, now Bank of America.”

Russ and Robbie started building their house on East Main Street in1948,the year daughter Ellis was born and Lucy B joined the family in 1952.

Street where children can play in the water and embellished it with charm-ing sculpted figures of a child and her two dogs. The marker reads: TheRobertson Fountain. A gift to the community of Orange, Virginia from AnneRussell Gwyn Robertson honoring her husband A. Stuart Robertson, Jr., andtheir daughters, Gwyn, Ellis and Lucy B.

Hospice doesn’t give us the power to shorten or prolong life, just the power to live it aswe choose. To be at home, if we wish. To be painfree. To be comforted and cared for whenwe can no longer be cured. To learn more, contact Hospice of the Rapidan, by calling usat 540-825-4840 or visit www.hotr.org.

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The sculputre is a gift to the community of Orange, from Anne Russell GwynRobertson honoring her husband A. Stuart Robertson, Jr., and their daughters,

Gwyn, Ellis and Lucy B. Photo by Pat LaLand.

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