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The Star-Crossed Lives of Marion Dupont & Randolph Scott MAGAZINE OC March 22–April 18, 2019 • One Copy FREE ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA TThehe SStar-Crossedtar-Crossed LLivesives ofof MMarionarion duPontduPont & RandolphRandolph SScottcott PEOPLE PPageage 3 TThehe DolleyDolley MadisonMadison GGardenarden CClublub Blooming For 100 Years PagePage 1010 OSPA Company Auditions! April 12 & April 13 OSPA Solo Duo Trio Showcase! Friday - April 5 (7:00pm) Sunday - April 7 (2:00pm) Please call OSPA for ticket OR Company Audition Information! Celebrating our 26th season... OSPA – Where The Arts Come To Life! Call 540-672-9038 Or Visit us at 108 Belleview Ave - Orange, Va Or on the web at www.ospa.net 2• OC Magazine • March 22–April 18, 2019 OCMagazine A monthly publication Orange County Heiress Marries Publisher C. M. Santos a Hollywood Star! [email protected] Advertising Director ...Months after divorce from first husband! Judi Price 434-207-0223 Actor was best man at first wedding! [email protected] By Barbara Wimble Office Manager Correspondent Edee Povol [email protected] T he Hollywood star and was born near Rhoadesville, but unfor- heiress wedding and tunately no house has ever been con- Graphic Production Designer divorce – these stories hit firmed as his birthplace. Some accounts Marilyn Ellinger the tabloids of the day and were big have him raised in Orange County, but news in Orange County. Just as it is census and other records indicate that Correspondents now, divorce was fodder for Hollywood he spent his childhood in Charlotte. Barbara Wimble gossip in the 1930s during the Great Depression, when these events Woodberry Forest School Days – occurred. Stories about celebrities were Go Tigers! Contributors escapism for the general population, It was said that the Scotts were well Lesley Foster and the lifestyles of the rich and famous off, and they may have been later on, E-mail: [email protected] still attract a lot of attention and the but in 1914 George Grant Scott wrote a imagination of the public. Sensational letter to J. Carter Walker, headmaster of Advertising Sales: stories sell newspapers, and gossip Woodberry Forest School in Madison [email protected] magazines and “tell-alls” are on every County, with the following request: “My magazine rack. son Randolph Scott is anxious to attend Mailing Address: P.O. Box 59, Orange County is the home to your school this fall. He is 16 years of Palmyra, VA 22963. Presidents and sparkling gems, but did age, well developed being over six feet you know that it was also home to a tall….he has been going to Baird’s Office Location: 106 Crofton Plaza, Suite 1, famous cowboy movie star? And a pos- School for boys [in Charlotte] for about Palmyra, VA 22963 sible “love triangle” involving some of two years. I have several children I am Phone: (434) 591-1000 its most famous residents? What trying to educate…” He asked if the Fax: (434) 589-1704 brought these three – Marion duPont, school could change the tuition terms. Thomas Somerville, and Randolph Scott Randolph Scott publicity photo c. Mr. Walker granted the request and a General: OC Magazine is published monthly by – together? What were their Orange 1930s. Photo from Wikipedia images. few weeks later Scott was enrolled in Valley Publishing Corp. A total of 6,000 copies County connections? the fourth form (tenth grade) at are circulated throughout Orange County. One copy is free, additional copies are $1 each payable Southern-Born and Southern-Bred Woodberry. in advance to the publisher. Randolph Scott – Tall in the Saddle Known in Hollywood as “the The following summer, the family At 6’4”, slender and lanky with Gentleman from Virginia,” Randolph still needed assistance, and Randolph Display ad rates: For information including blond hair and hazel eyes, Orange Scott was proud of his southern her- Scott himself wrote to his headmaster, rates and deadlines call Judi Price at 434-207- County native Randolph Scott was one “I find it will be impossible for me to 0223. itage. George Randolph Scott was one of the most handsome and enduring of six children born to Lucy Lavinia return to Woodberry this fall unless I Subscriptions: Copies will be mailed for the leading actors of the Golden Age of Crane and George Grant Scott. All of can obtain some assistance as my subscription price of $40 per year. Please mail a check and a note with your name and address to: Hollywood. He was the soft-spoken their children, except Randolph, were father is unable to bear all of the OC Magazine Subscriptions Dept., P.O. Box 59, hero of dozens of Western movies, the born in Charlotte, North Carolina, the expense.” He asked for a job that would Palmyra, VA 22963. prototype of a cowboy star. He grew hometown of his mother. Scott was help pay his tuition and mentioned that Submissions, tips, ideas, etc.: OC into the rugged and weathered look, born on January 23, 1898, in Orange he had gained experience working in Magazine encourages submissions and tips on and in the 1950s was one of the top ten his father’s office that summer. The items of interest to Orange County citizens. County while his family was visiting rel- However we reserve the right to edit submissions draws in the motion picture industry, a atives. As soon as his mother was able headmaster helped the family with a as deemed necessary and cannot guarantee they will be published. OC Magazine will not be consistent top box office hit. He was an to travel, the family returned home to $100 scholarship (total tuition was responsible for returning submitted materials, Old West “Mr. Clean” – the strong, Charlotte. $524), and Scott returned to Woodberry please include S.A.S.E. if you would like items returned. Please keep Calendar submissions to silent type who fought the bad guys and Local historian Frank Walker’s in September 1915. fifty words or less, Letters to the Editor to 300 then rode off into the sunset. words or less and feature stories to 500 words or research led him to believe that Scott See Randolph Page 4 less. (Letters to the Editor, Community Calendar, etc.), E-mail [email protected] Classified ads: Classified ads are $10 per month. Please send a written or typed copy of the ad with a The Cover $10 check to: Classifieds Department, P.O. Box 59, Palmyra, VA 22963. You can also email edee@flu- vannareview.com and pay by credit card. Please speci- fy the category it should appear under. Ads must be 30 words or less. Sorry, classifieds will not be taken by phone. Disclaimer: All real estate advertised in this publication is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation, or discrimina- tion because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin…” The Virginia Fair Housing Law also makes it illegal to discriminate because of elderliness (age 55 and over). This publication will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All real estate advertised in this paper is available on an equal opportunity basis. Next Advertising deadline: Wednesday. Marion and Randolph Scott at April 10, 2019 William duPont, Jr.’s Fair Hill Races in Cecil County, Maryland, September © Valley Publishing Corp. 2019. All rights reserved. 1936. Photo from Bing images. Cover designed by Marilyn Ellinger. March 22–April 18, 2019 • OC MAGAZINE • 3 Les Camphuysen’s 6-week RRandolphandolph ffromrom ppageage 3 Landscape Oil Painting Class Later that year, his father again Cost: $120 for 6-week class wrote to the headmaster, this time regarding Randolph’s request for April 6, 13, and 27 from 10am-12pm permission to smoke a pipe. He and May 4, 11, and 18 from 10am-12pm had advised his son not to begin Students will paint a landscape piece of their the use of tobacco but left it to the choosing with professional instruction over a headmaster and his son to decide, 6-week course using oil paints. The course will and Mr. Walker approved. Things focus on drawing techniques, color value, color were sure different back then! theory, and color mixing. This course is suitable for Randy, as he was known, made artists of all levels. Instructor: Les Camphuysen a name for himself as a capable Purcell Gallery and Box Office Hours: 12 – 4 Tuesday – Friday student, gifted athlete, and one of Call Today : 540-967-5200 • LouisaArts.org the most popular boys at Woodberry. He was an outstanding member It’s Time For of the football team and captain of the baseball team in his senior Spring Cleaning year. The list of his activities noted in the yearbooks include singing Your Smile! in the choir and glee club, playing Brighter Whiter Smile! • Comprehensive Orthodontic Services • Accepting New Patients the piano, and participating in the Toast to Art Class! • Zoom Whitening • Full Family Dentistry Fort Worth poster featuring Randolph German club, North Carolina club, ZOOM! • Invisalign Teen and Adult • Sleep Apena • Most Dental Insurances Accepted • Financing Option Available Scott, 1951. Photo from Bing images. missionary society, and Phi Mu PHILIPS Professional TeethMoon Whitening Refl ections fraternity. He was editor of the Oracle, Saturday, April 13, 2019 from 12:30PM-2:30PM the school newspaper, and was chosen as a “prefect”(one of the school’s student Instructor and Artist: Barbara Powderly leaders) and a member of the honor committee during his senior year. An entry Cost: $20 per person (includes a light lunch, art supplies, in the 1916 yearbook, entitled “The 12 most conspicuous things at Woodberry” and beer, wine, or soft drinks) includes “Scott’s stride”(referring to his height).
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