Table of Contents and Index to Within the Iron Gates: Collection of Stories about Loudoun as Remembered After Rereading The Loudoun Times-Mirror for the Years 1925-1975 Prepared by Thomas Balch Library volunteers and staff August 2010 Table of Contents to Frank Raflo's Within the Iron Gates: Loudoun Stories Remembered (1925-1975) Doctor John, the Old-Fashioned Country Doctor 1 History as Reported in the Newspaper 10 ... Carter versus Fairfax 11 ... Penny Osburn's Story 12 ... More than 100 Years Out of the Past 13 ... Who Owns? Town or Country? Deed Never Recorded 14 ... Hillsboro Holding Its Own Illegally 15 ... An Early History 16 Religion had Many Faces; the Open-Air Services 22 ... The Open-Air Services 25 ... Teaching Religious Education 28 Carnivals Were the Most Important Fundraisers 33 The Oft-Asked Question Was "Where Is Hot Drops?" 36 The Mad-Stone Curative Is a Still-Repeated Story 42 ... Madstones 43 The Sheriff and Law Enforcement 46 ... Hen House Raid 47 ... A Single Shooting Event 47 ... Court House Trees 48 ... First Work Release 50 ... Jailbreaks 51 ... The Godfrey Fiasco 52 ... The Firestone Connection 54 ... Protect Against Invasion 59 The Doors Were Closed When the Gypsies Came to Town 62 The Council Was for Hands-On Running of the Town 64 ... The Coming of Roscoe 71 ... Who Will Come Forward? 73 ... The Electric Line will Never Make It 76 ... The school Burned; The firemen Organize 78 ... Parking, Fees, and Money on the Agenda 80 ... Going to the Mall 81 ... The Return of Colonial Leesburg for the Downtown 83 ... The right to Veto 87 Looking for an Argument ? Begin to Talk about Water 96 ... Do Not Waste Water 100 ... Drought and the Farmer 101 ... An Honor for "FOB" 112 ... Too Many Mosquitoes 116 ... Dead Birds Befoul Water Supply Here 127 ... The General Marshall Help 134 Water for the Town--The Underground Lake 138 Battle Over the Swimming Pool 144 The Old Problem of Water Continues; Now a County Problem 149 Thursday, August 19, 2010 Page 1 of 5 Wilbur Hall, the Man Who Would Have Been Governor 159 ... Stopping Points of the Hall Political Career 161 ... Wilbur Hall's Elevation 161 ... Some of the Hall's Legislative Highlights 166 ... Hall's Work on the Conservation Commission 168 ... Excerpts and Stories from the Hall Legend 170 ... The lady on the Mailed Postcard 172 The Early Debates and "Old Man" Young 180 Bottling Plant; Movie Hall Just Some Items of Growth 183 ... Help with Housing 188 ... "No"to Billboards 188 ... Zoning Up Again: 188 ... Waterford Historical District 195 ... Town Versus County 195 ... The PEPCO Land Debate 196 ... Leesburg Forms Its Own Industrial Development Corporation: 202 ... More on the Damn Dam: 203 ... Loudoun Tussles with Its First Planned Communities 209 ... Getting Dulles to Fly, the Airport Story: 210 ... Broyhill Brings a "Garden Spot" to Loudoun 218 ... County Finally says "Whoa!" and It Is to Levitt 222 ... From the Issue of december 4, 1969 223 ... Article 12 Appears 229 ... Premature Subdivisions 233 ... The mcCaskey Visit to Loudoun 237 ... The Visit to England 241 ... The Get-Some-Industry Effort: 243 ... The Virginia Smith Story; My Finest Hour: 246 The Volunteer firemen: Independent Organization 249 ... A Bit of Fire History 253 ... Rescue Work Begins 254 ... The Athletic Field 255 J.R. Lintner and the Survival of the Horse: 259 Farming Miscellany 262 The Political Scene Was Much More One-on-One 264 ... Tax Revenues Divided 265 ... Important Speakers Visit 266 ... Hoover also Had to Wait 268 ... The Smith Era 270 ... New Politcal Forces 271 ... Asa Moore Janney's Poem 274 ... Gutter Politics 279 County Government, Handling the Depression 281 ... Publishing the Budget 283 ... What to Do about the Dogs 286 The Depression Years 290 Thursday, August 19, 2010 Page 2 of 5 ... Humanity Calls 295 ... Getting National Attention 300 ... Money problems Continue 301 ... A Can of soup to the Movies 303 ... The Burial Ground Issue 303 The Battle over Booze Never Seemed to End 306 ... The Quesenberry Affair 318 ... There Was Action Elsewhere 322 Build the Schools; Keep Down the Taxes 327 ... The Citizen Debate Begins: The Paper Fans the Fire 327 ... Where to Put the Lincoln/Purcellville High School 329 ... Closing the Small Schools in Loudoun 332 ... The Emerick vs. Taxes Battle Heats Up 335 ... The Challenger to Superintendent Emerick 339 ... More Money Cuts Meant Fewer Schools 340 ... Close the High Schools and Save the Money 341 ... The Year 1935 was a Year of Great Confrontation 341 ... Westmoreland Davis, Patron of the Schools 343 ... Waterford and Lucketts Get the Lock Key 345 ... Countywide League: The John Tolbert Story 347 ... The Houston Letter 348 ... The Building of Douglass was only Part of the Action 353 ... There were 11 Grades; Emerick Suggested 12 356 ... "School Money We Need, Taxes We Don't Need" 360 ... An Editorial 373 ... It Is Not Over until Purcellville Is Heard from 376 ... While Arguing for One School, Mt. Gap Was Closed! 378 ... The Focus Shifts in the Continuing Education Fight 380 ... Needs Outgrow Space, Bussinger Reports 384 ... Something Offered for the Non-College Bound 387 ... Another School Bond; Attack from the East 390 For Most, World War II Happened Some Place Else 395 ... The First Draft 396 ... Defensive Units Activate Blackout Test Tonight 400 ... Spy Stories Came in Various Sizes 404 ... Watch Our [sic] for the Air Raids 405 ... The Loudoun Minute Men are Formed 407 ... Regulations and Then More Regulations 408 ... A Letter from Stirling Harrison from the Pacific 409 ... June 7, 1945: The Local Prisoner of War Camp Here 412 ... August 23, 1945: The Kincaid Frozen Food Operation 414 ... July 4, 1946: Prices Going Up 415 ... July 11, 1946: The Idle Should Work; The Keyes Letter of Response 415 ... October 24, 1946: More & More Meat; Higher & Higher Prices 417 ... November 20, 1947: Loafers to go to Jail 417 ... November 25, 1948: More on "Loafers" 418 Thursday, August 19, 2010 Page 3 of 5 The Famous Leesburg Inn Goes Up For Sale 422 ... Room for the Ladies 428 Roads, Roads, Who Is Going to Build the Roads? 433 ... The Dranesville Pike-Later to Be Route 7 433 ... The Issue of the Two Bridges 436 ... Taking the Taxi 442 ... "The Local Road Levies Are Hereby Abolished." 447 ... Alcohol on the Road 453 ... The By-pass Further Complicates Route 7 455 From the Well into the Sewer 465 The Washington & Old Dominion The Reluctant Railroad 467 ... Installation at Mt. Weather 469 ... Nellie Fletcher Shows Up 474 The International Cowpasture That Brought on Godfrey Field 481 The Lafayette Visit Brought 10,000 to Leesburg 504 Leesburg Creates Historic District to Preserve the Past 507 ... The New York Tribune Fund: 509 Miscellany During the Years-the 1920s 509 ... Off to W&M, March 1, 1928: 509 ... News of Fifty Years Ago, Printed Sixty Years Ago: 509 ... Playing Against the Bloomer Girls, August 2, 1928 510 ... Porch Improvement Week: 512 ... The Pinball Competition: 512 ... The Latest in Fashion: 513 ... Recognizing Ball's Bluff: 513 ... A New RCA Doggy in the Window: 514 Miscellany During the Years-the 1930s The New Linotype 516 ... Horseshoe Pitching Contest Winners Named 516 ... A Hole in One 516 ... A Turkey Dinner for Only a Buck 517 ... The Civil War, June 30, 1932 517 ... Conflicts of Interest, January 5, 1933 518 ... Who Wants This Baby?, August 30, 1934 519 ... Prosperity Just Around the Corner, June 15,1933 519 ... Rid the Polecats, July 19,1934 519 ... Discovery of Human Bones Stires Story from Past, September 14, 193 520 ... Just Passing Through 521 ... Saturday Night in Town 521 Miscellany During the Years-the 1940s 524 ... Popcorn Comes to Loudoun 524 ... How about a Potato Queen?: 525 ... A Rattler Comes to Town 526 ... Fight the Slots, August 10, 1944: 526 ... The Mosby Image Continues, August 24, 1944: 527 ... No More Flogging 528 ... Cost for Haircuts on the Rise in Town: 528 Thursday, August 19, 2010 Page 4 of 5 ... Holtzclaw and the Bobcat: 530 ... Sitting Bull in Loudoun: 531 ... Borrowing Money Is Bad 532 ... A First Taste of How Local Politics Worked 532 ... The Value of Advertising: 537 ... Made the Associate Press: 537 ... The Friendly Cats: 537 Miscellany During the Years-the 1950s 537 ... About Harry (Tad) Flippo: 538 ... The 1957 Celebration of the Founding of the County: 539 ... Come Loaf with Me: 542 ... About the Safeway Sign: 543 Miscellany Through the Years-the 1960s 545 ... Where to Put the Trash: 545 ... "Doc Hobby" Retires: 545 ... Desegregation in Loudoun: 548 ... The FAA Comes to Loudoun 548 ... An Ode to George Titus 550 ... June 7, 1962: The paper stated simply: 550 ... The Methodist Church Site: 551 ... Satisfied with Government? 552 ... Ashburn Protest Denied by Board: 552 ... Letter to the Editor about Kirkpatrick: 552 ... Coat of Arms for Loudoun 553 ... February 15, 1968, An Editorial Position: 554 ... Sweeney, President of Vole Society: 555 ... Vole Society Membership Card 556 Miscellany During the Years-the 1970s 560 ... Hunger in Loudoun 560 ... Down with the Billboards: 562 ... June 14, 1973-News of the Past: 562 My Lyndon LaRouche Experience 565 ... The Camp Rezoning 566 ... The Darf Episode 573 ... Speaking Frankly: Will Someone Please Talk to Frank? 580 ... A Laughing Stock 581 ... How's Business? 582 ... (Preface) 585 ... The LaRouche Factor-Part I-"Fears on the Right" 586 ... The LaRouche Factor-Part II- "LaRouche Attempts to Switch to the F 587 ... The LaRouche Factor-Part III-Search for respect 590 ... The LaRouche Factor-Part IV- The LaRouche Group Raises Money E 591 ... The Day of the Raid 593 ... Forgive the Loan 599 ... June 1988 602 ... The Notes 603 Thursday, August 19, 2010 Page 5 of 5 Index to Frank Raflo's Within the Iron Gates: Loudoun Stories Remembered (1925-1975) Acheson, Dean 538 Army Corps of Engineers 197, 200, 203, Adams, James 379 204, 205, 206, Adams, John Q.