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Three members of the Sphex Club in 1966 welcome the club’s guest speaker, Lt. Gen. H. C. Donnelly, right. From left are James R. Gilliam Jr., John W. Landis, and Lea Booth SEE STORY PAGE 32
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FALL/WINTER 2010
Official Publication of the Lynchburg Historical Foundation
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Nancy Blackwell Marion
EDITOR
Mary M. Abrams
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James Huston Greg Krueger
Thomas Ledford Marilyn Martin Scott Smith
Kirt von Daacke William Young
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6 Back to the Future of Lynchburg Streets: A History of the Pavement of the Streets of Lynchburg, Virginia by Andy Sale. In the 1990s, “as Lynchburg’s revitalization efforts progressed,” residents of the city’s historic neighborhoods took to the streets. “In every district, peeking through fifty years
of asphalt and macadam, were the original cobblestone, granite block, rubble, and vitrified brick.”
20 Horses at VMI by Brian Bowen. Before he entered the Virginia Military Institute, Bowen’s knowledge of horseback riding consisted of watching Tom Mix westerns. Despite some moments of “great trepidation,” the real thing topped anything Hollywood had to offer. VMI’s Garrison Review “was a pageant of color and power never to be forgotten.”
24 Lynchburg’s Preservation Steward: Margaret Henry Penick Nuttle by Margaret Barksdale Nuttle Melcher, with an introduction by Peter W. Houck. “The check Mrs. Nuttle received might have floated a small country.” Instead, she used her inheritance to further her late father’s charitable interests and to “show her appreciation for the city that so often served as her home away from home.”
32 Lynchburg’s Sphex Club Celebrates Its Centennial by James M. Elson. The what club? How do you spell it? Obviously, the author doesn’t need to come up with a clever or misleading title in this case.
38 Preserving Family Photographs by Gregory R. Krueger. Uh oh. This lively, informative article from the curator of the Lynchburg Museum System is a wake-up call. “Be aware,” warns Krueger, “that your photo albums might be destroying your photographs.”
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3 From the Editor 41 History in Brief
FRONT COVER: This photo from the 1903 Artwork of Lynchburg and Danville, Virginia, is identified as “Old Forest Road near Lynch- burg.” At that time Old Forest Road was the section of present-day Langhorne Road between E. C. Glass High School and Blackwater Creek at the Farm Basket. The only section that resembles this photo can be viewed by going down the hill toward the creek just before reaching Agudath Shalom Temple on the left.