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In memory of past presidents, books on\n        garden-related subjects were purchased and presented to Mary Riley Styles Public Library.\n        Annual dinners and picnics were always a part of the club’s activities. Tours of member’s\n        gardens and regional gardens occurred regularly.","A box and envelope of Falls Church Garden Club Yearbooks (Series 9) can be found in FCHR\n          compact shelving at VaC 635.06 F. This grouping is in generally better condition and more\n          complete than the Yearbooks in Box 3 but is missing Yearbooks from 1984 and 2005. It is\n          quite possible that Yearbooks were not assembled those years.","There are two subject file folders on Falls Church Garden Club containing flyers and\n          booklets for various Annual Flower \u0026 Garden Shows, newspaper clippings, and other\n          miscellaneous items generally all dated from 1950-1999.","Most records are from 1950-1970 except The Seedling which is\n        complete through 2006 and a few issues each year from 2008 to 2011. The Yearbooks are through 2003 but many years are missing. There is an additional and\n        more complete set of Yearbooks on the shelf at VaC 635.06 F but note that there is no\n        Yearbook from 1984 nor 2005. The yearbooks contain lists of officers, membership contact\n        information, a calendar of club events and more. 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While helpful in some regards, the many files of meeting minutes are vague and dry\n        and do not provide the intimate view of the organization that is found in the scrapbooks.\n          The Seedling, the Club’s monthly publication helps to provide\n        information on club activities and the personality of the Club through the years.","Materials in this collection are in\n          English."],"collection_title_tesim":["RECORD GROUP 4-2 RECORDS OF FALLS CHURCH GARDEN CLUB 1950-2003\n        (1946-2011), 1950-2003\n        (1946-2011)"],"collection_ssim":["RECORD GROUP 4-2 RECORDS OF FALLS CHURCH GARDEN CLUB 1950-2003\n        (1946-2011), 1950-2003\n        (1946-2011)"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Record Group 4-2"],"unitid_tesim":["Record Group 4-2"],"repository_ssm":["Mary Riley Styles Public Library"],"repository_ssim":["Mary Riley Styles Public Library"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Files were donated June 7, 1979 as shown in the attached Deed of Gift."],"access_subjects_ssim":["..."],"access_subjects_ssm":["..."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["4 boxes"],"extent_tesim":["4 boxes"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is open for research use.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["The collection is open for research use."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe order and division of the files are essentially the same as when the files were donated\n        to Mary Riley Styles Public Library. 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According to Article II of the\n        Constitution the objective of the Club is to “stimulate knowledge and interest in gardening\n        and horticulture and to promote horticultural improvements in the vicinity.” Records show\n        that the Executive Committee and Club each met monthly and presented a Fall Garden and\n        Flower Show annually. From 44 club members in 1950, the club membership rose to 161 in\n        December 1951 and waxed and waned through the years. In memory of past presidents, books on\n        garden-related subjects were purchased and presented to Mary Riley Styles Public Library.\n        Annual dinners and picnics were always a part of the club’s activities. 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In memory of past presidents, books on\n        garden-related subjects were purchased and presented to Mary Riley Styles Public Library.\n        Annual dinners and picnics were always a part of the club’s activities. Tours of member’s\n        gardens and regional gardens occurred regularly."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eA box and envelope of Falls Church Garden Club Yearbooks (Series 9) can be found in FCHR\n          compact shelving at VaC 635.06 F. This grouping is in generally better condition and more\n          complete than the Yearbooks in Box 3 but is missing Yearbooks from 1984 and 2005. 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They had\n        two children: Merton Elbridge Church (known as Elbridge and Guy Northrup Church, Jr. (went\n        by Northrup).","Maybelle Amelia Church, born on January 26, 1900, married Kenneth Norman Mills in 1923.\n        There are no files for her, but she is mentioned in correspondence with both her father and\n        brother.","[Merton] Elbridge Church II was born January 5, 1912 in Falls Church, and died August 26,\n        1992. He is also buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He served in the Army for twenty\n        years and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel.","Guy Northrup Church, Jr., was born April 3, 1914 in Falls Church. He was married to Mary\n        Ann Redington on March 29, 1939. Guy died on December 30, 1995, in Evans, Georgia; Mary Ann\n        died on March 26, 2004.","Most of the records involve the real estate business of Merton Elbridge (M.E.) Church, the\n        bulk of which include copies of deeds in which M.E. 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