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Summary

Mrs. Virginia Hardesty's typing class during the 1962-63 school year. Mrs Hardesty was a BHS mainstay who remained on the faculty for years at the "new BHS". Her class was important for Brunswick girls as it prepared them for administrative roles “down the road”, as locals would say, at government and private companies in and around Washington, DC.

In Brunswick’s transition from a one-industry railroad town to the community it is today, the Brunswick Planning Commission was instrumental in getting Title 701 Federal Government money and zoning to Brunswick in the 1960s by showing the town’s potential as a bedroom community for local workers.

According to Donna Mattson, in the photo are "Jo Jamison in the front row with the dark sweater and maybe Linda Lerch next to her.. Mrs. Hardesty is next to Diane Darr and Sharon Hebb is next to Diane. Delores Foltz behind Sharon, with maybe Sue Reynolds next to her. In the left corner with the vest could be Joan Van Steinburg with maybe Bonnie Weddle next to her in white."

(Photo from the 1964 Railroader Yearbook courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull)

Charlene Lenchner: What a sweet memory of my mom!She truly loved teaching and was so concerned about her students.Loved how she would borrow my records for classes to hear as they typed.

Randy Huffer: Mrs. Hardesty was responsible for me landing a clerk-typist job at the Atomic Energy Commission in 1968 (which led to a 41 year government career).