We are deeply grateful to the
Sponsors and Friends
of the Chevy Chase Historical Society
2013 Spring Gala
PINNACLE SPONSOR
Long & Foster
KEYSTONE SPONSORS
Chevy Chase Land Company
McEnearney Associates Inc., Realtors
CORNERSTONE SPONSORS
Margaret Adelfio
Margaret Miles Ayres and Stephen Case
Elizabeth and Justin Bausch
Alice Consolvo and Wilson Krahnke
Katy Farr
Ricki and Michael Helfer
Frances and John Higgins
Harriette and Charlie Hobbs
Angela Lancaster and Chuck Muckenfuss
Mildred Bland Miller
Lee Mills Petty
Helene and Stephen Sacks
Mary Sheehan and Anthony Marra
FRIENDS OF THE GALA
Susan Bollendorf and Robert Broeksmith
Elizabeth and Tom Dupree
Mrs. George Ferris, Jr.
Gerlach Real Estate
Mary Anne and Lance Hoffman
Elissa Leonard and Jay Powell
Richard Marsh
Natasha and Salim Saifee
Jean Sperling and Bill Catherwood An Open Letter from the Friends of Chevy Chase Circle: May 2013 Dear Citizens of Chevy Chase, As the original organizers of the Friends of Chevy Chase Circle responsible for renovating and beautifying the Circle beginning in 1991, we are now looking for an energetic and enthusiastic team to take the reins and begin the next stage of the Circle’s future. As a gateway between Chevy Chase and Washington, DC, we feel the Circle needs attention and should be a source of pride for all of us who live here. It was civic pride, a love of gardens and a respect for historical provenance that inspired us and we hope there are others among us in our beautiful neighborhood who feel the same and would like to lead us going forward. After the Chevy Chase Land Company repaired and rededicated the water basin of the Chevy Chase Circle fountain in 1990, our group formed in 1991 to continue the beautification process. We entered into an agreement with the National Park Service, who is responsible for planting and maintaining the Circle. With subsequent fund raising, the group purchased new landscape materials - pink carpet roses, white azaleas, and white sugar thyme crab apple trees - all planted by the Park Service, a new fountain head, and an irrigation system. In addition, the Friends of Chevy Chase Circle began the annual tradition of purchasing 2000 red tulips to be planted each fall by the Park Service in the garden beds around the Circle. In 2003 a set of Garden Club of America’s entrance markers, celebrating the 200th Anniversary of George Washington’s birth, were restored and placed inside Chevy Chase Circle for safekeeping. These markers were an “integral part of the gateway development” of Washington, DC, according to the Evening Star article on October 13, 1933 describing the original dedication of the Newlands Memorial Fountain in the Circle. As we move on with our lives after 20 years of dedication, we hope to find a few individuals who would be interested in taking charge of the project. If no one steps forward, we will by necessity dissolve our group and the maintenance of the Circle will revert entirely to the Park Service. The annual planting will lapse and we fear that the Circle will suffer. If you are interested, or know someone who might be please, do not hesitate to call me, Barbara Price (301-704-8693), Alicia Ravenel (301-7657-8961) or Carol Coffin (301-656-6874). We hope to hear from you! Sincerely yours, Barbara Price
President, Friends of Chevy Chase Circle | 
