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May 2009 Volume 44 Number 5

Galesville Meet

By Keith Vail

On April 4th, on a windy but otherwise pleasant day, Rod Hobbs led us

on a journey through Anne Arundel County, Maryland. We started up north,

next to the Baltimore-Washington Airport, at the Benson-Hammond House.

Built about 1830, this house was still owned by the Hammond family when the

property was sold in the late `40s to make way for the airport. The airport used

the house for storage, and it was vandalized considerably. The Ann Arrundell

County Historical Society leased the home lot from the Maryland Aviation Au-

thority in the `80s and has managed to bring the house back to a semblance of

what it was. Among the furnishings (almost none of which are original to the

house) is a Packard pump organ. At least one of the attendees is probably plot-

ting as to how to get a hold of it.

After we toured the house, Rod led us south, winding through some

beautiful rural countryside. Many of us were unaware that so much rural

ambience still existed in the County. Eventually, we reached Galesville, an old

waterfront community on the West River. We disembarked at the Pirates Cove

restaurant where we met up with

additional travelers. Everyone sur-

veyed the Packards, then went in and

had a very nice lunch. After lunch,

we surveyed the Packards again!

Taking part in this adventure were:

George Hamlin in his

'56 Caribbean convertible,

Sue Johnson in Heather, the

'55 400 (with Frank Litzenberg),

Mel and Lee Clow in their

'54 Convertible (with their

grandson Sam),

Rod Hobbs in his '56 Patrician

(with his sister-in-law Alice

Hobbs),

Bob and Carol Robb, Murrary

Cole and his mother Thelma

Cole in their '46 Clipper,

Peter Johnson in his '48 Custom

8 convertible,

Keith Vail, Sam McKeon and Bill

McLin with their '47 Custom

Super Club sedan,

Steve and Suzon Strack.