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Elizabeth Sanford of Orange County, formerly a teacher at the Flint Hill school, recalls the girls’ visits to the Tea Room. “Mrs. Eastham used to prepare way ahead of time for the girls’ arrival by making candy and cookies. She had trouble keeping her children away from the goodies.”
B.J Wood of Front Royal, who farmed in Flint Hill during the 1920’s, recalls keeping the girls’ horses in his bam as well as furnishing them with hay and com. “I remember the girls were always feeding sugar cubes to their horses.”
Mr. Wood said that the Foxcroft girls made the Town of Flint Hill a very busy place. “They bought all kinds of things - handkerchiefs and hats.”
Proof of this lies in the 1929 edition of the Tally-ho!: “When we finally arrived at Colonel Rickett’s hotel, we ate a tremendous dinner, and afterwards roamed the streets, buying everything we saw, from silk babies’ bonnets to post-cards for the poor unfortunates at home. We amused the inhabitants of Flint Hill no less than ourselves with
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