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The Girl
Who Took
His Heart
By PAUL McFARLANE
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
For Robert Vergiels, his home, his life - and certainly his marriage license - remain in Michigan, but he left a slice of his heart in Amissville 46 years ago.
Credit the whims of youth, a Spring away from home and a blonde from Amissville - the prettiest girl he ever saw.
It seems that Mr. Vergiels was vacationing in this part of the state in the Spring of 1939 and laid eyes on a young lady whose impression would remain with him forever.
And for one fleeting moment, Vergiels was smitten.
Apparently, he still is.
Late last month, Vergiels, a retired accountant living in Eastern Michigan, received some mail from Amissville and the sight of the return address stirred some awfully nice memories, memories which, until recently, remained locked in the heart of an adolescent.
In a letter to the Rappahannock News, Vergiels recalled the incident leading up the one single moment by which he will never forget this part of Virginia.
It was just after high school when Vergiels (pronnonced VerGUY-alls) and his 12 graduating classmates of Temperance High School packed up three cars and headed for Washington, D. C., on a senior trip.
Along the way, they stopped for the night of May 31 at the Lombardy Cabins after having dined at the Mountain View Tea Room.
We’ll let Vergiels take it from there.
“And then it happened,” Ver(Continued
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