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By CINDY MAHAN
Rappahannock Ncwi Staff Writer
Dawn Havstad has chosen a major project to complete to earn her Girl Scout Gold Award.
She is cleaning up a family cemetery on the Havstad property in Old Hollow. She and her mom, Sally Havstad, came up with the idea last fall. So far. Dawn has spent over 30 hours clearing away 30 years’ worth of brush and overgrowth.
Part of the project includes getting other people involved in helping her with the clean-up. She has had lots of help from some of her Girl Scout friends, including Kylene Wolfe and Sarah Gentry. Neighbors Celine and Eino Siira have also helped, using their chainsaw to cut up some fallen trees in the cemetery. Her family has also helped, though Dawn has performed the majority of the hard work herself.
A lot of work was accomplished last spring and in the early summer, but the appearance of many snakes hindered the clean-up efforts throughout the rest of the summer. The first two Saturdays in November are the first days which have been set as Qlean-up days this fall.
The 10 or so headstones in the cemetery all date from the late 1800s, except for the' headstone of Dawn's grandfather, who died in 1970. All the others are from the George Taylor family. Most are readable, but one is not and Dawn hopes to be able to decipher the name and dates on it by doing a rubbing of it. The headstones will all be cleaned; some are broken and will be repaired by Dawn, using braces and cement to put them back together.
Cows have roamed around the cemetery for many years, knocking down and breaking the headstones.
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