HISTORY OF THE THALIA GARDEN CLUB

        FOUNDED                                                                    AFFILIATIONS
        March 16, 1955                                                             Council of Garden Clubs of Virginia Beach, Inc.

        CLUB MEETING DAY                                                TIME
        Third Wednesday of each Month                                  10:30 o'clock A.M.

        MEETING PLACE                                                        CLUB EMBLEMS
        Thalia Trinity Presbyterian Church                                Bird - Bluebird
        420 Thalia Road                                                              Flower - Amaryllis
        Virginia Beach, VA 23452                                              Shrub - Pyracantha

        The Thalia Garden Club was organized March 16, 1955 and federated Sept. 21, 1955, with thirty charter members. Five friends met in the home of Mrs. Harry Paul and discussed the idea of organizing a garden club. It was decided to organize and the call went out to neighbors to meet on March 2, 1955, for perfecting the organization.
        It was decided that the club be named the Thalia Garden Club, in realization of its historical significance. Thalia is a part of the Edward H. Mosely estate known as "Summmerville Plantation," and appears in the official deed of record book, Princess Anne County Court House, dated 1807.
        Thalia is rich in history and legend, for the Indians once paddled up and down its shores, hunted and fished from dugout canoes. It is said that Black Beard used the bay and rivers in this area as a hideout, and buried treasures along its shores.
        It is here, many homes have been built, and it is from these homes Thalia Garden Club takes its membership.
        The shores of Lynn Haven River and Thalia Creek are now the sites of beautiful, modern homes. Much of the primitive beauty our forefathers saw long ago has been spared the march of progress.