West Avenue Improvement Association

 
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WEST AVENUE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

http://westave.org/


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"In the first quarter of the shield, the red roses stand for the garden work done year round and the garden tours. The second quarter holds an open right hand representing the friendly, hospitable, and interesting people who live here. It is also the hand that reaches out to pick up and comfort the child who has fallen from his bicycle. The cross of St. James is in the third quarter together with two escallops or cockleshells. Pilgrims of whom St. James was patron wore these fan-like shells as a badge. Our collective ears are habitually tuned in at noon and at six in the evening for the chimes of St. James. The towers in the fourth quarter of the shield symbolize the enchanting homes in which we live and the long length of residence here for some of us. The motto on the scroll is in Latin, Non Sibi Sed Suis, "Not for herself but for Her Own". The date 1873 in the center base of the scroll is the earliest known date of the street, now known as West Avenue. Documentation is found in the map of Richmond City, 1873, by J.F.Z. Caracristic. Of the three storks on the crest, the center one is a boy stork and both girl storks are expectant, face-to-face. Five 5-pointed stars blazon the center chief and center base of the border. They symbolize the highest service rank in the United States and thus are most befitting our beloved community."

 

 

Prepared By: Col. Charles W. Dobson, Mayer, 1970

 

 
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