ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" /> <title>Harold J Wison Sr Middle School Naming Recommendation</title> <meta name="description" content="Harold J. 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Wilson Sr </span> <br class="style38" /> <span class="style38">Poet Laureate, Lorton VA, 2000</span><span class="style28"><br /> <br /> </span> <span class="style36">*****UPDATE***** <font color="black"> <br /> <br /> At the School meeting on the 13th, the Harold Wilson Middle School name was the clear favorite.&nbsp;&nbsp; A flurry of emails to the school board would be helpful.&nbsp; Even if you didn&#39;t attend the 13th meeting and <b>even if you couldn&#39;t vote in the district </b>you can help in the next phase by sending the following E-Mail.<br /> <br /> 1)&nbsp; Send the email to:&nbsp; <a href="mailto:schoolboardmembers@fcps.edu"> schoolboardmembers@fcps.edu</a> &nbsp; <br /> <br /> 2)&nbsp; Put in subject line:&nbsp; <b>In favor of name:&nbsp; Harold J. Wilson Middle School </b> <br /> <br /> 3)&nbsp; Put in body:&nbsp;<b> I am in favor of naming the new middle school at the South County Site:&nbsp; Harold J. Wilson Middle School </b> <br /> <br /> This was to make it simple...you don&#39;t have to put anything else.&nbsp; Of course, if you want to change or add, go for it.&nbsp;</font></span></td> <td class="style35"> <img src="Files/Lorton%20Boy%20Scouts.jpg" style="height: 256px; width: 430px; float: right;" /></td> </tr> </table> <p align="center" class="style30"> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Harold-J-Wilson-Middle-School-for-South-Countys-middle-school-name/191940104170418"> Check out our Facebook Page</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span class="style30">I would like to nominate Harold J. Wilson, Sr., as the choice of name for the new Middle School that is being built in Lorton.</span><span class="style30" style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span><span class="style30">As many Middle Schools are named after writers, it would be most appropriate.</span><span class="style30" style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span><span class="style30">Following is a list of some life and writing accomplishments.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportLists]> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ÿ<span class="style30" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: normal;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class="style30" style="font-size:12.0pt"> Born 7/22/23 and raised in Pellston, Michigan.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportLists]> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ÿ<span class="style30" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: normal;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class="style30" style="font-size:12.0pt"> Joined Civilian Conservation Camps at age 17.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportLists]> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ÿ<span class="style30" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: normal;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <span class="style30">Entered the Army in 1943.</span><span class="style30" style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span><span class="style30">Served in Berlin and later in Korea.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportLists]> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ÿ<span class="style30" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: normal;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class="style30" style="font-size:12.0pt"> Married Bettie Gibson in 1946 and had three sons, Harold Jr., Thomas and John.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportLists]> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ÿ<span class="style30" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: normal;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class="style30" style="font-size:12.0pt"> Moved to Lorton in 1949 and started going to Silverbrook Methodist Church where he remained a member the rest of his life.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportLists]> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ÿ<span class="style30" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: normal;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class="style30" style="font-size:12.0pt"> While in Korea, he tried to bring two orphans home with him that he had temporarily adopted, but the Army regulations prevented it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportLists]> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ÿ<span class="style30" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: normal;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <span class="style30">Was very involved in community organizations that dealt with children.</span><span class="style30" style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span><span class="style30">He helped start a church ball league that later became the Lorton Little League.</span><span class="style30" style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span><span class="style30">He was involved in a Lorfax Heights boy&#39;s club.</span><span class="style30" style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span><span class="style30">He taught Sunday School for years and also headed up the United Methodist Youth Fellowship at Silverbrook UMC for years.</span><span class="style30" style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span><span class="style30">He was very involved in Boy Scouts and the Sons of the American Legion.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportLists]> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ÿ<span class="style30" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: normal;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class="style30" style="font-size:12.0pt">He started a garden project at the Lorton Prison that involved around ten prisoners growing produce and distributing it to homeless shelters in Washington, D.C.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportLists]> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ÿ<span class="style30" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: normal;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class="style30" style="font-size:12.0pt">He delivered excess milk from the prison dairy to the Lorton Community Action Center for years.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportLists]> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">Ÿ<span class="style30" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: normal;">&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><u><span class="style31" style="font-size:12.0pt">Poetry:</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span class="style30" style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span> <span class="style30">Starting in the 1960&#39;s until about two weeks before his death, he wrote hundreds of poems.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportLists]> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"> <span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="style30">1.</span><span class="style30" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <span class="style30">Published two books of poems, <u>Tall Grass</u> and <u> Under the Bush</u></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportLists]> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"> <span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="style30">2.</span><span class="style30" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class="style30" style="font-size:12.0pt"> Was published in local newspapers and several magazines.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportLists]> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"> <span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="style30">3.</span><span class="style30" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class="style30" style="font-size:12.0pt"> Wrote many personal poems for friends, recited poems on radio, and wrote poems and recited them for special occasions such as the opening of the VRE Train Station, the Lorton Library, Silverbrook and Accotink Churches and the Stoney Lonesome Cemetery dedication.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportLists]> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"> <span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="style30">4.</span><span class="style30" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span class="style30" style="font-size:12.0pt"> Was awarded the title Poet Laureate of Lorton at the September 11, 2000, meeting of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, by Supervisor Gerry Hyland.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class="style32"> For more information, contact John Wilson at 703-690-2942.</p> <p align="center" class="MsoNormal"> &nbsp;</p> <p class="style29"> <a href="Files/HJWilson%20History.pdf">Background Info</a><br /> <br /> <a href="Poems.htm">Selected Poems</a></p> <p class="style29"> <br /> </p> <p class="style27"> &nbsp;</p> </body> </html>