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Dahlgren 



Mr. Harold M. Gouldman, Jr., was Legal Advisor for the 

 Dahlgren Laboratory from March 1949 until his retirement in 

 December 1976. 



1947, I was appointed to what was then called Trial Justice of King George 

 County on March 1, 1947, and 1 stayed there until March 1, 1949. 



We'd like to get your viewpoints on the Dahlgren scene and its relations with the local and 

 Northern Neck communities during your career. 



As you well realize, I'm a native, and I've seen a tremendous change, not only 

 here, but everywhere — particularly here. When 1 was growing up on Station, 

 things certainly weren't as they are today insofar as the residential community 

 life is concerned. We did have a golf course and tennis courts, but that was just 

 about it. There was a baseball diamond; they didn't play softball then. We 

 didn't have any highways. Highway 206 [to King George and Fredericksburg] 

 wasn't built until 1932. Route 301 wasn't built and opened until 1940 when the 

 Potomac River Bridge [to Maryland] was constructed. Of course, 301 had to be 



