Loch Havenites Do Winter Work to Make Summer Fun

LOCH HAVENITES DO WINTER WORK TO MAKE SUMMER FUN

Unknown date and newspaper, late 1940’s or early 50’s

Loch Haven Beach on the South river is actively engaged in becoming a summer resort. Instead of making hay while the sun shines, a waterfront development must reverse the cycle and work in the winter so that its residents may make with the fun in the sunshine. 

The five miles of 40-foot wide gravel roads will soon have a connecting link. 

Originally a Lord Baltimore land grant to the Purdy family, it is better known as the Judge Owings estate. The Loch Haven Corporation purchased it from P.Y.K. Howat of Washington, D.C.. 

Loch Haven Beach, Inc. is owned by N.C. Hines, Washington; W.S. Hoge, Jr., and W.S. Hoge, III, of Arlington, VA., all realtors long established in the metropolitan area. The resident manager, Lawton B. Mellichampe, known as "Skipper," is an integral part of the development. His background is sailing and waterfront and varied vocations that tie in with boating. 

His scrap-book shows a number of other activities connected with the waterfront. He did a radio program known as "The Skipper," announced for the President's Cup Regatta and promoted the idea for a Municipal Sailing Base in the improvement program for the Washington (D.C.) waterfront. He and his family of four live at Loch Haven. 

On the subject of available building, he declares that all anyone has to do is to whisper to the construction company and then leave hurriedly, or they will have the foundation in and ask where the fireplace should be built. 

He adds that it is much better to be a veteran because then the builder can have a heating plant. He even says that's why he joined the Coast Guard. He always looks ahead, he explains, and he knew that some day it would be convenient to have veterans' priority. He was a boatswain's mate, first class, on anti-sub patrol.