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VIRGINIA HILL IN THE KITCHEN
She later bought her mother a big house at the
corner of Church Street and Frances Drive in Marietta,
which was once the home of Dr. Ralph Fowler. When
he found out that it was Hill who wanted to buy the
home, he kept raising the price, hoping to discourage
her.
“Unperturbed, Virginia reached into her pocketbook,
took out a roll of greenbacks that would choke a
cow, and started counting out $11,500 in cash,” Kinney
wrote.
Ward Watkins and his wife, also named Virginia,
lived next door and this Virginia answered the phone
and door for weeks as simply Mrs. Watkins, saying she
feared she might get “rubbed out” for saying her name
was Virginia. One day, the doorbell rang and it was the
famous actor John Carroll, asking if Virginia was there,
for which she was finally agreeable to answer, “yes.” She
recalled how handsome he was, and how he and the
other Virginia spent the day riding around Marietta in
her convertible.
Hill was known for waking up early and, clad in
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