Model Airplanes

Fauber, Dorris Wilson

Dorris Wilson FauberMr. Dorris Wilson Fauber (94) of Cape Charles, Va. died at his home on Jacobia Lane on Friday, October 31, 2014. He was born September 7, 1920 in Amherst County, Va., the son of the late Massie Hewitt Fauber and Mary Frances Carpenter Fauber. He was preceded in death by his wife of 68 years, Amanda Ann Powell Fauber; and three sisters, Audrey “Peg” Campbell, Mary “Zid” Brandon, and Frances “Beese” Beverley.He is survived by three brothers, Bernard Massey Fauber of Pauma Valley, California, Melvin Cecil Fauber and Fred Lloyd Fauber, both of Lynchburg, Va.; four children, Pamela F. Kupiec and husband, John, of Mathews, Va., Doris F. Strickler and husband, Michael, of Lexington, Va., David W. Fauber and wife, Donna, of Oyster, Va., and Michael P. Fauber and wife, Connie, of Dallas, Tex.; and eight grandchildren, Scott Kupiec, Matthew Strickler, Amanda Green, Battaile Fauber, Joseph Fauber, Abigail Fauber, Caleb Fauber, and Ruth Dean; and four great-grandchildren.Mr. Fauber and his bride to be met in 1942, prior to him being sent overseas for World War II, and they “courted” by mail for three years. “She was the prettiest girl I had ever seen, and I knew I loved her from the start,” he said. They married in February 1946. Their journey together paralleled his career with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia and later with ATT, from which he retired in 1985. For nearly the past thirty years, home has been on Plantation

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The North Koreans passed word they wanted a high-ranking U.S. government official for the job, so President Barack Obama sent a gruff former general to spirit home two Americans held captive by the hard-line communists. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is no diplomat by training, and that’s perhaps just why he earned the clandestine call.

For past visits to the unpredictable and reclusive country, the United States has sent smooth-tongued luminaries such as former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, and former U.N. Ambassador Bill Richardson. Or North Korean experts, one of whom was Sydney Seiler, a former intelligence official who is now with the State Department.

But analysts who follow North Korea say Clapper may have been perfect for the role.

The spy chief was senior enough to convey a message of respect to the North Korean. But he is not

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Last weekend, a longtime model steam locomotive hobbyist invited family and friends to his Chuckatuck property to experience the magic of his scale trains for the final time.

Don Orr, 75, started out by building model airplanes. He began looking for a new hobby after almost severing his finger in a propeller.

“I picked up a British model magazine that specialized in homebuilt steam locomotives,” the retired financial manager for the U.S. Naval Air Forces said.

“I decided that’s what I wanted to do.”

That was about 35 years ago. After 15 to 20 years, the hobby developed into a business — one he has now sold to another retired gentleman.

“Because of age and health,” Orr said, asked why he was getting out. “Wanda (his wife) and I have decided it’s time to downsize.”

Orr moved to Suffolk about 40 years ago. The figure-8 track around his 5-½ acres is more than 3,600 feet long and was 15 years in the making, he said.

It includes several bridges, with a couple more than 100 feet long. An 11-foot-high trestle across a natural gully enables the figure-8, with the track looping back underneath

“Working weekends, and not real hard, it took about two years to build the trestle,” said Bob Grandle, 68, Orr’s best friend, who has helped him through the years.

“It’s built like a real trestle, as well.”

To acquire his skills, Orr first learned the basics of operating a machine tool by attending vocational training school.

His business, LocoParts, has shipped valves and other parts manufactured in his

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