I have heard of a family who boarded widows in Burke, perhaps teachers too. 
I know several of the families who live and grew up in historic Burke. If 
you have the teacher's name, I could ask the families.  Mary Lipsey
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> Could it be that she was offered a teaching position at the Burke 
> Elementary
> School and was being quoted board at someone's home? If you have specific
> names you could check the online newspaper index at
> http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/newsindex/ Often the names of 
> teachers
> were printed in the Fairfax Herald which is fully indexed for that period.
>
> I am copying Mary Lipsey of the Burke Historical Society and the Virginia
> Room at City of Fairfax Library. You might address them separately on 
> this.
> I don't have a copy of "Memories of Beautiful Burke" on hand but that 
> might
> prove helpful as well.
>
> Suzanne Levy, retired Va. Room Librarian
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> We have a document offering board to a young woman in Burke, Virginia in
> 1943 for $35 a month.
> The correspondent hopes the young woman will enjoy the school there - What
> college/school would have been in Burke VA in 1943?
> Thanks!
> Alyson L. Taylor-White
> 804-920-2783
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