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county treasurer.
Drury was also able to stitch together a
history of Flavel’s marriage to Mary Chris-
tina Boelling, a young woman who had
waited on the captain while he was staying
at Astoria’s hotel.
“We had fun with that. That was very
Flavel,” he said.
The couple had three children. Their
eldest and only son, George Conrad Flavel,
became a ship captain and helped run his
father’s business at the docks. The couple’s
daughters were Nellie Flavel and and Katie
Flavel.
“I’m just amazed by how much he ben-
efi tted Astoria. The fi gure I work with is
that Astoria grew by 16 fold while he was
there,” Drury said. “To me, the big lesson
from Flavel is how (he) served the commu-
nity and city and how they benefi ted from
it.”
When Flavel eventually retired and sold
his business, many people felt it was a huge
loss, Drury said.
Columbia River Maritime Museum
The Astoria Hotel where Capt. George Flavel
met his wife, Mary.
Jon Drury with a supersonic T-38 he fl ew during U.S. Air Force training in 1967.
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