(From Juliet H. Mofford's AVIS- A History in Conservation)
Harold R. Rafton was a gifted inventor and successful businessman but he's best remembered in Andover as Mr. AVIS, as in Andover Village Improvement Society. Rafton put his tenacity and fearlessness to work for his beloved Andover and helped AVIS expand their holdings from XX to XX during his mid-century tenure as president.
Rafton would familiarize himself with the more obscure minutia of land ownership and court said landowners. He wasn't afraid to ask the ask and was known to secure donations on donor's deathbed.
If you have enjoyed walking through AVIS properties, you most likely have someone like Harold Rafton to thank.
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