June 1952 was the first time the Pimmit Hills Citizens Association sent out a newsletter to residents.

In May 1952, a survey was taken among residents asking if they "desired" curbs and gutters for the streets of Pimmit Hills. 71% said yes, 7% said no; the rest were various other opinions.

A "lively and extended" discussion on this subject was held after the report on these numbers were made at the PHCA meeting. Part of the discussion was about the poor drainage conditions in Pimmit Hills and a letter about this was to be sent from PHCA to the US House of Representatives which had a committee investigating "shoddy construction of homes constructed under Veteran's Administration Certificate."

The following was written in the January 1960 Pimmit Hills Dispatch by a member of the PHCA Board who had served as PHCA President and later went on to become the Dranesville District Supervisor. He was also chiefly responsible for getting Fairfax County to make a retired judge's estate into Lewinsville Park on Chain Bridge Road in the early 1970s.

At the last monthly meeting of the Association, after proper compliance with all constitutional requirements, the following amendment to the Pimmit Hills Civic Association constitution was introduced for consideration:

“The members present at any duly constituted meeting, as defined in the P.H.C.A. Constitution, shall be a quorum and be authorized to do business as such.”

The question never came to a vote, just as so many other important issues have died in the past. The reason: Lack of a quorum - precisely the issue which was being voted upon.

Guess the year:

"There has probably never been a period in our history when our youth was subjected to such severe criticism as it is today. Some of this criticism is undoubtly warranted, but much of it is not. Unfortunately, our news media find this a subject with 'sales appeal' and it is not uncommon to find many of the incidents they report exaggerated beyond all proportion.

As adults, we find it very easy to blame our youth for many of the conditions which exist today. Yet the truth of the matter is that we ourselves are responsible for the lack of planning which permitted communities to mushroom without providing adequate recreational facilities for our youth, or ourselves.

From a blurb in the April 1960 Pimmit Hills Dispatch:

THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY WELL BE YOUR OWN!

Why must innocent people suffer and die from the mistakes made by drunken, reckless fools on the highways? Pimmit Hills is getting rather popular as of lately. Let's go to Manassas for our stock car racing.

PHCA meetings often have speakers that talk about our homes, gardens, renovation, redevelopment, traffic/road issues, etc or local police, County officials or politicians.

But back at the height of the Cold War, some of the PHCA meetings had speakers dealing with civil defense (what we would now call Homeland Security).

At the April 5, 1960 PHCA meeting, attendees heard a tape recorded speech by a Major William Mayer, a psychiatrist in the Amry Medical Corps. The speech was entitled "Brainwashing--The Ultimate Weapon." The April 1950 Pimmit Hills Dispatch said, "The speech concerned mainly the conclusions drawn from talks and interviews with the returning prisoners-of-war from Korea."

It's 1960. Pimmit Hills is just 10 years old. But still, the perennial issue of residents not bothering to get involved in the organization that represents the community and works to enhance it is talked about in the October 1960 issue of the Pimmit Hills Dispatch.

In big handwritten letters, "WANTED NOW" is the headline:

Wanted Now: at least one adult member from each of the 1500 homes located in the community of Pimmit Hills. How about your membership? Don't wait, act today.

An unusual long poem-like article entitled "Our Orphaned Community" is also on the front page.

And then there is this article:

YOUR COMMUNITY.......AND YOU