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August 23, 1991
Volume 13, No. 14
Public hanging at Publick Times
Fife and Drum Corps
featured in recordings
Moses Terry, a Halifax County resident
convicted of counterfeiting in 1773 and sentenced to hang, mounts the gallows again
during Publick Times Friday, August 30 to
Monday, September 2.
religion tour at 2 p. m. and a sermon in the
Capitol yard at 3 and 3: 30 p. m.
Booths will offer wares. foods, beveragdancing and fencing lessons, a
Recently, John Moon, director of Music,
Publick Times recreates the atmosphere
learned of exposure of our Fife and Drum
was in session and citizens from across the
magician, harp music, theatrical performances, African- American music and story telling, aucuons, fire- engine demonstrations,
colony came to the capital to attend court,
an itinerant preacher, livestock demonstra-
on which was recorded
transact
tions and a horserace.
30- minute
of Williamsburg when the General Court
business
Moses'
and socialize.
execution
children,
There will games for
Activities continue in the evenings.
will
be reenacted at 10:45 a. m.
Fri-
Nicholson
day, re- enactors in costume may purchase
discounted tickets to any of the three performancesof " A Capitol Evening." Saturday at
From the gaol,
Saturday near the Public
Gaol
es, and diversions.
on
from TAC Band, BBC
Corps by two outside organizations.
He received an audio tape from London
a
program,
one of a senes enti-
tled " Bandstand."
The
weekly
BBC program
pre-
7: 30, there will be a dance on the Market
sents
music
the prisoner will be pa-
Square Green, hosted by the musicians of the
of the world' s top mili-
raded through the His-
6th North Carolina, and at 8: 30 participants
tary bands. In the middle
toric Area to the gib-
in costume may purchase discounted tickets
of the program,
along
bet in a horse - drawn
to see The Irish Widow. Sunday evening, re-
with
com-
cart, accompanied by
enactors
ments, was a cut from
a
the Governor' s Palace.
Street.
minister,
drummer
sheriff,
are invited to a Pleasure Garden at
Just before the hanging, the sheriff will
read a pardon from the Royal Governor.
some
the Corps'
Publick Times is presented by Historic
and executioner.
recorded
Area Programs and Operations and Historic
kind
latest
CD
release, Marching out
of Time.
In
Area Stores, with the assistance of more than
the 18th century, news of a pardon some-
550 historic re- enactors from militia com-
wide
times was not announced
panies in Maryland, Virginia and North Caro-
and our inclusion is one of
lina.
the best compliments the
Berg' s work published
John said.
in professional book
ies of the latest release from
to the prisoner
until
moments before the execution. The idea was
to teach the prisoner a lesson, in the hope the
offender would not repeat the crime.
Military
re- enactors
will set up camp
along Nicholson Street, and meats will be
barbecued throughout Saturday. Between
10 a. m. and noon members
of the
18th -
century military units will demonstrate domesuc and housewifery skills behind the
Brush -Everard House.
This program has a
listening
audience
we have ever received,"
He also received copthe Tactical
Susan Berg' s bibliography of professional literature for the museum librarian appears in Tools of the Profession, second
edition, published by special Libraries Asso-
entitled
Patri-
Tattoo program presented annually at Langley Air Force Base, which the Corps supports.
Susan is reader
The recording contains about ten minutes
services librarian and manages publish ser-
of our music, and notes on the CD cover ( or
field music, artillery firing demonstrations
vice operations
cassette liner) are both numerous and kind in
and military reviews.
braries.
There will be parades featuring the Junior
and Senior Fife and Drum Corps as well as
The Mary Stith Shop will present programs on 18th -century domestic skills Satur-
ciation in Washington.
Air Command,
ots. On both CD and cassette, it features the
for the five Foundation
Li-
acknowledging Fife and Drum Corps' participation.
What' s happening
The Fifes and Drums make an important
da) , to include dyeing cloth, fitting clothing
for men and women, knitting, wigs and hair
Town Criers Toastmasters, 2nd
contribution to international military music,
and 4th Tuesdays,
both in performance
styles.
Employee Yard Sale, Saturday,
said. " It is gratifying to realize that the Corps
Religious life in the colony will be represented by the following three events Sunday:
October S, First St. and Capitol
has
Landing Road, 8 a. m. to noon.
throughout
a service
on Market
Square
at 10 a. m., a
noon, PTB.
gained
and in standards,"
a reputation
the
world."
John
for excellence
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Registration/ Packet Pick -up at Lot 44
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When
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Weight Watchers - at -Work begins its next
10 -week session Monday, October 7. These
ten meetings can help carry you through the
holiday season and help support that famous
New Year' s resolution, " I am going to control my weight!"
You' re encouraged to bring a buddy ( employee, retiree, spouse, and friends are eligible to participate).
The cost of the 10 -week
session is 582. 50_ There is a payment plan
for employees — S20 down with the balance
paid by the fifth week.
Five minute massages are available on a
first -come, first massage basis. They' re a
great stress -reliever!
Registration deadline is Monday, September 23. If you want to register or have
questions, please call Sue Houser at extension 7029 # 1.
Donna Cassell,
ext. 7250 or
resounding "
yes."
Sweet offers to share
ago when he gave blood at a Red Cross
bloodmobile.
database program
He asked how the Red Cross
was supported
and the representative
that it' s supported,
Ken Sweet
in accounts
receivable
has
developed a database program to keep track
of employees'
already
training
classes — those
taken and those that are required.
It permits data entry, data correction, data
removal,
review
and
a series
of reports.
Way donations.
I enjoy knowing that when I give to the
United Way, they give it to agencies that
truly
need
it,"
said
These
are
file, on any IBM or compatible and is easy to
check a little at time and I don' t even miss it."
use.
If you would like to use the program, send
your formatted floppy disk to Ken Sweet,
and he will provide the program
and documentation. "
Colonial Williamsburg adds to your
donation by contributing S. 50 for every dollar you give.
So far, you have donated S57, 229 or 52%
of our goal.
I will
turn
3 - 1/ 2 " disks overnight,"
our goal of S110, 000.
If you have not received your United
For
more
Way
Ken said.
information
call
him
on
We' re two weeks into the
campaign and have two more weeks to reach
5 - 1/ 4" disks around the day received and
donation
card, contact your United
Way captain or Virginia Cook, ext. 7068.
ext. 7324.
The CW News Extra is always on the
day, September
you have developed a successful
your four -
Douglas. "
agencies that help those who are in dire need.
It' s easy to give to United Way through
lookout for ways to pass along good ideas. If
Register
United
payroll deduction. It comes out of my pay-
you know bowling is a lot of fun. The next
10 -week bowling mini -league begins Tues10.
replied
in part, through
The program will run, as a stand -alone
The program comes complete, with source
or in previous leagues,
if he
Inn, learned about United Way several years
code
If you participated in the Bowling Fun
Night Tournament
Edwards
Douglas, executive kitchen steward at the
to you by return interoffice mail.
starts rolling Sept. 10
you ask Douglas
supports United Way, he answers with a
Sue Houser, ext. 7029 # 3
Woodlands,
Bowling mini -league
Friend of United Way:
1I44eIW
idea or
person team by calling Sue Houser at exten-
technique in your area, maybe it will be
sion 7029 # 4.
199I
Pacesetter
Campaigi:
helpful in another department. Thank you,
How strong are you?
Ken, for sharing your idea.
Find out October 17
How to be taken
seriously' and
Productive Meetings'
Have
See `Pleasures of Tea'
The Pleasures of the Tea Table" will be
explored at the Hennage Auditorium
of the
DeWitt Wallace Gallery at4 p. m., Wednesday, August 28.
Using objects from the collection relating
to tea, two character interpreters share Wil-
liamsburg gossip, demonstrate the importance of tea in the colonies and discuss the
development of tea ware.
strength
and
Didn' t know they
they' ll be
at the
Health &
Safety
Fair on Thursday, October 17.
How much tal is on your body? It can be
Now is the time to sign up for two
training classes offered in September:
August 28 at Gallery
had your
could be measured? The Tazewell Club staff
can, and
topics of Sept. classes
you ever
flexibility measured?
The " How to be Taken Seriously in
Business" workshop, will beheld Thursday, September 12, from 8: 30 a. m. to 5
p. m. at the Personnel Training Build-
ing. The cost is approximately S70.
The ` Productive
Meetings"
At the Fair you can participate
in short
exercise sessions that focus on flexibility
and toning. The Tazewell Club staff will
lead a special " celebrity" aerobics session.
Just how strong are you? Come to the
Health & Safety Fair and find out.
work-
shop will be held Tuesday, September
17 from 8: 30 a. m. to 5 p. m. at the
Personnel Training Building, at no
charge.
measured, too ( of course it' s confidential).
The Exiral is published weekly by the Communications
Department Deadlines are 5 p. m every Tuesday Call Sally
Riley, ext 7968. tor assistance. Send announcements via
interoffice mail to CW News Extra, GBO Or, FAX them to
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Volume 13, No. 35
The
child care center
Since the paper - chain ribbon
one year ago on September
was cut
3, the Colonial
Williamsburg Child Care Center enroll-
The staff invites you to participate in the
The children have learned skills, including
continued growth of the Peninsula' s lead-
some Spanish, and played with imagina-
ing child care center. If you are interested
in sharing your time or talents, call Sue
tive
to 90. Its staff has grown from 10
sto- w
I1114
o •
The center' s philosophy remains:
a growing . uccess
s
tion of plays; and the creation of artwork.
ment has increased from 45 children
to 20. ,
August 30, 1991
crafts;
for
example,
infants
painting with colored Cool Whip.
at ext. 7995.
Volunteer programs using
Mss
0
Steberl
Gp
William and Mary students
Insights" features
and interns from Christopher
offer a safe, caring
yet challenging environment
Newport College added much
for children to develop at their
own
center.
child care center
needed helping hands at the
pace.
Help
from
parents
014QIILD
and oth-
er foundation employees, such
As
ca'
Tune
leaders
of the parent
allowed the children to take frequent trips
organization, Grant Healey,
Connie Graft, Sara Flanary, Nancy Carter and Loretta Spacek have
into the Historic Area, including the mili-
established an active and caring support
tary encampment,
in on WTKR
Channel
3
Wednesday, September 4 at 8 p.m. for
Riverside
Psychiatric
Hospital'
s pro-
group.
as Bill
varied
Mauer
and
Linda
Smith,
to supplement
the active,
curriculum.
The center
offered
The staff, led by director Sue Steberl,
three
sessions
of
swimming lessons at the Woodlands pool.
Other programs for the children included
includes in its goals for 1991 - 92 accredita-
tion by the National Association for the
Education of Young Children, burying a
a visit from the Virginia Living Museumcomplete with live animals; a visit by a
program with participation by some of the
full -blooded
gram, "
Insights."
This quarterly
program features topics of interest deal-
ing with, but not related directly to,
mental health.
This episode, " Who' s minding the
chi ldren? " covers parenting issues when
both parents are working and have to
rely on outside child care. Colonial
W illiamsburg' s center is featured along
with an interview by Barbara Wielicki,
foundation' s employees and retirees.
Native American;
produc-
What's happening
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Town Criers Toastmasters, 2nd
and 4th Tuesdays, noon, PTB.
time capsule, and a more active volunteer
director of Employee Relations.
Friend of United Way: Will Spear
As the United Way Pacesetter cam-
5200 spending money. The drawing is
paign enters its final week, we focus on
Carter' s Grove Run/ Walk, Sat urday, September 7 at 9 a. m.
Weight Watchers registration
deadline, Monday, September 23,
call Sue Houser at ext. 7029 # 1.
Employees' Arts & Crafts Show
Sale, Saturday, September 28,
11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday,
September 13.
Will Spear, a sales interpreter at McKen-
Some day my daughter, Megan, may
be a Girl Scout," Will said. " We can sup-
zie Apothecary.
I like the fact that one donation helps
many organizations,"
Will said. " It' s an
port the organization today, so that she can
be a Girl Scout in the future. By giving to
organized effort, and I enjoy being part of
the United Way, I give something back to
the team
the community."
achieve
effort
each
year
that helps
us
our goal."
If you have not received
The goal this year is S110, 000. So far,
September 29, 10 a. m. to 3 p.m.
three weeks into the campaign,
Employee Yard Sale, October 5,
With one week to go, we have our work cut
out for us.
card, call Virginia Cooke today, ext. 7068.
have given S81, 738 or 74% of our goal.
contact Donna Whalen, exL 7118,
for application.
J Health & Safety Fair, Common-
wealth hall, Thursday, Oct. 17.
your pledge
employees
As an incentive, by donating to United
Way, you are eligible for prizes, including
a weekend for two at Wintergreen plus
Mom z.
fl.; 44...
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Pacesetter
Campaign
�Inn
nominated `
For the second year in a row,
the
Williamsburg Inn has been nominated for
Family Circle magazine' s " Family Resort
of the Year"
award, in the general cate-
Family Resort of the Year'
meet families' needs in a number of categories.
The nominations
are published
in the
hospitality, facilities and accommodations,
children and teen amenities, family entertainment,
late September issue. Readers are asked to
rate those resorts they have visited and
gory.
Each year, the magazine asks a panel of
named in the January issue.
write in resorts
nomination
travel experts to nominate resorts they feel
are based
on
Tom
named
Taylor
has
architectural
manager
and
been
collec-
conserva-
tor. He reports to Cary Carson,
are tabulated
Congratulations
that don' t appear on the
form. Ratings
for the National Park Services
office have for monitoring the
cal
condition
grant - in -aid applications
18th- century play
as a team leader for the techni-
of Colonial
Wil-
review
of
and thanks to every-
scheduled for
the
in titles describe
are
Auditions
responsibilities Tom and his
changes
and winners
one at the Williamsburg Inn.
Thomas Taylor named manager
of Architectural Collections
tions
and perceived value. The
responses
preservation
for
been
liamsburg' s historic properties, for overseeing the
funds authorized by the Na-
named the Office of Architec-
preservation of these build-
Act for acquisition
tural Collections
ings, and for conducting field
toric Places.
for
the National Register of His-
changes in our building pres-
of tours and
Oliver
Goldsmith' s
She
opment of properties listed on
research and recommending
The department
presentations will hold auditions
vice president for research.
Tom' s
office
has
Manage-
ment.
Roberta Reid is assistant
architectural
collections
ager and associate
man-
conserva-
ervation
practices
According
to
Denny
O' Toole, vice president
chief education
officer,
and
these
appro-
Historic Preservation
and devel-
the Founda-
Drum Building at 7 p.m. Sunday,
September 8.
Review
copies
of the
script
are available from Gina Goad at
Greenhow West. Please call her
Tom has bachelor and masterdegrees in architectural his-
priate.
Tom joined
tor.
as
tional
Stoops so Conquer at the Fife &
at ext. 7344.
tory from the University of
tion in 1980 as its first archi-
Virginia and a Ph. D. in Amer-
tectural conservator. He had
ican
worked seven and a half years
Washington University.
Studies
from
Landscape, Lodge
George
teams end season
as league leaders
Rituals of cooking and serving food'
topic of Wallace Gallery lectures
cal arts, entitled " Town Kitch-
orative Arts Gallery features
century Virginia" Wednesdays in September at 4 p.m.
the lecture series " Hearth and
The series begins Septem-
of 18th- century Virginia Slave
The DeWitt Wallace Dec-
Table:
The Rituals of Cook-
ber 4 with a lecture by Jay
ens to Quarter Pots: The Stuff
The 1991 softball season finally
ended despite the rain last Monday,
with a very close game between the
Lodge and the Inn. The Lodge team
triumphed over all coed -league competitors in the regular season and the
tournament.
Cooking and Eating,"
Get your free family portrait
Executive Color Studios will take photographs Saturday,
October 19 and Sunday, October 20.
You will receive a free 10x13 canvas portrait, and you are
not under any obligation to purchase anything. The free
portrait offer is limited to one per family. Children will not
The Landscape team members
displayed their skill and persistence
omy of a Table: The Setting
Gaynor, curator of mechani-
as-
sistant, presents " The Oecon-
ing and Serving Food in 18th-
to place first in the regular season
Jan Gilliam, curatorial
and Serving of an 18th -Century Table," September 11.
The series continues with
The Dining Room in Early
Virginia" September 18, by
Mark
R.
Wenger,
research
and tournament in the men' s league.
You can watch them play again in a
toumament at Quarterpath Park September 6 -8.
Congratulations
softball
architect.
alone for the portrait. Extra poses will be
taken, and you will have the opportunity to purchase addi-
in
season
well
played.
Martha Katz -Hyman, assistant curator, concludes the
to all players
the men' s and coed leagues for a
be photographed
tional
portraits.
Make your appointment by calling Sue Houser at ext.
7029 # 5. Also, please mark your calendar for Wednesday,
November 6 or Thursday, November 7, to return and view
your finished portrait and receive your free family portrait.
series with " From Document
to Dinner:
Using Period
Sources to Furnish 18th - Cen-
The Extra is published weekly by
the communications
department.
Deadlines are 5 p. m. every Tues-
day. CaII Sally Riley, ext. 7968, for
assistance.
Send announcements
tury Kitchens," September 25.
via
All lectures
Extra, GBO. Or, FAX them to Sally
are in the Hen -
nage Auditorium.
interoffice
Riley,
ext.
7702.
mail
to
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of the
Foundation who enroll in the 403( b)
plan can choose from investment
options provided by Putnam Retirement
Plans Services or Prudential
Asset
Management Company. You may
Securities Portfolio - for
achieving a high level of income over
the long -term through investments in
intermediate and long -term U. S.
enroll in either one or both programs.
through investments in common stock
and common stock equivalents ( such as
convertible debt securities) of foreign
MEDLEY Guaranteed Interest
Account - for investors who like
guarantees, the account offers highly
rates of return, guaranteed
minimum and current interest rates,
reinvestment
of maturing
funds and sufficient liquidity for benefit
Putnam Retirement
Plan Services
Retirement
Plan Services
Putnam Daily Dividend Trust - for
investors seeking current income
with
stable
principal
and
liquidity through a money market fund.
Putnam U. S. Government
wish
to achieve
capital
appreciation through investment
primarily
in common
stocks of
attractive yields from long term fixed
income secunties that do not involve
default
Conservatively Managed Flexible
Portfolio -
for conservative
investors,
includes money market instruments,
intermediate notes and bonds, and
stocks of established
companies.
Aggressively Managed Flexible
Portfolio - for aggressive investors that
includes a mix of money market
instruments, long -term bonds, and
common stocks of established
companies.
companies.
Capital Growth Account -
through a portfolio
of securities backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States.
The Putnam Fund for Growth and
Income - for investors seeking capital
publications and are not an evaluation
of the fund by Colonial Williamsburg
a diversified
equity portfolio managed for the long
Enrollment kits containing forms
and details of each program are
Income
income consistent with preservation of
Fund descriptions as provided
Foundation.
available in the Compensation
Trust - for investors seeking current
capital pnncipally
and liquidity.
Bond Portfolio - for investors who like
above are extracted from vendor
include:
consistent
the
payments.
Common Stock Portfolio - for investors
who
Putnam
to attain
consistent with preservation of capital
common
and domestic issuers.
automatic
that aims
substantial risk of losing capital through
government securities.
competitive
instruments
highest level of current income
Company offers:
Government
Global Equity Portfolio - for investors
seeking long -term growth of capital
IRS restrictions on premature
All regular employees
Prudential Asset Management
investors seeking safety of capital while
subject to a 10% tax penalty.
designed to encourage
Management Company
Money Market Account - a portfolio of
short term debt ( money market)
Benefits Department.
ItIrt
and
If you would like
to have more information about the
403( b) plan ( or the 401( k) plan if you
work for Hotel Properties)
you, call
mailed to
Joann England ext. 7042.
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<p>The number of issues published every year varies. No papers were published between January 1943 and June 1, 1948. From August 1979 through May 1992, a supplemental publication titled <em>Colonial Williamsburg News Extra</em> was sometimes published to include additional information for staff, especially during those periods when the paper was published every other month. There are occasional Public Relations-style news releases published as <em>CW News Telenews</em> or sometimes just as <em>Telenews</em>.</p>
<p>The publication was produced principally for employees to inform them of important and relevant goings-on in a timely fashion. Although distributed fairly widely at CWF properties and now online, the paper covers topics including Restoration (and later Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) building openings, new programming, Historic Trades, special events, historical and architectural research, archaeological discoveries, new employee hires and retirements, employee activities and achievements, employee profiles and personal milestones, employee benefit and charity concerns, donor activities, museum exhibitions and acquisitions, film productions and book publications, educational initiatives, celebrity and VIP guest visits, restaurant and hotel news, product and reproductions releases, Merchant’s Square shopping, and relevant local area news.</p>
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September 6, 1991
Volume 13, No. 36
United Wav
Friday, September 13 may be your lucky
day, but only if you have submitted your
United Way pledge card. To be eligible for
the September 13 prize drawing, you must
submit your pledge card by today, September 6.
Employees
have donated $ 93, 855, or
85 %, of the $ 110, 000 United Way Paces-
ABC linen assortment
from Stevens
Lines
Wythe Candies gourmet basket
one one -hour Tazewell Club massage
Aromatique fragrance basket
one one -month membership to Taze-
Graves Mountain Lodge gift basket
well Club
Rowena' s sauces and jams gift set
six - month
theater
passes
Goodwin Guild Weavers lap blanket
dinner for two at a colonial
to
Williamsburg Theater
and
for two
pillow
tavern
for the grand prize, a
weekend for two at Wintergreen
plus $ 200,
you must give at least $ 26. Other prizes
Foreign Advisory pair of delft candle-
dinner for two at the Cascades
sticks
etter Campaign goal.
To be eligible
cards are due toda
aled
dinner for four at the Groaning Board
Vaillencourt
chalkware
figurine
tickets for two to the plantation
You need to turn in your pledge card
Impact pair of framed prints
include:
one of seven vacation days
Kirk - teiff pewter pitcher
S
4sonc
to your United Way captain by 5 p. m.
today. If you need a pledge card or don' t
know who your United Way captain is in
Hariz 14‘.4
pair of framed prints: Open and Closed
z%
cacti...
itt,41.1 W
Irises
1991
Pacesetter
dinner
at the Cascades.
Nancy Thomas folk art ark
your work area, call Virginia
Cooke, ex-
tension 7068.
Camaraign
Summer visitors praise Colonial Williamsburg
heat, several
make an annual gift to the Foundation, in
families have written of their pleasant ex-
the hope it would help ease the budget
of my employer' s 125 -member emergency squad. It is, however, different when
periences in Colonial Williamsburg.
Robert Gottschalk, an attomey from
Charlottesville, wrote that his family ' s first
impressions were formed by the Woodlands, " the best facilities of any hotel we
problems.
one' s own child is involved.
have seen in the United States." He listed
It was inspiring, uplifting and entertaining. You are to be commended for the
excellent work done by your organization
and by all those who have helped make
Colonial Williamsburg a unique and trea-
In spite of the summer
the miniature golf, shuffleboard,
swim-
ming pools, bicycles, the flowers, the service in the office and the housekeeping.
We' re finding ourselves recommending
the Williamsburg Woodlands to anyone
who thinks of visiting Colonial
Williamsburg or Busch Gardens."
Mr. Gottschalk said the physical ap-
I was both surprised
and pleased to
Bailey, Jr., also sent a contribution. He
learn that your establishment would cover
wrote that his family' s visit in June was its
please see " facilities ", page two
first, but it hopes to return again and again.
sured part of our national heritage and a
What's happening!
Taws C
Cat
day, ,
Michele
Kereczman
of Kunkletown,
Area met their
They were disap-
at the Woodlands. " The staff is wonderful
pointed that certain
and a special thank you goes to officers J.
to '
aril casters,. 2nd
ro e Run/ W ....: ;..; .;;;..
ptetnber 7 at 9`h to :< ><
fitting tribute to the men and women who
carved democracy from a wilderness."
Pa. also wrote about the accommodations
pearance of the Historic
highest expectations."
A gentleman from Wyoming, Henry
Jl€ tchters regast:t+ation •
C
Hou er
ue.
autiloyees' Atitan dCrat'ts
and Sale },Satt, rdat , September - 8,
11 a. 111.
7 p. an. and Sunday;:,
tetnber 29, 10 a.tn. to 3 p m ! .:.
shops
R. Langenhennig, Anthony Stith and
open,
Gilbert Tyler of security. They were very
helpful when my daughter, Jaime, was
e( 112ta. t 1) unna Whalen, ext.,71;1
that " this is a
injured
ftar application.
result of tight
Officer Langenhennig) calmer than most
parents upon learning of their child' s injury, please let her know that I am a member
crafts
were
but
and
not
realized
budgets."
promised
He
to
at poolside.
If I appeared (
to
1 tnpio ee Yard Sale, October`F
health and Safety Fair, ( c ! 1 T . 1 •
NIealth Hall, Thursday, Out. 17.
�Supplier exceeds employee' s expectations
Ken Sweet of accounts receivable re-
tem, and was unable to find a local source.
port.
cently had an experience with a supplier
Finally he wrote to Iomega Corporation.
descriptions,
that believed in good customer relations. It
the manufacturer.
the hope that the items shipped would tide
reminded him of our seven -year objective,
Exceed Visitor Expectations."
Ken expected to receive a price list and
order form. Instead he received the very
Ken needed cleaning supplies for his
supplies he needed and a letter from Lou
Bernoulli box, part of his computer sys-
Ann Ostergaard of Iomega customer sup-
Fife &
Drum participates in Langley
military tattoo for fifth consecutive year
For the fifth year Colonial
Williams -
burg' s Fife and Drum Corps participated
in the Langley Air Force Base annual
military tattoo. The hour -long tribute to
military music was August 21 and 22 at the
base Memorial Park.
innkeepers signaling them to turn off the
ale taps and close for the night while the
soldiers returned to their camp.
The soldiers
According to an article in the Langley
is derived
from
doe den tap toe' which seventeenth- and
eighteenth -century drummers yelled to
through
The article says that by the nineteenth
century the term " tattoo" had come to be
used for a military parade or musical show.
of
care plans:
within
the
all employees
the Colonial
you must
30 days
benefits
schedule
a
of
enrolled
Williamsburg'
office
at
in
health
an application
a new child
before
extension
7026 to
new application.
Correction
While
Weight
Watchers
provides
mental massages and strokes to help you
lose weight, it is the Tazewell
free,
5- minute
Club that
massages
at the
Health & Safety Fair on October 17.
Sony about the mix -up.
Facilities
continued
from page one
coverage
Applications
for the dependent
can
more than 30 days after
birth can' t be accepted and coverage won' t
be available
appreciate the gesture.
until open enrollment.
Jaime has healed
nicely, and we are looking forward to our
next visit to Williamsburg ( in the near
and of course,
our choice
the Woodlands
is
of accommodations."
Robert Beck of Newport News wrote
must be completed
begin.
time to come in and complete a
back.
future)
Even if you already have family cover age,
should contact
enroll
birth You
s
good feeling about Iomega, and he believes it illustrates the kind of company
behavior that keeps customers coming
the initial medical expenses. I certainly
plan thirty days after birth of child
A reminder to
gave him a
the streets."
Add new dependents to health care
any
where to order, and
Ken says the experience
offers
to their quarters
prices,
him over until the order could be filled.
as the drums and fifes of the regiment
marched
Flyer, " the word ` tattoo'
returned
The letter included parts numbers,
to tell of his very pleasant dinner at the
Williamsburg Inn. " Last night, on short
notice to the Inn, my wife and I took five
guests for dinner. The service and food
were superior. The maitre d' who received
my phone reservation who handled my
Many activities planned for Health and
Safety Fair in Commonwealth Hall
Have you marked your calendar for the
agency.
More than 22, 000 names are on
Health & Safety Fair, Thursday, October
the waiting list for transplants. At its booth
17 at Commonwealth
special requests was named James Lewis.
Our waiter, Mark Scott, truly did an outstanding job. Actually, all of the service
personnel performed extraordinarily. We
had five different meals between the seven
in the Health & Safety Fair, you can sign up
few of the activities
Ident - a -Kid:
identification
Hall? Here are just a
planned:
and give the " Gift of Life."
You can have a special
Even a Dummy Knows - Seat Belts
card prepared for your child.
Save Lives by Travelers Insurance: How
often do you buckle up? The Travelers
Ident -a -Kid is a national
organization
people and all were superior."
Anita Smith wins
Walkers' drawing
meeting this need. The laminated card
staff will give you an opportunity to safely
Anita Smith is the winner of the Colo-
includes
feel the impact of being involved in a
collision going 55 miles per hour. This
activity is not recommended for everyone.
nial Walkers " Walk to Daytona Beach"
a picture, finger prints and basic
information identifying your child. The
cost ilgr child for this service is $ 5 for
one card, $ 8 for two cards and $ 10 for
three cards.
LifeNet Organ Donor: Organ dona-
If this doesn' t convince you, watching
a " dummy" being catapulted (no seat belt)
and measuring the landing distance might.
tion is an opportunity to help save lives.
You can become apart of this effort through
LifeNet Transplant
Services,
an indepen-
dent non -profit organ and tissue transplant
incentive for the period June 1 through
July 31. Congratulations, Anita!
TheExtra
Is published weekly by the
Communications
Department. Deadlines
are 5 p. m. every Tuesday. Call Sally Riley,
r/ :
Lk: wonders
ext. 7968, for assistance. Send announcements via Interoffice mail to CW News
Extra, GBO. Or, FAX them to Sally Riley,
ext.
7702.
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<p>The <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em> was the official newspaper of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Publication began November 1940 under the title <em>The Restoration News</em> and was published under that name until February 1942. The title changed to <em>The News of Colonial Williamsburg</em> from February 1942 to May 1950. The name changed again in May 1950 to <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em>. It is often collectively referred to by the abbreviated title <em>CW News</em>. Production switched to a digital-only format in 2018. The newspaper ceased production in 2020.</p>
<p>When using the <em>CW News</em>, it is important to remember that it reflects the realities of its time. For example, columns in the 1940s issues reported on the “News of the Colored People.” Separate reporting of African American and white social events was indicative of the segregation that was the legal norm in Virginia at the time.</p>
<p>The number of issues published every year varies. No papers were published between January 1943 and June 1, 1948. From August 1979 through May 1992, a supplemental publication titled <em>Colonial Williamsburg News Extra</em> was sometimes published to include additional information for staff, especially during those periods when the paper was published every other month. There are occasional Public Relations-style news releases published as <em>CW News Telenews</em> or sometimes just as <em>Telenews</em>.</p>
<p>The publication was produced principally for employees to inform them of important and relevant goings-on in a timely fashion. Although distributed fairly widely at CWF properties and now online, the paper covers topics including Restoration (and later Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) building openings, new programming, Historic Trades, special events, historical and architectural research, archaeological discoveries, new employee hires and retirements, employee activities and achievements, employee profiles and personal milestones, employee benefit and charity concerns, donor activities, museum exhibitions and acquisitions, film productions and book publications, educational initiatives, celebrity and VIP guest visits, restaurant and hotel news, product and reproductions releases, Merchant’s Square shopping, and relevant local area news.</p>
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Volume 13, No. 37
September 13, 1991
Special open house and free play
highlight golf course opening
Employees,
Williamsburg
retired
employees
and
and develop a course that combines differ-
area residents may tour
ent types of holes that fit the site. We tried
to the ponds, and is re -used for irrigation,
to make this a shotrnaker' s course."
while rain replaces water in the system lost
Colonial Williamsburg' s new golf course
reservoirs for nut off. Irrigation water flows
during an open house 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Sunday, October 27. With light refresh-
the project
We were
The new course plays 7120 yards from
ments provided,
extremely selective removing trees from
the back tees to a par 72. Water comes into
guests a preview of the Golden Horseshoe
the tees, fairways and greens. We avoided
play on six holes, two played over water
Golf Club' s Green course prior to the first
disturbing major ravines in the property
and four with lateral hazards.
and we preserved ex-
clubhouse, the course complex includes a
isting wetlands,"
practice range and putting green.
the open house allows
official day of play.
Employees and retirees may also enjoy
complimentary greens fees and cart rental
to play the course Tuesday, October 29
through Monday, November 4. Call 2207696 in advance
Environmental initiatives were part of
said
from the inception.
William
In addition
S.
On Monday, October 28, an 18th -cen tury musket volley signals the opening of
addition to two championship 18 -hole lay-
ager.
course, the Spotswood.
The Golden
Horseshoe
Green
course
GOLF magazine put the Golden Horse-
electronic weather station is part of a com-
course
puter- controlled irrigation system capable
the award - winning
Gold course, designed by father Robert
incorporates
advanced technology.
of monitoring
atmospheric
An
conditions,
shoe Gold course and the Williamsburg
Inn onto its list of the 12 top golf resorts in
the nation
and awarded
them
its Gold
customizing irrigation patterns for the var-
Medal in 1988, renewing the honor in
1990. Golf Digest includes the Golden
Horseshoe in its 1990 ranking of the best
ious turf grasses.
Trent Jones, and opened in 1963.
75 resort golf courses, and Southern Links
measuring soil moisture and nutrients, and
New course works
with
Golf Course, in
outs, offers a nine -hole ex( cutive -length
the course, designed by renowned golf
architect Rees Jones. The links -sty le Green
complements
to a new 3, 000 square foot
The Golden Horseshoe
Gardiner, vice president and project man-
for a tee time.
to evaporation."
nature
Gardiner described the irrigation sysThe Green Course' s design respects the
environment and features abundant wood-
magazine conferred its Best of the South
tem for the course as nearly self con-
designation
tained. " We created several new ponds as
holes.
on the Gold' s four par- three
lands and natural terrain. " This is rugged
land, with a lot of ravines and draws. We
had to be very careful routing the course to
take best advantage of the topography,"
Rees Jones said.
AAA travel counselors experience
Williamsburg firsthand during fam tour
This past weekend 68 American Auto-
The routing really fits the land. We
were able to avoid the really rugged terrain
mobile As' ociation ( AAA) travel coun-
the list of most requested vacation destina-
tions, according to AAA. According to
selors from all over the nation journeyed to
Phyllis Terrell, manager, Group Sales, 29%
Williamsburg to participate in the 13th
Annual Williamsburg Area Marketplace
and Familiarization Tour sponsored by the
Williamsburg Area Convention and Visi-
of our guests
tors Bureau.
This is the second year the marketColonial
Williamsburg
exceed
the
1991
employees
United
Way
Pacesetter campaign goal of$ 110, 000.
See story on page two.
use AAA
as a source of
information when planning their visit.
The AAA travel counselors
spent five
days touring Jamestown, Yorktown, Busch
Gardens, Water Country, Berkeley, Shirley
and Evelynton
plantations,
the Virginia
place has been designed specifically for
Living Museum and Colonial Williams-
AAA travel professionals.
burg. They stayed and ate in local hotels
A survey released earlier in the year
revealed that Williamsburg ranks fifth on
and restaurants.
please see
AAA
counselors,
page
two
�T1w ,
United Way campaign sets
record for corporate giving
bspitaklty
and
Council)
Canntttr
p. w,t :
Employees'
Arts and Crafts
how and Sale
4: ..
Colonial Williamsburg employees set
another Greater Williamsburg United Way
fundraising record by contributing more
consistently bringing in the highest em-
than $ 111, 404. The final total, expected to
nates. The gift is expected to be about
reach more than $ 113, 000, won' t be determined until later this month. This year' s
56, 500, bringing the total Colonial
Williamsburg gift to more than $ 169, 000.
goal was $ 110, 000.
This amount is almost 17% of the United
tit Commonwealth Hall
28
Colonial Williamsburg has been a pacesetter organization for the past eight years,
ployee donation total. The Foundation will
Byrd Baker, Matthew Whaley, D. J. Montague, Rawls Byrd or Norge Elementary
schools are encouraged to attend Parent' s
Way' s 1991 fund raising goal of $ 1 million.
Colonial Williamsburg will expand
its
partnership program with all
day, September 19, beginning at 7 p.m. in
lished later.
For more information,
child' s teacher, share concerns and show
Wielicki,
director,
call Barbara
Employee
a. m.
to
3
p. m.
Prizes
Phantom of the
Opera" bus leaves
from Group Arrivals
Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, September 18, be at the Group Arrivals Build-
support.
Williamsburg -James City County elementary schools this fall. Details will be pub-
This is an opportunity to meet your
0
Free Admission • Door
If you' re going on Colonial Williams burg' s Phantom of the Opera excursion to
Night, sponsored by the PTA, on Thurseach of the schools.
Urunday. September 29
give S. 50 for every $ 1 an employee do-
Attend Parent' s Night at local schools
Parents of children who attend Clara
Saturday, September
Vk %11 a. m. to 7 p. m.
Relations,
ing, near the Visitors Center, by 7: 30 a. m.
The bus departs shortly thereafter.
Smoking is not be allowed on the bus.
The group travels non -stop to Union Station and arrives around 11 a. m. For more
information,
call Virginia Cooke, exten-
sion 7068.
extension 7045.
AAA counselors learn Colonial Williamsburg is best value
continued from page one
Before coming
fam
tour,'
Williamsburg
just a day for "
said
Williamsburg,"
I
on the
recommended
touring Colonial
Connie Chieppo of AAA Branford in Bran-
sis of the interpretation.
I was excited
pressed with the Woodlands
when I learned
that I
rooms
are neat, clean
facilities. The
and even elaborate
would be staying in the Woodlands be-
by most standards. The Woodlands offers
cause it is so close to the Historic Area. I
wonderful amenities and a good value for
the dollar."
15
even gave up sleep so I could walk in
Williamsburg in the morning. Colonial
Williamsburg was an easy sell before, but
times, I' ve Teamed many new things," said
now it' s even easier — I' ve got more am-
Tricia Rowe
munition."
ford, CT. " Now, I'
at
least
a
going to recommend
week."
Even
though
of
each
I have been here
AAA Mid Atlantic based
in Arnold, MD. " I'
ings, but
m
ve seen the same
time it' s different.
I
build- "
can
tell
that there has been a change in the empha-
Walking
meeting
A meeting forpeople who enjoy walking for recreation or fitness will be held at Noon on
Tuesday, October 1. The Colonial Walkers Steering Committee members Donna Cassell, Sue Houser, Peggy Howells,
and Peg Waite are interested in ideas for
the 1992 walking program and incentives. Bring your lunch and join us!
The
Extra
is published
weekly
folks
left here with a better
fer," Phyllis said. " These AAA counselors
were nice everywhere
will send better informed
we went," said Marianne Conetta of AAA
nial Williamsburg.
Stratford, Stratford, CT. " I was very im-
guests to Colo-
ceed visitor expectations."
This will help us ex-
Colonial Williamsburg chef to appear
on Channel 13' s `Mid -day' program
Shields Tavem chef Ed Swann demon-
strates his craft on live television Friday,
September 20. He will appear on W VEC-
expertise,
appears September
17 and 24
from 1 to 4 p. m.
Visitors
to the Parade
of Homes
are
Channel13' s " Mid -day" program at noon
asked to nominate their favorite chef. The
as part of a live broadcast from the Parade
most popular chef is given an award, along
of Homes at Olde Point Cove in Yorktown.
with lots of publicity for his or her restaurant. Chef Swann has been a perennial
Swann, one of a number of loc al celeb-
rity chefs demonstrating their culinary
favorite, and was voted most popular dur-
ing 1990' s Parade.
by the
Communications Department Deadlines are
5 p. m. every Tuesday. CaII Sally Riley, ext.
7968, for assistance.
The people
These
understanding of the scope of Colonial
Williamsburg and all that we have to of-
Send announcements
Weight Watchers session starts Oct. 7
Call extension 7029 # 1 to register for
via interoffice mail to CW News Extra, GBO.
the next session
Or, FAX them to Sally Riley, ext 7702.
Work.
of Weight
Watchers
The cost is S82. 50 for
at
10 - week
session. Spouses,
invited
retirees,
and friends are
to join. Registration
September
23.
deadline
is
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<p>The number of issues published every year varies. No papers were published between January 1943 and June 1, 1948. From August 1979 through May 1992, a supplemental publication titled <em>Colonial Williamsburg News Extra</em> was sometimes published to include additional information for staff, especially during those periods when the paper was published every other month. There are occasional Public Relations-style news releases published as <em>CW News Telenews</em> or sometimes just as <em>Telenews</em>.</p>
<p>The publication was produced principally for employees to inform them of important and relevant goings-on in a timely fashion. Although distributed fairly widely at CWF properties and now online, the paper covers topics including Restoration (and later Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) building openings, new programming, Historic Trades, special events, historical and architectural research, archaeological discoveries, new employee hires and retirements, employee activities and achievements, employee profiles and personal milestones, employee benefit and charity concerns, donor activities, museum exhibitions and acquisitions, film productions and book publications, educational initiatives, celebrity and VIP guest visits, restaurant and hotel news, product and reproductions releases, Merchant’s Square shopping, and relevant local area news.</p>
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Extra Volume
CW News 13, No. 38
September 20, 1991i
Realities of army life
shown in night tours
From maintaining ranks on a bullet swept battlefield to amputating a limb
crushed by a musket ball, Colonial
Williamsburg historic interpreters detail
through the gathering dark to lectures and
demonstrations at the Military Encamp-
and demonstrate
of being in the 18th century. It masks the
the realities of life in the
Continental Army in an after- sundown
program that began Sep-
Wilson says. " We can give more of a sense
modern intrusions."
Interpreters discuss the
role of Virginia' s soldiers
in the Revolution, explain
Military by Night —
A Candlel fight Tour" fea-
and demonstrate
tures interpreters dressed
ing of muskets and, using
in the uniforms of the
a volunteer from the audi-
Virginia State Garrison
ence, the job of camp sur-
Regiment. Their orders
geon. " We' ll do a mock
are to explain the differ-
amputation
between
the legends
and facts of
We' ll tackle the popular myths ," intersays. " For instance,
the fir-
A special edition of the Colonial
Williamsburg News Extra outlining
the policy was distributed to bulletin
boards at the end of August.
If you would like an additional copy
of the special
edition or have ques-
tions, call Barbara Wielicki, director,
employee relations, ext. 7045.
See employees'
creations at Arts
on a visitor,"
Wilson said. Surgical techniques,
the use
they didn' t stand behind trees and shoot.
the extraction of a bullet from a leg or arm
are among the topics to be explained and
demonstrated.
They stood up and fired, just like the
The presentation closes with a thorough
British did. Historically, opposing armies
description of the use of artillery and parting shot from a cannon.
Offered Thursday evenings at 7 and 8
p.m. from September 12 to October 31, the
generally use the same kinds of weapons
and fight in the same ways."
Portraying a lieutenant, armorer and
training safety officer Wilson leads visitors from an orientation
Colonial Williamsburg' s Drug- and
Alcohol -free Workplace Policy goes
into effect Tuesday, October 1.
and Crafts Show
of tourniquets, the lack of anesthesia, and
Colonial military service.
preter Tim Wilson
starts October 1
ment. " It' s more magical, I feel, at night,"
tember 12.
ences
Drug free policy
at the Magazine
cause of death in women between 40 and
65 years of age.
This affects women directly but men,
think of your mothers, wives, daughters,
and Crafts
pants.
October 16, and Friday, October 18. The
fee is $ 60, check or cash.
from the Chesapeake Mobile Imag-
ing Service van at the Health & Safety Fair
on Thursday, October 17. The fee is $ 50.
Call ext. 7029 # 2 for an appointment.
sisters, friends, and other females. The
Hall, near the Visitor Center.
The sale is open to the public. Admiswill be awarded
hourly. Ample parking is available in the
Visitor Center lot.
More than 35 employees
are participat-
ing in this year' s show, sponsored by the
Hospitality and Courtesy Committee.
For more
information,
call
Donna
Whalen, Hospitality and Courtesy Committee coordinator, ext. 7118.
women should have mammograms every
for yourself or a loved one today.
sion is free. Door prizes
mogram. Between the ages of 40 and 49,
Make an appointment for a mammogram
annual
a. m. to 7 p. m. and Sunday, September 29
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m in Commonwealth
should have at least a baseline study mam-
better the chance of containment or cure.
and Sale. The
Women between the ages of 35 and 39
earlier the breast cancer is detected, the
Show
event is Saturday, September 28 from 11
one -hour tours are limited to 60 partici-
Reduced -price mammograms offered
One of every nine women will develop
breast cancer. Breast cancer is the leading
Everything from chocolate confections
to pottery will be shown and sold at the
Colonial Williamsburg Employees' Arts
one to two years. After age 50, mammo-
Reduced price mammograms are avail-
able, by appointment:
from Williamsburg Community Hospital on Monday, October 14, Wednesday,
grams should be annual.
These are general guidelines, always
check with your doctor for his/ her recommendation.
hat' s happening
e
t Ws €
clters registration
ay, S pternb `:
Ue
Houser at ext. 7029 # L
a
Third annual Costunie Swap Day, <.
Saturday, October 12, 7 a.m. to
7 p. rn..
at
CostgIng tags
gn
Center.
�Learn about
nutrition at
Come to the Health & Safety Fair October 17 and find out how healthy you are.
Nutrition Analysis by Riverside Hospital: Exactly what foods will you note t?
Bring your list with you to this booth. Also
bring a one -day food diary that will be
analyzed for fat and cholesterol
content.
You' ll receive a print - ut giving you a
o
variety of nutritious menus containing foods
not on your list. Your information
is pro-
Health &
Safety Fair
Bio- Electrical Impedance by Riverside
Hospital: One way to find out how much
of your weight is fat is by measuring the
Weight Watchers - at -Work:
water in your body. This is accomplished
eliminating foods you like. In addition to
by putting electrodes on your hand and
foot. You won' t feel anything.
learning about nutrition you will under-
The " current"
travels faster if you have
more muscle than fat. You will receive a
print out. Remember to restrict your fluid
Here is a
program that focuses on controlling the
types and amount of food you eat, not
stand the need for exercise and self -con-
trol. Do you eat when you are bored or
upset?
Learn
to change
those negative
eating habits by attending Weight Watchers.
dietitian. The cost for this service is $ 10 for
10 minutes. Call extension 7029 # 8 for an
appointment.
The Weight Watchers
have this screening. The cost for this ser-
you and give you information
vice is $ 5 on a first come, first- measured
current Colonial Williamsburg
basis.
grammed and explained by a registered
intake for at least two hours before you
Watchers meetings.
Lectures, upholstery exhibit
staff will weigh
about the
Weight
free 10x13 canvas
portrait
highlight Gallery programs
Documents
stery
health
Williamsburg" —Linda
Hennage
Auditorium
at the
of the DeWitt Wal-
10 a. rn.' to 6 p.m,
Colonial
at
tles and a 17th - century study on mental
of lectures
Saturday. October 19
Curtains, Cases, and Chairs: Uphol-
Upholstery, storytelling, medieval caswill be topics
No pressure or obligation
Sunday, October 20
Baumgarten, cu-
Noon to 6
rator of textiles, takes a closer look at
lace Decorative Arts Gallery during Octo-
several objects in the collection and ex-
ber.
plores some 18th- century upholstery construction techniques. 4 p.m. Wednesday,
aftext. 1029 # 5 for an appointment
Tom Burr, regional
officer of the Na-
tional Trust in England,
will present " The
October
9. Hennage
The Storyteller" — This program ex-
Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy Estates"
Wednesday, October 23 at 4 p. m. Burr
plores
discusses
the National Trust' s newest ac-
world of storytelling. The stories focus on
quisitions, Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy.
morals and techniques of survival within
On Friday, October 25 at 4 p.m., Dr.
Nicholas Dewey, fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and visiting professor at
the entertaining
and
4 p.m.
October 2 and 30, Hennage
Furniture " —Furniture
and uphol-
will present a lecture on " Robert Burton' s
stered
stery
Book."
18th -century upholstery styles and will
demonstrate innovative re- upholstery
Dewey discusses the early treatillness
and
the
life of
conservators
show
work, written in 1621, has been perceived
Williamsburg
through successive
frames. 4 p.m. Wednesday, October 16.
es ideas surrounding medicine, literature
and religion in the 17th century.
Other Gallery programs include:
The
at
of
Robert Burton. He traces how this famous
and discuss-
developed
examples
methods
centuries
to protect
exhibit "
Colonial
antique
Curtains,
Cases,
chair
and
Chairs: Upholstery Documents at Colonial Williamsburg," opens October 5.
of the Chesapeake
steak, roast prime rib, Yorkshire pud-
Bay at the Lodge, Friday and Saturday
ding and baked ham as well as a variety
between 5: 45 and 9 p.m. this fall
and winter.
ee yard sale is Saturday, October 5 at the
corner of First Street and Capitol Landing
Here' s a chance to recycle your old
LP' s into new dollars, get rid of junior' s
playpen and pickup that lamp you ' ve been
looking for.
Call Donna
Whalen
at ext. 7118 for
your application, due Friday, September
27.
The Hospitality and Courtesy Committee will provide
advertising
and a port- a-
potty. You bring your own table or mat to
display your merchandise; bring plenty of
change, too.
Bay Feast Buffet returns to Lodge
Feast on treasures
and
make a few extra dollars, too. The employ-
A Behind the Seams Look at Uphol-
Anatomy ofMelancholy: The Man and the
of mental
Clean out your house or garage
Road between 8 a. m. and noon.
Auditorium.
Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida,
ment
at Yard Sale Oct. 5
educational
the colonial black community.
Wednesdays,
Turn trash into cash
Auditorium.
of soups,
salads
and
After the sale, please clean up your
space and take home the treasures you buy,
or don' t sell. Keep in mind that this is a yard
sale, not a hobby and craft sale.
vegetables.
The price is $ 18. 25 for adults
The Extra is published
weekly by the
Communications Department. Deadlines
The Chesapeake Bay feast
replaces the Country Buffet offered during the summer.
and $ 11. 50 for children ages 5 - 11.
Entrees have included crab,
meal. Reservations are suggest-
Extra, G BO. Or, FAX them to Sally Riley,
ed.
ext.
clams, perch, shrimp, flank
The 40% Colonial Williamsburg
employee discount applies to the
are 5 p.m. every Tuesday. CaII Sally Riley,
ext. 7968, fo r asslsta nce. Send announce-
ments via interoffice mail to CW News
7702.
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<p>The <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em> was the official newspaper of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Publication began November 1940 under the title <em>The Restoration News</em> and was published under that name until February 1942. The title changed to <em>The News of Colonial Williamsburg</em> from February 1942 to May 1950. The name changed again in May 1950 to <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em>. It is often collectively referred to by the abbreviated title <em>CW News</em>. Production switched to a digital-only format in 2018. The newspaper ceased production in 2020.</p>
<p>When using the <em>CW News</em>, it is important to remember that it reflects the realities of its time. For example, columns in the 1940s issues reported on the “News of the Colored People.” Separate reporting of African American and white social events was indicative of the segregation that was the legal norm in Virginia at the time.</p>
<p>The number of issues published every year varies. No papers were published between January 1943 and June 1, 1948. From August 1979 through May 1992, a supplemental publication titled <em>Colonial Williamsburg News Extra</em> was sometimes published to include additional information for staff, especially during those periods when the paper was published every other month. There are occasional Public Relations-style news releases published as <em>CW News Telenews</em> or sometimes just as <em>Telenews</em>.</p>
<p>The publication was produced principally for employees to inform them of important and relevant goings-on in a timely fashion. Although distributed fairly widely at CWF properties and now online, the paper covers topics including Restoration (and later Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) building openings, new programming, Historic Trades, special events, historical and architectural research, archaeological discoveries, new employee hires and retirements, employee activities and achievements, employee profiles and personal milestones, employee benefit and charity concerns, donor activities, museum exhibitions and acquisitions, film productions and book publications, educational initiatives, celebrity and VIP guest visits, restaurant and hotel news, product and reproductions releases, Merchant’s Square shopping, and relevant local area news.</p>
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Volume 44, Number 3
Fall, 1991
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erguson of the Greenhow
re examine one of the displays at the new
Winthrop Rockefeller Archaeology Museum
during employee open house. Along with the
Courthouse, new golf course, AARFAC addition
and more, the museum is a part of a long list of
new programs and activities that have or soon will
be open to visitors. See inside for more d
1991: A
With
year of openings at
three major facilties coming on line,
1991 is being called "the year of openings"
at Colonial Williamsburg. Employees
across the Foundation joined to make them a success.
Historic trades carpenters,
mechanical
technicians,
character interpreters, historical researchers, historical architects, curators, conservationists and others
Colonial
The Winthop Rockefeller Archaeology Museum
opened
June
27 at Carter' s Grove.
The museum
explains the rediscovery and history of Martin' s
Hundred, a 17th- century settlement destroyed during
an Indian attack in 1622. Wolstenholme Towne served
as the administrative
center of Martin' s Hundred.
The Winthrop Rockefeller Archaeology Museum
Williamsburg
Designed by Rees Jones, it is the third golf course
at the Williamsburg Inn. Named the Golden Horseshoe Green course, it will serve hotel and conference
guests.
The routing really fits the land. We were able to
avoid the really rugged terrain and develop a course
that combines different types of holes that fit the site.
had a hand in remodeling and designing the interpre-
is a special example of a successful collaboration by
We tried to make this a shotmaker'
tive programs
employees,"
said.
for the Courthouse,
opened
June 1.
The response from visitors has been wonderful,"
said Beatrix Rumford,
vice president
of
museums. " I hope Colonial Williamsburg employees
said Carson Hudson, character interpreter at the Court-
will visit the museum to get a first hand view of what
house. " A major opening such as this could not be
all of us can accomplish working together."
accomplished without the help of many employees
across the Foundation."
The opening of a second major 18 -hole golf course
is also on the burner, set for October 28.
s course,"
Jones
The newly renovated Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Folk Art Center opens May 1, 1992. The renovation
has added 19, 000 square feet to the facility, tripling
the exhibition
space for the museum'
tion of American Folk Art.
s famous collec-
�Golf
house
course open
Sunday, October
on
27
Employees, retired employees and members of the
community may tour Colonial Williamsburg' s new
Golden Horseshoe Green Course 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday, October 27. Light refreshments will be provided. The open house is the day before ceremonies
marking the start of play on the new golf course.
Employees and retirees may enjoy complimentary
greens fees and cart rental Tuesday, October29 through
Monday, November 4. Employees and retirees who
wish to take advantage of the offer must call 220 -7696
in advance to reserve a tee time.
On Monday, October 28, an 18th- century musket
volley signals the opening of the course, designed by
renowned golf course architect Rees Jones. The links -
style course complements the award -winning Gold
course, designed by Rees' father, Robert Trent Jones,
opened in 1963.
The Green course' s design respects the environment and features
abundant
woodlands
and natural
terrain. " This is rugged land, with a lot of ravines and
draws. We had to be very careful routing the course to
take best advantage of the topography," Rees Jones
Rees Jones, designer of the Golden Horseshoe Green Course, tees off as Mike Stubblefield, pro at the Montclair, NJ
said.
Country Club looks on. The course' s design takes advantage of the natural terrain, featuring abundant woodlands with
lots of ravines and draws and providing a challenging complement to the Golden Horseshoe Gold Course.
The routing really fits the land. We were able to
played over water and
avoid the really rugged terrain and develop a course
that combines different types of holes that fit the site.
In addition
course
We tried to make this a shotmaker' s course."
The Golden Horseshoe Green course incorporates
four
with
lateral hazards.
12 golf resorts m the nation and awarded its Gold
to a 3, 000 square- foot clubhouse,
complex
includes
a practice
range and
the
1990 rankings of the best 75 resort golf courses, and
The Golden Horseshoe Golf Club is the keystone of
part of a computer -controlled irrigation system ca-
Colonial Williamsburg' s sports and recreation facili-
pable of monitoring atmospheric
ties. In addition to two championship 18 -hole layouts,
ing soil moisture and nutrients, and customizing irriga-
it offers a 9 -hole executive - length course, the
tion patterns for the various turf grasses.
Spotswood.
The course plays 7120 yards from the back tees to
a par of 72. Water comes into play on six holes — two
New AARFAC
Golf Digest includes the Golden Horseshoe in its
putting
green.
advanced technology. An electronic weather station is
conditions, measur-
Medal in 1988, renewing the honor in 1990.
GOLF
magazine
named
the Golden
Horseshoe
Gold course and the Williamsburg Inn one of the top
Southern Links magazine conferred its Best of the
South designation on the Gold' s four par -three holes.
The Williamsburg Inn has earned the Mobil travel
guide five -star rating 14 consecutive years.
The Colonial Williamsburg golf courses are operated by the Williamsburg Inn, one of four hotels run by
Colonial Williamsburg Hotel Properties, Inc.
building readied for May 1
Displaying one of thecountry' s best -known
American folk art collections, the Abby Aldnch
Rockeller Folk Art Center re -opens May 1,
1992.
The enlarged facility contains an additional
19,000 square feet, tripling the amount exhibition space.
opening
intended use — to exhibit the material collection
of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, the wife of John
D. Rockefeller Jr and a leader among a small
group of folk art enthusiasts collecting in the
1920s and 1930s.
The firm of Kevin Roche,
and Associates
The Folk Art Center
John Dinkeloo
Connecticut
de-
in
signed the new building and its modem interi-
1957 and resembles a two story brick federal
ors. The firm, with principal designer Roche,
home.
The " L" shaped
design that matches
was constructed
of Hamden,
addition
is a modern
the brick walls and slate
roof of the orginal building.
also designed the Winthrop Rockefeller Archaeology Museum and the DeWitt Wallace
Decorative Arts Gallery.
The wing attaches to the present building
through a ground -floor corridor. It borders the
south side of the rose garden and a portion of the
The museum has been closed to the public
since renovation began m the winter of 1989.
Nevertheless,
folk art lovers across the nation
addition faces South England Street in front of
the Lodge.
The main floor of the new building contains
exhibition galleries, including space for rotating displays of textiles, such as quilts and coverlets, and a glassed area which accommodates
much of the center' s collection
of weathervanes,
shop signs and tobacconist figures. This gallery
were able to view many of the center' s most
prized possessions in the traveling exhibit "Treasures of Amencan
The traveling exhibit returned to the facility
August 21 from a successful run in ten of the
nation'
s most
prestigious
museums.
They included The Whitney Museum of
will be ht at night so passersby can enjoy the
American
objects from outside.
seum,
The basement of the new building is for
Folk Art."
Art, New York; the Joselyn Art Mu-
Omaha, Nebraska;
the
North
Museum of Art, North Carolina;
Carolina
The Toledo
storage while the second floor houses a signifi-
Museum of Art, Ohio; the National Museum of
cantly larger library and office space.
American Art, Smithsoman Institution, Wash-
The new building includes an enlarged and
fully equipped loading dock and a shipping and
ington, D. C.
Also,
the Fine Arts Museums
of San Fran-
packing area to receive and send loan exhibi-
2
Colonial
Williamsburg
News,
Fall
1991
Francisco,
handicapped.
Secretary Janet Smith, left, and communications associate Sharon Mountain enjoy the view from one of the galleries in the new Abby Aldrich
Rockefeller Folk Art Center building. Construction at the Folk Art Center
is mostly complete. The center is to reopen in May, 1992.
cisco, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San
tions. The facility is fully accessible to the
Texas; The Philbrook Museum of Art, Okla-
Visitors will continue to enter the enlarged
California;
Dallas
Museum
of Art,
homa; the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh,
facility through the present entrance. Museum
Pennsylvania;
staff plan to return the orginial building to its
Arts, Minnesota.
and the Minneapolis Institute of
�Headliners...
Chowning' s, our oldest operating tavern, celebrates 50 years
n August 21,
1941,
Colonial
0
Williamsburg opened the
doors of its first operating tavem, Josiah Chowning' s. Like nearly all
the reconstructed
buildings
in the His-
toric Area, Chowning' s roots lie in the
18th century. There are, however, a
number
of interesting
stories
and
pygmies of five feet ten or so, tipping
the scale at a pathetic
desperation
180 pounds.
In
we mserted an ad in the
local papers which read:
Wanted --
BIG MAN,
Over six feet two. 250 pounds.
The late John Green was manager of
hotels
from slenderness, and in fact were mere
relating
to its " modem" history.
the
Apparently the whole population
of the Virginia Peninsula was suffering
restaurants
when
No experience necessary."
Although a number of applications
Chowning' s was built. In an article
were received, no one met the qualifi-
about the tavern, he wrote that a num-
cations. Finally, an application came
ber of " tricks" were used to create an
from Capron, Virginia, near the North
18th- century atmosphere while con-
Carolina border. Mr. Green' s assistant
went down to check it out.
cealing modem conveniences.
Pipes were run from a large cooler
There burst upon his delighted gaze
in the basement to the beer and ale taps
the apparition
in the bar room. " To the customer, it
over six feet two, weighing 290 pounds,
with a friendly personality and a mil -
looks as though the bartender is draw-
ing from a real keg," Green wrote. " At
least ten people a day ask the bartender
how beer can get so cold in a wooden
of Mr. Julien Dickens,
hon- dollar grin," Green wrote. " Julien
Chowning's, our oldest operating tavern, turned 50 on August 21. The tavern is best
never had a chance. Clothed in green
known as the home of Gambols and such favorite dishes as Brunswick Stew.
tavern keeper' s outfit, with cap and
not include air conditioning. Many officers
in the restoration
thought
ex-
haust fans would be enough to keep it
cool during the summer. Others thought
the new
compete
tavern
with
wouldn' t be able
the restaurants
to
down-
town because they had air conditioning. The final decision came when then -
the exhibition buildings." Even then,
only the first floor was air conditioned.
Market Square Tavern.
how the tavern would be staffed. It was
determined
that the
tavern
keeper
should be, according to Green, a large
man " physically
the undesirable
capable
of ejecting
element."
Finding
someone who met these qualifications
was difficult.
From
old prints
and literature
it
and broad
of beam,"
Green
wrote.
When we started looking for such a
large gentleman to play the part of host,
there didn' t seem to be any.
wife,
Joan
for in just a few
Over the years, Chowning' s grew.
months the 10, 000th steak was served,
In 1953, tavern singing sessions were
to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Alden Hack of
extended to three nights a week. In
whether
Dickens would be able to get through
the narrow trap door to the bar," Green
Columbus,
wrote. "Fortunately, no remodeling was
necessary. He cleared it with a scant
Several
1960, the tavern' s second floor, which
had housed public restrooms, was reno-
touches
added
vated and a second dining room added.
to
Gambols,
a " revival of activities
of
Chowning' s 18th- century atmosphere.
Guests were offered free clay pipes and
Because
the tavern
was
The tavern
lege students
and soldiers
stationed
1954 was so impressed
of French
at
that he wrote
introduced
entertainers
and illusionist
in
included
Bob Cham-
to
colonial taverns, with many repeat visi-
tors requesting such traditional
Crazy place! It swings no end. 1
Prices ranged from $. 30 for a slice
Featured
were
Today, Chowning' s is one of
Colonial Williamsburg' s most popular
this Christmas greeting:
Chowning' s favorites as Brunswick
Stew and Welsh Rabbit.
would like to wish the owner and all the
of " Buttr' d Apple - Pye" to $ 1. 25 for a
ago,"
tradition and documentary evidence
suggest the Chew -ning pronunciation.
the area' s military bases. A guest m
bread and Meat - plenty."
a-
Bowl of Shrimps
upon its
out -of town guests, but to locals, col-
served in the
slices
was a success
years
Bob Hutcheson.
opening, and soon was host not only to
thirsty," food offerings tended to the
light side, mostly soups, bread and
with " large
isted since the tavem' s opening. According to the news release, family
mtended
first and always to be a haven for the
clams or oysters
Chow -ning' s. The controversy has ex-
may watch the passing show."
France.
settle the issue of Chew -nmg' s vs.
drink their beer from a spot where they
Yellow Label, Dry champagne from
A 1983 news release attempted
ment of those gentry who prefer to
8. 25 for a bottle of Veuve Clicquot,
bers, and balladeers Cliff Williams and
able in the tavern garden " for the amuse-
a glass of "Ballantine' s XXX Ale" to
magician
boards and guests were provided playing pieces. Horseshoe pits were avail-
draught beer and ale, wines popular in
1977.
painted - on checker and backgammon
Early offerings at the tavern included
200
tobacco for smoking. Tables featured
A haven for the thirsty
cheese,
Ohio.
An overnight success
inch to spare on each side."
tender
tall
his
was a great success,
wondering
shell, or sandwiches made by the bar-
individuals,
and
Fontaine.
uneasiness,
seemed that practically all tavern keepgargantuan
Ahearne
Mr.
perfect. " We all had a momentary fit of
ers
were
Brian
to in-
clude char- broiled steaks. The addition
Prices for drinks ranged from $. 25 for
In 1940, thought was being given to
first VIP guests were two actors:
In 1953 the menu expanded
Dickens, in fact, was almost too
the 18th century, cider and " fruit -ade."
Wanted...a BIG man
Restoration News notes that the tavern' s
the tavern."
president Chorley visited Williamsburg
in August and saw " visitors fainting in
1941 issue of the
vided breakfast for guests staying at the
and general overseer of the activities at
The original plans for the tavern did
The September,
During its early days the tavern pro-
ruffled shirt, he acts as host, confident,
keg. It can' t."
workers a cool yule and a Frantic first!"
with Sippets."
Ambassador from Antigua and Barbuda visits Colonial Williamsburg
Dr. Patrick Albert Lewis, ambassador
to
full professor in 1983. He received the
the United States for Antigua and Barbuda,
Distinguished Award for Teaching in 1979,
visited Colonial Williamsburg Sept. 5.
while at Hampton University.
Ambassador Lewis, who presented his
credentials
to President
August
toured
6,
the
George
Slave
Bush on
Quarter
at
Carter' s Grove.
In 1984, Lewis became an advisor to the
Deputy Prime Minister of Antigua and
Barbuda and in 1987 was appointed Minister Counsellor and represented
A native of Antigua, Ambassador
Lewis
Barbuda
at the
United
Antigua and
Nations
in New
emigrated to the United States in 1962. He
York.
graduated from Hampton Unversity in 1966
with a bachelor' s degree in history and
their two children, Pascal and Daneille, live
earned master' s and doctorate degrees from
in Hampton. Mrs. Lewis teaches French at
the University of Cincinnati.
Hampton University.
Ambassador Lewis joined the faculty of
Hampton University in 1973 and became
twin -island nation in the Carribbean.
From left: Sandra Johnson,
Ambassador
His wife, Michele
Lollia Lewis,
and
Antigua and Barbuda is an independent
Dr. Patrick Lewis, Robert Watson,
Robert Watson Jr.,
and First Secretary Iva Mendes, during a visit to the Carter' s Grove slave quarter. Robert
Watson, assistant director of AAIP, presented the book, " Williamsburg Before and After."
Colonial
Williamsburg
News,
Fall
1991
3
�People in the News...
Three join Order of the Pineapple
Three people joined the Order of the Pineapple, Colonial Williamsburg' s highest
employee honor, recognizing outstanding hospitality and courtesy toward
guests and fellow employees.
I feel different, honored, now that I have received Colonial Williamsburg' s highest
award," Shields Tavern associate Pam Johnson said. " It impressed my family."
When asked what makes a " pineapple person,"
Pam responded, " You need to be
doing, giving, sharing, honorable, to go out of your way for others and be respectful.
Making others happy makes me happy. When guests come to the tavern I help make
sure things go their way and that their wants and needs are satisfied. When it comes to
my fellow employees, I try to be helpful and willing to do anything that needs to be done.
Also, be truly appreciative and thankful of things that are done for you."
Pam has been cited many times for her outstanding courtesy and hospitality toward
guests in her job as Shields associate D -3 ( hostess). A fellow employee wrote: " Last year
when my family came to visit from Germany, we made plans for them to meet me in
Merchant' s Square. Somehow they ended up at Shields. They speak very little English,
but Pam talked with them and figured out they were looking for me in Merchant' s
Square. Instead of just giving directions and leaving my family to find their own way,
Pam personally led them to me."
Pam
Johnson
Williamsburg
consistent
service
Inn sous chef William Swann is known for his outstanding and
and his graciousness
with fellow employees
and guests.
Getting the Order of the Pineapple is something I always dreamed of," William said.
Captain Thess [Judkins, retired] and the late Gladys Manly, who worked in the pantry,
received the pineapple and inspired me They were nice not only to guests but to those
of us in the back of the house."
When asked what advice he would give to others who seek the Order of the Pineapple
designation he responded: "
Be kind. Give everyone a beautiful smile when you greet
folks and give the best quality service you can possibly give. Work hard. Treat your coworkers well. The bottom line: treat guests and fellow employees like you want to be
treated yourself."
Several of William' s fellow employees
together wrote an Order of the Pineapple
nomination. "Chef Swann is an outstanding individual," they said. " Chef Swann will go
to pick up employees who do not have transportation to work, and he takes employees
home who do not have transportation. He visits employees who are ill, taking them box
lunches, desserts, etc. to cheer them along. He visits employees who are bereaved,
extending his condolences and asking if there is anything that he may do to help them.
At employee functions he is constantly putting out, never tiring until the job is done,
to ensure that the employees are enjoying themselves (even on his day off!). Chef Swann
gives advice to employees who may need it. He is respected by all his peers."
William Swann
William is not the only one known to go pick up employees who are stranded.
Manfred Roehr, manager at Shields Tavern, goes out of the way for his employees, too.
A fellow
Manfred has skillfully and effortlessly continued the
tradition of the spirit of family in the work place [ by] using traditional and sometimes
novel practices. Manfred cares for his `family.' He will challenge and involve himself
with his staff to develop their talents. He will do anything he can to help his family with
personal problems, even out of pocket. His caring doesn' t end at the property line,
employee
writes: "...
either."
I was shocked,"
Manfred said when he learned he was an Order of the Pineapple
recipient. Jokingly, he said, " I' m trying harder to be nicer, too!"
When asked what makes someone an ideal candidate for an Order of the Pineapple
award, he said, " You should always be nice and helpful, not just to guests but to your coworkers
as well."
His employees attest to that. One writes: " I' ve seen him washing dishes, seating
guests, conveying food and beverage products and taking out the garbage. He is helpful
without interfering with the regular tasks of his staff — does it all!"
he
Another employee summed it up best: " He is fair and is devoted to his associates and
sets a good example. He really believes in them and he lets them know this from the
support and understanding he gives. Manfred is one of a kind."
Manfred Roehr
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1991
�Comments
Openings
continuing improvement
part of our
In our search for publicity we
foot Kitchen and Laundry, Providence
have come to calling 1991 the
Hall and the Greenhow Store, in addi-
year of openings, referring, of
tion to our 1991 openings.
able us to exceed visitor expectations.
needs.
I think we are doing well, very well
Colonial Williamsburg exists for
mdeed. The level of visitor satisfaction
the reasons
is high. We need to keep it that way and
continuously work to make it higher.
statement; in brief, to preserve and
outlined
in our mission
course, to the Courthouse opening on
June 1, the Winthrop Rockefeller Archaeology Museum opening on June
27, and the opening of the Golden
continuing change and improvement.
They are the fruits of our research, in
Horseshoe Green Course this month.
Any visitor who leaves Williamsburg
unhappy, disappointed, or even simply
the case of educational facilities, and,
unenthusiastic
ity.
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art
for income producing properties, our
growing success in finding ways to
our failure.
Museum new building this year, but
generate income to support educational
are going to wait until 1992 for that.
activities.
Why are we here?
We are vital to the achievement
These achievements are only the
most vivid elements
We could, if we chose to, open the
in a program
of
about his or her visit, is
In spite of all our effort, I still find
liamsburg has been a place of open-
are the dozens of new educational and
that there is some confusion about the
ings, special occasions marking the
interpretive
place of employees
addition of yet another fine new exhi-
reinterpreted
bition building, museum, hotel or res-
matic programs,
taurant.
sentations.
different
what
it was
ries and wages,
of our seven year objectives:
visitor
Costume Design Center, Encampment,
Anderson' s Blacksmith Shop, Light-
growth.
to exceed
believe that Colonial Williamsburg
the hours, policies,
the investments
grams
reporter and a public
commis-
sioned by another organization to write for its maga-
zine about Colonial Williamsburg, he wanted to
know how Colonial Williamsburg manages to do
things so well.
cited above, is to en-
practices
are to be tailored
Williamsburg the best place to work so we can attract
and develop the best people and help them succeed —
and take pride —in producing the best results for our
customers and for Colonial Williamsburg.
Can I boil it down?
Is there a structure for our
quality performance program? It' s not all original,
and it ain' t brain surgery. It' s more like " common
sense and plain dealing ":
Communicate
and
with his family. "Colonial Williamsburg ' s people are
so good," he said. " You can ask them anything and
they will help you out or give you a very knowledgeable answer."
How, briefly, do you summarize our drive to
excel? I said that we have a long tradition of quality.
Colonial Williamsburg was founded with vision,
high standards and the resources, including top -notch
I described our realization, as historical sites proand operations
their programs
in the
and services,
to distinguish
ourselves
that
and
clear mission, objectives
I told him we are up front about it. Our primary
is to exceed visitor expectations,
this the best place to work.
no small
first
to our
dealing'
Develop clear expectations and standards
Involve those doing the work...they know best!
Translate customers' expectations into expected
job results and performance
standards
Measure performance
Plan and execute improvement
Make continuously improving performance
the organizational
norm
Recognize that individual and cooperative
em-
ployee performance is the key
Nurture each colleague
and
work
unit'
Hire the best people
s
Orient, train, and coach for success — continu -
connectedness"
ously
to Colonial Wil-
Build commitment — continuously
liamsburg ' s
mission
Provide a good working environment
and ob-
jectives
Involve all staff in identifying and solving prob-
Familiarize
lems
Transfer responsibility and authonty
members
continuously
other
with
Colonial
Recognize and reward good work
Wil-
Examine and streamline systems and procedures
liamsburg operations and programs
Deliver clear and consistent messages
Get everyone to " walk the talk" and emphasize to
never take our reputation for granted.
objective
and all the rest that goes with making
values
staff
staff, to do things right.
improved
enjoy and learn from what we have to
offer. If they do, we will have the jobs,
sense and plain
He had been here before on his own, as a visitor
we need to continue
there; they donotcometo Williamsburg
so we can have jobs. They come to
Charles R. Longsworth
It' s just ' common
Ralph Waldo Emerson
market
We' re here so the visitors can be out
and pro-
Our personnel selection, training,
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense
liferated and other destinations
never confuse ourselves with the insti-
and that
rewards and, of course, the reason for
as a free - lancer
and progresses because of us, but let' s
wages, salaries, benefits, satisfaction,
The confusion is that some seem to
expectations.
and plain dealing."
Now,
for
exists for us, the employees,
Quality Control:
officer.
conditions,
work spaces, benefits, tools, equip-
Grove, Wolstenholme
Tavern, Tazewell Wing of the Lodge,
Tazewell Club, Play Booth Theatre,
working
ment, training and opportunities
effort, all of us, on the most important
relations
tution.
plied by that statement— respect, sala-
tion, Reception Center at Carter' s
He had been a newspaper
exist for us or because of us. It operates
hard to improve all the elements im-
Gallery, the Visitor Center rehabilita-
goal.
place to work. We do, and have worked
in
We have spent a lot of time and
Towne, Shields
we are the beneficiaries of the achievement of our visitor satisfaction
Colonial Williamsburg does not
a great value for our visitors.
and DeWitt Wallace
without us all doing our very best. And
We say employees are our most
valuable assets, and indeed they are.
We say we want to make this the best
tion, more authentic and, increasingly,
of Bassett Hall ( open to
of the
It couldn' t be accomplished
things.
and sites, dra-
tours and other pre-
from
of
integrated, more dramatic in presenta-
the public), the Dr. Barraud House, the
Public Hospital
place
in the scheme
1980, richer and more varied, better
since 1980, there had been additions
the equivalent
and
Colonial Williamsburg is a hugely
Imagine the excitement in any other
city of the size of Williamsburg if,
vices and products of value and qual-
mission.
Less obvious but equally important
buildings
to offer our visitors hospitality, ser-
How do we fit in, we employees?
Since its founding, Colonial Wil-
programs, refurnished
present 18th- century Williamsburg, to
teach the history of early America, and
Study processes across organizational lines
Strive for simplicity and " no- hassles" efficiency
It is always interesting to see what others use to
guide their work. Carol Brinkley recently returned
managers that they are models
Treat each person with respect
from a press check at a printer' s in Richmond, where
feat considering that about 60% of our visitors have
Reinforce quality concepts
been here before and have very high expectations.
Work together
I said our most important resource in exceeding
those expectations and delivering on our preservation
and
educational
mission
is
Colonial
Williamsburg' s people. It is the quality of our human
she noticed the following on the wall.
QUALITY...
Focus on the customer
Is achieved only through constant communica-
Focus everyone in Colonial Williamsburg on our
visitors
and guests
tion and vigilance.
Must be in our people before it goes into our
Listen to employees who listen to our customers
product.
sources — our money, our facilities, our information,
Identify internal customers
Cannot be inspected into our products.
and our time.
Identify customers' expectations
Makes us unique and is our only security.
resources
that secures
and
deploys
our other
re-
And, in recognition of the critical role our people
play, our other key objective is to make Colonial
Assess and communicate how well we' re meetmg
them
It sounds like they, too, are working hard to meet
the challenge. —
Colonial
Williamsburg
News,
Steve Elliott
Fall
1991
5
�Winthrop Rockefeller Archaeology Museum:
Martin' s Hundred
Discovering
The
Winthrop
Rockefeller
Archaelogy Museum, which
opened
June
27,
interprets
and
ter the settlement of Jamestown. They
1953
established
that
contruction was financed through a grant
their
foothold
on
land
until
his
death
in
1973.
The
would not be known as Carter' s Grove for
from the Winthrop Rockefeller Chari-
explains one of America' s earliest En-
another century. The main settlement,
table Trust.
glish settlements,
Wolstenholme
Martin' s Hundred.
At Carter' s Grove, this 7, 000 square foot underground
museum was conceived
by retired Colonial Williamsburg Foundation archaeologist Ivor Noel Hume.
Although
most potsherds,
scraps of
Towne, was built in 1620
and destroyed during an Indian uprising in
The exhibits were largely underwritten by a major grant from the National
1622.
Endowment for the Humanities with ad-
The museum is named for Winthrop
Rockefeller,
chairman
of
ditional financial
Colonial
help from the Na-
tional Geographic Society and private
Williamsburg' s board of trustees from
supporters.
rusted iron and bits of broken glass are
visually no more gripping
Discovering
than yesterday' s garbage,
Winthrop
Noel Hume says. " In the
At
museum, ours help us piece
together
the
Martin' s
story
Hundred'
s
Martin• s
Rockefeller
Colonial
Hundred"
Archaeology
Carter' s
Museum
Grove
Williamsburg
Foundation
of
set-
tlers and the fate that befell
THE
WAY
TO
WOLSTENHOLME
u
U
them, and they illustrate
THE
ATTACH
how the archaeologists and
curators
did their work."
The 1619 -1622 history
of Martin' s Hundred
its
principal
9
AFTERMATH
and
FIRST
SETTLEMENT
HELMETS
THE
settlement,
Wolstenholme
Towne,
GRAVE
CLASS
ROOM
is
CONCERNS
TRW
FORT
mixed with the story of the
lost town' s rediscovery
WELL
HARWOOD'
through
S
HOME
archaeology.
Museum visitors see ar-
WOLSTENHOGIE
TOWN
s
0
tifacts
uncovered
on
the
LONDON
site and learn how archae-
AND
THE VIRGINIA
COMPANY
ART
AND
ARCHAEOLOGY
ologists
and
others
used
FROM
LAND
OR
THE
SEA
POTTERS
them as stepping stones to
the past.
The first Martin' s Hundred settlers reached
Vir-
ginia in 1619, 12 years af-
Discovering Martin' s Hundred
The reception
area introduces
visitors
to the museum' s
permanent exhibit, " Discovering Martin' s Hundred."
The exhibit
outlines
the settlers'
voyage
from England
to
the New World and their life at Martin' s Hundred.
Visitor interaction is a key to many of the exhibits. In an audio recording at
the standing case, retired Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist Ivor Noel
Hume explains how archaeologists assemble pottery shards, a process
known as " cross mending." At the back wall, visitors may peer through a
diver' s mask to see a shipwreck being investigated — another technique
archaeologists
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News,
Fall
1991
use
to
learn
more
about
fragments found in
the
ground.
ART
�Chronology:
Wolstenholme Towne
Martin' s Hundred
1619: Settlers begin arriving at Martin' s Hundred.
1620:
Wolstenholme
Towne
established
as the
administrative center of Martin' s Hundred.
1622: Settlement mostly destroyed in an Indian
uprising.
Left: From the museum,
visitors proceed outdoors to
the site of Wolstenholme
Towne,
its ultimate
artifact.
1622 - 1970: Settlement
remains buried until pre-
liminary archaeological surveys by Colonial
Williamsburg reveal evidence of occupation.
1976: First traces of Martin' s Hundred are exposed.
1977 -81: The National Geographic Society joins
Colonial Williamsburg in underwriting excavations,
which
prompt
two National
Geographic
articles, a documentary, " Search for a Century,"
and the book, " Martin' s Hundred."
1985: Wolstenholme
Town site opens to the public
July 10.
1991: The Winthrop Rockefeller Archaeology Museum opens to the public June 27, with the perma-
nent exhibit " Discovering Martin' s Hundred."
Above: In this gallery, visitors
learn about the Indian
uprising on March 22, 1622,
during which most of the
settlement and its people
were destroyed. Their secret
remained hidden for nearly
250
years.
Left: The first helmet found at
Wolstenholme Towne, like much armor
of the early 17th century, was put
together
from parts old and new. The
head piece, known as the bowl or skull,
dates from about 1580,
but the visor and
chin defense were added later. Using
x -rays and experience, craftsman Luther
Sowers was able to create the reproduction helmet
In the Wolstenholme
shown at right.
Towne gallery, visitors get a close - up view of the
day -to -day lives of the Martin' s Hundred settlers, through objects
recovered during archaeology of the site. Wolstenholme Towne served
as the settlement' s administrative center beginning in 1620.
This painting shows how the fort at Wolstenholme Towne might
have appeared to the Martin' s Hundred settlers. It was the
settlement' s military and defensive training headquarters.
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News,
Fall
1991
7
�The Courthouse: through
1
The Courthouse, opened June 1, offers visitors a
lively experience of the 18th- century judicial
system.
The activity surrounding the Courthouse shows life
in the 18th century," said Carson Hudson, interpreter at
the Courthouse. " From documents, we know that activi-
ties such as selling of wares were going on while citizens
waited to attend court."
Outside activities are one aspect of the interpretations
at the Courthouse.
Inside,
visitors
learn how an 18th -
century court operated by becoming involved in the
court proceedings.
i.. -,, %
The program begins outside with orientation by a
L_
costumed character interpreter. The interpreter recruits
volunteers to portray central figures of the court proceeding, or to perform some other courtroom function.
Following the program, the character interpreter leads
the group of visitors outside the Courthouse and explains
the role the legal system played in the lives of ordinary
citizens before and after the Revolution and answers
questions.
The Courthouse provides visitors an opportunity to experience the 18th century judicial system on the local level through participation in court
2
proceedings based on cases from the 18th century.
4
Visitors will find the area outside the Courthouse bustling with activities
designed to give a sense of life on the scene. Here, Annette. Ranger
demonstrates an 18th- century game.
3
Before entering the court, visitors are " introduced" to the history of the
18th- century judicial
The farmer' s work was never done, even if he happened to be in court. Elaine Shirley,
seated, center) plucks and cleans pidgeons for cooking as Abigale Shuman and a
visitor look on.
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Fall
1991
system
and
the
role of
the
Courthouse.
�the eyes of our visitors
5
Visitor participation
is a critical part of the Courthouse
experience.
For each
session" of the court, visitors are selected to serve as witnesses and
magistrates. Here, a visitor is sworn to tell the truth before testifying by
clerk Clip Carson as sheriff Kevin Dixon looks on.
7
Things occasionally become dramatic, with outbursts
by plaintiffs and defendants pleading their case to the
magistrates.
Here, plaintiff
her discontent
Laurie
as a surprised
Bannister
visitor
expresses
looks on.
Bringing the Courthouse to life are, top row from left, John Greenman, Clip
Carson and Jack Flintom. Bottom row from left, Becky Rencher, Roman Alis
and Jeremy Fried.
Colonial
Williamsburg
News,
Fall
1991
9
�the Colonial
Introducing
Colonial Williamsburg has a long-
Williamsburg
It is not our intent to intrude into
The program encourages employees
employees' private lives. Our objective
is to have all employees report to work
who have drug or alcohol problems to
seek help. Through the Employee As-
the
in a condition to perform their duties
sistance Program — EAP— employees
Foundation has established a drug- and
alcohol -free workplace policy. Our goal
safely and efficiently. The presence of
can fmd confidential help for their alcohol and other drug problems.
is to mamtain a productive work envi-
the influences of these substances on
For employees covered by the collective bargaining agreement, the collective bargaining agreement shall pre-
ronment that is free from the effects of
employees during working hours, are
alcohol and other drugs.
inconsistent with our objective.
All Colonial Williamsburg employees, including those of Colonial
Williamsburg Hotel Properties, Inc. and
vail in case ofconflict between the Drug and Alcohol -Free Workplace Policy and
standing commitment
to provide
a safe
and healthy work environment.
Consistent
with this objective,
Some facts about
alcohol and other drugs on the job, and
Colonial Williamsburg Employees Child
Care Center, are covered by a new drug and alcohol - free workplace policy.
the agreement.
Why do we need a drug and alcohol -free workplace policy?
Drug and alcohol abuse costs Ameri-
claims; use three times the average level
What is substance abuse?
can industries approximately $ 76 billion a year in reduced productivity. Be-
of sick benefits and perform at only 55%
to 66% of their capacity.
It' s the harmful or dangerous use of
use drugs on the job.
substance abuse...
tween 10% and 23% of all U. S. workers
alcohol
cost
us— Colonial
Other measurable losses can be at-
Williamsburg, you and your fellow
workers — by not showing up for work,
tributed to drug and alcohol problems —
in higher insurance premiums, and by
Studies show these workers are a
leave abuse, suspension, chronic use of
putting you at risk of a workplace acci-
third less productive; are three times as
health insurance, disability claims, cor-
dent or injury.
alcohol and other drugs.
It affects
In short, employees who abuse drugs
and
all types of employees —
male and female, young and old,
likely to miss time from work; have five
porate theft and threats to the safety of
front -line employees,
times as many worker' s compensation
co- workers.
managers —
Our policy will be vigorously enforced.
anyone can have a problem with
substance
abuse.
Substance abuse can be prevented or
treated. Professionals can treat prob-
What is the drug and alcohol -free workplace policy?
Colonial Williamsburg does not permit the possession, use, sale or purchase
working together can prevent prob-
of illegal drugs and alcohol while on
lems from occurring.
Foundation time or on Foundation property.
Who pays for substance
An exception to the policy, as it ap-
abuse?
plies to alcohol, is the handling or use of
The costs are more than economic.
alcohol
The abuser often suffers legal and
Colonial Williamsburg functions. Intoxication is not appropriate under any
health problems, conflicts at home,
and accidents
on and off the job.
In families, substance abuse plays a
in
connection
with
certain
circumstances.
Therefore while on Foundation time
or property:
if you have a blood alcohol level of
Sound tough? Not really, especially
04 or above, or have any detectable
level undercurrent laboratory guidelines of any illegal drug, or
when it comes to providing a drug- and
if you possess alcohol, except as a
lems that exist now —and people
and were committed
required
alcohol free workplace for employees.
We care about your health and safety
part of your job or when
to you.
If this policy describes some of your
authorized in advance by a director -
activities and/ or behavior while on the
level manager or above, or
job or Colonial Williamsburg property,
if you possess, buy, sell or attempt
to sell or purchase any illegal drug,
you will be disciplined up to and including discharge.
we urge you to contact Sharon Randall,
the Employee Assistance Program
ad-
ministrator, immediately by calling 2207327 or 220 -7021.
major role in divorce and contributes to domestic violence, child abuse
and sexual abuse.
How and when will the policy be enforced?
Foundation facilities assigned to
The Foundation may, but is not re-
If you have adrug or alcohol problem
employees, such as lockers, desks and
quired to, screen for the presence of
and voluntarily come forward for an
and dangerous. Their work habits
filing cabinets, may be inspected with-
drugs and alcohol. All drug tests will be
assessment
affect fellow employees' safety, ef-
out prior notice. In the event illegal
confirmed and verified prior to taking
your case will be handled confiden-
ficiency, satisfaction and enjoyment.
drugs are found on Foundation prop-
any disciplinary action. Refusal to sub-
tially. Such disclosure will not in itself
mit to a test will result
For employers,
erty, the Department of Security and
Safety will be contacted immediately.
For co- workers, working with a
substance
abuser can be unpleasant
substance
abuse
in immediate
discharge.
and referral
through
EAP,
result in disciplinary action against you.
EAP is provided so you can get help.
affects safety, production, attitude
and much more.
What are the most commonly
abused
substances?
Alcohol is the most commonly
abused drug. It causes thousands of
deaths each year from heart and liver
diseases,
mental
illness,
suicide,
Who will be tested for drugs?
Colonial Williamsburg may require
a screening for drug use for all prospec-
involved m an on- the- job accident
whose job performance
causing personal injury or property
place behavior has significantly de-
tive employees and current employees:
damage where there is no obvious
clined,
explanation for that accident,
or in any situation where drug and
in management,
in safety- critical positions,
or work-
alcohol use may be a factor.
motor vehicle accidents and acci-
dents at work and home. Even mod-
erate use greatly increases the risk of
a motor
vehicle
or other
accident.
Cocaine is an addictive stimulant
with unpredictable results. It may
produce changes in blood pressure,
heart and breathing rates. It can cause
What if I' m asked to take a drug or alcohol test?
Before asking you to take a drug or
You will be taken or asked to report
alcohol test, your manager will seek
to the hospital to take a drug test. In most
review by an Employee Relations staff
In many cases, you will be asked not
cases, you will be asked not to return to
member. If the Employee Relations staff
to return to work, pending the results of
work until you are notified
is unavailable, your manager will go to
his or her immediate manager.
coma or death. Severe weight loss,
tremors,
convulsions,
infections,
heart attacks, stroke and psychosis
may result from continued use.
If you area bargaining unit employee,
of the test
changes in the reproductive system,
Results of drug screens will be sent
Ifyou are asked to take abreathalyzer
test, it will be administered in the pri-
10
to the Employee
specialist
Assistance
Program
within 48 hours of collection.
Rich Villella, senior human resources
vacy of an office or conference
room;
Breathalyzer test results are displayed
specialist, and the union will be notified
or, your manager may choose to escort
on the device approximately thirty sec-
prior to your taking the test.
you to Security and Safety, where the
onds after taking the test.
How will the drug and alcohol test be administered?
Williamsburg Community Hospital
cedures established by the National In-
will conduct urine drug screenings to
include collection, verification and chain
stitute on Drug Abuse ( NIDA).
of custody following the collection pro-
Please see " Fads" on facing page...
the test.
results.
Marijuana affects coordination,
short- term memory, visual tracking,
and heart rate. Regular use produces
test will be administered.
hol impairment will be administered by
Colonial Williamsburg News, Fall 1991
Breathalyzer tests to determine alco-
the Security and Safety Department following the regulations for impairment
set up by the United States Department
of
Transportation.
�Alcohol -Free Workplace
Drug- and
Policy
What happens if the drug test result is positive?
When
the hospital
determines
the
bargaining
unit employee,
you may
drug test is positive, your specimen will
be sent immediately by Williamsburg
choose to have a union steward present.
Community Hospital to an NIDA -ac-
specialist will review the drug- and alcohol -free workplace policy.
credited testing facility for in -depth sec-
The Employee
Assistance
Program
You will be placed on final written
ond -level testing.
If the second - level test results come
warning and will not be allowed to re-
back positive, Williamsburg Commu-
turn to work until enrolled in a rehabili-
nity Hospital will inform the Employee
tation program
Assistance Program specialist who, in
Afterwards, all others present will
turn, informs the authorizing manager,
leave and the Employee Assistance Pro-
Employee Relations, and you.
gram specialist
Positive test results usually will be
reported to you m person. The meeting
will consist
of you,
your
manager
and
the Employee Assistance Program spe-
cialist handling your case. If you are a
your ben-
efits— short- term disability, health care
coverage,
priate
etc. — and selection
treatment
have accrued,
once enrolled
in treat-
ment.
of appro-
In order to remain employed,
you
must satisfy all the requirements of the
rehabilitation program, including no
further evidence of drug or alcohol use.
surrounding your treatment and contin-
After this meeting, the treatment center will draw up the written contract,
which you will be asked to sign. A copy
will be sent to the Employee
ployee
Assistance
Program
specialist
the drug test is administered but before
handling your case will setup the Return
test results are complete, you must con-
to Work Contract.
tact the Employee Assistance Program
This will involve meeting with the
Assistance
Program
special-
ployee Relations representativeand your
specialist handling your case before returning to work.
If you refuse the recommended treatment, you will be discharged.
What happens if the breathalyzer test result is positive?
As described
Facts...
You will be treated in much the same
policy. Your manager will describe the
way as if you had a positive drug test.
pertinent facts that led to the request for
the Employee Assistance Program spe-
The Employee Assistance Program spe-
the drug or alcohol test, such as date,
cialist will discuss
cialist handling your case will review
the drug- and alcohol -free workplace
time, location,
treatment
etc. You
earlier in this article,
your benefits
damage to lungs, and it may affect
the immune system.
and
Prescription drugs include stimu-
with you.
lants ( "
will be placed on final written warning.
downers "),
If you are a bargaining unit employee,
Rich Villella, umon liaison, will be no-
Assistance Program specialist handling
tified as well.
your case. She will, in tum, notify you
Whether you are a bargaining unit or
non -bargaining unit employee, all back
pay and benefits will be paid. It will be
In the case of a negative breathalyzer
and the authorizing manager of the re-
as if you had been at work.
Used
heart problems,
malnutri-
tion, coma and death.
Other
drugs
such as PCP, LSD,
heroin and mescaline
have a wide
variety ofnegative health effects —
test, you will be permitted to return to
sults.
and narcotics.
cause physical and mental dependence,
If your drug test result is negative,
depressants
uppers "),
illegally or improperly, they can
What happens if the test result is negative?
the hospital will inform the Employee
Assistance
If you decide to enter treatment after
ist, the authorizing manager, the Em-
observations,
issues
Program specialist working onyourcase.
re-
recommended
to discuss
com-
quires you to miss work, you are eligible
If the treatment
counselor,
pleted your in- patient treatment, the Em-
Employee
providers.
treatment
ued recovery.
After you have successfully
to fit your needs.
will discuss
to receive the short- term disability you
work promptly.
from hallucinations
and mental con-
fusion to convulsions
Combinations
What are my rights and responsibilities as an employee?
physical
and death.
of drugs make
and mental
effects
unpre-
dictable and often much more se-
As an employee, you have the right to
Besides the policy, employees will
submit to a test will be treated as if the
work in a drug- and alcohol -free workplace. We have taken every precaution,
learn about the effect of drug and alco-
results would reveal use and you will be
taken separately. Combining alco-
hol abuse, workplace impact, myths and
discharged.
hol with depressants,
through training managers,
facts about drugs and alcohol,
As a Colonial Williamsburg employee
marijuana can be especially dan-
you are responsible
gerous.
to ensure
compo-
that you are treated fairly and without
bias according to the letter and spirit of
nents of a reliable drug testing system
and how Colonial Williamsburg' s Em-
the policy.
ployee Assistance Program works.
Approximately 40 employees have
been trained by the staff of Bensinger
If you are asked to take a drug test,
DuPont
for:
management
consultants for a drug free workplace.
another NIDA- certified laboratory of
These employees will present the com-
your choice.
ponents of our drug- and alcohol -free
workplace policy to fellow employees.
You have the nght also to refuse to
take a drug test. However, refusal to
How do I know if 1 have a drug
or alcohol problem?
of help offered
through
the Employee
Assistance
Program,
Do you:
drink in the morning?
notifying management within five
days of any criminal drug conviction. Failure to notify your manager
need more alcohol or drugs to get
may result in immediate discharge.
weight loss, mood swings, loss of
Where can I get help?
If you need help with drug, alcohol,
if you need
or
taking advantage
the same " high ?"
notice memory loss, " shakes,"
appetite
other addictive behaviors,
cocaine
reading the policy and abiding by it,
and, at your own expense, have it sent to
and Associates,
you have the right to split your sample
vere than if the same drugs were
or other physical
symp-
toms related to alcohol or drug
abuse?
help in dealing with someone who has
talk to, call the Employee
an addiction, or just need someone
Program on extension 7021 or 7EAP.
to
Assistance
What is the Employee Assistance Program?
have a hard time getting through
the day without alcohol or other
drugs? Rationalize your drinking
or drug use?
make " gettmg high" a priority in
EAP— is designed to help employees of
Colomal Williamsburg Foundation and
deteriorates and disciplinary action oc-
brochures available to lend if you want
your day, more important than
family, friends or other commit-
curs.
to find out more about the harmful ef-
ments?
its subsidiaries
EAP goes much further, by helping
people with addictions by providing
education to you and your family.
fects of drugs and alcohol.
spend money on alcohol or other
The Employee Assistance Program -
with
ioral and personal
job performance.
medical,
problems
behavaffecting
We recognize that addiction to drugs
or alcohol is a medical problem. EAP is
provided so you can get help with per-
sonal problems
before job performance
The EAP staff has established
and
maintains a drug and alcohol awareness
program. EAP has a library of books,
audiotapes,
videotapes, pamphlets and
Call extension 7021 or 7EAP. The
Employee
Assistance Program
is here
to help you, even if you just need to talk
drugs that should be used for
food, housing or other necessities?
with someone.
have questions. Who do I ask?
Working to make
Colonial Williamsburg
You can learn more about this policy
the Best Place to Work
by talking
with your manager,
a mem-
by calling EAP at extension 7EAP or
extension 7021.
ber of the Employee Relations staff or
Colonial
Williamsburg
News, Fall
1991
11
�Health Corner
works wonders
ellness
There' s something for
Come to the second annual
everyone at
the Health &
and help you with special back -
Health and Safety Fair Thurs-
Don' t clown around with your health...
strengthening exercises.
day, October 17 from 2 p. m. to
The Ask -a- Doctor
booth
7 p. m. at Commonwealth Hall.
will be back. Here is your chance
Take advantage of the many
to
free screenings and tests pro-
talk
with
the
Health &
Colonial
Thursday, October 17
ant, Dr. Hamrick, and other lo-
Williamsburg Community Hos-
cal doctors.
pital.
Reduced - price
The event is sponsored by
Security and Safety departments.
At the fair you can see a fire
engine, an emergency vehicle,
Safety Fair
Williamsburg medical consult-
vided by professionals from
by the Employee Relations and
Safety Fair
2: 00 p. m.
mammo-
-
7: 00 p. m.
grams will be available through
Commonwealth Hall
the Chesapeake Mobile Imaging van or Williamsburg Community Hospital. One of every
nine women will develop breast
Employees, retirees
and family members welcome!
cancer, but the earlier it is de-
and the city' s crime van.
tected the greater the chance of
The police will register
containment
or cure. Call Sue
your bicycles and instruct kids
Houser at 220 -7029 # 8 for an
on bicycle safety and user cour-
appointment for either one.
tesy. Each year more than
ber, nothing can beat good planning. Controlling your weight
is a life -long challenge.
What is your personal risk
confidentially of course.
one card, $ 8. 00 for two cards,
and $ 10. 00 for three cards.
Kids - n- the -Block is apupo
offers a
How would you like a nice,
that in-
relaxing five -minute massage?
how to sensitively interact with
exer-
A limited number of free mas-
friends who have handicaps or
another statistic by increasing
duce you to C.A.R.E.S., the
Cancer Awareness Risk Edu-
cise, pep talks to help you im-
sages will be available on a first
disabilities.
prove
your and your child' s safety
come, first massaged basis.
cation Service. This is a free
esteem, and group support. Call
350,000 kids are injured in bicycle- related accidents in the
U. S. Decrease the chance for
for developing cancer? River-
well - rounded program
side Cancer Services will intro-
cludes
awareness.
service.
Have you ever had to use a
fire extinguisher? How long
will it take you to use a fire
extinguisher and squirt water
into a bucket? Here
is your
chance to practice using one in
a safe area and to be prepared
Free cholesterol and diabetes screenings will be provided. Remember,
your finger
is pricked to get the drop of
blood needed for the screening.
Complete "
plete a questionnaire — about 20
minutes — and receive
RISKO -
answers. A nurse will be avail-
assessment. Is your-heart pumping enough oxygen through
your body? Don' t know? We
your control
and
self -
answer
tion.
questions
and
Do you need to be tested
for Sickle Cell Anemia? Professionals will be available to
draw your blood and answer
your questions.
getting cancer. Call Sue Houser
at 220 -7029 # 8 for an appoint-.
ment.
What foods won' t you eat?
Have your list ready and be
prepared for a nutrition analy-
veloping? Beth Schultz from
the developmental progress of
Riverside will lead a one -hour
your child, age birth through 3
bring your baby — ages birth
through 18 months.
sis. You will talk with a registered dietitian who will evalu-
own Child Care Center will
lead special sessions. Susan
impact would be if you were
in " finger plays" to help de-
one? Travelers Insurance will
velop fine motor skills. Pat
Vaticano will lead children 2 -1/
provide
2 years through 5 years in para-
18 months through 2 -1/ 2 years
safely feel the impact at a slow
chute play, again developing
and honing motor skills and
speed — your imagination can
teamwork.
do the rest.
ate the food you eat in one day,
years.
Noahs Arc, a local Veterinary office, will provide a pet
Several teachers from our
Berry-Ruane will lead children
nity to sit in a special seat and
kids
Child Development Re-
Do you use your safety belt?
Do you have any idea what the
you with an opportu-
that shows
sources will be available to test
ever hit and weren' t wearing
can take to reduce your risk for
pet program
How are your children de-
class on infant stimulation, so
talk about specific actions you
A
Heart Hazard Appraisal," a
free, short heart disease risk
nutrition,
register or for more informa-
a print-
out analyzing your risks for a
variety ofcancers based on your
to
proper
Sue Houser at 220 -7029 # 1 to
It' s easy to do. You com-
able
for a future emergency.
Weight Watchers
What is your body fat percentage? We' ll check itforyou,
safety and health class. Please
do not bring your pets.
There are many more activi-
ties lined up. Come and enjoy
the balloons. You may win a
door prize.
Jim Perdue will lead a ses-
sion to help make you more
aware of home security. What
common sense, everyday things
can you do to be more secure
and saferathome? Do you know
Through our partnership program with Matthew Whaley,
them all?
we are working with the physi-
Linda
menus based on the foods you
Cindy Greczek, Ed Ross Clunis and Bob Sweel from the
Tazewell Club have machines
cal education teacher and prin-
Randall and Jeri Yeatts will pro-
will eat. There' s a $ 10. 00 /10
to measure your strength and
cipal
vide information
ears
minute fee for this service. If
flexibility.
ness testing for school -age
provided
checked? How well do you see
you are interested, call Sue
children.
expertise: Safety, Employee
can check it. We can also check
ceive handouts and weekly
your blood pressure.
When was the last time you
had your
for fat gram intake. You' ll re-
eyes and
and hear?
Houser at 220 -7029 # 8 for an
Have you had problems
appointment.
They' ll lead a group of employees in our own " Celebrity
Aerobics"
with your back? Physical
Weight Watchers program
therapists will be available to
staff will be available to weigh
assess your walk and bending
flexibility, answer questions,
The national Ident - -Kid
a
program staff will be available
through
on services
their areas of
Assistance and Workers Compensation.
There' s someting for every-
sions on toning and stretching
fingerprints so you' ll always
one, so come join the fun. See
you and give you information
exercises
have a laminated card to carry.
about their program.
rate.
how healthy you really are, and
share the day with your family.
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Fridays ( no Wednesdays)
11: 30 a. m.
a. m. -
1: 30 p. m.
-
3:30 p.m.
Employees and retirees only, with valid ID
Dr. John Hamrick, 1100 - Professional Dr. in the
A
15 minute
fit-
to take yourchild' s pictures and
October 28 - November 15
in
You can
physical
Sharon
ses-
Remem-
participate
Free Flu Shots
9
session.
to provide
Harper,
and check your pulse
The cost per child is $ 5. 00 for
Reduced price mammograms available in October
One of every nine women will develop
breast cancer. Breast cancer is the leading
from the Chesapeake Mobile Imaging
Service van at the Health & Safety Fair
cause of death in women between 40 and 65
on Thursday, October 17. The fee is
years of age.
The earlier breast cancer is detected, the
better the chance of containment or cure.
Make an appointment for a mammogram
50. 00.
Call extension 7029 # 2 for an appointment for either the hospital or the van.
Women between the ages of 35 and 39
today — for yourself or for a loved one.
should have at least a baseline study
Reduced price mammo -grams are avail-
mammogram. Between the ages of 40 and
able, by appointment:
49, women should have mammograms every one to two
years.
After age 50,
Governor Berkeley Professional Center
from Williamsburg Community Hospi-
mammograms should be annually.
This shot is not recommended for anyone who has experienced an
tal on Monday, October 14, Wednesday, October 16, and Friday, October
check with your doctor for his or her
18. The fee is $ 60.00 (check or cash).
recommendation.
allergic reaction to flu shots in the past, or anyone who is allergic to
eggs. Questions? Call Sue Houser, 220 -7029 #4.
12
Colonial Williamsburg News, Fall 1991
These are general guidelines. Always
�Around Town
Photographic Services is working on
Deb Ogle will save $ 20, 000 on trash
can liners between August and January.
several
The Foundation had been buying liners
cluding a slide program for the Board of
Trustees' meeting in November.
from three sources. Seeing an opportu-
nity to save by consolidating these dif-
behind - the- scenes
Engineering
projects,
in-
and Maintenance
is
ferent purchases, Deb contacted a single
pleased
company and obtained samples. She
they installed
asked the warehouse and users to field -
Rockefeller
test the samples. After receiving posi-
They recently completed installation of
tive results
a semi- automated
from
the field
tests,
Deb
with the results
of the exhibits
in the Winthrop
Archaeology
Museum.
projection
system
in
negotiated pricing and delivery with the
the Patriot Theater. The system is reli-
vendor.
able and popular with the staff in the
Deb also saved approximately
21, 000 on a linen purchase for the
laundry. The savings came as a direct
result of opening the bidding to more
vendors.
chased
Alfonso Pierce ( center), former maitre ' d of the Inn, was one of three retired Inn employ-
ees honored at the first " We Remember When" luncheon, along with Fred Crawford and
Ethel Kelly. George Fauerbach, the hotels' first director of restaurant operations, presents
Alfonso with a commemorative plaque as Hubert Alexander looks on.
Colonial Williamsburg
Hotel Properties
erable Chesapeake Bay Seafood Feast,
to compete
with offer-
The Williamsburg Inn won the 1991
Family Resorts of the Year Award in the
ings at other family- oriented restaurants.
general resorts category, according to
est Employee of the Year for 1990 -91.
Family Circle magazine. The Inn was
He and other Lodge Employees
one of 125 resorts and cruise lines nomi-
Month were honored at a special ban-
nated by a panel of family travel experts.
Nominees were rated by more than 6,000
quet in July.
readers on hospitality, accommodations,
child and teen amenities, family entertainment and perceived value. The Inn
has been nominated for the 1992 award,
as well.
Carlton Williams is the Lodge' s new-
awarded their seventh consecutive
Pin-
of the
tion purchased
from the old vendor.
closely with the main warehouse and
Products to consolidate
deliveries
to the
Foundation by truck. Manpower is more
efficiently used and the Foundation receives a greater discount from the carri-
ers. In July and August, this effort saved
7200.
Susan Zarecky saved $ 4100 on the
fall bulb order for Landscape.
Susan and
share a meal and memories
three of their own. The occasion was the
first gathering of the " We Remember
Club. Honored
at the luncheon
were Fred Crawford, the Inn' s first ex-
former maitre' d. The gathering was or-
professionals
choose the 25 best meet-
ganized by Inn retiree Nat Reid and
ing hotels in five egions of the U.S. and
friends Melbon White, Emanuel Pierce,
two intemational
Thess Judkins, Hubert Alexander and
ties
of
five
Colonial
satisfactory way. In this case, Colonial
Williamsburg went with the second lowest bid, submitted by a vendor who
could deliver high- quality bulbs on time.
products for the best prices. Give them
a call before you place that order.
Department
ners during their visits to Colonial
Williamsburg. The pineapples are given
Sharon Canty, Matilda Robinson,
out to help hotel and restaurant employ-
graduated with honors July 19. The
ing on the final 1991 edition of Colonial
Williamsburg Today. It should be in the
can and ready for viewing by the end of
ees more easily identify these very important customers. Meetings and con-
four graduates
ferences made up about a third of our
program smce 1982.
earned the highest aver-
age score of any class to graduate the
hotel business in 1990.
ployees for making their units more
profitable, by holdmg the line on expenses and being more responsive to the
Division
The
department
Geales Sands is working as a United
Way loaned executive every Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday until November
21.
If you work in the Boundary Street
Office building, be sure to thank the
mail room for heading up the recycling
effort in your building. If you have
paper or other recyclables, take them
down to the mail room each week before
Thursday.
Bus Operations
Bus Operations held a Bus Dnver
Appreciation
Breakfast
September
30
to thank the bus drivers for a job well
done this summer. Even though three
buses were cut from the route, the level
of guest satisfaction remained high.
Bus Operations
employees"
welcomed two new
from High Point, North
Carolina during July— they' re 43 -passenger Thomas Company buses.
Planning is underway for Bus Driver
Training week, to be held the last week
m February.
Information
Systems
AT &T Language
Line was installed
October.
Mike
Puckett
African- American
Presentation,
Administration
captain.
490.
center. It can help you get the best
The Audiovisual department is work-
Inn. The plans reward em-
Campaign
The Purchasing department is aprofit
The cook apprentice class of 1991- Michael Lawson and James Robinson-
to Francis Edwards,
Office Services' United Way Pacesetter
low bid if a vendor cannot deliver in a
Audiovisual
John Haywood.
vendors.
given to meeting and conference plan-
Govemors
Congratulations
Williamsburg doesn' t always accept a
and to honor
Meetings magazine. Each year, meeting
Profit- sharing plans have been put in
place at the Wallace Gallery Cafe and
Office Services
raised $ 690, exceeding their goal of
don Chappel compared pricing and abih-
nacle Award by readers of Successful
Pineapple pms and pendants are now
Much of it is the exact item the Founda-
Landscape Maintenance director Gor-
ecutive chef, Ethel Kelly, former Inn
pantry supervisor, and Alfonso Pierce,
regions.
the new vendor.
A very special group of retirees got
together at the Williamsburg Inn, to
When"
The Inn, Lodge and Cascades were
screenings in both theaters.
of the linen was pur-
for less from
booth. It now
takes one person each day to handle
Helen Phillips has been working
all you- can- eat buffet replaced the venand was pnced
Most
Visitor Center projection
and
Rex
Ellis,
Interpretation
recorded
an
of
and
audio
storytelling tape. The tape features AAIP
for use by foreign speaking guests. Ten
central office trunk lines were removed
from service, without adversely affect -
mg service and resulting in savings of
800 per month.
performers.
More on page 14...
Purchasing Department
The folks in Purchasing have been
saving Colonial Williamsburg money.
needs of their guests.
Day in and day out, each purchasing
The Lodge offered a new Country
Buffet during July and August in an
agent saves $ 10 here, $ 50 there, $ 100
attempt to better serve the needs of its
year that really adds up. Recent actions
by three agents are a good example:
summer guests, mostly families. The
someplace else. Over the course of a
Wanted!
Information about the making of
The Story of a Patriot"
Were you in Williamsburg during the filming?
Did you work on the production?
We' re planning a program focusing on the making of this classic, in honor
of its 35th anniversary ( 1957 - 1992), and we' re looking for eyewitnesses.
Please contact Mary Economou at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts
Gallery, 220 -7984, if you have memories to share.
Day in and day out, our purchasing agents save Colonial Williamsburg a lot of money.
Helen Phillips, Deb Ogle and Susan Zarecky are just three examples. By looking at
different vendors and products, consolidating shipments of goods and using competitive
bidding, the three have saved Colonial Williamsburg more than $ 50, 000. Over the course
of a year, that kind of savings really adds up.
Colonial
Williamsburg
News, Fall 1991
13
�The C &P and AT & service conT
Donna Sheppard is working on an
tracts were renegotiated, resulting in a
AARFAC counting book for children.
larger commission being paid to
Colonial Williamsburg.
The book is co- published with Abrams
Earn CEU' s from Thomas Nelson
book company. Expect delivery in late
December.
when you attend a computer training
Vernon Wooten designed Betty
class. To find out more, call Informa-
Leviner and Jan Gilliam' s latest book,
tion Systems.
Furnishing the Historic Buildings. This
Personal computer maintenance is
now handled in- house. If you need
book should also be out in late December.
help, please call Tom Shanks.
In addition to all the books coming
Employee addresses now include
ZIP + 4" postal codes, which reduce
postal
charges
and
standardize
ad-
dresses.
off the press, the Publications staff has
been working on a promotional newsletter for Williamsburg Inn guests, and
the Energy Conference and new Study
ACORN" — which
stands
for A
Classification of Residential Neighborhoods —codes were added to the
donor systems. Funds Development
uses this information
to raise funds and
Visits brochures.
Human Resources
Division
Human Resources Development
give statistics.
Information Systems developed a
new Capital Expenditure Request reporting system that reduces paper costs,
staff accountants' time and monthly
closing time.
People and Programs /A Second
Look" is a one -day orientation pro-
and Architectural Research staff available through
the midrange
terminals.
Installation of the credit card electronic funds transfer systems assisted
m a revenue increase
of more than
90,000 m the first 12 -month penod.
The Credit Authorization
System
for Hotels —CASH —is being used to
assist in the collection of credit card
information for the Reservations de-
installed in the Woodland' s Gift Shop,
Little Patriot, Visitor Center bookstore,
Cascade' s Restaurant and Gift Shop,
Woodland' s Grill, Lodge restaurants,
Lodge Gift Shop, Tazewell Club,
Golden Horseshoe Pro Shop, Golden
Horseshoe Clubhouse Grill, Craft
House Inn, the Inn restaurants, Inn Gift
pierced work design, the dish stand took 162 hours to complete and has more than 400
holes pierced by hand. " Colonial Williamsburg is fortunate in that Gail is the only female
silversmith I know of who does this type of work," said master silversmith Jimmy Curtis.
Gail was recently named a charter member of the National Gallery for Women of the
number of years and who would like to
sion, objectives
Arts in Washington, D. C. She is also a member of the Society of American Silversmiths.
Gail has been at the Golden Ball since 1979.
and values.
The day' s activities are designed to
strengthen knowledge and understand-
ing of Colonial Williamsburg' s benefits and the services
available
to all
to enroll your new child within thirty
Area this summer. Programs at several
days of birth.
sites allowed visitors young and not-
Contact the Benefits office at extension 7026 to schedule a time to come m
The
so -young to leam by doing.
Since the Courthouse opened June
1, the interpretive staff has recruited
employees. The importance of team-
and complete a new application.
work, quality, and hospitality and courtesy m carrying out daily tasks is also
application must be completed before
thousands
coverage for the dependent can begin.
addressed. The class is once a month at
Applications made more than thirty
the Personnel Training Building -
days after birth cannot be accepted and
tiffs, defendants and other court principals from visitors. Participants adjourned from the courtroom with a new
PTB —from 8: 30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For
coverage will not be available until
understanding of 18th- century law and
more details, call Jean Hancock at ex-
1992.
the development of our modern legal
of magistrates, jurors, plain-
system.
tension 7115.
Do you have a dependent living
partment and front desk areas.
The IBM point - f o sale system is
on a similar piece made in 1760 by Meyer Meyers of New York. Featuring an intricate
worked for Colonal Williamsburg a
the 18, 000 architectural references re-
corded and indexed by Carl Lounsbury
ing a six -year apprenticeship. One of her projects was this reproduction dish stand, based
gram designed for employees who have
become re- acquainted with our mis-
A system is being developed to make
Gail Whiting of the Silversmith Shop became a journeyman this summer, after complet-
Don' t yell at the visitor!" may be a
cardinal rule of hospitality and cour-
Workshops are being developed by
outside Virginia? To ensure maximum
training specialists Charlie Blaha and
KeyCare coverage for your dependents
Kathy Taylor. They include FrontLine
who reside outside
area,
tesy, but drill sergeants at the Military
Leadership, Leadership for Quality
Performance Standards and training m
you must file a claims exemption form.
Encampment did exactly that most of
performance evaluation for managers
7026 if you need to do this. You may
in the Hotel Properties. They hope to
have the classes up and running by
provide the needed information over
year' s end.
the KeyCare
Call the Benefits office at extension
the summer, much to the visitors'
en-
joyment.
As recruits in the Continental Army,
visitors sampled several aspects of life
the telephone.
for a Revolutionary War soldier, in-
Human Resources
Compensation and Benefits
Information
Clubhouse
Open Enrollement for insurance
benefits will take place November 20,
21 and 22 at Commonwealth Hall,
ployee Information Statement? They
were sent to you in July, in confidential
forming artillery drills and digging dirt
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.
envelopes sent to your work address. If
for fortifications.
complex
on the Golden
Horseshoe Green Course.
Retirees...
During October, department bulletin
boards
and
the
Colonial
Watch for the next issue of
Williamsburg News EXTRA will carry
the Colonial Williamsburg
more information about Open Enroll-.
Retiree News, coming to
ment.
your mailbox in November.
Systems
cluding hard -nosed drill sergeants or-
Shop, Carter' s Grove, and the " new"
Have you receiveds your new Em-
have questions, call Bonnie Devine at
extension 7027.
CaII Heidi Moore, 220 -7120
Hobby and Craft
Show and Sale is Saturday and Sunday,
September 28 and 29 in Commonwealth Hall. The hours are 11 a.m. to 7
employees
and their depen-
dents have the right to continue group
health care benefits if coverage is lost
Publications
Colonial Williamsburg' s newest
book, Christmas Decorations from
Williamsburg, is to arrive mid -October. It will be available at Craft House Inn and Merchants Square, the Visitor
because of qualifying event— termination (mcludingretirement),
loss of regu-
lar status, legal separation, divorce, or
loss of dependent status.
If you have a question about CO-
p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
on Sunday.
Employee
to do it. Why not a visitor? Cleaning
stables and pitching hay at the
According to the Consolidated
covered
It' s a dirty job, but somebody' s got
Governor' s Palace stable may not be
Employee Relations
The Employees'
of 1985 — better known as COBRA —
and musket dnlls, visitors enjoyed per-
you haven' t received your statement or
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
Have information to share?
dered to get their recruits ready for
duty. Besides the rigors of marching
Open House is March
27, 28 and 29, 1992. Heidi Moore is
chairing the Open House committee. If
you have a request for an activity or
would like more information, call Heidi
at ext. 7121.
your idea of fun, but it certainly caught
the visitors' interest and enthusiasm.
Historic trades interpreters enlisted
visitors to mix and mold bricks at the
building trades yard. As a result, the
biggest brick burn yet is scheduled for
mid October, with 17, 000 bricks ready
to be fired in the kiln.
There' s an old adage that one bad
apple spoils the rest of the bushel.
When it was time to press apples into
cider at the Rural Trades Yard, inter-
preters recruited young visitors to help
Center Bookstore and the gift shops.
The book retails for $ 19. 95. It is also
BRA or think that you may qualify, call
available by mail order.
The KeyCare Customer Service
number is 1- 800 -533 -4107. Call this
number if you have questions about
Blue Cross and Blue Shield KeyCare
will work with Carla Wunderlich on
apples from the orchard at Carter' s
the front desk Tuesdays, Wednesdays
Grove, our visitors had plenty to keep
and Thursdays.
them busy.
claims or if you need new membership
Historic Area
Retiree Dick Stinely designed the
book. It was written by Sue Rountree
and illustrated by Betty Babb.
Graham
Hood' s
book,
The
Governor' s Palace in Williamsburg,
Millie Wiley at extension 7026.
or prescnption drug cards.
Welcome to volunteers Frances
separate the good apples from the rot-
Pickering and Sandy Ambrose, who
ten ones. Thanks to a bumper crop of
Programs & Operations
should be out in late December. It is a
If you' re enrolled in any of the
scholarly work that talks about life in
Foundation' s health care plans and
Audience participation provided the
and around the Governor' s Palace.
you' re expectiong a child, remember
magic for many visitors in the Historic
14
Colonial Williamsburg News, Fall 1991
Visitors who actively participated
in new programs offered in the Historic
Area left with enjoyable memories and
experiences they will share with family
and
friends for
years
to come.
�Another success story is religion
programming. Visitors packed the pews
At the Wallace Gallery, "Five Years
of Collecting at the Abby Aldrich Folk
of Bruton Parish Church
Art Center"
on Wednes-
closed
October
5.
Foundation Architect
A li-
Nicholas Pappas retired April 1
day afternoons to hear a character in-
brary lecture series is on tap for Octo-
terpreter
preach a 1772 sermon on the
ber. Tom Burr, regional officer for the
separation of church and state. More
National Trust for Places of Historic
Nicholas
visitors flocked to the Capitol yard to
Interest or Natural Beauty, Great Brit-
Foundation
hear an 18th- century evangelist deliver
ain, will lecture on one of the Trust' s
was the sixth and final architect to
a sermon Sunday afternoons.
newest acquistions,
serve in that position. He had the pri-
Sunday programming
The lecture
authenticity of the Historic Area' s ar-
with
chitectural design, construction, main-
tenance and landscaping.
I' li either be praised or damned for
at Flagler College,
and the life of Robert
ing architect said. " Letting the strips
Burton,
between
author of Anatomy ofMelancholy.
October 2
The Abby Aldrich Folk Art Center
opens May 1, 1992. With major renocomplete,
Collections Division
employees
The " Treasures
of Amencan
we do is just a suggestion
of how it
really was in the 18th century.
Colonial Williamsburg recently
moved into the facility Sept. 3.
and street grow
side of the fencing are ways of indicating how Williamsburg looked during
the 18th century. With the realism
comes 20th -century restraints — we
couldn' t take the trees out. Everything
Mary Keeling became director of
the Audiovisual Library Oct. 1.
Museums Division
the sidewalk
over or taking away the planting out-
Research Division
ends
October 26.
almost
He
scruffmg' the place up a bit," the retir-
ness
vations
as
1.
discuss early treatment of mental ill-
The Storyteller" will be presented
and 30. " The Other Half Tour"
on Apnl
who will
professor
African American Programs
Auditorium
series continues
Dr. Nicholas Dewey, fellow of the
Royal Society of Medicine and visiting
The tour enjoyed capacity crowds from
the day it began this summer.
FAIA, retired
mary responsibility for assuring the
Kingston Lacy.
included a
special focus tour conceming the role
of religion in 18th -century Virginia.
in the Hennage
Corfe Castle and
Pappas,
architect
purchased a portrait of Daniel Parke II,
analysis to Colonial Williamsburg. We
restoration projects, winning preserva-
portrait
Art" traveling exhibit returned to the
center Aug. 21. It contained many of
We brought modern scientific paint
a Virginian and military leader. The
Folk
were the first place to replicate period
tion awards.
colors on a large scale."
I have enjoyed working at someplace that is forever —it' s always going
hangs
in the DeWitt
Wallace
Decorative Arts Gallery.
the Center' s best examples of folk art.
Linda Baumgarten, curator of tex-
Two interns, Chris Shelton and Har-
tiles, prepared the Wallace Gallery' s
Before coming to Colonial
Williamsburg, Nicholas was affiliated
ris, joined the department of Conserva-
newest
with the Washington,
tion. Hal Gill recently became a con-
Cases, and Chairs: Upholstery Documents at Colonial Williamsburg."
firm specialized in preservation
servation
technician.
exhibit
entitled, "
Curtains,
and
to be here," Nicholas said. " It' s always
D. C. architec-
tural firm of Yerkes, Pappas and Parker,
rewarding to work on a project where
you think in terms of 100, 200 or 500
and its predecessors,
years, not just one."
for 26 years. The
Anniversaries March - September
10 Years
Beatrice Little. Williamsburg Lodge
15 Years
Roz Ramsey,
Kenneth
Iris Diggs, Comp. & Benefits
Robert Shumaker, Bus Operations
Eartha
Mary Hill. Senorita and Safety
Geryl
Ruby Washington,
Barhara
Morris
Liz Ackert, Library
Lyons, Campbell' s Tavern
Jackson,
Custodial
J. R. Langenhennig,
Steve
Kojcsich,
Maintenance
Security and Safety
Reservations
Martin,
Bonita
Reservations
Black,
Wateina
Hopkins,
Mary Jamersott, Interl» -etive Education
Woodlands
Wood/ ands
Piggott,
Barbara Washington, Woodlands
Carl Berkley, Landscape Maintenance
Stanley Johnson, Williamsburg Lodge
Woodlands
Hatchets,
Cascades
Business Operations
Grill
CM/ Mouse
Regina Wade, Admissions Marketing
Clyde
Anne Willis, Interpretive
Julia Franklin. Williamsburg Inns
Mary Anne O' Connor. Comp. & Benefits
Etta Davis, Chow ning' s Tavern
Bruce Marquardt, Building Maintenance
Armond
James
Parker,
Educcttkrn
Museums
Hylton,
Hotel Services
Betty Leviner, Collections
John Lucas, Building Maintenance
Emily Spencer, President' s Office
Richard
Yvonne Goodman, Williamsburg inn
Glenn Strong. King' s Arms Tavern
Margaret Jenkins,
Margaret Bailey, Williamsburg Lodge
Lorenzo Parrott, Business Operations
Wanda James, Reservations
Robin
Darius Gallimore. Williamsburg Inn
Purcell
Trudy Moyles, Collections
Allison
Shepperd,
CammpbeK'
s Tavern
Kipps. Historic
Trades
Clnhhcurse
Green,
Golden
Brown,
Horseshoe
Business
Operations
Campbell,
BuddingMarntenanC1
Byron Whitehurst, Products
Martina Gaither. Williamsburg Lodge
Sylvia Hundley. Woodlands Grill
Italy Hopkins, Landscape Maintenance
Joan Hope. Security and Safety
Warren Owens, Building Maintenance
Doris Kmctz, Business Operations
Thelma
30 Years
Colin Macintosh.
Barhara Banks, it/Inset/ nu
John Herzberg, Security and .Safety
Nathaniel
Sophia Crew, W'oodIands Grill
Miguel
Mary Wiseman,
Timntey Fauntleroy, Chota' ning' s Tavern
John Korczowski, Williamsburg Inns
Lisa Carson, Finance
Barbara
Alfred
Sylvia Tyler, Reservations
Carolyn
Delores
Jessie
Jackson,
Richard
Brown,
Bridgettc
Laurie
Russell
Campbell' s Tavern
Hotel Maintenance
Warehouse
Jackson.
Suber,
Woodlands
Vielicki.
Glass,
Employee
Relations
Museanns
Exhibition
Buildings
Woodlands
Stnith,
Research
James Curtis. Historic- Trades
Percy Brown, Custodial Maintenance
LI. T. Davenport. Security cord Safety
James Wilson, Landscape Maintenance
Marcus Hansen, Historic Trades
Carl Harris, Building Maintenance
Flora McC' ray, Cascades
Evans,
Abrams,
Leonard Hubbard, Building ! Maintenance
Warren Sutherlin, Hotel Services
Business
Operations
George
Kathryn
Custodial
Maintenance
Collins,
Exhibition
Buildings
Lewellen.
Design
Trades
Bernard Bilenki, Building Maintenance
Lew LeCompte,
Roger Thaler, External Affairs
Milton Parham, Williamsburg
Deborah Royster, Cascades
Gloria Parker, Admissions Marketing
35 Years
Donna Sheppard,
Robert Jenkins,
Lodge
Cherri Black, 1,Villianshurg inn
Scott Whitehead, Admissions Marketing
Frank Brown, Williamsburg Lodge
Eunice Pusey, Williamsburg Inn
Bob Jeremiah.
Vona Lewis.
Efrain
Del Snyder, Golden Horseshoe
James Moore, Landscape Maintenance
Joe Jones,
Tavern
Ctr.
Henry Trower. Business Operations
Tom Peck, Building Maintenance
Collections
Shields
Costume
Sallie Warnock, Presentations & Tours
AAIP
Steele. Historic
Johnson.
Wilson,
Torres.
Cascades
Woodlands
Publications
Massa Duncan. Williamsburg
Lodge
Historic
Trades
Building , Yaintenemce
Dorothy Parsley, Comp. & Benefits
Coach
and livestock
Margaret Mayo, Williamsburg Inn
Nellie Swann, Finance
Dorothy Evans, Williamsburg inn
Chuck Trader, C' ommissa vlLcucnlry
Bernard Johnson, Lodge
Edith Randall. Williamsburg lnn
Susan Pryor, Historic Trades
Mary Conway, School & Group Services
Gary Randall, Campbell' s Tavern
40 Years
James Jackson. W' illiantshurc' Inn
Ed Joyner. Comp. & Benefits
Shcron Jones. King' s Arms Tavern
Susan Windier, Williamsburg Inn
Thelma Cowles, Governor' s Inn
Ann McCarron, Shields Tavern
Mary Jean Hurst, Administration
Leroy Allen, Williamsburg Inn
James Pettcngell, Historic Trades
Olive Senior, Williamsburg Lodge
Baxter
Tom Redd,
Orane Holloway, Woodlands Grill
Maude Ashby. Launch. v
Lorenzo Washington, Commissar'
Barry Hoak, School & Group Services
Joseph
William Graham, Architect. Cons.
Frank Leach. Security and Safety
Audrey Christian, Building Maintenance
Graham Hood, Collections
Hardinge,
Business
Operations
Business
Operations
Webb,
Landscape
in memoriam...
Maintenance
Charles
H. Jimmerson
Sr. ( retired),
Budding Maintenance
William Rhodall. Commissary
Portia
Mildred Wiley, Comp. & Benefits
Wally Kmetz, Commissary
Lorena Walsh, Research
Carson Hudson, Exhibition Buildings
Brenda Hammond, Tazewell Club
25 Years
Bettie Boddie,
Arlene
Lucy Johnson, Business Operations
Mildred Christian, Williamsburg Lodge
Lee. Reservations
Shirley Payne Low ( retired), Hostesses
August R. Klapper ( retired). Crafts
Laundry
Collins,
Business
Operations
Littleton ' Taylor Sr. ( retired),
Evelyn Saunders, Williamsburg Lodge
Carolyn Simpson, Business Operations
Billy Criswell, Building Maintenance
Rosa Holmes, Williamsburg Lodge
Construction and Maintenance
Fern Have, Clubhouse
Kris Fischer.
Mary Simpson, Williamsburg Inn
William Swann, W' illianm. sbur; g Inn
James
Johannes Heuvel, Commissars•
Cary Carson, Research
Lewis Black, Building Maintenance
John Fisher. Cascades
John Whitmire,
Matilda
Wesley Greene, Landscape Maintenance
Marianne Hull. School & Group Services
John Coleman, Williannsbur, g Lodge
Lewis Randolph, Williamsburg bat
Eugene
Ovril McDowell. Williamsburg Lodge
Judith Milteer, .School & Group :Services
20 Years
Samuel Paige, Landscape Maintenance
Cue Willis Sr. ( retired), Lodge
Helen Phillips, School & Group Services
Marie Tyler,
Eli Canady, Chonnit ;g' s Tavern
Norma E. Merithew ( retired), Products
Lorine
Souers,
Bill Weldon,
Historical
Historic
Interpretation
Trades
Anne Hethcock, Products
Products
Shields Tavern
Woodlands
Brown,
Knight ( retired),
Architecture
Martha Ann Ballard McConkey,
Landry
Advancement
Colonial
M. Sheldon (
Williamsburg
retired).
News, Fall
Auditor
1991
15
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Permit No. 1193
This Month...
1991: A
year
of openings
Golf Course Open House
AARFAC
expansion
Chowning'
Antiguan
Order
of
set
2
stage
2
50
3
ambassador visits
3
Pineapple
4
the
Viewpoints from
The
1
in final
Tavern turns
s
Non -Profit
Quality
the
President
5
Spirit
5
The Winthrop Rockefeller Archaeology
Museum:
Discovering
Martin'
The Courthouse: Through
our
s
Hundred
visitors'
6
eyes ....
7
Introducing Colonial Williamsburg' s
Drug
and
Alcohol - Free Workplace
Policy ....
10
Wellness News
12
Around Town
13
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<p>The <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em> was the official newspaper of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Publication began November 1940 under the title <em>The Restoration News</em> and was published under that name until February 1942. The title changed to <em>The News of Colonial Williamsburg</em> from February 1942 to May 1950. The name changed again in May 1950 to <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em>. It is often collectively referred to by the abbreviated title <em>CW News</em>. Production switched to a digital-only format in 2018. The newspaper ceased production in 2020.</p>
<p>When using the <em>CW News</em>, it is important to remember that it reflects the realities of its time. For example, columns in the 1940s issues reported on the “News of the Colored People.” Separate reporting of African American and white social events was indicative of the segregation that was the legal norm in Virginia at the time.</p>
<p>The number of issues published every year varies. No papers were published between January 1943 and June 1, 1948. From August 1979 through May 1992, a supplemental publication titled <em>Colonial Williamsburg News Extra</em> was sometimes published to include additional information for staff, especially during those periods when the paper was published every other month. There are occasional Public Relations-style news releases published as <em>CW News Telenews</em> or sometimes just as <em>Telenews</em>.</p>
<p>The publication was produced principally for employees to inform them of important and relevant goings-on in a timely fashion. Although distributed fairly widely at CWF properties and now online, the paper covers topics including Restoration (and later Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) building openings, new programming, Historic Trades, special events, historical and architectural research, archaeological discoveries, new employee hires and retirements, employee activities and achievements, employee profiles and personal milestones, employee benefit and charity concerns, donor activities, museum exhibitions and acquisitions, film productions and book publications, educational initiatives, celebrity and VIP guest visits, restaurant and hotel news, product and reproductions releases, Merchant’s Square shopping, and relevant local area news.</p>
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September 27, 1991
ExtraVolume
CWNews 13, No. 39
Colonial Williamsburg
at Virginia State Fair
The
storyteller
brightens
young faces with fanciful 18th century narratives, a Colonial
conjurer performs feats of magic, and costumed musicians play
Saturday and Sunday performances are scheduled as fol-
State Fair in Richmond, Sep-
lows: An 18th -century Fair
withinaFair,
l0a. m. - 9p. m.:
18th- century Dance, 11 a. m.,
2 and 6 p. m.; The Colonial Conjurer, noon, 4 and 7 p. m.; The
tember 25 through October 6.
Storyteller, 1, 5 and 8 p. m.;
period
music
at the
Virginia
Colonial Williamsburg performers provide the entertain-
ment at " An 18th- century Fair
within a Fair."
Concert of 18th -century Music; 3 p. m.
The 18th -century fair is in
the Bicentennial
Fair visitors can watch cos-
Conuniss ion
tent, near the Laburnum Ave-
tumed dancers step the latest
nue fairgrounds
minuet and country reels, and
tented area includes a stage and
listen to heated debate among
100 seats for the audience.
well -known political personal-
censed Colonial Williamsburg
reproductions of 18th -century
ities of the time. They can speak
with other 18th -century Virginians, portrayed by costumed
historic
interpreters.
Younger
visitorscan learn authenticchil-
This easy chair in " Curtains, Cases and Chairs: Upholstery Documents at Colonial Williamsburg," features layers of original upholstery fabrics ranging from the 1740s to the 1960s.
Tour textile exhibit during
Wallace Gallery open house
entrance. The
Li-
objects are on sale from 3 to 8
p.m. weekdays and from 10 a. m.
to 10 p. m. weekends during the
fair' s 12- day run.
dren' s games of the period.
The " 18th -century Fair with-
The Colonial Williamsburg
in a Fair" is produced under the
Fife and Drum Corps lends a
auspices of the Virginia Com-
military flavor with marches
along the midway at noon, 4
p. m. and 7 p. m. Saturday, Sep-
mission on the Bicentennial of
tember 28.
Williamsburg.
In conjunction with the opening of " Curtains, Cases and
the United States Constitution,
with
assistance
from
Colonial
Chairs: Upholstery Documents at Colonial Williamsburg," a
series of open houses will be held for Colonial Williamsburg
Costume Swap Day October 12
employees at the Wallace Gallery Monday, October 7 at 8 a. m.,
12 p.m. and 5: 15 p. m.
dress? Seeing red every time you don those red britches? Does
Linda Baumgarten
and Kim Smith, curators of the exhibit, lead
tours of the exhibit and discuss the importance in achieving
decorative effects for 18th- century households dunng each session.
The exhibit, which opens October 5 in the textiles gallery,
features 85 antique textiles including upholstered chairs, curtains
and valances for beds, slip covers, floor cloths and woven carpet
fragments.
Lectures on upholstery and furniture conservation will be held
4 p. m. October 9 and October 16 in the Hennage Auditorium.
Tired of the same old shirt? Feeling blue about your blue
your colleague' s bright green cape make you green with envy?
Looking for a fresh new frock?
Come to the Swap Day for costumed employees at the
Costume Design Center, 7 a. m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12.
On Swap Day, costumed employees can exchange up to
three costume items for similar items in the costume stock.
Costume articles must have current cleaning tickets from the
Colonial Williamsburg laundry attached when they are exchanged.
Center
at
For more information,
220 -7950.
call the Costume
Design
�Environmental Action
Employee Yard Sale
Saturday, October 5
Council sets objectives
8 a. m. to noon
Corner of Capitol Landing Road and
The Colonial Williamsburg Environ- •
First Street
extend the office recycling system
mental Action Council has taken stock of
foundation -wide and expand the
its activities and established goals and
aluminum can recycling system to
objectives.
the Historic Area
During the Environmental Action Coun- •
cil' s September meeting, Bill Gardiner,
discourage unnecessary publications
chairman, praised members for their ef-
distribution lists
forts over the past
Members
committees
and eliminate duplication on internal
18 months.
of the council,
identify and protect Colonial
Williamsburg properties that
its
and other employ-
have significant
ees have done " a great job helping Colonial Williamsburg deal
ous
at Craft House
Colonial Williamsburg personalities are
through
source re-
House on Merchants
fall. Well - known
Square through the
employees
will design
their own table settings using products
address hazardous waste training, stor-
Far from being the dream list of a few
environmentally - aware employees, the
goals and objectives of the Environmental
will have
an important
effect on the whole organization, Gardiner
says. " Implementation
of these objectives
reflects a commitment on the part of Col-
onial Williamsburg to undertake new ways
of dealing with environmental issues."
The Environmental
Action Council' s
from the Williamsburg Reproductions Pro-
age and disposal
ed in a short time."
Council
wastes
duction and recycling
cellent programs have been start-
settings shown
designing a series of table settings at Craft
continue minimizing hazard-
responsibly w ith environmental
concerns," he said. " Many ex-
Action
environmental
features
Special table
gram to reflect their own individual
assess impact of chloro- fluorocarbon
CFC) phase ou t on refrigerants, equipment and service
investigate
procedures
implications
of the Clean
Air Act on boiler plants,
fireplaces,
dust collectors and vehicular fleets
create a plan to obtain natural resourc-
tastes
and styles.
The first table setting has been created
by Susan Lindsey Winther, interior designer for the Williamsburg Inn, with assistance by Clark Taggart, Williamsburg
Inn floral designer. Their display is on
view through mid -October. Stop by and be
inspired.
es from our forest lands
provide information about, recommend
the use of, and purchase
recycled,
re-
A reminder...
committees are setting new directions and
establishing new policies," Gardiner says.
Their decisions will have a long -term
impact, as they alter the way the founda-
If you' re interested in helping shape the
tion and all its employees go about their
course of environmental action at Colonial
ber 5, has been cancelled. A performance
business every day."
these
products
The special performance of Under the
Jolly Roger scheduled for Saturday, Octo-
Williamsburg, contact Bill Gardiner at
The Environmental
set
usable and environmentally friendly
Action Council has
objectives
for
Colonial
Williamsburg in 1992:
of the Irish Widow has been scheduled to
extension 7186. He can put you in touch
replace it. Irish Widow will be performed
with those responsible for your area of
at 8: 30 p. m. in the Lodge Auditorium.
interest.
Bring your family to the Health and Safety Fair, October .17
The annual Health and Safety Fair, 2 to
7 p. m. October 12 at Commonwealth Hall,
is an event for the whole family.
Hyacinth
the clown will visit with the
children and hand out balloons.
and endurance,
the President' s Council
Your child, age birth to three, can have
a free developmental
inal muscle strength
check. Motor abili-
Fit-
that provides
ture, fingerprints
organization
a 20- minute
bers can learn to recognize
problems
or
diseases before they become serious to
your pet. Please do j bring your pets.
Register them and have them inspected for
card with a pic-
safety. Your children can learn riding guide-
and basic information
lines and hand signals. The first 50 bikes
a laminated
identifying your child. Pictures and fin-
give parents a picture of how well their
gerprints
baby is developing.
pictures will be processed, cards typed and
Children age six to 17 can have physical
fitness tests. Check your child' s arm and
child for this service is S5 for one card, S8
shoulder strength and endurance,
for two cards, and $ 10 for three cards.
abdom-
Noah' s Ark will present
pet safety program at 2 p.m. Family mem-
Please IQ bring your children' s bikes.
Ident - a - Kid is a national
cognitive abilities such as awareness,
soning and judging, will be evaluated to
on Physical
ness and Sports.
ties, speech, vision, hearing, language and
rea-
low
back and hamstring flexibility, and cardiorespiratory endurance. Learn how well
your child meets test levels established by
will be taken
at the fair. The
Laminated, and mailed to you. The cost per
inspected
receive special
bike flags.
The Extra is published weekly by the Communications DepartmenL Deadlines are 5 p. m. every
Tuesday. Call Sally Riley, ext. 7968, tor assistance. Send announcements via interoffice mail
to CW News Extra, GBO. Or, FAX them to Sally
Riley, ext. 7702.
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<p>The <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em> was the official newspaper of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Publication began November 1940 under the title <em>The Restoration News</em> and was published under that name until February 1942. The title changed to <em>The News of Colonial Williamsburg</em> from February 1942 to May 1950. The name changed again in May 1950 to <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em>. It is often collectively referred to by the abbreviated title <em>CW News</em>. Production switched to a digital-only format in 2018. The newspaper ceased production in 2020.</p>
<p>When using the <em>CW News</em>, it is important to remember that it reflects the realities of its time. For example, columns in the 1940s issues reported on the “News of the Colored People.” Separate reporting of African American and white social events was indicative of the segregation that was the legal norm in Virginia at the time.</p>
<p>The number of issues published every year varies. No papers were published between January 1943 and June 1, 1948. From August 1979 through May 1992, a supplemental publication titled <em>Colonial Williamsburg News Extra</em> was sometimes published to include additional information for staff, especially during those periods when the paper was published every other month. There are occasional Public Relations-style news releases published as <em>CW News Telenews</em> or sometimes just as <em>Telenews</em>.</p>
<p>The publication was produced principally for employees to inform them of important and relevant goings-on in a timely fashion. Although distributed fairly widely at CWF properties and now online, the paper covers topics including Restoration (and later Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) building openings, new programming, Historic Trades, special events, historical and architectural research, archaeological discoveries, new employee hires and retirements, employee activities and achievements, employee profiles and personal milestones, employee benefit and charity concerns, donor activities, museum exhibitions and acquisitions, film productions and book publications, educational initiatives, celebrity and VIP guest visits, restaurant and hotel news, product and reproductions releases, Merchant’s Square shopping, and relevant local area news.</p>
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AdditionColonial
ExtraSpecial
CWNews Williamsburg posts
1
new ticket prices October
New ticket prices at Colonial Williamsburg become effective October 1.
The Basic Admission ticket and the Royal Govemor' s Pass will increase while
the Patriot' s Pass, our most popular ticket, stays the same. Current prices have
been in effect since July 1990.
We would prefer not to raise ticket prices but recognize that periodically
we must do so," said Richard A. Schreiber, vice president and chief business
officer. " Admissions income is vital to supporting our educational mission,
and is important to every employee. Half the cost of preservation and our
interpretive programs in the Historic Area is met by ticket sales.
We have chosen not to increase the price of the Patriot' s Pass, because it
gives the fullest educational experience and we want to affect the least number
of visitors possible. Our ongoing surveys show that in every income bracket,
substantially more guests purchase the Patriot' s Pass than either of the lower priced tickets."
Colonial Williamsburg Ticket Prices
Adults
Patriot'
s
Pass ( NO CHANGE) $
28. 00 $
Children 6 -12
17. 00
New Royal Governor' s Pass
25. 50
15. 25
Old Royal Governor' s Pass
24. 50
14.75
New Basic Admission Ticket
23. 00
13. 75
Old Basic Admission Ticket
21. 00
12. 50
Single -site admissions will increase $ 1. Group and hotel ticket prices stay the
same.
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<p>The <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em> was the official newspaper of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Publication began November 1940 under the title <em>The Restoration News</em> and was published under that name until February 1942. The title changed to <em>The News of Colonial Williamsburg</em> from February 1942 to May 1950. The name changed again in May 1950 to <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em>. It is often collectively referred to by the abbreviated title <em>CW News</em>. Production switched to a digital-only format in 2018. The newspaper ceased production in 2020.</p>
<p>When using the <em>CW News</em>, it is important to remember that it reflects the realities of its time. For example, columns in the 1940s issues reported on the “News of the Colored People.” Separate reporting of African American and white social events was indicative of the segregation that was the legal norm in Virginia at the time.</p>
<p>The number of issues published every year varies. No papers were published between January 1943 and June 1, 1948. From August 1979 through May 1992, a supplemental publication titled <em>Colonial Williamsburg News Extra</em> was sometimes published to include additional information for staff, especially during those periods when the paper was published every other month. There are occasional Public Relations-style news releases published as <em>CW News Telenews</em> or sometimes just as <em>Telenews</em>.</p>
<p>The publication was produced principally for employees to inform them of important and relevant goings-on in a timely fashion. Although distributed fairly widely at CWF properties and now online, the paper covers topics including Restoration (and later Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) building openings, new programming, Historic Trades, special events, historical and architectural research, archaeological discoveries, new employee hires and retirements, employee activities and achievements, employee profiles and personal milestones, employee benefit and charity concerns, donor activities, museum exhibitions and acquisitions, film productions and book publications, educational initiatives, celebrity and VIP guest visits, restaurant and hotel news, product and reproductions releases, Merchant’s Square shopping, and relevant local area news.</p>
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October 4, 1991
Volume 13, No. 40
More than 30 drivers, their management team, Steve Elliott and Chuck Longsworth gathered at the Cascades Monday morning,
September 30, for an appreciation breakfast and pep talk.
Drivers
More
for breakfast,
gather
than 30 Bus Operations
drivers
Both sides need to connect. Communi-
pep talk
or sabotage; they can undermine your effec-
gathered at the Cascades Monday morning,
cation keeps everyone
September 30, for the annual Appreciation
target.
communi-
Communication skills include what you
Breakfast and a pep talk by manager Bill
cation leaves you wondering what happened.
say as well as how you say it. A conscientious bus driver willing to settle for crude
communications skills is unlikely to succeed for long in today' s increasingly sophisticated, fast -moving, people- oriented Bus
Operations. Today is just a warm -up for
In contrast,
motivated
unsuccessful
and on
Mauer.
After thanking the bus dnvers for a job
well done this past summer and for their
support, Bill said, " We have pnde and commitment to the word ` excellence' which is
second to none. Life isn ' t always fair, but we
What' s at stake is this: you can' t moti-
vate people about Colonial Williamsburg if
you can' t talk to them. Our guests can be our
greatest fans or greatest critics, our champi-
ons or executioners. They can supercharge
tiveness, or they can make you famous.
tomorrow."
can ' till expect excellence from ourselves.
Don' t look for excuses to explain failure,
always look for ways to succeed.
Communication is not easy, nor is it
something you do. Communication is something you achieve. It is not a starting point,
but the end result of a lot of imprecise, trial
and error work. It requires purpose, plan-
Holiday brochures bring response
Brochures
In less than two weeks since they were
mailed
to
the
public,
the
Colonial
Williamsburg Christmas brochures have
already generated more than 200 reserva-
have
been
distributed
throughout the Foundation and hotels.
Employees may obtain copies for their
personal use at the following locations:
ning, persistence, sensitivity and follow up.
To merely do communication is like
dispatching a bus and never bothering to
tions.
Visitor Center, Inn front desk, Lodge
The colorful pamphlet lists a variety of
holiday events for adults and children:
front desk, Woodlands
find out if the bus amved at its destination
Grand
receptionist.
with all its passengers.
shops, lanthom tours, special music, dra-
through
on
your
If you do not follow
efforts
to
communicate,
yor' ll never know if your message
received intact.
was
Illumination,
decorations
work-
ma, story telling, films, and dining events
for every taste.
front desk, em-
ployment office, and Goodwin Building
If you have friends who are interested
in
experiencing
Christmas
See Brochures, Page
in
2
�Sands is United Way loaned executive
Wanted:
A
It gives me a chance to learn
with
more about our community and
and Williamsburg - James City
County schools with their cam-
Way doesn' t help the down -trodden only. No one plans to get
enthusiasm
to become
paigns. Shealsohelps PeteCruik-
cancer, have his house bum down,
and
Geales said.
shank
or have a child with disabilities.
person
some
chutzpah
willing
an active
part of it,"
During the campaign, Geales
the United Way . She joins seven
days a week
for
weeks.
job: asking local businesses for
donations to United Way while
holding down your regular job.
When
campaign managers,
Steve
Elliott
asked
develop
campaign strategies,
Busch, BASF and VirginiaPow-
us someday, even
don' t foresee it.
monitor
though
we
I' ve enjoyed workingwith
problems
to run its
the other volunteers.
there because we want to be. All
that may arise.
It relies on volun-
The United Way makes a
teers. To reach its $ 1 million
terrific impact in this communi-
goal requires lots of volunteers.
ty,"
campaign.
The United Way may help all of
their progress and work on any
er. The United Way does not
have the manpower
chief
executive officers and employee
other individuals from Anheuser-
five Geales Sands
The
campaign.
Her job is to help
works three days each week for
three
work
to
with thecitizen
Geales
said. "
More
of us are working
We' re all
toward
the
same goal."
Geales works for the United
than
Geales Sands if she would like to
Geales has been assigned 30
18,000 people were helped by
Way on Mondays, Tuesdays and
be Colonial Williamsburg' s
local retail accounts and assists
24 agencies past year. That' s one
Thursdays
loaned executive to the United
with the City of Williamsburg,
out of three people
She is in her Boundary Street
Way, she welcomed the chance.
the College of William and Mary
Williamsburg area. The United
in
the
Energy conference wins award
The annual Colonial Williamsburg Energy
Management conference received one of seven
Virginia Energy Awards presented at a dinner
Sept. 25 at Virginia Power' s Chesterfield Power
Station in Chester.
Presenting the award, Ron DesRoches, director of the division of energy in the Virginia
department of mines, minerals and energy, said
the Energy Management Conference is " very
informational, meeting the needs of energy
and Fridays.
There's something
for everyone at the
Health &
Safety Fair
Free balloons, door prizes,
activities for kids as well as Mom
professionals
its non - profit structure
and Dad —the Health and Safety
Fair has something for everyone.
Professionals. Entrants were judged on project
makes it more affordable for participants than
Assess your personal health and
innovation, potential for energy or cost savings
similar for- profitevents. " Theprojectstandsas
that of your loved ones through
and applications elsewhere in Virginia.
an example of an outstanding program," DesRo-
the free screenings and tests.
The energy conference began in 1982 as a
one -day gathering of about 60 Colonial
Williamsburg employees, and was funded entirely by the Foundation. It has grown to two
days of energy -related activities ini 'uding gen-
ches
and that
He also said it is
office Wednesdays
19.
The awards were given during the quarterly
meeung of the Virginia Association of Energy
innovative
in the state."
until November
said.
The award was accepted on behalf of
Colonial Williamsburg by Bill Gardiner, vice
Join us Thursday, October
17, from 2 to 7 p. m. at Commonwealth Hall.
president, Facilities and Property Management.
He, in turn, recognized Larry Rowland who has
eral sessions, workshops and exhibits. Regis -
run
trantscome from across the state. The conference
is funded by registration fees, exhibit booth
attending from Colonial Williamsburg were
Doug Finch, Tom Peck, Scott Spence and Judy
rental fees and corporate sponsorship.
Health &
Kristopherson.
Brochures
the event
for
the past ten
years.
Also
Riverside Wellness & Fitness Centers
continued from page 1
Williamsburg,
encourage them
tr make reservations now while
there is maximum
space avail-
able.
offering reduced -price memberships
Riverside
Fitness Centers arc offering Colonial
Williamsburg employees reduced price corporate memberhip at the
three facilities in Williamsburg, Gloucester, and on the Peninsula.
Under current economic con-
To take advantage of this offer come to the Riverside Nutrition
Analysis booth at the Health & Safety Fair on October 17. The $ 100
application fee will be waived for the month of October only.
Under the corporate plan, dues will be collected quarterly. For
time than in previous years.
If this pattern continues
information,
call Sue Houser at ext. 7029 # 7.
through the fall, guests may have
the unusual opportunity to make
choice reservations
for Christ-
mas with a minimum
time.
of lead
volunteers needed
Call Sue Houser, ext. 7695 to
volunteer to help at the Health &
Safety Fair.
Volunteers are needed to help
greet and direct participants, blow
up and distribute balloons and
record test scores, just to name a
Wellness &
ditions, visitors are making general reservations with less lead
Safety Fair
few .activities.
The
Costume Design Center.
is
published
weekly by the Communications
Department.
Dead-
lines
are 5 p. m.
every
Tuesday. Call Sally Riley,
ext.
costume Swap Day
October 12, T am to r:P. m"
Extra
Send
7968,
for
assistance.
announcements
via
interoffice mail to CWNews
Extra, GBO. Or, FAX them
to
Sally Riley,
ext. 7702.
�J2, Heakh and Safety Fair
Commonwealth Hall
Thursday, October 17
Booths inside Commonwealth
Hall
1. Employee Services
2 to 7 p.m.
and cholesterol content. You will receive a printout giving you nutritious menus
Pick up information about recreational, health and fitness programs, activities, and events
sponsored for employees, dependents, and retirees. Get your " stress dot" and monitor
your stress for the remainder of the day Get your ticket for the door prizes! Hyacinth,
the clown, will visit with kids, hand out balloons, and announce the lucky winners'
numbers for the door prizes at 4. 15 and 5: 50 p.m.
containing foods you like
Riverside Wellness and Fitness Center Corporate Membership Registration
Current and future members are invited to register at this booth for the new corporate
membership at the Riverside Wellness and Fitness Center facilities in Gloucester,
Williamsburg and on the Peninsula. The $ 100 application fee and the October monthly
payment are waived for new members
2. Blood Pressure Checks
High blood pressure is a silent killer — it' s easy to detect. Let the trained technicians
yet
You will be asked to commit to a one year
membership. The corporate rates are due quarterly.
8. Healthy Back Information
from the emergency center check yours.
Physical therapists will check your back and posture, paying particular attention to the
3. Cholesterol and Diabetes Blood Screenings
alignment of your hips, knees and ankles. They can answer your questions about your
This screening gives you your basic level of cholesterol, which is affected by the food
you' ve eaten, your stress level, family history and lifestyle. This free blood test involves
a finger -prick. You do not have to fast.
back.
9. Vision Testing
From 5 to 7 p.m. only, the staff from Dr Brownlow' s office will test your vision. They
4. Oxygen Saturation and Pulmonary Function
can also answer questions about your eyes, glasses or contacts and provide information
about on- the-job eye protection.
Testing
At this booth, you choose between two tests to see how well your lungs are circulating
oxygen m your blood. Oxygen saturation measures oxygen levels in your veins
Pulmonary function measures your lung strength.
10. Hearing Testing
What did you say'? Repeat that please! Let Mr. Hecker check your hearing - free.
11. Child Check - Child Development Resources
5. Risko: Free Heart Health Assessment
Free child developmental check from birth to three years old. Motor abilities, speech,
More than 550,000 people die each year from coronary heart disease. This assessment
vision, hearing, language, and cognitive abilities, such as awareness, reasoning and
measures your risk of developing heart disease Learn how you can reduce this risk.
judging, will be evaluated to give you a picture of how well your baby is developing
12. Ask a Doctor
6. Sickle Cell Anemia Screening
organs, and sometimes death. In the United States, most cases of sickle cell anemia occur
Here is your chance to ask the following doctors any question you can think of and get
good, free advice Note: Doctors' scheduled hours may change
among blacks and hispanics of Caribbean ancestry. About one in every 400 to 600 blacks
2 -3 p. m Dr Joseph W Musgrave (
and one in every 1, 000 to 1, 500 hispanics mhent sickle cell disease. The disease also
affects some people of Arabian, Greek, Maltese, Sicilian, Sardiruan, Turkish, and
southern Asian ancestry. The Sickle Cell Anemia Association of the Peninsula, a United
3 -4 p. m. Dr Ralph R DiMattia (
Internist)
4 -5 p. m. Dr Camilla M Buchanan (
Obstetrics &
5 -6 p
m.
Dr. Anthony
Urologist -
Way Agency, provides the confidential screening, notifies anyone who tests positive, and
6 -7 p
m.
Dr. John D. Hamnck (
Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disease which can cause pam, damage to vital
handles the counseling and referral process.
J Taylor (
Dermatologist)
Gynecologist -
Women' s issues)
Men' s issues)
CW Medical Consultant, Internist)
13. KeyCare and Baby Benefits Program
7. Nutrition Analysis by Riverside Hospital
Robin Clements, from Blue Cross/ Blue Shield, will be available to help you understand
10 for 10 minutes. Call ext. ension7029 # 8 for an appointment.
medical and doctor bills. She' ll also answer benefits coverage
questions.
Here is your
Before coming to your appointment, list the foods you won' t eat Record the food you eat
chance to ask why something wasn' t covered or to say thanks for taking care of
for.one day. Bring both lists with you. A registered dietician will analyze your diet for fat
everything.
20
19
18
15
Activity
12
Area.
4.•
To
outside
activites
21
22
23
24
25
1
Little Patriot
Gift Shop
Rest
Rooms
Entrance
�The Baby Benefits Program is provided free to pregnant Colonial Williamsburg
employees and spouses with Blue Cross/ Blue Shield health care. Baby Benefits provides
you with a prenatal kit to help you handle the unexpected, a confidential assessment of
your risks for problems, a telephone support line, an attractive birth present, a diaper bag
and more. It is important to sign up for Baby Benefits in the first two months of pregnancy.
If you are pregnant or planning to be, talk to Robin at this booth.
2 . ldent -A -Kid
The cost per childfor this service is $ 5for one card, $8for two cards, and $10for three
cards.
Ident -a -Kid is a national organization that provides a laminated card with a picture,
fingerprints and basic information identifying your child Pictures and fingerprints will
be taken the day of the fair. The pictures will be processed, cards typed and laminated,
and mailed
14. Weight Watchers
If you are thick and tired of it, Weight Watchers may be for you It is a life -long weight
control plan based on proper nutrition, exercise, education and self control The program
focuses on controlling the types and amount of food you eat, not eliminating foods you
to you.
21. Healthy Food and Drink Area
Enjoy a healthy in- between - meal snack.
like.
American Association of Retired Persons and
15. Strength, Stamina and Flexibility Testing, and
Body Fat Analysis
The staff of the Tazewell Club will determine how fit you are. They can test your stamina,
flexibility, determine the percentage of fat in your body and identify your resting and
targeted heart rates They will lead the " Celebrity" Aerobics and Stretching and Toning
exercise
Social Security Information
American Association of Retired Persons, AARP, provides many workshops, programs,
and benefits for folks over 55. A representative from Social Security can answer
questions and provide forms. Register the newest edition to your family or change your
name, if you' ve been recently married. Check your recorded earnings, something you
should consider doing every three years
sessions
16. Physical Fitness Tests for Children Aged Six
Through 17
Check your child' s arm and shoulder strength and endurance, abdominal muscle strength
and endurance, low back and hamstring flexibility, and cardiorespiratory endurance See
how well your child meets test levels established by the President' s Council on Physical
Fitness and Sports.
17.The Convincer by Travelers Insurance
23. Security and Safety
Security and Safety staff provide employees (and visitors) with many behind the scenes
services like opening locked cars, dnving sick or injured individuals to the hospital, fire
extinguisher training, First Aid and CPR training and protection. Learn to check your
smoke alarms to make sure they are working properly Learn more about safety classes
available to help make your job site safer Update your car parking sticker
24. Employee Assistance Program Information
The Travelers staff gives you an opportunity to safely experience the Impact and noise
Learn more about addictive behaviors, such as drugs, alcohol, food, or stealing. Learn
of being involved in a collision at 5 to 7 miles per hour. Certain health restrictions may
how you can deal with the associated mental or family concems Take the free work stress
apply
test to determine what stressors may be affecting your performance. Get help with
financial planning, consolidating debts or planning a budget Employee Assistance can
18. Urgent Care and Work Related Injury Information
Urgent Care staff addresses poisonings, accidents needing first aid, and lifting techniques Security and Safety' s Jeri Yeatts answers questions on work related injuries
help you deal with personal problems before they affect your job performance and it' s
confidential Know what an illegal substance looks like See the State Police display on
Illegal
substances.
25. Free Five minute Neck and Back Massages
19. LifeNet Transplant Services
Releive the " Key to Immortality" Sign up to donate your organs or tissue to help
2: 30 p.m. - 6: 30 p.m.
someone else after you die Approximately 21, 000 patients in the U. S. are suffering from
On a first come -first massaged basis, expenence a wonderful stress and tension reliever
endstage
Relax and let the masseuse
organ failure
and are in need of transplants — give the gift of life
work your muscles.
Inside Activity Area Schedule
Noah'
s
Ark - Pet
Safety
2 - 2: 20 p.m.
Home Security Presentation
4: 50 - 5:05 p.m.
Leam to recognize problems or diseases before they become serious to your pet. Please
Jim Perdue of Security and Safety gives ideas and suggestions for ensuring yours and
do not bring your pets.
your loved ones' secunty at home or work.
Heimlich Maneuver Demonstration
2: 30 - 2: 45 p. m.
Learn more about this lifesaving technique.
Infant Stimulation and Safe and Interesting Toys
2: 55 - 4 p. m.
Finger Plays and Songs
5: 15 - 5: 35 p. m.
Through song and the accompaniment of dramatic hand play, children learn hand and eye
coordination, enrich receptive language, and increase their listening skills. Presented by
Susan Berry- Ruane of the Colonial Williamsburg Employees' Child Care Center. For
children
18 months
to two and one - half years.
Review concepts of child development and learn to choose toys that are safe and stimulate
child play, learning and development
Door Prizes
For birth to 18 months
Door Prizes and Announcements
Stretching and Toning Exercises
4: 15 p.m.
4: 20 - 4: 40 p.m.
Join the Tazewell Club staff as they lead participants in an exercise session.
and
Announcements
5: 50 p. m.
Heimlich Maneuver Demonstration
Celebrity"
Aerobics
6 - 6: 15 p. m.
6: 30 - 6: 50 p. m.
Outside Activity Area Schedule
Fire Extinguisher Training and Presentation
3:30 - 4 p.m.
Practice using a fire extinguisher. See how much water you can shoot into a bucket. Get
hands on experience with Travelers Insurance staff help and be prepared in case you ever
need to take aim and fire
Parachute
Play
4: 45 - 5 p. m.
Police Crime Van
2 - 7p. m.
Register your bike and have it inspected for safety. Learn riding guidelines and hand
signals. The first 50 bikes inspected receive special bike flags.
Chesapeake Mobile Imaging Service Mammogram Van
Noon - 7 p. m.
One of every nine women will develop breast cancer. It is the leading cause of death in
Parachute play is an energetic game that helps children develop gross motor skills and
women between 40 and 65 years of age. Mammograms for employees, spouses, and
spacial awareness. Pat Vaticano, from the Colonial Williamsburg Child Care Center,
retirees
leads a senes of group activities to encourage imaginative play and to help children
express themselves physically For two and one -halt to five years.
Williamsburg identification. Call extension 7029, # 2 for an appointment. Walk -ins will
be taken as timing and appointments allow.
are
available
at a reduced
rate
of $ 50
You
must
show
a valid
Colonial
5: 10 - 5: 40 p.m.
C. A. R. E. S. - Riverside Cancer Awareness Risk
Education Services Van
2 - 7 p.m.
2 - 7p.m.
Find out your risks for developing cancer and learn what you can do This user -friendly
Fire Extinguisher Training and Presentation
Fire Engine Truck
Kids of all ages can enjoy climbing and " dnving" the fire engine
Ambulance
Approximately 75% of all cancers are caused by events within an individual' s control.
computer
2 - 7 p.m.
See the inside of an ambulance Show your appreciation to the giving and professional
individuals who save our lives
package asks you questions
about your habits, lifestyle, occupation,
and factors
that might Influence whether you will develop a cancer. This questionnaire takes
approximately 20 minutes. You will receive a print -out listing the types of cancers and
your possible nsk based on your answers.
The Health and Safety Fair is sponsored
c7frks
riders
by the Employee Relations Department,
Department of Security and
Safety and the Tazewell Club
with technical assistance by
Williamsburg Community Hospital staff. For more information
about the recreation and fitness programs offered by Colonial
Williamsburg, call Sue Houser, extension 7029.
Special Woodlands Grill offer
Child' s ( 11 and under) meal of hamburger, french fries, and drink for
1. 25 with the purchase of any adult meal during the fair on October 17.
Show
your valid employee
identification
and receive
25% discount.
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<p>The <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em> was the official newspaper of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Publication began November 1940 under the title <em>The Restoration News</em> and was published under that name until February 1942. The title changed to <em>The News of Colonial Williamsburg</em> from February 1942 to May 1950. The name changed again in May 1950 to <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em>. It is often collectively referred to by the abbreviated title <em>CW News</em>. Production switched to a digital-only format in 2018. The newspaper ceased production in 2020.</p>
<p>When using the <em>CW News</em>, it is important to remember that it reflects the realities of its time. For example, columns in the 1940s issues reported on the “News of the Colored People.” Separate reporting of African American and white social events was indicative of the segregation that was the legal norm in Virginia at the time.</p>
<p>The number of issues published every year varies. No papers were published between January 1943 and June 1, 1948. From August 1979 through May 1992, a supplemental publication titled <em>Colonial Williamsburg News Extra</em> was sometimes published to include additional information for staff, especially during those periods when the paper was published every other month. There are occasional Public Relations-style news releases published as <em>CW News Telenews</em> or sometimes just as <em>Telenews</em>.</p>
<p>The publication was produced principally for employees to inform them of important and relevant goings-on in a timely fashion. Although distributed fairly widely at CWF properties and now online, the paper covers topics including Restoration (and later Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) building openings, new programming, Historic Trades, special events, historical and architectural research, archaeological discoveries, new employee hires and retirements, employee activities and achievements, employee profiles and personal milestones, employee benefit and charity concerns, donor activities, museum exhibitions and acquisitions, film productions and book publications, educational initiatives, celebrity and VIP guest visits, restaurant and hotel news, product and reproductions releases, Merchant’s Square shopping, and relevant local area news.</p>
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ExtraVolume
CWNews your health
No.
October 17 at fair
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1 001
Longsworth talks
of fitness, health
The Colonial Williamsburg News
Extra asked president Chuck Long sworth about his views on physical
blood circulation
duced by as much as 60% between ages 25
of us do jobs that offer little physical activ-
and 70,
ness.
ity. We are no more active when we get
home. The average
American
spends
30
hours sitting in front of a television each
messages sent from your brain to your
nerve endings slowing by 10- 15% by age
a decrease of muscle fiber at a rate of
a year in the hospital than employees who
exercise regularly and are 20% more likely
to call in sick more than one week in a year.
Inactivity has implications down the
road, too. Many ailments once thought to
be the result of aging can be alleviated or
postponed by increasing physical activity.
According to The Good Health Digest,
50% of functional losses incurred between
ages 30 and 70 are because
of lack of
3 - 5% every decade after age 30.
In contrast, active employees enjoy an
increased sense of job security, lower rates
of
absenteeism.
reduced
worker' s
com-
pensation and injury, improved productivity, and better decision- making, according
Longsworth:
I think it is important
that people be physically fit.
Life is more fun if you can do the
things you want to do. Most of us enjoy
some sort of exercise — walking, bicycling, fishing, hunting or whatever.
That' s a lot easier if you maintain your
fitness.
Physical
to the Mayo Clinic Nutrition Letter.
fitness
equates
with good
health. We know that fitness improved
To help you evaluate your physical fitness, the Employee Relations Department
staff along with members of the Department of Security and Safety, the Tazewell
Club staff and Williamsburg Community
exercise. If you are inactive you can look
Hospital
forward to:
Safety Fair in Commonwealth Hall, Thurs-
blood vessels narrowing 29% by mid-
Extra: Why do you believe it is
important that Colonial Williamsburg' s
employees be physically fit?
70,
week.
According to Health -Action Managers,
sedentary employees spend 30% more days
fit-
in your limbs re-
We spend a third of our day at Colonial
Williamsburg. Like most Americans, some
present
the annual
Health
See Health,
longer and reduces the number of times
you are ill.
I know I feel better when I am getting
some regular
exercise.
I have more
and
day, Oct. 17 from 2 to 7 p.m. It is free to
dle age,
the strength of your heart, helps you live
page
2
energy and enthusiasm.
Physical fitness saves money. We
all know what health care costs these
days. A little exercise can save a lot of
doctor and hospital bills.
Open Enrollment times
Extra: If an employee asked, " Why
should I go to the Health and Safety
Fair," how would you respond?
scheduled for November
Open Enrollment
for Colonial Williams-
This is the only opportunity for regular
burg ' s health care plans, life insurance and
employees to renew their benefits for 1992.
spending accounts will be Wednesday,
Longsworth:
Because you might
learn something that will give you more
pleasure
out of life and enable you to
live longer.
Representatives from the companies that
Extra:
How do you see employee
Thursday and Friday, Nov. 20, 21 and 22 in
Commonwealth Hall from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m.
on Thursday and Friday.
Open Enrollment runs until 7 p. m.
Wednesday, providing another opportunity for spouses to attend the presentations
provide our benefits
and share in these important decisions.
liamsburg' s benefits will appear on bulle-
attractive place. It is easier to do your
Spouses
tin boards
job
are welcome
Enrollment sessions.
to attend
all
Open
will be on hand to
answer questions. You can expect to spend
about 45 minutes going through the enrollment process, which includes a video about
the benefits we offer.
More information
about Colonial
and in the Compensation
Benefits News in the coming month.
Wil-
and
health and fitness impacting Colonial
Williamsburg and our visitors?
Longsworth: Fit and healthy people look good. They radiate energy.
Visitors reflect that energy and think of
Colonial Williamsburg as a lively and
well
if
you are
fit
and
healthy.
�Craft demonstrations
on tap at Craft Houses
Craftsmen
from companies
licensed to
reproduce Colonial Williamsburg antiques
Designs, and representatives
will demonstrate their trades
for visitors
the
will
third
C CRAFT HOUSE"))
Sue
the newly published
Christmas Decora-
Aline of food devel-
tions from Colonial
oped with the chefs of
Williamsburg," will
the Historic Area operat-
sign copies of her book.
ing taverns will premier during
too.
be on hand.
Rountree, author of
weekend in October.
the weekend,
of several of
the architectural products companies also
Guests can taste their
sauces, relishes, cider and ham.
Visitors can see a brass caster from
It all happens at the Craft Houses of the
Williamsburg Inn and Merchants Square,
Oct. 19 and 20 from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Virginia Metalcrafters and a hand- engrav-
There is no fee and reservations are not
er from the Kirk -Stieff Company at work.
required. Call ext. 2211 or 2283 for infor-
Anne Bell Robb, an artist from Kedron
mation.
Dried flower
workshop set
The floral services department
of-
fers a workshop in making colonial style arrangements with dried flowers
from 9: 30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.
29.
Led by Libbey Oliver, manager of
floral services, the workshop includes
a demonstration
of dried
flower
ar-
ranging with an emphasis on air drying,
and a trip to the floral shop to see its
drying attic.
The workshop includes Lunch and
an aftemoon session in which participants can make arrangements
ket to take home.
in a bas-
No experience is
necessary.
The workshop is open to 40 partic-
Free flu shots available to employees
Free flu shots are offered to employees and retirees
Thursdays
Mondays,
Tuesdays,
This shot is not recommended
for
with Gisela Poplin,
FSO
the Coloni al Williamsburg Foundation.
A confirmation
details
to eggs.
Call
letter with additional
will be mailed
upon receipt.
220 - 7943 for more. information.
If you have questions, please call Sue
Houser at ext. 7029 # 4.
Drive in
If you have medical questions, please
the Governor Berkeley Professional
call Dr. Hamrick' s office, at 253 - 1998,
Center, at the corner of Routes
or your family doctor.
199 and
fee covers
Include a check made payable to
reaction to flu shots or to anyone allergic
To receive the shot you must go to Dr.
office is at 1100 - A Professional
Register
211.
anyone who has experienced an allergic
Hamrick' s office and show the staff a
valid 1991 employee or retiree pass. His
The S50 registration
the lecture, demonstration, lunch and
materials.
5 across from the Williamsburg Crossing Shopping Center.
and Fridays, 9 a. m. - 11: 30
a. m. and 1: 30 p. m. - 3: 30 p. m. beginning Monday, Oct. 28 and ending Friday, Nov. 15.
ipants.
Foundation Library
holds fall film series
The Foundation Library has begun a
series of free films, presented 2 p. m. Tues-
Health, continued from page 1
days through December 17.
Roots of Resistance ", Oct. 15, tells the
employees, retired employees and families.
Blood pressure checks, cholesterol and
diabetes blood screenings, pulmonary function tests, heart assessments,
sickle cell
through the Chesapeake Mobile Imaging Service Van for S50.
Appointments
are encouraged
and
can be made by calling Sue Houser,
extension
7029, # 2.
anemia screenings, vision and hearing tests
are just a few of the free activities for adults
and children.
Reduced - price mammograms
fered to employees,
spouses
are of-
and retirees
history of Somerset Plantation in North
Carolina
What' s happening
Firing ofbrick kiln, Thursday, Oct. 17 through Wednesday, Oct. 23— sixdays
the
point
of view
of its
That Rhythm, Those Blues ", Oct. 23,
presents music from the turn of the century
through
A complete listing of events appeared
in a Health and Safety Fair flyer distributed with the Colonial Williamsburg
News Extra Friday, Oct. 4.
from
owners and of the descendants of its slaves.
the 40s and 50s.
The films are shown in Room 212 at the
Foundation Library, 415 North Boundary
Street. They
are free and open to the
public. For information, call 220 -7419.
The Extra is published weekly by the
Communications
Department.
Deadlines are 5 p. m. every Tuesday.
and nights - corner of Nicholson and Botetourt Streets.
Cali Sally Riley, ext. 7968, for assis-
Goff course open house, 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.. Sunday, Oct. 27.
Golf course free play for employees and retirees, Tuesday, Oct. 29 through
Monday, Nov. 4. Call 220 -7696 in advance for tee time.
tance. Send announcements via Interoffice
mail to CW News
Extra,
GBO. Or, FAX them to Sally Riley,
ext. 7702.
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CW News
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An account of the resource
<p>The <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em> was the official newspaper of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Publication began November 1940 under the title <em>The Restoration News</em> and was published under that name until February 1942. The title changed to <em>The News of Colonial Williamsburg</em> from February 1942 to May 1950. The name changed again in May 1950 to <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em>. It is often collectively referred to by the abbreviated title <em>CW News</em>. Production switched to a digital-only format in 2018. The newspaper ceased production in 2020.</p>
<p>When using the <em>CW News</em>, it is important to remember that it reflects the realities of its time. For example, columns in the 1940s issues reported on the “News of the Colored People.” Separate reporting of African American and white social events was indicative of the segregation that was the legal norm in Virginia at the time.</p>
<p>The number of issues published every year varies. No papers were published between January 1943 and June 1, 1948. From August 1979 through May 1992, a supplemental publication titled <em>Colonial Williamsburg News Extra</em> was sometimes published to include additional information for staff, especially during those periods when the paper was published every other month. There are occasional Public Relations-style news releases published as <em>CW News Telenews</em> or sometimes just as <em>Telenews</em>.</p>
<p>The publication was produced principally for employees to inform them of important and relevant goings-on in a timely fashion. Although distributed fairly widely at CWF properties and now online, the paper covers topics including Restoration (and later Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) building openings, new programming, Historic Trades, special events, historical and architectural research, archaeological discoveries, new employee hires and retirements, employee activities and achievements, employee profiles and personal milestones, employee benefit and charity concerns, donor activities, museum exhibitions and acquisitions, film productions and book publications, educational initiatives, celebrity and VIP guest visits, restaurant and hotel news, product and reproductions releases, Merchant’s Square shopping, and relevant local area news.</p>
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42 October
ExtraVolume
CWNews 13, No.
1991 Brickmakers
2 Golden Horseshoe Green
Course
light 17,000 brick
fire Historic trades craftsmen
ig-d a brick kiln inferno to
nite
fire 17, 000
bricks
and
resume Colonial Wilamsburg' s
annu- al 15 - a day
hour
interpretive program Oct.
moved. James Maloney of
Lightfoot, founder of the
Williamsburg Pottery, is credited with a
key contribution to the
brickmaking
18,
Employee
Open
House Sunday, October
27 10 a. m. -4 p.
m.
Employees, retirees and family members
are
invited to come out and see our
newest
program. The quality of clay used
is critically important to the
qual- ity of the finished brick.
Not only was Jimmy Maloney
instrumental in finding a source
of excellent brickmaking clay
guest amenity, the Golden Horseshoe Green
interpreters who explain 18th -
in Charles City County, he
cen- tury
brickmaking. Thousands of spring and
also contributed his time and
bus.Enjoy free golf at
sum- mer visitors assisted as
Weldon,manager of building trades,
17.During the firing, the
brick kiln, at the building trades
yard in the Historic
Area, is open
to visitors 9 a. m. to midnight
and staf ed by costumed historic
historic trades brickmakers, using
18th - century
tools
and
consid- erable
expertise," Bill
Brick -king is not complicated,
ma
just a few basic steps.But the
the green bricks in preparation
quality of the brick is dependent
for
on attention the brickmaker pays
lit,
brick -makers stoke the fires with
convenience, please park in the lot on the corner
and Newport
Avenue, across from
the Williamsburg /James City Courthouse, and ride the shuttle
Golden Horseshoe Green
said. The secret to good bricks
is in attention to the details.
techniques, mixed water, sand and
clay, molded the mix and dried
firing. After the kiln is
Course For your
of Nassau Street
to the
clay, sand and water
Course Colonial Williamsburg employees and retirees may play
golf for free at the Golden Horseshoe Green Course Tuesday, Oct.
29 through Monday, Nov. 4.
Call 220 7696 ahead of time to
ar ange a tee
time. Residents of Wil iamsburg, James City and the Bruton
district of York County may take advantage of special opening
season rates on the Green
oak and hickory logs day and
mix,drying time in the sun, air
drying in shade, and the firing
night for five days until
temper- atures in the
available from Oct. 29 until the course closes for the
temperatures in the kiln reach 1800 -2000
kiln."The brickmakers
employ some 20th century
winter. Proof of residency is required to qualify for the rate. Tee
times may be reserved by calling 220 -
de-grees
Fahrenheit. Once the
fir-ing temperature is reached it
is
maintained for
several
hours. Then the fire is allowed
to
die, and the kiln
cools five
the
re-
days
bricks
before
technology See
Bricks, page
Course. Daily greens fees of $
50,ncluding cart
i
rental, are
7696. Juvenile, adult
employees appear in PBS TV
are
series Juvenile and adult employees of Colonial Wil iamsburg
are featured in the seven - part "
Childhood" series that began
Monday evening, Oct. 14 on
PBS. The production company filmed scenes of child and
master - apprentice
to
relationships last October in the
illustrate part of the
maturation and
culturation
Historic Area
process of
child-
hood. The "
Childhood" series may be seen on both PBS
stations, WHRO - TV ( 15)and WCVE - TV ( 23) at 8 p. m.on Oct. 21 and
28, Nov. 4, 11 and
18, and
Dec.
�Moving up,
Moving in
Bradley speech a
Semi- annual sale
Susan Berg has
been
of
named
the
Golden Horseshoe
rib tickler at contest
The Town Criers,
director
Colonial
Williams -
burg' s Toastmasters Club, hosted the Area
Colonial
12 Humorous
Williamsburg Foundation Library, according to Cary Carson, vice president of the
research division.
Speech and Evaluation
Con-
Susan, reader services librarian since
ia Chapter of the Special Libraries Association. Susan
lectures at conferences
and
workshops and is author of the " Eighteenth -
Century Williamsburg Imprints."
Susan lives in Williamsburg with her
husband, Sven Berg, master craftsman at
the Geddy Foundry.
count
ing.
shoe'<;S
Jim Bradley, Town Criers'
past
speech, competing against Richard Booth,
NASA
Langley,
and Larry
Foster,
meets every second and fourth Tuesday at
12: 15, usually at the Personnel Training
Building.
Membership is open to any
Colonial Williamsburg and Hotel Properties employees. Twenty three employees
are members
information,
message
of the Town
call the Town
Criers.
For
Criers audix
some may be eligible tor supplementary pay
If the answer to these questions is
benefit
adt# ton
GoldeakHshoe
logo tie an
coasters.
Judicial leaders
meet at
pay
and
your
regular
Compensation and Benefits
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Williamsburg, VA 23187 - 1776
You may call Mary Anne at
proud of the contributions made
wage
by our Reservists and all of our
for up to six months.
employees in military service. It
welcomes this opportunity to show its
To apply, send a copy of
your military orders and your
Lodge
judges,
scholars
and legal ex-
perts from around the United States will
examine Bill of Rights issues during a
at the Lodge Oct. 20 -23. Spon-
sored by the Committee on the BicentenniConstitution
Conference
Colonial Williamsburg is
ence between your military
S
new logait.>
al of the
Mary Anne O' Connor
220 - 7122 with questions.
equal to the differ-
ci!) all
shirt ; swealcs ai
conference
yes, you may be eligible for a
dis-
line at ext. 7791.
Special benefits for Reservists recalled in 1991:
to active military service during 1991?
Was your military pay less than your
regular Colonial Williamsburg wage?
a%
Se
Federal
Are you a Reservist who was recalled
receive
logo; a
handis
University of New York and a master' s VOICES of Williamsburg. Congratuladegree in library science from the State tions to Jim on his rib -tickling success!
University College of Arts and Sciences.
The Town Criers Toastmasters Club
She serves as the president of the Virgin-
i
Lion.
test Sept. 26 at the Personnel Training Buildpresident, won the award for best humorous
1978, holds a bachelor' s degree. from State
Employees
of the Judicial
of the United States,
the con-
ference is hosted by the Institute of Bill of
Rights Law at the College of William
and
Mary.
Among the speakers will be Chief Justice Harry L. Carrico of the Virginia Supreme Court, New York Times columnist
Anthony Lewis, and Wall Street Journal
reporter Stephen J. Wermiel. Other speakers include law school deans and professors
and U. S. Court
of Appeals
and District
appreciation.
Court judges.
military pay records to:
The conference kicks off with " An His-
Bricks,
torical Perspective:
continued from page 1
in the firing. Electronic temperature sensors allow them to
monitor kiln tempera-
tures accurately to ensure the production of
high- quality bricks.
engineering firm of Froehling
son, Inc. of Richmond.
&
Robert-
The bricks must pass tests for compres-
sion strength and porosity. The brickmak-
Historic trades researchers investigated
ers expect bricks fired this year to exceed
and tested 18th- century brick formulas, kiln modem building code requirements.
construction, and drying and firing techColonial Williamsburg' s brickmaking
niques before attempting production. They
tal firing, and continued last year with production firing of 15, 000 bricks.
Funding for the brickmaking project is
provided by the Warren W. Hobble Chari-
ter?" Other sessions and roundtablediscussions will cover such topics as freedom
ceramics
engineers,
soil
scien-
tists and 20th -century brick manufacturers.
The bricks will be used in restoration and
reconstruction
projects in the Historic Area
after testing against 20th -century building
codes by the foundations
and materials
table Trust of Roanoke.
of
the press, freedom of religion, free speech,
capital punishment,
the war on drugs, rights
of privacy, gender discrimination and equal
opportunity.
program began in 1988 with an experimen-
consulted
If Those Who Created
the Bill of Rights Could Talk to Us Today,
What Would They Say, and Should It Mat-
The Extra is published weekly by the
Communications
Department.
Dead-
lines are 5 p. m. every Tuesday. Call
Sally Riley, ext. 7968, for assistance.
Send announcements via interoffice
mail to CW News Extra, GBO. Or FAX
them to
Sally Riley,
ext.
7702.
�Spending accounts
It's like having
money in the bank
medical expenses on your 1992 tax return,
What is a medical expense
spending
account
used
for?
however, they must equal at least 7. 5% of your
gross income or they cannot be deducted.
You save on taxes every payday. You don' t
This benefit Lets you pay for most medical
expenses not covered by your health insurance
have to wait until the end of the year to claim
your medical expenses
plan with pre -tax dollars.
How does this plan work?
What
kind
of
medical
expenses does this benefit
You estimate
how much you need to set aside
for things like glasses, doctors visits, braces for
your child' s teeth, or your part of the cost of
cover?
prescriptions during 1992.
medical
co- payments ( your part of the
This amount of money is deducted from your
cost)
co- payments for prescnption drugs
paycheck in equal payments before taxes are
taken out.
dental care
When you pay for a medical service, you submit
eye glasses
your receipt to the Benefits Office for repayment
heanng aids
to you from your spending account. The receipt
rehabilitation services
can be sent or brought to Ins Diggs in Room 145
nursing
services
at the Franklin Street Office.
transportation costs for medical care
medical equipment
like crutches
and wheel
chairs
How do you know how much
you have saved or spent?
other medical related services
I. R S. Publication # 502 provides a complete
A
List of expenses which can be paid from your
showing payroll deductions
spending account. You can get a copy of this
and the money you withdrew
list from
for medical expenses will be
Sue
Houser
in Room
150 in the
quarterly
statement
sent to you
Franklin Street Office Building.
Why would I want to enroll
How
in this program?
can
much
I
set
aside?
Because there may be tax advantages for you.
Once you enroll, your medical expenses are
You may save as little as $ 1 a payday or as much
paid for with your wages before they are taxed.
as $
Every spending account dollar set aside reduces
your taxable income. If you wait to claim your
1000
a
year
through
regular
payroll
deductions.
continued
�Healthcare and Dependent Care Spending Accounts
The tax credit limit for one child is $ 2, 400 and $ 4, 800 for two
What is a dependent care spending
children
account used for?
in 1992.
The spending account limit is $ 5, 000 even if you have only
A dependent care spending account allows you to use pre -tax
wages ( before any taxes are deducted) to pay for dependent care
one child.
while you are at work.
A dependent is your child under 13 years of age, or any other
If I decideto usethespending account
person who is not self -sufficient and living in your home, whom
how will this plan work?
you claim as a dependent on your taxes.
Dependent care expenses which may be paid from the Spending
Account are those which are necessary so that you ( and your
spouse)
can go to work.
You estimate how much you need to set aside for dependent care
each pay period during 1992.
This amount of money is deducted from your paycheck in equal
payments
before taxes are taken out. For example,
if you need
65 a week to cover dependent care expenses, you need to take
How much can I put into my spending
out $ 130 each payday.
account?
When you pay for dependent care, you submit your receipt to the
Benefits Office for repayment to you from your spending account.
If you and your husband file a joint return, together you may
deposit up to $ 5, 000 during 1992.
If you are single you may deposit up to $5, 000 in
The receipt can be sent or brought to Iris Diggs in Room 145 at
the Franklin Street Office Building.
1992.
How do I know how much I
have saved or spent?
If you are married and you and your husband file
joint returns you may each deposit up to $2, 500 in
your own dependent spending accounts.
A quarterly statement showing payroll deductions
and the money you withdrew for medical expenses
Can I use the dependent care
will be sent to you.
spending account and claim
a tax credit for dependent care
How much can I set aside?
when I file my taxes?
No, expenses claimed under the Spending Account cannot be
claimed
You may save as little as $ 1 dollar a payday or as
much as $ 5000 a year.
at the end of the year under the Tax Credit.
You should compare the Dependent Care Spending Account
with the Dependent Care Tax Credit to determine which provides
Which saves me more money
claiming the tax credit when I file my
incometax orthe dependent spending
the best tax advantage for your personal situation. If you have any
doubt which is best, we advise you to consult your tax advisor.
In the event ofyour termination during the year, you will
be required by Federal law to continue your contributions
account?
on an after -tax basis in orderto be reimbursed forexpenses
Generally, the tax credit provides a greater benefit to employees
with a limited income. This may not be true if you have more than
from your spending accounts during the remainder ofthe
one child because:
year.
Under the tax law, you must forfeit any unused
funds in your accounts at the end of the year.
This is the " Use It
or
Lose It Rule."
�
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CW News
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<p>The <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em> was the official newspaper of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Publication began November 1940 under the title <em>The Restoration News</em> and was published under that name until February 1942. The title changed to <em>The News of Colonial Williamsburg</em> from February 1942 to May 1950. The name changed again in May 1950 to <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em>. It is often collectively referred to by the abbreviated title <em>CW News</em>. Production switched to a digital-only format in 2018. The newspaper ceased production in 2020.</p>
<p>When using the <em>CW News</em>, it is important to remember that it reflects the realities of its time. For example, columns in the 1940s issues reported on the “News of the Colored People.” Separate reporting of African American and white social events was indicative of the segregation that was the legal norm in Virginia at the time.</p>
<p>The number of issues published every year varies. No papers were published between January 1943 and June 1, 1948. From August 1979 through May 1992, a supplemental publication titled <em>Colonial Williamsburg News Extra</em> was sometimes published to include additional information for staff, especially during those periods when the paper was published every other month. There are occasional Public Relations-style news releases published as <em>CW News Telenews</em> or sometimes just as <em>Telenews</em>.</p>
<p>The publication was produced principally for employees to inform them of important and relevant goings-on in a timely fashion. Although distributed fairly widely at CWF properties and now online, the paper covers topics including Restoration (and later Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) building openings, new programming, Historic Trades, special events, historical and architectural research, archaeological discoveries, new employee hires and retirements, employee activities and achievements, employee profiles and personal milestones, employee benefit and charity concerns, donor activities, museum exhibitions and acquisitions, film productions and book publications, educational initiatives, celebrity and VIP guest visits, restaurant and hotel news, product and reproductions releases, Merchant’s Square shopping, and relevant local area news.</p>
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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October 25, 1991
Extra Volume
CW News 13, No. 43
Golf course
opens with
Conference Center,
Lodge
The Williamsburg Lodge and
Conference
awarded
Center
has
been
a Silver prize in the
conference center category of
cannon fire
ciency of the property' s meet-
ing services staff; the quality of
the facility, accommodations
and food and beverage; overall
Meeting News magazine' s Plan-
ambience,
ner' s Choice Awards. The win-
quality of recreational facilities.
ners
Colonial Williamsburg' s newest golf course officially
opens with a boom Monday, Oct. 28. Cannon blasts signal
the start of an inaugural invitational tournament following
tops
named
were
announced
magazine' s October
in
the
issue.
The awards program
and the variety and
The nominees
were well
represented geographically and
asks
an opening ceremony near the Golden Horseshoe Green
Meeting News readers to vote
for their favorite meeting prop-
Course clubhouse.
erties in each of six categories —
by price. In many cases the voting was very close," Meeting
News marketing manager Kevin
Marty said. " Of all the confer-
Employees and the community have the first opportunity to see the course during an open house, 10 a. m.
urban hotels, convention
ence centers
Green
Course
hotels,
conference
cen-
ters, suburban hotels and airport
4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 27.
The
resort hotels,
is designed
to serve
the
expanding conference golf business. It enhances
Colonial Williamsburg' s
hotels.
out there,
to be
chosen number two is pretty
good.
An executive vice president
The magazine' s February is-
commented
about the Lodge' s
sue included an open ballot re-
simple
award -winning resort and conferencefacilities, which finan-
ply card that meeting planners
vice. That goes a long way in
used to nominate
today ' s economy."
cially support the Foundation' s
The top 10 nominees from each
category were listed in the June
educational
efforts.
GOLF magazine
issue and readers who had used
ser-
We' re delighted to receive
the award and the vote of confi-
dence by our customers," said
Gary Brown, director of Hotel
Sales. " It' s a special honor to be
was the number
one of the 12 best golf resorts in the
The Lodge
two top vote
recognized
as a premiere
meet-
Readers were asked to consider the helpfulness and effi-
its gold medal.
Meetings
a seventh
magazine
consecutive
Pinna-
quality and service weprovide."
Period concert highlights fall
cle Award this year to the Inn, the Lodge
and the Cascades.
schedule at Wallace Gallery
The award is based on several ,
criteria including service, meet -"`
Musicians David and Ginger
ing and recreation facilities, food and beverage quality and
exhibit space.
Hildebrand
music
The new golf course has a new golf professional to go
with it. After several years as assistant pro, Glen Byrnes is
excited about the challenge.
As one of the public contact people in the golf operation,
I represent thousands of other Colonial Williamsburg emhe says. " As their representative,
ing destination. It' s a great
testimony to the high level of
getter.
United States and twice awarded them
ployees,"
good
for their favorites.
the Williamsburg Inn and the
awarded
and
the properties were asked tovote
selected
Golden Horseshoe golf facilities as
Successful
their choices.
elegance
perform colonial
on antique
instruments
and explain how they reflect the
diversity of early American society at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Gallery.
The Hildebrands play Nov.
baroque guitar and the English
flute.
Their
albums,
music
movies,
is featured
sound
in
tracks,
stage productions and television.
Music in the Gallery recital
includes " The Birks of Ender -
may,"
by Robert Bremner,
I want to be sure
10 in costume on a 1762 Kirck-
New Bath Minuet" and " Come
that each guest enjoys his or her stay with us and has a
man harpsichord and reproduc-
Again," by John Dowland. Re-
memorable golf experience."
tion
instruments
such
as
the
See "
Gallery,"
page
2
�Seminar brings
from
across
Carter's Grove changes
museum pros
schedule October 29
U. S. and England
The 33rd annual Seminar for Historical
of Science and Industry in England.
Administration meets in Williamsburg Nov.
Carter' s Grove will close an hour earlier
starting Tuesday, Oct. 29 through Dec. 31,
The seminar includes formal and infor-
the plantation
attraction will be open Tues-
3 - 23. Eighteen participants and an inter-
mal discussions led by faculty, field trips to
day through Sunday, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. The
national observer, representing museums
and historical
organizations
from New
historic sites, and sessions with members of
country road will be open 8: 30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Hampshire to Washington state, will attend
the three - week program.
The international observer, Ms. Jane
Leggett, is from the Birmingham Museum
the Colonial Williamsburg staff.
Some sessions may be audited. If you' d
like to know more, call Peggy Howells,
manager,
museum
professional
services,
ext. 7211.
Carter' s Grove
will
be closed
to the
public for installation of its Christmas exhibit from Dec. 2 to Dec. 6. In addition to its
Tuesday -through - Sunday schedule, Carter' s Grove will be open the Monday after
Grand Illumination,
Dec. 9, and the Mon-
day after Christmas, Dec. 30.
Gallery, continued irom page 1
Carter' s Grove will be open for evening
tours Dec. 6, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 22, 26 and 30.
cordings by the Hildebrands will be available in the Gallery gift shop on the day of
the program.
4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26.
tails of these special
There is a $ 2 ticket in
interpreters explore the entertaining
and educational world of storytelling.
4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27.
ees are admitted free on a space - available
Mozart Remembered: A 200th Anni-
basis.
versaryTribute" —
information,
call
220-
tired
7724.
conductor
Interpreting Religion at Colonial
Williamsburg" — John Turner, manager of religious studies and programs for
Colonial Williamsburg. 4 p. m.
Wednesday, Nov. 6.
Colonial Ireland and America: CulturCrosscurrents " — Desmond FitzGer-
ald, the Knight of Glin and director of
the Historic Irish Tourist Houses Asso-
ciation. 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13.
A Passion for Porcelain " —Anthony
du Boulay, honorary advisor to the
ran
performs
Cary McMurran, re-
of the Governor' s
Palace Candlelight
Other Wallace Gallery Programs:
al
brochure
for de-
ticket events.
Concerts.
on
the
Save on tennis gear
As winter
addition to Gallery admission. EmployFor more
Please see the Christmas
The Storyteller " — African- American
The program is at 4 p.m. in the Hen nage Auditorium.
National Trust of England and Wales.
McMur-
reproduction
approaches
Shop announces
the Inn Tennis
its fall sale, an annual
affair that runs through Nov. 22.
Cross Creek polo shirts are 25% off. All
women' s tennis skirts and shorts by Wimbleton, Ellese and Michelle Palmer are also
Mozart pianoforte built by John Chal-
reduced to a price below regular employee
lis, about 1945. 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29.
discount.
Christmas
Hours are 8 a. m. to 5 p.m., weather
permitting. For information call ext. 7794.
dieval
Music From All Ages:
to
Me-
Modern" -
Chanterelle,
the
husband and wife team
Theatre extends season
James B. Dalton and
Margaret
The Playbooth Theatre performance sea-
Smith -Dal-
son has been extended through November.
ton. 4 p. m.
Saturday,
The theatre staff will offer three perfor-
mances daily at 11 a. m., 12: 30 and 1: 45
p.m., weather permitting. The Playbooth
Nov. 30.
Theatre will continue to be open six days
per week, with Friday being the "dark" day.
Restaurant coupons help Lafayette
You can enjoy meals in some of Wil-
liamsburg' s finest restaurants while help-
The tour is sponsored by the Lafayette
ing your community by providing college
Educational
scholarships
teer organization.
for Lafayette High School se-
niors.
Fund, a non - profit, all- volunLast year, it raised more
than $45, 000 and awarded it to more than 30
Twenty dollars buys a 1991 " Tour of
Excellent
Basketball league forms
meal, at 23 area restaurants.
Restaurants"
coupon
book.
It
entitles you to a free meal with one paid
students. This year' s goal is $ 55, 000. Coupon books
are available
at local
Crestar
banks.
Employees
indoor
and spouses interested
basketball
program
in an
at Colonial
Williamsburg are asked to meet Thursday,
Nov. 7 at 5: 30 p.m. in the Personnel Training Building to discuss forming a Colonial
Williamsburg league and recruiting team
captains
and players.
The Extra is published weekly by the Communications
euy
Department.
Deadlines
are 5
p.m. every Tuesday. Call Sally Riley, ext.
7968, forassistance. Send annou ncements
aw m Early America , ";Fifth i.
3: - Nov. 2, Wallace Gallery.
via interoffice
mail to CW News
Extra,
GBO. Or FAX them to Sally Riley, ext.
7702.
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Colonial
Williamsburg
Inside
Rare objects
added to silver
S
Information about
Colonial Williamsburg
people
exhibition2
and programs
Volume 48, No. 1
Computer
training
3
classes
January 5, 1995
Exhibit design major component of tool exhibition' s appeal
Since its opening at the DeWitt
Wallace Gallery a year ago, the exhibition " Tools. Working Wood in 18th Century America" has been well re-
the cubic footage "
ceived by thousands of visitors.
look.
Vaned textures, altered architecture,
lighting and a diversified color palette
contribute
One of the keys to the show' s suc-
to the exhibit'
s multifaceted
The photographic cutouts of cos-
cess has been its design, which com-
tumed artisans singularly
bines tools, videotapes and life -sized
tectural scenes also provide the viewer
cutout photographs of costumed crafts-
arresting surprises.
men to provide a comprehensive,
with their lifelike presence and the op-
eco-
and in archi-
Although pleased
nomical survey of the subject.
In the exhibition, furniture stacked
portunity
to the ceiling and such architectural el-
ter them throughout one portion of the
ements
and
gallery was purely pragmatic. " The ar-
work with such products
tifacts that were going in this exhibit all of the woodworking tools -- are
shingle
as
cornices,
roofs
pediments
of woodworking tools as a musical instrument, window frame, gun stock and
hominy mortar The eclectic mix ex-
to show
the craftsmen
at
work, Hadley says his decision to scat-
pretty much the same size," he said.
We were lacking a variety of scale.
udes such intrigue and warmth that the
See Tools on page 2
viewer is naturally drawn to the objects, particularly
nestled
within
Exhibits
the tools which
these
are
lures.
designer
Rick
Hadley
faced an awkward L- shaped space with
three entrances when he began. " Ini-
tially I couldn' t design the space to
force the people to travel
in a path,"
he
said. In time, Hadley mapped out a
traffic
pattern
relying
on color
and
sound.
To do it, he faced the task of trail-
ing the exhibit' s narrative throughout
the two adjoining linear spaces, " so it
wouldn' t look like a bowling alley," he
said, laughing
Exhibits designer Rick Hadley tooled around with various ideas before taking an
eclectic approach
with the " Tools"
exhibition,
which
has proven
popular
with
visitors. Standing behind Hadley is a life -size photograph of a woodworker mounted
to
a stiff art
board, then
cutout.
Photo by Curtia James
I angled the walls, dovetailed walls
and emphasized
leries,"
the height
he said. " I played
of the galnot just with
Pocket tool kit.
Photo courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
the square footage of the space but with
AAIP staff member awarded
NEH fellowship for 1995
When she applied for the fellowship
she
wasn' t quite
sure
how
she
the National Endowment for the Hu-
would
manities Public Humanities Fellows
feel if she
Program with the hope that if accepted,
won
she would learn new skills and talents
it.
After
all,
to bring back to her department and
a
as
Colonial Williamsburg
When I wrote my essay for the fellowship, I specified that I wanted to be
single
parent
a
of
I - year -
o
1
d
a part of the Division of Public Programs at NEH, which focuses on the
daughter
similar and diverse values and morals
she
of
quite
was
con-
cerned
Marcel Riddick
about
be-
ing away for an extended period of
time.
Marcel Riddick, of the Department
of African - American
Interpretation
and
American ethnic
groups,"
said
Riddick.
Riddick was particularly interested
in being a part of NEH' s Public Pro-
grams division because " although my
work at CW deals specifically with slavery, visitors who come here are from
all ethnic backgrounds."
Presentations decided not to put the
cart before the horse
She applied for
See Award on page 2
Program set for Oral History
Community Night, Feb. 17
Celebrating Family: Past, Present and Future" is the topic for Colonial
Williamsburg' s Eighth Annual Oral History Community Night program sched-
uled for Friday, Feb. 17, at 7 p. m. at the Williamsburg Lodge.
The program begins with a keynote address by Dr William R. Harvey, president of Hampton University An oral history video and music selections from
the ensemble, "
How Sweet the Sound,"
precede
the open house, which immedi-
ately follows the address.
The open house will simultaneously feature family displays such as photographs, bibles and heirlooms; storytelling; dramatic readings, dramatic scenes,
and a video review of the Estate Auction held in October
Bustling holiday crowds
Mild temperatures
bring thousands to
Merchants Square!
Thousands of visitors crowded the
Historic
Area and Merchants
Square
during the week following Christmas as
the season finale featuring mild temperatures and sunny days.
The crowds and ticket sales were
similar to typical
summer
days and not
the winter week preceding the New
Year.
The crowds wearing coats were a
pleasant contrast to the snow and ice
that visited Colonial Williamsburg at
the same time
last
year.
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COLONIAL
WILLIAMSBURG
NEWS
THURSDAY,
JANUARY
5, 1994
Rare objects added to silver exhibition
The
exceptional
silver
The
collection
featured in the Wallace Gallery exhibition, " To Your Health! Silver Drinking
Vessels 1601- 1818," has been augmented
with
some
handsomest
of
the
examples
rarest
and
17th-
and
of
early 18th- century English and Scot-
additions - on loan
from
Will-
iamsburg collector John A. Hyman- include a Scottish quaich made ahem,
ebony and silver; a fine 17th -century
covered cup by Nicholas Wollaston, a
stirrup cup in the form of a grinning
fox and a number
of unusual
17th-
and
18th - century beakers and mugs.
tish silver
Curator
of
metals
John Davis
said
each
addition
is
singularly
important
but
also
provides an
amplified
understand-
ing of the
other
seg-
ments
of the
exhibition.
The
ob-
jects
This covered cup features caryatids on its handles that represent a woman' s
hairstyle that was popular during the 1660 or 1670 period, according to Linda
Baumgarten, curator of textiles.
are
part of that
tapestry
of
Such
he said.
The objects join a pair of rare, early
relation-
and
ships
that
cups - gifts from Hyman recently added
-
John
Hy-
man
has
so
assiduously
historic
American
communion
John
Dixwell
in
1719
are
rare
and
precious
purely American.
The additions are among many important objects in the exhibition incor-
to the exhibition
cups
cups
Dixwell originated the form, which is
of Boston
for
the
made
First
the
Parish
porating an entire range of English,
Scottish and Irish drinking vessels- -
Church of Medford, Mass., where they
tankards
stirrup cup in the form of a grinning fox commemorating the hunt
semble over
remained for 275 years until acquired
kers, tumblers and quaichs and a series
in the Wrekin
the
and gifted to Colonial Williamsburg.
of outstanding large covered cups
The DeWitt Wallace Gallery' s silver exhibition
in Shropshire,
tried
recently added this
England.
to
as-
years,"
and mugs,
goblets
and bea-
Jamestown site yields 11, 000 year old artifact
Archaeologists
Jamestown
the oldest
artifact
at
working
uncovered
an object that is
discovered
on the is-
land and among the earliest artifacts
discovered
in eastern
North
America.
The object, a Clovis projectile point,
find
It is proof that Jamestown
has been
inhabited
for at least
Island
earliest firmly documented evidence of
11, 000
prehistoric
man in North
continued. "
years."
The island has changed consider-
ably since then A 100 -foot rise in sea
level has created a marshy environment
America,"
This is about
he
as good as it
times
to the present
It' s really an exciting project because
the rest of the island,
beyond
gets if you' re looking for the oldest or
the earliest "
a systematic way," Blanton said " We
Though rare, Clovis points have
site, has never been examined
the
town
always suspected
in
there were other sites
11, 000 years old.
in the area once distinguished by deep,
been found at other Virginia sites, in
Used at the end of the last ice age when
wide ravines and streams. Tree species
time. Through documentary research,
mammoths
the
now found in more northern locales,
the Shenandoah Valley, Dinwiddie
County near Petersburg and along the
earth, it is made of high -quality stone
such as Canada and northern Maine,
James
sites "
and was probably used on a spear or
dominated a landscape now covered by
is approximately
and mastodons
roamed
swamp. The James River carried only
lance.
According to archaeologist Dennis
fresh water
then and the island
would
The
River.
Jamestown
point
was
not
Blanton' s first. " I found one as a kid,
when I was
14 years old,"
he said "
It
never
between
their life' s work."
unique
itants
guished by flutes or channel flakes removed
where
from
the
it came
bottom
of the point
into contact
with
the
America' s prehistoric
It exhibits expert workmanship,"
Blanton said. " This is a very exciting
closer
than
inhab-
at any
time
found
one
and
others
have
make
it
people
have known
about
the
Blanton said. Among the finds were
Blanton' s archaeology team has
foundations, demolition debris and nu-
since. " There were many common cultural elements, with technology being
been conducting a survey at Jamestown
merous ceramic artifacts, most of them
to uncover
18th- century
the most apparent,"
he said. " That
can objects Their efforts are part of a
as new cultures
multi -disciplinary inventory and as-
changed
spear shaft.
tidal changes
Though New Mexico is a long way
were
18th- century plantations on the island
Travis site during the years, " it was
pretty much lost to our generation,"
from Virginia, Blanton said the links
is distin-
Archaeologists recently discovered
the Travis House site, one oftwo large
the start. Many archaeologists
Mary, Clovis points are named for
Clovis, N. M , where they were first
discovered and recognized as having a
object
with the
Though
not have experienced
The
we' ve been able to put names
piqued my interest in archaeology from
Blanton at the College of William and
style.
and we' re finding them for the first
over time
were introduced
English
and Native
Ameri-
The project
is a cooperative
venture
sessment designed to provide informa-
to the continent."
Points of this kind are " about the
involving researchers from Colonial
Williamsburg, the College of William
tion about the island from prehistoric
and Mary and other institutions.
Tools
continued
from page 1
viewers, following them around the
It' s not a technology exhibit, it' s
gallery, working like magnets to attract
not a science exhibit," he stressed. " At
visitors into the various vignettes
its core, it' s a history exhibit using ar-
Jay Gaynor, curator of mechanical
arts,
who
organized
project
the exhibition
as windows
to a narrative "
programs,
which
in turn will hopefully help her depart-
is exceptionally pleased
ment reach more people through fo-
historian
with the results " Working with Rick
rums
When
was a delightfully creative experience,"
he said "
She expects the program to teach
her more about public
with
Nancy
research
Hagedorn,
tifacts
Award
continued from page 1
His design
she learned
of her acceptance
to the program she was elated
does a wonderful
Her
job, not only of communicating our cu-
only worry was leaving her daughter
ratorial
from
message
tantly, captivating
but,
just
visitors
as
impor-
so that they
stop and see what the exhibit has to
say In many ways, the design is the ex-
Her
Looking back, Hadley, who worked
exhibition
with the time it would take an artisan to
make
the
items.
Photo
br Curtis
James
are the scale, size
ing
tools
and
woodworking --
foundation
adds Many of the cutouts featuring interpreters
enjoying
a direct
gaze with
it too "
to de-
grow,"
said Coleman.
Riddick is looking forward to the
NEH experience
espe-
cially in the 18th- century But we are
seeing that wives and daughters are
achieve
AAIP
velop her staff " Marcel is very deserving of this fellowship and I' m sure
she' ll bring back new skills and insights to help this department and the
not expecting to find in an arts gallery."
Colonial Williamsburg' s entire
incredibly male subject matter, mean-
and form people are familiar with," he
from
tor is to provide opportunities
are
ing," he said, hastening to add, " it' s an
ing."
The color cutouts
absence
Coleman says one of her goals as direc-
that people
to a degree that we were not anticipat-
miss-
extended
yielded a number of sur-
It' s an exhibit
able
that we were
But
will be noticed, but director Christy
range of visitors seem to be enjoying it
the scale
31. "
says the
for two years,
Using architectural cutouts we were
to add
March
said.
on the project
prises "
18 through
daughter and me in the long run ", she
hibit "
Display of wood products contrasting
Jan
I know my mom will take good care of
her and that this will benefit both my
Birmingham
Photo courtesy
of Colonial
as well as the " big
city life" in Washington, D. C. " I' ve
tools.
WiIhamsburgFoundalion
already bought three maps and I can' t
wait "
�News from the hotels and restaurants
Winter is
With
reduced
visitation
hectic schedules,
and
a prime
less
and educational
time for job
employees
courses
have
a menu
and a variety
of classroom
of self - study
and
certification programs from which to
choose
The Inn and Lodge
offer
a slate of
visor ( CHS) program from the Ameri-
Gracious Hospitality emphasizes
the
importance of extending hospitality
to guests
and co- workers,
first im-
pressions and standards of dress and
appearance.
are open
The 30- minute sessions
to all employees.
Front line supervisors and other in-
volved in the hiring process learn
the basic skills of questioning and
listening in the two -hour class, Effective Interviewing.
Counseling for Improved Performance
provides
the
managers
tools
to
incentives
Violence
and supervisors
give
their
employees
in
the
ployees should call 7152; Lodge em-
Problems
should
call 2713.
ties, ranging from AIDS in
the Workplace
cal English
Workplace
teaches
skills
and Conflict,
Conducting
Orientation and Training, Motivation
and Team Building, Staffing and
Scheduling and
needed
tions, food and beverage operations,
human
and marketing,
Williams-
offer-
burg Wood-
ings
also
lands
B
a
c
em-
ployees
m
k
HOTELS
Safety,
Safety for Supervisors and Fire Extin-
guisher Training. To enroll in the HuResources
classes,
call 7116
To
enroll in the safety classes, call 7373
All four Colonial Williamsburg hoHotel and Mo-
Skill Building, designed to give superspecific
training
in nine
skill
security
law,
a
y
interested
in indepen-
dent learning courses should contact
Harry Nobles, hospitality consultant
and training
supervisor
at 3507 or
804) 564 -3761. He may also be
reached by digital pager at ( 804) 9885833
choose
Electrical
visors
and
Inn
Safety,
man
Employees
Governor' s
courses:
hotel
sales
quest.
Managers.
four safety
management,
tality industry and other topics by re-
for
include
resource
guest service, computers in the hospi-
mance
Problem Solving
independent learning courses in front
office procedures, housekeeping opera-
Perfor-
ployee
to Team
can Hotel and Motel Association and
Em-
Improving
to Practi-
tel Association program, Supervisory
the critical
You as a Supervisor,
leadership, Time management, Improving Communications, Handling
To enroll in these courses, Inn em-
tels offer the American
to excel.
employees
include:
The
training and development courses:
training
testing, the Certified Hospitality Super-
Human Resources offers nearly two
dozen courses and training opportuni-
sessions,
3
1994
5,
programs
careers.
to orientation
JANUARY
area of the hospitality industry. AHMA
ployees
pro-
that can boost their professional
In addition
THURSDAY,
tions
an ideal time for CWHPI ..rployees to
grams
NEWS
to diffuse potentially violent situa-
the wir ' r season is
pursue training
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
Woodlands general manager Bob
from a vari-
and classroom
offerings
Jeremiah conducts many of the training
ety of group
sessions
in addition
to
for employees
in the Wood-
lands- Cascades - Governor'
s Inn com-
the AHMA Supervisory Skill Builders
plex. " This is a great opportunity for
classes: Security Awareness For Ev-
the
eryone (
SAFE),
Train
the
Trainer,
employee
and
the
company,"
Kitchen Safety, Alcohol Awareness
Jeremiah said " By using the winter
period for continuing their education,
Training and Food and Beverage
Server Core Training.
Self -study options include profes-
future and the company benefits from
sional
ployee "
certification
preparation
and
the employee is investing in their own
a better -trained
and dedicated
em-
New Year celebrations planned
CWHPI
plans three
gala parties
for
employees to celebrate the end of the
and
and
Commissary
Bakery
Chowning' s, King' s Arms, Campbell' s
busy holiday season and the beginning
and Shields Taverns may attend the
of another
at the Williamsburg Lodge begin at 8
party on Monday, Jan. 16.
DeWitt Wallace Gallery Cafe, WilLodge,
liamsburg
Williamsburg
p. m. on consecutive nights Jan
Woodlands and Cascades employees
business
year.
The festivities in the Virginia Room
The parties
include
musical
16 - 18
entertain -
celebrate Tuesday, Jan. 17.
ment-- a band or DJ - and dancing, door
prizes
and
a bountiful
dinner
buffet
featuring specialties of the CWHPI restaurants. The parties end at 1 a. m.
The final gala is for Williamsburg
Inn, Hotel Sales, Conference Services
and Laundry employees on Wednesday, Jan. 18.
To
We are still working out the de-
be
admitted
to
the
Virginia
tails," said the Inn' s Elnora Hailey-
Room, an employee must present a
Rhodall "
valid Colonial Williamsburg employee
We want this celebration
to
be the best one yet."
ID and a ticket available
Employees may attend only the
party scheduled for their work unit dur-
mittee member representing
each unit.
Each ticket will admit one employee
ing the evening
and one guest
assigned.
Employees working in Governor' s
Inn,
Hotel
Services,
Reservations,
the
from the com-
Tickets are non- trans-
ferable - only the employee who was
issued the ticket may use it.
LUNCH LINE - A line of visitors waits for lunch last week at Chowning' s
Tavern as mild temperatures and sunny skies enticed visitors into the Historic
Area
and
the taverns.
Photo by Jim Bradley
Computer software classes
If you' re baffled by the newest ver-
scheduled:
Windows
3. 1
on
Jan.
12
sions of computer software in wide-
and
26 and March 9 and 23, basic
spread use at Colonial Williamsburg or
WordPerfect for Windows 6. X on Jan.
you want to learn how to get the most
13,
out
WordPerfect for Windows 6. X on Feb.
the
programs
you
use,
winter
pre-
sents an excellent opportunity for you
Electronic Systems, Inc
duct practical
computer
will con-
software
train-
ing classes this winter at the Information Technology Training Center
room 117) m the Franklin Street Of-
fice Building.
The
on
9 and
March
10;
advanced
23; basic Lotus 123 for Windows on
Jan. 27, Feb
10 and March 24 and ad-
vanced Lotus
123 for Windows
on
Feb. 24.
Class tuition
is discounted
for Colo-
nial Williamsburg employees at $ 110
and may be reimbursed through the
scheduled
computer
Feb
classes
software
concentrate
Educational Assistance Program.
Contact
applications
Renate
Daigneault
at 7299
FIVE -STAR GINGERBREAD -- Pastry apprentice Christopher Carlson created this gingerbread display at the Williamsburg Inn during the Christmas
commonly used throughout the organization: Windows, WordPerfect and
or Kelli Mansel- Arbuckle at 7116 to
season.
Lotus
cedure packet
effort
Carlson'
at
s estimates
constructing
he spent
gingerbread
about
buildings.
60 hours
on the project - - his first
Photos by Jim Bradley
obtain an Educational Assistance pro-
Training sessions for other software
To register for scheduled training
programs - -such as PageMaker - will be
sessions
added if demand is sufficient.
ware
The following sessions are currently
or to inquire
classes,
contact
about
other
Electronic
tems by telephone at 877 -4440.
Environmental thought
for the week
Don' t attempt to recycle
fax paper, NCR
paper or
bluepnnts. They have chemical
GINGERBREAD
VILLAGE - -Head pastry chef Joe Sciegaj and pastry cook
Michelle Brown combined their talents to produce a gingerbread
that delighted
holidays.
coatings
that
make
unsuitable for recycling
them
Colonial Williamsburg
RECYCLES
Alpine village
guests as they entered the Lodge Dining Room during the
Colonial Williamsburg
Recycling Committee
soft-
Sys-
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COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1994
N EWSBRIEFS
Computer software training classes
Bassett Hall schedule
changes
Bassett Hall and its gardens and
grounds
close
to
the
public
Electronic Systems, Inc. will be conducting the following practical
software training classes in the Information Technology Learning
Center located at Franklin Street Office, room 117. Classes for
each
Wednesday beginning Jan. 4 and con tinuing throughout 1995 The weekly
foundation employees will cost approximately $ 110 each.
closings will enable maintenance crews
to perform work that cannot be sched-
Class
Ian
Feb
public.
Windows 3. 1
12, 26
9, 23
Winter hours begin at
WordPerfect
13
9
taverns and houses
WordPerfect for Windows 6. X advanced
23
Lotus 123 for Windows basic
27
Lotus 123 for Windows advanced
24
uled when the property is open to the
On Monday, Jan. 2, winter hours
took
Wetherburn'
Raleigh
at
effect
s Taverns.
for Windows 6. X basic
Mar
10
10
24
and
Raleigh
Tavern
is open 1 - 4: 30 p. m. Monday -Friday.
and 9. 30 a. m. -4: 30 p. m. on Saturdays.
Wetherburn' s is open 9: 30 a. m. - 12: 30
Additional classes will be scheduled during these months if sufficient requests are
p. m. Monday -Friday, and 9: 30 a. m. 4 30 p m. on Sundays.
According to the winter opening
received. Please contact Electronic Systems at 877 -4440 to register for these and other
software
classes.
schedule, the Peyton -Randolph House
is open mornings
in
the
and the Wythe
afternoons
Tuesdays
Both
House
are
The
and Thursdays.
To receive an Educational Assistance procedure package and the latest training schedule, contact
closed
Wythe
Renate Daigneault ( 7299) or Kelli Mansel- Arbuckle ( 7116).
House is open all day on Saturdays and
the Peyton -Randolph all day on Sundays. The African - American
interpre-
tive staff provides programming
Wythe House on Tuesdays
at the
and Thurs-
days during February. Please note that
the Wythe
House
is closed
for renova-
Retirement
brings
tion from Sunday, Jan 8, to Saturday,
Jan 28 During that time, the Peyton Randolph House will be open all day
rewarding
Tavern foods in
career
show
exhibit
Colonial Williamsburg
will
participate
for the
first time in the Winter In-
ternational Fancy Foods
Francis Loba fits state Senator Edgar S. Robb of Albermarle County for a nigh
Show, to be held in San
shirt
at the Costume
Design
Center.
Robb
participates
in the second
annual
5 - 7.
Journey," a two -day horseback ride from Albermarle County to Richmond
S. Wallace Edwards and
Jan. 5 -6. The ride re- creates the route a legislator, such as Thomas Jefferson,
Feb.
Diego,
Rowena' s,
Sons, and Williamsburg
foundation
might have taken. The " Journey" raises funds for the Dream Factory, rescue
Foods - all
squads
the
and
Mental Health Association.
Photos by Lorraine Brooks
licensees - - will also feature
some of their products that recall the
flavor of tavern cooking.
Peanut soup, a longtime
favorite
with
guests
at the
Dan Bijick
King' s Arms Tavern, is
one
of the
new
items
Rasmussen'
Clam Chowder,
another
THE
KING' sARMS
T
Christiana
ity
at
0„, ;(,„„
ar/r, Campbell' s.
new soups
ER,
have been pro-
m cooperation
with AT & T in Bask-
ing Ridge, N. J., Dan Bjick works what
he calls his " dream" retirement job - as
-
These two
with
an historical interpreter for Colonial
Williamsburg.
Dan' s first exposure to interpreter
work occurred when he volunteered as
a costumed
tively.
sion in Morristown, N. J. Today, Dan
For Sale' Sentra, two -door, low mileage, new tires.
together. $ 100 Call Kim at 829 -6720 or leave mes-
leads school and adult tour groups
clean
sage
Firecracker
combination
of
which
available
A%
11 years
Whitley Peanuts and Williamsburg Foods, respec-
TAVERN
spices,
inter-
After 20 years with Illinois Bell and
s
a special-
duced
as a historical
that
will be exhibited along
with Captain
works
preter during his " retirement."
pretzels,
has
to guests
Mix,
peanuts
a
and
throughout the Historic Area and helps
with special events programs in cos-
been
at the
I find the work extremely enjoy-
soon enter the growing list
of tavern line products
It
able and rewarding,"
Shnldr
TAVERN
will be produced in cooperation with Williamsburg Foods.
inside,
pass inspection
says Bjick, a self -
proclaimed ham actor " The continual
Call
7176
from 7 a m -
on
7337
4pm
For Rent
For Sale
1987
Pontiac
6000,
runs good, $ 700 / negotiable,
tume.
Williamsburg Lodge, will
THE MARKETPLACE
tour guide at the Ford Man-
lowered
1987
to the ground.
Dodge pickup 318
House on two acres in country, 13 miles
from
Two
CW
floors,
room,
bedrooms.
screened - in
established
eat - in kitchen
porch,
deck,
herb garden
hardwood
garage
with
and fish pond
work-
Pets OK
work truck or great for hunting, runs good, $ 600 or
best offer Call digital pager 988 3318 or home 887-
with extra deposit
3350 Serious calls only
month + utilities Call Kim at 829 -6720 or leave mes-
For Sale 1984 Firebird. V -6, needs clutch, PW. PB, in
fair condition,
AS
IS, $ 500
Call
Alonzo
at 2202
be-
Available February or March $ 550/
sage on 7337
Lost'
A silver
charm
with
cut
glass
stones
on
red
reading and training is always stimulat-
tween 7 a m- 3 30 p m
cording
ing."
For Sale Black leather couch, $ 500, Canadian solid
am sure my friend' s dying mother meant for me to have
this a while longer ) If found please call 565 -4582
mahogany
Anne
Volunteers need to prepare for new year
king size bedroom
leather
chair, $ 250,
recliner, $ 250
Last seen at the Capitol
on December
27 (
I
suite, $ 800, Gold Queen
Modern
All in excellent
chrome
and fabric
condition
Call 220-
2595
Wanted•
Roommate
on Merrimac
Trail
200 + / month
to share two
Single bath
Call
Ralph
bedroom
Immediate
Thurman
at
apartment
occupancy
7728
or
220-
8499
In order to make the transition
to
the new year as smooth as possible,
volunteers
need to take care of a few
may get one directly from the library.
Don' t forget as a volunteer
you
enjoy discount privileges. The dis-
items as soon as possible. They in-
counts at the Colonial Williamsburg
clude:
properties
are the same
as last year,
Trade in 1994 volunteer pass for
but a complete, updated List for vari-
a 1995 pass. Call 7174 or your man-
For Sale. Camel
back sofa and wing chair, grey and
beige sturdy fabric, very good condition, $ 300
Call
565 - 4607 after 6 p m
keyboard
Monochrome
monitor,
print-
er and software included, $ 400 Call Clay at 2686
writing
for the
Williamsburg
to Kim
employees
Cenova,
interoffice
mail
Or,
name
work
unit.
and
Marketplace
unless requested
renewed in writing,
FAX
these
Ads
only
GBO - 132,
them
are
free
in person
to 7702
not
are
for
Submit ads in
or by
Include
included
in
your
the
ad
Ads run for one week and must be
no phone calls
VW bus, needs rebuilt engine, make rea-
repeated
as space
allows
ous locations around town honoring
sonable offer, Industrial pgsaw, $ 100, Sears Craftsman
received
by 5 p m
please
Ads are
Friday
the volunteer
ager for more information.
12" bandsaw, $ 250, Hot tub, works but needs putting
pass will be distributed
For Sale
Ads
Colonial
For Sale 286SX Leading Edge computer with expanded memory Has sound, dual 51/ drives, mouse
2"
and enhanced
Wanted
Ads and renewals
must
be
as soon as it is available.
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for a
1995 parking decal. To receive an application, see your manager.
If you are interested in borrow-
ing materials from the library and do
not presently have a bar code, you
If you have any questions concerning the volunteer
program
or are
interested in receiving information on
how to become a volunteer at Colo-
nial Williamsburg,
Sutherland at 7174.
call
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Colonial
Williamsburg
Inside
Wythe House
redecorating
2
project
Information about
Tavern' s winter
Colonial Williamsburg
people
3
schedule
and programs
Volume 48, No. 2
January 12, 1995
Rare money collection has many tales to tell
If, as the saying goes, money talks,
then researchers
at Colonial
other aspect of learning about 18th century Virginia and other colonies It
Williams-
burg stand to learn a lot from one of the
foundation library' s latest acquisi-
has a great deal of educational value."
tions— a collection
that includes nearly 1, 000 colonial and
and Colonial Williamsburg' s interest in
using it as a learning resource led
continental notes from the 16th to the
Lasser to give his collection to the
18th centuries.
foundation, Caramia said. " I' m sure
The collection' s educational value
of rare currency
The currency collection was given
that' s one of the reasons
Joe felt
this
to Colonial Williamsburg by Joseph R
would be a good place for his collec-
Lasser of New York
tion His real intent is that it be used,
It is part of a
larger collection of nearly 2, 000 coins
and
notes
dated
between
1555
not locked up somewhere "
and
The collection offers several educa-
1776 and is considered to be among the
tional
most comprehensive assemblages of its
employees, visiting scholars and the
type.
public,
The collection includes all known
opportunities
through
for foundation
individual
study,
as
part of an exhibition and as supporting
signatures for continental currency,
material
with several
economy or related topics.
one -of - -kind examples.
a
in
classes
on
the
colonial
You can look at money in several
In addition to the unique notes, many
others are so rare they have never been
available publicly. Several notes, in
ways," Caramia said. " First, you can
fact, were used to illustrate " The Early
Paper Money of America," a primary
reference by Eric P. Newman.
cess, engraving and the ways they tried
This
is one of the most
extensive
look at the technology used to produce
the notes themselves,
the printing
pro-
to prevent counterfeiting
the foundation library; Joseph R. Lasser, who gave the collection to the foundation;
A lot of the money had to be
signed. It' s interesting to see who the
country," said John Caramia, assistant
John Caramia
signers are and the segments of society
director
department. The collection includes rare and one -of - -kind examples of colonial and
a
collections
of colonial currency
of historic
cellent
study
trades. "
collection
in this
It is an ex-
that
adds
an-
Historic Area
for cable TV
Historic
Area
join
the
residents
rest
of
terms
of their ability
cable
television,
in
to receive
according
to
Margaret Waite, director of property management. Warner Cable
has agreed to install
cable in the
Historic Area, after years of negotiation
Warner
Cable
approached
us
and said they wanted to put it in
before Colonial Williamsburg formally approached the city at the
franchise meetings," Waite said.
They' re
anxious
to
do
printed
currency
trades department
dated between
and Ken Wolfe of the development
1555
and
1776.
See Money on page 2
Photo by Patrick Saylor
Hennage program celebrates Franklin birthday
Colonial Williamsburg celebrates the 289th birthday of
Born Jan. 17, 1706, Franklin gained fame in this coun-
will
world
continental
of the historic
Benjamin Franklin with a presentation and concert at 3 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 15, in the Hennage Auditorium at the DeWitt
Wallace Decorative Arts Gallery.
to be wired
soon
Looking over samples from the rare currency collection are, from left, Gail Greve of
the
project, we' re anxious to have it
try and abroad as a writer, printer, philosopher, scientist and
statesman. Thomas Jefferson, portrayed by historian and
performer Bill Barker, recalls his public and private relationships with Franklin,
their common
interests
and ideas upon
which he and Franklin agreed or disagreed
Performances by Dean Shostak illustrate Franklin' s interest in music. Shostak plays selections Franklin probably
played on the violin and represents the statesman'
s years in
France by playing music of 18th -century Paris on the " vielle
a roue" or hurdy -gurdy
A program
highlight
is a musical
performance
on one of
Franklin' s inventions, the glass armonica. The unusual in-
strument is comprised
mounted
of glass bowls of varying sizes
on an iron rod. The bowls
are rotated
via a
footpedal and sound produced by applying moistened fingers to the rims of the bowls.
The instrument'
s fame spread throughout
America
and
done, and the city' s anxious to see
Europe as Franklin carried it with him during his travels.
Dean
all
Mozart,
Thomas Jefferson, portrayed by Bill Barker, and fair Belinda,
residents
receive
the
service.
Everyone is working together on
this."
Construction
planning
meet-
ings are taking place this week,
according to Tom Peck, director
of
mechanical
operations
and
maintenance. Work is set to begin
during the next few weeks and
should
take
about
six weeks.
According to Waite, Warner
will do the actual
work,
under the
supervision of a Colonial Will-
iamsburg representative. Trenches
will be dug along Francis Street
and
Nicholson
Street,
and
the
cables run to rear of houses along
Duke of Gloucester
from
will
Street. Staff
Archaeological
oversee
crews
from
the
Research
excavation,
landscape
nance will be responsible
removal
and replacement
and
mainte-
for the
of brick
Beethoven,
Saint - Saens
and
Gaetano
snosraK, searea rigni, plays ine glass aruwwca
by Oteka Ball.
wt'
Photo by David Doody
Donizetti were among composers who wrote music specifi-
portrayed
cally for it.
sleep, Mrs. Franklin is purported to have thought she had
When Franklin
brought his instrument
home to Philadel-
gone to heaven and was hearing the angels sing.
phia and surprised his wife by playing it at night during her
See Franklin on page 2
Volunteer Expos give youth a look at C. W. programs
iamsburg programs are encouraged to
Local young people who are interested in learning about volunteer opportunities at Colonial Williamsburg
perform 18th - century dance,
are invited to one of two Youth Volun-
House; Wythe House, Capitol and
teer Expos, Wednesday, Jan 25, from
Courthouse
7 to 9 p m. and Saturday, Jan. 28, from
occurred there during the 18th cen-
discuss
historic
buildings
such
as
the Benjamin Powell House, Geddy
and the
10 a. m. to noon in Commonwealth Hall
at the Williamsburg Woodlands.
care for Historic
activities
that
tury,
Young people ages 9 - 18 and their
parents are invited to attend either expo
to learn about the foundation' s youth
volunteer
programs.
Youth
volunteers
are trained, among other things to:
lead museum tours for young
walks.
people,
See Cable on page 4
Camille
plan
Gardens,
for and lead
and
environmental
tours.
Program
people
who
and
This is an excellent opportunity for
young people and their parents to learn
about various occupations
professionals
and to meet
and volunteers
involved
with the country' s leading living hismuseum,"
tory
Sutherland,
who
said
directs
Vernell
Colonial
Williamsburg' s volunteer programs
managers
are
involved
and
young
in the pro-
grams will be on hand to discuss costumed
attend an expo to learn about other
foundation programs.
non - costumed
volunteer
It also
gives
attendees
a chance
to
learn more about what goes on behind
the scenes
in a museum
setting."
For more information, call the Co-
positions. Youth and parents who al-
lonial Williamsburg Office of Volun-
ready are involved in Colonial Will-
teers
at
220 -7174.
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COLONIAL
WILLIAMSBURG
NEWS
THURSDAY,
JANUARY
12, 1995
Wythe House closes for final round of redecorating
Last Monday, employees from several foundation
departments
gathered
to begin the last phase of redecorating
and prints,
will probably
take about
two weeks.
When the parlor was wallpapered
last spring, costumed interpreters were
used to hang it; however, they will not
be used this time, for safety reasons. A
video explaining the production of the
wallpaper will be shown in the work
areas, to provide additional informa-
tion for visitors
When the house reopens, the dining
room will have been re- papered. The
other rooms, beginning with the passageway and staircase, will be papered
in front of visitors
Architectural
historian
Mark
R.
Wenger said the decision to replace the
mantels occurred when the structure' s
mechanical
1992
systems
were
upgraded
in
as part of the NEH preservation
project.
At the time of the 1940s restoraMargaret
objects
Pritchard
removed
to Robert
hands
the last
from the Wythe
of
House
tion, eight stone chimney pieces were
installed
in the house,"
the Wythe House — installing the re-
several
maining wallpaper and replacing
marble fireplace mantels. The house,
throughout
which
will be wood,
closed
The
Jan
work
Wenger
said,
something we' ve seen nowhere else."
Investigations revealed evidence for
Jones.
8, reopens
will
begin
Jan. 27
with
the
re-
wooden
chimney
the house
of that evidence,
pieces
On the strength
most of the mantels
except
those
in the din-
moval of whitewash from the walls of
ing room and the parlor
The mantels, which are being fabri-
the passage and staircase and four bed-
cated at the millwork shop, are crafted
chambers,
to reflect a hierarchal approach to room
difference
and the new mantel pieces help provide
were on hand on Monday to retrieve or
design, which was common during the
18th century
protect furniture in the rooms where
The rooms that were most impor-
Maintenance workers are to remove
which
enables
the
paper
to
better adhere to the walls. Curators
the whitewash
is being removed. The
stripping
process,
Margaret
Pritchard,
according
curator
to
of maps
Tim Edwards in the millwork shop scrapes one of the mantelpieces that are to be
installed
the
at
George Wythe House.
between
the various
rooms,
Photos by Patrick Saylor
which began last winter, will probably
continue to mid -year, Pritchard said.
Our goal is to get all the construction
that "
tant socially had more elaborate wood-
the old mantels and replace them by the
work,"
time the house
Wenger
now stands,
said. "
As
the house
there' s not a whole
lot of
reopens.
The entire redecorating
and
maintenance
able
project,
work
done
now
and
hang the wallpaper is it becomes availfrom
the
manufacturer
in Lon-
don."
African American programs outlined in latest issue of Museum News
A
discussion
often accompanies a visit to Colonial
ment —an
Williamsburg' s African American pro-
Williamsburg, recent programming has
sue at the heart
grams leads off the " M Notes" column
not shied away from the stark realities
of
in the January - February issue of Museum News, published by the Ameri-
of human bondage."
controversy
Colonial
of
can Association of Museums
Under the heading " Too Real for
Comfort,"
senior
editor
Donald
Garfield' s article examines the ways in
which African Amencan history interpretation has evolved at Colonial Wil-
Among the programs Garfield cited
were " The Runaway" and " Affairs of
the Heart," a dramatic presentation that
depicts the effects of a gentry couple' s
marriage on their slaves.
The most venerable of U S. living
history museums, Colonial Williams-
burg ignored its black past for much of
its existence,"
Garfield
wrote "
Visitors
used to walk down Duke of Gloucester
Street oblivious to the human capital
that built,
maintained
and
staffed
the
over
recent
the
Much attention was given to the re-
auction,
which
generated
considerable
controversy and, according to Garfield,
became the basis of a lively debate on
museum -1, a museum community discussion group on the Internet "
Recalling comments by protestors
from
the
NAACP
and
the
Southern
pro-
posed Disney
in
America
Haymarket,
Va. —and
sentment
enactment last October of an estate
liamsburg.
the
is-
re-
when
museums
treat
controversial
topics
such
as
slavery in the
name
of
edu-
cation."
Though
of the
ors
Charles Redd, left, Bo b Chandler, center, and Robert Watson,
one
Jr., right were among th e
protest-
seemed
participants in an estate auction Oct. 10,
1994 that drew over 2, 0 00
spectators.
Photo by Dave Doody
to
village stores and nearby plantations
Christian
Conference,
soften his stance against the program
context
No more,
Garfield noted the remarks indicated
after witnessing it, Garfield concluded
museums
that " the
of a history that still has the power to
however.
Although threatening to diminish
the
nostalgic
and
patriotic
glow
that
Leadership
confusion
historical
over
the
convergence
interpretation
and entertain-
Longsworth portrait on view
Though many employees are untrait gallery in the Goodwin Building
the like-
nesses of Colonial Williamsburg' s
leaders
and others
who played
re- enacted
auction
demon-
strates the degree of sensitivity
and
cial roles in the foundation' s history.
Among those represented on its
bills in the collection are pinned to-
walls,
ing sheets
John
in
D.
chronological
Rockefeller
order,
Jr.,
the
gether; others have been glued to back-
are
Rev.
Shaw and Hepburn,
landscape
garding
archi-
dent and chairman Arthur Woods,
former president Kenneth
Carlisle Humelsine.
nial Williamsburg president and
chairman,
is the latest
person
production
of
paper
continued from page 1
and former president and chairman
in November after 17 years as Colo-
side
hurt."
studying the notes you can learn how
those laws were implemented.
Finally, you can traces changes
over time in political ideology, as
shown through changes in wording
and
the seals on the bills. It' s really quite
fascinating."
Steps
will
be taken
to ensure
the
according to
Gail Greve of the foundation library. It
will be part of the foundation' s rare
book and manuscript
collection.
Franklin
Chorley,
Chuck Longsworth, who retired
the
money, regulating how it was pro-
tect Arthur Shurcliff, former presi-
when
malevolent
collection' s preservation,
Each colony had its own laws re-
W. A.R. Goodwin, architects Perry,
to be applied
the
duced, how much and other aspects. By
It' s also interesting to see how
people repaired damaged money. Some
cru-
present
Money
continued from page 1
they represent. You can learn a lot
about differences from colony to
colony just by the men who were signing their money.
aware of its existence, there is a porboard room. It contains
of
that needs
glass armonica. He also was featured
The one -hour presentation and conCharles Longsworth' s portrait is lat-
est to be hung in the Goodwin building' s portrait gallery. Photo by Hans Lorenz.
to be
honored with a portrait. Longsworth' s portrait was unveiled during the November board meeting. It was painted by Peter Egeli, a renowned portraitist who also painted Humelsine' s portrait, which hangs next to Longsworth' s.
Employees are invited to stop by and view all the board room portraits
anytime the room is available. The Goodwin building is open Monday -Friday, 8: 30 a. m. -5: 30 p. m.
on the Dec. 23 edition of National Public Radio' s " All Things Considered."
cert are followed by a reception in the
Wallace Gallery with complimentary
birthday cake, coffee, tea and cocoa.
more
Barker, as Jefferson, and Shostak will
Jefferson
talk with visitors who want to learn
White House, Mt. Vernon, the National
more about the historical figures and
Archives,
their
Admission is by Colonial Williamsburg Patriot' s Pass, Good Neighbor
interests.
Shostak, of Williamsburg, recently
Barker, also of Williamsburg, spent
than
20
years
researching
and has portrayed
Philadelphia
him at the
and elsewhere.
released " Crystal Carols," a recording
card or museums ticket. For informa-
of Christmas
tion, call
music
performed
on the
220 -7984.
�Silver Bowl Anniversary Edition
1969
Hospitalization
benefits increased
The Colonial Williamsburg Hospitalization,
Surgical
and Major
Medical
1994
Degrees of maintenance used in historic area
Why are some gardens
well
some
tended
lawns
ing some flower beds and
and
some
clipped
formal
plant
as behind
nal,
the
Plan has been considerably improved
effective July 1, 1969. Benefits are in-
regularly in the Historic
Everard
Area
while
others
are
nance is slightly relaxed as
creased for daily room and board, mis-
not?
Some
fences
are
the
cellaneous
kept
in constant
hospital
charges,
hospital
doctors'
visits.
medical
maximum
has
creased
and
a
new
and
The
in-
major
are
in-
provision
with
re-
asked by visitors and
Increase
under
are listed be-
daily hospital
room
the
the
alike
restored
and
rate
Architecture,
2. Increase under the major medical
plan the daily hospital room and board
rate from $ 30 to $ 33 per day;
3.
Increase
neous
the hospital
charges
from
a
miscella-
maximum
of
225 to $ 280;
visits benefits
a provision
with
re-
spect to oral surgery;
6. Increase
tion
and
pointed
with
Well- manicured
Construc-
the major medical
maxi-
where
out that Colonial
burg maintains
than
Williams-
The Landscape
varying degrees of
Department
has a set
code denoting the amount of mainte-
maintenance for the Historic Area to
nance
give it a realistic "
achieve authenticity. In an area where
there is a wide variety of plant materi-
two
hundred
lived in" look. Not
years
ago
colonial
sheep
gardens of the Palace require extensive care.
Maintenance,
of
required
throughout
the
area
to
als in formal patterns, as well as in ar-
endeavored
to maintain well -kept properties, just
eas
as home owners of today vary in the
quires
amount of upkeep they exercise on
from $ 3 to $ 5 per visit;
Introduce
greens
tenals. This is in keeping
all citizens of the Williamsburg
4. Increase the in- hospital doctors'
in or-
there are limited plant ma-
Charles Hackett, vice
from $25 to $28 per day;
on
and
of
president and director of
and board
exercised
Square
through
sections
plan
basic
is
Market
chards
employees
and
A third degree of maintenance
our city.
1.
location
present - day use dictates.
Why? These are typical
benefits
design,
mainte-
not.
been
low:
5.
others
also
spect to oral surgery has been added
The improved
while
repair
House,
mate Brush -
Palace
their holdings.
nance is exercised
where
there
is material
meticulous
the
care,
highest
which
such
degree
as
re-
at
the
of mainte-
In an area contain-
used
to trim
and
times
scythes,
when
rather
lawn mowers,
the
grass,
and
were
therefore,
the areas had a somewhat unkempt
appearance.
There
quire
are
some
maintenance
areas
which
re-
only on occasion.
These out -of-the -way spaces are left
rough for atmosphere as they probably were in the 18th century. The
Hartwell - Perry Bottom south of the
Cole Shop is one such area.
mum from $ 15, 000 to $ 25, 000.
These improved benefits are provided to meet the recent increases in
hospital and medical charges, and to
expand
the
protection
afforded
New insurance policy effective Jan. 1
Carlisle H. Humelsine, president of
em-
ployees and their families under the
Colonial Williamsburg, announced an
increase
in the amount
of free
life
in-
at
the
employee' s annual
salary
The
Capitol gets new
first
500 of this insurance is provided at no
cost
to the employee;
the
cost
coat of arms
for the
plan.
Colonial
Williamsburg will continue to pay one half the costs of this
important benefit plan.
surance
available
to employees
annual meeting of the " 20 -Plus Club"
held
at the conference
center
Under the new plan becoming effec-
experience
in
the Wig Shop
insurance
program
will
receive
2, 000 of free coverage with a fee of 60
cents per thousand
ance
over
dollars
for all insur-
that amount.
elected
summer, Colonial Williamsburg' s
amount
when
to participate
that
of free insurance from $ 500 to $ 2, 000.
The cost of the balance
will remain
at
the same rate of 60 cents per thousand
dollars
of insurance
coverage.
While this will result in only a small
monthly saving on the part of each in-
Our present plan provides for insurance coverage (
During the early part of the
dollars
The change will increase the amount
tive January 1, 1970, participants in the
life
is 60 cents per thousand
Novem-
ber 26.
Heartwarming
balance
of insurance.
the employee
has
in the plan)
in an
approximates
an
sured employee, it is further evidence
of the organization'
to improve
s continuing
our employee
benefits
effort
pro-
The Capitol now has a new
grams.
wigmaker,
coat -of arms. Gerald Finn of Co-
Mary
lonial Williamsburg' s Department
Magee, _ Jr
of Architecture drew and painted
flew
t
o'
the
4
Chi-
coat - of -arms
and silver leaf, and pure red and
to ap-
blue colors.
pear
a
Austin,
supervised
by
Bill
Reinecke, installed the new adorn-
morning
ment on October 16.
talk show called " Today in Chi-
the Capitol
One evening some weeks after
since
1956.
one had been re- painted
Mary had returned to Williamsburg, a very old lady entered the
Wig Shop. Mary was quite con-
The old
in 1964.
New system for
cerned about her, because, through
the crowd in the shop, she could
see the lady had difficulty walking.
tickets adopted
Colonial Williamsburg adopted an
application system for issuing annual
complimentary tickets to local residents beginning with the new year. Ap-
When the noise died down a bit
the lady asked for the Scotch girl.
Mary introduced herself, wonder-
ing what prompted the inquiry.
The lady said she had seen Mary
plications will be
mailed to current
ticket holders later this month.
on the show in Chicago and de-
The
cided she had to see the shop and
new
system
replaces
a proce-
dure of directly issuing annual compli-
Williamsburg.
was
This is the
first new coat -of - rms placed on
a
cago."
mentary tickets to local residents with-
somewhat taken
out application.
aback and asked the lady how she
Until
the
1969
tickets
are received, 1968 tickets will be hon-
had gotten here and how old she
ored at all Exhibition Buildings requir-
was. The lady replied " I' m 82
ing admission.
Better control over an expanding an-
and I just went to the Greyhound
Bus Station in Chicago and told
nual ticket list and a reduction in ad-
the driver to take me to Williams-
burg!"
Willie Coles, Frank
Smith, Hugh Milby and Richard
early
Mary
on an eight -
ance was acheived by using gold
cago
on
new
foot board. The luminous appear-
ministrative
King Hussein of Jordan takes a carriage ride through the Historic Area during
his visit to Williamsburg, April 1969.
for
costs were cited as reasons
the change of procedure.
�4mJ
Honors its employees who share a legacy with the past
the tradition of quality that meets the challenge of the future.
25
Stevenson Bailey
Years of Service
Brenda Canada
Gary Brumfield
Elaine Burrell
Visitor Center
Paint Department
Human Resources
Mary Francis
Nannie Frank
Cascades
Visitor Center
Regina James
Nancy Milton
Joyce Seaman
Williamsburg Lodge
Interpretive Education
Historic
Area Stores
Human
Resources
Helen Graham
Daphne Hall
Woodlands
King' s Arms Tavern
Della Stanfield
Exhibition Building
Jo An Temple
Williamsburg Inn
Photographs not available:
Shelton Adams
Floyd Cowles
Audiovisual Services
Williamsburg Lodge
Charles Ratcliffe
Mechanical
Operations
and Maintenance
25
Years
Carolyn Blanchard
James Gaither, Jr.
Conference Services
Landscape Services
Charles Brooks
Building Maintenance
George Hassell
Jack Vines
King' s Arms Tavern
Historic
Trades
Nancy Ward
Community and Government
Alice Canady
Williamsburg Inn
Dannie Mitchell
Williamsburg Inn
Relations
�News from the hotels and restaurants
COLONIAL
WILLIAMSBURG
NEWS
3
JANUARY 12, 1995
THURSDAY,
EIS awards go to 15 employees in December
Fifteen employees won 17 awards in Decem-
Ernie Barbour in conference reservations sug-
ber for their winning suggestions to cap a record
gested improving the look of the Express Check-
year for the Employee Idea System. CWHPI em-
out box at the Woodlands
Sandra Jackson in conference
ployees submitted 658 suggestions for improvements in safety, guest services and various other
categories in 1994 More than a third of those
ideas
with
reservations
The Employee Idea System enjoyed a record year in
wants to add another table and set of chairs to the
Woodlands
employee
1994. Employees
break room
six awards
the tavern'
other
awards. Chowning' s Tav-
Loretta Novotney proposes
changing the light fare serving
ern
times in the Visitors
received
to
two awards.
took individual
honors
Litvin
Companion
more
guests
suggested
Bill
minals at the tavern, allocating
and beverage
are
at
also proposed keeping a
wait list at the beginning of
ID EA System
Lodge
maintenance,
COLONIAL
each seating to keep guests at
HOTEL
WILLIAMSBURG
PROPERTIES,
course
Jane Warren at the Laundry suggests increased
the tavern accordingly.
Lisa Spruell proposed
allowing
hostesses,
waiters and waitresses to sample each entree to
better answer guests'
questions
about the menu.
Shawonda Hooker suggested a sponge for the
cashiers to make separation of new currency bills
easier.
The reservations office at the Woodlands provided
three winners
gestions.
Several other units averaged at least one suggestion
per month.
Another popular category for suggestions
is
Lodge
maintenance
produced
21
ideas
and
guest service. Kevin Benett at the Governor' s Inn
Chownings
front desk proposes painting the handicapped
parking spots at the Governor' s Inn blue for easier
mitted.
recognition by guests
The Cascades kitchen staff cooked up 15 suggestions.
The third category —for suggestions other than
safety or guest service — traditionally attracts ideas
that make Colonial Williamsburg a better place to
The Lodge front desk also submitted 15. Group reservations and Multilith each came up with 14 ideas for the
In
maintenance
Will-
Shields
Tavern employees
made 16 suggestions.
1994,
suggestions
also came
from
several
other
housekeep-
ing departments, maintenance departments, the upholstery shop, the Inn design and floral studios, food and
beverage
in the bar area of the Cascades
kitchens
kitchen
upcoming marketing advertisements available for
lodging and dining reservation agents' s use.
19 suggestions.
house staffs and golf course maintenance,
units in the air conditioner storage area.
book in the office comprised of all current and
made
units: the Commissary, The Golden Horseshoe club-
suggests
installation of shelving for the air conditioning
a smart- heater
staff
year.
work.
Bill Jones in Woodlands
Tavern
iamsburg Inn housekeepers finished with 18 ideas sub-
Joy Bailey at the Cascades proposes installation
in December.
Jennifer Magee proposed keeping a reference
of the year.
tions. Woodlands maintenance hammered out 27 sug-
late.
a language other than English.
to a
The Laundry placed fourth with 47 ideas submitted
for employees who arrive at work early or stay
serve guests who feel more comfortable speaking
came
made.
and Cascades Restaurant employees made 37 sugges-
log, and listing all items found or reported lost in
in each tavern who speak foreign languages to
saw 107 suggestions
reservationists finished third with 74 suggestions.
lighting in and around the Laundry' s parking area
Three other King' s Arms Tavern employees
for suggestions,
as autumn
employees edged past with 75 ideas submitted and the
in the
subject notebook for use as a " lost and found"
submitted winning ideas. Roman Kostovski suggested preparing a list of waiters and waitresses
month
ideas
The Governor' s Inn front desk and lodging and dining reservations vied for second place. The front desk
loading dock.
third winning idea suggested purchasing a two -
111
The staff of King' s Arms Tavern submitted the most
smoking area at the Lodge' s back
INC
Litvin' s
was the busiest
submitted
ideas. KAT employees made 169 suggestions during the
proposed
placing fire extinguishers
won
consideration.
close. September
Lorenzo James, who works in
Employee
under
Employees
between the kitchen and the cafe
other menu items. Litvin
still
November
wall opposite the Stanley doors
more keys to be used for
submitted
receive approvals. Sixty -four suggestions made in 1994
window or two -way mirror in the
only one key for all $ 1. 25
beverages and freeing up
for meals.
in food
of the ideas
awarded for 221 ideas while 373 suggestions did not
the Lodge suggested installation of a
the taverns
Cogan
a third
off with pay. tavern meals and other prizes. Prizes were
to
changing preset keys on server ter-
than
awards — a total of $4525 in cash, gift certificates, days
evening hours and late -night Gambols.
Several winning ideas were concerned
with safety for guests and employees.
with
three awards during the month for
suggestions.
attract
categories.
More
Chowning' s Tavern during the
Kim Litvin at King' s Arms
Tavern
150 more
categories.
508 suggestions for improving safety, guest service and
s menu.
finished second with three
employees
separate
the number of ideas proposed. In 1993, employees made
Harry Mass Jr suggested adding skim milk to
in that unit Reservations at the Woodlands
year — in three
The year' s submissions represent a 30 percent jump in
month.
to employees
submitted 658 suggestions -
than the previous
Two ideas scored at Chowning' s Tavern last
won awards.
King' s Arms Tavern continued to set the pace
in December
Record year for ideas
front desk.
departments,
and restaurant
hotel executive
offices,
staffs, bell staffs, conference
hotel
ser-
certificates, meals and additional vacation days.
vices, hotel sales, Tazewell Club, utility staffs and night
Prizes for monthly winners include cash, gift
audit.
Hotels offer Discovery package
Grandson lends a helping hand
The Colonial Williamsburg hotels
are marketing a lodging package to accompany the Winter Discovery Series.
The package is available Sunday
through Thursday dunng the first quarter of the year and includes daily breakfast. The package offers four room
nights for the price of three.
Taverns begin
winter
schedule
The operating taverns in the Histone Area are on their winter
DRIVER TRAINING ? — Five - year - old David Tooley gets comfortable with a
steering wheel at the bus garage. Wearing his regulation uniform, complete
with insignia patches on the sleeve, David looks ready to drive one of the
Colonial Williamsburg busses — if only he could get a license from the DMV.
schedule.
Chowning' s Tavern opens Friday
through Tuesday and closes Wednesday and Thursday during January and
February. Shields Tavern operates
Wednesday through Sunday and closes
Monday and Tuesday through the end
of February.
Shields
Tavern
has
discontinued
daily breakfast service until April 1:
however, Sunday brunch will continue
through
the winter
season.
Kings Arm' s Tavern is closed for
annual
maintenance
until
Feb.
LAUNDRY EMPLOYEE
5.
Christiana Campbell' s Tavern is closed
silk finisher in the dry cleaning de-
until Feb. 17, reopening in time for the
Presidents'
OF THE
MONTH —Lucy Shaw is a wool and
partment. at the CW Laundry.
Day weekend.
Environmental
thought for the week
Recycle
INSPECTION ASSISTANCE— David Tooley helps his grandfather, Colonial
Williamsburg
bus driver Freddie
Byrd, inspect
a bus before Byrd begins his
all
un - waxed
corrugated
cardboard boxes. Recycling cardboard
conserves about 25 percent of the energy
required
to manufacture
Colonial Williamsburg
RECYCLES
it.
driving duties. Although he' s been helping his grandfather just a few weeks, the
youngster
has learned
the inspection
routine
flawlessly.
To the delight
of
visitors and employees, the uniformed Tooley rides the bus while his grandfather
drives.
Photos by Jim Bradley
Colonial Williamsburg
Recycling
Committee
�4
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1995
NEWSBRIEFS
Tours for the
Some employees may have received
CW HealthCare membership cards
Townspeople
with incorrect membership types noted
on them. For example, employees who
Colonial Williamsburg will repeat
Area tours will take place Tuesdays,
Thursdays
and Saturdays,
except
Sat-
urday, Feb 18 The tours begin at 10
a. m. and noon. Each is led by a historical interpreter
Morning
begin
at
the
Greenhow Lumber House. Afternoon
tours join the earlier groups for an optional
lunch at one of the colonial
tav-
erns on these dates:
dependent" rather than " family" coverage. According to the compensation
and benefits
department,
the
should be sent at the end of each day
en-
to the security office in the Franklin
rollment information
Provident has
issue new cards by Jan 20
ary may be eligible for a refund. Emare
enrolled
covered
in
CW
under
the
a person. Those who don' t wish to
Caremark Prescription Drug Program.
have lunch should meet their group at
According to the compensation and
benefits department, the copayments
the designated tavern at 1. 45 p m
This program is designed for local
residents
contact
who have
and would
substantial
public
like to know
more
about the Historic Area and Colonial
printed
on
employees'
prescription
drug cards are correct. Some of the
copayments
on
the
Caremark
Phar-
macy Network, however, were invalid.
whether you were
quired; call 220 - 7645.
overcharged,
HealthCare members
amount on your prescription drug card
against
getting new cards
found inquiries or information.
check
the
In the Dec. 29, issue, two employ-
the
amount
copayment
the
pharmacy
charged.
New membership cards will be re-
If you were overcharged and would
like to request a refund, send your pre-
dents
through
March
get a break
15,
local resi-
on carriage
and
Thelma B. Woltz, 97, died Dec. 28.
Neighbor cardholders can take a car-
She joined the foundation in 1939 as a
riage ride for $5 per person, or a wagon
hostess at the Lodge In 1967, after 12
ride for $3 a person
years of service, Thelma retired from
As
always,
the
whims
of
the
New products introduced
Look for these new items in our stores.
Tow-
Tickets are available at the Greenhow
Don' t forget: Colonial Williamsburg
are
eligible
to take
advan-
tage of Good Neighbor discounts, too.
in HAPO Services when she retired in
Bloodmobile here Jan. 17
The
American
Red
1990 with 38 years of service. In lieu
of a memorial
Cross
donations
can
form of service or monetary contributions to help those in need For details,
Box 1897, Williamsburg, VA 23187.
call 220 -4424 or write to: Post Office
HealthCare membership,
prescription drug cards mailed
Sentara or Healthkeepers
who have
Employees who enrolled in CW HealthCare were mailed new prescription
Interfrom
a toile fabric designed
John Townsend' s 1790 chest of
in Jouy, France, they are available
drawers
in blue, rose or beige. Fingertip
this pewter box with its distinctive
9, Hand 24"
semi- circular shell pattern on the
x31", $
17;
Bath 36 " x58 ", $44,* **
Kit. Depicts
four
Street.
the
the Lightfoot
the
design
for
which were used to store tobacco
or other personal items. $ 75 *
18th - cen-
tury buildings found on Duke of
Gloucester
inspired
drug cards in mid- December. The prescription drug program for CW HealthCare
is administered by Caremark. Enclosed in the mailing is an abbreviated listing
of participating pharmacies, and a Caremark kit. Inside this kit is information
about the mail order program, a reimbursement form and two prescription drug
cards. Please keep this information for future reference.
Employees who have not received their CW HealthCare prescription drug card
should call Mildred Wiley at 7026
lid. Based on 18th -century boxes
JCA, Inc. Brick by Brick Cross -
House,
service,
be made in her honor to FISH in the
CW HealthCare, 1- 800 -887 -9204
jacquard
stitch
1951 and worked as a secretary in various departments. She was a secretary
Healthkeepers, 1- 800 -421 - 1880
with
", $
76, died
Sentara, 1- 800 -257 - 1221
printed
13 " x24
W. Corrigan,
2. She joined the foundation in
the plan in which they are enrolled. The toll free numbers are:
eycomb
preted
Jan
not received their membership cards should call the customer service number for
a
hon-
band
Eugenia
Lumber House and the Visitor Center.
Employees enrolled in CW HealthCare,
els These 100 percent cotton tow-
weave
her position as a salesperson at Craft
House.
weather determine the daily schedule.
pointment
a
In memory...
wagon rides in the Historic Area. Good
scription receipts to Chris Beitzell,
white
caption
the error.
Now
Franklin Street Office Room 139.
els feature
the
on the right. We apologize to both for
printing process.
Saint Valentin
in
Discount carriage rides
pants because of an error during the
Royal
misidentified
should have identified the man on the
Williamsburg stop Tuesday, Jan 17,
from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. at the Williamsburg Lodge. Call 7029 # 5 for an ap-
Palms
were
Bloodmobile makes its next Colonial
issued to all CW HealthCare partici-
Di
ees
for the photo on page one. The caption
employees
To determine
Williamsburg. Reservations are re-
A Correction...
left as Tom Taylor, with Tony Meyers
Feb 21 and 28 - Campbell' s
are
to operate
from Block 44 during this time Employees must resume parking in Block
44 beginning Wednesday, March 1.
hotel guests
filled and used their Caremark Pre-
HealthCare
Foundation
their own lost and found operations for
drug refund
who
Street Annex. Call 2600 for lost and
The hotels will continue to maintain
Caremark prescription
ployees
Items found in the Historic Area
Provident,
has the correct
plan administrator,
streets, through Feb. 28
shuttle buses will continue
curity and Safety department.
scription cards the first week of Janu-
The optional tavern lunch is $ 12. 25
The Historic Area lost and found
Center administration office to the Se-
plus
Feb 7 and 14 - Chowning' s
Feb. 23 and 25 - King' s Arms
Colonial Williamsburg employees
may park in Block 5, at the southwest
corner of North Henry and Francis
ceived cards noting " employee
Employees who had prescriptions
Feb. 2, 4, 9, 11 and 16 - Shields
Security department
operation has moved, from the Visitor
corrected the printing problem and will
tours
Block 5 open to employees
enrolled themselves and a spouse re-
its popular Tours for Townspeople this
winter During February, two Historic
Lost and Found moves to
Vases. Based on a blue straight -
Palmer
House,
tt
a Foreign Advisory Service Bulb
the
sided
vase
and
a green
bulbous
Marketplace
For Sale: 1988 Justy Subaru GL. 37 MPG, two -door
hatchback, five -speed, AM /FM/ cassette, just tuned up,
new timing belt, good tires. $ 1. 750. Call Mike at 7674 or
convertible
to built - in, butcherblcck
pot and pan cycle, attaches
top. power spray,
to faucet, white. $ 300 or
best offer. Call Judy at 2358 or 565 -1270.
Red Lion, and the Unicorn' s Horn
vase in the Colonial Williamsburg
565 - 1270.
and John Carter' s Store. Kit in-
collection, these bulb vases can be
For Sale: VW bus, needs rebuilt engine, make reason-
from CW. Two bedrooms, eat -in kitchen, hardwood
cludes 28 -count Irish linen, cotton
used to force bulbs in the spring,
able offer; Industrial jigsaw, 5100, Sears Craftsman 12"
floors, screened -in porch, deck, garage with work-
or for a small bouquet of fresh cut
bandsaw, $ 250; Hot tub, works but needs putting together, $ 100. Call Kim at 829 -6720 or leave message at
room, established herb garden and fish pond. Pets OK
floss,
flowers off season. In blue, green.
7337.
month + utilities. Call Kim at 829 6720 or leave mes-
or clear
For Sale: Twin size adjustable bed ( similar to hospital
chart,
needle.
19. * * *
Kirk
instructions
Finished
size
and
8 " x20"
t
Stieff Townsend
Shell
Craft House at the Williamsburg
Straight sided, $ 22. 95:
bulbous, $ 19. 95. * *
Box.
inn Craft House on Merchants Square, Mail Order
Carter' s Grove
For Rent: House on two acres in country, 13 miles
bed without rails.) Back and legs adjustable,
with vibra-
Woodlands,
Cascades.
Everything
Williamsburg
For Rent: Quiet house in country. Two bedrooms,
large eat -in kitchen, washer and dryer included. No
time. New price, $ 900, asking $ 500. Call 566- 3886.
pets. One -year lease. Available March. $ 550 /month +
in very good
condition,
5150
negotiable,
6' autumn
plaid queen - size sleep sofa in very good condition,
150 negotiable; Three wooden end tables, hand -made
Design Studio
sage on 7337.
tor and warmer. Like new - used for very short period of
For Sale: 7' brown winged arm sofa with matching chair
t Visitor Center Bookstore,
tt Wallace Gallery
with extra deposit. Available February or March. $ 550/
crate style, finished in special walnut stain, $ 10 each
utilities. Call Karen at 566 -1961 and leave message
Wanted:
A good home for a friendly, mild tempered
one -year -old white german shepherd. Call Debbie at
221 - 8887 between 8: 30 a. m. -5 p. m. or 221 -0965 after
6 p. m.
negotiable; Phonemate double full -size cassette an-
swering machine, model 935, used daily, $ 20. Call
Cable
Patty at 7134 or 566 - 0976.
Wanted: Carpenter needed for molding and other
finishing work at my home in York County. Simple one day job for experienced
For Sale: STILL MORE GOOD STUFF! Opal shade
continued from page I
floor lamp, $ 50; Pewter electric oil lamp, $35; Fireplace
The cable installation will be guided by an engineering survey that was done
in 1989, Waite said " We' ll coordinate with the tenants to verify the location of
their cable hookups, within the restrictions of the Historic Area and avoiding
original building material "
Each of the 88 residents will receive one cable hookup during the initial in-
grate, $
stallation. Residents
Apple external CD -ROM drive ( needs cables), $ 35.
who want additional
hookups will have to make arrange-
ments with Warner Cable and will do so at their own expense. Cable hookups
will not be installed in Historic Area offices during the initial installation phase.
950;
10;
Five
Italian
hand - blown
cu. ft. contractor'
glass
50; Dou-
2 - 8 x 3 - 10, $ 50; Raised
door, 530; Raised
panel 4 - 0 x 6-
8 bi -told doors, $ 25; Oak vanities with raised panel
Wanted: Ads for the Marketplace. Ads are free for
Colonial Williamsburg employees only. Submit ads in
writing to Kim Genova, GB0 -132, in person or by
interoffice
doors
and cultured
marble
tops,
finished
Must provide own
chandelier,
s wheelbarrow, $
ble hung divided light window,
panel 2 -6 x 6 -8 interior
rose
handyman.
hand / power tools. I will provide ladder for ceiling work.
Pay rate negotiable. Call Mary at 7984.
right side,
mail.
Or, FAX
name
work
unit; these
them
to 7702.
Include
your
30"
and 36 ", $100 each; Hayes V- Series 9600 modem, $ 50;
and
are
not
included
in the ad
unless requested. Ads run for one week and must be
Call 221 - 8077 anytime.
renewed in writing; no phone calls, please. Ads are
repeated as space allows. Ads and renewals must be
For Sale: Whirlpool portable dishwasher. Barely used,
received by 5 p. m. Friday.
Offices that need a cable hookup will have to make arrangements and pay for
the installation
through
their departmental
budgets
Residents will not be charged for the initial installation and are not required
to sign up for cable service. Rents will not be increased, though Waite says the
availability of cable should help make the rental units more marketable.
Cable TV is the biggest topic of concern expressed by residents and potential residents," Waite said. " We get more comments about it than anything else,
including air -conditioning and the lack of appliances."
Colonial Williamsburg News is published weekly by the Communications Department for Colonial Williamsburg employees. Send correspondence to: " Colonial Williamsburg News, 080 -131," FAX it to 220 -7702 or call
the CW News Hotline at NEWS /6397
Editor .
Associate
Patrick
Editor
Saylor,
7120
Jim Bradley, 7281
Contributors: Sandy Belan, Lorraine Brooks, Kim Cenova, Anita Hallman, Sophia Hart, Curtia James,
Dawn Estrin, Lael White, Kathy Dunn, Mary Masengale
This
publication
is
printed
on
recycled
paper.
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Colonial
Williamsburg
Inside
New video adds
depth to Delft
S
Information about
Colonial Williamsburg
people
and
programs
Volume 48, No. 3
Characters
Historic
Area,
interpreters
who
have
Inn receives
18th Five Star
3
Award
January 19, 1995
step forward in time to 1774
The calendar recently advanced four
years for character
2
exhibit
County and a practicing attorney in
in the
1774.
been pro-
Among 1774 events to be interpreted are be the Boston Tea Party,
Virginia claiming Pittsburgh and renaming it Fort Dunmore, Governor
Dunmore spending the majority of the
year fighting indians on the frontier,
pelled from 1770 to 1774 in their inter-
pretations. This was done to better support the history initiatives, especially
the " Choosing Revolution" storyline
It affords us the opportunity to better explore the choices people were
the opening of the public hospital and
making concerning revolution," said
David Tarleton, a character interpreter.
the Continental Congress meeting
The formation of committees of cor-
We' re currently reproducing the 1774
respondence
is
another
new
topic
of
Almanac and hope to reproduce all 52
discussion
weeks of the Purdy and Dixon Virginia
committees were comprised of bodies
Gazette."
The
tools
for
the
characters. "
The
of men from difterent colonies
almanac
to educate
and
papers
serve
the interpreters
as the
They
kept, regular correspondence
as
which
enabled each colony to know what the
events of 1774 unfolded " They' ll help
other colonies were doing," Tarleton
in real -time issues," Tarleton says. " If
said. " This was one of the most effi-
today is Jan 19 and I' m reflecting that
cient means
time frame, I' ll be able read the gazette
the Revolution."
of communication
prior to
or use the almanac to find out what was
A new trial at the Courthouse fo-
happening. These tools also help cre-
cuses Kitty Eustis Blair' s attempt to
gain a divorce. " Divorce was very rare
in the 18th century. One usually had to
ate the illusion that visitors are back in
the 18th century "
When character interpreters con-
wait for a spouse to die or just leave,"
fronted 1774 issues during last year' s
Tarleton explained. Because of the
summer experiment
death
they realized - -af-
of her husband,
Blair' s divorce
ter 14 years - - that it was time to accel-
was
erate - tile time
could do
died, however, Blair was denied her
this and still comfortably deal with so-
inheritance. This program recreates her
cial history," he said.
Since the year being interpreted has
suit to obtain
changed,
James City County, but won her appeal
so
period. ` 17it
will
ters. For example,
some
of the
William
tried.
When
her dower
her husband
right
of one -
third of the estate. Blair lost the case in
charac-
Lane,
never
who
to the general court
was the city sergeant in 1770, is dead
by 1774. Tom Hay, who portrayed
Lane, may take on the role of Lewis
Tyler, a deputy sheriff of James City
Tom Hay, shown above during last year' s British Occupation, is one of the
character interpreters who will be affected by the change in interpretive time, from
1770 to 1774. His character, William Lane, was city sergeant in 1770, but was dead
by 1774. He may take on the role of Lewis Tyler, who was a deputy sheriff of James
City County and attorney in 1774.
Photo
Employees invited to name calf
The staff at the coach and livestock
he
Patrick
The
character
interpreters
are ex-
cited about the new Courthouse re -enactment,
the
events
of
1774
and the
See Characters on page 4
sa, tor
Annual events add depth
to learning about history
department needs your help. Early Sunday morning, Jan. 8, the newest addi-
living history events during 1995. Lectures, tours and partici-
tion to Colonial Williamsburg' s live-
patory
stock
Colonial Williamsburg continues its popular series of annual
herd arrived
Devon
breed,
American
which
is
Livestock
on
the
Sunday
afternoon.
Monday,
visitors
learn about
Washington' s formative years as they explore his roles as
of coach and livestock,
believes there are fewer than 500 in the
legislator and husband. This year, visitors also will meet
world.
Martha
This is the second calf born to the
through
Incident,
special
programs
and tours.
April 20 -23: Re- enactments
and
vignettes re- create the turmoil of April 1775 when British ma-
a bull brought to Colonial
rines, under orders from Royal Governor
Williamsburg last year from Asheville,
Dunmore,
confis-
cated the colony' s powder from the Magazine in WilliamsThe newest member of Colonial Williamsburg'
s herd
of rare milking red Devon cattle arrived Sunday,
Jan. 8. Employees
suggestions
are encouraged
for a name for the heifer
to send in their
calf.
Anita Hallman
According to Nicoll, the foundation
hopes to acquire a pair of bull calves to train
preserve important genetic diversity as well
as oxen Contrary to popular belief, oxen
are not a special breed of cattle. An ox is any
working bovine, generally a neutered male.
Milking red Devons were prized in the
18th century for their diversity. It is precisely that diversity that has today landed
as the older breeds."
the breed on the critical list. Today, live-
preter " Their milk has a very high butterfat
stock are bred for specialization,
content making excellent butter and cheese."
Today, Holsteins are preferred for milk
because they give larger quantities with a
rather than
all- around usefulness " which could lead to
a dangerous
Washington,
O The Gunpowder
heifer, Spring. It is the first calf sired by
Three additional calves sired by Trailblazer are due in early spring
s regular
tober 1781 visit to Williamsburg prior to the Battle of
Yorktown, climaxing with the annual review of the troops
fewer than 2000 worldwide. Richard
N. C. for stud purposes. Trailblazer' s
enthusiasm for his job was exceptional.
illiamsburg'
O Washington in Williamsburg, Feb. 18 -20: Programs Saturday and Sunday re- create Gen. George Washington' s Oc-
istered last year in North America and
Trailblazer,
Colonia';
cific events.
Breed
Conservancy' s critical listing. That
listing means fewer than 200 were reg-
Nicoll, manager
supplement
Historic Area programs, providing a more in depth look at 18th century Virginia history by commemorating or re- enacting spe-
The heifer calf is of the rare milking
red
programs
situation ", said Nicoll, " where
there is not enough genetic diversity It is
the objective of the rare breeds program to
burg. The incident galvanized the colonists did much to precipitate Virginia' s participation
in the Revolution.
O Prelude to Independence, May 15: Revolutionary debate
builds to a crescendo
as the Virginia
Convention
steers a
course toward revolution in 1776 Re- enactments portray a
pivotal time for Virginia leaders as they turn down the road
to becoming Americans.
Red Devons are good milk cows, quality
meat cows and good work animals. They are
O Pray for Boston: A Day of Fasting, Humiliation and
intelligent and easy to feed, fattening well on
Prayer, May 27 -29: Join 18th - century Williamsburg residents as they sympathize with fellow colonists in non -violent
grass with a minimum
of grain supplements,"
according to Allison Harcourt, stable inter-
lower butterfat
content - -a trait that mirrors
See Red Devon calf on page 4
protest of the Boston Port Act, the first of several " Intoler-
able Acts" that closed Boston' s port until the city paid for tea
destroyed during the Boston Tea Party. The program builds
throughout the weekend, climaxing with a solemn march to
Bruton Parish Church.
O British Occupation of Williamsburg, July 1 - 2: Soldiers unSee Annual events on
page
2
�2
COLONIAL
WILLIAMSBURG
New
NEWS
transports
them
a video program
to
the
the
era
wares
were
choice
The video, " British
Economou
between
Mary Economou,
Hennage
in the
the
pieces
was a colcol-
she
to
con-
Otherwise,
people
not
as utilitarian
she
The video starts off with an antique
mug.
the
scenes
We zoom
on
the
side
of
in on that scene,
on concepts
with
used
transformed
The video
objects
shows
in the hands
of
all
exhibits
in
the
future,"
said.
produced
the footage
re-
sulting curator of ceramics and glass;
foundation
Producer - director
Bill
mug, one of the pieces from the exhibit It rotates slowly and then we see
of
exhibit
lying on the talents of Exhibits Designer Rick Hadley, Curator of Ceramics and Glass Janine Skerry; John C.
Austin, Colonial Williamsburg' s con-
said
one
builds
exhibit,
Economou
would
pieces,"
do
Economou
and see these things as pretty
objects,
delft
18th- century people, and making these
linkages to the past is the way we' d like
departments.
said
tool
reproduction
ceived the project to put the delft in
come
1995
continues.
video
real - life necessities. "
manager of the
Auditorium,
context. "
19,
implements from objects of curiosity to
of
Delft from
the museums,
lections and audiovisual
The
that
when
serving
Colonial Williamsburg,"
laborative
JANUARY
video enlivens
Visitors to the upcoming delft exhibit will discover
THURSDAY,
Wagner,
and foundation
Audio
Engi-
neering Specialist Chuck Smith. The
video was shot intermittently during
the
and it
comes to life."
the past three
Using character interpreters, the
video depicts an evening of merrymaking at Shields Tavern. " During this
will run continuously in the Hennage
evening they drink from delft and ex-
hibit, which opens Jan. 27. It also will
plore the mysteries of the puzzle jug,"
be part of the traveling show.
months.
The resulting seven - minute program
Auditorium
Foundation audio engineering specialist Chuck Smith, center, and cameraman Jon
Lobby alongside the ex-
Nelson,
right, film potter Michelle
upcoming Wallace Gallery delft
Erickson
for a video that will accompany
exhibition.
Photo 1, 7 Mar,
the
Fcummmu
Annual events,
Continued from page 1
military field altar is constructed with drums and
the American colonies by Parliament. Programs
flags as prayers for peace and the nation are of-
re -enact events
fered. The ceremony concludes as visitors sing
broad - based popular
in Virginia
which
challenge
constituted
to the social
a
and
America" as Virginia' s Liberty Bell tolls in the
political status quo of the plantation aristocracy.
background. An evening garden party at the
O Publick Times /King' s Accession, Oct. 28 -29:
Governor' s Palace celebrates the occasion with
The twice - yearly sessions of the General Court
brought people from all over the colony to Wil-
period entertainment
and Virginia delicacies.
The
day closes with an evening salute on Palace Green
by the Fife and Drum Corps, followed by fireworks.
affairs
Continental Relief, July 8 -9: Continental troops
march into Williamsburg, relieving the citizenry
of British martial law. Military re- enactors portray
soldiers commanded by the Marquis de Lafayette
0
liamsburg to witness the trials, conduct business, renew acquaintances, catch up on family
sary of the king' s accession to the throne pro-
in
1781
prior
to the Battle
of Yorktown,
and be entertained.
The October
anniver-
vided yet another reason for celebration.
O Dunmore' s Proclamation,
Nov. 24 -26:
Lord
Dunmore, last royal governor of the colony, is-
After
sued a proclamation in November
1775 that
marching into town, the troops encamp on Market Square Green.
0
pushed the colony to the edge of war. Re- enactments throughout the weekend recreate the fear
The Funeral of William Rind, Aug. 17 -19: This
program
British
soldiers
march
a Williamsburg
resident
to
shows
the
more
mundane
aspects
and distrust during this momentous episode in
the colony' s struggle for independence.
of
18th- century Williamsburg life by focusing on
events surrounding the death of printer William
the guardhouse during the British Occupation.
O Whitefield' s Service,
Rind and its impact on the community.
der the command of Lord Cornwallis impose
Programs
re-
George
Whitefield.
An
Anglican
minister,
A
Whitefield is credited with starting the Great
teeming marketplace, auctions, a barbecue, horse
races and a large military encampment recreate the
vitality of 18th- century Williamsburg during the
Awakening in the American colonies during the
to the Battle of Yorktown. Military re- enactors
encamp on Market Square, set up military
checkpoints, conduct courts martial and patrol
general court session of September and October
ties.
the town throughout the weekend.
1773.
Whitefield' s voice, without amplification, could
The Stamp Act Crisis, Oct. 7 -9: Social and po-
be heard by more than 30, 000 people.
law in
martial
Williamsburg during
this
0 General Muster /Publick Times, Sept. 1 - 3:
Dec. 16:
create the December 1739 Williamsburg visit by
re - en-
actment of the British Occupation of 1781 prior
0
Day, July 4: The Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drum Corps begin the day
0 Independence
1740s. One of America' s first celebrities, he
was known far and wide for his oratorical
Franklin
abili-
estimated
that
Detailed schedules for the annual events will
litical ferment come to Virginia in reaction to the
with a march to Bruton Parish Church. There, a
Benjamin
appear in the weekly Visitor' s Companion.
Stamp Act of 1765, the first direct tax imposed on
Behind the Scenes at Antiques Forum:
Nominations sought for
Special events plans months in advance
Months before Antiques Forum
draws
the special events department is busy finalizing
red -carpet details. Calling herself " the one -stop
shopping person for the registrant," Deborah
Chapman,
assistant
director
of
special
events,
says, " It' s my responsibility to make sure that
when they come to Williamsburg that they have
an
forum
effortless
To that
end,
and
hotel
Chapman
experience."
says
she' s handled
participant' s dog one year.
This year' s program, " Old Objects, New
Approaches: Connoisseurship in the ' 90s," encourages participants to hone their perceptions
of what constitutes a valued antique. The forum
is Feb. 5 - 10, at the Williamsburg Lodge and
DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Gallery.
Forum preparations begin when the planning
committee, headed by Graham Hood, vice
on
a
for
topic,
museums
usually
and
a year
collections,
and
a
half
settles "
in advance.
After the program' s format and speakers are
chosen, the special events team swings into
action,
making
preparations
before
the
regis-
trants arrive and carrying out duties that extend
through
the
duration
of
their
stay
and mail
a brochure
and
ad-
minister the registration process," Chapman
explains. " We coordinate with hotels, as the
meeting planner more or less, the meeting
space,
the menus
and audiovisual
requirements.
I also put together printed materials: notepads,
reading lists- -any kind of supplemental mate -
volunteer of the year
Every year the Greater Williamsburg
Volunteer
Administrators
hosts
Association of
a gala to recognize
vol-
unteers in the area. This year the gala will be May 1, from
4 -7 p. m. at Commonwealth Hall Colonial Williamsburg
president Robert Wilburn will be the keynote speaker.
Every year, Williamsburg area agencies and institu-
real "
everything: from helping registrants secure airport car service to finding a kennel for a
president
We produce
near, "
During the forum, the special events staff
makes sure meetings run according to schedule
and that speakers
receive
assistance
as needed
tions that use volunteers nominate three volunteers for the
Volunteer
at the
of the Year Award. The winner is announced
gala.
Vernell
Sutherland,
who
coordinates
Colonial
Among other duties are assisting participants
with dining reservations and hotel concerns To
Williamsburg' s volunteer programs, is seeking nominees
provide participants with on- the -spot informa-
for the award.
tion about the Historic Area, the staff usually
Colonial Williamsburg volunteer should send their nomi-
hires a historic interpreter for the week.
nations to Sutherland by 5 p. m., Jan. 19
Chapman
and
special
events
director
John
Hamant say they look forward to the return of
the forum
and its participants
each year.
The attendees at the Antiques Forum are
simply wonderfully nice people," Hamant observed. " They greet you as a new friend initially. That friendship grows over the years until
those of us who work on the program feel we' re
part of their family and hopefully, they feel that
they' re a part of ours."
Employees
Three nominees
will be chosen
for the final evaluation
Include
who would like to nominate
a
and sent to the judges
and nomination.
the nominee'
s name,
daytime
phone
number
and complete address; your name, daytime phone, title
and department,
and a summary
of why you think
the
nominee should be volunteer of the year. Please keep
your summary to 75 words or less.
For
more
information,
call
Sutherland
at
7174
�News from the hotels
and restaurants
WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
COLONIAL
3
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1995
Inn earns 18th straight Mobil 5- star award
elite few," said L A Noto, chairman and chief
The Williamsburg Inn has earned an eighteenth straight five -star rating from the Mobil
Travel Guide -- placing the hotel in a
select group of eleven hotels.
Only two hotels in the group have
won the five star rating more
times consecutively - -the Carlyle
Hotel
in New
executive officer of Mobil Corporation " Only
35 dining and lodging establishments
met the exacting critena necessary to
merit the five -star rating," Noto
wrote in a congratulatory letter
to CWHPI vice president Jim
York and San
Miles.
Francisco' s Stanford Court Hotel.
Inn general
More than 20,000 hospitality
the
five star award in six categories. hoinns, and restaurants.
The five -star rating identifies a property as one
of the very best in the country.
Your establishment is in the company of an
Conference sales enjoyed another
Our focus
in
1995
ous year marks for room nights and
business, especially if it' s golf related.
Hotel
business
is on high - end
corporate
and
association
Brown attributed last year' s success
revenue.
sales
posted
new
topped $
than
11
percent
night
The
target
1995
conference
is comparable
Laundry fire
that convened here last year returning
this winter. January repeat business
includes the Virginia Bar Association,
the First Army chaplains, the Virginia
An employee'
s quick
reaction
prevented a fire at the Laundry earlier this month from spreading and
endangering
other employees
A load of range towels - - used to
room
clean
gas dryer
the towels
September."
belt, the towels burst in flame
The
IEW:(
rrno
Williamsburg
restaurant
through
the
washer
stoves - went
and
the
new
When the dryer dumped
onto
a rubber
conveyor
Flat work supervisor Herman
Woodlands
posted very strong meeting numbers -
HOTELS
I-atchett pulled the alarm, grabbed
l
20, 000 room
to 1994 re-
sults, but with higher revenue goals
That means
hospi-
tality."
Brown said. " Now, it' s comparable to
than
1993' s record 79, 765 conference room
nights
the vto we
worst month for convention business,"
10 million.
higher
and the award confirms
gional meeting of the United Methodist Church. " January used to be the
The 1994 room nights results were
more
achievement
treat our guests - - with the best in gracious
Association of Surveyors, and a re-
annual
records of 88, 863 conference room
nights and revenue
the country
for conferences
record year in 1994, surpassing previ-
remarkable
The five -star rating is a reflection of our employees," O' Day
said. " They are among the best in
tels, lodges, resorts, guest ranches,
record year
Brian
O' Day credited employees with
businesses compete each year for the
A
manager
a
nights
last year.
Brown
fire
extinguisher
and
extin-
attributes many of those sales to Scott
the hotel sales staff will
guished the blaze. Laundry man-
Coelln, who focused his efforts on gov-
ager Fred Clark assisted with an-
try to achieve a higher average room
rate. To do that, they will concentrate
to a foundation built in the first three
ernment, business, religious and frater-
other fire extinguisher.
months of the year - a record first quar-
nal organizations. Coelln was voted
on selling meals and golf, according to
ter. Brown hopes for a repeat of last
Gary Brown, director of hotel sales.
year' s strong start with many groups
Supplier of the Year by the Society of
Government Meeting Planners
No damage was reported - not
even a scorched
conveyor
belt.
Winter project makes Cascades accessible to all
The addition
quired
of the elevator
the modification
location
of conference
also re-
and minor re-
services
offices
on the bottom floor. That work should
be nearly complete.
Restroom modifications to permit
better access for the handicapped were
largely completed when the Cascades
was shut down for a week early this
month for annual kitchen maintenance
during a period of time when it posed
the least disruption for guests. The
shutdown also provided an opportunity
The Cascades Restaurant and Con-
The elevator is scheduled to be op-
ference Center is getting some modifications this winter, making both floors
and the building and the restrooms ac-
erational in April and will require a
small addition to the building' s exte-
building entrance.
The $250,000 project will bring the
rior. To install the elevator will require
Cascades
cessible
digging a hole about 20 feet deep. Be-
Americans with Disabilities Act and is
cause
part of a continuing program Colonial
Williamsburg has embarked on to
A contractor re- installs ceiling tiles for
the re- arranged office space for confer-
to the handicapped.
The most noticeable
a new elevator
change
to move guests
will be
between
sloped
the
sides
to prevent
of the
hole
must
be
cave - ins, the hole to
to construct
a wheelchair
ramp at the
into compliance with the
the entrance foyer and the function
be dug will be much larger than the
make
the Historic
Area
and other
rooms and restrooms downstairs
actual space required for the elevator.
buildings accessible to all our guests.
ence services in the Cascades.
Williamsburg Woodlands renovates 54 more guest rooms
The Woodlands is teeming with
contractors
renovating
54 rooms in
time for spring guests.
The project is the third year of a
multi year effort to return the property
to the new appearance the hotel had
when it opened in 1957.
Workers are busy repairing and
painting walls and ceilings, applying
new wallpaper,
refinishing
parquet
cabinetry and furniture. The renovations cost approximately $ 552, 000.
The workers are beefing up new
safety features. The attics get new fire
barriers and room smoke detectors will
be hard -wired into a more dependable
central system, alerting visitors and
management simultaneously.
The Governor'
s Inn also gets some
wood floor sections and laying new
sprucing
carpet.
maintenance and painting.
The project
also
includes
new
up this winter with annual
Workers renovate Woodlands rooms ( clockwise from top left): patching ceilings,
sanding walls, painting and wallpapering. Outside contractors are doing the work.
Environmental
thought for the week
To
recycle
cardboard
boxes,
corrugated
put a large
box aside. Flatten the rest and
put
them
inside
the
large
Colonial Williamsburg
RECYCLES
box.
Colonial Williamsburg
Recycling Committee
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COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1995
NEWSBRIEFS
Can you help find
Gallery of the library from 6 -8 p. m on
copies of this book?
ceeds will benefit the library. Space is
Feb. 2. Tickets are $ 25 each and proIimited and reservations will be taken
Terry Yemm of the landscape maintenance
department
needs
on a first come, first- served basis
employees'
Make checks
help to find copies of a book. The
book, " We Were There" by Jane
Carson, is out of print
payable
to the College
of William and Mary /Swem Library
and
He would like
send
them,
vories,"
to find 25 copies, to be used as refer-
attention "
Swem
Sa-
to: College of William and
Mary, Swem Library, PO Box 8794.
Williamsburg, VA 23187 -8794 Call
ence documents for environmental tour
interpreters
221 - 3050 for more information
Employees who have copies to lend
Presentation skills class
or give away should send them to
Yemm in care of the landscape depart-
A new volunteer group, the " CW
ment, FSO
Ambassadors,"
Looking for models
help Colonial Williamsburg employees
and volunteers develop their presentation skills, according to Vernell
The
office
of architectural
collec-
tions management is doing a survey of
Colonial Williamsburg' s architectural
models. The office is putting together
Sutherland,
has been formed to
who
coordinates
the
foundation' s volunteer programs.
The foundation receives many requests from community organizations,
an inventory of the models and gathering information about them.
conference groups and others who are
Information
models
about
the
location
used in the restoration
of
interested in learning more about the
and in-
foundation and its programs. The class
terpretation of the Historic Area should
be directed
to Christie
is for people who receive these re-
Ensign, 221-
LET ME TOUCH THAT UP FOR YOU —A makeup artist powders an actor' s
nose during videotaping for " The American Process," a documentary about
the evolution of democracy. Scenes for the program were filmed in the Hall of
8694.
Free tax assistance
given
the
Employees who are puzzled by tax
laws,
credits
and
deductions
can
Program.
of Burgesses,
is
program
on Duke
set
to
air
of Gloucester
on
PBS
Street
and
in the
Patrick
The service
is
sponsored by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and employees volunteers trained by the Internal Revenue
Service
Assistance with basic income tax
returns is offered on a first come, first
served basis from 3 - 7 p m Tuesdays
and Thursdays, Feb. 2 - April 13, at the
Training sessions will be conducted
sailor
from 9 a m to noon Feb. 13, 15 and 17,
Colonial Williamsburg' s volunteer
programs office is seeking information
about employees and local residents
who might be interested in hosting a
Colonial Williamsburg. Employees
who have rooms to rent or other living
space for a volunteer should call Vernell Sutherland
in the Publick
food, books and music, entitled " Swem
Volunteer housing needed
Savories,"
Feb
2
area restaurants
Tastings from 10
and caterers
classroom
terested in receiving coaching
will be
The
on plan-
ning, developing and delivering their
featured along with an exhibition of
cookbooks and music by jazz ensemble
lectures
or presentations.
Inside Out The tastings will be fol-
For
lowed by Voices for the Future, a performance of a cappella music by col-
Sutherland
more
information,
call
at 7174
In memory...
Frances E. Hooper, died Jan
Among restaurants offering one or
more
Hospital
classes are open to anyone who is in-
lege students
at 7174.
Religion over coffee
Franklin Street Office Building.
in
groups.
Raleigh
in the fall.
sometime
and others who are interested
representing the foundation to outside
get
free help through VITA, the Volunteer
Tax Assistance
House
Tavern. The
quests
of their
signature
menu
items
7
For 35 years she played the cello in the
are
Governor'
Berret' s Restaurant and Raw Bar, Ca-
s Musick,
a chamber
music
Taxpayers should bring their 1994
A Popularity Poll: Women in the
state and federal tax forms, wage and
Bible," is the discussion topic for the
tered
earning statements ( Form W -2) from
next religion brown bag session, Jan
Fields
all employers, all interest and dividend
24. This month' s session is in the early
morning, from 7: 45 to 9 a. m. Coffee
Restaurants, Nick' s Seafood Pavillion
year' s state and federal returns if avail-
and refreshments
will
provided by Ben and Jerry' s and Colo-
She was a Colonial Williamsburg em-
able,
more
call 7111.
nial Williamsburg.
ployee
statements ( Form 1099), a copy of last
and
other
relevant
information
about income and expenses
VITA volunteers are trained to complete federal forms
and
1040,
and
1040EZ,
Virginia
1040A
State
be served.
For
Occasions,
Chez
Tavern,
Le
event
will
Trinh,
Yaca,
and Ristorante Primo
The
College offers ` Tasty
Governor'
Indian
Kingsmill
Mari
he in the Botetourt
The Swem Library at the College of
Characters
it also
tons of research
characters'
us to do
and reexamine
our
points of view on political
social
The new storylines and characters
are sure to pique the interest of the visitors and staff as we continue
to learn
from the past
hatchback,
for
skim
Angus
cattle
are
and
2
used
for
Our herd currently numbers I1,
with 2 oxen, one bull, 6 milking cows,
one steer and one young heifer Trailblazer
resides
in
the
pastures
at
meat because they fatten more quickly
Carter' s Grove. Calves and their moth-
and
ers are brought to Historic Area pas-
produce
greater
quantities
than the red Devon
of meat
Modern farmers
tures, where visitors can enjoy them.
Employees are invited to name Co-
also rely less on animal labor, making
use of modern
AM/ FM / cassette,
just
of the
handmade crate -style, finished in special walnut stain,
tuned
Call Mike at
pan cycle,
attaches
barely used,
Phonemate
double
cult - size cas-
For Sale. 1994 Chevy white Geo Prizm, 5, 500 miles,
top, power spray,
to faucet,
negotiable,
sette answering machine, model 935, used daily, $ 20
Call Patty at 7134 or 566 -0976
or 565 - 1270
For Sale: W h irlpool portable dishwasher,
perfect condition. take over existing lease, $ 244/ month.
white, $ 350
Round
please call Judy at 2358
dining
table,
two chairs, $
200,
Chippendale
upholstered wing chair, blue and white, $ 200, Cherry
wood accessory table. $ 100, Etched crystal lamp, $ 75,
able offer; Industrial jigsaw, $ 100, Sears Craftsman
White porcelain
12" bandsaw, $
wheels and shelf, $ 50, IBM Quietwriter typewriter with
250,
Alpine
car stereo
with
tape deck.
50. Call Kim at 829 6720 or leave message at 7337
Pickup
past popularity Colonial Williamsburg
partment,
rare breeds program
Names
to do
knowledge
attention
should
be
Richard
submitted
Nicoll
no later
than Jan. 24. A name will be chosen by
Hoover
cannister
vacuum, $
125,
De-
oven, $ 50, Tony little exercise
220 - 3093
For Sale: Townhouse in Jamestown 1607 Three bedFor Sale: Fit -One cross country skier, like new, excellent
condition.
Total
body
workout,
folds
rooms,
for easy
11/ baths,
2
end
unit,
good
condition,
close
to
pool, nice community, near to parkway, manna, ferry,
storage, four- function LCD, electronics/ stride, counter/
etc. Asking $ 62, 500
timer /pace /est , calories burned, fully adjustable sep-
Call 220 - 9138 and leave
mes-
sage
resistance
controls
for
legs
and
arms, $
200,
exterior protection car cover. Washable, easy on /easy
for names should
200,
toaster/ broiler
skier with video. 575 All items like new, cash only Call
3/ 8 work truck Digital pager 988 - 3318 or 887-
MEGA Memory,
Suggestions
lamp, $ 50, Typing table with locking
3350
resident.
be sent to the coach and livestock de-
will continue
15 fonts, $
Longhi
For Sale: 1987 Pontiac 6000. Runs great 1976 Dodge
arate
lihood, probably never rebound to their
general
in the office
10.
autumn plaid, queen -size sleep sofa in very good
condition, 5150 negotiable, Three wooden end tables,
10 each
7674
belt, good tires, $ 1, 750
lonial Williamsburg' s newest bovine
technology.
Milking red Devons will, in all like-
it part to increase
died Jan.
For Sale: V W bus, needs rebuilt engine, make reason-
milk
Black
Call 220 - 1071
convertible to built -in Butcherblock
Red Devon calf
demand
five- speed,
up, new timing
Inquiries
Continued from page 1
percent
185
For Sale: 1988 Justy Subaru GL 37 MPG, two -door
issues."
pot and
consumers'
and worked
45,
the
For Sale: Seven foot winged arm sofa with matching
chair in very good condition, $ 150 negotiable, Six foot
sliding back glass, fits 1989 to 1994 full - size
Chevy or GMC shortbeds, $
and
forces
W. Caro,
at
Marketplace
windows,
possibility of new characters, Tarleton
though "
performs
resident architect
For Sale: 1994 aluminum camper shell, black, bubble
said,
s Palace
Dessert will be
William and Mary offers an evening of
Continued from page 1
that
Treats' Feb. 2
income
tax returns.
information,
ensemble
off, water
brand new, $ 60, Evolution
repellant
and
breathable,
For Sale: Three bedroom rancher in Gloucester with
3 interior/
fits cars
14' 1"
two full baths, large family room with vaulted ceiling,
to
large
eat - in kitchen
with
custom - built
cabinets
Dish-
15' bumper to bumper, light grey color, stores easily,
washer, stove, will negotiate the refngerator and washer
lock provision,
stitched
and dryer
Walk - up attic, wall -to -wall carpet, linoleum
seams with durable elastic hem, 550. Call 7085 or 565-
soft and durable
with double
in kitchen,
large
3288 after 5 p m.
double car driveway,
1988 $
69, 900.
deck Off the kitchen,
1/ 2 acre lot with
well landscaped
Call Mike
at 7674
yard, built in
or 693 - 7950
Jan
Wanted: Nordic Trak or cross- country type machine
Call Janice McCoy at 7968 or (804) 725 -3817, after 6
31
Wanted:
p. m.
and the breed' s numbers
Colonial Williamsburg employees only Submit ads in
For Sale:
Thanks for Caring...
to the more
than
50 departments
that
Community
were
extremely
Agency
grateful
generous employees
to
and the
Colonial
basket
For Sale:
and
its ;:::.
Community
Action,
16
retirees
and
nine
other
families.
bed set: two mattresses,
springs, two frames and assorted sheets $
offer.
o
ter
for their support. The foundation
reached more than 175 individuals in 40 families through
Twin
Call Betsi
at 2891
the
Marketplace
Ads
are
free
for
wrmng to Kim Cenova, GB0. 132, in person or by
interoffice mail Or, FAX them to 7702 Include your
10 - 12,
two
tor
name
and work
box
unit, these
requested
Ads
are not included
run for one week
in the ad
and must
be
renewed in writing; no phone calls, please
repeated
150 or best
or 229 - 4462.
Ads are
must
as space
allows
Ads and renewals
be
received by 5 p m Friday
o
recipients = :
Williamsburg
size
unless
m
Action
jacket,
and ask for Bob
sponsored
Christmas baskets.
mink hip - length
very beautiful. $ 750 Call 7972 from 7 a. m - 3. 30 p m
The Hospitality and Courtesy Committee extends its sincere Nospita
gratitude
White
Ads
4'
R.
Jte
yt'
A special thanks is extended to all the department coordinators who
worked on the project and delivery. Christmas baskets are a great way to
give something back to the community and to those with special needs.
Colonial Williamsburg News is published weekly by the Communications Department for Colonial Williamsburg employees. Send correspondence
the CW News Hotline at NEWS/ 6397.
to " Colonial
Williamsburg
News,
GBO - 131,"
Patrick Saylor, 7120
Editor... . . . ....
Associate
FAX it to 220 - 7702 or call
Editor ..... . . . .. .
Jim Bradley, 7281
Contributors' Sandy Belan, Lorraine Brooks, Kim Genova, Anita Hallman, Sophia Hart, Curtia James, Dawn
Estrin, Lael White, Kathy Dunn,
This
publication
is
printed
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Colonial
Williamsburg
Inside
Educational
outreach
S
Information about
Colonial Williamsburg
people
and programs
Volume 48, No. 4
2
program
Roehr named
Chef of the
Year
3
January 27, 1995
Tucker House to become donor hospitality center
The
St.
George
Tucker
House
is
family' s modern history
being given new life, thanks to the generosity of three Colonial Williamsburg
donors Gifts totaling $ 1 1 million will
includes
be used to renovate the house, an origi-
half -dozen
nal 18th -century home on Nicholson
boxwood grove and substantial gardens
Street
surround
near
Palace
Green.
The nearly 5, 000 square - foot house
a
central
It is to be
bedrooms
Wilburn
societies.
anonymous
great
and a kitchen
A
Robert
president
announced
the
gifts.
one
All the donors are mem-
was
bers of the Raleigh Tavern Society.
built in the mid- 18th century and purchased by St. George Tucker, who
came to Williamsburg from Bermuda
in 1771 to study law and established an
influential family presence in the Vir-
The project has been fully underwritten by three longtime friends who want
ginia
core of the house
and
the house
Foundation
used as a hospitality center for members of Colonial Williamsburg' s donor
The central
passage
room, a library, parlor, dining room. a
colony.
George
Tucker
to
pal
succeeded
Wythe as Professor
encourage
others
to
join
them."
Wilburn said. In addition to the princianonymous
donor.
Jim
and
Maureen Gorman from Maine have
of Law at
committed $ 150, 000 to furnish
the
the College of William and Mary, and
house. Marilyn and Doug Morton of
his descendants made significant con-
Colorado committed $ 100, 000 to re-
tributions
to Virginia as well
plant the garden.
The St. George Tucker House will become a hospitality center for members of
Among
them
were
his
son,
Nathaniel Beverly Tucker, a lawyer
and
judge;
Nathaniel'
s
Following work by the departments
Colonial Williamsburg' s donor groups, thanks to generous gifts from three Raleigh
Tavern Society members. It is to open in Spring 1996.
daughter
of archaeological
tural
Cynthia Beverly Tucker Coleman, who
co- founded the Association
Preservation
of Virginia
Cynthia'
son
s
Coleman,
of the
assistant
state
Foundation offers opportunities for giving
for the
Colonial Williamsburg' s donor
Preston
groups
to the commission
came
iamsburg
to Colonial
ownership
home
will
The Raleigh Tavern
Paint colors will be guided by de-
after
reflect
analysis on interior surfaces. The Craft
Co- chaired
House design studio will coordinate a
Colo-
by
is
systems
Society,
Williamsburg' s flagship donor group.
In 1994,
1979,
the house' s electri-
founded
and operations.
in
will upgrade
cal, plumbing, heating and ventilation
largely from the following groups:
for people
Jim
Colonial
Lehrer
Charles Brown, its members have
more than $ 20 million in gifts, grants
unselfishly
and
Dr.
projects
pledges.
Of that
amount, $
5. 4
million was in unrestricted funds,
the Tucker
tailed
and
nial Williamsburg contributors gave
Will-
Kimbrough' s death. A room in the restored
offer opportunities
ments
to the foundation' s educational pro-
at Ft. Eustis.
house
teams
from every walk of life to contribute
of highways,
and Dr. Janet Coleman Kimbrough, a
The
architec-
collections,
grams
department
physician
research.
and
from the facilities maintenance depart-
Antiquities;
George
research
supported
such
as the Bruton
records
and
paint
showcasing of Colonial Williamsburg
major
Heights
historical
furnishings and accessories.
Edu-
When it opens in Spring 1996, the
Please see Giving on page 4
Please see Tucker House on page 4
Ticket sales posted a
increase in 1994
slight
Tickets sold at Colonial Williamsburg in-
Visitors
purchased
more
than 32, 000 of the
creased during 1994, reversing a five -year trend
of declining sales
Colonial Williamsburg visitors purchased
tickets, according to Paul Kusserow, Colonial
Williamsburg director of marketing. " People
925, 729 tickets. a 1 8 percent increase over
and other
1993 sales Total attendance during 1994 — the
interest in history and learning," Kusserow said.
total number
of people
Area — is estimated
who visited
to be about
the Historic
3 million.
are looking for value, in the form of packages
incentives.
There'
s also
a renewed
Foundation officials are putting the final
touches
on a new marketing
plan aimed at in-
We' re very pleased to reverse the trend in
creasing tickets and strengthening revenues.
ticket sales." said Colonial Williamsburg president Robert C. Wilburn. " We hope to see ad-
The plan has three primary goals: to maintain
Colonial Williamsburg' s current visitor base, to
ditional
strengthen local and regional visitation and to
increases
in visitation
and
sales
in
1995.
attract new visitors
We continue to improve and expand our
educational programs as well as our marketing
and public relations efforts We believe we are
poised for a successful
year."
included
a television "
marketing
lonial Williamsburg is an interesting, living,
dynamic
The increase in ticket sales is attributed, in
part, to a successful
Among the first tasks will be to change visitors' perception of Colonial Williamsburg. " Co-
campaign
infomercial"
that
promoting
Williamsburg and offering a " 5 -4 - 1"
place,"
Kusserow
said "
It' s not the
same every year; there' s something new to learn
every time you visit."
Plans are in the works to gather detailed in-
ticket.
formation about Colonial Williamsburg' s visi-
which included reduced admission to Colonial
tors and using that information to develop new
Jamestown
Settlement,
Williamsburg,
Yorktown Victory Center, Busch Gardens and
Water Country, U. S. A.
programs "
tors
want,
We need
through
to find out what our visi-
research,
and
gear
our edu-
Please see Turnaround on page 2
Mandatory drug testing notice for all Colonial
Williamsburg employees
This is the official 30 -day notice to all Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
The exhibition " Designed to Deceive: English Pottery Fakes"
includes
this circa 1981 earthenware
ed in Buckinghamshire,
day,
England.
owl, believed
The exhibition
to be creatopens
Fri-
Jan 27.
Speaker highlights
exhibit openings
Employees are invited to welcome two exciting exhibits to the Wallace Gallery through a distinguished scholar
lecture. Witold Rybczynski
will speak on " Dress and De-
cor," at 8 p m., Saturday, Feb. 4, in honor of the opening
of the exhibitions "
British
Delft
from
Colonial
Williams-
employees concerning the first period of testing under the foundation' s
burg" and " Designed to Deceive: English Pottery Fakes."
Mandatory Drug Testing Program. The official notice date is Friday, Jan.
27, 1995. Testing will take place during the period of Feb. 26 - March 2.
in Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania. A member
Professor Rybczynski holds the Martin Meyerson Chair
of the Authors' Guild, he has written more than 90 articles
Please
see
Exhibits
on page
2
�2
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
Library
We must pass these resolutions
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1995
acquires petition, papers
of opposi-
a Hartley family member reclaimed it
tion to the iniquitous Townsend Duties by
Following the death last year of the last
Hartley owner, the petition was sold at auction
and purchased by the foundation in December.
The purchase was made possible by a donation
which Parliament has degraded and enslaved
us." Thus spoke Patrick Henry in an impassioned speech to the House of Burgesses op-
posing the imposition of yet another British tax
upon the American
11 - page
Governor'
colonies.
petition
and
members
the
House
of
the
taxable property, which includes a list of
Fleming' s slaves, as well as various receipts, ac-
P E T I T I O N
TO
the Maners thought the papers might be of hiscollection
provides
a wonderful
peek
into
the
past," Greve said
David Hartley, a British compatriot of
Employees
in the
are welcome
To the K I N G' s MOST EXCELLENT
MAJESTY.
to see the petition
political events going on in America, somehow
obtained a copy of the petition, possibly from
and the documents. Both items will be main-
Franklin.
through the Hartley family and deposited in the
trolled rare book room of the foundation library
The library is at 415 North Boundary St. on the
Berkshire Public Records Office in England,
corner
where it remained for a number of years until
daily from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.
The document
was then passed
HIS
MAJESTY.
torical interest to the foundation. " The Fleming
on it is completed."
interested
E
After hearing about the slave auction last fall,
and exhibition purposes, but the printing office
will be able to study and possibly reproduce the
was
H
counting records and other documents.
the petition of tremendous value for teaching
who
T
ginia jurist. Among the papers is a register of
This is a very exciting acquisition for Colonial Williamsburg," says Gail Greve, associate curator of special collections. " Not only is
Franklin
and both Houiee of
G. WYTHE, CI. H. R.
liam Fleming Papers. William and Virginia
Maner, Williamsburg residents, donated the papers of William Fleming, an 18th - century Vir-
Lord Fairfax.
Benjamin
poled they would be laid before his MsjesrY,
Parliament.
quired a set of 12 documents known as the Wil-
of Bur-
Rind, the document is signed by the Governor
once research
not to be publifhed with the,
In addition to the petition, the library also ac-
gesses to King George protesting the
Townsend Acts. Printed in 1769 by William
document
of Buss
JOURNALS until the : 5th of December, before which Time it was fvp-
department, which assisted in budgeting funds.
from
s Council
g.1%The following PETITION, MEMORIAL and REMONSTRANCE,
were ordered by the House
from the Sanders Foundation and the collections
The Foundation Library recently acquired
an
i )
tained for research purposes in the climate -con-
down
of Lafayette,
and is open
MOST
GRACIOUS
SOVEREIGN,
This petition, from the Governor' s Council to King George, was
printed by William Rind. It bears the signature, " G. W. Fairfax." It
Photo b Tom Green
recently was acquired by the Foundation Library.
to the public
Foundation co- sponsors educational outreach in Alabama
from
Representatives
Representing the foundation are
foundation' s education division travel
work of a tradesman and investigating
the role of African -Americans through
They wanted to bring Williamsburg into their classrooms and make
Tim Russell of the carpenter' s yard,
to Alabama later this month to spread
storytelling
their students enthusiastic about study-
Larry Earl of African -American Inter-
ing history," Broyles explained, " so
they went door -to -door to the other
pretation
Group Services.
to bring colonial history to life in their
schools to raise money for the trip."
The program is being co- sponsored
by the Old Alabama Town/ Landmarks
Foundation of Montgomery. The foun-
classrooms.
dation
Thompson
town museum that depicts the lifestyles
blies in which they' ll learn about the
According to Tab Broyles of School
and Group Services, the outreach mis-
work and leisure activities of 18th - cen-
sion
of
of central Alabama during the 19th
century through architecture, decora-
tury Virginians Activities include examining reproduction
18th- century
Doris Jean Peak and Margaret Hixon,
tive arts and historical interpretation.
two Montgomery teachers who at-
Brubaker Dodge of Montgomery also
clothing,
tended the Summer Teachers Institute
is providing support for the outreach
in 1993.
program
Colonial
Williamsburg'
the
s educational
message. There they will conduct a 12day educational outreach program for
and music.
Teachers will attend a 41/ hour in2service
program
in which
they will
elementary school students and teach-
learn how to use 18th- century reproduction clothing and artifacts, primary
ers
sources, role -playing and storytelling
More than
eight
1, 000 fifth graders at
schools
in Montgomery
and
Phenix City will participate in assem-
learning
through
dancing,
social
customs
experiencing
the
came
about
through
the efforts
operates
Old Alabama
Town,
a
Smith
and
and
Presentations
Broyles
and
Sue
of School
and
None of this would have been possible
without
the
generous
support
of
Raleigh Tavern Society member] Hall
and
South
Central
Bell,"
Broyles said " They provided the funding that allowed Doris Jean, Margaret
and other Alabama teachers to attend
the Summer
Teacher
Institute."
The outreach team leaves for Ala-
bama on Sunday, Jan. 29, and returns
to Williamsburg Friday, Feb 10.
Turnaround
continued from page 1
cational programming
our mission
and
we' re good
ministered by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, a non - profit educa-
want."
tional institution. Colonial Williams-
and packages
the things
at, as well as what people
to
Though ticket sales showed a re-
burg hotels and restaurants are operated
sions. Colonial Williamsburg hotels
by Colonial Williamsburg Hotel Properties, Inc., a foundation subsidiary
The foundation and its subsidiary em-
and restaurants posted a 3 percent gain
ployed 3, 500 people in 1994.
bound, total revenue declined slightly,
due in large part to discounted
admis-
over 1993 revenue, boosted by a 4 percent increase
revenue
from
in room
retail
sales
sales,
Products
mail
order
Total revenue for the foundation and
subsidiary was $ 130. 5 million in 1993,
against expenses of $147. 2 million. The
and royalties rose by 9 percent over
gap was closed by endowment income
1993 levels.
and reserves. Income and expenses for
Colonial Williamsburg' s Historic
Area and educational
programs
are ad-
1994 will be available
when the annual
report is published in late spring.
on the subject
housing and technology
Programs and tours during week four
of the Winter Discovery Series explore
sensation focuses on how black women
African
tury Williamsburg. The topic for pro-
jeopardy of belonging to the " inferior"
sex of an " inferior" race. Presented by
grams Jan. 31 -
Sandra Y. Johnson in the Hennage Au-
Americans'
Equal?
roles in 18th - cen-
Feb. 4 is " Ain' t I Your
African- American
Struggle
burg."
in
Life
18th- Century
and
Williams-
Other Half Tour" -
This 90- minute
Women
from the arrival
pretation and Presentations
Tours leave from the
Lumber House at 1: 30 p. m.
This
session
focuses
on
that have been retained in
culture. Presented
by Robert
A series of African
ranging from objects of beauty to those
strictly utilitarian in function. It is show-
and African - American
cased in the Hennage Auditorium ex-
pretation and Presentations staff in the
hibit case. The delft exhibition
Hennage
and exhibitions. The shows close in
Auditorium.
3: 30 p. m.
Wednesday, Feb. 1
Slaves and 18th- Century Law" - Learn
how the law applied
Presented
by
to enslaved
Anne
Hennage Auditorium.
How do we know what we know ?" -
During this Hennage Auditorium presentation, Christy Coleman and Robert
M. Watson Jr. share the secrets behind
interpreting African - American history
and crafts.
Hiring
10: 30 a. m.
out
of
Willis
blacks.
in
the
the trade and the technical
African- American
enact, with members of the character in-
body," a container made in 1682 in the
form of a bearded man without a torso.
side of coo-
pering. Presented by Felix Simmons in
the Hennage Auditorium. 3: 30 p. m.
Saturday, Feb. 4
Forgotten
Voices" -
that examines
A multi - image film
the experiences
of en-
slaved blacks in 18th - century Williamsburg. In the Hennage Auditorium. 10: 30
a. m.
10: 30 a. m.
Interpretation and Presentations staff re-
The delft exhibition features " Mr. No-
Adam
craftsmen" -
Waterford, a free black cooper, explains
Transformation
Courthouse Cases" -
York.
Employees are welcome to the lecture
stories are pre-
sented by the African -American Inter-
donors Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Weldon
3: 30
his craft, the bartering process, tools of
The Storyteller" -
and foundation
Auditorium.
Friday, Feb. 3
1807.
10: 30 a. m.
pottery was featured in a 1994 teal of an
English man suspected of forging pottery It is presented in the gallery' s study
storage foyer. Twenty -six fake English
pottery pieces are on long -term loan
Inter-
staff explore
p. m.
C. Watson in the Hennage Auditorium.
Designed to Deceive," includes the
interpretation.
gnettes in the Hennage
American
sored by Sara Lee Corporation.
Williamsburg"
of the African - American
of blacks in Virginia in 1619 through the
Africanisms
is spon-
of
first -person
the roles of black women during 3 -4 vi-
ture" -
The delft exhibition features wares
January 1996
10: 30 a. m.
at the black experience,
Africanisms in North American Cul-
His most recent
the National Gallery of Canada.
of New
Black
in the double
walking tour provides an in -depth look
Tuesday, Jan. 31
of architecture.
Art Inside the Walls," a monograph on
collectors
ditorium.
members
Greenhow
books are " Waiting for the Weekend"
1991), " Looking Around" ( 1992) and
from ceramics
had to live and survive
Through
Daily
glish in
from page I
and papers
explore African -American life
abolition of the slave trade by the En-
Exhibits
continued
Winter Discovery programs
terpreter staff, civil and felony cases involving African Americans. At the
Courthouse. 3: 30 p. m.
Thursday, Feb. 2
African- American Women" - This pre-
of African
Musical
Traditions
in the New World" -
sentation
and lecture explores African
music and its contribution
This pre-
to the New
World via the slave trade, with an em-
phasis on North America. Presented
by
Harvey Bakari and the African- American Interpretation
and Presentations
staff
in the Hennage Auditorium. 3: 30 p. m.
�News from the hotels and restaurants
COLONIAL
WILLIAMSBURG
NEWS
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
3
1995
27
Roehr is Chef of the Year
The Virginia
Manfred
Chefs'
Association
came
has chosen
Roehr as Chef of the Year for 1994.
The announcement was made Jan. 15 at the
annual
chefs'
more than once.
Inn executive
offices
gets, and staff supervision.
Two years ago, Roehr was given responsibil-
in the Virginia
president
Roehr earned designation
ity for the two taverns he currently manages.
He
as a certified
execu-
Federation and was inducted into the American
Academy of Chefs in 1988.
Roehr manages two operating taverns in the
Area— Chnstiana
Campbell'
Manfred Roehr holds his Chef of the Year trophy in front of a
fireplace in Chowning' s Tavern. He is a two -time winner of the
Virginia Chefs' Association'
s
highest honor.
Photoh,
Jim
From
1977 to 1986,
manager
Order
of the
Pineapple
in
at the Ramada
Inn in Newport
News and
chef at the Red Ox restaurant in Hampton.
Roehr was born m Germany and became a
naturalized U S citizen in 1968 He lives in New-
he was chef and assis-
tant manager at Chowning' s Tavern In 1986, he
was promoted to manager of Chowning' s. He be-
Bradle,
the
a seven year stint in the U. S. Army. After military service, he was assistant food and beverage
s and Josiah
Chowning' s Taverns.
Roehr came to Colonial Williamsburg as a
sous chef at the Williamsburg Lodge in March
1972.
received
1991 Awarded for exemplary hospitality and
courtesy, it' s the highest honor Colonial Williamsburg bestows on employees.
Prior to Joining Colonial Williamsburg, Roehr
had held several food service positions, including
and chairman.
tive chef in 1980 from the American Culinary
Histonc
next
ware and equipment, preparing menus and bud-
Chefs' Association— sergeant - at -arms, secretary,
vice president,
the
Roehr had the responsibility of getting the tavern
ready for business, including ordering china, flat-
chef
first elected Chef of the Year in 1982.
treasurer,
s Tavern
In 1988, he was named manager of Shields
Hans Schadler is the only other Colonial Williamsburg chef to share the distinction Roehr was
Roehr has held several
of Campbell'
Tavern four months before the tavern opened.
ball in Richmond
Roehr is one of only three chefs to hold the
distinction
manager
year.
port News with his wife, Rhonda They have two
adult children.
Colonial Weekends explore tavern keeping
Participants explore the origins of
for hospitality to travelers. In a 1771
perience in pre -Revolutionary War
Virginia hospitality during five Colonial Weekends in February and March
at Colonial Williamsburg
Virginza Gazette, Gerald Maupin ad-
Virginia.
vertised
that
he
had "
purchased
The Colonial Weekends are
the
Feb
House on Market Square. . for the Pur-
10 - 12,
17 - 19 and 24 - 26 and March
pose of Keeping Tavern," assuring his
5
10 - 12.
Williamsburg 300 Years of Hospital-
customers
lodging Friday and Saturday nights, a
welcoming reception, Saturday break-
occupancy at the Williamsburg Wood-
ity," shares an understanding
of the
important role taverns played in the life
Entertainment
fast, an illustrated presentation and
pancy at the Williamsburg Inn Single
of Virginia' s 18th- century colonial
tour, a colonial
occupancy
largest and richest colony in North
Williamsburg' s 18th -century taverns
provided the best food, drink and lodging to their customers. That tradition of
service continues today in the Historic
Area where visitors stay and dine in
America, Williamsburg
taverns
The theme, " Tavern
Keeping
in
The
capital
In its heyday as the political, economic and social hub of England' s
set a standard
Twenty -nine
he could provide " the best
and Accommodations."
men
and
that recreate
women
the
traveler'
of
pictured:
Kevin
Cassandra
Morris,
Roberts,
Octavia
Brenda Harper and Clarence
Graham,
Paul
Smith,
Lou
Ebanks, Patrick Simonds, Natasuha Hester and Sonja Willie.
Sears. Not
Bartlett,
Kevin
Photos by Jim Bradley
Registration
dinner
Saturday
the Williamsburg
includes
range
with entertain-
evening,
Sunday
from $ 202
Inn
March
per person,
rates
double
lands to $ 317 per person, double occu-
and extra
person
rates
are
available.
brunch at the Lodge or Cascades and
Registration
is limited
For
more
a three -day Colonial Williamsburg ad-
information, or to make reservations,
mission
employees may call Colonial Week-
ticket.
February rates range from $ 197-
employees earn
Food and beverage employees ( left to right): Rosemary Simonds, Tina Fleming,
Taraouat,
ment
s ex-
Twenty -nine Woodlands and Governor' s Inn employees recently completed
the Performance Plus training program offered through the American Hotel
and Motel Association. The group included food and beverage employees at
Mohamed
and
3-
207 per person, double occupancy at
the Williamsburg Woodlands to $ 293314 per person, double occupancy at
at 7731.
AH &MA certificates
the Cascades
sonnel
ends Reservations
and the Woodlands
Grill
and housekeepers
and front desk per-
at both hotels.
Front desk and housekeeping ( left to right): Shelia Whiting, Frederick Boyce,
Regina Davis, Cynthia Armstead, Deborah Bates, Cindy Byrd, Anthony Ross and
Audie Ruble. Not pictured:
Annyn
Vanderlooven,
Nguyen Do,
Vita Porter,
Demetrice Saunders, William Bailey, Alice Neale and Jimmy Biggs.
Golden Horseshoe will host five tournaments
The Gold and Green golf courses serve as venues for five
two -day Golden Horseshoe tournaments in 1995
The annual tournaments
are designed
ther- and - son
tournament
June
24 - 25.
Amateur
two - man
teams vie for low gross and low net honors in the best ball competition
to enhance
golf revenue and rooms and meals business by
Amateurs
extending the prime seasons for golf. Cus-
gible to compete in the Golden Horse-
tomer demand for golf at Colonial Will-
are
scheduled
in
the
30 - 31
and
early
tournament
36 - hole "
tournament
prizes
for
low
captain'
s
awards
gross
team
Four -
26 -27. Some of the region' s best
season
4 - 5 with the Golden
tees
amateurs
off
two - man
Environmental
thought
for the week
Don' t mix
The Golden Horseshoe Couples
Tournament concludes the tourna-
team
ment
18 holes of " captain' s
choice" and concludes with a round of four -ball.
The Golden Horseshoe honors the architects of the Co-
lonial Williamsburg' s golf courses with the Jones Cup fa-
season
Nov.
6 - 7.
teams begin the competition
must be active, retired or reserve military. The
competition begins with
as
event.
teur tournament is limited to 60 two -man
of each
RECYCLES
teams in the best -ball stroke play
Horseshoe
At least one member
compete
Colonial Williamsburg
cash
The Golden Horseshoe
Military Invitational. The two -day amateams
eli-
Ball tournament tees off Aug
seasons
The strategy also attracts particiThe
are
scores.
pants that tend to be repeat visitors.
March
The
choice"
spring, summer and late fall to help
bring demand in those periods up to
the prime
professionals
shoe Summer Open Invitational July
iamsburg tends to be the highest during
the spring and fall. The five tournaments
and
of " captain' s choice"
Two - person
corrugated
cardboard. Waxed cardboard is
not recyclable.
with 18 holes
and conclude with a
round of four -ball.
For more information, or to enter any of the tournaments,
call 7696
waxed
cardboard with regular corrugated
Colonial Williamsburg
Recycling Committee
�4
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
NEWS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1995
Behind the Scenes at Antiques
NewsBriefs
Forum:
Planning committee plays key
Al Borcover, the article will feature an
Save on chocolate treats
120
Williamsburg Chocolates,
Tewning Road, Suite D, just off
role in program' s success
Ironbound Road near Agape Animal
interview
with B. J. Pryor, who portrays
the Rev. Samuel Henley. It is to run
Sunday, March 19, in the magazine
section.
tails, from " deciding who' s going to
Clinic, offers a 10 percent discount to
Williamsburg' s Antiques Forum may
have tea in the afternoon to what the
Colonial Williamsburg employees, de-
Library announces closings
not detect the talents that handle the
morning video is," Pritchard said.
pendents, retirees and volunteers This
Center no longer offers Colonial Will-
The Foundation Library will be
closed the following dates in 1995:
Feb. 20, May 29, July 4, Sept. 1, Nov
10, Nov. 23 and Dec. 25. The library
is open 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Monday Friday.
iamsburg employees a 10 percent dis-
Recycle old phone books
Newcomers
finer
s
proceeding'
Colonial
to
points.
Longtimers, however, knowingly attribute its success to a core group of
Just before the forum begins, we
try to be sure that the topic for the
following year' s forum has been se-
employees from throughout the foun-
lected so that we can place a flyer
dation known as the planning com-
concerning it in each registrant' s
mittee.
packet so we can interest them in the
Headed by Graham Hood, vice
president
ums,
the
of collections
committee
and
muse-
is comprised
on
American
excellent
antiques
and
interior
said, " and to bring their different perand
experience
significant
length
of
of
maps
is to welcome newcomers and make
and
prints
Ron
Hurst,
both
of whom
worked on the planning committee,
Discount terminated
Riverside
Wellness
and
Fitness
As new
Curator
of museum
education
ployees
Liza
group also assists speakers whenever
ing noon news programs promoting
necessary, "
Williamsburg Reproduction Program
products as Valentine' s Day gift ideas.
with
attendees
slide
even
supplying
mounts,"
them
Pritchard
said
to handle
some last - minute
The core reason for having a forum is education," Hurst said, " but it
also brings
a lot of visitors
Gusler will be on Norfolk' s WTKR-
TV' s noon news program Monday,
details.
to Will-
Jan. 30; Richmond' s WWBT -TV on
Tuesday, Jan. 31; Richmond' s WRICTV, Friday, Feb 3, and Portsmouth' s
WAVY TV on Monday, Feb. 13.
admit that they and their coworkers
had their work cut out for them a year
iamsburg at a time of year when there
would be very few otherwise. It' s a
and a half ago when this year' s com-
good time to put our best foot for-
mittee first convened.
ward and to let others know what a
CW in Sunday Tribune
ones.
Their checklist included selecting
the topic, critiquing the previous forum and contacting
great job Colonial Williamsburg
does."
to
Chicago
make
your
Tribune
own
Old Objects,
New Approaches: Connoisseurship
in the ' 90s," begins Sunday, Feb. 5,
and handled often imperceptible de-
are
urged
to recycle
the
old
books
All out -of -date phone
can
accumulate 25 or more can call 2355 to
have them picked up. Phone books will
be accepted at the recycling center until Feb 24.
January massage special
The Tazewell
Club
health
and fit-
ness center offers a January massage
special
for employees.
A one hour massage, regularly $ 65,
will
Gift certificates are available at the
feature
about living history museums in the
committee fine -tuned the program
are delivered
is now $ 45, a 30 percent savings.
Colonial Williamsburg in an article
This year' s forum, "
and confirming
The
in
books
be taken to the Colonial Williamsburg
Recycling Center. Departments that
Valentine' s Day gift selections.
Tune
phone
to Colonial Williamsburg offices, em-
Products promoted on TV
Gusler will be featured on four upcom-
Margaret Pritchard and curator of
furniture
are in effect.
feel at home. The
longtime
one day last week, before rushing off
to the program."
Curator
chief concerns
programs
design relevant to our period," Hood
spectives
Once the forum begins, one of the
committee members'
discounts
count.
of
experts in their varied fields. " Their
goal is to create
next year' s program," Hurst said.
discount is not valid when any other
Tazewell Club Sports Shop at the Williamsburg Lodge.
and concludes Friday, Feb. 10.
speakers. As the months went by, the
United States and Canada Written by
Call 7479
for more
information
Marketplace
Tucker House
For Sale:
will welcome
Limited
All
seen to appreciate, price negotiable
options, 37K miles, garage kept, white with
continued from page I
house
1992 Jeep Cherokee
will attract new donors and sustain cur-
donors
who be-
rent members'
support. "
With
the an-
nard at 7051
leather interior, showroom condition, $18, 800
p m weekdays
Call 238 -2085 or page 875 -8876
For Sale: 1991
or 2267 between
Call Ber-
7 a m - 3 30
Other times call 565 -2249
For Sale: Baby items
Buick Regal. Two -door, blue,
Gerry bouncing
seat, $
Wheels
15;
Graco
Tot
infant
walker, $
15,
long to the foundation' s annual fund
membership groups Barry Dress, di-
nual fund providing about 10 percent
AM / FM / cassette,
of the educational programs'
PL, cruise control, excellent condition
rector of development,
said a staff of
budget, donor society members are
volunteers will provide hospitality for
among
our
best and
most
loyal
friends," he said. " The annual fund is
For Sale:
sette, tilt, almost new, $ 8, 795. Call 7264 between
er, $ 25, Super 8mm movie camera with projector
the
8 a m. - 5 p m. or 220 - 0372 after 6 p. m
and screen, $ 25, Girls' party dresses and fur
donors
The Tucker House will be a place
cornerstone
of our
operating
development
to relax, learn about Colonial Will-
program and we have received more
iamsburg
than $ 150 million during the past six
and make arrangements
to
thoroughly enjoy a visit here," he said
Donors will find light refreshments
and complete
in Historic
assistance
Area
to participate
programs
as well
as
lodging and dining reservations."
Dress said many major museums,
colleges and universities offer facilities
55K
miles,
new
tires,
PW.
Asking
Call 229 - 0529
8, 900. Call 220 -2665.
10, 900
1992 Plymouth Acclaim. V -6, only
miles,
AC,
AT,
cruise,
two - door hatchback,
five- speed,
Call Mike at 7674 or 565 - 1270
condition, $ 125, Truck transmission, TH350,
contribution to our donors who will
good condition, $ 150. Call and leave message
Four
truck
tires
and
rims,
good
For Sale: VW bus, needs rebuilt engine, make
reasonable
offer, Industrial
jigsaw, $ 100, Sears
Craftsman
12" bandsaw, $
250, Alpine car ste-
that Colonial Williamsburg has " an
special projects, is leading the restora-
7339
unusual
tion
For Sale: Whirlpool portable dishwasher Barely
used, convertible to built - in, butcherblock top,
place and style that clearly reflects our
team
that includes
ties maintenance
character."
Wilburn
representatives
from the foundation' s research, faciliand development
de-
House
partments.
The W. A. R. Goodwin Society
the DeWitt
Wallace
Decorative Arts Gallery, the Abby
Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center
projects
foundation'
as
and
For Sale: Lightly used trampoline with 32"
bounce area, $ 10, Rarely used no frills exernew odometer
cable, $ 20,
Tastefully used Sunbeam food processor, $ 40,
Never used, still in factory sealed box electric
shoe polisher, $ 30
CaII 220 - 2933 anytime
For Sale: Condo in Williamsburg
Assumable
8%
FHA loan
Commons
Spacious
two bed-
room, one bath condominium, all with tree top
corner view, $ 79, 500
Call 7968 or 220 -3741
reo with tape deck, $ 50. Leave message at
For
power spray, pot and pan cycle, attaches
faucet, white, $ 350
to
Inquiries please call Judy
Sale:
House
in St
George' s Hundred
Four bedrooms, 21 baths, family community,
1, 860 sq. ft Asking $ 129, 500 Seller to pay
2, 000 in closing costs Call 229 -3975
For Sale: Three- bedroom rancher in Gloucester
well
as
numerous
additions
to
the
s collections.
Its members contribute $ 7, 500 or
more annually. Keepers of the Key
give $ 10, 000 or more each year. Life
members are those who have contrib-
honors friends who have included
Colonial Williamsburg in their estate
plans. Gifts that qualify for membership includes bequests, life income
gifts and beneficiary designations in
a life insurance policy or retirement
ciates includes friends of the founda-
2 acre lot with double car driveway, well landscaped yard. Built in 1988 Asking $ 69, 900
fully adjustable
separate
resistance
controls for legs and arms, $ 200, MEGA Mem-
dryer
ory, brand new, $ 60, Evolution 3 interior /exterior
protection car cover Washable, easy on/ easy
off, water repellant
and breathable,
fits cars
14' 1" to 15' bumper to bumper, light grey
color, stores
easily, lock provision,
soft and
durable with double stitched seams with durable elastic
hem, $
50. Call
7085 or 565 - 3288
after 5 p. m
drawer,
Two
form, covered
24"
skirt and arms, $ 200,
x 34" extended,
circa
1830 -40,
500, Marble top walnut shaving stand, 28" x
new
donors
groups
were
ety includes friends who contribute
250 or more annually. The Duke of
Gloucester Society includes friends
who contribute $ 1, 000 or more annu-
who give $ 100 or more to Colonial
ally.
16" x 29 ", shaped drawer over two flat panel
doors, $
300;
stove,
will
Walk - up attic, wall - to -wall carpet, lino-
Call Mike at 7674 or 693 -7950
Free Kitten Needs Home: Lovable physically
challenged
black and white feline needs home
He is eight months old and blind in one eye
The other eye has a cataract Presently, he
lives on a busy road and owners fear for his
life If interested call Jim or Sandy at 5661221
Sheraton Pembroke side table, cherry, one
ally.
Dishwasher,
refrigerator and washer and
Victorian arm chair,
who contribute $ 500 or more annu-
French
cabinets
negotiate the
blue upholstery, French - style legs, carved crest,
300, Chair with foot stool, tan upholstery, in
annually.
friends
burned,
The Colonial Williamsburg Assembly includes foundation friends
founded in 1993. The Capitol Soci-
gesses includes foundation
leum in kitchen, large deck off the kitchen, 1/
For Sale: Antique furniture
tion who contribute $ 2, 500 or more
The Colonial Williamsburg Bur-
tom - built
plan.
uted $ 250, 000 or more.
The Colonial Williamsburg Asso-
with two full baths, large family room with
vaulted ceiling, large eat -in kitchen with cus-
tronics /stride, counter /
timer /
pace /
est., calories
the Tucker
continued from page 1
expansion
call
For Sale: Fit -One cross country skier, like
new, excellent condition Total body workout,
folds for easy storage, four- function LCD, elec-
believes
Center,
Please
at 2358.
Giving
cational
12 -14
at 253 -2547
Trix Rumford, vice president for
to do that in a
10 - 12 and
cise bike, needs
For Sale:
where donors and alumni gather, and
opportunity
size
2471 or 221 -0447
AM / FM / cas-
This important property is a gift in
every sense. From the Tucker family' s
what we do."
Smith Corona electric typewriter,
40; Panasonic VCR, $ 50, Electric meat slic-
jackets,
For Sale: 1988 Justy Subaru GL 37 MPG,
tires, $ 1, 500
restore and enjoy it, the house reminds
us that philanthropy began and sustains
For Sale:
AM / FM /cas-
sette, just tuned up, new timing belt, good
years.
Gerry " snugli," $ 5, Infant padded head support, $ 5; Evenflo manual breast pump, $ 5
Walnut
Victorian
three - drawer
Wanted: A good home for a friendly mild
tempered one - year - old white German shepherd
Call Debbie al 221 - 8887 between
8 30
a m. -5 p m or 221 - 0965 after 6 p. m
Wanted:
Ads for the
Marketplace
Ads are
free for Colonial Williamsburg employees only
Submit ads in writing to Kim Genova, GBO132, in person or by interoffice mail Or, FAX
chest of drawers, two shaving drawers, carved
them to 7702
throughout, panelled ends, 39" x 171/ x 36 ",
2"
unit, these are not included in the ad unless
400, Quilt of American
origin ( 3/ 4 size) with
three quilted panels separated by blue and
white checkerboard design, probably of southern origin, late 19th century, $ 250, must be
requested
Include your name and work
Ads run for one week and must be
renewed in writing, no phone calls, please
Ads are repeated
as space allows
Ads and
renewals must be received by 5 p m Friday
Williamsburg each year.
Volunteer opportunity of the week
Colonial Williamsburg News is published weekly by the Communications Department for Colonial
Williamsburg employees. Send correspondence to " Colonial Williamsburg News, GBO- 131," FAX
it to 220 -7702 or call the CW News Hotline at NEWS / 6397
Painter: Flexible hours Duties include simple projects in the Historic Area and sup-
Editor
port areas
Associate Editor
You must have a valid Virginia drivers license; high school diploma or
G. E. D., able to lift 55 pounds minimum, available to work the same hours as the Paint
and Training department; proof of ability to use a paint brush, alkyd and latex paints.
For more information,
contact Vernell Sutherland
at 7174.
Patrick Saylor, 7120
Jim Bradley, 7281
Contributors Sandy Belan, Lorraine Brooks, Kim Canova, Anita Hallman, Sophia Hart,
Curtia James, Dawn Estrin, Lael White, Kathy Dunn, Mary Masengale
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Colonial
Inside
Williamsburg
Brush house
project
S
Information about
Colonial Williamsburg
people
and
programs
Volume 48, No. 5
2
update
Valentine' s
Day at the
3
Inn
February 2, 1995
Natural gas bus fueling station nearly complete
Colonial Williamsburg' s new natural gas fueling station should be ready
to pump clean -burning fuel in a month
fueling station. High- visibility bright
or so - -in time to service
down switches located at each pump
yellow barriers protect each pumping
station and there are emergency
four new buses
expected in mid March.
and the power
The new buses are part of an experiment
which
foundation'
station.
The project
required
installation
of
the
a new branch gas main from Botetourt
bus fleet from die-
Street to provide natural gas to the fu-
may
s entire
shut-
switch
sel fuel to natural gas. If the initial first
eling station.
At the fuel station, the compressors
four buses perform well, they will be
joined by two additional natural gas
take natural
gas from the VNG main at
buses each year until the fleet is com-
less than 50 pounds pressure and pump
plete at 16.
it into the buses at 3600 pounds of
The natural
pensive
gas buses
than comparable
are more
diesel
ex-
pressure.
Running the compressors requires
buses.
The Consolidated Natural Gas Founda-
additional
tion has given
amp line was laid in a 200 -foot -long
a grant to Colonial
Wil-
electrical
service.
A 600 -
liamsburg to help bndge the price gap.
trench from Virginia Power' s main line
Construction of the project, next to
north of the Paint Shop to the fueling
the automotive shop on Botetourt
Street,
began before
demolition
Christmas
of an old equipment
station
Hudgins
with
shed
between the shop and an employee
parking lot The fueling station is being built for Colonial Williamsburg by
the
Subcontractors work on the concrete slab of the new natural gas fueling station
under construction at the automotive shop. The slab was poured late last week.
Construction of a concrete sound -baffling wall is the next step in the process. The
Virginia Natural Gas, with several subcontractors
performing
Construction
of Newport
News is performing excavation and
other site preparation. W.E. Curling is
specialized
refueling
station
is to be
complete
in
a month
or
so.
site
utilities
contractor
and
Montgomery Electrical of Newport
News is the electrical contractor. De-
sign work was performed by Green-
Photo by Jim Bradley
When fully operational, the station
will be capable of fueling 16 natural
each compressor will be wrapped in a
hours, Historic Area residents and visi-
wood Partnership and reviewed by an
engineering consulting firm in Pitts-
sound -reducing jacket and a nine -foot
tors should
burgh, Pa
gas - burning buses overnight. Each of
concrete wall will direct any remaining
intrusion
four electrically - powered compressors
is capable of fueling four buses in
compressor
work.
sound
upward
and
north-
ward- -away from the Historic Area.
During a compressor noise test Colonial Williamsburg conducted last sum-
seven hours. The buses will be fueled
not experience
while
the
pumps
any noise
are
Larry Rowland, manager of energy
operat-
conservation,
ing.
The buses to be delivered in mid -
is
the
project
manager
for the new bus fueling station.
If the bus fleet changeover contin-
take advantage of lower electricity
mer
rates under Virginia Power' s time -of-
needs, decibel readings at the Anthony
Hay Shop and the Military Encamp-
March are new transit buses, built by
Bluebird at the company' s plant in
Georgia. When they arrive, Colonial
Williamsburg mechanics --trained at
the Bluebird plant - will be ready to
-
Although only one compressor is
being installed now, additional pumps
ment- - the two sites closest
service
ing station - were no higher than nor-
buses
will be added if more buses join the
mal background
trained and certified in handling pres-
there. When employees arrive in the
surized fuels.
morning, the buses will have departed
for the day.
at night between 10 p. m. and 6 a. m. to
use rate schedule
natural
To
Though
gas fleet.
minimize
to determine
compressor
sound
attenuation
to the fuel-
noise at the same sites.
exhibition
sites are not open
during the fueling station' s operating
noise,
them.
Bus drivers
themselves.
Colonial Williamsburg' s fund -raising proyears in
Donors to the Raleigh Tavern Society, Colonial Williamsburg' s top -level donor group led by
1994, according to Barry Dress, director The
director
foundation received $ 20 8 million in gifts and
own, giving more than $ 1 million in unrestricted
gifts for the first time in the society' s history.
Reflecting the long -term friendships from
which Colonial Williamsburg has benefited, be-
grants, excluding pledges- - well over its goal of
18 2 million.
We were delighted to surpass our goal,"
Forrest
Williamson,
set a record
of their
Dress said. The Colonial Williamsburg Fund
quests and planned gifts to the foundation reached
also achieved
a high of $4. 5 million. Ken Wolfe, director for
a new record - -$ 5. 4 million
given
by 47,000 donors
Acknowledging these achievements, Colonial
Williamsburg president Robert C. Wilburn said,
ployee parking because the lot is not
can fill the
Each
has
been
used
Safety measures are built into the
Development surpasses 1994 goal
gram enjoyed one of its most successful
ues, buses waiting to be fueled will use
a portion of the employee parking lot
next to the fueling station. The arrangement will not result in any loss of emwhile
The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Folk Art Center opens 1995 with
five new exhibits that illuminate a
range
of folk artistic
Amanda
expressions.
Feb.
150,"
at
single- object
exhibition,
1847
polychrome
Every employee contributes to our development
program. Individuals often become donors after
member at Ferris State in Michigan, gave us her
The exhibit contrasts
a visit They are engaged and excited by our in-
entire estate," Wolfe said. " When she wrote for
Ames'
terpreters,
or
bequest information in 1980, she said, ` Colonial
academic
a conversation with a craftsman. Fund - raising is
everyone' s responsibility All of us can take
Williamsburg is my first love and I would like to
contribute to furthering its splendid work.' We
pride in our donor support
received over $ 2. 6 million at the time of her
of our gardens
program "
portrait
sculpture of a child named
Amanda Armstrong.
work
with
American
sculpture
of the time
Views of Slavery," Feb. 3
November
through
Colonial Williamsburg launched its development program in 1976 under the leadership of
Roger Thaler, vice president for external affairs.
ten make gifts and grants restricted for projects of
The Foundation has built on the friendships es-
special
tablished during the past two decades to help
create a strong financial base for Colonial Will-
donors who increased their $ 35 and $ 50 dollar
brary is being funded in part through a major gift
from former trustees Abby and George O' Neill
honoring Mrs. O' Neill' s grandfather and the entire Rockefeller family, whose gifts to Colonial
Williamsburg total more than $ 100 million.
Fund raising for the Summer Teacher Institute
gifts to $ 100 and $ 250 contributions in 1994.
has been guided from the beginning by trustees
century folk artist Asa Ames.
It is on long -term loan at
Those donors were inspired by the creation of
Robert
the Folk Art Center and
the Duke of Gloucester Society, whose members
give $ 100 and the Capitol Society, whose mem-
wives Marion and Tish, and National Council
is displayed in a single -
members Hall and Lucy Thompson. In 1994, they
Please see Fund -raising on page 3
object
iamsburg.
Under director Peter Jesse' s leadership, the
Colonial Williamsburg Fund had nearly 2, 000
bers contribute $ 250.
1995. Two folk artists'
interest.
Wilson
The John D
and
Edward
Rockefeller
Joullian
Jr. Li-
and
their
perspectives
of
sla-
very are featured in a
case
near
the
Please see Exhibits on
page 2
This
portrait
year - old
sculpture
Amanda
of 3'2-
Clayanna
Armstrong was created by 19th -
exhibit
Sept. 10.
Photo
through
br Hans
the
Asa Ames'
death."
As relationships develop, individuals will of-
3` y
through Sept. 10, 1995. In this
spotlights
one
be
engaging new exhibits
center
through
will
parked
Folk Art Center presents
planned giving, recalled one donor in particular
who was touched by her encounters with Colonial
Williamsburg.
Dr. Frances McDermott, an English faculty
a stroll
the buses
Loren,
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COLONIAL
WILLIAMSBURG
NEWS
THURSDAY,
Brush- Everard
FEBRUARY
2. 1995
project nears completion
and
Polyethylene glycol is a nontoxic
security systems in the Brush house is
chemical used by marine archaeolo-
entering the final stage this month. The
gists for years to treat waterlogged
project is expected to be completed
wood, but Howlett may be the first to
April 5, in time for the Easter crowds
experiment with the chemical on dry
wood. He successfully treated an antique writing table currently on display
The project
to update
climate
to get the first glimpse of the newly
renovated
property
Coordination
of the various
depart-
at the DeWitt Wallace gallery using
ments is critical and sometimes nothing
this technique.
This is the first time the technique
short of miraculous
The
task
falls
to
Trix
Rumford,
has been used architecturally," said
vice -president of special projects. She
Howlett " The piece from the Brush
oversees scheduling,
house
budgets and the
priorities into one complete and effi-
cient project. Weekly
tween department
meetings
be-
heads and team lead-
ers keep everyone
appraised
of the
seemed
perfect
for the process
It was yellow pine, which responds
melding of different perspectives and
Brush - Everard
house
has been
closed
since the summer
well, and it was only painted on one
of 1994 for renovations.
New climate control and security systems are being installed. The project was
partially funded by a matching grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
The house is
scheduled
to
reopen
Mon., April 17.
Photo by Anita Hallman
side allowing the unpainted side to absorb the solution,"
he continued.
The original panel, warped 3/ 8 ", is
progress and problems encountered in
now virtually flat Warping has been
a project
reduced
of this magnitude.
Rumford
says every project is different Often
to less than
1/ 16 ". The panel
will be reinstalled Jan. 31 along with a
scoop to direct air flow away from it to
new discoveries lead to a better inter-
pretation of the property and its time
period, Solutions to the many problems
prevent
that
again behind the guiding force of
naturally
arise
are
a reoccurance
The
oftentimes
Brush
of the problem
project
breaks
ground
Willie Graham, curator of architecture.
unique.
In the Brush house for example,
The woodwork in the parlor room is to
ductwork for the updated systems is
be painted
being run through a staircase at the
back of the house. Investigation by our
Before treatment. Panel warped more
then
3/ 8 ".
Photo by Carey Howlett
architectural historians revealed that
with a glaze
verde - gris pigment
infused
with a
The glaze must be
mixed by hand as it is not currently
closet with a heavily repaired 1840s
available commercially. Wall surfaces
must be prepped carefully as any imperfections will be magnified by the
staircase
high gloss finish. Application of the
the area was original 18th century
addition
of
less
historical
value " We try to minimize disturbing
the early fabric of a building when up-
glaze
dating systems in the Historic Area,"
with other work going on in the area.
said Rumford. Removal of a section of
Graham
the staircase added by Colonial Will-
Original
iamsburg in 1951 was the determined
to be the best way to make room for the
ductwork. Removal of a 1951 addition
After treatment. Warping was reduced
by Colonial Williamsburg was necessary.
to less than 1/ 16 ".
structures and the antiques housed in
treated
them. Warped wood, cracked plaster
developed.
ductwork.
The Brush house is the final phase
of a larger
systems
renovation
project
a requires
a dust - free
environ-
ment. Not an easy task to accomplish
18th century closet with 1840s
staircase
addition
left
little
room
discusses
the Brush
house
with a contagious excitement " Some
for
people
Photo
by Anita
Hallman
think
hallway]
the
panel
with
a technique
The process
involves
he
this [
house]
plan
is
simple. But in fact, the passageway
and separate dining room
indicate a more complex layout than
first
was common at the time," said Gra-
involving the Wythe house, completed
and peeling paint are a few of the prob-
steaming the cupped, shrunken, un-
ham. " Passageways did not come into
in April
lems that can occur when old buildings
painted
extensive
are not properly conditioned.
wood cells to swell and the warp to dis-
pleted
1993,
and
in April
the
Palace,
com-
1994.
side of the panel causing
the
Funds for the $ 2. 5 million project
The north panel on the fireplace in
came in part from a matching grant by
the parlor room of the Brush house was
ture
the National Endowment
split in several locations due to alter-
polyethylene glycol is brushed onto the
nating dampness and dryness associ-
swollen
ated with air from the previous
rates,
The
for the Hu-
manities ( NEH).
A
good
while
climate
it may
control
not sound
system,
glamorous,
is
very important Temperature and humidity changes adversely affect the
control
climate
due to the absorption
Next,
a solution
surface.
the glycol
of
of moiswater
and
As the water evaporeplaces
it within
the
at Colonial
Williamsburg,
Employees rally for
Hrothgar
Hohenwolf,
the
1720s-
is also
1730s.
one
of the
earliest surviving buildings, built in
1718, and the most in tact," he added.
The Brush -Everard house is scheduled to reopen Mon , April 17
ployees
are invited
to view
Em-
the com-
pleted work Wed , April 12 from 2 -4
maintaining the swollen dimensions of
p.m. before the house opens to the pub-
the wood.
lic.
war games
Memories of
Antiques
Forums past
By day, Roger Hohensee is a mild mannered apprentice in the Geddy
Foundry. By night, he is transformed
into
until
house]
cell structure of the wood, permanently
system.
Carey Howlett, conservator of fur-
niture
appear
use
Brush
11th - cen-
tury German warrior. Roger is a war
gamer,
and he is not alone.
In anticipation of Sunday' s
Every Saturday night, the Colonial
commencement
Williamsburg Historical Simulations
Club
re- enacts
historical
battles- -
seurship in the ' 90s," two long-
Civil War - you name it. Many of the
members already are deeply involved
in things historical, working as inter-
time Antiques Forum attendees
recalled their most memorable forum
preters or in other positions within the
through
the
As I think back on it, the one
West
s Grove;
in the historic
experiences
years.
foundation
Carter'
an-
jects, New Approaches: Connois-
World War II, Napoleonic, American
Carl
of the 47th
nual Antiques Forum, " Old Ob-
is
an
Dennis
foodways
interpreter
Cotner
program;
at
works
Rich
Carl West, Rick Walker,
Rich Villella and Roger Hohensee
ponder their next moves
that sticks out most in my mind is
the very first one I attended. It
was in 1968, shortly after I had
Villella is in Human Resources.
in the Battle of Worcester,
According to Hohensee, the most
difficult part about war gaming is find-
gamers
games are the campaigns. Although
sis on strategy which appeals to me. A
lections," said Beatrix Rumford,
ing a balance between playability and
they don' t necessarily follow the exact
vice president of special projects.
historical accuracy. " My favorite war
really good campaign can last as long
historical
one of many English Civil War ( 1642 - 51) battles the war
re- enact.
Photo
by Sophie
come
on
board
as
an
assistant
Hart
curator in the department of col-
outcome,
there is an empha-
Please see War games on page 4
I
think
several
things
im-
pressed me. One was the size of
Exhibits
the audience. I mean, goodness,
continued from page 1
artists from various walks of life and
there were 500 or 600 people at
wares, textiles and ironware
center' s gift shop. One presents a
different parts of the country, the
two - sided painting with a portrait on
exhibit examines how the sculpture
May 1995. Quilts, coverlets and a table
its front and two scenes of slavery
reflects
cover are featured
on its back. Another perspective is
American society
shown in drawings depicting slavery by folk artist Lewis Miller.
Folk Sculpture of Our Century,"
German - Made
changes
in 20th - century
Folk Fabrics,"
Feb. 3 through
in this exhibition
of
works from the Folk Art Center' s perin
America,"
Feb. 3, 1995 through Jan. 1, 1996.
Objects created by German - speaking
manent collection.
The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk
Art Center is open daily from 10 -6
Feb. 3 through Sept. 10, 1995.
American
This exhibit from the Folk Art Cen-
dants highlight this exhibit from the
Admission is by Colonial Williamsburg employee, dependent or retiree
ter collection
Center' s permanent collection. It fea-
pass, Good Neighbor card, Patriot' s
tures
Pass or museums ticket.
includes
sculpture
made during this century. Featuring
immigrants
paintings,
and their descen-
carvings,
utilitarian
each of the two sessions that year.
Many of them were prominent
collectors or museum profession-
als, and that sticks in my mind.
And both the collectors
professionals
and the
as well as laypeople
were in attendance to hear speakers who
were
really
recognized
authorities in their areas. And I
Please
see
Forum
on
page
4
�News from the hotels and restaurants
Valentine'
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
THURSDAY,
3
FEBRUARY 2, 1995
Day at the Inn is for lovers
s
Cupid' s Pillow captivates
Cupid and the Williamsburg Inn espouse
Valentine' s Day with a celebratory dinner to rekindle the flame of love.
lobster and crabmeat served
Room gets to the heart of the
with
affair
black
ations
epicurean
by executive
of
ragoflt of steamed mussels, Maine
The Inn' s Regency Dining
with
with paupiettes
Dover sole and shellfish Provencale, a shellfish
cre-
saffron
julienne
chef
risotto
olive
and
and
with
fennel
Barolo
sauce
Hans Schadler and dancing
Passion' s Pair couples beef
to the music
and veal
of the Charlie
Costa combo.
cocktails
with
with spinach, winter morels
champagne
and a sumptuous
and Pancetta bacon and seasonal
se-
lection of appetizers. Bouquet of
Love luxuriates in baby salad
sions
with roasted
garlic,
chicken
pan -grilled
with
two
Chesapeake
chicken
and
with
lump
crabmeat, Swiss chard, blackeyed peas
Roses nestles baked Shenandoah ch8vre in
of phyllo
vegetables
sauces. Valentine' s Dream envi-
greens, Caribbean jerk shrimp and
roasted bell pepper vinaigrette. Bed of
a blanket
accom-
panied by poached oysters
The Valentine' s Day dinner begins
tenderloins
and Virginia ham and natural chicken jus.
Heart' s Desire inspires Chateaubriand for two
a mari-
nated hothouse tomato rosette, virgin olive oil
accompanied by a seasonal vegetable bouqueti8re,
and balsamic
croquette potatoes and classic sauce Btsarnaise
vinegar.
Angel Fare
soars
as
tortellini and grilled chicken with pignoli nuts, to-
Dessert consummates the affair with Sweet
mato and basil. Eastern Ecstasy is native Virginia
Romance, a sampler of sweethearts' favorites, and
river chowder.
coffee and a selection of teas
at the
Passion Fruit Sorbet cleanses the palate for
Williamsburg Inn created the menu for the special Valentine' s
main course choices - - delectable as the appeas
reservations are recommended
Day dinner
tizers.
servations
Executive
chef
Hans
Schadler
and
his
kitchen
staff
at the Inn.
Valentine' s Day dinner is $ 45 per person and
Multilith makes millions of copies
If the first few
weeks of the
year is any indication,
easily surpass the record 10 million
plus copies
From
Multilith
the
basement
produced
they
in 1994.
facility
Williamsburg
lands administration building, seven
out
10, 042, 390 cop-
ies in 1994 -- 1, 741, 870 more than the
year
before. That' s a 21
crease
printed
over
Those
the
percent
8, 300, 520
in-
copies
1993.
in
ten million
copies
were the
end result of 3, 180 separate jobs- -499
more
than the
295 jobs - a 30 percent increase over
-
and restaurants,
convention
golf
letters and booklets. For the taverns
they print menus
Meetings
and
and
Conventions
recipes. For the hotels, they print form
The seven employees responsible
for the Multilith
operation
include
su-
magazine has awarded its 1995
letters and vouchers. Multilith also
resort golf tournament to Colonial
prints coupons, product tags, ticket in-
Williamsburg.
The early August competition
year
before
New format
pervisor Katherine Ford, copy machine
operator Mary O' Donnell, typesetter
Mary Masengale and four printers:
Deanne Bailey, Sam Haskell, Pam
formation flyers, research reports, em-
Wade and Fred Richardson. Retired
benefits, NCR forms, news releases for
sales executives
multilith
turned
employees
a complex mix of forms, labels, flyers,
January 1994.
Wood-
the
of
Before the end of January this year,
the
in
Horseshoe gets
Multilith produced 42, 000 copies from
new
Multilith may
Call 3201 for re-
the communications
and
top golf resorts and the three best
other typeset and printed
clients of each. The tournament is
supervisor
Valda
Anderson
ployee training materials, booklets for
the summer
teacher
institute,
the
sum-
mary plan description for employee
also helps out a few days a week when
countless
the work load gets overwhelming.
The printing product they produce is
department
materials
invites 100 players to the Golden
Horseshoe courses. The competitors are 25 general managers or
from the nation'
s
scheduled Aug. 3 -6.
Volunteer reaps many rewards
for manager
Employees volunteer for various
reasons. Some want recognition, others
Series for
supervisors
makes
and supervisors
about the lat-
in the law and review
poli-
cies in the most efficient way Managwill be encouraged
to invite Human Resources representatives to their staff meetings to review
more specific
department
Law and Ethics
just
executive
search
sists survivors
nine
a
Way
for
years. "
became
campaign,
a staff
I
in-
of domestic
violence
or
family leaving the shelter and the family had nothing They asked, ` Could I
help' s "" she explained. " Through my
many contacts I was able to get the basics the family needed."
When she began working with the
division,
volunteer
1990
sexual assault -- called to say they had a
sec-
been
the
member from Avalon - - shelter that asa
retary in the re-
United
The classes are intended to update
After
Sumerlin, an
has
lowed by questions and answers
ers and supervisors
Wendy
wants to help.
its
ment is comprised of four topics fol-
est changes
the budgets of 22 United Way agencies. " The committee decides, by ranking the agencies' needs, how United
Way dollars are spent. Fortunately, I
was able to get full funding for Avalon
and approval for a cleaning service."
Meeting goals, being part of a team
and raising money to help people in the
mo-
Sumerlin
debut on Feb 9 The half - ay series is
d
divided into three segments. Each seg-
managers
comprised of volunteers who review
year her division ran the campaign
tives.
The Laws and Ethics
and
division' s captain in 1990, the same
ulterior
classes
managers
the Allocation Committee, which is
feel they owe it to society. Some have
training
Way as a department captain and later
became heavily involved as her
shelter, 17 people were living in the
Wendy Sumerlin
small house Routine cleaning was sel-
volved with United Way because I
dom done because the people were so
thought it was an important thing to do
transient. " I started a group that set
aside one Saturday a month to clean the
as an individual
and as a member of the
foundation " Sumerlin said.
issues
Sumerlin
began
house,"
with the United
Sumerlin said. " But that got
In 1991 she was asked to serve on
community are some of the highlights
of Sumerlin' s volunteer life. " Helping
families get the basics such as furniture
and clothing that enable them to start a
new life is the greatest reward," she
says.
Avalon offers a 24 -hour helpline,
advocacy, information, referrals and
support groups. It also networks with
old after awhile "
Please see Volunteer on page 4
I will be conducted
Feb. 9 and 10. It includes brief pre-
sentations on the foundation' s drug -
Fund - raising
free environment policy, violence in
continued from page I
the workplace, safety and AIDS.
raised $ 200 thousand for teacher train-
nial Williamsburg represented values
and Mrs Wilburn, 24 Raleigh Tavern
ing
they wanted to support."
In addition to $ 6 9 million from the
Society members spent two weeks in
in
Wallace Fund and other foundation and
Program, the hiring process, effec-
1994 for the St George Tucker House
corporate donors, Colonial Williams-
tive interviewing, compensation and
ham Hood provided leadership, scholarship and behind- the -scenes arrange-
restoration.
burg secured its first corporate exhibit
Law and Ethics II will be conducted
March 1 and 2. It includes information about the Employee Assistance
the CWHPI merit pay program.
Three Raleigh Tavern Society members
gave
more
Restricted
than $
1. 5 million
gifts are often
based
on
England. Woods Williamson and Gra-
ments
of Al
The development staff spent De-
Loner, director of corporate and foun-
ducted March 30 and 31 to update
a scholarly pursuit or passion for certain objects," Dress said. " I' m thinking
cember 31, 1994, celebrating. Then the
dation relations. Sara Lee Corporation
1995
campaign
began. "
managers and supervisors on em-
of John Hyman' s love of silver and
made
major challenge
to make
ployee relations, sexual harassment
Joseph Lasser' s fascination with colo-
traveling exhibit, " A Parcel of Old
awareness,
guests
nial coinage. We are the fortunate re-
Delft. British Delft from the Colonial
lion this year," Thaler said " That' s a
diversity
cipients of their lifetime collections.
Williamsburg Collection." The show
7 percent increase over 1994 and one
There are many more who make object
gifts to Colonial Williamsburg because
it is a great center for the study of eighteenth- century America.
opened
of the largest increases we' ve had in
Law and Ethics III will be con-
with
working
disabilities
with
and
awareness
Managers and supervisors may
choose
to attend
either
that fits their schedules.
segment
date
Call Pat Joyce
at 7125 today to reserve your space for
Law and Ethics I on Feb. 9 or 10, from
1 - 5 p. m. at the Personal Training
Building.
We have the magnificent generos-
sponsor under the leadership
a major
grant
to support
at the Art Institute
a new
of Chicago
in August 1994 and opens this week in
Williamsburg.
dream
of Woods
Will-
iamson was achieved when the devel-
ity of the DeWitt Wallace Fund for
Colonial Williamsburg because many
opment
years ago the Wallaces felt that Colo-
program in 1994 Hosted by President
office
have
a
Williamsburg Fund goal of $5 8 mil-
recent years. We are stewards of this
historic site. Stewardship often re-
Another relationship - building effort
and a longtime
We
our Colonial
launched
a donor
travel
quires financial resources Our job is to
build a lifetime relationship with each
visitor and hope that many will help us
by making gifts to Colonial Williamsburg."
�4
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
NEWS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1995
Foundation selects new
Wilburn at Wren
advertising agency
Margeotes
Weiss
Fertitta
has been
Donaher &
selected
to handle
vertising responsibilities for Colonial
Williamsburg,
according
to Paul
work in all media to most effectively
use your marketing dollars and have a
unified
voice.
MFDW has this ability and they
Kusserow, director of marketing.
The firm was chosen after a three -
clearly understand its effectiveness in
month period during which initial con-
our particular
tacts were made with
They' ve got top -tier people in tradi-
east
coast - based
more than
agencies,
100
Kusserow
marketing
challenges
tional advertising, direct mail, multi-
said. Thirty firms were interviewed and
media and promotion. They' re also
six finalists were chosen. Final presen-
great image- builders and have effec-
tations took place during the past two
tively built and repositioned top
brands, something we look forward to
weeks
The
foundation'
s
previous
ad
agency, Ogilvy & Mather, handled the
working on with them."
The foundation joins other presti-
account
gious clients at Margeotes including,
for almost
12 years
We chose this agency because they
offer the most integrated service across
among others, Godiva Chocolates,
Stolichnaya, Coty and NFL Enter-
all marketing disciplines,"
prises
Kusserow
mailers in the industry. We believe the
spring catalog can become a greater
exhibit dedication
said. " You need an agency that can
ad-
NewsBriefs
contributor to our total mail order busi-
Colonial Williamsburg President
Bob Wilburn loins College of William
and Mary President Tim Sullivan and
Chancellor
Margaret
cate a new exhibit
Thatcher
to dedi-
in the Wren Build-
The exhibit is the latest venture in a
college -foundation partnership announced two years ago. Designed by
Rick Hadley of the museums division,
the exhibit portrays the history of the
Wren building and provides an introduction to the college and the city
Youth volunteer expos
volunteer
expos
event,"
Sutherland
century Europeans, 15th- century Euro-
tions and expect to get more in the
games are very detailed, but can be
played quickly and realistically. As is
pean army, the Roman army, Egyp-
mail We received so many positive
tians, WWII, moderns, ancients, medi-
comments
the case of campaigns, however, other
eval, English, 100 Years' War - not to
-
who said the information
types of games, which can be played
We have close to
100 applica-
from parents and youth,
and displays
out first on paper and later on table tops
were extremely informative."
Sutherland said she will send appli-
with dozens
cations
or even hundreds
of min-
to managers
volunteers
iature figures, can be extremely complex and can last a very long time.
I' ve been war gaming since 1983,"
Though
fered
in areas
expressed
not all applicants
positions,
interest.
will be of-
Sutherland
vides to experience
the past."
Many war gamers also collect toy
not in small numbers. Historical interWalker
example " My collection of toy sol-
diers and military miniatures includes
thousands of figures. I have soldiers
American
Civil
War,
Napoleonic Wars and the British Colo-
nial Wars Because of my interest, I
started my own business in 1980,
handcasting and painting soldiers for
sale "
Walker, in fact, sells his product in
and gift shops, including
Toymaker of Williamsburg,
the
under the
the
kicks off Antiques Forum
Best - selling
Witold
author
cialists that I' d read about or heard
about who were right here in Williams-
burg the same place I was. It was
Rybczynski
the connections
between
discusses
how
people
dress and how they decorate their surroundings " I want to suggest a way of
looking at architecture
and interiors
from the point of view of fashion,"
he
says, " and how that may or may not
influence
how we organize
decor "
Rybczynski believes we can look at
of the 17th and
how
design center
is expe-
he
will
explain
fashion
18th centu-
his concepts
has changed
temporary context
of
in the con-
He also examines
of Worcester.
at architecture today.
Costumed
employees
who
have extra wool stockings that they
don' t need are asked to return them to
mention an entire WWII micro -armor
German
how fashion might affect how we look
stockings.
A typical defensive position in the village
regiment "
For more information
about this un-
usual and intriguing hobby, there is a
toy soldier show coming to Williamsburg Saturday, March 18, from 10 a. m
to 4 p. m, at the Patrick Henry Inn. For
more information about the club, call
Hohensee at 2482.
Paulette Tharrington or Karen Clancy
at the center. Help keep your coworkers warm this winter.
ers got sick. Betty Leviner came on and
gave a great lecture that everybody
thought was exceptional.
In another,
a furniture
I invited
holds
the
Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania. He recently completed a book
American
urbanism
entitled
sent to 540, 000
September by Scribner' s.
The spring 1995 Williamsburg Reproductions Program catalog was
Bloodmobile a success
nationwide
on Jan.
May Total circulation will reach
540,000, up from last year' s figure of
350, 000. It is anticipated that the increase
in circulation
will produce
a 40
The decision to increase circulation
Graham
Hood,
vice
president
of
success - -95
pints
were
collected,
which included nine first -time donors
Congratulations
to the lucky donors
who won door prizes The next blood-
is based
marketing consultant," said Tammy
Kersey, mail order manager " Our mail
He joined Colonial Williamsburg
order customers respond strongly dur-
1971 as a security and safety officer
ing the spring season, relative to other
He retired
furniture,
and he
had a Colonial Williamsburg specialist
started at 9. 00 in the evening By
10: 30, I had to get up and ask the audience if they wanted him to continue,
and everybody said yes By 11 we
as a back -up speaker in case an invited
called it a night. The next morning ev-
speaker
erybody said they still wanted to hear
more, so the following morning he
of an outside
In memory...
about his lengthy experience with
antique
advice
who donated blood and desserts during
the January bloodmobile. It was a great
American
great "
on the
The Hospitality and Courtesy Committee extends its thanks to everyone
mobile will be in July.
Sack,
dealer in New York, to talk
Rybczynski
City Life," which will be published in
percent increase in sales.
Harold
Professor
Martin and Margie Meyerson Chair in
about
Spring products catalog
mailed to customers
years ago when one of our own speak-
arts spe-
begin-
Auditorium.
In his lecture,
ries,
10. The January mailing is the first of
about all of these decorative
Hennage
overview
five between now and the beginning of
remember dust being kind of dazzled
the official
riencing a shortage of wool costume
Forum
from page 2
marks
ning of the 1995 Annual Antiques Forum at 8 p. m Saturday, Feb. 4, in the
any period in history in this way. In an
stockings
The costume
is a good
about
of the program
woolen
and
learn
most
Desperately seeking
breadth
to
said
says Hohensee. " It' s not only amusing,
but I also like the opportunity it pro-
miniatures,
excited"
in which
an
were "
museums, has two favorite Antiques
Forum
scholar
and Decor,"
annual
vary according to the needs of the play-
continued
Distinguished
are avail-
locations.
tive Arts Gallery. His lecture, " Dress
first
ers and the type of medium. Computer
museums
of the catalogue
our
said "
commercial
on products
Scholar at the DeWitt Wallace Decora-
figures as well. " I have collected 1 lth-
the
discount
It was a very, very good showing
The rules in historical war gaming
from
Employees are eligible for the regu-
for our first event and I hope it will be
Hohensee says he has thousands of
Rick
drop. A small
Rybczynski is this year' s Distinguished
teer programs.
name Prescott' s Military Miniatures.
trainee
determine
porcelain tray by Mottahedeh is featured inside. The inscription, " Trifling
is my present, but my love' s sincere"
makes the latter an especially nice gift
item for Valentine' s Day.
able at both Craft House
directs Colonial Williamsburg' s volun-
as four years."
preter
to
The new Tulipa bedding collection
by Crown Crafts adorns the front cover
der. Copies
attract hundreds
continued from page 2
and military
closely
from Colonial Williamsburg mail or-
visitors, said Vernell Sutherland, who
soldiers
results
lar employee
were hugely successful, drawing 351
War games
1995
where we go from here."
of the first catalogue
ing, Saturday, Feb. 4, at 12: 15 p. m.
Last week' s youth
ness We' ll be watching the spring
recollections: "
We have always
got sick or there was an emer-
gency or something. We never needed
this back -up speaker until about four
spoke until 910."
Clayton W. Davis, 78, died Jan. 27.
1981
Marketplace
For Sale: Entertainment center, good condition, $ 40
Call 888- 2252
food processor. $ 40, Never used, still in factorysealed box. electric shoe polisher, $30 Call 220- 2933
anytime.
For Sale: 1988 Justy Subaru GL. 37 MPG, two - door
hatchback, five- speed, AM /FM /cassette, just tuned
match rape victims with Avalon staff
who
Agencies
provide
with
ganization,"
type of volunteer
Sumerlin
For Sale: ( Or give -away) Does anyone want to play
with old ( c 1970' s) stereo equipment? Two speakers,
NordicTrack
ski exerciser,
condition, $
Sequoia
model,
225. Ladies three-
565- 1637 after 7 p m
assistance and to find a few hours a
For Sale: Three bedroom rancher in Gloucester with
or-
said. " I know we
all lead busy hectic lives, but we must
week for someone
a tuner and an amplifier Call Marilyn at 7206 or 220-
two full baths. large family room with vaulted ceiling,
9073
like Avalon can' t survive
some
of someone who desperately needs our
support.
without the help of volunteers " I
strongly encourage others to get involved
speed bike, $ 25, Trampoline, 40" diameter, $ 20 Call
take time to put ourselves in the place
Williamsburg Community Hospital to
members
two- years - old, excellent
7674 or 565 -1270
continued from page 3
For Sale:
up. new timing belt, good tires. $ 1, 500 Call Mike at
Volunteer
large
less fortunate "
She continues to serve on the Allocation Committee,
helps train
committee
and works
new
interior / exterior protection
car cover
Washable,
on/ easy off, water repellant and breathable,
easy
fits cars
14' 1" to 15' bumper to bumper, light grey color, stores
members
eat - in kitchen
washer,
For SaIe. MEGA Memory, brand new, $ 60; Evolution 3
on the
Colonial Williamsburg' s United Way
planning committee.
easily, lock provision, soft and durable with double
stitched seams with durable elastic hem, $ 50. Call
7085 or 565 - 3288 after 5 p. m.
For Sale: Lovely compact brass and cut -glass crystal
chandelier. 15" in diameter, 20" in overall height
stove,
will
with
custom - built cabinets
negotiate
the
refrigerator
and
Dishwasher
and dryer Walk - up attic. wall -to -wall carpet, linoleum
in kitchen, large deck off the kitchen, 1/ 2 acre lot with
double
car driveway,
well
landscaped
yard
Built in
1988. Asking $ 69, 900 Call Mike at 7674 or 693 -7950
Wanted: Sitter for two girls, ages 4 and 7, Tuesdays
from 4 30 -6 30 p m and every other Sunday from 1- 4
p m and other occasions One mile from W& M, $ 4 50/
hr Call 229 -1934
Brass recently cleaned, sealed and fixture rewired Six
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Colonial
Williamsburg
Inside
Folk Art
S
Information about
Colonial Williamsburg
people
and
exhibit looks
programs
Volume 48, No. 6
at
2
slavery
Recycling
continues to
3
grow
February 9, 1995
Stuntz is new
director of
communications
Susan M. Stuntz has been named di-
past
rector of communications for the Co-
lonial Williamsburg Foundation, effective Feb
1
She will oversee internal
and external communications and me-
dia relations programs for all divisions
of Colonial Williamsburg and Colonial
Williamsburg Hotel Properties, Inc.
Stuntz reports to F. Roger Thaler,
vice president for external affairs and
associate counsel. She has nearly 20
years of communications
and public
The most accurate and
extensive wallpapering job
Painter
ever teed by a museum is
cks the wallpaper
th Leonard Hub-
reakinw:
ied
fee
currently in progress at the
coats
of paint
likened the paint
Photos by Sotto Hellman
Wythe House.
relations experience as an independent
communications
consultant,
major trade association
with
a
in Washington,
D. C., and with the publications depart-
Layers of paint cling tenu-
ment of a northeastern university.
Since 1993 she has provided strategic
communications
rate,
trade
advice
association
and
ously to the walls and woodwork—
to corpo-
government
clients. In addition to developing com-
The last restoration
munications plans, Stuntz wrote and
edited
media
materials
ports
and
worked
with
ment
cost - effective
and annual
clients
public
re-
The two -year project, partially funded by a grant from the National En-
and
dowrnent for the Humanities to upgrade the environmental systems, is expected
Among her clients was the National
s Business
congressionally
Council,
mandated
NWBC,
in 1939. Experts from the
research to give the Wythe House its most accurate and expensive makeover
media relations programs.
Women'
of the Wythe house was undertaken
foundation have utilized current technology and more than 50 years of additional
to imple-
affairs
reluctant to re-
veal the secrets protected for hundreds of years from prying
eyes Today' s technological advances pry loose those secrets.
opening a window to the past and a road map for restoration
to be completed
this summer.
The Wythe House, under the direction of W. A. R. Goodwin,
a
became
Please see Wythe House on page 2
council that
assesses the growth of women -owned
businesses nationwide,
identifies barri-
ers to their success and makes recom-
mendations to the President and Con-
gress about the best ways to remedy
inequities and remove discriminatory
policies
and
practices.
These
busi-
Black tradesmen continue their craft legacy
February' s Black History Month
commemorates the trials, tribulations
was hammering silver smooth " I remember thinking, ' how can you use a
and successes of black Amencans. En-
hammer to hammer an object smooth,
nesses employ more people than all the
Fortune 500 companies combined
tertainers, scientists, doctors, teachers
but not leave any hammer marks9 "'
and Underground Railroad workers are
Jones said. " The secret is a process
Prior to her work as an independent
among the most often - remembered
people this month Less well known
called annealing. The silver is heated
are the black silversmiths, printers and
enabling
coopers
Their
hammering the flexible metal into the
legacy continues today at Colonial
Williamsburg.
shape desired. If the metal is allowed
consultant,
Stuntz
worked
at the To-
bacco Institute, a Washington,
D. C. -
based trade association representing
U. S. cigarette manufacturers, first as a
writer and editor for periodicals and
specialty
publications
and
of the
Silversmith
subse-
quently as director of issues management, vice president and senior vice
Prior to her positions in Washington, Stuntz was a writer and editor in
the publications office at the University
of Connecticut where she wrote and
produced internal and external publicaand periodicals.
We are excited to have a person of
Please see Stuntz on page 4
to continue
to harden, it could break."
As Jones' knowledge of hammering
to Colonial Williamsburg 19 years ago
after finishing high school. He worked
grew, it wasn' t long before Curtis' prediction came true. " I make tea kettles,
locations throughout the
foundation before finding his niche in
the silversmith shop, where everything
is produced in the 18th- century manner.
One day there was an opening in
the shop. Master silversmith Jimmy
Silversmith
silver
Preston
Jones Jr. hammers
into what will soon
kettle.
become
a tea
Photo by Tom Green
making silver cups, spoons
kettles. I said ' yeah, right'
and tea
Curtis, who is also black, offered me
The path to becoming a silversmith
was a long and involved journey for
the position and I accepted,"
tions
the silversmith
Preston Jones Jr. came
at various
president for public affairs.
18th century
and cooled as many times as necessary,
Jones
had to physically and mentally master
of all of them."
Although there' s no documentation
for black silversmiths in 18th - century
Williamsburg, they did exist in Petersburg, Va , and Charleston, S. C., according to Jones.
Jones. One of the first concepts Jones
said. " He said that one day I would be
scalloped ladles, cups and many other
items," Jones said " I' m equally proud
Please see Black History on page 3
Hundreds attend Bruton Heights groundbreaking
Hundreds of employees, local and
iamsburg had originally swapped the
Bruton Heights property for land in the
county government officials, VIPs and
community members braved frigid
weather
Feb.
6,
to
attend
Historic
Area
upon
which
stood
a
school for black children.
a
One of the questions grandfather
groundbreaking
ceremony
at the
former Bruton Heights School. The
always
brief ceremony marks the formal be-
being proposed was, ' what will the
ginning of the school' s restoration.
impact
Colonial Williamsburg President
asked
be
when
on
the
a major
project
community ?"
was
she
Bob Wilburn welcomed the guests and
said. " Grandfather not only approved
of providing a better location for a
read remarks on behalf of Chairman
school, he and grandmother provided
Emeritus Charles Longsworth,
was unable to attend the event
who
substantial funds for the building of
Follow-
Bruton
ing Wilburn' s remarks, Abby O' Neill,
former trustee and granddaughter of
A groundbreaking ceremony was conducted at the former Bruton Heights School Feb. 6.
John D. Rockefeller Jr., spoke.
O' Neill
told how Colonial
Will-
Heights
School.
If he were here today, I think he
Doing the honors were, from left, Perry DePue, Trix Rumford, Sara Howard, Bob Wilburn,
Abby O' Neill, Bill Lane, Russell Tabb
and
Trist McConnell.
Photo In Patrick Saylor
might smile over the irony of Colonial
Williamsburg reacquiring this propPlease
see
Bruton
on page
4
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COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1995
Folk Art Center
Colonial
Aldrich
Williamsburg' s
Rockefeller
Folk
looks at slavery
exhibit
Abby
Art Center
presents a trio of works Feb. 3 through
early November that offer two artists'
insights
into
what
was once
called "
peculiar institution,"
slavery.
The exhibit features " Portrait
Man / Virginian
Luxuries,"
the
of a
a double -
sided painting by an unidentified early
19th- century artist. It features a bust length
portrait
on the face of the can-
vas, and two slave scenes side by side
on the back. The left scene depicts a
white man kissing a black woman; the
other shows a white man beating a
black man with a stick. The words
Virginian Luxuries" appear along the
bottom of the painting' s back side.
The painting is displayed on an
angle
with a mirror
positioned
behind
it, enabling viewers to see the front
Virginian" in the painting' s title
may have been used as a synonym for
Portrait
of a Man / Virginian
Luxuries,"
a 19th- century double -sided painting,
comments on the institution of slavery.
sketches by folk artist Lewis Miller,
1796 - 1882. The sketches illustrate the
working
ref-
mixed feelings many Americans har-
erence to the state. During the 18th and
bored about slavery. Miller wrote on
Explaining why the Center chose to
exhibit works on slavery, Barbara
19th centuries, the word " luxury" con-
one of them that he was " astonished"
Luck, curator of textiles and paintings,
subtle and insidious form of forgetting
noted excess or a lack of moderation
by the sight of a gang slave march in
Virginia. That surprise reflects his upbringing in York, Pa , where slavery
said, " Slavery seems to be a topic that
many Americans, both white and
when we distort
black, would prefer to sweep under the
present -day emotional needs, whether
was abolished by the 1780s.
rug rather than examine closely,
those feelings are understandable
and
The
individual or collective. Until we learn
subject is emotionally charged But ig-
ior, we can hardly begin to change
noring it leaves us without perspective
those we have come to repudiate."
southern"
rather than as a specific
and restraint.
This older definition sheds light on
the artist' s meaning and suggests that
the painting was intended to condemn
sketch
abuses connected with slavery
Views of Slavery"
The exhibit also includes a Miller
also presents
of a slave
auction,
another
of
slaves dancing and a fourth of slaves
While it is unlikely that the fact of
slavery' s existence in America could
ever be forgotten,
stitution
to accept
in
we indulge
in a more
the realities
order
all aspects
to
of the in-
accommodate
of our past behav-
Integrated management system should help reduce costs
Planned improvements to Colonial
comprises representatives from every
ing information from different systems
age integrates the Software 2000 sys-
Williamsburg' s computer systems will
division in the foundation and hotel
for analysis, training staff to use differ-
make
properties.
ent systems and massaging
tem with a maintenance and inventory
system from Champs Software and a
Colonial Williamsburg has installed new technology during the past
to get the information
life
somewhat
easier
for those
who manage information and should
reduce costs, according to Jeff Duncan,
director of accounting.
the systems
we need
to man-
time and attendance module that con-
age the business.
Several
nects time clocks directly to the payroll
systems
are
no
longer
The foundation is in the midst of
several years to track inventory, create
purchase orders, account for fixed as-
installing a computer system that will
sets, sell tickets and merchandise, pro-
meeting the needs of the people who
use them. The work order system
combine three separate systems into
cess credit card transactions and more,"
doesn'
one. The new " Integrated
Duncan said "
a job. The inventory and purchasing
four implementation
systems are difficult to use. There is no
lished and plans put in place to ensure
System"
integrates
Management
information
from
freed
the
staff
These
systems have
from
hundreds
of
t track
the cost of materials
for
the current accounting, personnel /pay-
manual processes. We' ve become more
project
roll, inventory and purchasing systems
productive and better able to do our
timekeeping system is labor - intensive
and adds a module
jobs.
The list goes on "
for maintenance.
According to Duncan, who leads the
project
with information
systems
direc-
We' ve reached a point, though,
where older, inefficient
systems
a successful implementation
by sum-
mer
ago.
After
began
an extensive
Susan Close of the finance division
discussions with several vendors, an
integrated program proposed by Soft-
Carter
three times in varied systems, combin-
ware 2000 was chosen. The new pack-
much time is spent manipulating
sys-
were estab-
inter-
become "
the largest single
teams
faces, entering information two and
preventing increased productivity
perhaps
a year
AS /400 computer Shortly after that,
The financial systems team is led by
The search for a solution
about
The systems were purchased in August along with a new, more powerful
The purchasing systems team is led by
Chuck Trader of the commissary The
human resources team is led by Nancy
tor Ron Carruth, the installation has
tems project ever undertaken by Colonial Williamsburg." The project team
are
The
system.
tracking
system
Too
review of the foundation' s needs and
of the
compensation,
benefits
Please see Systems on page 4
Wythe House
continued from page 1
well -to -do households
the first domestic building in Colonial
to
be
restored.
Williamsburg
been able to display extensively pat-
Goodwin'
and financial
s
restoration,
before
the
would
have
terned walls. Consistent with the social
standing
of George
glued together by hand to form a roll of
paper Rolls were not produced by any
er methods in the 18th century.
he rolls were then shipped to Peery
takes in perfecting the recipe cou
very costly."
Ray cautions against shock w
viewing the bright green paint. "
foundation existed, came remarkably
Wythe, research concluded six of the
member,
close given
eight rooms and the passageways were
looked very different when
n after a hand -painted base coat
candlelight. If it were a so
applied.
cal tools
the primitive
available
archaeologi-
papered. These rooms will return to
at the time.
The science of paint analysis, now
highly evolved from the " scratch and
their original state when the project is
complete
match" method, is a very precise color
Betty Leviner, curator of exhibition
matching system, that uses microscopes and computers. Architectural
buildings, describes the labor -intensive
historians can accurately re- create a
decorating scheme from any chosen
room. " Bare plaster walls were covered
time period. This allows for a much
was then brushed on the cloth to pre-
improved understanding of the use of
different rooms in a particular house —
vent the lime deposits in the plaster
process used for papering the dining
with pre- shrunken linen. A prime coat
from seeping through and destroying
ultimately leading to a better interpre-
the paper. The prime coat replaces the
tation of a property.
layer of brown
paper
which
would
Paint analysis for the Wythe prop-
have been used in colonial times Indi-
erty reveals the house underwent three
vidual sheets of machine -made paper
major redecorations between 1750 and
from France with the appearance
1800. The second paint scheme, dating
laid [ handmade]
to circa
1770,
is the premise
for the
current project
paper
of
were glue
gether on the walls. The final step;
to handpaint
the paper "
The paint presented another set of
curate and extensive wallpaper projects
opportunities and challenges for the
ever undertaken by a museum,"
restoration team. Curator of objects for
o. in London for the design appli-
knew these
color it would fade away;?;
Before and during •
applicatio +"
Peery & Co has been making wall
e
coverings since the early 19th century.
paint had to be heated in a bucket of
green jello when the paint was first
The company owns hundreds of original wood printing blocks dating back to
the 18th century.
opened," said painter Warren Owens.
Elaborate designs can require sev-
He, along with Leonard Hubbard, ap-
eral blocks to complete a pattern. Registration is maintained by punching
warm water. " The consistency was like
plied the three coats necessary
to cover
the papered walls " The only problem
was you had to stir the paint every two
or three
strokes
because
the pigment
settled so fast," Owens added.
when touched As ' ier,, oat will be
Q
problem.
The plainness o
n
of the paper — simi-
lar to sprocket holes in film.
If a wood block must be crafted for
the
cost
can
run
as much
as
2, 000 a block. Authenticity has a high
price tag
A restoration
of this magnitude
would be far cheaper if modern tech-
the walls in the
room does n t indicate an infe-
rior cov
holes in the corners
a pattern,
The paint dries to a flat, chalky
color which flakes off quite easily
applied to control th
This is one of the largest, most ac-
said
the colonists
g. ' The' dining rriom held
immense importance and status in the
nology
was used throughout.
then, in these cost - conscious
Why
times, is
the foundation willing to undertake
such a venture?
social structure during colon y times,"
Willie Graham, curator of architecture
Colonial
for Colonial Williamsburg. The
project, while taking advantage of 20th
century technology for analytical pur-
mixed the paint adhering to 18th - c
poses, steps back in time for implemen-
base. " Sheer volume was my biggest
problem," said Ray. " I generally mix in
thimble quantities. Mixing more than
The remaining rooms
patterned paper based on
i11 have a
a most re-
tury technology," he continues " This
cent
uncovered
by comparing and contrasting the dif-
five gallons was a little harder. The
written
tation. Eighteenth- century techniques
are adhered to whenever possible
The cost of manufacturing elaborate
papers in colonial times meant only
Williamsburg,
Steve R y,
tury methods. Pure, ground, green pi
ment
was
pigment
suspended
in a hide
was so expensive
glue
any mis-
according
were
to
Graham, "
probably
used
to
walls
d
ay
pic-
tures."
A pseudo - colonial restoration is no
longer acceptable,"
says Graham "
We
have learned too much over the past
12 - 15 years about replicating 18th -cen-
research
and
new
records.
Individual °""
sheets
also gives us an interpretive advantage
ferences between 18th- and 20th -cen-
of paper were
tury
technologies "
�News from the hotels
and restaurants
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9,
3
1995
Recycling efforts continue growth in 1994
Colonial
Williamsburg
monumental
has made
strides in recycling
since
a 155 percent leap in recycling from
1993 to 1994.
the foundation' s recycling program
began
three
years ago.
Recycled
tonnage
increased
230
they contributed
computer
nearly five tons of
printout
paper,
the
age of 77 percent
valuable
each
clable
year.
When
recycling efforts began
in
1991,
New hotline
221, 306
of waste
The Recycling
In 1994,
a
the weight of recycled
Committee
employee "
ger
731, 162
the material
207, 704
200
recy-
past
year.
Glass
collections totaled
recycling program. The line is
monitored at least weekly.
most
221
recy-
cling also posted
an increase for the
ments and suggestions about our
recycled -
paper
Glass
Call 2333 with questions, com-
Cardboard was
400
percent.
for
cycling at Colonial Williamsburg.
pounds.
473
of
cling increased 22
has
hotline"
ahead
1993. White led-
questions and comments about re-
materials
totaled
new
60
nage was 84 per-
for recycling
pounds
731
recy-
commod-
cent
recycled
80
most
ity. 1994' s ton-
Co-
lonial Williams-
burg
of pounds
ers pitched into recycling efforts as
percent from 1991 to 1994 — an aver-
Recycling Record
Thousands
Colonial Williamsburg office work-
7
1
3,
5
pounds -
pounds
cent
2
1
12 per-
more
than
1991
1992
1993
1994
FOUR YEARS OF RECYCLING PROGRESS —The graph above reflects annual
increases in total pounds of recycled materials processed by the Colonial Williams
burg Recycling Center.
of corrugated paper in 1994, 22 percent
1993.
more than the previous year
material by weight at the Recycling
recycling dropped 32 percent because
of three factors the Commissary is
purchasing higher quality frying grease
Center
with a longer useful life, better filter-
kraft paper, etc — last year, nearly two
ing techniques and kitchen staffs have
tons of old telephone books and two -
improved
and- one -half tons of magazines
Wood pallets were the second most
recycled
item -
191,
180
pounds
in
Glass
is the third most recycled
Newspapers posted
a 55 percent
1994 —up 19 percent over 1993. Sheldon Lumber Company in Toano buys
the used pallets directly from Colonial
Williamsburg. Sheldon repairs service-
annual increase. Aluminum can recycling was up 38 percent and rag recycling rose by 33 percent.
Restaurant waste recycling posted
able
pallets
one increase and two declines in ton-
into
mulch.
and grinds
worn - out pallets
this
past year occurred
in plastics,
with
tional improvements.
it' s
clined 12 percent due to improvements
in meat
products
purchased
and
meat
trimming by suppliers.
Cabbage
The declines were due to opera-
while
in service. Fat and bone recycling de-
nage.
The biggest increase in recycling
care of the grease
lumped
Liquid grease
ing records for three other categories in
1994.
Employees
recycled
10, 395
pounds of file stock — manila folders,
The Recycling Center recoups shipping fees and a portion of operating
costs by selling valuable recyclables to
Southeast Recycling of Richmond
trimming
recycling
74 percent
Under the agreement
with Southeast,
the company also takes less valuable
The Recycling Center began keep-
recyclables
and
provides
boxes
for
recyclables
Recycling
Center takes
Colonial
The
Employees living outside the His-
Williamsburg Recy-
toric Area may use the Colonial Williamsburg Recycling Center to recycle
cling Center
plastics that community recycling pro-
on
grams
2: 30 p m. «
All employees,
won' t accept
City and county recycling programs
generally accept only # 1 and # 2 plastics for recycling. The Recycling Cen-
is
Attendant
day.
duty
Area
or
open
in
not,
24 hours
the
may
Street Office Building
aerosol
Please place recyclable mate -
a
rials in the proper containers.
7: 30 a. m. to
whether
puter
Historic
paper
and
other
office
Center
section
such as Federal Express containers),
1 and # 2 plastics
if separated,
and # 3
through # 8 plastics ( mixed)
Questions? Call the new recycling
Recycling
number in the center of the symbol.
corrugated
interior
hotline at 2333, recycling committee
chairman Mike Hornby at 7674 or any
cyclable materials to the Colonial Williamsburg and magazines, brown pa-
of the
cans,
and ad-
recycling
regardless
paint
with a ribbed
vertising inserts, catalogs
papers, newspapers
re-
ter will accept all plastics bearing the
symbol
and
cardboard
unless the cardboard is heavily waxed
The following items are acceptable for recycling Com-
Rn;,
bring
hprlac
centers
community
Walter Jones is .
weekdays
live
they
plastics
RECYCLES
in the old
bus garage at the rear of the Franklin
per bags, aluminum
cans
other member of the recycling
commit-
and foil, aluminum pie tins, empty
tee.
he was performing printer duties,"
Parker said. " J. Alexander Purdy of the
to come to him. This fact impressed me
Virginia Gazette had a black pressman
heard of slaves, but never about free
named Jordan. It was not uncommon to
blacks in this era "
Black History
continued from page 1
so much because in school I constantly
find blacks in the shops."
The opportunity to work with mas-
When one learns of the career Felix
ter cooper George Pettengell, who has
Simmons had as a highly paid manager
in the airline industry, it may be diffi-
more than 46 years of experience in the
cult to understand why he was inter-
craft " He' s more than a teacher. He' s
ested in becoming a cooper at Colonial
Williamsburg.
been like a father while teaching me
Several
Simmons'
events
precipitated
arrival in the Historic Area.
I often worked 80 -hour workweeks —
trade, also attracted Simmons to the
pride in craftsmanship,"
he said
Simmons enjoys many aspects of
his craft including making a container— whether it' s a barrel, bucket,
leaving home at 6. 30 a m., fighting
tub or milk churn —from beginning to
monstrous
end
traffic
to get to work,
then
staying on the job as late as midnight,"
Willie Parker, master printer, who has been with the foundation
piece
of
paper
he just took
off
the
printing
press.
25 years, checks a
Photo by Dave Doody
Simmons
explained "
unbelievable;
The stress
something
had
was
to
change."
While buying silver was an indul-
When visitors come to the print
gence few in the 18th century could
shop they see the letter -by- letter setup
burg more than six years ago helped
afford,
that' s required prior to the actual print-
Simmons
ing process They' re reminded of the
would be. " When I visited the cooper' s
printed
products
were
a neces-
A vacation
to Colonial
decide
what
Williams-
that
change
Knowing that four years ago I
didn' t have the skills to do this make
seeing the finished product that much
more satisfying," Simmons said. " But
the most enjoyable aspect about my
trade is provoking thoughts and shar-
ing the history of the cooper with the
sity for many. Master printer Willie
Parker has worked in the print shop at
Colonial Williamsburg for nearly 25
care and attention
that printers had to
shop the craftsmen had such pride in
take to produce bibles, encyclopedias
their work and a look of quiet satisfac-
complete in two years
years
and dictionaries. This process touches
tion on their faces.
some-
open his own cooperage
I began working at Colonial Williamsburg during high school and came
back after military service," Parker
the creativity within all of us. There' s
thing in me," he said.
in
course, I plan to stay with Colonial
Williamsburg, but I' d also like the op-
truly a uniqueness about the work we
do here."
There
were
It aroused
no
openings
the
public."
His apprenticeship training will be
He plans to
then "
Of
Williamsburg print shop was the Col-
cooper' s shop when Simmons decided
to leave the airline industry shortly after visiting Colonial Williamsburg. He
an art that required creativity to ensure
lected
accepted a position with the Depart-
that the finished product was pleasing
comprised 628 pages duplicated into
ment of African - American Interpreta-
son, Felix Jr I think he' ll gain a better
to the eye as well as informative.
1, 000 copies that took almost two years
tion and Presentations.
appreciation for why his mother,
Visitors develop an appreciation
for the work of early printers when
a position opened in the cooper' s shop.
I was already interested in the
Barbara,
they see the attention to detail re-
to set and print. " During this time the
printer was also keeping up with his
day -to day activities such as the news-
cooper' s trade, but when I found out
in Virginia."
quired," Parker said. " We take so much
paper and black forms," Parker said.
about Adam Waterford I was even
The largest item ever printed at the
said.
Printing during the colonial era was
for granted now because of the quickness in which
information
is communi-
Laws
of Virginia.
The
laws
Although there are no known black
Two years later,
more excited about learning the skill,"
portunity
to teach this craft to others to
help keep it alive," said the Arkansas
native.
I' d especially like to teach it to my
and I chose to leave the fast -
track life for a more peaceful existence
Though
coopers
are
silversmiths,
not
often
printers
the
subjects
and
of
master printers in 18th- century Vir-
Simmons
said. " Waterford was a free
cated via radio, television and now the
Black History Month programs, they
ginia, slaves worked in shops as press-
Internet. In the 18th century, print was
the only form of mass communication.
men. " The fact that the slave, Caesar,
black man and the only cooper in Williamsburg in 1770. When someone
play a major role at Colonial Williamsburg, where these tradesmen re- create
was sold with a shop leads us to believe
needed a container or bucket, they had
their crafts
all
and educate
continue to
visitors
learn from
as we
the past
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COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1995
American Express scholarship
applications due March 15
NewsB r i efs
Volunteer names needed
Employees' children and grandchildren who plan to pursue post- secondary
education have until March 15 to apply for the American Express /Colonial Williamsburg Scholarship.
The program offers ten $2, 000 scholarships for full time study at any accred-
for recognition
ited two- or four -year college, vocational- technical or trade school. The schol-
be invited
arships are awarded primarily on the basis of need.
reception
is seeking the names of all Colonial
Williamsburg volunteers so they can
Academic record, potential to succeed, leadership and participation in school
and career goals, and an outside appraisal also are considered.
To
The office of volunteer programs
April
and community activities, honors, work experience, a statement of educational
certification
to a recognition
to submit
the
names
of all
volunteers in their work areas by
Tuesday, Feb 14. Invitations will be
dation of America, administers the program. For more information and a schol-
sponse System at ( 800) 887 -9204 from
2 a. m. to 7 p. m.
arship application, students should contact Kell' Mansel- Arbuckle at 220 -7116
Those for whom the volunteer office
membership card.
Save money with generic
mailed to volunteers' homes Feb. 23.
has no information will not be invited
who
best
represents
Each nominator may submit only
first
typed
Award.
drugs
Prescriptions
written
for
generic
medications save you money. Generic
drugs, but less expensive. They may
even be made by the same manufacturer
Provident reminder
manner.
one nomination. Nominations must be
Year
at 7174.
and act in a professional
volunteerism at the foundation, for the
of the
ideals
initiative,
of
Volunteer
the
take
prescription
drugs are just as effective as brand name
For more information, call Vernell
Sutherland
Nominations are being sought for
the Colonial Williamsburg volunteer
of claims
are listed on the back of your Provident
An independent company, the Minnesota -based Citizens' Scholarship Foun-
Nominate a volunteer of the year
workdays.
status
The toll free telephone numbers also
6.
asked
two
the
submission, eligibility and coverage provisions, call Provident' s Voice Re-
reception
Colonial Williamsburg managers
are
within
determine
While not all prescription drugs have
Provident Life & Accident Insur-
generic
counterparts,
those
ance Company became the new
offered
at substantial
savings
that do are
The next
on a
health care administrator for the Co-
time your doctor prescribes
That person will be recognized at a
nomination form that can be obtained
from your manager or by calling Ver-
day, April 6
nell Sutherland at 7174 Information is
lonial Williamsburg CW HealthCare
plan Jan. 1, replacing the Trigon Blue
ask him or her to indicate on the pre-
volunteer recognition reception Thurs-
All Colonial Williamsburg employees
and
volunteers
nominate
are encouraged
volunteers
to
who are depend-
or printed
and
submitted
limited to the space available on the
form.
issued
and
the
name for your
The Caremark Mail Order Prescrip-
New Provident membership cards
been
the generic
medication, when allowable.
Cross Blue Shield KeyCare plan.
have
All nominations should be sent via
scription
medication,
new
tion program
offers another way to con-
and cooperative,
promote
interoffice
mail or faxed
to the office
of volunteer programs by March 1.
in
Please destroy your Trigon Blue
able, flexible
goodwill for Colonial Williamsburg,
veniently save you time and money. Employees enrolled in CW HealthCare may
purchase up to a 90 -day supply of maintenance drugs through this program.
Caremark prescription drug cards
were mailed
to employee'
s homes
mid- December.
Cross Blue Shield KeyCare Insurance
Maintenance drugs are blood pressure,
Cards and your Rx Alternatives drug
diabetic and other long -term medica-
cards
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
tions
Present your Provident mem-
bership card when you go to your
doctor and your Caremark prescription drug card when you go to your
pharmacist.
To receive your prescriptions through
the mail, simply fill out the Caremark
patient profile /order form and mail it to
Caremark
If you are scheduled for surgery,
along with your copayment
and original prescription.
Mail order
you or your physician must call Pri-
forms were sent, along with prescription
vate Healthcare Systems, Inc., at 1-
drug cards, to all CW HealthCare em-
800- 225 -5548 in advance of any non -
ployees
emergency
Caremark kit Contact Mildred Wiley at
hospital admission
An
emergency admission requires pre-
in
mid- December
in
the
7026 for a mail order form
Systems
continued from page 2
and human resources
Alveta Ewell ( center) and Kelly Wright ( lower right, back to the camera) from
WAVY -TV 10 interview guests after they attended Thursday' s " Black Women
of Williamsburg" program, a part of the Winter Discovery Series, at the
Hennage Auditorium. Ewell and Wright produced a special segment to cele-
brate Black History month. The interview aired Fri., Feb. 3. Photoby Lorraine Brooks
information
systems department. Doug Finch of
maintenance
operations
maintenance
team,
leads
which
the
May I. By July 1, the new inventory and
purchasing system should be up and running.
combines
The integrated systems will help us
representatives from the foundation
and hotel maintenance
manage a tremendous volume of infor-
teams.
During the next several months,
mation much more efficiently,"
Duncan
locations will be determined for new
time clocks, computer terminals will
Bruton
savings throughout the organization.
be installed and training conducted
continued from page 1
for the new systems.
erty. But, I also know he would heartily approve
said, " and has the potential for creating
of the plan to save this
building that means so much to the
community."
O' Neill also noted that appropriate-
ness of naming the new library for her
grandfather " It' s no accident that his
name has never been associated
Lane was followed by Williamsburg
Mayor Trist McConnell and Perry
DePue, chairman of the James City
County Board of Supervisors. Colonial
Williamsburg acquired Bruton Heights
from the Williamsburg James City
Schools in 1992 as part of a land swap.
tenance system should go live March
1, at the Auto Shop first and later in
other
maintenance
For more information about the inte-
The new main-
areas.
The
new
accounting systems should go online
grated management system, call Duncan
at 7065 or Ron Carruth at 7304
For in-
formation about a specific system, call
the appropriate
team leader
Marketplace
with
The restored school will be part of
any structure in Williamsburg, despite
an educational campus that will include
For Sale: 1992 Jeep Cherokee Limited. All options,
For Sale: Antique Victorian Eastlake - style furniture one
all of his gifts," she said. " I think he
the DeWitt Wallace Collections
37K
love seat, one chair with arms, one chair without arms,
would approve knowing it was to be
Conservation Building and the John D.
Rockefeller Jr. Library. The complex
here next to Bruton Heights School "
Mrs. O' Neill was followed at the
podium by Ambassador William Lane
and
with
leather
interior,
Asking $ 200 - don' t want to move it again' Call 259- 0331
For Sale: 1985 Camaro parts: engine, transmission,
For Sale: Three - bedroom
will house employees from architecture
front end and doors. Call 253 - 5621 after 5 p. m
two full baths, large family room with vaulted ceiling,
and engineering,
For Sale: 1988 Pontiac Grand Prix LE. Six cylinder,
historical, architec-
lections,
rebuild
production. It should be complete by
early 1997.
torium
white
one toot stool. Original finish, upholstery needs re -done
tural
audi-
kept,
875 -8876.
his wife, Jean, donated $ 1 million to
the school
garage
showroom condition, $ 18, 800. Call 238 -2085 or page
Jr , a former trustee who, along with
and modernize
miles,
and
archaeological
conservation
research,
col-
and audiovisual
power everything, almost new tires, new paint, AC,
AM/ FM stereo /
cassette, inherited another car, must
sell this one. $ 4, 775 or best offer.
Call Gayle
at 259-
large
eat - In
kitchen
with
rancher in
Gloucester with
custom - built
cabinets
washer, stove, will negotiate the refrigerator
Dish-
and washer
and dryer. Walk - up attic, wall - to - wall carpet, linoleum
kitchen,
large
deck
off
the
kitchen,
1/ 2
acre
lot
in
with
double car driveway, well landscaped yard, built in 1988
69, 900. Call Mike at 7674, 693- 7950 or 565 -1270
0816.
For Sale: 1988 Justy Subaru GL. 37 MPG, two -door
hatchback, five -speed, AM/ FM /cassette, Just tuned
Stuntz
up, new timing
7674
continued from page 1
efforts,"
Thaler
said
Her background developing and
implementing communications programs that reach a variety of audiences
to broaden interest in issues, policies
and organizations will enhance Colo-
can be found during a visit to Colonial
Williamsburg," she said, " and the importance
of understanding
this period
in American history.
So much has changed during the
30 -plus years that I have been visiting.
Colonial Williamsburg is much more
nial Williamsburg' s ambitious external
relations plans for the coming years "
For Stuntz, who grew up in Alexan-
than a snapshot in time. As we look at
dria, Va., trips to Colonial Williams-
A key part of my job will be to expand
school field trips or family vacations.
the reach
Since her return to Northern Virginia in
traditional
500 or best
offer.
some engine
Call 220 - 2855.
Queen - sized
canopy
minium, all with tree top corner view, $ 79, 500 Call 7968
or 220 - 3741
work
Wanted: Looking for a good home for a friendly one bed,
pecan, " real
year old female white German Shepherd Call Debbie at
wood", suitable for colonial -style draperies, 61/ ft
2
221- 8887 from 830 a. m.- 5 p m or 221 -0965 after 6 p m
high with paneled headboard, mattress included,
Wanted:
650.
Call 259 - 0816
For Sale: Vintage 1960 two -piece French Provincial
bedroom
suite.
Full -size
bed with pierced
head-
board. Triple dresser with mirror and nine drawers.
Ads for the Marketplace
Ads are free for
Colonial Williamsburg employees only Submit ads in
writing to Kim Genova, GBO - 132, in person or by interoffice mail. Or, FAX them to 7702
Include your name and
work unit, these are not Included in the ad unless requested.
Ads
run for one week
and must
be renewed
in
can learn from the colonial experience.
burg were a rite of passage, whether
Black, four - door, six-
cylinder, good work car, needs
For Sale:
For Sale: Condo in Williamsburg Commons Assumable
8% FHA loan. Spacious two bedroom, one bath condo -
For Sale: 1980 Buick Century.
Susan' s calibre lead the foundation' s
communications
belt, good tires, $ 1. 500. Call Mike at
or 565 - 1270.
1979, she has visited Williamsburg
many times.
the public policy debates that are taking place today, there is so much we
of our message
beyond
the
media "
Stuntz received a master' s degree
from the University of Missouri School
I look forward to the opportunity to
of Journalism and a bachelor' s degree
promote the variety of experiences that
in political science from Virginia Tech
Solid wood construction
with original
wheat
and gold
paint. Dresser has been protected with custom glass
top. Excellent condition, $ 175. Contact Cindy at
2763 or 564 - 0634 after 5: 30 p. m.
writing; no phone calls, please Ads are repeated as
space allows. Ads and renewals must be received by 5
p. m. Friday
Colonial Williamsburg News is published weekly by the Communications Department for Colonial Williamsburg employees. Send correspondence to: " Colonial Williamsburg News, GBO- 131," FAX it to 220 -7702 or call
the CW News Hotline at NEWS /
6397
Editor
Associate
Patrick Saylor, 7120
Editor
Jim Bradley, 7281
Contributors' Sandy Belan, Lorraine Brooks, Kim Genova, Anita Hallman, Sophia Hart, Curtia James
Dawn Estrin, Lael White, Kathy Dunn, Mary Masengale
This
publication
is
printed
on
recycled
paper
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7 February 16,
1995 Weekend programs focus on Washington young and
old George
Washington returns to
Wil-bs urg in two
liam
guises —as a
com unity. 5 p. m Saturday. A ball is held
Burgesses. From 9: 30
in Washington' s honor, from 7 to 9:
to 10:
young man and as revolutionary general
30 p. m. at the
Saturday
m.,
Washington
dur- ing Presidents Day weekend, Feb.
Visitors may relax with the American
and his
wife,
18-
officers and share a toast to the American
Martha, visit
the
vic- tory,"
Howell
dentist,
where
20.
Programs Saturday and Sunday
por-tray Washington as general of the
Con-tinental Army. Events during these
two
days re-create
just
before
at
September
the
victory
Yorktown. Washington was in
and around Williamsburg during this
period when the Allied army planned
and began its
Yorktown.
advance toward
Visitors to the
Wythe
House
be-twe n 9:30 a m. and 3:30 p. m.
Satur- day encounter Washington as he
estab- lishes his
headquarters amidst
cannon fire. " may meet and speak
Visitors
with the general' s staff including
said.Washi"
ngton
50 a.
may take a moment to join in the
visitors discover the
dancing and
real story of his
1781, ,
American
Capitol. "
conversation " The year 1781 continues on
false teeth From 11
Sunday as Washington and his staff at end
30 a
a
drumhead church service on
30 p. m George
,
Market Square at 10: 30 a. m.From 1 to 3 p.
and Martha are
m., may at end a staff meeting
visitors
at the Capitol, where Washington is
seen planning the Amencan advance and
seen throughout
m.
to 12:
town,shopping and
set-tling their
bills.
issuing
The
orders. During a Grand Review on week- end' s events
con-clude with
Market Square at 3:30 p. m.,
Washington
inspects and reviews the army before
Wash- ington serving
it begins its march to
Lafayette, Baron Von Steuben, Henry Knox
on a legislative
Lincoln," said program
man- ager Mark
Howell. From 2 to 3:30 p. m.,
visitors
Berquist, who portrays
com-
Mar- tha Dandridge Custis Washington
the
dur- ing Women' s History Month,
and Benjamin
Yorktown. Susan
South Committee
discusses how she developed the
Room
role, at 3
mittee
in
Capitol
from
2
done."
This portrait of Gen.George Washington, by Charles
Willson Peale, is being used by members of the costume design center'
to 3:
s
special
projects team to outfit
Garland Wood for this
listen in as General Washington meets
with Gov Thomas Nelson to discuss
30 p. m. in the Public Records
Sunday
40 p. m This is
"
Of- fice near the
the
the state of affairs in
Capitol. Programs Monday move back
in time to 1769, when young
the room will be open the
Virginia. Historian Kevin Kelly presents
a lecture on Washington as the nation'
s first hero in the Hennage Auditorium
Washington is portrayed as husband and member
of the House of
in which legislative work would
the public; indoor programs require
a ticket. Employees are admitted
have been
free with C. W.
at Oral
History
end'
s
Washington
re-
enactments. collections
time
public,"
said. Historicaly" is the room
, it
Department
Outdoor
programs are free to
Gar- den Symposium explores
Community Night
Howell
first
week-
Traditions," April 9 -
identification The 1995 Wil iamsburg
the history of horticultural
customs during " ardening
G
12. The 49th annual
explores family
symposium celebrates the evolution of
his- torical and
conventions that
learning
Colonial Wilamsburg'
s eighth annual Oral History
Com-munity Night
mem- bers discuss new,evolving
program, "
tra-tions as well as those
di
estab- lished
Fu- ture," is presented free at 7 p.
ken. They join
Colonial Wilamsburg' s experts for
m.
Friday, Feb. 17, at the Lodge
2 Garden
lec- tures, clinics,
ditorium. A musical selection by the
demonstrations, master
De-tment of African - ican
par
Amer
classes
Symposium examines
and
walking
and
Sound," opens the
program.
Dr.
Hayes, a noted sociologist
from Virginia Union
deliv- ers the
keynote
University,
address.
Follow- ing Hayes' address, greater
Williamsburg community families
are featured in an oral history
video. The video depicts single par-
ent, two - parent,
and
extended families of various ethnic
back-
grounds,"
chair Rose
said
McAphee -
NIL
lt Left photo:Wildflower garden at the Lightfoot Tenement. Top right photo:Springtime garden view at the
Alexander Craig House. Bottom photo: Palace gardens require meticulous care to retain structured look coIonial Wil iamsburg
.
Foundation Visiting exhibits designer to lecture at
Hennage Since joining the Isaac
taught those lessons to their children
Fernandez
and/ or other family
Amer-
ican
program invites guests to view family
more
than
dis- plays that
decade
reception after the
include
Art
a
ago,
technical
Patricio Lopez Mendez
dramatic
scenes
and
a
readings,
video
of October' s estate
review
auction in
the Historic
Area.Colonial Wilamsburg' s
Oral History Night began in 1987 as
a way to recognize AfricanAmeri- cans' contributions to the
Williamsburg
of
their
welcome.
Auditorium
are
The
details
matenal
the museum'
loss. Mendez
also will discuss the restoration work
ruins.
that
project. He has toured
the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and
the Chrysler Museum, and queried
museums —what he
calls " the
kitchen" of their
film
s physical and
Buenos Aires
has faced his share
offi- cials about the inner workings of
Em- ployees
chief
photographs, Bibles and heirlooms,
storytelling,
Museums' exchange
Feb. 16, at the Hennage
Blanco
Mendez Mendez presents film segments
de-tailing the bomb' s damage and
dis-cusses the museum' s ensuing
restora- tion efforts at 5:15 p m.
Thursday,
Museum of Spanish
members." A
i
Ili
tat . 4
program
Byrd. "
The
fami- lies tell about lessons they'
ve learned and how they' ve
dramatic
liC
traditons
tours. Please see Garden on page
quintet, " How Sweet the
Delores
traditions made to be
bro-
Au-
Presentations'
modern
garden- ing.
Symposium faculty
Celebrat- ing Family: Past, Present, and
In- on
terpretati
cultural
constitute
remains as well as how
operations. In March Mendez visits
Monticello, Winterthur, the Metropolitan
Museum and design firms in Manhattan
before returning to Buenos
Aires As part of the same exchange
of challenges.
international
Noth- ing, however, surpasses the shock
reopen March 18, 1993, on the one year
he and the museum' s staff of 40
pro- gram, Hadley spent six weeks
anni- of the
versary
in Buenos Aires last fall helping the
encoun- tered when a bomb blast at the
nearby Israeli Embassy two years ago
support
enabled the
museum to
bombing While in Williamsburg, Mendez
dam- aged parts of the collection and left
is assisting exhibits designer Rick
Hadley until the end of February, through
a portion of the main building in
an American Association of
mu- seum improve its interpretation
and
redesign
its
exhibits.
here,Please see
While
Mendez on
page
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COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1995
Warehouse inventory restores order to distribution center
Roz Ramsey, manager for the Products Division' s Distribution
welcomes
this year' s annual
keep track of each purchase and " no-
Center,
tify" the computer
when supplies are
running low
warehouse
Arlene Collins, sales support opera-
inventory.
tor,
The warehouse shut down entirely
from Feb.
1 to 8, to accomplish its
receives
house
these
as " pick
orders
tickets"
at the
ware-
and handwrit-
yearly task " No deliveries took place
during the inventory, but most of our
ten requests The latter must be key -en-
stores
ter orders are filled, Collins keys in a
were good
about getting
tered manually into the computer Af-
their
transfer,
orders to us in advance," Ramsey said.
She was referring to the 27 retail
stores and three
wholesale
units
Merchandise
that
operations,
a computer
individual
store
is
then
in
placed
a
staging area, where a driver picks it up
for delivery. Turn -around time for
are supplied by the warehouse. During
normal
which charges
accounts
inven-
tory system that links the warehouse
most items is two days, with five or six
with foundation shops automatically
stores
generates orders. Registers at the shops
deliveries on any given day
This year' s inventory began unoffi-
receiving
regularly
scheduled
cially with three teams of two employees each pre- counting all warehouse
merchandise in stock. After the official
counts began, new figures were added
and compared with pre -count data and
counts currently
in the computer
inven-
tory.
In
cases
amount
recount
greater
total
of variance,
a set
is used to determine
should be done.
than
the
recount
set
of the
a
Variances
amount
items
dollar
whether
trigger
a
Warehouse employees conduct a pre -count during their recent inventory.
in question.
Photo
bt Sophia
Hart
After all official counts and recounts
place last summer, created mild havoc
cated
system for
for center employees
was
accessible and easy to track, the inven-
tory marks the beginning of a produc-
which took
moved repeatedly during a three - month
period With most items finally relo-
have been performed, final figures are
posted"
Tom Redd, inventory audit clerk, checks
for variances in inventory records.
Photo bt Sophia
on the computer
final inventory numbers.
Warehouse renovations,
Hart
as stock
in convenient
positions
that
are
tive 1995
Wythe House wedding offers life glimpse of 18th- century ceremony
It was
the
winter
In the kitchen, they
1785. Mary Taliaferro.
niece
of Elizabeth
common bridal gifts.
in other activities.
of
engaged
and
George Wythe, was busy
with Lydia,
preparing her upcoming
cook, and Fanny, another
marriage
Wythe
Nelson
to
William
of Yorktown
the Wythe'
s
with visitors about his preparations for
the marriage
who were
The program was created by a plan-
Harriott
slave,
portrayed
Join
Mark Couvillon, who portrayed the
groom in the video, was on hand to talk
in conversation
ning team from the department of his-
Gene
toric buildings. Team members were
by
us today as we examine
Lomax
the
Mitchell. They discussed
Camille
riage by preparing this
home for their wedding."
the large amount of work
Elizabeth Kelly, Diane Lee, Gene
necessary to carry out the
Mitchell
On Jan. 28, visitors at
day' s activities and ana-
life passage
the Wythe
of mar-
lyzed
House received
the invitation
above
amine a marriage
of
and
blacks
in
of the program
planning
team posed near the wedding table. They
In
are, from left: Camille Brooks, Jim McDonald, Diane Lee, Gene Mitchell, Beth
Kelly
Winter Discovery Series,
and
Mark Couvillon.
the program helped visitors discover
and customs
asso-
Photo bt iud'
Roy Underhill produced a video that
introduced
the
main
house,
the
of
members
Kristoffersen
Mark
Couvillon,
and Jim McDonald
The day' s activities drew upon the
expertise of employees from other areas of the foundation
Thanks to Calvin
Heikkila and Katherine Arnold of Craft
the Millinery
Staff from Historic
Trades, David DeSimone of Religious
in
Studies, the Historic Foodways staff,
the dining room where they described
Harriott Lomax of African -American
foodways
staff
were
and
allowed
foods prepared for the wedding table.
Interpretation and Presentations, and
the marriage
of Will-
Visitors
the department of collections
program
to " see"
the
Brooks,
House at the Inn, Phyllis Putnam and
18th -century Virginia.
Members
Part of the
traditions
legalities
as they applied
to whites
celebra-
pened in colonial Tidewa-
the views,
the
marriage
to ex-
tion as it might have hapter Virginia
and
were
invited
to make
paper
ciated with marriage in the 18th cen-
visitors
tury by using varied scenes and activi-
iam Nelson and Mary Taliaferro After
decorations for the wedding table and
ties throughout the house
the video, visitors were free to take part
to
design
pincushions,
which
Jim McDonald
were
Volunteer opportunity for young people with environmental interests
Landscape Department at 220 - 1000
for visitors ages 7 -12 The tour visits a
burg Foundation Employment Office
terested in colonial history, environ-
variety of sites in the Historic Area and
on Franklin Street or the Office of the
mental education and public presenta-
includes participation in activities that
Coordinator
tion are encouraged
relate the impact of colonial life on the
Goodwin Building, downtown near
Williamsburg environment.
Colonial Williamsburg is taking ap-
Merchants Square
plications
this
in becoming an environmental history
week from March 1 to June 1
can
interpreter, they may contact Terry
preters
Yemm, in the Colonial Williamsburg
times a week from June 15 - Sept. 1.
Middle and high school students in-
to immediately
contact the Young People' s environmental History Program
The program was developed by a
pilot team ranging in age from 12 to 23
They created an outdoor walking tour
summer'
for volunteers
s programs
be obtained
to lead
Applications
at the Colonial
Williams-
for
If someone
Volunteers
in
the
Application deadline is Feb. 22. In-
terviews will be conducted during the
weeks of Feb 20 and 27.
Volunteers
you know
is interested
must
be able
to attend
training classes lasting three hours each
will lead one - hour tours
Interseveral
Garden
continued from page 1
Mamie' s Market Bulletins" explores
Visiting
gardeners
Thomas
J.
Optional master classes led by Co-
Keynote speaker Roger Swain, co-
plant sources. " This Ain' t Kansas" dis-
Amason Jr. of Birmingham, Ala., and
lonial Williamsburg
host of public television' s " Victory
Garden," discusses gardening' s oldest
cusses the sense of place and " Grow
Walter Pickard of Alexandria, Va , of-
tional cooking,
First What
fer personal insights as they describe
and most important tradition — putting
food on the table Says Swain: " The
tough plants for tough times
greenhouse gardening and landscape
gardening and design.
spoon
and
the
spade
are
inseparable "
Swam is the author of several books,
including " The Practical Gardener,"
Saving Graces" and " Groundwork" —
his most recent.
Mississippi
horticulturist
Felder
Rushing draws upon 15 years with the
Cooperative Extension Service and his
Grows
Best"
recommends
their own gardens.
William Welch, professor of horti-
culture at Texas A & M University, examines the venerable gardening tradi-
tion of cultivating roses for their scent
and glory. Welch is the author of "Antique Roses for the South," " Perennial
Garden
Gardener'
Color"
and "
A
Southern
are
not
Historical
overlooked
traditions
as
Thomas
Jefferson, portrayed by historian Bill
The
symposium
Colonial
Williamsburg' s exhibition
den at 18th- century Monticello during
buildings,
historic
the symposium' s closing dinner.
ums and gardens
The program
ranging
includes a floral ar-
demonstration
by
Nancy
trades shops,
schedule
of lectures,
ceptions
and a dinner
are $ 50 and limited to 15 registrants
The cooking master
Sawn. Pruning Techniques Not For
Registrar at 7255,
modern gardens.
The Faint- hearted."
tion
proprietor
tradition
re-
to 200 registrants
the emerging
Kim Hawks,
tours,
is limited
class fee is $ 65. Other master classes
dening with plants native to diverse
to
Space
Gingrich Shenk of Lancaster, Pa Co-
gardening traditions " Divide to Multiply" examines propagation and " Aunt
author
clinics,
lonial Williamsburg landscape supervi-
s Notebook."
the
and
muse-
as well as the full
Gardens in Chapel Hill, N. C., discusses
broadcaster
fee,
access to
Barker, offers thoughts about his gar-
present four symposium sessions on
umnist,
registration
280, includes five days'
sors Wesley Greene and Rollin Wooley
present a pruning demonstration and
experience as newspaper garden col-
staff cover tradi-
flower arranging,
of Niche
of sensible
gar-
clinic, " Sheared,
Plucked
and
each.
Contact
the
brochure.
Garden
Symposium
for a free registra-
�News from the hotels and restaurants
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
Beer dinner tastes the brews
FEBRUARY
16,
3
1995
Belgium
of
Blanche
The first beer tasting dinner of 1995
THURSDAY,
de
Bruges/ Brugs
Beverage provide running
at the Golden Horseshoe clubhouse
Tarwebier, a traditional Bel-
commentaries
features Belgian beers and ales.
gian white beer.
featured brewery products
Steamed
A maximum of 50 guests enjoy an
opening reception and four -course dinner in the clubhouse lobby at 6 p. m.
Thursday, March 9. The event is an
opportunity
featured tasting during the
for tasting six different
beers and ales distributed
States
Cooperstown,
course,
as
beer
is the
the
dinner
is
gratuity included.
The first beer -tasting dinner
guests
in
November
sold
out
N. Y
early. Richard Ambrose, assistant
roulade,
caramelized
tato,
Schadler and his kitchen staff. The din-
with
ner courses feature items prepared with
The
Belgian brewery products
with various
with Lambic
Throughout
artichoke salad featuring endive and
the dinner,
Fienberg,
Vanberg &
with grilled
shrimp
Participants
and mus-
served
the
with
next
will taste several Belgian
beers and ales during
beer -tasting dinner March 9.
Photo by Jim Bradley
a
Grill,
place
dinner
at
to
next
Reserva-
tions may be made in person
at the Gold
Ale
Course
club-
house or by phone at 2162. If
audix
voice -mail
answers,
Ale.
Lambic
The first course is a warm marinated
brie vinaigrette
caps
assure
month' s
Cherry
by Witkap- Pater' s Abbey - Singel -Ale
and Kwak' s Strong Ale.
tard
course
Horseshoe
the
urged early reservations
beer
cherry tart and wild cherry
ice served with Kriek Boon
tartars and finger quiche accompanied
radicchio
bacon
Dobbel
dessert
the dinner
The evening begins with passed
and
Abbey
of
Golden
sauce.
of canapes
onion
manager
po-
tart
vegetables, matchstick
Williamsburg Inn executive chef Hans
and
ale
dine on Affligem braised
of
The menu showcases creations from
hors d' oeuvres
and
34. 95 — food, beer, tax and
beef
DeWulf
Vanberg &
by
main
in the United
Dobbel
of the
The cost of the Belgian
Antwerp follows, accompanied by Duvel Strong Ale.
mussels
Affligem
on each
leave your name, method of
Don
advance
payment (
cash,
check or charge) and a phone
representing
DeWulf,
and
number
Bobby Roberts and Steve
Wakefield from Specialty
for
confirmation.
Deadline for reservations is
Sunday, March 5.
Gourmet dinner only deal
Employees have an opportunity to attend din-
The final Gourmet Weekend bids winter fare-
ner only during two Classic Affair gourmet
well with " A Traditional Mediterranean Experi-
weekends March 4 and 25.
ence" March 25. Visiting chef Ronald DeSantis of
the Culinary Institute of America makes his sec-
Williamsburg
Schadler
and
Inn
guest
executive
chef
chef
Hans
Paul
ond Gourmet
Weekend
demonstrating
Elbling, owner- manager
appearance
the cuisine of
of Richmond' s La Petit
France, Spain, Italy and
France
Greece.
restaurant,
com-
bine their talents to create
the " Fabulous
Feast
The final weekend'
of
France" gala dinner March 4
Shelton, vice president of Jo-
in the Regency Dining Room.
Elbling was trained in the Alsace
region
of France
Johnson &
s vis-
iting wine expert is Thomas
and teaches
seph
Phelps
Vineyards
in
California' s Spring Valley. Phelps
also owns six Napa Valley vineyards, producing an array of distinc-
at the
Wales Culinary Institute
in Norfolk.
tive wines.
The fruits of their labors are comple-
mented by wines selected by visiting vintner Jean
Hugel,
president
of Hugel &
Fils in the Alsace
region of France. The Hugel family has been
making wines for more than 350 years. Their
wines are consistently
The Classic
Affair_gourmet
weekend
special
rate for dinner only is $ 85 per person inclusive.
The pnce covers the gourmet dinner, wines, taxes
and gratuities
For more information or reservations, call Inn
rated the highest quality
concierge Trudy Moyles at 7979.
wines in Alsace
Military tournament inaugurates
1995 Golden Horseshoe competitions
The second annual Golden Horseshoe Military
Invitational tournament tees off March 4 -5 on
Colonial Williamsburg' s Golden Horse-
Play begins both days with 10 a m. shotgun
starts Awards presentations follow Sunday' s final round at 3 p. m
Certified
shoe golf courses.
nament
and
is open to active,
reserve
members
United States
their
the
scores
military and
the
captain' s
Flight
winners
receive trophies and gift
guests.
The first round of 18 holes
on
handicaps
and winning teams are determined
by 36 -hole
retired
of
USGA
flight teams in both divisions
The two -day amateur golf tour-
Gold
Course
choice"
The competition
certificates. Daily " clos-
is
est- to- the - pin"
format.
concludes
all par -3 holes.
on
the Green Course with a four -
Team entry fee
ball competition for net score.
180 includes
The field is limited to 60 two sions
regular and senior ( age 55 and
over).
At least
of each
additional)
team
and
complimentary
range balls Saturday and Sunday. For
additional
must be active, retired or reserve military.
information,
telephone
7696.
Computer Software Training Classes
Electronic Systems, Inc. will be conducting the following practical software training classes in
the Information Technology Learning Center located at Franklin Street Office, room 117. Classes
for foundation
employees
A VERY
pour
DEEP
HOLEWorkmen
an elevator
Conference
designed
shaft
Center.
to make
It' s one
both
capped. Construction
remove forms used to
at the Cascades
Restaurant
of several
floors
accessible
to the handi-
required a hole 20 feet below ground
level. The project will bring the facility into compliance
with the Americans
with Disabilities
Environmental
Act. Photo bs . lim Bradley
thought
for the week
Feb
Perfect for Windows
6. 0 Basic
WordPerfect
for Windows
6. 0 Adv.
WordPerfect
for Windows
Mar
Apr
magazines for recycling. Don' t throw away those trade
13
Windows 3. 1
9, 23
20
publications you receive at the office. Send them sepa-
9, 14
10
21
rately to the recycling
6. 1 Basic
23
123 for Windows
Basic
10
Lotus
123 for Windows
Adv.
center.
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Questions?
Comments?
Suggestions?
Call the recycling hotline at 2333!
10
Additional classes will be scheduled during these months if sufficient requests are received. Please contact Electronics
and
improvements
The Colonial Williamsburg recycling center accepts
will cost $ 111. 38 each.
Class
Word
of
tournament
rounds with golf cart, an optional practice round ( cart fee
man teams competing in two divione member
competi-
tions highlight play on
Systems
at 877 - 4440 to register
for these and other software
classes.
To receive
an Edu-
cational Assistance procedure package and the latest training schedule, contact Renate Daigneault ext. 7299
or Kelli Mansel- Arbuckle ext. 7116.
Colonial Williamsburg
Recycling
Committee
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COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1995
NewsBriefs
AAIP presents ` Remember
Me' at Hennage
The Department of African- Ameri-
can Interpretation and Presentations
presents
a dramatic
evocation, "
Re-
member Me," at 3 p. m. Sunday, Feb.
19, in the Hennage
Auditorium
In it, Paris, an elderly man, talks
about his experience of being enslaved
on a tobacco plantation, and recalls his
life in Africa and the Americas. During
behind- the - scenes areas, consultation
regarding school improvements,
corting
school
groups,
volunteer
es-
tutors
and more
should
be
sent
Resource inventory update
purpose of the list is to make resources
easily accessible by letting teachers
when
and how.
include
sexual
abuse.
such
things as tours of Historic Area sites or
Beauticontrol, US Postal Service and
Kinko' s Copies
Elementary school career
day planned
of Caring" to help with much needed
The National Park Service and Virginia
Department
Fifth
of Transportation
flow on Route 17.
Motorists leaving the Parkway from
from
the DJ
The next " Day of Caring" is February25, from 10 am to3p. m If you
ticipate in the annual Colonial Willa. m. -
day, call Wendy Sumerlin at 7446 to
School Partnership Program
iamsburg Career Day, Feb 23 from 10
sign up. The project will be interior
Ron Hurst, program
If you are interested in helping, please
call Ron at 7517 or Peter Jesse at 7275.
ment team ( OPDT) will present its first
The purpose
meeting Feb. 21
The next Religion Over Coffee class
meets at the Davidson Shop from 7: 45
to 9 a m , Tuesday, Feb 21. The session continues January' s topic, " A
Popularity Poll: Women in the Bible "
of the mart is to pro-
vide information
17 via Route 238.
formance and self- esteem
as one of our projects
Wallace Gallery Gift Shop
that will enhance
fice professionals'
of-
job knowledge, per-
Special invitations have been sent to
clerical
support
staff
throughout
Refreshments
will be served.
Memorial service
the
foundation.
Internal
for
Religion Over Coffee
in Rooms I and II
iamsburg on the Parkway should follow the signs directing them to Route
People in our community need our
help all year long. Colonial Williamsburg
employees
have
adopted
A memorial
vendors
include
Multilith,
service
will be con-
ducted at 5 p. m. Sunday, Feb 19, in the
Mail Center, Library, Archives, Purchasing and Information Technology
Courthouse of 1770 for Bruce Hobday.
Hobday, a visitor aide, died Feb 8, after a lengthy illness. Hobday joined the
External vendors will include Electronic
Systems,
JOYCE,
PSI,
foundation in 1988
I' ve got a name...
Offers Delft Products
The Williamsburg® Products Program offers an assortment
on sale at the DeWitt
of delftware
Wallace
Decora-
tive Arts Gallery Gift Shop The items
represent
examples
gallery' s traveling
displayed
in
exhibition, "
Delft from Colonial
The calf born in the early hours of Jan. 8 has
and a stylized
laurel wreath surrounding one of the following inscriptions
What is A Merry Man
been named " Surprise." Chosen from more
than 131 suggestions, the name, submitted
Let him do What he can
department
by Gaynelle
British
Williamsburg "
original from Colonial Williamsburg' s
To entertain
McNicols,
appropriate.
the
Each item is a faithful reproduction of an
The
seemed
A rounded caudle cup, decorated
speckled
staff
of coach and livestock
at the
off -guard
when it arrived a month early.
His Guests
The suggestions
With wine & Merry Jest' s
and will remain
were greatly appreciated
on file for the three
births
manganese,
is inscribed
expected to take place within the next few
All merryment
months.
Goes Down
Photo by Amts Hallman
A commemorative porringer bowl
with the gentle rebuke ' Be Not Drunke "
serves
Caudle was a drink for invalids, made
Straight - sided with flat, scroll- shaped
handles, this polychrome item is deco-
with warm ale or wine mixed with bread
or eggs,
sugar
and
spices
a
more
decorative
rated in blue manganese,
A cylindrical mug with a loop handle
depicts a half -length portrait of Charles
II, crowned and in armor The polychrome piece commemorates
Charles'
investiture as king
purpose.
Marketplace
yellow and or-
ange In its center is a portrayal of King
Charles I wearing robes and holding a
For Sale: 1991 Toyota MR2 Red, t -tops, AC, ABS,
AM/ FM / Cassette / CD, alarm system. power everything,
replica
50K miles. $ 10, 695, well below Blue Book Gall Sean
router and router table with wood cutting bits, used one
at 7312
time, paid $ 79, will sell all for $ 40 Call 565. 2068 after
of a church
Two posset pots round out the selection. The first is a squat, baluster -shaped
Two wine bottles accompany the
drinking vessels and bear inscriptions as
pot with tubular spout. The second,
to their intended contents
Each is cov-
cylindrical-
shaped
pot, features
liter V6 engine, AT, AC, PS, AM/ FM / Cassette,
a
The globe -
strap
For Sale:
landscape, a popular motif of the period.
bottles feature
loop
handles, narrow banded necks and flared
The utilitarian
pieces were used to
Posset
and
milk
curdled
with
ale
175
a general
term
used
in the
18th
century to describe red wine.
Delft
dinnerware
offerings
Call Sean at 7312 or 253 - 7508
ultra suede coat, size 10, $ 100, Farberware electric
broiler / robssene, $ 25, 24" diameter
The Wallace Gallery Gift Shop is
plate glass for
table top, $ 10; Frve - piece pewter coffee /tea set, $ 75
open daily from 10 a m. to 6p m
For Sale:
Dark
wood
bedroom
set
twin
bed with
foot rings
coffee
features
white
the
tin glaze
table, $
footboard, $
150,
Twin
bed
40, Large " velvet"
with
headboard
armchair, $
and
20, Crate -
style computer desk, $ 20. For information call 229 -7341
For Sale: Living room and bedroom furniture including
These items are just some
chairs, desk and lamps
of the delft reproductions
trailer with fiberglass John boat. Will accept any rea-
available
at the
Also, one small two wheel
sonable offer Call Alex at 229 4494.
DeWitt
For Sale: Antique furniture
side table. cherry,
28" x 16" x 29 ", shaped
Pembroke
24" x 34" extended,
drawer
over two flat panel
doors, $ 200, Walnut Victorian three- drawer chest of
continued from page 1
American Interpretation
and Presenta-
Mendez will assist with the installation
tions' recent storytelling program at the
of a March exhibit of objects belonging to George and Martha Washington
Hennage are among many experiences
here that Mendez said will help him
and participate in preliminary discus-
and his staff to formulate a plan for the
sions about the Gallery' s upcoming
Blanco' s future offerings.
southern furniture exhibition and redecase.
Reflecting
on
the
drawers, two shaving drawers, carved throughout,
panelled ends, 39" x 171" x 36 ", $300 Must be seen to
appreciate. Price negotiable Call Bernard at 7051 or
2267 between l a m and 3 30 p m on weekdays
Other times, call 565 -2249
card with 1M, sound blaster compatible
sound card.
2400/ 9600 data/ fax modem,
and mouse,
faces a shortage of staff
with crawl through
window,
fiberglass
needs
camper shell
new window
gasket,
75, John Deere tractor / lawn mower, 11 HP Briggs and
storytellers,
Stratton engine, motor blown but everything else in
For Sale: Mountain dulcimer by Jeremy Seeger Excondition,
Call
Lance
case
at 7366
included,
hourglass
shape.
or 229 - 0599
For Sale 20 gallon fish tank with pumps, $ 25, Sony
bongo" style speakers, $ 75, Toaster over, $ 20; 12' x
15' carpet with pad, plush pile, $ 50, Miscellaneous
10 each
Call 258 - 3852
For Sale. Dining room suite 65" table with two leaves.
table pad, Iwo arm chairs,
four side chairs,
buffet
server 70" long, 20" deep, five drawers, two shelves.
perfect condition, $ 750 Call Sandra at 7456
For Sale:
House
in Skipwith
Farms at 112 Thomas
Nelson Lane Brick /vinyl rancher, three bedrooms, two
baths, dining room, den, Large kitchen, living room,
over 1700 sq ft energy saving windows, fireplace.
hardwood
floors under wall -to -wall carpet
Large lot
with fenced in backyard, wood /vinyl shed, gas heat.
Translate
your favorite
photos
into works
of art
Archival quality originals make a great gift or a beautiful addition to any house Specializing in, but not
limited to portraits
For more information
Please
at 887 - 1287
Wanted:
Room to rent in house, apartment or condo
Please call Holly Burnham
Wanted:
Ads for the
leave
call Sam
Williams
message
at 829- 2813
Marketplace
Ads are free for
Colonial Williamsburg employees only Submit ads in
writing to Kim Genova, GBO. 132. in person or by
interoffice
mail
and work
Or, FAX them to 7702
unit,
these
are
Include
not included
your
in the ad
unless requested Ads run for one week and must be
renewed in writing, no phone calls, please
Ads are
repeated as space allows Ads and renewals must be
received by 5 p. m Friday
team, but they don' t work in the museum
as actors.
When
I come
back
I
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about some kind of acting for the
Editor ..
visitors' interests. Surveying the muse-
young people, for the little children ? "'
Associate
volunteer
keyboard
DOS 6 2, Prodigy start -up kit $ 700 Call Dennis at
name
For Sale: Full - size Chevrolet
and funding as well as the universal
ums divisions'
hard
Mendez said, " I have actors on my
Mendez says he, like most museum
administrators,
one drawer,
circa 1830 -40, $ 400; Marble top walnut shaving stand,
Mendez
gun
8M RAM, 135M
Victorian arm chair, blue
upholstery, French -style legs, carved crest, $ 200,
Chair with footstool, tan upholstery, in French form,
covered skirt and arms, $ 150, Sheraton
of the
386DX - 25 computer
117, 000 Call 220 -3146 for more information
Wallace Gallery gift shop.
sign
boat
drive, 1 44 and 1 2M floppy drives, SVGA monitor and
telephones, $
Call 221 - 0553 after 7 p m.
in-
headboard, dresser and desk with chair, $ 150, Dark
wood living room set couch, chair, footstool and
Each
as is, $ 50; Small
pm
For Sale'
125
plates, shallow plates without
delft
530
cellent
For Sale Navy ultra suede coat, size 10, $ 100, Camel
clude a set of six " Merry Man"
typical
sell for parts,
trailer, good for a john boat, $ 75, Black and Decker
corner
Call 565 -1030
infirm.
or claret,
model
bench table, 52" x 70 ", two chairs, pine wood, $ 175
wine It was often served to the aged or
ported from Spain or the Canary Islands,
in cabinet
good condition,
7011 or 693. 7263
or
hold sack, a popular white wine im-
dishwasher,
For Sale: Twin bed and frame, 550; European
was a hot drink of sweetened
spiced
Whirlpool
Purchased new from Circuit City, still sealed in box,
design of Chinese figures in a rocky
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excel-
lent condition, $ 9, 500 Call Pam at 7234 or 220 -2855
scroll
ered with white tin glaze
or 253 - 7508
For Sale: 1993 Chevy truck, S10 Tahoe Series 4 3
handles, a domed cover and an oriental
bases
the most
calf caught
But if his wife Do frown
collection
with
with deep blue decoration
corps
and
viewing the Department of African-
Best of all, " you don' t need more
money for this," he said
is
First Resource Mart
from 11 a. m. - 3 p m. at the Cascades
United Way Day of Caring
organizer,
seeking volunteers to escort the groups
Resource Mart on Thursday, Feb. 23
Ramps leading from Route 17 to the
Colonial Parkway remain open.
noon. The visit is part of the
painting so wear old clothes!
17 via
AVALON
students
Montague Elementary School will par-
The office professionals develop-
Yorktown can access Route
grade
work at the shelter and office
have a few hours to spare or the whole
Parkway ramps closed
ists approaching Yorktown from Will-
Colonial Williamsburg' s Local
Schools Partnership Program is updating its list of foundation people and
resources that are available for use by
local teachers and the community The
resources
and
of
Route 238, Goosley Road, where a
traffic signal allows safe entry. Motor-
tion as space is available.
Available
emotional
survivors
Every few months we will have a " Day
from the Colonial Parkway, to reduce
safety hazards and improve the traffic
it' s available
children—
Brenda Feeney at the Group Arrivals
Building by Friday, Feb 24. For more
information, call Feeney at 7582.
tance of music, dance and storytelling
know what or who is available,
and
to
have closed access ramps to Route 17
Colonial Williamsburg employees
and family members are admitted free
with Colonial Williamsburg identifica-
women
physical,
Information
the program, Parts reveals the impor-
in preserving fragments of African life.
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Colonial
Williamsburg
Inside
Youth
Volunteer
S
Information about
Colonial Williamsburg
people and programs
Volume 48, No. 8
2
expo
Perfect
attendance
honorees
aaa3
February 24, 1995
Teamwork brings colonial actress to life
When Hallam as Fedele conies distress' d;
Tear s fill each Eye, and Passion heaves each
Hallam and other 18th- century actors eventually will
make regular appearances in Historic Area programs.
Breast,
Kirsten is the first cast member to portray an
View with uplifted Eyes the charming Mail,
actual 18th- century performer," he explained " My
Prepar' d to enter, tho' she seems afraid
hope is to see all our actors go beyond re- creating
And see, to calm her Fear s, and sooth her Care,
18th- century theatre and portray living, breathing
Belarius, and the r oyal Boys appear ,
performers
Thy Pencil has so well the Scene convey' d,
Thought seems but an unnecessary Aid.
How pleas' d we view the visionary Scene,
The friendly Cave, the Rock and Mountain green
Hallam
to have been
the niece of
Company,
whose players toured Williamsburg,
Charleston,
Annapolis,
Philadelphia
and New York.
She joined the company as a young girl in 1759,
And all Elysium to one View confin' d "
playing
children'
s roles and other minor parts for
about a year
This tribute to actress Nancy Hallam appeared in
issue of the Maryland
period "
Lewis Hallam Sr., manager of the Old American
Natur e and Art are her e at once combined,
the Nov. 7, 1771,
of the
is presumed
She apparently went to England where she stud-
Gazette.
Written by Jonathan Boucher, rector of the church at
ied
Annapolis, it was a reaction to a portrait by Charles
pany as its leading lady in 1765. " Evidently, she was
Willson Peale done in the same year.
particularly attractive," Suber explained " She was a
Hallam,
a popular
actress
through
the combined
talents
and
voice
and
returned
to join
the
com-
star' of her day and was sought for social occasions
and singer who was a
and theatrically"
The Peale portrait, part of the foundation'
member of the Old American Company, has been recreated
speech
of staff from
s collec-
the foundation' s collections, research and costume
tion, portrays Hallam as Imogen disguised as the boy
departments and actress Kirsten Leslie.
Fidele in the cave scene of the Shakespeare play,
Cymbeline "
Leslie, a member of the Company of Colonial
Performers,
has portrayed
Hallam
performance of the play in October 1771.
mances since the beginning of the year —once during a Winter Discovery Series program on 18th -cen-
This image, along with documentary sources, pro-
Kirsten Leslie portrayed 18th -century actress Nancy
tury theatre and again during the Antiques Forum.
vided the inspiration
Hallam during programs at the Hennage Auditorium.
Bill Suber, artistic director for theatre programs in
Charles Willson Peale, inset.
and
tours,
hopes
for Leslie to re- create Hallam
The fact that Leslie looks like Hallam and was inter-
Leslie' s costume was based on a painting of Hallam by
the department
of presentations
Peale painted it for his own collection
and exhibited it at the Annapolis Theatre during a
in two perfor-
Please see Actress on page 4
Patric& Saylor/ Inset by Hans Loren,
Musical programs March 18 offer something for everyone
Music aficionados can have their fill
Bilson,
who
directs
Cornell
of entertainment Saturday, March 18,
during afternoon and evening perfor-
University' s doctoral program in 18th century keyboard studies, regularly
mances
performs
in the Hennage
Auditorium
and Governor' s Palace.
and
workshops
A 3 p. m. program in the Hennage
conducts
throughout
States and Europe.
pianoforte
the
United
His instrument
of
Auditorium pays timely tribute to St.
Patrick' s Day, focusing on the musical
traditions brought to the colonies by
choice, the pianoforte, is the five -oc-
Irish immigrants.
Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn, among
The lively performance features
Stephen Furey - Moore on Irish harp,
David Gardner on fiddle and step
dancer Tess Vilade. Admission is by
Colonial Williamsburg ticket, em-
others, composed
ployee, retiree or dependent pass.
series
formance
begins
with
It was
the
of the modern piano.
instrument
upon
which
their works
Bilson has been quoted as saying he
doesn' t like to differentiate between
modern pianos and the fortepianos.
Rather,
he prefers
historic pianos,"
That evening at the Governor' s Palace, Colonial Williamsburg' s 1995
concert
tave predecessor
to view them as
and that it makes
sense to play original music
original -style instrument.
on the
a solo per-
His discography includes record-
Malcom
ings of the Mozart piano concertos,
by fortepianist
Bilson, who has gained worldwide
re-
nown performing and recording classical works on instruments similar to
those used by the composers.
piano quartets,
tas and
piano
piano and violin
sonatas;
sona-
the Beethoven
Renowned fortepianist
sonatas and trios, and sonatas by
Please see Music on page 4
Malcom Bilson presents a solo performance
of piano compo-
sitions by Mozart, Beethoven and other 18th -century composers at 8: 30 p. m.
Saturday, March 18, in the Governor' s Palace ballroom.
Three receive Lighting the Way award
Craft House
The Hospitality and Courtesy Committee
presented the " Lighting the Way" award to
bedding sale
three employees of the Facilities and Property
Management
Division.
Congratulations
to
Larry D. Christian, Lewis Black and Bernie
Bilenki, who were presented with the award
during the Committee' s January meeting.
The nomination came from Terry Thon. a
Visitor
Aid,
who
wrote: "
On
Sept.
13,
a
couple, whose name 1 did not get, had somehow damaged
the wife' s wheelchair.
It was
badly bent on the front wheel.
I called maintenance
and got Mr. Chris-
tian on the phone. I explained the situation to
him.
Lighting the Way award winners. from left, are: Lewis Black, Bernie
Belinki and Larry Christian. The men work for the facilities and
property
management
department.
elmv, h)
Keith Johnson
He spoke
with
Mr. Black
and
Mr.
Bilenki and they agreed to check out the chair
Please see Lighting the Way an page 3
The Bassett Hall bedding pattern
features a print popular in the early
19th century.
Both Craft Houses are conduct-
ing winter white sales featuring
Bassett Hall and Dutch Painting
bedding patterns,
Please
see
which are reSale
on page
4
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COLONIAL
WILLIAMSBURG
NEWS
the
Setting
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
24, 1995
for
standard
interpreters
youth
Young people have helped bring the Historic Area
to life for many years, as participants in former " Once
upon a Town" program and now at the Geddy site,
about Colonial Williamsburg programs, said JIF
ginning, and were represented in force during both
Committee member Margie Weiler. It set the stage
sessions at Commonwealth Hall.
Powell House, Market Square, Carter' s Grove slave
opened foundation employees'
quarter,
which youth volunteers might participate outside the
the Gaol, and other venues
in and outside
the
There were 13 booths representing Historic Area
for formalizing the volunteer application process and
programs, museums,
eyes to other ways in
Historic Area.
Historic
Rarely has there been a shortage of young volunteers who have been willing to give up their free time
landscape
and pen pals. Each
program set up and staffed its own booth," Weiler
said. " The kids got a chance to try out some differ-
We' ve had a waiting list of about 150 kids who
had expressed some interest in working at Colonial
Williamsburg," Weiler explained. " One of the prob-
to learn about 18th - century history and share their
lessons with their visiting peers. A behind- the -scenes
Area.
lems was that we didn' t always get the best candidates for particular jobs, because we called the first
person on the list to apply for open positions. Consequently, we occasionally had volunteers who were
unhappy with the work, which affected the programs.
At the forum we asked the kids to tell us which
programs they were interested in, just like our adult
volunteers.
the right
Our goal is to match the right kids with
positions."
Liz Mauer of the school and group services department
leads young visitors in a game of marbles during one of
the
youth
volunteer
expos.
ent things, played games
Youngsters
who visited
the youth
volunteer
expo had
children who tried their hands at the " Kings and Queens
In at least
puzzle.
ence is worthwhile for them and for the foundation.
The Junior Interpreter Forum —JIF —Committee
of program
managers
and
once a month for the past two years to establish poli-
learned that some youth were as interested
cies and procedures for using youth volunteers in
Evans,
left,
of the
Costume
Design
Center
When you think of the ways in which kids can
be used behind the scenes or in other areas like the
museums, it' s encouraging. We were happy to learn
that there are kids who want to do other things besides work in costume."
In 1994, al-
most 40 youth interpreters
for the first
area schools.
Several
tine in Preliminary Interpretive Education classes.
in local newspapers
and
Having a youngster' s perspective can add a great
of our students
from last year returned
and brought their friends,"
works to bring the students back together this year
ber Marianne Hull. "Many parents want their kids to
be a part of Colonial Williamsburg. They have a definite interest in having them learn about history and
learning to give something back to their community."
According to Weiler, the idea for a volunteer expo
for an Advanced Interpretive Education class.
The JIF Committee' s most recent success was its
which
attracted
Youth
350 youths
Volunteer
and their parents
Expo,
to two
sessions in which they learned about youth volunteer
opportunities at Colonial Williamsburg.
The expo did a lot more than let local youths know
said JIF Committee
deal to visitors' experiences, especially for visiting
families. With respect to the expo, it was a moment
The classes were so successful that plans are in the
first
and ex-
were mailed to the homes of every
Invitations
mittee has logged some positive results
the
about
youngster whose name was on the waiting list. The
expo also was advertised
in
learned
the costumes "
in working
on costumes as in wearing them.
Area programs
Since they' ve begun meeting regularly, the com-
participation
kids
cause a lot of kids wanted to know about working on
Melanie
participated
case,
the Costume Design Center. " I was so excited be-
representa-
tives from throughout the foundation. They' ve met
Historic
one
pressed an interest in a behind- the -scenes activity. " I
set up a booth thinking the kids would express an
interest in wearing costumes," said Melanie Evans of
effort has been under way to ensure that the experi-
is comprised
it was really neat to see the
interaction. Many of the people who participated said
they got a lot out of seeing the big picture. all our
youth programs together in one big room."
plenty of opportunities for hands -on fun, like these
of England"
Photos by Margie Weiler
mem-
in the sun for some
of our junior
interpreters
and a
chance to for them to be recognized.
It' s always great to have kids on hand to tell other
kids what' s going on," said JIF Committee member
Diane Schwarz " The junior interpreters who took
the
part in the expo were very proud. They saw their
foundation' s volunteer programs office Committee
teachers, parents' friends and their own friends. It put
members strongly supported the expo from the be-
them
came
from
Vernell
Sutherland,
who directs
in the spotlight."
After hours:
Publisher
spreads
Michell Carr Clawson' s Colonial Williamsburg
experience
began just after high school
Excited
at
the opportunity to work with those who could teach,
mentor
and be a positive
influence,
Carr Clawson
the
word
through ` Reflections'
October 1994 to increase interest in and awareness
of adults and children' s black history.
My life' s goal is to keep African -American history in the air," Carr Clawson said " Every time
came to the foundation seeking an after high school -
someone sees me I want them to think history and
before college work experience —an experience that
remember
turned into a 12 -year ,journey.
came before us."
I was only 18 and in awe of people like Rex Ellis, Mary Wiseman and Bill White," Carr Clawson,
with Rex Ellis, of the Smithsonian Institute, and Rob-
office manager for the department of African- Ameri-
ert C. Watson, former directors of AAIP, that she
can interpretation and presentations,
to volunteer
in different
programs
and
struggles
of
those
who
Carr Clawson says she learned so much working
wanted to share her new -found knowledge with oth-
and work in vari-
ers. " My initial subscribers were the same people
As the years passed, her schedule ceased to allow
her to work in departments other than her own. Her
hunger to learn and grow reached far beyond her
screen,
strides
said. " I was able
ous departments while learning a great deal on how
and why the foundation operates."
desk and computer
the
however. "
I knew I had
to expand beyond my college business certificate and
continue my formal education but I also needed a
full -time job," she explained. " My only option was
who encouraged me to pursue this project — family,
friends and former subscribers to the Broken Chains
newsletter,"
she
explained.
It wasn' t unusual
to hear ` that' s a dumb idea,'
it' ll never work,' ` you need high color,' and other
discouraging comments," she said. " Now those same
people offer assistance and think the publication
an excellent
is
idea."
With no formal journalism training and limited
to return to night school "
funds, Carr Clawson admits the going has been dif-
After three years in Hampton University' s business management program, the budding writer real-
ficult. " Reflections
ized that the thing she really wanted to do was ma-
prices go straight to the printer, but that' s alright,"
jor in journalism.
she said. " I' m still getting the word out regarding
African -American life and giving other writers an-
I' d always had an interest in writing, which was
why I began Broken Chains — a department newsletter —years ago. I realized how much I missed writ-
Almost
is an all out - of- pocket
100 percent
of its current
numbers
increase
65 subscription
and more adver-
ing when that publication was discontinued." That
tisers come on board, Carr Clawson is confident that
loss forced her to explore other publishing avenues.
the publication will soon pay for itself.
I' ve written for the Colonial Williamsburg Journal,
but felt I needed another outlet. ' Reflections'
swered
an-
that need."
Clawson has published the bimonthly " Reflec-
tions: An African -American History Digest" since
American History Digest ".
Photo by Lorraine
Brooks
operation
other avenue in which to express their views."
As subscription
Michelle Carr Clawson' s publishing dreams are becoming a reality through " Reflections: An African
The history digest has gained credibility through
the contributions of recognized histonans like Hamp-
ton University' s Jerrold W. Roy and W. Braxter
Wiggins, Ellis and Watson. Other foundation con-
tributors include AAIP director Christy Coleman-
Matthews, Christopher Wyckoff and Penny Carroll.
Illustrations by AAIP staff member Harvey Bakari
add powerful images that help readers visualize the
history being told through the written word " He' s
great,"
Carr Clawson
said. " I' m often amazed at how
I can briefly explain a concept to Harvey and he is
able to bring that concept to life through his images "
Producing " Reflections" has become a family
operation for the Yorktown native and her family.
Ten year -old Kendra helps with story ideas and folding, four year -old Tiffany likes stapling and sorting,
and 9 month -old Nia loves rattling and eating paper,
See ` Reflections'
on
page
4
�COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
NEWS
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
24,
3
1995
News from the hotels and restaurants
Winter
The CWHPI Winter Seminars represent
a substantial
people
who comprise
invest in HPI employees
seminars
investment
in
the
the hotel and res-
change, prompting ideas and collaborating
with
other
people
to
make
taurant work force. The seminars con-
changes more smoothly and winning
commitment from others to support
sist of separate sessions for managers
those changes.
and employees
Managers
attend a one -
Another
clear
message
about
day schedule of sessions. Top-per forming non -managerial employees
change came shining through her presentation: Change is here, it' s going on
gather
now and managers
for two days of sessions.
In their one -day seminars, 225 man-
After
lunch,
have to deal with it.
managers
attended
a
agers learn how to manage change, hire
round of break -out sessions. Smaller
effectively, deal with sexual harassment, pursue diversity and keep vio-
groups participated
lence out of the workplace.
versity
Over the course of two days, 142
non - managerial
employees
on sexual
awareness,
tor and affirmative
more
ducted
deal
with
stress
and wardrobe
at work,
how
how
to
colors
can make a difference
violence
di-
in
the
Pam Reiss, human resources direc-
participated
into the workplace,
awareness,
workplace and effective hiring.
and discussed learning how to bring
fun
in training sessions
harassment
in
the session
action
officer, con-
on sexual
harass-
ment. Managers worked on defining
and identifying
the problem and the
the way others perceive you, personal
financial management, health and nu-
difference between friendly behavior
trition
also
and how to make the best use of
company benefits.
The one -day sessions for managers
began with a beanbag exercise — participants had to pass a beanbag around
the table according
directions
to a simple set of
But the exercise
complicated
as additional
and subtle sexual harassment. Reiss
taught
the managers
sources
Villella,
specialist,
senior
human
re-
led the session
on
workplace violence. Managers discov-
grew more
ered the potential for workplace vio-
directions
lence and learned why addressing is-
were added until finally the directions
sues related to violence is important at
were complicated, vague and ambigu-
the time issues arise. Without immedi-
ous— a manager' s nightmare. The ex-
ate action, workplace violence can eas-
ercise
ily escalate, endangering both employ-
made
the unmistakable
point
that
effective management could prevent
chaos
ees
and
guests
Ron Williams, human resources di-
in the workplace.
The half day general session, " Managing Change," led by Deb Carter Gordley, helped the managers to un-
rector, led break -out session to help
derstand
sity is the comprehensive process for
portance
their role in change,
of
good
the im-
communication
to
help others understand change, handling the inevitable objections to
managers define diversity and understand what it is and what it isn' t. Diver-
developing an environment that taps
the potential
Fran Solomon
teaches
employees
how to have fun and still get the work
done during her half - day session on " Hilariously
Healthy."
to use inves-
tigative techniques when pursuing harassment complaints by employees
Rich
Facilitator
of all employees
and
is a
strategic issue for CWHPI because if
every employee
at their
it and how to keep a healthy perspec-
maximum potential, the results are optimum for all involved. The guest is
functions
tive through a sense of humor. The ses-
happy, the employee feels personal fulfillment on the job and the company
wins by having happy customers and
healthy
happy employees.
presented
sions
helped
employees
and productive
stress - provoking
discover
choices
in
situations.
Image consultant
Angie Michael
break - out sessions
on " Per-
Human resources generalists Gre-
sonal Image: Color Makes the Differ-
gory Russell, Joanne Bryant and
Nancy Uram led a session on effective
hiring, a session designed to familiar-
ence " Employees learned to enhance
ize the managers
with the complete
hir-
ing process, from requisition to extension
of the offer
of employment
The
their
The employee
sessions
began
Facilitator
Fran
with
Solomon
had a simple point. The only way to
survive in a stress - filled and diverse
work
environment
is take
your fob
se-
riously and yourself lightly
The half day sessions that began
both
days
of the employee
seminars
focused on ways to restructure work so
it supports laughter, play and human
values
while
increasing
at
work,
at
activities by
their wardrobes
and saving
money on clothing.
The staff of Fort Eustis Federal
Credit Union presented three programs
Hilariously Healthy: Learning to
Laugh and Play in a Diverse World and
Universe."
images
identifying their personal colors, simplifying
discussion also explored the behavior -
based approach to interviewing.
personal
church and community
productivity,
teamwork and physical well -being.
on money management: " How to Buy
Home in the 1990s," "
Saving for
Retirement" and " Stretching Your Dola
lars Without Breaking Your Credit."
The
sessions
included
detailed
in-
formation on mortgages, closing costs,
credit reports, Social Security, savings
plans,
retirement
credit problems
can save money
other loans.
plans,
budgeting,
and tips on ways they
on credit
cards
and
Williamsburg Community Hospital
contributed sessions on nutrition en-
Participants learned to put more joy in
titled " Fat and Cholesterol. The Good,
their work life and more play time in
their personal life They also learned to
ask for and get a standing ovation and
The Bad and The Ugly." The break - out
to celebrate their own successes
and healthy
sessions
included
cholesterol
screening
and plans for meals that are delicious
Solomon also presented a break -out
The benefits staff of Human Re-
session titled " Stress of Success." The
sources also detailed the company' s
benefit plans long -term disability,
session
and
combine
serious
humorous
information
Deb Carter -Gordely makes a point during her Tuesday session on " Managing
and cons of stress.
Change."
to recognize
Her presentation
was part of the managers'
Lighting the Way
Winter
Seminars.
anecdotes
about
the pros
Participants
learned
burnout,
what to do about
mortgage interest subsidy, 401( k)
plans, spending accounts and health
care plans.
430 honored for perfect attendance
continued from page 1
to see if they could help. The chair
was repaired good as new by 1
for
Miles quoted humorist Will Rogers: " Ninety percent of life
in the
is just showing up." Miles added that a critical part of the
never saw or spoke to any of these
Virginia Room last Thursday.
Four hundred thirty employees qualified for the Perfect
hospitality industry can' t be automated —one -on -one contact with the guest " It can' t happen unless you show up,"
gentlemen.
Attendance
Miles said. " Thank you for being there when it counts."
p.m. As far as I know, the couple
I think
these
fellows
did a great job and a great service
for our visitors and deserve a special
thank
you."
A record
perfect
number
attendance
of CWHPI
in 1994
celebration
employees
with
served
a special
were honored
luncheon
banquet - style
and
a prize
giveaway that included a large color television, a washer
and dryer, a box of candy with a $ 300 dollar bonus and sevIn his remarks, CWHPI executive vice president Jim
To qualify to perfect attendance, a regular, full -time
CWHPI employee must be at work everyday they' re scheduled during the calendar year. The only exception is for a
death in the family.
eral weekends trips to other resorts.
Keith Johnson, Chairman of the
Lighting the Way" Committee,
encourages
coworkers
employees
to nominate
who have gone beyond
their normal jobs to display note-
worthy hospitality and courtesy.
Nominations are reviewed by a
selection committee that decides
solely on what is written. Include
all
available
information
about
what the nominee did for a fellow
employee or a guest. Specific details
about
the
incident
and
who
was involved help the committee
with the selection process.
Please
send
nominations
to
Keith Johnson at the Boundary
Street Office.
I' ve waited eight years for this, and you can' t talk me out of
Laundry employee Juanita Dixon watches the curtain come
it." Despite Jim Miles' enticements, Carolyn Pate got the prize
off one of three mystery boxes to reveal her prize: a washer and
she waited for a long time: a weekend at the Greenbrier.
dryer
combination.
All
photos
In
Jun
Brodie,
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COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1995
Actress
NewsBriefs
CW HealthCare plan
Continued from page 1
ested in her didn' t hurt, Suber said
She has given enormously
to the
covered expense. Other rules apply for
dependent children who are covered by
April 18 at the Wythe House. For
project
two plans.
seeking information
Records
more information, call Sylvia Lee or
18th -century performers to find an
18th- century person who holds some
Some CW HealthCare plan par-
For more information about the Co-
ticipants may soon receive questionnaires from Provident Life and Ac-
ordination of Benefits rules, employees
cident Insurance Company request-
Description notebooks.
ing information about their spouses
should refer to their Summary Plan
Please remember to fill out and return the questionnaire to Provident.
and dependents
Office
The
show
opens
Arthur Johnson at 8972
I' m trying to encourage
personal
Ticket sales hours
Merchants
for them."
Interdepartmental
Ticket sales outlets at the Visitor
Center,
interest
Square
all the
cooperation
was
key to the project' s success, especially
when it came to reproducing Hallam' s
and
Greenhow Lumber House change to
their
Everyone
costume "
jumped
on
Monday,
board," Suber said " I think it' s impor-
the
premiums down. Plan participants who
March 13. The Visitor Center will be
tant to see departments work together
information will be used to admin-
have questions should call the toll -free
open daily from 8: 30 a. m. to 7 p m
to create something important The
ister
number on the back of their member-
the Merchants
costume
According to the compensation,
benefits
and HRIS department,
Coordination
of
Benefits.
Tngon Blue Cross Blue Shield occasionally
requested
similar
informa-
tion from KeyCare plan participants.
Coordination
of Benefits
rules
are described in the Summary Plan
Descriptions that were distributed
during open enrollment in November When an employee
is covered
by more than one health care plan —
for
example,
the
CW
plan and the spouse'
HealthCare
s plan — the CW
HealthCare Plan will apply Coordination of Benefits rules. Benefit payments for covered expenses are coordinated
so
that
the
total
amount
paid by both plans does not exceed
the payment amount allowed
for
covered medical expenses.
This helps to keep medical costs and
schedule
Square ticket office
ship cards or call the benefit analyst in
the Compensation, Benefits and HRIS
will be open from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
daily and the Greenhow Lumber
made
department
House
really
members
at 7042
Robert
C.
Watson
delivered
the
keynote address at the 1995 Associa-
tion of Living History Farms and Agricultural Museums Southeast Region
annual meeting in Tallahassee, Fla.
The title of the conference was " A
Work
in Progress "
people
attended
More
office
was
the magic
that
the moment "
Leslie' s costume was re- created by
will be open
of
the
center' s special
includes
Craft Show meeting
costume
projects
Frances
design
team,
Loba,
which
Rick
Hill,
Nancy Glass and Carolyn Randall
Shirley Garrett also contributed to the
project by assembling the costume ac-
There will be a planning meeting
for the 1995 Spring Craft Show and
Sale at 5: 30 p. m Wednesday, March
8, in the Personnel Training Building, Room B.
cessories.
Laurie Suber and Linda Baumgarten from collections looked at the portrait and helped to determine the appro-
125
Applications will be available for
In-
the show, which will be May 4 and
priate interpretation," Loba said " Staff
terpreting Sensitive History in Main-
5. The show is open to all Colonial
from our department also spent time in
stream Museums,"
Williamsburg employees, retirees
the Wallace Gallery looking at the
Watson'
than
ticket
daily from 9 a. m. to 8: 30 p. m
Watson delivers keynote
s session, "
which focused on
the failures and successes
of interpret-
ing African -American History at Colonial Williamsburg.
I was pleased to talk with and lis-
For an employee who is covered
spring
ten to staffs of other museums
who are
painting to try and get a sense of the
and volunteers
costume details, how it was constructed
Canadian film crew
and the fabric "
A team from Folkus Atlantic,
Canadian
production
firm
The final product combines exotic
a
oriental or " Turkish"
from
elements with
by the CW HealthCare Plan and as
developing more inclusive interpreta-
a dependent under another plan, the
Sydney, Nova Scotia, will be in
English " Van Dyck" or " fancy dress"
tions at southeastern museum sites,"
town Feb. 25 - 27 to videotape
CW HealthCare Plan pays first. If
Watson
photograph
costumes Fancy dress in the 18th - century combined elements from previous
the CW HealthCare
plan does not
pay the full amount of the covered
expense, the plan that covers the em-
ployee as a dependent may pay some
or all
of the
unpaid
portion
of the
said
Auditions for the 1 8th- century play,
Affairs of the Heart," are at 5: 30 p. m.
Feb
27,
in
the
and
throughout
the
Historic Area and interview selected
Affairs' cast auditions
Monday,
scenes
Public
centuries
employees about 18th- century life.
in portraiture
to create
a sense
of the
past
and on the stage
The material is to be used in a CD-
The costume includes a Turkish tur-
ROM that is being produced for Ca-
ban, Elizabethan neck ruff, a tunic with
nadian students.
exotic tassels similar to those in other
western portraits of " Turks," an outer
coat similar to the frock coats worn by
young boys of the period and shoes
Sale
Environmental
with
Continued
thought for the
from page 1
large
ribbon
ties
reminiscent
of
the 17th century
duced for clearance at 35 percent off
week
It reflects Europeans'
with
We were very pleased with the
regular retail
botany and newly imported Chinese
way the costume turned out," Loba
regular
25
prices
Coupled
with
percent
fascination
porcelains
that
employee discounts,
ushered
Avoid getting more paper bags
the sale offers a tre-
expanded
at the grocery. Carry you own
mesh or cloth bag when you go
mendous
were
said. " It' s so stunning, it' s unlike any
through
of the costumes visitors normally see at
the Orient.
Richly woven in
shades
shopping.
savings
green
of terra
and
a
the
range
Renaissance
a
of
Questions?
Comments?
tural
patterns.
floral
It
14 -inch bed skirt
and
The
Dutch
Paint
tern reflects
in nature
18th
comforter,
ing bedding patregularly
century interests
and the exotic Far East.
is
Colonial Williamsburg."
Suber says re- creations
include pillow shams,
designs and architecIdeas?
with
both patterns, which
Bassett Hall bedding
reflects
trade
Comforter sets for
cotta,
gold,
in
are
priced
at
380 for king, $ 320
like this
benefit Colonial Williamsburg and its
visitors in many ways. " There are so
many more exciting and different ways
in which we can use our 18th- century
performers,"
create
he said. " You can' t re-
a person,
but you can re- create
a personality.
Every character, whether he or she
is on stage, in the streets of the Historic
which include a flat sheet, a fitted sheet
Area or eating in one of our restau-
The Dutch Painting bedding is denved from an early 18th- century Dutch
and pillow cases, are regularly priced
rants, adds life to the scene. They help
at $ 120 for king, $ 100 for queen, $ 80
make
still life of blossoms in a Chinese bowl.
Colonial Williamsburg
Recycling Committee
for queen, $ 245 for
full and $ 170 for twin sizes. Sheet sets,
pet in Bassett Hall.
Call the recycling hotline at 2333!
for full and $ 45 for twin sizes.
the visitors
based on a 19th -century Aubusson car-
Music
Admission is by Colonial Williamsburg ticket, employee, retiree or
Haydn and Schubert
Bilson performs at 8. 30 p. m in the
Governor' s Palace Ballroom. Tickets
at the
Visitor
and are available
dependent'
s pass
programs
desk
at the
Center
Bilson also will conduct a lecture -
demonstration at 3 p m.
Sunday,
March 19, in the Hennage Auditonum.
by
Colonial
Wil-
For Sale:
1990 Ford Ranger XLT
Five - speed,
s Musick.
The
group presents a series of five pro-
weavers,
fellers
and
Colonial Williamsburg' s Leicester Longwool flock are
now available Ranging in length from 4 to 7 inches, In
weight from 4 to 13 pounds, and in price from $ 16 to
bench table, 52° x 70 ", two chairs, pine wood. $ 175.
70. These fleeces are good for all the above mentioned
crafts and also for use as doll beards
or hair
All
fleeces are sold " in the grease." Call 7790 ( Coach and
Call 565- 1030
Livestock) and talk to Abigail or Elaine
grams beginning March 20 and con-
For Sale: Black leather couch, $ 400. Call 220 -9679
tinuing through the end of June.
after 4 p m.
For Sale: Williamsburg Commons spacious two bedone
bath
condo
1, 100 sq
ft
on third
floor
For Sale: Dining room suite' 65° table with two leaves,
overlooking woods, 579, 500. FHA 8% assumable loan
table pad, two arm chairs, 4 side chairs, buffet/ server
Call
7968
or 220 - 3741
70" long. 20" deep, five drawers, two shelves, perfect
condition, $ 750 or best reasonable offer. Call Sandra
Wanted:
at 7456
Her
all spinners,
wheel drive, AC, AM /FM /Cassette, excellent condi-
For Sale: Twin bed and frame, $ 50; European corner
the Governor'
Attention
two
liamsburg' s resident chamber en-
Continued from page 2
says
and
all crafty people. A limited number of fleeces from the
For Sale:
tion, $ 3, 500. Call Ryan at 7690 or 966 -9876
Reflections'
Clawson
special,
For Sale: Standing wine rack. holds 39 bottles. sturdy, $ 50. Call 220 -0450 any time
room,
Carr
more
showroom condition, $ 18, 800 Call 238 -2085 or page
875- 8876
The spring concerts continue with
performances
For Sale' 1992 Jeep Cherokee Limited All options,
37K miles, garage kept, white with leather interior,
semble,
special
even
love it."
The Marketplace
Continued from page 1
are $ 12. 50 per person
this place
husband,
Ads for the Marketplace
Colonial Williamsburg
employees
Ads are free for
only
Submit ads in
That track will venture off in a new
For Sale: Vintage 1960 two -piece French Provincial
writing to Kim Cenova, GB0. 132, in person or by
Dmitri, takes the finished product for
direction some time in the future. Carr
bedroom suite. Full -size bed with pierced headboard,
interoffice mail
copying and collating. He then seals
Clawson plans to promote
triple dresser with mirror and nine drawers. Solid wood
name and work unit, these are not included
construction with original wheat and gold paint. Dress-
unless requested. Ads run for one week and must be
and mails the digest.
er has been protected with custom glass top. Excellent
renewed in writing; no phone calls, please Ads are
repeated as space allows. Ads and renewals must be
Christian Academy, takes " Reflec-
American books written by local authors through her own publishing company While that' s only one of the
tions"
ideas she' s willing to share, one gets
Kendra,
who
attends
Denbigh
to school. " Once she took it to
Africa -
school, another student saw it, asked to
the idea that many more entrepreneur-
take it home, wanted to write an article
ial notions
for it and also subscribed to it," Carr
are in the works.
For more information or to contrib-
condition,
5175. Contact
Cindy at 2763 or 564 - 0634
after 5: 30 p. m
Or, FAX them to 7702
Include your
in the ad
received by 5 p. m. Friday
Colonial Williamsburg News is published weekly by the Communications Department for Colonial Williamsburg employees. Send correspondence to " Colonial Williamsburg News, GBO- 131," FAX it to 220 -7702 or call
the CW News Hotline at NEWS/ 6397
Director of Communications ... ...,
Susan Stuntz, 7285
explained. " Now if a sixth
ute poems, articles or book reviews to
Editor.......... ...............................
Patrick Saylor, 7120
grader gets that excited about the pub-
Reflections, call ( 804) 874 -6747 or
Associate
lication then I know I' m on the right
write to: Reflections,
track and my mission
Yorktown, Va. 23690.
Clawson
is complete."
P O. Box 2063,
Editor
Jim Bradley, 7281
Contributors. Sandy Belan. Lorraine Brooks, Kim Cenova, Anita Hallman, Sophia Hart, Curtia James,
Dawn Estrin, Lael White, Kathy Dunn, Mary Masengale
This
publication
is
printed
on
recycled
paper
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March 2, 1995
Beside the great man:
Martha Washington
A young Martha Washington, portrayed by Susan Berquist, revisits the
capital city she knew to tell of her experiences as a young widow and bride.
Each year in recognition of National
Women' s History Month in March, Colonial Williamsburg presents special
focus programs
about women associ-
ated with Williamsburg during the 18th
century. This year Washington is featured in the Historic Area during the
final week of the Winter Discovery Series in, " According to the Ladies."
Beginning March 13 a daily hourlong History Walk spotlights Martha' s
association with Williamsburg. In addition,
15- minute
dramatic
scenes in the
Historic Area will show Martha talking
about courting George, taking care of
one of her children, managing her
household and slaves, ordering clothes
and household goods and discussing her
Martha
Woman
Washington,
for the
New
returns to
the
Ideal
Republic,"
Wednesday, March 15, an illustrated talk by Williamsburg author
Joseph E. Fields, who recently
wrote the " Worthy Partner: The Pa-
Williamsburg
Hellier and Kevin Kelly, and architectural
historian
Mark R
Wenger
discuss Williamsburg in the 1750s.
Ladies
of Spirit.
Women
in the
Life of Washington," Friday, March
17, an illustrated talk by author and
pers of Martha Washington."
museum
Williamsburg in Martha Custis'
Day," Thursday, March 16, Re-
Ribblett His recent books include
search division historians Cathleen
Mount Vernon."
consultant
David
L.
the volume, " Nelly Custis: Child of
Gallery presents objects from
George and Martha Washington
As wife of the first president of
couple.
The
exhibit,
presented
the United States, Martha Dandridge
Custis Washington enjoyed an envi-
throughout
able celebrity status. Upon her death
tory Month festivities, also includes:
March
in
with the foundation'
conjunction
s Women' s His-
in 1802, her popularity soared so
a circa 1800 mourning ring com-
The young Martha was the most eligible
high that one of her silk damask
memorating George Washington.
widow in 18th -century Williamsburg.
gowns was cut into small pieces and
dispersed among her family to give
FBI testing in February 1994
linked hair strands in the ring to
programs are presented at 10: 30 a. m. in
as many
the DNA inherent in George' s de-
Martha
the Hennage Auditorium:
the great lady.
scendants.
estate with lawyer Benjamin
Waller.
From March 14 - 18, the following
Images
March
of
Martha,"
Tuesday,
14, a visual exploration
of
Washington through the centuries is
presented by Laurie Suber, curatonal
specialist in painting for the Collections and Museums Division.
as
A small
possible
exhibit
a memento
at the
of
DeWitt
Wallace Decorative Arts Gallery
features a swatch of that dress, one
of several from the foundation' s collection, as well as other objects re-
lated to the country' s founding first
Leaders look forward
The Re- creation
of the Young
Saturday,
Washington,"
in the
March 18, program demonstrating
ring reads, " George and Martha
how the present -day character of
Washington."
Martha Washington
An inscription
a circa 1780 watercolor fractur of
George
and
Exselenc
Martha
entitled
General
Georg
Please see Objects on page 4
was developed
and costumed.
Outdoor
programs
are free to the pub-
lic; indoor programs require a ticket.
Employees are admitted free with
C. W. identification.
Dramatization
another
take on changing values
Visitors attending next Thursday' s
Winter Discovery Series will be the
first to witness a new dramatic re -enactment
that is designed
to shed light
on changing values and how they affected one of Williamsburg' s 18th -century families.
The Dancing Master," written and
directed by Roy Underhill, explores relationships
on several levels: between
master, and her grandmother' s frugal
desire to hire a less - expensive teacher
from out of town
You know your father has been
entirely too indulgent with your extravagances," the elder Geddy says.
This is an important lesson for you.
You can have your dance lessons and
still save your family money."
Grandmother' s concerns go deeper
generations,
master and slave and so-
than her pocketbook,
cial classes.
The 15- minute vignette
not decent to go from repairing the fans
and watches of your betters to dancing
was produced specifically for the Winter Discovery Series to illustrate
changes
in
attitudes
and
how
those
however. "
It is
among them," she counsels the young
girl. The less expensive dancing mas-
changes affected the Geddy family
During Winter Discovery Series
we' ve traditionally had a full day program, with a lecture on Geddy family
history in the morning and a site visit
during the afternoon," explained Doc
Hassell, Geddy site supervisor. " We
plies. " Perhaps I have been too extrava-
wanted to do something different this
gant. Maybe there is another teacher "
year and chose a dramatic vignette that
is based on the issues and concerns
that
would have been relevant to members
of the Geddy family "
The one -act farcical play features
Anne Geddy, the family matriarch and
grandmother, portrayed by Toni
Brennan;
With the Capitol building as a fitting background, General John Shalikashvili,
chairman of the U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, and his French counterpart,
Admiral Jacques Lanxade, Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces, look
down Duke of Gloucester Street in Colonial Williamsburg last weekend. On
Sunday, the officers toured the Historic Area, where General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette met more than 200 years ago to plan the battle
of
Yorktown.
Photo by Laet White
Anne' s
granddaughter
ter turns out to be an imposter and
Grandmother relents, admitting that
she was wrong.
I am an old fool," she says.
No you' re not. You' re trying to
keep me from being hurt," Nancy re-
Oh not You are going to Mr. Christian no matter what he costs,"
Grand-
mother says " I' m not going to take us
up the ladder just so far and then say
you can not go any further."
That line really demonstrates
grandmother' s transformation,"
said
Doc Hassell. " You have a person of the
Nancy, portrayed by Abigail Schumann; the slave Nanny, portrayed by
Emily James, and Monsieur Fauxpied,
an itinerant dancing master portrayed
first generation, who is probably not
by Russ Lawson.
With Nancy, you' ve got the
younger generation who aspire to big-
The dramatization
revolves around
young Nancy' s wish to take dancing
lessons from a popular local dancing
quite as prosperous and who probably
feels somewhat subordinate to others in
the community.
Please
see
Drama
on
page
4
�2
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
School
NEWS
THURSDAY,
MARCH 2, 1995
Partnership
programs
in full swing
Students from Williamsburg to
Gloucester are learning about Colonial Williamsburg through a
range of initiatives resulting from
the foundation' s school partnerships
program.
During the past week, children
from D. J. Montague
School vis-
ited Colonial Williamsburg to
learn about careers in and around
the Historic Area. Kindergartners
from
Petsworth
Elementary
School in Gloucester County visited the Historic Area following a
classroom
visit
by employees
from School and Group Services.
Friday,
representatives
from
Dave Arnold, furniture conservation intern, demonstrates ways of working with
wood to students during the Matthew Whaley Cultural Arts Day.
Colonial Williamsburg visited
Waller
Mill
and
James
River
Schools to demonstrate topics that
Christina Adinolfi describes tools used
ranged from colonial architecture
by archaeologists
to uncover the past.
to Native American dance. Employees
also
have
taken
part
in
Cultural Arts Day at Matthew
Whaley School and Rawls Byrd
School' s Career Day.
Though we cannot show pho-
tos from every program, we will
include as many as we can in this
and upcoming issues of the Colonial Williamsburg News.
Photos by Lorraine Brooks,
Anita Hallman,
Patrick
Kaarr Loftheim of the cabinetmaker' s shop demonstrates some of the tools and
techniques used in his craft during Waller Mill School' s Colonial Fair.
Saylor
and Chris Swan
Stephen Atkins, assistant zooarchaeologist, shows how scientists piece to-
gether bones to learn history.
JACK BE NIMBLE — Kindergartners
from
Petsworth
Ele
DOING THE JINGLE —P
mentary School in Gloucester took turns jumping over a
candlestick during a visit to the Historic Area last Wednesday.
Their teacher, Jamie Conkling, participated in a workshop for
Hickey of the archives at
records department share
her Native American . ling
local teachers that was conducted last summer as part of the
school partnerships
presentation
Dance
program. She was so impressed by the
that she vowed
to bring
students
from
to the
experi-
Cultural Awareness Day last
her students
Historic Area for their own Colonial Williamsburg
with
lames Blair Elementary
School during the school' s
ence. The Gloucester School Board was impressed with Con -
Students from D. J. Montague ques-
Friday.
tion the widow Grissell Hay about
kling' s proposal and provided a grant to fund the trip and an
current events issues.
outreach program in her classroom.
Folk Art exhibit features naturalistic portrait sculpture
Between
1825
and
1850,
folk portraits achieved
popularity
in
the
Sculpted portraits,
same
customers
however,
painted
their greatest
United
States.
intended for the
of portrait
painters,
are rare.
however, meant the artist could not
loan
make
Art Center.
significant
through
the
midway
project
American
sculptor of the period who
three - dimensional
attributes
people
at
the
The
Ames remains the only identified
created
Among the prominent names asso-
changes
sought
versions
in painted
of
por-
Folk
Center
Art
is
lighted
this
Folk
de-
to
have
opportunity
to share '
Aman-
era
traits: pleasing forms, naturalistic color
da'
is Asa Ames, of Evans, N. Y. From
and faithful likenesses. His sculpture is
guests,"
Feb. 3 through September
1995, the
strongly
of
Abby Aldrich
Folk Art
decorative
Center exhibits one of Ames' works, a
which indicates that Ames may have
been apprenticed to a ship carver dur-
1847 portrait sculpture
ing his youth
said. " This sculp-
Rather than presenting the child
wrapped in flowing classical drapery,
ture,
Amanda' s family moved to New
York soon after her birth on May 26,
which was common among academic
sculptors at the time, Ames' sculpture
ited publicly be-
1844.
She was 31/ years old when
2
documents a popular costume style of
scribes
Ames carved her portrait from a single
the late 1840s. Amanda' s likeness is a
middle - class
block of tulip poplar wood.
reminder
in
ciated
with
portrait
sculpture
Rockefeller
of this
of Amanda
Clayanna Armstrong, born 150 years
ago in Adelphi,
Ohio.
Ames probably carved the body first
attached
reminiscent
of ship carving,
of the importance
Americans
at the time to images of chil-
with
sculpture
Richard
not
our
curator
and
arts
Miller
which
been
has
exhib-
fore, perfectly de-
the
American
taste
portraiture
1840s
in
It also
then sculpted Amanda' s face, which
dren because the infant mortality rate
is a testament to
minimized her participation and en-
was so high.
Ames'
sured that the commission would be
in
ent, which is all the more remarkable
Amanda' s family and eventually was
when we consider that he was barely
The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk
Art Center is open daily from 10 a m
ure in this manner rather than carving
inherited by one of her great- grand-
23 years old at the time he completed
to 6 p. m. Employees are admitted free
and
daughters, who placed it on long -term
the commission "
with valid
separate
elements,
sculpture
was
passed
down
sculpture Amanda to the public for the first time.
completed quickly. Sculpting the figassembling
The
great tal-
Folk Art Center curator of sculpture and decorative arts
Richard Miller said he is pleased to present the portrait
I. D.
�COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1995
News from the hotels and restaurants
Revenues rose slightly last year for CWHPI
Colonial
Williamsburg
Hotel
closed with fewer rooms occupied than
recorded a 2. 8 percent
budgeted, a higher average daily rate
increase in annual revenues for 1994
offset the shortfall in rooms occupied.
Properties Inc
The
revenue
growth
was
achieved
Food and beverage was the year' s
through aggressive room rate market-
stumbling block as the volume of food
ing and a slight increase
covers fell short of projections
in the number
of occupied rooms.
The
shortfall in food covers touched all of
Food and beverage business was flat
the Colonial Williamsburg restaurants.
Steep declines were posted, however,
compared to the previous year with a
slight decline in covers offset by a
in Lodge banquets and at the Cascades
higher average check
and the Woodlands Grill.
Growth in other revenue categories
video rentals and package
The food and beverage
L2/i!"
1d
came from increased golf revenue,
plans.
lower volume and savings in linen ex-
House profit increased 16. 3 percent
over 1993 — considerably
the increase
in revenues
shortfall was
softened by lower food costs in light of
pense and utilities.
more than
HOTELS
House profit
is an industry -wide measure of corporate performance obtained by subtracting variable expenses from gross revenue before deducting fixed expenses.
Because fixed expenses may vary
greatly from property to property,
House
percent
profit finished
short of the
Growth
CWHPI' s house profit performance
came in categories
of rev-
food and beverage
enue other than rooms and food and
can be traced to two major factors. sav-
costs from 32. 2 percent of sales in 1993
beverage. Golf, video rentals and pack-
ings in food and beverage costs due to
to 31. 5 percent of sales last year
lower volume and the vendor programs
factors contributing to improve overall
profitability were lower advertising
age plans all contributed positively to
revenue results for the fourth quarter
begun during the first quarter of 1994.
house profit indicates how well an in-
The vendor programs,
which in-
dividual company or property managed
clude visits to major purveyors to es-
its resources compared to competitors
tablish ways of delivering superior
in the hospitality industry
products
at
the
lowest
cost,
have
helped to reduce
the year 3. 3
1994 budget.
expense
and tight control
Other
of mainte-
nance expenses
Room revenue finished
right
on
track.
the year
Although
the
year
and year -end.
CWHPI finished the year on an upbeat note — a positive beginning for a
challenging 1995, for both CWHPI and
the hospitality industry.
Floral studio makes blooming arrangements
Taggart produce and maintain flower
during Music Month in October, New
arrangements
for the hotels and other
Year' s Eve galas in the Colonial Will-
Colonial Williamsburg facilities
On a day -to -day basis, they create
iamsburg hotels, the Warner -Nichols
arrangements for the Inn and Lodge,
mas season.
the colonial houses and taverns, the
golf course clubhouses, the Regency
Dining Room and public spaces at the
Williamsburg Inn.
They also provide room arrangements included in two package plans —
golf tournament
and the entire
Christ-
They also provide fresh flowers and
arrangements
for the VIP houses:
the
Lightfoot House, Bracken House, the
Moody House and the Barraud House
when they' re occupied.
In addition,
they create arrange-
the Regency Romance and the Will-
ments for special dinners hosted by
iamsburg Memory packages at the Inn
donors and room functions throughout
and Lodge-.
the hotels and taverns.
The floral staff also provides support for foundation functions. They
Other special occasions keep them
busy Sometimes it' s a wedding party
using the Inn' s facilities, or a photo
shoot for Colonial Williamsburg' s mail
create arrangements for the seasonal
meetings of the Colonial Williamsburg
Associates,
The Inn floral staff, Clark Taggart, Wanda Ehly and Peggy Manning, prepare a
large arrangement of roses for the special Valentine' s Day dinner in the Regency
Dining
Room. Not
When
pictured:
Marley
Goodall.
Photo by Jim Bradley
the Raleigh Tavern Soci-
ety, The Colonial Williamsburg board
of trustees meetings in the spring and
also maintains existing
the Business Council.
daily, replacing flowers as needed
ral studio on their way to hotel rooms,
Williamsburg' s hotels notice a flower
arrangement, they may not give it a
public spaces and special functions.
Just a few weeks ago, the floral staff
The flowers come from a long list of
second
places: Florida, California,
decorated the Regency Dining Room
with 300 roses for Valentine' s Day On
Mother' s Day, the rose count will in-
in
thought.
Employees may not, either.
South
But the four employees who work in
parts of Europe
America,
Central and
Holland
and other
Poet' s laurel — used in
a small room in the basement of the Inn
the Inn logo and a substantial number
certainly do.
of arrangements —comes from Italy.
In the studio, Wanda Ehly, Marley
Goodall, Peggy Manning and Clark
In the course of a year, tens of thousands of flowers pass through
the flo-
Golf Tournament to benefit
Virginia Special Olympics
The
Golden
Horse-
shoe' s Gold course is the
site for a golf tournament, April 6, with pro-
ceeds benefiting the Virginia Chapter of the Special Olympics
A
portion
of
the
proceeds
are
of the tournament from 11 a. m.- noon.
The tournament
begins
with a shot-
The entry fee covers lunch, greens
and an awards
The tournament
format is a four -
person, captain' s choice -handicapped.
The floral studio has been operating
about 10 years — a decade of contribut-
floral
require-
arrangements:
the
nial Williamsburg, providing a pleasant atmosphere that helps make their
Classic Affair gourmet weekends, The
stay here unforgettable. Even if they
Gala at the DeWitt Wallace Gallery
don' t give it a second thought.
Kendra Markey receives promotion
Kendra Markey has been promoted to Conference
Express sales
manager, according to Gary Brown,
director
of hotel
sales.
advance. Markey joined the hotel
sales staff one year ago as a telemar-
keter. Her telephone sales efforts
for sales
generated 278 proposals to prospec-
tive clients that resulted in nearly
rooms that book less than one year in
2, 000 room nights booked.
She will be responsible
reception.
For an entry form or additional information
for
usually a week or so
ing to the guests' experience at Colo-
There are other seasonal
ments
through the life of an arrangement —
balls, refreshments
Space is limited to 30 foursomes.
tax deductible.
crease to 700
arrangements
and service to conferences of 10 - 35
gun start at 12: 30 p. m.
fees, cart, practice
ation of arrangements. The floral staff
fall and the twice- annual meetings of
Colonial
guests
order catalog.
The job doesn' t end with their cre-
contact Kim Moore
at 727-
New wellness program launched
Colonial
Williamsburg' s newest
years of experience. " The goal of the
9700 or Tom Spong at 7472
wellness
Continental
A golf clinic is planned on the day
employee benefit is a comprehensive
wellness program for all employees.
volved in their own personal health,"
Health Promotion,
a na-
program
is to encourage
em-
ployees to become more actively inshe said.
Environmental thought
tionally recognized provider of corporate health promotions programs based
for the week
in Richmond, will administer the pro-
Realizing that we make numerous
choices every day about our health sta-
gram with the assistance
tus such as the foods we select, seat
may be recycled with mixed
paper.
of an em-
ployee Advisory Committee
White and colored paper bags
Colonial Williamsburg
RECYCLES
Continental staff member Michelle
Messina
will be here Thursdays
and
Fridays in the Franklin Street Office
Colonial Williamsburg
Recycling Committee
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Call the recycling hotline: 2333!
Building, Room 137. Her phone number is 7044.
Messina
belt usage, activity level, stress management and coping skills, we literally
have an opportunity to look and feel
better every single day.
My goal is to get people excited
about their health
has
health education
master' s
degree
in
and more than nine
I' ll provide the most
accurate information on health topics
Please
see
Wellness
on
page
4
�4
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1995
Objects
NewsBriefs
Continued from page 1
Waschingdon
and
Ledy
Waschingdon" by an unidenti-
fied
Pennsylvania -
Cookbook exhibit
painter known as the SusselWashington Artist
its collection of cookbooks and cook-
The fractur
ing paraphenalia in the exhibit, " From
features the artist' s charactenstic
stiff, frontal
poses
Rare to Well -Done: America' s Cook-
and
books in Swem Library,
bright colors, his figures' 18th often crosshatched
dresses
and his male
The exhibit includes manuscripts,
head-
periodicals, cooking utensils and table-
subjects'
1791
miniature
Archibald
This circa 1780 watercolor
unidentified
Pennsylvania -
fractur by an
based
painter
The exhibit is in the Zollinger Mu-
featured in a small exhibit on George and
Martha Washington at the DeWitt Wallace
seum on the ground floor of the Swem
Library The museum is open from 8
a. m. to 5 p. m. Monday to Friday and
from 9 a. m to 1 p. m. Saturdays. Ad-
forget their past
Access vs Privacy. Approaches to
State Information Policy," is the topic
of a one -day workshop at the College
of William and Mary. Conducted by
the college' s new University Center,
and
the
the workshop examines the growing
ways
Then you
who
need to be reto
old
have
Nan,
has
stood
conflicts between those who collect
on
and
Mary,
8795. For more information call the
college at 221 - 3810
Rare books, collections
a. m.
March 9, in the
Thomas R Adams, librarian emeri-
It will
tus of Brown University' s John Carter
Brown Library, is the featured speaker,
be followed by
a panel discus-
March 14, at the College of William
which
Emily James, left, and Abigail Schumann rehearse their lines
Hassell will join
for the debut presentation of "The Dancing Master," March 9,
Kelly,
in the Hennage Auditorium. The comical sketch illustrates
Robert Watson,
changing values within the Geddy household. Photo by Patrick Saylor
Hellier
and Ed Chappell of the research depart-
trade and educational
ment to discuss aspects of 18th- century
family life. The discussion is to be
moderated by Cary Carson, vice presi-
century life at the Geddy site. Historic
dent for research.
experience some of the commercial,
trades
to
be
silversmithing,
aspects
represented
engraving,
of 18th -
include
gunsmithing
Little
responsibility for the Carter' s Grove
Gift Shop. She continues to be responsible for the Williamsburg
Lodge Gift Shop
Paula Grant assumes management
re-
sponsibility for the Tazewell Sport
Shop. She continues to manage the
Golden Horseshoe Gold and Green
sports shops.
The
at the Inn, the Design
topic
of Adams'
Studio
and the Sign of the Rooster at the
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art
Center and the Williamsburg Inn
gift shop. Billie Lofland continues
as assistant manager for these shops.
Bedding sale continues
Both Craft Houses are holding winter whites sale featuring Bassett Hall
and Dutch Painting bedding patterns,
percent
off
Coupled
with regular
regular
lecture
is
George Parker Winship: Rare books,
and Special Collections in the 20th -
Century United States."
Adams is an expert in materials re-
lating to the American Revolution.
That expertise has won him wide rec-
retail
prices.
25 percent
em-
ployee discounts, the sale offers a tremendous
savings.
Comforter sets for both patterns,
pillow
shams,
a 14 - inch
bed shirt and comforter, are regularly
priced at $ 380 for king, $ 320 for
queen, $ 245 for full and $ 170 for twin
sizes. This is your chance to update
your bedroom for spring. Quantities for
the Bassett Hall bedding is plentiful,
but the supplies of the Dutch Painting
bedding is limited.
on a space -available basis.
Marketplace
Wellness
For Sale 1992 Jeep Cherokee Limited All options,
37K miles, garage
Continued from page 3
showroom
kept, white with leather interior,
condition, $
18, 800
Call
238 - 2085 or page
875 -8876
and give employees an opportunity to
Employees also are encouraged to
learn skills through various health edu-
take a closer look at their daily choices
by completing a voluntary confidential
For Sale
Health Risk Appraisal questionnaire
An interest survey and a Name the
Program contest will kick off
the wellness program. Employees will
The questionnaire
is free to the first
600 employees who call 7029, press 7
baths dining room, den. large kitchen, living room,
over 1700 sq ft , energy saving windows, fireplace.
hardwood
floors
under wall - to -wall carpet
with fenced in backyard, wood / vinyl shed
pm
programs."
Wellness
and
Rhonda Russell assumes management
which include
and Mary.
and foundry. Both programs are open
to Colonial Williamsburg employees
That afternoon at 1. 30, visitors will
canon
Cascades
Patriot gift shops.
which are reduced for clearance at 35
topic of lecture, March 14
Hennage Audi-
Cathy
William
Marshall - Wythe School of Law, P O.
to be presented
Kevin
of
Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-
Danc-
in
fee is $ 75. Checks
Arthur, Institute of Bill of Rights Law,
ing Master" is
sion
Woodlands,
House
College
several levels."
torium
responsibility for the Visitor Center
Bookstore and the Williamsburg
responsibilities as manager of Craft
Rights Law" should be mailed to Millie
It' s a great story
10. 30
management
Calvin Heikkila continues his current
payable to " The Institute of Bill of
more than she is
given credit for
at
Jan Bennett assumes
sions of privacy
The registration
by
and who knows
The
stores
tion and those who worry about inva-
who
it works
museum
and then disseminate public informa-
and seen it all
and
the
Brian Lambert assumes management
is
better
not
in
and gift shops -
manager for these shops
Access vs. privacy
minded
merchandise
private collectors.
Continued from page I
but
and
Sidhu continues her duties as assistant
mission is free.
things
shops
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and
Drama
and
gift
management, announced the following
implements and dishes from the 18th
Decorative Arts Gallery.
ger
Rita E. Joyner, director of museum
and 19th centuries, on loan from the
Hannah Glasse. It also features kitchen
they " were to remain in his
of American liberty."
Products reassignments
responsibility for Craft House Merchants Square, Everything Williamsburg, the Governor' s Inn Gift Shop and
Wallace Gallery Museum Shop. Gina
Cookery Made Plain and Easy," by
kept the pair and recorded that
champion
published in
1739, and Lady Jean Skipwith' s copy
was in Philadelphia. The artist
great and successful
the Botetourte Gallery
reassignments
or, Accomplish' d Gentle-
of the 1796 edition of " The Art of
which was painted along with
one of George when the couple
morial to his veneration for the
public A reception follows the talk in
stores,
woman' s Companion,"
Robertson,
family as an heirloom and me-
The lecture begins at 7. 30 p. m. in
the Botetourte Theater of Earl Gregg
Swem library It is free and open to the
Housewife:
water-
color of Martha Washington by
artist
graphic fields.
ware spanning more than 200 years, including E. Smith' s " The Compleat
military dress.
a circa
1739 to
1993," through April 30.
century attire, his female sub jects'
ognition in the history and biblio-
The Earl Gregg Swem Library at the
College of William and Mary exhibits
based
1985 Dodge Lancer
Four - door hatchback,
Large lot
gas heat
117, 000 Call 220 - 3146 for more information
five- speed, excellent running car Asking $ 700, will
For Rent Apartment, best location / lowest price Kitchen/
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dining room area, full bath, large master bedroom,
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second room is either living room or second bedroom
For Sale 1984 Plymouth Reliant Purchased new by
senior citizen who is no longer driving Very low mile-
Approximately two miles from CW /W &M $ 350 /month
plus electric
Available
March 15
Call 253- 7850 ASAP
age, clean and dependable, $ 1, 500 Call 229- 4311
receive the survey and contest informa-
and leave their name,
tion with their March 2 and 9 paychecks. Survey categories include nu-
work location After the first 600 ques-
trition, fitness, health screenings,
per-
extension
tionnaires are distributed, employees
ment. The winner of the contest will
receive a $ 50 gift certificate to the
vidual
Tazewell Club.
closed to the foundation. The nice thing
I encourage
employees
to return
about
information
this
will
wellness
not
be
program,
For Sale Dresser, mirror night stand and twin head-
silent auction on Saturday, March 4, from 5- 8 p m , at
and
may participate for $7.
Colonial Williamsburg will receive
a report summarizing the results. Indi-
sonal health issues and stress manage-
An Invitation
dis-
says
boards, pale yellow, $ 175, Exercise bike made by
Walton, low mileage, $ 30, Two fireplace screens pur-
chased from Taproot, will fit oversize opening, $ 35
each Call 229 -4311
For Sale. Full - size Chevrolet fiberglass camper shell
Please come to a spaghetti dinner/
the First Baptist Church,
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Blvd , New-
We are rasing money to pay for a bone
transplant
for Julie
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setting and even tax preparations Let us do the typing
for you Call Alex Enterprises today at 566 -1211
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from 1 - 4 p m and other occasions
W &M $ 4 50 /hour Call 229 -1934
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of
Communications
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side
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perfect condition, $ 750 Call Sandra at 7456
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unit, these
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Colonial
Information
Williamsburg
and
New product:
Children' s
flatware ... 2
S
about
Colonial Williamsburg
people
Inside
programs
Volume 48, No. 10
The 18th century jumps on the
EIS catalog
3
awards ....
March 9, 1995
John Davis
joins London
Information Superhighway
trade guild
Fourth and fifth graders in Florida,
crops grown during the period. Inside
Alabama, California, Oklahoma and
the kitchen, food preparation becomes
This pilot program will help shape
future distance -learning programs. Af-
Virginia will visit the Historic Area
a backdrop for discussion of slavery
ter it airs, teachers and students will
senior curator and curator of met-
March
and
offer suggestions
als, was recently invited to become
15,
without
race
relations
The
ever
leaving their
Education in
An electronic
the
field trip via
tury,"
satellite
place
in
Powell
House.
will
uplink
give
dents
the stu-
an
tive view of ColoTeachers
choose
grams
set
in
the
kitchen
and
Powell
House.
the
differin
education
for boys
a
gardens,
interior
associ-
ate
of
n
d
girls
of the
electronic
field
The prime objective of this program
is
teachers
to
demonstrate
and
that
educational
Company
Colonial
of London.
i n g
and students can question in-
t h
to spe-
McCluney, director of audiovisual pro-
Through
1
terpreters just as though they
are touring in person. The
programs
explore
issues
8th
of
teaching
garden,
Distance -learning events like this
can reach many more students than is
through
current
educational
opens
a debate
study visits. Last year, 125, 000 students visited the Historic Area. The
foundation'
gram,
accept-
ing, Davis
joins an international
in
s educational
which
outreach
staff members
provisit
schools, reaches between 5, 000 and
10, 000 students a year. A significant
of
profession-
als
in
John D. Davis
the
field of precious metals.
I am very personally and professionally gratified," Davis said.
It recognizes the importance of
our
collection
of
English
and
American silver and the longstanding practice of the craft here
in Williamsburg."
increase in numbers is not likely be-
Davis credits the department of
they examine modern edu-
cause of heavy staff demands and the
cation among the sexes.
program is 30 -45 minutes in
costs involved. Interactive, electronic
Historic Trades, particularly master silversmith Jimmy Curtis, and
field trips offer affordable, exciting and
the products
worthwhile
silver production, Mark Frankel,
among
begins in
where
n -
and subjects taught,
the program
sion among the students.
the
e
tury. By examining the ways of
the day and generate discusFoodways"
c
e
In
group
grams.
dur-
return audio link, teachers
tailored
cific school curriculums," said Richard
possible
a
programs
smiths'
schools,
to
students
the
Gold-
trip planned for October.
Williamsburg can offer live, interactive
into
ences
may
two pro-
between
takes
the
nial Williamsburg
to
an
18th Cen-
It delves
interac-
comments
improve the idea. The programs will be
fine - tuned for a second
second
program,
classrooms.
and
John D. Davis, the foundation' s
an in-
terpreter and students from Matthew
Each
Whaley Elementary school show 18th century farming techniques and discuss
students,
length, depending
viewer
in
which
on the amount of
educational
experiences
s manager
of
and their respective staffs for bol-
with unlimited audience potential.
participation.
division'
stering the foundation' s renown in
Geddy visitors given an unusual look at stairs
cracked
Visitors at the Geddy House have a
rare opportunity
treads
bilized. "
to see a construction
detail that is normally hidden During
repairs
annual
meant
maintenance
last week, workers
and raisers can be sta-
We didn' t want
from the
would
from
modern
techniques."
The
the
staircase framing consists of a carriage
that
that supports treads and risers, which
have to
are supported by cleats that are nailed
to make
top, because
that the material
ent
removed the plaster from the bottom of
be removed,"
the staircase, leaving the framework
it' s more
exposed. According to Roberta Reid,
work from the bottom, it was necessary
with
assistant architectural collections man-
because 95 percent of the stairway is
that take the place of the cleats.
ager, this may be the first time the pub-
original, dating to 1762.
lic has had a chance
to examine
century
construction
methods
plaster
removed
It' s very exciting to open it up and
see how an 18th- century stair was constructed," Reid said. " It' s very differ-
The
was
18th -
up close.
so
that
Reid explained.
complicated
Though
to approach
the
to each carriage member
stairs,
the carriage
vertical
and
On modern
members
horizontal
are
sawn
cutouts
Repairs will be done in a way that
preserves the original fabric, mostly
Please see Geddy House on page 2
in the American
as an
1969
he
assistant
became
curator.
assistant
In
to the
director and associate curator, spe-
cializing in silver and pewter. He
was named curator of metals in
1971.
He is the author of " The
Genius of Irish Silver: A Texas
Private Collection" and " English
Silver at Williamsburg."
New sound gear
aids
visitors
with
hearing disabilities
Visitors who are hearing -impaired should have an easier time
The exhibition, " Tools: Working Wood in 18th- Century
is a recent winner
Davis joined the foundation in
1965
pine with wrought iron nails. Blocks
Tool exhibition wins prestigious AAM award
America,"
the field of silver.
enjoying Colonial Williamsburg
Association
of Museums Curators' Committee' s seventh annual exhibit
programs. Several foundation au-
competition. The competition is open to museums, zoos and
ditoriums
botanical gardens and recognizes outstanding achievement
stalled devices for those with hear-
and
theaters
have
in-
ing impairments.
in exhibit content, interpretation and presentation.
Signs
Tools" won in the category for exhibitions with bud-
visitors
gets of $50, 000 or below. The Smithsonian Institution' s Na-
direct
to the
employees
people
who
and
are re-
sponsible for distributing head-
tional Museum of Natural History exhibition " Spiders!"
won the category for exhibitions with budgets of $50, 000
and above. A three -judge panel representing a range of dis-
phones at the Hennage and Will-
ciplines made the award selections. Winning exhibitions re-
iamsburg Lodge auditoriums, the
Williamsburg Theater and the two
ceive
Visitor
nationwide
recognition
in Museum
News
magazine.
The
Exhibits designer Rick Hadley credited exhibition assistants Gloria McFadden
and Gayle Trautman,
museum
Center
theaters.
project,
part
of
the
foundation' s ADA improvement
edu-
process, has been under way since
cator Brenda LaClair and Hennage Auditorium manager
Mary Economou with preparing an " attention getting" ex-
last October, according to Wayne
hibit package. It included related videos and publications
Buhl, an architect with the archi-
packed in a small crate with aromatic wood shavings.
tecture and engineering department. Employees and others who
The award is a great tribute to the brilliance of the
people involved in the exhibition," Graham Hood, vice
give
president of museums, said " From the initial idea in Jay
Gaynor' s mind to all of the invaluable assistance that Nancy
these sites will be equipped with
Hagedorn
and
others
gave
to
him ...
to the light in Rick
Hadley' s eye that saw the way to make this material really
come alive for the average museum goer .
to all the help
that others provided and to their dazzling array of skills. It
was a team effort, and it was just super."
lectures
or presentations
at
microphones to facilitate the ser-
Rick Hadley, left, and Jay Gaynor pose in front of a life -sized
cutout— one of the many innovative designs used in the exhibit,
Tools: Working Wood in 18th- Century America." The exhibit
won in the category for exhibits with budgets of $50, 000 or below
at the American Association
seventh
annual
exhibit
of Museums Curators'
competition.
Committee' s
Photo b,
David Doody
vice.
The
new equipment
was
funded by a gift from Barbara
Gannon, a foundation donor from
Long Island, N.Y.
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COLONIAL
WILLIAMSBURG
NEWS
THURSDAY,
MARCH 9, 1995
Royal Shell
First Resource Mart well- attended
flatware now
first Office Resource Mart, sponsored
in child' s set
Professionals Development Team Feb.
More than 150 people attended the
by Colonial Williamsburg' s Office
23, at the Cascades
Teach
the children
to appreciate
the finer
things
In -house vendors
included the Office Professionals De-
in your life
velopment
in
Team,
Mail
Center,
Ar-
life with Colonial Williamsburg' s
new " Royal Shell" baby set and
chives and Records, Telecommunica-
infant feeding spoon These stain-
side vendors were Electronic Systems,
less steel flatware
Kinko' s,
utensils,
tions, Multilith and the Library
embel-
lished with a classic shell motif,
Control,
are perfect for gift giving and nice
sional
to have
come
given
as
Beautiof Profes-
International
and the
ones
United States Postal Service.
sets have
been
Attendees had an opportunity to
learn about the services provided by
Colonial Williamsburg' s in -house ven-
to visit.
flatware
Secretaries
Chapter
tittle
on hand when
Small
Avery/ Dennison,
Colonial
Out-
christening
presents
since the beginning of the 19th
century. Miniature flatware sets
dors. Vendors from outside the founda-
have been
products
tion demonstrated
popular as children' s
new equipment
are on
and
the market.
The Office Professionals Develop-
toys throughout the history of flatware
that
ment Team, OPDT, was formed in
production.
April 1994 to help the foundation' s
office professionals develop their interpersonal, communications and profes-
Vendors displayed their wares as they discussed
sional skills through training and other
activities
For more information, call
Marie
Caulford
at 7260.
their business capabilities
face - to-
face with foundation employees during the first Resource Mart, Feb. 23. The event,
sponsored
by the Office Professionals
to
an effort
acquaint
employees
with
Development
available
Team, will be held annually
services.
Photo b.
sand,
in
Bolan
boards' join Magazine ranks
Dummy
Williamsburg® Products adds children' s flatware to its popular " Royal
Shell"
line.
Products
Children
can
dine
with
Di,
iston
the
same " grown up" pattern as mom
and dad. The " adult" version of
the " Royal Shell" pattern includes
a five -piece place setting with a
knife,
fork,
salad
fork,
teaspoon
and place spoon. Serving pieces
include a gravy ladle, tablespoon,
cold meat fork, sugar spoon and
butter knife The baby set, which
includes a spoon and fork, retails
for $25. An infant feeding spoon
is $ 12. 50.
The " Royal Shell" pattern is
produced
by
Kirk
Stieff.
America' s oldest silversmith firm.
It is based on a set of English flatware in the Colonial Williams-
burg collection.
The Magazine staff posed last week with their new " recruiting officers." They are, from left: John Hill, Bob Albergotti, Dummy
Board # 1, Jim Leach, Dummy
The staff at the Magazine has grown
shown:
Mike Griffith.
Photob'
Palm
k Sa.
lor
will be used to recruit visiting students
firescreens,
for stick drills at the Magazine. Later
wooden soldiers. The silent compan-
this year, they will be used to attract
they were used as chimney boards.
Their primary uses, however, seems to
ions, or " dummy boards," are modeled
recruits to the military encampment
have been as decorative elements used
after 18th -century examples that were
Geddy House
from page
Dale Smoot. Not
and
large
According to an article in the Magazine Antiques, dummy boards —also
to fool unsuspecting
called
pleasure gardens or advertise
larger
Continued
Board # 2, Bill Rose
I
with
the
addition
used to recruit soldiers
of two
Ours represent
the 2nd Virginia Regiments
of 1775
silent companions,
companions
it seems more likely that
recalcitrant
visitors, inspire
houseservants,
decorate
busi-
figures —
nesses. Surviving examples portray
were first produced in the 17th- century
soldiers, biblical figures, peddlers and
Rose and constructed and painted by
in the Netherlands. They also are found
even animals. They usually were made
Jim Leach, both military interpreters.
in Britain, France and the U S.
of tongue- and -grooved deal boards cut
of loneliness
and 1776
The soldiers were drawn by Bill
Like their colonial counterparts,
they
and fireside
Though occasionally described as
to shape,
smoothed
and painted.
Elderhostel programs' popularity continues to grow
is one of
been a sellout. In fact, after 45 spaces
spite
many U. S. educational institutions that
regularly are host to Elderhostel pro-
for the current session were filled, an-
gram is in fact self -supporting. Presen-
other 300 people signed up for the
waiting list.
tations are conducted
Colonial
Williamsburg
grams. Elderhostel is a nonprofit educational
organization
that
offers
inex-
pensive, short -term academic programs
Roberta Reid points out an interesting
detail in the Geddy staircase —a piece of
scrap chair board that was used as a
cleat
by
the
builder.
Photo
b.
Patrick
Sat for
given
by
educational
institutions
around the world. Individuals
age 55
and older are welcome. Participants
represent
a cross -section
of back-
and shims will be added to secure loose
grounds and interests, from professors
treads and risers. A metal plate and
to ministers to tobacco farmers. Most
carpeting system, similar to the one
used in the Brush -Everard House, are
are U. S. citizens, though Canadians
being considered as a way of further
oc-
Road
casionally
attend the program
According to Peggy Howells, manager
of
museum
professional
services
a month, plaster will be reapplied in the
stel activities, Colonial Williamsburg' s
passage. The interior of the closet and
program
the bottom of the lower run will remain
sions.
exposed, so that curators can monitor
during June, due to their tremendous
popularity. This year, as usual, has
and foundation coordinator of Elderhoincludes
There
fall and winter
are plans
ses-
to add sessions
1995
three
to
Elderhostel
program
Revolution," "
programs
selections.
Gardens
of
Williamsburg" and " Restoration and
Preservation
of Williamsburg."
Each
session is five days, with activities
as do museum
staffers
and
historic trades personnel. Though limstaffing
prevents
rates,
the pro-
at the Cascades
supplemented
with
tours
of
foundation museums and the Historic
Area
Participants
Woodlands
stay
at
and dine at foundation
the
res-
taurants including one of the historic
colonial
taverns.
Many foundation employees work
programs
a success.
Team leaders Brian Hoak, Sue Smith
Histoncal interpreters help with pre-
ited
are
reasonable
hard to make these
from 8: 30 a. m. to 5 p. m.
sentations,
protecting the stair treads.
When the work is finished in about
the condition of the staircase.
Winter
include
and
of these
the programs
from being offered year- round, there
are 11 sessions from January through
early March and three in November.
Tuition, set by Elderhostel, is $ 335
and Jodi Norman
provide
guidance
and
direction to many presenters. Bud
Voorheis,
Elderhostel
registrar,
gives unflagging support.
Plans for the 1996 schedule
also
are un-
der way. Employees who have a spe-
cialty they would like to share and who
are interested in helping during future
per program and includes rooms, meals
Elderhostel
and all scheduled programming In
Howells
at
events should call Peggy
7211.
�COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
3
9, 1995
THURSDAY, MARCH
News from the hotels and restaurants
Employee Idea System initiates catalog awards
Hotel and restaurant
employees
who
mately
share their ideas for improving their
workplace
have
a new
from which to choose
submit
winning
reward
Employees
suggestions
It' s a very nice addition to the EIS
option
Sweel
who
can
system,"
now
committee
choose their rewards from a catalog
They also may choose to receive cash
plore
or other prizes.
to employee
to make
threatening nor does it pose the poten-
tial for severe injury. Level three sug-
The Employee
makes
to ex-
the
gestions
unit representatives.
The
said "
is continuing
ways
Each certificate is valid for one year.
Catalogs are available from each of the
equal in value to the system' s
cash awards.
in
sugges-
tion system even more responsive
awards
three
Idea System
those
considered
to
be
worthy safety - related ideas.
A level one guest idea helps the unit
for suggestions
separate
are
categories:
exceed
guest
expectations.
Level
two
safety, guest and other Each cat-
suggestions help the unit meet guest
egory has three levels of awards.
A level one safety idea cor-
expectations. Level three suggestions
gestion is chosen for an award,
Employee IDEA System rects a safety hazard that could
he or she may choose such reco
Am g. cause severe injury or be lifeAmg.
wards as dinner for two in a cothreatening A level two safety
In the other category, a level one
idea saves the unit or the company
money and /or manpower, level two in-
lonial tavern, cash or a catalog certificate Certificates may be accumulated
creases employees'
ating unit. The catalog lists more than
with potential for injury to guests and/
level three suggestions
1, 000 selections, all of them approxi-
to qualify for a more expensive reward.
or employees; it is not considered life-
better place to work.
Bob Sweel, chairman of the Employee
Idea
System
committee,
launched the new catalog selection sys-
tem at a meeting attended by 35 EIS
representatives —
one from
desires."
When an employee' s sug-
each oper-
suggestion
are worthy
corrects a safety hazard
guest- related ideas
productivity and
make CWHPI
a
Golf grounds crews face television challenge
The maintenance crew at the Gold Course buries wire in the trench between the
Cutting dead trees down is just half the job. A large power saw mounted on a tractor
practice
grinds away the remains of the stump left in the ground.
range and the first
fairway.
The wire connects
sprinkler
heads
to an
from the
electronic box that automates irrigation along that portion of the course.
course
are replaced
with
new
It may be an impossible task. When
just because the thermometer dips in
move," he said " Grounds crews and
your customers see perfection on the
the winter. Golf course maintenance
golf course
crews spend the winter preparing
ture "
television screen, they expect the same
from you. " Golfers have been spoiled
by television,"
courses
the
for the rest of the year.
the
said Rick Viancour,
They remove dead trees, rebuild
Colonial Williamsburg' s golf course
drains in sand bunkers, improve irriga-
superintendent.
He
coordinates
the
grounds crews that care for the resort' s
three
golf courses
systems
tournament course in perfect condi-
tion They don' t see the same course
week after week, and they don' t realize it' s been programmed to peak dur-
ing tournament week. But they still
expect every course they play to be in
condition
all the time."
and
maintenance
part
Week after week, they see another
flawless
tion
of the
perform
seasonal
on their equipment.
winter
It' s all
routine.
superintendents
Most varieties
edge
of
the
love
of wildlife
woods,
not
Metro Golf, a regional golf magaD. C., area, ranks the Gold Course as
the
the favorite in a readers' survey of resort
more livable
Horseshoe golf course was the heavy
habitat — for wildlife.
Viancour
and
his
from
crews
are
con-
tion year- round. The job doesn' t stop
for every dead or dying tree we re-
we plant
of the toughest
course.
courses
a reputation
as
Together,
two
new
trees
rating — a
Golden
year in a row,
The
the
the
southeastern
States
Golden
Horseshoe
deserved
grounds
crew
takes
honor
After all, readers surveys tell the
pride
in
that
in the Virginia
grounds
slope
original
for the second
throughout
United
The Gold course has the highest
stantly renewing the living resource.
On average,
golf
The
beating out high -profile competition
than 30 years since the Gold Course
it has garnered
courses
favorite
The grounds crews have a tremen-
Gold and Green Course represent two
It' s a tough task keeping the Golden
Horseshoe golf courses in top condi-
Washington,
rough to forest create more edges —
and greens
and birds
in the metropolitan
middle. Transitions from fairway to
Trees that are well off the fairways, tees
tat for animals
Brodie%
in
a classic
Those old and dead trees serve as habi-
Jim
zine
opened,
Nature.
In
live on
trees when they become safety hazards.
are Left to Mother
Photos
is not far behind, at number five.
na-
dous reputation to uphold In the more
The crews remove dead and dying
Trees that are removed
trees.
measure
of
a
crews
what
our
customers
think about the courses they' ve been
keeping If their efforts go well, Colo-
golf
course' s degree of difficulty for the
nial Williamsburg' s golf courses look
average
just
player — of all
public- access
courses in the state. The Green Course
like
television,
the tournament
courses
on
week after week after week.
On -site food handlers' classes
Volunteer Opportunity of the Week
for CW restaurant employees
Colonial Williamsburg
employees
who
need
restaurant
food
handlers
Training Building by Mike Hornby of
the Commissary. Unlike those previ-
cards won' t have to travel far to get
ously offered on site, these classes do
them, now that on -site classes have re-
not include
sumed Classes are conducted monthly
Classes are from 2 to 3: 30 p m.
April 11, May 9, June 6, July 11, Aug.
for
all food
service
need to obtain
new
employees
who
cards or renew ex-
classes,
15, Sept. 12, Oct. 10, Nov. 14 and Dec
12. Employees should bring a picture
pired permits.
The
a test.
sanctioned
by
the
of themselves
James City -Williamsburg Health Department,
at the
Personnel
more
expired
health
information,
call
charts used in training classes and transfer material on flip charts
through hand lettering ( printing) on poster boards.
Minimum requirements include the ability to work independently; a knowledge of printing or lettering in a neat, legible
style. Knowledge of Calligraphy a plus.
Work hours are flexible.
For more information call Vernell Sutherland at 7174.
Positon # D18853001
Hornby at 7674
are taught
For
or their
cards.
Graphic Artist Assistant— Duties are to prepare instructor
White Jacket scholarship helps
Environmental thought for the week
student restaurant employees
Envelopes
Colonial Williamsburg Hotel Prop-
arship applicants who are employed in
can
erties, Inc., have given $ 1, 500 to fund
Colonial Williamsburg restaurants and
who
of the White
Jacket
scholar-
meet
the program
qualifications.
ship for College of William and Mary
The deadline for submitting an ap-
students who work in food service.
Colonial Williamsburg
RECYCLES
Remember
or water soluble
Colonial Williamsburg
to remove
glue
windows
an Order
with " lick -to- stick"
be recycled.
the plastic
Recycling Committee
plication is March 15. For more infor-
Preference for the Colonial Williams-
mation, call the Order of the White
burg scholarship will be given to schol-
Jacket office at 221 - 1204.
If you have questions, comments or suggestions, please call
the recycling
hotline
at
2333!
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COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1995
NewsBriefs
Claims for 1994 spending
Evening ticket prices
change starting March 13
accounts due March 31
All 1994 spending account participants
have
until
March
31
to submit
claims for qualified expenses incurred
between Jan
1 and Dec. 31,
1994. A
statement listing 1994 spending account activity was sent to each 1994
spending account participant. The
statement summarizes
contributions,
Ticket prices for evening programs
will change beginning Monday, March
13, according to Bill White, director of
presentations and tours. Evening program tickets
will be $ 5 apiece for
Patriot' s Pass holders and $ 10 apiece
for non - Patriot' s Pass
holders.
prices apply to general admission
claims and any outstanding balances
The
tick-
Participants who have remaining
balances may want to submit claims for
ets and do not apply to ticket prices for
expenses that were incurred during the
Brunch is now served at
1994 calendar
sidered
year
Expenses
to have been incurred
medical
or dependent
student evening programs.
are conwhen the
Campbell' s Tavern
care is provided,
Employees
are
reminded
that
not when an employee is billed or pays
Campbell' s Tavern is open for brunch
for the care
from 10: 30 a m to 2 p m. daily, except
Sundays and Mondays. King' s Arms
For employees
who
do not submit
claims for their remaining balances by
March 31, the money left over in their
Tavern is open for brunch daily, except
Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Chown -
A HELPING
accounts will be donated to the Salva-
ing' s and Shields Taverns are closed
hand to their peers from Old Salem in North Carolina, by reproducing several
tion Army, to help needy Colonial Wil-
until April 1, for winter maintenance.
pewtering
liamsburg employees and their families.
For
more
information,
call
Donations needed for
Donations
Religion Over Coffee
The March session of Religion Over
Shop This month' s topic is entitled
The Religious Observance of Lent in
Century
will be served
Virginia "
Trades
department
there. Representatives
are sought for a yard
sale /flea market April 1, to raise funds
Partnerships is a local nonprofit orga-
Tuesday, March 14, at the Davidson
freshments
molds for the Historic
for Housing Partnerships, Inc. Housing
Coffee will meet from 7: 45 to 9 a. m
Eighteenth-
Members of the Geddy foundry team recently lent a
from Old Salem came to Williamsburg to pick up the final two items, bowl and
plate molds cast in bronze by the Geddy staff. Looking over the molds are, from
left, Shawn Small of Old Salem, Michael Noftsger of the Geddy, Brian Coe from
Old Salem, and Doc Hassel and Roger Hohensee of the Geddy. Pholo b, Patrick Salter
flea market fund - raiser
Mildred Wiley at 7026.
HAND —
Re-
nization dedicated to building and repairing substandard housing in the
greater Williamsburg area For more
information,
call 221 - 0444
In memory...
Applications due March 15
Clyde V. Dean, 60, died Feb 26
Employees' children and grandchildren who plan to pursue post- second-
He joined Colonial Williamsburg in
ary education have until March 15 to
apply for the American Express /Colonial Williamsburg Scholarship. The
Lodge. He retired from the foundation
program
1953
or four - year college,
technical
or trade
vocational -
storeroom
helper
at
the
in 1986 with 32 years of service.
marily on the basis of need. Academic
record, potential to succeed, leadership
and participation
in school
1994 as a casual employee at the Wil-
liamsburg Inn, where she was a
housecleaner
and commu-
nity activities, honors, work experia statement of educational and
career goals and an outside appraisal
also are considered
Martha S. Elias, 55, died March 2.
She joined Colonial Williamsburg in
school.
The scholarships are awarded pri-
ence,
a
offers ten $ 2, 000 scholarships
for full -time study at any accredited
two-
as
An independent
Judith H. Brown, 50, died March
4 She joined Colonial Williamsburg in
1966 as a cashier in the comptroller' s
office. After a 10 -year sabbatical, she
company, the Minnesota -based Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of
returned to the foundation in 1980 as
Did they really shave their heads?
an accounting clerk in the controller' s
Betty Kelly, left, of the wig shop answered that question and many others for a
America, administers the program For
office. She was a supervisor of dis-
group of visiting school children who stopped by the shop recently. They were
more information and a scholarship
bursements in the administration and
among the hundreds of students who have visited the Historic Area during the
application,
students
should
contact
Kell' Mansel- Arbuckle at 220 -7116.
finance division, with nearly 15 years
past
month.
Photo
by Patrick
Savior
of service
r
Marketplace
For Sale
Do You Need Saturday Child Care?
37K
1992 Jeep Cherokee
miles,
garage
showroom
kept,
condition, $
Limited
white
18, 800
with
Call
All options,
leather
interior,
238 - 2085
buffet/ server
Excellent condition $
sonable
Call
offer
Sandra
750 or best rea-
at 7456
or page
For Sale - Electric range Whirlpool self -cleaning range
875 - 8876
with black glass door and window
Almond colored
For Sale. Butcher block farm table with white legs and
with clock timer and adjustable heat broil
two matching
late 1992,
like
and Leave
message
Like
Colonial Williamsburg' s Child Development Center is conducting a survey to see whether there is sufficient employee interest to justify offering
child care on Saturdays. Employees who are interested in Saturday care for
new $
Windsor chairs
175 or best
Purchased
offer
Call
from Hecht' s
220 - 2603
or leave
new $
300 or best offer
Purchased
Call
875 - 9659
message
For Sale
Mulch
We deliver
From half - full dump truck
For Sale European cornerbench- table, 52" x 70 ", two
load ( 8 cubic yards ) For more information and prices
chairs. solid pine wood, $ 175 Call 565 -1030
call
their child( ren) should fill out this form and return it, via interoffice mail, to
For Sale
IBM XT with math co-
For Sale Three -bedroom rancher in Gloucester with
Fran Dorsey at the Child Development Center.
processor, Panasonic 1091 Dot Matrix printer, Hayes
two full baths large family room with vaulted ceiling.
1200
Computer system
baud
monitor,
modem,
84
WordPerfect
Employee Name:
55
megabyte
drive,
color
Software
WordPerfect
5 0,
1 0, Paradox
4 0, Microsoft
Word
keyboard
Works
4 0 $ 325 or best offer,
Phone:
Full - size Sealy
Posturpedic
large eat -in kitchen with custom - built cabinets
Dish-
washer, stove, walk -up attic, wall -to -wall carpet, linoleum
in kitchen
Large
deck
off the kitchen
1/ 2 acre
lot with
mattress Less than two years old. ' egg crate" mat-
Home
double car driveway, well landscaped yard Built in
1988 $ 69, 900 Call Mike at 7674. 693 -7950 or 565-
tress pad and two pillows tool $ 75 or best offer Call
Work Location:
Work
hard
253 - 0485
1270
Diana
Phone:
at 253 - 1642
For Sale.
Dark wood bedroom set
headboard,
Name( s) of Child( ren):
wood
coffee
dresser
living
and
room set
table, $
150,
desk
couch
Twin
bed
with
twin bed with
chair, $
chair
with
150,
footstool
headboard
Dark
and
and
footboard, $ 40, Large " velvet" armchair, $ 20, Crate style computer desk, $20 For information call 229- 7341
Wanted
Ads
for
the
Marketplace
interoffice
name
mail
and work
Or,
FAX
them
unit, these
are
free
renewed
in writing,
repeated
as space
with
are
to 7702
Include
not included
your
in the ad
received by 5 p m Friday
two
Colonial
leaves,
two
Williamsburg
arm
chairs,
two
side
News is published
chairs,
weekly
by the Communications
no phone
allows
Ads
Department
calls, please
Ads are
and renewals
must
for Colonial
be
Williams-
burg employees Send correspondence to " Colonial Williamsburg News, GB0. 131," FAX It to 220 -7702 or call
Saturday Hours Care is Needed
the CW News Hotline at NEWS/ 6397
Director
How Often?
of
Communications
Susan Stuntz, 7285
Patrick Saylor. 7120
Editor . ... . . , ......
Contributors Sandy Belan, Lorraine Brooks, Kim Cenova. Anita Hallman. Sophia Hart, Curtia James,
Dawn Estrin, Lael White, Kathy Dunn, Mary Masengale
Please return to Child Development Center by March 13, 1995.
L
for
unless requested Ads run for one week and must be
For Sale Dining room suit pecan dining room table
Date( s) of Birth:
Ads
Colonial Williamsburg employees only Submit ads in
wnting to Kim Cenova, GBO -132, in person or by
J
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publication
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Colonial
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FREE
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Information
S
about
Colonial Williamsburg
people
and
programs
Volume 48, No 11
Science, Conjuration
the
days
before
Raucous new
comedy
March 16, 1995
Historic Trades
new evening program
television,
3
opens
subject
Humbug'
In
and
2
appraisal
of new
CD -ROM project
the musical glas -ses, a " natural curios-
Colonial Williamsburg' s his-
Americans sought their entertainment
ity" such as the " fretful porcupine," a
toric trades will be the subject of an
wherever they could find it A new
evening program in the Courthouse introduces some diversions enjoyed by
18th -century Virginians.
puppet show and a magic demonstra-
interactive
tion or fire -eating. Hudson says he
that is being developed by Michael
would like to add other vignettes to
Tuite of Charlottesville.
keep the program and cast fresh, in-
a $ 25, 000 grant from Oracle Cor-
Science,
Conjuration
educational
program
Tuite won
and Hum-
cluding such things as electrical dem-
poration, a California -based soft-
bug" features about a half dozen vi-
onstrations, a lecture on anatomy and
ware company, to help cover the
gnettes that illustrate the types of enter-
a trained animal.
cost of the computer program, en-
tainment
provided
showmen
who
by lecturers
traveled
town throughout
from
the colonies
Though
and
town
to
The one-
some
acts,
such
as
the
Learned Pig of Knowledge," might
seem rather lowbrow, they appealed to
18th- century Virginians of every social
level. " We know that Jefferson paid to
titled " The Work of Many Hands
How
Diane Landon, left, and Anne Marie Millar
examine
the " fretful
the programs' "
porcupine,"
natural
one of
curiosities."
Things
Were
Made
When
America Was New."
The program is aimed at third,
fourth and fifth graders. It uses a
combination of video images, com-
Gardiner came to Williamsburg in
Science" is presented by a cast that
includes Hudson, Jeremy Fried, Jim
McDonald, Elaine Shirley, Anne Marie
1768 and 1772 and presented conjura-
Millar,
past. Videotaped
tions, fire eating and puppet shows,
which were seen by Washington
Balderson
see the `Great Elk' and ' Learned Pig of
Knowledge',"
Hudson
said. "
Peter
Diane
Landon
and
Willie
The program is Sundays at
7 and 8: 30 p. m. in the Courthouse.
and Jefferson.
The
puter animation, music, narration
and text to let children explore the
central part of the program,
perfor-
people
which
Tuite hopes will be available for
schools in Fall 1996.
Through
mances appealed
to
scenes of Colo-
nial Williamsburg interpreters are a
the program,
children
interact with images of artisans,
from
every class. There
Fire -eating, as demonstrated by Carson
Hudson,
above,
is one of the examples
of
craftspeople
was
18th century, at their own pace and
a lot of con-
third- person by a cast of characters led
by Carson Hudson.
We discuss the entertainments pro-
vided
by
traveling
performers,"
from
the
in whatever order suits them. " It' s
in the natural
an environment in which you ex-
ences,
is done in first- and
others
temporary interest
sci-
conjurations."
hour program
and
plore," said Roy Underhill, who is
or ` natural
philosophy,' as it
was known then.
helping Tuite with the project.
In fact, the solar
your own path of interest. Curios-
system
ity is rewarded at every turn."
lecture
is
from
taken
You
a
make
choices
The program
and
follow
will be flexible
Hudson said. " The program portrays
children' s
individuals who did everything from
of the penod. You
topics beside the ones they set out
the very serious to the utterly ridiculous —hence the title." Though similar
wouldn'
to
1 8th- century
learning about blacksmithing, he
to the " Grand Medley of Entertain-
people
could
ments," another popular evening program, " Science" is different in that it
about
such
but
they
portrays
very
individual
performers
rather
than a traveling company.
t
ture such as " The Current Knowledge
osity
about. "
pursue
to explore
If someone
questions
about
is
iron
ward lesson."
A prototype program is to be
and
that curi-
whenever
they
learn
students
content aside from the straightfor-
world
had
allow
heat," Tuite said. " There' s a lot of
were
them
will
mining or how metals conduct
things,
the
pursued
mance on a period instrument such as
think
curious
around
but generally include a scientific lecof the Solar System," a musical perfor-
and
thought
about
Programs vary from night to night,
book
a
chance."
Puppet shows, such as " The Death of Blackbeard, were popu-
lar diversions for 18th -century Americans, who eagerly sought
out all types of entertainment.
Above, puppet mistress Elaine
Shirley, left, asks Carson Hudson whether she may repeat a
favorite
scene
from the play.
Photos
h.
Da.
finished in May. If it meets expectations, Oracle may provide additional funds to continue the project,
Tuite said.
id Door],
Weight training helps female silversmith earn certificate
Trailblazing women are the focus of
March' s National Women' s History
my job. Sometimes they' re amazed that
it can take 12 -25 hours to make a small
Month programs. One such trailblazer
spoon
in the Historic Area is journeyman sil-
them
versmith Gayle Whiting, the first
known
woman
silversmith
in
details
to
of
Although her journey to become a
silversmith was at times painful and
century manner.
exhausting, Whiting says her success-
Whiting came to the foundation al16 years
I explain
the strainer that take so long."
Will-
iamsburg to produce silver in the 18th -
most
like a tea strainer.
that it' s the decorative
ful completion of the apprenticeship
ago as a part - time sales
interpreter in the silversmith shop.
But I needed a full time position to
program
shows
that
support my three children,"
women
must have a skill level
can
be
anything they want. " Today' s women
said the
that empowers
single mother. She was offered a full -
them
time
their children," said Whiting.
Whiting' s immediate plans for the
future include working with Curtis to
make an 18 -inch silver tray. " This will
be the largest I' ve assisted in making."
She eventually hopes to write a
position
with
master
silversmith
Jimmy Curtis. Whiting was excited that Journeyman silversmith Gayle Whiting uses a jeweler' s saw to craft the decorative
Curtis
her
he
was
willing
to train
and
details
of a
tea
strainer
spoon.
Photo
b% Tom
Green
eventually encouraged her to become a
silversmith apprentice.
strength and endurance, enabling me to
The most difficult part of her sevenwas
hammering
apprenticeship
silver ingots. " The hammer weighs
year
three to
five
mering
was
pounds
painful
The
and
constant
ham-
exhausting,"
Whiting explained. " Over time, weight
training with my son increased my
journeyman,"
hammer
to say I was a journeyman and not an
apprentice gave me instant credibility
with the visitors."
longer "
Despite the extensive knowledge
she gained during her apprenticeship
years,
some
visitors
questions and then
would
ask
her
ask a male silver-
smith the same questions. " All that
changed the day I was promoted to
she said. " Just to be able
to provide
for
themselves
and
book that focuses on women silver-
Whiting says that through the years
shop visitors have become more open -
smiths
and
minded to the concept of a woman silversmith " Visitors are the highlight of
engravers. "
more women
I' m sure
the
research for this project will uncover
Whiting
said.
who practiced
this craft,"
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COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1995
AfterHours
Contemporary weaver makes
original colonial specialties
Max Hamrick, 18th -century weaving specialist, came to Williamsburg
seven years ago as a 20th -century textile machinist.
Although there is no
evidence of 18th - century looms having
been in Williamsburg, Max provides
from a museum in Paris for Hamrick to
use as a guide.
Most recently, he finished bed
hangings for an ongoing renovation
project
in the Brick
Bed rugs
House
are some
Tavern.
of the most un-
the necessary contemporary service of
copying original textiles — both cloth
and clothing — that otherwise would be
usual pieces produced by the Williamsburg craftsman. Hand -knotted out of
unavailable to the foundation
mal
A typical job for Hamrick might in-
clude reproducing the red striped " Holland" cloth used for bed hangings by
Raleigh Tavern owner Anthony Hay
wool,
these
pieces
blankets
were
used
due to their
as infor-
warmth
and
durability. They are particularly time consuming to reproduce, requiring two
people
over 40 hours
to complete
the
which is
77, 000 -plus knots. Although very few
actually have survived from the 18th
made of linen and cotton, was procured
century, we know their use was wide-
A sample
of " Holland"
cloth,
spread,
for out of 119 inventories
foundation
collection,
in the
61 of them men-
tion bed rugs
Hamrick'
s creations
run the gamut
from typical items such as bed hangings and blankets, to wagon covers and
items of colonial clothing. He gives
weaving demonstrations two mornings
a week behind the Millinery and pro-
vides tours of both the Millinery and
Max Hamrick, weaving specialist, uses an 18th - century loom to recreate a hand -
the Wigmaker.
knotted bed rug.
Photos
bt Sophia
Hari
In his " spare" time, Hamrick has
been assembling materials for a book
on 18th -century Virginia textile coloring A first draft should be ready by
Skilled hands weave strands of wool into
wheel. I figured if all the information
the
were brought together, we wouldn' t
dyes in Williamsburg, and the book
December. He says, " When I first got
Hamrick has kept copious notes and
objects of beauty and function. This bed
rug contains more than 77, 000 knots and
here, there were no written records
of
takes more than 40 hours to complete.
dyes. Each time, we had to reinvent the
how to make individual 18th- century
of all his
and
appearance
of individual
will include recipes for dyes used to
have to do that again."
records
use
work
and
hopes
to
produce a study of textile coloring
methods, tools and dyes His focus is
color wool
One of the major chal-
lenges of the project has been finding
recipes that are safe by 20th -century
consumer health standards
Gilliam promoted to assistant curator of exhibits
John
Sands,
director
bition. " Since I' m excited
of collections
about Colo-
her
opportunity
to
interact
with
nial Williamsburg, it will be fun to
Leviner,
that Jan Gilliam, former assistant cura-
share
with whom she co- authored the publi-
tor for the historic
people,"
and conservation,
recently
area,
announced
has been
pro-
what
it has to offer
with
other
she said.
Gilliam received her M A in history
from the College of William and Mary
moted to assistant curator of exhibits
We are doing increasing numbers
Sands said, " and those need support
and B A. in history from California
State University, Long Beach. Her
activities.
first position
of exhibitions in the Wallace Gallery,"
who hired her as an intern
and
cation, "' Upon Going to Housekeeping': Furnishing Williamsburg' s Historic Buildings "
She' s taught me so much. Working
with
her got me excited
about
the ex-
eling exhibitions " Gilliam continues to
summer of 1987 was as an historical
hibition buildings and made my job
both interesting and fun Her encour-
coordinate
interpreter
It' s the same case with trav-
with the foundation
in the
as-
agement and guidance prepared me for
the exhibition buildings and food and
sistant in June of 1988 and assistant
taking on new responsibilities," Gil-
table
curator for the Historic Area in June of
liam said
the seasonal
changes
within
installations.
She became
curatorial
The respect is mutual "
Jan has al-
She said she' s particularly enthused
1990. While Betty Leviner, curator of
about the promotion because it enables
exhibition buildings, was on educa-
ways been willing to put her hand to
her to work with exhibition buildings,
tional
1993
whatever needed to be done." Leviner
through October 1994, Gilliam served
said " She' s always willing and able to
go the extra mile and, frankly, I don' t
know how we would have gotten along
exhibitions and traveling exhibitions —
duties that allow her to interact with a
variety of departments One of her first
projects
will be the installation
of the
Becoming Americans" traveling exhi-
Jan Gilliam is enthused about her promotion
to
assistant
curator
of exhibits
because it enables her to work with exhibition buildings, exhibitions and travel-
ing exhibitions and a variety of departments.
Photo
131
Tom
Green
leave
from
October
as acting curator of exhibition buildings in her absence.
She said one of the highlights of
working with the foundation has been
through
the last few years without
presence
on
our
her
staff "
Visitors express themselves
First 600 to sign up receive
through comment book
free Health Risk appraisals
The new Wellness Program is of-
Recently exhibits designer Rick
Hadley, curator of ceramics and glass
Janine Skerry and museum educator
Brenda
LaClair
placed
a
comment
book in the ceramics study storage
the whistle."
Another
wrote
in a piece
be notified of the dates and locations.
fering employees an opportunity
Once the HRAs are processed,
entitled, " Haiku for an appraiser," " Is
look at their personal health status to
they will be compared to a national
it real or fake' / True
find out how to reduce health risks.
database.
The first 600 employees to sign up
their results during small group In-
will
terpretation Sessions where Messina
ceramic
or a
bake' ?/ Speak, for Heaven' s sake!"
Sometimes
the commenters
debated
receive
a
free
confidential
Employees
will
receive
foyer for viewers of the exhibit, " De-
one another, with one writing, " Let the
Health Risk Appraisal ( HRA). The
will provide
signed to Deceive: English Pottery
Fakes " A sampling of the responses,
which came from visitors as far away
rich be deceived!"
HRA will cost $ 7 for each employee
results and answer questions.
the
The HRA asks employees about
as Peru, follows
exhibit' s educational thrust. One, how-
family health history, physical activity, safety practices, handling stress,
eating habits, seat belt usage and
Praise, ranging from " wonderfully
and another, " Let no
man be deceived!"
Several
ever,
also
sought
to further
educate
collectors
well as drawings filled many of the
efforts, writing, " Ceramic collectors
to maximize
book' s pages.
should pay attention to archeological
reinforce positive health choices and
collections ...
their
information
of the
about the
HRA, call Messina at 7044 or visit
her in room
137 of the Franklin
Street Office building on Thursdays
more. " The results of the HRA will
study
how
applauded
useful" and " fabulous" to " groovy," as
One visitor commented on the sub-
on
For more
after the first 600.
visitors
an explanation
they are usually
Here' s how to get
give guidance and accurate informa-
ject of fakery itself, noting " If collec-
indisputably genuine .
tors appreciated
more the work of Iry -
so much from these fragments and ar-
rng artists and craftspeople and were
cheological study collections are very
ness coordinator
willing to pay for them, perhaps the
often
your free HRA
healthy lifestyle changes," said well-
available
to the
One can learn
and Fridays.
serious
public "
tion
to
those
who
want
Michelle
to
make
Messina.
Be one of the first 600 to get your
Call 7029, press 7,
leave your
name, phone number and work loca-
desire to fake an antique and gain from
Another summed up the reaction to
free HRA by calling 7029, pressing
tion
your abilities would be less appealing!"
the show this way- " A very interesting
7 and leaving
series of employee meetings in April.
and instructive exhibit
number
The exhibit inspired some to pen
Rarely do I
your name, phone
and work location.
HRAs
You will be notified of the dates and
of em-
locations. The questionnaire takes
prose. One viewer wrote, " It' s good to
enter an exhibit room in an antiquities
will be distributed
know the Arti- Facts /which are the Art -
museum and find that I am older than
ployee meetings in April. You will
O- Ficials/ Now 2 know / when to blow
the exhibits."
at a series
HRAs will be distributed at a
about
30
minutes
to complete
�WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
COLONIAL
3
THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1995
News from the hotels and restaurants
Twelve
win employee idea awards in January
Twelve CWHPI employees won awards in January from
the Employee Idea System
two
with his suggestion to install an automatic closing mecha-
Five of the winners took home
nism on the door between the front desk and the kitchen at
the Governor' s Inn.
awards.
King' s Arm Tavern and the Woodlands Reservation of-
Other winning ideas address the " little things" that make
fice each produced two winners
a visitor' s stay more enjoyable
Both King' s Arm Tavern employees won double awards
Ty Kirby in the Woodlands maintenance office proposed
for their suggestions
the purchase
Abby Limmer proposed installation of a " No Smoking"
sign in the tavern' s restrooms Her second award -winning
idea was development
of a new drink, which
guests
she named
in the
Woodlands
Mike Caviston
complex,
Employee
and
traffic
HOTEL
ing a reminder to reservations
names
suggested
that
PROPERTIES.
stallation of range towel dispensers at both ends of the Inn
INC
kitchen and reversing half of the expediter table in the Inn
of brighter lighting in the Cascades
in internal
kitchen, making the plate covers shelf more convenient for
handicapped
patterns
Lisa Brown in Woodlands Reservations suggested printto list guests'
s Tavern
Don Meyers at the Inn' s Regency Dining Room was a
double winner in January with his ideas. He suggested in-
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
painting pavement arrows on the traffic circles at the Woodlands complex to help alleviate guest confusion about automobile
at Chowning'
Cascades Restaurant with decorative floral arrangements.
IDEA System
Ernie Barbour' s winning ideas proposed a series of directional signs for the basement offices in the Woodlands
elec-
Campbell' s Tavern stock cranberry juice for guests.
Doris Wade in the housekeeping department at the
Woodlands proposed dressing up the back section of the
for use with bar drinks
office
European
ing pads available for guests' use
on the wet floor Dunlap also suggested including the speTall,"
to enable
such as hair dryers,
Stacey Smart at the Williamsburg Lodge front desk won
an award for suggesting that the Inn and Lodge have heat-
ideas. placement of a rubber non - slip mat in the bar walk in at the tavern to help prevent injuries caused by slipping
At the reservation
converters
their appliances,
tric shavers, etc.
Pineapple Rummer" and described as a fruity alternative
to the stronger Rummer drink already on the menu
KAT' s Matt Dunlap came through with two winning
cial instruction, "
of electrical
to operate
the chefs and waiters
restroom.
Kevin Bennett at the Governor' s Inn
agents on the rate plan sheet
remarks
front desk suggested installation of a
Several employee ideas addressed concern for handi-
Joy Bailey at the Cascades Restaurant and Conference
running board on the Governor' s Inn
hotel van to assist the elderly or handicapped in disembarking.
Center proposed repainting or wallpapering and installation
Bennett was another double winner
capped guests.
Bawdy
and the putting
the tray rack closest
to the dishroom
Jo Lewis at the lodging and dining desk in the Visitor
Center looked well into the future for her award - winning
idea
She suggested a change to the 1995 Christmas bro-
chure: printing a reservation phone number on both the description
sheet and the order form
comedy, " The Recruiting
Officer," opens March 25 at Lodge
new
thy— portrayed by Ed Whitacre — is led
on a mad matrimonial chase by a
haughty heiress named Melinda, a
comic imp played by Oteka Ball
Several bumpkins— played by
Christina Cortwright, Terry Yemm,
Mark Sowell and Stephen Furey Moore— a worlding (Tom Summers), a
gull ( Steve Holloway), a wit ( John
Hamant) and servants —played by Bob
Chandler
populate
and Antoinette
the production
gourmand he pretends to be to the
but a moonstruck
child
of sen-
timent who has found in the chaste but
The Recruiting
Officer"
will feature
a special
musical
entr' acte. The popular
ballad, " Over the Hills and Far Away," written for the original London production
in 1711, will be sung by ( left to right) Terry Yemm, Christina Cortwright, Mark
Sowell, Antoinette Brennan, Bob Chandler and Stephen Furey- Moore.
Colonial Williamsburg' s latest entry
romantic
couples
If the course
of true
frolicsome
Silvia
package
through
Brennan —
Near the end of the play, it is evident that Plume is not the womanizing
world,
New golf
American
Express
his heart' s true love.
Colonial Williamsburg is offer-
The Recruiting Officer" is directed
by Abigail Schumann, veteran actress
of the Virginia Company of Comedi-
ing a new golf package through
American Express.
ans The stage manager is Mamie Ruth
It' s billed as the golf vacation
in its long- running series of 18th - cen-
love never runs smooth, it traverses
Hitchens- Blanton
tury plays is George Farquhar' s " The
Recruiting Officer "
some funny ground along the way The
play, dating from 1706, takes place in
the sleepy village of Shrewsbury. A
Charles Eugene Bush did the costume
the whole family can enjoy.
The Spring Golf Special pack-
and set design
age is available through June 18,
is the producer.
exclusively
a
recruiting officer, Captain Plume, por-
cardmembers
transition between Restoration comedy
and the sentimental bourgeois comedy
trayed by Jeremy Fried, has come to
Shrewsbury to look the local young
of the 18th century The bawdy story
men into military service.
A renowned
rake, Plume
When the play was written more
Carolee Silcox and
Arthur ( Barney) Barnes
of
love of Silvia, portrayed by Darci
England' s West Country and win their
Tuckers, who disguises herself in a
The Recruiting Officer" opens at
8 30 p. m. Saturday, March 25 in the
Williamsburg Lodge auditorium. Tickets are $ 10 and may be reserved by
calling 7645.
The Recruiting Officer" alternates
in repertory with David Garrick' s
ladies
male uniform and eventually hooks
Catharine and Petruchio" most Satur-
than
two
recounts
centuries
the
tempting
tale
to
ago,
it
of rival
recruit
stood
as
captains
at-
yokels
the
over
The plot and action focuses on two
Plume.
Plume' s best friend,
stirs
Mr
the
Wor-
day evenings through November
to American Express
The direct -mail brochure invites
cardmembers
to "
come
play
a
championship golf course where
the 19th hole is in the 18th cen-
tury." Inside the brochure, the message exhorts "
18 holes in the morn-
ing, 18th century in the afternoon "
The package includes accommodations in the five -star Williams-
Environmental
Military golf
thought for the
tournament results
burg inn, daily greens fees and cart
fees, a bucket of practice range
balls,
limited
week
unlimited
us of the Tazewell
Club health and fitness center. untennis, hotel guest tickets
the Historic
to
Area and the museums
and a $ 65 coffee table book honorA sellout field competed in
Aucamp won the senior divi-
the Golden Horseshoe' s
sion
nament
golf
March
Greg
tour-
Virginia
Beach
Hollis
Stringer
won
William
were second
with a score
of
Ralph
Dean
and
of
Waldorf,
of 141
Zadeh
Ruppe
with
Md ,
two - round
of
total
Roger and Mike Reese finished
second
with a score
Robert
Smith
and
folk and Reed Lampley of
Norfolk
of 135.
Fred
with
won the second
a score of 138
mail center to see if they will
take your used packaging.
flight
ing the centennial
States
of the United
Golf Association, "
Golf, the
Greatest Game."
For non -golfer family members,
the package
offers a unique
tive to the normal
alterna-
golf vacation.
the
Historic Area and its fascinating
excursion into the America' s past,
If you have questions,
com-
ments or suggestions, call the
Joseph Kuhn of Suf-
131
the nearest
won
134 score
a`
Contact
of
y
championship flight
be recycled.
and
the first flight with a
the
Foam packing " peanuts" can
Jesse
and
Wilkins
4 -5
Thomas
139
Cary
second annual Military
Invitational
with
recycling hotline: 2333!
Colonial Williamsburg
Recycling Committee
dining in the colonial taverns and
shopping in the colonial stores.
Package
rates range from $ 195 -
245 per person per night, based on
double occupancy with a two night
minimum
stay.
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COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1995
NewsB r i efs
Ghost' Tours becomes
Legends of the Past"
the Franklin Street Annex.
ceived an invitation may not be regis-
and engineering.
He received his bachelor of archi-
track and with this program we feel it
tered with the volunteer office. For
tecture degree from North Carolina
will
Ghosts, Rogues and Things that go
1987 in the department of architecture
tion April 6 Those who have not re-
new employees on the right safety
Last year' s popular evening tour,
the first volunteer recognition recep-
The safety department wants to put
more
encourage
all
employees
to take
call
information,
Vernell
State in 1991 and is a registered with
Bump in the Past," has a new name:
Legends of the Past." According to
Jan Clapp Bomar of the School and
more responsibility for safety in their
Linda Harper, manager of safety pro-
and
Group Services department, the new
grams.
and would like to receive information
and a member of the Historic Triangle
name
Harper at 7373.
about
Leadership class of 1995
better
reflects
the objectives
departments and for themselves,"
of
said
For more information,
call
the program
Legends"
tour that
Nominations
is a one -hour walking
explores
the
things
trigued the people of the 1 8th century "
unexplained — or
nominations
able — events. Tours are offered nightly
at 8: 30 p. m Tickets are $ 5 apiece for
The awards
ity and courtesy toward
fellow employees.
We' ve got the ticket
the
conclusion
The
movie, "
are given to employees
who demonstrate exceptional hospital-
Patriots Pass holders
Madness
of
of
the
visitors
and
Pineapple
programs
volunteers
also
She will
the program
should
add
their
should be sent to Cindy
Applications are available for the
Colonial Williamsburg Employees
Spring Arts and Crafts Show, May 67, at Commonwealth Hall. For an application form, call Diane Hudgins at
must be turned in
by Friday, Apnl 7.
person, at the Imperial Building They
English harpsichords
should
in
multiple acts of hospitality and assis-
Dr. Charles Mould, secretary of the
Bodleian Library at Oxford University,
tion acquired a ticket to that event,
which
curator
of
maps
and
include
letters of recognition
for
tance to visitors or coworkers.
prints
in
for its master' s deoperations
research.
The program emphasizes the application of scientific methods to complex
deterministic
or probabilistic decision -
making problems. Typical problems
include applications in manufacturing,
business and the military.
contact Larry Leemis, associate professor in the Mathematics
department,
at
221 - 2000
In memory...
Ralph R. Mills, 80, died March 7
presents a slide- illustrated lecture and
The Lighting the Way Award was
Margaret Pritchard said is scheduled to
program
For information about the program,
emony to pronounce the leader sane
held in London' s St. Paul' s Cathedral
the founda-
of Architects
The College of William and Mary is
tative background
Library lecture focuses on
November,
Institute
College offers masters
in operations research
gree
Johnston, nomination committee chair-
Last
the American
recruiting students who have a quanti-
George," its producers re- create a cer-
1789
treasurer of the James River Chapter of
Please re-
Craft Show applications
7108. Applications
Nominations for the Order of the
King
with
spond by Tuesday, March 21.
the Order
of the Pineapple and Lighting the Way.
Patriots Pass holders; $ 10 each for non -
Toward
for two awards
work
volunteer
concerning
The Colonial Williamsburg Hospitality and Courtesy Committee seeks
unexplain-
who
memos, brochures and other materials
Visitors will hear stories of natural
other
others
names to a mailing list to receive
awards
phenomena, murders, superstitions and
the Commonwealth of Virginia. He is
Colonial Williamsburg managers
call Sutherland.
sought for
hospitality and courtesy
that " in-
Sutherland at 7174.
musical demonstration, " English Harp-
Ralph joined Colonial Williamsburg in
created to broaden employee recogni-
sichord Makers of the Eighteenth Cen-
1949 as a painter
tion and acknowledge individuals who
tury," at 4 p. m. Friday, March 31, in
have performed a specific act that dem-
the Hennage
refinisher when he retired in 1979 with
27 years of service.
inch ticket, which Pritchard describes
onstrates outstanding hospitality and
courtesy to visitors or coworkers Sug-
as
gestions for this award should be sent
The foundation library will be
closed from 3. 30 to 5 p m. that day
go on view at the DeWitt Wallace
Decorative Arts Gallery next week.
The black- and -white, 8 -inch by flin " beautiful"
condition,
invited
Auditorium
The lecture is free with Wallace Gal-
members of the London City Council
to Keith Johnson, Lighting the Way
to the celebration
lery admission. Employees are admit-
committee chairperson, at the Bound-
ted free on a space - available basis.
Safety orientation classes
ary Street Office
government
regulations
and
re-
Colonial Williamsburg' s volunteer
services department is seeking infor-
duce the possibility of accidents, a new
Joe Poole has been named real es-
Williamsburg employees who work
iamsburg Developments, Inc., accord-
with them. All Colonial Williamsburg
ing to Victoria Gussman, WDI direc-
volunteers have been sent invitations to
tor
honored
104
employees
Cynthia Greczek, Larry Heath, Mark
Hines, Italy Hopkins, Donald Keith,
Douglas Lee, Judy Martin, Walter
and
nine directors with perfect attendance
records for 1994 on February 24 at the
McCallister, Alvester Morris, Paul Or-
Cascades Restaurant.
ange, Warren Owens, Mickie Sciegaj,
Rendell Spratley, Charles Spruill,
Laura Viancour, Suzy Woodall and
Rollin Wooley.
Three employees were honored by
10 years or more of perfect attendance.
Martha Marquardt, Philip McCormick
and Libbey Oliver.
Twenty employees had five or more
years of perfect
Banks,
Wayne
attendance
Buhl,
James
Door
prize
winners
were
Dave
Rudloff, Linda Wilson and Rendell
Barbara
Csigas,
Spratley.
Poole joined the foundation
in
in
Robert L. Clayton, 69, died March
11 He joined Colonial Williamsburg in
1959 as a painter He retired in 1987
with 27 years of service.
Marketplace
For Sale Quilt - hand embroidered, hand quilted, full -
Brother
size White background with dark blue embroidery,
250 Mom quilts for a hobby, and I don t need another
one Call Barbara at 7587 or 898 - 2907 after 6 p m
stereo speakers. $ 30 Matching sofa and chair almost
For Sale Jager alpaca hand knitting wool imported
from England Grey and black in sufficient quantity to
portable
typewriter
hardly
used $
40
Set of
new, autumn tweed $ 125, UMAX Grayscale Flatbed
scanner
never used bundled with image scanning
and ReadRight OCR software $ 300, Black and wal
nut -tone five -light chandelier $ 10 Call Mary at 7984
make a medium to large ladies pullover, pattern includ-
For Sale
ed $ 48 total
condition $ 40 Please call 220 -3668 if interested
Call Marilyn at 2537
Fit and Trim exercise bike in excellent
For Sale Portable 10" black and white TV $ 20, Small
For Sale
portable microwave, $ 25, IBM electric typewriter, $15,
assumable
GE answering machine. $ 15, Dictaphone, $ 20, Sap phire and diamond pendant, ring and earrings set,
200, Opal and diamond ring, $ 150 Please call 221-
Third floor with tree -top window view Asking $ 79, 500
Williamsburg Commons condo
loan
Spacious
two bedrooms
8% FHA
one bath
Call Heather at 7968 or 220- 3741
0447
Lost Videotape entitled, ' It s Spring In Spring Hill '
For Sale Kenmore 19 cu ft refrigerator / freezer, light
detailing the quality efforts of the Saturn Corporation
Please return to Margie Weiler Anderson House
yellow, runs good, $ 75, 12" Craftsman bandsaw with
stand and extra blades, excellent condition, $ 200, 600
gallon Pacific Marquis family -size hot tub Complete,
Just fill and get in Four years old Cost $ 2, 500 new, sell
for $ 1, 500 or best offer Can help move it Call Clay at
r
Area Services
foundation in 1989 after 34 years.
tate development manager for Will-
mation from volunteers and Colonial
The Adminstration and Finance di-
burg in 1952 as a night driver in the
exhibition buildings division. He was
tions division when he retired from the
development manager
fered beginning April 4 Classes are
Tuesdays from 8. 30 a m. to 5 p. m in
the Security department squad room at
Adminstration & Finance
honors perfect attendance
Jr., 67, died
the Historic Area Programs and Opera-
employee safety orientation class of-
vision
D. Spencer
March 9. He joined Colonial Williams-
director of Historic
Poole named real estate
Volunteer info sought
To improve employee awareness,
meet
Edward
He was a furniture
Need Something Printed? •We specialize in resumes
reports and typesetting
We even do bookkeeping
and
tax preparations Let us do the typing for you Call Alex
Enterprises
today at 566- 1211
2686 or 843 -4757 after 6 p m
NAME THE WELLNESS PROGRAM
AND WIN A $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE
FROM THE TAZEWELL CLUB
3rd Annual Sunshine Farm Ride- A -Thon• In memo-
For Sale
ry of Mary Minor Hockaday Malechek to benefit the
Massey Cancer Center on Saturday April 1 at 10 a m
Remodeling? Double hung divided light
window, 2 -8 x 3 - 10, $ 50, Raised panel 2 -6 x 6- 8
intenor door, $30, Raised panel 4 -0 x 6 -8 bi -fold doors.
25, Oak vanities with raised panel doors and cultured
marble tops, finished right side
30" and 36" $
100
Efficiency
starting
April or later
150, Two electric
brass
sconces $
For Sale Two Advent Legacy stereo speakers $ 100,
Opal shade floor lamp $ 50, Pewter electric oil lamp
external
CD - ROM drive,
needs
cables,
35 Call 221 - 8077 anytime
chair with electric
movement
to
lounge or stand position, $ 200 Call Carolin at 7098 or
For
Sale
bench
Suggested title:
Weider
with
132 lbs
arm,
Medallion
leg and
Wanted
or studio apartment
close to CW
Please call 829 - 2813
Loving feline needs home Three -year -old
She is
spayed and all shots are up to date If interested tali
Anne at ( 804) 343 -3024 daytime or ( 804) 769 -4425
evenings
Wanted
Ads for the Marketplace
Ads are free for
writing to Kim Cenova
GBO - 132 in person or by
interoffice mail Or FAX them to 7702 Include your
name
and work
unit
unless requested
229 -9646 after 5 p m
Work Location:
or
Colonial Williamsburg employees only Submit ads in
For Sale Handicap aids Collapsible wheelchair, $200,
Walker, $ 25, Lounge
at 966 - 5687
female calico feline is available for adoption
glass chandelier. $ 950 Call 221 - 8077 anytime
35, Apple
Martin
50
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Colonial
Williamsburg
Inside
Art index now
S
Information about
Colonial Williamsburg
people
and
programs
Volume 48, No. 12
2
online
Rigors of
reservation' s
3
training
March 23, 1995
School partnership
program cited by
U. S. Department
of Education
Colonial Williamsburg' s Local
School Partnership Program has been
singled
out
as one of 16 model
busi-
ness- school partnership programs in
the nation by the U. S. Department of
Education.
The program, which in-
volves employee teams working
with
10 local elementary schools, is described in a department publication
entitled " Employers,
Families,
and
Education" that is being distributed
nationally
in an effort to encourage
family involvement
and community
partnerships in learning.
In a letter to Robert C. Wilburn,
Colonial Williamsburg president, Secretary of Education Richard W Riley
noted " the report features the Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation as employers
helping parents and family members be
more involved in children' s learning.
Your efforts to promote a family
friendly workplace have made a difference
in the
lives
of your
employees,
their families and your community."
Approximately
members
60 employees
of school
teams
which
John Lowe as Mr. Powell and Justin
Pridon
as Powell' s apprentice,
Frederic,
receive
last minute
touchups
to their
makeup. Powell and Frederic shared opportunities for 18th - century learning with ten elementary schools across the
country during the first satellite fieldtrip to Colonial Williamsburg. Schools downlinked the satellite signal into their
classrooms, March 15. Students participated in the programs by asking questions through a return only audio link. These
fieldtrips greatly expand capacity for distance -learning educational programs at Colonial Williamsburg. Photo b) Anita Hallman
are
work
directly with teachers and administra-
Organizational- changes in Education division
tors in all 10 local public and private
elementary schools. Dozens of other
employees
volunteer
talents
and
ser-
vices to individual projects. Last year
more than 250 separate activities — inside the schools
and at Colonial
were
iamsburg —
Will-
conducted
to
im-
prove local student understanding of
The school and group services department will report
directly to Elliott, pending the search for and selection of a
sional effectiveness " in stretching to accomplish our ambi-
new director. " This unit carries a heavy, more differentiated
load and will benefit from focused leadership as we build
tious agenda,"
its program and audience and extend our educational mes-
said division vice president Steve Elliott.
Bill White, director of presentations and tours, will lead
a new department comprised of Colonial Williamsburg' s
sages through a variety of media, materials, programs and
organizational
relationships,"
he said.
dren to career opportunities.
John Caramia has accepted a staff program position simi-
munity program production units, coach and livestock op-
lar to that of manager for religious studies, artistic director
for women' s history and manager of museum studies, and
and the character
interpretation
staff
to be-
With the shift in school and group services, we have the
will report to Bill White. Caramia will serve as an advocate
either
capacity within a newly formed department to improve our
and program manager for the interpretation and presentation
of teams.
integration of operations within the Historic Area," Elliott
of programs
they are excused
said " Our guests, History Initiatives recommendations, and
18th- century Williamsburg, its role in the British Empire
from work to attend planning meetings
we as a staff recognize
and ties to the global economy.
at the schools, as parents they are given
tion] and the various formats through which it is deployed
come
on
are encouraged
extensive and highly regarded historic trades program, comerations
American history and to expose chilEmployees
A new organizational structure for the education division
was announced last week in a memo to education division
employees. The new structure is designed to increase divi-
involved
their
own
in their
or as members
As team members,
time
off
to
schools
attend
parent -
Colonial Williamsburg is pleased
has been
selected
as
a model by the U S Department of
Education," Wilburn said " We feel an
obligation
to share
the children
support
our resources
of our community,
our employees
efforts
and to
in their school
in the schools
are pri-
marily initiated by our employees
working directly with teachers to meet
the needs of the individual
The schools
schools "
and the Colonial
Will-
iamsburg team leaders are: Matthew
Mansel- Arbuckle;
Whaley, Kelli
Rawls Byrd, Peggy Howells; Clara
Byrd
Baker,
Tom
Peck;
Norge,
Beth
Kelly; Magruder, Geales Sands; D. J.
Montague,
and economic
life in
Since sites representing this important part of our mislocated
departments
divisions —
are in helping us to engage, inform and inspire, as our mis-
sion
exhibition taverns, the trades, the Historic Area stores and
It is vital that we continue to find ways to extend first person and character interpretations
ings and throughout
the Historic
in our exhibition build-
Area and continue
to de-
are
market
activities
in
several
and
the
operating
and
taverns —
I believe
the
we
can do a better job if John, who is tremendously knowledgeable about these
subjects,
is focused
on results
in this area,"
Elliott said "
velop it as a tool."
with
involvements. It is especially gratifying
that these
interpreta-
to the commercial
sion charges us.
scheduled
teacher conferences.
that our program
how effective [ character
related
Ron Hurst; Walsingham
Lower School, Kathy and Scott
Whitehead; Waller Mill, Doug Finch;
James River, Jim Miles and Williams-
burg Christian Academy, Carol
Robertson. Serving as Resource Team
members to the school teams are Norm
Visitors say Historic Area
Colonial Williamsburg' s front line employees are doing
a good job with respect to visitor satisfaction, according to
visitor survey results released last week to education division employees. "
This is great news for our employees,"
employees
a "
10"
our long -term success is the quality of our product," Elliott
said. " Our educational programs and services are very
strong; our customers are telling us that.
I can' t think of another organization that wouldn' t give
said Steve Elliott, vice president for education. " They' re
doing a wonderful job and our visitors are registering their
its eyeteeth
approval with fabulous responses."
fying response."
to have these
kind of results.
I congratulate
and
thank Historic Area employees for this tremendously grati-
During November and December, the latest survey period, more than half of those surveyed gave a rating of " 10"
for employee courtesy, employee knowledge and their overall experience
in the Historic
Area, on a scale of one to 10
Just under half gave similar ratings for adult enjoyment
49 %) and things to do ( 48 %).
The mean scores for all respondents on a 10 -point scale
are equally impressive. Ratings were: Hospitality and courtesy, 9. 5, Employee knowledge, 9. 5; Overall experience,
9. 4, Adult enjoyment, 9. 3, Variety of things to do, 9 2,
Knowledge
value,
gained,
9;
8 5, and Children'
Teenager
enjoyment,
s enjoyment,
8. 7;
Ticket
8. 1.
Beatty, Elaine Dawson, Robert Wat-
In most categories, visitor ratings were higher than those
son, Terry Yemm, Jim Ryan and
Nancy Ward
for September and October, and exceed those for the year
as a whole. " One of the things that is absolutely critical to
Colonial Williamsburg visitors gave employees a " 10" rating
for overall enjoyment,
during a recent survey.
�2
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1995
Preparations to
Visitors favor ` Folk Fabrics'
move Armistead
Rockefeller Folk Art Center installs a
Whenever
the
quilt and coverlet
House begin
dilemma.
Abby
Aldrich
exhibition,
The problem
exhibit
it faces a
4
is not the deci-
sion to feature the textiles themselves,
Work is under way behind the
scenes
to
begin
the
process
of
moving the Dora Armistead House
to a site outside the Historic Area,
ssu sssssstu
because the center' s various bedcovers
ssuusus
s
ssmuz
s « - « «attract an avid stream of viewers, ac-
1
tiles Barbara Luck. The problem is that
according to the office of property
management. Colonial Williams-
burg acquired a long -term lease on
tiles with other kinds of objects,
the Victorian - era house,
1
Q
there are never enough.
i ! t-'"
s
e:
i
s:
cording to curator of paintings and tex-
el ii
were quite a number of letters asking
near the
Capitol on Duke of Gloucester
Street, in 1994. Under the terms of
the foundation'
s agreement
the house' s owners,
with
it is to be
moved to another location in Wil-
liamsburg and will henceforth be
known as the Cary Peyton
Armistead
House,
after its builder.
Foundation representatives ap-
us
to
return
them,"
Luck
there
awareness
and appreciation
25 years
sheds
week
behind
the
to
seek
two small
house.
The
demolition will be followed by an
application to the board for permission
to relocate
the house.
A
new site has not been decided
upon, but the search has been nar-
rowed to two vacant lots owned by
the foundation
on Scotland
ZZSSSS==; ZSi US23UMICSSSS3S
KISS
ago "
The
Folk
Folk
Art
Fabrics,"
Center
which
exhibition
includes
bed-
covers, a table cover and sewing tools
The " Folk Fabrics" exhibit features this wool patchwork table cover sewed by
and
Jewett Washington Curtis ( 1847 -1927),
accessories
from
its
permanent
visitors. The exhibit was presented for
last
f s*
quilts and coverlets than there was, say,
review
to demolish
!%:
of
collection,
board
tit.
recalls.
peared before the city architectural
permission
is +
c
There certainly seems to be a greater
public
Mme ; : •
IC_
c.
The last time we replaced the tex-
21.
is as popular
a career
soldier.
Photo
courtesy
of AARFA€
as ever with
In addition
to the fabrics
shown,
the
the boost in quilt and coverlets'
status
the first time from April to September
exhibit presents two cases consisting of
is " related
in
19th -century needlework tools and accessories, ranging from pin cushions,
and women'
needle
needlework and other skills associated
1994
and
includes
several
objects
that were shown for the first time.
Among these are a wool patchwork
table cover completed by a 19th -century soldier and a quilt pieced in the
Mariner'
s Compass"
pattern,
which
needle
holders
in
sharpeners,
winders,
spool
holders
shapes
and
and
a hand -
women'
s identities
reason
as artists."
is that
with housewifery
considered
art
s movement
until
An-
recently.
have seldom been
The
exhibit
is proof,
she said, that " those kinds of percep-
cranked sewing machine.
Luck believes
required extensive conservation.
novel
to thread cutters and
other
to the
part of the reason
for
tions have changed a great deal "
Street.
During the summer, archaeological research will be conducted
around the house in anticipation of
its move in the fall or winter of
1995.
Art Index now online for foundation researchers
Research
on art -related
topics —
from " Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk
Art Center" to " Zagreb Galleries and
author, title, bibliographic
Because
the online
is a bit easier thanks to
a collaborative
effort between
the programs
version
Index shares software
the foun-
and
ence desk at 7423 to determine
whether
the foundation owns a specific title.
Museums" —
Colonial Fair
citation
subject headings.
of Art
with PATRIOT,
look similar
on the com-
Articles that appear in publications not
owned by the foundation library and its
branches can be ordered through inter-
dation library and the information tech-
library loan at an average cost of $ 10
nology department " Art Index" is on
searchers
per article
the foundation'
fan mail
puter screen. They work the same; re-
and
The difference is that Art Index entries
is available online to employees who
s AS400 computer
need not learn a new system.
an overwhelming success. Students
have access to the library' s PATRIOT
may not be owned by the foundation
library Thus there is no " Place Re-
rotated
index system.
serve"
Our
second
Colonial
through
Fair
12
was
stations
throughout the day as they learned
ture,
call
the
reference
desk
at 7423
from 10 a m. to 5 p m. Monday through
Friday Orientation sessions can be arranged
through
Liz Ackert
Call 7419.
Topics include archaeology, architec-
ing, archaeology,
Patrons should call the library refer-
Art Index isn' t just for curators.
about dance, military life, garden-
option available
For more information about Art Index,
carving and games. Students even
grants, historic sites, landscape, deco-
Art Index access via the AS400
got a chance
rative
At the AS400 sign -on screen, type
upholstery,
wood
to have a sugar cookie
and cider provided by the Colonial
Williamsburg
Foundation
Com-
missary. All of this was organized
by our own Al Lovelace and
Shelley Beers, Colonial Williamsburg' s Trish Bare and Doug
computer
graphics,
arts and many
conservation,
others.
Art Index does what its name implies:
It is a bibliographic
DAYBOOK
index to pub-
Type DAYBOOK
lications related to the study of art. It
covers
scholarships
from
1984 to the
articles,
exhibition
catalogs,
Finch, all of whom are on our Busi-
illustrations,
ness Partner
TAB.
press
again and press
Note: You cannot print screens from
DAYBOOK
unless
you are work -
ing at a PC.
ENTER.
At the first menu type 41 and press
present and will be updated monthly It
includes
and
ENTER.
At the next
For more information, call the foun-
dation library reference desk at
menu
type
7 and
press
7423, 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Monday
through Friday.
tions and more. Each entry includes
Team.
The students, faculty and staff at
Waller Mill would like to sincerely
thank all those who participated
our
Colonial
Fair
from
in
Colonial
Williamsburg. We know that their
presence
strates
at
our
their
school
demon-
commitment
to
our
children' s education and to a strong
business partner relationship between Waller Mill and Colonial
book
reviews,
disserta-
ENTER.
America' s military leaders to meet here
Military leaders from nearly every
country in the western hemisphere will
meet in Williamsburg July 24 -26, to
and technically, but we' re happy to
as the meeting site to highlight the
have
mutual commitment to democracy
discuss cooperation
and security is-
but the Historic Area is not expected to
sues U. S Secretary of Defense William J. Perry will host the first Defense
be closed to the public as it was during
out,
the
cooperative
Ministerial of the Americas, which is
building measures among the nations
and may schedule one event in a historic building such as the Capitol or
them,"
he said.
The
conference
will require tight security, he added,
1983 Economic
Summit.
people from 34 countries, according to
Joseph Nye, assistant secretary of
defense for international security affairs, said Williamsburg is a natural site
Pam Young- Native
Norm Beatty, vice president for com-
for the meeting given its role in the
American storyteller
munity and government relations.
struggle for American independence
Williamsburg. Thanks for a fun
day of discovery and learning!
expected
Eric Myall- Harnessmaker
to
attract more
than
300
It will be complicated logistically
Colonial Williamsburg
was selected
the nations
of
of this hemisphere "
The agenda is still being worked
though
potential
security
of the western
topics
hemisphere
ters will probably
include
and confidence The minis-
meet in open session
Governor' s Palace, Beatty said
Kaare Loftheim - Cabinetmaker
Allison Harcourt - Livestock
Operations
Art Johnson -African -American
Shovel testing resumes at Jamestown Island
Work
continues
on Jamestown
Is-
test holes identify nearly 30 new ar-
crew' s discoveries to date " Jamestown
chaeological sites.
Island has a long, long history of occu-
storyteller
land to identify archaeological features
Wallace Gusler- Gunsmith
within
Greg Outten -Bike Patrol
Park. A six- member crew is digging
and
Dale Smoot & Jim Leach -Militia
test holes 20 meters apart in the first
Terry Lyons -Costume Shop
archaeological study to be conducted
away from the towne site. The crew
March By that time, the crew will have
dug nearly 6, 000 holes covering all the
Jane Carter &
Lisa Kause-
Suzanah Badgett - 18th- century
s Roles
Joe Poole- Historic
Linda
Chad Barlow &
Historical
Shovel testing began in November
continues
well drained
through
portions
the
end
of National
of
Park
pation," he said, citing the spearhead
and other prehistoric artifacts that have
been found. Testing also confirmed
that every part of the island has been
used at some time, by Native Americans or colonists. Many of the sites that
Service land on the island. Sample test-
tive
ing is done in wetland areas that cover
appealed
a quarter
were used by early colonists.
American
throughout
the
and
English
island,
to
sites
determine
how the land was used during prehis-
Area
toric times and in colonial times
Architecture
Tim Sutphin,
National
hope to locate African- American, Na-
Colonial Games
Children'
the Colonial
Barlow,
Nathan
Dennis
Blanton,
co- director
of
the
island.
Significant Native American finds
include
The research team is led by Dr.
of the
an
11, 000 year - old Paleo - In-
dian spearhead and some archaic points
about 5, 000 to 9, 000 years old Early
to
Native
Americans
also
The Jamestown Archaeological Assessment
is
a
cooperative
multidis-
ciplinary study that is being conducted
by the National Park Service, Colonial
Williamsburg and the College of Wil-
Center for Archaeological Research at
English
the College of William and Mary Of
more than 3, 600 test holes dug so far,
and Richard Kingsmill homesites. The
liam and Mary. Its goal is to identify
Kingsmill site could date to the first
the
Ron Hess, Principal
almost a third have resulted in positive
quarter of the 17th century.
Waller Mill Elementary School.
finds, which is slightly above average
through history, in time for 2007, the
400th anniversary of the founding of
Madden - Fife & Drum
Carson
Hudson - Puppet
Show
When
grouped
together,
the positive
finds include
Blanton
the Travis,
has drawn
several
Chiles
conclu-
sions about the island, based on the
the
island' s
Jamestown
appearance
settlement
and
uses
�COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH
3
23, 1995
News from the hotels and restaurants
Annual tavern maintenance nearly complete
It' s
Its a luxury most conventional restaurant operations
But Colonial
King'
Arms
s
Christiana
and
cades
old,"
Burger
said "
The
winter
Williams-
amounts
replace
nance personnel keep it alive. It' s already survived at least five to 10 years
past its normal life expectancy."
With the scarcity of capital funds in
treads,
recent years to replace the machine, ex-
spending
sonal
rect
Area taverns
Hank
maintenance
now
in business
said
Campbell' s taverns this winter Similar
burg takes advantage of winter' s sealull
investment,"
pays dividends every hour the tavern
operates,
By
ting down for several weeks to overhaul the kitchens, dining rooms and all
the equipment
an
Burger, director of hotel services. " It
cannot afford — shut-
at the Historic
to
of time go into the process
the
other
two
at
taverns —
Shields and Chowning' s.
time
cor-
Carpenters
repair
broken
Ve-
tending
some
the proverbial fine- toothed comb
worn
lems and do
to go over each one with
prob-
netian
blinds
and
equipment
thor-
stair
program
the service
and our mainte-
life of existing
is critical.
ough house- /
other
keeping, we
and replace missing
tion
New Year' s Day until mid- February.
Shields Tavern and Chowning' s Tav-
can
coat
and clean drains in the kitchens below
ern have been shut down since mid -
make
February and are scheduled to re -open
pairs
before the Easter crowds arrive.
cramped and
King' s Arms Tavern and Christiana
Campbell'
The
time
s Tavern
shut - down
for intensive
nance
closed
dust
affords
that
to
actual
in
and
semble
them
cleaning
operations.
That
keeps
our
neers
spent four to
five
ventilation
systems
apply a fresh coat of paint
re-
The
winter
maintenance
program
allows the taverns to be ready for busi-
cumulated grease
of
and
paint shop scrub candle soot from the
walls of the tavern' s dining area and
after
that
systems
ground, painters from the foundation' s
re - as-
moves months of ac-
Dish machines undergo a thorough
ness,
with
a minimum
of downtime
overhaul,
A crew of 20 carpenters and engi-
fast as they can seat them.
dismantle
neers
guests and our employees happy "
when the taverns are serving guests as
Engi-
stoves
conditions
fewer problems during the seasons
pegs,
the
in
While engineers re -new refrigera-
woodwork
re-
demanding ?
mainteresults
avoid
having
precious
preventive
It' s a process
after
weeks
in
from new water seals to dnve
throughout
sprocket
replacement. "
the hungry crowds reappear — usually
The dish
ma-
chine at King' s Arms Tavern is two de-
the
rest
of
the
year,
when
beginning in April
Training intense for six
new reservation
Six new prospective agents are currently
in training
tions
department
Woodlands
of the telephone
at
the
pass three tests before they join the reservations staff They must exhibit
complex
product
Three began the six - week training
process March 4 The remaining three
started their training Monday.
The training program begins with
four weeks of intensive study aimed at
providing the prospective
extensive
product
inquiry
The prospective agent must finally
to join the reservalocated
agents
knowledge —
a thorough
un-
derstanding of Colonial Williamsburg
and everything it has to offer the prospective visitor
They must demonstrate their computer agility by successfully moving
agents with
knowledge
through
a
series
of
computer
screen
The first phase includes property
displays to find the information they
tours of the four hotels and 13 restau-
need and entering pertinent data and
rants operated by Colonial Williams-
codes concerning
burg, classroom
training,
computer
Finally,
the
records
During the fifth week of the training
several
evaluate
agility training and practice and tours
of the Historic Area.
the
a reservation.
reservations
telephone
prospective
office
calls
agents'
to
skill
and proficiency handling numerous
period, candidates are paired with lead
telephone inquiries.
If the candidates pass the three " fi-
reservation agents as they answer telephone inquiries from potential visitors.
nal exams,"
The future agents listen to the lead
tions staff dust in time for the spring
agents'
marketing season The reservations of-
telephone
conversations
and
fice normally employs about three
learn by observation
During the final week of training,
the roles
are reversed
listen as the prospective
they will join the reserva-
the
lead agents
agents
answer
dozen agents and operates 12 - 16 hours
each day, seven days a week.
provide coaching to the candidates and
The six prospective agents currently
in training are Howard Bray, Betty
Damico, Heidi Guthrie, Stacy Sample,
offer feedback concerning the handling
Lisa Uribe
calls
Between calls, the lead agents
and Denise
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY —
Christiana
Campbell' s Tavern waiter,
Jim Hund-
ley, celebrated his 25th anniversary with Colonial Williamsburg last week at a
special ceremony at line -up in the tavern garden. Hundley has worked for the
company a total of 38 years. He worked at the Inn for 13 years, left Colonial
Williamsburg for nine years and returned to the company 25 years ago.
Wilkes.
LAUNDRY
EMPLOYEE
OF
THE
YEAR — Mattie
Williams
celebrates
her
designation as the Colonial Williamsburg' s Laundry' s 1994' s employee of the
year by sharing cake with fellow employees.
The Laundry
honored
last year' s
employees of the month with a reception at the Cascades last week.
Environmental
thought for the week
Clothing can be recycled. Sell it in
a yard
sale or take your
no- longer-
needed clothing to a thrift shop and let
Colonial Williamsburg
RECYCLES
someone else get some use out of it.
NEW BUS FUEL STATION — Colonial Williamsburg' s new natural gas bus
fueling station stands ready to begin fueling buses following a compressor test
this week. The facility awaits final inspection by the city and arrival of new
natural
gas
buses from the Bluebird
plant
in Georgia.
Ali photos
by Jim Bradlee
Colonial
Williamsburg
Recycling Committee
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Call the recycling hotline: 2333!
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COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1995
NewsBriefs
Employees invited to
tems, including
fire and security
alarms, closed circuit TV and the
dress rehearsal for play
point of sale network
Colonial Williamsburg employees
Notaras plans to return to his native
are invited to preview " The Recruiting
Greece
Officer" during dress rehearsal Friday,
March 24, at 8. 30 p. m. in the Lodge
Kythera between the Greek mainland
Auditorium
and
live
on
the
island
of
and Crete.
The program is free
Notaras and his wife, Manit, who
passed away last April, have lived in
Interpreter includes index
the Historic Area since he joined Co-
for research publications
lonial Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg researchers
and others interested in 18th - century
Drop Squad takes top
history, take note. The latest issue of
spot in B -ball league
The Interpreter is a 14 -year index to
The Drop Squad captured a hard
publications from the department of in-
fought 31 - 24 decision over the Mata-
terpretive education. It covers The In-
dors to become the 1995 champions
terpreter,
of the Colonial Williamsburg employ-
Fresh
Advices,
a research
department supplement, Questions and
ees
basketball
program
Russell
Answers, a separate publication from
Bridgeforth' s 13 points in the cham-
1980 - 1988 when
pionship game led the squad. Ron
it was incorporated
in
The Interpreter, and the Glossary that
published in February 1990.
article
titles, book reviews
Andrea
Thanks to volunteer
Eadie for countless
session.
hours spent
with
Grrekspoor
10 points
and
Eric
with eight led the Mata-
dors To reach the finals, Drop Squad
Photo by Sophia Hart
held off the Lodge Terminators 39 -26
behind Bridgeforth' s 15 points and 11
and
major topics and personages discussed
and referred to
1995
Spring
The index spans 1980 -1994 and lists
authors,
Williams
Elderhostel participants in last week' s program " The Road to Revolution" get
a sample of colonial justice at the Courthouse. This was the last program for the
accompanied the time line that was
ployee Arts and Crafts Show is Satur-
Gardening book author
featured at book signing
from Darrell Fenton
Tarrald Wynne
day, May 6, from 10 a. m. to 7 p m and
Sunday, May 7, from 11 a m. to 5 p m.
at Commonwealth Hall
reached the final game with a 41 - 25
Applications
pace
the
Lodge
The
Matadors
updating the index for publication. For
a copy, call the department of interpre-
and Town Gardener: A Handbook for
are available from Diane Hudgins. Call
defeat
tive education at 7626.
Planting Small Spaces and Contain-
7108. Applications and entry fees are
due Friday, April 7
Grrekspoor led the winners with 14
VITA offers free tax
assistance for employees
There
is still time to obtain
free as-
sistance preparing your income tax returns before the April 15 deadline.
Help is available through VITA, The
Linda Yang, author of " The City
had 13 and Rodney Green nine to
ers,"
signs copies of her book from
2: 30 to 3. 30 p. m. Friday, March 24, at
the Visitor Center Bookstore
Yang is a gardening columnist for
the New York Times whose writing
has appeared
House &
in "
Garden,"
Travel and Leisure" and " Woman' s
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Pro-
Day " Her book is a definitive guide to
gram,
planting small spaces — from rooftops
from volunteers
who are trained
to front steps
by the Internal Revenue Service
Assistance with basic income tax re-
and $ 23 50 in hardcover and is available at the Visitor Center Bookstore
and Lodge Gift Shop.
and Thursdays through April 13, at the
Franklin
Street Office
tax package: wage and earning statements ( Form W - from all employers,
2)
f
Baptist Church at 401 Franklin St. at
7: 30 p m. Friday, March 24 for a birth-
interest and dividend statements ( Form
day tribute to church pastor Rev. James
1099), a copy of last year' s return if
B
available
and any other relevant
infor-
VITA volunteers
are trained
to com-
How Sweet the Sound"
of
the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
will
mation about income and expenses
perform
at the
tribute.
1040 as well as Virginia
come
State
in-
Arts and Crafts Show
applications
in the education
division
7
3
6
3
ports for the Wallace Trust and evaluat-
4. Cascade Troopers
5
4
5. Golden
1
7
0
8
was a program
analyst
and
6. Lakers
Army and a financial analyst for the
Senn finals
Xerox Corporation
Matadors 41 vs. Cascades 25
She received her
master' s degree in business administra-
Drop Squad 39 vs. Terminators 26
Championship
Drop Squad 31 vs. Matadors 24
tion from the University of Pittsburgh
Tony Notaras retires
Tony Notaras retires this week after
specialist
in
the
Corrections...
and maintenance
Two employees' names were mis-
mechanical
spelled in last week' s article about El-
department
derhostel. They are Bei r• c Hoak, not
He was responsible for design, installa-
Brian, and Bud Voor hess, not Voor-
tion
heis
and
maintenance
of electronic
sys-
We apologize for the errors.
Marketplace
first
For Sale Beautiful candy apple red 1976 MGB convertible Great painttob, new interior
ambassa-
completed New gaskets, new rings, new coil, new front
end suspension Very spiffy car, $ 4, 500 Call Clay at
7013 or 220 - 3608
and
members
Please
call 785 - 9701
extensive engine work
dors has graduated
Horseshoe
Tournament Results:
operations
due April 7
class of volunteer
L
8
3. Lodge Terminators
found-
ation' s
1 Drop Squad
and
funds development, helping develop the
annual budget, developing quarterly re-
Ambassadors to spread the word
The
W
analyzing
2. Matadors
a project
Colonial Williamsburg' s spnng em-
tax returns.
operations
include
Final League Standings.
Her pri-
27 years with Colonial Williamsburg as
plete Federal Forms 1040EZ, 1040A
and
responsibilities
defend-
equal employment specialist for the U S.
You' re invited to join the Mt Ararat
Tabb "
mary
the two - time
short in their bid for a three -peat.
tion division has been promoted from
Smith
How Sweet the Sound
Taxpayers should bring their 1994
partment in the finance and administra-
to spark
ing champion Troopers, who came up
ing publications
It costs $ 17 in paperback
turns is offered on a first come, first
served basis from 3 to 7 p m Tuesdays
points and Scott Borden chipped in
points
Smith of the budget de-
financial analyst " A" to " B "
Troopers
with 10 Charles Hollins poured in 18
Brenda Smith promoted
Brenda K
of the Cascades
For Sale Williamsburg Commons condo 8% FHA
assumable loan Spacious two bedrooms one bath
Third floor with tree -top view Asking $ 79 500 Call
Heather
its
For Sale 1987 Plymouth Grand Fury Four -door, + 1000K
miles needs some front body work, runs well $ 800
are
or 220 - 3741
Available April 1
Glendale
area of Newport
Brick ranch house in
News
Living room with
ready to spread
negotiable
the good news
For Sale 1988 Mercury Cougar Black/ grey, nice condi-
includes
about Colonial
tion, new tires, loaded, $ 3 500 or best offer Call 220 -5680
one bath
Williamsburg
For Sale
bedroom), hardwood floors laundry area includes
brick fireplace,
11
Their goal, ac-
The first class of ambassadors: from left, Vernell Sutherland, who
directs the foundation' s volunteer program; Jean Kirkham, Janet Gietzel, Ortrud Hillmann, Jane Anderson and Gale Hood, who
the
foundation' s
taught speaking and presentation
volunteer pro-
ler
and
skills. Not shown: Robert Low -
Bob Ruffner.
Photo
bt Patrick
more
Three years old,
600
Call
220 - 5680
Futon, frame and blue mattress in excellent
For Sale
Solid wood bedroom
board. dresser, desk and chair, $ 150, Solid wood living
room set with couch, chair, footstool and coffee table,
150, Twin bed frame with headboard
and footboard
40, Crate computer desk. $ 20. Double papasan chair
with cushion, $
50
Call
local
residents
to visit
The ambassadors
are volunteers
who are trained to give presentations
about Colonial Williamsburg to groups
that have an interest in the foundation' s
Sutherland
said. " These are
the not the sort of presentations
that
someone
to speak
to its residents
about
gardens at Colonial Williamsburg,"
Sutherland said " Rather than taking an
employee away from his or her job, we
can
send
an
ambassador
to talk
to the
group. These are very basic discussions, nothing high- level."
All ambassadors are trained before
employees might do as part of their
want to know about Colonial Williams-
The class includes a workshop, led by
Gale Hood. in which they develop their
burg in a general way "
speaking and presentation
spacious
gas stove, dishwasher
eat - in kitchen
and microwave
oven
two bedrooms and paneled den ( or third
washer / dryer and utility sink in oversized
attached
single -car garage Gas heat/ central AC Partially
hedged and fenced yard with many flowering plants
Call 7763 days or
930 -8304 evenings
Free Firewood - cut your own Land recently logged
lots of white and red oak tree tops left Good stove
wood size Surry county, four miles from the ferry
Call 294 - 3438 CW employees only
229 - 7341
Wanted
Efficiency
or studio
apartment
close
to
CW starting April or later Please call 829 -2813
ers, great for band or DJ Priced to go at $ 750 or best
offer Call 7776 or 877 -6557 before 9 p m
For Sale Spring cleaning' Baby crib, $ 75, Greco stroller, $ 25, High chair, $ 25 One pair of Sony stereo speakers
65, Toaster over, $ 20, 12' x 15' carpet, plush pile with
padding, $
50, Ten gallon
ries, $ 25, Remote
510 / each
Call
fish aquarium
telephone $
with accesso-
20, other good telephones.
Wanted
Ads for the Marketplace Ads are free for
Colonial Williamsburg employees only Submit ads
in writing to Kim Genova GBO -132 in person or by
interoffice
mail
Or,
name and work unit
FAX them
these
to 7702
Include
are not included
your
in the ad
unless requested Ads run for one week and must be
258 - 3852
For Sale 8' x8 Clopay white, aluminum garage door
and 1/ 2 h p Lift Master garage door opener $ 375
renewed in writing, no phone cats please Ads are
repeated as space allows Ads and renewals must be
received
by 5 p m
Friday
they are sent out to spread the word
jobs. Rather, they' re for groups that
dining room
shrubs and trees $ 675 /month
set with twin bed, head-
For Sale One pair of Ross Hurricane full range speak-
Colonial Williamsburg.
programs,"
the stand $
Saylor
is to en-
courage
includes
condition, $ 75 Call Christina at 259 0998
Sutherland,
gram,
Historic Area air conditioner
500 BTU,
For Sale
to
cording
V e r n e l l
who directs
Call Mack or Angie at 899 -3512
at 7968
For Rent
These
women' s
groups
clubs,
might
churches,
Six
include
people were graduated from the first
nursing
class There already is a waiting list for
homes or other community organizations. " We could receive
skills
a request
from a nursing home that would like
the second session, Sutherland says.
For more information about the program, call Sutherland at 7174.
Colonial Williamsburg News is published weekly by the Communications Department for Colonial Williamsburg employees Send correspondence to " Colonial Williamsburg News GBO - 131 " FAX it to 220 -7702 or call
the CW News Hotline at NEWS /6397
Director
of
Communications
Susan
Contributors
Stuntz
7285
Patrick
Editor
Saylor
7120
Sandy Helen. Jim Bradley Lorraine Brooks, Kim Cenova, Anita Hallman Sophia Hart
Curtia James, Dawn Estrin, Lael White. Kathy Dunn Mary Masengale
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Colonial
Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg
and
Want to know
what' s going
S
Information about
people
Inside
programs
Volume 48, No. 13
History
on? Check
out our new
4
calendar! ..
March 30, 1995
Bill White' s
new duties take
Standards
him full circle
During his 24 years at Colonial Williamsburg, Bill White literally has risen
subject of
through the ranks. Last week, White
was
conference
named
director
of a new
depart-
ment that integrates a number of Historic Area operations.
Bill is a historian with a deep interColonial Williamsburg will provide
est in teaching and a proven effective
the forum in May for a discussion of
leader,"
and debate over the National History
dent for education. " His latest assign-
Standards,
ment will help Colonial Williamsburg
a set of guidelines
devel-
said Steve
Elliott,
vice
presi-
oped for history teachers. " History
develop
Wars: Teachers in the Trenches" is a
Americans story that is central to the
two- and -a- half - ay conference for hisd
Historic
the Becoming
Area."
White' s new responsibilities
tory teachers and others
The standards were developed
by
historic
the Center for History in the Schools at
the University of California at Los
pretation, women' s history programs,
religious studies, economic history,
museum
organizations representing teachers and
historians worked almost three years to
develop the standards. Since they were
introduced in November, the standards
of heated debate
in
academic circles and in Congress.
One of the most vocal critics has
include
trades, evening and special
program productions, character inter-
Angeles. Nearly three dozen national
have been the topic
and present
studies
and
coach
and
live-
stock operations.
ARE YOU MY MOTHER? — The staff at the coach and livestock department
are working overtime this month delivering babies. Seven new Iambs made
their appearance last week. Three sets of twins are among the group — five
females and two males. The baby Leicester long wools are the newest additions
to the Rare Breeds program. They are seen daily in the pasture at the corner of
Francis
and
Botetourt Streets.
Photo
by Anita
Hallman
White " officially" joined Colonial
Williamsburg in 1971 as a music assistant with the Fife and Drum program.
Unofficially, he says, he will celebrate
his 30th anniversary next month. He
been Lynne V Cheney, former chair of
joined
the -National- Endowment
fifer in 1965 when he was 12 years old,
for the Hu-
manities. Cheney, who approved the
funding for the standards when she was
NEH chair, and other critics say the
standards portray a hberal view of American history and ignore key events.
Conference
and
Drum
Corps
as a
School and Group Services
and stayed on after he finished high
extend outreach programs
not good,"
school " I wanted to get my degree in
history and I knew the job market was
he explained "
I was afraid
if I gave up this job I might never get
speakers include Dr.
Gary Nash, professor emeritus of history at UCLA and director of the National Center for History in the
the Fife
another one."
Spring' s arrival in the Historic Area
School and Group Services' work
He assumed responsibility for the
standards portray a
liberal view of
American history and
ignore key events.
isn' t limited to working with visiting
Fife and Drum program and other mu-
animals.
It signals
school
groups,
sic and military programs in 1976, and
students
Critics have said the
brings more than flowers and newborn
who, like the swallows
several
years
the return of school
return-
ing to San Juan Capistrano, make their
way to Williamsburg in droves to learn
about 18th- century history.
According to Jennifer Haynes, man-
increasingly
though.
For
the department
involved
in
the
past
has been
spreading
Colonial Williamsburg' s educational
message
beyond
the Historic
The most visible
Area.
and, perhaps,
for Fife
and
Drum,
tavern
entertain-
ment and other evening programs in
1981. In 1984, he was named assistant
director of the Company of Colonial
most
Performers and, in 1985, director of
ager in School and Group Services,
Colonial Williamsburg attracts be-
successful
Summer Teacher Institute. Since the
bility for music, dance, theater, first -
tween 125, 000 and 130, 000 students
program began in 1990, more than 500
person
each year, most of whom are led by
teachers from all over the country have
can history, special events and military
School and Group Services interpreters. On a busy spring day it' s not at all
come to Williamsburg to learn about
18th - century history and innovative
interpretive programs.
Symcox will discuss the process for
developing the standards, their role and
unusual to see 30, 40 or more school
ways
Historic
their future.
groups m the Historic Area
Schools,
and Linda
director
of
the
Dr. Herman
Symcox,
center.
Belz,
associate
Nash
professor
and
another
educator
will debate
their content
the stan-
and the appropri-
ateness of having national guidelines
for teachers. Audience members are
encouraged
to teach
has been the
it
Please see School on page 2
of his-
tory at the University of Maryland, and
dards,
of their efforts
to join the discussion
dur-
interpretation,
African- Ameri-
In 1990 he was named director of
Area Presentations
and Tours,
with responsibility for music, dance
and
theater
programs,
special
events,
the Fife and Drum Corps; coach and
California teacher of the year
livestock and School and Group Services programs.
The addition of Historic Trades to
attributes success to Institute
Rhoda
Coleman
says
her partici-
ing a question and answer session.
The conference includes breakout
pation in the Summer Teacher Insti-
sessions addressing U S
that helped
education
that company. There, he had responsi-
tute was " a wonderful
opportunity"
her be " the best teacher
his responsibilities, White notes, has
versity classes and numerous state
brought
and national conferences."
Colonial Williamsburg, the Fife and
Coleman called the Institute the
outstanding
experience"
of her
him full circle. When he joined
Drum Corps was part of the Historic
Trades
department
I have ever been." Her fellow teach-
teaching career and said she was " in-
versy in the classroom and changes in
ers apparently agreed. They named
tellectually stimulated and emotion-
lenges
that come with his new assign-
classroom
her California
ally moved by all that I saw."
Colonial Williamsburg staff pro-
ment,
he
standards,
world
materials
standards,
contro-
Participants
will
view two evening programs and hear
presentations
about
the
Summer
Teacher Institute and controversial pro-
Teacher
of the Year
for 1995.
I absolutely attribute the trans-
grams at Colonial Williamsburg.
The conference is May 19 -21, at the
formation m my teaching to the training and inspiration I received in Colonial
Williamsburg," Coleman
Cascades.
wrote
Conference
registration
must be made in advance and accom-
in a letter
to Colonial
Will-
vided " so much,"
Coleman
said,
Though White welcomes the chal-
on
efforts to extend the foundation' s out-
strategies
reach
that reflect " the most up-
to -date strategies being taught in the
the
verge
person. The fee includes lunch Satur-
fornia Teachers Institute. " I have
higher -Ievel thinking, use of artifacts
in
and primary
College
share my enthusiasm and the wealth
tions will be handled on a first come,
of knowledge
first- served
sentations at district in- services, uni-
basis
For more
informa-
tion, call Betsy Schmidt at 8976.
I gained
through
pre-
cooperative
hands - on
learning,
today ...
sources."
Buford
Elementary
School
in
Please see Teacher on page 2
new
new
media,
era"
in
materials,
and relationships,
he says.
And I don' t get to go along."
discovery,
Coleman teaches fifth grade at
of a whole
through
programs
panied by a registration fee of $95 per
been afforded many opportunities to
emotions
tion, teaching materials and lesson
universities
breaks Space is limited and registra-
to mixed
with respect to historical informa-
iamsburg trustee Robert Wilson,
who leads the funding for the Cali-
day, two evening programs and coffee
admits
about giving up responsibility for
School and Group Services " They are
White received a bachelor' s degree
1975
from
Christopher
and is a doctoral
Newport
candidate
in
the American Studies Program at the
College of William
and Mary. The
James City County resident is married
and
has two children
�COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
2
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1995
Revolving tasks key to exhibits team' s training
McFadden,
The Wallace Gallery Exhibits Team
who also
is collections
has discovered that sometimes the best
manager at Carter' s Grove, says the
formula for success lies not in relying
range of roles she plays is " wonderful."
upon
how
things
have
always
been
Every professional
done but in mixing up the approach a
bit. Relying on this strategy, exhibits
experience
assistants
Trautman,
and master new tasks
Since we are such a small staff
volved with exhibition graphics
here," Hadley said, " everybody in the
the
of a single
component
It gives
or
be
cre-
tractors to get the job done
of Hadley, exhibits assistants Gloria
Gayle
Trautman,
a project
Intern
and
interns As soon as an exhibit concept
with
to
comes less dependent on outside con-
The Wallace Gallery team consists
is developed
a chance
will likely increase as the team be-
problems that arise."
and
me
ative," she said, adding that her role
an entire display package and solve any
McFadden
It' s
progress that she can live with
needs to know how to track
progress
who started in 1987 as a
secretary, saw her responsibilities with
exhibits evolve from producing label
copy to becoming increasingly in-
as shows change.
department
va-
is different."
and interns,
enabling them to broaden their production backgrounds
wants as much
so the more
riety the better," she said. " Every exhibit is different, so every experience
designer and manager Rick Hadley has
found it best to continuously cross train his exhibits
as possible,
curator,
Exhibits designer Rick Hadley measures a case in the ceramics study gallery in
preparation
for the
space' s
upcoming
Photos by curt a James
redesign.
Smith,
a
recent
enlisted to assist Rick with a variety of
tasks for the southern furniture exhibi-
Hadley assigns the team various roles,
which range from tracking budgets and
handling work orders to coordinating
Nichole
graduate from Ohio State, has been
the graphic
or acquisition
of
props for exhibits.
Currently the team is working with
curators
to prepare
to mount
exhibits
in
sues to keep up the appearances of the
tion. " Everybody
galleries and to constantly improve the
production
they want to learn as much about ex-
quality of the visitor' s experience,"
hibits
Hadley notes
education process doesn' t stop "
here has said that
as possible,"
Rick
said, "
so the
the Wallace Gallery' s dining, gun and
recent
accessions
cases,
which
will
open this summer, and developing concepts for an upcoming southern furniture
show,
which
will open
in
1997.
Other upcoming projects include a
British Delft from
redesign of the ceramics and metals
Colonial Williamsburg
galleries
and
on Virginia
planned
needlework
exhibitions
and
18th - cen-
tury costumes.
In addition to producing larger exhibits, the team is responsible for han-
Exhibits assistant Gloria McFadden cre-
dling behind- the -scenes necessities
such as refining the look of the introductory gallery or selecting new cush-
ates a model
ions for benches
for the reconfiguration
of
in the gardens.
We have to work on these other is-
the introductory gallery.
Tripping the lute fantastic
Exhibits assistant Gayle Trautman mocks up directional signs for visitors to the
gallery' s lower level — an evolution from the days when she produced label copy.
School
Continued from page 1
at the Hennage Auditorium
The Institute'
of
Renais-
sance music will
of
Marcelo
want
at
the
and generous fi-
liamsburg' s first electronic classroom
program,
lead
His performance
compasses
a
Renaissance
DeMudarra,
workshops
of
for
local
state now reaches elementary,
and high school teachers in nine
first
lished instrumental
mu-
sic was written for the
and
to produce
covering the Past Through Archaeology" program and to develop a
at
home,
who
in
turn
become
and his-
tional
resource
kit based
teacher
on the " Dis-
Visitor Center in April
credits
her success
resource
center,
an experimen-
tal version of which will be set up at the
in
As Colonial Williamsburg' s school
and
into new directions, its importance and
influence will surely grow. And more
For the past several years the depart-
Area
ment has arranged trips to schools all
learn about American history through
over the country, taking a small slice of
the
pub-
consultants
graduates
The School and Group Services
story doesn' t even end here, however.
pieces.
16th - century
The
with
Institute
Area at Colonial Williamsburg
dancing to more com-
in
working
Teacher
part to lessons learned in the Historic
rate a steady beat for
ment
When they can find time, they also
are
also are working to produce an educa-
Year for 1994 —
over
instru-
and
now, 20 more are in the works. They
the eyes of its 18th - century Williamsburg residents
change,
popular
Richmond
graduate — California' s Teacher of the
from those that incorpo-
most
the
tory That excitement and enthusiasm
pays off in many ways One Institute
similar regard-
was
from
history lesson plans Four are in print
excited about Williamsburg
of the same period tend
lute
students
Washington, D. C. areas
peers
The
rather than date. Works
plex, ornamental
the
Many Institute graduates enthusiastically share their knowledge with their
of origin
time the pieces
oversee
liamsburg, either
are grouped
less of nationality;
conferences,
and national
states The learning doesn' t end in Wil-
Spinacino, Pierre Attaiselections
at regional
and conduct tours for inner -city school
in one
middle
Francesco
by countries
speak
family program at the Powell House
a program serving 40 school teachers
Alonso
gnant and others
Robert Wilson,
has expanded as well. What began as
works by
Mylan,
education
and Mrs
The Institute' s range of influence
en-
range
teachers,
and Mr. and Mrs. Hall Thompson
DeWitt
nage Auditorium .
Europe.
year —
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Joullian III,
Wallace Gallery' s Hen -
The
this
led by Mr
lutenist
Milian,
in
to sound
15
nancial support by more than 50 donors
3 p. m. Saturday, April
Luys
offered —
Montgomery, Ala
School and Group Services employees helped develop Colonial Wil-
a performance
by Argentine
15,
sessions
in the
weeks of programs serving 250 -300
teachers
to attend
has been re-
inforced with steady increases
numbers
Lovers
Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago and
s success
Argentine lutenist Marcelo Milian performs at 3 p. m.
Williamsburg on the road to places like
group
and more
services
program
students — in the
and across
ventures
Historic
the country — will
Saturday, April 15, in the Hennage Auditorium. The
lute was the most popular instrument in 16th -century
Europe.
The
first
published
written for the diminutive
instrumental
instrument
music
was
Teacher
in 1507.
lute in 1507. Milian is
His
extensive
research
in
16th -,
Continued
from page
1
well known for the artistry with which
he articulates every note of this beautiful but challenging instrument. The
17th- and 18th - century lute music has
Lennox,
she has taught
about our country' s history, cultural
taken
for 25 years. In addition to her teach-
richness and ethnic diversity as never
emotional
University at Long Beach and Lincoln
ing duties, Coleman has trained stu-
Center in New York. Along with the
dent
before," Coleman says. " My students say social studies used to be
richness
of Millan' s music
is inspirational.
Born in Buenos Aires, Milian re-
corded contemporary guitar works for
RCA
and CBS
discovered
in Argentina
California
State
Cal.,
teachers,
where
lectured
at state
and
conferences
and
their most disliked subject. Now it is
lute, he plays the classical guitar, ba-
national
roque
represented Los Angeles County on
their favorite!
three federal and state task forces.
an experience I shall treasure the rest
guitar and the vihuela
he
Tickets for the performance are $ 6
was the
in addition to the Wallace Gallery ad-
before
that his true passion
him to UCLA,
classical genre and began his study of
missions ticket They can be purchased
the Renaissance and Baroque lute.
at any CW ticket sales outlet.
educational
My students and I are excited
of
my life."
Thank you again for
�COLONIAL
WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
THURSDAY,
3
30, 1995
MARCH
News from the hotels and restaurants
Earth
celebration April 21
Day
Anheuser - Busch and the Clean County
stances classified as hazardous materi-
olonial Williamsburg cel-
Commission plan to exhibit at Colonial
als. Among products that may be dem-
ebrates Earth Day 10 a m. to
2 p. m at Commonwealth
Williamsburg' s Earth Day festivities.
onstrated
In
return,
Colonial
ing
cleanup and dis-
posal easier and more
recycling drive featuring the slogan,
Earth Day observance
efficient.
public
as well as
on
the same day.
Other exhibits may
At Commonwealth Hall,
Chairman Mike Hornby extends an into the general
be repre-
into gels, mak-
sented at Anheuser -Busch' s
vitation
will
liquids
Hall Friday, April 21
This year' s Earth Day theme is a
Preserve the Past, Protect the Future "
iamsburg
47(
are those that turn hazardous
Will-
several
Colonial
demonstrate recycling
Williams-
efforts
that
many
all employees to attend. Williamsburg
burg groups plan exhibits
people
Mayor Trist McConnell will be the
Group Arrivals plans to
guest of honor, cutting the ribbon to
demonstrate
recycling — shredding
wood into mulch,
for
open
partments how they can set
the celebration
The Recycling Committee' s exhibit
will
include
graphs
showing
the
foundation' s progress in annual recycling
efforts,
several
recycling
video
programs and brochures describing the
to
other
de-
Environmental
example.
Action Council
up and run their own de-
don' t think of as
One
of
natural -
partmental recycling pro-
the
new
gas - powered
Inn discounts
grams. By adopting or adapting the
Group Arrivals system, others can in-
Colonial Williamsburg
crease their own recycling
from the factory in Georgia in time.
annual tennis
Earth Day celebration participants
will receive a tree seedling Hourly
memberships
efforts.
Other exhibits will display items
committee' s activities.
made from recycled
celebra-
be purchased in most grocery stores
and items Colonial Williamsburg uses
door prize drawings are planned.
Wilhamsburg' s Recycling Center, will
that are manufactured from recycled
part of the Earth Day celebration,"
provide large containers
materials
Earth Day chairman Hornby. " It' s a
convenient way for employees to real-
is encouraged
their
recyclable
tion.
Walter
cyclable
items
Jones,
to
the
who runs Colonial
to receive re-
Employees
discards
Group participation includes organizations outside Colonial Williamsburg
that can
displayed if the vehicles are delivered
to bring
Everyone
materials
buses will be
can also learn
how
Co-
It' s important for employees to be
said
lonial Williamsburg safely uses and
ize how vital their efforts are in keep-
disposes
ing our environment
of chemicals
and other
sub-
clean and green "
for employees
Colonial Williamsburg employees qualify for discounted annual
memberships at the Williamsburg
Inn Tennis
Club.
Members
participate
in numer-
ous activities during the season —
tennis
drills,
ments,
clinics,
round
club
robin
tourna-
mixers
and
more. The 1995 season begins Fri-
day,
March
31,
and
continues
through the end of November
The tennis facility has six clay
and two hard - surfaced
courts and
the pro shop offers the latest in tennis fashions.
Employee
percent
rates.
memberships
savings
Individual
off
are a 40
the
regular
memberships
are
available at $ 170. Couple memberships are $ 270. Children, 18 years
of age or younger and living at
home, may join for $50 providing
a parent is a member. Junior memberships —
old —
youngsters
are available
10 - 17 years
at $ 105
For more information, call Hoy
Correll
at 7794.
Green Course
A SECOND
SEASON
OF GOLF
DIGEST
SCHOOLS
BEGAN
LAST
WEEK
AT THE GREEN
COURSE — The intensive
Grill opens
golf instruction program will hold at least 12 more multi -day schools this spring and fall for guests who want to improve
their
golf games.
Participants stay
at
the
Inn during
the three-
and
four -day
sessions.
Photo hr Jim Bradley
new season
The Green Course Clubhouse
Grill reopens
for business
April
1,
with a few menu changes
The
new
menu features a
Official
permanent ad-
dition
Drug- Testing
fered
as
a spe-
cial last year, " A
Trio of Summer
Coolers."
The ad-
dition is a $ 6 25 three -salad plate of
All Colonial Williams-
tuna,
Inc., employees should
a
light
lunch item of-
Notice
burg Hotel Properties,
of
popular
chicken
and
egg
salads,
served with a fruit garnish and cnsp
TRAINING
THE TAVERN
TRAINERS — Anne Schone
makes a point last
week during an intensive three -day training session for operating tavern
managers and supervisors. The classes are aimed at teaching managers and
cracker bread.
Other menu additions
are The
Pro' s Turkey or Grilled Chicken
supervisors how to train their employees in the art and techniques of interpret-
be aware that drug
Club,
ing 18th -century life in the taverns. The program was funded by gifts from
CWHPI director Jim Watkinson and his wife, Doug.
Photo by Jim Bradley
Sally Lunn Bread for $ 5. 95 and
Crisp Foccacia Pizza with toppings
a triple- decker
sandwich
on
that change daily for $ 7. 50. Lunch
testing, under the
entrees range from $ 2. 25 to $ 9. 25.
The Green Course
Environmental
CWHPI Mandatory
Drug Testing
April
tain
Sunday, April 30.
lead
and
other
hazardous
1 is also the official
golf
season opening date for the Green
Course, although the course opened
car battery, make sure the retailer
plans to recycle it. Batteries con-
Grill
Beverages are available until 6 p. m
thought for the week
When it' s time to replace your
Program, will begin
Clubhouse
is open daily from 11 a. m. to 3 p.m.
as needed
Colonial Williamsburg
throughout
the winter
to
accommodate conference groups,
RECYCLES
golf outings and individual golfers
wastes you don' t want to dump in
the environment.
Colonial Williamsburg
Recycling Committee
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Call the recycling hotline: 2333!
when
the Gold Course
booked.
was not
�4
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1995
HAPPENINGS AT
APRIL 1 - 7
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
Amanda at 150."
during this glimpse of the work being done to
SATURDAY 1
assess,
interpret
and
maintain
the gardens
and
Change in the Garden of Democracy. Mel
Folk Sculpture of Our Century."
grounds at James Madison' s home. 4 p. m.,
Poole, park manager of President' s Park in
Hennage Auditorium.
At the DeWitt Wallace Decoi ative Arts Galles ti'
Washington, D. C., discusses changes in the
landscape
at 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue,
recorded in photographs and anecdotes
THURSDAY 6
as
Tools: Working Wood in 18th- Century
4 p. m ,
Free Tax Assistance. Assistance with simple
Hennage Auditorium
state and federal tax returns is available on a
Street Office. 3 - 7 p m
Daylight Savings Time. Remember, " Spring
fall behind."
Set your clocks
Designed to Deceive: English Pottery
Volunteer Reception. Hosted by President and
ahead
Fakes."
Mrs. Wilburn, this reception recognizes contri-
one hour.
MONDAY
British Delft from Colonial Williamsburg."
first -come, first - served basis at the Franklin
SUNDAY 2
ahead,
America."
Needle and Bobbin."
butions by Colonial Williamsburg volunteers
Invitation only. Carter' s Grove, 6 - 8 p. m. Call
3
Almost
Vernell Sutherland at 7174 for information.
FRIDAY 7
of Haydn' s Drum Mass and music by Percell, in
Bruton Parish Church 8 p m.
Virginia Furniture, 1680 to 1820."
Ann Cary Nicholas at the Gaol Diane Landon
portrays Ann Cary Nicholas, wife of Robert
4
To Your Health! Silver Drinking Vessels,
1601 to 1818."
Carter Nicholas, a " pious gentlewoman" of good
New employee safety orientation. A required
works waiting to call on female prisoners at the
course
Gaol 1. 30 - 3 p. m.
for all new employees,
to current
employees
the class
whenever
space
is open
is avail-
Arts and Crafts Show applications
able. 8: 30 a. m. - 5 p m. in the security depart-
Both museums are open 10 a ni to 6 p ni daily
are due.
UPCOMING ...
Applications and entry fees for the Spring
employee arts and crafts show, May 6 - 7,
ment at the Franklin Street Annex Call 7721
to register.
Thomas Jefferson' s Birthday Celebration.
Celebrate this founding father' s 252nd birthday
should be sent to Diane Hudgins at the Margaret
Free Tax Assistance. Assistance
with simple
with re- enactor Bill Barker and a trio of Colo-
Hunter Workshop. Call 7108 for information.
nial Williamsburg musicians during this one hour presentation and concert, followed by a
state and federal tax returns is available on a
IN THE MUSEUMS
first come, first- served basis at the Franklin
Street Office 3 - 7 p m.
WEDNESDAY
reception in the Wallace Gallery Cafe Tickets
At the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Centel
5
are $ 3 and are available at any ticket sales
outlet. 3 p. m. Sunday, April 9, in the Hennage
German - Made in America."
Auditorium.
Montpelier' s Landscape: A Question of
Views of Slavery."
Interpretation. Sandy Mudrinich, horticulturist
Send your calendar items via interoffice mail to " CW News - GBO ' or
for the National Trust for Historic Preservation,
fax them to 7702 Please send items by noon Friday . two weeks in
Folk Fabrics."
advance
explores the challenges of historic preservation
NewsBriefs
videotaped next week
the
Historic
Area
for
Colonial
Williamsburg' s new television commercials, according to Karyn Seiko,
director of advertising The scenes will
be shot in a range of interior and exterior
locations
and
will
include
18th -
1- 800 -793 -BOOK and ask for
made - for -TV
by naming program
the wellness pro-
has a name, " Foundation for
than
Mike Binsfeld of Information Techin the winning
for AT & T, Estee
the Tazewell Club. Thanks to everyone
Nissan, UPS, Kraft and many others
are to be broadcast
in mid -April in selected markets and on
cable, Seiko said. Plans are also in the
works to show the commercials during
employee meetings, which will be announced later.
wins
the $ 50 gift certificate
Reader' s Digest cookbook
for
to
home -
style recipes, updated to make them
fresher -tasting and easier to prepare.
The attractive
cookbook
is a visual
transmission,
stereo
at
new
blue
5583
needs engine work,
Delta 88
500 or best offer
Call
For Sale
Three
Two -door, very
large
eat - in kitchen
in kitchen
double
For Sale 1967 Larson 18' Runabout with a 197365 HP
motor
rebuilt
with
less
three times
Comes with 2 6 gal
with
Large
than
25
gas tanks, batteries.
dock lines, anchor and other items Asking $ 1, 800,
Ship to shore radio and depth and fish finder available
custom - built
cabinets
1/ 2 acre
well landscaped
with
Dish-
lot with
yard
Built in
Call Mike at 7674, 693 -7950 or 565-
1270
CW Employees Yard Sale Saturday, April 15, sponsored by Historic Area residents Gather some goodies
and get rid of them For CW employees and retirees
only
Details available from Property Management
Office
at 7352
Free
for $ 400 /total
in Gloucester
deck off the kitchen,
car driveway,
1988, $ 69. 900
outboard
rancher
washer, stove walk -up attic wall - to -wall carpet linoleum
220 - 1089
7339
Evinrude
bedroom
two full baths, large family room with vaulted ceiling
Lab mix puppies
or Iris Heissenbuttel
at 229 - 6082
Call 642 -2417 or leave message
For Sale. King -size solid wood waterbed with carved
headboards,
frame.
mattress
and
heater,
like
All are solid black, seven
weeks old, ready to go to a good home
Call
2331
Have three left
or 566 - 0105
with wood
frame,
mattress
and heater,
Wed-
Wanted To Buy
Canoe, preferably
under
call 220 - 0265
17'
Please
lightweight and
veil, size 12, Color TV, 12 ", Large humidifier, Window
Wanted. Female non -smoker seeks the same to share
Openings are available
treatment,
55 L , Pop -up camping trailer, sleeps eight, Portable
a two bedroom townhome in Williamsburg area $ 262/
month + utilities No pets please Call Rene at 229-
at CW' s Child Center
potty, needs some work
7282 after 5 15 p m
are
available
in some
classes at Colonial Williamsburg' s
Child Development Center, according
to center director Fran Dorsey. The
social, physical and intellectual needs
ing atmosphere.
The center, accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood
Programs, provides high -quality care,
developmentally appropriate curriculum, a highly qualified staff, excellent
views with noted cooks, food facts, his-
meals and snacks.
ratios
and
nutritious
For information
torical tidbits and more than 160 pho-
about tuition
tos. Colonial Williamsburg' s recipes
gold, room darkening,
105 W , 2 72 W , both
Call 229 - 8905
For Sale Dining room suit 65" table with two leaves,
Wanted'
table pad, two arm chairs, four side chairs, buffet/
unused
toaster
server 70" long, 20" deep, five drawers, two shelves
Traditional style, perfect condition Reduced to $ 650
cabinet',
The Wallace Gallery
Call Sandra at 7456
Appearance
For Sale. Two Advent Legacy stereo speakers, $ 100,
Opal shade floor lamp, $ 45, Solid brass fireplace tools,
45, Pewter electric " oil lamp ", $ 25, Apple external CDROM drive, needs cables, $ 25 Call 221 - 8077 anytime
For Sale 275 gal above ground oil tank with approximately
260 gallons of oil
Tank is less than one year
old Last delivery of oil was in January 1995 Homeowner converted to natural gas Asking $ 350 Contact
Rhonda
at 7485
For Sale
1920s claw and ball footed bathtub with
rebuilt brass faucets Tub needs to be refinished, $ 150
Call 566 0450
For Sale. Vivitar close focusing auto zoom lens 85205
mm, $
50,
Collapsible
four- harness
Jack
Loom,
metal heddles, already strung for placemats, 19" weaving
center at 7994 or 7045.
and availability,
call the
Communications ........
Susan
Stuntz,
7285
Patrick Saylor, 7120
editor . .. ...
Jim Bradley,
7281
Contributors Sandy Belan. Lorraine Brooks, Kim Cenova, Anita Hallman, Sophia Hart, Curtia James,
Dawn Estrin, Lael White, Kathy Dunn, Mary Masengale
This publication is printed on recycled paper.
Call Diane at 7766
needed (
lurking
65 to be exact)
in the back
Is there
of your
an
kitchen
Exhibit Team is search-
ing for donations to be used in an upcoming exhibit
must be good, but to be in working
tion is not necessary
acceptable
condi-
All shapes, sizes and colors are
Why not give one last chance to that
unused toaster that perhaps was destined for the
rubbish
anyway',
Wanted
An attractive
Victorian
house available
for
house swap during August ( 2nd until 23rd) in Brighton
Sussex,
England
I am a professor
at the University
of
Brighton and will be researching in Williamsburg in the
summer of 1995 I am looking fora two bedroom house
or apartment in Williamsburg for myself. my wife and
four year old child We would also consider a car swap
Our house is a comfortable three bedroom property in
a pleasant neighborhood overlooking Brighton and the
sea
Brighton
is a lively seaside
town with a regular
London
50 minute
or
x 72" and can hold the following size aquariums 110 gallon long, 125 -gallon, 135- gallon and 150- gallon
resort and university
train service
available
to
If you are interested and would like more
information,
For Sale All wood pine cabinet stand It measures 18"
the CW News Hotline at NEWS /6397
Editor . .. ..
width, $ 200 firm
Toasters
please
contact
g rave Road, Brighton,
Colonial Williamsburg News is published weekly by the Communications Department for Colonial Williamsburg employees Send correspondence to. " Colonial Williamsburg News, GBO -131, FAX it to 220 -7702 or call
Associate
Call Todd
ding dress, have to see, with pearls and lace, hoop,
staff - to - child
of
at $ 170. all for $ 100
with
white
waterbed
delight, comprising food facts, inter-
Director
Valued
tires,
new
cassette,
new logo and information about the
of children in a safe, homelike and lov-
more than 450 traditional
um and book
642 - 4914
program in the near future.
appear in a new Reader' s Digest
cookbook, " Down Home Cooking, The
New, Healthier Way." The book in-
rock, water bowl, bark bedding and decorations, calci-
new, Standard size screen door, Super single -size
center' s goal is to meet the emotional,
recipes —
for information
For Sale Duck hunting marsh with large flowing creek
Available from 5 -11 acres on Chickahominy River
Starting at $ 15, 000 Other land available Call 829-
Four -door hatchback,
who submitted their ideas. Look for a
Williamsburg
Sally Lunn bread and Brunswick Stew
cludes
Please call 826 0231 for
For Sale Alpine car stereo AM /FM /cassette, $ 50 Call
design
Openings
Williamsburg recipes in
in excel-
hours Three years old, Load -Rite trailer, been in water
100 suggestions.
who turned
manual
AM / FM
For Sale- 1979 Oldsmobile
Health." The name was chosen from
more
miles,
AC,
dependable $
Colonial Williamsburg' s newest
benefit —
vehicle
700 Call Ursula at 7389 or 872 -6970 after 6 p n1
name,
L A. Gear,
miles,
interior, all in very good condition,
Binsfeld wins contest
employee
7281
information
heater,
movies, feature films and commercials
Two
lent condition $ 5. 200 firm
76, 500
Dept. 039 - 03.
nology,
The commercials
94K
Call
whose
Lauder,
maintained,
For Sale 1986 Hyundai Excel
gram —
include
dealer
more
century and modern -day situations.
The commercials are being produced by Coppos Sato Thomas of Los
Angeles and directed by Buddy Cone,
credits
For Sale 1987 Nissan Maxima GXE Loaded, original
owner,
in bookstores or from Reader' s Digest.
Filming will take place April 5 - 7 in
Call
THE MARKETPLACE
were provided by Chowning' s Tavern.
Down Home Cooking" is available
TV commercial to be
Deception' ... John Singleton
Copley and Company in Williamsburg."
Rockefeller Memorial Concert. A performance
TUESDAY
a
James
Horn at 100 Waide-
East Sussex, BN16GG
England,
541723
Will sell for $ 100 Call Todd at 642 -4914
For Sale Two iguanas 14" to 18" long Each has a 20gallon long tank with background. screen top, light,
telephone
Wanted'
at
weekends
or
evenings
Ads for the Marketplace
on
1(
273)
Ads are free for
Colonial Williamsburg employees only Submit ads in
writing to Kim Canova, GBO -132, in person or by
interoffice mail Or, FAX them to 7702
Include your
heat rock, green turf, food and water dishes, food and
name and work unit, these are not included
calcium supplement Also, one set of How to Book and
unless requested Ads run for one week and must be
leash
all for
renewed
in writing, no phone calls. please
Ads are
100, Ball Python, 18" long, eating well Includes 20-
repeated
as space
must
gallon
Both
high
on one stand
tank,
reptile
This
dome
is a $ 240 value,
hood
with
light,
heat
received
by
5 p
m
allows
Friday
Ads
and renewals
in the ad
be
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<p>The <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em> was the official newspaper of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Publication began November 1940 under the title <em>The Restoration News</em> and was published under that name until February 1942. The title changed to <em>The News of Colonial Williamsburg</em> from February 1942 to May 1950. The name changed again in May 1950 to <em>Colonial Williamsburg News</em>. It is often collectively referred to by the abbreviated title <em>CW News</em>. Production switched to a digital-only format in 2018. The newspaper ceased production in 2020.</p>
<p>When using the <em>CW News</em>, it is important to remember that it reflects the realities of its time. For example, columns in the 1940s issues reported on the “News of the Colored People.” Separate reporting of African American and white social events was indicative of the segregation that was the legal norm in Virginia at the time.</p>
<p>The number of issues published every year varies. No papers were published between January 1943 and June 1, 1948. From August 1979 through May 1992, a supplemental publication titled <em>Colonial Williamsburg News Extra</em> was sometimes published to include additional information for staff, especially during those periods when the paper was published every other month. There are occasional Public Relations-style news releases published as <em>CW News Telenews</em> or sometimes just as <em>Telenews</em>.</p>
<p>The publication was produced principally for employees to inform them of important and relevant goings-on in a timely fashion. Although distributed fairly widely at CWF properties and now online, the paper covers topics including Restoration (and later Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) building openings, new programming, Historic Trades, special events, historical and architectural research, archaeological discoveries, new employee hires and retirements, employee activities and achievements, employee profiles and personal milestones, employee benefit and charity concerns, donor activities, museum exhibitions and acquisitions, film productions and book publications, educational initiatives, celebrity and VIP guest visits, restaurant and hotel news, product and reproductions releases, Merchant’s Square shopping, and relevant local area news.</p>
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Colonial Williamsburg News, volume 48, number 13, March 30, 1995
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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1995-03-30