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of COLONIAL
NEWS
Volume
1,
Number
WILLIAMSBURG
9
February,
THE
250th
ANNIVERSARY
OF
1949
WILLIAMSBURG
The year 1949 is one of unusual significance to Williamsburg.
For it marks the 250th anniversary
of the Act passed by
the Assembly in Jamestown " directing the building the Capitoll
and the City of Williamsburgh" at the place known then as Middle
Plantation.
To observe the year with proper ceremonies,
the City Council has authorized
Mayor Stryker to form a Community Committee to plan and co- ordinate
occasions
issued
as
may be
invitations
arranged
to
some
to
mark
fifteen
this
anniversary.
or more
citizens
to
Dr.
Stryker has already
constitute
The events that will mark the year are still in the planning
Citizens'
such special
this
committee.
stage,
but the
Association has announced a special " town meeting" to be held at the Common
Glory Amphitheater on July 4, when it is expected that several of the natiofts outstanding
men
will
We of CW,
overall
year.
250th
that
Anniversary
Community
The
plan.
CW employee
If you have
the
This will be but one of many observances of the Anniversary.
in the meantime,
community
that every
speak.
will
are fast developing a program to fit in with the
News
truly
Committee
carry
take a personal
any suggestions
program
will
interest
on how Colonial
outstanding,
will
details
welcome
please
your
in following
in the events
Williamsburg
let
interest
me
hear
in this
issues.
of this
I
hope
anniversary
can help make the
from
you.
undertaking.
II am
sure
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NEWS
AND
NEWS
Colonial
of
COMMENT
Shamrock
ruary
of
News
its
green
is
late
masthead
on this
an appropriate
appearance,
Feb-
indication
with
its
editors
lapped like a two -miler running against
Greg Rice.
But we are hot -footing it for
a
deadline
quick
tant
project
reserved
employees,
to
to
One
next
issue
of
Parents
send
snapshots
all
A
returned.
multilithed
and
15.
is
few
photographs
extra
page
will
One
parent
most
the
the
be
of
good
for
local
golfers
Biles
is
erintend
on
M1M'
0
L
some
sessions,
is
umes
of
but
Tom
of
it
the
10
tor
tinguished "
Merci
baggage"
Train"
of
presented
the
to
Alice
able
the American people by grateful France.
hand for
consultant
Jim
CW for exhibition and use by the State.
It is now in the warehouse being read-
customers (
unprompted),
Minor
Thomas'
for
lost
Louis XV reluctantly
service.
Canada
to British -Amer1
a.
vol-
photoAs
Ed
Magazine
admitted
since
pages
such
and
Wine
a
list
be
still
ediin
Cogar
would
stretch
incomplete.
drew
both
and
success
likened
no - kin)
Thomas.
CW
praise
and
archaeologist
afoot
to the mellifluous
Lowell (
colo-
both
the closing session, there is little point
in listing employees who deserve a special
Allocated to Virginia by the French,
the coach was generously presented to
ied
of
several
story.
both
photos
Antiques
success
take
Antiques
and
Forum give
first -rate
Winchester
dis-
and
three
the
on
whole
Louis
the
Len
after
season
The
Williams'
to tell
graphs
that
town
ready to sup-
new
the
and
of
is
newcomers
would
Alexander
part
a
to
page
eighteenth -century days of
XV -
children.
in
and Decorations
indication
and
the
for
particularly anxious to lend
a hand
to
from
back
a long illness,
the
presented
coach
news
novices
acquisitions
French
and minor
ones
be
6o.
additional
Daily greens fees have now been set at $ 2.,
The
other
daily, Sunday, or holiday
of
CW' s proudest
recent
for wife
an
1949
an annual
effect - $
and
are
wee
of
apiece
JJ/
will
copies
players,
a page
children
in
be
will
impor-
reporters
of
fee
individual
with babies getting top
Bob Hoke:
each
the
photographs
priorities.
urged
in March
for
for
Starting March 1,
poundage
greens
The
February,
Williamsburg
was
delivery
CW'
s
of
licensed
nists, but the French people have joyfully presented a historic coach of his
This winday to their descendants
manufacturers
ter,
tion, and the Wedgwood alligator story
hostesses
usually busy,
slump
and hotels
despite
reported
have been un-
a general travel
Thanks
elsewhere.
are
leigh
of
the Forum.
efforts,
chief
ad
highly
successful
topped
the
campaign,
Antiques
250 " maximum"
and
the
Forum which
for
each
ses-
ston and left a good -sized waiting list
for
1950.
unusually
weather,
Guests
mild
have
been
midwinter
incidentally,
greeted
weather
with
The
has teamed up
with fertilizer and careful greenskeeping to get the Williamsburg
Inn Golf
manager,
master
did
of
sponsors
ceremonies.
and Hens -
experts
center
and
of
atten-
contribution
Antiques
a remarkable
and registrants,
job
busias
Informality
freely among
with
dinner
parties and after -hour receptions keeping
the Inn and Lodge staff busy.
However,
the
most
popular
was undoubtedly
event
every department
with the result
some of its " regu-
Flower Symposium,
of
both
the reception
light at the Palace,
Eyes
themselves, ready to start the official
season with a lower handicap and reduced
the
and good will circulated
early - season shape,
lars" are in good early -season shape
were
as
Bob Baker,
Course in remarkable
that
Scalamandre
town
the best behind -the - scenes
ness
new
in
not businessmen,
due to Allston Boyer' s many promotional
the
Franco
Wedgwood,
sessions
by candle-
in which practically
in CW had a hand
are now turned on the Garden
under way before this News makes
rounds.
be a more
Good
and
which will already be
weather,
important
of
course,
its
will
factor for this get-
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I
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3
together
than
centered
antiques-
for
predecessor.
its
Alden
Hopkins,
of
tran-
special
proceedings
Colonial
scription
the
of
Among
recent visitors from New York
who dreamed up this symposium three years
ago, will
again take a
leading part.
The official hand of welcome will be extended
were
represents
his
by
Howard
A.
Rusk, Missouri physician
Bela
charge
W. Norton. Ed
in
with
program,
the
of
Alexander is
Tom Hamilton, New
and au- thority
paper
with
the
the
widely known New
and
his
photographs
camera. ( Tom, by
that
the
assisting.
Tom Wil iams will
with
reports
Showman
Dick
wise
photolab
posted
Forum
with
for
requests
registrants
all
dis- tinguished cast of
will
clude
John
the
dried
CW
the
Messrs.
Hopkins,
Brouwers,
Middleton
Any
Eaton,
casual
speakers
R. Fisher ( who
flower
her
arrangements) and
Kendrew,
reader
or
also
Dr.
in charge
injured
now director of a
York clinic to get
veterans
and
civilians
feet -Dr. Rusk is a
s
veteran'
Joseph
topics
for
Times
of
s Department
the
and
student
address
on
on
Dr.
Virginia'
of Mental Health
principal
back
special writer
the
Bar- rett, Director
and Hygiene,
last
week
at
the meet- ing of the Tri State
Medical Association at
the Lodge, choosing for his
subject
in
a
survey
of
Williams- burg
seventeenth
Wertenbaker,
Thomas,
UN;
gave
visiting experts,
is also staging a group of
celebrated
way,
orders
the
badly
their
swamped
for
sale, with
Mrs.
Symposia -
be omnipresent
now filled). addition to
In
in-
announcements,
the
Times veteran
of re- habilitation for the Air Corps
during the war and
and
York
on Spain, who now
Gilbert &
Sullivan basso Tom McCaskey doing most of
in- troductions
Wil amsburg
medical conditions
and vicinity in
eighteenth
and
centuries
the
The
Lodge
has be- come the scene of more and
more
community gatherings.
The Rotarians,
who regularly meet in the Ballroom for
of anatomy looking over the recent Life
weekly dinners, have been joined by the
spread on
newly
convention
wall
a
might observe
decoration of
Hotel
midwest
a booklet
the Palace as
an
Edgewater
The
room
preparing
potato chip
enterp isng
a
Beach
dinner
C. 0.
&
is
of
the
established
Exchange
Club
meeting
A
packed
dance
the
is
staged
there
scheduled
for
the
room, and
other
architectural attractions of this part of the country
are
not try your hand at CW' s
and
to
stu- dents, and
architectural
schools
Sing Moorehead
has prepared a brief but eloquent
background
story
One
of
on
Williamsburg'
the
most
s
buildings
appropriate
and
successful visits to CW recently wa$ that
four " Voice
of
Democracy"
winners - four young men of 14 to 17 who won
of
a
the
nation- wide
by
broad-
casters
presentation on
for
competition sponsored
the
an
original
meaning of
democracy
today. They came to Wil iamsburg directly
sched- uled
on
March
to
distrib- ute
other
and
groups. The regional Cancer Society
April
4+.
of
benefit
Dimes
dances
this spring Why
later
Quiz Box, on
page 18?Last month, the News itself
scored only 12 out of 13, although it made
the
up
answers' At
the
Jaycee
Bosses Night, visiting Kerk Burbank won a
current - events quiz, with Bob Conkey running
close
a
second.,... Bob, who
graduated from
W&
M this month, is planning to tour
New Eng- land with a
slide -ojector,
pr
lecturing
on
CW
as
a
side
line. Our
slides
have also been in heavy demand by
from
Wash- ington, and repeated their
speeches in the House
of Burges es, to a
recent Forum visitors who have
speaking engagements. Our unofficial family of
boosters con- tinues
to grow Keep your eye
jampacked audience of Matthew Whaley
on plans for cel brating Williamsburg'
and
s
and
Bruton
later
Heights
were
guests
high-
at
a
dinner
school students,
at
the
Inn spon- sored by the Junior Chamber
250th
anniversary
community - sponsored
promises
nation-
this
year
celebration
a
which
wide attention. Any suggestions
of Com erce. WRVA' s
program director,
you have to make the year more memorable
George Passage who broadcasts most of the W&
will
Tom McCaskey. See
be welcomed by
M
football
games), came
down
to
make
a
the
impor-
tant
front -page
story
in
�NEWS
Pape 4
MARIO E.
CAMPIOLI,
CW' S NEW ARCHIThCTURAL
Mario
Campioli,
February 1,
tenant
and
Head of the Architectural
for
the
a
soundproofed
Department
small tom life,
public
school
office
sound
1949
HEAD
likes Georgian architecture,
responsibility,
a perfect
j
DEPARTMENT
who became
community
February,
Williamsburg
Colonial
of
adjacent
good music,
system -
to
on
the
and
so
seems
Goodwin
Here,
under the direction
of Vice- President
Ed
Building drafting room.
Kendrew, he will take a major part in CW' s new building program and
will keep a supervisory eye on the numerous other duties of this
department. Architect Campioli comes to Wil iamsburg from the New York architectural firm
of
Eggers & Higgins, designers of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial and the National
Gallery of
Art in
Washington. He has recently held the important post of production
with
manager
responsible
concern,
this
was in charge of about seventy
and
senior
junior
eight - year
his
all
for
with
checkers,
writers,
Eggers & Higgins, he had
unex-
notoriety
pected
The
Campioli
in New
York.
High
and
School
Archia
New
family
CW'
just
now
a
as
landmark in
left Italy when young
s
received
future
his
department
Bachelor
the
Parma,
Cole
managers, job
captains,
clerks. Early in
project
head
graduated
from
Architecture
show
Porter
New
degree
Jersey, and is making
his
James Baum of New
the
thirteen
York, an
he became
Wil-liamsburg
first
application for a similar
years of
authority on
practice, he
York' s
from
Greenwich (
colonial
Virginia.
Baum, he
Evander
s
School
New
Childs
of
Design. He
of
Institute
Kate.
settled
York
is
and
license iA
colonial
With
NYU'
in
was
familiar, through research and first -hand
and
Me,
Kiss
old, and
tecture, working collaterally at the famed Beaux Arts
A. I.
corporate member of the
A. He is a
registered
architect
Virginia. For
manager
Italy, a town enjoying
Mario was just a year
of
He
and
been a
himself. The long trail to Williamsburg started in
prepared.
specifications
and
persons, including project
draftsmen, specification
tenure
drawings
associated with
Dwight
architecture, wad it was then that
study, with, the buildings of
worked
on
such
Conn.) Boys' Club and the American Institute of
structures
as
Architects' Building
in
Washington.
firm
With
of
Vir-
Eggers & Higgins,
he
worked
recently - in
conjunction
with
the
Richmond
Baskervill &
Son - on several important new buildings for the University of
ginia. Along with this work in classical architecture, he was active in planning
the 4,500,
000. Archbishop
Stepinak High School in White
Plains, the
Governor
Smith Housing Project in New York, the $ 3,500, 000. Cardinal Hayes High School in New
York,. the Schaeffer Brewing Company in
Brooklyn, and three significant hospital
projects - the
the
U.
Beekman
Downtown
Hospital in New
York, the
Meadowbro k (
anti quated Erie coaches to live in the pleasant suburb of
he
was
L.
I.)
Hospital, and
S.
Naval Training Station Hospital at Bainbridge,
Maryland. Every working
day, commuter Campioli braved a dusty two -hour round
a
Grounds
of
Norwood, New
trip in
Jersey, where
School
the
Board - and lately, as Chairman of the Building and
Committee, overseeing plans by a New York firm for a school soon to be erected
member
there. In his "spare" time, he designed many private homes as well as the small
Catholic Church in Norwood which the family attended and where he sang in a choir which
became proficient enough to provide proper Gregorian accompaniment for Sunday
services.
Williamsburg, house- builder
Campioli is now house -hunter
Campioli.
In
Soon, however, he hopes that
Mrs. Campioli ( the former Margaret Jordan of
Scranton,
Penn-
Margaret
is
Mary (
sylvania)
will join
8). (
He
also
him,together with
already
has
looking forward to
his
attended
his
piano,
which
Genevieve (
first
his
14),
Elizabeth (
Matthew
two
Whaley P. T.
older
11),art
A. meeting.) He
play ( the
daughters
�February,
prefers
NETS
1949
the
facilities,
Finally,
violin).
he
has
for
sent
of
Williambburg
Colonial
with high expectations
his
tennis
and
racquet
Page
5
for the weather and the Inn' s
clubs.
The Williamsburg
golf
community has another promising and active citizen.
FROM THE
PUBLIC
INFORMATION
The merger
DEPARTMENT
of " Special Activities"
with this
department
as part of CW' s expanded public relations program is very welcome news; Tom McCaskey,
in his position as Assistant Director,
will not only continue his expert handling of promotional
events
the
but
will
department'
now
s
lend
an
experienced
hand
in
all
phases
of
activities.
Plans for the 250th Anniversary are moving ahead rapidly;
The Common Glory" will feature it in advertising and publicity;
the joint CW- Jaycee reception of the four " Voice of Democracy"
winners was an opening step; within the next three weeks, CW' s newspaper ads will
250th Anniversary
of Williamsburg 19+ 9," and special
carry the footnote " 1699 stationery has been ordered with the same slogan; plans are now being drawn up for
the opening of the Guardhouse and Magazine to be tied in with the commemorative year;
the 250th theme will be emphasized in Williamsburg' s portion of the Lions Club of
Virginia
exhibit
at
the
international
convention
partment is preparing special newspaper
released day - and - date with the official
Anniversary."
of
and magazine
proclamation
the
Lions
in New
York;
this
de-
publicity features to be
of " Williamsburg' s 250th
Bob Hoke' s copy is finding good reception everywhere; one batch of clippings,
received as this is being written, shows news stories from twenty - four cities on the
Forum ";
CW'
s
sixteen
educational
on
the " Symposium ";
program
for
and
thirteen
The
children
feature
articles
Esso Travel
Film, "
will be premiered locally at the Reception Center on SEturday,
joint
5 P.
auspices
M. -
no
of CW and the Jaycees;
showings
March 19,
music
lovers -
on
Virginia,"
under the
will be held from 1 P. M.
the Common Glory Chorus,
to
under the direction of Carl Fehr, will
give the first of three Friday night recitals at the Reception Center,
all
pictures
Nearly 4+ 0 percent of the color film is devoted to Williamsburg
charge:
On March 11,
continuous
with
Historic
thwarted
and
will
choristers -
want
to
admission 60$;
attend.
This department and the local Chamber of Commerce recently played host to a
group of representatives of tourist attractions from the western part of the State;
on March 15, Tom McCaskey and Bill Bippus will be among those who will pay a reciprocal
visit
issue
to
the
west
under
of the News was
the
supposedly
auspices
of
published
the
under
Virginia
Travel
the aegis
Council
of Public
This
Information,
but
we regretfully admit that the feature in it for which we can take sole credit is its
tardy
publication
date.
For the rest,
thanks
go to John Goodbody
and his staff.
K. B.
1699 -
250th ANNIVERSARY
OF WILLIAMSBURG -
1949
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6
THE
NEWS
WILLL', MSBURG
CW' S
THEATRE:
of
CWN
Colonial
MUSIC
February,
Williamsburg
HALL
Now in its seventeenth year, the Williamsburg Theatre,
redecorated
and
refurnished,
carries
on
Williamsburg.
When it was opened in January,
y
Little
7 "
Radio
were
Music
City
Hall,"
which
several
sound,
the
1933,
recently
showplace
of
it was nicknamed the
just
prior
for
to
local
our
theatre.
There
fluttering
was used in both theatres for such items
tical equipment
tion,
as
referring to the world' s largest theatre in
opened
good
air
1949
reasons
conditioning,
such
and
a
Iden-
comparison.
Comparison
screen.
as projec-
of
the
new
Williamsburg Theatre with the old tin roofed Imperial earned, perhaps,
plywood seats,
lation
in
that
There
nickname.
were
leather
chairs
instead
of hard
full screen vision, new perfect sound, air cooling ( the first instal-
Williamsburg),
and many other modern movie luxuries.
The original staff of the Williamsburg Theatre was headed by Tom McCaskey,
a
graduate
student
at
the
College
William
of
then
Mary.
The assistant manager was Fay
LeCompte,
who
is now secretary
of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Doorman was Tom " Happy"
Halligan, who is the third and present manager of the Theatre.
and
Happy Halligan started his movie - house career immediately after completing a
tremendous season as captain of one of William and Mary' s greatest football teams,
the
that
one
beat
Navy,
tied Harvard,
and
ran
amuck
in
the Virginia
Conference.
For
his outstanding end play and out -of -this -world kicking, Halligan was picked for one
of
the All American
as
communications
in
the
capture
teams.
Added honors came to Halligan in another line later when,
in a unit with General Hodge' s advance forces, he took part
Liepez.
For his action here he was awarded the Bronze Star.
chief
of
Nineteen- forty -eight saw the motion picture business in a slight slump nationally, but the Williamsburg
guidance.
sent
as
fine
a
selection
a patron complains
were
he
available
duced
Theatre managed to keep up to normal under Halligan' s
Pictures are chosen from the eight major studios of Hollywood and reprefilms
about a film,
would
in Hollywood
of
each
as
any theatre
Halligan
the
have
year.
From that number,
it.
Some
four
can
country
can truthfully
surely
had
in
Whenever
offer.
say that if any better film
hundred
feature
films
are pro -
the Theatre selects about 200,
leaving the lesser products on the shelf and presenting only the cream of the entire
output.
ducers,
This theatre is unique, perhaps, in that it deals with all the major proand is fortunate in having a selection privilege which enables all good
pictures
reach
to play here.
Usually the films play in Williamsburg
New York.
quite early,
sometimes even before they
Often a really fine picture will play here,
then open in the cities,
fine notices
and
receiving
publicity.
Invariably, patrons who had
its pre - city
playing here will then inquire when it will be shown:
old" film will slip into the bookings,
national
release.
passed it up on
Occasionally
an
one that plays two or even three months after
This happens when certain independent producers get fancy notions
about how a film should be played and what it is worth.
Recently a well -known English producer released an advanced - price epic,
would
not
business,
anything like a normal
double playing time:
Few
accept
and
and
deal.
He demanded 70 per twat of the gross
small - town theatres, even a Little Music Hall,
can afford to play films under such conditions, and the deal for this artistic
triumph
is
still
pending,
waiting
for reason
will be offered later than pictures
and
sanity
to
return
in
the
matter.
It
are usually shown here.
Continued
�There
perhaps,
are
several
qualities
the
about
Theatre.
Williamsburg
It
is,
the only theatre in this country which does not have a " pass list" or season
The fact that everyone pays his way is one reason why the Theatre can afford
passes.
such•. consistency
lower
unusual
than
being
obvious,
in the choice
first
most
made
of high- grade,
impossible
almost
high- priced entertainment
The lack of the usual
runs.
the
by
theatrical ballyhoo
nature
of
our
restored
eof• the Theatre' s promotion is done by direct mail, by newspapers,
I'he' lack
of
a
here
marquee
creates
from
comment
much
Moat
community.
and at the Theatre.
The
visitors.
at prices
here is
architectural
design of the Theatre,
like that of other buildings in the business block, harmonizes
with the town' s eighteenth - century restored or reconstructed houses.
The Williamsburg Theatre was one of the first theatres in America, if not the
first,
to
special
run
for
shows
Back in 1934 the Theatre
children.
and the old Civic
League teamed up to put on programs of short subjects and stage acts,
minded
civice:
doubled
for
movement,
its
ahead
during
purposes
other
ingrestored,
years
of
its
held
parishioners
the
rest
decade
the
of
and
a
each
services
country.
half.
While
The
which was a
Theatre
Bruton
in the Theatre.
Sunday
has
Church
was
be-
During the
War it was used as the orientation center for the thousands of soldiers and sailors
who were brought to Williamsburg from near -by camps as guests of Mr. and Mrs. John D.
Rockefeller,
Jr.
It was one of the first theatres
to run a Museum
of Modern Art
aeries on the history and development of the motion picture as a new form of art.
One of the most heartening experiences of the Theatre is the community response
to: :he
t
best"
so- called "
but
which
often
films -
play
to
i.
e.,
the
half - empty
motion
houses.
pictures
This
which
critics
is a reflection
everywhere
not only of the
Letaste of local residents but of the support for such films almost invariably given by
college
who
students -
Shakespeare
too.
like
This
their
erables
Gables
and
the Theatre
Grebles
as
to offer
well
as
anyone
but
favor
a balanced film diet without
risk -
ing losses at the box office.
The
civic
for
has
been
lectures,
meetings,
Museum
has
management
purposes
of Modern
Art
keyed
always
charity
series
was
the
Theatre
to
Its
service.
community
use
for
Before the coming of Sunday movies it was used
encouraged.
fashion
drives,
run free
for
food
and
several
shows,
months
benefits.
and
in co- operation
The
with Mr.
Leslie Cheek of the College Fine Arts Department to give the community and College
the background
departments
the
Close participation
industry.
in the presentation of foreign- language fi " s,
c::
of
movie
with
various
usually
College
for one showing
only before the regular daily performances begin, has long been a practice here.
Sometimes,
gram
on
when the foreign
a commercial
film was strong
Screenings of important
Whaley students and. faculty.
has
always
children
been
were
stated
Association.
plus
current
practice
a
educational
it was put into the regular
films
have been
shown regularly
Participation
in the
the Theatre.
Regular
Saturday
morning
in 191 +7 in co- operation
with the
local
of
again
Pictures
short
enough,
pro-
basis.
various
drives
for
for Matthew
charity
movies
Parent
funds
for
Teachers
from a specially created library of feature films are used,
subjects.
This
series
has been
a great
success
for both
organiza-
tions which cosponsor it, providing at least one program each week which is good and
proper for the young members of our community.
The Theatre staff, headed by Halligan and his assistant Patrick Buchanan, consists of seventeen people, including two projectionists, James Humphrey and Curtis
Tate;
a relief
McCormick,
Raymond
projectionist,
doorman;
Pechan,
a
and
the
senior
Maupin
remainder,
student,
is
Saunders;
college
chief
of
Matt
Cheeseman,
students
who
porter;
compose
the
Thomas
service
staff.
service.
Continued
�8
Pago
NEWS of Colonial Williamsburg
One
were
quarter
sold
at
the profits
of a million
admissions
Theatre
the
year,
last
and
from these helped to maintain
February,
1949
their recently acquired ' 49 models
George Washington' s birthday was a good
excuse for Miriam SHEA, Betsy HALL, Helen
and develop Colonial Williamsburg' s edu-
GEDDY,
cational
Ethel BROWN to look over the spring fashions in Richmond
Jody CROWDER attended
program.
T.
MCC. •
Lois CHURCHILL,
Ruth JOLLY,
and
a wedding in Richmond on Friday, February
11
TRAVIS
HOUSE
NEWS
Letha BOOTH returned February 15 after
a 22- months'
trip to Nassau and the
southern
states.
Gay stories of her
visits keep the TH staff entertained
between
However,
meals.
retrospect
all this
and Letha is buckling
Inez Hopkins
work'
Lester
is
SHOWMAN has
to
in
down to
step in January.
BRIEFS
Mrs.)
Virginia
afternoons
working
The
Vernon
GEDDYs
to
Palm
Beach, Florida; Stella DUFF weekending in
New York; Sam PEACH sending post cards
from Sea Island, Georgia; Irma and Monier
WILLIAMS heading south to Florida
Wanda CASTLE, has been in Dallas, Texas,
for
several
weeks
to be with her
who is recuperating
tion
for the
Lorraine
Dorothy WILLIAMS,
Lodge
Charlotte
the staff at
MASSEY
in C&M
The
is
s and
MINORS
and Lucile
FOSTER
also
vacationed
Mary VAN BUREN has had as her
Richmond
Mrs.
Henry Davis of
Alma Lee ROWE
gave
official
recognition to George Washington' s Birth-
day with an appropriate reception at her
Mary KELLOGG' s household has grown
home
with the acquisition of a dog of distinguished
but
unknown
lineage.
sister
HAISLIP' s sister,
has joined
RUNNELS
a. m.'
opera-
The Kenneth CHORLEYs were down
second week of the Antiques
Forum
the
from a major
Irene
Lee WERTH
proud parents of Mary Franklyn, born on
Louise FISHER returned
February 8
February 14 from a three -weeks' vacation.....
guest her daughter,
beckons:
of
Faith was Tom McCASKEY' s secretary) are
recently
The first signs of spring, and the open
road
the week
joined the ranks of vacationers,
Lynchburg (
assisting
Lena CLARK
BUILDING
spent
and Lillian BUSH will fall in this category
the last week in February when she journeys
is now Inez WHITE,
having taken the lifelong
GOODWIN
CAPPON
Ma' garet
February 8 in Washington, D. 0
KOEHLER was at home in Henderson, N. C.
for the weekend
of February 5
Dick
and
her
husband moved to Richmond following his
CRAFT HOUSE COMINGS AND GOINGS
Craft House was stunned when Harry MORTON,
Jr. resigned, for he was very popular with
the personnel;
but all reacted
enthusiastic-
ally to Catharine DORRIER' s taking the
manager'
s
desk.
Harry was very much sur-
graduation
from William and Mary
Helen
GEDDY has taken over Charlotte' s typeprised with a cocktail party kept secret
writer
Diana VAN GEYT has left the
until he walked up the stairs to the
colonial atmosphere of Williamsburg to
Dorrier -Read apartment the evening before
make
her home
in Boston
Alden HOPKINS
he left.
Harry has taken a position in his
lectured to the garden club of Schenectady,
home
New York,
flying,
to escort
during a recent trip north.
While in New York, he participated in the
Transjudging of the Prix de Rome
portation
has
taken
on a " new look"
Virginia MARSTON and C.
J.
CARTER,
for
with
town,
of
Norfolk.....
Anne
READ
is
off -
for a couple of days
her mother from Cazenovia, New
course -
York, for her annual visit to Williamsburg...
Page FOLK is in the throes of moving to the
Ludwell
Apartments.
�CW' S LATEST CONTRIEUTION
tcward
guest - comfort
is the new 46 - room wing of the Lodge ( above,
left).
extreme
Completely air conditioned,
each
room has
a cedar - lined
with fluorescent lighting,
cypress - paneled
walls.
closet,
Six rooms
added feature of studio -beds,
inspected ( above,
Green
and
Tom
a bath
and the familiar
have
the
shown below and
right) by hotelkeepers
Moyles.
John
�VIEWS
FROM
All
Forum.
that
and
THE
both
EPA:
POPULAR
departments
sessions
a
well
ran
done,
Antiques
of
CW
and
pitched
smoothly.
to
all
Decorations
From
hands.
in
KC,
to
see
BWN,
�i'eoruri, ra2
CW'
1949
DEWS of Colonial Williamsburg
S LICENSED
MANUFACTURER
V:
THE
Buffalo Boy Go ' Round and '
Showman - Alexander square dances,
the activities
New York,
for
production
OW'
brass - shy Spencer Kittinger of Buffalo,
to get furniture
Program.
Craft
s
COMPANY
Round" is the title of one of the popular
but it was also an adequate description of
of mahogany- short,
when he tried
KIT"
TINGER
Page
Mr.
reproductions
Kittinger
back in postwar
since 1941 has been
president of the Kittinger Company, exclusive manufacturers of Williamsburg
Restoration Furniture Reproductions since 1936.
Spencer Kittinger' s ability to locate the rare top -grade mahogany wood
for these
hinges,
reproductions,
and handles,
interest
is an indication
in Colonial
seventy - five
and to track
Williamsburg.
pieces
brass
of both his business
Before
furniture.
of
down the scarce
This
the
list
war,
the
plummeted
used for joints,
ability and his
Craft
to
House
zero
carried
when
the
Kittinger Company converted to turn out attack boats for the Navy and wing
panels,
trailing
hensive
collection
and
edges,
bulkheads
of furniture
for
Army
is already
Today a compre-
aircraft.
available
at Craft House and in
Kittinger outlets throughout the country, and by the end of 1949 it is
expected that thirty -five pieces will be in full -scale production.
The Kittinger concern is an outgrowth of Colie and Sons, a Buffalo
firm
founded
business
in 1866.
in 1910,
president
and
Irvine
J.
Kittinger,
manager
Buffalo civic and fraternal
departments of the concern,
until
his
death
year and served as
in 1941.
His
for servicemen,
the
of the
son
Active
company.
started
thereafter
in numerous
groups, he manages to keep a close eye on all
and is particularly proud of its labor -
relations.
Furniture reproductions are,
ProgrLur,
secured control
changed its name the following
general
work during World War I making saddle trees
finishing school and college and rejoining
management
Sr.
and
have been
of course,
since
popular
its
an important part of the Craft
inception.
Antiques
today are
rare and are expensive for most purses, so that reproductions are usually
the only way to furnish a home after the fashions of the great English
furniture- making century.
Typical
furniture
is
of all authorized
produced
designer Beck- 1th,
only
Craft House reproductions,
long
after
for example,
and
careful
each piece
research.
of
Kittinger
will be in Williamsburg next month for
He will
long stay to study twelve new pieces.
set up shop in the basemcr_ of the Wythe House so ~ `
t
a
that fragile and costly antiques need not be shipped y,
to
Buffalo.
Details
carefully
filed from
hand.
supervised.
solid
Handmade
tier
tables.
solid
piece
craftsmen.
eighteenth-
For
at
of all of our reproduced
Craft
a
wooden
is
Drawers
screws
Tilt- table
tops
hand
cut
are /
join post
are
from
hand turned by modern
mahogany,
Insofar as possible,
the tradition
century cabinetmaking is emulated.
first - hand view of this furniture,
It
is
testimonial
the
to
most
the
practical
Kittinger
and
i
by
sections
fashioned
1
hand
and
are dovetailed
of
one
of
House.
explanatory
Hardware
brass.
furniture
1
1)
of ` \
f
I
call
self -
Company
and
its
president.
11
�Page
12
WS
I
Williamsburg
Colonial
of
Irvin Reid ($
AWARDS
unusual
Contributions to safety, convenience,
and economy in CW operations have merited
suggestion awards for the following:
Mack
William
5) -
Information
cheeses
Nathaniel
have
February,
Reid,
given
in
the
questions
concerning
waiters.
Jr. ($ 5) -
occasion
guests'
be
Employees
hotels
be
1949
given
to
who
answer
information
concerning pictures hung there.
Barlow ($
house
in
Light
5) -
service
yard
Dietz ($ 5) -
Meredith
coats
for
Craft
in the
of
the
trash
Lodge.
guard
Rack for hanging
the
customers
at
or board
at
dock
of
Plate
the
Lodge
to
Archie
connect
of
Lodge
Charles
with
Leslie
elevator
R.
to
authorized
Moore ..(:; 510) -
the plate warners
Trollies
screen
under
employees'
wire
Fashioned
Brown
OF ' itit+ MONTH -
Lamb
Stew
With
NO.
size
gates.
until
Dumplings
A
2
3
3
3
onions
in four -inch
over
other
from
pan
the
fire
to
Steamed
this
Serves
dumplings.
and
pan,
salt
when
la
dough
greased
serving.
pan
the
colored
Lodge.
Kitchen
bay leaves
qts. water
tbs, shortening
tbs. flour
and
pepper
add
and dredge
in
meat.
Add
the
fat
diced
from
Cream these
carrots,
top
of
the
ingredients
cook
stew.
to
a
30
minutes
Place
smooth
longer.
fat
in
anPlace
paste.
and add the remaining liquid from the stew to the fat and
Then add meat and
constantly during this procedure.
and season
to taste.
gravy
Serve very hot with steamed
8.
2
flour,
With
should
Inn
and pepper
hot
cups
flour
2 tbs.
be
and
a
baking powder,
large
spoon
quite
moist.
steam
8
fold
and salt,
in
milk
and cut in shortening
gently
until
With the tip of the spoon
minutes.
shortening
1 - 3/ 4 cup milk
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
Sift together
at
the
Stir constantly
Add chopped onions and braise mixture for 15
Add water, tomatoes, and bay leaves, and cook
hour.
skim
flour.
Dumplings:
biscuits.
in
Stir
mixture.
vegetables
stew
stir.
one
fire,
the
with
over a medium
flour
to
for
heat
medium
Remove
shortening
well
browned.
Continue
minutes.
Season with
squares.
in
is
meat
Remove door facing of
5) -
from walkway
salt
Melt
or
used
7
1 cup canned tomatoes
meat
clips
pickets
at -the Lodge.
2 medium
flour.
in-
wrapping
units.
Metal
protect
screen
garage.
bags,
for
restaurant
cafeteria
4 lbs. boneless shoulder of lamb
4 medium size carrots
Cut
paper
sheets,
10) -
to
swinging
Wilson ($
persons.
RECIPE
Old
angles
Warehouse
Waxed
in CW
White ($
M.
Install
10) of
of wax paper
small
Control switch limiting the use
door
Smith ($ 10) -
stead
the dock with unloading trucks.
10) -
Reinecke ($
on west
sandwiches
Howell ($ 5) -
back
of
Clara
House.
Todd W.
convenience
T.
well
as for
mixed.
drop dumplings
The
on a
Remove from pan, place on top of stew when
�are
were
Page 13
They
NEW YORK OFFICE Barbara JEFFREY has
recently joined the staff as secretary
to
Kenneth CHORLEY. Barbara
is
saw
to Forum visitors.
open
the
closed
Palace from
cellar
to third
floor and all but a very few climbed
the spiral stairway to the cupola for a bird' s -
from
eye
view
Lockport, N.
Y Mary BURKE was
married on Saturday, February 19, to William
at the end
J.Simpson, III. The ceremony was held in
declared themselves reluc- tant
Lady
the
Chapel
Cathedral. The
of
of the gardens. They had a
St. Patrick' s
Reverend Walter Darcy, a friend of
to
of
leave
Wil iamsburg. Aside
is
there
the
bride and groom,
performed the ceremony. Mary wore a white
BROWN
brocaded
lace
She
with
which
was
of
on her
Ivy. Joan Burke, sister
a
wreath
her
her
only
Nile green
of
Her gown
marquiset e. She
wore
multicolored small
flowers were
embroidered
enjoying
after
PATE
honeymooners
the
Ludwell
assistant
Apartments
recovering
on
was
are to
spend two weeks
touring the south, after
which
of
has
an
Staff
on
the
returned
illness
Barbara
to
Naval
Academy
work
HARDY has
been a
at Bell Hospital. She is
from her operation Lily
nicely
NELSON spent several
visiting
her
days
son
has
in Warrenton,
and
Philip
are glad to welcome
who
groom. The
a clerk. Madeline
is
at Fort Eustis, are living
the gaiety
Minnie
patient
brother
the
Forum,
news ( Mrs.) Madeline
as
work
in
Virginia,
white kid gloves. The best man
Simpson,
of
attendant.
started
husband, who
the
days,
Jamestown Road Nicky DILLARD spent the
weekend, fol owing the
Forum, at Annapolis,
bridesmaid' s bouquet,
the same spring
the cuffs of her
of
veil.
head and, instead
of the conventional
John
Parisian
spray of
of
around
yoke
duplicated
was
bride,
flowers
was
carried a
Bouvardia and
the
a
has
her
from
little
Judge Advocate
satin dress
and
grand time and,
five
been
his
wife
We
back Mae FLETCHER,
indisposed
for
some time..... recently had as
Hallie WERMUTH
reside in Bro klyn at
they will
guest
her
brother, William
Atkinson
31+ 1949 has brought grandchildren to both Luch
SNEED
9 Adelphi Street. The staff of 5600 is
and June B0C0CK - to
Lucy
happy to announce that Mrs. Simpson will
a granddaughter, Micou Sneed Savage; to June
remain in her position as Allston
William Holliday Bocock. June has
a grandson,
BOYER' s
been in Allen- town, Pennsylvania, with
her son
Branch
and his wife Nancy BOZARTH
paid a visit to her daughter and
law, Nancy
secretary.
Warrenton, Virginia
Joan
and Lynn
Rose
Adele
WING
the
be
has
long,
dull
January and
winter
months,
promise
February,
to
dull no lcnger. Something new
been
added - an
Antiques
great success
for
and
all, in-cluding
a
pleasant
the
and we wish for both of them the best of
luck
in
hostes es. It
their
new ventures.
intensive preparation beforehand, but any
extra trouble was aw ly rewarded by the
privilege
FROM C& M
experience
meant a drastic departure from routine
procedures in the buildings and
some
College in
Richmond, and Barbara BROWN has enrolled at
William and Mary. They will be missed by everyone
and Decorations Forum. The recent Forum was
a
in
has entered
the Pan American Business
Erthal HOSTESS BRIEFS
son in -
Hart,
of
hearing
authorities
on
subjects
of great interest to
the hostess group. During the Forum, places
Mary J.
Daniel Gordon STELE, who acted for
a short time as Fire Warden in
Bassett
Hall woods, was forced to resign
3, of
because
illness
in the exhibi- tion buildings which usually James A.
VAUGHAN,
on
in his
a
January
family
former employee, returned on
January
�Page
14
fire
patrolman
BENTON
was
Inn
at
at work
and
for
Lodge
a brief
Sid
period
in
January but had to return to the hospital
for
to
further
report
Williams
treatment.
that
valescing
on
H.
years
of
carpenter
Section:
replaced
Elwood
Paint
are
gratified
hole
and
Douglas
FLATTEN
in the
as
con-
MacQUATTERS
as
colorist
Douglas
trade
has
spent
Friends
formerly with C& M' s Paint Section,
now in Baker Sanatorium
C.,
where
operation,
recovery
he
has
join in wishing
a major
health
into operation
sure better workmanship
ing and touch -up jobs
and will
in-
wish
Bill
WILLIAMS the best of luck with those midterm exams at the College of William and
taken
paint
careful
Each
off.
inspection
loose
joints,
for
and
and damaged benches were
to the attention
signs
termiteE
called
of Norman HARMON
of the
Carpenter Shop, where Norman, Arthur WARD,
or Bob BURRAGE applied the necessary surPaul
gery.
began
ROHRBAUGH
the painting
pert
sanding,
bench
been
applied
and
three
and
hot
under
then
the ex-
Jr.
After
and dusting,
or
more
coats
final coat
of paint
dried,
benches
the
days
the
and
their
finish
these
of
had
were
in maintaining
to protect
summer
CRUSE
WEBB,
cleaning,
simonized to assist
luster,
John
Robert
received
When the
paint.
and
operation
of
supervision
winter
on the refinishWe
Defective
the
In the near future, the spray booth
all
deterioration,
each
recently installed in the new warehouse
will be put
received
thorough
him a speedy
of good
and
bench
Sr.,
and
the
moved
who
in Charleston,
undergone
and renewal
has
at
1949
As the benches were unloaded, they were
prepared for a dip in a custom -built vat
containing several hundred gallons of paint
remover.
After a short time they were re-
of
CW.
knew and worked with Walter MARTIN,
S.
con -
Edward Moore
service
for
Shop Lab.
years
many
We
now at
Congratulations
January 21
HINES who, in January, com-
fifteen
struction
Paint
is
was born to Bob and Virginia
to James
the
he
satisfactorily
WILLIAMS
pleted
February,
NEWS of Colonial Williamsburg
through
unpredictable
months.
Taken to their respective
placed with bricks
under
locations
and
each leg to pro-
tect the wood from ground moisture,
they
once again invite the passer - by to sit a
while and admire the beauty of Colonial
For the Carpenter and Paint
Williamsburg.
We know he' ll come through with
Mary.
Headaches?
Christmas
flying colors'
and New Year' s Day are past, and a lot of
shops,
fellows are scheming how they may be able
few months are moving into a new home in
to
cut
here
and
there -
charity
and deductions
Soon
will
it
taxes -
be March
so
much
for
Income
coworker
and
it' s a darn good thing we have
both'
WALLACE
return:
Park
Simon
done:
to hear that our
and
his
bride
MORNING
and
of
a
David
from a week' s vaca-
much- needed
home
The
repairs
Finally complete is janitors of Blocks # 15 and # 23 and of the
the multitude of
Goodwin Building on January 7 organized a
savings
streets
and
Boy'
s
gardens
and restored
was
named
and
WALLACE
just returned
the task of painting
benches that have been placed along the
in
well
tion.
They report useful and successful
vacations during which they accomplished
some
The benches
task
We are glad
David
Highland
for this' n that.
15.
another
Janitors:
around
the
various
properties
for
con-
venience and comfort to the passer -by.
The job began in the summer of 1948, when
club
under
Christmas
the
Saving
secretary
and
name "
The
Club."
Porter
R.
D.
treasurer.
HARRIS
Each
Friday evening, members pay their pledges
the first group of some three hundred
which are recorded in the secretary' s book.
On Saturday morning the money is taken to
benches
the Peninsula Bank and Trust Company and
was
brought
to the Warehouse.
Each and every bench had to be numbered
their pledges recorded in their savings
and
books.
tagged
print
number
on the premises,
marked
of
showing
each bench.
the
and
the blue-
position
and
eight
5.
The club
porters.
and
the
at present
Pledges
treasury
consists
range
total
from
of
50¢
is $ 80. 50.
to
�t;
Fec:.° a: y,
THEATER
L.
two - week
TATE
has
just
Buick.
new
returned
through
the
He
things
HORNER
ant
a bad case
Boston,
of
the
at
with
of virus
pneu-
She has been replaced by Beverly
monia.
Mass.,
Manager,
another
student
Pat BUCHANAN,
College
she
James
vacation
days at his home
Floyd
returned
from
spent
ABBOTT
spent
in South Boston
HONEYCUTT
and
his
a
her four three
recently
wife
enjoyed
a trip to Baltimore last week
Catharine
Bamman,
sister
of
Norma
BAMMAN,
Robert
Williamsburg
MANLY has joined the Inn cooking staff.
has
to
returned
He
from
hails
Robert
Portsmouth
the
a nice Chevy in excellent condition, con-
MARTIN is recovering at his home in Newport News after spending some time in Bell
sult
Hospital. - -
super
Anyone
salesman,
who
Doorman
wants
Thomas
Inn
Mattie
after
the
and John Egan,
who were married
Saturday, February 26,
in Syracuse,
on
N. Y.
John is Assistant Catering Manager at the
Mr.
and Mrs.
in the
OPENING
Egan
will
Carter - Saunders
MARCH
1**
girl at the
has
returned
leave
Leonard
John Haywood
WINN,
Tom
MOYLES,
and
Branson
The Williamsburg
on March
House
and tour
for
make
1
at
the
basis
travel
1
travel
bilities
of
cars,
will
rented
be
last
to
years'
service,
and
CUPID,
waiter
trial
year
at
the
Inn,
and
a half
years
of
accredited
service.
ATTENDANCE
RECORDS
Congratulations
for
perfect
attend-
records:
serve
information
of
this
proved
and practical
the
Ur - Self
L.
For
the
year
ending
Norma Bamman -
seven - month
need
twelve
ance
aid.
center
definite
ten
retired on February 22 after approximately
Office
Craft
Nancy Foster will be manager of
this unit, working under the supervision of Tom McCaskey.
The
of
their
MARCH
Travel
a permanent
on
a center
completion
Kitchen.
OPENING
reopened
as
in December
a pantry
JEFFERSON
months'
several
William
CW extends best wishes to Shirley
home
born
of
Philip FERGUSON chalked up a service record of fifteen years on February 25
CONGRATULATIONS::
Inn.
III,
parents
JUNIOR are receiving congratulations on
mmmmmm'
Varah
proud
Evelyn was formerly
Lelia
Ray' s new Nash is a honey -
are
and
Johnson,
business.
at
has
where
Robert
car
in harness
BRAYER
William and Mary after a semester' s layoff.
He says it isn' t too hard trying to
get back into the swing of things
Ray PECHAN, Chief of Service,
is now in
the
back
LODGE
JOHNSON
McCORMICK.
now
Assist-
week
15
Evelyn
used
is
AND
trip to Florida,
are getting rather rough on the " outside.
dBetty DAVIS, recent addition to the
cashiering staff, was sent to the De Paul
Hospital
INN
Isabella
from
south-
says
Page
Williamsburg
FROM
vacation
in that
land
Colonial
of
BRIEFS
Curtis
a
NEWS
1949
the
Alden Eaton Patricia
Walter
idea.
Hertz
and
cameras
C& M
C& M
Wilkins,
Jr. -
Dept.
of
Interpretation
Driv-
bicycles,
C& M
Jr. -
Lyman Peters -
Dudley
1948
C& M
Lavery -
Martin,
possi-
December,
I &
L
from
this
office
as
a means of defraying its expenses.
For the year ending January,
I &
L
Roy Banks Isabella
Brayer -
Minnie
Pate -
Arthur
Wilson -
1949
I&
L
Dept.
C& M
of
Interpretation
�Page
16
NEWS
Colonial
of
RED
CROSS
It' s Red
liamsburg services
our
TIME -
Cross
February,
which
again
the
and
so
1949
Time
Red
our
that
The
continue.
again
in Wil-
Cross
renders
these
first
services
week
to
time
country -
to
can
in March
i
is
set aside by the James City County Chap-
ter for fund -collecting, and volunteer
solicitors
will be making
1949
time to remember the many
community
give
Williamsburg
their rounds
even before
this
issue of the News makes
its
rounds.
This
the
year,
Henderson
and
Thomas
local
D.
has
quota
Savage
been
are
27
reduced
asking
for $ 4,
Cochairmen
percent.
local
from
363.
Horace
donors.
E.
Promptly at
twelve noon on Tuesday, March 1, the big red grandfather' s clock again took its place
in front of the Post Office Arcade on Duke of Gloucester, signaling the kickoff of
the
drive.
Many employees and their wives and families are helping the chairmen raise the
needed
while
money,
have
other
given
hand
a
with
its
staging
and
If you
promotion.
have forgotten exactly what services your Red Cross offers, look over a few of their
numerous
displays
window
OPERATION
or
read
local
your
HAVANA
HOSPITALIZATION
When the PCS 1376 and the PCS 1383
weighed
anchor
at Newport
Yews
this
month
for a two -weeks'
training cruise in
southern
the
capable
waters,
hands
of
CW'
craft
were
s Naval
in
the
Reserve
Both
of
the
136 - foot
vessels
are
forget
to
give.
A " bonus" of fifty cents per day during hospital
confinement
from February
offi-
don' t
BONDS
to CW employees
cers Harold Sparks and Vernon Spratley,
Jr.
but
newspaper -
has been allotted
and eligible
15 until
dependents
further
notice,
the
Aetna Life Insurance Company announces.
No
extra
charge
bonus,"
will
be
made
for
this
which was made possible by the
permanently assigned as training ships for favorable operation of the plan during
Reserve personnel in the Fifth Naval Dis1948.
The maximum miscellaneous
hospital
trict, the former to the Richmond Division fees will automatically be increased from
and the
sion.
radar
latter to the Newport News DiviEach is equipped with the latest
and
sound
gear,
and
each
mounts
50.
to $ 55.
during any one continuous
confinement.
a
This latest
added benefit
to the
three -inch gun as well as a full complement
of 40' s and 20' s.
The 55 -man crew
Group Hospitalization and Surgical Fee
Benefits Plan will be welcomed by the
aboard each PCS had an extensive
590 CW employees who are participating,
among whom 294 are carrying insurance for
program
a
rugged,
was
not
nation
or
while
of
vacation
were
return
the
was Havana,
was part
program,
ships
windswept
part
three
event.
the
where
refresher
sea,
passage
schedule.
days
at
The
which
eligible
desti-
250
all managed
ashore.
The
with
two
cruise
of the Navy' s stepped - up Reserve
and will probably be an annual
plan
this
the
members
claims
went
have
into
insurance
employee.
of
their
been
operation.
is jointly
Those
families.
settled
who
Over
since
CW' s
The cost
of
borne by CW wad
have
not
yet
joined and wish further information should
consult
Miss
Virginia
Marston
at
once.
�ebr;
1949• • --- .._ _
alry,
RICHARD
KENNETH
lt?
SHOWMAN:
V
bf.-ealonial;
Williamsburg
Page 1 7
THE SAGE OF BROKEN ARROW
Square dancing, chili -concocting ex- telegrapher Dick Showman is too versatile,
prolific,
and far -flung to compress
for this brief profile,
so the editors reluc-
tantly will touch only the high spots in the career of this balding, right -hand aide
to Ed
Alexander.
So much information was already in the public domain that no first-
hand interview was necessary, which is just as well because the subject has been
holed
up on " vacation,"
finishing
the University
of Wisconsin.
and
of a small Wisconsin community,
a doctoral
This
basketball
a
in Broken
Arrow,
players -
for
a
Ph. D.)
for historian Merle Curti
is a thorough - going study
and there is no one with a better background of
general information and experience
Born
dissertation
thesis (
than its author.
Oklahoma -
a state famous
for land rushes,
oil,
and
Dick Showman played high- school football and thereafter tackled
startling miscellany
jobs
of
before
Wisconsin
entering
in
1934.
He
was
clerk
and
telegraph operator for the Missouri- Kansas - Texas Railroad; he patroled the Atlantic
and Pacific as a ship' s steward; and for ten months he kept an eye on Progressive
Party
politics
as
for
messenger
the Wisconsin
State
Legislature.
At the University,
where he took both B. A. and M. A. degrees and completed residence requirements for a
Ph. D.,
he worked as a graduate instructor and found time to meet and marry Mary
Showman
MacKechnie.
Mary
also
has
an
M. A.
in
sociology
from
Columbia.
Both
were
Phi
Beta Kappa.
The Showmans came to Williamsburg in February, 1947, and live in the
airy Carter - Saunders House, a restored home which once sheltered a royal governor.
They have three children ( Peter, Jane, and Margaret) and an elongated dachshund
Christopher Bean).
Dick' s mother, Mrs. N. P. Showman, is also living in Williams-
burg,
and has an apartment on Scotland Street.
As Director of CW' s fast -growing Department of Interpretation, scholar- seaman-
telegrapher - instructor Showman is responsible for the Hostess Section, the Craft
Shops, the Archaeological Laboratory and Museum, the Photographic Laboratory, the
the
Film
Library,
are,
respectively,
the
Reception
and
Director),
Rosa Taylor,
Tcm Williams,
Center.
His chief
Minor Wine
Jane
Segnitz,
associates
Thomas,
and
Bill
list of Showman chores includes school journeys,
in these
activities
Jr. (
recently
made Assistant
to
Bippus.
A long supplementary
outside lectures,
and the slide
duplication program, with collateral duties in motion - picture - making, symposia, and
He has organized garden tours, revised scriptc, studied wigmaking, and has
fora.
taken the Williamsburg Inn Quintet to Washington to make recordings for a forthcoming
album
of
vinylite
records.
He has written at least one annual report and a Lion' s
Club bulletin by the light of bayberry candles during a study he was making on candle
wicks.
He and coscientist Thomas invented an " electric eye" device to co- ordinate
CW' s slide projector and sound recorder, and he even painted red the big Red Cross
clock which hae reappeared
Co-
During the war, Dick began to work with the Navy in 1942, and became
ordinator,"
Wisconsin.
a
recorded
dramatic
able
for the annual fund drive.
or civilian- in- charge of the big Naval Training School in radio at
At war' s end, his skill as satirist and mimic was immortalized
of
parody
training - school life.
Goodwin
talents in the recent Christmas skit.
dialects
He has a working
to
accompany
his
anecdotal
approach
in wax by
Building observers witnessed these
to
our
life
knowledge
and
times.
of innumerHe
is
con-
ceded Poor be the best - versed performer at " The Game" and is uncanny with acrostics,
to Man'
The
s
Alphabet,"
and "
Idiot'
s
Delight."
In short, he is long on
originality, and his activities are bounded only by time.
No matter what technical or educational project the Department
may
herd
attempt
on
it.
next -
and
it
is
often
quite
unexpected -
Oklahoman
Dick
of Interpretation
Showman
can ride
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was
It
TO CW' S QUESTION
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then -
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made
the
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capital
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No.
that
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2)
former
and
3)
struction,
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and
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of
Kocher
Howard
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purpose
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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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1949-02