WaterwaysNewsletter for the Kinsale Foundation and Kinsale Museum Spring 2018

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Legacies of love live longWhen Beverly

Bailey Chinnis, the widow of Carter Cabell Chinnis, died

June 5, 2017, she left the Kinsale

Foundation three legacies.

The first was

Grateful thanks to a graciouscousin: Beverly Bailey Chinnis

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A toast to Sweet Sue TaylorSue Hansen Taylor’s passing on March

13, 2018, leaves us on the one hand feeling bereft, but on the other, glad that she is freely and joyously looking down from above: reunited with her heavenly family, while staunchly maintaining the guardianship of her Kinsale friends, family and vineyards below.

See page 2 Burton family shares heirloom model of Margaret A. Travers. More, page 11.

In April 2017, Shirley Harper relayed a kind offer from Frieda Headley Byrd. Visiting her home place at Mundy Point, Frieda wondered if the Museum would welcome a loan of some clothes that belonged to her grandmother Nannie Louise Parks Evans (March 26, 1868 - August 26, 1924). Nannie, a Kinsale native, was also the grandmother of Shirley’s first husband, Joe Bill Moss, and his many siblings who played a major role in Kinsale history.

Benjamin Franklin Evans & Nannie Louise Parks EvansSee page 15

Heirloom clothing loaned

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Grateful thanks to a gracious cousinContinued from page one

A toast, a toast, to Sue Taylor

the gracious friendship of an unforgettable individual. No one could have said it better than her priest did in her homily: “She was genteel, inquisitive, adventurous, intelligent, kind, proper, well-read, strong, dedicated, faithful, religious and persevering.” Secondly, she gave us a new friend: her daughter, Claire Hunter. She also remembered us in her will, for which we are deeply grateful.

THANK you very much, Cousin, for all your kindness.Born April 17, 1937, in Clarksburg, West Virginia, she was the

eldest daughter of Douglass Moxley Bailey and Marjorie Holden Bailey. She was a graduate of Washington Irving High School, Clarksburg, Col.; Women’s College in Denver; and UNC-Chapel Hill, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Education. During her time at UNC, she was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority and was awarded Miss Congeniality in the 1959 Miss Chapel Hill Pageant.

She loved Europe and all things French and had a command of the French language. At the age of 21, in 1958, she was selected as a U.S. representative to the American Pavilion at the Brussels World’s Fair. The event was the first major international exhibition following the end of World War II and opened with a call for world peace. She accompanied world dignitaries such as Princess Margaret, Prince Rainier and Princess Grace (Monaco) and King Leopold III (Belgium) on guided tours. She sailed to Europe on the SS America and returned on the SS United States.

After college, she taught freshman and sophomore English at Petersburg High School in Virginia. A former member of The Junior League and The Woman’s Club of Richmond, she was a long-standing member of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church and volunteered at the May Fair House for over 30 years. She was also a member of The Country Club of Virginia, The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia, The Jamestowne Society, Kinsale Museum and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Her genealogy research led her to the fortress/castle of her ancestors in Burgundy. An avid reader throughout her life, she was perusing a challenging trilogy about the Hungarian Revolution at the very end.

Mrs. Chinnis was predeceased by her sister, Constance Bailey Casto, formerly of St. Marys, GA. She is survived by 2 daughters, Leigh Ann Watson (Robert) of Raleigh, NC & Claire Hunter (Andrew) of Darien, CT; 2 brothers, the Rev. Dr. Douglass Moxley Bailey (Carolyn) of Winston-Salem, NC & Gary Holden Bailey of Richmond; 3 grandchildren, Beverly Elizabeth Watson, Emma Douglass Hunter & Rawls Edward Watson; 9 nieces & a nephew. And by 2 stepchildren, Dr. Ann Short Chinnis of Virginia Beach & Carter Cabell Chinnis Jr. of Los Altos, CA.

Sue’s joy in life made time spent with her feel as if one were part of a grand tale filled to capacity with the music of wonder. She would have turned 88 on April 5. Her sublimely mischievous and utterly incandescent smile, explosive laughter, warm hugs and joyful insights will be deeply missed.

The widow of William Brown Taylor, Sr., and the daughter of the late George Peter Hansen and Susan Elizabeth Huntley Hansen, Sue was predeceased by her son George Peter Hansen Taylor in 1992. She

is survived by her son, the Rev. William Brown Taylor Jr., (Kathryn); grandchildren William Bryce Taylor, Erika Sikon Sinagel (Mark), Josh Sikon (Karen) and a great-granddaughter, Ellenore Sikon.

She championed her family and friends. For her son Bill and her grandson Bryce, she was both backbone and confidant. She was eagerly looking forward to being a part of Bryce’s vineyard and wine venture, Rivah Vineyards at the Grove. One of the first wines to be made, a sweet red, will be named “Sweet Sue” in her honor.

Sue graduated from West Virginia University School of Journalism where she was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority and Theta Sigma Phi, a journalism Honorary Society. She was a member of the Press Women, Pen Women.

She loved to write and tell stories. Sometimes her stories became very long stories. Her humor was such that sometimes she could not finish a story because she got so tickled by it that she laughed so hard she cried.

About 35 years ago, Sue moved with her husband Bill, the love of her life, to Kinsale, where they restored “The Grove,” built in 1832 by Bill’s great-grandfather. She never looked back and became very involved in the Northern Neck community.

She wrote “People, Places & Things” with Agnes Cooke for the local papers, operated a restaurant at Kinsale Bridge, and was for many years assistant parish administrator for Cople Parish Episcopal Churches. A past secretary and chair of the Kinsale Foundation Board, she and Bryce were the greeters at the 40th annual Kinsale Day celebration, making certain every attendee felt right at home.

75 years after she left in 1942, Mildred Miller Gilpinrevisited Kinsale for a trip down Memory Lane

Mildred Miller Gilpin (who moved away in 1942 just before she turned 16) visited the Museum on August 9, 2017 with her daughter Pat Croisetiere. Miss Mildred, whose 91st birthday was coming up on Nov. 4, 2017, lives at 65 Olde Town Dr., Apt. C4, Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870. (Pat’s email is lakememere51@yahoo.com) After looking around and recognizing many names in the Museum, our visitors left with a copy of Reminiscences and a KNSL sticker.

“Way back when...” Mildred lived with her daddy, John O. Miller (a farmer whilst in Kinsale), and mama, Stella Rudd Miller, across from the church and the old Post Office. Her first boyfriend was Louis Hatch (Shirley Harper’s brother). Her older sister’s boyfriend was a Pritchard. I am not sure if they lived in the old hotel which the Shermans own today or in the house where Emory Davis lived that was torn down, or even in the sideways house between that and Ed White’s house.

She well remembered Mrs. Paul Settle as the Millers and Mrs. Settle were the only Catholics in town. She knew Betty Banks Norris (now Arnest), although she herself is a little younger. She also remembered Mrs. Thrift’s name as the postmaster. She and Skippy King Burton kept in touch for years, so she loved viewing the models of the vessels Margaret Travers and Estelle Leonard. She was so glad to see Skippy and Jennings in the 2012 Waterways and was very sorry at their passing: Jennings at age 90 on July 29, 2013 and Skippy on Sept. 30, 2016 at 89.

After the Millers left Kinsale, Mildred had one more year of high school in Alexandria. The day after graduation, she went to work as a clerk typist at the Pentagon with her father and mother, then got married and had six children and never sat down for the rest of her life!

Driving by old Cople School, she pointed out the cottage, saying, “That’s where I had Home Ec. and it’s still there.” At Westmoreland Museum they had the 1941 Cople yearbook. She was speechless to see her picture as a sophomore and as a member of the Future Homemakers of America. Onward to St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church where she received her First Communion and got her first prayer book as an 11-year-old girl. (Yes, she still has the prayer book.) She was a wonderful Museum visitor!

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2018 will see 41st Kinsale Day

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by Lynn E. Norris, Kinsale Museum DirectorOn Sat., Sept. 15, 2018, neighbors and friends from all over are

invited to get together at the 41st anniversary of Kinsale Day. This town gathering brings folks from far and near to share a sense of what makes our community so special.

We encourage y’all to share your pictures and memorabilia of Kinsale’s past, and of community events in bygone days -- before and during this event. You can scan and email them to museumdirector@gmail.com, or drop by the Museum on Friday or Saturday from 10-5 with pictures and memorabilia. Or you may bring snapshots and photo albums to the event itself.

Vendors are welcome! To sign up beforehand, contact Charlie & Anne Speeckaert, 804-472-9563, kinsale2@va.metrocast.net

Either on the day, or beforehand, PLEASE SUPPORT two absolutely VITAL fund-raisers to keep your Museum operating:

1. The Rubber Duckie Derby. Adoption forms available inside the mailed Waterways, on the website, and at Kinsale Museum.

2. The Summer Silent Auction in the old Ice Cream Parlor. This will have been underway since June 1, so you’ll have plenty of chances to bid. Bidding closes at 12:30 p.m. on Kinsale Day. You do not have to be present to WIN your bid. We will contact you and find a way for you to pick up your treasures!

WHAT’S ON THE PRELIMINARY AGENDA:10 a.m. on: enjoy artists, crafters, great food in the Park.Silent auction, ice cream too in the old Ice Cream Parlor.11 a.m.: All are welcome to the annual meeting of the Kinsale

Foundation. Learn a lot about your town and your neighbors. If you’re not a member, we cordially encourage you to join. To do so, please feel free to download a membership form from the website at www.kinsalefoundation.org, drop by the Museum Fridays and Saturdays from 10-5, return the form in your mailed Waterways, or sign up on Kinsale Day.

Delicious lunch is available for purchase from Cople District VFD.11:45 a.m.: Tunes from Sharon Mann.12:30 p.m.: Bidding closes on the silent auction.Shortly after 1 p.m.: The Rubber Duckie Derby will make a big

splash as usual!!! The race can be viewed from Kinsale Bridge. Each duck has eight chances to win: Cash prizes of $500, $250 and $100, and five nice items from the Museum.

More info at 804-472-2013.

Flashback to Kinsale Day 2017by Kinsale Museum Director Lynn Norris

At the 40th anniversary celebration of Kinsale Day on Sept. 16, 2017, it was especially great to have a nice crop of youngsters at the event to whom we will hand the torch in coming years!

Lily Carr donned a charming duck hat to emphasize her family’s love for Kinsale.

Energetic Malcolm Lee of Lee’s Affordable Tree Service was on hand to let old friends and new know that he is back in this area, eager to serve. His four daughters (Tristen, Tiona, Trinity and Tinaya) and son Malcolm Jr. prepared lemonade for visitors. They very kindly donated all their proceeds, as well as their start-up change:

a total of $78. Those who savored the ‘ade put their names in a box to be drawn for $400 in free tree work, which Kathie Morris was delighted to receive.

The always y o u n g - a t - h e a r t Masons donated all the proceeds from their pancake breakfast.

Ken Beauchamp not only skillfully coaxed great sound from his guitar and sang the blues, his sound system contrived to render the day’s speechesdownright clear inthe back of the crowd!

In short, Kinsale Day was all about sharing as folks gathered from as far off as Germany for this very special town meeting.

We breathed a sigh of humble gratitude that the hurricanes not only avoided Kinsale, they also miraculously spared folks with Kinsale connections residing in Texas and Florida. This was addressed in Rev. Ellen White’s invocation thanking Heaven for safety, peace and joy, and invoking kindness and good will among all. “Help us be a blessing to others,” added Rev. Bob Gochenour of Carmel and Coles Point UMC.

If only one could read one’s own handwriting, we would know who described the event as “cinematically down-home, cosmopolitan, and emblematic of the charms of a quiet life.”

On display were Tommy Douglas’s daddy’s first two Aristocrats – the earliest Cople High School annuals, various photos and pamphlets, vintage 19th-century clothing, an ice cream table and chairs, and a stunning heirloom Carl Herbert boat model given by the Burton family.

A look back in timeSurviving founding Kinsale

Foundation board members Edna Sanford Douglas and Walter Norris Jr. shared their vivid and humorous recollections. (Departed founders were Harry Lee Arnest III, Frank Bailey Jr., and Earl Carter Moss.)

Others in the audience this year who were present at the first meeting 40 years ago in July 1977 on the little strip of land beside the Post Office were: Shirley Bevans, Jackie Whittaker (and family), Robbie

Malcolm Lee’s generous daughters and son.

BRYAN DAVENPORT PHOTOEdna Douglas & Walter Norris shareda lookback over Foundation’s 40 years.

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Kinsale Day 2017 summed up progressContinued from page three

Bailey Flynn, Betty Arnest, Dougie Norris, Betty Lou and Johnny King, the Bailey family, and this writer. Were there others? Members of the Lewis family. Very many more have gone on, but we figure they’ve got their eye on us from the Great Beyond!

On Sept. 12, 1977, Frank Bailey Jr. purchased for $2,500 what became known as the Town Green from William G. & Vivian M. Keenan (who’d bought it from Charles and Alice Unruh in 1971, but the lot was too small for a home.). Frank sold it to the Foundation on Dec. 12, 1977.

The Park where the Gazebo is today was bought for $10,000 from Robert A. & Virginia Harris on Dec. 26, 1978. Eventually, it was cleared & landscaped with memorial trees. Who remembers picking up the piano several times from the Masonic Lodge & putting it in the back of a pick-up truck for Betty Parks Rountrey to play for our meetings?

Both those pieces of land had formerly been held by Jane Settle, who inherited them upon the death of her husband Paul Settle (who operated the Ice Cream Parlor when it was first built in 1922). Paul was one of the heirs of his first cousin Henry Cromwell Hardwick, who owned the old Hardwick Hotel which once sat on the Green.

What is today the Museum was donated by Harry Lee Arnest’s widow Alice Moore after his death in 1988. Bill Carden of Potomac Supply underwrote the renovation with materials (windows, floor and panelling), labor (wiring) and expert advice. “If not for them, we wouldn’t have anything,” Edna added.

Others (see plaques in Museum) also made substantial contributions toward the effort, both monetary & construction-wise. Also donations of old photos, reminiscences (Harvey Bailey and Norris Parks), art, antique furniture, and other memorabilia.

On June 18, 2001, the Cardens also funded half the purchase from Alice Moore of the Old Ice Cream Parlor in memory of Frank Bailey Jr.; Edna Douglas assisted with a note. This now forms a valuable extension for exhibits, community activities, with storage space in the attic. 2001 was also the year the Gazebo was built as a central gathering spot in honor and memory of the founders… right after 9-1-1.

In 2005, Kinsale was designated as a statehistoric landmark and was added to the National Registry.

Your giftsYour generosity in FY 2016-17 not only enabled the Foundation to

meet its expenses, including the reprinting of Reminiscences of Kinsale, but also, in separate accounts, your gifts were channeled to community events like fireworks and help for less fortunate neighbors.

Per the report from Treasurer Les Jackson, pre-depreciation expenses in 2016-17 were $30,118.62, with net income $4,295.24. After non-cash depreciation of $6,976.81 was deducted, net ordinary income shows as $2,501.57 below the line.

Depreciation on the little food service building in the Park ended as of 2016-17. Depreciation on the Ice Cream Parlor ($1,214 in 2016-17), the Museum ($3,125 in 2016-17) and the Gazebo ($2,057.08 in 2016-17) will continue during FY 2017-18, but that will be the last year of Gazebo depreciation.

As of July 31, 2017, the bank account balance was $76,779.82, with

at least $3,000 in checks outstanding. (This compares to $69,800.72 at the end of fiscal 2015-16; $67,419 at the end of fiscal 2014-15, $65,974 at the end of 2013-14 and $62,757 at the end of 2012-13.)

ReappointmentsIn separate motions from O.J. Hickox and Betty King respectively,

with seconds from Alice Moore and Ray Daly, Board members Robert Bailey and Lois Spencer were unanimously reappointed by Foundation members present to serve another four-year term each, through 2021.

Nine vendors’ striking and vivid offerings set an elegant tone for the day. THANKS for sharing your artistry!

A race to the finish: Flight to the heightsThe duck derby netted $5,006 because money and gifts for the prizes

were donated and $600 of the prize money paid out was donated back.Prize sponsors included Bayshore Design (Buck Pace), the Sandy

Point Homeowners Association, the Terhunes of Frederick Northup Oil Co., and various anonymous friends of Kinsale.

We would like to note that, before they plunged into the creek, the 995 ducks you adopted were very well-mixed by the Mosses and Parkses: the eight winners’ numbers ranged from #59 to #948.

Noah Anderson-Weiskircher’s mama Caroline Anderson put his name on a Super Pack of 50 ducks, which performed outstandingly. The $500 1st prize went to Noah’s duck #437,while duck #458, another of Noah’s giant flock, came in 2nd, winning $250. Noah very kindly donated back $500. The 3rd-prize winners John & Joni Lawler also gave back the $100 won by their duck #59.

The five runners-up were to be awarded four Citgo gas cards from Frederick Northup’s Kinsale Handy Store or a Museum gift shop credit. Duck #199 came in 4th; Les and Mary Dobbs gave back the gift shop credit as a donation. 5th place went to #829 Betsy Chesler. 6th place, #879, was part of Malcolm Lee’s Super Pack. 7th place, #817, was Matthew Bailey’s. 8th place, #948, was paddling for Al Withers.

Amazing auction nets $8,000The auction brought in a staggering $8,000. Whoeeee, bub! Bids

on 96 kindly given and generously bid-upon items peaked at $315 for Todd Ransome’s stunning table, $350 each for the star quilt and for the NN Historical Society Magazines, $375 for a fishing trip with Captain Scottie Moss, and $420 for a two-night stay in a New York apartment. This writer was deeply humbled by folks’ demonstration of support in paying $844 for 17 apricot amaretto pound cakes I whipped up.New members Kinsale Day 2016-Waterways 2018 Underwater explorer Mike Kleinsmith; Frank & Donna Booth; Tommy & Gloria Douglas; Liz Corley; Teresa Tidwell Tate; Jim & Cynthia Rannels; John & Joann Byrd; Craig & Vicky Johnson; Cynthia & Dale Lexow; James & Jennifer Fagan; Frank English; Jack & Missy Sanford; Bonnie [Garner] Pierce & Mike Tracey; Gloria & Gregory Johnson; Jim & Kyle Hard (bought Chet & Jan Williamson’s, Sandy Point); Ray & Karen Evans; Joyce & Dr. L.C. “Larry” Zacharias; Dan & Cyndi Mackey of Spiro, Oklahoma (Bailey descendants); Frank & Ann Howery (Bailey descendants); Susan Erichsen of Callao; DeShields Fisher of Tappahannock; Rust descendant Lillian Quantz, of SC; Priscilla “Pris” Ord; Eileen & Rodger Cornell of Pretty Point (retired NJ restaurateurs).

Lucky Noah gave back his $500 prize

Lily Carr: the next generation

reaches out.

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2018 Easter Eggstravaganza slated for 2 p.m. on March 31

VERY BERRY

7TH ANNUAL MOTHER’S DAY SATURDAY

KINSALE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL

May 12, 2018When accidents, illness, fire, tornadoes, hurricanes

or snowstorms happen, Cople District Volunteer Fire Department is on the scene to help you

Help them raise funds so they can save lives & property

Strawberries galore (and homemade shortcake too) are coming to Kinsale for YOU on Mother’s Day Saturday, from

10-3. So much will be going on in Kinsale you’ll want to spend quite awhile in town, having fun and playing games

and riding ponies. Eating strawberries at the Firehouse and listening to live music from Muddy Boots… at events

stretching from the Firehouse to the Park, behind Gray Barn Antiques and the old Bank.

LAST YEAR, rain cut into profitsTo do BETTER this year, they need YOU to participate.

THEY ALSO NEED(1) VENDORS, ARTISTS, CRAFTERS. Contact Charlie & Anne Speeckaert, 472-9563, kinsale2@va.metrocast.net $10 for 1 table & (2) DONATED POUND CAKES

Call Ann Lewis at 472-2344 to promiseyour one, two or three cakes

“I thought I saw the Easter Bunny headed THAT way,”Emily Myer noted at last year’sKinsale Easter Egg Hunt.

Gwyneth Breunig of Callao, age 3, al-ways brings her lucky Olaf basket.

A barrage of grateful thanksThe horoscope for the second week in February said

Aquarians would be overwhelmingly blessed by the generosity of friends. Boy, was that the case here in Kinsale.ABOVE: Clockwise from left front are very generous purchasers of an auction item from several years ago: L.A. Miller, Matt Miller, Lydia Miller, Estera Warrick, Guy Nolan, Abbie Marand, Risë Cole (yes, she is named for an equally mesmerizing, very famous opera singer), and Carl Cole, so replete they can barely move.

Someone’s in the kitchen thank goodness!A certain neighbor who likes to fly low under the internet

radar came like an angel to wash dishes and neaten up the kitchen after Walter and I cooked and were serving the Dinner at Plainview (DaP) on Feb. 24, 2018 (fulfilling an auction item from way back in summer of 2016). The Millers and their guests were such delightful company that the DaP evening was a complete joy. All the more so because they reveled in everything on the menu: from Walter’s splendidly smoky oyster stew to the sinfully rich Lewis family recipe for cornbread, thinly sliced Kite ham, honey and mustard birthday-dinner chicken, lots of green vegetables, pound cake with mixed berries, and Barb Dickman’s stunning dark chocolate fudge aux craisins.

Duck prize money donatedThe couple who have for the past several years

anonymously given the second prize for the Rubber Duckie Derby have stepped up and done so again this year. My goodness, WHAT a kind gesture!

Technical expertise provided free of chargeWhen we needed to replace our not very old computer at

the Museum, the generous tech-savvy saint who brought the new one’s mind to life DONATED his time. And it was a CONSIDERABLE effort, not only to get the computer all together, but to keep your museum director faintly calm in the process. What a merciful gift on Warren Woolley’s part.

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AT RIGHT: Virginia Brown’s Spring Grove

Unveiling of award markertook place June 10, 2017

by Charles R. Sydnor, Jr.*The Northern Neck of Virginia

Historical Society’s John Paul Hanbury Award recognizes excellence in the preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of properties of historic or architectural interest in the Northern Neck. We hope this will encourage others in the best practices of preservation and the worthiness of preserving our great Northern Neck heritage. We encourage and invite your nominations of future properties for this award.

The Hanbury Award is named after the late John Paul Hanbury, a renowned architect and founding principal of the internationally recognized firm of Hanbury, Evans, Wright, Valattas, and Company in Norfolk. The Hanbury portfolio included dozens of structures on the National Register of Historic Places, and notably his award-winning restoration of our 1813 Executive Mansion in Richmond.

I am delighted that we can recognize this fine Federal neo-classic style house, which has been a landmark at Mount Holly since it was built in 1834.

This brick two- and one-half story center hall plan house with an original stair in the rear, perpendicular to the hall, retains most of its original features.

Spring Grove is distinguished by very fine original architectural detail that comes from the Asher Benjamin’s design book, The American Builder’s Companion, first published in 1806. Benjamin was born in 1773 in Connecticut and spent much of his career working in New England, but his design books were widely published and The American Builder’s Companion became the handbook of many carpenters.

Outside and inside, Spring Grove reflects exact copies of Benjamin’s designs. The tetra-style columned portico of the Ionic order at the entrance, the wonderful interior fanned transom, the rosettes carved in the corner blocks of the door framing, the lovely ceiling medallion composed of acanthus leaves and the elaborately executed original mantels, are among the features from Benjamin. These details represent an awareness in the Northern Neck of current architectural trends occurring in Boston in the 1820s and 1830s. It is one of only three houses incorporating Benjamin’s designs known to exist in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

In addition, the rare detailed drawings of the house and

property made by the owner William Rogers in the 1870s greatly add to the importance of this architectural treasure. Those drawings show the original outbuildings, as well as the original kitchen, which still stands restored as a small apartment now rented.

As someone who has restored an 18th-century house, I can tell you that much of the expensive and demanding work to save a property is often never visible, yet significant, and this is true at Spring Grove.

On August 27, 2011, Hurricane Irene wreaked havoc at Spring Grove with severe damage to the trees and landscaping and major flooding from the torrential rainfall. With 28 inches of water in the basement, the furnace and hot water heater were knocked out and had to be replaced, oil drums had to be removed, and extensive mold had to be treated. Wet sand and gravel had to be taken away and new dry material brought in. Sump pumps were installed.

While all of this work was pursued diligently and thoroughly until the safety of Spring Grove was assured again, it is what I call an iceberg restoration; which is to say, you don’t usually see most of it.

It has been said that persons who own historic houses really don’t own them; they simple care for them for future generations to come. Thanks to Virginia Brown’s persistent responses to threats to this house over many years, Spring Grove stands carefully and lovingly preserved for the next generation of her family. Virginia has not only been dedicated to the preservation of Spring Grove, but also to our Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society, having served as the Society’s president and also as the editor of the annual magazine. It is with much appreciation and personal pleasure that I unveil this plaque recognizing Spring Grove.

*The Rev. Charles Sydnor is President of the NNVHS Board and Chair of the Hanbury Award Committee

Spring Grove received NNVHS Hanbury Award

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Your friendship & support keep Kinsale Museum on the map

Thank you for caring for our very special Kinsale community!

Kinsale Museum is open year-round, Fri./Sat., 10-5. 449 Kinsale Rd.P.O. Box 307, Kinsale, Va. 22488. museumdirector@gmail.com. 804-472-3001 or director’s cell 804-472-2013

WELCOME to old friends & new who come to our little Town & the Kinsale Museum to join ourcommunity focus on history brought to life in the present.

2018 schedule of Kinsale community events, co-hosted by Kinsale Foundation & Cople VFDEveryone is cordially invited to attend! VENDORS WELCOME (contact info in events below). $10/booth.

Easter Saturday Easter Egg Hunt: March 31, 2018, 2 p.m.: Egg hunters & escorts -- arrive by 1:45 as kids burst out of the Firehouse at 2 p.m. SHARP in search of Easter bounty!Kinsale’s 7th-annual Strawberry Festival, May 12, 2018. Mother’s Day Saturday, 10-3. Vendors, food, pony rides, BERRIES galore.. fun for all. Music. Call Ann Lewis, 472-2344, if you’ll bake one or more of 30 Kinsale pound cakes to be served with strawberries & whipped cream. Vendors welcome, $10/spot. Contact Charlie & Anne Speeckaert, 472-9563, kinsale2@va.metrocast.net or Lynn Norris, 472-2013 museumdirector@gmail.com. URGENT! We need summer fundraiser auction items by June 1! Info: Lynn Norris 804-472-2013, museumdirector@gmail.comFamily fun on Independence Weekend. Sat., July 7, 2018, 5-10 p.m. (Rain date: event will ONLY be rescheduled to July 8 if rain or a gale of wind July 7.) Vendors welcome! Contact Lynn King 804-214-0955, aux4co3@aol.com. Excitement starts at 5 p.m. in the Park. Games for kids, great food. Museum open. SILENT AUCTION in old Ice Cream Parlor beside Museum. Kids’ bike processional line-up at 5:15 beside Up the Creek sign, Live music 5:30 on: The 11-21 Club and Sharon Mann. View fireworks from bridge 9:15 p.m. Info: Asst. Fire Chief Todd Padgett: 804-238-8112. Summer Fundraiser. mid-August. This event is evolving. We need auction items by June 1! Info: Lynn Norris at 804-472-2013Kinsale Day. Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. This is our Foundation’s 41st anniversary. Neighbors and friends from all over are invited to savor the Kinsale experience. Vendors needed! Contact Charlie & Anne Speeckaert, 472-9563, kinsale2@va.metrocast.net or Lynn Norris, 472-2013 museumdirector@gmail.com. From 10 a.m. on: enjoy artists, crafters, great food in the Park & silent auction in the old Ice Cream Parlor. All are welcome to the annual meeting of Kinsale Foundation at 11. Noon: lunch by Cople District VFD and live music by Sharon Mann. Rubber Duckie Derby may start as early as 1 p.m. Info 472-2013.Christmas in Kinsale. Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event is geared to help raise money for needy neighbors during the holiday season. Vendors, artists, crafters: contact Charlie & Anne Speeckaert, 472-9563, kinsale2@va.metrocast.net Vendor fee $10 for 1 table plus silent auction item(s). Starting at 10 a.m.: Christmas Bazaar in Firehouse and Park and silent auction in the Museum. Starting at noon: Cookies galore for sale in the old Ice Cream Parlor. Contact Ann Lewis at 472-2344 to promise your 3-dozen plus cookies for this fund-raiser. Live music from the 11-21 Club and Sharon Mann. Starting a litle later: Free horsedrawn carriages rides 1-3. Santa at the Gray Barn 1:30-3:15. Parade at 3:30. Memorial Tree lighting at 4:00. Bring gifts of food, towels, blankets, toiletries, new warm clothing, pretty things, for less-fortunate area seniors. List Kinsale-linked Christmas angels (who have died since Thanksgiving 2017) with Lynn Norris, 804-472-2013 or museumdirector@gmail.com.

Please bring your family and friends to visit. The Museum is YOUR Museum, and we value your insights, as well as the way you share your treasures with others. We promise to entertain you and welcome you. Visit the Museum gift shop for a great variety of books and for other items that are just perfect as hostess gifts or to brighten your own home. YES we have Old Dominion Soap.

Gifts to Kinsale Foundation are tax-deductible. Dues entitle you to a 10% discount in our gift shopand our information-packed Waterways newsletter, as well as full voting membership.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION/ RENEWALTo support the work of the Kinsale Foundation during the current year, here is our contribution

We understand times are hard for community organizations & will give a little extra if possible.__$22 dues for an individual __$33 family dues __$50 contributor __$100 sustainer __$500 benefactor $___ (separate check) Ongoing Projects $___ (separate check) Fireworks $___ (separate check) Duck Derby

Name(s) _____________________________________________________________________________Address ______________________________________________________________________________Phone number(s) w/ area code (evenings) ___________________________ (cell) _________________________E-mail address (very, very helpful) ________________________________________________

MAKE ALL CHECKS PAYABLE TO THE KINSALE FOUNDATIONP.O. Box 307, Kinsale, Va. 22488, 804-472-3001; 804-450-7651

For more details, see the Foundation’s website at www.kinsalefoundation.org or email museumdirector@gmail.com

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California twins look for warOn Feb. 17, Gabby & Gretta Smith and

the Barhams visited the Museum, chiefly looking for Revolutionary War history, but their questions sparked new perspectives on various exhibits. Thanks, twins!Flat Stanley meets Bevans oysters

Hope Jackson toured Kinsale with Flat Stanley, who was visiting from hundreds of miles away! Although made of paper, the little guy was mighty nimble. He climbed a pile of oyster shells and also had his photo taken with a painting of the bivalves. When he headed west again, he took 30 Kinsale oyster shells with him to give to second graders who may never have seen such a thing in all their born days. The oysters – on which Hope painted “KINSALE” – were from as far off as the Gulf and the Bay. Vintage photos spark memories

Winnie Wilson’s son Jerry and his lovely wife Kishma Prince (a native of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) were in town March 10, 2018 sharing memories of bygone days.

They will be printing photos to hang at their home, including J.S. Moss and Son Chevrolet, where Jerry bought his first car, as well as that great shot of Israel Jones and others with the oxen, Noble and George.

Also a picture of the old bridge, and a couple of steamboats at the wharf, as well as a colorful print of Marilyn Carter’s painting of Tucker Hill’s Sanford Cannery.

Rountreys revisit their rootsParks Rountrey’s son Adam and his son

River were here from Michigan Nov. 24, 2017. They were tremendously excited to see how much of their family history is alive and well in artifacts, photos and stories at the Museum, ranging from Hop Sisson’s two elaborate pipes and wooden mortar and pestle to the family’s stereo-opticon, the William and Mary gate-leg table Parks gave us, and pictures of Federal Hill’s famous racing cow Polly.

Argentina comes to Kinsale Three Shenandoah Valley Academy students visited on Feb. 2, 2018. Flanking Laura Westberg of Kinsale are Giannina Tejedor of Buenos Aires (left) and Giulietta Ciuffardi of Entre Rios..Purcell’s Mill found again

During the first week of August 2017, Helen Hinson had a visit from Brian Brauer, the grandson of her late cousin Woody Purkins. As a boy, Woody used to help his own granddaddy farm near Purcell’s Mill on Chestnut Level near Marshy Swamp off

Route 619. Woody was always searching, but could not even begin to FIND the family farm when he went to look for it on several occasions in later life with Brian.

Brian, with great delight, was able finally to locate it on Saturday, with the help of some very specific details in Ed White’s blessedly well-indexed book Lands and Lesser Gentry. Brian just LOVED seeing Helen again after a lapse of a decade.That old Moss Family Magic

Sarah Tayloe Wilson -- a 2000 W&L High School graduate and the granddaughter of Ben and Ruth Coates Moss, daughter of Susan Tayloe -- visited the Museum with Jackie Murphy Whittaker on March 9, 2018. LeLe Hayes’s scrapbooks and other memorabilia received intense scrutiny. For old time’s sake

O’Hara & Tammy Parks brought his cousin Susan (daughter of Bud Major) & her husband to the Museum March 10, 2018 to savor scenes of her youth.

1st Sgt. Harvey Wilson III retires fromthe US Army after 26 years of service

First Sergeant Harvey Wilson III, a Kinsale native and the son of Rosemary and Harvey Wilson Jr., entered the Army on August 19, 1991 as a 16T, Patriot Missile Crew Member and completed Advanced Individual training at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Almost 26 years later, on April 7, 2017, his family and others gathered at Fort Bliss to salute him upon his retirement.

The husband of Debonair Wilson and the father of four children: Ariana, 25, Xavier, 15, Harvey IV, 11, and Caitlin, 9, he has served in Kaiserslautern, Germany; Louisiana; Kunsan, Korea; at the United States M i l i t a r y Academy in West Point, as well as in Okinawa, Japan; in Westminster Md., and elsewhere.

Wilson’s skills are varied and impressive, his education ongoing, including an Associate’s Degree from St. Thomas Aquinas. He graduated from the Business

Administration Professional Program at New Horizons Learning Center, with his certification in Project Management. Awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Army Superior Unit Award, Army Meritorious Unit Commendation, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Ribbon, Kuwait Liberation Medal, and Global War on Terrorism Medal. He is also the recipient of the Honorable Order of Saint Barbara.

Dave Pitt retires from P.O.Army veteran Dave Pitt, who served us

very kindly at Kinsale Post Office, retired from the Postal Service as of his 65th birthday on May 26, 2017.

In addition to his six years in the military, Dave, a Baltimore native, worked in the Western Electric fac-tory in Baltimore for 13 years, held various retail jobs, and has been with the US Postal Service for five years.

The father of four and grandfather of five, he lives with his wife, Jean, in Heathsville

BOARD OF DIRECTORS all phones (804) unless otherwise notedOFFICERSChair, Lois P. Spencer. 241-4637. lpspencer@yahoo.com, ‘21Vice-Chair, Fundraiser, 472-4206, cell (703) 819-6400. jal@eastwestfinancial.com, ‘18, reappoint K day)Secretary, Walter B. Norris Jr. 450-7652. penman1857@gmail.com, ‘19Treasurer, Les A. Jackson. 690-2159. lesj84@gmail.com, ‘18OTHER SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS, ALPHABETICALLYRobert Bailey, Groundskeeping. 450-2949. rmbaileyiv@gmail.com ‘21 Bruce Miller, Special Projects. 822-6880. brucemmiller@verizon.net. ‘20.Ann Lewis, Membership, Cuisine. 472-2344. ‘18 (reappoint K day)James A. Moss, Maintenance. 761-8034. jmoss@nnec.coop, ‘18 (reappoint K day)Kathleen Quick, Attention to Detail. 761-9850, 472-4183. ptsamom51@aol.com, ‘20Turner Waughtel, Landscaping, Xmas 761-0891,472-2160. tlcs.turner@gmail.com ‘20Rosemary Wilson, Angels, 761-9005;472-2723 wilsonrosemary54@yahoo.com interim 2018, formally Kinsale Day ‘22

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MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 307Kinsale, Va. 22488

LOCATED AT: 449 Kinsale Rd.Kinsale, Va. 22488

OPEN YEAR ROUNDFridays & Saturdays 10-5

or by appointment

Director Lynn Norrismuseumdirector@gmail.com.

804-472-3001 (Museum) forcalls on Fridays, Saturdays 10-5

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www.kinsalefoundation.org

KINSALE FOUNDATION/MUSEUM

Diplomat seeks Kinsale roots Timothy and Tatiana Nelson and their three brilliant children (including a beautiful little red-headed girl) visited last summer in search of their Bailey roots. They were welcomed by their cousins at the Great House. Tim is a diplomat. Tatiana is of Russian extraction.

Rosemary F. Wilson, 63, was appointed March 13, 2018, to serve the 6-month remainder of the term of Board member Flossie Barber, who has not been well. Rosemary will be appointed in September to a full four-year term. She will help collect angels with Kinsale connections for the memorial tree at Christmas.

A lifelong Kinsale resident, she is one of 15 children of Mary Johnson Fauntleroy and Wade Hampton Fauntleroy. She is the wife of 40-plus year veteran Bevans Oyster Company truckdriver Harvey Wilson Jr. They live on Sandy Point Rd. and have three sons: Robert, Harvey and Darylle, as well as seven grandchildren, ranging in age from 6 to 25.

Rosemary worked at the Coles Point cannery, then went to Levi Strauss as an inspector

and seamstress for 28 years until the Warsaw factory closed in 1999.

After earning her CNA license in 1999, she worked at Warsaw Health Care Center for seven years. She has served as a private caregiver for a number of families who will never forget her gentle, smiling ministrations. Her oldest clients were Ruby Demyen, who reached the lofty age of 100, and Inez S. Johnson, who was just 3 months and 21 days short of the century mark when she died.

A lifelong member of Zion Baptist Church, she enjoys reading, gardening, and working at her computer.

Rosemary Fauntleroy Wilsonjoins Kinsale Foundation Board

Rosemary & Harvey Wilson Jr. in 1999 after the presenta-tion of her CNA certifi-cate from Rappa-hannock Communi-ty College

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Kinsale, Va., by Brigadier General W.A. Tidwell. This appeared in four parts in the NNVHS Magazine.

Plus a xerox of a great typescript memoir by Dr. Richard Arnest. I had read this before but it was about 1,000 times more poignant this time. Funny how much difference 20 years makes, when lending attention to another soul’s timeline.Page N. Stoner givesSheraton easels

Miss Lula Parks gave a pair of Sheraton easels to Margaret Newman many years ago and she passed them to her daughter, Page. Now Page has given them to the Kinsale Foundation. We will display art on them at auctions. THANK YOU, Page! Very eye-catching!KINSALE: Thenext generation

We are hoping members of the next generation will keep stepping up to help with Kinsale activities. If you are willing to volunteer to share your special skills, please contact a board member or the museum director at museumdirector@gmail.com or 472-2013).

The sweettreat’s gone

Edna Douglas gave us the ice cream table pictured at right. Many a scoop of ice cream was enjoyed on this table at Tucker Hill. Note

the unusual triangular-seat chairs.

Thanks for the memoriesJim & Frances Williams sharesome histories

In early August, Jim and Frances Williams visited from Fredericksburg to re-establish ties to his childhood stomping grounds.

The nephew of Harry Lee Arnest Jr. and Frances Arnest, Jimmy used to work in the old store here and sail around and have fun when he and our founder Harry Lee Arnest III were kids.

They kindly brought us some books from the late Frances Arnest’s trove, including:

The Land of George Washington and Robert E. Lee (from the Westmoreland Association). This contains a piece by New York playwright Paul Kester, studded with romantic and noble figures treading this soil, from Fredericksburg on down the Northern Neck. (Your Museum Director’s great-uncle Paul Wilstach lived briefly at Mount Pleasant with Kester, while writing Potomac Landings.)

A copy in great condition of Eubank’s Guide Book of the Historic Northern Neck of Virginia.

Let’s Be Oyster Farmers, by Robert S. Bailey, Planning & Economic Development, Va. Fisheries Laboratory Educational Series, No 8, 1958

A nice xerox typescript of Virginia’s Forgotten Anchorage: Machodoc Creek and the Origins of

Henry deShields Fisher & Founding Kinsale Board member Edna Douglas at Christmas at Betsy & George Sisson’s house. Photo by Elizabeth JohnsonTake time to smell the Christmas Rose

Tappahannock Christmas aficionado Henry deShields Fisher, 88, in 2017 did not put up his two 10-foot trees full of ornaments for the first time since age 25, having decided not to risk climbing the requisite tall ladders. He shared with us pieces from three-score years and more of collecting and told us to sell them to benefit the needy. Your response generated $1,118 for two families with special needs.

The first child born to a St. Margaret’s graduate, deShields returned to Tappahannock after spending much of his life in the wider world (think New York, Paris, etc.) during an illustrious career as an actor. His tales are mesmerizing – yes, he DID dance with Elizabeth Taylor and her eyes WERE violet.

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Ann Lewis’s kids are good at hinting at how much they enjoy their favorite things, hence their gift of the sign above. Obvi-ously the rest of us agree: Ann’s crab cakes fly off the grill at Kinsale events, and she always salutes Faunce Seafood for donating clawmeat to stretch the regular.

Burton family shares treasuresThank you to the Burton family for loaning the museum a

splendid model that the late Doris “Skippy” Burton’s waterman, boat builder, and boat-model builder uncle (Carl Herbert) built of the bugeye Margaret A. Travers. [NOTE: Captain Carl Herbert labeled his model MARGARET TRAVIS.] What a vivid tale Jennings used to tell of this vessel’s demise!

Per page 46 of Robert Burgess’s Chesapeake Sailing Craft, “The round-sterned bugeye Margaret A. Travers, built by Otis S. Lloyd at Salisbury, Maryland, in 1901, was converted to power about 1935. At about 1:45 a.m. on December 16, 1952, while bound from Urbanna, Virginia, to Baltimore with 44,000 cases of canned beans, she hit a group of pilings near the mouth of the Patuxent River, Maryland, used as a target for testing planes from the nearby Naval Air Test Center. The impact knocked the pilothouse off and jammed the vessel’s rudder. The craft circled the pilothouse, to which her master, Captain Jennings Burton, and a crewman clung, four times before she sank.

The Burtons have also loaned us Jennings’s WWII Marine greatcoat and uniform; He served from 1943-46 in the Marshall Islands and at Saipan and Okinawa.

Ray Wilson provided this photo of Mrs. Dameron’s second grade class at Cople Hague Elementary taken during the school year 1965/66. According to Ray, “This was the first year that Westmoreland County Schools implemented ‘voluntary’ integration. The first and second grades were the first classes to integrate. I send this

in case the Museum wants to consider displaying it.” Andy Coates and Betsy Norris and Ray himself have identified most of the students, but two are uncertain (no last names). Can anyone help?

1st Row L-R: (1) Jane Dameron; (2) Patricia Hayes; (3) Karen Foxwell; (4) Billy Mitchell; (5) Ray Wilson; (6) Harvey Dixon; (7) Kathryn Jones; (8) Laurie Conklin. 2nd Row L-R: (1) Beverly Self; (2) Bobby Landman; (3) Corlis Newman; (4 Danny Pritchard; (5) Brent ???; (6) Patricia Ashe; (7) Michael Bowman; (8) Robert Bailey; (9) Vicki McKinney. 3rd Row L-R: (1) Mrs.Frances English Dameron; (2) Andy Coates; (3) Bryan Coates; (4) Karen Hundley (5) Betsy Norris; (6) Eva Mae ???; (7) John Co[o]mbs; (8) Barbara Fulcher

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Going for the gold: Olympic Field HockeyHold onto your hats, folks! It looks

like we’ll have a Kinsale representative in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo: champion field hockey player Mary Beth Barham, whose family has a home on Halbrook Lane near Springfield Beach.

In addition to coaching field hockey fulltime at Yale University, Mary Beth has been playing for the United States Women’s National Indoor Field Hockey Team (NIFHT) for the past couple of years.

In October, the team went undefeated, beating Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados to win the 2017 Indoor (Field Hockey) Pan American Cup Tournament in Georgetown, Guyana. Mary Beth was named to the 2017 Pan American Indoor Elite Team, which recognizes the top players in the tournament as selected by a panel of international field hockey specialists.

Winning the tournament qualified the US NIFHT for the World Cup in Berlin in February 2018: the first time a US Women’s National Indoor Team has gone to the World Cup. The World Cup is the highest level of competition for indoor field hockey teams, as this is not yet an Olympic sport.

Mary Beth’s parents were on hand in Berlin, clad in American flag-themed

shirts that caught the TV camera’s eye frequently. Mary Beth played well. The team scored four goals against the top-ranked Netherlands team but eventually fell to Namibia, to come in 10th out of 12. Being among the top 10 teams worldwide is indubitably a good showing!

The week after Mary Beth returned from Guyana, she was offered a spot on the United States Women’s National Outdoor Field Hockey Team (NOFHT), a goal she has held for many years.

Outdoor field hockey is an Olympic sport, so now the Barhams are saving up for a trip to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Mary Beth has been training and working hard to achieve a spot on the Outdoor Team. She’s tried out before and not been selected, so she was really excited to have made it this time.

She will train fulltime at the US Field Hockey Training Center in Lancaster, Pa. That meant quitting her job as a Yale Field Hockey coach and moving from New Haven Ct. to Lancaster. Lancaster is a hub for field hockey, and many of the local families “adopt” players as part of their “local family,” helping support the players. A Yale Field Hockey alumna’s family adopted her during her relocation and search for permanent housing.

Tom Barham proudly told his daughter

she already has a much more interesting résumé than he ever will. And for this brief and shining moment, she is one of the 12 best indoor players and one of the 25 best outdoor field hockey players in the United States.

It’s hard to put into words how proud her family is of Mary Beth. And she is equally proud to be representing the United States.

She was brought to tears the first time she stood for the playing of the Star-Spangled Banner at a tourney in South Africa and realized she was representing the United States and all that meant to her and the citizens of the United States.

She sings that anthem with heart, just like she plays her game.

Just Gardens 2018 is slated for Fri., May 18 and Sat., May 19. Five creative, vivid and delightful country gardens in the Kinsale and Hague area will be open to paid visitors rain or shine from 10-4 on those days to raise money for The Haven Shelter.

The gardens’ friendly, hospitable owners and locations are as follows: OJ and Phyllis Hickox, 459 Kinsale Rd., Kinsale

Ann and Linda Lewis, 74 Yeocomico Lane, Kinsale Shannon Reber, 365 Kinsale Rd., Kinsale Chuck and Mary Young Tracy, 8311 Cople Highway, Hague Turner Waughtel, 56 Holiday Lane, Drum Bay, Hague Tickets are available onsite on the day for $25. Or you may purchase your tickets in advance at a cost of $20

for individuals or $15 per person for groups of 10 or more.

Checks must reach The Haven before May 11. Make your check to The Haven (show Just Gardens on the lower lefthand memo line). Address the mailing envelope to Just Gardens, P.O. Box 1267, Warsaw, Va. 22572.

For more info call Gabrielle Allen at the Haven at 333-1099 or email her at gabrielle.allen@Havenshelter.org

Just Gardens 2018 will feature Kinsale and Hague gardens

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STUPENDOUS. OUT OF THIS WORLD. OVER THE TOP.These are just a few of the words people have used to describe Kinsale’s patriotic fireworks extravaganzas over the years.And WITH YOUR HELP our historic riverfront town’s 18th annual community Independence Weeekend Celebration on Saturday,

July 7, 2018, promises to live up to its reputation for phenomenal pyrotechnics. (The firemen will move to raindate, Sun., July 8 if we have rain or a gale of wind at Fireworks time.)

NOTE: Future fireworks displays will also take place on a July Saturday close to the 4th. Sponsored by Cople District VFD, the Kinsale Foundation & Community Donors, the evening will be crammed with family fun.

5 pm on Cople District VFD will be selling delicious picnic fare in the park. Vendors, family fun and games5:15 pm Bike procession circles the block, starting from Up the Creek sign at Skirts Unlimited. Finishes in the park. Games for kids. 5:30-9 pm Live Music from two groups, singing alternately: Sharon Mann and The 11-21 Club.And then… what you’ve all been waiting all year to see: Watch fireworks from Kinsale Bridge starting at 9:15 p.m.Park on the Plainview side of the bridge and walk across, or in town near the fire department, behind the Gray Barn, and beside

Kinsale Museum. The Bridge will be closed from about 8:45-9:45 p.m. to all traffic except slip-holders of Kinsale Harbour.

-- YES! I WANT TO HELP. Here’s my Fireworks Donation --(Separate check payable to KINSALE FOUNDATION, clearly marked “FIREWORKS” on memo line)

Mail your check by June 1 if possible to P.O. Box 307, Kinsale, VA. 22488, or drop it by the Museum Fridays & Saturdays, 10-5.INFO: Lynn Norris before June 10: 804-472-2013 or Assistant Fire Chief Todd Padgett at 804-450-6221 or 804-238-8112

Name________________________________________ Phone ________________________Address ____________________________________________________________________

In honor or memory of (where applicable) __________________________________

ALL Y’ALL COME

ON DOWN

TOTHE

RIVAH!

URGENT... We need EVERYBODY to donate

to this community gathering. Maybe you’d like to donate in honor

or memory of a friend or loved one?

Each year, the same amount of fireworks costs MORE. But you

ALWAYS step up to the plate. Please give whatever you can to help pay 2018’s bills, including 3

pyrotechnicians’ trainingAs Kinsale Foundation is a

501(3)c tax-exempt organization, your gift is tax-deductible.

PLEASE NOTE:This is a community event.

So it is “Independent”from other

Kinsale Foundation orCople District VFD

fund-raisers and projects.Lynn E. Norris

Kinsale Museum DirectorFor Kinsale Independence

Weekend Celebration Committee

Help fund Kinsale fireworks: Salute America’s Independence

SET THE SKY ABLAZE July 7, 2018!

Patriots lead the way to the annual fireworks event

Focus on Kinsale’s role in historyand the support of democracy.

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Casey Erin Kevit and her brother at a similar ageDarling Casey Erin Kevit, born March 25, 2017, 6 lbs., 10.5 oz., 19 inches, was welcomed home by her parents, Zack and Trish Kevit, and big brother, William Brady Kevit, who did not make these pages as a baby so he wanted to be in here at age 2 months to show how much they look alike at the same

age. Grandparents are Dru and Bill Kevit of Plainview.

Cheyanne KingCheyanne King, daughter of Tiffany Stanley and Jonathan King, was born April 10, 2017, weighing 6 lbs. 13 oz. She attended the 2017 Kinsale Easter Egg Hunt at age 5 days – possibly the youngest ever!

Everly Lucille Birdsall in the arms of Brother LucaEverly Lucille Birdsall was born Sept. 14, 2017 at 6:09 a.m. Her parents, Matt and Amanda, and big brother Luca are head over heels in love with this lovely little lady of Hague!

“Trace” MossJames Alexander “Trace” Moss lll, great-grandson of Shirley Harper, grandson of Jimmy and Terry Moss, and son of Alex and Kat Moss, was born Oct 16, 2016. He loves his toychest which Shirley won for him in the drawing for the Christmas in Kinsale 2016 raffle.

Madelyn Rose MatousekMadelyn Rose Matousek was born Jan. 23, 2018, weighing 7.1 lbs., to Rori Sullivan Matousek & Michael Matousek of Fox Point, WI. She was welcomed home by her proud big brother, Caeden Sullivan Matousek. Her grandparents with Kinsale connections are Linda (King) Sullivan & the late Mark Sullivan (passed 2009) and great-grandfather Lloyd Rosser King.

Mason Carter ButlerMason Carter Butler, the son of Kinsale Fire Chief JB Butler and Karen Jenkins Butler, was born prematurely on Oct. 27, 2017, weighing 1 lb., 10 oz. This little fighter was home from the intensive care unit and flourishing before his originally predicted birthday.

Owen Flynn MakemOwen Flynn Makem was born Feb. 17, 2017. Continuing to play on the 7’s & the 2’s, he weighed 7 lbs. 2 oz. & was 20 inches long. He was not, however, born in a snowstorm like his mama, who was also married in one! His parents are Colleen & Tommy Makem of Emmaus, Pa. His maternal grandparents are Robbie & Tom Flynn of Macungie, Pa. & Kinsale; paternal grandparents are Tom and Teddy Makem.

Let us nurture this flock lovingly, that they may happily thrive

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Best wishes to these charming new chicks

Owen Scott RobertsAnnie and Tyler Roberts of Kinsale are proud to announce the birth of their second child, a son, Owen Scott Roberts. Born Sept. 30, 2017, at Bon Secour Memorial Regional Medical Center at 7:26 p.m., Owen weighed 7 lbs .5 oz. and was 20 inches long. Proud grandparents are William and Connie Hutt of Kinsale.

Parker McNeal ConradLiz & H.T. Headley’s grandson (Betty Bailey’s great-grandson) Parker McNeal Conrad weighed 8 lbs. 15 oz. when he joined his parents, Beth and Sam Conrad, and his older brother, Mason Maddox Conrad, in this world. The McNeal is after Parker’s great, great-grandmother in Reedville, whose family owned two fish factories.

Rhys McKendree SicholRhys McKendree Sichol, the son of Sarah and Austin Sichol, arrived Friday, Feb. 23 at 8:47 a.m., weighing 8 lbs. 9.9 oz. and measuring 20.5” in length. Proud grandparents are Nancy and Rhys Weakley of Montross; Jane and Jack McKendree Sichol of Sandy Point; and Pat and Al Henderson of Wicomico Church.

Simon Albert BangserSimon Albert Bangser was born Friday, August 10, 2017. He weighed in at 6 lbs. 11 oz. and measured 20 inches in length. He is the son of Abby Lawler Bangser and Matt Bangser. His over-the-moon maternal grandparents are Joni and John Lawler of Kinsale.

“Summie” SebrenKisa and Bill Sebren of Kinsale proudly announced the arrival of happy, healthy young Summerville “Summie” Brushwood Sebren, who was born at home on July 16, 2017, at 3:09 a.m. Summie weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. and was 22” long at birth. He joins his proud big brother, Gilliam, who refers to him as “his baby.” Grandparents are Thomas and Phyllis O’Brien of Irvington, the late Randy Brown of Tappahannock, and Herb Sebren of Tappahannock.

Winston Fitzgerald SchulerWinston Fitzgerald Schuler

was born weighing 8 lbs. 7 oz. on March 27, 2017 to Dominic and Caitlin Schuler, of Geneva,

Switzerland. His grandparents are Jan and Hal Schuler of Kinsale.

He is pictured here with his Papa.

Clothing desCription

The clothes had been kept in a trunk by Frieda’s mother, Leah E. Headley, ever since their maker -- Leah’s mother (Nannie) -- died, when Leah was 13. A note on a white Thalhimers box in Leah’s handwriting says simply, “Some of Mamma’s Clothes. I laundered them July 11, 1979. The day Sky Lab came back to Earth. Leah E. Headley.”

Nannie was certainly talented with her needle! There are two dressy dresses. One is brown velvet with a lace inset and jacket. The other, a black silk, has an underskirt with an elaborately pleated hem. There is also a blue and white checked dress with inset white accents and two cotton house dresses, as well as a nightgown and a pair of handmade undergarments.

The box of beautifully hand-stitched garments reached Kinsale April 21, 2017, coming all the way from Macon, Ga. with a note from Frieda. “We are anxious for these things to be kept well and enjoyed. Young people can learn about how our ancestors lived by seeing some of their clothing.”

The clothing is being stored in a cedar chest and is available for viewing on special occasions or by request of visitors. Contact info for Frieda: phone 478-972-0414. 1055 Saint Andrews Rd., Macon, Ga. 31210. friedabyrd@cox.net

Family BaCkground

Born here in Kinsale, Nannie was the daughter of William Arthur Parks and his first wife, Louise Bailey Reed Parks. Louise died when Nannie was three years old. Nannie had one full sibling, an older brother, Thomas Parks, 1866-1883.

Capt. Benjamin Franklin

From page oneHeirlooms

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Salute loved ones with bricksYou can always walk with your dear ones when their names are on

bricks in the sidewalk surrounding our little Gazebo: honoring family and friends.

We have been holding orders for bricks for the memory walkway around the gazebo because we need a certain number to get free shipping. So NOW is the time to jump on the brick hod.

To create a brick for a special person or memory, come by the Museum and ask for a form. Or email museumdirector@gmail.com or call 804-472-2013.

Or, design a three-line message, each line at the very most 18 characters – including spaces and punctuation marks. (We used to say 15 characters, but now we can do at the MOST 18).

It is $50 per brick. (Make checks to Kinsale Foundation, include your phone number, email & snail mail. and mail to P.O. Box 307, Kinsale, Va. 22488). I will help you if you need help to do yours up.

Brick messages were compressed into a single line for the description below. Bricks are sandblasted; all capital letters are used, although I used lower case below in the interest of saving space.Bricks from spring 2017 through spring 2018.Margaret Withers: In memory of Ed and Mary ThomasC. Scott McMullan: (1) Celebrating the life and light of “Grandmere.” (2) The Pink House: O.T. and Frances Moon and Claire. The Holliday Girls: (1) In honor of the Thrifts: Jerry & Katharine. (2) In honor of the Allisons: Bill and Ann. (3) In honor of Bill Corley, COL (RET) Aviator. (4) In honor of Liz Corley by Holliday Girls.Ellen English for Rosa’s family: Rosa Starke-Walker-English-Lewis. Love, Her Family.Catherine, James & Aurelio Conley: (1) Stephen Lee 1916-2005, Eliza Lee 1920-2009. In loving memory. (2) The Lee Family: Calvin, Frank, Mary, and Carolyn. (3) Famous Well Driller Frank A. Lee and Wife Mary Julia Lee.

Ed Carter: (1) Kitty Cat Garfield. He gave me his all. Ed Carter 9/15/17. (2) He opened my heart to cats, and he was The Museum Cat, too!Edna Douglas: (1) Robbins Douglas: ‘Uncle Rara” 1928-2017. (2) Robert A. Harris III, June 22, 1934-Oct. 8, 2017.Ray Daly: Joseph Shawn Daly 5/18/63-9/26/17. Absent from the body. Present with the Lord.Steve Walker: (1) In honor of Reverend Ellen White. (2) In honor of Helen and Bill King (3) In honor of Rev. Catherine and Robert SwannTara Delaney: Laughing radiantly, Cathy Latane lights our hearts with loveCyndi Cummings: In loving memory of Betty Jo Brown: Wife, Mom, Grandma.Jeannie Donovan: Gene Donovan Jo.11:25. Sharer of Light. Mentor to Many.

Jimmy Mathews painted the Gazebo last spring, courtesy of Chet Williamson of Eagle River Construction. Readers may remember that Chet (a lifetime member) also gave the flagpole you see in the background, and did much of the Gazebo construction work. He also personally places or sends a representative to place the memorial bricks in the walkway.

On June 12, 2017, Kinsale Post Office celebrated its 225th birthday. Below is a list of Kinsale Postmasters and the dates on which they were appointed, from the Postal Service.

Thomas Collins, June 12, 1792; William Richardson, September 26, 1792; Christopher Collins, April 17, 1793; Benjamin Grayson Orr, January 16, 1794; James A. Thompson, February 1, 1796; William Forbes, October 31, 1798; John S. Tapscott, October 1, 1809; George Whitelock, c. January 1, 1812; John Burke, May 12, 1814.

John Bailey, May 7, 1816; David B. Taylor. July 28, 1825; Robert S. Bailey, May 1, 1844; David B. Taylor, August 12, 1845; Samuel M. Lyell, January 13, 1846; David B. Taylor, August 26, 1846; John H. Sanford, February 28, 1850.

John P. Bailey, March 29, 1852; Seth F. Livingston, October 4, 1854; James W. English, December 23, 1856; Alban L. Hardwick, September 16, 1865; Discontinued May 13,

1875, Re-established May 25, 1875; Alban L. Hardwick, May 25, 1875; George Vansant, August 10, 1885.

Benjamin A. English, July 12, 1889; George Vansant, July 14, 1893; Francis M. Thrift, August 20, 1894; Vincent B. Hardwick, November 18, 1897; Charles C. Thrift, October 28, 1913; Mrs. Rosa L. Thrift, Acting Postmaster, February 1, 1940, then appointed postmaster September 7, 1940.

John Holly Norris Jr, Acting Postmaster January 31, 1955, then appointed postmaster April 16, 1956; Edna S. Douglas, Officer-in-Charge, December 1, 1977; John W. Mosley Jr., Officer-in-Charge, April 7, 1978; Mrs. Betty N. King, July 15, 1978; Diane M. Brann, Officer-in-Charge, May 30, 2001, then appointed postmaster November 17, 2001. (Brann’s name changed to N. Diane M. Brann on October 20, 2005; James M. Armistead, May 17, 2014.

Dwight W. Sorboen, October 4, 2014.

On its 225th birthday, Kinsale Post Office saluted Postmasters from a bygone day

2017 Kinsale Postal Crew, (including Hague carriers who work out of Kinsale PO). FRONT

ROW, l-r: PTF (Clerk) JaCarra Santos-Cox, Rural Carrier Associate (RCA) Christen Haley,

Hague Carrier Clay Lewis, Hague Auxiliary Route RCA Megan Hale, Postmaster Dwight

Sorboen, & Kinsale Carrier Robert Bailey. UP TOP: PTF Julianna Cruz & RCA Randy Bowen

(inset from additional shots).Photo & info from Postmaster Dwight Sorboen

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Generosity brings the holidays to life

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by Kinsale Museum Director Lynn E. NorrisChristmas comes many times a year to Kinsale, as we prepare to share

what we have been blessed with with our less fortunate friends. Year-round, Good Shepherds are finding items for the Christmas auction in attics and clos-ets, knitting, crocheting and quilting, clipping out great recipes and planning their creations for the cookie sale!

Next thing you know, it will be Dec. 1, 2018, the first Saturday of Decem-ber when we always celebrate Christmas in Kinsale.

WANTED: CHRISTMAS BAZAAR VENDORS: Your presence at Christmas in Kinsale helps in many ways. Folks buy nice Christmas presents made by you! Your contributions to the Christmas auction add to the mon-etary contributions Kinsale channels to local food banks, needy children and senior citizens, as well as to the Haven, and WRAR Christmas wishes. To sign up, contact Charlie & Anne Speeckaert, 472-9563, kinsale2@va.metrocast.net

Also, remember to let us know at museumdirector@gmail.com if someone with a Kinsale connection has died and should be added to our list of Christ-mas Angels.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON DEC. 1, 2018 Starting at 10 a.m.:Christmas Bazaar in the lefthand bay of the Firehouse and the Park.Live auction in Kinsale Museum.Starting at noon: Cookies galore for sale in the old Ice Cream Parlor. Contact Ann Lewis

at 472-2344 to promise your 3-dozen plus cookies for this fund-raiser. Or 5 dozen. Or 10 dozen!! Feel free to start baking right this MINUTE and freeze your cookies in plastic freezer bags. The more the better. All too often, we run out and sadly, some folks go away empty-handed and disappointed.

Live music from two groups: Sharon Mann and The 11-21 Club.Games for kids in the Kids Zone, righthand bay of the firehouse.Wine tastings from Vault Field Vineyards.Great food in the park (roasted, stewed & fried oysters).Starting a little later: 1-3 p.m.: Free horsedrawn carriage rides from the very elegant equipage

of Hundleys Carriages. NOTE: we hoping to find generous sponsors to help with this again in 2018.

1:15-3:15: Santa at the Gray Barn.3:30: Parade3:45: Bike give-away4:00: Memorial Tree lighting. List Kinsale-linked Christmas angels (who

have died since last December) with Rosemary Wilson at 472-2723 or Lynn Norris at 472-2013.

4:15 Decorations contest awardsTOYBOX RAFFLE TICKETS will be available 2/$5 at the Mu-

seum, from firemen, at Barbara’s Health Nut, & Mosaic Consignments.

FLASHBACK TO DEC. 2, 2017

Kinsale holiday spirits soaredChristmas is for Caring and Sharing, as the Cople Problemsolvers’

Parade signs proclaimed during Christmas in Kinsale on Sat., Dec. 2, 2017. And you are TRULY the angels of the season, dear souls. Because of you, the event grossed $11,292.04; after minimal expenses, Christmas in Kinsale paid out $9369.63 to charities and our less fortunate neighbors.

Wasn’t the weather perfect? We shared the day with events in Montross,

Heathsville, Warsaw and elsewhere, but I bet they didn’t have HALF the fun we did in Kinsale!

Certainly, Ann Lewis’s crab cakes and the oysters every-which-way were delicious (kind donation, Bevans Oyster; great steaming, Ebenezer Men; perfect patting and frying, courtesy the Sydnors and CDVFD; mmmmmm good, Chuck Robinson’s stew!)

We were so sorry that Rev. Paul Jones was unable to attend because he was hospitalized! OJ Hickox prayed in his stead for our very special day’s power to unify our community and our nation, as the memorial tree lit up… commemorating angels with ties to Kinsale who have died since last year. See list below.

Terrifically heart-warming music throughout the day was presented in the firemen’s classically beautiful, freshly completed bandstand by the 11:21 Club and Sharon Mann. And while Ricky “Yes, There IS a Ghost in the MUSIC” Wilkins was singing in the Gazebo, we could surely tell the spirits of the departed were there to soar with him through ‘O Holy Night!’

Mr. Brown the Horse gallantly carried scores of enthralled riders in his carriage, rising above his nervousness at the firetrucks moving about. And his horse whisperers (the Kuhns, the Witherses, Patricia Neff, and Vicky Shaw) and coachpersons (Hundley Carriages’ Robert and Erin Hundley and Almeda Hundley McKenney) were very good at their tasks, too!

COOKIES TO DIE FORYour heavenly confections containing the most marvelous ingredients

-- cranberries, peppermint, pumpkin, orange, lemon, chocolate, coconut, butterscotch, coconut and MUCH MORE -- plus 19 pounds of magnificent fudge, kept the crowd as sweet as any Sugar Plum Fairy could ever have hoped! The Cookie Ladies arranged them splendidly and we did NOT run out!!! Our bakers (including CERTAIN artists who concocted 20-plus dozen each) may never recover, but the rest of us surely did savor the moment.

My math has never been perfect, but calculations seem to indicate that more than 425 dozen cookies, bars, and cunningly decorated gingerbread cookies in the shapes of stars, crabs, dogs, people, etc. were involved. It takes a lot to spark my husband to rave, but he has been doing that very thing ever since the day.

SANTA AND THE KIDSDearest Santa (not long out of a hospital bed himself) and elves

Kathleen and Dawn welcomed a steady flow of darling wee sprites at The Gray Barn. Thanks to Sharon Beninghove for accommodating the Jolly Old Elf in her shop!

Definitely, there were more kids than usual: 33 boys and 41 girls signed up for the Fire Department’s bicycle giveaway and made Christmas cards which were MUCH appreciated by the senior citizens who received them at Farnham Manor. Bike winners were Kara Padgett, Eli Stewart, Laila Mackey and Brayden Butler, son of JB and Karen.

Four-score listeners greatly enjoyed Aimee Dillon’s vivid storytelling and Cople Problemsolvers Kids Zone was packed. The parade featured many marching youngsters, amply bedaubed and bedizened with face paint and other Christmas tattoos.

So many darling little ones present! William and Connie Hutt brought FOUR grandchildren, ages 3, 2, 1 and 9 weeks. Of course, daughter Annie and son Drew have two each… it is not one mother having all four!

AWESOME AUCTIONThanks so much for your generous donations of auction items. A

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Glowing love for those who have gone onFrom page seventeen

grateful salute to EVERYONE for your warm-hearted bidding ($2,720)Almeda McKenney’s Gazebo Gingerbread House was BEYOND

architecturally perfect. She went to SO MUCH TROUBLE to construct this exquisite creation: all the way to the crossbeams supporting the roof and a horsedrawn carriage to accompany the scene! Also, a very special hats-off to Donna Lloyd-Jones’s long-infused brandied apricot fruitcake.

Auction mentors Gail and John Sigler and Bruce Miller and Rita Katzman were such a help!

TOYBOXShiver me timbers! Todd Ransone’s toychest made from the wood of

the departed Chriscraft Chickadee was the snazziest ever, I think. Yes, those are childproof hinges. 354 tickets sold altogether.

SENIOR GIFTS: You really outdid yourselves. We sent up heaps of your gifts to Social Services: towels, warm blankets, pretty jewelry, candy, knickknacks, gloves, hats, scarves, mufflers, caps, toiletries, etc. And some to Ebenezer’s foodbank too.

great deCoratingDecorations prizes were awarded as follows by the very impressed

judges who checked out much of the nearby countryside. Grand Prize: 89 Yeocomico Lane, Bob & Barb Cole. They received

two NY Strip Steak dinners at Angelo’s and after winning first place for many if not all of the past 12 years have now unselfishly removed themselves and their regal reindeer, etc. from future judging. “Our goal was to encourage others to decorate and they are now doing so nobly,” the couple noted. (Sadly, Bob passed away on Christmas Eve.)

Best Contribution to Kinsale’s Christmas Spirit: Buzz Taylor’s Christmas Tree on the point of land across from the Bridge is SUCH a sight to see every time you drive or walk across the creek. He will get to pick his favorite book from the Museum gift shop.

Traditional: William & Connie Hutt of 75 Brook Rd. won a map of the Northern Neck by Ann Sader. Drew & Maria Hutt (first house on the right on Shingle Hill Road) took home a $25 gift certificate from Callao Supermarket. Garda Bartlett and Kathleen & Michael Quick received the first of four Citgo gift cards from Frederick Northup Oil Co./ Kinsale Handy Store

Creative décor: Sue & Danny Dungan of 86 Pier Place received a $50 gift certificate from the Kinsale Museum gift shop, donated by anonymous friends of Kinsale. Rudy & Jan Pekarek of Yeocomico Lane (sleigh and oyster tree by Firehouse) received one of the last available maps by Emily Whaley of Westmoreland County. Donald & Lynn King (2nd house on the left, Yeocomico Lane) 2nd Citgo card from Handy Store.

Sparkle: Shirley Harper & Chuck Robinson, 1253 Bancton Rd. will enjoy 2 pounds of spiced shrimp from the Sichols of Jack Rabbit Express. Tommy & Joyce Moss of Yeocomico Lane. 3rd Citgo card from Handy Store. Scottie Moss & Debbie Beach of Kinsale Rd. 4th Citgo card.

Honorable mention: Helen & Tim Hinson of 105 Yeocomico Lane were runners-up in the Traditional category. Anne & Charlie Speeckaert of 35 Yeocomico Lane and Leroy & Katherine Smith of Great House Rd. were commended for their Creativity. And Steve Walker & Paul Ventura of Cat Nap Lane and Tommy & Kathy Lewis of Bank St. are definitely boosting our town’s Sparkle.

MEMORIAL TREEThe 83 angels on the 2017 memorial tree in alphabetical order were:General Jack Albert; Dorothy Ball; John P. Beale; Wesley Berry;

Virginia Bibbens; Seth Biemiller; Marilyn Scott Booker; Dennis Brooks; Otis Brown; Carrington Campbell; *Garfield (Eddie Carter’s cat); Beverly Bailey Chinnis; Virginia Harris Clapp; David Yarbro Cooke; Melinge Jackson Coryell; Robert W. Crown; Joseph Shawn Daly; Dolores Marie Sanford Day; Gene Dee Donovan; Luther Robbins Douglas; Pat Dull; *Max (The Dungans’ dog); Theresa Bushey Duprey; Pinckney Eve; Virginia Fauntleroy; George Clemon Freeman; Mary Ellen Harris Greenhill; Dr. Lloyd T. Griffith; Mary Virginia Minor Gillions; Donald Hackett; Garland Hackett; John Harrington

And Robert A. Harris III; Alzerine Swann Headley; *Bailey (The Headleys’ dog); James Joseph Heston; Barbara Howard; Lewis Jones; Tina Paul Jones; Anne Kellum; Johnny Kelly; Marjorie Keranen; William John Kevit; Helen A. King; Herbert King; Troy Lee; Wallace Lemons; Rosa Walker English Lewis; Thomas Collins Mahan; Marie Marsden; Robert H. Marston; Dr. William M. McCarty; Earl Grafton Miller; William Francis Minor; Virginia Mae Mozingo; Barbara Coates Owens; Patricia Pinkard Parr; Robert W. Phillips; Andy Polk; Dick Reber; Mary Ann Rice.

And Hester Sydnor Sanford, Mildred Marks Sanford; Rachel Schrote; Donald R. Shinn; Jones Smith; Carol Smith; Carter Smith; *Asia (The Speeckaerts’ dog); *Mosey (the Taylors’ dog); Mary K. Thomas; Thomas Edison Thrift; Randall Thompson; Coach Billy Walker; Patricia Pate Warmbier; Buck Williams; Mary Williams; Mike Wilson; Esther Winebarger; Ruth Davis Winston; and David “Penguin” Wright.

HORSE SPONSORS: These kind folks helped fund the horse and carriage: Betty Bailey, Shirley Bevans, John & Joni Lawler, Mary-Ball Massey, John & Lynn Morris, Bob Sexton, Mary Lou Stevenson, Marie Stone, Ann Bush Puyana, Tom Rice, Betty van Fossen, and Steve Walker & Paul Ventura.

LIGHTSLights were donated in memory of the departed and in honor (denoted

by an asterisk) of living family and friends.Betty Bailey: Frank Bailey Sr., Frank Bailey Jr., John Beale, Virginia

Harris, Robert Harris III, Rosa Walker English Lewis and Robbins Douglas. *Emily Smith, *Martha Welch, *Helen Hinson.

Hope Barnes: Dorothy M. Ball. *Carol Smith.Garda Bartlett and Kathleen & Michael Quick: Thomas Morgan

Bartlett, Harry Lee Arnest Jr., George Peter, “Coach” Jim Stroup, “Nita” Schroder Billings, “Walt” Usher, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Schram, LeRoy Roever, Fred J. Ramsey III, Bill Gray, Oral Glenn Snyder, Mildred May Snyder, Glen Robert Cartwright, Donna Lee Cartwright, Walter Monroe Cartwright, Hazel Lillian Bartlett, Alfred Nelson Quick, Maude Mueller Quick, Marvin Nelson Quick, Shannon Marie Quick, Tootie Bug Quick, “Bill” Taylor, “Jim” Wakefield, “Jim” Franklin, Frances Lee Zellweger, Floyd M. Yoder, Ruth Bartlett Yoder, Wanda Lee Oats, Roy Billings, Rita Chinn, Mary Fauntleroy, John Quick, Charlene Nitczinski, Virginia “Gin” Harris, Elizabeth Coleman, Helen King, Mosey Taylor, “Bob” Harris III, Andy Polk

Kenny Beauchamp: Roland L. King, Lorraine W. King, Julian W. Reynolds Sr., Rita C. Reynolds.

Linda Fauntleroy Coleman: Sherman Fauntleroy, Hampton Fauntleroy.

Carolyn, James & Aurelio Conley: Calvin S. Lee, Mary Lee Fulcher, Carolyn M. Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lee.

Cindy Daiger: Geraldine Headley Evans. *W. Carroll EvansContinued on page nineteen

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Berthelle Denton: Stephen J. Denton. *Jennifer Simms.

Rob & Barb Dickman: Men and women who have given their lives serving our country.

Mary Dobbs: Mr. and Mrs. R.B. Turner, Michael Dobbs, Miss Fannie Weymouth, Dr. S.E. Weymouth. *Les Dobbs, *Mr. and Mrs. Chip Petty, *Will and Charlie Petty

Kay Minor Duprey: David Cooke, Robert Crown, Theresa Duprey, Robbins Douglas, Mary Gillions, Francis Minor.

Carroll Evans: Geraldine EvansFairview Farms: John Beale, Seth

Biemiller, Robbins Douglas, Dr. Lloyd Griffith, Mary Gillions, James Heston, Francis Minor, Theresa Duprey.

Robert Harris IV: Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Harris III

Helen Hinson: Annaliese Anthony. *Westmoreland County Rescue Squad

William & Connie Hutt & family: IN MEMORY OF: HAYES: Betty Mae Moss, Earl D. Jr., Trish, Cornelia Clark, Earl D. Sr., Corp. Harry G. MOSS: Harry Sr., Annie Evans, Susan Moss Tayloe. LeRoy & Gloria Clarke. HUTT: Edwin “Veolo” Sr., Ann Lynch, “Edwin” Veolo Hutt Jr. George Daiger. *IN HONOR OF: Tommy & Joyce Moss, Jimmy & Terry Moss, Shirley Hatch Harper.

John & Joni Lawler: Bob & Gin Harris, Rachael Schrote. *Lynn Norris, *Bill & Candy Carden.

Linda & Clay Lewis: Carolyn Lewis Martin, Thomas O. Lewis, Betty B. Lewis, Paul Lewis, Jack Garner. *Ann Lewis, *Linda Sullivan.

Rob & Karen Marston: Robert H. MarstonDebbie Messick: Pam Messick. *George

English, *Earline English, *Marie Stone, *Loren LaPorte, *Kara Messick.

Byrd & Mary Sue Newton: Lewis W. English, Sue G. English, Lewis C. Douglas, Dot Douglas, George Douglas, Inez D. Belden, Lillian H. Newton, William H. Courtney. *Doris C. Courtney, *Brady Newton, *Edward Laux, *Mary Witt Laux.

Lynn Norris: The astoundingly loving and exceedingly generous citizens of our Kinsale community network, who work together to create miracle after miracle.

Virginia Harris Peale: Mr. & Mrs. Robert

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Giving noted

Maisley Thompson, age 6 months, was in perfect harmony with Santa (not even to

mention color coordinated! as they consulted at Gray Barn Antiques during Christmas in

Kinsale festivities.

A. Harris IIIAnn Bush Puyana: Helen Bush, Bill Bush.Tom Rice: Judy P. Norris, John Holly

Norris.Bobby & Stephanie Sanford: J.G. Ross

Shackelford, Aunt Lee Sanford, Mildred Marks Sanford, Opal Moran Dyke.

SILCO: David “Penguin” Wright and other family and friends.

Jackie & Stephanie Smith: HAYES: Trish, Betty Mae, Earl D. Sr., Earl D. Jr., Cornelia Clarke. MOSS: Harry C. & Annie Evans. Dorothy Redfearn.

Dottie Stiff: Lacy Stiff, Kathryn Sadler Sydnor, Henry Curtis, Todd Cregger. *The Tony Stiff family

Mary Lou Stevenson: Family and friendsMarie Stone: Billy “D”, Irene Dameron,

Ruth Stone. *Earline English.Billy & John Sydnor: Hester Sydnor

Sanford, Bob PhillipsRosemary Wilson: Mary E. Fauntleroy,

Wade H. FauntleroyBetty van Fossen: Tina Jones, Douglas

Connellee van Fossen. *Lydia Miller & *Kramer, *Peggy Sanford.

Steve Walker & Paul Ventura: Edwina Walker, Thaddeus Walker and Al Ventura.

Lucille Wilson: Martha and Harry Williams, Lucy Jones, and WILSON: John E. Wilson Jr., Sarah&Winnie

Al & Margaret Withers: Ed Thomas, Mary Thomas.

Ray & Noel Yancey: Family and friends

BJ Walker Jr., a line superintendent at Northern Neck Electric Cooperative, bought

the winning ticket on Todd Ransone’s beautiful chest made of mahogany from the

vintage Chriscraft Chickadee. It went to Hadley Bumgarner, 3, the daughter of BJ’s daughter Brittany and her husband Tyler.

Now sing we all Noel...Didn’t the new bandstand look elegant at

Christmas in Kinsale? The firemen are still going to put some wind-shielding protection

on it, as well as electrifying it. Thanks to Sonny Thompson for his donation of the

trailer and William Hutt for his gift of the tires. And please, make sure to compliment

firemen Robert Bailey, Donald King, JB Butler, Calvin Lee and Tommy Lewis

and others for all their hard work on this project. It makes it so much nicer for our generous songsters Sharon Mann and The 11:21 Club; both donate their talents free.

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Warm welcome to our new neighborsGruberMatt & Summer Gruber of 3142 Skipjack Rd., Sandy Point (2180 Owensville Rd., Charlottesville, Va. 22901) were new as of August 4, 2017. (summergruber@gmail.com)At Upper Sandy Point

Lynda & Ronald Tweel (303 Ednam Dr., Charlottesville, Va. 22903) own 1633 Spences Point Rd., Sandy Point as of Jan. 4, 2017. Donna & Wally Nunley were new at Upper Sandy Point as of summer 2017.Ravinskas

John Ravinskas, 60, (retired from the Arlington County Police Department) and his wife Vikki, (a law firm office manager who not only loves history, but also is very handy with home reconfiguration) are the new owners of Jennings and Skippy Burton’s house at 384 Plainview Road as of September 29, 2017 They have two sons and four grandkids: two boys and two girls.

John enjoys hunting, fishing, and golf. When he came into the Museum last August, it was only his third visit to Kinsale, and he was already under the spell of this very specialplace. Vikki was soon to be seen painting doors a stunning shade of blue. johnravinskas@gmail.com and vikkiravinskas@gmail.com (703)795-0246

Coincidentally, another Plainview Rd. resident, Bill Kevit, is, like the Ravinskases, of Lithuanian extraction.Walker, Ventura

Steve Walker & Paul Ventura bought Barbara Turpin’s former house located at 78 Great House Rd. near the Masonic Lodge as of November 2017. Several years ago, they owned Dr. Hiner’s old house on Kinsale Rd., where Scottie Moss now lives. Cell 540-220-0826 (yeocomshan@yahoo.com )Coggin family Lucy Coggin (daughter of author John Dos Passos) and her husband Rod (son of longtime Northern Neck News editor R. Marshall Coggin) are living here fulltime at her late parents’ home. Bevanses now own Federal Hill

Shirley & Ronnie Bevans are the owners of Federal Hill, located at 1181 Kinsale Rd. as of Sept. 14, 2017.

As a girl, Shirley used to look across

the road at Federal Hill from her childhood home. She has really enjoyed uncovering the layers of history at the house.

For purposes of restoration, she is very interested in any photos (interior or exterior) that anyone may have of this wonderful old landmark in bygone days, no matter what the condition of the house at the time. You can send a scan to museumdirector@gmail.com, as we’d also like to have it for the Museum, and I will get it to them. Or I can scan pix for you.Another historic home changed handsThe Jeffries Place

Next-door neighbor Harriet Williams has obtained the old Jeffries Place (31.5 acres) at 1767 Kinsale Rd., across from Potomac Supply, from Jan Hamilton; the deed was recorded Feb. 15, 2018. Portions of the house (including the massive chimneys) date to the mid-18th century.

This purchase is good news for all concerned. Jan wanted to move closer to her children. And Harriet loves historic homes, secrets buried beneath the ivy, and the land and waters of this area. She is widely acclaimed as a source for crabs and oysters; as such, her phone number is frequently requested (804-450-6157). Her email is hamptonhallseafood@gmail.comHerriges and Martin

John Herriges bought the Crosses’ home, 377 Plainview Rd., Valentine’s Day 2017 -- ostensibly for his lady Barbara Martin, but really because he likes to fish. It is always fun to see him because he is FULL of enthusiasm for life and looks like Michael Kitchen of Foyle’s War. You can reach him at johnherriges@yahoo.com. Cornell

The new residents of 349 Heston Way, Pretty Point, (former home of Rusty and Pat Starford) are Rodger and Eileen Cornell. Rodger was born in New York (Manhattan), and raised in Cedar Grove, NJ. A graduate of Seton Hall University with a degree in Economics, he reads historical fiction (among other things!) Eileen was born in Newark, NJ and raised

in Verona, NJ.; she graduated from William Paterson University and taught English as a second language. For 37 years, they operated the Pump House Restaurant in Hackettstown NJ. and lived in an 18th-century farmhouse until they retired and came to Virginia. The Pumphouse was the longest surviving restaurant (out of 89 total) w/ the same owners in a town w/ a population of 10,000. Contact: 908-419-3586. eileenmcornell@gmail, rkcornell77@gmail Daughter Alicia, who attended Mary Washington, resides with her husband and four sons in Fredericksburg, Daisy, is a NICU nurse at Virginia Medical Center, and also lives in Fredericksburg. Rodger is a mechanical engineer working for the U.S. Army, and attending Columbia University in New York where he is in the doctorate program for engineering. Trevor, the youngest, attended the University of Richmond, where he received his B.S. in economics; he is currently in DC. Priscilla Ord

Independent scholar “Pris” Ord of Glebe Rd. near Lottsburg came to the Museum for ideas about auction donations and was delighted to join the Foundation. We talked about her travels, family and local history. The retired Longwood children’s lit prof has a mind full of fascinating data and a house full of books. Contact info: 804-529-5060 pannord63@gmail.com

She’s working on an article about names of clothing derived from place names. “The names for various fabrics developed,” Ord writes, “from their cities or region of origin, many of which may be found in India, the Middle East, and Asia. Consider cloth from Calicut, India; Gaza, Palestine; and Shandong, China, where calico, gauze, and shantung, respectively, were originally produced. Likewise, specific articles of clothing [take] their names from such places as Ascot, England, Balaclava, the Crimea, and Tuxedo Park, NY, where they first appeared.”Returned from points North: the Tabrons

Kathy “Wesee” Jones Tabron and her knowledgeable husband Bernard visited the Museum on Jan. 27, 2018, to seek some

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Thanks for settling in the Northern Neckfamily history. She is looking for photos and recapturing memories. After they found out how much I loved her grandparents (Harry & Martha Williams) and how many of her other relatives and friends our family has been privileged to know over the years, we ended up talking 100 miles a minute and practically adopting each other.

Kathy is a 1976 grad of W&L High School (same class as Robert Bailey). They lived up north for a long time, but have now moved to the area to live full time at 229 Erica Dr., Glebe Harbor. They love to walk and she may also want to do volunteer work like tutoring. Contact info: kathytabron@aol.com, 301-356-5845.New on Kings Mill Road: Helms, Blue

Tappahannock native Jen Helms RN, who has lived as far afield as Portland, Ore., and Juvenile Probation Officer Carl Blue now live on Kings Mill Rd. Jen (who works at dialysis centers in Warsaw and in Richmond) has been redecorating and landscaping since purchasing the place in June 2017. jenhelmsrn@gmail.com Carl was on the first RCC baseball team to win a state championship; he warmly recalls the expertise of Wade Johnson’s coaching and the team’s camaraderie. He himself eventually became a coach.

Dan and Hallie AhrnsbrakDan & Hallie Ahrnsbrak of 7840 Misty View Lane, Owings

Mills, Md. 20736, bought Wanda & Woody Woodburn’s old home in mid-February 2018. Email dan@federatedlighting.com or hallie@federatedlighting.com; 240-882-2433 (Dan) and 240-882-2531 (Hallie). They love powerboating, kayaking, canoeing and paddleboarding. And they, their Westie, and their two water-loving Australian shepherds are TOTALLY excited to be here. Hallie was born in Massachusetts, lived for a while in Stone Mountain, Ga., and went to Hollins, where she met Dan. They have spent most of their life together in Maryland, where they work in the family business. Dan was born in Wisconsin, grew up in Geneva, NY, went to college in Roanoke. They have three grown children: oldest daughter is a prosecutor for Baltimore County, middle son is a BMW mechanic in Fort Lauderdale, and youngest son is in ROTC at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.Jessica and Gabe

Ann Lewis mentioned there was some stirring about over at 539 Kinsale Road where Capt’n Charley Davis lived for so long, most recently the home of the late Esther Winebarger. A call to Joyce Davis revealed that indeed, we do have new neighbors there as of early February! They are Jessica Willoughby, daughter of Cory Willoughby (who bought Jimmy Davis’s Body Shop) and her boyfriend Gabe. Jessica helps her dad at the body shop and is going to school to be a nurse.Knights and Furlongs brighten Plainview Fenton Goodwin’s daughter Elizabeth (egknights@gmail.com or mrseknights@gmail.com, land line 472-7152, cell 703-577-7056), her charming husband Chet Knights (retired from two branches of the military), and their friendly dog Ivy are now here fulltime at 375 Plainview Rd. Fenton herself is at Goodwin House. Please welcome the Knights when you see them around town!

From page twenty Elizabeth’s daughter Kate Furlong and her husband Shawn (email virginia_katek@yahoo.com) in early March bought the house next door, where Rita and Paul Lester lived. Kate has spent many pleasant vacations here with family over the years and is excited to continue the tradition. The Furlongs’ chief residence is in Bermuda with their dog Ralphie and Kate’s horse Poe. Shawn works for a reinsurance company and Kate teaches riding lessons.

BUSINESS BRIEFSNo more pining away! Thanks to Malcolm Lee…

We are grateful to Malcolm Lee and the Lee’s Affordable Tree Service crew (804) 296-1702 for donating their time and efforts to remove the pine tree at the corner of Bank St., Kinsale Rd., and Yeocomico Lane. The tree had been pining away, i.e., not at all well.Museum gift shop offerings

*Very effective all-natural insect repellant and scented candles by the Hookers of Chesapeake Bay Botanicals (Springfield Beach).

*Rivah Southern Rub by Isobel Swinson of Fieldcrest Farm, Tappahannock, for transfiguring the flavor of fish, meat, vegetables.

*Neat wooden signs with the names of local sites.*Carolin Crabbe’s historical novel Rebellion on the Chesapeake:

America’s First Revolution in 1676, about Bacon’s Rebellion.*Margaret Williamson’s book Powhatan Lords of Life and

Death: Command and Consent in Seventeenth-Century Virginia.*Memoir of a Skipjack, by Randolph George, about his

restoration of the Martha Lewis, with pix and history of skipjacksKinsale Guest House listed on Air BnB

Kinsale Guest House is now listed on Air BnB. This is two doors away from the Post Office. Known to some as “the sideways house” because of its over-the-shoulder orientation to Kinsale Rd., the home was built in 1918 as the Thurston Rowe Store & Soda Fountain. Call Garrett Preis, 804-761-6400, or go to the website at http://kinsaleguesthouse.com/Kinsale/Kinsale_Guest_House.htmlPort Kinsale Marina is somewhat becalmed

Port Kinsale Marina -- where at one time the Mooring Restaurant operated -- was on May 4, 2017 formally deeded by former owners Rod Porter & Georgia Derrico to Christopher Newport University. Now known as Westmoreland Marina Co.Barbara’s Health Nut

Barbara Sherman of the Health Nut is still going to be in the health food business, although with a more condensed offering due to space considerations. She moved catty-cornered across the road in Callao to where the pirate boat is. YES, there will be salads and smoothies again! Open 11-5 Fridays & Saturdays and 12-5 on Sundays. TEXT her at 804-724-4813. (YES 724).

.New real estate firmVeteran realtor Betsy Sisson (she has been in the real estate

business since 2003) is launching a new real estate firm called Historyland Realty. This is located in the same building as her husband George’s Peoples Insurance Agency in Montross across from Peoples Community Bank. She will be using her cell phone 450-1773 until the land line gets established.

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Many grateful thanks to the good Friends of Kinsale who have begun to bring in auction items early for our Summer 2018 auction.

PLEASE HELP!!! We are trying to gather as much as possible by June 1, to allow for bidding by the big crowd at the fireworks on July 7. Our auction certainly adds sparkle to an already lively event!

We will continue auction bidding through the summer fundraiser event and right up through Kinsale Day.

So far we have a vintage whale weathervane (pictured at right), a c. 1834 clock, insightful books on topics associated with the water and travel. A bushel of oysters or crabs, charming prints and paintings, colorful collages, addict-able pound cakes, and a crab quiche to die for. Also, a handmade live-edge walnut coffee table,

URGENT: Collecting now for Museum’s summer auctionvintage bowls and egg cups, three vintage washboards, a rug flail, Golden Books, and other delightful offerings. John Battaile hopes to complete a handmade boat for your bidding pleasure.

How did we do in 2017?Your very generous bidding on last year’s

summer fund-raiser auction brought in $8,000 to fund Museum expenses.

These auctions are of vital importance to the Museum’s activities as both a gatherer of local history and as a welcome center which is fea-tured on the Northern Neck Artisans Trail and the Virginia Oyster and Star-Spangled Banner trails. The auction and our Rubber Duck Derby on Kinsale Day (as well as your dues, shop pur-chases, brick purchases and memorial donations) provide operational funding.

Nomini Episcopal restoration complete On June 11, 2017, Nomini Church of Cople Episcopal Parish held its first service since the tornado damage in February 2016. Bishop David Jones celebrated the restoration of the 1850 church.

Medical Mission of Loveto continue in Congo

Dave and Amy Butt’s medical missionary daughter Anna and her family traveled to 21 states in the

U.S. during fall and winter of 2017, but are now back in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They are working with a missionary agency called Serge. Please keep this family in your prayers. More info: annalarochelle@gmail.com or amyhbutt@gmail.com

Tony Stiff studying,preaching in Scotland Tony Stiff is in Aberdeen, Scotland with his wife and children. While studying for his PhD in Ministry, he is preaching at an Evangelical Presbyterian Church there. Tony

was formerly an associate pastor at Centerpoint Community Church, and a resident Pastor at Grace Christian Fellowship, Largo. He spent many summers in Kinsale with his grandparents Lacy and Dottie Stiff.Rev. Carolyn Fisher serves Queen Esther Baptist

Rev. Carolyn Fisher, (wife of 1st District Supervisor Darryl Fisher who preaches at Jerusalem Baptist) is now pastoring Queen Esther Baptist Church, Mollusk, in Lancaster County.

Groundbreaking atSt. Paul’s CatholicOn March 3, 2018, St. Paul’s Catholic Church broke ground on the first state of construction at 7808 Cople Highway, Hague. Info:Noreen Walker at 804-472-3090, saintpaulhague@gmail.com.

Whale wind vane can be yours!

Evans, a waterman from Smith Island, Md. came to Kinsale to have Mr. Parks build him a boat. He courted Nannie, and they were married in Kinsale at the Parks home on May 26, 1886. Their first child, “Lizzie” was born there.

Learning that the family was to expand again, Capt. Ben and Nannie Evans bought a home on Wilkins Creek at Mundy Point. That is where they lived and raised their family:

1. Elizabeth “Lizzie” Reed Evans Thrift (1888-1967)2. Mary W. Evans Cox (1891-1957)3. Annie Mariah Evans Moss (1893-1966). Annie was the

mother of many noteworthy Kinsale Mosses, including Shirley Harper’s first husband, Capt. Joe Bill Moss, and Earl Carter Moss, who was one of the founders of the Kinsale Foundation. Annie’s grandson Jimmy Moss is a longtime Kinsale Foundation Board member and former Chair. Frieda notes: “I am happy that you included my Aunt Annie and cousins. We were always very close, and I spent lots of time in Kinsale as a child.”

4. Margaret F. “Maggie” Evans (b. 1896) 5. William Parks Evans (b. 1898) 6. Benjamin Wray Evans (1900-1949) 7. Nellie Louise Evans Bradshaw (1902-1998) 8. Mable C. (b.?) 9. Leah Evans Headley (Jan. 6, 1910-2003).

As the youngest child, Leah (Frieda Byrd’s mother) remained in the Evans family home after she married & raised her four children there. The home is now owned by Leah Virginia Headley Samuelson, Frieda’s sister. Their brothers are Elgin Sherrard Headley (called Sherrard) & Benjamin “Ben” Parks Headley.

Benjamin Franklin Evans (August 25, 1857-Dec. 4, 1935) and Nannie Parks Evans are both buried at Henderson Methodist Church in the family grave plot.

additional Family notes For the kinsale parks BranCh

For those who -- like your Museum Director -- remain consistently confused as to who’s who in Kinsale’s somewhat convoluted recent history….

After his first wife, Louise Bailey Reed Parks, died in 1871, William Arthur Parks married Hannah Maria Wright in 1874. They had four children, who were thus half-siblings of Nannie, whose clothes started this long discourse:

James Kauffman “Capt. Jimmy” Parks, (1876-1946) married Lula V. Sisson (1888-1979). They first lived at the Sisson house (where Dougie and Margaret Norris live now), then moved up the hill to Federal Hill, and finally back down the hill to the Sisson house. Their daughter, Betty Parks Rountrey, played the piano for many early Kinsale Foundation gatherings. Betty’s son, Parks Rountrey, who is still a member of the Kinsale Foundation, kindly gave the Museum a beautiful William and Mary gateleg table and many artifacts from Miss Lula’s collection of antiques.

Arthur Wright “Capt. Arthur” Parks (1878-1949) married Ada Cox Penington (1882-1974). Their son Billy was the WWII Staff Sgt. who visited Kenneth Sanford on the Burma Road when Kenneth had just gotten, in his supper rations, a can of Southern Leader tomatoes with Kenneth’s name on the label… Tomatoes whose canning he had supervised before leaving Tucker Hill to go to the Asian Theater. Billy’s son, O’Hara Parks, is a past Kinsale Foundation Board member.

Walter Doggett “W.D.” Parks (1880-1952) married Jane Attaway Norris (1884-1974). History of the Jeffries Family in Eastern Westmoreland County, Virginia, by their son Norris Parks, a noted historian, provided the information in these additional family notes. Norris’s memoirs and those of Harvey Bailey are available at the Museum in a green book called Reminiscences. Storekeeper and entrepreneur W.D. Parks and his wife Jane also raised Jane’s brother’s daughter, Betty Norris (who married Harry Lee Arnest Jr.). W.D. and Jane’s great-nephews, Harry Lee Arnest III and Walter B. Norris, were founding members of the Kinsale Foundation. Frieda notes: “ I dearly remember the Christmas Fairyland that Uncle Walter [WD Parks] had in the upstairs of his store. Shiny bicycles, sleds. Wagons, scooters, skates, dolls and carriages. Little trucks and cars and anything a child might wish for. To a country child it was amazing. And what a boon to parents who had Santa to buy for their children!” Virginia Ethel Parks (1883-1936) married William Samuel English (1876-1929). They were Mary Sue English Newton’s grandparents. Their children were Mary Virginia English, Lewis Wright English (Mary Sue’s Daddy), Hannah Maria English Wright, Annie Laura English Brooks, Margaret Estelle English Orem, Ethel Claughton (sp?) English Hinton and William Samuel English.

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Heirloom clothing and family tales bring Evans family’s past to life

Nannie’s parents,William Arthur Parks, Louise Bailey Reed Parks

EVERYBODY’SINVITED!

Mother’s DaySaturday

May 12, 2018

Kinsale StrawberryShortcake FestivalAnd bring a pound cake!Details inside on page 5.

KinsaleFoundation

P.O. Box 307Kinsale

Va. 22488

The FIRST person to find one of these fish in our

Museum Shop gets it FREE.

PLEASE bid generously on our Silent Auction in the Old Ice Cream Parlor on Fridays and Saturdays, June 1-Sept. 15. You’ll find treasures like a c. 1834 clock by New Hampshire clockmaker David

Dutton, donated by David and Kathie Morris. Kallie Hudson, above, was all dressed up for last year’s fireworks, and you know

she’ll be there this year too! Peter Albert’s hot air balloon is a great way to see the river. Doesn’t it make you want to soar?!?