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Berryville M ain Street
Fall 2013
Miss Ruth A Berryville mainstay By Robin Cardillo
On Saturday afternoons in the 1940s, Ruth Loughborough would pile into the family’s green Chevy four-door and ride into downtown Berryville from the outskirts of town. The family would park on Main Street and linger into the evening to visit with other farmers who had ventured to town. “That’s one of my best memories of Main Street,” says Ruth. “I really liked coming to downtown on Saturday. We’d buy groceries, maybe go to a clothing store, and sit in the car and watch people go by. The whole community was there, so you’d see a lot of friends.” Back then, says Ruth, the charms of downtown included a theater, three clothing stores, two eateries, and four grocery stores. (“The grocery stores even delivered,” she laughs.) Today, Miss Ruth, as she’s called, is a Berryville icon. Shuffling through the century-old Berryville Farm Supply store near the railroad tracks on Main Street, she wears a breezy summer frock, lifting small bags of seed, handwriting receipts, and shrewdly negotiating with vendors on the phone. She knows Main Street like few others. (Continued on page 8)
“Sweet Pea’s” – Much More Than A Children’s Shop By Sherry Craig
Venture up the stairs at 5 D East Main Street in Berryville and check out Sweet Pea’s Children’s Shop. Sherry Craig, owner, opened 6 years ago with mostly children’s clothing, toys, accessories and a few handmade items. At that time, the shop also featured a small ladies gift area. Today, 30 local crafters produce nearly half the sales volume at the shop. Included in those crafters are eight very talented children from ages 7 to 15! In the children’s area, you will find all kinds of hand-made wood trucks, trains, and doll furniture. For the American Girl Doll Collection there are two different wood wardrobes, a dresser, a bed, a canopy bed plus lots of hand-made clothing and accessories. For the children, there are hand-made rocking chairs, rocking horses, “Time Out” benches, table and chair sets, crayon aprons, pillow cases and book marks. Hand-made baby tag blankets, diaper cakes, knit sweaters and crochet hats are very popular for shower gifts! For little girls, the list goes on and on –hair accessories, beaded socks, purses, jewelry, professionally designed lines of clothing, crochet hats, ear warmers, ponchos and matching hats and (Continued on page 5) lots of matching items for their dolls!
Berryville Main Street, Barns of Rose Hill & Clarke County Farmer’s Market Present the 1st Annual FARMERS’ HARVEST BALL Saturday, October 12th 5pm….Mix and mingle 6pm….Eat a little pig 7pm….Dance a little jig and whee whee whee all the way home! Tickets $50 per person Luanne Carey 955-4001/
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Yuletide In Berryville Mark your calendars November 1st – “Light Up the Town” forms available – (see page 5) December 1st – Meter Contest begins (get forms at BMS) December 4th – Judging to begin for Meters December 6th – Christmas Tree Lighting in Rose Hill Park 6pm › Refreshments at Barns of Rose Hill › Community Band & Choir Performance December 7th – Christmas Parade at 12 noon December 8th – More activities TBC (Continued on page 5)
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The First Town of Berryville Jail Have you ever wondered where the jail is in Berryville? Several years ago our Chief of Police, Neal White told me that we did not have a jail because we do not have criminals in Berryville! Funny. It seems many of the people charged and found guilty of crimes in Berryville are taken to the Northwestern Detention Center. If you notice, our county courthouse has several windows with steel bars. I had hoped to find the history of our first jail, instead I was told about the building: 29 Main Street—the Main Street Barber Shop. Surprised? www.berryvillemainstreet.org
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Sometime, when you are walking on Main Street, look at the stonework on the sides of the buildings. As one of the oldest buildings in Berryville, it has been home to a variety of businesses. In 1928 it was Charles Rowland’s general store. In 1932 Clarence, “Shorty”, Hennerson had a barber shop there. John Lee took over in 1934 and Ross Sirbaugh bought it from Marvin Carlisle in 1935. In 1986, Ms. Norma Yonker became the owner of the former jail and barbershop and became the first female barber in Berryville. The first Berryville Jail was built around 1850 and ceased operating 2
During the 19th century, many of the railroad workers had too much fun, got too rowdy and got locked up in “Battletown”. The town code even prohibited “hootin’ and hollerin’(sic)” on Berryville street corners after 11PM. Local legend has it that Daniel Morgan “engaged (sic) in combat with young toughs” at the intersection of what is now Route 7 and Buckmarsh Street. He would pile large stones nearby to use for ammunition. Upon his return from the Revolution, this local hero was reputedly one of the most quarrelsome patrons of the new tavern known to us today as the Battletown Inn. Sharon Strickland/Early Drive, Berryville
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Clarke County Historical Association By Laura Chrisitansen, Director Founded in 1939, the Clarke County Historical Association (CCHA) is dedicated to preserving the historical resources and records of Clarke County and fostering their use, enjoyment and understanding through education and stewardship. Headquartered at 32 E. Main Street, CCHA operates a museum, library and archive, but is probably best known for preserving the Burwell-Morgan Mill in Millwood. An 18th Century grist mill, the Burwell-Morgan Mill produces a variety of flours that are sold locally. Twice a year the mill literally grinds to a halt for Art at the Mill, exhibitions featuring more than 1,000 works of art in each show that attract a large number of visitors to Clarke County. Art at the Mill is the major fund raiser for CCHA and funds a scholarship for a Clarke County art student. Curiously, for an organization steeped in history, CCHA spent much of 2013 looking ahead. In January CCHA’s Board of Directors decided to take a step back and envision the future of the Association– and to create a strategic plan that will help guide the organization to achieving that vision. CCHA emerged from the strategic planning process with a clear vision including three specific goals: • To be known as the source for Clarke County History • To preserve and protect the history of Clarke County. To be the repository for resources and records. • To be an outstanding source for outreach and education.
• Education is the primary focus of all these goals. The plan is available on CCHA’s website, but a few exciting new projects are already in the works. CCHA’s main goal for 2013-2014 is to get people out and engaged with history. The museum will unveil new additions to our collections and updated exhibit spaces to display treasures in CCHA’s collection with fascinating stories to tell. An ongoing series of workshops for anyone interested in learning more about researching their family or local history will continue, and will expand to offer tours, lectures and living history events.
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CCHA will also offer more activities aimed at getting families out to visit the wonderful historical sites in their own backyard. In August CCHA unveiled a quirky activity: history bingo. Cards are available at number of locations around Clarke County featuring 24 historic sites anyone can visit – most for free. Visit at least five of and send CCHA a photo to win great prizes! As CCHA moves forward with these and other exciting projects, community support is needed. Clarke County is rich with history, and working together, we can preserve and share this history for generations to come. For more information visit CCHA’s website at www.clarkehistory.org. CALENDAR OF EVENTS CC Farmers Market Saturdays 8am – 12 noon BMS Fall Yard Sale Sept 14, 2013 – 8am–3pm Farmer’s Ball October 12, 2012 Barns of Rose Hill 3
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President’s Corner I hope you are enjoying the historic Berryville 1798 flag banners recently installed in downtown Berryville. Many thanks to Locket Van Voorhis and Jeanne Krohn for their tireless efforts to improve the look of our town and thanks to Jay Arnold and Rappahannock Electric for installing the banners. I also hope you have been enjoying the Music in the Park performances on Friday nights. Many thanks to Bill Johnston and others for their efforts to provide this free entertainment. We have had some great performers with a substantial turnout of residents
of and visitors to our town. There is more to come! Among other events, we are looking forward to our fall yard sale in September. And lastly, I would like to thank the other many volunteers for their dedication and efforts on behalf of Berryville Main Street and the Firehouse Gallery. With their continued help and yours we hope to continue to improve the downtown business community for the benefit of all. If you have some time and energy to add to our efforts or if you would just like to know more about Berryville Main Street I would encourage you to stop by the Firehouse Gallery and meet Luanne Carey and Kate Petranech or to contact me or any of the other directors. We look forward to meeting you in person or hearing from you as to what improvements you would like to see and/or able to assist with.
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Sweet Pea’s LADIES GIFT AREA features very unique hand-made jewelry including bracelets, rings, pins, necklaces, earrings and lanyards. There are several different varieties of hand crafted scarves, crochet hats, ear warmers, candles, journal books, headbands, book marks, coasters and cards for all occasions.
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The two best selling hand-made items this year have been clothing to fit the American Girl Dolls and cross bracelets for the ladies, little girls and, of course, the dolls. Sweet Pea’s future plan is to continue to listen to our customers, provide what they want, and help them save a tremendous amount of money. This unique shop with low prices justifies the short trip up the stairs! YOU WON’T BELIEVE SWEET PEA’S!
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Berryville Main Street in conjunction with the Town of Berryville and the Barns are pulling to these events help ring in the holiday season. I hope you can attend.
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Light Up the town is a way to remember or honor your loved ones. Placards with the names are placed around the base of the trees on Main Street. $10 per name, Registration forms at Firehouse Gallery.
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Berryville Main Street Receives Its Third $5,000 Grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts Funding Will Help Organization’s Fire House Gallery Expand Efforts to Promote Art and Artists
in Our Community Berryville Main Street was thrilled to learn that – for the third year in a row – it would receive a 5K grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts. Huge thanks goes to the Town of Berryville which applied for the Local Challenge Grant again this year. The award will enable the Fire House Gallery – the
2nd Annual Fabulous Fibers for All Opens Friday, October 18th The Fire Gallery is delighted to reprise last fall’s highly successful fiber arts show, which opens Friday evening, October 18th with a reception from 6pm to 8pm and closes November 9th. Possibly the largest show of its type in the region, this year’s exhibit will feature the work of a dozen highly accomplished artists www.berryvillemainstreet.org
organization’s largest and most visible economic revitalization initiative – to increase its reach in the community and beyond.
For starters, the funding will support programs to increase local traffic – such as the gallery’s new monthly “Little Shows,” focusing on the work of a single artist. This endeavor launched in August with an exhibit of stunning landscapes in oil by Patricia Perry. [Ed. note: See related story below] It will also be used to fund vital and much needed improvements to the gallery’s website, critical to attracting visitors from “over the mountain”, more photographs of the collection to whet peoples’ appetites for a live visit and more coordinated publicity for upcoming events to give out-oftowners another reason to make Berryville a week-end destination. Key drivers in the planning are the 70 artists who show and sell including: Joyce Badanes, Norma Colman, Rebecca Fox, Chantal Gabard, Sue Groundwater, Marilyn Jeltes, Karen Kimble, Keith Lilly, Maureen Pritchard, Jane Radford, Barbara Runkle, and Lauri Sisney. Virtually every type of fiber art to adorn oneself or one’s home will be on available to see and purchase – from felted bags to painted table runners to quilted coasters to woven scarves – literally hundreds of items in all. 6
through the gallery. At press time a date was being fixed for a brainstorming session to explore ideas for “big” shows and other activities which will foster art – as the grant mandates – while contributing to the commercial growth and development of the downtown historic district.
Samantha Yonkers tries her hand at the loom under the watchful eyes of fiber artists, Sue Groundwater and Barbara Runkle during a demonstration at last year’s show. Confirm dates and times for this year’s demos at firehousegalleryandshop.com after October 1st.
Weaving, knitting, and spinning demonstrations will be offered on Saturday during the show’s run, giving visitors a chance to ask questions about the technique being demonstrated and gain an enhanced appreciation for the enormous skill required to create these beautiful works of art. Gallery Launches “Little Shows” with Oil Painting Exhibit by Patricia Perry August 12 – September 30
N ews f r o m B e r ry v i l l e Mai n Str e e t An d Its Me mbe rs attempt to represent her personal connection with the natural world and her deep regard for its beauty and mystery. Perry lives with her husband in Jefferson County, West Virginia. Her paintings are found in private collections in Philadelphia, Annapolis, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Pasadena, California and Shepherdstown, West Virginia. She teaches oil painting at her studio near Shepherdstown. “I love the smell of [oil paint] – the buttery texture … and the richness you get with it.” Patricia Perry paints a little bit of everything – but right now she’s focusing on landscapes. It’s an apt subject given her life-long love of travel to places ranging from Turkey to Costa Rica to New Zealand. The latter inspired a beautiful painting, “On the River: Christ Church, Zealand, which you will see in the show.
offering at the gallery, which highlight the work of one of its 70 artists. This endeavor is funded in part by a grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts [Ed. note: See related story to the left].
Meet Perry and learn more about her work while enjoying light refreshments at the gallery on Thursday, September 5th. “Little Shows” is a new monthly
Born in the US, Perry moved to Europe when she was 19. She lived in Bad Homburg, Germany and studied at the Goethe Institut in Kochel am See before moving to Paris for a year and enrolling at the American College in Paris. Inspired by the works of Goya, Rembrandt, Turner and Blake, which she saw in museums, she enrolled as an art student at UCLA after returning to the U.S. There she studied under noted abstract artist, Richard Diebenkorn, who came to define the California school of Abstract Expressionism of the early 1950s. After graduating with a BA in fine art from UCLA, she worked at the UCLA Art Galleries and the U.C. Berkeley Art Museum.
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Miss Ruth (Continued from page 1)
“I like to talk to the people who come in, to get to know them,” she confides. She’s worked at the supply store since November 16, 1957, first as a secretary and now as the store manager. Over the years, the clientele has changed.
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“Urban people shop here now,” she explains. “Horse people from as far away as Round Hill and Purcellville come in to buy horse grooming products, feed, medical supplies. You know, the horse industry is big in Clarke County. Cattle are still important, but there aren’t as many farm people.” Miss Ruth has witnessed Main Street changing, too. Her advice for a new business setting up shop downtown? “Hire good employees. You’re never any better than your workers. I’ve got good workers. We’re a team. And you need to understand the importance of your customers. You need to take care of them. They don’t have to shop with us – and when they do, they’re doing us a favor.” At 74 (she confirms her age by tapping on the calculator at her desk). Miss Ruth isn’t focusing on retirement, as many her age would have done well before now. Instead, she still gets to work by 7:30 a.m. six days a week. But she has worries – about things like jobs, changing demographics, and local farmers. “Growing up on a farm makes you appreciate farmers,” she points out. “I never lived any other place than a farm.” Her family’s homestead was on what is now Wickliffe Road, where they grew hay and grains and ran a small dairy. “I think we need to show some appreciation for the farmers’ market here. It’s good for the community, and it helps all our businesses by bringing people into town. And it helps the farmers.” As for the landmark Berryville Farm Supply building, Miss Ruth hopes it will remain a farm store for a long time. “Customers from the area have supported us, and I’m very grateful,” she says. “They’ve made it possible for us to be here for 56 years. I think Berryville should always have a farm and feed store.”
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