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Historic . Garden "Week opened in
Virginia Wednesday of last week and
will continue through May 1st.
AnnvAvlmatalv tVireA hundred
homes, gardens, old churches and
church yards throughout the State will
be open for the pleasure of the pub
lic. -Mrs James Asa Shield, chairman
and Mrs.-; Hollowell Dickinson, vice
chairman, have worked untiringly to
prepare in detail for the influx of
visitors from all parts of the coun-
try. ' '
It is estimated that between 25,000
and 30,000 visitors will come to Vir
ginia during Garden Week, and from
$10,000 to $20,000 will be spent on
restorations in Virginia resulting
from this tour.
The Garden Club of Virginia has
been sponsoring Historic Garden
Week since 1929, and through the co
operation of the owners of these beau
tiful old homes and gardens there
have been some sixteen or seventeen
gardens completely restored. Most re
cently completed are the gardens at
Gunston Hall, the ground of the Bar
ter Theatre Players' home in Abing
don, and the gardens at the Univer
sity of Virginia, as designed by Thom
as Jefferson..;
All homes and gardens are not open
every day, so that guidebooks should
be read carefully, or Miss Wright at
the Suffolk Chamber of Commerce
gladly give any information in plan
ning trips to various homes and gar
dens. -
Visiting hours to all homes and gar
dens will be: Daily 10 A. M., to 5:30
P. M. Sunday, 2 P. M., to 5:30 P. M.
Well planned trips for .this immedi
ate area include: Pembroke, Eastover
Plantation, Brandon Church at Bur
rowsviUe, Brandon House and Garden,
Upper Brandon Home and Garden and
Smith's Fort. Plantation (Rolfe
House). .
Significant green arrows, trade
mark of the Garden Club of Virginia,
will guide visitors to the old homes
and gardens included in the tour.
The Woman's Auxiliary of Brandon
Church will serve luncheon at the
school opposite the church on Route
10 Tuesday, April 27, through Friday
April 30.
But the training must be approved
by the Council on Medical Education
and Hospitals of the American Medi
cal Association.. . . . . ,
LIBRARY NEWS.
The Perquimans County Library
this week is announcing the arrival in
the library of the prize winning books
for children and young people for the
I year, 1953. The Newbery Award is
I given each year to the author' who
make the most notable contribution to
children's literature. This year's win
ner is Joseph Icrumgoic- tor his book
and now Bigueld". Runners-
jnp were: uisnop autnor oi au Aione,
Dejong for two books "Shadrach" and
'"Hurry Home, Candy." Judson for a
I biography of Theodore Roosevelt, and
'Buff who wrote "Magic Maize."
I Winner of the Caldecott Award for
the outstanding picture book for chil
dren is Ludwig Bemelmans with his
book "Madelaine's Rescue". The five
runners-up for this award are also
in the library.
In addition to this group of chil
dren's books the library received this
week a copy of Somerset Maugham's
selection , of "Kipling's Best" and
"Company Manners," which is not a
book of etiquette but a lively discus
sion of the ways and character of the
American people.
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