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“Historic Downtown Mount Airy” 301 North Main Street Mount Airy, North Carolina 27030 VOLUME 20, SECTION 1 A SEMI-ANNUAL PUBLICATION SUMMER, 2015 MUSEUM HOSTS SMITHSONIAN EXHIBIT From February 28-April 11, the museum hosted the Smithsonian traveling exhibit “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America.” The exhibit is part of the “Museums on Main Street” program that is designed to bring high quality traveling exhibits to smaller rural venues like the Inside this MAMRH. The program is presented in partnership with the North Carolina Humani es Council, the Smithsonian Ins tu on and six host venues around the state during the 2015 calendar Edition year. The MAMRH was the kick-off venue for the year-long tour. From the Director “Hometown Teams” explored the role of sports and the crea on of the Nancy’s Corner ......................... 2 American iden ty. Exhibit topics ranged from hometown sports and games, Infrastructure Upgrades CHICK-FIL-A SPONSOR’S JUNIOR to the fi elds of play, to themes as complex as race and interna onal rela ons at the Museum .......................... 3 as experienced through sports. Recent Gifts to the Museum ..........4 Gifts of Memorials & Honorariums, HISTORIANS CLUB During the six week exhibi on period the museum presented a number of Museum Wish List ...................... 5 free public programs including lectures, performances, and even a chance to meet and greet with NASCAR Hall of Famers. Museum Exhibit Travels The museum’s award winning and Max Flinchum, and an intermediate division literary award Museum Receives Grants to Expand New Members ........................... 6 Jessie Franklin Pioneers for Madison Lawson. Addi onally, there was an elementary In addi on to the scheduled programs and ac vi es, the museum opened Chapter of the Tar Heel Junior division team award in the exhibit category for the crea ng of Sustaining Members .................... 7 a new permanent exhibit on local sports history as a companion piece Historian Associa on brought a board game about life as a 1920’s tobacco farmer. to the Smithsonian exhibit. According to Ma Edwards, the Museum’s Chick-fi l-a Sponsor’s Junior on a new sponsor for the Historians Club ............................ 8 Execu ve Director, “this is an exhibit we’ve been talking about for years; 2014/2015 school year. Chick- We’re happy to announce that Chick-fi l-a will be returning as the Smithsonian show provided us with the perfect opportunity to move fi l-a of Mount Airy’s support team sponsor for the upcoming school year and we’re excited to forward with its crea on.” helped the team have great bring this program to a new group experiences during the year and make a great showing at the of kids. In an eff ort to maintain The new exhibit highlights the development of sports and leisure ac vi es in annual conference in April. the highest level of programming our region star ng in Victorian mes and con nuing through today. Edwards we can for these kids we’re looking adds, “As we were researching this exhibit it became clear we could never The club consisted of 18 kids from 4-8th grade and represented for adult volunteers to serve as tell all the great stories we were fi nding, so we’ve designed the exhibit so three diff erent schools from our area. They spent the majority club advisors for the season. If you that we can change out the specifi c stories highlighted in an eff ort to share of the year studying the architectural history of the region are interested in helping serve as Contact Us: as much as possible.” before comple ng group and individual projects for the state a club advisor or would like more Phone: 336-786-4478 conference in Raleigh. informa on on how to enroll “Hometown Teams” was the museum’s second Fax: 336-786-1666 a child in the program please Museum on Main Street Exhibit. In 2010 the Email: [email protected] Awards from this year’s conference included individual honors contact Ma Edwards at 786-4478 MAMRH hosted “New Harmonies: Celebra ng for Max Oakley in the elementary division photography x 224 Web: www.northcarolinamuseum.org American Roots Music.” That experience was contest, ar fact search awards for Olivia Edwards, Ellie Hooker the founda on for the crea on of the museum’s 8 traveling exhibit “The Luthier’s Cra .” FROM THE DIRECTOR 2014 SUSTAINING MEMBERS Well it’s been a while since we’ve sent out a newsle er, and quite a As the museum approaches twenty years open to the public (we lot has happened in that me. The museum has won some awards, opened in October of 1995) we’re looking to the future. We’ve s ll GRANITE CIRCLE Mr. & Mrs. J. T. and Be y Palmer Mr. & Mrs. John and Kelly Merri put a new roof on the building, upgraded our ligh ng systems, got some things we want/need to do both to the building and to our Armat Founda on Mr. & Mrs. Bob and Shirley Perkins Mount Airy Junior Woman’s Club hosted a Smithsonian Ins tu on traveling exhibit and made a exhibits, but overall we’re working to ensure that the museum is well City of Mount Airy Pine State Marke ng, Inc. Mount Airy Oil Company, Inc. number of upgrades and changes to our permanent exhibits here at prepared to be the repository for our area’s history for many years to Renfro Corpora on Mr. & Mrs. Bob and Mary Planer Mount Airy Tourism Development Authority SouthData, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. David and Inglis Rowe Mr. & Mrs. Warren & Janet Nichols the museum. In short, we’ve been busy doing our best to fulfi ll our come, and a big part of that is growing the endowment to the point it Woltz Founda on Mr. & Mrs. Macon and Candace Sammons Mr. & Mrs. Greg and Julie Perkins mission to collect, preserve and interpret the heritage of the region. can support a signifi cant por on of our opera ons. Mr. & Mrs. John and Karen Springthorpe, III Dr. & Mrs. Dean and Carole Simmons Mr. Ernest A. Randleman Mr. & Mrs. Jim and Tammy York Mr. & Mrs. Steve and Marie Simmons Robby’s Sales, Inc. We’ve also been fortunate in the last year or so to receive some If you’re reading my musings here you are one of the people who care Mrs. Love Diff ee Smith Mr. & Mrs. Burke and Carolyn Robertson pre y generous fi nancial gi s both from living benefactors and as most about the museum, and we/I appreciate your support. You can STERLING BENEFACTORS CIRCLE Mr. & Mrs. Hank and Cathy Spires Mr. & Mrs. R. Bracky and Wanda Rogers estate gi s. Those gi s have gone a long way in helping us maintain also make a diff erence in the future of the museum. As you think Duke Energy Founda on Surrey Bank & Trust Rogers Realty & Auc on Company, Inc. the facility and our collec ons now and for the future by helping to about your legacy, I encourage you to think about the museum and NCFI Polyurethanes Surry Insurance Agency Mr. & Mrs. Stanley and Phyllis Rose grow our endowment, but we’re not res ng on our laurels. making it part of your estate planning, it may well be the least painful Ms. Emma Jean Tucker Mr. & Mrs. H. Ray and Nancy Russell and most impac ul giving you ever do. BENEFACTORS CIRCLE Mr. & Mrs. Richard and Be y Kay Vaughn Samet, Payne, Wood, Horton and Company Mr. & Mrs. Lindsay and Barbara Holcomb Dr. & Mrs. Steve and Ann Yokeley Mr. & Mrs. William and Jacqueline Sco Matt Moody Funeral Services, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Frank and Amanda Sells Dr. & Mrs. Swanson and Ruth Richards FRIENDS CIRCLE Dr. Rick Smith The Mount Airy Newspaper, Inc. All American Associates of Mt. Airy Dr. Jack Snow Dr. & Mrs. Paul and Jean Webster Mr. & Mrs. John and Julie Adams Mr. & Mrs. Swanson and Linda Snow Mr. & Mrs. Ed and Ellen Woltz Mr. & Mrs. Ted and Faith Ashby Dr. & Mrs. Mac and Becky Sumner Mr. & Mrs. H. O. and Agnes Woltz Mrs. Jean Atkins Surry Regional Associa on of Realtors ZWB Enterprises, Inc. Dr. Anne e Ayers Surry Telephone Membership Corpora on Mr. & Mrs. Carl and Jane Bell Mr. & Mrs. Craig and Jane Tesh PATRIOTS CIRCLE Dr. & Mrs. Charles & Charlo e Bokesch The North Carolina Granite Corpora on Aerial Machine & Tool Ms. Carolyn Boyles The Owl’s Nest of North Carolina Vallie Allman Brannock & Hia Furniture, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Leo and Gail Theard Bray’s Recapping Service Brannock’s Service Center, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Cory and Jill Tucker Mr. & Mrs. Alvin and Catherine Eckenrod Brenda R. Lineberry, CPA, P.C. Mr. & Mrs. Charles and Martha Vaughn Mrs. Erika Rowe Mr. & Mrs. John and Claudia Bryant Dr. & Mrs. Tom and Ann Vaughn Insteel Industries, Inc. Ms. Carol Burke Mr. & Dr. William and Gail Ward New window graphics - June 2015 Mr. & Mrs. Bud and Mary Kilby Ms. Elizabeth Burke Webb Interiors Mr. & Mrs. Steve and Emily Lo is Mr. & Mrs. Wayne and Bennie Burton Women’s League of Mount Airy Mr. & Mrs. Robert and Cama Merri Rev. & Mrs. Dennis and Vickie Cameron WPAQ, WSYD, WBRF Radio, Inc. Northern Hospital of Surry County Mr. & Mrs. John and Sheila Canosa Mr. & Mrs. Robert and Angela Yacano NANCY’S CORNER Mr. & Mrs. David and Kathy Prue Mr. & Mrs. Mar n and Be y Ann Collins Mr. & Mrs. Charles and Sandy Shelton Mr. & Mrs. Alan and Alice Connolly In Kind Mr. & Mrs. Ed and Do Shelton Mr. & Mrs. Gary and Mary Ann Cook B & L Custom Jewelers I hope you have been to the Museum will be at the museum’s Holiday Open Grandma, To Sister and many more Mr.