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The Graeme Park Gazette O CTOBER - DECEMBER 2014 The Graeme Park Gazette O CTOBER - DECEMBER 2014 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: FROM THE PRESIDENT 2 OF THE FRIENDS NEW SUMMER KITCHEN 3 Join the Friends of This Bucks county DOOR Graeme Park on band has been re- NEWSBRIEFS 3 Sunday, October 12 cently featured at from 1—4 pm for a Musikfest in Beth- LUNCH AND LEARN 4 beer tasting featur- lehem, Fleetwood LECTURE SERIES MOONLIGHT TALES & 5 ing several selec- Blues Festival, Wil- MINI MOONLIGHT tions from 15 differ- mington River A SOLDIER’S CHRISTMAS 6 ent brands: Front Blues Festi- val, and the Taste NEW NATURE TRAIL MAP 7 Starr FOR SMARTPHONES of Philly on Penn's Hill, McKenzie's Landing. In the Hard Ci- past they have der, Crooked Eye UPCOMING opened for Rock Brewery, Bold Rock Hall of Famer Dave EVENTS Hard Ci- Mason and the der, Evolution Craft world famous Wal- OCTOBER 1, 8, 15 Brewing, Ithaca ter Trout. Their ex- Lunch & Learn Beer Co., Magic pressive and pas- Hat, Prism Brewing OCTOBER 12 sionate performance makes a Scoville Co., Troegs, Widmer Brews, Blues & BBQ Blues show one to remember. Bros., Victory, Kronenbourg, Long OCTOBER 24 Trail Brewing, Neshaminy Creek The BBQ part of the event will be sold by Joey G’s Gourmet Deli of Newtown. Moonlight Tales Brewing Co., and Susquehanna Brew- ing Co. OCTOBER 26 Tickets, which are $30/person ($10 for In addition, there will be musical en- designated drivers) may be purchased Mini Moonlight online at Event Bright (see out website tertainment from Scoville Blues, who NOVEMBER 29 is one of the hottest five-member pow- at www.graemepark.org for link), or by A Soldier’s Christmas er blues bands in the tri-state area. scanning the QR code on page 7. Page 2 From the President of the Friends GRAEME PARK Autumn has arrived and with the chill in the air, things are heating up at Graeme Park this quarter! We have many programs coming up in October and November, including Lunch & Learn Lecture Series; Brews, Blues & BBQ; Moonlight Tales; Mini Moonlight for Kids and A Soldier’s Christmas. Be sure to see additional information in the newsletter about each event and plan to come to Grae- me Park for some fun! Graeme Park is the site of the Keith On September 13, The Friends of Graeme Park hosted a volunteer recruit- House, an 18th-century historic ment breakfast in which prospective volunteers joined some of our house, the only remaining home of a “seasoned” volunteers to learn how they could help Graeme Park. Special governor of colonial Pennsylvania. It is administered by the Pennsylvania thanks go out to all of our current volunteers who helped me make this Historical and Museum Commission event work so well: Jack & Mary Washington, Mary being our Volunteer in partnership with the Friends of of the Year and our Colonial hearth cooking expert and Jack, our Vice- Graeme Park, a 501c3 volunteer President and never-fail tour guide; Jim Miller, our Secretary, who also organization that raises funds, staffs, and promotes the site. The official helped take tours for the group; Marie Cherry, our board member, who registration and financial information brought in the lovely mums to decorate our tables; Carol & John Brunner, of The Friends of Graeme Park may our Education Committee Chairpersons, who generously donated a fantas- be obtained from the Pennsylvania tic ham and egg casserole; Donna Mitchell, board member and Member- Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732- ship Chairperson, who is always on her game explaining the benefits of 0999. Registration does not imply membership; Mike MacCausland, our maintenance foreman and waffle endorsement. Individuals who need cook extraordinaire and Carla Loughlin, our Museum Administrator, who special assistance or accommodation handled all the paperwork, advertising and countless other behind-the- to visit Graeme Park should call (215) 343-0965 in advance to discuss scenes duties for the event. It was also nice to see our “old” friends, Anita their needs. Pennsylvania TDD relay Brennan and her daughter, Alex, Trisha Drozd, and Anthony and J. Con- service is available at (800)654-5984. nors. TOUR HOURS Friday - Saturday Many talented people signed up to volunteer and we look forward to 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. working with: Mary Ann Binns, Chris Etgen, Susan Hoffman, Irene McIl- Sunday Noon - 4 p.m. roy, Kathleen Schmitt, Bill Sparke, Alana Tekverk and Julie Thiebeau. Thank you, all, for becoming a part of the Graeme Park Family! Last tour starts at 3 p.m. THE STAFF AT We’ll be doing another Welcome Breakfast soon, so check our website and GRAEME PARK if you are not already a volunteer, perhaps think about coming out to this Carla A. Loughlin event to tell us of your talents and let’s see how we can work together to Mike MacCausland keep Graeme Park moving forward. THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM Make the most of the fall and enjoy the beauty nature has to offer. And at COMMISSION the same time, think about coming to one of our events. There is some- thing for everyone! Tom Corbett Governor - Beth MacCausland James M. Vaughan Executive Director Andrew E. Masich Chairman Page 3 New Summer Kitchen Door This summer and fall the PHMC had a new door built for and installed on the sum- mer kitchen at Grae- me Park. The old door was badly dete- riorated and falling off the hinges. Since the building is a re- construction built back in the 1960s, and we don’t know what the original door looked like, we had some leeway in selecting a style, and, along with the Divi- sion of Architecture and Preservation, chose a more utilitari- an door that may have been more typi- New Old cal of a work building such as a kitchen. As of press time, the pro- ject was nearing com- pletion NEWSBRIEFS Operation Christmas Splenda packets, nutrition bars, small bags of chips, As part of our A Soldier’s Christmas program on November cookies (no peanuts, put in Gladware-type container 29, the Friends of Graeme Park will be collecting items to if homemade) send to service men and women overseas. You may drop off items during our regular Friday—Sunday hours up to Upcoming Improvements and including the day of the program on November 29 In addition to the planned building conservation and ar- (please note we will be closed on Friday, November 28 for chitectural projects we mentioned last newsletter the Thanksgiving holiday). Items we’re collecting include: (finishing the Keith House windows, replacing some of the end boards on the barn, and repairing the stone barn- Flip flops, men’s and women’s white socks yard wall) we’re also working on finally getting public Unscented soap, wipes, deodorant, shampoo, hand water to the site so we will no longer have to rely on well sanitizer, foot powder, Chapstick/Blistex, moisturizer water and septic, and some plumbing improvements to (please note, all products should be unscented) the site, including new toilets and sinks and faucets that Saline eyewash, individual tissue packets, individual actually turn off (oh the luxury!). These modernizations wrapped rolls of toilet paper are becoming increasingly more necessary with the heavi- Holiday decorations, individually wrapped non- er traffic our facilities are receiving as a result of the wed- chocolate candies, non-dairy creamer, small tubes of ding rentals, and will of course be beneficial for school Crystal Light, 12 oz. bags or smaller of coffee, sugar/ tours and general public usage as well. Page 4 THE FRIENDS OF GRAEME PARK MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Friends of Graeme Park is to pro- vide on-going support of preservation, maintenance, development, interpretation, education and promotion of Graeme Park. BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Beth MacCausland Vice President Jack Washington Secretary Jim Miller Co-Treasurer Diane Horan Co-Treasurer Bruce Rader Member at Large Marie Cherry Member at Large Margaret Choate Member at Large Deedie Gustavson Member at Large Toni Kistner Member at Large Donna Mitchell Member at Large Gary Oswald STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS Education Carol Brunner John Brunner Finance Bruce Rader Fundraising Marie Cherry Governance Jack Washington Grants Vacant Hospitality Vacant Insurance Vacant Legal Vacant Membership Donna Mitchell Museum Shop Carol Brunner Carla Loughlin Newsletter/Publicity Carla Loughlin Programs/Events Beth MacCausland Volunteers Beth MacCausland Website Joan Stelmach THE GRAEME PARK GAZETTE is published quarterly by The Friends of Graeme Park in cooperation with the PA Historical and Museum Commission Editor: Carla A. Loughlin Befriend the Past The Friends of Graeme Park Page 5 Moonlight Tales While our annual Moonlight creepy tales of the paranormal Tours of the Keith House have in the parlor. Laurie has re- been popular, one of the most searched many haunted places common reminisces we hear for her books and has many around this time of year is tales to tell; she is an experi- about “the storyteller” who enced storyteller from her told tales “in the parlor of the work with Grim Philadelphia, Keith House.” Who the story- so it should be a night of fright teller was and just how long and delight. The per- ago he was here we’re not formances will be at 7 sure, although it has been pm and 8 pm on Fri- more than 10 years. Anyway, day, October 24, and in place of the Moonlight Tour we have limited seat- this year, we thought we’d go ing due to the size of back to the storytelling idea the space. Weather per- and have lined up Laurie Hull, mitting there will be a who is the author of Supernatu- bonfire to enjoy and ral Pennsylvania, Brandywine snacks and hot choco- Valley Ghosts, and other titles late included as part of (available in our shop), to tell the $15 ticket price.
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