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PUBLISHER Shcphcrdslown Ministerial Association Spring 2002 ADVISORY GROUP Mary Ann Clarfc Marge Dower COLUMNS Cindy Keller Emesi D. Lyics 3 Reflections on Building the Blessed Community. Guest editorial by Ed Zahoiser Tobey Pierce Joan Snipes 16 Old Man's Beard. By Virginia Provenzano Martin Sibley Michael Schwartz 17 EARTHKEEPING. There's Nothing Like Asparagus io Springtime... Randall W. Tremba E X E C U T I V E E D I T O R By Margarita Provenzano Randall W. Tremba EDITORS 18 Eating Locally, Acting Locally. By Alan Balliett Inge Lcland Susan Ford Priichard 20 The WHAT??? Pots. By Marge Dower Naomi Rohrer Claire Siuan PEOPLE Anne Winter DEPARTMENT EDITORS 4 George Fisher. By Anne Winter Tara Bell Marge Dower 5 Eric Johnson, the Blacksmith. By Susan Ford Pritchard Vince Parmenzano Margarita Provenzano 6 The Men's Club. By Betty Lou Bryant Virginia Provenzano Keith Snyder 7 From Comics to the Clergy. By Claire Stuart Ed Zahniscr CONTRIBUTING EDITORS FEATURES Judith Laymen Emily Lcvitan 8-9 Notes from Around the World. By Rev. Randall W. Tremba Doroihy'McGhee Berry Morgan 10-11 Vernacular Architecture. Barns of Jefferson County. By Anne Winter J. LaFcar Ward Stephen Willingham 12-13 Comic Centerfold. By Erik Van Horn Robin Young PRE-PRODUCTION EDITOR 14-15 CIVIL WAR. The Image of War. By Keith Snyder Libby Howard 19 Outside. By Tara Bell SENIOR DESIGNER Melinda Schmitt PHOTOGRAPHERS B A C K F O R T Y Lars Wigren TYPIST 21 Religious Communities of the Shepherdstown Ministerial Association. Mary Ann Stridor PROOFREADERS 22 Donors. We have only one debt. And it's a good one. A debt of gratitude. Betty Lou Bryant John Foxcn 23 Business & Service Directory. Tell them you saw it here. Leslie Long DISTRIBUTION Dabney Chapman (ret) Clyde Kernck John Van Tol TREASURER A l e x S h a w D E S I G N & L A Y O U T Jared Sehccrer and • t . ,

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Editor's note: Reprint of a talk given It both lional. That's why I woik of great hope, caring for the by Ed Zahniser at the Martin Luther amazes aitd say this work can digtiity of the continuity of life. King. Jr. Convocation (January 20. perturbs be begun by Building the Beloved Community, to 2002) sponsored by die me that a few but be effective, must also be a work of Sliepherdsiown Ministerial we rarely can't be multi-generational hope. This is a Association at St. Peter's Lutheran get to hear done by work that can be begun by a few, but Church. Shcpherdstown. W. Va. and know a few. it it can't be done by a few. So what other peo cannot will you do? eing part of the "Building the ple's real sto jf.vi even be The Ministerial Association slo Beloved Community" class ries. To hear done in our life gan IS "We Are Many Congregations. B (May 2001) was a rare oppor people's real sto times. But if we dott't Bui One Church." Ours is a Biblical tunity to take part in a class that grow ries. as a male at least, you begin this work now, who tradition of multi-generational hope toward becoming community. I hope almost must join a 12-step group or will? And when? that reaches back all the way to that was just a foretaste of glory psychotherapy group. But in this In Shcpherdstown we are well Abraham and Sarah. They set off on divine. I hope we can make it that. "Building the Beloved Community" equipped for multi-generational hope. an unknown journey for the sake of Recently at church our small class we heard real stories, and that I don't think our town's name— the whole world, pursuing a promise. group was reading aloud Paul's letter means a great deal to me. What I Shepherd's Town, as it once was—is We are now that joumey. to the Ephesians. Here is Ephesians want to share with you is that accidental. We have a tradition of Now. like in the biblical "Song 2: 14-16 in the New Revised Building the Beloved Community is leadership in multi-generational hope of Songs." ] adjure you. oh daughters Standard Version: "For [Christ] him a work that can be begun by a few. in the Shcpherdstown Ministerial and sons of Shcpherdstown, enroll in self is our peace; in his flesh he has but it can't be done by a few. So Association. For the past 25 years, Building the Beloved Community. made both groups into one and has what will you do? the finest and best work of Cast wide our nets of hospitality. broken down the dividing wall, that I don't believe Jesus was crucified Shcpherdstown has not been done by Break down the barriers of racism is, the hostility between us. He has for big political reasons or big reli the mayor and town council. Our that divide us and stymie the gospel. abolished the law with its command gious reasons. I think Jesus was cruci community has done its finest and This is a work that can be begun by a ments and ordinances, that he might fied because he cast his net of hospi best work as an inclusive theocracy few, but it can't be done by a few. So create in himself one new humanity tality so wide. That was the big threat led by the Shcpherdstown Ministerial what will you do? in place of the two, thus making he posed to the powerful. Jesus was Association. Twenty-five years is a If the anthropologists are correct, peace, and might reconcile both killed because of whom he took meals technical generation, so already, we all arose from common ancestors groups to God in one body through with. He ate with marginalized folk: today, right now, we are enacting a in Africa. Race is a myth we have the cross, thus putting to death the women. Samaritans, turncoat tax col hope that is multi-generational. constructed. But we profess to be one hostility through it." lectors, ritually unclean lepers, prosti The Ministerial Association people of God. and anything we Here's that same passage as tutes, foreigners. Jesus was crucified began and has kept alive this tradi humans coastructed. we humans can translated by Clarence Jordan into for the wide net of hospitality he cast. tion of remembering, &s a communi deconstruct. We can begin right here colloquial American speech: That to me is the second step in ty, the life and work of Martin Luther in Shcpherdstown to dismande the "[Christ] himself is our peace. It was Building the Beloved Community. King, Jr. In the 1980s the myth of race by Building the he who integrated us and abolished How can we turn a class into mutual Presbyterian Church, with coopera Beloved Community. Here. Now. For the segregation patterns which lives of hospitality, casting our nets tion from the Ministerial Association, the future. Forever. And that is a glo caused so much hostility. He allowed as widely as Jesus showed us? Dr. began town recycling. Recycling rious act of hope. no silly traditions and customs in his King said we are bound by "an symbolizes our multi-generational This is a work that can be begun fellowship, so that in it he might inescapable network of mutuality." hope for a livable world for coming by a few. but it can't be done by a integrate the two into one new body. An "inescapable network of mutuali generations. Recycling was not the few. So what will you do? In this way he healed the hurt, and ty." Building the Beloved work of the mayor and town council by his sacrifice on the cross he Community is a work that can be but of the Mimslcrial Association. joined together both sides into one begun by a few, but it can't be done The Ministerial Association also Ed Zahniser is author of body for God. In it the hostility no by a few, So what will you do? started the Good Shepherd Interfaith "Shepherdstown Historic Firsts" longer exists." Building the Beloved Community Volunteer Caregivers. Care-giving published by Four Seastms Books and This is the Word of the Lord... is a work of hope. It's a work of was not the work of the mayor and a co-founder of the Good News Paper. "In this way he healed the hurt..." prophetic hope. And any hope, if it is town council. Our Volunteer "In it the hostility no longer exists." to be effective, must be multi-gcncra- Caregivers is an inter-gcneraiional

GOOD NEWS PAPER • SPRING 2002 George Fisher Doing Geology Religously Story and photo by Anne Winter

the needs of others. Christ focused on and religion is an idea that gives the hungry crowd—not himself. That Aconversation one pause,between but Dr. Georgescience Fisher focus empowered the 5.000 to do the is trying to encourage that conversation. same—to focus on the needs of others. Fisher, a professor of geology at Johns One explanation of this event, equally Hopkins University, .spoke at one of the miraculous, is chat there was a contagion fall forums sponsored by Shepherdstown of .sharing that allowed all to eat. with Presbyterian Cljurch. Fisher is working food left over. on his Masters in Theology, but because In these siOTies are the beginnings of his background as a geologist, he of the answers to Fisher's questions. We brings a fascinating new perspective to mu.st. as did Christ, identify with the issues of faith. natural world, with the poor, with the Fisher began by telling us the cos future. God. the gardener, has given us mic story—the story that began 12-14 George Fisher, left, iiilh Ed Zahniser ill one of ihe foruna sponsored by rich fertile soil from which we in this billion years ago with the "Big Bang." ihc Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church country have produced great wealth. We He used a metaphor of distance to illus are the wealthy and the privileged of the trate the immense passage of time. In we, as God's creatures, should live out rocky, infertile ground: the ground world, however, the focus of Jesus was his metaphor, one meter equals 1000 of a sense of gratitude and awe. not out choked with weeds and briars (where not on the wealthy and privileged but years, so the journey from the Big Bang of pride and entitlement. the seeds sprouted but withered): and rather on the poor, the hungry, and the to (he present was one from Tokyo to Fisher looks forward in lime to the the rich, deep soil. Of course, being a downtrodden. His invitation to the rich (he table at which he spoke in down continuation of this cosmic story, the geologist. Fisher's focus was on the soil. then, as it is now. is to share with the town Shepherdstown. journey from the present onward. He How did ihe rich, deep soil become rich poor, the hungry, and the downtrodden The distance between locations sees three questions whose answers will and deep? The answer goes back to his of this time and in the future. We ore illustrated the immense passage of time determine the ultimate survival of the cosmic story—the gradual change over called to care for creation. We must care between events. For example, beginning human species. time. First, the roots of the weeds and for Ihe areas of rich fertile soil and help in Tokyo with the Big Bang, the forma 1. How do we sustain the global briars held the soil in place. Then gradu make areas that are rocky, barren and tion of Earth four and a half billion ecosystem while satisfying real human ally Ihc weeds and briars and the with choked with weeds and briars more fer years ago would lake us to downtown needs? ered plants decomposed, making the soil tile .so that all may grow. Los Angeles. The lime of dinosaurs 2. How do we fulfill the legitimate richer and richer over time until it In both stories, the solutions did would place us in Parkersbuig. West expectations of the world's poor while became fertile ground. not come from the top but from the Virginia. When niainmals emerged 65 continuing patterns of consumption that In Fisher's view, God is the garden bottom up, from the response of many million years ago. we would be in have become acceptable to the wealthy er, working from the bottom up, enrich acting together to help others. The fer Winchester. Virginia. The time of Christ nations of the world? ing the soil to allow for growth. In this tile ground in which we thrive gives us would bring us two meters from the 3. How do we preserve meaningful parable, the thorns and briars, over time, fertile opportunities for choices, for table. The Reformation had us about 12 options for future generations while sat help make the soil richer. And as Fisher decisions. Do we focus on ourselves or inches from the table. Our individual isfying needs of today? pointed out. even the thorns and briars do we focus on others? We choose how lives represent about half inch in this These arc hard questions, because that we encounter in life contribute to we respond- Our individual choice and journey from Tokyo to the table in this earth does not have the resources the richness and depth—the structure— our choices in the aggregate determine Shepherdstown. The metaphor vividly for the entire world to live at the stan of who we are. God works in our lives, the ultimate survival of our species. We demonstrates that lOO.OtX) years is the dard of living and consumption of but from the bottom up, helping us to are called to a real empathy for Ihe blink of the geological eye and that the wealthy nations such as ours. Science transform difficult times into fertile soil world, for the poor—now and in the lime of humans on this earth is very alone cannot resolve the questions. for growth. God allows us to grow, pro future. Our Christian tradition asks us short in the bigger picture. There is a moral dimension to these vides opportunities for us to gro«'. but whether we live in a gated community So what does this geologist's ren que.stions that requires that science and never forces us. We choose how we use insulated from the poor or as a beacon dering show us besides our own religion come into conversation. Fisher the fertile soil of our lives. on a hill, inviting the world to share in insignificance in .the big picture? looked for guidance to two stories in the Fisher also looked at Jesus' feeding our loaves and fish. The survival of Although the details of the cosmic story New Testament; the parable of the of the 5.000. where a meager meal of a humanity may depend on how we differ from the Genesis creation story, sower and the feeding of the 5.000. few loaves and fish fed more than 5.000 answer these questions. the point is the siimc. Fisher .says both If you remember, in the parable of people. Fisher saw that event as miracu s t o r i e s s h o w u s t h a t w e a r e G o d ' s c r e a the sower, seeds fell on four different lous because of the change in focus tures. that all creation is good, and that types of ground: the hard path; the from Ihe self —one's own hunger—to

GOOD NEWS PAPER • SPRING 2002 Eric Johnson, the Blacksmith Forging Ahead with Respect to the Past By Susan Ford Pritchard Photos by Lars Wigren

gale in your yard. They are but remnants it comes to traditional ways. In particu he's worked on. "Eric's a good man," of the reign of iron. Each day, Eric lar, she enjoys open hearth cooking in says Schmitt. "and a fine craftsman." Johnson coaxes those remnants to life in the country kitchen of their circa-1790 You can see one of Johnson's wrought a remarkable array of items. farmhouse. iron railings on the front porch at the It turns out that wrought iron actu Cathy and Eric moved from newly built home of Lou Cox on South ally can be reused - heated and reshaped Virginia to Lockhaven, Penn. "That's Church Street - if it is in fairly good condition. "But when I started making my tools, collect Eric Johnson says, "I am a Christian old wrought iron in good ing metal, and building and that keeps my work ethic different condition is getting more my business," he from some others. That is what drives and more dilTicult to smiles. "Blacksmiths me." In fact he's a deacon in a small find," he explains. are the only tradesman church near Martinsburg. He also works with w h o m a k e t h e i r o w n In an historic place like trie Johnson of work wilh many his tools. new low-carbon steel tools and everyone Shepherdstown, it's easy to recall how and various alloy steels, else's loo!" important tradespeople once were. "In ^he dark gray tomcal sleeps in the especially for making While living in the early days of America, you couldn't warm ashes of the blacksmith's tools, Johnson produces Pennsylvania, he faced have a settlement without a crossroads, T forge. And, when he's not catch hardware including nails, what he describes as his an inn and a blacksmith," states ing mice, he studies the blacksmith with hinges, handles, shutter most interesting task. Johnson. The blacksmith made the metal the thick brown beard, the Virginia mili fasteners, gutter hooks Some local divers had that held things together, made the tools tia hat (wool .so it won't catch fire) and and more. His snowbirds found the remains of a that were used in other trades, made the the old-fashioned ways. perch atop area roofs. device that was used to wheels that kept the wagons rolling. Eric Johnson has smithing in his His railings define bal catch logs back in the Saying that, Johnson turns to the blood. "My great-great grandfather was conies and porches. His old days: a wrought table in his workshop and lovingly a blacksmith in Rappahannock County, llft-Iaiches open barn iron ring four feet in picks up a delicate hook he recently Virginia," he says, a deep pride glowing doors. He specializes in tooismithing— diameter and 20 feet of very thick chain. made. It is made by the same process in his dark brown eyes. So, too. were his forming utensils such as soup ladles and Eric's face lights up as he describes how and formed in the same shape as its great-grandfather and his grandfather, flesh forks; fireplace tools; gardening he shaped huge blocks of wood and then counterparts were in the 18th century. but Johnson never knew that when he tools like hoes, forks and spades: axes, draped the refurbished metal over it to In pointing out the color and patina of was growing up (his father chose hatchets, and hammers. And then there create an outdoor sculpture for a profes the piece, he gives a lesson in crafts plumbing and con a r c t h e h o o k s o f sional building. manship and history. struction as a trade), various shapes and The Johnsons came "I burn coal in my "The first time s i z e s f r o m s m a l l to their stone house near forge," he says seriously. 1 saw a blacksmith household hooks to Keameysville several "Today most smiths use at work was in those large enough years ago. Today, they propane or natural gas." Colonial to hold a bird feed and their three children He picks up another Williamsburg when er. And the cande (Rachel, Ethan and Lily) small hook that was I was about eight labra and candle- live there, along wiih.a made the "modem way." years old." he holders. .. the herd of rare Tunis sheep. The hook formed in his recalls. It was sheep cmok, the George Washington coal fire has a deep color almost love at first hoof knife .... brought these animals to and luster that gleams sight, "1 was fa.sci- Johnson came the colonics from Tunisia like the lead in a pencil. iiated wilh the idea to Shcpherdsiown to improve his flock. A of working metal. When I was about 16 as a college freshman in the 1980s. He dc.sert breed, they are dull and discolored. or 17. 1 started reading everything I canted a degree in park administration— called fat-tail sheep Johnson takes another could gel my hands on about it." managciucm of national, state and his because they drink lots ■ IThe pageother fromhook histoiylooks when That fascination has transported toric parks—from Shepherd College. of water and store it in he applies linseed oil or him as far back as the time of the Born and raised in Luray, Va., he .speaks t h e i r t a i l s . beeswax to his finished pieces. The oil ancient Hittites. They were the first iron fondly of the internship he .served at As he stands at his forge in an out or wax goes into the grain of the metal workers and the most feared warriors of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park building on the farm, Eric relates a and cannot be felt. But the sheen is their lime because of the iron weapons during the 80s—yes. as a working remarkable coincidence, "When we unmistakable. they wielded against their encmic-s. For blacksmith, helping to interpret the park bought this place, we didn't know that it "One of my door-knockers on the centuries after that, iron and the men for visitors. had been part of a land grant (hat Lord front door of an old house will make who worked it formed the backbone of By the lime Johnson look a position Fairfax made to Cathy's ancesttrr, you feel at home." he says, hinting that civilization. at Meadow Fami Mu-scuni. a living his Robert Lcmcn, in the 1700s. Some of the warmth of his forge never quite In fact, as recently as the early tory farm near Richmond. Va.. he had her people are buried in the common leaves a piece that is tempered there. I9()0s, skyscrapers were held together met and married a young woman from cemetery down by the spring." with wrought iron. For most of us today, one of this area's oldest families, Cathy Eric Johnson works « ilh people on iron is a scarce commodity in our lives Park, a granddaughter of Catharine various projects. For example, Susan Ford Pritchard fri-es on a fami of plastic, stainless steel and aluminum. Lcmcn. Cathy, who has made her career Shepherdstown builder Jim Schmitt has outside Shepherdstown with her luishtind Perhaps you have a cast iron frying pan at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, commissioned Johnson to make hard and rnv sons. in your kitchen or an old wrought imn also is a student and an enthusiast when ware and railings for some of the homes

GOOD N EWS PAPER • SPRING 2002 6 The Shepherdstown Men's Club A Community Service Organization By Betty Lou Bryant Photos by Harold Snyder and Elliott Ours

Thanks to the efforts of Eiiana German Street, come (o the inter Suttenfield, Morgan's Grove Park was Haveyousection ever withwalked King downStreet next to entered into the National Register of the Library, and wondered what takes Historic Places in 1999. place in the War Memorial Building? For many years the membership of There's a nice sign there, but just what is the Men's Gub perftHtned all of the the Shepherdstown Men's Club? Lei me maintenance, grass mowing, and adminis introduce the Club to you. tration of the activities at the park. In Established in 1945, The 1995, an agreement was entered into with Shepherdstown Men's Club has been ded Jeffersmi County to manage the daily icated to community service from its activities at the park and maintain the inception. It was organized by a group of grounds. The county's efforts, under the local men to ill) a void left by the demise direction of Tim Barr, Director of the of another service club. The purpose was Jefferson County Parks and Recreation specifically stated in its Constitution—it Commission, have worked extremely was created to provide.'Tralemal. civic President Hal Snyder and George Marshall carry the lead banner in the Men's Clubeniry in the 2001 well. This park is expertly groomed and and social activities designed to promote Shepherdslotrn Christmas Parade. used for local soccer, baseball and volley the betterment of the town of ball games, picnics and holiday celebra Shepherdstown." Albert Kave, Henry The War Memorial Building is a for $20,000 "fw the use and benefit of the tions. Playground equipment grills, pic- Moore Snyder and Kenneth'Waldeck are fine example of Georgian architecture. membership of The Men's Club," as stat itic tables, a full kitchen and restroom the only living charter members. It provides space for meetings, din ed on the deed. This area, now known as ikrilides make this a perfect outdoor site, For the first two years, dinner meet ners, dances, fitness and karate class Morgan's Grove Park, had been known as all provided to the public by The Men's ings were held in private homes, in l(x:al es, art and craft exhibits, musical pro the Morgan's Grove Fair Ground and Gub. For infonitation on availability or churches with the meals served by the grams. receptions, and parties. The once was the site of fairs, horse races, rental rates, you may call 728-3207. guilds, or in restaurants. As documented newly restored first floor room accom camp meetings and holiday celebrations. A 3.930-foot gravel walking trail was in an article written by Donald G. modates 100, and has lighting This park also has a special place in the arnqsleted over a year ago. The effort to Patterson dated November 1,1982. the designed for displaying art. The main history of the Revolutionary War. In construct this popular exercise feature Men's Club purchased the Methodist ballroom on the second floor has mod 1775. it was the site of the beginning of was spearheaded by Men's Club member, Church South building at the comer of ern kitchen facilities that make it ideal the 600-mile Bee-Line March to join John Griffith, who donated more than 800 Gennan and King Streets in 1947 for for serving meals for up to 120 people. Washington's troops in Massachusetts in hours to this project A local Eagle Scout $7,000. The building was built in 1868 The Men's Club meets on the second response to a call to arms by the candidate. Jameei Asghar, completed one and dedicated on October 9, 1870. and fourth Wednesday evenings for Continental Congress made in July of that permanent bridge along the trail crossing Worship services were held on the second dinner and a program. The programs year. the Town Run. floor until 1939-40. At that time, the arc open to the public. "Under Captains Hugh Ste[rficnson In 1990. the organization voted to building became available when that Improvements continue to be made and Daniel Morgan, who provided leader change the by-laws in order to admit church merged with the New Street to the building. Recently, two good-look ship of the highest order, diesc American women to the membership. According to Methodist Church. ing park benches, made by Marty Riflemen projected uncomrron dedication a long-time male member of the club. A plaque near the main door of the Broadhuist, appeared on the sidewalk and courage. Their indomitable spirit of They have made a major contribution to War Memorial Building (or Men's Club outside. The materials were donated by freedom helped forge the nation." revitalizing the club." Kit Franklin, Dotty Building) honors local veterans who have The Bavarian Inn and Jefferson Security This quotation comes from the invi Marshall, DcsxMhy McGhee and Peg made the supreme sacrifice. Those who Bank. Currently, funds are being raised to tation to ancnd a ceretncmy honoring the McNougbton were the first women to died in World War I are; Wilmer B. Miller install an elevator/lift so the second floor Bicentennial of the United States jcnn. In 2X)1 there were 175 members. and Thomas C. Reinhart Those who lost will be accessible to all. Anyone interest Constitution and the beginnings of the Recent past presidents of the Men's their lives in World War IT are; Henry B. ed in renting space in the War Memorial United States Army held at Mcvgan's Club include Charles Freelartd, George Reinhart, Roy J.Tumer and James S. Building should call 876-3323 and leave Grove Park on September 17,1988. At McNaughton, Peter Morgens. John White. According to Historian Laureate a m e s s a g e . that ceremony, a plaque, entitled Foxen, Hank Buckner, Maura Brackett Jim Price, Thomas C. Reinhart was the The hardwood floors throughout the "Shepherdstown Rally Point," was pre artd Etts Ellion. At the holiday party on uncle of Henry B. Reinhart who was building are suitable for dancing and sented. and is now displayed on a brick December 12,2001, Hal Snyder was killed on Luzon, January 30.1945, seven Shepherdstown Music and Dance has pedestal just downhill from the pavilion. given the gavel as the new president months before the end of the war in the used the building for over 20 years. They Another piece of Morgan's Grove The Shepherdstown Men's Club pro Pacific. Irving Laneheart was killed dur sponsor dancing lessons and dances on histray is the pavilion that was built by motes civic interest and continually devel ing the Korean War. and Corporal Wayne the first Saturday of every month and also the Men's Club in 1965 on the rains of ops and enhances community life through D. Boyer lost his life during the conflict on the fifth Saturday when one occurs. Fountain Rock, the mansion home of its activities and by maintaining the War in Viet Nam. Attendees come from as far away as Colonel Alexander R. Botelcr, a member Memorial Building as a community cen On January 15,1975, an early morn Baltimore and Washington, D.C. This of the Confederate Congress and designer ter and Morgan's Grove Park as a public ing fire damaged the third floor projection oiganization has been generous in its sup of the Confederate Seal. Fountain Rock, recreation area. room and balcony. Fire Chief D. Lee port. selling parts of the old piano to raise built in 183

GOOD NEWS PAPER • SPRIN 6 2 0 0 2 From Comics to the Clergy By Claire Stuart Photo by Lars Wigren

der of his ministry. "Footsteps of Paul" the new pastor, out of Macdonell's Macdonell's ministry and civil "When I tours through shadow. Overtherights years, activitiesthe Rev. haveJames taken him arrived in Greece, The Macdonells spend most week all around the world. In 1998, he Washington, D.C., He was part of ends in their Whiting's Neck home, and retired after 38 years as pastor of Saint in I960,1 didn't a team that trav anticipate spending more time here. Mark Presbyterian Church in realize it was a eled to Kenya in They quickly discovered Rockville. Md., and decided to spend southern city," he 1996 and built a Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church, more time at his getaway cabin in said. He was sur stone church to and the Macdonells found kindred spir Whiting's Neck. prised to find racial seat 400 people. its in the socially active congregation When Macdonel! was growing up segregation. He "The Presbyterian and the Rev. Randall Tremba. in Evanston, III., his plans for his life recalled how church has always Retirement from the ministry has could not have been more ditferent. He amazed he was at been very active in not meant retirement for Macdonell—it dreamed of becoming a cartoonist. the lack of African- Kenya." he just means more time for his civil "I idolized Washington Post politi Americans working explained. "The rights work. He is President of the Fair cal cartoonist Herblock [Herbert in department stores Scottish missions Housing and Equal Rights Center in Block]," he said, adding that his goal or in the metropoli were there in 1898. Bethesda. a coalition of ministers, was to have a cartoon in the tan transit system. Now there are priests, rabbis and legal experts work Washington Post. Macdonell, about four million ing against discrimination in housing He attended Lake Forest College always a social Presbyterians in and employmenL near Chicago, where Herbert Block had activist, quickly Kenya." No matter what else he has been also gone to school, and the American became part of the Macdonell is involved in. art has continued to play a Academy of Art in Chicago, He. like 1960s civil rights Her. Jame-i Macdonell with many of this drxnc- actively involved role in Macdonell's life. He professed Block, was a cartoonist for his college movement. In 1963, in the Presbyterian that he has always been an unpaid artist paper. By strange coincidence, his Lake the young pastor went to Canton, Committee for Northcm Ireland, When for his church, providing illustrations Forest roommate was the .son of Miss,, to work for black voter registra he realized that a lot of the money that for church bulletins, making posters Block's college roommate. tion, He was on the first plane to finances the "troubles" in Northcm and the like. One of Macdonell's early dreams Selma, Ala., for the march to Ireland comes from contributors in the Macdonell's favorite media are did come true, and he had a cartoon Montgomery. He met such luminaries United States, making us part of the pen-and-ink wash and charcoal. He published in the Wa.sbinglon Post. A of the civil rights movement as Martin problem, he decided to try to be part of has made his art an essential part of candidate for governor of Maryland Luther King Jr., Charles Evers and the solution. Activities included meet his worldwide travels. He draws a pic used the slogan, "My home is my cas James Farmer, ings between representatives of the ture of a place he has been on every tle," as code for being in favor of racial In general, his congregation backed Catholic and Presbyterian churches in trip. His walls hold the framed memo discrimination. Macdonell caricatured him up. Unfortunately, when he Northern Ireland. ries of his journeys—the Parthenon, the candidate holding a "My home is returned from Mississippi, he found On a recent visit to Northern The Rock of Ca.shel in Tipperary my castle" sign, surrounded by hooded that about 20 members of his congrega Ireland. Macdonell planted a tree for County. Massai women in Kenya, a Klansmen. tion had walked out. However, he peace at what is called an integrated street scene in Venice. And of course. Macdonell did artwork for the ended up picking up more members school. It is one attended by both Saint Mark Church. Chicago Chamber of Commerce and than he lost, as people who shared his Catholic and Protestant chil even worked for a lime drawing back caring philosophy joined his church. dren because their patents elect T H E R E N . D R . grounds for Rick Yeagcr, one of about "People say the church has done a to send them there—otherwise, R.\NDALL TREMBA 17 artists who drew the "Buck Rogers" lot for civil rights. I say the opposite as schools are segregated by reli comic strips. It would seem as though true." Macdonell declared. "Civil rights gion. He was distressed to have -rji\>ks \\j)tos(;R.vnL\iio\s a young boy define an atheist KWDt: Mt. »!<)« r\ST !IMf.KI.ILN he was destined to achieve his goals, did a lot for the church. It forced peo wniA tt>i-Ri: nwiNO FIN;" but along the way he switched gears. ple to come to grips with what they to him as "a kid who doesn't Because his family was active in really thought Christianity was about get killed going to school in the Presbyterian Church, religion and and to practice what they preach." Northern Ireland." church activities were always important He described his Rockville church Macdonell has worked to parts of Macdonell's life. While the as probably the most socially active encourage American corpora young man was attending art school, he congregation in the Washington metro tions to build facilities in did volunteer work on weekends for politan area, with an extremely high Northern Ireland to bring jobs. Beacon House, a church-operated facil per capita giving rate as well. They He noted that so many young ity for troubled youth. built their own senior housing units, men are unemployed and see Soon he realized that he enjoyed worked on behalf of foster children, no future for themselves. working with people more than he and partnered with churches in humani Paramilitary groups offer them liked drawing. He decided to become a tarian missions in other nations. pay and something to do and a .social worker but ended up entering the Many members of Macdonell's cause with which to identify. ministry. He also holds a doctorate in church were in foreign service, leading When Macdonell retired, family counseling. to a wide world view. His congregation he left Saint Mark Church. His first church was in Geneva, included Ambassadors to Bangladesh, Because a long-term pastor has N.Y., where he spent two years. From Rwanda and Cameroon. Macdonell has such an influence on the devel there he went on to become pastor of been up the Ganges River by boat to a opment and philosophy of a A commemoraave poster Her. Macdomell designed and drew for Saint Mark Presbyterian Church in medical mission station. He and his particular church, it was impor fteK Or Randy Tremba s 2Slh anniversary wiHi the Rockville, where he spent the remain wife have led groups through Israel and tant to allow it to evolve with Shepherdstown Presbymritm Church.

GOOD NEWS PAPER • SPRING 2002 Notes from Around the World By Randall IVemba Photos by Paula IVemba

Author's note: The Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church granted me a three month sabbatical last year. With the support of a Lilly Endowment grant, my wife Paula and I were able to circumscribe the earth. We are happy to announce that the world is, indeed, round. The fallowing are excerpts from our travelogue and photo gallery. There's more at www.spcworks.org/travel

Wednesday, September 26 (Day 1) block protrudes—just like that!—out of nowhere. The ibis, zebras (dozens), ostriches and stoiits, water buck, Shepherdstown to Christchurch, New Zealand mammoth rock is a conglomerate formed over millions tawny eagle, eland and (are you ready for this) lions We left Shepherdstown this morning at 10:30. of years from river sediment. (And to think I was wor (two brothers) less than SO feet from us. the first leg of a 100-day journey around the world. ried about 30 minutes!) The only Once again I was amazed by An adventure two years in the planning was finally three such structures (tors) are the vast diversity, variety, beauty here in the red center of Australia. and even comedy of nature. When underway. WWW' ■ We arrived at the nearly empty Dulles airport ter The big tourist thing is to see you see with what great care and minal four hours before our departure. Every square the rock at sunset and sunrise. We cleverness each and every species inch of our bodies and luggage was scrutinized. We were prepared to do the tourist (flora and fauna!) has been didn't mind. We were flying American Airlines, Dulles thing and join the crowd for a "designed" (if you can believe to Lo.s Angeles. That other fateful American Airline sunset viewing after we did the thai!), it makes you wonder why flight from Dulles to LA was mightily on our mind. lOk walk around the base. we worry so much about our If all went well (and, of course, we could not However, dark clouds were rush selves. If the Maker of heaven assume it would), we would be in Christchurch. New ing in from the north. As we and earth clothes and cares for the Zealand before the sun came up again. I think everyone dashed back to our car, a light rain vast and complicated world of on the plane held their breath for the first hour. Four turned into a downpour. With Lions in Lake NaJaini National Part. Kenya nature and if we are part of it, hours later we landed at LAX clouds still why should we fret and fuss about where there was a brief "bomb looming and more forming in the so much? What a privilege that we have been included scare" due to a mysterious package west we figured there'd be no in such a fantastic world that was blessed long (long, left outside the terminal. Breathe sunset on the rock that night. But long) before a single human stood up. A little more in. breathe out. Hold breath. we saw something quite rare: humility and gratitude would be a good thing. Later that evening (still waterfalls pouring down the rock. Wednesday. Sept. 26) we boarded We drove slowly (and, I think, Ethiopia. Monday, Nov. 5 (Day 40) a Qanlas airplane bound for reverently) around the entire rock, Mettu to Tepi Auckland. What is it about that then headed out the long, straight With Brian Gilchrist (a young American), Berhano koala bear that makes a body feel highway (thumbing our noses at (the Synod's official driver) and Endale we took the safe? We breathed a lot easier and the overpriced resort accommoda hard road (the only road) southward from Mettu to tried to forget what lay beneath. tions in Ayers Rock) 100 kilome Tepi. By hard I mean dirt and gravel THE WHOLE We want to here and now Pancakf Rftcks in Paparoa l^afional Pfirk, ters to Curtin Springs Cattle WAY with ruts as deep as the tires. Think lunar land publicly thank the Qantas enter N n v Z c a i a n J Station and our dirt cheap accom scape. Mere potholes were a relief. tainment director for not showing modations. We got what we paid To have a vehicle or to have access to one (as we Castaway on their transpacific flight. We did. however, for. did) puts you among the elite in Ethiopia. Nearly see three other movies in between eating dinner and everyone else walks and walks and walks. And walks. breakfast and dozing ofTa few times. I'm .still trying to Kenya. Tuesday, Oct. 30 (Day 34) Berhano kept us moving right along. His driving get my mind around this little fact: the plane from LA Lake Nakuru style was basically: make way. to Auckland flew at nearly 600 mph for 12 hours over We got up before sunrise to HONK. I'm coming through. nothing but ocean. That's a lot of water. As someone get to Lake Nakuru National Park Dogs, donkeys, cows, goats, said, this planet could have been called "Water." to see the animals during their chickens and children scampered We arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand early morning browsing and grazing. or else. Fortunately, over 300 Friday morning (Sept. 28). Somewhere over the For them, just another day: for us, some kilometers there never was Pacific we skipped Thursday. I guess we will spend a thrill of a lifetime. an "or else." In America our jaunt the next 98 (or 99?) days slowly getting it back. We spied a group of baboons could have been an amusement waddling toward us. But, wait. park ride if it had lasted, say. three Australia. Monday, October 15 (Day 19) What's that? Our driver stopped minutes instead of four butt-bust Cairns to Ayers Rock In his tracks. A thick vine ing hours. Just before landing at Ayers Rock in Central stretched across the dirt road. The In Tepei. we visited the At the Gore home for children. Ethiopia. Australia we were informed that we should set our thick, long, quivering "vine" Integrated Rural Development watches back 30 minuie.s. 30 turned out to Project. This program provides minutes! Are you kiddin' me?! be black ants. We froze. A baboon assistance to the Mejengir tribe, a formerly nomadic No, that's right. Ayers Rock and ambling toward the "vine" people forced by encroaching development to adapt to vicinity is a half hour behind the flinched and boiled sky high. new ways. The Mekane Yesus Church sponsors a pro Au.stralian Eastern Time Zone. Don't mess with African black gram to (each agricultural concepts and techniques as How can they do that?! I mean, if ants. well as providing basic health care, community devel- you let these people get away We saw pelicans (hundreds), (^meni support (sewing machines) and environmental with that, what's keeping some pink flamingoes (nearly a million- education (planting seedlings). other blokes from creating a 15- -no exaggeration), gazelles minulc dilTerence time zone. (dozens), impalas (dozens) rhinos Greece. Thursday, Nov. 15 (Day 50) Ayers Rock (or Uluni in (three), buffalo (dozens), wart Chania, Isle of Crete Aborigine language) is spectacu hogs (dozens), secretary birds. Our 50th day. Half way and we are beginning to lar. A huge—very huge—red Ulum aflera tlowixpnur. CentralAiislnilia Egyptian gee.se and the sacred long for home and friends (and. our clogs!). But more

G O O D N E W S P A P E R • SPRING 2002 of Greece, Italy, Spain and Ireland tics ahead. Oh. well, A man across tlie aisle must have noticed our per cafe in Begur, a man with a nervous twitch at a nearby life could be worse! plexity (or wa.s it PANIC written all over our faces) and table ^emed fixated on us. We tried to ignore his stare We took a short drive into the mountains to make came over to explain in the best English he could muster but eventually he owned up to understanding and sure the wheels and stuff on our "Orca" rental (S200 that there had been an accident on the track between speaking English which was hardly an achievement for nine days!) worked OK before heading deeper into Nimes and Montpelier. At Nimes a bus would be waiting since he was an Englishman. He was in Begur to check the island tomorrow. We were surprised to discover to take all pa.s.sengers to Montpelier. on "his other house." (Or. so he how mountainous Crete was. We came upon one That made sense and wc thanked said.) Venetian ruin after another, one charming and quaint him. (This sort of quiet, mundane He offered to escc»T us to the mountain village after another not to mention gleam assistance has happened to us castle ruins on the small hill ing white Orthodox churches on every prominent dozens of times on this journey. It above the town. (Except for the peak. (I'm thinking of opening a Presbyterian fran- happens so regularly and always castle and the Mediterranean Sea, chi.se over here.) just at the right lime that we've this (own is a lot like our own That evening we took dinner at a tavema on the taken to rc-lhinking our skeptical beloved Shepherdstown.) We Old Port. A dozen tables were set for customers but position on the subject of angels.) accepted his offer (to escort us) when we entered only one was occupied and that by At Nimes we discmbariced even though (as Paula reminded locals chewing on the news and politics of the day. with bags gripped and ready to us later) there was an Englishman (Greeks eat and drink politics.) move. We wanted for murdering tourists a Our waiter led us right into looked for Ruairi. St. John's School. Ballyyaughn. Ireland. few weeks ago in Australia. the kitchen to pick out a fish. He train stewards (Paula was mildly rebuked later lifted up several and spoke elo to direct us. There were none. Nor for withholding this interesting piece of information.) quently (and movingly, I must was there any bus in sight. So we Turns out our forlorn Englishman was a lonely man, admit) about each fish's distinc stood on the train platform among going through a divorce. (Or, so he said.) tive qualities as though he had the French (did I mention how well- Later over dinner we collaborated on a new Alfred known them personally before dressed they are ALL THE TIME!) Hitchcock movie in which we all narrowly escape being they bit the big hook. We chose ^ as savvy as we could even though chopped into little pieces and stuffed into tapas. Jane our fish. He then recommended a we had no clue about where to go. and Al will never forget their 28th wedding anniversary. suitable salad and wine. We took Just then a train pulled in. An his recommendations and our announcement was made (in Ireland. Sunday, Dec. 23 (Day 88) seats on the patio. The repast Ofd Venetian Port. Chania. isle of Crete. French) with (we thought) the word Dublin which would take all of three "Montpelier" in it (It could have Paula and Amanda (our 20-year-old daughter) hours began with a basket of fresh bread. In Greece been: "this train is going to Montpelier" or "this train is went off to mix and mingle with merry shoppers while dining is an art form. One doesn't hurry good food. NOT going anywhere near Montpelier EVER!"). The I stayed in to catch up on a week's worth of my daily An old fisherman pulled up with a cooler strapped boarding whistle blew. Some of our fellow passengers goi log. (Oh. the dark life of a writer!) Paula returned to the back of his scrappy motor scooter. He joined the on; some did not. (Big help that was!) But when we saw exhausted; Amanda, on the other hand, seemed rejuve locals at their table. Later a couple of young fishermen "our guardian angel" get on. wc scurried on and accepted nated. 1 myself was ready for a break and wondered if docked their small boat, strolled onto the patio flashing our fate. (Oh well, if it goes back to the pubs of Dublin would be open a handsome .string of fish just caught, apparently to sell Nice, we know a nice place to eat!). on Sunday. (Is the Pope to said taverna. The locals "oohed and awed" over the A half hour later we anrived in Catholic?) string of fish. Montpelier and one hour later That night we met three Finns The old fisherman nodded respectfully then took caught our connecting train to at McDaid's pub. Now I've himself to the cooler on his scooter. He lifted out (I'm Barcelona. Piecif d' 16 cakd! known about Finland for a long guessing) a 30 pound red snapper. The chef, lavema Several hours later—a couple time but 1 couldn't remember ever owner, waiter and the rest of us gathered round to hours before midnight—a cabby meeting an actual Finn and I told praise the fish (and only incidentally, the fisherman dropped us off at the Gran Via them so. They thought that was hinisulO- The admiring chorus went on and on and on hotel in Barcelona. There in the (mildly) funny. J offered a (oast to about the wondrous fish. lobby we saw two people who the King of Finland and they When we finally finished our anthem to the late, looked a lot like Jane and Al (proudly) informed us (hat great fish, the waiter hung it high Levitan. IT IS Duhlin street. Christmas Day Finland had no king. "We have a from the awning. While we fin J A N E A N D president and." they said (even ished our de.s.sert, two cats sal rev AL! We embraced fellow more proudly), "she's a woman." erently hcncalh the holy fish. Americans (other than our respec 1 didn't know if there was such a thing as a fun There's so much to revere tive spouse) for the first lime since Finn but these Finns were. We discussed languages, the and relish in God's creation. If September 26. What a feeling. 1 can Euro, terrorism. Guinness. Irish roads, the French only wc had time to give each tell you this: nobody hugs like an (everybody has an opinion about the French). Bill fish its due. American. We went out to dinner Clinton (everybody has an opinion about Bill Clinton), (in Spain dinner begins at 10:00 and the weather (everybody has... OH. SHUT UP, France and Spain. Saturday, p.m.. [ kid you not) and made the WILL YOU!). And with that the evening was Finn- Dec, 1 (Day 66) Lcvitans speak "American" to us ished. (HAR HAR). Nice to Barcelona for two hours straight. What a Today was nothing but one Saftnula Ramilia Cathedral. Barcelona, Spain. beautiful language. What beautiful Christmas Day. Tuesday, Dec. 25 (Day 90) train ride after another. On one people! Please, can we go home Dublin train wc heard an announcement (about an acci- with you? Yesterday (Christmas Eve), a shopkeeper told me deiilc") in French, of course. (The French don't that the Irish do no business on Good Friday or bother to translate into other languages; the world Spain. Wednesday, Dec. 5 (Day 70) Christmas. "Those are days to be with our families." must come up to their standards, don't you know). (Jane and Al's 28th wedding anniversary) she said. "Everything is closed." The only other time A few minutes later the conductor passed through Aiguablava (The Costa Brava) she had seeri all of Ireland closed was the "Day of explaining (in French) something about "autobus au After a late breakfa.st, we considered a quick dip in Mourning." When was that, I asked? The Friday after Montpelier." We got the impression that at some the enticing Mediterranean sea but gave up the notion September 11," she said. time or other this train would stop and wc would once the actual skin of one our actual fingers actually On that Friday, the rest of Europe observed "a transfer to a bus which would, wc supposed and touched the blue (icy) water. Instead, we motored (no moment of silence" at noon. Ireland, a nation deeply hoped, take us to Montpelier which would be a one drives in Europe!) over the mountain to Begur (a acquainted with suffering, closed down for (he whole good thing since our connecting train to Barcelona Romanesque village). day and mourned. (You gotta love these people.) departed from there. During lunch at a quaint (what else?) sidewalk

GOOD NEWS PAPER • SPRING 2002 10 Vernacular Architecture Barns of Jefferson County Story and photos by Anne Winter

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Je/Terson County. We.sl Vii;ginia. But once hearing it, it .seemed to describe even now. VernacularpcrfcclJyarcluiecture theis manya term slnicluresthat 1 thathad appearnever to beheard a naturalbefore partmoving of the landscapeto Generally the sides (and sometimes the ends) of the bank bam are boards hung here. "Vemacuia"r refers to the ordinary, the common of a region. Although tradi vertically to keep rain water from collecting and with a slight space between the tionally used to describe language, the adjective now is paired with any number of boards for vetiiilalion. Many bams in the Shenandoah Valley were burned during the subject.s in which we have come (o respect the wisdom or beauty of the common or Civil War. When they were rebuilt, it was often with horizontal siding because bouse ordinary. (I have even recently heard the term '•vernacular theology.") carpenters were the only carpenters available and that was the style they were accus Vernacular architecture refers to the more common working buildings of a tomed to using. Some bams in the area have ends that are made of brick or stone or region—buildings, designed not by architects, but by the people who built and used a combination of both. The builders of those bams needed to provide the vcmilaiion the structures—and where the function of the building determined the design, and in the brick or stone work, and did so sometimes with a dccoradve pattern in the the readily available raw materials (timber, stone, shale or clay for making brick) b r i c k o r n a r r o w s l i t s i n t h e s t o n e . determined the construction materials. This article is the first of, 1 hope, a scries on Another charming facet of the local bank bams are the cupolas on the ridge of the vernacular architecture of (his area—and this first piece focuses on the bams of the roof. While the cupolas arc for ventilation as well, the builders frequently used a JclTcrson County. Victorian style with louvers and fancy roofs. As is apparent with these bams, the The first bams in this area were almost certainly log bams, but those, of course, architectural fiair and decoration was frequently seen more in the bams than in the are long gone. At the Peter Burr House, farmhouses. Also, as the needs of the the JclTcr-son County Landmarks farmer changed, so did the design of the Commission, which owns the property bam. The change from the gable roof to has reconstructed a log bam. While the the gambrel roof was to allow for more barn itself is not old, it is made of old loft storage (although it was more com logs and follows the design of a mid- plicated to build.) Similarly, the round eighteenth century four crib log bam. roof, popular after 1920. allowed for But the most dominant style bam in more loft storage than the gambrel roof. this area Is the "hank bam." It is so But as beautiful as these old bams named Iwcause it is either built into a are. they may be doomed—preserved bank or slope or the builder ha.s made an only in ourmemories. As evidenced by earthen ramp so that wagons could the peeling roofs and crumbling stone unload hay or grain directly into the sec foundations that dot the landscape, we ond floor of the bam. Generally, the sec are witnessing a real demise of these ond lloor of these barns was used for the structures. They do not easily accommo storage of grain or hay. and the first date the needs of farmers today and the floor—with ii ground level entrance— cost of preservation for only scnlimenial was for livestock. These bams frequently reasons or as a family heirloom is prohib- have a "forebay," an unsupported over Buni Barn itive. With the advcHt of the large round hang on the downslope side, so that the hay bales, a farmer doesn't need to store second floor of the bam is canlilevcrcd out over the livestock entrance and fecdiol. hay in the bam. Also the size of farm equipment has increa.sed so that the newer Hay stored on the second floor could simply be dropped out of the forebay down to equipment is too big and too heavy for the old bams. So we have beautiful old stmc- the livestock feedlol. (ures—expensive to restore and maintain—that have lost much of their value as a This type of bam is German in origin, brought into the Pennsylvania area in (he working building. But these buildings still hold historic and aesthetic value. And late 17lh century. The roof was typically a gable roof. When you go inside these old efforts are underway both nationally and locally to find ways to save these buildings. bams, there is a real feeling of a grand space. Tom Tmmble. a local preservationist, The Jefferson County Landmarks Commission will begin in February a process showed me through his bank bam that he is about to restore. He says that the to document some of the old bams in the county. Working with students at Shepherd builders of these bams were the descendants of the people who built the churches College. Bill Theriault. the President of the Commission, hopes to gather as much

GOOD NEWS PAPER • SPRING 2002 i French Bam information about the bams as possible, talking to the owners and measuring, study ing and photographing the structures. In the fall of 2002 (late September or early October) the Commission plans to sponsor a tour of some of the historic bams in the county. Also Successful Fanning magazine has a joint project with the National Trust for Historic Preservation to provide information and encouragement for both the preservation and modification of old bams for use today. The project is called "Bam Again!" The web site, with wonderful information and resources, can be found at www.bamagain.org. The aim of the project is to help fanners adapt old bams to modern agricultural uses while preserving the historic exteriors. The project has developed different publications that give information about the particular problems of renovation as well as information on lax credits. Technical guides like the Bam Aid series discuss bam preservation techniques such as modifying interior post and beam construction with trusses to increase the interior clear space of the bam. Awards are given each year for the successful adaptation of an historic structure for modern agricultural use. The Smithsonian Institution has also developed a "Bam Again!" exhibition in conjunction with the National Tmst and the National Building Museum, which is now traveling the country. (Last spring Berryville, Virginia had a "Bam Again!" 5K road race to raise money for restoration of bams in that area.) Clearly there is an increased appreciation for these buildings that represent so much of our national her itage. The Smithsonian stales in its exhibition literature: "The bam, like the town hall and ihe skyscraper, is a symbol of America. To traditional farmers, bams are Ihe soul of a farm. To the general public, bams represent our rural past and our agricul tural present. They are monuments in the American landscape." This area is rich in these monuments—that we now see on every road we drive. Let us appreciate what we have before it is lost. Appreciation is the first step toward preservation.

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GOOD NEWS PAPER • SPRING 2002 C I V I WAR SERIES The Image of War Civil War Photography

By Keith Snyder

he ability to capture a moment in time has fascinated us in New York City in 1844 where he became almost as famous as I from the moment an image was first produced in 1839. the people who sat for their portraits. Brady's gallery was still First a novelty, then a powerful medium of information - using the Dagguerre process. In 1856, glass plate photography and emotion, photography and photojournalism came of age dur made it to the States and no one perfected its process, or used it ing the American Civil War. No other conflict had ever been more effectively, than a Brady employee named Alexander recorded in such detail. It started with just a few photographers, Gardner. It was Gardner, not Brady, who took the most memo but by 1865, thousands were hauling glass plates and volatile rable photographs at Antietam and Gettysburg. chemicals across the war-tom countryside. Today, because of their

work, we can still look into the faces of soldiers and visit the loca tions of tragic events. Louis Dagguerre produced the first known image on polished silver plates in his studio in France. His invention quickly capti vated the Europeans. Other inventors looked for new ways to pro duce their photographs. After a decade of silver plates and paper experiments, Englishman Frederick Archer started working with glass plates. This was a critical breakthrough, because with a glass negative, positive copies could be transferred to light sensitized

paper. The initial problem with glass plates was how to keep the Matrhew BraJv's photographic studio in New York Cit\. light-sensitive chemicals on the glass. Archer overcame this prob When war threatened the nation in the spring of 1861, thou lem by using a sticky transparent liquid called "collodion." For sands of soldiers flocked to Washington, D.C., to defend the capi this new process a puddle of collodion was poured onto a glass or tal. Photographers followed in their footsteps and began photo iron plate. Then the plate was tilted so that the collodion flowed graphing camp scenes and portraits of untested, jubilant green over the entire plate leaving an even coating. When the coating horns in their new uniforms. began to .set, the plate was then taken into the "darkroom" and It so happened that Alexander Gardner had just opened a new then lowered into a bath of silver nitrate where it received its studio for Brady in the capital and he, too, took advantage of the light-sensitive coating. The plates must be sensitized just minutes coming storm to increase his business. All of these early war pho prior to making the exf>osure and developed before it dries—thus tographs were taken in studios or tents. No one had produced the name "wet plate" photography. After exposing the plate— images in the field. Matthew Brady tried to capture images at the "taking the picture"—the photographer had to quickly fix and first battle of the war. First Manassas or Bull Run, in July of wash the plate thoroughly. Then the finished image was dried 1861, but he arrived too late as the Union army was driven back over an alcohol lamp and coated with a vamish for protection. to Washington. It wasn't until September of 1862 that the first Samuel Morse, inventor of the telegraph, was in Europe and true images of war were produced. helped bring the magic of photography to the United States. One Antietam was the first battle to depict the grim and bloody of his students would become the most notable photographer of truth of civil war through the lens of photographer Alexander his era - Matthew Brady. Brady opened his photographic studio Gardner and his assistant James Gibson. The first American

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VIL WAR SERIES

1861, but he arrived too late as the Union army was driven back to The following ffve forms of photographic technology Washington. It wasn't until September of 1862 that the first true used during the Civil War rnade the miracle of photo graphic images possible: images of war were produced. Antietam was the first battle to depict the grim and bloody 1. Daguerreotype—^The earliest form of photography, invented in 1839 by Frenchman Louis Dagguerre. It used polished silver truth of civil war through the lens of photographer Alexander plates as the base for the image. A few daguerreotypes were taken Gardner and his assistant James Gibson. The first American bat during the Civil War. tlefield photographed before the dead were buried brought the 2. Ambrotype—Invented in the early 1850s, the ambrolype resem horrors of war to the American people for the very first time. bled a daguerreotype except glass, instead of a silver plate, was used for the bxse of the image. The ambrotype was a thin or light Newspapers could not reproduce photographs, but woodcuts collodion negative on a gloss plate. When backed with black var from the Antietam images spread across the country. Gardner's nish, paper or cloth the negative turned into a positive photograph. This technique was popular until the lS60s. original images were put on display in New York City at Brady's 3. Ferrotypes or "Tin-T^pes"—This process was invented soon studio. New Yorkers were shocked and appalled. The New York after the ambrotype. Tliese photographs became the most common Times stated that Brady was able to "bring home to us the terri form for inexpensive images made during the Civil War. The tin type was very .similar to the ambrotype, except a blackened piece ble reality and earnestness of war." If you want to know the of sheet iron was used, instead of glass, as the base of the photo graph. This was a one-time image and could not be duplicated. impact these images had, remember your emotions on September 11 as you watched your television and the tragedy unfolding not 4. Carte tic Vislte—The carte de visitc or CDV (French for "visit ing card) was a small paper prim made from a glass negative. This far from where Brady's studio first displayed the Antietam pho new ability to mass-produce prints from a collodion negative fas cinated the nation, both North and South. tographs on Broadway. Gardner, no longer working for Brady, once again captured sor 5. Stereograph, Slereoview or Stereocard—Many of the greatest Civil War photographs, including the majority taken at Antietam rowful images of dead soldiers at Gettysburg. Brady arrived too late were actually taken as a stereo negative. The camera had two lenses to capture the bodies, instead taking a series of images of the battle about the same distance tq^ait as human eyes. Two images are taken at (he same time, reproduced on rectangular cards and when seen field. These two men were now in competition. Both captured a new through a special viewer, a three-dimensional effect is produced. technique that further expanded the popularity of war images— Three classic Images from the CMI War stereograph. Two lenses captured two simultaneous photographs, The Diuiker Charrh at .^nlieitim. and when seen through a viewer, the mind creates a three-dimen Dead Confederate soldiers and a sional image. Parlors were filled with cards and viewers as stereo brrtken artillery limber in one uf the first great images of nor taken by .Alexander Gardner Just two days views became the rage in America. after the battle. Courtesy <4 Library of Congress.

Three Confiderate prisoners taken at Geiiysburg by Mauhee,- Brady. Courtesy of Library of Congress.

Gen. Ulysses S. Cnmi (Cram is sil ting on the bench just in front of the tree'). Gen. George G. Meade, and numerous staff cfficers at Massaponax Church, Virginia by Timothy H. O'Sullivan Courtesy of Library of Congress.

Woodcm taken from the same Caniner linage that appeanti in the October 20. 1862 issue of Harpers Weekly.

GOOD NEWS PAPER • SPRING 200 2 16 Old Man's Beard By Virginia Provenzano Drawings by Author

If you have the opportunity to transplant a Fringe tree, dig with that is a real showpiece when in full bloom; especially on a a large root ball to protect its coarse root system, and only when Wouldn'tyou warmlike eveningto have in latea springsmall tree when growing your gardenin your lightsgarden pick the tree is fully dormant. Take good care of it the first year, and out the scented flowers, or even better, under a full moon by your fish afterwards it should be able to stand on its own. They do best in pond? Only a few trees carry enough fragrance in their flowers to per loose, slightly acid, moist soils but will tolerate clay and urban con fume a small garden. Lilac is one of these, as Is our own native Fringe ditions. In the wild, they're found growing in open shade, but under tree. We like to plant these near our porches and patios to better cultivation in good sun, they will develop a much enjoy their bewitching scent. denser habit. They are not much troubled by dis The Fringe tree, Cbionanthus virginicus, ease or insects, though deer will browse the also called Old Man's Beard and Snow l o w e r b r a n c h e s . Flower, is a member of the Olive fami Our eastern Fringe tree is found growing ly, the same family as the ash tree. in the wild in moist woods, in the understo- The delicately fragrant flowers ry of hardwood forests, from east Texas and appear in loose drooping panicles, six southern Missouri to the Atlantic coast and north to to eight inches long, on last year's growth. Ohio and Pennsylvania. It is unknown why they are The narrow strap-like petals of pure white not found farther north, because in cultivation, develop just as the new, pale green foliage they have been successfully grown as far is beginning to expand. Thomas Jefferson north as southern Quebec and Ontario. In was quite taken with the beautiful, sweet Wese Virginia, they are known to grow in scented bloom and planted several at moist thickets and riverbanks in the Monticello. He included a description of this Potomac and New River valleys. ornamental in his Notes on the State of Virginia, call There is a rare Pygmy Fringe tree, ing it the "Fringe or snow-drop tree." Chionanthits pygmaeus, which is found This deciduous tree or large shrub usually grows to around 20 feel only in central Horida, but caii be grown high with an irregular spreading crown from a multi-stemmed clump, much farther north in gardens. Another Fringe tree, C. retusus, comes though in cultivation, they are sometimes grown as a single trunk. An from China and is quite similar to our native tree, except that it dis old specimen at Mount Vernon is 32 feet tall with a trunk diameter of plays smaller leaves and flower clusters. 17 inches, but trees found growing in the wild in open woods seldom People native to any area have always found uses for their local achieve this size. plant.s. Tea made by boiling the bark of the Fringe tree was important Fringe trees are coarse in summer with heavy leaves and thick in traditional medicine for the treatment of skin irritations and as a twigs. The thick, waxy, dark green leaves are simple, opposite, with tonic. In the 18lh and 19th centuries, physicians used a bark tincture entire edges and grow five to nine inches long. The leaves are very (one part bark by weight to five parts of 50% alcohol/water) to treat late to develop in spring—at the time of flowering—in May, in our jaundice, liver and kidney ailments area. The fall leaf color is yellow with an early drop. and rheumatism. 1 have found no At the .same time the leaves are turning in fall, drooping, grape mention of a use for the fmits, like clusters of dark blue, oval fruits on long stalks are npening on the other than as a food for wildlife. female trees. This is a dioeciou.s species—male and fentale on sepa This lovely small tree rate plants—so, in order to enjoy the showy fruit production, you has not yet been used very must include .some of each tree type in the garden. These fruits are much in garden.?, though it very attractive to wildlife, and are among the favorite food.s of wild was first introduced to turkeys, as well as many other birds. England in 1736 by the plant The fruits, with their thin, juicy pulp, contain a single large stone. explorer, John Bartram. Propagation of the Fringe tree from seed is slow but not difficult. All Harpers Ferry National fruit should be removed from the seeds after they are fully ripe. The Park has planted a number of seed coat may be cracked to improve germination, then the seeds may these trees in the islands of m Pwiin' be sown outdoors. This species exhibits a double dormancy, so it is their Visitors' Center parking lot. unlikely the seedlings will emerge before the second spring. About And in late spring, when they are in fiill bloom it would be worth a half of the seedlings will be male with their slightly showier blooms, trip to the park just to see them. Of coiu^e you might have difficulty and half will be the berry-producing females. This plant seems unwill explaining to the ticket seller at the gate that you don't want to buy a ing to root from cuttings, though many growers have tried. Many ticket and ride the shuttle into Harpers Ferry; you want only to sit and trees available in the nursery are cuttings grafted onto ash rootstock. enjoy the view of the trees in the parking lot. GOOD NEWS PAPER • SPRING 2002 There's Nothing Like Asparagus in Springtime. By Margarita Provenzano Drawing by Virginia Provenzano

wholesome food. The Jefferson Food Co-op and the Common Market most natural, easy and beneficial decisions you can make in in Frederick are both good sources of healthier foods, and often fea Committingyour life.yourself Fromto theeating onsetlocally ofgrown the Industrialfood Revolutionis one of upthe to the ture locally grown items when available. Joining a Community- new global economy, we became increasingly out of touch with natu Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farm is another way to get wholesome, ral cycles and seasonality—traveling to warmer climates in winter and locally grown foods throughout the growing season, while supporting buying tropical fmits from faraway lands any day of the week. Com the agricultural economy of your area. The Blue Ridge Center for and melons are available all year round, and strawberries are still Environmental Stewardship is now offering shares for its CSA for shipped in from California at the height of our local strawberry season. 2002. For more information call (540) 668-7640. We spent a century working to achieve the luxury of eating straw A few area restaurants also feature locally grown produce and other berries while frost is still on the ground and enjoying kiwis from ■ food products in season. Wildflowers Cafe and The Orchard the tropics whenever we please. But, what was once a sign of Restaurant in Frederick, Md. are both committed to using the wealth—boasting the most exotic delights at one's dinner freshest produce from local sources, when available. table—has now become commonplace. We choose among Shepherdstown's Yellow Brick Bank Restaurant in uses a selection of fruits and vegetables at the grocery store apple wood from local orchards to fuel their wood-burning shipped in from all over the world. oven and grill, and they feature eggs, apples, morel mush So what will we be showcasing on our dinner tables in rooms, and fresh flowers from local farms in season. the new century? Contemporary gourmet chefs were first Allowing seasonality of crops determine what we eat in the trend of popularizing the use of regional and sea and when is an integral step to getting back in tune with sonal items on their menus. The modem-day savvy natural cycles and seasons, and a way of honoring the shopper has also set their sights on healdtier, more nutri fruits of hard work and plenftful land near where we live. tious foods—organic and other natural food products, The health and nutritional benefits of eating locally can but that produce is still often shipped from hundreds, if also not be overlooked. Fruits and vegetables grown to not thousands of iniles away, making any claim of be shipped long distances to their ultimate destination seasonality irrelevant. If you eat asparagus all year must be picked green and treated with a host of chemi round, those first crispy spears in early spring could cals to ripen them, while ensuring their preservation for never be as special—the peaches and melons that the long trip. Not only are we subjected to health risks arrive early from the South and Callforala serve to from these treatments, but also the quality and flavor of dilute the impact of our local crops that come into the produce are seriously jeopardized. .season later in summer. The time has come to Choosing to buy and eat local foods Is also one of make our consumer voices heard—we want the most powerful ways to ensure the livelihood of our wholesome food, grown locally, and in season— community's farms and fanners. Farming successfully is and we need only look as far as our back yards. becoming increa.singly challenging, and our farmers need The Shepherdstown area is blessed with all the support we can give them to stay in business, and numerous venues for healthier and local foods. There are several resist pressures to develop the land or sell to developers for profit. fanner's markets in the Eastern Panhandle: Shepherdstown, Bolivar, The dollars we spend on local produce and other food shows our and Inwood. These are places where area farmers can showcase their commitment to preserving our rural heritage and our community. freshest produce and other item.s throughout the growing season. The decision to buy locally grown food is also an important way Offerings are at the peak during the growing season (early SpHng to decrease our nation's dependence on fossil fuels. The less time through late Fall), but items such as meat, eggs, bread and cheeses are your food spends in the back of a mack, the better it is for you and the available year round. environment. In its own way, cultivating relationships with local food Getting to know your community's farmers is a great way to get sources is like a "declaration of independence," and in these times of in touch with your local food sources and their availability. Some political and economic uncertainty, the security of having a plentiful familiar faces at area farmer's markets are: Billy Grantham, Jimmy food supply close by cannot be underestimated. Foliz, Tyler and Danny Rohrer. These and other local fanners are fast Springtime is the perfect time to assess your "food values" and becoming a rare breed—as pressures to develop farmland mount and pledge to become a supporter of our plentiful local food maricet. With property taxes rise. They have a wealth of knowledge and experience, this one decision, you can improve your health and quality of life, save and should be regarded a valued community a.sset. the earth and strengthen the independence of our nation, while enabling Food co-ops and health food stores are also a good source of our local farmers to remain in business. It's the natural choice.

GOOD NEWS PAPER • SPRING 2002 By Allen Balliett Photo by John Bigelow Taylor

esiie McEachem served over world, we have to saps the vitality Of course, the best local food is that 25,000 bunches of locally grown moke sustainable from the produce. which you grow yourself. Grow a gar L^organic kale, 16,000 pounds of choices. Although The reason den this year, but grow that garden winter squash and 41,000 pounds of it would undoubt we do not have oiganically so that it becomes a haven yams last year. The busy New Yorker edly be beneficial robust fruit and for all life. Buy food from local grow made lime last July to load up to her bottom line, vegetable produc ers. Join a CSA and get seasonable pro Honeybun, the hound she rescued from Leslie does not tion in our imme duce brought to you every week during the streets of Greenwich Village, into accept credit cards diate area is not the growing season. (To learn more her cowboyesque Silverado to do a fresh at Angelica because strawber about Community Supported food cooking demonstration with Kara Kitchen because, ries, asparagus, or Agriculture (CSA) and to find a local Sheehy of Frederick's "Wildflowers" " B a n k s d o n o t potatoes will not one, see www.csacenter.org.) organic vegan caf6 at the grand opening grow food; banks grow here. It is Grower markets are another good of the Bolivar Growers Market. She do not prepare because cheap way to support local growers and to talked about the deep values associated food. Why should imported produce taste the wonders of fresh, locally with locally grown food, and I'm hoping they profit through has made it grown, in-season crops. They let you that this article will amplify Leslie's its sale?" impossible for all meet the people who grew your food gentle voice and inform even more peo Although but the most face to face. You know your food dol ple on how adopting some of these val Angelica is a hip ardent of farmers lars are going to support the local food ues can make life better for all of us. restaurant, one to survive. economy and are not being routed out Leslie McEachem (Mac-AIR-un) is where on any When we buy of the community through produce Leslie McEtichem at the NYC Green Market the owner-operator of Angelica Kitchen, given night you OSOaOMne^kmJ^ter.KX.C. o u r f o o d f r o m brokers, etc. routinely rated as one of the best restau may see a Beastie afar, we lose a lot The Bolivar growers market is on rants in New York City and one of the Boy or even a face or two you'd recog locally, including our viewshed. "Land" Saturdays ftom April to October in the best whole food/vegan restaurants in this nize from the screen, Leslie has not lost has become more valuable than "soil" parking lot of Harpers Ferry Junior country. She is a founding member of sight of her original goal of feeding good because there is little local support for High. Shephcrdstown boasts three farm Chefs Collaborative, a group of chefs food to good people. One way she canies local agriculture and because, frankly, ers markets, including the very informal who took an oath to work directly with this out is by .selling her "Dragon Bowl," being a farmer has no status in our cul Saturday market at the post office all farmers and insist on authentic ingredients a balanced macrobiotic meal of brown ture. Heirs sell their family farms to year round, the main market on Sundays in their kitchens, and an early supporter of rice, seaweed, beans and vegetable, for developers. When we fail to support starting in April, and the Rt. 45 market the Restorative Development Initiative's the cost of preparing it. Those who pay local fanners, we also lose the environ on Wednesdays starting,in May. Burr Iroquois While Com Revival project much higher prices for what Leslie calls mental buffer that farmland gives us. Farmers' and Artisans' Market is new (www.bioneers.org/rdi/iwc_page.htmI). "status meals" sustain the restaurant. Insist on organically grown local this year and convenes on Saturdays She is a public advocate for a Luxury Joyfully subsidizes necessity. food and you are reducing pollution of April through October. There is a daily greater awareness of the economic, Leslie came to the Bolivar Market the watershed and providing a healthy market managed by the state on Grove social and ecological impact of how and because she wholeheartedly supports habitat for the many creatures that live Street in Inwood. The Common Market where we get our food. Her restaurant locally grown food. She believes that if on, below, and above well-tended land, in Frederick also sells locally grown deals directly with quality local growers we take care of our local fanners, they including humans, particularly children. cyanic produce. and cottage industries and provides a will take care of us. It's easy to be cyni Leslie, who has spent a lifetime learning Leslie McEachem has written a dependable and stable economic base for cal about local farms when one sees pro about food for healing, would say "Real beautifully illustrated book about how her supplier community. To give you an duce from around the world at chain food can never be an industrial product she came to start Angelica Kitchen. It idea of the scale, Angelica uses 40,000 stores, or when food imported from because, to be truly healthful to humans gives both the recipes for her environ pounds of locally made tofu a year! California is often sold cheaper than and the earth, its production requires mentally sound ethical choices and for In 1984, when Leslie decided that food grown in Jefferson County. Of both the orchestration and the coopera over a hundred of her favorite Angelica her restaurant would be 100% oiganic, it course, after 9/11, it's much easier to see tion of all of Nature." dishes. You can purchase The Angelica was not an easy task. A person actually how shortsighted it is to be dependent Some of the most delicious produce Home Kitchen directly from her by call had to seek out suppliers for many com on food coming from an average of in the region is grown here in the tri- ing (212) 228-2909. (Sorry, no credit mon ingredients. This search brought 1,200 miles away. counties. So what if you put a little cards!) Angelica Kitchen, the restaurant, her face to face with the many natural Leslie tracks what she calls "the more effort into going to market and so is located at 300 E 12th St New York, growers who support her thriving restau double bottom line." Cheap imported what if you spend a little more up front NY (212)228-2909. rant. Since Leslie was looking more for produce does not reflect the expense in for it? By supporting local growers we authentic. unconCaminated food and not higher taxes of the government subsidies can keep these dedicated, knowledge Just certification by a third pany, she paid to the agribusinesses producing the able artisans of the earth maintaining AHan Balliett, a long time resident of learned how valuable it can be to look food, nor the environmental impact of acres of lush open space in Jefferson Shepherdstown, is an environmental edu into the faces of growers and ask them transportation with nonrenewable fuels County. Besides, isn't it much better to cator at the Blue Ridge Center for questions about their methods. or the use of chemicals to grow the food see the watermelon sandwich board and Environmental Stewardship in Neersville, Leslie believes that every dollar we on devitalized soils. There is also the the bright umbrellas of growers blocking VA. (wwH-.brces.org) His focus is on how spend is a vote for the way we want the cost of the nutrients, freshness, and taste King Street than see the big chain store our food choices affect the quality of all world to be. If we want a sustainable lost as time, storage, and rough handling semis rolling through town? of nature in the Potomac watershed.

GOOD NEWS PAPER • SPRING 2002 wmiiiioff

Outside Story and drawings by Tara Bell

Let's play outside. What do you want tado?

We can roll like logs down the hill. Look, there are grass stains on our elbows and knees.

There is mud in the garden and a cake with grass icing to bake.

I made a boat. Let's go make It float.

We built a leaf house. Come have some elf tea in our acorn cups.

Bring your red wagon. You can be the horse first. Can our dog have a ride? We will find the biggest tree. Do you want to climb?

Here is clover to make a chain. Tie them together. Here is your crown.

You found a four leaf clover!

Get your boots on quick. There's a rain puddle in my driveway. And we saw a tadpole!

I found a bird's nest, a green caterpillar, a praying mantis baby, and an orange mushroom. Would you like to see them? What can you find?

There are lots of lightning bugs in my back yard. Catch them carefully. Peek inside. Do your hands smell like lightning?

Bring your blanket. We're going to lie out under the stars. See, there's my favorite, the glittery one. It flashes blue, red, yellow. Do you want some popcorn?

Come play at my house tomorrow. I have something to show you, it's a surprise, and It's outside.

GOOD NEWS PAPER • SPRING 2002 20 The WHAT?? Pots Story and photos by Marge Dower

The (ish pois in ihc Potomac." said multitude of fresh fish to sell in Jean Schtey. 1 had been inter Shepherdstown. A trot lines is a simple T viewing Jean and John Schley a line across the river from which several few years ago for an article on the baited lines arc suspended. Bait could be Potomac Pageants that were held in the bread dough worms, or even chunks of summers before World War II. They "P&G" soap. (This information came were telling me about building and pad from Henry Shepherd.) Trot lines, too. dling their homemade kayak ... "up have now been ruled illegal. aiwvc the fish pals in the river." I am a A web search produced information river person, but the only "pots" I knew that "the fish pots" is a term still used about were the huge fish steamers, or by avid fisherfolk today. Ken Penrod soup pots. Well there are "lobster pots," writing in Life Outdoors Unlimited but I always thought of those as New about a recent "blast and cast" trip England downcast equipment—not as ("blast and cast" coupled with "unlimit permanent installations. ed," makes me a bit nervous, how about John and Jean graciously filled me you?) writes. "Most of our time was in. and I thought that you, too, might be spent (fishing) between Brunswick and interested in the history of the pots. the 'Fish PoLs,' above Point of In the Potomac River, there are Rocks."** 1 realize this is not the learned some remnants of man-made dams or Hand drawing by Elizidielli Lil/iiin Lemtn Il9l0-I987)of the Fish Pol used barriers. Margaret Hughes said that she by Robert Newlon Lemen IIS64-I9J6I. Picture provided by Betty Snyder Lowe, paper that so fascinating a subject war often paddles down stream from Dam 4, a descendant of Robert N. Lemen. rants. If any readers have additional and when the river is low some of the information about the fish pots. I would stones come out of the water. Historian tions of the share holders. One twelfth made of wood and a sort of catch trough appreciate your sharing it. Meanwhile, Jim Price told me that the Delaware share in the Fish Pot Company adjacent was fixed Just upstream in the vee. It be glad that you can sit in the warmth of Indians who camped near Pack Horse to the Lemen property sold for "S3.00 was so constructed that with the use of a your home and dine on fruits de mer Ford were the creators of the first traps ca-sh in hand" in 1900. If you look care lever, the heavy grid could be raised and from the local super market and not or pots. They used the pots as a means fully at the picture you can make out lowered at will, The fisherman would have to shiver well into the night for a of adding fish to what must have been a some of the names of the shareholders: P. pull the lever controlling the grid and fish dinner. bountiful buffet; consider the deer, Schlcy. H. S^:hley. Biiner. Colbcn. swing it down into the nioo.sc. and bear using the ford during Vickcrs, Getzendammer. A.C. Morgan rushing water, where the migrations. and ?.M. Morgan. The diKumcnt states fish would whomp up When the .settlers moved in, the that the rights to the pot could be passed agaimst the grid and flop pots proved every bit as useful. down to surs'ivors. into the trough to be Sometime in the last century their The remains of this pot can be nabbed by the fisherman. design and usage became more sophisti clearly seen in the Potomac a bit down When the fisherman cated. Sophisticated meant "complicat river from the tip of Terrapin Neck. caught enough fish or had ed." The pots were the property of the There is another pot visible in the river had enough weather for families «ho owned river frttniagc. upstreant from Pack Horse Ford. the night, he would raise They fouiuled companies with deeds and Each share holder was assigned a the grid up again so that sold shares in the pots. separate night for fishing. One of the the Potomac fish could papers John has v. ith the fish once again pass unimped pot deed is a six-day schedule ed through the gap. The assigning each partner to a spe next night a dilTcrem part cific night for fishing. On the ner would repeat the pro allotted nighl. the fisherman cedure. The catch was v ar John Schley boUing the deed and receipt of the Fish Pot Co would tnuidlc off to the river ied (black bass, channel wearing warm clothing, bearing catfish, eels, sunfish. and * Don has tvritren .4 History of the sacks for the fish, and maybe a perch) and always plentiful. bit of liquid cotnfort. (I wonder In the late 1920s the fish pots on Sational Conservation Training Center if that was the origin of the the Potomac were declared to be detri Property and Surrounding Area, 2001 I expression "to get potted"?) mental to the fish supply and were heartily recommend it. Copies are avail John Schlcy remembers removed by the state of Maryland. Dan able at the National Con.ser\ ation going with his father to the pot Evcrson* of the National Conservation Training Center. Papers of the Fish Pol Co. in the 1920s. A slightly vee- Training Center told me that local lore •• September. 2001 shaped dam of rocks diverted says Maryland blew them all up. (Just Harrison Schley. John's father, was a the rapidly moving water into a relative like Maryland!) Residents found that shareholder in one such company owned ly nttrrow passage creating a water flow they could set trot lines across the by R. W. Lemen. John still has the signed of even greater force. A permanent Potomac at night. When they were deed spelling out the rights and oblign- apparatus containing a movable grid hauled in the next momina there were a

GOOD NEWS PAPER • SPRING 2002 21 Religious Worship and Education Schedules

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Asbury Uniled Mclhodi^it Bahu'i Faith Christ Reformed C.C.C Christian Science Society Rl. 480 (Kcarncysvillc Rd) Entler Hoiel, German St. 304 Ea-t German Sireei Emler Hotel. German & Princess Streets Rev. Emesl Lylcs, Pasior Telephone: 876-3995 Bronson Slulcy. Pastor Telephone: 876-2021 Telephone; 876-3122 Sunday Worship: 11:30 a.m. Telephone: 301-241-3972 Sunday School & Worship Service: 10 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Discussion Group: Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Testimony Meetings: 1 st. 3rd & 5th Sunday School; 9:30 a.m. Isl & 3rd Fridays. 8:00 p.m.. Sunday School for all ages: 10:10 a.m. Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. Reading Room; Wednesday & Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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New Street Uniled Methodist St. Agnes Roman Catholic St. John's Baptist S t P e t e r ' s L u t h e r a n C h u r c h & N e w S t r e e t s Church & Washington Streets West German Street King & High Streets Dec-Ann Dixon, Pastor Father Maihew Rowgh Joe Liles. Pasior Fred Sollow, Pastor Telephone: 876-2362 Telephone: 876-6436 Telephone: 876-3856 Telephone: 876-6771 Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m. Sunday Eucharist; 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. & 7 p.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Saturday Eucharist: 5:30 p.m. Sunday School; 9:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. St. James". Uvilla Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.

Shepherdslown Presbyterian Trinity EpiscopaJ Unity of Shepherdslown 100 W. Washington Street George T. Schramm. Pasior New Street United Methodist Church Randall W, Trcmba. Pastor Telephone: 876-6990 New & Church Streets Rev. Patricia Donohoc. Associate Pasior Sunday Worship: 8:00 a.m. & 10 a.m. Diana Eidridge. Spiritual Leader Telephone: 876-6466 Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Telephone: 876-3755 Sunday Worship: 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sunday Group: Sunday 5:00 p.m. Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.

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