BEAijTIFUL'\!bsfc*
,
^TOGETHER
rivate support IBrings new life to Palace programmini
New Bern 's Grover C. Fields Middle School was originally New Bern High School, the -^
last all-white high school in the city.
Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Brown v.
Board of Education Ruling
The month cit May marks the
50th anniversary of Brown v.
Board ot Education, hi
Topcka, Kansas in 1954 the Supreme
Court ruUng outlawed state-sanc-tioned
segregation in Atnerican public
schools, a decision that struck down
the notion of separate hut equal.
It all started with seven-year-old
Linda Browii, who had an 80-minute
walk to school despite living much
closer to a school attended hy all
white students. The NAACP encour-aged
her mother to take her to the
nearby school and try to register her as
a student. When Linda was denied
the opportunity to attend the all-white
school, she became the lead
plaintiff in the now fainous court case.
A special panel discussion on
school desegregation resulting from
the Brown v. Board of Education case
will be held on May 10. The discus-sion,
sponsored by Tryon Palace
Historic Sites & Gardens and the
James City Historical Society, will
look at North Caroliiia schools before
and after segregation from the per-spectives
of teachers and students
who experienced this era. Please see
the calendar on pages 6-8 for more
infc^rmation. 4
Leave a Legacy
When you are planning your estate, please consider including
Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens. If you would like to dis-cuss
a planned gift, plea.se call Nancy Mansfield, Development
Officer, at (252) 514-4956. Your inquiry will be handled promptly and
discreetly.
Please put Tryon Palace
in your will, and please tell us when you do.
The Magazine of the Tryon Palace
Council of Friends
VOLUME 4 NUMBER 3 SPRING 2004
Publisher: Karen O'Connell
Editor: Erin Francisco
Contributors: Karen O'Connell, Nancy
Man.sfield, Priscilla Speed Hunter, Amy
Tattersall
Tryon Palace Council of Friends
President: David L. Ward, Jr.
Vice President: Ella Ann Holding
Board of Directors:
Kittye Bailey
Dr. Sidney Barnwell
Carson Brice
Ellen Chance
D. Hayes Clement Jr.
Dr. Jeffrey J. Crow, ex officio
Helen Daughtry
Judy Easley
June Ficklen
John Hines
Ambassador Jeanette Hyde
Lynn Ives
Carole Kemp
Nelson B. McDaniel
Karen O'Connell, ex officio
Torrey Stroucl
J . Harold Talton, ex officio
Dr. Zebulon Weaver III
Kay P. Williams, ex officio
Jo.seph E. Zaytoun
The Palace is published four times a
year by the Tryon Palace Council of
Friends. We welcome your comments
and suggestions. Send correspondence
to The Palace, PC Box 1007, New
Bern, NC 28563. Telephone: (252)
514-4933. Fax: (252) 514-4876. E-mail:
koconnell@tryonpalace.org.
On the Cover
The 2nd Marine Exped-itionary
Force Band performs on
the South Lawn as part of the
2003 Summer Concert Series.
See cover story on pages 4-5 for
more details about this popular
annual event.
e'-e/alace Spring 2004
Pa lace Profile
She has that Special Touch
By Erin Francisco
Throughout her hfe, Palace
Volunteer Coordinator Fran
Campbell has spent countless
hours devoted to the art of volun-teerism.
After working for the
American Red Cross for many years as
the director of volunteer and youth
programs, she has volunteering run-ning
briskly through her veins. "It has
been a very rewarding career,"
Campbell says when asked about her
career in volunteerism. The sparkle in
her eyes reveals that this is a woman
who found her true calling in life.
Her extraordinary career as Director
of Volunteers/Youth Director with the
American Red Cross carried her across
our country and to Europe for two dif-ferent
tours in the 80s and 90s. A
native of Greensboro, she returned to
North Carolina when she retired and
made New Bern her home. She was
soon working at the Palace as a guide
and gift shop attendant.
OUR CURRENT GROUP OF
VOLUNTEERS IS THE MOST
COMMITTED GROUP I THINK
I HAVE EVER WORKED WITH.
- Fran Campbell
It was only natural for her to apply
for the new Volunteer Coordinator
position that the Council of Friends
funded and the Palace implemented in
2001. "It was a great fit and we were
so lucky to have someone like Fran
interested in the job," says Nancy
Mansfield, who chose her to jumpstart
the Palace's volunteer program.
The Volunteer Coordinator position
started as a dual-purpose position: part
administrative assistant to the Council
of Friends, part volunteer coordinator.
With only a handful of volunteers
already on site-largely working in the
gardeiis or preparing decorations at
Christmas-Campbell quickly assessed
other needs and went to work.
"She could work for the NFL-she's
an extraordinary recruiter," Mansfield
says. "I've watched her move around a
room and talk to everyone in sight
about volunteer opportunities at the
Palace. And people respond to her.
They become believers."
"1 don't think anyone, myself includ-ed,
thought that the volunteer program
would develop so quickly," Campbell
explains. "The timing was perfect."
The volunteer roster now boasts close
to 500 volunteers, with about 100 at
them working only at the holiday sea-son.
A plethora of jobs-ranging from
archeology to conservation to historical
research and character interpretation- is
available, along with the option to
explore different jobs within volunteer-ing
if the person wishes to do so.
Another attractive aspect of the pro-gram
for retirees and other volun-teers
is that a lifetime commit-ment
is not expected of them.
The program accommodates
today's mobile society and allows
for flexibility for people who wish
to travel.
"Our current group oi volun-teers
is the most committed group
I think 1 have ever worked with,"
Campbell says. "They are so willing to
pick-up at the last minute to help
regardless of how miniscule or how
exciting the chore might be."
To date, Campbell considers exceed-ing
all expectations for growth with
the volunteer program and re-opening
The New Bern Academy Museum as
her two greatest accomplishments.
The Academy Museum, site of a
school built in 1809, was closed to the
public in 2002 as a result of cutbacks
in Palace funding. Campbell, who is
Voluyitcer Cuordiruitor Fran Campbell .stands
in the Latham Garden. Maude Moore Latham
was one of the Palaces original volunteers. Her
enthusiasm , dedication and private support helped
to hingaUmt the reconstruction of the Palace.
especially partial to the Academy
Museum, recruited several dozen vol-unteers
to staff it, and it reopened in
April 2003.
"This was a big step forward in our
volunteer program," she says. "The
Academy volunteers don't just work
there, they schedule themselves and
do a lot of their own recruiting and
training. It's very exciting."
"We have come a long way in a
short period ot time," Campbell says of
the volunteer program. Tryon Palace
Historic Sites & Gardens began with a
volunteer's vision in the early 40s.
That volunteer was Maude Latham
Kellenberger, who dreamed as a child
of one day seeing the Palace rebuilt.
"My hope is that we will continue to
utilize the power and influence of our
volunteers to enhance the present and
future viability of Tryon Palace
Historic Sites & Gardens and the
completion of the North Carolina
History Education Center vision."
If you would like to know more
about the volunteer program at Tryon
Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, you
may e-mail Fran Campbell at
fcampbell@tryonpalace.org or call her
at 252-514-4951. You may also drop by
to see her at the Daves House. But be
forewarned: she will use that special
touch!
Spring 2004 mo^
Cover Story
Making Beautiful Music Together
PRIVATE SUPPORT PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE AT THIS PUBLIC INSTITUTION
By Nancy Mansfiekl
WhenWilliam Tryon was
building the extraordinary
edifice that would come to
bear his name, expenses soon overtook
revenue. The coloiiial governor
secured a bridge loan from Samuel
Cornell, a wealthy New Bern business-man,
and this public/pri\'ate partner-ship
carrieci the Palace to completion.
Nearly two centuries later, Tryon
Palace Restoration became North
Carolii"ia's first great public hi.story
project. When it opened its doors in
1959, it too was the result ot a pub-lic/
private partnership. Private funds
built and furnished the Palace; the
State facilitated securing the land and
moved a street and bridge to allow its
constructioii on its iiriginal site.
Today Tryon Palace Historic Sites &
Gardens continues to rely on both the
state and the private sector. In 2003,
I
about half of our budget came from
the state appropriation. A quarter was
earned
through ticket
and shop sales
and other fees.
The remaining
quarter repre-sented
private
support.
If appropri-ated
and
earned inci)me
are the meat
and potatoes
of our opera-tion,
private
support is surely the seasi)ning that
makes every visit to the Palace a tasty
treat and encourages our visitors to
return for seconds.
Grants from twi) major endowments,
the Latham Funi.1 an^l the Kellenberger
Historical Foundation, account for the
largest portion of our private support.
F APPROPRIATED AND EARNED INCOME
ARE THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF OUR
OPERATION, PRIVATE SUPPORT IS SURELY
THE SEASONING THAT MAKES EVERY VISIT
TO THE Palace a tasty treat and
ENCOURAGES OUR VISITORS TO RETURN
FOR SECONDS.
Niit surprisingly, however, these grants
have diminished somewhat in recent
years as investment earnings have
dropped.
That's why support from other pri-
\'ate sources - the Council of Friends,
business sponsorships and other foun-datit)
n grants - took ori even greater
importance in 2003. Friends member-ships
and the Annual Fund played a
pi\'otal role in programs ranging from
character interpretation to garden edu-cation.
Friends funds helped to keep
our Christmas celebration merry, to
purchase wonderful old Victorian
pieces that will someday grace our
Hollister House, and to underwrite
The South Lawn Summer Concert
Series has become a popular tradition
at the Palace. The concerts, which are
free to the public, are underwritten by
private support. In 2003, a grant
from the Harold H. Bate Fouruiatiori
offset much of the cost of the series
including fees for the North Carolina
Symphony. Other support has come
from corporate contributions and dona-tions
collected at the concerfi.
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Encampments by Civil War re-enactors are one of the most popular
offerings at the Palace which the Friends help umlerwrite. Re-enactors
and the volunteer prooram that has re-opened the Academy Mk.sc'H)?!
are both supported /"([v the Friend^s. Belou' rij^ht, Civil War re-enactors
fire off a volley to mark the re-opening of the Museum.
African American projects that are
bringing the stories ot people ot color
into our shared history.
A Friends grant underwrote the
Palace's Volunteer Program, which is
bringing new life and excitement to
much of what we do. (See article on
Volunteer Coordinator Fran
Campbell.) Another grant supports a
part-time fund-raising assistant.
Contributions from other sources
enriches our programming and
enhances the quality of life in our
community. A grant from the
Harold H. Bate Foundation
assured the success of our South
Lawn Concert Series that offers
tree public musical events on
warm summer evenings. Last
year's five-concert series had an
attendance of more than 5,000. ^^
Sponsorship support from the
Weyerhaeuser Corporation,
Sprint, and Hatteras Yachts
spread across our Christmas pro-gramming
and helped to make
that season bright.
This issue of The Palace is
dedicated to all of our generous
contributors who helped to keep
A variety of entertainment
makes Christmas a special season
at the Palace. Here, bagl^iper
Loyal Osterlund pipes visitors up
the avenue to the Palace.
Tryon Palace Hisrt)ric Sites & Gardens
vibrant and meaningful in 2003. A
list of contributors is included within
these pages and to each ot you we
extend our hearttelt gratitude.
Spring 2004
The Calendar
April 2-4
Special Event
Gardeners' Weekend
Friday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. daily
Gardens open to the pubUc free of
charge; interior tours at regular prices.
During this special weekend, the gardens of
Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens will
glow with the colors of spring. Gardeners'
Weekend is held in conjunction with the
New Bern Historic Homes, Gardens and
Arts Tour.
April 2 and 3
Plant Sale
Heritage Plant Sale
Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
on the Palace grounds.
Held in conjunction with Gardeners'
Weekend, this plant sale will feature peren-nials
, herbs , anniuxls , trees and shrubs as
well as a collection of unique, rare and
histcmc plants. Come early for the best
selection!
April 3
Garden Lecture
Heritage Tulips for the Southeast
Saturday, 10 a.m. Visitor Center
Auditorium. Free.
Bulb expert Carl Van Staalduinen from
Terra Ceia Farms will share growing tips
for a successful spring-bulb display. Historic
tulips and other bulbs will be discussed for
period-appropriate gardens
.
April 6
Movie
A Night to Remember (1958)
Tuesday, 7 p.m. Visitor Center
Auditorium. Free. Sponsored by the
Tryon Palace Council of Friends.
The night was April 14, 1912, as the
ocean liner Titanic struck an iceberg in the
North Atlantic and went down, taking with
her over 1 ,500 lives. Stunning re-creation
of the ship's fateful maiden voyage and the
people involved stars Kenneth More,
Laurence Naismith, David McCallum and
Honor Blackman.
April 9-11
Easter Holiday Weekend.
Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens
is open regular hours for tours.
Sunday, April 18
Walking Tour
African American Historic Downtown
Walking Tour
Sunday, 2 p.m., meet in the Visitor
Center. $4; free for Tryon Palace ticket
holders and members of the Tryon
Palace Council of Friends.
Learn about 300 years of African
American history on a walking tour of New
Bern's historic district. This tour lasts
approximately 90 minutes and covers 1 6
blocks
.
May"
Movie
Sommersby (1993)
Tuesday, 7 p.m. Visitor Center
Auditorium. Free. Sponsored by the
Tryon Palace Council of Friends.
Based on the 1982 French film, The
Return of Martin Guerre, this beautiful-ly
filmed romantic drama stars Richard
Gere as a Confederate soldier who returns
home to wife Jodie Foster after a six-year
absence. So changed is Gere's behavior that
Foster and the townsfolk begin to think he
may be an impostor.
Mays, 7, 12
Home School Days
9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day. $8 for
students; $12 for adults (tickets valid 2
consecutive days). Space is limited and
prepayment is required; call (252) 514-
4935 to register.
Home-school families enjoy hands-on activ-ities
and take-home projects, as well as
tours of the Palace and three other historic
homes in this exparvded version of our pop-ular
Fall home-school event. Bring your
picnic lunch and spend time in the past.
Activities are designed for school-aged chil-dren;
some activities have a minimum age
requirement.
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Spring 2004
May 8
Garden Lecture
The Magic of Daylilies
Saturday, 10 a.m. Visitor Center
Auditorium. $4; free for Tryon Palace
ticket holders and members of the
Tryon Palace Council of Friends.
Master Gardener Caulean Vesey will dis-cuss
the best way to select, plant and divide
these popular perennials
.
Saturday, May 15
Saturday Sampler
Insider's Tour of the Tryon Palace
Conservation Lab
Saturday, 10 a.m., meet in the Visitor
Center. $4; free for Tryon Palace ticket
holders and members of the Tryon
Palace Council of Friends.
Visit the conservation lab and leam all
about restoring and maintaining a museum
collection from Tryon Palace conservator
David Taylor. This workshop will answer
many questions about repairing and caring
for antique items in the home.
May 16
Walking Tour
African American Historic Downtown
Walking Tour
Sunday, 2 p.m., meet in the Visitor
Center. $4; free for Tryon Palace ticket
holders and members of the Tryon
Palace Council of Friends.
Leam about 300 years of African
American history on a walking tour of New
Bern's historic district. This tour lasts
approximately 90 minutes and covers 1 6
blocks.
May 16
Film
Alamance
Sunday, 3:30 p.m. Visitor Center
Auditorium. Free.
This film is shown to commemorate the
anniversary of the Battle of Alamance-May
16, 1771 . Filmed in part at Tryon Palace
New Feature: Friday Flicks for Kids
Friday Flicks for Kids will be offered free at 3 p.m. every Friday in the
Tryon Palace Auditorium from May 21 through August 6
in 1996 for UNC-TV, Alamance tells the
story of the Regulator movement through
the eyes of Herman Husband, Quaker
farmer and Assembly member. Governor
Tryon defeated the Regulators at this battle
,
a ke)" ei;ent in North Carolina history.
Approx. I hour in length.
Free Admission for
Active Military
during April
Tryon Palace is pleased to offer free
admission to all active military per-sonnel
and their immediate tami-lies
during the month ot April.
Visitors should present their offi-cial
identification to receive their
complimentary tickets.
May 17
South Lawn Concert Series 2004
2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Band
Monday, 7 p.m. South Lawn of the
Palace. Free. Gates open at 5 p.m.
Bring along a picnic, blankets and
lawn chairs (no alcoholic beverages,
please).
The U.S. Marine Corps bards from Camp
Lejeune and Cherry Point join forces again
this year to bring their rousing brand of
patriotic, popular and classic tunes to the
South Lawn.
May 20
African American History Lecture
Brown vs. Board of Education Panel
Discussion
Thursday, 7 p.m. Tryon Palace
Auditorium. Free.
A distinguished group of historians , law-makers
and educators will discuss the issues
and outcomes of the integration of the pub-lic
school systems . The lecture is part of an
ongoing joint lecture series sponsored by
Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens and
the James City Historical Society.
May 21
Friday Flicks for Kids
Colonial Life for Children: St.
Augustine
Friday, 3 p.m. Tryon Palace
Auditorium. Free.
foumey to St. Augustine, Florida, the old-est
permanent European settlement in
North America, founded by Spanish
explorers in 1565. Approximately 30
minutes.
May 28
Friday Flicks for Kids
Colonial Life for Children: Jamestown
Friday, 3 p.m. Tryon Palace
Auditorium. Free.
Step back in time to learn about life and the
struggle to survive in 1 607 in this early
Virginia cobny. Approximately 30
mmutes.
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The Calendar Spring 2004
May 30
South Lawn Concert Series 2004
Craven Community Concert Band
Sunday, 7 p.m. South Lawn of the
Palace. Free. Gates open at 5 p.m.
Bring along a picnic, blankets and
lawn chairs (no alcoholic beverages,
please).
Craven County's oum yO-member concert
band continues to make history on the
Palace's South Laum.
May 31
Monday, Memorial Day
Tryon Palace Historic Sites &. Gardens
is open regular hours for tours.
Movie
An American in Paris (1951)
Tuesday, 7 p.m. Visitor Center
Auditorium. Free. Sponsored by the
Tryon Palace Council of Friends.
The dancing of Gene Kelly and Leslie
Caron, a classic score by George Gershwin
and the romantic setting of the City of
Lights make for a timeless musical delight.
Winner of six Academy Awards , including
Best Picture. Songs include "Embraceable
You," "Nice Work If You Can Get It" and
"Our Love Is Here to Stay."
June 4
Friday Flicks for Kids
Colonial Life for Children: Plimoth
Plantation
Friday, 3 p.m. Tryon Palace
Auditorium. Free.
Sail aboard the Mayflower to colonial New
England in 1 620 and leam what life for the
pilgdms was really all about.
Approximately 30 minutes.
June 4-27
Ongoing Exhibition
Maps and Prints from the Tryon
Palace Collection
Weekdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Craven
Arts Council & Gallery, 317 Middle
St., New Bern.
Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens and
the Craven Arts Council present a special
exhibition of rarely displayed maps and
prints that are part of the stellar Tryon
Palace decorative arts collection.
June 7
South Lawn Concert Series
North Carolina Symphony
Monday, 7 p.m. South Lawn of the
Palace. Free. Bring along a picnic,
blankets, and lawn chairs (no alco-holic
beverages, please).
Tryon Palace's South Lawn Concert Series
continues with the annual al fresco pops
performance by the Raleigh-based North
Carolina Symphony under the baton of
William Henry Curry.
June 7-11
Camp Yesteryear
Daily, 9 to 12 a.m. Monday through
Friday
$80 per child. Minimum 20 students
required. Must register by May 21. Call
Craven County Recreation & Parks,
(252) 636-6606 to register.
Camp Yesteryear is a weeklong day camp that
allows children entering grades 4 and 5 to
explore colonial life. Students will leam about
hearth cooking, fiber crafts, Colonial games,
historical costumes and natural history.
June 11
Friday Flicks for Kids
American History for Kids: Colonial
America
Friday, 3 p.m. Tryon Palace
Auditorium. Free.
Leam more about the triumphs and toils of
colonial life in this first film in the
"American History for Kids" series this
summer.
June 12
Garden Lecture
Restoring American Gardens
Saturday, 10 a.m. Visitor Center
Auditorium. $4; free for Tryon Palace
ticket holders and members of the
Tryon Palace Council of Friends.
American gardeners have been fascirmted
with exotic and introduced plants from the
very beginning. Leam how to select the
appropriate plants for historic landscapes.
June 18
Friday Flicks for Kids
American History for Kids: Slavery
and Plantation Life
Friday, 3 p.m. Tryon Palace
Auditorium. Free.
This film will explore the role of slaves in
the plantation economy and what it was
like to be a slave in the American South.
Sunday, June 20
Walking Tour
African American Historic Downtown
Walking Tour
2 p.m. Meet in the Visitor Center. $4;
free for Tryon Palace ticket holders
and members of the Tryon Palace
Council of Friends.
Leam about 300 years of African
American history on a walking tour of New
Bern's historic district. This tour lasts
approximately 90 minutes and covers 1 6
blocks
.
June 25
Friday Flicks for Kids
Follow the Drinking Gourd: A Story
of the Underground Railroad
Friday, 3 p.m. Tryon Palace
Auditorium. Free.
This is the story of one family's escape from
slavery on the Underground Railroad.
Narrated by Morgan Freeman with music
by Taj Mahal. Approximately 30 minutes.
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News From Our Friends
Another Very Successful Annual Campaign
B>' Karen O'Connell
Once again members, non-members,
and the business community have
stepped forward to support Tryon
Palace Historic Sites & Gardens with
their generous donations to the Tryon
Palace Council oi Friends 2003
Annual Campaign. The Council of
Friends extends its sincere gratitude to
Carole B. Kemp, campaign chair, and
to the following donors who have pro-vided
annual support for Tryon Palace
Histiiric Sites & Gardens by their
contributions to membership in the
Council of Friends and/or by their
contributions to the 2003 Annual
Fund.
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS $250 to $499
Mr. Milton H. Askew, Jr.
$1,000 AND ABOVE Mrs. Carolyn Ballard
Mr. and Mrs. Weston M. Andress Dr. and Mrs. Harry H. Ballard
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Cameron Mrs. Penny R. BarnhiU
Mrs. Sissy Chesnutt Mrs. Anna Travis Best
Dr. James B. Congleton III Mr. and Mrs. E.F. Bowditch, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Cullman Mrs. Myrtilla H. Brody
Representative and Mrs. N. Leo Daughtry Mr. and Mrs. W. Louis Cannon
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Davis Mr. D. Hayes Clement
Mrs. James Ficklen, Jr. Dr. Franklin G. Dill
Mr. and Mrs. John O. Haroldson Reverend and Mrs. Starke S. Dillard
Mrs. Miriam Cannon Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Robert Exum, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hines Mr. and Mrs. James M. Heatley
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Hunt Mr. Carl H. Herko
Mr. and Mrs. William R Kemp III Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Holding
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Mattocks II Mr. and Mrs. James D. Jacobsen
Mr. Nelson B. McDaniel Dr. and Mrs. James C. Lorentzen
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Naumann Dr. and Mrs. Harry J. MacDonald, Jr.
Senator and Mrs. Anthony E. Rand Mr. Charles D. Meekins and Dr. Bettina B.
Mr. Trawick H. Stubhs, Jr. Meekins
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Ward, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Miller
Mr. Timothy A. Minch and Ms. Cathy McLean
$500 TO $999 Mr. Kenneth D. Morris
Dr. Simeon H. Adams Mr. and Mrs. David A. O'Connell
Mrs. Caroline D. Ashford Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T Peacock
Mr. and Mrs. F.H. Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Pierson
Mrs. BobhieJ. Bell Mr. Lonnie E. Pridgen, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth Chance Ms. L. Cheryl Setzer and Ms. Karen R. Randle
Mr. William A. Chantry Mr. Clint D. Routson
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Clarke Mr. and Mrs. John G. Scott
Mr. and Mrs. G.L. Deichmann Mr. and Mrs. Dana G. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. E. Thomas Franklin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood H. Smith, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Futrell, Jr. Mr. John A. Sorady
Mr. and Mrs. George D. Henson Mrs. Beverly L. Stevens
Mr Lewis R. Holding Mr. and Mrs. James R. Talton
Mrs. Anne L. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Toms, jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman B. Kellum Mr. Alfred Williams IV
Mr. Joseph P. Logan Mr. Joseph E. Zaytoun
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Maness
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Mansfield $100 TO $249
Dr. and Mrs. John L. McCain Mr. and Mrs. Larry Alderson
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Norris, Jr. Ms. Beatrice Alexander
MG (ret.) and Mrs. Hugh R. Overholt Mrs. Anne B. Allen
Mr. J. Harold Talton Mr. and Mrs. Billy T Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Brent A Torstrick Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Armour
Dr. and Mrs. T Reed Underbill Mrs. Natalie S. Baggett
Mr. and Mrs. John A.J. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Rickard C. Bailie
Dr. and Mrs. Zebulon Weaver 111 Mrs. Mary M. Barden
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. West Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Barg
Mr. and Mrs. John T Winbum Mr. and Mrs. William T Barnett
Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Barnwell
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Barringer 11
RAdm (Ret.) and Mrs. Fred H. Baughman
Mrs. Kathleen B. Beal
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence B. Beasley
Mr. and Mrs. Steven D. Bell
Dr. Neil C. Bender
Dr. Keith W Bennett and Ms. Elizabeth A.
Benson
Mr. and Mrs. Emile Bergeron
Mr. and Mrs. William Benson
Mrs. Joseph Berry
Mrs. Barbara Betts
Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Blair, Jr.
Ms. Julie Bledsoe
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Blythe
Miss Flora L. Bobbitt
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Braaten
Dr. and Mrs. William D. Bradford
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Brake
Ms. Elizabeth A. Brinkley
Mrs. Mary B. Brigham
Mr. George H. Broadrick
Mrs. Thornton Brooks
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff S. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Brubaker
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Bryan
Dr. and Mrs. S. Joseph Buff
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bulkley
Judge and Mrs. Frank V/. Bullock, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Burnett
Capt USN(ret) Herbert O. Burton
Dr. and Mrs. Victor W. Bustard
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Caldwell, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Harold Cameron
Mrs. Nancy E. Campbell
Mr and Mrs. Robert M. Chiles
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Clement
Mr. and Mrs. Gary H. Clemmons
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Cone
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Crocket
Mr. Donald F Cross
Mrs. Anne Prince Cuddy
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Curry
Dr. Andrew Davidson
Mr. and Mrs. James T Davis 111
Dr. and Mrs. Michael L. Davis
Dr. and Mrs. Charles M. Dettor
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Dill
Mr and Mrs. John M. DiMartino, Sr.
Mrs. Anna Lee S. Dorsett
Si'RiNc. 2004
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Dowd
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Eddings
Mr. and Mrs. Donalt J. Eglinton
Mr. and Mrs. James English, Jr.
Ms. Kathryne M. Evans
Ms. Beverly R. Fawcett
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Ferrel
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Fiederlein
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Figueroa
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Fish
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R Flanagan
Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Forshey
Mrs. Frances B. Francis
Mr. George Frazier
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Freiwald
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L. Gault, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Gerolstein
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Gibhs
Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Giersch
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Gilmore
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Glynn
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gorzalski
Mr. and Mrs. Lester D. Grant
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Green
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard M. Greene
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Griffin, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Griffith
Mrs. Teresa L. Gulino
Mr. Harvey Gunter
Mr. and Mrs. James Hammond
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne E. Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll W. Hawkins
Mrs. Ethel L. Hess
Dr. and Mrs. David G. Hipps
Mr. and Mrs. William Hillhouse
Mr. A.L. Hobgood 111
Dr. J.M. Hodges, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hoff
Ms. Betty Holding
Mrs. Mariaiina Hollinshed
Dr. and Mrs. Robert R Holmes 111
Mrs. Anne E. Homer
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott W. Hudgins 111
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Hunt
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver C. Hutaff, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Ives, Jr.
Mrs. Lynn Ives
Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Jacksits
Ms. Susan M. Jackson and Mr. Jim Cook
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Jennings
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene T. Johnston 111
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Jones
Dr. and Mrs. W Burns Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Rennold L. Klawson
Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Klotz
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund T. Knott
Reverend and Mrs. Nelson W Koscheski
Mr. and Mrs. Sazi Koylu
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Kubik
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence I. Kuntz
Dr. and Mrs. Otto J. Kunst
Mr. Philippe Lafargue
Mr. Will.am T. Lamm III
Mr. and Mrs. Ross W. Lampe
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Lane
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Larimer
Dr. and Mrs. Harry V. Lassiter
Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Latham
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Layton
Mr. Carroll H. Leggett
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis A. Leoni
Monsignor Gerald L. Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Lilly, Jr.
Mrs. Grey Lineweaver
Dr. William E Little
Mr. and Mrs. Larry B. Lovvorn
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald B. MacLean
Mr. Michael Marshall and Ms. Denise Martin
Mrs. Ann L. Maude
Mr. and Mrs. Billy May
Mrs. Nancy D. McAden
Mr. and Mrs. Nickolas J. McCalester
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. McClay
Mr. and Mrs. James W. McCloskey
Mr. and Mrs. George H. McLeod
Mr. and Mrs. John E McNair 11
Mr. and Mrs. Marion J. McSorely
Mr. and Mrs. Earl A. Mead
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Medlin, Jr.
Mrs. Mary H. Messinger
Mr. Horace H. Mewborn
Dr. Jeffrey Michelson and Dr. Melinda B.
Michelson
Dr. and Mrs. Dale T Millns
Ms. Lorna Mitchell
Mr. and Mrs. James Y. Morris
Mrs. Wilhelmina D. Muther
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Myers
Mrs. Karen H. Norman
Mr. Donald Otway Norris, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O'Conner
Dr. and Mrs. David C. Oliver
Mr. J. Scott Osborne and Dr. Ruby O. Osborne
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Overby, Jr.
Ms. Priscilla Paepcke
Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Paramore, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben W. Parrish
Mrs. Olga L. Parsons
Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Paul
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Pelletier, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Ted Pemberton
Lt. Governor Beverly E. Perdue and Mr. Robert W Eaves
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth 1. Peregoy
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund L. Perun
Mr. and Mrs. David Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Phillips
Mr. Will B. Pittman, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney C. Pitts
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Pope, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Powell
Dr. and Mrs. Norris W. Preyer
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Rafson
Mr. and Mrs. Radford Reel
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond T. Ramsden
Mr. and Mrs. Hans C. Rasmussen
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Reid
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reiner
Mr. Walter A. Reynolds IV
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richards
Ms. Nancy E. Richards
Ms. Susan R. Richardson
Mr. and Mrs. Hakan Riggestad
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Ross 111
Judge and Mrs. Julius A. Rousseau, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rovins
Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Rowland
Dr. and Mrs. J. Peter Rowlett 111
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon N. Ruckart
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rummel
Mr. George Sawyer
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T Schirmer
Mr. Edwin Schlo-ssberg
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schlosser
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Schultz
Lt.Col. and Mrs. Charles F. Schwab
Mrs. Charles P. Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Seymour
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sforza
Capt. and Mrs. Robert A. Shriver
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan R. Skipper, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Skrotsky
Mr. Haywood C. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Smith, Jr.
Lt. Col. (Ret.) and Mrs. John L. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart H. Smith
Mrs. Vernon Smith
Dr. and Mrs. John A. Snyder
Ms. Mary A. Spano
Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Speer
Mr. and Mrs. John Sprague
Mrs. Margaret H. Stallings
Mrs. William E. Stanley
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Startsman
Mr. and Mrs. G. Richard Staunch
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Stephens
Mrs. Katherine G. Stern
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence A. Stith, Jr.
The Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Peter B. Stube
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Sugg
Dr. Jerri Sutton
Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Switzer
Dr. and Mrs. John C. Tayloe
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Taylor, Jr.
Mrs. Sophia D. Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Thomas
Mrs. Alice W. Thomason
Mrs. Mary W Tillman
Mr. W. Lyndo Tippett
Ms. Cynthia L. Turco
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F Tyson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jon D. Valentine
Mr. and Mrs. C. Richard Van Niel
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Walls
Ms. Barbara Walters
Mr. and Mrs. David Watrous
Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Ward
Mr. and Mrs. William F Ward, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Warmath, Jr.
Dr. Alan D. Watson
Ms. Rae C. Weaver
Mr. Elmer J. Wellons, Jr.
Mrs. Melba B. Wheeler
Lt. Col. Joseph W. White and Dr. Rose D.
Danella
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Wilkins, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Greg A. Wilkinson
Ms. Kay P Williams
Mr. and Mrs. A. Rexford Willis III
Ms. Alice C. Winters
Mr. and Mrs. John Woltz, Jr.
CORPORATE/FOUNDATION
CONTRIBUTORS
Altria Group, Inc.
Harold H. Bate Foundation
Broyhill Family Foundation, Inc.
DIMON Incorporated
ExxonMobile
Freedom ENC Communications
Hatteras Yachts
IBM Corporation
Moen Incorporated
Kellenberger Historical Foundation
Sprint
O'Halloran Blanket Company, LLC
Weyerhaeuser Company
Zaytoun & Associates
10 ?]Re^Eace Spring 2004
News From Our Friends
The Tryon Palace Council of
Friends welcomes the following new
members who ha\c joined since
November 13, 2003.
SUSTAINER
Mr. and Mrs. G.L. Deichmann,
New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Winbiirn,
New Bern
SPONSOR
Mrs. Anna Travis Best, Goldsboro
Dr. and Mrs. Andrew D. Mylander,
New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T Peacock,
New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Dana G. Smith,
Greensboro
FAMILY/GRANDPARENT
Ms. Beatrice Alexander, New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Armour, New
Bern
Dr. Keith W. Bennett and Ms. Elizabeth
A. Benson, New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Emile Bergeron,
Gettysburg PA
Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Giersch,
New Bern
Ms. Susan M. Jackson and Mr. Jim
Cook, New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gorzalski,
New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Hunt,
New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Marion J. McSorely, Rocky
Mount
Lt. Governor Beverly E. Perdue and Mr.
Robert W. Eaves, New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Reid, Greenville
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richards,
New Bern
Mrs. Alice W. Thomason, Greensbt)ro
SUPPORTER
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Alterman,
New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bulkley, New Bern
Dr. and Mrs. Michael L. Davis,
New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Ewan,
New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jiihnson, New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald B. MacLean,
Grantsbt)ro
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Narolis,
New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund L. Perun,
New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Hans C. Rasmussen,
New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reiner, New Bern
Dr. and Mrs. Jackson W. Riddle,
New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ruinmcl, New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Skrotsky,
New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Waldron, New Bern
Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Ward, Pine Knoll
Shores
Mrs. Marilyn G. Anderson, Greensboro
ASSOCIATE
Mr. Scott Baker, Salt Lake City UT
Mrs. Amelia A. Basinger, Greensboro
Ms. Fnin Bliss, New Bern
Mrs. Donna L. Burgin, Washington NC
Ms. J. Eraser Croft, New Bern
Judge Ken Crow, New Bern
Ms. Barbara Glynn, New Bern
Ms. Barbara Flynn, New Bern
Ms. Leigh Anne Friesen, New Bern
Mrs. Charles R. Fyfe, New Bern
Ms. Ellen Gould, Oriental
Mrs. Judith A. Oeika, Ha\'elock
Ms. Alexi R. Ishie, Sncads Ferry
Mr. Bill Johnson, New Bern
Ms. Zandra C. Johnson, New Bern
Ms. Lucille Kincaid, New Bern
Mrs. Nelida L. Muni:, New Bern
Ms. Ellen Norman, New Bern
Capt. Paula A. Penarick, New Bern
Mrs. Susanne H. Pendleton, New Bern
Ms. Cynthia Purinton, New Bern
Ms. Judy Simon, New Bern
Mrs. Lillian Taylor, Raleigh
Mark Your Calendar:
Special Events for
Friends Members
The Tryon Palace Council of Friends
is pleased to announce two special
annual events open only to its members.
Thursday, April 1 : The members-only
special preview sale of Tryon
Palace Historic Sites & Garden's annual
Gardeners' Weekend Heritage Plant
Sale will take place from 5:30 to 6:30
p.m. on the lawn outside the Crafts and
Garden Shop. Council of Friends members have the unique opportunity
to come early for the best selection of rare plants before the sale opens to
the public the next day. Your membership card is required for admi,ssion.
Please see the calendar for more information.
Saturday, April 17: The Council of Friends Annual Meeting and
luncheon is an opportunity to join your fellow members for a cJay of good
food and good cotnpany. Invitations to exclusive events like these are just
one of the many benefits of membership in the Tryon Palace Council of
Friends. For more information on how you can become a member, contact
Council of Friends Coordinator Karen O'Connell at: (252) 514-4933 or at
koconnell@tryonpalace.org
Spring 2004 SheMace 1
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New In The Shops
(^ime for Tea
The most historical of heverages has inspired many of the new gift
favorites that are springing up in our Tryon Palace Museum
Shops. Pick some of these beauties to help you host, serve and enjoy
springtime tea parties. Look for creamware tea sets from $60, bottom
ft, blue export teapots from $35 and doll's tea sets from $7.50, bot-toTn
right. Reproduction-style dessert plates, like these chinoiserie
plates, left, from $22.50, make a colorful, sprii"ig-inspired statement.
Doii't forget the mint chcisen from our plants offered by our Garden
Shop and samples of our Governor Tryon tea cakes for a simple and
tasty treat. Enjoy the setting arid come by to visit our Museum
Sluips. Your purchases help fund the Palace and our programming.
PO Box 1007, New Bern, NC 28563
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New Bern, NC
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