Dolls

Through a grant from R.R. Donnelley and Sons Inc., of Danville, 15 additional multicultural dolls are being purchased to support the diversity awareness education provided to 3 and 4-year-old students enrolled in the Boyle County schools preschool program. Cherie Hall, Donnelley human resource training specialist, and Kim Black, manufacturing supervisor, recently visited the Junction City Elementary preschool classroom of Susan Petitt to observe students with the dolls. "Multi-cultural dolls, which reflect various races, ages, abilities and careers, are used in dramatic play," said preschool Director Kristi Waters, who requested the funding from R.R. Donnelley.

Dec. 8, 1983 Officers of the Cardinal Chapter of the National Honor Society at George Rogers Clark High School were recently installed for the 1983-84 school year. They include Gail Garrett, historian; Melissa Atchison, vice president; Tom Conner, president; Jane Lewis, secretary; and Natalie Pascuzzi, treasurer. Five George Rogers Clark High School athletes were named to the Louisville Courier-Journal All-State football team. Butch Williams was named to the second team and Greg Waltermire was named to the third team.

WORKSHOP AND DISPLAY PLANNED SATURDAY A Christmas greeting card workshop will be from 1 until 3 p.m. at Magical Memories, 1107 W. Lexington Ave. The fee will be $1 with Randi Barnett as instructor. From 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. a display of clothing for 18-inch dolls will be open at the same location.

The Boyle County Farmer's Market First Annual Christmas Sale will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday ? or until goods are sold out ? at the Boyle County Fairgrounds metal building. Here are some of the items we will have available. Come early for the best selection of products. Bush Farms Gift baskets Gift sets Honey gift sets Jams and jellies Dip mixes Soup mixes Party sauce for meatballs Herbal vinegars with recipe booklet Homemade candies, cakes and breads Candied nuts Handmade rag dolls Firestarters Knobview Farms Fresh lettuce, spinach and radishes White potatoes, sweet potatoes, turnips Fruit, dried apples, pumpkins Homemade cakes, yeast rolls, fried apple pies Fresh eggs Holiday greenery Doll clothes for 18-inch dolls Mamaw's & Papaw's Garden Fruit cakes and jam cakes Dried apple stack cakes Dried apples White fudge Peanut butter fudge Banana bread Fresh fruit Turnips Briar Knob Variety of sourdough breads and rolls Granola Homemade salsa Hillside Heritage Farm Local pork products Holiday wreaths The Family Garden Fresh fruit baskets

As 11 a.m. approached on a sunny Tuesday, members of the Home League, a women's ministry program at the Salvation Army, entered the back of the small church on Fourth Street. And as they entered, the women were met by all things 1950s, courtesy of Teresa Scott, a Danville member of the group.  A Pandora music station played songs from the decade, as the women sat at round tables decorated with props, including a 1950s car model and a cake layered with '50s foods. But the props weren't store-bought; they were paper mache props made by Scott herself.  Scott has been creating paper mache sculptures for at least 15 years - mainly using paper, tissue paper, popsicle sticks and Mod Podge, a glue-like material for crafts.

Once in a while I find some interesting tidbits that I think are worth sharing, so that is what you are getting this week. While going through my desk last week, I found a 2000 Farmers' Almanac and found some things that might just come in handy some time, but I doubt it. However, they are still nice to know. Let's talk about fads. Did you know that the fads of 1900 were hopscotch (remember that?), Kewpie dolls, ping pong, Raggedy Ann, teddy bears, polkas, fairs and expos?

When Louise Tussey, 80, planted a peach pit in a flower pot three years ago, she had no idea she'd grow a tree with more peaches on one branch than on her daughter's entire tree. She didn't know her husband would soon be tying branches made heavy with the sprouting fruit to the trunk of the tree to keep them from snapping off. "I wish it hadn't happened," Louise's husband Lesley said. "(The tree) is going to break down. " Two years ago, Lesley transplanted the tree, at the time a tiny sapling, into the yard of their Danville home.

Last year I vowed I would be through by now. Never again would I wait until the week before Christmas to finish up my holiday preparations. Wrong! Here it is exactly one week and I'm still not ready - but I will be! I love the colors and sights and sounds of Christmas, and I have often scoffed at those who decorate right after Halloween or before Thanksgiving. But sometimes I think in this busy world they may be right, put them up but don't turn them on. I have friends who are through with their Christmas shopping when the January sales are over.

The History Hunters have tried their hands at farming, pruning, grafting; they have wandered the halls of William Whitley's estate and have seen where the Kentucky State Constitution was signed but until now, had not yet visited the oldest permanent settlement in the area: Fort Harrod. Fort Harrod was founded in 1774 and was the first permanent settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains. Capt. James Harrod founded the town with 32 other settlers after making the journey from Pennsylvania.

100 years ago - 1912   Robert McGavie, who arrived in Danville for an engagement at the Danville Opera House is the tallest man ever seen in this city. He is seven feet two inches tall. With his partner, Scots, he puts on a sharpshooter act that takes the cake. He is so tall that a crowd of boys usually follow him about the streets. He will make his last appearance at the opera house tonight.   From all over the county come complaints of the damage done by rats. It is said the rodents were never so plentiful in the history of the county and they have grown too wise to nibble at rat biscuits.

As 11 a.m. approached on a sunny Tuesday, members of the Home League, a women's ministry program at the Salvation Army, entered the back of the small church on Fourth Street. And as they entered, the women were met by all things 1950s, courtesy of Teresa Scott, a Danville member of the group.  A Pandora music station played songs from the decade, as the women sat at round tables decorated with props, including a 1950s car model and a cake layered with '50s foods. But the props weren't store-bought; they were paper mache props made by Scott herself.  Scott has been creating paper mache sculptures for at least 15 years - mainly using paper, tissue paper, popsicle sticks and Mod Podge, a glue-like material for crafts.

The Boyle County Farmer's Market First Annual Christmas Sale will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday ? or until goods are sold out ? at the Boyle County Fairgrounds metal building. Here are some of the items we will have available. Come early for the best selection of products. Bush Farms Gift baskets Gift sets Honey gift sets Jams and jellies Dip mixes Soup mixes Party sauce for meatballs Herbal vinegars with recipe booklet Homemade candies, cakes and breads Candied nuts Handmade rag dolls Firestarters Knobview Farms Fresh lettuce, spinach and radishes White potatoes, sweet potatoes, turnips Fruit, dried apples, pumpkins Homemade cakes, yeast rolls, fried apple pies Fresh eggs Holiday greenery Doll clothes for 18-inch dolls Mamaw's & Papaw's Garden Fruit cakes and jam cakes Dried apple stack cakes Dried apples White fudge Peanut butter fudge Banana bread Fresh fruit Turnips Briar Knob Variety of sourdough breads and rolls Granola Homemade salsa Hillside Heritage Farm Local pork products Holiday wreaths The Family Garden Fresh fruit baskets

Dec. 8, 1983 Officers of the Cardinal Chapter of the National Honor Society at George Rogers Clark High School were recently installed for the 1983-84 school year. They include Gail Garrett, historian; Melissa Atchison, vice president; Tom Conner, president; Jane Lewis, secretary; and Natalie Pascuzzi, treasurer. Five George Rogers Clark High School athletes were named to the Louisville Courier-Journal All-State football team. Butch Williams was named to the second team and Greg Waltermire was named to the third team.

The Clark County Public Library will mark its 10th anniversary with the official opening of its new children's wing. At 7 p.m. Monday, the library will host the grand opening for the Lynne A. Boxley Library for Young People, which was completed in October. Director Julie Maruskin said the addition was the first major renovation to the library since it opened. "It's a chance for people who have not given themselves a lot of leisure to walk through and look," she said. "The children's wing will be loaded up with all kinds of things from Mrs. Boxley.

Step into the village of Copper Hollow or follow the timeline of American social history. Follow the winding roads to the "wrong side of the tracks" or push your imagination to the limits in the Fantasy Forest. In the tiny world of The Great American Dollhouse Museum, patrons are engulfed in the lives of day-to-day "people" and follow a visual path of storytelling. But don't get the wrong idea, said curator Lori Kagan-Moore; this isn't just a museum of play "dollies. " It's a historically, architecturally and era-accurate depiction of history designed to educate and entertain.

Once in a while I find some interesting tidbits that I think are worth sharing, so that is what you are getting this week. While going through my desk last week, I found a 2000 Farmers' Almanac and found some things that might just come in handy some time, but I doubt it. However, they are still nice to know. Let's talk about fads. Did you know that the fads of 1900 were hopscotch (remember that?), Kewpie dolls, ping pong, Raggedy Ann, teddy bears, polkas, fairs and expos?