July 2011 Scottsville Monthly

Your News Source For Scottsville On The James
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Barnett Real Estate
300 Valley Street, Scottsville ✦ Office: (434) 286-9900 ✦ Fax: (434) 286-9393
www.barnettre.com
NEW PRICE
MLS 487565
$199,900
Fantastic 4BR, 2BA ranch that shows like a dream on 13+ very, very private acres, only minutes from Scottsville, in sought after Fluvanna County.
An unbelievable buy at $199,900. Call Larry or Sarah.
MLS 485941
$249,000
Better than new 3BR, 2.5BA colonial on very private cul-de-sac only minutes from
Scottsville. Upgrades include cork floors in kitchen, hardwood floors, Pella windows,
on-demand hot water heater, and so much more. Walkout basement for storage or
future expansion. Small creek in rear of this special 3 acre property. Call Larry
SOLD
Sold by Larry Barnett
$160,000
Better than new! 3BR, 2BA ranch on 3.22 acres. Hardwood floors, family
room and much more for only $160,000.
MLS 482861
$535,000
Fantastic location! Walk to Downtown Mall from this charming 1929 4BR, 2BA
beauty w/ 2BR, 1BA guest cottage. Great value for $545,000. Call Larry.
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SOLD
MLS 482876
$69,900
Ever thought of owning your own business? This 1344 sq. ft. well-built building on busy Rt. 6 might just be for you. Corner lot w/ lots of parking and visibility. Priced $11,200 under county assessment. Call Larry.
MLS 484927
$95,000
1935 charming, cozy 3BR home. Master BA on 1st level, hardwood floors.
Ready for 2011 living. Wake up 1st time home buyers! Call Tom or Lil.
LAND LISTINGS
Albemarle
MLS 472998 ◆10 AC ◆ $58,900
Fluvanna
Larry Barnett
434-960-6038
BROKER
Sarah Churchill
434-882-2980
REALTOR®
Tom Snoddy
Lillian Copeland
434-286-9072 REALTOR®
MLS 488346 ◆ 6.5 AC
◆ $59,900
MLS 486207 ◆ 35.26 AC ◆ $185,000
MLS 486235 ◆ 35.53 AC ◆ $185,000
◆ Vol. 9 No. 12, June 17–July 21, 2011 ◆
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William Burgess
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Red Hill students visit
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A Twist on soft serve frozen
yogurt..page 5
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Scottsville gets ready for a three day
celebration event for the 4th of July. Photo
of poster by Nancy Gill.
Cover designed by Marilyn Ellinger.
C OMMUNITY
Letter from the Editor
See Community Page 6
June 17–July 21, 2011
Laurel Greene
Editor, Scottsville Monthly
Abbott Tours Makes a Visit
The photographer caught the very last of a tour leaving - and the first of an
economic opportunity for the town. Forty-seven people joined an Abbott
Tours bus trip from Roanoke Saturday June 3, visiting the Scottsville Museum,
Canal Basin Square, and Hatton Ferry. Town Clerk Amy Moyer helped with
arrangements and extra docents at the Museum welcomed the sold-out tour;
they continued to Buchanan before returning home. Photo by Ruth Klippstein
( SCOTTSVILLE MONTHLY ✦
S
ince I have been the editor of the Scottsville Monthly
since its very first issue, it is with regret that I announce my retirement or extended leave of absence from the paper (circumstances
will determine which). It has been a great pleasure to work with many fine
people and businesses in Scottsville and the surrounding area. The
Scottsville Monthly is a local business, supported by advertising. Without
your readership and advertising, we could not have succeeded all these
years.
Our publisher, Carlos Santos, will act as interim editor.
Send your ideas, articles, pictures and questions to him at
[email protected] and thank you all again for almost a decade of
community support for me and this paper.
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COVER STORY
Scottsville Heating up for the 4th!
BY LAUREL G REENE
CORRESPONDENT
Praise and Worship Band. Bring a lawn chair and a hearty
appetite. Local Charitable organizations will be selling lunch.
Adults can enjoy an afternoon of music while their kids can play
in a safe and friendly adjacent area.
Monday all activities are kicked off at 10 a.m. with our
Fireman’s Parade. At 11:30 a.m. the Scottsville Community
Chamber of Commerce and James River Brewing will hold a
Beer Tasting at the Farmers Market. At 3 p.m. between the
Farmers Market and Dorrier Park Awesome Party Rentals is
sponsoring a Mechanical Bull Rodeo. All you cowboys and cowgirls come out and show us your best 8 second ride! At 4:45 p.m.
get out your dancing shoes. Soul Transit Authority will be get us
grooving to memorable Motown and Funk filled tunes at the
Farmers Market Pavilion. That’s not all, folks…. Turn your chairs
around and walk westward a few hundred feet and get ready for
some toe tapping and knee slapping. Nashville Recording act
Michelle Nixon and Drive will rock us until the fireworks start
exploding overhead.
Event organizers have been so pleased with the support
received from local businesses and citizens in helping to fund this
festival. “Scottsville is such wonderful town there is so much to
offer…we want everyone to have a great time but ….. great
times, come with great costs attached” says Sallie Massie. “I
hope everyone who comes out and has fun can help us keep this
festival going next year by donating any amount of money they
feel comfortable with.” No donation is too small. We will have
donation buckets at the 7 p.m. musical act. We greatly appreciate your support!!”
Anyone can see - not only is the weather getting hot, the town
of Scottsville is heating up for the best Fourth of July celebration
in years!
SCOTTSVILLE MONTHLY ✦ June 17–July 21, 2011
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he town of Scottsville is planning its first major celebration
in years. A great fireworks display isn’t the only thing
going off in July. Sallie Massie and Nancy Gill have
been working for months to make this a weekend to
remember. There are activities for the entire family to
enjoy starting at noon on Saturday, July 2 through Monday, July
4.
The Scottsville Farmers Market will run as usual on Saturday
morning selling fresh local produce and flowers. Following the
market, the Pavilion will be transformed into a sea of antique
cars, muscle cars and hotrods. Interested in showing your car?
Contact Jim Starkey and the Scottsville Independent Baptist
Church at 434-286-4004. Brandon Maupin is organizing a tractor show for Saturday and Sunday to be held at Dorrier Park. Call
Brandon at 434-286-2703. Scottsville Center for Arts and
Nature is holding an arts and crafts fair at the Victory Hall
Theater all three days. Call Sallie Massie at 434-286-2777 for
information.
No one has forgotten the children and young at heart.
Awesome Party Rentals and Miller Concessions are setting up
shop between the Farmers Market and Dorrier Park. There will
be bounce houses, gaming trailers, lots of tasty treats and possibly a dunking booth for your favorite politician. For those who
fancy themselves expert bull-riders, plan on participating in a
good, old fashioned-type rodeo event on Monday beginning at 3
p.m. - riding a mechanical bull. (You will have two days to practice your technique).
Every soul needs to come out on Sunday the 3rd for an inspirational Gospel Festival. Starting at 1 p.m. at the Farmers
Market Pavilion we will all be entertained by the Five Boys of
Zion, The Green Mountain Gospel Group and Effort Scottsville’s
And hats off to all the volunteers who helped decorate the town by making street banners.
Shown here: (front) May Lythgoe, Sallie Massie, Dolores Sommers,
(back) Linda Lloyd and Hayley Poole. Photo by Nancy Gill
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BUSINESS
Twist
A Different
on a Frozen Delicacy
BY MARIANNE RAMSDEN
CORRESPONDENT
f walking into Twist! doesn’t make you happy you are not really paying
attention. Scottsville’s new, and only, soft serve frozen yogurt place is a
feast for the eyes. Jini Bitzer, the proprietor who is a multi media artist
with a studio shop at River Town Antiques, painted the interior and it is
very colorful, jaunty, yet elegant. Stripes of different colors and shapes line
the front of the marble counters. Those alone make you smile and feel good.
The large logo she designed on one wall: “Peace, Love, Froyo” is a welcoming greeting and mirrors the design on the employees T-shirts. Bitzer choose
to call her fat-free frozen yogurt “froyo” to make it easier on the tongue. The
name “Twist!” was conceived with the idea of having a short and catchy name
and, of course, the frozen soft serve yogurt is shaped like a twirl and a twist.
Early this spring Cameron Crounse, who owns and operates the River
Town Antiques, thought that opening a place that served frozen yogurt might
be a great idea. He owned a small building right on Valley Street in downtown
Scottsville that wasn’t used. Why let it sit idle?
He and Bitzer, his partner, visited the soft serve ice cream and yogurt businesses all over to see how they were faring. Everywhere they went, at any
time of the day, those places were packed. They did further research about
serving sizes, prices, flavors and what they needed for start-up.
While they waited for the necessary town permits they disposed of the furnishings that had been left by the previous tenant and gutted the interior of
the building. Crounse called around to find the best price for equipment.
Together with Bitzer he remodeled and furnished the interior. They painted
the building a bright yellow, and ordered the sign and canopy.
As almost always happens (remember Murphy’s Law?) there were some
snafus. Some of the machinery arrived in non-usable conditions. The expen-
Twist Specialty Soft Serve located at 501 Valley Street.
sive canopy, was ruined when one of the sign company’s drivers backed over
it and it has to be remade. Now everything is up and running smoothly.
Bitzer will run the place with the help of two employees. Her cheerfulness
and enthusiasm is evident as soon as you enter the small space. She makes
you feel like a long lost friend and immediately helps you choose a flavor.
There will always be vanilla and chocolate, and two other flavors every week
in rotation. One is sugar free. The day I visited the alternates were banana
pudding and tart, which Bitzer says tastes more like the yogurt you are used
to.
Not only can you get a Twist! cone, but there is a whole list, conveniently
posted on the wall, of other choices. You may choose between various sizes
of cones or bowls, and there is even a “kiddie size”. Sundaes come with
whipped cream and a cherry on top or slathered in chocolate syrup. The milk
shakes can be made in about 27 different flavors. Strawberry, peppermint,
~ colada, coffee -- the list is very long. “Twisters” are the froyo with
kiwi, pina
See Twist Page 6
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June 17–July 21, 2011
COMMUNITY
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from Page 3
James River
Batteau Festival
Wednesday, June 22, the James
River Batteau festival comes to
Scottsville. A week-long festival held
every June celebrating the traditional
flat-bottomed wooden boats, called
batteaux, once used to carry tobacco,
grain, and other goods on the James
River. The boats, generally from 6-8
feet wide and 40-50 feet long, are
reconstructed by local communities
and civic groups, creating a fleet that
travels from Lynchburg to Richmond,
stopping mid-way for music, fun and
festivities in Scottsville.
Lessons, Prayers
and Hymns for
Independence Day
Celebrating faith and freedom
10 a.m., Sunday, July 3, on the
church yard at St. John's Church, St.
Anne's Episcopal Parish.
An out-door service on the church
yard at St. John's Church (corner of
Harrison & Bird Streets) Celebrating
our faith and freedom.
Dress casually & comfortably! All
are welcome!
Camp Cost
Correction
SCOTTSVILLE MONTHLY ✦ June 17–July 21 2011
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The Friends of SAICC, in cooperation with the Piedmont YMCA,
JABA, the Scottsville Center for Arts
and Nature, Scottsville Library and
SPACE will sponsor a summer day
camp. This year, the camp will
include two weeks: August 1-5 and
August 8-12. Children may attend
either or both weeks. Campers meet
daily from 9-5 at the Scotttsville
Community Center.
Also, the
Community Center is open from 7
a.m. until 6 p.m. each day and supervised activities are provided for those
children who come early or stay a little later. The cost of the SAICC
Summer Camp is $90 per week (not
$155 as previously indicated.)
Scottsville Vet
student wins
scholarship
The annual Virginia Tech Virginia-
Twist
from Page 5
a flavor shot. The most filling
choice is the banana split: one
banana, several flavors of froyo with
a variety of sauces, whipped cream
and a cherry. You can really go wild
and choose however many toppings
you want. Not just Sprinkles, Skittles
or M & Ms; there is a whole shelf full
of choices. The prices are very rea-
A special thanks
Members of Scottsville's River Bend Quilters Group, Frances Herndeon, Marion Harding, Joan Anderson and Pati
Smith put the final touches on a "Cathedral Window" Quilt to be raffled off to benefit the Scottsville Library. “It’s
our way of saying “thank you” for allowing the group to meet at the library,” according to Ron Smith. The raffle
will run from July 1st until November 1st with the drawing on November 7th, 2011. Photo courtesy of Ron Smith.
Maryland Regional College of
Veterinary Medicine annual awards
ceremony and luncheon was held in
April. The luncheon, held at the Inn
at Virginia Tech, brought together
more than 300 attendees into what
was the biggest awards luncheon to
date. After a welcome and introduction from Dr. Gerhardt Schurig, the
dean of veterinary medicine, 239 students were presented with over 100
different scholarships and awards
totaling over $550,000.
During the ceremony, Ashley Gray,
a graduate student perusing a doctorate in veterinary medicine from
Scottsville was presented the Herman
and Mildred Corder Scholarship.
The Herman and Mildred Corder
Scholarship is an award established to
provide funds to Virginia residents
with financial need, who excel academically, are involved in community
service, and have good character.
July 12, 10 a.m. Scottsville
Town Office - presentation of forecast of 50 year regional water supply
plan. Open to public.
Rivanna will be hosting a meeting
here in the Council Chambers at 10
a.m. on July 12 for a presentation by
AECOM (Rivanna’s consultant) of
Draft Forecast results for the state-
Rescue squad has immediate need
for drivers. All ages and backgrounds
are encouraged to apply.
Please visit www.svrs.org or email
[email protected] for more information.
sonable. You may sit in one of the
bright red chairs inside or under the
umbrella at the bright blue table outside.
A steady stream of customers
arrived during the short time I spent
in the shop. I spoke with Tim, “The
Frame Guy“, who said he is totally
against “anything with yogurt”, but
decided to try a chocolate cone anyway. He changed his mind after the
first taste and said he will be a faithful
customer from now on. “It didn't have
that tart yogurt aftertaste and was as
creamy as ice cream or frozen custard.” Another customer, Grace
Rebein, ordered a bowl with a mix of
chocolate and vanilla and when she
saw it said: “I’ll never be able to finish this!” Bitzer offered to add a lid so
Rebein could take it home and finish
it later. It was gone in less than five
minutes. Three very pretty girls came
in and wanted milk shakes. One was
a little dubious about the banana
froyo and was offered a teeny tasting
cup of it. She ordered a banana milk
shake in a heartbeat.
The opening hours are Monday
through Thursday 12 to 8 and Friday
and Saturday 12 to 9. Bitzer said: “If
we see people walking down the sidewalk we’ll stay open a little later”.
Watch for discount coupons in all
the local papers and at many of the
town businesses. My vanilla and
chocolate cone was absolutely delicious. I’ll be back for more.
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mandated 50-year regional water
supply plan.
50-year Regional
Water Supply Plan
Meeting
Drivers Needed
ARTS/MUSIC CALENDAR
Scottsville Center for Arts and Nature offers a
variety at Victory Hall Theatre.
Acoustic Jam
Fri, July 8, 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
401 Valley Street
Acoustic Jam - a variety of music is open to all levels of players,
listeners and toe-tappers.
Thu, June 16 and June 30, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
401 Valley Street
A combination of instruction and playing West African drum rhythms. All level
of experience. Bring your own djembe. If you don't have a drum, call 434-2862806 and tell us. Instructor/Circle Leader: Jennifer Marks Borishansky
Suggested Donation: $5.
As You Like It - Pay What You Will - Dress Rehearsal
Thu, July 14, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
401 Valley Street
As You Like It - Performance
Fri, July 15, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
401 Valley Street
Performance of Shakespeare's "As You Like It." A Two Lisa's
Workshop Tickets: $7/Adult and $3/Children
As You Like It - Performance
Sat, July 16, 3 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
401 Valley Street
Performance of Shakespeare's "As You Like It." A Two Lisa's
Workshop Tickets: $7/Adult and $3/Children
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Live Music at 330 Valley Street
No cover charge
June 17, 9 p.m. Santa Fe (Country)
June 18, 9 p.m. Big Daddy Roadshow
June 25, 9 p.m. Classix
June 22, 8 pm Bluegrass Ramblers
June 23, 8 p.m. Acoustic Thursdays Will Thomas
June 24, 9 p.m. The Seedz (Rock N Roll)
June 25, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Summer afternoon open mic
June 30, 8 p.m. Acoustic Thursdays Scott Ward
July 1, 9 p.m. Jacabone (Blues)
July 2, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Summer Afternoon open mic, 9 p.m. Karaoke
Hatten Ferry
2011 Season
Opened on April 16 and
goes until the end of
October
Operating Hours
Saturday: 9am - 5pm
Sunday: Noon - 5pm
Ferry may operate at
other times by special
arrangement.
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Casies’s Place
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Municipal Building
Esmont Post Office
330 Sports Bar
Evolve Hair
Barnett Real Estate
Colemans Outdoors
Remax
Bruce’s Drug Store
Goco
Scottsville Coin Laundry
Kidds Store, Rt. 6
330 Sports Bar
Evolve Hair
Barnett Real Estate
Colemans Outdoors
Remax
Bruce’s Drug Store
Goco
Scottsville Coin Laundry
Kidds Store, Rt. 6
Revolution Health
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Review Office
Vintage Market
Green Mountain Store
Piedmont Vet
Scottsville Elementary School
Augusta Co-op
High Meadows
Lumpkins Restaurant Outside Box &
Inside
BB&T Bank
Scottsville Post Office
Silver Screen Video
China Cafe
Laundrymat
Chester B&B
WF Paulett (Ace Hardware)
Albemarle Family Practice, Rt. 6
Yancey School
Brown’s Market
Howardsville Store
Glenmore Store, Tr. 655 (to the right)
Midway Market
Re-Instore N Station
Spangler’s
P & S Market, Rt. 20 South
James River Vet
HISTORY
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Mama’s
Mama’s
Place
Place
Life, in black
and white
Margaret Napier welcomes
Scottsville High School
classmates, lots of locals,
out-of-towners and folks from out
of state to stop by Mama's Place.
BY R UTH KLIPPSTEIN
CORRESPONDENT
SCOTTSVI LLE MONTH LY ✦ June 17–July 21, 2011
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New Items
Every Week
Wall to wall, good
stuff at great prices,
• frames
• posters
• dolls
• books
• kitchen ware
• tin ware
• great furniture
• toys
• mirrors
• advertising clocks
• signs
• bric a brac
Almost anything!
Mama's
Place on
the James
River
320 Valley
Street,
Scottsville
9 to 6 Saturday
1 to 6 Sunday
By appointment
to arrange for
pick-up.
William Burgess at the Temperance Bridge on the Hardware River.
“We
cannot offer you ‘SPECIALS’ in work,” ran a
June 29, 1911 ad in the “Scottsville Enterprise” newspaper. But photographer William Burgess of Idylwood Studio
promised “Our work is ‘Special’ all the time.”
As photography was still beginning its broad—and continuing—effect on our world, one practitioner brought it on
a daily basis to Scottsville. William Edward Burgess, often
know as Willie, and more recently called a “poet-historian
with the camera,” was born in 1871 at Locust Grove, his
family’s home on the Hardware River about six miles from
Scottsville towards Fork Union. His father was Pleasant
Madison Burgess, his mother Sarah (Sally) Clarke; there
were eight children in all, two of the girls the first and second wives of Captain John Pitts of Scottsville.
This information and these Burgess family photographs
come from Irene Dorrier Schneider, whose father,
Scottsvillian Edward Dorrier “always referred to Burgess as
‘Uncle Willie.’ Burgess was,” Irene thinks, “somewhat
eccentric, certainly nice looking, and very focused on his
work.”
Irene spread her trove of photographs on a table and
referred often to family genealogy she’s amassed. “The
Pitts, Dorriers, and Burgesses were all interrelated in different ways,’ she says. Someone once observed, “You have
a tangled family!” Irene describes the Burgesses as “farmers, but fairly well-to-do.” The children “travelled daily by
horse and buggy to a one-room schoolhouse at Central
Plains,” according to L.H. Halliburton in a December,
1974, article he wrote with Bob Spencer for the Fork
Union Military Academy “Sabre.”
Willie, she gathers,
“was spoiled.” Irene says that one daughter, deaf since
childhood, was later sent to art school in Pennsylvania.
This was Irene’s grandmother Laura Adelaide, who continued to paint in watercolors, later oils, all her life, including
a picture Irene displays of Willie’s house and studio,
Idylwood—on Driver’s Hill, between the current Albevanna
Spring Road and Route 6, now burned.
Three of the Burgess siblings, Irene says, were artistic,
but she does not know any family history suggesting why
or how Willie picked up photography, though it is assumed
he was self-taught, and as a teenager, probably learned
from books. His work, however, was not the first in town,
as Fannie Patteson, in her 1934 manuscript, “Childhood
Days in Scottsville, Virginia, 1860-1870” says: “About
1869 came the Floating Gallery, and was anchored near
the bottom of our garden in a wide part of the canal called
the basin. That was the first we knew of photography and
See Burgess Page 9
Burgess from Page 8
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Advertising from a Burgess calendar advertising his business; children include,
center, Irene Dorrier Schneider's father Edward.
Scottsville and established a professional photography business, with
part time accounting employment
with
the
Pitts
and
Morris
Construction Company, contractors
for the last railroad job on the line
from Bremo Bluff to Palmyra to
Gordonsville.”
Burgess collected a variety of photography equipment, some of it “state
of the art.” The story is often written
of the “special box” he built to “place
in the swift waters at the edge of the
Hardware River near his home” to
wash chemicals from his prints.
Halliburton credits Irene’s father,
Edward Dorrier, with describing this;
apparently Willie’s son, William,
would help with this work. The
Scottsville Museum’s website on
(
See Burgess Page 10
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everyone far and near hastened for a
sitting….Before that time Mr. Ellis
was our dependence for ‘likenesses,’
which was easier to say than
Daguerreotype.”
Willie, his brother Lawrence wrote
in a letter, 1987, now in Irene’s possession, graduated from Massey
Business College in Richmond, “with
a degree in accounting, and was
employed on graduation by the C&O
railway in their Washington, D.C.
office. During the westward expansion of the railroad…to Chicago he
was stationed at various construction
locations to monitor the activities of
construction contractors. During this
time he was actively pursuing his avocation of amateur photography. On
completion of the railroad expansion,
about 1905, he returned to
HISTORY
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Feeding the little turkeys at Locust Grove.
Burgess from Page 9
Burgess notes that his prints retain
their archival quality “more than 100
years later.” Jack Hamner thinks that
Burgess’s Scottsville photos “were
extremely instrumental in putting
Scottsville on the map, promoting the
area. People got to know about us at
a time there weren’t a lot of other
means to circulate information.”
“He’s very collectible,” says Bob
Spencer, who counts this “pioneer of
photography” as kin. “There’s a
great interest still in his postcards.”
Burgess would show up at all
events—the earliest photograph in
Willie Burgess with sons Lawrence and Harold, probably at Locust Grove.
William Edward Burgess
and wife Gentry
Just to Say
I Love You,
SCOTTSVI LLE MONTH LY ✦ June 17–July 21, 2011
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Dad!
Don’t forget Fathers Day,
June 19th, gift baskets
starting at $25.00.
Plenty of home and gift items on
sale throughout the summer,
Swim items in stock for the kids.
the Museum’s Burgess collection is of
Race Day, 1890, at Scottsville’s
James River Valley Fair; in 1911 he
recorded the Gault camping party setting off, boys in knickers, women in
broad-brimmed hats and middy blouses, for a week of tent living and outdoor activities near Schuyler. A circa
1898 print in Council Chambers at
the Municipal Building shows a lamp
lighter on Valley Street, looking north
along the dirt-packed road. Bob
Spencer says Willie would also come
to family parties with his tripod and
big box camera, flash powder ready
to be ignited, and ask everyone to
pose, sitting still for the long time
required for each exposure. Burgess
was, in fact, sometimes considered “a
pest.” John Randolph Phillips, in “Of
Town and the River,” 1976, says, “In
his sentimental, delightful, and sometimes exasperating way Mr. Willie
Burgess was one of Scottsville’s characters, with a capital C.”
Besides the 485,000 postcard
views and 20,000 pictures he left at
his death, by heart attack on a photo
shoot in Altavista, 1935, Burgess
published “at least two anthologies of
Feeding the little turkeys at Locust Grove.Interior of Burgess's studio at Idylwood
his poetry, perhaps more.”
As his brother Lawrence writes, “he
was a vivid and sensitive personality.”
He became the operator of Victory
Hall when it opened in 1920, owning
the franchise to show movies there—
silent films with live musical accompaniment and early talkies—and other
cultural events.
The housekeeper
Burgess hired after his wife's death
was Bertha Mayo, who later operated
the player piano for Burgess's silent
movies at the Victory Hall
Mayor A. Raymon Thacker, a family friend, became “a reluctant executor” of Burgess’s estate at Burgess‘s
sister, Helen Pitts‘ request, selling the
pictures widely to raise money for the
family. Currently, a grandson lives in
Lake Monticello and a great grandson
in Charlottesville.
Burgess’s photographs offer us a
vista into history: how Scottsville saw
itself, what it held important, and
details we can still reference in maintaining the integrity of the town’s
architecture. Hairstyles and clothing
have changed, the covered bridges
are gone, but we can still see, thanks
to Burgess, attitudes and places from
the past, images that are always with
us.
[Great thanks to Irene Dorrier
Schneider for suggesting this essay,
for providing the facts and the photographs. And to her husband,
Fred, for technical assistance and
breakfast. Read and see more at
the Scottsville Museum website.—
rk]
HISTORY
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All photos courtesy of Scottsville Museum
Museum School Visit
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Evelyn Edson teaches students about clay pot-making techniques used by the
Monacans.
Students stand in front of a hand-drawn hose reel cart used by the Scottsville
Volunteer Fire Department from 1916-1942.
Recently, the Scottsville Museum hosted a lively visit by Nancy Koenig and her 14 second graders from Red Hill School. Museum president Evelyn Edson spoke to
them about the Monacan Indians, who had a settlement here long before the Europeans arrived. The enthusiasm got kicked up a notch when students realized they
were allowed to touch some of the Indian artifacts. Arrow heads, spear points, and a clay cooking pot were passed around and carefully and lovingly handled. An
exuberant scavenger hunt was arranged before they all left with a basic knowledge of Scottsville’s Native American past.
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Three Red Hill students enjoy a movie, The James River, in the Museum’s video
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A Red Hill student stares with amazement at an aerial photo of flood damage to
Scottsville after Hurricane Camille struck in August 1969.
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LIBRARY
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Grown-ups who read
The Scottsville Book Club meets at 6:30 p.m. at the library in
Scottsville. On June 21 William Saroyan and his works will be the subject
of discussion. A selection of his works are currently available at the Scottsville
Library. Join your neighbors for a fun, informal discussion and light refreshments. New members always welcome.
Young Adult Programs
Young Adult Summer Reading Programs
June 18-July 30, 2011
You Are Here is the theme for this year’s summer reading program for teens
at the Jefferson Madison Regional Library for anyone at least 11 years old, or
going into the 6th grade, up through age 18.
Visit the library to register and get a reading log. You also get the chance to
be entered into weekly drawings for cool prizes.
Theatre Games
Thursday, June 23. 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Are the bright lights calling your name? Don’t let stage
fright keep you away! Presenting an acting workshop
with professional actor/student, Koda Kerl. Theatre
games, improve, stage combat, and lots more. You
never know when a star will be born!
Registration required and begins Thursday, June 9th.
Limit: 20 participants.
Creative Writing with Author Elizabeth Massie
Thursday, July 7. 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
Do you like to write? Don’t miss this workshop by
Elizabeth Massie, A former middle school and elementary teacher and award-winning author of adult, young adult and juvenile fiction!
Registration required and begins Thursday, June 23.
Limit: 20 participants.
The Inklings: A Book Club for 11-18 Year Olds
Thursday, July 21. 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
Join Scottsville’s long-running book club to discuss “The Gideon Trilogy”
by Linda Buckley-Archer.
Pick up a copy of the books at the circulation desk.
Expand Our horizons!
Send us a postcard and tell us about your summer adventure.
It may be in your own backyard or far away.
We’ll display them in the library.
SCOTTSVI LLE MONTH LY ✦ June 17–July 21, 2011
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Young Children Programs
Toddler Time!
Wednesdays at 10 AM. June 22 – July 27
A storytime especially for babies and toddlers emphasizing simple concepts,
patterns, and unconditional acceptance. We stress “I Love You” rituals that help
optimize your child’s brain for success at school and in life. This 20 minute program includes books, songs, finger plays and flannel board stories. No registration required.
Preschool Storytime!
Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. June 22 – July 27
An independent activity for children ages 3-5. This 30 minute program of
books, songs and flannel board stories introduces more complex concepts and
ideas, increases vocabulary, improves listening skills and promotes reading
readiness. No registration required.
These programs are made possible through the support of The
Friends of the Library.
Tuesday Afternoon Adventures
A program for 5-10 year olds, 3-4:45 p.m.
Professional performers have been engaged to entertain us with these special
exciting events.
Registration required and limited to 40 participants.
Registration begins June 14.
June 21 – Social Butterfies with Linda Marchman! Local butterfly enthusiast, owner of Social Butterflies, and participant in the Monarch Watch Tagging
Program will share her expertise on these jewelwinged wonders. We’ll learn about the secrets of
life as a butterfly and the planting of butterflyfriendly gardens. Then we will tag and release monarchs and wish them well as they take wing and
begin their journey.
July 5 – Stories Increasing with the
Origami Swami! Watch and listen as Megan
Hicks creates a tangible story as she folds her way
through a fantastic tale. Megan is a Parents’ Choice
Silver Award winner and a Parents’ Guide to
Children’s Media award winner. She has been honored as Storyteller of the Year and has earned
Storytelling World Honors. Don’t miss your opportunity to enjoy her storytelling.
July 12 – Unbeatable: Sullivan Carter! World Traveler Sully invites you
to feel the beat of the king of the elephants. Listen to drum stories from around
the globe and around the corner, and try your hand at a rhythm or two.
Wacky Wednesday, July 27
Tell the staff about the wacky stuff going on at the library and win a wacky
prize! Join us for this fun event in honor of the wonderful wackiness of Dr.
Seuss!
Family Fun Time!
For children with an accompanying adult. Thursdays at 10 a.m.
June 23 – Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra. Dance to the
home-grown sound of musicians with dirt under their fingernails! Band members fashion locally grown gourds into instruments to play world-inspired music
sprung from Virginia soil.
June 30 – Zephyr the Magician. Kids of all ages will be amazed, astounded, astonished and have a really great time with Zephyr. His magic show is filled
with music, comedy, unexpected happenings and audience participation.
Register for programs at the library, by email
[email protected] or call 434-286-3541.
C L A S S I F I E D A D V E RT I S I N G
SERVICES
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decorating & remodeling ideas? Dianna can help you create a space to enjoy
on any budget. 15 years of experience. Call Blue Ridge Building Supply &
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DRIVEWAY STONE: 9-ton Slate Crush Run $150, Stone $200 (Average).
Includes delivery and spread. Call 434-420-2002.
MASSANUTTEN TIMESHARE: 15K. Maintenance fees for 2011 already
paid. 434-962-2839
SERVICE DIRECTORY
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PRICE REDUCED!
SOLD!
LOVELY CUSTOM BUILT HOME IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE LOCATED ONLY
MINUTES TO DOWNTOWN, UVA, & I 64.
1588 SF, 3 BR, 2.5 BATHS. BUILT IN 2006.
LOTS OF AMENITIES. 794 SF UNFINISHED
IN BASEMENT WHICH HAS ROUGH IN
PLBG FOR ADDITIONAL BATH AND A ONE
CAR GARAGE W/OPENER. CLOSE,CONVENIENT AND IN MOVE IN CONDITION,
$250,000. CALL JUNE WARD SEAY 434286-2022 OR 434-981-9038.MLS # 486812
HUGE REDUCTION. 1600 SF, 3 BR, 2 BATH
RANCHER WITH FULL BASEMENT ON 8.15
ACRES. FAMILY ROOM DOWNSTAIRS WITH
WOOD BURNING FIREPLACE AND BONUS
ROOM. PRIVATE SETTING. A BARGAIN PRICE
AT $99,900. CALL JUNE WARD SEAY 434-2862022 OR CELL 434-981-9038. MLS # 488295.
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PROPERTY. RENOVATED 19th CENTURY
CLASSIC
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(1850)SITTING ON 1.5 ACRES THAT
OVERLOK THE VILLAGE OF LOVINGSTON. LOVELY LARGE YARD W/
MATURE TREES LOCATED ON
DEAD-END STREET. GREAT PLACE
FOR CHILDREN. INCLUDES 2 OUTBUILDINGS (16 X 16 AND 12 X 17).
THIS PROPERTY IS APPROVED
FOR
HOMEPATH
MORTGAGE
FINANCING. PURCHASE WITH AS LITTLE AS 3% DOWN. PRICED TO SELL AT
$159,900. CALL A. SCOTT WARD, JR 434-286-2022 OR CELL 434-981-3343..
MLS # 484557.
UNDER CONTRACT!
LAKE MONTICELLO- PRICED
BELOW TAX ASSESSMENT-BEAUTIFUL 3 BR HOME ON WOODED
LOT. FT PORCH/REAR DECK. NEW
APPLIANCES, BEAUTIFUL NEW
WOOD FLOORS. $122,500. CALL
A. SCOTT WARD, JR 434-286-2022
OR CELL 434-434-981-3343. MLS #
487865. 434-286-2022 OR CELL
434-981-3343.
PRICE REDUCED!
BRICK RANCH 3200
PRICE REDUCED!
SF 4 BR, 2 BATH ON
2.57 ACRES. HARDWOOD FLOORS, NEW
ROOF,
SUNROOM
AND LARGE DECK.
THIS IS A FANNIE MAE
HOMEPATH PROPERTY AND PRICE TO
SELL. $129,900. CALL
A. SCOTT WARD, JR 434-286-2022 OR CELL 434-981-3343. MLS # 485310
PRICE REDUCED!
ENJOY PEACEFUL LIVING IN THE
VILLAGE OF SCHUYLER. GREAT 3
BR, 1 BATH HOME. WALKING DISTANCE TO WALTON MOUNTAIN
MUSEUM AND ACROSS THE STREET
FROM "IKE GODSEY's STORE.
LARGE DECK AND FENCE FOR
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$76,000. CALL A. SCOTT WARD, JR
434-286-2022 OR CELL 434-981-3343.
MLS # 484154.
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1995 HAS 3 BR, 2 BATH AND
DETACHED 2 CAR GARAGE W/
ATTACHED 384 SF STUDIO/OFFICE
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VIEWS. LISTED AT $169,900. CALL
A. SCOTT WARD, JR. 434-286-2022
OR CELL 434-981-3343. MLS #
486239.
PRICE REDUCED!
SCOTTSVI LLE MONTH LY ✦ June 17–July 21, 2011
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LAKE MONTICELLO
WATER FRONT!
FANNIEMAE FORECLOSURE.
LARGE 2403 SF HOME WITH 2024 SF
BASEMENT. 5 BEDROOMS ON 3
ACRES. PRICE TO SELL "AS-IS".
PROPERTY IS APPROVED FOR
HOMEPATH RENOVATION MORTGAGE FINANCING.
PURCHASE
FOR AS LITTLE AS 3% DOWN.
$89,900. CALL A. SCOTT WARD, JR
434-286-2022 OR CELL 434-981-0636.
MLS # 488150
PRICE REDUCED!
THIS LOVELY HOME
HAS 121 FT. OF WATERFRONTAGE,
BOAT
DOCK, LARGE SUNDROOM ACROSS THE
BACK WITH RELAXING
WATER VIEWS, MASTER SUIT WITH PRIVATE
DECK
AND
VIEWS,
COLORFUL
LANDSCAPED GARDENS. REMODELED KITCHEN, VAULTED CEILINGS
AND A HISTORIC FIRE PLACE. $299,900. CALL A. SCOTT WARD, JR 434286-2022 OR CELL 434-981-3343. MLS # 486963
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Toll Free: 800-818-1693
Fax: 434-286-3554
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SCHUYLER. TOTALLY RESTORED 768
SF HOME. 2 BR, 1 BATH. LARGE LOT
WITH 1 CAR GARAGE AND STORAGE
SHED. CLEAN, NEAT AND WELL PUT
TOGETHER $89,000. CALL A. SCOTT
WARD, JR 434-286-2022 OR 434-9813343. MLS # 486625.
UNDER CONTRACT!
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LOCATION! SLIDING DOORS OFF LIVING
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AND TRASH PICKUP. $95,000. CALL JUNE
SEAY WARD 434-286-2022 OR CELL 434981-9038. MLS # 487842.
NEW LISTING!
TRICE LAKE-CABIN LOCATED
IN LAKE COMMUNITY. GREAT
ROOM, BR, BATH, KITCHEN
SCREENED FT PORCH/REAR
DECK. LAKE VIEWS. SELLING
"AS-IS: ASKING $43,900. CALL
A. SCOTT WARD, JR, 434-2862022 OR CELL 434-981-0636.
MLS # 488210
REAL ESTATE AGENCY
A. SCOTT WARD, JR,
REALTOR,
JUNE WARD SEAY,
ASSOC. BROKER