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Twice The Fun Twice The Fun
ONTHLY o tt sv Sc ill e M Your News Source For Scottsville On The James May May 20–June 20–June 16, 16, 2011 2011 FREE Scottsville Farmers Market Twice The Fun page 4 2 Barnett Real Estate 300 Valley Street, Scottsville ✦ Office: (434) 286-9900 ✦ Fax: (434) 286-9393 www.barnettre.com MLS 485937 $327,900 Fantastic custom built 3BR, 2BA contemporary ranch w/ tons of light. Cathedral ceilings in living room, kitchen, foyer w/sunroom that has wall of windows overlooking park-like setting. A “BEST BUY” on 2+ acres in Albemarle. Call Larry. 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. MLS 485941 $249,000 Better than new 3BR, 2.5BA colonial on very private culde-sac only minutes from Scottsville. Upgrades include cork floors in kitchen, hardwood floors, Pella windows, ondemand 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 NEW LISTIING $239,900 MLS 484041 MLS 487565 Fantastic 4BR, 2BA ranch that shows like a dream on 13+ very, very private acres, only minutes from Scottsville, in sought after Fluvanna County. Priced to sell very quickly by motivated seller for only $239,900. Call Larry or Sarah $239,990 MLS 487846 Beautiful 3BR, 2BA Ranch on 2 acres w/cathedral ceilings in combination living room, dining room, and kitchen. Fantastic new rec room, sun room, 2-car garage, and storage shed. Only 15 minutes from Charlottesville. Call Larry. $82,500 Country living! A very private 2BR, 2BA placed within a 5-acre forest. Country eat-in kitchen, and living room w/free standing fireplace. A must see! Call Virginia UNDER CONTRACT SCOTTSVILLE MONTHLY ✦ May 20–June 16, 2011 ) MLS 482876 $69,900 MLS 480825 $125,000 Ever thought of owning your own business? This 1344 sq. ft. Country living at its best! 2BR, 1BA home on 5 well-built building on busy Rt. 6 might just be for you. Corner acres. Many upgrades. $5000 credit towards closlot w/ lots of parking and visibility. Priced $11,200 under ing. Call Virginia. 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 Fluvanna MLS 472998 ◆10 AC ◆ $58,900 MLS MLS MLS MLS Larry Barnett 434-960-6038 BROKER Sarah Churchill 434-882-2980 REALTOR® 488346 473451 486207 486235 ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ 6.5 AC 15.97 AC 35.26 AC 35.53 AC ◆ $59,900 ◆ $225,000 ◆ $185,000 ◆ $185,000 Virginia Dehart 434-581-3073 REALTOR® Buckingham MLS 474076 ◆ 73.24 AC◆ $378,000 MLS 476249 ◆ 378 AC ◆ $1,150,000 Kathy Lightfoot 434-315-4361 REALTOR® Tom Snoddy Lillian Copeland 434-286-9072 REALTOR® ◆ Vol. 9 No. 11, May 20–June 16, 2011 ◆ Scottsville What’s MONTHLY Your News Source For Scottsville On The James INSIDE...... Publisher C. M. Santos [email protected] Community Editor Laurel Greene [email protected] Stop by and meet the new branch librarian..page 6 Advertising Director Judi Price [email protected] Advertising Accounts Manager Diane Eliason Graphic Designer Marilyn Ellinger Business It’s a revolution at Revolution Health Center...page 8 Summer Fun Staff Writers Laurel Greene Ruth Klippstein NoelleArico Funk Kirsten Miles Contributors May Lythgoe, Sallie Massie Lillian Schafft, Dr. Margaret Emmanuelson Anne Conrad, Myles Tocci Scottsville Farmers Market, Wendy Edwards Email: [email protected] Photo Submissions: [email protected] 3rd annual summer day camp ...pages 12-13 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 59, Palmyra, VA 22963. Location: 2987 Lake Monticello Rd., Palmyra 3 Phone: (434) 591-1000 Fax: (434) 589-1704 Disclaimer: The Scottsville Monthly does not endorse or recommend any product or service and is not responsible for any warranties or claims made by advertisers in their ads. General: Scottsville Monthly is published monthly by Valley Publishing Corp. It is the only paper that covers Scottsville exclusively. A total of 3,500 copies are circulated throughout greater Scottsville. One copy is free, additional copies are $1 each payable in advance to the publisher. Subscriptions: Copies will be mailed for the subscription price of $35 per year. Please mail a check and a note with your name and address to: Subscriptions Dept., P.O. Box 59, Palmyra, VA 22963. Submissions, tips, ideas, etc.: The Scottsville Monthly encourages submissions and tips on items of interest to Scottsville citizens. However we reserve the right to edit submissions and cannot guarantee they will be published. The Scottsville Monthly will not be responsible for returning submitted materials. Please include S.A.S.E. if you would like items returned. Please keep calendar submissions to fifty words or less, letters to the editor to 300 words or less and feature stories to 500 words or less. Mail submissions to: The Scottsville Monthly, P.O. Box 59, Palmyra, VA 22963. Classified ads: Please send a written or typed copy of the ad with a $10 check to: Classifieds Department P.O. Box 59, Palmyra, VA 22963. You can also email [email protected] and pay by credit card. Please specify the category it should appear under. Ads must be 30 words or less. Sorry, classifieds will not be taken by phone. Next advertising deadline: June 8 for June 17–July 21 issue. © Valley Publishing Corp. 2011 All rights reserved. History Scrapbook of WWII experiences by Alan Bruns....pages 11 & 14 Myles Tocci brings his popular homemade donuts to the Farmers Market. Photo courtesy of Wendy Edwards. Cover designed by Marilyn Ellinger. C OMMUNITY Support our extended family BY ANNE CONRAD CONTRIBUTOR ( SCOTTSVILLE MONTHLY ✦ May 20–June 16, 2011 cry to see their dad, and have to be satisfied with an Somewhere about an half hour’s copter ride from occasional phone call or a video call. Kandahar, Afghanistan, the Army’s 10th Mountain Communications a half a world away in a desolate Division out of Fort Drum, New York, is building a area are not the best. new outpost from the ground up in the middle of While on patrol it takes 12 hours to walk one mile nowhere. It was hoped by the Commander that a out because of all the explosive devices that have barn would be in the area that the men could sleep been buried by the Taliban. Five in our 1-32 Infantry in while they were building the new fort, but sleepfamily will not be coming home. One of our wives ing under the stars, I guess, is not so bad. My son, will greet her husband soon, but he will be coming SFC Carter Conrad, Jr., is among these service home with serious leg injures due to stepping on one people, his second deployment there. Because he of those “improvised explosive devices” (IED’s). He and the rest of the battalion are in such austere surwas lucky. roundings, their spouses and families have been Regardless of your political views about this war in sending care packages to keep their spirits up and Afghanistan, we continue to lose courageous men to let them know they are not forgotten. Families SFC Carter Conrad, Jr. and women every day to this war. If you would like are also making sure that those soldiers without to be a part of supporting these fighting men and families receive personal care packages. women of 10th Mountain’s 1-32 Infantry, one being one of Scottsville’s sons, Deployment was harder this time for my son because he left two sons and a by donating items, or money for postage, it would be greatly appreciated. wife at home. His youngest, Gavin, is 2 and every night sleeps with a soldier doll given to him with his dad’s photo where the face should be. His oldest son See Support Page 6 is going shopping for his step-dad today with a gift card he was given. Both 4 Farmers Market COVER STORY CMayor Barry Grove shopping at Grunt N Gobble Farmhris Kyle Keeping the Moolah Local BY LAUREL G REENE & MYLES TOCCI CORRESPONDENTS le Scottsville Scottsvil SCOTTSVILLE MONTHLY ✦ May 20–June 16, 2011 ) If you attend the Scottsville Community Farmers’ Market, you get to know the vendors. You say hello this one, ask questions of that one, buy here, look there. But you are always charmed at a booth called “Miles of Goodies.” Myles Tocci is probably the youngest regular vendor at the market. The youngest of Michael and Barabra Tocci’s six sons, ten year old Myles isn’t there keeping his mom or dad company; it’s his business. He sells wonderful homemade donuts. It’s fun to interview Myles, his answers, like most young boys’, are pretty succinct. An interview goes like this (with a few spelling changes): So, Myles, who makes the donuts? “My mom and I.” What time do you get up to make them on market morning? “Around 6 or 7.” What is the most fun? “Well, I like to make donuts because it is fun and I like to meet new people.” What have you learned? Well, I have learned the sales trade. “ Why do you do it? “Well, I feel that most store bought products are not good for you and I like to make moolah.” So, if you want some fresh donuts, stop by Miles of Goodies. And leave some moolah. Oh, and visit some of the other vendors, and leave some moolah with them. Keep your moolah local! Scottsville Community Farmers’ Market opens its 2011 season with new and familiar faces who will bring an even greater variety of farm-to-table foods to choose from this CMyles Tocci brings his popular homemade donuts to sell. All photos courtesy of Wendy Edwards. market year. Locally grown and made products available at the market will include vegetables and fruits, locally raised lamb and poultry, gourmet pies and cakes, farm fresh eggs, honey, artisan breads, pastries, jams, jellies, locally made cheeses, plants, flowers, herbs, preserves, local craftsmanship and much more. Market 5 from Page 4 Mama’s Mama’s Place Place Open Two Days a Week The Scottsville market will operate every Thursday from 3:30 pm to 7:30 pm and Saturday morning from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm rain or shine through October 29 at the Pavilion in market square (or 125 Fleet Street for your GPS!) 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. New Items Every Week For full details, visit the market online: http://scottsvillefarmersmarket.com or call Manager Wendy Edwards at (434) 996-8144. Iona Farm: Suzanne brings a variety of farm fresh eggs. 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 Mama's Place on the James River 320 Valley Street, Scottsville Belle Haven Farm Bakery: Colleen helps customers. May 20–June 16, 2011 9 to 6 Saturday 1 to 6 Sunday By appointment to arrange for pick-up. ( SCOTTSVILLE MONTHLY ✦ Almost anything! COMMUNITY 6 New Branch Manager at Scottsville Library Support from Page 3 On behalf of my son, SFC Carter Conrad, and the rest of the 1-32 Infantry, I want to thank friends, Christ Episcopal Church for putting out donation boxes, and Scottsville Elementary third graders and their parents, for your care package donations and money for postage. A special thanks to Barbara Brochu at the Scottsville Post Office for her patience, her wonderful smile, and support when I bring in packages going out to the 1-32. Contact information: Anne Conrad, 7 Coles Rolling Road, Scottsville, VA 24590 434-286-3888; [email protected] A 3-Day Spree Looks for Vendors BY NANCY G ILL CONTRIBUTOR Scottsville will have a long independence celebration this year: The James River Festival will run July 2, 3 and 4. In addition to the Scottsville Fire Department’s Annual Parade and a Gospel Festival, there are many opportunities for vendors: Quilters, Artists and Artisans contact Nancy Gill 434-987-1620 Antique Flea Market contact Sallie Massie 434-286-2777 Car Show contact Jim Starkey 434-286-4001 Tractor Show contact Brandon Maupin 434-286-2703 Food Vendors contact Amy Moyer 434-286-9267 General information and download applications: www.scottsvillefestivals.com Noelle Arico Funk is the new Branch Manager at the Scottsville Library. She is excited to be back in Scottsville. From 2005-2008, Noelle worked as the Scottsville Library’s Branch Specialist. She left the branch in 2008 to work in the reference department of the Main Branch of the Jefferson Madison Regional Library. While she found that job to be fun and challenging, when the opportunity arose to come back to Scottsville, she was delighted to return and serve the town and its citizens. Noelle is a graduate of Rutgers University and is currently enrolled in the San Jose State University’s Distance Masters in Library and Information Science program. Please come by and say, “Hi” and welcome Noelle back to Scottsville! Noelle Arico Funk. Photo courtesy of JMRL In the spirit of Betsy Ross The plan: put a banner on the lamp posts on Valley and Main in time for the Batteau Festival and through the 4th of July. Start with 60 yards of red, white and blue fabric, donated by Mayor Barry Grove. The call went out. “We need to make banners to decorate Scottsville for the Fourth of July.” And forward came the volunteers! The River Bend Crafters who meet at the Scottsville Library on Thursday mornings at 10; the quilting group which meets there Thursday afternoons at 1:00, a person here, a person there. And soon Sallie Massie, the organizer, had her group. Cutting, stitching, Watch for more information next month! See Ross Page 7 Where can I pick up my Scottsville Monthly? Pharmacy & Flower Shoppe Diabetic Supplies • Medical & Home Health • Vaccinations Care Equipment & Rentals • Unique Gifts & Cards SCOTTSVILLE MONTHLY ✦ May 20–June 16, 2011 ) June 10th Winetasting and Book Signing Patricia Castelli local author of The Story of Keswick Hall 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm Check out Scarlett’s weekly flower specials! Buy 9 specials and get the 10th FREE! Local delivery Wire service Wine from Virginia and all over the world on sale! Giveaways and gourmet tastings! 589-7902 jeffersongnp.com Mon. - Fri. 9am-7pm, Sat. 9am-3pm 194B Turkeysag Trail, Palmyra Call Scarlett, The Flower Lady!! 434-996-4087 jeffersonflowershoppe @jeffersongnp.com 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 & Scottsville Library Scott Ward Casies’s Place Real Estate III 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 Scottsville Monthly on COMMUNITY 7 Ross from Page 6 hemming, grommeting...the group works on. But not on empty. Sallie’s Incredible Edibles provides lunch most luscious. And of course, there’s the chance to chat, chat, chat. Good deeds. Good cause. Good grief don’t you just love small towns! James River Batteau Festival James River Batteau Festival comes to Scottsville on Wednesday, June 22. 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. The Clean Sweep Committee (Left to Right), Joe Brochu, Sallie Massie, Larry Barnett, and John Bowers. www.scottsvillefestivals.com Spring Lions Broom Sale The Scottsville Lions Club is preparing for a Clean Sweep this Spring. Lions Club Broom Sales are a tradition with the international organization that provides glasses and hearing aids, including hearing and eye examinations, all around the world and in our local Scottsville community. Brooms are now available at the Barnett Real Estate Office in downtown Scottsville. Call 434-960-6038 to make your order. Kitchen Broom, $10. Whisk Brooms or Toy Brooms, $6. Kitchen Broom in combination with either a Whisk Broom or Toy Broom, $15. Your continued support is deeply appreciated. ( Herbs - Artisan Breads - Handmade Items OPEN Thursdays 3:30-7:30 Saturdays 8:30-12:30 Scottsville Pavilion (4340 286-7402 SCOTTSVI LLE MONTH LY ✦May 20–June 16, 2011 BUY LOCAL! Fresh Fruits - Vegetables -Meats - Eggs - Plants BUSINESS 8 From left: Deborah Davis, herbal therapist and aesthetician; Michele White, Thai massage and Yoga instructor; Brian Prax, Doctor of Chiropractic;, Zach Bush, MD Internist and Endocrinologist; Chirstie Savage Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine; Jennifer Prax, Doctor of Chiropractic with expertise in children and pregnancy; and Rachel Bush, Horticultural Consultant. Photo courtesy by Dr. Zach Bush, MD. Rev up your health BY MARIANNE RAMSDEN CORRESPONDENT I t is no secret that our population is growing increasingly less and less healthy. Obesity, diabetes, heart disease and stress are on the rise not only in the adult population, but also among children and teens. We read about this health crisis in newspapers and magazines, see it on TV and hear it on the radio. Most chronic diseases are treated with medication, which can start a vicious circle of more pills and capsules to treat the side effects of other medications a patient is taking. There is an alternative, right here in Scottsville at the Revolution Health Center. Founded by Zachary Bush, MD about a year ago, Revolution’s Time to Celebrate Moving To Better Serve You We Invite You to Come See Us SCOTTSVI LLE MONTH LY ✦ May 20–June 16, 2011 ) Formerly, Larry L. Miller P.C. M MILLER LAW GROUP, PC We are a debt relief agency Bankruptcy Business Formations Business Law Family Law Real Estate NEW ADDRESS Miller Law Group P.C. 1160 Pepsi Place Suite 341 Charlottesville, VA 22901 (434) 974-9776 • (434) 974-6773 Fax email: [email protected] www.millerlawgrouppc.com goal is “creating a new health delivery model in which physicians and patients can escape the vicious cycle of medication dependency for chronic symptoms and disease management”. During eight years of medical practice at UVA, Dr. Bush developed an increasingly skeptical view on pharmaceutical studies and their clinical outcomes. He soon realized that his patients were far more motivated to pursue real health and healing than the medical profession gave them credit for. To further the mission of Revolution Health Dr. Bush has assembled a multidisciplinary team of practitioners with extensive education, training and experience in all aspects of health. Their aim is to make the health center a place where patients and staff are engaged as a collaborative team to achieve exceptional health outcomes. The health care team is devoted to creating a combination of nutritional health, the best of Western medicine, and some traditional healing arts. They believe it’s you, not your symptoms or disease, that is the therapeutic target. Dr. Bush is a graduate of the University of Colorado where he completed his pre-med training. He finished medical school at the University of Virginia in 2002. His internship and residency was in Internal Medicine. His expertise lies in managing hormonal disorders and thyroid conditions, and extends to osteoporosis and tumors of the pituitary gland. He has done extensive See Health Page 10 9 ( 127 Irish Road (Hwy. 6) • Scottsville • 286-2521 Visit our website: www.wfpaulettace.com Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express Honored at participating Ace Stores June 2011 SCOTTSVI LLE MONTH LY ✦ May 20–June 16, 2011 Prices good through June 30, 2011 COMMUNITY 10 Local author launches new book Know a good spy story when you hear one? Know about the O.S.S.? The Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.) was America’s first central intelligence agency during World War II. Like to read about spies, saboteurs, double agents? Local author Dr. Margaret Emanuelson’s third novel of O.S.S. assignments, espionage and clandestine skullduggery is now for sale. New Moon Rising, Book III of the series “Company of Spies,” follows Abby St. Giles, who is assigned to investigate the heinous assassination of 13 British and American representatives sent to a conference in Casablanca. From America to Europe, “New Moon Rising” the story ranges, continuing to portray not only the daring missions of the men but also those of the women who served alongside them as O.S.S. operatives in that secret clandestine skulduggery world of espionage. Well known as a master storyteller, Dr. Margaret Emanuelson draws from her past experiences as a clinical, forensic psychologist and veteran of the O.S.S. to relate her tales of the audacious and heroic exploits of O.S.S. operatives, and weaves her characters in and out of each other’s lives’ in this fascinating, riveting, fast-moving story of espionage, political intrigue, murder, treason, deceit, patriotism, love, and the overcoming power of people of faith in a World at War. All three novels are for sale at Cassie’s in downtown Scottsville or a signed copy may be obtained by contacting Dr. Emanuelson at 286-4867. Going – going slowly – Almost Gone! Riverbanks to Mountaintops – Writings by rural Virginians Published by the Scottsville Council for the Arts, now the James River Arts Council, there are still a small number of this book available. For newcomers to the Scottsville area, it's an introduction to why people find this part of Virginia a fine place to be. If, for some reason, you have not yet purchased this publication - or wish to give a copy as a gift – please call 286-3281 – before they are gone! (Also available at A Slice of Heaven.) Live and Learn Second Saturday - Live & Learn the Friends of the Scottsville Library adult discussion group, will take a vacation over the summer. Lining up for fall are programs on back yard poultry raising, home fermentation, and keeping family history. Got ideas about a subject for the group? Send an email to [email protected] SCOTTSVI LLE MONTH LY ✦ May 20–June 16, 2011 ) Health from Page 8 research and conducted several human studies, which has gained him local, national and international recognition among his peers in the medical field. The team at Revolution Health include his wife of 15 years, Rachel, who is listed as a Horticultural Consultant and naturalist. She is an invaluable resource in helping patients invest in their health by transforming their backyards into a “farmacy”. Dr. Bush has enlisted the help of Deborah Davis, a clinical herbalist and cofounder of Hillside Herbs. She tells us that health is rooted in the nature around us. She says: “Plants are our allies and partners in supporting health and healing.” Closely associated with Revolution Health are Dr. Brian Prax and his wife Jennifer Prax, MD. They offer an array of therapies including adult and pediatric chiropractic care, massage, cranio-sacral therapy, nutritional counseling, and brain-based diagnostics. Both say “We have a passion for wellness” and feel they have “fostered health in patients of all ages and backgrounds.” Affiliates include Christie Savage, a licensed acupuncturist, and Michele White, a certified yoga instructor and massage therapist with a practice at The Space in the heart of Scottsville. Dr. Bush won’t tell you to throw away your medications, but shows you a way to discover the root causes of your ailments, with the aim of decreasing the dependence on medications for life-style related chronic diseases. The idea is to employ only those medications that have been proven safe and use these, not as a life time therapy, but as a bridge to real health. Dr. Bush said: “Whenever we find the need for a medication it is essential to ask ourselves why, and to diligently seek out the root cause. “ His treatment begins with identifying the areas of that root cause, whether it‘s digestive, metabolic, psychological or caused by immune deficiencies. Then his focus shifts to restoring the body’s real way of healing. According to Dr. Bush and his staff, good nutrition is the most essential aspect of healing the body and the solution to staying healthy. They feel that: “America’s declining health is anchored in nutrition deprivation. The biggest stress that your body faces is the food you eat and the nutrients it lacks”. The solution is not less food and more drugs. The solution is in your back yard. The Green Health Movement grew out of this goal of better eating habits and its philosophy can be summed up in three sentences: “The ‘soil’ is your body. The ‘harvest’ is your energy level. The ‘feast’ is the result of your productivity.” As one satisfied patient said: “It has truly changed my life. I feel more energetic, have lost weight and have had no problem following Dr. Bush’s instructions.” The following are useful web sites related to local venues regarding health and wellness. Revolution Health Center: revyourhealth.com Deborah Davis, Hillside Herbs: hillsideherbs.com Drs Brian and Jennifer Prax, chiropractors: chiroprax.com Christie Savage, acupuncturist: vaharmonyacaupuncture.com Michelle White, massage therapist: bluepadma.com Food Relay, centralized shopping facilitators: foodrelay.com. This is a free service. For those needing a more in-depth therapeutic experience, Revolution Health offers a wide selection of inclusive health retreats lasting from one weekend to a full month. The packages include a phone consultation with Dr. Bush, a two hour diagnostic evaluation that will determine the treatments, and room and board at local Bread and Breakfast inns. You may attend cooking seminars to better utilize good nutrition, and all therapies from the herbal facials, to Thai massage, to the neuromuscular treatment are included. Contact Dr. Bush at drbush@revyourhealth for more information about these package deals. Revolution Health Center is located at 190 James River Road across from the shopping center. The Center accepts most major insurance plans, including Medicare. Call 286-2025 for an appointment. HISTORY 11 A different view BY R UTH KLIPPSTEIN CORRESPONDENT “The War Office regrets to inform you...” were dreaded words, delivered by telegram to thousands of families across the country during World War II. But local lad Alan Bruns had an entirely different view of telegrams at that time. He is shown here as a young telegraph operator in Warren; from his undated scrapbook at the Library. Photo courtesy Alan Bruns. A watch and a three-year subscription to ‘Billboard,’ I still have the watch. A night job provides a lot of spare time and I was soon spending the time in drawing—including designs for model offices with suspiciously comfortable looking seats and silencers for the telegraph instruments.” He roomed with the section foreman until he moved on and Bruns wrote to his mother, “I live in my shock alone now….I may get home after this job, but there’s no way to tell how long I’ll be here.” May 21, 1944, Bruns was given a new assignment, the “second trick” at CB Cabin, 3 to 11 p.m., near Williamsburg and the trunk line to Camp Peary, where the Seabees trained; he joined the Order of Railroad Telegraphers. His archived W-2s indicate that he made $108 in 1943, $1,790 in 1944, and lesser amounts after he returned to high school during the next three years. He sent money home to his mother to do his laundry, but bought his own supplies and clothes. “My favorite wartime railroad memory,” he wrote in 1994, “is how we handled a blackout test—we took the kerosene lamp off the desk that was built into our depot bay window and put it on the floor underneath the desk. The glow in the sky above Richmond, visible about 20 miles away, dimmed— but, it seemed, only slightly. Wartime shortages made certain things, such as white shirts, almost impossible to find. When some made from heavy material went on sale in Richmond, a friend and I stood in line. Boarding houses, if available, asked for our ration books. Sometimes, there was nearly no place to stay. At CB Cabin, I lived in a combination of what had been a small trailer and a shed.” He applied to Mr. Anderson for help finding lodging; Anderson noted that there were “plenty of jobs places that they don’t have electric lights,” and mentioned the “heavy movement of troop trains,” See View Page 14 SCOTTSVI LLE MONTH LY ✦ May 20–June 16, 2011 L. Anderson at Warren, and proudly kept his first company identification card, insurance card, and examples of the train orders and other forms he had to fill out. He also saved his many penciled cartoons, as he did in high school, lampooning various railroad rules and regulations. (“Employees must not stand on the track in front of an approaching train for the purpose of boarding the same.”) He includes the transcription of an actual telegram, noting wryly, “…we got some of the words.” In a draft of an account Bruns later developed, he said that while telephones were beginning to supplant the telegraph, the older machines often were more reliable in bad weather and were used, theoretically, to keep the stations in contact with each other. “For the older operator, comic relief from the seven-day-aweek, sometimes 12 hours a day routine came when one of the semi-trained novices attempted to communicate with another by telegraphy. A simple message could take a half hour and be totally garbled when completed.” Much of the work they did, instead, was taking Western Union telegrams, “various messages of less than vital importance.” After his short stint at Warren station, Bruns was moved to Hanover. At this time, the stops from Richmond west, after Hanover, included Sabot, Maidens, Rock Castle and on to Columbia, Bremo, Strathmore, Shores, Nicholas, and Scottsville, to Warren, Howardsville, and Warminster, and finally to Gladstone, east of Lynchburg. In Hanover, Bruns lodged at the 1723 Hanover Tavern, and it’s not clear how his historian’s heart felt when he learned that the room below his was not actually that in which Patrick Henry supposedly shot a man, though that was how it was advertised. Bruns got advice from Anderson in a letter: “Don’t get married over there, You will not want to come back.” Bruns worked the 4 p.m. to midnight shift at Hanover. “Here,” he wrote, “I made the first two major purchases of my life—a $50 second-hand ( lan Bruns of Howardsville, whose Scottsville High School memories were the feature of last year’s SeptemberOctober Scottsville Monthly, kept a second scrapbook of a special experience he had during World War II, when he worked as a relief telegraph operator for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in our area. The story starts with his mother’s letter to principal Leslie Walton, October 28, 1943, when he was 16. “Alan will have to stop school and devote all his time to learning the essentials if he is to qualify for this job as telegraph operator. We have had long talks with Alan, who is indifferent to so many interests, but desperately in earnest about this. It seems that concentrating on this skill is what he wants most. He intends to finish his schooling later….He has been so interested in and so attached to Scottsville High that I hope he doesn’t regret his decision after it is too late.” Bruns did return to high school, but worked for the railroad in 1943, ’44, as well as the summers until ’47, and graduated one year behind his original class. He later went to the University of Virginia and was a writer for the Daily Progress and copy editor for the Washington Star. Bruns’s early interest developed when he “spent some nights at Warminster, where Charlie Morris was the midnight-to-dawn operator” and showed him how to use Morse code to telegraph. Bruns described the recruiting of relief operators in a history newsletter in 1994: “…many were needed to open evening and overnight shifts at rural stations to handle heavy wartime traffic. We teenagers and people past draft age or handicapped (a one-legged watchmaker, for example) helped make up for manpower losses through the draft. Older operators worked on instead of retiring. Telegraphers had worked a seven-day week even before the war, and that continued.” Bruns was taught telegraphy by C&O agent Tom 12 SUMMER FUN Attention Parents! Summer Day Camp BY MAY LYTHGOE CONTRIBUTOR Remember late last summer when the thrill of summer break had worn off and the excitement of returning to school had yet to begin? Remember hearing, "I'm bored. There's nothing to do." Remember gritting your teeth until your jaws were sore? Well, take a deep breath, relax and consider sending your children to the Southern Albemarle Intergenerational Community Center (SAICC) Day Camp this August. See Camp Page 13 SCOTTSVI LLE MONTH LY ✦ May 20–June 16, 2011 ) Enjoying playground time in a swing is Ellie ( Elizabeth) Quick, eldest daughter of Kevin & Valerie Quick.. Photo courtesy of Bonnie Cooper. For the third consecutive year, 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 Scottsville Community Center. Also, the Community Center is open from 7:00 am until 6:00 pm each day and supervised activities are provided for those children who come early or stay a little later. To attend, children should be ages 6-14 and entering first through 8th grades in the 2011-2012 school year at either Scottsville, Yancey or Walton School. The camp is open to children who live in zip codes 22937, 24590, 22946, 24562, 22969, including those living in Fluvanna and Buckingham counties as well as Albemarle. Some planned activities include swimming (with certified life guards), field trips to Putt Putt Fun Center in Lynchburg (week 1) and the Virginia Safari Park at Natural Bridge (week 2), age-appropriate movies, as well as interaction with Senior Citizens each week at the Scottsville Senior Center. Opportunities for League of Therapists Expand to This Area Thacker Brothers Funeral Home 650 Valley St. – Scottsville 434-286-2791 Thacker Brothers Lake Monticello Funeral Home 138 Heritage Dr. – Palmyra 434-589-0920 The League of Therapists is pleased to announce its new South Central League of Therapists (SCLT) office, located at 1046 Main Street Dillwyn. Sherri Wise, of Buckingham, has been hired as Director for the site. Wise, who comes to the League of Therapists with over 15 years experience in managing and directing a home-based mental health counseling agency, is a valuable asset, says Kris SantaMaria, LCSW and Regional Director. “We are thrilled to have Sherri Wise affiliated with our agency.” SCLT provides intensive counseling, family and individual assessment services, psychological and educational testing, home-based counseling, outpatient therapy for families, individuals, couples, marriage, as well as children, and other supportive and therapeutic services. SCLT accepts many funding sources, to include Medicaid, court-affiliated funding, and private pay insurance. SCLT can provide outpatient therapy to people in all surrounding areas, as well as intensive in-home services for individuals in Appomattox, Amelia, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Nelson, and Nottoway. To learn more about South Central League of Therapists, please contact Sherri Wise at (434) 315-4876. SUMMER FUN 13 More fun will include swimming with certified life guards. Photo courtesy of Bonnie Cooper Camp Cook Bill Cooper concentrates... got to have enough burgers and hot dogs for all the hungry campers. Photo courtesy of Bonnie Cooper Camp from Page 12 ( Now serving 7 flavors of Chaps Ice Cream and Albemarle Baking Company pastries and bread (baked on premises) Latest craze: cheeseless vegetable pizza, cowboy burgers, NC pulled BBQ, Chicken and Ribs Pizza - AND MUCH MORE Now Serving Breakfast 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Everything made to order, from scratch Local farm fresh eggs, bacon, sausage patties, hash browns, pancakes, cereal, toasted Kaiser Rolls, coffee, tea, juice Watch for new dinner specials and kids’ meals Reasonably priced for the whole family Express Breakfast in minutes: Scrambled eggs with cheese, bacon or sausage on toasted Kaiser roll, coffee & juice-call it in as you leave the house pick it up on your way through town 485 Valley Street, Scottsville • 286-2211 SCOTTSVI LLE MONTH LY ✦ May 20–June 16, 2011 other games, sports and activities will also be available. Since space is limited to only 55 campers, anyone interested should submit an application as soon as possible. The cost is $155 per week with no additional charge for those who are dropped off early or stay a little later. Also, for those who can demonstrate a need, there may be funds to subsidize the cost. Applications are available at Scottsville, Yancy,or Walton School or the Scottsville Town Hall. For more information, call Bonnie Cooper at 286-2888. HISTORY 14 View SCOTTSVI LLE MONTH LY ✦ May 20–June 16, 2011 ) from Page 11 but he thought well of Alan’s progress with both telegraphing and the railroad’s book of rules, and suggests Bruns might want to stay on there, as it is “near many things of interest to see in Williamsburg and Yorktown.” This is where, Bruns later recalls, he was taught to shoot craps. The trains rolled on: Old Point Junction, Morrison, Lee Hall, Norge, Providence Forge. “Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance,” songwriter Paul Simon says. There must have been romance for Bruns, but some hair-raising episodes as well. He recounts the “sinking feeling one gets when a 160-car coal train has to stop (it takes a mile or more for it to stop) “because the string holding the train’s order delivery was not set in its string loop correctly by the dispatcher so the trainman could stick his arm out an retrieve it; and the “real jeopardy the traveling public was subjected to when teenagers were assigned to an ‘interlocking plant.’” This set of levers and handles controls various signals or switches that guide train traffic within limited areas-a rail intersection, a rail yard, or even some miles of track. They were arranged to eliminate human error, Bruns writes, but “no machine can completely achieve this.” He describes a lone engine mistakenly sent down a track leading along the James River toward Lynchburg. “Heading in the opposite direction on this track—still some distance away but virtually unstoppable at this stage—is one of those 160-car coal trains.” All this, he writes, unfolds on the C&O’s viaduct over Richmond’s riverfront. “On this day in the mid1940s the whole neighborhood almost got demolished the hard way—by flying coal cars.” “No written record exists of the remarks of the man on that lone engine who sweated out the several minutes it takes a timelock to run out so he could get back through the switch, have it thrown again so he could get to the station, and for it to be thrown again for the eastbound coal train so it wouldn’t descend from the viaduct with a crash. It can be stated here, however, that the teenage railroaders learned a lot about the world in their work.” “At least one,” he continues, never since has heard anything to equal the vituperation that ensued “when the man who had been on that engine presented himself face to face with the teenager in the interlocking tower….Had it not been that the tower stood fairly high above the rest of the station area at that point, it might have been that the engineer wouldn’t even have found the teenage leverman there, but it was a long way to the ground and the engineman came up the only steps. All in all, some count themselves fortunate even to have survived this era of railroading. Some of the former novices, for example. And many, many, many professional railroad men greeted the end of World War II with an added touch of joy. Not only had peace returned, but so had sane, mature telegraph operators and interlocking tower men.” When classes took up in September, 1944, Alan Bruns was again walking between the rows of boxwood up to the Scottsville High School doors, trading jabs with his friends, taking tests and planning for the future. But his scrapabook contains photographs of him in later years, revisiting the Hanover Tavern and old depots at Warren and Howardsville, with other railroad aficionados. The sound of a train in the distance must always have been a very special music to his ears. [The Alan Bruns notebooks are currently being archived for the Cenie Moon Local History Corner of the Scottsville Library, and will be available to the public soon.—rk] C L A S S I F I E D A D V E RT I S I N G SERVICES TONY'S TREE SERVICE: Tree care professional. Takedowns, tree removal, wood chipping, pruning, and much more. Licensed and insured. Free estimates. Serving the Central Virginia area. 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