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2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show

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HAWAII: ISLANDS of ALOHA

MARCH 7, 2012

The 2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show will travel to the Islands of Aloha, as the Pennsylvania Convention Center will be transformed into a Hawaiian paradise.

Visitors will enter through a giant wave of orchids and towering waterfalls.

Showcase gardens will highlight the flowers, plants, stories, art and culture of Hawaii's six Big Islands.

Leave Edgewater KMart .........................7:30 A.M
Return to Edgewater KMart .................... 5:30 P.M.

Questions? Call Roberta Dorn, 410-798-5618.

COST: $85.00 for members..........$95.00 for Non-members

Includes Transportation, Snacks, Gratuities, and Admission

Lunch on your own – Marketplace next door

Register no later than February 15, 2012

YOU MAY REGISTER IN TWO WAYS:

1. USE OUR ONLINE SHOPPING CART AND PAY BY CREDIT CARD BY CLICKING HERE

2. PRINT OUT A REGISTRATION FORM AND MAIL IT WITH YOUR CHECK OR CREDIT CARD BY CLICKING HERE.

Read about our Bay friendly initiatives and get tips on recycling and Bay friendly living at our updated Going Green page.

To see the views and comments of Dr Anson H. Hines, Director of Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), on the Environmental Impacts of our 2011 weather, click here.

Visit the SERC website for more information.

Follow the SERC blog here.

Also, see the West/Rhode Riverkeeper's Sustainable Lawn Care inititive.

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A Tribute To Fredericka Crandell

1917 - 2011

By Mavis Daly

One of the dear friends of the Museum, Fredericka Crandell, passed away October 11. She had been living with a daughter, Sarah, in Indiana. Her love of the Museum is reflected in the fact that she named our Museum as the beneficiary of memorials in her honor.

One of the most notable contributions she made to us was her loan of the model of the Emma Giles done by her brother, George Owen. It has been recognized as one of the finest models anywhere. Fredericka wanted to be sure it was well maintained and protected, so we arranged to have a case custom built for it, and purchased a chest of drawers on which it is placed. A notebook has been created with detailed information on this famous vessel which made regular trips from Baltimore to Shady Side a hundred years ago, and is a vital part of the early history of Shady Side.

Miss Ethel would permit the school children to stop classroom activities to witness its arrival. She rode the Emma Giles to her college in Baltimore. John Douglass has done a painting of a cow being pushed on board.

Thus we have a part of Shady Side history on display, thanks to the generosity of Mrs. Crandell.

Her daughter, Gwen, worked at the Deale library for years, and at one time volunteered in the Museum library. She and Fredericka had been long-time members of our Museum.

We are grateful to Mrs. Crandell and her family for naming our Museum as the recipient of memorials. If you are interested in donating, please send your check to the Captain Avery Museum, P.O. Box 89, Shady Side, MD 20764.

We have a 1985 Bayliner 1702 LS outboard runabout and a 1975 Cape Dory 25 sailboat that we are offering for sale.

Boats of all kinds will be accepted for resale by the Museum, including power and sailboats in working condition, canoes, kayaks, and paddle boats. Donors are eligible for a tax credit as a charitable donation in the amount of the sale of their boat.

Please contact Boat Donation Chairman Andrew Garte, (410) 533-0042,

The 2012 Winter Luncheon Lecture Series

Holidays At The Museum

Choose It and Use It opportunities are still available Still available for purchase are quilts and burp clothes, airport transportation, career coaching and an April dinner. Click on the icon to see the list still available. One hundred percent of the proceeds go to the Museum.

This new exhibit opened April 3 at 2PM at the Museum. Memorabilia have been collected from as early as 1888, oral histories of former teachers and students when schools were separate for black and white children are on video and throughout the exhibit, an early school room is set up, and a recess area created. The focus of the exhibit is on Shady Side and Lula G. Scott elementary schools and the exhibit shows how Shady Side schools are remembered by former students and teachers.

This exhibit is of special interest to all the residents of south Anne Arundel County, but reflects what is important in schools anywhere over time. As the community began to talk about early schools in Shady Side, it was clear how important a good teacher was to the future of the children even if the textbooks were old and outdated. The personal school experience also made many want to live in the same community in which they grew up.

Part of the exhibit is an interactive desk for others to add their memories to the exhibit and to identify themselves in the pictures. There is plenty of room for the exhibit to grow during the time it is up at the Museum. Visitors are encouraged to bring any memorabilia they have from their Shady Side schools experience and add it to the collection. It can, of course, be returned.

The exhibit project leader has been Beth Denniston, Member of the Board of Trustees. A Community Advisory Committee has worked for months to frame the exhibit and collect the memories and mementos. Members of the Advisory Committee are Ann Widdifield, Yvonne Matthews, Carmelia Hicks, Bobby Bast, Mary Kitchen, Jennifer Sturgell, Elaine Catterton, Jean Yvonne Johnson, Tyra Dunscomb, Carl Graham, and Marge Calhoun.

Support for the exhibit has been provided by the Maryland Historical Trust through the Historical and Cultural Museum Assistance Program, The Maryland Humanities Council and the Chaney Foundation. The exhibit is free and will be open to the public on Sundays at 1PM.

Making a connection...It's like being a sleuth!

A packet of photographs was in our library and contained very little information other than the name Peele and notes written on the back of many of the photos. Who were these people and what was the connection to Shady Side and the museum? Names on the back of this picture are: Mrs. Mangill, Wilfred Peele, Olga Drevo, Antonia Menadal, Dr. Will Benard, and Mary Mc Neill.

One of the names on the back of the picture was Wilfred Peele (see young man on the right.) We decided to see what we could uncover. Using Google we found the obituary for Wilfred Peele, a former pharmacist in Arlington Virginia. We then contacted his daughter from information in the obituary and, yes indeed, the picture was of Wilfred - "Wil", her father. We then sent the daughter scanned pictures, which showed that the connection here might be her grandparents. She asked that we send on more pictures which she will be sharing with family to ascertain whether her grandparents had a place in Shady Side and if so where and when. In the meantime, Wilfred's daughter is very grateful for the photographs that she has never seen of her family to include one of her twin brother and herself as babies!

The second picture is from the same packet. Is it the Shady Side Peele home? Can you help? Do you recognize any of the people or places in either of the pictures? Your reward would be that of one grateful family capturing their history!

Click on the pictures to see them full size.