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Grace Episcopal Church in The Plains
plans regional events
58th Annual Neighborhood
ART SHOW AND SALE
May 20-21-22
Gala Opening Friday 6-8:30 p.m. with exhibitors and refreshments
Also open Saturday & Sun 10-5
Hundreds of works on view by artists of all ages within a 75 mile radius.
Proceeds from the event benefit area outreach and charities.
Grace Church Concert Series
The Four Nations Ensemble - “Torch Songs"
“Heartache from Bach to Bernstein”
Sunday, May '22nd, 5 p.m.
Reception follows with the performers in the Art Show Gallery
Call (540) 253-5177 for more information on either event or go to www.gracechurch.net
Golf Tournament
Rappahannock-Culpeper Baseball is hosting a benefit Golf Tournament Friday, May 20 at 11:30 a.m. South Wales Golf Club. Captains choice, Mulligans, Longest Drive, lunch for all and many prizes. Entry fees, $60 per player, $200 per foursome. For registration or sponsorship information call (540) 937-7900 or httpy/www.rappculpbaseball.com/ or raagolf@yahoo.com.
Blue Ridge Civil War Roundtable to meet
The next meeting of the Blue Ridge Civil War Roundtable will be a dinner meeting on Tuesday, May 17 at the Public House restaurant in Flint Hill, VA.
Lesley Wood will talk on ‘Women Physicians in the Civil War and Civil War Medicine." Wood is a living historian and Civil War medical reenactor. During her talk, she will portray Dr. Sarah Ann Chadwick Clapp, who served as a contract regimental surgeon, surgeon in general hospitals in Cairo, III., and aboard hospital transport ships. Wood will discuss Clapp’s role and that of other heroic women physicians during the Civil War.
Currently an adjunct professor at Delaware Technical and Community College, Wood holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Temple University and completed graduate studies at West Chester University. She has been conducting research on 19th-century women physicians since 1999.
The Public House restaurant is at 675 Zachary Taylor Hwy (R.522), in Flint Hill, VA. Everyone, members and non-members are invited and welcome. Dinner will be $12 per person.
The evening starts with a social time at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. followed by the program. Guests can come just for the program at 8:00 p.m. if they wish. For reservations and directions call Gary Wilson at 540-547-4106 by Monday, May 16.
Dressage schooling available
The Old Dominion Hounds Pony Club is organizing a series of Friday evening dressage schooling shows this summer at Windsor Lodge Farm, Flint Hill. The dates are May 20, June 17, July 15, and August 12. The shows will run from 4 p.m. to dusk, with food available on the show grounds. Series championship to be awarded. For entry forms and information, email lesleyamold@hotmail.com, or call Lesley. Arnold on (540) 636-2344.
Clean Up Day
The Sperryville Cemetery committee will be having a clean-up day on Saturday, May 21 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Benefit Tour of Jessamine Hill
The Rappahannock Historical Society reminds everyone of its benefit tour of Jessamine Hill will be held on Saturday, May 21 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. A special feature of the afternoon’s activities will be “historical civil war vignettes" (including a visit by “Col. John Singleton Mosby"), music of the old South, presentations on Civil War encampments, the work of women in the Southern Grey, and a short discussion of the property’s fascinating history by the current owner of the farm, John Anderson. Tickets are $20 and available at the Rappahannock Historical Society’s offices at 328 Gay Street, Washington, VA 22747, or by calling (540) 675-1163.
Yard sale
If you are thinking of spring cleaning, the Flint Hill Volunteer Fire Department is seeking items for their yard sale to be held on June 4 at the carnival grounds. Call Karen and Bruce Williams at (540) 635-4673 or Bill Jarrett at (540) 675-1000. Please, no clothing items. Remember, “another man’s junk is another man’s treasure.”
Amissville seeking contestants
The Amissville Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company is seeking contestants for Little Miss, Junior Miss and Honorary Fire Chief for o' annual carnival June 22 through 25. For tickets and further informat call Sandi at 937-4218.
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