Thomas Jefferson

Named 486 times. These are the 400 blocks the name was read from (the first 400 kept), in the order the paper printed them.

Mar 12, 1987 Since its inception five years and ten million pounds ...the central warehouse in Staunton. These include: Lord Fairfax Food Bank in Winchester; Thomas Jefferson Food Bank, Charlottesville; and Lynchburg Area Food Bank, Lynchburg. More than 600 area churches, missions, the Salvation Army, day care centers, homes and other groups...
Apr 9, 1987 gardens. According to Kunst, the book gives detailed plans ...books cited by Kunst: • “Recreating the Period Garden” edited by Graham Stuart Thomas, gardens consultant to the National Trust in Britain. • “Classic Garden Design,” by Rosemary Verey. • “Early American Gardens-‘For Meate or Medicine’ ” and “American Gardens...
Apr 30, 1987 Funeral services will be conducted ...Memorial Hospital alter a long illness. He was the son of the late Thomas Jefferson Brown and Emma L. Myers. A lifelong resident of Lignum, he was a retired carpenter. Survivors include his wife Mrs. Fannie Browning Brown of Lignum,...
May 14, 1987 By SANDRA RICHARDSON ...are believed to have been brought to the United States by early settlers. Thomas Jefferson grew this delightful vegetable in his greenhouses at Monticello.
May 21, 1987 Lung Assn, sets ...of the Mason Dixon line, for the American Lung Association of Northern Virginia’s Thomas Jefferson Heart of Virginia Bike Tour. To be held the weekend of May 29, 30 and 31, the trek - which is open to inexperienced as...
May 21, 1987 JACKSON DISTRICT TO STOP LANDFILL ...MONIES TO Hite Leonard Miller and Associates of Swindler & Berlin of 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. WE MUST have your good faith FINANCIALLY in«order to meet quotas. WE NEED A RETAINER OF $25,000 to Swindler & Berlin....
Jun 25, 1987 BySANDRA RICHARDSON ...cream came to Britain when a French chef was imported to the court. Thomas Jefferson introduced this new delicacy to the colonists by bringing recipes from France. It has been said that George Washington’s ledgers listed the purchase of a...
Sep 17, 1987 the State Police, and before a lottery ...to have bought one of the first tickets in a Washington, D.C., lottery. Thomas Jefferson said, “A lottery is a wonderful thing; it lays taxati&n only on the willing.” A lottery will be good for Virginia and I encourage people...
Oct 15, 1987 nursery business dates back to 1730 in Flushing, Long ...Dutch apple recipes have won many prizes throughout the generations. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were both avid apple growers. In Virginia and throughout the Blue Ridge and Appalachian areas, apple orchards flourish. Covered wagons are believed to
Oct 22, 1987 The trail riders of Rappahannock ...Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.” Cadet Baumgardner was graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria before entering VMI. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Baumgardner of Washington. Read (Elje fcappabannocfe iletos for...
Nov 5, 1987 proceeds from ever-higher taxes. Rather, it’s to put Virginians ...more exotic development ideas, they would do well to heed the advice of Thomas Jefferson, who wrote, “If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of caring for them, they will be...
Nov 12, 1987 In a joint resolution passed by the U.S. Senate ...the resolution. The commemoration honors the efforts of Food Banks such as the Thomas Jefferson Area Food Bank in Charlottesville, which serves churches in the city of Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, Rappahannock, Culpeper, Fluvanna, Greene, Madison, Nelson and...
Nov 12, 1987 volved, from the volunteers at the grass roots level ...to support those who are extending a helping hand to their fellow Americans.” Thomas Jefferson Area Food Bank, managed by Horace Sandridge, is a member of Second Harvest, the national Food Bank Network. Last year, Second Harvest distributed 352 million...
Nov 26, 1987 abundance” by Captain John Smith ...1607 when the Majestown settlers made wine from native grapes. In the 1700s, Thomas Jefferson introduced this country to the European custom of taking wine with meals. He also tried to grow European grapes in his Monticello vineyard. For his...
Nov 26, 1987 were used mostly as food for hogs. Thomas Jefferson were used mostly as food for hogs. Thomas Jefferson referred to them in his writings as “ground nuts.” It wasn’t until the Civil War, when food supplies were low, that the nation developed an appetite for peanuts. In the late...
Dec 3, 1987 face of perceived new needs. If, for example, the ...check jeopardizes free speech and due process on campus, as the events at Thomas Nelson Community College make clear. Virginians should be deeply concerned about the Community College Board’s failure to restore tenure to our community colleges. As citizens and...
Dec 10, 1987 coal making on “hearths” or “pits” for iron smelting, ...conflict with automobiles. An old book or magazine may have a drawing of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington or Stonewall Jackson riding horseback in the mountains. There may be illustrations of locally significant persons such as James Barbour, promoter of the...
Apr 7, 1988 Connoisseurs from Rappahannock will have the opportunity to sample ...luncheon and tasting prove that Virginia wines are achieving the prominence foreseen by Thomas Jefferson more than two centuries ago. In the decade since the rebirth of the Commonwealth’s wine industry, the number of farm wineries has jumped from six...
Apr 7, 1988 olyn Butler, and her grandmother, Susie Brown. Also at ...Mapp Jr., a professor at Old Dominion University and author of the book, “Thomas Jefferson, A Strange Case of Mistaken Identity.” One of the conference participants reported that Mr. Mapp’s talk inspired such interest that several chapter members are reading...
Jun 23, 1988 Patrick Henry’s response was swift and pointed. In questioning ...became Washington’s first Attorney General. Many delegates were puzzled over the position of Thomas Jefferson, who had been in Paris at the time of the Philadelphia Convention. While his initial reaction to the Constitution had been negative, Jefferson had later...
Jun 23, 1988 Mrs. Paul Miller spent last week visiting her son-in-law ...Tuesday to Lynchburg, where they toured three historic homes, Patrick Henry’s Red Hill, Thomas Jefferson’s home Poplar Forest and Point of Honor. Ronnie Lillard of Warrenton and Jeff Lillard and Belinda of Front Royal visited Mrs. Ethel Lillard and family...
Jun 30, 1988 By EUGENE MCCARTHY ...picked as men pledged to one candidate or the other: John Adams or Thomas Jefferson. The Electoral College as conceived by the Founding Fathers — a body of responsible, trusted persons — was hardly tested. As partisan politics has become...
Jul 7, 1988 stream horse states. The track program ...industry, motels, restaurants and other services, would also benefit. ‘ George Washington and Thomas Jefferson could race and enjoy racing. Please help Virginia to regain this birthright and noble tradition^ to provide good jobs for our youth and to retain...
Jul 21, 1988 the home in an unusual octagon-bay facade complete with ...to as “The Bank.” The second stop was Poplar Forest, in Bedford County, Thomas Jefferson’s personal retreat. Jefferson retreated here four times each year to indulge in his favorite pursuits - thinking, studying, and reading. The estate is now owned...
Sep 15, 1988 A'- “I want Virginians to ask themselves who they ...Virginians to ask themselves who they are — are they the inheritors of Thomas Jefferson’s legacy? If so, what do they want for Virginia in the 1990s and the 21st Century?” These were the questions dSked by Maurice Dawkins, Republican...
Nov 3, 1988 Food bank Food bank seeks help Join Thomas Jefferson Area Food Bank in its efforts to help feed the needy in this area during National Food Bank Week, Nov. 6-12. To find out how Piedmont Virginia residents can support Thomas Jefferson Area...
Dec 1, 1988 For those Christmas-loving traditionalists who can only groan when ...to gather with their neighbors and usher in the holiday season,” said Nan Thomasson, one of the event’s organizers. Visitors can watch prominent professional craftsmen practicing their crafts, sample wassail and sweets and other free refreshments at open houses throughout...
Apr 6, 1989 cent said they regularly keep smooth peanut butter on ...the chunky variety. Peanuts were known in the American colonies before 1750, and Thomas Jefferson mentioned them as “ground nuts” or “ground peas". For many years it was believed that slaves brought the peanut with them from Africa, but discovery...
Apr 27, 1989 Hearing ...University of Virginia, and was designed by James Leake Powers, a protegee of Thomas Jefferson. "A lot , of people don’t want to see it changed - inside or out.” “I feel so strongly about the future of the library...
Jun 15, 1989 By MARY K. BLEWITT ...successful Virginia planters,” said Beyer. “And before he wrote the declaration of independence, Thomas Jefferson was, like me, a successful Virginia car dealer.” The Democrats portrayed Dalton as an inexperienced senator riding on the coattails of her late husband and...
Jun 22, 1989 amortized over 20 years. Mayor Morehouse ...the future. The building was designed by James Powers Leake, a protegee of Thomas Jefferson. The county, Mayor Morehouse added, has secured an exterior easement on the library which will lie effective until it can be donated to the National...
Jul 27, 1989 By SANDRA RICHARDSON ...There’s nothing more delicious than corn that is rushed from garden to table. Thomas Jefferson is credited with saying, “fresh-picked ears of corn should be run from garden row to the kettle boiling for them before the shock of being...
Nov 2, 1989 lYinier aisu serveu as trie executive ...with the preservation and restoration of landmarks in the Commonwealth of Virginia, including Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, Poplar Forest and the Academical Village which was the original campus of the University of Virginia. Mr. Miller has also been recognized by -...
Nov 23, 1989 Sing-Along. Christmas portion of ...fully staged profesional production of Tchaikovsky's holiday classic presented by the Arlington Ballet. Thomas Jefferson Theatre. 125 S. Old Glebe Road, Arlington. (703)486-1870. 8 ~ CHARLOTTESVILLE. Nth Annueil Christmas Through the
Dec 14, 1989 Thomas Jefferson Davis, 74/55, $57/25; no operator’s license in Thomas Jefferson Davis, 74/55, $57/25; no operator’s license in possession, $25/25. Viola Virginia Dunagan, driving while intoxicated, continued to Feb. 23. Charles S. Eringis, 69/55, $42/25. Daniel Adam Fisher, no registration in possession, $25/25; 70/55, $45/25. Ernest Randolph Fletcher, driving...
Feb 1, 1990 candidate, waiting patiently, while lieutenant-governor, for a cup of ...stop by to say hello to Chicken. I have a feeling, too, that! Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and the other Founding Fathers would approve of the kind of democracy practiced in Chicken’s snack bar. John Goolrick, a former political reporter,...
Apr 5, 1990 Editorial platform ...press is free, and every man a5(e to read, aft is safe.” — Thomas Jefferson The Rappahannock News regards several bedrock issues to be of special importance to the character and heritage of Rappahannock County, and takes these consistent editorial...
May 24, 1990 Forest, Va. — On the first Saturday of each ...Va. — On the first Saturday of each month through October, visitors to Thomas Jefferson’s home at Poplar Forest will have the opportunity to meet and talk with staff archaeologists at the Bedford County landmark. Beginning at 10 a.m. on...
Oct 18, 1990 Editorial platform ...press is free, and every man able to read, ad is safe." — Thomas Jefferson The Rappahannock News regards several bedrock issues to be of special importance to the character and heritage of Rappahannock County, and takes these consistent editorial...
Jun 27, 1991 Seventh District Congressman D. French Slaughter Jr. introduced recently, ...authorized to coordinate commemorative activities celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Slaughter, addressing House