Milford chronicle., 1957-08-30
TN THE AIR FORCE"
BY Elcine Townsend pleksrson

utes to all the spots of interests.
TO see Williamsburg requires a lot
OF walking any way and this bus
really Is life saver. BY mid-after-
noon my weary husband asked if
he might not board a bus and make
several round trips and meet us
some rlace after Gladys and | had
Feeu what we wanted to see. We
didn't dare let him out of our
sight, there were so many people
in town
We went into the Governors Pal
ace first on our tour. It's very i'm
pressive to see these lovely re-
stored colonial buildings. AS we
entered this very first one on our
tour out stepped this young boy.
dressed completely in colonial CO.'S
tune. We had an excellent day for
our tour and as he exited from the
door of the Palace the colored MAJ
terials he wore and the brass buckle
on his hat, belt and shoes made a
handsome picture for our colored
slide camera. The paneling i'm thes
Palace, the silver, marble mantels.
the ballroom were all lovely. but
other things impressed me more.
Like the gorgeous silver fruit CO.'S
tainer with eight individual frui6s
bowls in silver hanging from thes
parent bowl. Each day this antiquea
is replenished with fresh fruit ands
it made just a beautiful center-s
piece in the dining ROOM. Of course
these homes all had outside kitch-z
ems and ] couldn't take my eyes off
the colored cook in this kitchen who
sat in her floor length dress, whites
starched apron and white, ruffled.f
dust cap. peeling potatoes and
rocking in her "shoo fly chair
She explained that they had larges
families days ago and when thes
cook sat down to peel potatoes She
was there for while and had no.
time for anything else, even fiies.s
This chair was devised so She
could pat her foot on pedal that
manipulated a wooden bar above.
her head. From the wood bar hung
strips of cloth and when the bara
moved, the strips of material would
shoe the flies away.
One day in Williamsburg is not
enough. We did eat at the Will.
liamsburg Lodge breakfast time
for them-lunch for us-I had eggs
and chicken livers). l would have
liked to have eaten at the Wills
liamsburg Inn overlooking the golf
course or perhaps by the swim-ss
ming pool. At Christina Campbell'ss
Tavern (favorite eating place Of
George Washington we could have
had seafood from the Chesapeake or
at the Kings Arms Tavern we
could have dined by candlelight,s
using THREE FOOT square dam
ask napkins or had charcoal grill
ed steaks in the evening at ChOwn-.
ing's Tavern out in the gardens
Doesn't it all sound nice?
Something new to me was the.
Craft House. Here they sell many
reproductions that you see in the
coloTial town. Pewter mugs, pew
ter fat ware, chairs, candle sticksh
colored glassware, china, furniture
its all very tempting. We vent
through. the printing shop, the sil-
yersmith shop (they made silver
bracelets to order here), Millinery.
shop, through Raleigh's Tavern
and here saw them baking molass-
es cookies from a big fireplace. At
the Apothecary shop Hayes bought
"Virginia's Beft" (best) tobacco for
his pipe. Pretty good, too. &
At the old Jail Hayes took pic
lures of Gladys and me in the pub
lie stocks. That should be a good
slide. Il
The day went so fast and it was
all so interesting. Hope next leave
/ may go and see even more.
I'll write ITO you next week
Always,
Elaine Townsend Dickerson