rehoboth beach museum ~ oct 2010

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The 2010Beach Ball fundraising party wasa great success.The members of the MuseumGuild, Chaired byAnne MicheleKuhns, put to-

gether a great eve-ning of fun with a

beach theme that raised more than $49,000 for theRehoboth Beach Historical Society. Kings Creek Country Club was transformed by large beachballs hung from the ceiling, sand pails filled withbeautiful geraniums, and kites and saltwater taffy

adding to the décor.Guests bid on

more than 95 itemsincluding baskets of items centered

around a theme,such as water sports,pets, or a night onthe town. More than225 people wereentertained by alive auction byButch Emmert that

included a Trek beach bike andpaintings by How-ard Schroeder.Great food was fol-lowed by great mu-sic for dancing bySol Knopf.

The guild is al-ready hard at work planning nextyear’s Beach Ball which will be held Saturday,

August 6th. Mark your calendars!

BEACH BALL FUNDRAISER

The Rehoboth Beach Historical Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to

encouraging and promoting public knowledge of and participation in the preservation of

the history, culture, architecture and special character of Rehoboth Beach.

The Rehoboth Beach Historical Society

October 2010 Founded 1974

BEACON

Bonnie and David Mann enjoy the setting for theBeach Ball

Pat Renault, Bill Vernon, and KathyKlingel enjoying the celebration

Jean Cochran, Evelyn Dick Thoroughgood, Josie Conaty

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aga i n, g i f ts o f $1,000 o r mo re g i ve n

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w i l l be ma tc hed. Re me m be r: we

ha ve me t t wo p re v io us $50,000

c ha l le nges be f o re, a nd, w i t h yo u r

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mo re i n f o r ma t io n i n t he ma i l a nd i n

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The Rehoboth Beach Historical Society BEACON

Officers

President………………..…..Paul Kuhns

Vice President….…………...Dick Poole

Secretary…………….……Mame Witsil

Treasurer…………Anne Michele Kuhns

Board of Directors

Linda Darr

Hoyte Decker

Burton Dukes

Ritchie Francia

Ned Kesmodel

Mike Klingel

Terry Plowman

Lois Snyder Rayner

Melissa Thoroughgood

Vicki Tull

Harvey Waltersdorf, President Emeritus

Membership Fees are billed annually

Individual...…..$ 25Family………..$ 35

Patron………...$ 50

Anna Hazzard…$100

Tell a friend about us!

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The Beacon newsletter is published

three times per year.

Society Director…....Nancy AlexanderNewsletter Layout……….....Stan Mills

Newsletter Content.....RBHS Members

Members are invited to submit items of

historic interest for publication.

Contact Nancy Alexander at 227-7310

MuseumFall / Winter

Hours

511 Rehoboth Avenue(302) 227-7310

[email protected]

MondayThursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

TuesdayCLOSED

11 a.m.— 3 p.m.

10 a.m.— 4 p.m.

Welcome New Board MembersLinda Darr & Lois Snyder Rayner

Linda Darr pictured on

the left has been an activecommunity volunteer in NJ,VA and DE for the past 25years donating both timeand money to localcauses. She has two sonsand three granddaughtersand enjoys antiques. Lindaand her husband John have

been full time residents of Rehoboth Beach for thepast 3 years and haveowned a home in RehobothBeach for nearly 30 years.

Lois Snyder Rayner pictured on the right is a graduate ofRehoboth High School. Her family owned Snyder’s so she waslucky enough to grow up on Rehoboth Avenue. She is currently anurse working at the Delaware Eye Center and has two childrenand two grandchildren.

Beginning November 1st



Dear Members,

The summer of 2010 has been a busy time for theRehoboth Beach Historical Society; from the openingof our exciting archeological exhibit, “Avery’s Rest” to

our successful “2nd Annual Watermelon Festival”. The“5th Annual Beach Ball” was held on a beautiful Au-gust night at the Kings Creek Country Club with over200 guests and over 100 silent and live auction items.The Historical Society netted over $49,000 for theRehoboth Museum. Many thanks go out to the BeachBall Guild, led by Chair Anne Michele Kuhns, for theirmany hours of hard work and spectacular decorationsfor the event.

This summer we re-opened the Anna Hazzard Mu-seum with “First Friday of the Month” tours led by vol-

unteers in addition to another year of tours of the“Icehouse,” led by Harvey Waltersdorf. Nancy Alex-ander has been extremely busy coming up with moreand more wonderful ideas and programs to promote theMuseums and expand the cultural, historic and educa-tional activities within our community. We will con-tinue to have exciting events as we move into the fallthat will bring positive attention and many new visitorsto the museums and its programs.

We are finally finished with the phase 2 amenitieson the canal side of the museum. The museum now has

a beautiful outside area in which to relax and view fromour new deck overlooking the canal. Additionally thereis continued discussion with a variety of local inter-ested parties in the possibility of a phase 3 projectwhich could possibly include a ramp down to the canaland a public dock that could be utilized by water taxisand small boats. The City of

Rehoboth Beach and the State of Delaware have beenvery instrumental in the financing and construction of phase 2 and we hope to work with them as we consider

phase 3.Finally, the Board of Directors has begun to discuss

the feasibility of a future Capital Campaign to focus onexpanding the Icehouse Museum to the second floor.As many of you already know, we already have finan-cial pledges for a library and an auditorium/exhibitroom and hope to formulate ideas on the design for theentire floor. Although we are in very difficult eco-nomic times, we continue to have wonderful local arti-facts donated to the museum and we now have amemorandum of understanding with the state that will

allow the Society to exhibit artifacts of the state collec-tion that are related to the Rehoboth area. Everythingpoints to the Board and the entire membership givingsome serious thought to a future expansion.

Many Thanks,

Paul Kuhns, President

Rehoboth Beach Historical Society

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:

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In an effort to more effectively communicate with the public,the Rehoboth Beach Historical Society has a new logo thatcombines the name of the Society and the museum. The newlogo, as you can see, retains the look of the previous logo, butadds the words “Historical Society.” You will soon be seeingthis logo on all our publications. Our thanks to Group J Designfor helping us out with the previous logo and the new logo.

Society Debuts New Logo



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The Rehoboth Beach His-torical Society recently celebratedits partnership with the State officeof Historical and Cultural Affairs

with a press conference at theRehoboth Beach Museum. Presentwere the Secretary of State, JeffreyBullock, Director of the Divisionof Historical and Cultural Affairs,Tim Slavin, Rep. Pete Schwartz-kopf, and Sen., George Bunting.Paul Kuhns, Society Board Presi-dent, stated “Partnerships like thisallow small museums to thrive andallow state agencies to share their

expertise and collections with theentire state. Both sides gain from

the experience, but the viewingpublic is the biggest beneficiary.”

The partnership consists of theHistorical Society working with

the State Division of Historical andCultural Affairs to bring objectsfrom the state’s collection to themuseum, get help from the Divi-sion’s curatorial staff in interpret-ing items and writing explanatorytest that is part of an exhibit, andtaking advantage of the expertiseof the talented exhibit design staff to create attractive exhibits.

Division Director Tim Slavin

said, “This is a new venture forHistorical and Cultural Affairs, one

we hope to expand in the futureand to other communities in thefuture.”

Also present at the press confer-ence were representatives of theRehoboth Art League which also

recently began working with theDivision.

Society Signs Historic Agreement

On a sunny summer dayin Lewes, a traveling vintagebaseball team visited the areafor a scrimmage against lo-cals. Lewes Historical Soci-ety Director Mike DiPaolo,

summer intern Greg Mark,and a host of other volunteersplayed bare handed with aball that is somewhat softerthan the modern day version.The traveling team wore au-thentic 19th Century uniformsand players walked amongthe public explaining the vin-

tage game rules and equipment. While our locals didnot win, everybody had a great time watching the gamand eating roasted peanuts and Crackerjacks.

Society President Paul Kuhns (third from left)is pictured with(from left to right) Sen. George Bunting, Rep. Pete Schwartz-

kopf, Director of Historic and Cultural Affairs Tim Slavin, RALPresident Marcia DeWitt and Secretary of State Jeffrey Bullock.

Vintage Baseball Visits the Beach!

This past summer,Society members whoattended the openingreception for theAvery’s Rest exhibit

were caught in aheavy downpour that

resulted in the mu-seum losing powerfor a short time. Un-daunted, most recep-tion attendees stuck

around! Emergencylights did their job of

keeping the galleriesbathed in a warmglow and some

members continued tofeast on the deliciousgoodies provided byCatering by Design.Shown here are

(standing) PaulKuhns, Society Presi-

dent, Board memberHoyte Decker andSonie Decker, and(seated) former boardmember Greg Gauseand docent PattieGause. We were gladto provide an historic

port in the storm.

Members in the Dark



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The Museum is now offering a limited num-ber of engraved bricks for purchase. The brickswill be placed on the face of the new outdoorseating wall located behind the Museum next to

Grove Park.The engraved brick is a perfect way to cele-

brate a life, honor a friend or relative or leaveyour mark on the history of Rehoboth Beach.

Please call the Museum at 227-7310 oremail the Museum at [email protected] by November 15th to re-serve an engraved brick. 150 bricks for thewall will be available on a first come firstserved basis at a cost of $200 each. You will re-ceive an information packet about the engrav-ing shortly after December 1st. Once all thebricks have been sold and installed in Overlook Park, you will be invited to a dedication pro-gram. The outdoor placement of the bricks will

allow you to view the bricks at any time.Please reserve your brick today and create a

memory for tomorrow while benefiting theRehoboth Beach Museum.





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Join us t his year...Come meet the Avery family

October 23 and 24th, 1-5 p.m.

The Rehoboth Beach Museum will partner with Clear Space Theater to stage a familyfriendly interact ive experience that int roduces visit ors to members of the Averyhousehold, including Sarah, a worker on the Avery’s farm, and the fiery CaptainJohn himself! This is a fun and easy way to learn about life in Delaware in the late1600s. Please call 227-7310 to make a reservation. There will be a nominal fee.

Backyard Adventure November 20, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m.

Join Gwen Davis of the Delaware Office of Historical and Cultural Affairs for a dis-cussion of Native Americans in t he t ime of Captain John and Sarah Avery. Then

travel for a tour by Odette Wright, a Representative of the Nanticoke Indian Tribe.We will end the Backyard Adventure with lunch at Baywood Greens. Lunch at Bay-wood Greens will be $17.00, including gratuit y and one non-alcoholic beverage. Ad-mission to the Nanticoke Museum is $3.00. Call 227-7310 to make a reservation.

17th Century Textiles Day December 11, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Join textile experts for lively discussions and demonstrations. The program includesa lecture and demonstration on 17th Century Embroidery by Dolores Andrew, Mem-ber, National Associat ion of Needleworkers, a demonst ration of spinning by AliceGuerrant, archaeologist, Delaware Office of Historical and Cultural Affairs, a discus-

sion of t he Plimouth Jacket project by Francis Lukezic and a discussion and showingof 17th Century textiles by Anne Horsey, curator, Delaware State Museums at the Mu-seum. Please bring a brown bag lunch. Call 227-7310 for reservations. There is nofee for this program

Book Discussion A Mercy: February 5, Noon

A discussion of Toni Morrison’s A Mercy. Browseabout Book Club discussion leaderSherry Chapelle will lead a discussion of A Mercy and the themes it has in commonwit h the museum’s current exhibit of a 17th Century family. Join us at the Museumamong the objects in the exhibit from the time period of the setting of the book.

Light refreshments wil l be served. Please call 227-7310 to reserve a spot.

Please check the Rehoboth Beach

Historical Society website:

http://www.rehobothbeachmuseum.org

to confirm dates and times for all events, or

call (302)227-7310.

These programs would not be possible with-

out generous contributions from the Dela-

ware Humanities Forum, Burton Dukes,

Harold Dukes Jr., and Butch Emmert.




An-SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2010

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$25.00 per person for members $30.00 for non-members.

Reservations must be made in advance and must be received by November 5thReserve early—limited seating.

Kings Creek Country Club 1 Kings Creek Circle

Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 www.kingscreekcountryclub.com

Cash bar will be available at 11:00 am.

Lunch at 12:00 pm.

And the presentation of the

Presented to The City of Rehoboth Beach for the preservation of the Boardwalk

Featuring guest speaker

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P lea se ma i l b y No v. 5 t h t o:

Back of Reservation Form for the

REHOBOTH BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETy

at

Kings Creek Country Club

1 Kings Creek Circle

Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971

Reservation required by November 5. Clip it and mail it now!

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Bowling Alley Still IntactThese photos are from the storage area behind

Dolle’s candy on Rehoboth Avenue. Currently used for

storage, the alley floors, back bumpers, gutters andwalkway are still in place. The bowling alley was inthe Dolle’s Building on the Rehoboth boardwalk untilthe lanes closed in 1947. According to Tom Ibach, astold to Terry Plowman in Delaware Beach Life, thepins were set up by hand by young boys who perched

at the end of the lanes.Bowlers used to try to

throw the bowling ballshard enough to knock the pins toward the pinsetters to knock themoff their perches. Origi-nal duckpins from the alley are currently on dis-play at the Rehoboth Beach Museum.



Shea Danahy is dressed for succesat the festival this year.

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This year’s Watermelon

Festival a Tasty SuccessMore than 140 people enjoyed the 2nd an-nual Watermelon Festival held in Grove Park and the museum on August 14. In additional toour original games including a watermelon eat-ing contest and a watermelon seed spitting con-test, Festival game organizers added eating andspitting contests for adults and a bean bag toss.Thanks to our incredible watermelon cutters,

participants had the chance to taste juicy water-

melon. Contests in-cluded: Guess thenumber of pieces of taffy and the num-ber of jelly beans,as well as theweight of a largeand a small water-

melon. Contest win-ners got to take thetasty treats home –imagine winning4,000 jelly beans!Visitors also got totour the museum,including our newAvery’s Rest ex-

hibit.Thanks go out to the festival committee, ledby Carol Hall, for making this year’s festival abig slice of fun. Next year’s festival will beheld August 13 so make sure you practice!

Colonial Games DayMore than 45 people attended Colonial Games Day at the Museum, whe

children escaped the 100 degree heat to play old-fashioned games including

cup and ball and marbles. Children also had the chance to piece together abroken pot like an archaeologist and make a Native American DreamCatcher.

The best part, for some, was making ice cream by hand. If you mix milkvanilla and sugar in a bag, put it in a larger bag with salt and ice and shake iyou get delicious ice cream. Thanks to intern Emily Phillips for dreaming uthese great activities, and to Lee Halloran and Anne Lynam for volunteeringand making it so much fun.

A young festival visitor tries his handat the new bean bag toss

J.R. Hamer masters the egg andspoon race



Children who visited the museum this pastsummer were treated to the fun of going on ascavenger hunt around the galleries. With aprize of taffy waiting, children searched the ex-hibits for items on a page designed by museumintern Emily Phillips, a double anthropology/ history major from the University of Delaware.Shown here are a group of children from Penn-sylvania and Delaware who decided to havesome indoor summer fun.

New Addition

to Galleries


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Children Finding Fun with

Museum Scavenger Hunts

New Addition to CollectionThe Lewes Historical So-

ciety recently donated thisRehoboth Sportsman’s Clubpin to the Rehoboth BeachHistorical Society. Yes, it’s asmoking fish. The colors areblue and yellow. If you haveany information about thehistory of the club, or thelogo, please contact the Soci-ety office at 227-7310.

Throughthe gener-osity of Bill andRosemarieBahan, wehave a newflat screentelevisiongracing thewall of our Cooper Gallery. Donated inmemory of their beloved Scottie, Iain, theBahan’s gift means that we can screen vid-eos and other digital recordings, such asoral histories, in the future. We are gratefulfor this important gift.

Society Offers Easy Wato Renew Membership o

Make a DonationWe now offer the option of joining,

renewing, or making a donation to the So-ciety on line. Using PayPal, you can logonto our website and make a donation

right from the homepage, or go to themembership section of the site and join or renewon line. This is a quick and easy way to renewyour membership or makea donation. Please check out this new feature of our website.



A SPECIAL THANKS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN MAKING THE 5TH ANNUAL

BEACH BALL A WONDERFUL SUCCESS TO BENEFIT THE MUSEUM

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Shore SponsorsJake's Seafood House ● Schell Brothers

Wave Sponsors Arena's Deli & Bar ● The Starboard Restaurant

Surf & Sand Sponsors Avenue Inn ● Ocean Atlantic Sotheby's International Realty ● Wal Mart

Sun & Fun Sponsors Atlantic Theaters/Movies at Midway ● The Bank of Delmarva ● Big Fish Grill ● Cultured Pearl ● Dogfish Head Restau-

rant ● Hertrich Family of Dealers ● Hotel Rehoboth ● The Meoli Companies ● Summer House Restaurant

Media SponsorsCape Gazette ● Delaware Beach Life

Guild MembersNancy Alexander ● Cookie Brusnighan ● Christophe Clark ● Jean Cochran ● Josie Conaty ● Linda Darr ● Ashley Dawson ● Julia Fermoile ● Ritchie Francia ● Carol Hall ● Cory Johnston ● Anne Michele Kuhns ● Bonnie Mann ●

Eileen Nixon ● Elisa Poole ● Sharon Rose ● Peggy Schiff ● Tessa Shoup ● Susan Sullivan ● Melissa Thoroughgood ● Vicki Topel ● Vicki Tull ● Mollie Vardell ● Debbie Zimmer

Special ThanksNancy Alexander ● East Coast Garden Center ● Butch Emmert ● Group J Design ● Rachel Haas ● Ibach's Candy ●

Lewes Printing ● Rehoboth Farmer's Market ● Tessa Shoup ● Mollie Vardell

Walking HistoriansBill Bahan ● Rosemarie Bahan ● Barry Cullen ● Kittylou Cullen ● Mike Klingel ● Richard Lynam ● Kenny Simpler ●

Mollie Vardell ● William Vernon

BenefactorsDiane and Sam Cooper ● Linda and John Darr ● Anne Michele and Paul Kuhns ● Leslie Merriken ● Lois Anne and

Curt Rayner

PatronsRosemarie and Bill Bahan ● Daphne and Burt Dukes ● Julia and Timothy Fermoile ● Ann Gaffney ● Jeannette Isaacs●

Louise and Hayden Morris●

Diana and Dick Ruffino●

Irene K. Simpler ●

Mollie and Michael Vardell ●

Lynn and Robert Wilson

ContributorsSarah and Francis Fabrizio ● Catherine W. Magdaleno ● Thomas R. Mancini ● Therese J. Matan ● Sandra S. Mundt ●

Patsy and David Rommel ● Savannah Animal Hospital, Inc. ● Erika and Shaun Tull

Auction Donors A Walk Thru Time Inc. ● Abra…ca…dinner! ● AerieArt Gallery ● All Wheels ● Amandeline Gallery ● Peter Angelo ● AppleElectric ● Arena's Deli & Bar ● Atlantic Cycles ● Atlantic Jewelry ● Atlantic Liquors ● Auto Gallery Inc. ● Avenue Inn & Spa ● Back Porch Café ● Rosemarie Bahan ● Bayberry Flowers ● Bed of Roses ● Bellinger's Jewelers ● Sherrylee Biele ● Big FishGrill ● Bin 66 Wine & Spirits ● Browseabout Bookstore ● Anne Buck ● Cake Break ● Carlton's ● Carolyn Watson Photogra-

phy ● Claws Crab House ● Clothes 2 You ● Coastal Cakes by Karen ● Coastal LG Electronics Dealers: G&S TV & Antenna,Milford; Sound F/X, Lewes; Electronic Interiors, Ocean City, MD ● Shirley Collins ● Community Bank Delaware ● Crysti's ● Cultured Pearl ● Linda and John Darr ● David Marshall Tennis ● Ashley Dawson ● Delaware Beach Life ● Delaware National Bank ● Dogfish Head Restaurant ● Doggies at the Beach ● Dos Locos ● E. C. Shades ● East Coast Garden Center ● Howard

J. Eberle ● Eden Restaurant ● Elegant Slumming ● Emmert Auction Associates ● Father and Son Lawn Care ● Julia Fermoile● Fins Fish House and Raw Bar ● First State One Hour Photo ● Food by Design ● Forever Fit ● Friend of Rehoboth BeachMuseum ● Funland ● Bette and Sal Gallo ● Patty Gause ● Greenman Juice Bar and Bistro ● Grotto Pizza ● Healthy Renova- tions ● Henlopen City Oyster House ● Hickman's Meat Market ● Jackson's Cleaning Service ● Jane Mazur Creations ● Corina

A. Jenkins, L.M.T. ● Jolly Trolley ● Jungle Jim's ● Kilwin's Chocolates ● Kings Creek Country Club ● Adrienne Kralick ● Anne Michele and Paul Kuhns ● Lavender Fields ● Mariachi Restaurant ● Mark Showell Interiors ● Heather Marowski ● Massey Studio ● Maui Wowi ● Mermaid's Kitchen ● Monograms Unlimited ● Eileen Nixon ● Frederica Noland ● One Spirit Massage Studio ● Pirates of Lewes ● Elisa and Dick Poole ● Portraits in the Sand, by Dave Koster ● Quest Fitness ● Rehoboth Art and Framing ● Rehoboth Beach Historical Society ● Rehoboth Car Wash, Inc. ● Peggy and Ron Schiff ● Shawnee Country Club ● Smithsonian National Museum of American History ● Sole ● Summer House Restaurant ● Susan D.Terry ● The Dirty Dog ● The Edge ● The Firm ● The Peninsula ● The Pottery Place ● Thoroughgood Appliance ● Tickled Pink ● TLC ● Vicki and Ave Topel ● Touch of Italy ● Tulip Ltd. ● Valhalla ● Mollie Vardell ● Whimsical Creations ● Winding BeamCollection ● Witmer Pottery ● Wizard of Paws ● Robert Wright ● YMCA ● Debbie and Bill Zimmer



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