Ongoing student tours: Old Salem in Winston-Salem offers hands-on, museum educator-led Experience Tours for grades 1–8. For descriptions of activities and NC Competency Goals and Objectives, click on the Experience Tour page on its website, www.oldsalem.org. The Self-Guided Historic Salem Town Visit lets students interact with costumed interpretive staff. There’s also a Salem Day video about the Moravians, the founding of Salem and early settlers’ lives. For reservations, call (800) 441-5305. 19th-Century Christmas tours: Visitors can take a guided candlelight tour through Old Salem’s Historic District where
the customs of a 19th century Salem Christmas will be brought to life. The evening tours include music, games, food and drink. Tours are set for Dec. 3, 4, 10, 17, 18 and 23, and booked on a first-come, first-served basis. Call (336) 721-7350 for tour reservations.
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“The Governors of North Carolina”
32 DECEMBER 2010 Carolina Country
From the Roanoke Colonies to the dawn of the 21st century, the story of North Carolina’s governors is a prism through which to view Tar Heel history. This book contains biographical sketches of 99 governors, from Ralph Lane up to Michael F. Easley. Arranged alphabetically, the informative biographical sketches are accompanied by pictures or signatures of the governors. Published by N.C. Historical Publications Section of the N.C. Office of Archives and History in Raleigh. Softcover, 211 pages, $20. To order, call (919) 733-7442 or visit www.ncpublications.com.
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Hugh Morton
Old Salem Museums & Gardens
The Girl Scout Gingerbread House shown below is made out of 98 percent recycled materials and won a trophy at last year’s Unnatural Resources Fair in Greenville. The annual event showcases creations and inventions that Eastern Carolina folks make from normally discarded materials. It will be held Friday–Sunday, Feb. 4–6, 2011 at Greenville’s Convention Center. Those submitting an entry must live east of I-95, and range in age from kindergarten to senior citizen. Age groups are judged separately, and categories include toys, tools, science, art, history, home use and robots. People should let fair chair Jacqueline Ponder know by Jan. 26 that they will be submitting a project, but projects don’t have to be finished until fair time. For more information or to download entry forms, visit www.unnaturalresources.org or call Jacqueline at (252) 355-1039.
Only one, after that it’s not empty anymore!
Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation
Upcoming Unnatural Resources competition
Getting To Know… Born: February 19, 1921, in Wilmington, N.C. Known for: Nature conservationist, tourism leader, photographer Accomplishments: A talented and intrepid lensman, Hugh Morton served as a combat newsreel cameraman in World War II, receiving the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Upon inheriting Grandfather Mountain in 1952, he extended a road to its top and added the Mile High Swinging Bridge. Morton focused on preserving the mountain, building native wildlife habitats for bears, cougars, white-tail deer and river otters and donating conservation easements for more than 3,000 acres to the Nature Conservancy. His achievements included working as photographer/producer of eight films that won CINE’s highest award, the Golden Award, and producing the PBS documentary, “The Search For Clean Air.” His long list of civic achievements include receiving the North Carolina Award, the state’s highest honor for public service, and the Leadership North Carolina’s Governor’s Award, and chairing the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Travel & Tourism. After Morton died in 2006, his family donated his entire photographic portfolio to the North Carolina Collection of the University of North Carolina Library at Chapel Hill. You can see many of his digitalized photos at www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ pcoll/inv/P0081/P0081.html.
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