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VOL. 6, NO. 2 ST. MARY'S CITY, MARYLAND SEPTEMBER 25, 1978 Maryland Dove to Dock by Rick Pike Maryland’s first settlers arrived at St. Mary’s City in March, 1634, aboard two sailing vessels, the Ark, and the smaller Dove. Now some 350 years later, the Maryland Dove, a reproduction of the smaller vessel, will sail up the St. Mary’s River to dock permanently at Old St. Mary’s City to become the first step in the development of an outdoor museum designed to tell the tale of the founding of Maryland. The arrival of the ship will be celebrated by Marylanders on Sunday, A Student Government Association workshop held this summer brought up the following ideas for consideration: STUDENT UNION FUND Start a SGA fund to go towards the construction of a new student union. This may cut down on the fee that will be charged to students for a new union starting in 1980. It won’t help present students, but can help to justify going to other sources for additional help in funding. PUB Convert the bottom of the student union into a pub, while leaving the snack bar upstairs. The administration has given approval, as has Harry Potter and ARA. The construction o f the pub would be done by students under the supervision of a knowledgable person. Since then Miller Distribution has agreed to do the reverting of the beer taps if we include, on draft, Miller Light. Cappy Ryan was elected as chairman of the New Pub Committee and some plans for the construction have been presented and discussed. October 8, 1978, in a gala, day-long festival on the grounds of the Reconstructed State House at Old St. Mary’s City. This “Dove Day” will commence with the arrival of the Maryland Dove at noon. The ship will sail up the St. Mary’s River followed by a spectacular parade of yachts, sailboats, and other marine craft. This marine parade will follow the Maryland Dove past the banks of St. Mary’s City, around Horseshoe Bend, and to anchor at Brome’s Wharf below the State House. An official Meetings on September 5, 12 and 19 brought the following actions: PARKING PROBLEM The problem of commuter parking was discussed, especially in the Charles Hall lot. It was decided that a memo should be sent to Gene Applegate, Supervisor of Security, recommending that the Charles lot be opened only to commuter employees and faculty; no residents from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Also noted was the fact that in the 1978-79 student handbook it is stated that certain spaces are reserved for the handicapped from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. A suggestion to make this a 24 hour a reservation was also to be included in the memo. SGA REPRESENTATIVE POSITIONS Only two petitions for the eight SGA respresentative positions were received last week. The candidates, Stephanie Dierkin for freshman-at-large and Gene Perry for underclass Dorchester, were unopposed and therefore appointed to the positions by a vote of the senate. (cont. on page 6) ceremony will follow in which William A. Baker, designer of the Maryland Dove, and James Richardson, her builder, will turn the ship over to the State of Maryland. Then the Maryland Dove will be commissioned by the State, and turned over to Thomas R. Doyle, the newly appointed Shipmaster. After the ceremonies, the Maryland Dove will be open for visitors to come aboard for inspection. On the grounds of the State House various exhibits, presentations and displays will be featured, along with food and refreshments. The Maryland Dove was ordered constructed by the St. Mary’s City Commission, the official State agency for the preservation and development of Maryland’s first capital. The total cost is estimated at approximately $200,000, of which the State Legislature appropriated $75,000. The rest of the money was * raised through the Commission by way of donations, fund-raising, and other means. According to Elaine Smith, Public Education Officer of the Commission, there still remains approximately $25,000 to be paid on the ship. The Maryland Dove was designed by William A. Baker of Hingham, Massachusetts, the famous naval architect who also designed the famous Mayflower II. Construction of the pinnance was under the supervision of Master Shipwright James Richardson of Lloyds, Maryland, and his crew of six apprentice ship’s carpenters. The keel of the 64-foot vessel was laid in June, 1977, and the ship placed in the water in August, 1978, for final finishing work. Richardson and his crew have used both materials and methods such as those employed by shipbuilders of the seventeenth century in order to make the Maryland Dove as accurate a reproduction as possible. The three-masted, square-rigged, square-sterned vessel is approximately the same size and type as the original Dove, although historical records fail to give an exact description of the pinnance. As such, however, the Maryland Dove will be like hundreds of small ships that were once seen upon the Chesapeake Bay trading tobacco and English goods during the seventeenth century. Thomas R. Doyle of nearby Valley Lee, Maryland, was selected by the Commission to serve as Master of the Maryland Dove, acting as sailing and maintenance expert. Doyle has had over 35 years of experience on the sea. He will also serve as the official greeter to visitors who will come aboard the vessel at her dock near the State House. The ship will leave Cambridge, Maryland on September 29 (weather and sea conditions permitting) on her three-day maiden voyage across the Chesapeake Bay. She will dock temporarily below Piney Point, Maryland until she is officially commissioned at St. Mary’s City. Part of the ‘Master Plan’ of the St. Mary’s City Commission is the development of a major Outdoor Museum to interpret the history of Maryland. Utilizing the dramatic and rural setting of Old St. Mary’s, a series of permanent displays will be arranged over 1200 acres of countryside which will be designated as State parkland. Among the planned exhibits will be a working tobacco plantation, a trading vessel loading hogsheads of tobacco, an “ ordinary” (a country inn), a reconstruction of Maryland’s first important public building; the State House, an archaelogi-cal exhibit over the foundations of a province secretary’s frontier home, a Visitor Center commanding a sweeping view of old townslands, a natural history museum, and an extensive network of nature trails, paths, and picnic areas. All these exhibits and more will attempt to tell the story of how a European (cont. on page 4) O y s te r F e st F e a tu res Sh uck in g Con te st The upcoming St. Mary’s County Festival will provide oyster lovers with ample opportunity to sample the new oyster crop. Feast on raw, steamed and fried oysters, as many as you can handle, with appropriate side dishes such as St. Mary’s County, stuffed ham. Last year about 50,000 oysters were consumed by the 8,000 people attending. In addition to the eating, enjoy the National Oyster Shucking Championship contest featuring the fastest shucking knives in Tidewater Maryland, Virginia and beyond. The man and woman first-place winners battle it out for the national championship,, which merits an expense-paid trip to Galway, Ireland, and the opportunity to compete against champions of other nations for the international championship. In 1976 Cornelius Mackall of Prince Frederick, Maryland, won the international title in Ireland. Also included in the Festival’s entertainment will be bands, square dancing, exhibits, movies, sports events and oyster shucking demonstrations by expert watermen who will teach you how to handle the oyster shucking knife with ease. The twelfth annual festival will be held Saturday and Sunday, October 14 and 15, from 12 noon to 6 p.m. at the Leonardtown fairgrounds. There will be a $1 charge for admission and parking. The festival is sponsored by its founding organizations, the Rotary Club of St. Mary’s and Watermen’s Association, and several county ^organizations. photo courtesy of SMC Commission Maryland Dove under construction at Richardson shipyard in Lloyds, Md. S G A A c t i o n s Pub Planned, Reps Appointed
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FullText | VOL. 6, NO. 2 ST. MARY'S CITY, MARYLAND SEPTEMBER 25, 1978 Maryland Dove to Dock by Rick Pike Maryland’s first settlers arrived at St. Mary’s City in March, 1634, aboard two sailing vessels, the Ark, and the smaller Dove. Now some 350 years later, the Maryland Dove, a reproduction of the smaller vessel, will sail up the St. Mary’s River to dock permanently at Old St. Mary’s City to become the first step in the development of an outdoor museum designed to tell the tale of the founding of Maryland. The arrival of the ship will be celebrated by Marylanders on Sunday, A Student Government Association workshop held this summer brought up the following ideas for consideration: STUDENT UNION FUND Start a SGA fund to go towards the construction of a new student union. This may cut down on the fee that will be charged to students for a new union starting in 1980. It won’t help present students, but can help to justify going to other sources for additional help in funding. PUB Convert the bottom of the student union into a pub, while leaving the snack bar upstairs. The administration has given approval, as has Harry Potter and ARA. The construction o f the pub would be done by students under the supervision of a knowledgable person. Since then Miller Distribution has agreed to do the reverting of the beer taps if we include, on draft, Miller Light. Cappy Ryan was elected as chairman of the New Pub Committee and some plans for the construction have been presented and discussed. October 8, 1978, in a gala, day-long festival on the grounds of the Reconstructed State House at Old St. Mary’s City. This “Dove Day” will commence with the arrival of the Maryland Dove at noon. The ship will sail up the St. Mary’s River followed by a spectacular parade of yachts, sailboats, and other marine craft. This marine parade will follow the Maryland Dove past the banks of St. Mary’s City, around Horseshoe Bend, and to anchor at Brome’s Wharf below the State House. An official Meetings on September 5, 12 and 19 brought the following actions: PARKING PROBLEM The problem of commuter parking was discussed, especially in the Charles Hall lot. It was decided that a memo should be sent to Gene Applegate, Supervisor of Security, recommending that the Charles lot be opened only to commuter employees and faculty; no residents from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Also noted was the fact that in the 1978-79 student handbook it is stated that certain spaces are reserved for the handicapped from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. A suggestion to make this a 24 hour a reservation was also to be included in the memo. SGA REPRESENTATIVE POSITIONS Only two petitions for the eight SGA respresentative positions were received last week. The candidates, Stephanie Dierkin for freshman-at-large and Gene Perry for underclass Dorchester, were unopposed and therefore appointed to the positions by a vote of the senate. (cont. on page 6) ceremony will follow in which William A. Baker, designer of the Maryland Dove, and James Richardson, her builder, will turn the ship over to the State of Maryland. Then the Maryland Dove will be commissioned by the State, and turned over to Thomas R. Doyle, the newly appointed Shipmaster. After the ceremonies, the Maryland Dove will be open for visitors to come aboard for inspection. On the grounds of the State House various exhibits, presentations and displays will be featured, along with food and refreshments. The Maryland Dove was ordered constructed by the St. Mary’s City Commission, the official State agency for the preservation and development of Maryland’s first capital. The total cost is estimated at approximately $200,000, of which the State Legislature appropriated $75,000. The rest of the money was * raised through the Commission by way of donations, fund-raising, and other means. According to Elaine Smith, Public Education Officer of the Commission, there still remains approximately $25,000 to be paid on the ship. The Maryland Dove was designed by William A. Baker of Hingham, Massachusetts, the famous naval architect who also designed the famous Mayflower II. Construction of the pinnance was under the supervision of Master Shipwright James Richardson of Lloyds, Maryland, and his crew of six apprentice ship’s carpenters. The keel of the 64-foot vessel was laid in June, 1977, and the ship placed in the water in August, 1978, for final finishing work. Richardson and his crew have used both materials and methods such as those employed by shipbuilders of the seventeenth century in order to make the Maryland Dove as accurate a reproduction as possible. The three-masted, square-rigged, square-sterned vessel is approximately the same size and type as the original Dove, although historical records fail to give an exact description of the pinnance. As such, however, the Maryland Dove will be like hundreds of small ships that were once seen upon the Chesapeake Bay trading tobacco and English goods during the seventeenth century. Thomas R. Doyle of nearby Valley Lee, Maryland, was selected by the Commission to serve as Master of the Maryland Dove, acting as sailing and maintenance expert. Doyle has had over 35 years of experience on the sea. He will also serve as the official greeter to visitors who will come aboard the vessel at her dock near the State House. The ship will leave Cambridge, Maryland on September 29 (weather and sea conditions permitting) on her three-day maiden voyage across the Chesapeake Bay. She will dock temporarily below Piney Point, Maryland until she is officially commissioned at St. Mary’s City. Part of the ‘Master Plan’ of the St. Mary’s City Commission is the development of a major Outdoor Museum to interpret the history of Maryland. Utilizing the dramatic and rural setting of Old St. Mary’s, a series of permanent displays will be arranged over 1200 acres of countryside which will be designated as State parkland. Among the planned exhibits will be a working tobacco plantation, a trading vessel loading hogsheads of tobacco, an “ ordinary” (a country inn), a reconstruction of Maryland’s first important public building; the State House, an archaelogi-cal exhibit over the foundations of a province secretary’s frontier home, a Visitor Center commanding a sweeping view of old townslands, a natural history museum, and an extensive network of nature trails, paths, and picnic areas. All these exhibits and more will attempt to tell the story of how a European (cont. on page 4) O y s te r F e st F e a tu res Sh uck in g Con te st The upcoming St. Mary’s County Festival will provide oyster lovers with ample opportunity to sample the new oyster crop. Feast on raw, steamed and fried oysters, as many as you can handle, with appropriate side dishes such as St. Mary’s County, stuffed ham. Last year about 50,000 oysters were consumed by the 8,000 people attending. In addition to the eating, enjoy the National Oyster Shucking Championship contest featuring the fastest shucking knives in Tidewater Maryland, Virginia and beyond. The man and woman first-place winners battle it out for the national championship,, which merits an expense-paid trip to Galway, Ireland, and the opportunity to compete against champions of other nations for the international championship. In 1976 Cornelius Mackall of Prince Frederick, Maryland, won the international title in Ireland. Also included in the Festival’s entertainment will be bands, square dancing, exhibits, movies, sports events and oyster shucking demonstrations by expert watermen who will teach you how to handle the oyster shucking knife with ease. The twelfth annual festival will be held Saturday and Sunday, October 14 and 15, from 12 noon to 6 p.m. at the Leonardtown fairgrounds. There will be a $1 charge for admission and parking. The festival is sponsored by its founding organizations, the Rotary Club of St. Mary’s and Watermen’s Association, and several county ^organizations. photo courtesy of SMC Commission Maryland Dove under construction at Richardson shipyard in Lloyds, Md. S G A A c t i o n s Pub Planned, Reps Appointed |