Williamsburg

* Christmas in 18th- and 19th-century America is the focus of an exhibit at Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Del., through Jan. 2. Among the displays are a big family celebration in Mississippi in the 1800s and a charity dinner given for New York newsboys in the 1870s. Hours for the exhibit tour are 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday to Saturday, and noon to 3:45 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 to $13; reservations are required. For more information, call 800-448-3883.* Rocking horses, board games, dolls, dollhouses and other toys, most as popular with children 100 years ago as they are now, will be on display in their antique versions at Colonial Williamsburg's Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center through Feb. 13. The museum is on South England Street and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is by Williamsburg pass ($27-$35)

Jonas A. Barish,76, an authority on Shakespeare and poet Ben Jonson, died of pneumonia April 1 in Oakland, Calif.Colin "Cozy" Powell,50, a veteran rock drummer who played with heavy metal bands such as Black Sabbath, Rainbow and White-snake, died Sunday night when his car crashed into guardrails on a highway in southwest England.Retired Army Gen. Herbert Butler Powell,94, an adviser to President John F. Kennedy during a 43-year military career and later ambassador to New Zealand under two presidents, died April 3 in Williamsburg, Va.Pub Date: 4/09/98

An obituary published Feb. 21 in The Sun for John Bruce Hale incorrectly stated the day of services. A memorial service will be held at 10: 30 a.m. today at Second Presbyterian Church, 4200 St. Paul St. in Guilford.The Sun regrets the error.John Bruce Hale, 65, insurance executiveJohn Bruce Hale, vice president and counsel for Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co., died Tuesday of cancer at his home in the Ruxton Towers Apartments in Towson. He was 65 and was a former Ruxton resident.Mr. Hale was born and raised in Charles Village and was a graduate of the Watkinson School in Hartford, Conn.

REPRESENTATIVES of 19 nations met in Canada a few weeks ago to discuss the threat to their cultures posed by free trade with the United States. Their common fear is that Hollywood will overwhelm local cultures and that every country will, eventually, look the same -- that every country will resemble a creation of Mickey Mouse.Brazil, Mexico, Britain and the others have reason for concern. The Mouse is everywhere. So, I wonder, who's meeting to protect us -- our culture and history -- from Hollywood?

So steeped is Williamsburg in American Colonial history that you forget it has had other pasts as well.My friends and I were reminded of this on a recent visit by a rifle-carrying Confederate soldier we came across on an evening walk. He was in a state of near hysteria as he accosted us, frantic to know whether we had seen his buddy who had gone missing. Both, he said, had fought side by side earlier in the day as part of a 20,000-man Southern force trying to hold back an onslaught of 25,000 Yankees determined to march through Williamsburg on the one road connecting Fort Monroe at the tip of the Virginia Peninsula with Richmond.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- Ron Cooke closed with a 1-under-par 69 over the Cascades Golf Club course and won the 73rd Middle Atlantic PGA Championship with a 54-hole total of 205 yesterday.With the original 156-man field cut to 75 for the final round, Cooke, head professional at the Kiskiack Golf Club in Williamsburg, was the only one to finish with three rounds in the 60s.Mark Fry, of The Homestead, rode the day's low round, a 67, to a second-place finish, 72-69-67208.Wayne DeFrancesco, of Woodholme CC, was the top Baltimore-area finisher, 71-211.

Melane Wagner Gede, 66, retired teacherMelane Wagner Gede, a retired Baltimore County elementary school teacher and longtime resident of Reisterstown, died of cancer Saturday at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Towson. She was 66.Born in Rising Sun, Mrs. Gede grew up in Port Deposit and Pikesville and graduated from Franklin High School in 1949. In 1953, she graduated from Towson State Teacher's College and married James A. Gede.As a young woman, Mrs. Gede studied piano at Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore.

"Architecture is often left to gentlemen who have a knowledge of design but no practical experience or to carpenters-builders who know their craft but nothing of architecture."BERLIN -- O. R. White can easily refute that statement of Benjamin Latrobe, an architect of note who once practiced in Baltimore. White's own home on Trappe Creek Drive is a unique combination of his architectural scholarship and his finely honed construction skills.With his wife, Annette, they have built a handsome two-story Williamsburg Colonial home and garden 100 feet from Trappe Creek, a tidal stream that empties into Chincoteague Bay a few miles away.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- William Lanier of Farmington Country Club in Charlottesville, Va., shot 1-over-par 73, but hung on for a one-stroke victory in the annual Assistants championship of the Middle Atlantic Golf Association at Ford's Colony. Lanier finished 67-73140, 3-under par for the two tournament courses.Wayne DeFrancesco, teaching professional at Woodholme CC in Pikesville, had a 15-foot birdie putt to tie for the lead, missed it, and settled for part of a three-way tie for second with 67-74141.

Williamsburg's delft on the Eastern ShoreIf you missed Williamsburg's popular exhibit "British Delft From Colonial Williamsburg," you could catch it on its two-year nationwide tour in Palm Beach or Oklahoma City or Memphis. Or you could travel to the Eastern Shore, where it will be on view Friday through May 4 at the Historical Society of Talbot County, 25 S. Washington St. in Easton.More than 200 pieces of this Chinese-influenced, blue-and-white pottery will be on display. Williamsburg's collection ranks among the best in the world and includes items from the 16th century through the early 19th century.

Williamsburg Holiday Decorations Package What's the deal?: Take a step back in time to a simpler Christmas at historic Colonial Williamsburg, Va. Candles, decorations, costumed performers and musicians set the tone for a spirited, down-home 18th-century holiday. The Holiday Decorations Package includes accommodations, lunch at a tavern, passes to the historic area, a walking tour of holiday decorations and the book Christmas Decorations from Williamsburg. What's the savings?: Rates start at $81 per person, per night at the value hotel The Governors Inn. The Hotel Guest passes, which include general admission, also give 50 percent savings on evening programs.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- Ben Carnevale, Navy's winningest basketball coach who later headed the U.S. Olympic Basketball Committee, has died. He was 92. The Naval Academy released a statement yesterday from Carnevale's family, announcing the death Tuesday. No cause of death was released. He had been living in Williamsburg. Carnevale, born in Raritan, N.J., played for New York University and was a member of the 1935 national championship team. He played in the first National Invitation Tournament in Madison Square Garden in 1938.

Thomas Randall Silcox, a World War II veteran and retired Baltimore architect, died of Alzheimer's disease March 3 at the Virginia Veterans Care Center in Roanoke. He was 89. Mr. Silcox was born in Roanoke, the eldest of six children, and raised in Vinton, Va. He graduated from William Byrd High School in Vinton and was drafted into the Army in 1941. He attended officer's training and during that time met Virginia Ann Divers, whom he married in 1943. He saw 10 months of combat in the Normandy region of France and the Huertgen Forest along the border of Belgium and Germany and at the Battle of the Bulge.

Musicians Dean Shostak, Kelly Kennedy and Stephen Christoff explore American music in "American Musicworks" through Nov. 20 at Colonial Williamsburg's DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum. The concert series offers different types of music, including fiddle tunes, clogging and homemade folk music from a bottle band. Those who arrive early can attend an "instrument petting zoo" that allows kids to play instruments. The performances take place in the Hennage Auditorium on Nov. 6, 11, 13 and 20. All shows begin at 5 p.m. at the museum, 325 W. Francis St., Williamsburg, Va. A separate ticket is needed for the programs.

JAMESTOWN, VA. My daughter, Isabelle, loves great stories -- especially the ones that are full of gloom. Her favorite movie scene is from Cinderella, when the main character's stepsisters rip apart her lovely pink dress just before the ball, followed closely by one from The Little Mermaid, when Ariel despairs after her father destroys all the knick-knacks the young mermaid collected from the forbidden human world. Of course, a Disney vacation might seem perfect for such a 4-year-old, but I was convinced it would be too pleasant for her dramatic tastes.

Strange but true: It took Annapolis until 1936 to commission a map of the city in Colonial times. In January of that year, as the Great Depression was beginning to lift, a group of history buffs decided to take a closer look at the past. And so the Corporation for the Restoration of Colonial Annapolis announced its first commission. It was the preparation of an accurate map of pre-Revolutionary Annapolis, showing all the 18th-century landmarks. But the future was not neglected. The officers made a policy decision that Annapolis should not be frozen in time, like Virginia's Colonial Williamsburg.

Seniors, disabled invited to forum The Annapolis Commission on Aging will sponsor a forum at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 28 at the Wiley H. Bates Heritage Park, 119 S. Villa Ave., Annapolis. All disabled and senior county residents, 18 and older, are encouraged to attend to meet representatives from private groups and government agencies. Information: 410-295-5519. Trips to Virginia, Baltimore planned The Annapolis Senior Center has announced two trips: Oct. 19, Toby's Dinner Theatre in Baltimore to see Ragtime.

Trips to Virginia, Baltimore planned The Annapolis Senior Center has announced two trips: Oct. 19, Toby's Dinner Theatre in Baltimore to see Ragtime. Nov. 28-30, Colonial Williamsburg, Norfolk, Va., and Williamsburg Pottery. To register and learn more about the trips, visit the center at 1027 Bay Ridge Ave., Annapolis, or call 410-222-1818. Center schedules Pennsylvania trip The O'Malley Senior Center has scheduled a trip Nov. 7 to QVC Studios and King of Prussia Mall in Pennsylvania.

Trips to Virginia, Baltimore planned The Annapolis Senior Center has announced two trips: Oct. 19, Toby's Dinner Theatre in Baltimore to see Ragtime. Nov. 28-30, Colonial Williamsburg, Norfolk, Va., and Williamsburg Pottery. To register and learn more about the trips, visit the center at 1027 Bay Ridge Ave., Annapolis, or call 410-222-1818. Center schedules Pennsylvania trip The O'Malley Senior Center has scheduled a trip Nov. 7 to QVC Studios and King of Prussia Mall in Pennsylvania.

Trips to Vermont, Monticello planned The Annapolis Senior Center has announced several trips: Aug. 14-18, trip to Vermont with lunch at Trappe Family Lodge, a cruise on Lake Champlain and a tour of Shelburne. Participants will be staying at Cortina Lodge. Sept. 17-21, trip to the Biltmore Estate and Monticello. Oct. 19, trip to Toby's Dinner Theatre in Baltimore to see Ragtime. Nov. 28-30, visit to Colonial Williamsburg, Norfolk, Va., and Williamsburg Pottery. To register and learn more about the trips, visit the center at 1027 Bay Ridge Ave., Annapolis, or call 410-222-1818.