ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, December 13, 1995 TAG: 9512130026
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-12 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
Common Cause meetings
BLACKSBURG - Common Cause, a 25-year-old national citizens' group that works for improved political processes, will have two public meetings Thursday, Dec. 14.
Julie Lapham, executive director of the Virginia Common Cause, will speak at both events.
The first program, "Why Government is a Mess," will be at the News and Views discussion group meeting at the Blacksburg Community Center. Coffee and conversation will start at 9:30 a.m. Lapham will speak from 10 to 11 a.m. For information about this program, call Joy Herbert at 961-1134.
The second program, "Grassroots Political Energies that Work," will be at Maxwell's restaurant at noon. The discussion is hosted Montgomery County Mainstream Citizens. For information, call Monica Appleby at 951-5289.
Buggies sought
ROANOKE - Carriages, sleighs, buggies and other horse-drawn vehicles are being sought by the Virginia Museum of Transportation for its upcoming exhibition "Harness, Hoofbeats and Silver Bells."
The exhibition is a study of the great american carriage era as a product of and a contributor to the height of America's industrialization and the coming of the Gilded Age. The exhibit will be on display from Jan. 6 to March 1.
The museum is seeking to borrow any restored horse-drawn vehicle from the 1850s to the 1930s, along with any publications, artifacts or equipment relating to American carriage manufacture, craftsmanship or travel. Farm equipment will not included in the exhibit.
The museum has particular interest. in obtaining information on the following local carriage companies which were located in the Roanoke area in the late 1800s at the following locations:
R.D. Cardwell, Luck Avenue and Roanoke Street; Noell Wertz & Co., Robertson Avenue west of Jefferson Street; William H. Startzman, Commerce Street north of Church Avenue; E.W. Sykes, Salem Avenue west of Roanoke Street; John W. Witt, Robertson Avenue west of Jefferson Street; and Karman Huff, Salem Avenue west of Henry Street.
For more information on the exhibit, call Elizabeth Bishop Hurd at 342-5670.
JMU commencement
HARRISONBURG - James Madison University will have commencement on Friday, Dec. 15, at 3 p.m., at the JMU Convocation Center. Ronald E. Carrier, president, will speak to more than 650 graduates and their guests. Carrier will confer degrees to 86 graduate students and 568 undergraduate students during the ceremony.
Showcasing RU
RADFORD - Radford University will hold a Radford Night for prospective students on Thursday, Jan. 4, at 7:30 p.m., in Heth Student Center.
"Prospective students will get one of the best looks at RU that we can pull together in one night. We roll out the red carpet to showcase the University," says assistant vice president of student services David Hill.
Call the Admissions Office at 831-5371 or 800-890-4265.
Red Cross CPR class
CHRISTIANSBURG - The Montgomery County Chapter of the American Red Cross will offer a Community CPR course on Saturday, Jan. 13, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 175 W. Main St., Christiansburg. Registration deadline is Friday, Jan. 12. Tuition is $30.
Call Rebecca Dobbins, 382-2361.
Roanoke 1st Night
ROANOKE - On Sunday, Dec. 31, the annual First Night Roanoke will be held downtown. from 6 p.m. to midnight. The event will offer 51 activities at 15 sites at the Virginia Museum of Transportation and on Church Avenue.
Admission buttons can be purchased at a discount in advance at $7 for adults and $3 for children ages 2 to 12. Buttons purchased the night of the event will be $9 for adults and $5 for children ages 2 to 12.
The celebration is sponsored by Roanoke Festival in the Park.
Call First Night Roanoke at 342-2640.
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