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page 12 s APRIL 2009 Wayne Theatre and YMCA to Host Mad Hatter’s Easter Parade April 11 Children of all ages are invited to attend the Mad Hatter’s Easter Parade, hosted by the Wayne Theatre Alliance and the Waynesboro YMCA in Waynesboro’s Constitution Park at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 11. From 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. children will have an opportunity make their own decorative hats for Easter, have their faces painted by local artists and have their pictures taken with the White Rabbit. Dixie Pony Rides will also provide pony rides. At 11:30, Steve the Magic Guy will perform his magic show including comedy, magic, trained birds and balloons. At 12:30 the Hamner Theater will present The Porker Brothers 3, a “green” version of the Three Little Pigs. At 1:15 the Mad Hatter will line up children and their hats to circle the grounds. Special certificates will be given to those with the most creative, most unusual, most colorful, most original and most expressive hats made at the event. Special certificates will also be given to marchers in the parade wearing hats they fashioned at home. At 1:30 the White Rabbit will end the day with a hunt for his “special” eggs filled with treats. Children will be divided into age-appropriate groups for the hunt. There is a small admissions fee for the Mad Hatter’s Easter Parade. Pony rides, food and beverages are available for an additional charge. For more information about the event contact Courtney Ledbetter at 540-943-9999 or email at assistant@waynetheatre.org. Crozet gazette Western Albemarle Association Advances Rural Historic District By Kathy Johnson Members of the Western Albemarle Association are moving forward with plans to submit an application to the federal government for the formal establishment of the proposed Greenwood Rural Historic District. Jennifer Hallock, of Arcadia Preservation, LLC, told the WAA board at a meeting in March that she has “almost completed the survey.” Hallock reported that files are organized and she is currently working on the property descriptions. “Once the descriptions are done, we’ll be ready. We hope to finish by December and file by the beginning of 2010,” Hallock said. Asked if they had received much opposition to the plan, both Hallock and Doug Gilpin, the attorney for the group, said, “Not much. Hopefully this [survey work] has helped to create great public awareness.” The organization announced their plans to apply for the proposed Greenwood Rural Historic District at a public meeting last September. At that time, the group requested public support in completing the survey; each piece of property within the 10,000-to-14,000 acre proposed area must be photographed and documented. The onsite field surveys were started last October and that work is nearing completion. Designation of the proposed area that includes parts of Nelson and Albemarle counties was described last fall by the organization’s treasurer, Charles Cory, as being “an honorific designation. No one has to ‘do’ anything and it won’t keep anyone from doing something they want to do. What the designation would provide is possible tax credits from both the state (25 percent) and the federal (20 percent) governments in remodeling projects that might return a structure to its original form.” The designation might also encourage land conservation easements. Frances S. Scruby, a member of the organization, said, “We continue to raise funds to pay for this. We are tax exempt. All the funds are being raised by committee. No ‘Hollywood’ stars,” she laughed. “All local. No stimulus funds. No government money.” Those interested in supporting the plans for the historic district can send donations to the Western Albemarle Association, P.O. Box 95, Greenwood, VA 22943. Same day appointments currently available
Crozet gazette APRIL 2009 s page 13 IGA—continued from page 1 The Square when Red Front Grocery was there. Agnew Morris with a salesman for American Tobacco Co. in 1987 in 1977, the store has been owned by many of the store’s employees who serve as its stockholders. No wonder they care so much about customer service and the quality of their product! Who among us doesn’t love that rare sense of community and personal service every time we shop at the store? Who doesn’t appreciate having their bags carried to the car, or being trusted while they run home for the checkbook? This is a store where customers and staff know each other, where product requests are honored, and where you can count on finding fresh local fruit, bread, honey, and more. The CGV and local businesses like it are part of what gives the town of Crozet its character and makes it such a special place to live. The store got its start in 1929 as an A&P. At that time it was located in The Square, sharing with the Crozet Drug Store the corner building that until recently housed Uncle Charlie’s. When the A&P closed in 1946, Jack Wagner—who had moved from Waynesboro to work at the A&P—partnered with Albert Sandridge and Dabney Via to open the Red Front Grocery in Mad Hatter’s Easter Parade Saturday, April 11th Constitution Park, Waynesboro Steve The Magic Guy * Easter Egg Hunt * Face Painters * Free Balloons * Dixie Pony Rides * Crafts * “Porker Bros. 3” play * Hat Parade Sponsored by The Wayne Theatre Alliance and The Waynesboro YMCA Call (540) 943-9999 for more information. $ 4 admission per person. Food and drink available. 11 am to 2 pm Jack Wagner at the register of Red Front. the same location, while Jack’s wife Nannie ran the Five & Dime next door. The Red Front continued to serve the growing Crozet population until 1967, when it gave up its lease to the expanding Crozet Drug Store. But in the meantime, the partnership decided in 1965 to open an IGA (Independent Grocers’ Alliance) franchise around the corner in the new strip mall. The store was originally about half its present size, located at the far end of the strip and stopping at the yellow posts that now occupy the cereal aisle. Continuing to grow and thrive, the Crozet IGA became incorporated in 1977, with V.L. James, current manager of the meat department, Agnew Morris, and Jack’s son Lyle becoming major stockholders. In 1979 they expanded the store to its present size, and about ten years ago, the IGA franchise was dropped and Richfood created the Great Valu franchise. The emphasis on hard work and service is partly the result of current proprietor and manager of the CGV, Jean Wagner, who became the principal stockholder after her husband Lyle passed away in 2005. Jean’s life has been intimately connected with the Crozet Great Valu from the start. Working from home, Jean started her business career by keeping the books for her father-in-law, Jack Wagner—and she has never looked back. She passed the accounting function to Agnew Morris and Dabney Via, and when her youngest child started school, she began to work at the store two days a week, doing everything from cash register to managing inventory. She still remembers hearing Jack, Charlie Smith, and Jack Apperson talk politics and entertain the customers by telling jokes and stories. As her children grew, they too became involved in the business, with Greg handling the computers and David managing daily business. Jack and Nannie Wagner both died in 1988, and management passed to Lyle. continued on page 33
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