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THROUGH OCTOBER 31. THE ANNIVERSARY COMMISSION HAS APPROPRIATED ~2~000 TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO EMPLOY INFORMATION CLERKS AND MAINTAIN THE BUILDING ON OUR BEHALF THROUGH THIS TIME, ~N ADDITIONs SIX MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE PROVIDED THE SERVICES OF EIGHT SECRETARIES FOR 5 HOURS A DAY~ 10 DAYS EACH~ BETWEEN AUGUST 20 AND OCTOBER 31 TO MAN THE CENTER. THIS TOTALS 400 HOURS AND REPRESENTS AN ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL CONTRIBU- TION ON THE PART-OF THESE SIX DIRECTORS OF ~800 OR MORE, THE COMMISSION WISHES TO ACKNOWLEDGE PUBLICLY THE INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE IT RECEIVED FROM THE ENTIRE CITY ADMINISTRATION -- THE PRESENT HAYOR AND FORMER HAYOR~-THE CITY COUNClL~ THE CITY HANAGERz AND THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS -- IN BUILDING AND OPERATING THE TOURIST CENTER, THE CENTER COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BUlLT~ NOR COULD ITS OPERATION HAVE ACHIEVED SO GREAT A SUCCES$~ WITHOUT YOUR SPLENDID AID, WE WISH ALSO TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF HILTON L, GRIGG~ ARCHITECT; WALLACE W. TAYLOR~ ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT; EDWARD VAN LAERs GENERAL CONTRACTOR~ THE VARIOUS SUBCONTRACTORS~ AND HURNET COMPANYs LANDSCAPER. THEY UNDERTOOK THE JOB AS CIVIC ENDEAVOR RATHER THAN A NORMAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT~ AND FOR THAT REASON THE CENTER COST A GREAT DEAL LESS THAN THE TRUE VALUE OF THE BUILDING, ITS VALUE IS IN EXCESS OF ~]5~000~ PLUS FURNISHINGS AND EQUIPHENT, WE WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALSO THE C!VlC CLUBS WHOSE MEMBERS HELPED MAN THE CENTER= THE UNIVERSITY LEAGUE~ THE COUNCIL OF GARDEN CLUBS OF CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ALBEMARLE COUNTY~ THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL SECRETARIES ASSOC:IATION~ THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS~ AND THE REBEKKAHS. ANTIQUE CAR HEET THE OLD DOMINION ANTIQUE CAR HEET WAS HELD HAY 19 AT HClNTIRE PARKs CO-SPONSORED BY THE CHARLOTTESVILLE'~00TH ANNIVERSARY COMMISSION AND THE ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA, THIS MEET BROUGHT~ ~60 ANTIQUE CARS AND MORE THAN 300 CAR OWNERS TO CHARLOTTESVILLE FOR A TWO-DAY VISIT, HARKERS ON HISTORIC BUILDINGS HARKERS WERE PLACED ON HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN THE OLD PART OF CHARLOTTESVILLE ON HAY ~9 BY THE ALBEMARLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN COOPERATION WITH THE CHARLOTTESVILLE ~00TH ANNIVERSARY COMMISSION. STREETS IN OLD CHARLOTTESVILLE DESIGNATED BY THEIR ORIGINAL NAMES SPECIAL MARKERS WERE ATTACHED TO STREET SIGNS IN THE ORIGINAL PART OF CHARLOTTESVILLE SHOWING THE ORIGINAL NAMES OF THE STREETS. THESE WERE ERECTED BY THE ALBEMARLE HISTORtCAL SOCIETY IN COOPERATION WITH THE CHARLOTTESVILLE 200TH ANNIVERSARY'. CO~[SSiONo OUTDOOR HAP OF EARLY CHARLOTTESVILLE A PICTORIAL PERSPECTIVE MAP OF THE TOWN oF CHARLOTTESVILL£z CIRCA 1~28~ WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY AND COUNTY ON HAY ~ BY THE ALBEMARLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE CIVIC LEAGUE OF CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ALBEMARLE~ IN COOPERATION WITH THE CHARLOTTESVILLE 200TH ANNIVERSARY COMMISSION, CELEBRATION WEEK THE EVENTS OF CELEBRATION ~EEK IN ~ULY ARE SO RECENT THAT THEY HARDLY NEED REVIEW HERE, SUFFICE TO SAY THAT IT BROUGHT THE PARTICIPATION OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE CiTY AND COUNTY AND MANY HUNDREDS FROM OTHER