Before and after . . . restoration at Old Salem


Salem Tavern Native Perspectives, continued


artists, hunters, lawyers, neighbors, doctors, businessmen, and collectors of everything!” They came often and stayed late. Sometimes they cooked, sometimes they worked on guns, and sometimes they made Easter eggs. The conversations in the Waynicks’ basement were contin-


ually captivating. As the only child in the house, Ann couldn’t help but grow up loving everything about the place she lived. She recalls the wonderful holiday celebrations she and her


family shared with thousand of visitors who came at Easter for the sunrise service in God’s Acre and Easter egg hunts on the hill behind the college that were mostly for local folks. Christmas at the Single Brothers’ house with the Putz and the crowds on cold December nights followed Halloween, which was much more of a neighborhood holiday. Her house was decorated with Spanish moss and grown-ups and children alike carved pumpkins and bobbed for apples that were hung from the ceiling. Visitors were greeted by all the Waynicks in full costume, which included Dracula or witch teeth made by her dentist daddy. Even the college girls came trick or treating. There was summer camp at Central School which was


located at the south end of Church Street, and sledding right down Main Street from the Tavern to the bottom of the hill


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where MESDA is today. Ann also has fond memories of going to the Moravian Book Store “to buy little stuff, going to the Boys’ School to see the shrunken head and the dental tools, visits to the Post Office, the dairy barn and Krispy Kreme.” There were also fun jaunts to Mrs. Googe’s Antique Shop and John Smith’s Hat Shop. She also enjoyed at least eight years of painting lessons with Miss Ada Allen. In looking around her house, which is beautifully furnished


with original Salem everything, Ann said, “At this end of Main Street my dining room chairs have never been as far from the center of Old Salem as they are right now.” Having grown up at Home Church, Ann and Ed have


brought their children up there as well. They especially enjoy attending the lovefeasts as a fourth-generation Old Salem resi- dent family. When asked if she thought her children would eventually come back here to live, she said, “I hope so, but it is hard to tell.” One thing is certain, Ann and Ed Hill’s children would have


to look long and hard to find anyone with the heritage they share with Old Salem, thanks in large measure to their parents, grandparents, and great grandparents. m


Betsy Allen is the Editorial Associate at Old Salem Museums & Gardens.


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