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WASHINGTON'S ANCESTRAL HOME
Every year, thousands visit Mount Vernon, home of
George Washington, to honor the first president and im­
agine how he lived. Only recently has the ancestral home
of the Washington family in England, dating back to 1183,
been restored and opened to the public.
Washington Hall is located near Sunderland in Dur­
ham County, England. Here a certain William de Hartburn
settled in the year 1183, taking for his family the name
of the locale, variously referred to in documents as Was-
syngtona (in 1183), Waissenton (1190), Wessinton (1196)
and Wassinton (1211). When the family name finally
changed is not known, but the simplified spelling of
Washington gradually evolved.
The family flourished at Washington Hall for several
centuries, while a branch went south to settle at Sulgrave
Manor in Northomptonshire, from which George's imme­
diate ancestors came.
The original Washington Hall has passed through
various hands in the course of time, undergoing architec­
tural revisions and extensions. The restoration bringing it
to its present excellent state began in 1951.
Entry to Washington Hall is shown as it looks today.
Extensively re-built bonne of the ancestor! of George Wushington, in the
village of Washington, Durham County, England, it now a community
center and museum.
Bust of George Washington sur­
veys England's Washington Hall.
large open fireplace with cooking equipment looked like this when
Washington'! ancestor! prepared their meal!.
Take one 350 pound cake of ice, one ice pick, mix well and you can turn out an Imposing
piece of ice-sculpture like this. Charles Paris, ice sculptor, did this one in 20 minutes. Weight
of finished product: 200 pounds.
All that is left of the original structure of Washington Hall are wall of
kitchen (visible beyond doorway at left) and archway into main hall.
ADVERTISING WEEK plant for the annual Awards Banquet—climax to sut aide Mth es sa­
luting advertisings importance in our economy—are outlined to Governor Mark Hatfield b, dele
gate, from the Oregon Advertising club Ron Blodgett Heft), Ad Week direct »r. and D. Donald
Ionic. Jr. (right), president of the club, e-plamed that weeklong observa- «
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