THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, March 17, 1996 TAG: 9603150226
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 16 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY IDA KAY JORDAN, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Medium: 69 lines
An encore of last year's successful Spring Antiques Show and Sale is planned by the Portsmouth Service League Friday through Sunday at Hunt-Mapp Middle School Gymnasium.
Proceeds from the benefit will go to Eastern Virginia Medical School's Geriatric Outreach Program here. Last year's show netted about $2,500 for the Girls Club Inc.
The Service League chose to benefit the geriatric program on the basis of a proposal from Eastern Virginia Medical School, which noted that 13 percent of Portsmouth's residents are elderly and 15 percent of them are living below the federal poverty level.
Viki Lorraine, geriatric social worker for the program, said the money from the Service League will be used for projects that will be set up by committees formed during the city's recent Senior Summit.
``One of the important concerns of the seniors is health care,'' Lorraine said. ``We are looking at the need for health care in the home and for elderly day care.''
In addition, the committees are working on a screening clinic for the senior center, educational programs and ways to reach senior citizens.
The money from the antique show will be important, she said, to help get some of the projects started.
Called a ``room-setting show'' in the antiques trade, it will feature collections of more than 25 dealers from several states in walled booths finished like rooms.
Show chairwoman Elizabeth Psimas said the dealers will have a variety of items in addition to many fine pieces of furniture.
``We have the same number of dealers this year but a different mix of interests,'' she said. ``We'll have a book dealer from Mount Pleasant, S.C., and a person dealing in nautical antiques from Taylors Island. We'll have two estate linen dealers and a person with country French pieces.''
In addition, there'll be a dealer in sterling silver flatware, one in silver-plated hollowware and a person specializing in garden items, Psimas said.
``I think it will be an interesting show,'' she said.
A preview party, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, will be catered by Brutti's Cafe and Bakery. Patrons may buy in advance of the show and participate in a silent auction. The $15 cost of the ticket also includes admission to weekend activities. Reservations may be made by calling 484-0557.
The show will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 at the door. Lunches will be sold and will feature homemade desserts.
The Service League also will sell marbleized eggs during the show.
Free seminars well be held a half hour before the show opens. On Saturday the care of estate linen will be discussed by Sandy Patterson of High Cotton Ltd. in Yorktown. On Sunday, Rex McNiel and Ben Reed of Delmar, Md., will talk about Chinese export and Japanese Imarie porcelain.
A crystal-repair person also will be on site during show hours.
The Portsmouth Service League, founded in 1955, is a women's group with 41 active members up to 40 years old and 240 sustaining members, those older than 40.
It hosted the Ladies Professional Golf Association tournament for 14 years and has donated thousands of dollars to regional projects. Psimas said the league has bought a truck for the Southeastern Virginia Foodbank, playground equipment for the Ronald McDonald House and gave an entire exhibit to the Virginia Marine Science Music in Virginia Beach. League members started the Children's Museum of Virginia in the basement of the Portsmouth Public Library and helped establish the Girls Club-Center for Youth. by CNB