Janice Holt Giles
Official Site of the
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Henry Giles Society
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| Janice Holt Giles |
Official Site of the & |
Henry Giles Society |
| About Giles | About This Site | Address | Board | Book List | Book Reviews | Contact | Events/News | Hours | Items for Sale | Links | Location | Marker | Photo Gallery | Purpose |
Kentuckians Reading Kentucky September 17, 2011 
Arts and Craft Festival October 1, 2011 9:00 am - 4:00 pm CT
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Annual Membership Annual membership dues are $30. To become a member or send a gift write to: The Giles Society P.O. Box 932 Columbia, KY 42728 Restoration of the Giles House and grounds depends on the support of Giles Society friends around the country. Please consider membership and/or a gift to help us preserve the work and legacy of Janice Holt Giles and Henry Giles. |
2011 Schedule of Events
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The items below are for sale at Giles House, along with many of the Giles books.
To order, contact The Giles Society, PO Box 932, Columbia, KY 42728
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Paperweight depicting
Giles House. Sells for $12, plus $2.00 postage
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2007 Christmas Ornament, limited edition. Sells for $10; plus $2.00 postage | 2008 Christmas Ornament, limited edition. Sells for $12, with stand-$15; plus $2.00 postage | Decorative plate with
The Giles Society imprint. Sells for $15, plus $3.00 postage
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T-Shirts with Giles Society logo. Colors: Maroon and Gray. $18 each, except for XXL, which is $22. Postage for either: $3.00 |  |
Paintings of Giles House
Request price information
 Photographs- framed /unframed$5.00 plus $3.00 postage. |
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Columbia, KY 42728
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Giles Society Board Members Clara
Metzmeier, President, Campbellsville, KY
Gayla
Baker, Knifley, KY
Mike Crain, Lexington, KY Steve Flinchum, Elkhorn, KY Dickie McKinney, Bowling Green, KY Lynwood Montell, Bowling Green, KY Jan Sparkman, London, KY Sally Ann Strickler, Bowling Green, KY
Advisory Board Susan
Lewis, Lexington, KY
Linda
Waggener, Columbia, KY
In Memoriam: Barbara Peterson, 2002 Judy Morris, 2003 Evelyn McCloud, 2004 Sharon
Greer, 2009
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Books by Janice Holt Giles Fiction: Miss Willie, 1951 Tara’s Healing, 1951 The Kentuckians, 1953 The Plum Thicket, 1954 Hill Man (writing as John Garth), 1954, (re-issued under Giles's name, Spring 2000) Hannah Fowler, 1956 The Believers, 1957 Land Beyond the Mountains, 1958 Johnny Osage, 1960 Savanna, 1961 Voyage to Santa Fe, 1962 Run Me a River, 1964 The Great Adventure, 1966 Shady Grove, 1967 Six-Horse Hitch, 1968 Act of Contrition (written in the 1950s, but unpublished until 2001) Collection of Fiction and Nonfiction: 40 Acres and No Mule, 1952 The Damned Engineers, 1970 The Kinta Years, 1973 Fiction: Harbin’s Ridge, 1951 Nonfiction: A Little Better Than Plumb, 1963 The GI Journal of Sergeant Giles, 1965 Around Our House, 1971
663 South Limestone Street Lexington, KY 40508-4008 |
Publication Depot 2803 52nd Ave. Hyattsville, MD 20781-1102 Ask for:
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| From Campbellsville: Take Hwy. 70 S. to the intersection of Hwy. 76, turn right; continue through Knifley on 76 until you reach Spout Springs Road (see Giles historical marker), turn left, go .01 mile. |
| From Columbia: Take
Hwy. 55 N. to Hwy. 551 (also known as Knifley Road), turn right;
continue 6.7 miles until intersection with Hwy. 76 (also known as
Elkhorn Road), turn right, continue 4.1 miles to Spout Springs Road (see Giles historical marker), turn left, go .01 mile. |
| From Russell Springs: Take Hwy. 127 N. about 3 1/2 miles to Hwy. 76, turn left; go 5.9 miles to Hwy. 206, turn right; follow 206 (76 is running with 206 at this point) 2.8 miles to where 206 crosses Hwy. 76 again, turn left on 76; continue 1.6 miles to Spout Springs Road (see Giles historical marker), turn right, go .01 mile. |
Giles House is open to the public June-September on Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. (CT)
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PURPOSE
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Photo Gallery
Photos will change from time to time.
Giles House
Giles House is in the process of being rehabilitated.
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| This photo was taken in April, 2006 before work began on restoring the logs, which had seriously deteriorated over the years, and before a new pier was built on the pond. |
All the old chinking was removed. (This is the view from outside.) |
(This is the view from inside.) |
Wire and insulation filled the spaces between the logs before new chinking was put in. It is a difficult and expensive undertaking. Funding is greatly needed for this work. |
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| This photo was taken after the logs had been cleaned and the new deck built. | The utility room at the end of the house has a new door. |
A close up view of the restored logs on the chimney end of the house. |
The pond without the water lilies takes a bit of getting used to. |
You can read Janice and Henry's story of their log home and how it had to be moved when the Green River Dam was built in two of the books they co-wrote, Around Our House and A Little Better Than Plumb.
Janice and Henry
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| Janice and Henry in the living room at Giles House in the 1960s. Both were avid readers, as you can tell. | This photo of Janice is from the jacket of Voyage to Santa Fe |
This is the house where Janice was born in Altus, Arkansas. It was the home of her grandparents. |
Janice's desk and work area. |
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| "We mean to leave it an epitaph." Janice and Henry wrote about their beloved log home. | This building, called Becky House, was a ham radio station in Henry's day. It has been renovated and is now used as a caretaker's house. It recently got landscaping and a new walk. | This pencil sketch of Giles House was done by an Adair County High School student, Damion Popplewell. It is available for sale by mail or at the gift shop. | This is a photo of the fireplace in Giles House when Janice and Henry lived there. By the time The Giles Society bought the property, the fireplace had fallen into disrepair. It has since been restored. |
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| Master quilter Denise Stewart designed and quilted this interpretation of Giles House. The quilt was raffled off at an Arts and Crafts Fair. | Henry was born and grew up in Adair County, Kentucky. This rose was handed down through every generation of his family and still blooms at Giles House. |
Arts and Crafts Festival
This Event Features Artwork, Crafts, Basketmaking, Woodworking, Chairmaking,
Ceramics, Music, and Lots of Good Food
It is held annually the first Saturday in October
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Other Events
Other programs presented on the lawn at Giles House during the summer include
Kentucky Humanities Bureau speakers, Pottery workshops, and Kentuckians Reading Kentuckians,
an all-day reading event to honor the Giles' and all Kentucky writers.
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Crowds gather on the lawn at Giles House
to listen to speakers
Kentuckians Reading Kentuckians brings writers from around the area who read from their own work or the work of another Kentucky writer.
Above, left to right: Amy Purcell, winner of the first Janice Holt Giles Fiction Contest, reads her winning story;
Erik Giles, nephew of Henry Giles, shares a laugh with the audience before reading from his new book; and
Yolantha Harrison-Pace, talks about her books before reading.
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Henrietta
Scott gives pottery workshops for children at Giles House in the
summertime.
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| Members of the Giles Board, 2007 are: Kneeling, front row, left to right: Steve Flinchum, Dicky McKinney, and Susan Lewis; Standing, second row, left to right: Mike Crain, Jan Sparkman, Clara Metzmeier, Gayla Baker, Sally Ann Strickler, Beverly England, Linda Waggener; third row, Lynwood Montell. Board member Sharon Greer was absent. | Long time Board member Charlie Sparks receives a plaque of appreciation on the occasion of his retirement. It was presented by President Clara Metzmeier at the December, 2006 meeting. | Lifetime member Margaret Dunn is presented with a plaque from President Metzmeier at the September, 2006, meeting. |
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