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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-11-28, Page 16Local weaver attends ...14*4.01•415' Times- Advocate, NPvernber-18, 1914 "lgf3=1,0t Odds n' ends By ELAINE TOWNSHgND coceatl* See added two shows show her work at craft shows in. Toronto and London recently. Mrs. Merrier has many talents but at present, most of her spare time is taken up with weaving. Her work shows excellent design, techniques and a feeling for the natural fibres she works with. Her designs are unique and unusual and combine several different styles of weaving as well as many different materials. Ruth Ann learned many of her skills when she studied Fine Arts at the University of Toronto but, she says her interest in arts and crafts goes back a long way. "Teaching kids, you always have to keep up to date on the new techniques in every medium" and she laments that she often doesn't have time to do many of the things she would like to herself. "You can't be an expert in everything", she said "but you have to be reasonably knowledgeable in many different things in order to keep the in- terest of the students." Her prime interest at the moment is weaving, although she also has a pottery kiln and wheel and hopes to be able t o set up a studio in Dashwood soon. Last weekend Ruth Ann at- tended a show in Toronto at the Japanese Cultur-al Centre, a yearly event in that city. This weekend she will be showing her wall hangings, shawls, ponchos and pillows at the Art Mart held at the London Public Library on Queen's Street. There is a difference in the two shows, she said. The Art Mart is a juried show where judges choose the artists for the show and the Toronto show was an invitational event where artists from around Ontario were invited, on their reputation as craftsmen. 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What welearnedlingered in our memories, though. For most of us, the Sunday School laid the foundation of our religious beliefs. By GORDON MORLEY Mrs. Murray Thompson spent a few days last week with her mother Mrs. Tweddle, of West McGillivray. Mrs. Mary Amos returned home last Thursday from St. Joseph's Hospital. Terry Hodgins played hockey at St. Thomas Saturday evening. Bill Prest, Lindsay was home over the weekend with his parents, Mr. & Mrs. George Prest and Cindy. • Murray Thompson is a patient in Victoria Hospital, London. Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Shephard, Lieury, and Max Shephard, Lindsay visited over the weekend with Mr. & Mrs. Mel Harris and family of Nobleton. Kathleen Morley spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Roy Mawson, Parkhill. Jane Corbet of the University of Guelph visited over the weekend with her parents Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Corbett. Just Check These Meat Specials . . 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The pews in the church felt hard; the hymns contained many words I couldn't read; the minister's prayers seemed long and no matter how hard I con- centrated I often misunderstood his message. Inevitably my mind wandered as I listened to the hum of the organ. My imagination trans- formed the sunbeams, sparkling on the stained glass window panes into fluttering birds and butterflies. I restlessly tapped my shoes on the floor until my mother hushed me. Soon I leaned over to her and whispered, "How much longer?" We finally sang the children's hymn, with which I was usually familiar, Then my friends and I tramped into the basement that served as our Sunday School. Our Sunday School consisted of one large room with several rows of chairs in the centre, tables and benches along the sides, a salable. The hangings are of all sizes and are mounted on pieces of driftwood she has collected from the nearby beaches. She prefers natural fibres and does not use any synthetics."They just don't have the same feel or texture". Spinning some of the yarns herself on a spinning wheel from New Zealand and also on a wheel formerly owned by her grand- father in Germany, Mrs. Merner produces threads of varying thicknesses and styles. Much of her materials are purchased from specialty shops in Toronto and include such things as goat hair, jute and sisal, horse hair, carded and raw wools of many different textures. A combination of these yarns, hand beaten on a floor loom in her kitchell are made into attractive and Unusual hangings. One of her most salable items for the shows are throw pillows with beautifully woven covers. The designs and patterns are endless and the couch in her living room, before a show, is almost hidden by the pillows. She has also designed and made several ponchos and - please turn to 6A platform at the front and a piano in a corner. At the back of the room, sprawled a tempermental old wood furnace. We students were divided into age groups - kindergarten, primary, junior, intermediate and senior. On the walls, each class hung an attendance chart which was decorated with Biblical seals and with red, green, silver, blue and gold stars. Only white curtains divided the classes. The teachers' questions and explanations, the children's chatter and the scraping of the chairs on the plank floor thus filled the whole room. I admit I sometimes listened to the lesson being taught in the next class as attentively as I listened to my own teacher. Most of our tutors were mothers and fathers interested in teaching all children about God. Although they used un- professional techniques, our instructors successfully con- tributed to our religious com- prehension. The kindergarten children sometimes expressed their ideas with finger painting - the sign of an extremely patient teacher. Meanwhile the older students read the weekly United Church magazines. In an alcove behind the fur- nace, the senior class studied the Bible and religious textbooks and engaged in lively discussions. After our lessons, the classes congregated in the centre of the room. The older students oc- cupied the seats in the back rows, while the kindergarten children sat on the small wooden chairs at the front. From the platform, the superintendent led us in a prayer and in the closing hymn. One of the older girls accompanied us on the piano. When the singing ended, we rushed out the front door, where our parents waited. Sunday School was completed for WALL HANGINGS — Mrs. Ruth Ann Merner, Dashwood shows one of the many hangings she will take to the Art Mart in London this weekend. Top left picture shows many of the throw pillows she has woven for the show. T-A photo Wanted People to watch Huron County's Biggest Santa Claus Parade EXETER Sat., Dec. 7 If You're Not Shopping at . . 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