Village Squire, 1975-07, Page 18there was an Ontario Hydro strike. The
supervisory personel just didn't have time for
any new installations. So they huddled in the
summer kitchen that now serves as the studio
and kept warm with a coal fire in the old stove
that still decorates the shop. It was December
6 before the hydro was finally installed and
the rest of the house heated.
Looking at the old cottage now, the effort
seems worthwhile. It's open and spacious and
very bright and airy. With the exception of
the modern kitchen and bathroom, they've
tried to make the house as true to the period
of its construction as possible. They had
hoped to salvage the old wide floor board but
there had been so many furnace vents cut in
them that it became an impossibility. But
they did put back on the old wide woodwork
and even gone to the expense of constructing
two chimneys on the outside which aren't
16, VILLAGE SQUIRE/JULY 1975
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art & craft fair
Clinton recreation centre
This year we have really strived to bring interesting and
culturally descriptive crafts this county once thrived on, such as
hand weaving, apple dolls, petit point, jewellery, wheel thrown
pottery, rocks, rings and wooden things, original artwork, copper
tooling, braided rugs, wooden toys, and much more.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 22
12 noon to 10 p.m.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23
10 a. m. to 6 p. m.
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COUNTRY FRESH GOODIES,
served oven to you, continuously
throughout the show, by our
ladies in centennial dress, with
all the charm of early Upper
Canada.
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It I Wow! Just like a harvest. An
overwhelming choice of
home baked delights on sale
r daily. Ask the ladies, they'll
lovingly give a family trea-
sured recipe.
Throughout the day draws continuously,
provided by our crafters, and a very
special draw on a beautiful hand -worked
quilt.