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The -Five Startaditers' Guild -held their -MO mean/ in fAcknow last week. Marion
MaclUimon (right) had her sampler quilt, =which tontains 16 different pattern, on
display. Sharon Stein, (left) preiddent of the guild, ,atdd that It would easily take 268
bolus of work to complete such a project. (Pat lAvingston photo)
ui Mrs'
Guiid
What is -the Five Star Quitters' Gild?
It is a. group of area women, interested
in maintaining the old tratiltion Of quilt
making, who feel that :by tapping the
resources Of the older generation, quilt
making will -survive to he passed on
to further generations. Quilting has
become a -renewed interest in folk art.
In addition it gives EqUilters the- chance
to share ideas and learn new and dif-
ferent techniques.
There .are two types of (Nitta
whillecloth, where the top layer 'consists
• Of a single piece Of Cloth; and pat-
thwork, either pieced or Appliqued. °In
a piecedquilt, the top consists of many
small pieces or patches .seamed *ether
edge to edge, which may or may mot
form a pattern. In an appliqued quilt,
fo
small pieces of cloth are mewn onto a
single large foundation cloth 'to form
a pattern. Both types may he made
as an allover pattern or may he assefailil-
ed in units, which are Then seamed
together to form a whole.
Quilting History
• Quilting ean he traced back to ancient
times when it included Chinese jatkets,
the 'tunics of ancient Egyptian and Aztec
warriors And the mats and :coverlets
of the 'Romans and Asian peoples.
,gtilts were arid made in Canada in
the late iath tenthly when Action from
the United langdom and the United
States btlgan ,to ,arrive.
'The Uttlting,SeeVlayed an important
vat An Canadian social life in the 19th
resources
several quilt tops, she would invite a
group of women to her house to help
her vidt them. They would tack the
bottom layer, the filling and the top
layered° a rectangular wooden frame,
-and several women working together did
the quilting. In the evening, the men
would join the women for a party, and
" Is would _Afton meet their future
Only one or two women work-
ed on a very finely quilted bedcover
because it was felt that too many works
treated an unevemess in the stitthing.
Very finer even 41 -
ed by practice, we rest* of a womarts
learning -to sew as a child and sewing
every day Of her life. 4A yam; *mien
was expected to have made 12 everyday
"ceintury • Mien a Iceman had ,colleeted • Iurlitopage2
Becreation• ,director BO Hunter *Ws
the summer programs are °;quickly tak-
ing ShaPe•
The 1 fhas been hired and
is f 2u1ie Nichoio011? =pen Van
landY.
citOtioani voltam are 4.10011n belP With this
* the eMdren make crafts
summer.
soccer
a soccer Program will
sometime -lin 41,1ne.
°Thursday evening. Ibis
40 to AtOtn age F_
will through .
.soccer41 Start,
Your-thildren,Un
am. 'AVIA 1011'inforliaa-
the 0011 program wW be made
aVailabie IP the 701311dren tbMnjgh their
Slottilg
The "on of a loner skating pro -
ha been under stAdy for some
'tune. The railer litatmg. progrm which
/ Akio ao in the red.
'This was due to abour coats for 4/100r
detevrAt4011 Of *Wee and
tepanee
'The beat in the
SOMMercontrlbuted
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Nu.re _Mabel retires
After nine years ..of working with
physically disabled children and their
families in Lucknow, Owen Sound,
Wiarton, Orangeville, Perth, Stratford
and Markdale, Easter Seal district
nurse Mabel Woodhouse is retiring.
In recognition of her efforts, a special
farewell was held on Monday in Owen
Sound.
Mabel has been instrumental in
developing services in the area for
those who are physically disabled and
earned a great deal of respect from
health care professionals, service club
members, .her coworkers and the
families she has served. It is especial-
ly fitting that in the year qf her retire-
ment, the 1989 Easter Seal, Troy
Wilson, is one of the children on her
caseload.
Site plans received
Reeve Herb Clark has advised the
Sentinel that the site plans for the
Senior Citizens' Non -Profit Housing pro-
ject on Willoughby Street have been
received.
The construction plans are being
prepared and should be available for
fall tender.,
Plans are to start construction in
the spring of 1990 .to coincide with the
completion of the sanitary sewers.
t. law include seven - two
bedroom units, 12 - one bedroom units
and , one unit for handicapped.
• Hockey draftee
Congratulations to Brad Murray, 17
year old son of Gerald and Nancy Mur-
ray of Bolyrood, who was picked by
the Oshawa Generals in the 7th round
of the Midget draft into the •Major
Junior "A" of the Ontario Hockey
League.
Brad, a member of the Wingham
Ironmen Junior "C" club, was chosen
98th out of approximately 700. —
2heAcagiV and 417-oata**IT.b,
place In Mid '
Richard Bauman, also an Ironmen
player, was picked in the 13th round
and Steve Gibson if the Bo** •area,
who played for the Owen „Sound 'Ore"
was picked in the Igh round.
Lois retires'
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After 21
is retiring
Lacknow.
Lois was fina ed with the bank
when it was la • in the present
McDonagh Insurance building. From
1952 to 1963 Ale worked full time, and
after An aboenee rof 16 years returned
1n1979.
et the ofeent emPloteesi Inane mor -
dam is 'the only remaining member
• -tbeforigin4410 return-
ed in OW;
When asked *Ott
brw, pm
her ,
tholit
ears of service, Lois Alton
the Bank of Montreal,
from
10 1044 fOr.
,abe
rtther
$1) have ;.,*
and *toys, 14 years 'arid; under.
or the,41#10 *es rrun
retireMerit JO
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