Times Advocate, 1992-07-15, Page 25PAST EVENTS
Usborne
Cross-stitch in the pio-
neer
ianeer times was usually used
for decorating different
kinds of things.
The pioneers made their
cross-stitch in any spare
time they had.
The pioneers used cross-
stitch for decoration and to
pass the time.
Cross-stiteh goes back, a
little before the pioneer
times.
Pioneers often did cross-
stitch fora hobby.
Apple NO
Dolls
Toys weren't purchased
at the store but made from
available materials. Eliza-
beth Kerslake, Jareue Mac-
Donald, Trevor Skinner
and .Doug Chappel demon-
strated how to make a doll's
head frau an apple. The
body . would . be .fashioned
from wood and scraps of
wool and material.
Bread Making
By Sarah McAllister
The presenters in this
group were Mrs. Linda
Johns and Mrs. Ola Batten.
They showed us bow to
make and knead bread.
Sausage Making
,By Judy Chappel
"The Germans and the
Dutch were the fust ones to
make sausages" staled Mr.
and Mrs. Veal, the present-
ers. It started out as ground
pork. Then they put it in a
hand turned machines and
then it comes out as sau-
sage.
It was brought over by
the French and the Ger-
mans. It was brought over
in the year of 1827 for
them to eat so they
wouldn't starve.
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Pioneer Days a success
Pioneer Toys
By Amy Mizzi
Sam and his wife, Aldene
Skinner, were two of the
presenters of the toys from
the pioneer times.
In another mom, Mr. Jim
Bishop had a display of
more pioneer toys. They
were simple in design and
often made out of wood.
Square Dancing
By Jasmin Cornish
It is a wonderful day for
dancing, but this is not the
kind of dancing you do eve-
ryday.
We went to Usborne Cen-
tral School and saw them
entertaining their school's
150th birthday in many
ways. One of the activities
they are doing is square
dancing.
The Usborne students
were able to sample three
different types of square
dancing led by Mrs. New-
ton and Mrs. Lois Hodgins,
with music by the Usborne
Guild.
Quilting
By Erin Parker
Ladies from the Quitter's
Guild helped show Usborne
students how to quilt. They
told us the pioneers used to
quilt in their house or other
peoples' houses.
The pioneers used to
make quilts when they
needed blanket.
The materials they used
were a needle, piece of
thread, a piece of cloth ( to
quilt on) and a thimble. We
got to try to quilt. It was
fun.
Woodworking
By Jenny Westlake
On Wednesday and
Thursday you could find
two displays of woodwork-
ing.
Woodworking was very
important to pioneers be-
cause they used it in their
every day life.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Skin-
ner's display of woodwork-
ing was made up of toy and
wood crafts and Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Cooper's dis-
play had an oldfashioned
building cupboards, chairs,
a chest, iron board and
wooden butter bowl.
Pioneer Tools
By Derek Etherington
For Pioneer Tools Mr.
Don Finkbeiner and Mr.
Larry Black were display-
ing and showing us how to
use certain tools. He was
very helpful by telling us.
what the tools were called.
It was a fun station.
Sheep Shearing
By Elaine Jacques
Sheep shearing was pre-
sented by Rick Etherington
and Don Dearing.
Pioneers would have had
small herds of sheep of 5 to
10.
They would sit them on
their bottom and shear
them in the spring so they
wouldn't get hot in the sum-
mer time.
Pioneers would shear the
sheep in the barn or out-
side.
They would also use big
scissors to shear the sheep.
Carding and
Spinning
By Justin Krztyzek
Karen Etherington helped
to organize this demonstra-
tion and- Barbera Batten
showed spinning while
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Weaving
Mrs. Eleanor Smith, a re-
tired teacher whose chil-
dren attended Usborne,
brought samples of many
different kinds of weaving,
as well as a variety of
looms. Weaving can b c
done on something as sim-
ple as two sticks for a
frame or on various sizes of
purchased looms.
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