Wingham Advance-Times, 1978-11-22, Page 8yaw -Tim es, N'exember . l d
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and dedicated by MN, ,Fred
( vAriw. FIllowing the QLa
hymn, Mb's.... Ford spoke once
miseio' topic and told' of the
Caribbean people anal. thleir way
o' life.
During the business portion of
the. meetingq secretary Mrs. R.
McKay read the minutes, gave
the roll call, correspondence and
treasurer's report. A closing
hymn was sung and Mrs. B.
Holmes led in the dosing prayer.
A social hour followed.
Nine tables at
CWL card party
Nine tables were in play at the
card party sponsored by the
Catholic Women's League in the
parish hall on Tuesday evening,
November 14. Conveners were
Anita Mahe and Ike Templeman.
Winners were: Kay McCor-
mick (high lady); Carl Freibur-
ger (high man); Marj Coultes
(low lady) and Anita Mahe (low ,
lady playing as a man).
The door prize was won by
Frances Burns.
IN WORKROOM—Morris Darling, who recently opened an art gallery for area art and
craft in his Wroxeter home, does his own painting in a room above the art gallery.
WROXETER ART GALLERY -2 -Morris Darling, Wroxeter, stands beside two of his own
works displayed in his art gallery in Wroxeter. Holding Amy, who is almost a year old, he
stands by House near Belmore and Bullseye.
No reason to be wary of visit to art gallery at Wroxeter
y Dave Dineen
"People have a .funny idea
about art galleries," Morris
Darling said last week, standing
in the , art gallery he recently
owned in his .Wroxeter home.
�any maple are afraid to go
it#t'a-gallery because they think
all the prices are exorbitant, but
it isn't necessarily the case.
"You can buy original paint-
ings that are quite cheap." He
has original Sketches 'and paint-
ings produced by area 'people,
which start at four dollars.
People are also afraid to go to the
gallery just to look, thinking they
are intruding in his, home.
Every craft or piece of art in
the century -old house was made
in the area, Mr..,Darling said. Oil
paintings, sketches, watercolors,
pastels and acrylics take up most
of the wall space of the first floor
in the huge„ seven -bedroom
house, which 'is across the road
from the Maitland Valley Con-
servation Authority offices.
],Many of his own works are dis-
played in, the house and so are
paintings and sketches by artists
from Wingham and London. In
his own work he uses water
colorsastel and acrylics but
doesn't use oils at all.
Much of his ,own work is ab-
stract art,.though he admits con-
sumers are forcing a trend away
from abstracts.
"These days' they don't really
sell that well," Mr. Darling said.
Some of .the much -publicized
abstract work done in recent.
years "isn't really art" and is in-
stead "somebody .iwith a big
name getting lazy," he says.
His own abstract works are
planned, not just thrown to-
gether.
Other artists have a variety of
worksin the gallery, fromfierce
tigers painted by Wingham artist
Sam Bondi, to sketches by Bill
Johnson of London.
UNUSUAL CRAFTS
The gallery features plenty of
strange and unique crafts by
area people. Mr. Darling said he
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St. Paul's Church
(ANGLICAN)
WINGHAM
John Street at Centre Street
The Rector: The Rev. John T.M. Swan, 1, Th.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26
* The Sunday next bofore Advent *
8:30 a.m.—Holy Eucharist
10:30 a.m.—Church School
11:00 a.m.—Sung Eucharist & Sermon
broadcast over CKNX Radio
Thursday ( St. Andrew's Day) -10:00 a.m.-Holy Eucharist
islearning a lot about crafts from
the people bringing their home-
made work in for him to sell.
Chinchilla fur corsages, made
by Mrs. I. Coneybeare of RR 2,
Listowel, are a novel feature of
the' craft selection When ap-
proaching Mr. Darling to ask him
to sell the corsages, Mrs. Coney-
beare brought along a live chin-
chilla to demonstrate the softness
of its fur.
"That fur is the smoothest
thing I've felt in my life," he ex-
claimed.
Other novel items are the
bouquets of painted flowers made
of bread dough. These durable,
brightly -colored flowers are
made by Sylvia Kromm of Lis-
towel.
Mr. Darling admitted he had
never heard of such a craft, but
was impressed with the ingenuity
of the idea. She also makes some
dresses and doilies for the
gallery.
Polished stone belt buckles are
made by a Wallenstein man and
quilts are made by a woman from
Ethel, as well as by Jean Aitchi-
son of Wingham.
Many other area people have
crafts in the art gallery, includ-
ing Catherine MacDonald of
Wingham. She has knitting and
there are ceramics displays by
Liz Goodyer of Monkton, and
others.
PAINTING SINCE 1972
Mr. Darling has been painting
seriously since about 1972, though
he had a lot of experience sketch-
ing and painting before that.
After spending a period as a re-
frigeration mechanic's appren-
tice he worked at odd jobs and
then worked as a carpenter for
four years in Owen Sound before
taking up painting full time.
Though he sold some of his own
paintings in Owen Sound it wasn't
until the move to Wroxeter that
he started retailing paintings for
Other artists, he said..
Mr. Darling must divide his
time between the gallery, paint-
ing and his family. While looking
after the • gallery, he sometimes
must take care of Amy, 5, Colin,
2'/2, and Jane, who is almost a
• year old. He acts as babysitter
bele wlfel.Lina, o,,rip 11J1iing-
aYi'and i)isttict"Ho
•tab technician.
Members are urged to meet
the modern-day challenges
WHITECHURCH
"Education and Cultural Activi-
ties" was the theme of the Wo-
men's Institute meeting which
was held. at the home of Mrs.
Garnet Farrier. Miss Merle Wil-
son presided for the opening
exercises and.Mrs. Victor Emer-
son, assistant secretary, read the
minutes in the absence of secre-
tary -treasurer Mrs. George
Fisher who is still confined to
University Hospital, London,
Mrs. James Wilson . reported
that the Christmas dinner meet-
ing will be held at the Wingham
United Church on December 4.
Price per member is $4.00. Mrs.
Jean McInnes and Mrs. J. Conn
will collect the money from
Wingham members and Mrs.
Emerson from those in White-
church. It was decided to con-
tinue with Secret Sisters for
•another year.
Correspondence read remind-
ed the members that Achieve-
ment Day for the Whitechurch 4-
H girls will be held in Lucknow on
Saturday afternoon. Roll call, "A
Canadian book and its author",
was answered by 11 members.
The motto, "The Second
Century Challenge to Women",
was given by Mrs. James Wilson.
She paid tribute to the women
who met the challenge of pioneer
life, who faced the sorrow of two
great wars and acted when they
were needed in homes, factories
and even the armed forces. She
said woman's biggest challenge
today is coming to terms with the
modern technical world and
keeping in mind the fact that she
was created to be the guardian of
life and the mother of all man-
kind, the human image ' of love:
"With this ' inborn quality of
tenacity and holding fast this love
in heart and mind, she can chal-
lenge the world," the speaker
said.
Mrs. Wilson urged her listeners
to have courage to meet their op-
portunities, to turn aside from
prejudice and hate and always
cultivate peace.
Mrs. Farrier reported on the
Grey -Bruce area convention
which was held October 11 and '12
at Southampton. The theme was
"Learn and Grow". Chairper-
sons for the sessions were Mrs.
Francis Gemmell, ' Mrs. Kenneth
Spence and Mrs. Harold
SETTING THINGS UP—There is lots of work for Morris Darling to look after at his new
art gallery in his Wroxeter home. Here he Is shown adjusting a display in a hallway. Only
local art and crafts are displayed at the gallery.
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McArthur. The pianist was Mrs.
Maurice Gowanlock and song
leader was Mrs. Broadfoot.
Mrs. Helen Currie gave a
demonstration of star weaving
with 20 stars of different sizes.
The weaving is done on dowel
sticks. Following her demonstra-
tion, each member made star of
wool.
Irs. Wilson gave collates' y're-
marks and lunch, was servedby
Mrs. John Gaunt, Mrs. Conn and
Mrs. Farrier,
WMS meeting
is opened by
Mrs. G. Wall.
President Mrs. Gordon Wall
opened the meeting by reading a
version of the 23rd Psalm when
the Women's Missionary Society
of St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church met in the upper room of
the church Tuesday of last week.
Following the singing off a
hymn, Mrs. G. Day read scrip-
ture from the 28th chapter of St.
Matthew's Gospel and the 24th
chapter of St. Luke's Gospel. The
meditation was given by Miss
Myrtle Deans who conducted
study of the portion, "Jesus' Last
Word", from the study book,
"Second Century Advance for
Christ". Mrs, T. Currie led in
prayer.
Mrs. Elsa Kibby sang a solo,
"Breathe. on Me, Breath of God",
with Mrs. J. Conn accompanying
her on the piano. The offering
was received by Miss Agnes
Williamson and Mrs. R. Hastings
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KinetttS
announce
the newly published book
'ONE HUNDRED YEARS -
OF MEMORIES"
is now for sale
$ 1 000
Available at Jackson's
Plumbing, Kinette
Members and Mary
Lou Cameron, 210 Shuter
Street.
All Proceeds go to
Kinettes' Service
Projects
will be shown at the
Salvation Army on Edward St., Wingham
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH
7:00 P.M.
"Bring the entire family along to
see this exciting motion picture"
NOTICE
Davidson Variety
in Gorrie
will be agents for
WINGHAM DRIVE-IN CLEANERS
for any dry cleaning in the
Wroxeter and Gorrie area
OPEN FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY
8 A.M. TO 10 P.M. AND
SUNDAY 10 A.M. TO 10 P.M.
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THEN AND NOW.
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in the 20th Century
by Elmer J. Farrish
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2nd Annual
MIDNITE SLEEPWALKERS' SALE
Thurs., November 23, 1978
SALE: 7:00 P.M. to Midnite
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