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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1976-07-01, Page 3lid -Summer Dress Slacks Bathing Suits SALE PRICED Men's 25% OFF • Scrubbies Men's 'Sizes 28 to 34 Sport Shirts S 1 599pw 1 Mohair Throws All spring and sums by Hudson's Bay Rig. Fabrics $2699 • NOW Sale priced 208 Josephine Wingham, Ontario Telephone 357-2=22 Lin riJ...�uJv„Jw,- The Wingham Advance -Times, Thurs. July 1, 1976—Page 3 ew Books the Libr • .�J ® v Isdlleros Gabriel Dumont "rg Wood- When it comes ty dolls most fe- , cockf es remain lltge girls at heart. brie! s Daum 9 bio®raphy of Ga- lny keep their own childhood opt, the legendary dolls to pass on to daughters and Metis plaiyrizman and guerrilla granddaughters or to cherish general s pts to ferret out the them on their own as ornaments reasons by this strong figure with a v real and dear history was so niluencec�'by Louis Riel behind m. that allowed himself to lose his Mrs Stella Dabrouski of Wing - life . a lost cruse. ham gone one step farther. i Along with her daughter Lori, she e ” it" Girl; The Incredible has been collecting dolls for two of Clara Bow by J. Morella years. Among her possessions is /From a tenement waif in a rare 130 -year-old Parian doll. Brooklyn to the hottest superstar • Mrs. Dabrouski was invited to of the twenties, Clara Bow saw show her collection at the June s, , her career become easily the meeting of the Listowel Christian most dazzling and scandal- Women's Fellowship held at y fraught of the era. Yet even at the Trinity United Church, Listowel. pinnacle of her fame she was The "Parian" doll was first haunted by an old and nagging made by Copeland in England in - fear that she too would lose her 1842 and featured a head of either sanity just as her mother had. tinted or untinted bisque. Col- lectors ol lectors called the untinted bisque ;( The Last Kennedy by Robert "Parian" because the complex- ,y Sherrill ion of the doll resembled a type of This is an examination of the marble. questions left unanswered by the According to Mrs. Dabrouski, public pronouncements of Sen- the Parian doll is considered to be ator Edward Kennedy and the among the most beautiful ever Private investigations of -the ' Produced. The one she owns is author and other reporters. Des- about a foot long and has carved ANTIQUE PARIAN DOLL—Mrs. Stella Dabrouski of pite the discrepancies between pine half arms and legs. Dolls of Wingham (right) and her daughter Lori have been Kennedy's testimony and the this type reached the height of collecting dolls for two years. Above they hold a rare laws of probability Sherrill con- their popularity in the 1870s and 4'an'tique Parian doll which has a semi -vitreous paste tends that the events of Chappa- are considered very rare and porcelain head and carved pine half arms and legs. Mrs. quiddick and the resulting pub- valuable today. Dabrouski was showing her collection to the June meeting licity made rather than destroyed While Mrs. Dabrouski obvi- of the Listowel Christian Women's Fellowshi the politician. ously treasures her Parian doll, p' her favorite is a larger doll, A Rose for -Ana Maria by Frank dressed in a long, white christen- Yerby ing dress which she simply calls In exchange for help in fleeing "Nell Murray's doll". France two fugitive revolution- As she explains, the doll was aries, Diego and Ana Maria are given to her by its owner, the late assigned to assassinate a high- Nell Murray of Wingham. Miss ranking Spanish official. As the Murray died in 1966 at the age of fugitives near their goal they fall 85. Her sister, Jana, now 89, still in love and the mixture of politics resides on Victoria Street in and passion has almost tragic re- Wingham. a - sults. "Nell Murray was a very deli- cate child," Mrs. Dabrouski said. �.�. Making It From 40 to 50 by Joel "She lost her mother when she Davitz was 15 and she and her sister In an honest look at the mid-life Jenny more or less took care of crisis the authors contend that the home. The dress worn by this there are weapons and ways to doll was worn by all of the Mur - cope with a difficult time. The ray children. Of course I am very three sections of the book concen- Proud and pleased to have this trate on problems common to doll. It is my favorite. I like dolls both partners, to men and to wo with a history." men in the process of achieving Most dolls today are of com- fifty. It is a guide to .becoming Position construction. The inven- capable of complete fulfillment tion of composition is attributed . and a genuine personal renais- to Lazarus Reichman of New k sante. York City in 1877. Some famous composition dolls include the early kewpie dolls, first.produced by Joseph Kallus at around 1916. = 3. St. Vincent gov. He formed the Cameo Doll Co. in ,'•. s' 1922 which continued to produce says the educated the well-known Rose O'Neill kew- pies. STONEY CREEK DOLL—This 95 -year-old doll is one of a have obligations E. I. 1865, is a business as collection owned by Mrs. Stella Dabrouski of Wingham. It early as 1865, is famous for the has a bisque head and tom g now rare Billikens, Bab Bums position body and was acquired Sir Rupert John, governor and y Bumps, through a dealer. Mrs. Dabrouski told members of the head of state for the Island of St. Campbell Kids, Hebie-Shebie and Vincent and the Granadines, says others. The American Character Listowel Christian Women's Fellowship that the dell carne there are only two kinds of people Doll Co. made several mama in its original Etonia box. "Somebody obviously took very -in the world—thgse who make dolls in the 1920s and 1930s. good care of it," she said. (Staff Photo) _ problems and those who solve The Madame Alexander Doll them. He toldthe largest Co., founded in 1923, produced graduating class in the history of storybook characters in 1930 and Toronto's Humber College, on many personality dolls such as June 17 that its members are tak- Princess Elizabeth, Mary ing their place as educated adults Martin, Sonja Henie, Margaret in a world "riddled by problems, , O'Brien and the Dionne Quints. intrigue and disturbing situa- The Ideal Toy Corp., founded in tions." 1902, began production of dolls in` "Mankind has brutalized his 1934 and'made one of the biggest knowledge of science and techno- sellers in doll history, the Shirley -logy," he said. "We walk on the Temple doll. moon but find it extremely diffi- Another doll prized by Mrs. cult to live on earth in a spirit of Dabrouski is a 95 -year-old, doll t mutual understanding. We have with a composition body and , great problems living in peace bisque head which belonged to a I and harmony," Stoney Creek woman. It was `J Sir Rupert urged the Humber acquired through a dealer and graduates to "take a stand on the arrived in its original Etonia box. side of things that count—things "Somebody obviously took very like equality and justice." He , good care of this doll," Mrs. spoke of the luxuries of the rich Dabrouski remarked. and of the problems of the poor. Other dolls displayed by Mrs. Sir Rupert said that "educated Dabrouski included a character people have an obligation to help doll, a Victorian doll, baby -type lift the burden from those who doll and a glazed china doll. are less fortunate." She explained that some dolls ` "You people in Canada are;ex- are purchased or acquired with tremely fortunate," he said. the wrong kind of hair, or clothes. "The national income per head of Sometimes the hair is replaced �— population in St. Vincent is about with. "some of my daughter's ► is two hundred Canadian Aollars, own' and "we are always on the ?. per year and 40 per cent of our lookout for old material with people are unemployed." Sir which to make the right kind of Rupert also thanked Humber clothes". College and its students for their Mrs. Dabrouski said there is ' participation in a project which even a. ''doll's hospital" in this summer will result in deaf Toronto where broken or dam - children on St. Vincent being fit- aged dolls are repaired with ex - ted with hearing aids. ceptional skill. David B.Walker and Brenda G. Asked if it weren't better to McPherson were among the leave a doll damaged, thereby radua g 1m, David in funeral proving its antique value, Mrs. service education and Brenda in "Dabrouski replied, "No, in order recreation leadership to preserve it, it ought to be fixed." She encouraged the women to take care of their old dolls. "It's a takelet fascinating hobby and if you keep J a doll long enough, some day 1� you'll have a real treasure " Mr. and Mrs. Morley Zurbrigg of Willowdale and Mr. and Mrs. John Heinmiller of Kurtzville No accidents in visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Warren Zurbrigg. Town for week Weekend guests with Mr. and NELL MURRAY'S DOLL—This doll once belonged to the Mrs. Lyle Murray and Mr. and The Wingham Police Depart - late Nell Murray of Wingham and is one of Mrs. Stella Mrs. Sandy Murray were Miss ment had a relatively slow week Dabrouski's most prized possessions. Miss Murray died in Susan Giles from Port Elgin, June 22 to June 29 since no acct- 1966 at the age of 85 and her sister Janet, 89 still resides on Mrs. Arthur Hossfeld, Walkerton dents were reportod. However, Victoria Street in Wingham. The dress worn by the.doll was and Mrs. Jim Baileyof Guel er- fhr- marninac, end .--. —► fine worn by tho Rlliirrav rh.._. n AA.- rl������t^: - i'rir. and Mrs. Harvey [mer- --�-. _.._ .�'". �.'., _ ar'•• were laid under the Highway husband own'the Wingham Motel and she and her daughter ling returned home last week Traffic Act and one charge was have been collecting dolls for two years. She described her from three weeks' vacation to the laid under the Criminal Code of hobby at the June meeting of the Listowel Christian western provinces. Canada. Women's Fellowship. (Staff Photdi \.. .I V ',A w 208 Josephine Wingham, Ontario Telephone 357-2=22 Lin riJ...�uJv„Jw,- The Wingham Advance -Times, Thurs. July 1, 1976—Page 3 ew Books the Libr • .�J ® v Isdlleros Gabriel Dumont "rg Wood- When it comes ty dolls most fe- , cockf es remain lltge girls at heart. brie! s Daum 9 bio®raphy of Ga- lny keep their own childhood opt, the legendary dolls to pass on to daughters and Metis plaiyrizman and guerrilla granddaughters or to cherish general s pts to ferret out the them on their own as ornaments reasons by this strong figure with a v real and dear history was so niluencec�'by Louis Riel behind m. that allowed himself to lose his Mrs Stella Dabrouski of Wing - life . a lost cruse. ham gone one step farther. i Along with her daughter Lori, she e ” it" Girl; The Incredible has been collecting dolls for two of Clara Bow by J. Morella years. Among her possessions is /From a tenement waif in a rare 130 -year-old Parian doll. Brooklyn to the hottest superstar • Mrs. Dabrouski was invited to of the twenties, Clara Bow saw show her collection at the June s, , her career become easily the meeting of the Listowel Christian most dazzling and scandal- Women's Fellowship held at y fraught of the era. Yet even at the Trinity United Church, Listowel. pinnacle of her fame she was The "Parian" doll was first haunted by an old and nagging made by Copeland in England in - fear that she too would lose her 1842 and featured a head of either sanity just as her mother had. tinted or untinted bisque. Col- lectors ol lectors called the untinted bisque ;( The Last Kennedy by Robert "Parian" because the complex- ,y Sherrill ion of the doll resembled a type of This is an examination of the marble. questions left unanswered by the According to Mrs. Dabrouski, public pronouncements of Sen- the Parian doll is considered to be ator Edward Kennedy and the among the most beautiful ever Private investigations of -the ' Produced. The one she owns is author and other reporters. Des- about a foot long and has carved ANTIQUE PARIAN DOLL—Mrs. Stella Dabrouski of pite the discrepancies between pine half arms and legs. Dolls of Wingham (right) and her daughter Lori have been Kennedy's testimony and the this type reached the height of collecting dolls for two years. Above they hold a rare laws of probability Sherrill con- their popularity in the 1870s and 4'an'tique Parian doll which has a semi -vitreous paste tends that the events of Chappa- are considered very rare and porcelain head and carved pine half arms and legs. Mrs. quiddick and the resulting pub- valuable today. Dabrouski was showing her collection to the June meeting licity made rather than destroyed While Mrs. Dabrouski obvi- of the Listowel Christian Women's Fellowshi the politician. ously treasures her Parian doll, p' her favorite is a larger doll, A Rose for -Ana Maria by Frank dressed in a long, white christen- Yerby ing dress which she simply calls In exchange for help in fleeing "Nell Murray's doll". France two fugitive revolution- As she explains, the doll was aries, Diego and Ana Maria are given to her by its owner, the late assigned to assassinate a high- Nell Murray of Wingham. Miss ranking Spanish official. As the Murray died in 1966 at the age of fugitives near their goal they fall 85. Her sister, Jana, now 89, still in love and the mixture of politics resides on Victoria Street in and passion has almost tragic re- Wingham. a - sults. "Nell Murray was a very deli- cate child," Mrs. Dabrouski said. �.�. Making It From 40 to 50 by Joel "She lost her mother when she Davitz was 15 and she and her sister In an honest look at the mid-life Jenny more or less took care of crisis the authors contend that the home. The dress worn by this there are weapons and ways to doll was worn by all of the Mur - cope with a difficult time. The ray children. Of course I am very three sections of the book concen- Proud and pleased to have this trate on problems common to doll. It is my favorite. I like dolls both partners, to men and to wo with a history." men in the process of achieving Most dolls today are of com- fifty. It is a guide to .becoming Position construction. The inven- capable of complete fulfillment tion of composition is attributed . and a genuine personal renais- to Lazarus Reichman of New k sante. York City in 1877. Some famous composition dolls include the early kewpie dolls, first.produced by Joseph Kallus at around 1916. = 3. St. Vincent gov. He formed the Cameo Doll Co. in ,'•. s' 1922 which continued to produce says the educated the well-known Rose O'Neill kew- pies. STONEY CREEK DOLL—This 95 -year-old doll is one of a have obligations E. I. 1865, is a business as collection owned by Mrs. Stella Dabrouski of Wingham. It early as 1865, is famous for the has a bisque head and tom g now rare Billikens, Bab Bums position body and was acquired Sir Rupert John, governor and y Bumps, through a dealer. Mrs. Dabrouski told members of the head of state for the Island of St. Campbell Kids, Hebie-Shebie and Vincent and the Granadines, says others. The American Character Listowel Christian Women's Fellowship that the dell carne there are only two kinds of people Doll Co. made several mama in its original Etonia box. "Somebody obviously took very -in the world—thgse who make dolls in the 1920s and 1930s. good care of it," she said. (Staff Photo) _ problems and those who solve The Madame Alexander Doll them. He toldthe largest Co., founded in 1923, produced graduating class in the history of storybook characters in 1930 and Toronto's Humber College, on many personality dolls such as June 17 that its members are tak- Princess Elizabeth, Mary ing their place as educated adults Martin, Sonja Henie, Margaret in a world "riddled by problems, , O'Brien and the Dionne Quints. intrigue and disturbing situa- The Ideal Toy Corp., founded in tions." 1902, began production of dolls in` "Mankind has brutalized his 1934 and'made one of the biggest knowledge of science and techno- sellers in doll history, the Shirley -logy," he said. "We walk on the Temple doll. moon but find it extremely diffi- Another doll prized by Mrs. cult to live on earth in a spirit of Dabrouski is a 95 -year-old, doll t mutual understanding. We have with a composition body and , great problems living in peace bisque head which belonged to a I and harmony," Stoney Creek woman. It was `J Sir Rupert urged the Humber acquired through a dealer and graduates to "take a stand on the arrived in its original Etonia box. side of things that count—things "Somebody obviously took very like equality and justice." He , good care of this doll," Mrs. spoke of the luxuries of the rich Dabrouski remarked. and of the problems of the poor. Other dolls displayed by Mrs. Sir Rupert said that "educated Dabrouski included a character people have an obligation to help doll, a Victorian doll, baby -type lift the burden from those who doll and a glazed china doll. are less fortunate." She explained that some dolls ` "You people in Canada are;ex- are purchased or acquired with tremely fortunate," he said. the wrong kind of hair, or clothes. "The national income per head of Sometimes the hair is replaced �— population in St. Vincent is about with. "some of my daughter's ► is two hundred Canadian Aollars, own' and "we are always on the ?. per year and 40 per cent of our lookout for old material with people are unemployed." Sir which to make the right kind of Rupert also thanked Humber clothes". College and its students for their Mrs. Dabrouski said there is ' participation in a project which even a. ''doll's hospital" in this summer will result in deaf Toronto where broken or dam - children on St. Vincent being fit- aged dolls are repaired with ex - ted with hearing aids. ceptional skill. David B.Walker and Brenda G. Asked if it weren't better to McPherson were among the leave a doll damaged, thereby radua g 1m, David in funeral proving its antique value, Mrs. service education and Brenda in "Dabrouski replied, "No, in order recreation leadership to preserve it, it ought to be fixed." She encouraged the women to take care of their old dolls. "It's a takelet fascinating hobby and if you keep J a doll long enough, some day 1� you'll have a real treasure " Mr. and Mrs. Morley Zurbrigg of Willowdale and Mr. and Mrs. John Heinmiller of Kurtzville No accidents in visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Warren Zurbrigg. Town for week Weekend guests with Mr. and NELL MURRAY'S DOLL—This doll once belonged to the Mrs. Lyle Murray and Mr. and The Wingham Police Depart - late Nell Murray of Wingham and is one of Mrs. Stella Mrs. Sandy Murray were Miss ment had a relatively slow week Dabrouski's most prized possessions. Miss Murray died in Susan Giles from Port Elgin, June 22 to June 29 since no acct- 1966 at the age of 85 and her sister Janet, 89 still resides on Mrs. Arthur Hossfeld, Walkerton dents were reportod. However, Victoria Street in Wingham. The dress worn by the.doll was and Mrs. Jim Baileyof Guel er- fhr- marninac, end .--. —► fine worn by tho Rlliirrav rh.._. n AA.- rl������t^: - i'rir. and Mrs. Harvey [mer- --�-. _.._ .�'". �.'., _ ar'•• were laid under the Highway husband own'the Wingham Motel and she and her daughter ling returned home last week Traffic Act and one charge was have been collecting dolls for two years. She described her from three weeks' vacation to the laid under the Criminal Code of hobby at the June meeting of the Listowel Christian western provinces. Canada. Women's Fellowship. (Staff Photdi \.. .I V ',A