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4 8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, May 8, 1991 Paula Lishman Discusses Furs at Rotary Pot Luck Dinner is Successful by Lorna Miller The Bowmanville Rotary Club celebrated Secretary's Day last week and nearly every Rotarian sported at least one lovely lady on his arm in honor of the occasion. Paula Lishman, of Black- stock, was the aptly-chosen speaker. Paula is the founder of a fur-knitting cottage cottage industry which sells products in Canada and abroad. Her latest inroads into the world of international commerce have led to lucrative lucrative dealings with the eastern eastern nations, mainly Japan. The pelts she works with are cut into slim, workable strips for knitting, crocheting, crocheting, and weaving. She works mainly with beaver, muskrat, muskrat, mink and lamb. The resulting resulting garment is warm, light, and practical, it has the appearance and feel of plush chenille. "The garments have fur on the inside as well as the outside, so the garment breathes," Paula explained. "The leather strips are exposed exposed to the oils from your hands when you touch it. This prevents the leather from cracking as with a conventional conventional fur garment and gives it a longer life. In fact, I have never had a complaint complaint about the leather cracking in any of my garments." garments." Paula discovered her method of working with fur some years ago when she began began experimenting with a small piece of fur she didn't quite know what to do with, but was loathe to throw away. "I'm a firm believer in zero garbage," she said. She was a trained knitter and crocheter and weaver who sewed her own clothing because because of her statuesque build which made it almost impossible to get fashionable, fashionable, off-the-rack clothing. She was used to working with leather as well as fabric, fabric, and created her own leather skirts. She soon found that she could knit fur to create matching jackets and skirts to co-ordinate with her leathers. The anti-fur movement is treated mainly as a nuisance nuisance in Canada. But, due to its pressure, the market for fur in Europe has dropped drastically, especially in Germany, England, and Switzerland. However, the government was eager to help Paula establish herself in this off-shore market, and funded her fledgling flight into world commerce. Paula believes that, due to innovative uses of these raw materials, such as she has devised, the fur industry will make a comeback. The resulting coats, hats, shawls, and jackets from her unique knitting process have a softness of marsh mallow and, unlike furs retaining retaining the guardhairs, they do not have to be dry- cleaned. "These furs are washed in the chrome-tanning process and are washable, and waterproof, waterproof, but I hesitate to emphasize this in case someone someone throws their coat into the washer," she says. Paula's creations sell for between $2,000 and $3,000 and are an all-natural product. product. The various dyes used are obtained from plants and other natural sources. The colours are, therefore, reflections of nature and none of them screams for attention, attention, but range in hue from the palest beige, through the spectrum of greys and seque into the subtle mauves and flint blues. Several of the secretaries present for the meeting modelled the coats and shawls which Paula had with her, and, it was evident that this type of fur was flattering flattering to all body types. It moved with the natural flow with the body rhythms and eliminated the weight and bulkiness of conventional furs. "Trapping is a necessary business," said Paula, in defence defence of the method used to obtain the animal skins she uses in her business, "and 90% of the traps used toda; kill instantly," she sai ' Looking for Great Gift Giving Ideas this Mother's Day? 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Bowmanville Telephone 623-6253 "Death is natural in nature and the beaver population is out-growing its habitat. It is necessary to trap them to curb over-population," she said. Paula and her husband are well-known in the area for their interest in wildlife. Paula, who is a native of Goose Bay, Labrador, believes believes that fur is a practical, bio-degradcable and renewable renewable resource which should be capitalized on. "It was the fur trade which opened up Canada," she points out. The Blackstock business fur which she moulded into a hat of many styles, the time has come for international international success. But, there were lessons to be learned. "I found that strategic marketing techniques are as necessary to this business as the product itself when dealing dealing with the Far East," she. says. The lessons she garnered from the Innuit in Goose week's Rotary , Paula was in- Bob Gowdy and Bay -- that fur keeps one dry and warm in that icy climate climate -- have given Paula a viable business in this climate climate of recession. Anyone wishing to see Paula's creations can do so at the old schoolhouse in Blackstock. At last Club meeting; troduced by . thanked by Chuck Cattran. Gerald Gerdts received birthday congratulations. Rex Walters awarded attendance attendance pins to: Vince Fletcher, one year; George Vice, three years; Keith Bil- lett, 39 years; and both Harry Harry Cooke and Neil McLean, 24 years. The winner of the Trip of the Month was Henry Hilliard, Hilliard, of Bowmanville. The ticket was sold by Alf Allin. President Bill Whyte closed the meeting with a caption from a Ben Wicks cartoon. It read: "I'm afraid he is not in. She, his boss, is." That's all from Rotary for this week. Enniskillen News by B. Wright ■7 id. Our seniors pot luck dinner dinner was a huge success and Julie Griffin of the Bonaven- ture Rangers entertained us by playing some popular modern songs. The Pathfinders Pathfinders brought their favorite instruments instruments and played them. Rev. Bonnie Kelly told an anecdote in the form of an after dinner story which had a very good moral for us all. On Monday night the Enniskillen Enniskillen Guides had a Hay Ride with pizza, pop and ice .cream to eat. Nicole Avery entertained several friends to lunch for her birthday on Saturday and several Avery and Pollard Pollard relatives in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Demers Demers and Shawn, Kingston, and Kevin Avery, Lindsay were weekend guests of Mrs. Wilfred Bowman and Miss Myrtle Tamblyn. Mr. and Mrs. Bev Veale, Peach Land B.C., Mrs. Earl Masters, bowmanville were Wednesday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Virtue. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Howe had Krista and Ryan Howe, Saintfield, for the weekend. Mrs. Donalda Walker, Tillsonburg, Vicky Gilds and baby Natalie, Vancouver, were visitors of the Griffin families. Mr. and Mrs. Errol Groves went out to dinner at Cullen Gardens to celebrate their wedding anniversary on Sunday. Happy Anniversary, Anniversary, Errol and Joy. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Ratz, Huntsville were call- Paul and Alison Cornelli- er spent a couple of days with their Oma and Opa,. Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Cor- nellier, Belleville. Enniskillen Church News On Sunday we held the sacrament of Holy Communion. Communion. Please remember the annual annual Sunday School supper on May 22nd from 4:00 p.m. till all are served. Sunday School Anniversary service will be held on May 26th at 2:00 p.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. Bill Tadeja. In recent years attendance has dropped considerably and we would like to see this trend turn around, we would love to see you all there. The U.C.W. meeting will be held on May 15th at the Enniskillen Church. The Town of Newcastle has decided to count itself in by proclaiming June 4 Census Census Day in the town. "The Census of Population Population and Housing ana the concurrent Census of Agriculture Agriculture are the largest surveys surveys conducted in Canada," said Statistics Canada's Regional Regional Director, Douglas Ncwson, in a letter to Council. Council. MIDWAY DRIVE-IN FRIDAYS•SATURDAYS•SUNDAYS ONLY "FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMIL Y" Showing this Weekend 2 Movies for the Price of 1 11. ' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (pg) 12. Book of Love (PG) Part II (Alcohol warning) 401 EAST $7.00 Admission Children under 12 FREE 401 East to HWY. 28 Port Hope, South to Hwy. 2 East to Theatre Rd. HWY. 2 416-372-5833 5 g Welcome to Port Darlington Marina Hotel Mothers and Grandmothers vA. SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH and DINNER Sun., May 12/91 Reserve now and bring this coupon and get ^ l 00 OFF her brunch 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. $ 2°° OFF her dinner 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. 623-4925 Follow Lake Rd. off Liberty St. S. to Port Darlington Rd., Paula Lishman (left) was the guest speaker at the April 25 meeting of the Bowmanville Lions Club. She discussed the unique knitted fur fabrics which she has developed. In this photo, Dorothy Kelly wears a coat that is one of Paulas creations. ... Swimming Results From Page 6 ceeded also in setting a personal personal best in the 200m Fr as a split in this race. Good work, Lisa! Scott Boumeester-9-10 boys (3rd) Robin Limebeer--9-10 girls (3rd) Like Sagur-13 and over boys(3rd) I would like to extend a special congratulations to Senior B swimmers Craig Nemis and Yolanda Jones. Craig competed for NEWAC for the first time at this meet and-will also be representing representing the Senior B group at Quad AAAA's. Yolanda is "getting her feet wet" after a season out of the water. Her contributions as a swimmer (and coach) are much admired admired and appreciated. The Senior B program has eight swimmers currently. The presence of these swimmers in the pool strengthens the top ena of our program. I would like to formally welcome welcome the members of this group: Craig, Yolanda, Diana, Diana, Barry, Kristy, Sophia, Laura ana Stephanie. Swim of the Meet - This recognition goes towards towards a single event in which a swimmer shows self confidence, self control, a positive attitude, good overall overall performance and sportsmanship. sportsmanship. In her second time swimming the 400m Freestyle, Freestyle, Lisa Vonhatten demonstrated demonstrated her characteristic positive attitude as she verbalized verbalized repeatedly how much she looked forward to her event. She paced herself exceptionally well and took 10 seconds off her previous personal best time. She su c- ers of Mr. and Mrs. Wright and Betty. Weekend visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Len Stainton were Mr. and Mrs. David Stain- ton, Cobourg, Gail Simpson and Linda Ciyderman, Bowmanville, Bowmanville, Mary Durant, Oshawa. Mr. and Mrs. N. Broderick Broderick were Saturday evening guests of Ron and Doris Brooks. Mrs. Alice Brunt, Mr. and Mrs. A1 Martin, Bowmanville Bowmanville were last Sunday afternoon afternoon visitors of Miss Clara Page. Mr. and Mrs. Art Lead- beater attended the 8th Annual Annual Reunion of the Bicycle Racers of the 1920's and 30's at Stroud Ontario and on the way home they visited with Dr. Allan Secord at his summer place at Goodwood. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Nimi- gon attended the First Communion Communion Service in Whitby for their two granddaughters, granddaughters, Teresa Standish and Michelle Nimigon on Sunday. Sunday. 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