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B 'iiiii,1a,e,ts,tj..i. By Terry James _ If there were 80 hours in a day, Shirley McHugh would work 86. It's this boun- dless energy and enthusiasm that helped her get the Kitchener Sunday Arts and Crafts Show off the ground. Sometime last May, Mrs. McHugh, her- self a craftswoman specializing in Old English smacking, dreamt of a place where families could go and enjoy them- selves on a Sunday afternoon. “Just where can a family go after church?" asked the Waterloo resident. "Sunday is family day and what was need- ed was a family show event." Her suggestion that the second floor of the Kitchener Farmer's Market building be used as the setting for an arts and crafts show mushroomed. Almost im- mediately she found herself co-ordinator of a first/its-kind event. Serious planning got underway in May. On Sept. 11 the plans went before Kitchener City Council for approval and on Oct 14 the Mayor of Berlin performed the opening ceremonies, “Mist how I did it in such a short time I haven't quite figured out yet." said Mrs. A " ca I I IR g , ti:, 'm ill " N 'tir I' jr"" v ,. T ‘ 2 _ _ “IV V .. . y ' (3, l, \ , V . M ~-“'~ (Ill . N \ V x -. ’ It . - Mi ,S- j; _ _," _w-"'. (it1 l s,,-" 0 l ' , Fs ' .d "itll ' l . e "f m , l ' I A s . s--. 'ir) / i tl!li5tl , 'i' ', s,t' C E B, '5 l - ELAINE SCHMIDT of Waterloo, a former public school teacher. has turned her talents to making burlap figurines. Her works are part of the Kitchener Sunday Arts and Craft Show held from noon to 5 p.rn. on the second level of the Kitchener Farmer's market building. - Waterloo Chronicle, Wédmoday, Octoher 31, 1979 Arts and crafts show features "local artisans' In less than a month hundreds of fami- lies have taken advantage of the displays set up by 60 craftsmen and 20 artists. The coordinator estimates that at least 30 ex- hibitors come from Waterloo.' _ McHugh. Displays are divided into four ca- tegories including arts, crafts, han- dicrafts and bazaar novelties. - "A craft is something that has taken years to learn and perfect," said Mrs. McHugh. "There are hours and hours in- volved in making it." . A craftsman uses his or her own crea- tivity to come up wjth , dgsign. Bill Benham, a Cambridge resident, and David Chandler, Kitchener, are good examples of craftsmen. Mr. Benham's model carts and wagons, made to scale. take hours to complete. “He completes them from scratch. said Mrs. McHugh. “His gypsy wagons and haywagons have people mtsmtrizef .. Mr. Chandler. a scientific glassblower at UW has been perfecting his profession for years He is now interested in or- namental glasswork and any Sunday " (Contunued on page 10) WILLIAM BENHAM of Cambridge has been making model carts and wagons for the past four years. His models and plans are on display at the Sunday afternoon craft show. profession one step further. He blowing evety Sunday afternoon.