Newmarket Era and Express, 24 May 1956, p. 18

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Hi May M King City And District vVJHh bin Rolling Forty dollar was cleared at the bake and Springtime tea for the Presbyterian W A at the home of Miss Jessie King City The pro will almost pay for new hymnaries the church WA president Anderson was satisfied with the results In of the table filled with fresh homemade baking was Mrs Fred Curtis Mrs Art and Mm A Wade Servers were Mrs Bruce Rowlings Mrs Wat son Ferguson Mrs Cairns and Mrs Marvin Mrs Ball was treasurer Mr Mrs Leslie Glass Las- have sold their farm on the sixth concession to a Weston contractor They will take off their crop and probably vacate in Septem ber although they have the priv ilege of remaining until next February It understood a farm manager will be put on the property that the land will not be lost to agriculture Eight years ago Mr Glass bought the property from James King City who took over from the estate It believed the property belongs to in in to the Goodfellow estate in The Sugar and Spice ladles euchre club of King district or- two years ago finished off the season with dinner at the One Two Club Toronto on May followed by an evening at Shea Theatre Member of the club are Mrs Bill Riddel Mr P A Mrs Bert Mrs Derrick Mrs Wood Mrs James David son Mrs Lome Scott Mrs Stan Kerr and Mrs Frank McCarthy Mrs MacNaughton is secretary Mrs George Heri tage Park was bereaved In the death of her father Mr Alexan der on May He passed away in hospital after a heart attack Anniversary On Sunday May the anniversary of United church will be observed at am and pm Rev Howard Parr Glebe United church Tor onto will be the evening preach er and the Male Choir will sing the minis ter will take the rooming service and the Rugging talk Heard By vkU- ladies choir will music A basic design In rug making Is one that has the Can ada in It one that is typical of the every day things about us Mich as the changing shadows from fleeting clouds over a wheal field This is the opinion of Mrs Margaret Whose Rlttermere Farm Studio Is a national feature of the Nia gara district Mrs Rowan believes rugging has become a distinctive art in Canada and that this type of craftsmanship has its place be side a Knrsh or Group of Hewn painting she said She addressed the Kingcrafts group relating the history of handmade rugging as it originat ed in Sweden hundreds of years ago The Kingcrafts group one of the largest in the handicraft organization strives for originality in design and production of good coloring In a pioneer dwelling at Farm Mrs Rowan develops rue patterns and her mother dyes new mater ial in a large vat Two hundred people are taught or advised on nigging One of the oldest home crafts in existence rug making started J in Sweden centuries ago related Mrs Rowan It was brought to northern England whore miners families worked on family rugs in their humble cottages Immi grants brought the craft to Am erica where it flourished for many Grain and coffee sacks were used as base canvas and the used clothing of the early settlers was vegetable dyed and Ait in hooking strips City folk copied designs from their china or oriental rugs while the farm ers used figures of the family dog or cat Seafaring sailors captured the spirit of design on long ocean Voyages and repro duced sea scenes fish foreign flowers and sailing boats After the Civil War the craft died out and for many years lay dormant Within the hist years it has become a national feature at Ottawa Calgary and Retina Its scope is spreading over the continent Traditional floral designs arc used in percent of the hand hooked rugs today Mrs Rowan has explored other traditions for her special designs These can be adapted she claims on modem lines One sample of her work was conservation piece showing the four parts of a prayer in untranslated Arabic Orders Intercontinental Jet tpcZaS SHIP COLLECT TO littered Warehouse No Ontario if Obtain sacks and twine without charge from writing displaying vivid resulting in a modem looking pattern One of her runs Li copy of one hooked by which became lost wm and ultimately by Barbara Tim original hangs III the palace of The reproduction Hit Studio notable design made by Mr Rowan six hulls which were taken from a sketch on a in liel yiniin on the wall of King crafts House Is a honked showing the pictorial of King City called The King Hog The design was by Frank Mia A one of hookers produced a of ton homo and which cognition at an exhibition hi Montreal Acknowledgement of donations to the wan by president Mr liarrctt in the general session of a recent meeting limy Include the wrought tod for the wall rug and bulletin board both by Sir Ells worth and placed by it Harvey curtain rod from Mr Gibson and the outdoor alone work from Mrs Denton Mrs Humphrey Mimico vhdlifig her tithe Wiltnughby for a days fepent long with Mi and Mis Mr and Mia dluit id iun Mr mot Mm ami Mi fhrjmon King i long Mis and Mo tin Hi- toll Mi Jod Mis Ray On wi In Id- III In Kiwi Mr and Will id Mr and Mm over holiday Mr and Mm Jut ad Mrs Mr ond rd nun had fhtui Mr and A iitiviuj lullptf ami in the and she carried a shaped bouquet of white Mrs Moirehead of i Mid ihjiKitiit held In for- h- iji fu lit hi if f rrfi iri ft triitou srtf vfrn jo 1 K and fti tAtj Aofrt fr f a n vutt iffffr hy reside hi it i rt-i- i iS 9ccai twee a powered by British Conway lutbojet engines of the bypus type and will be abiVto from Vanvjuver to in four hours and minutes and from Montreal to London Kir He will be delivered in early and be used InuaAUwitiis and later FOR TO COME ROW OUT TO MEET T or by writing to CANADIAN WOOL LIMITED IS St Toronto HOLLAND MARSH The young people attended the annual spring youth of the Christian church at on Monday Mrs we mother Mrs end her grand mother are visiting here Grand Mich Mr and Mrs John nd children and Mr and Mi edema nd family visited Mr and Mrs Deliver on Sunday Mr and Mrs Philip have into their newly erected home The cold and wet weather of the past tew weeks has slowed things on the consider ably but warm weather is needed Mrs P Mulder has returned home from York County hospi tal A WM1 tohb IT A HABIT TOOOK IN THE 7 r iJ J A special I t fc Hot Miss Craig M MbUiit ft m JwWkj Is tit mm town msi without mbf At Miff lift Mf say 4fd SCHOMBERG Mr Mitchell attended the reunion on Monday which held at the home of Mr flroolc at A number from here spent the veekend In the Muskoka district Wrn of Toronto Is a few days with friends town Mr and Fred Hunter of Sunday with Mr and Jack Wauchupe Mrs is spending a few days with friend at Inlet A number from here attended the district annual meeting of the Women Institute at Kattte- by on Tuesday Mr and Mr Proctor vUH- friends at recently MIm Delia visited Mrs VlolM at ham on Wednesday Mr and Mrs John foster eel their 50th wedding versary on Saturday May family were all home and a large number of their friends and relatives called on them Miis Button of bury spent the weekend with friends Mr and Mn John and daughter of Toronto the weekend with relative here Kit Clyde to pm SatunUy la Low Mtk It A i- Mt Your At H O ID Two

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