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The -- Bruce County Winner c Women's Institute again ran raffled, (there the entire day's activities over 4,000 tic Amwlessly, and considering the was Mrs. M size the fair is attaining and Pé i the large number of people it aitracts, the ladies have nol $ doubt spent many long and!| s tiring weeks in preparation. In "C + > all 12 W.I. branches from the :"'; '*S,! i Bruce Centre District were 2'0;'\3'@ involved, under the| § & se convenorship of Mrs. Maurice g '-'*fi*}eg Gowanlock, and popular W / | & opinion amongst visitors to. : S zt@ the fair had this year's version w O the best yet. z§"~- gf'i C The variety of crafts on _ display has probably been one | of the drawing cards to the fair ; because there is something for _ ust about everyone there. i' Sven for those who didn't have fi he desire to wander the arena ' loor where all the displays | vere, the W.1. had tea rooms et up at various points \ hroughout the arena | roviding a chair to rest weary | ones in, a cup of hot tea or offee, light snacks and a clear iew of the craft area and the hrongs of milling visitors. _ . The Institute ladies also rovided home cooked meals uring the lunch and dinner ours in the community centre art of the arena. s Craftsmen who-- were displaying their wares Friday journeyed from such places as London, Waterloo _ and Grimsby, but the people attracted to the fair came from all points of the compass; the fair has gained that much popularity. _ Busloads of visitors arrived from Sarnia and Owen Sound. representing centres from throughout South--Westerp Ontario as well as our own immediate area, occupied every available nook and cranny in the Port Elgin arena in order to display their wide range of crafts, The _ _annual event, continues 'to grow j; hoth\i popularity with the craftsmen| and with the public. Estimates, have up to 4,500 visitors: wandering throup« the aisles of crafts; some buying, some just persuing, but all equally impressed with the talent, the knowledge, and the skill displayed in the various works Talent abounds in Bruce County and nowhere was this talent more in evidence than at Thursday's 8th Annuat Bruce Centre mic't Women's Institute Craft and Hobby Fair held at the Port Elgin arena, Over 80 Craft Fair a talent show craftsmen C W us i2 _ C _ iem> LLNCTE were reportedly activities over 4,000 tickets sold on it}, td P 3. + US® appreciation should _ be mentioned for Mrs. Maurice Gowanlock of Elsinore convenor of the fair for thi year and for every fair since it . inception eight years ago. Shy spends all year visiting craf; fairs in other centres,: always on 'the lookout for new and interesting hobbies or crafts to lure to Port Elgin: The hard work put forth by Mrs. Gowanlock, and all the W.I. ladies in the area, probably need no other thanks than the yearly crowds that enjoy the fair, but here is a little acknowledgement and appreciation anyway. Of course it was the crafts that most of the visitors to the fair came to see, and no one left disappointed! There were baby clothes and toys, toys for the older children, and even toys for dear old dad! There was bottle cutting displays, hand painted china, puppets and dolls, corn fibre hangings, spice ropes, maple sugar and maple candy, Japanese Tokyo Bunka punch embroidery, leather work, weaving, pottery, canning, jewellery, paintings, portraits, prints, sketches, flower arranging, violet displays, miniature steam locomotives and the list goes on and on. Winner of a quilt being onvenor Mrs. Maurice Gowanlock Mrs. Murray Maasflof special _ note of Gladys Lawrence of Wallaceburg was doing 13 by 17 pastel portraits throughout the day. She worked from 10 a.m. when the show opened, until past 10:30 p.m., after closing time, but managed time to ecat one muffin, as she worked. Mrs, Lawrence no formal art less portraits as lif photographs. By early afternoon 4,000 tickets had been sold on --a quilt being raffled. White School Women's Institute made 125 pounds of sugar into 'candy and couldn't begin to keep up to the demand. _ It has been estimated that --about 4,500 attended the one day event. When the Ontario president, Mrs. Florence Diamond was seeking ~directions in Port Elgin to the arena she was told -- "'The Women's In-- stitute has taken over Port Elgin today." ES is2 Caldt f Melanija Bray's rea E§ : l flowers preserved unde Mrs, Lawrence, who has |_ glass. Just preserving th 10 formal art lessons, does flowers is an art, «befor ortraits as. life--like 'gs making the flowers 'int photographs. & evecatching arrangements She's been doing her por-- The history of Grey an traits for about 10 years, Bruce has been captured but says, "'I'm learning all pen and ink sketches t 43 | _ John Geerts, These rany _-" \_from old barns and bridg: tA Chsar on nsc PR 1 , By ANN KELLY _ Family Living Editor \--It ccan't get bigger, because the Bruce Centre District Women's In-- stitutes' craft and hobby fair has taxed the Port Elgin arena facilities to the limit, but each year it seems to get better. Wallaceburg, Grimsby, London and Waterloo with crafts ranging from the unique to the elegant. Craftsmen, more than 80 in number, had the space booked by March. They came from such distant R?i"nts as S trathroy, Bus loads of iixilvterested spectators. arrived from Sarnia, -- Forest, Warwick. Meaford' and Owen Sound There were wood inlaid pictures and pendants, a baby boutique and a kit-- cher boutique. For those looking ahead to Christmas, there were decorated tree ornaments, drummer boy hangings, ~complete with sequins, even miniature lighted trees and snowmen. preserved on Lake Hur | slate, the work of one cr; tsman at the show. The | were demonstratio ongoing of Japanese To}: Bunka punch embroide ; the craftspeople con . from London. Miniat m ach in e#5wer c operation, an attraction for the men at the show. 1 started with potted African violets (crocheted) for church bazaars and it mushroomed from there. I can't really crochet, it's all out of my head."" Mrs. Mc-- Callum hasn't vyet fulfulled | all her hopes and plans for | her craft. Georgina McCallum of Grimsby, a member of the Niagara Guild of Crafts, does exquisite things with a crochet hook, woven mats, tiny baskets, bamboo plates in a variety of sizes and shapes. Crocheted flowers, mixed with colored statice, come to Jlife in pictures, wall hangings and centre pieces in warm, rich shades ranging from pinks, magentas and purples through to neutrals, oranges, golds, blues in beautiful combinations only a creative individual could produce. to art galleries, f;r(;hfil log cabins, lodges and chu ches. Over the years, she has made several visits to Knot-- ts Berry Farm in California and has watched artists at work there. Mrs.. Lawrence admits she's had her own portrait done seven times, '"For dif-- ferent techniques by dif-- ferent artists." '"You have to want to do it so badly you envy the per-- son who can. You have to be dedicated and put your all into it." Wildlife prints the time. From J478 Acton _ came _ Oth annual \[JplOo > A former \Owen Sounder, . Lenore Radbourne Fisher of Willowdale, couldn't keep up the demand for her dried flower designs, her s)mll work amd hasty notes done with rea! flowers. Mrs. Fisher has been drying flowers for 20 years now. Her husband, Harry K. Fisher, is deputy minister of education for colleges and universities. Many people from Europe ar d Germany pass through his office and several were given dried flower designs made y Mrs. Fisher from flowers that are traditionally Ontario. The Hobby Fair, which has grown to the point that the arena seams are almost bursting, represents the efforts of 12 institute branches in Bruce Centre District as well as an ever growing list of craftsmen. -- Anyone thinking of being at the arena at 10 a.m., when the doors opened, to avoid the crowd was mistaken. Crowds arrived by bus, car, van and trailer. It was almost _ as though people were coming out of the sidewalk in front of the arena. Thare was no accurate way of totalling attendance. The very youngest were in backpacks and baby strollets. As the day wore on there was a mixjure of crying children,. irritable mothe}*s, separated family members. and | obviously successful sponsors. | The overall convener was Mrs. Maurice Gowanlock. Margaret McArthur was treasurer with Jean Fenton and Donelda Faust the other conveners. AWl_xether smccked dresses for children, nighties for babes, hobby horses, Raggedy Ann and Andy yall hangings done in eyelet and gingham, tropical plants, hanging p\ax?ters. jewel cases, done in replica of antique dres:fiars. jewellery, quilts, preserves, bak'pg, fudge, the choice of articies this year was niind--bogglin§-- _ This year, for the first time, there was an ice--cream --parlor which also offered homemade pie. Cold drinks, homemade meals, snacks and baking were available. ~ The portrait painter, a potter and his wheel, a weaver, broommaker and several miniature engines, in operation, were attracting receptive viewers. Now that both Fisher children 16, and Janey 8, are in sch Fisher's craft has taken off, Fi stores in Torotto are going to be the flowars "HS ILanaaa" By her own admission, it's branching out rather faster' than Mrs. Fisher has anticipated. | While at the OSCVI, Lenore Radbourne Fisher was kniwn for her piano talents. I Bread dough';'centrepieces were popular with old faghiored button shoes, high boots, frying pans, w«t»den spools and milk cans capturing the! fancy of those who appreciate the unusual. /---- By ANNKELLY |-- f * Family Living Editor | | - All roads seemed to lead to P&rt Elgin on Thursday when 100 craftemes from all parts of Ontario and wall--to--wall people thronged the area for Bruce Centre District Women's Institute's ninth Craft and Hobby Fair. j es in Tororto are going"t_o be handling flowers "y Lenore". Case are in school, Mrs. . Five or six & Kathryn, t