Friday, September 16, 2016 The Colebrook Chronicle Page 13
Around The Region
This group of Bishops University students was spotted hard at work scrubbing cars last Friday afternoon in Lennoxville. They were raising money for the Christian Vachon Foundation. Corey Bellam photo.
Heather Stewart, Helen Hodge and Margaret Goodhue putting love into every stitch on a Quilt of Valour during the Lennoxville Quilters Guild show and sale on Sept. 9-10. Corey Bellam photo.
North Country residents Suzanne and David Cook were spotted above the border this week at the Sawyerville United Church turkey supper. Corey Bellam photo.
HORSE AND FARM MACHINERY AUCTION On Oct. 1, at 10 a. m. sharp, Ross Bennett will be holding his annual horse and farm machinery auction at the Cookshire fairgrounds. This sale promises to be filled with machinery, horse tack, horse-drawn equipment and so much more. The sale will also include a good selection of horses, all breeds and sizes.
For more information, contact Ross Bennett at( 819) 563-2020 or by cellphone at( 819) 572-5609.
– Corey Bellam
LENNOXVILLE QUILTERS SHOW
The walls of St. George’ s church hall came to life with pretty quilts over the weekend as the Lennoxville Quilters Guild held their annual Quilt show and sale.
The quilting fun all kicked off Friday morning with 29 large quilts and eight small quilts being on display for all to see and enjoy. We visited Friday afternoon to be greeted at the door by a group of smiling faces. We walked around and were blown away by the beauty of these handmade quilts and the size of some of them. One that truly caught our eye was a quilt made by Hazel Kerr of Bury Quebec. Hazel went around a while ago and took photos of different homes. She then made a quilt depicting these sights. Hazel ' s quilt won the“ Lorna Johns” Award – a truly nice piece of work. This was just one of the many quilts that amazed everyone.
This year the Lennoxville Quilters took on a new challenge, being the making of“ Quilts of Valour,” which is making handmade quilts for Canadian Armed Forces members. Every year this group of talented ladies take on a challenge Some years they make quilts for people in rest homes or place mats for Meals on Wheels users. This year they made these quilts that will be given to Armed Forces members in October. June Britt, president of the Lennoxville Quilters Guild, decided the Quilts of Valour were a good project for this year. We went upstairs to where these special quilts were being worked on to find Margaret Goodhue, Heather Stewart and Helen Hodge hard at work filling each stitch with love. This group of ladies can sure make pretty quilts.
– Corey Bellam
SAWYERVILLE UNITED TURKEY SUPPER
Thursday afternoon, the smell of roast turkey was drifting through the air in the Sawyerville Catholic Church hall. It the annual Sawyerville United Church Turkey supper.
A few years ago the Sawyerville United Church was lost to a tragic fire. The Catholic church stepped forward and let the church suppers be held in their church hall.
In past years, the people have flocked to this hall by the hundreds to enjoy a tasty fall supper of turkey and all the fixin ' s. At 4 p. m., the doors swung open to the public, and close to 400 people were fed one of the best turkey suppers in the Eastern Townships.
The Chronicle arrived around 4:15 p. m. and found the line very long. We were pleased to come in contact with longtime friends David and Suzanne Cook from the North Country. They were up supporting the cause. The line was long but certainly worth the wait when that turkey hit the plate.
All enjoyed their meal and the fellowship that goes along with it. It was another huge success for the Sawyerville United Church women and men.
– Corey Bellam
“ TALES OF THE TOWNSHIPS” EXHIBIT A show of original artwork by Denis Palmer commissioned by the Eaton Corner Museum for its exhibition, A Tale of the Townships, will be on display and for sale at the Museum’ s Foss House during September weekends( Saturdays and Sundays) from 11 a. m. to 4 p. m. A closing reception will be held on Oct. 15 and 16, to which the public is invited to celebrate this unique and outstanding collection of illustrations by this well-known local artist.
These paintings illustrate the story of the settlement of the Eastern Townships, in particular the Haut-St-François region. Palmer created paintings including the Abenaki people and their culture, the life of the first settlers and their struggle to carve out their homesteads in the wilds of the Townships, and the crafts and trades developed by the settlers as their settlements grew and became more complex. These people and their story come alive in these beautiful paintings.
The illustrations were commissioned as part of the Museum’ s exhibition, A Tale of the Townships, which brings visitors on a tour of the history of the area from the earliest Amerindian inhabitants through the 1800s and early 1900s. With an innovative technique, Palmer’ s original artworks were brought together digitally( by Josée Moisan of Pitteresco) to create collages on screens which hang in the Museum’ s exhibit to illustrate the history of the region. This show is of the original artworks used to create the collages.
The closing reception on Oct. 15 and 16 is the last chance this year for the public to view Palmer’ s work. All paintings are for sale, with a portion of the sale price generously donated by Denis to the museum.
Denis Palmer has had many exhibitions of his work, has worked with schools and municipalities on school and community art projects, and has
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