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#10 #11 Idea Fair_Soft Water Ad, 1959

 Item — Box: 6

Dates

  • Creation: 1959

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Full Extent

12 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

Three of the Washington County Women who are preparing for the second annual "Idea Fair' in the Methodist Church basement next Saturday are Mrs. J.F. Mallory, left, Extension Home Economist Marilyn Schweitzer, center, and Mrs. James Birney. Schweitzer is general chairman in charge of the Idea Fair, sponsored by the local Extension Family Living Committee. Mallory is in charge of jewelry making and demonstrations for the event Saturday and Birney has charge of the textile painting and table selling department. In the picture above Schweitzer and Birney are looking on as Mallory uses a putty knife to lift a portion of heated metal from a "kiln" as she demonstrates jewelry making to them.; Ideas for decorations such as the onehere are the feature "Idea Fair" being held in the basement of the Methodist Church here this afternoon and evening. Mrs. Harold Klopfenstein, sitting and Mrs. Clyde Crile are shown above with only two of the many decoration ideas, a castle made of miniature marshmallows and a Christmas tree made of spools of thread, from the fair. Both the castle and Christmas tree have been on display in the window of ther County Extension Service office here this week. The Idea Fair is being sponsored by the Extension Service Family Living Commitles and starts at 1 o'clock this afternoon, running till 8 p.m.; Lindsay Soft Water Ad -- Bob Rich, Don Swartzendruber, Mel Elsen

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