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MRS. SOLOMON and a few of her clolt;She Has ‘Time’ For Hobbyx*-By Kiltie Dale /Mrs. Ed Solomon who liVes in the Saline River country, on - a 100-year-old homestead, collects clocksas a hobby.It all came about when she and her husband attended an auction of the late Pete Penny's accumulation of antiques and junk in shacks along the banks of Big Creek of Ellis that overflowed onto the premises and which his wife wished to dispose of.Gerfial Pete Penny drove the town’s junk wagon for years, cheerfully calling for and collecting that which he had bought or that which was given to him—driving away from the scene amid a series of jerks and jumps and back-firingof his antiquated and renovated oldvdoors are fancifully decorated; some have gold etched curtains Hvith tie back effect to offset theswinging golden pendulum insid^,ofte^has grape leaves—another a painted Tarm scene. Most unusual is tjhe one with burned in numerals blocked off in gold on the wooden half; of the door, over which are intricately carved wings representative of the Goddess of Time.The pendulums are of a fascinating variety of hand hammered antique-metals of brass and pewter. The most beautiful pendulum is a hand painted, gold framed, porcelain miniature of a lovely young womarf-jfei-Ui long, chestnut coloredhair, I’?Th# Oldest Clock is a Seth Thoni-tin Lizzie. He had buildingsu*. full of treasures. During lion one collector from Kansas who was a relative of the late Dr. Griffin of Ellis, came out to see if by the remotest chance, he would find among the aged, cobwebby, vgst assortment, the hand whittled doll furniture of black walnut that Dr. Griffin had made for his daughter in the ’80s. He knew' “Old Pete” had been on hand when the household items were sold many years after Dr. Griffin had died. He.was lucky. He -located and purchased the doll furniture, telling different ones how happy he was that they would be once again within the family circle.as; abQiit 150 years old. It has pre-pvjfil WAr iron weights with the 'decorated wooden ..case aglow with the-great American SSal in wedge -wood blue and 13 white stars.A treasured old clock with calendar months, is the public clock that once graced the walls of the First National Bank of Hays before the city had electricity. When found it was partly dismantled, the condition of the fine old wood nearly ruined with the dust and grime of the ages.• ‘‘Time is a precious commodity.” Mrs. Solomon said, then added with pert assurance, “and you can see I make the most of it!”GIFT FROM POPEEd Solomon said to his wife, “ij r Warsaw. April 1G---(/Pi—Stefan wonder if Old Pete bought any .of Cardinal Wyszynski, primate of my aunt's old things after she! Red-ruled Poland, has received a died.” He was a youth when his'aunt. Mrs. Nettie (William) Ger-kens* household items had been sold, when old things were just considered old things, with no special appeal nor value. Now, sentimentally. he was stirred up. so they attended the sale. He faijed ,to recognize any familiar • object until they started to walk away and were passing a pile of discarded objects. Mr. Solomon stopped and looked, saying; “I remember 91 y Aunt Nettie had a clock Jike thsT one,” pointing to a green marble clock about eleven inches high and sixteen inches wide that was lying on top of the heap. The br^ss cglor-. ed feet and the gold ornate trim outlining the cabinet were intact along with the gold colored handles on each end.He reached over, picked it up, shook it. and was amazed to hear it start ticking. Excited, the” opened up the back and found the name of his Aunt Nettie andSee 1
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The Hays Daily News
Hays, Kansas, US
Sun, Apr 17, 1960
Page 16
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Hays P.
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