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Nv* . ¥ leHwefc, (T«b), Awlwrti Jiwwi, lii^ Nfc. I, 1911$300,000 Wood Carving Exhibits Scheduled For Home Shown47 Business Firms Sign Up ForDisplays At Event March 13-20One of the most famous wood carving exhibits in the world—the $300,000 Potvin display—will be shown to the people of Lubbock and the South Plains at the Lubbock Home Show to be staged under sponsorship of the Avalanche-Journal at the Fair Park Coliseum, March 13-20.Carl Olson of Denver, producer of the show, Saturday announced the addition of the Potvin display as an added feature of the HomeShow.1 Supply Co., O’Hair Window Aces-aories, Paekard-Bell, Pioneer Natural Gas Co., Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Plains Insulation Co., Radio Lab, Sellers-Jondahl-Jenkins Furniture. Snook Sc Aderton. Southwest Public Service Co.. S. Sc D. Distributing, Texas Concrete Block Co., Town Country Interiors, West Texas Wholesale Supply, Wood Furniture Co., and Young’s Carpet City.Olson said he expected comple-At the same time, Olson announced that a total of 47 firms had signed up for displays in the Home Show and that only a few more exhibit spaces were left in the show.tion of exhibit applications by theend of this week. Those desiringspace may contact Jack McGuire, PO 2-2741.Business Firms NamedBusiness firms who will exhibit in the Home Show include Acme Repair, Adair Music Co., Anderson-Young Electric Co., Ater-Whitwell Lumber Co., Baker Engineering Co., Baldridge Bakery, Blackwell Mattress Co., Casey Carpet Co., Cloverlake Dairy. Colonial Shutters, Culligan Soft Water Service, Davis Nursery Co., Edler Furniture Co., First Supply Co., Forrest Lumber Co., Tom French Co.,' General Electric Supply, Grace Health Foods, Household Supply Co.:Hygeia-Ozarka Lawn Sprinkler Co., Hygeia-Ozarka Water Co..Keystone-Fleming, Kirby Company, Lifetime Screen Sc Window, Lubbock Floor Covering Co.. Maytag, Jim McGuire (Necchi-Elna Sewing Machines), Mechanical Equipment Co., Morrison Supply Co., Myrick Appliance. National Storm Windows, Nunn ElectricCarved By HandOlson was elated over the announcement of the Potvin exhibit, which is a collection of scenes carved by the late Moise Potvin, world famous French Canadian wood carver and violin maker. This famed artist carved the exhibits by hand from 92 different kinds of wood brought from all over the world. His work was acclaimed by critics as “the most amazing examples of fine art produced in the last 50 years.”Potvin not only carved but animated the exhibits as well. In scenes where paintings appear, the artist copied in oil all the miniatures found in the exhibit.Home Sweet Home,” a scene depicting the typical Victorian living room in all its splendor, which required three years for completion, is valued at $15,000.Shows Blacksmith ShopAnother carving shows a blacksmith shop in operation. “The Stampede of the Texas Longhorns,” an Arizona scene, depicts 70 TexasAOUTLET STORE1318-20 BROADWAYI UBBOCK, TfXAk/* JUST A PEW OP MANY SPECIALPRICES THROUGHOUTTHIS STOREa . ■»•SCENES FROM POTVIN EXHIBIT—Pictured above are three scenes from the famous $300,000 Potvin wood carving exhibit, which is to be seen at the Lubbock Home Show, March 13-20. At top is the violin shop scene which Potvin, the wood carver and violin maker, carved of himself; center is the famous carving of The Last Supper11 and bottom is “The Stampede of the Texas Longhorns. 1 ’steers in a mad stampede, complete with a background of cactus and cowboys frantically trying to save the herd from disaster.Showing at the Lubbock HomeShow will be the first time theexhibit has been shown in a city of less than 500,000 population, Olson said. Through personal friendship of Olson with Ralph DelRae to make the trip from the Detroit Home Show, where it has appeared in six successive shows, ! to come to Lubbock. It still is one of the great features of the Detroit show.The display has had from two to three months continuous run inmajor cities such as Atlantic City. In addition to the showing of
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Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Lubbock, Texas, US
Sun, Feb 06, 1955
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