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May 23, 1967One corner of the “Lavender and Old Lace** Show and Sale.(Photo by Mahan)Antiques Show and. Sale Success May Be Another Annual EndeavornRVsiES7dai)osv1ri]According to the general eon* census, Thursday's and Friday's “Lavender and Old Lace antiques show and sale at the Woman's Club was such an unqualified sucess that it is possible it may become an annual affair. Among the enthusiastic comments of its general chairman, Mrs. James J. Rogan,were these, “Well worth all efforts we put into it. . .1 was delight, fully surprised!, and, “All dealers brought a very high quality of antiques.In the picture here, you see only a corner of the antiques show and sale. There were fifteen booths (or tables) in all, with one of them devoted exclusively to personal possessions of the Woman's Club members and of course not for sale —This particular table may be seen at the extreme right cen-ter of the picture.For the sale itself, besides the glassware, china, lamps, etcetera, shown, there were many fine pieces of furniture from the Brass Trivet Shop m Jamestown, and the Country Wagon Antiques in Chard cm, Otriojalso beautiful old pieces of antique jewelry and silver from Lesses' The Silver Shop in Buffalo.Two very old antique signswere loaned to the club members through the courtesy of Elm Craft Antiques Shop, Jamestown: One a merry-go-round horse, and, an old, oldbaby carriage. Both were placed outside the Woman's Club indicating the entrance to the antiques show and. sale. The two interesting antiques were reproduced on the front and back covers of the lavender programs.The decorative theme for “Lavender and Old Lace was used in the dining room where even the flowers at the in. dividual tables were in lavender and white, and, where luncheon was served on both days of the sale, and also in the auditorium, the site of the antiques show and sale. There the highlight was a black lace mantilla artlftillyarranged against a lavender background; spotlights from the balcony focused on some of the exhibits and a suitable program of background music was piped into the Woman’s Club throughhusband is president of WNAE. It is estimated that close to 600 patrons attended the two-day event, of which two were the recipients of awards donated by Mrs. J. W. A. Luce, one, a large antique vase on Thursday night, and the other, a silver antique water pitcher on Friday night.Working on committee with Mrs, Rogan were the following* Mrs. W. H. Alexander, Mrs, Thomas L. Armstrong, Miss Mary L. Craft, Mrs. William C. Fuellhart, Miss Christine Hurd, Mrs. Harold Johnson, Mrs. C. Walter Johnson, Mrs, Clifford Johnson, Mrs. T. M. Kottraba, Mrs. J. W, A, Luce, Mrs. Arthur J. O'Connor, Mrs. David Potter, Mrs. Robert A. Probst, Mrs. Hugh R, Robertson, Mrs. George W. Walker, Mrs. Robert Wolfe.One exhibitor was present who was previously unannounced in writeups: Mrs. Matt Federoff of “House of Ideas'*, Erie, who took the place of “The Tree House of Warren, No. 11 on the program.the courtesy of one of its members, Mrs. David Potter, whose'Friendly Town* to Hosthtl:
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Warren Times Mirror and Observer
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, May 23, 1967
Page 10
Full Page
Clipped by
Beverly L.
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