Hastings doll-maker crafts little people from cloth
Nancy Shelley of Hastings crafts handmade cloth dolls reflecting diverse periods and cultures. She sells at Oswego County fairs including the Rennaisance Fair in Sterling, operates from home on Cornell Street, and draws customers with custom likeness dolls and a long history of doll-making since the early 1940s.
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Hastings
Nancy Shelley
Oswego County
Sterling
Nancy
Shelleys
Cornell Street
Profile of a dollmaker who maps history onto dolls
Nancy integrates costume history into doll design visiting schools like a Mexico high school to lecture on fashion history. She notes interest from unexpected buyers including football types and fans who send dolls overseas as representations of American culture.
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Tam
Nancy
Mexico
Decision to Close a Small School Cited by Boynton
In a forum piece Floyd L. Boynton argues a small school should close when it cannot provide adequate instruction or safe, healthy conditions, costs per student exceed those in other buildings, and the environment hinders learning. He invites readers to submit topics to Syracuse Newspapers Regional Desk in Clinton Square, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Syracuse
Clinton Square
Syracuse N.Y
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the Plaza Yarn Shop
Oswego
DMC
Mary Maxim
Jefferson St. Pulaski
RED Heart
Angers
Dawn Layelle Bernat
Brunswick Bucilla
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