[Bcma-l] Creston Museum receives exciting new donation
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Creston & District Museum & Archives
219 Devon Street
Creston, BC
V0B 1G3
Phone (250) 428-9262
Fax (250) 428-3324
Email mail@creston.museum.bc.ca
Press Release
August 23, 2007
Exciting New Donation to the Creston Museum
The Creston Museum is very pleased to announce the recent donation of a =
very special item from the community's past.
"This past June, Mary Orr stopped in with her husband, en route to =
Vancouver, to offer us a treasure that had been in her family for more =
than sixty years," says Tammy Hardwick, manager of the Creston Museum.
Mary, her parents, and her sisters, had lived in Creston for three =
years, from 1941 to 1944, because her father, Austin Fulton, was =
minister of the three United Churches in the Valley. When they returned =
to their homeland of Ireland in 1944, the members of the Church's =
Victory Circle made a quilt for them - embroidered with the names of all =
the members of the Church at that time.
The quilt is a wonderful part of the Fulton family's history; a memento =
of one stop on a family's journey that spanned the world. Austin and =
Flora Fulton went to Manchuria from Ireland as missionaries in 1930, and =
their three eldest daughters were born there. The family was evacuated =
to Canada prior to the Japanese declaration of war in 1941. They spent =
a few months in Vancouver, then Rev. Fulton was offered the three United =
Churches in the Creston Valley. In her letter accompanying the quilt, =
Mary describes the family's years in Creston: =20
"He [Austin] bought a Ford V8 motor car and the whole family - five of =
us at that time - took a week to drive to Creston where we spent the =
next three years. Eleanor was born in October 1942 in the Creston Valley =
Hospital. The three years in Creston were very happy ones for our =
family and we also enjoyed several holidays at Twin Bays on the Kootenay =
Lake. When our family returned to Ireland my parents bought a bungalow =
overlooking Carlingford Lough and looking towards the Carlingford =
Mountains - very reminiscent of Twin Bays and Kootenay Lake. Of course =
they called it "Kootenay."
But the quilt is also an amazing piece of local history. The names =
embroidered on it have already caused a bit of a stir among the people =
who have seen the quilt since its arrival on August 9. "Several of our =
volunteers have seen it, and every one of them has told me about the =
people whose names are on the quilt," says Hardwick. "We need to set up =
a tape recorder near the quilt, to catch all the local memories that are =
being triggered by it."
Among the names embroidered on the quilt are Fred Martello, long-time =
principal of the high school and W.H. Kolthammer, who taught at Canyon =
School; Fred Mawson and his parents; J.G. and Mary Abbott, Wynndel =
pioneers; and Helen McCreath, who, with her husband, owned an early =
livery stable in town.
The quilt is in excellent condition; in fact, it appears to have been =
hardly used at all during the last sixty years. "We intend to keep it =
that way," says Hardwick, "so, intriguing as it is, this quilt is not =
going to be on display very often."
It will, however, be the centrepiece of the Museum's Quilts-and-More =
Show on September 15. "I have a feeling that this quilt will get a lot =
of attention that day!" says Hardwick.
Photo captions: =20
vcircle: The Victory Circle quilt, made in 1944 and recently donated to =
the Creston Museum by Mary, Margaret, Elisabeth, and Eleanor Fulton.
fulton: The Fulton family in Creston, 1942.
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Tammy Hardwick
Manager,
Creston & District Museum & Archives
219 Devon Street, Creston, BC V0B 1G3
Phone (250) 428-9262
Fax (250) 428-3324
Email mail@creston.museum.bc.ca
www.creston.museum.bc.ca
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428-9262</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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428-3324</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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href=3D"mailto:mail@creston.museum.bc.ca"><STRONG>mail@creston.museum.bc.=
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<DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><STRONG>August 23,=20
2007</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><STRONG>Exciting New =
Donation to the=20
Creston Museum</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The Creston Museum is very pleased to =
announce the=20
recent donation of a very special item from the community's =
past.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"This past June, Mary Orr stopped in =
with her=20
husband, en route to Vancouver, to offer us a treasure that had been in =
her=20
family for more than sixty years," says Tammy Hardwick, manager of the =
Creston=20
Museum.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mary, her parents, and her sisters, had =
lived in=20
Creston for three years, from 1941 to 1944, because her father, Austin =
Fulton,=20
was minister of the three United Churches in the Valley. When they =
returned to their homeland of Ireland in 1944, the members of the =
Church's=20
Victory Circle made a quilt for them - embroidered with the names of all =
the=20
members of the Church at that time.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The quilt is a wonderful part of the =
Fulton=20
family's history; a memento of one stop on a family's journey that =
spanned the=20
world. Austin and Flora Fulton went to Manchuria from Ireland as=20
missionaries in 1930, and their three eldest daughters were born=20
there. The family was evacuated to Canada prior to the =
Japanese=20
declaration of war in 1941. They spent a few months in Vancouver, =
then=20
Rev. Fulton was offered the three United Churches in the Creston =
Valley. =20
In her letter accompanying the quilt, Mary describes the family's years =
in=20
Creston: =20
<P>"He [Austin] bought a Ford V8 motor car and the whole family =
- five of=20
us at that time - took a week to drive to Creston where we spent the =
next three=20
years. Eleanor was born in October 1942 in the Creston Valley=20
Hospital. The three years in Creston were very happy ones for =
our=20
family and we also enjoyed several holidays at Twin Bays on the Kootenay =
Lake.=20
When our family returned to Ireland my parents bought a bungalow =
overlooking=20
Carlingford Lough and looking towards the Carlingford Mountains - very=20
reminiscent of Twin Bays and Kootenay Lake. Of course they called it=20
"Kootenay."</P></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>But the quilt is also an amazing piece =
of local=20
history. The names embroidered on it have already caused a bit of =
a stir=20
among the people who have seen the quilt since its arrival on August=20
9. "Several of our volunteers have seen it, and every one of =
them=20
has told me about the people whose names are on the quilt," says =
Hardwick. =20
"We need to set up a tape recorder near the quilt, to catch all the =
local=20
memories that are being triggered by it."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Among the names embroidered on the =
quilt are Fred=20
Martello, long-time principal of the high school and W.H. Kolthammer, =
who taught=20
at Canyon School; Fred Mawson and his parents; J.G. and Mary Abbott, =
Wynndel=20
pioneers; and Helen McCreath, who, with her husband, owned an early =
livery=20
stable in town.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The quilt is in excellent condition; in =
fact, it=20
appears to have been hardly used at all during the last sixty =
years. "We=20
intend to keep it that way," says Hardwick, "so, intriguing as it is, =
this quilt=20
is not going to be on display very often."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It will, however, be the centrepiece of =
the=20
Museum's Quilts-and-More Show on September 15. "I have a feeling =
that this=20
quilt will get a lot of attention that day!" says Hardwick.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Photo captions: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>vcircle: The <EM>Victory Circle</EM> =
quilt, made in=20
1944 and recently donated to the Creston Museum by Mary, Margaret, =
Elisabeth,=20
and Eleanor Fulton.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>fulton: The Fulton family in Creston,=20
1942.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<BR>Tammy=20
Hardwick<BR>Manager,<BR>Creston & District Museum & =
Archives<BR>219=20
Devon Street, Creston, BC V0B 1G3<BR>Phone (250) 428-9262<BR>Fax (250)=20
428-3324<BR>Email <A=20
href=3D"mailto:mail@creston.museum.bc.ca">mail@creston.museum.bc.ca</A><B=
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