[Bcma-l] Creston Museum receives exciting new donation
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Interesting,
Fred Martello was one of my mother's teachers in the Trail high school=20=
and he was coach of the girl's basketball team. My mother and her=20
friends played on the team and regarded Mr. Martello very highly as=20
teacher and coach-- and there was one story that stands out about one=20=
very special basketball trip for Fred Martello and one of the team=20
members.
Barbara Reed, BFA, MAC, ACA (dipl)
On 23-Aug-07, at 4:15 PM, bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca wrote:
> Creston & District Museum & Archives
> 219 Devon Street
> Creston, BC
> V0B 1G3
> =A0
> Phone (250) 428-9262
> Fax (250) 428-3324
> Email mail@creston.museum.bc.ca
> =A0
> Press Release
> =A0
> August 23, 2007
> =A0
> Exciting New Donation to the Creston Museum
> =A0
> The Creston Museum is very pleased to announce the recent donation of=20=
> a very special item from the community's past.
> =A0
> "This past June, Mary Orr stopped in with her husband, en route to=20
> Vancouver, to offer us a treasure that had been in her family for more=20=
> than sixty years," says Tammy Hardwick, manager of the Creston Museum.
> =A0
> Mary, her parents, and her sisters, had lived in Creston for three=20
> years, from 1941 to 1944, because her father, Austin Fulton, was=20
> minister of the three United Churches in the Valley.=A0 When they=20
> returned to their homeland of Ireland in 1944, the members of the=20
> Church's Victory Circle made a quilt for them - embroidered with the=20=
> names of all the members of the Church at that time.
> =A0
> The quilt is a wonderful part of the Fulton family's history; a=20
> memento of one stop on a family's journey that spanned the world.=A0=20=
> Austin and Flora Fulton went to Manchuria from Ireland as missionaries=20=
> in 1930, and their three eldest daughters were born there.=A0=A0The=20
> family=A0was evacuated to Canada prior to the Japanese declaration of=20=
> war in 1941.=A0 They spent a few months in Vancouver, then Rev. Fulton=20=
> was offered the three United Churches in the Creston Valley.=A0 In her=20=
> letter accompanying the quilt, Mary describes the family's years in=20
> Creston:=A0
>
> "He [Austin] bought a Ford V8 motor car and the whole family -=A0five =
of=20
> us at that time - took a week to drive to Creston where we spent the=20=
> next three years. Eleanor was born in October 1942 in the Creston=20
> Valley Hospital.=A0=A0The three years in Creston were very happy ones =
for=20
> our family and we also enjoyed several holidays at Twin Bays on the=20
> Kootenay Lake. When our family returned to Ireland my parents bought a=20=
> bungalow overlooking Carlingford Lough and looking towards the=20
> Carlingford Mountains - very reminiscent of Twin Bays and Kootenay=20
> Lake. Of course they called it "Kootenay."
> But the quilt is also an amazing piece of local history.=A0 The names=20=
> embroidered on it have already caused a bit of a stir among the people=20=
> who have seen the quilt since its arrival on August 9.=A0=A0 "Several =
of=20
> our volunteers have seen it, and every one of them has told me about=20=
> the people whose names are on the quilt," says Hardwick.=A0 "We need =
to=20
> set up a tape recorder near the quilt, to catch all the local memories=20=
> that are being triggered by it."
> =A0
> Among the names embroidered on the quilt are Fred Martello, long-time=20=
> principal of the high school and W.H. Kolthammer, who taught at Canyon=20=
> School; Fred Mawson and his parents; J.G. and Mary Abbott, Wynndel=20
> pioneers; and Helen McCreath, who, with her husband, owned an early=20
> livery stable in town.
> =A0
> The quilt is in excellent condition; in fact, it appears to have been=20=
> hardly used at all during the last sixty years.=A0 "We intend to keep =
it=20
> that way," says Hardwick, "so, intriguing as it is, this quilt is not=20=
> going to be on display very often."
> =A0
> It will, however, be the centrepiece of the Museum's Quilts-and-More=20=
> Show on September 15.=A0 "I have a feeling that this quilt will get a=20=
> lot of attention that day!" says Hardwick.
> =A0
> Photo captions:=A0
> =A0
> vcircle: The Victory Circle quilt, made in 1944 and recently donated=20=
> to the Creston Museum by Mary, Margaret, Elisabeth, and Eleanor=20
> Fulton.
> fulton: The Fulton family in Creston, 1942.
> =A0
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 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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Interesting,
Fred Martello was one of my mother's teachers in the Trail high school
and he was coach of the girl's basketball team. My mother and her
friends played on the team and regarded Mr. Martello very highly as
teacher and coach-- and there was one story that stands out about one
very special basketball trip for Fred Martello and one of the team
members. =20
Barbara Reed, BFA, MAC, ACA (dipl)
On 23-Aug-07, at 4:15 PM, bcma-l-admin@museumsassn.bc.ca wrote:
<excerpt><bold><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Creston &
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BC</smaller></fontfamily></bold>
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1G3</smaller></fontfamily></bold>
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<bold><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Phone (250) =
428-9262</smaller></fontfamily></bold>
<bold><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Fax (250) =
428-3324</smaller></fontfamily></bold>
<bold><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Email
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ller></fontfamily></bold>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>=A0</smaller></fontfamily>
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<bold><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>August 23, =
2007</smaller></fontfamily></bold>
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<bold><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Exciting New Donation
to the Creston Museum</smaller></fontfamily></bold>
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<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>The Creston Museum is very
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the community's past.</smaller></fontfamily>
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<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>"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.</smaller></fontfamily>
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<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>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.=A0 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.</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>=A0</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>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.=A0 Austin and Flora Fulton went to
Manchuria from Ireland as missionaries in 1930, and their three eldest
daughters were born there.=A0=A0The family=A0was evacuated to Canada =
prior
to the Japanese declaration of war in 1941.=A0 They spent a few months
in Vancouver, then Rev. Fulton was offered the three United Churches
in the Creston Valley.=A0 In her letter accompanying the quilt, Mary
describes the family's years in Creston:=A0</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>"He [Austin] bought a Ford V8
motor car and the whole family -=A0five 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.=A0=A0The 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."</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>But the quilt is also an
amazing piece of local history.=A0 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.=A0=A0 "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.=A0 "We need to set up a tape
recorder near the quilt, to catch all the local memories that are
being triggered by it."</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>=A0</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>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.</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>=A0</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>The quilt is in excellent
condition; in fact, it appears to have been hardly used at all during
the last sixty years.=A0 "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."</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>=A0</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>It will, however, be the
centrepiece of the Museum's Quilts-and-More Show on September 15.=A0 "I
have a feeling that this quilt will get a lot of attention that day!"
says Hardwick.</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>=A0</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Photo =
captions:=A0</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>=A0</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>vcircle: The <italic>Victory
Circle</italic> quilt, made in 1944 and recently donated to the
Creston Museum by Mary, Margaret, Elisabeth, and Eleanor =
Fulton.</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>fulton: The Fulton family in
Creston, 1942.</smaller></fontfamily>
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<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Tammy =
Hardwick</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Manager,</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Creston & District Museum &
Archives</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>219 Devon Street, Creston, BC
V0B 1G3</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Phone (250) =
428-9262</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Fax (250) =
428-3324</smaller></fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Email
=
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ller></fontfamily>
=
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