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Apr.; 5 1%9 Jt <zfb Miss Patterson Decorates Easter Eggs All Year B> Mrs Charles McSparran '-«iae reading notnjty and Ea 1 - Lancaster Farming Staff Writer ie; scene l - E\ei> little object Ecrer comes oat once a cear -he sees seem- to gue hei an :r. mos* people however it idea for another decoiation Zests cii ,-ea; to- M'ss Maigaret She puts hangeis on some to son o t Leccock whose hang them on dnftwood tiees noon:- decoiatmg eggs She maKes hinged jewel ca'es which oec<re interested in this ait =he lines with silk or vehet She about fi\e ceai s ago and is self makes coi sages of them sets -’■ained Since then she has dec them on metal stands, makes orated hundreds of eggs She buds, bird houses, caits etc sells them and has given them She has put on demonstra ‘o many of hei iclatives and tions of making them and ex friends. hibited them at churches, fire She buys eggs of different halls and Gianges She entered kinds and has many unusual them twice at Hobby Shows Kinds gi%en to her What kinds held by the Optimist Club of of eggs has she decorated’ Lancaster at the Mayser gym- Chicken, duck turkey, bantam, nasium of Fiankhn and Mar goose, pheasant, peafowl shall College and three times guinea pigeon, snake and bird at the Southern Lancaster Co eggs that fall out of nests such Community Fair held at Quarry as robin, o.uail etc ville Each time she was a first The most fascinating kind aie place winner the ones laid by her Araucana Another hobby of Miss Pat chickens This breed originated terson is fancy work She loves :n Chile South America and to knit Her grandmother taught *ere first imported into the her to knit before she was six ■United States in 1930 She ob years old and an aunt taught *amed two r.ens Becky' and her to do embroidery work ‘Bessie four years ago from w’hen she was a young girl She .Mrs,Martin Huvett of .Varvon also does needlepoint and R D 1 who laised them Becky makes quilt tops She has made lays pale green eggs and Bessie four afghans and is working on 'ays pale pink ones These hens her fifth, crocheted two bed are red-leathered similai to spreads, two tablecloths, two Rhode Island Reds and weigh suits and one dress, crocheted about ZVi pounds They aie and knitted many baby sacque good layers and then eggs aie sets, caps, mittens and is now fairly good si/ed knitting a full length coat She Margaret blows the contents has patched several quilt tops out of the egg shells dues embroidered a quilt top, many them, then uses an electric scarfs, pillow cases etc She moto-tool to cut them Original ciocheted edgings for many of .y she used hci embroidery the embroidered pieces She has scissors to cut them Hei dec- made many stuffed toys for ba orating mateimls consist of zaars Indeed she burns mid oraids, velvets ribbons old night oil at this hobby Even her cost cai d and greeting caia pic bull-dog was the recipient of <ures, beads beau work felt, ner handiwork She made him a deser* flower; 1 ale ch r-s or knitted coat and cap Yes, she elastic cr,jrrc.is buc* foweic, made mm « Santa Claus suit crosses nettmg f.uthci'- ara one Christmas Easter -tiaw Src rmint- Through the vems she has ’Krn vJh co'or- She m = won man\ prizes on hei fancy MISS MARGARET PATTERSON, Leacock, exhibits a few of her decorated Easter eggs. The egg corsage com pletes her Easter togs. L. F. Photo FOR THE FARM WIFE ®P A\D FAMILY «o’k at county /«»•> Six also I*' . beautiful .scamstM ss Six xn. l.< ‘ *’■«.')' of hi*/ <loilx "i .iixl '\**v r.iD' lannenl 1 awac lo ;r. ev and Jo; chuiih mission UO'K ], ) IV .1 flow I I loC' I allll ■ j' > hi v j ,'i 11 ii thumb M<’ j- ,i miis 1 - o) bloom'- lion. •, \ -[i; iru’ 'inti! Jtost 'I b< i < n» hi . ,ound tulip bid tb.it •„ n- into d b< cJ ol .mnu.il Mfin u' iiix i dim's Tlx n tlx oth< i iloweiing bulb'- such a- h\df inths jonquils, no cu s 'din JjJ> of the \alley sec fjd] Kinds of liljes ddhbds .md gladioli She has seveial kinds of peonies ms chiysantlx urns dnd rnanc kinds of tea loses d.nd climbing loses “The loses die m; faconle”, she says Six* has dll kinds of shiubs such as fonylhia, hydiangea mock oiange ihododendron a/a l<a flowering almond, spneas. five oi six kinds of lilacs hibiscus and clematis cine Besides the u-ud shade liees she has flow cnng ciah holly pink and white dogwood Bonanza dwaif peach Kwanzan cheny wis leiia mimosa and eceigieens Maigaret and hei si,tei Be; tha lice together They ha\e a laige house with mane antique which hace been in the family for seceral geneiations Some of their prized ones aie Victon an sofas rockeis chans, mai ble top tables and bedroom fur nituie, drop leaf table, grand father clock mirrors, wash bowl and pitcher sets lamps and dishes BECKY, the Araucana hen P an y> Lancastei for 40 \ears, benefited from their endeavors lays green eggs to help Miss having been in the Treasurer’s are Child Development Center, Patterson with her Easter Department, Cashiers Office Crippled Children Society, decorations. L. F Photo the past 26 >ears She is a mem- (Continued on Page 23) o'. * v. " o t ; ? *££ 34^ * rf * AN EASTER EGG TREE and display Miss Pultecßon. of jewel cases and corsages hand made by ANTIQUES. This grandfather clock with moon dial, stars and days of the month has been in the Patterson family for oxer 200 years. The marble top German-made table is of hand-carved walnut. The chair is one of her grandfather Gibson’s which she has covered with needle point. L. F. Photo Miss Bertha is also quite her of Circle A, having served handy She sews and makes as president one year and trea stuffed dolls and toys She has surer one year They do a lot of made over 300 dolls and made chanty work and have social the clothes for them It is hard activities. They have conducted for her to keep up to the de- tours to such places as New mand for them She keeps a few York City and Europe Some of chickens, mows the lawn and their money-making projects in keeps house - elude candy sales, bazaars, Pat has been employed in the Pl a J' s ’ card parties and horse office of Armstrong Cork Com- / ■H- t > shows Chanties which have L. F. Photo : 1
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