BOYERTOWN Once again
this spring, members of the
Boyertown Area Historical Society
will be putting many hours of work
into their annual quilt show.
This will be the tenth year for the
show which is scheduled for
Saturday, May sth from 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. and Sunday, May 6th, noon
to 6 p.m. The event will be staged
in the Society building, 43 South
Chestnut Street, Boyertown.
The display, which contains over
Juniata Co. seeks Dairy Princess
MIFFLINTOWN - All single
young women between the ages of
16 and 22 who have a dairy farm
background are eligible to com
pete for the Juniata County Dairy
Princess title, Edmund Book,
chairman of the Juniata County
Dairy Princess Committee,
recently announced.
Any single woman who has
completed her junior year in high
school, is not over 22 years of age,
never married and whose parents
or guardians are engaged in far
ming, or who owns at least on dairy
animal herself is eligible to
compete for the title.
The winner of the Dairy Princess
pageant, to be held on June 23 at 8
p.m. will be eligible to compete for
the state title.
The contest covers Juniata
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Boyertown Historical Society schedules quilt show
100 quilts, old and new, has at
tracted hundreds of visitors. On
exhibit will be a “Double Irish
Chain” pattern quilt recently
completed by Society members
and friends. This year’s quilt
utilizes an old, traditional pattern,
but gives it a different look by
using an unusual pink, blue, and
grey color combination. During the
show, Society members and
friends will be demonstrating
different quilting techniques and
County and is sponsored by the
Juniata County Dairy Promotion
Committee and the Juniata County
Holstein Club.
The winner of the Pennsylvania
Dairy Princess pageant will
receive a $3OO cash award. The
first and second runner-ups will
receive a $2OO and $lOO cash award
respectively. The state title is
honorary plans. The state pageant
is coordinated through the Penn
sylvania Dairy Promotion Ser
vices, Inc.
Twenty-six state princesses and
hundreds of county princesses
have served as spokespersons for
the dairy industry in Penn
sylvania. They appear in shopping
malls, fairs, supermarkets and on
radio and television to educate
consumers about milk products.
Young women interested in
entering the Juniata pageant
should contact Barbara Graham or
Robin Simonton of Rt. 1 Port
Royal, by May 31.
A pizza party will be held for
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tering the pageant at the original
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and Old Route 22 at 1 p.m. on April
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participating in a question and
answer panel.
Another highlight of the show
will be a workshop and lecture on
Celtic quilting conducted by Linda
White. Celtic quilting involes the
use of bias strips sewn on large
blocks of material, which are used
to form a quilt top.
The workshop will be held
Saturday, May sth at 10:30 a.m. at
the Good Shepherd United Church
of Christ, Boyertown. Ms. White
will teach participants how to
make one Celtic design block, and
participants will have to provide
material, bias tape, etc. Cost of the
workshop is $5.00, and reservations
should be made in advance.
The lecture on Celtic quilting will
also be held Saturday, May sth at
2:30 p.m. at the Good Shepherd
U.C.C. Her presentation will cover
the history and the “how to” of this
aspecdt of quilting, but will not
involve any sewing. Cost of the
lecture is $2.50.
Workshop and lecture reser
vations can be secured by making
a check payable to the Boyertown
Area Historical Society and sen
ding it and a stamped, self
addressed envelope to: Mrs.
Edwin Reed, Box 703, RD #5,
Boyertown, PA 19512.
Mrs. Rosie Mutter is serving as
quilt show chairman. Assisting her
are; Mrs. William Keim and Mrs.
Lester Fryer, hostesses; Mrs.
Edwin Reed, lecture; Holly K.
Green, publicity; Miss. Ruth
Miller, Society table. There is a
$1.75 donation for the show and
children under 16 will be admitted
free if accompanied by an adult.
Last year’s show attracted
people from all corners of
southeastern Pennsylvania and
several adjoining states. Society
members hope that once again
people will enjoy this show, which
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has become a colorful way of seamstresses from the 1800’s to the
displaying the talents of area present day.
The Boyertown Historical Society will hold their annual
quilt show on May 5 and 6. Rosie Mutter, chairman, and
her mother, Mrs. Katie Reifsnyder, show some of the
things that will be displayed. Mrs. Reifsnyder has quilted
some of the quilts that will be displayed. The pillow pic
tured here shows Celtic quilting.
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