812-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 11,1986
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“Liberty Legacy (1986)" was made by Cindy Applegate as an entry in the national
Great American Quilt Festival Contest in New York City. Here, quilt owner Jeanne
Wilber, proprietor of the Strawberry Patch Calico Shop, poses with the quilt, which was
selected 1986 Viewer’s Choice for the Totem Pole Show.
Totem Pole Quilf She# Boasts 100 Entries
BY BARBARA MILLER
Lycoming Co. Correspondent
ATHENS - One hundred old and
new quilts were on display at the
Totem Pole Quilt Show and Sale at
the Ingersoll Rand Clubhouse,
Athens, Oct. 4 through 5. Ap
proximately 1,500 people were
expected to attend the event, which
also included displays of antique
properties, dolls and Indian
ceramics.
Quilts of every variety, size, and
age were on display. The exhibit
included a black quilt, a map quilt,
a quilt of yo-yos and one comprised
of white sugar bags.
Winner of the 1986 Viewers
Choice Award was “Liberty
Legacy” (1986) made by Cindy
Applegate and owned by Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Wilbur of the
Strawberry Patch Calico Shop,
Columbia Cross Roads. According
to Jeanne Wilbur, the blue toned
quilt was made by Ms. Applegate
as an entry to the national Great
American Quilt Festival Contest
held in New York City. The theme
of the contest was the Statue of
Liberty and the quilt was an
original design.
Each of the multiple borders of
the quilt symbolized the statue and
the pedestal as one peers down on
it from above. Included in the quilt
are hand designed patches sym
bolic of the many countries from
which came immigrants to the
United States. Russian mosques
appear on the Russian patch and
the Canadian patch features a
maple leaf. A multi-colored star is
the central patch symbolizing the
“lady” herself.
“Victorian House” won the 1986
Viewers Choice Award in the small
items category. Owned by Michael
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“Postage Stamp (1831) quilt made by Sara Wiles Wade
Herkimer of the Herkimer Diamond Mine family of Herkimer,
N.Y. One of the oldest quilts displayed, it is owned by Mrs.
Robert Mullen of South Waverly.
This "Victorian House" wall hanging in a hoop, worked in
blue and white tones, was made by Patricia McLinko to
illustrate her son’s house. The piece won the 1986 Viewer’s
Award for small items.
McLinko, Hackettstown, N.J., and
constructed by his mother,
Patricia McLinko, the quilted
wallhanging, encircled by a hoop,
depicted Mr. McLinko’s Victorian
house in blue and gray tones.
The “Postage Stamp” quilt
(1831) was one of the oldest on
display. Owned by Mrs. Robert
Mullen, South Waverly, and made
by Sara Wiles Wade Herkimer of
the Herkimer Diamond Mine
family of Herkimer, N. Y., the quilt
was filled with raw cotton. Ap
proximately 5,100 brown and white
toned one-inch square patches
(about the size of a postage stamp)
made up the handsewn quilt.
“That one’s different! It’s
almost like stained glass looks
antiquish, like little cameos,”
exclaimed a lady viewing “Vic
tonana,” winner of the 1985 Totem
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Pole Quilt Show Viewer’s Choice
Award. This quilt was made and
owned by Catherine Heib, Painted
Post, N.Y., using a Joyce
Scholtzhauer design. Made of soft
earthtones, the quilt’s graceful
curving patches met at intervals
where there was a small oval patch
reminiscent of a flowered cameo
broach.
“Northwest Territory” (1986), a
unique entry, fashioned by a class
of fourth graders from Marietta,
Ohio, took the form of a map. It
depicted an Indian trail going from
Shesequm to Marietta. The quilt
includes Indian symbols on pat
ches bordering the quilt with the
center bottom patch listing the
names of Mrs. Smith’s fourth
grade class.
The only black quilt in the show
was a crazy quilt made in 1917 by
owner Robin Pierce’s great
grandmother. This was a very
dramatic quilt made of black
velveteen and embroidered with
shiny, brightly colored floss. The
black satin ruffle which showed the
quilt off most effectively was
probably added at a later date. The
quilt featured several bugs and a
spider done in embroidery and
raised applique which made them
look quite realistic. Black velvet
black satin, spiders and bugs an
entry surely Vincent Price would
adore.
The fourth Totem Pole Quilt
Show and Sale was sponsored by
the Mather Memorial Library,
Ulster. Coordinator was Virginia
Pruyne with helpers Jennie Berg
and Jane Bresee.
Contributors were Willard Ixmg
specializing in Indian ceramics,
Strawberry Patch Calico Shop, My
Hands To Thee, Burnt Hill Books,
Stitching Post, and local
dollmakers.
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RD 1
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RD 1, 80x217A
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Farm Equipment
Belleville, Pa
717-935-2948
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Hess Farm Equipment
717-673-5143
Carlisle, PA
Paul Shovers, Inc
35 East Willow Street
717-243-2686
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Clugston
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RD 1
717 263-4103
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George N Gross, Inc
R D 2, Dover, PA
717 292 1673
Elizabethtown, PA
Messick Farm
Equipment, Inc
Rt 283 Rheem’s Exit
717-367 1319
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C Paul Ford & Son
RD 1
814-652-2051
Gettysburg, PA
Yinghng Implements
RD 9
717 359-4848
Greencastle, PA
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400 N Antrim Way
P 0 Box 97
717-597 2176
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R D 3, Box 13
717-896-3414
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R D 1, Box 1392
215-488 1025
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1061 Carlisle St
Hanover PA 17331
717 632 3660
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Dependable Motor Co
East Main Street
215 273 3131
215 273 3737
Honey Grove, PA
Norman D Clark
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Honey Grove PA
717 734 3682
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Farnsworth Farm
Supplies Inc
103 Cemetery Street
717 584 2106
Lancaster, PA
L H Brubaker Inc
350 Strasburg Pike
717 397 5179
Lebanon, PA
Keller Bros
T ractor Co
RD 7, Box 405
717-949 6501
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700 Woodcrest Av
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717-789 3117
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RD 1
717-726 3471
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110 South Railroad
717-354 4191
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PO Box 16
717 993 2511
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C J Wonsidler Bros
RD 2
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Pitman PA
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RD 1
215 536 1935
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101 South Lime Street
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R D 3
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R D 2 Box 66
215 869 2214
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Churchville Rd
301 734 7722
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Rt 26 East
301 662 4197
Outside MD 800 331
9122
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New Holland Inc
1201 New Windsor Rd
301 857 0711
Outside MD 800 331
9122
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Frank Rymon & Sons
201 689 1464
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Owen Supply Co
Broad Street &
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609 7 59 0308