5213- Friday November 1980 THE BIG PAPER WITH THE CIRCULATION SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES Uni idea for crafts sho Hot Bed to he run by new cooperative A Ha I ton Hilts Arts Council member Lang craft hobby shops a family affair undergoing a change in Owner Girder mi inp Ottawa but v ill still be invoked with the Sites establishing a imnagcmmt in which a group rtu Hoi hi Ihe Judi Cheryl art the first women to join cooperative and others will follow until here are memoirs to insure store is fully stiffed Each of the numbers of the cooperative will be working day a week Mrs and Mrs both work at different crafts which will be sold in the store Mrs mikes items and quills by hand Mrs mikes baby clothing children toys The also hopes to encourage local to bring in crafts be sold Eileen will be back crafts from Ottawa and on her back the store She also to take local back to OILiwi the value and the pleasure Corporations stretch dollars by sending greeting cards A company purchase of one box of cards can provide a foetal for a maternity centre assisted by five boxes of cards can stock a pond with enough baby fish to eventually supply protein for an entire rural village ten boxes can provide 101 pounds of pea for a school or ly vegetable garden Each year more and more business an learning both the pleasure and the of sending UNICEF cards For a corporate brochure call toll free 1 Operator twin opin i Thcbtun ity of e try ii display i idiu She ilso mti iris i the stores lints to milude antiques Mrs they like ruction from the public nit hivi ret One of the Hal ton Hills Arts Council few commercial member groups downtown Georgetown star ted out as Georgetown Hobbies and Crafts in the spring of 1971 Store owners Jim and emigrated from Holland In 1932 Mr accepting civil engineering Jobs In Alberta and being transferred to Ontario years later He works for Cannon Incorporated pipe division in Toronto The moved to Georgetown in August and soon decided that what the community needed was a good hobby shop Mr recalls that hi searched the town and low for a razor knife with which to Ills own hobby interests but had Since his youth in the Netherlands Mr has enjoyed hobbies as diverse remotecontrol model plane flying dollhousc making The whole family the have- raised ten children denvis much pit from hobbies and kind of activity that pursue much more so than North Americans Mr estimates that one In every three European homes has a model train set up somewhere inside compared to only about one in here So while builds model boats and trains mother practises the delicate lettering of a subject she teaches in one of the store- sponsored crafts courses daughters arrange flowers and sons paint and everyone seems to help out in Hie store especially Richard Vera Mary Linda daughter In law Michelle modest beginnings on Wesleyun Street as strictly a hobby shop for men and boys has moved to the Mam Street site now occupied by Aatco Travel and again across the road to its present used to be half of Silvers and has grown ide a wide ranging variety of 1 supplies for the whole with yarns kits and supplies joining models and trains on the Mr estimates his crowded shelves feature different items with the biggest sellers being yarns and picture frames the store offers framing service Plastic model kits are as as ever ho adds Almost as popular though are weekly in crochet and and occasional workshops in making and preparing Christmas decora Other workshops show ing how lo make pinecone decorated brooms and mils and Christ mis centrepieces hive a part in the store service particularly since of its innual business tomes around Christmastime Keen interest in the courses workshops has helped convince Mr Langedyk the future is bright for Hal ton Hills arts and crafts II a refreshing trend he when the old fashioned employing natural utensils return in popularity and families hanging artificial Christmas wreaths on their front doors More and local people he reports with pleasure are enjoying working more with their hands Anion Hilton Hills hobby isls the Georgetown Model Railroad Club had a head start Kindred spirits gathered when the Langedyks opened their hobby store and until the move across Main Street Hie club had a permanent railway display set up In the store Langcrift usually holds an annual exhibition which is open lo ill hobby is the past year proven too busy a Adding Mr Langedyk optimism about the future Is the Hills Arts Council a group he Tor much the progress witnessed on the local arts scene in recent years Having joined the Arts Council because they felt Ihey can contribute to that scene the Langedyks are regular exhibitors themselves at the Council annual celebration of the arts carries many different styles of mouldings suitable tor photo graphs and needlework and offers picture framing and needlework blocking as store services As well as sharing their own knowledge and talenti at demonstrations around the area and daughters Vera and Linda attend many crafta courses themselves both In Canada and in the US Santas coming Nov 22 The theme for the 50th annual Georgetown Lions Santa Claus parade is A Golden Christmas The parade will be held Nov and will follow the usual starting out from Moore Park at Bob committee chairman would like to hear from entrants with details of their entries as soon possible He can be reached at 8776394 Irene McCauley Cares About Catholic Education ELECT I X Halton Hills Separate School Board Trustee ELECT Nick Hunsley Area Councillor Ward 2 Esqueslng MONDAY NOV Make Your Vote Count for a concerned voice on Council For More Information Call 8774151 HUNSLEY N Hot owner Is shown here with two the operative which Is being set up to run the store now Ihii Mrs moling Judi are the first members to Join store will continue lo stock made by local and will iff in antiques rafts from Ottawa and Quebec Herald photo AWARE REELECT RUSSELL MILLER on NOV 10th Hills Regional Councillor WARD II Esquesing Years Experience My only AVAILABLE Committment Serving on INVOLVED Committees Your voice is heard through my vote at council ELECT McLellan W AREA COUNCIL WARD 2 ESQUESING With your support our voice will be heard at Town Council VOTE MONDAY NOV FOR A Strong Voice for the North Dynamic Representation Responsible Management of Your Tax Dollar Commitment to Our Community Whiting Dave X FULL TIME FOR YOU