Review Exlibrarians artwork reflects joyous attitude By PAUL DO USE Herald editor A family heritage and life long Involvement in arts and crafts and an enduring lotc of nature have combined to give Marjorle Nater paintings and embroidered works now on display at Georgetown Gallery House Sol a unique and dazzling brilliance that makes up In character what the work might otherwise lack in technique Now Miss became known to thousands of area residents as the community chief librarian a position she held for some 11 years before retiring in It is her pro lific output of paintings stained glass windows and other art forms that have caught the public a In the years since however and the show which opened Saturday at House Sol is Miss twelfth at the Charles Street gallery Sharing exhibition space with Miss embroidery and oils until Nov are the ceramic creations of Toronto s Parsons House Sol prop- net or John Summer edged that there arc no overt parallels between the two art works but pointed out that Mr Parsons shares Miss GALLEm HOUSE SOL presents paintings embroidery by MARJORIE pottery by OZ PARSONS until Nov classy tile gifl shops v Parions nl in country ability to tap some in tcrnal energy and let It run wild with design and compos on The current show Is balanced overall as a collect ion of traditional craft ideas Interpreted with some modem Innovations A year resident of Georgetown Miss has been a country girl in if not In body all her life and pastoral landscapes and floral compositions reflect the high esteem she holds for all things natural When she immigrated here from land in 1929 leaving behind a childhood filled with arts en ted relatives It was a family disease she reports but a happy one Miss exhibited her woodcuts in Toronto She regrets having d most of the original design blocks uaed in that work but is optimistic about soon returning to what was once her predominant pas OPTIMRS BAZAAR Tricla left and Joanne 10 try out some of the puppets handmade by Grace Martin at the Mrs bazaar held Saturday In SI Andrews United church on Road The baiiar featured decoration Ideas Tor Christmas and Jewellery Herald photo Lucky winners Auxiliary Christmas cake The Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital Auxiliary held a successful cake show and auction Saturday thanks to the many cakes donated by generous supporters Christine Knapka of Georgetown was the winner of a Christmas coke raffle Pipe band quilt Shirley Snyder of Wcslcotl Avenue In Acton Is the winner of a handmade quilt following a draw sponsored by Mrs Snyderhcld winning number to take home the quilt made and donated by Madelaine Piers The quilt raffle raised for the band Holy Cross prizes A major draw was held at the Holy Cross Christmas Bazaar Saturday Winner of he first a gas is Vera Gird wood Winner of the second prize a hand made hooked picture is Marg McCormack Winner of the third priie Palmer of Ca led on Fourth prize winner Mrs John Hulme will receive a voucher from North Hal ton Sports ASTROLOGY Books on Astrology Horoscopes for 1981 and 1981 Astrological Calendars available from ID OXBOW BOOKS IQBMatnSt lb GEORGETOWN DISTRICT P Day Thd i count in of n Friday V It painting and that now provides her work focus fibe 11 paint all day and embroider until the wee hours but finds mounting one show every year a heavy workload She shared a House Sol exhibition with Maria Jen last year Relying upon her photogra ph e memory and many sketc she prepared on outdoor hikes Miss will produce random compositions or stud led floral arrangements as whim dictates Its her choice of color that sets the paintings in motion and the work embroidered purses and cush ions as well invariably the Joyous mood which she admits is her ambition While Miss method of painting directly atop a tightly glazed wood surface gives her paintings a flat appearance the color and composition create a veritable whirlwind of activity within the frame The final effect is one of lightness and bright Several people at the on Saturday itcd on the combination of my work and Mr Parsons Miss said Why I don know Mr Parsons and I did agree though that ve both work because we can t help It we must work whether we rt selling or not Born Stephen Parson yeirs ago Parsons ick up his nickname as a child and is not sure himself why To overwork a metaphor however there Is probably fitting Irony In the name pjven the sense of courage Intelligence this artists work seems to have derived from some Influential wizard Whether or not that id Long with whom Mr Par apprenticed for a year following his own emigration for England In the stud Is now making some Inter Inroads of his own GIFT SHOPS Acknowledging that prod pottery which Involves his teacups 1 lamps It that it binbed in land and il i lint ndi work Mibh In ft transluu it a jrufMiional j I tit is Mr lid out Mr Par a 1 to e Utile to tie it id on supplier to the we noun in J Cook Nook fl Mr Parsons now 1 studio at SI Wet Toronto SI A ill Vi Too many apples Brampton Georgetown MP John McDermld chastised federal agricultural minister Eugene In the House Commons last week for refusing to assist the Apple Marketing Commission In Ontario with a ton Juice surplus Mr Wt elan said the government had not purchased the surplus apples because there Is no place to When Mr questioned the decision by tht government to allow concentrate from foreign countries to be dumped in Canada Mr Whelan responded that the apple industry In Can Ida ii and will not suffer from this j ractice But a will of p of all in design make Snl show worthwhile lamp for example is of porcthin I off with more of lie rane to nuki Hie but time taking the form of tiny strips overlapping to meet in a Mr Son ii Niziraid In 1 nil rh introducing European Style SUNTAN BOOTH Moore Park Plaza Vltos Markets since SPINACH ioib77naii TOMATOES onions 8770628 99 basket TANGERINES 69 MIX FRUIT I lb While quantities last Cakes and Fruit Baskets for all occasions OPEN EVERY DAY TIL 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