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the HERALD Home Newspaper of Hills Community news page C4 Ancestor hunting page C6 SECTION Arts council member grou Crafts group started with spinning yarn Herald One of Georgetown longest running crafts groups Rot start during the Second World War when women galhertd lo learn how make Today almost the Arts and Crafts t operative of Georgetown invoked in crafts as varied lapidary weaving miierame porcelain bubble glass china painting tatting candles leather preserved lowers and silk screening The group keeps its mem women because they prefer to meet in private homes Membership costs a year and members must be actively involved in a craft or studying to Improve a craft work must be a craft as well and not a hobby kit group member Pat Beer said Tht operative meets very second month during the afternoon and speakers from he arts and those who talk on subjects of general inlerst three courses ore per year among Ihc members and the group pays the cost of the instructor Members pay for their own ANNUALS The also pro vides Its members with an opportunity to some of on annual lion Saturday at the Gold and try Club the group members and some of their husbands who also have a craft will be displaying their work The cooperative charges a five per commission on the salt of any work to help finance its projects courses The was founded In 1942 by group of fn women Then was a shortage of wool during the war years and these women wanted to help others learn how to make their own for knitting clothing not only for their own families but for the soldiers overseas Mrs liter said im profit of years lie roup was invited lu display its work at tin National lion the Winter hair tin Toronto Art Cillery and The i- In 1944 the cooperative had its first display at George town fall Today the roup donates a sum of prize and a number of its members us judges in some of lie compel The clubs membership has risen stcidily since Mrs Beer taid and this fact is reflected in the records of the groups meetings which in elude the dues that year As the membership fees are so low the roup must charge a commission on annual sale to for the instructors it provides to members on courses of various topics and The membership covers many and Mrs Beer the roup to not hive many people practising one particular craft so the members have in opportunity to study many different areas of interest While crafts groups were relatively scarce w hen the Arts ind Crafts toopcritivc exhibition and sale by he AHb and Crafts of handicrafts Is his Saturday at the North will be awarded Club from Samples of a great Herald photo J thing that could be carded and made into wool was including dogs fur HANDICRAFTS The aim of group was to revive Canadian handicrafts The group activities gained a lot of attention in the Toronto media because there were very few groups in Ontario at the lime Mrs Beer said did no enjoy a surge in popularity until about 15 years The first sale in George wn drew visitors to whit is now lie home of Doug Sargent on Charles Street and brought crafts caught on with i vengeance a Iwu I 15 ears ago Mrs Beer said Ill- There were so few in Ontario at the lime That one of Ihe reasons why the group received so many invitations lodisplav iis work it wis unique We were only an arts ind crafts group she added We had to he Independent to The members cover their own expends for the most part During the war when gas ratior mg wis In effect members who lo mend the meetings took the comes to the annua show tend met averages ibout people and has re as high as jOO people Saturday sale is from a to 4 the Cooperative of luiieme them out in the sun coopen Hive got Its start during wool was In supply and a group of worn ten got logo her lo leach manufacture their own yarn t involvement UWC history marked by accomplishments fun The University Women Club was nine years old September 7 and for a lively young organization the group has accomplished a great deal in the community which of the Federation of University Women hasaselof goals which Include maintain high standards of to sustain interest and to be active in all aspects of foster a sense of responsibility and Involvement pate in the work of Ihe iiona f of University Women in order to bring about understanding and on imong women university graduates Since club was establish its members have irk on a number of community projects and projects in the education field During first year the club wis involved mainly in helping administer the Georgetown Day Care Centre Survey Theeludy and the Informs lion it contained helped to establish the need for regional day care centre now loealed on Maple Avenue The first of the club popular annual book sales was held with the profits oing 1110 an iwards fund for community projects Profits from Ihe hive been yearly and so have the iwards ivcn to school students to mature women reluming to university and to send i dis idvintigcd child to nursery school The University Women Chili his been sending two representatives lo most meetings or tlalton Hills eouneil since 1974 monitor Ihe eommumlys political life indiolcirnnf areas where the could provide assistance The club Interna Women s Year wilh a d splay of books by women it Ihc Georgetown I and with the staging of a Day George District HilIi School The has since become an innual if fair with as many as Si different professions represented Two children one wilh tin nit and second with the Mississauga Symphony in were well About the Hills Porter lectures Arthur Porter chairman of the Royal Commission on Electric Power Planning will be giving a lecture entitled Energy Plans for the Future at University Centre University of October 17 Admission to the lecture which begins 12 noon is free Prcregislration for the Walk a jog will be held the s Mountainvicw offices SI Andrew United Church October 10 The will m OctobeMB with participinls running walking or jogging the half mile rack for a maximum of taps Refreshments will be served Pledges will be collected and turned into the office October Tag day Auxiliary grows The Georgetown and District Hospital Memorial Auxiliary enrolled lis first male member last week and the gentleman has already proved himself a valuable asset a spokesman for the auxiliary said The auxiliary is hoping Ihil other men a few hours lo spare each week will also consider Joining the auxiliary A new venture for the auxiliary is a Cake Fair to be held early in November Anyone interested in cake decoration Is invited lo bake and decorate a cake and donate it to the auxiliary for display Inform on on the sale is available from Inez Crichlon at or Pat McCarthy at received The concerts were part of the club s lo make more events in ind promo tions for em profession stiff have been subjects of interest to Ihe University Club In 137f he eluh studied it Ik board of education sent Idler to lie board I hoi opportunities for Irninmg for men and be 11111 A brief by University men s Club on the necessity fir riulir nullity physitil school ehildnn presented to the if ition in 1978 resulted in the nil lis to ivery into improving Ihc in siloes I Ions outlined in the board core curriculum Anton the issues on wli the Ins focused its attention Is Ihe family m in The club submitted a resolu linn li Ihc Canadian lion wis subsequently pissed Attorneys and the federal Minister of Justice to coopen lively Ihe necessary to create a nationwide unified family system presided over by Judges clothed wilh all Ihe necessary authority o deal wilh all aspects of malrlmoni J- NDORSFJ When Ihls resolution was endorsed by the Canadian federation meant Ihe proposil hid he support of over women in 116 clubs year elub diy for ill women in the eommunitj The day included a a scries of workshops on opus of Interest men ind films Club 1 rs ire hopeful Ihc of the first women tan be repelled next Ml NT Committee of for Halloa Hills Hills Board the Recreation Hoard Committee Georgetown YWCA Hie Society tht Hilton board of education committee Credit and the Hilton strict Council The University Women Hub has meetings the first Tuesday of month wilh a guest speaker The portion of the meetinp is open to members of the public who wish lo attend Membership in the club now shnds it over 90 women and new members arc always welcome