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Members of the Port Perry Rug Hookers are seen here working on a large rug started by Ruth Heayn, a former resident of Scugog. From left, Gloria Atkin- son, Rini Bouwmeester, Rita Prokopchuck and Margaret Crisson. Photo at right shows a small section of the intricate rug pattern. Hooking for the Heritage-of-it Arecent donation to the Scugog Shores Museum has brought about a wonderful partnership between the Museum and the Port Perry Rug Hookers to preserve one woman’s legacy. The family of Orval and Ruth Heayn, once residents of Scugog Island, has shipped a beautiful hand-made 9’x12’ rug all the way across the country from Victoria, British Columbia so that it can return to where it began. Ruth Heayn was one of the founding members of the Louise Patterson Handicraft Guild, the name used by the rug hookers in Port Perry when it was formed back in 1967. Many of the present day Port Perry Rug Hookers still remember Ruth and her great skill at many handicrafts. Ruth (nee Arnold) had lived on Scugog Island from her mar- riage in 1945 to Orval Heayn, a long time Scugog resident, until they moved to Kingston in 1968, They returned to the Island from 1978 to 1985 living opposite the Head Church and School where Ruth’s parents, Sam and Tena Arnold, had been caretakers. Both the church and school are now part of the Scugog Shores Museums. The rug was designed and hooked by Ruth starting in these later years on Scugog Island and was continued when the Heayn’s moved to Victoria in 1985 until Ruth suffered a stroke in 1996, Her son Bruce says of his mother that “she was a child of the Margaret Crisson and Rita Prokopohuck work Turn to “Hookers” on page 30 away on a section of the rug’s large border. FOCUS - MAY 2012 27 05. MAY 64 FINAL FINAL.indd 27 12-04-22 10:30 AM