Rossville's Quilting Party Meets Twice a Week

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Title

Rossville's Quilting Party Meets Twice a Week

Description

It’s a quilting bee twice a week for several members of Rossville’s Friendly Circle Class. Their fingers fly over the quilt, and all the while they are buzzing with the latest news of neighbors and friends, the town gossip, and tales of years gone by.
The Friendly Circle Class is a Sunday School Class of the older ladies of the Rossville Methodist Church. Their monthly meetings are strictly for getting together to share a bountiful covered dish dinner and discuss the business of their group. The organization itself has as its president Amy Meade, who has held that position for 21 years; Ella Whearty is vice president and Vida Whitney is secretary. The reporter is Golda Cottle who notifies members of meeting times and reports for the club through the pages of this newspaper.
The quilting parties started about 30 years ago as a money-raising project and also a means of togetherness for the members. At least five members of the Circle have been quilting for all of those 30 years. They are Stella Page, Amy Meade, Ella Whearty, Vida Whitney and Golda Cottle.
The Friendly Circle quilters turn out ten to twelve quilts a year and have recently returned finished quilts to Iowa, Texas, Oklahoma, and other parts of the United States.
Their quilting skill, which is fast becoming a lost art, is sought after by quilt piecers in many parts of this country. There is always a quilt waiting to be put in the frames. Amy Meade takes care of marking the quilts and getting them ready for the frames. It takes the Circle about a month to finish a quilt.
Stella Page and Amy Meade are usually the ones to take turns keeping the quilting frames set up in their homes. Members come in twice a week or sometimes oftener to work on the quilt. Some of the newer members of the Class are not quilters but they enjoy the visits and the monthly get-togethers.
[June 6, 1963]
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The Friendly Circle Class met at the home of Stella Page with Ethelyn Ferguson and Iva Stitt as hostesses. The day was spent quilting. Those present were Ruth Page, Stella Henderson, Bess Conley, Amy Meade, Golda Cottle, Vida Whitney, Esther Mansfield, Linda Barney, Minnie Given, Mildred Page and Roger and Mary House.
[April 4, 1963]

Creator

The Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas

Publisher

Rossville Community Library

Date

June 6, 1963, and April 4, 1963

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This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties.

Format

newspaper clippings

Identifier

RCL0540

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