Saturday, Jan. 31st 2pm  Quilt Demonstration by Tami from Cotton Creek Mill Quilt Shop in West Branch

Tami will be demonstrating new quilting products as well as speaking on 'signature' quilts! Learn how this type of quilt originated and the possible stories it can reveal!

Mark your calendars as we will visit Tami and her shop as part of a day trip to West Branch on Sat. February 21st

 

Bus Trip to West Branch
Sat. Feb. 21st 9am-2:30pm

$25 GAHC members; $35 non-members  $10 additional collected for lunch; optional admission fees

9:00  Bus leaves Florian Keen municipal parking lot by the Freight House

10:00 Arrival in West Branch; Options to explore include :

  • Cotton Creek Mill Quilt Shop; special greeting and gift to bus participants by Tami
  • Explore adjacent antique shops/stores
  • West Branch Heritage Museum
  • National Park Sites at the Hoover Library include Hoover birthplace cottage,gravesite, Blacksmith shop, Quaker meeting house, one-room school house all no charge.
  • Hoover Library ($6 for age 62+) features exhibits about Hoover, a short film about his life; new baseball exhibit "The Signature of Baseball."

12:00  Bus will collect trippers downtown and at the National Park Site; transport to Scattergood School.

12:30   Lunch catered by Reid's Beans of West Branch and served at Scattergood with Quaker customs.

Menu: Stuffed Roast Pork Loin, fresh pasta salad, green salad, sweet potato and parsnip side dish, squash soup. $10 fee

Following lunch Scattergood personnel will relate a brief history of their school, with focus on their work with German refugees during World War II.

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