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;( g / (/ y 1 . . A " ‘ Antigue lleet 10 year f ‘ Antique dealer collecting since 10 years q , \ FIRST PIECES j * SnnBocBosSsSeconrctey, l | Some of the first pieces in Mrs. Larmon‘s Collection were | | & _ _ .. _ __â€" Dq 7 * * bought or found by her when she was in her early teeng, [\ py c sy> § y.cys P f Many of the forty pieces were made in Oxford County ang | | i. _ _ :»,? _ o ces S : 23 n BR & : surrounding areas. i. K PE oae. ' .. â€"/~ Sfeime â€"â€" OOE | ; The Daily Sentinelâ€"Review, Sat., June 12, 1982 Page 9 The exhibit includes a hand appliqued quilt made Mrs, (mag â€" o aiggiee Mss a $ Larmon‘s greatâ€"grandmother. Poes ee o , i: i ; § ® e 4 ’fthe pieces are in various media â€" éextileatr,, woodan;etals and en t o 2 3 0 g °n 0' > pottery â€"â€"and were used for both decorative and functional *,....,w/ i 44 m C This stuff‘s "ke fami ) A ‘| | purposes. : | | | e s _ C *b mmâ€"mormcumomumooommmomtmmnemantmccumrumetmscunm For lnStance, there‘s a owl carved of wood which was used, ?”’Qn a w/ Fs _»:“:.1\‘ '},, aC f $ to scare crows from a farmer‘s field. 4 ies e . .t 734 j 0 ; 0 3 There‘s also a cigar store Indian which Mrs. Larmon bought o ky _ & C K _ § a I t I n r 25 years ago from the Ward Tobacco Factory in London. The | | {%%*%) § ao _ Cl es lz Indian was carved by Jean Cote, a 19th century Quebecois | | w** @ . . m p. .‘ . â€" w K :. f > _ | sculptor. f it 4 K. ~ * C. & JC PIRATE VANES / 94 3 At 2. " mm _ _ d m :. â€" | Other pieces include French Canadian ecclesiastical carâ€" | i e ~ i css . _ w <‘ . s t a n o r I e n vin}s, paintings, a hooked rug, a rocking horse and beaver | | // w e u. e © i B o pirate weatherfi/anes. | ' . *o> . mss n 00â€" t rs. Larmon‘s collection has continued to grow in the two | ; §A 2 x y / s ~â€"â€" 3 a _ BURGESSVILLE â€" There‘s a catch in Marjorie Larmon‘s months since the 40 original pieces have beer%rin Toronto for | : A#.â€" / es >~.~ .. e n n . | r yoice when she recalls the day the movers came to pack up photographs and cataloguing. t © i~ /ss ~â€"â€" â€" w c : 77 ; her collection of folk art. % E. She recently acquired a tiny rocking horse carved in Elgin | | [ i e 2 es i . > . SkkK . _ _ . :. | ; _ And in the two months since her collection of early County more than 100 years ago. o e t e . . e esc . w _ Canadian folk art was shipped to Toronto to be photographed And despite a recent illness which put her in the bospital, | ; [ WÂ¥ y _¢ . se‘ i & o ~â€"1 _ and catologued, Mrs. Larmon has spent many anxious days | || Mrs. Larmon does not think she will everstop her search for | _\ _‘ / _ _ iÂ¥ __ I""" â€" 20. ..A ¢ glancing at the empty spaces her pieces occupied. . folk art. + & eus â€" oK â€" c Apaal: > 7Â¥ ¢ But soon Mrs. Larmon‘s separation from her wellâ€"loved [ 7 promised myself I wouldn‘t buy anything else when I . We G * is3 W(gek;ir?rfmifig JV&'I}I gg OXe(?l brati 45 works of Mrs e went into the hospital," she said. Je j . Alh TP" R & 5 ow C eU, A Celebration â€" 40 works 0 . Harâ€" | ‘"But as soon as I got out, I just couldn‘t wai #° . _ stt . # â€" : ‘ 2 mon‘s folkta{}g of Ag-‘te gt{\l and Z?th ceg;uries in Canada â€" will be piece of art." £ *4 ait to buy anothie . h . . * e 3 e | on view at the allery of Windsor. | _ She admits some nervousness about seeing the exhibit e â€" ~~ â€"~ e + t s o | ut And Mrs. Larmon, whorf‘;as“bgen collecting folk art longer displayed in a gallery setting, for the only plagce they have y s > ts &4 * _| than she cares to remember (""since the day I arrived on this | || ever been shown is among the antique furniture, quilts, china C e . > &E . "<e. T3 great, good earth"), says she can barely wait another day for | || and paintings that are lovingly strewn about her m house. $*â€">~::~ ¢f C °. â€"~a= â€" es 42â€" _ | the opening. y n § LIKE FAMILY C ts 2o is es o t se‘ It will be great to put it (the collection) out there. It‘s great She says it‘s like having members of her family away from â€" . 2 35.‘ m o 5 > . ~ 3 ; | for the collectors." . e home. ; â€" ( M KA =~*~ T z> x5 2 hMrs. Larmon is not the only one looking forward to the Mrs. Larmon is giving a good deal of thought to whether she o en E. BP yA 5 e .. 1e Nt tss will allow her collection to be shown at other galleries across MAE WEST, sex symbol of th > o DEFINITIVE SHOW _ ks i the country, but that decision will come atâ€"a later date. _ | 0‘s. died Saturd . her H “e 1920‘s and f To some people this will be the definitive show of Canadian But for now she‘s looking forward to the exhibit opening | 1930‘s, died Saturday in her Hollywood apartâ€" _ | folk art. June 20 in Windsor, and then to having her art back home in ment. She was 87. (AP LASERPHOTO) MA But nobody knows for sure. q f Burgessville where it belongs. f | Until this spring only a few close fnet::i:) had sleenelé‘lrs. The show runs from June 20 to August 29 at theâ€"Walker | e J s d Larmon‘s collection, and it had never n catalogued or ~Gallery, Art Gallery of Windsor. M W f | 2 | photographed. § o : s yA f w eis m.-g _e_-,,.-,.“- ‘_§§_< ~~..l.§_ _fl-ggu n oozss 1 What makes Mrs. Larmon‘s collection so important is that out of bed while dreaming about Burt Reynolds. f i folk art is something which until recently was unheard ‘of by ; C Paul Novak, the blonde sex queen‘s constant companion for the | / most Canadian collectors. f + t last 26 years, promised "the greatest Hollywood funeral we‘veâ€" § In fact, when Mrs. Larmon.began collecting her works of & everâ€"had." _ 3 2A | art no one had yet categorized it as folk art. | _ However, a spokesman for the mortuary handling funeral | | "I don‘t know anything about art," she protests. f ~ arrangements said Sunday that details about the services would . ; THINGS OF BEAUTY e g7 not be released, at the request of her friends and family.~~ / _ * "I just collected them because they were things of beauty. 5 m anmmmmmiemmtanm en nnille _ m _ pl t ul t on mlal But what Mrs. Larmon puts down to "a talent for finding f > .. oo _A | things," Windsor Gallery curator Ted Fraser despnbes enâ€" j t o & E: x thuasiastically as "the remarkable connoisseurship of Larâ€" $ s i & _ * _ ‘a~â€".â€" s . | mon...Because of Larmon‘s knowledge anc} discerning eye, | s > : J% Rel . _ s . es : | her collection today is of extraordinary quality and preserves $ : 3 El ap k e ks ; _ a portion of our past." $ £ : . Alkaw. * F $s . : , I‘\)'Iors. Larmon, vgl?o was born in the Burgessville farm house f ; : w :; w&» > 2 _ * where she now lives with her husband, says she owes her R ; $ s s o ; htz oz ‘ collection to "the inquisitive }z]md resourcgglfl '}f;c“{ifl g°f, M § s : J11 . ol . % § j . | m â€" Pennsylvania Dutch father who encouraged collecting. te . M » t : oF m o </ & She ):;lso attributes her eye for folk art to the simple upâ€" .3 s 4 E;%h: < es N: _ | bringing by her Quaker mother. â€" s issc K _ 5* § > > s c | | > fls Mrs. Dickson, who was the " Tt io o 34 i _ e L = x 2 | Re . public school board‘s viceâ€" ~>"~ e > y 7 & _ j m y k 2 es s 3 | y*:> | chairman for 1980, is epnâ€" ~__ s tss 4 R oA s . stt * ig “i\ tering her fifth year of . %‘; hm af § s : ‘ s ’ > ey \ s | . .% & ~4 service on the board. She wi]] ons i 2 c f 8 p es o O s..} / L * 1 s make her inaugural addregs s & . C j . e se s i 22â€" s | 7 P _ . _~ at the next board meeting on g‘?:;- e se s JC gate] o Naue /. s C *A y Dec. 8 at which time the To E. >> _/‘ . : e oA â€"% ! _ \%_. Mn members of the varioug | W .4 â€" . > Lc l s ie § ales s | 2 0 i. ~ es committee of the board ; e /2 o ies s y 3 oo j ie F . A EN. Oe nmne § AYT ~<~. es E. | } i¢ ;( ,) $ j Ai 3 ‘:‘ f (\ 5 £ A \, E::-: s : ; va. * 3 & $ ; . ; : “‘\‘B‘Q:" 1 i )\:“?l;“:b t i V $ \"\ % éf e PR ha 7 & 3e a ' S i At;’v%&»f*'%’â€" Putuias piooromusats R "?’ paus sls h4 v 4 s E j Pss ‘ & .(fj \‘ & ? .; yorks - ‘; : '\\“M ’5)’. ’ j * i . ....4 es m 4 Soeet oaes a= R | I & ,} & f\; g : c !:jg?‘ B 'M : M ie ¢ â€" ‘ | Hanglng in there : s | LA ;?‘r‘* 2 2z ‘q\ : . . im ~ 4000 eAF ie i t _ Former Otterville resident Joanne Pettigrew spent Thursday afternoon hanging 17 of her | ; [ â€" 2. . %~_~â€". _ hy s3 e *sypis" art works at the Ingersoll Creative Arts Centre for a showing that started Sunday and runs i# W _\ f,}“ siee . .. Snd y % n : through to December 9. 11 * c ( 'I Passing the gavel : t=: is an e ‘ § Outgoing chairman of the Oxford County board of education Ron Doney, from East e ; & Zorraâ€"Tavistock, handed over the gavel and the seat of chairman to Norwich Township 5 «< . i | Trustee Helen Dickson at the board‘s inaugural meeting Monday night. Mrs. Dickson has f m\ z Q“ '\% “' > P %. = a member of the board for four years. (NG Photo). ce aas : f % zeS ~ > A e wflw ._G j } | Sn uons agy e se : ie S 1 4 k 15 f Pn nomn & Te en ts xC YyCr mE c 2 90 1\%'\},&3‘"”‘# 1 ping, ab