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Walter Haight, Murray Rettie _ BACK ROW â€" Mrs. C. A Palmer, Mrs. H. Parkhill, Mrs. S. Banbury, Mrs. S. McSpadden, * Mrs. R. Palmer. â€" Joanne Fishback of Burgessville st.ands by only a small section of her vast 800â€"piece colâ€" lection of Avon figurines and containers. Mrs. Fishback and her husband, Gordon, began their collection with the glass pheasant that she is holding. (NG Photo) Extensive Avon collection â€"38â€" The Burgessville W onIen s LHDSIAPE CE jlg W 1903 in connection with the Farmer‘s Tostitute with Mrs. Justus Cohoe aSs President and Miss May Emigh (Mrs. Wesley West) Secretary. _ Mrs. Chas. Walker is the only charter member living. . pos w2A ie the IibraTry IIROIINUUE 220 momeg‘ Last year the Institute placed a desk in honoriag the continued interest manifested by tk of the late Mrs. Chas. Burgess, pamoely_â€"Mrs. FT Mrs. V. Mollins and Miss Rossie Burgess. Ano member was the late Miss Irene Wallace (MrS who served as Secretaryâ€"Treasurer for 15 years. At the present time MrS. Douglas Hoover i aree uribur VMorley, Secretaryâ€"Treasurer and Mrs. At the present time Mrs. Wilbur Morley, Seeré is District President. 2 RURGESSYILLE WOMEN® Couple collects Avon containers â€" By DOREEN HOOVER When Gordon and Joanne Fishback of Burgessville go to flea markets and yard sales they are hoping to find pieces to add to their collection. They collect Avon bottles and figurines. women‘s Institute ales they are hoping to find pieces to add They are always looking for pieceso o their collection. They collect Avon sets they are trying to collect. It is lts ottles and figurines. expensive to buy a piece at a time thano R a buy a whole set at once. Buying piecet; The Fishbacks began collecting Avon A % i <€ containers eight years ago after one of pieee "the Â¥ishbacks believe they W\l‘ their children brought home an Avon evem\m\}y complete. the s ts, They are pheasant figurine from a white elephant m‘g\\opmg to complete their Cape Cod set, sale at school. The figurine got them inâ€" _ 209 Chess set. _ R : terested in Avon containers and they Alone with their co}lect\on of containers, began their collection. They now have they have a collection of boxes. Buyers more than 800 pieces and are continually hove old them.that the boxes the Avon adding more. products came in are what makes then They are hoping a catalogue listing all the Canadian Avon products and their value will soon be published so they will know the true value of their collection. The Fishbacks. enjoy their hobby because they are always finding out something new about Avon products and their collection. They may attend a sale and find another piece to a set they never knew existed. They also find errors made by the company during production. They have an owl figurine with blue eyes and one with white eyes. There were only 500 of the blueâ€"eyed owls produced before the error was detected. The Avon containers increase in value with time like antiques. There are Avon auctions held in the United States and a few beginning to be held in Canada. Cabinets are filled with white glass and brown glass figurines, sets of trains, planes, cars, guns, bells, turtles, pipes, clocks and beer steins. Their American collection includes an eagle, Betsy Ross and Abe Lincoln figurines. They also collect Avon jewelry. Although their hobby can be expensive, the Fishbacks find that many persons holding yard sales don‘t know the true value of Avon items, so they often find bargains. Mrs. Fishback bought a comâ€" mode set for a small amount and later found a similar piece that was selling for There are Canadian and American pieces in their collection which fill many shelves and cabinets in their home. ‘cultural Society was INSTITUTE in the Library y the daughters . Frank Griffin, Another valued Mrs. E. Moore), organized in is President, . Chas. Kelly $50 even though it was cracked. They hve also seen pietes they have in tlir collection selling elsewhere for $500. We don‘t drink, smbic;-o';go an; so we might as well get something life," Mrs. Fishback said. November 16, 1983 THE NORWICH GAZETTE Page 17 Although they enjoy the Avon product, most of the items in‘ their collection are still partly full of perfume, cream ani after shave. Mrs. Fishbackis afraid to use them for fear of breaking the container, Their collection takes a lot of time to clean and they also often have trouble remembering what pieces they have and which ones they still want to add to their collection, but they will continue to search for additions to their collection. Along with their collection of containers, they have a collection of boxes. Buyers have told them that the boxes the Avon products came in are what makes then more valuable and sell well; ‘ag They would also like to find a piece from the original Avon company, the California Perfume Co. They have reproductions, but have rot found an original piece. , smoke or go any place out of